Innovate Partners

About The Fund

Innovate Partners operates as a venture capital firm, with a focus on empowering visionary entrepreneurs who aim to fundamentally reshape meaningful market sectors. Based in Irvine, California and established in 1995, they deploy an operationally oriented investment approach, primarily targeting growth-stage venture capital and early-stage private equity in companies that demonstrate substantial market traction with significant opportunities to scale. Their portfolio encompasses businesses primarily in the consumer products and services, software, information technology, and other sectors, favoring investments geographically close to their base. Innovate Partners prides itself on being actively involved in the day-to-day strategy and execution of each business, subscribing to the belief that entrepreneurs who can execute market-changing ideas represent the future of industry. They adopt a nurturing philosophy, providing not just capital, but also top-tier operational resources, strategic advice, and a hands-on approach to aid companies at every growth stage. Innovate Partners maintains a preference for narrow syndication, investing prior to the influx of institutional money and alongside a limited number of co-investors. They seek out brands and companies that leverage new technologies for market disruption and have a legacy of investments that have been successfully acquired by Fortune 500 entities. As part of their ethos, they commit to a holistic investment strategy, emphasizing the need for more than just capital for emerging growth companies to thrive. Their operational acumen as investors is not just confined to capital infusion but extends to an array of supportive functions, from strategic direction to the cultivation of key partnerships, all of which underpin their practice of walking side-by-side with their partner businesses. Innovate Partners' portfolio includes companies such as BrightGuard, FaceFirst, GovX, Envoy, Happy Money, Pear Sports, and Lindora among others.