Investor Type | Firm |
Type of Fund | Venture Capital Fund |
Industries | Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • LegalTech • Mobile • Mobility • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine) • Restaurants • Woman Focused |
Stages | Seed, Startup, Early Stage, Expansion, Series A, Series B, Pre-seed |
Investing | United States • United Kingdom • Canada • Spain • South Africa • China • Israel • Taiwan • Latin America • Belgium • Europe • Middle East • Asia |
Investment Range | $100,000 - $5,000,000 |
Investment Sweet Spot | $1,500,000 |
Refinery Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. They focus on investing in high-potential sectors such as information technology, digital health, human capital technology, and a broad array of other industries including Software, BioTech, Business Solutions, Hardware, Retail, IoT, A.I., HealthTech, Analytics, Medical Devices, Robotics, Real Estate, Healthcare, LegalTech, Mobile, Mobility, Consumer, Pharmaceutical, Restaurants, and Woman Focused ventures. As a firm with deep expertise in equity investment, Refinery Ventures supports early-stage companies by providing capital in the range of $100,000 to $5,000,000, with a sweet spot around $1,500,000. They specialize in funding stages from Seed to Series B, including Pre-seed, Startup, Early Stage, and Expansion. Operating with the philosophy that the Midwest offers rich opportunities for groundbreaking innovations, they position themselves as a firm that aids companies at a critical stage, especially those on a trajectory towards Series A funding. Having been entrepreneurs, the Refinery Ventures team applies their experience in founding and investing to launch companies into hypergrowth. They advise on market positioning, efficient customer acquisition strategies, operations, budgeting, forecasting, setting team objectives, and building high-performance cultures with elite recruiting capabilities. Their progressive approach involves removing friction and unleashing products into the world, supporting and guiding founders with unique insights to tough problems, and transforming experiences or entire industries. Situated in the Midwest, Refinery Ventures contends founders do not need to move to Silicon Valley to achieve success, exemplifying this with stories of pioneers from small towns achieving breakthroughs. They take pride in partnering with CEOs who are visionaries with clear aspirations, companies with hypergrowth potential, and founders whose technology can bring transformative change.