Originate Ventures

What is Originate Ventures?

Originate Ventures is a venture capital investment firm with a focus on early-stage product and service companies primarily in the Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic region.

The firm centers its investment strategy on sectors such as medical devices, healthcare, consumer services, information technology, and web-based as well as commercial products. They take an active role in supporting portfolio companies by sharing experiences, perspectives, and unique skill sets.

Originate Ventures aim to help navigate challenges through strategy development, personnel issues, hiring, creative fundraising, and celebrating important milestones. In their hands-on approach, they ensure that CEOs have the proper plan and resources to fulfill their vision.

The firm's investment approach includes both debt and equity with a specialty in seed, startup, and early-stage investments. They offer financial contributions ranging from $500,000 to $4,000,000, managing assets worth approximately $1 billion.

Their managing partners, with their diverse backgrounds and experience, contribute to the strategic growth and execution of portfolio companies' business plans. Originate Ventures prides itself on being a venture capital firm where entrepreneurs assist each other in the journey of business growth and success.

Their contributions exceed monetary support, encompassing mentorship and hands-on strategy implementation to ensure effective and incremental growth. Additionally, the firm's partners have a history of accountability for strategic recommendations and execution, bringing innovative growth strategies and quantitative methods to their investments.

What they say:

We are an early-stage venture firm that focuses on supporting businesses in Pennsylvania and its neighboring areas.

What we look for: We invest in early-stage companies offering products and services.