Sofia Fund News & Blog

Blog Part III: The Right Investor Opens Their Wallet and Their Network

Third blog in a series by Joy Lindsay, Managing Partner, Sofia Fund.  View Blog I here and Blog II here.

In my first two blogs of this three-part series, I covered two very important attributes that the right investor for your business should be able to offer – business acumen in running a company in your industry, and help in structuring and executing your financing strategy.…

Blog Part I- Show Me the Money… and More

First blog in a series by Joy Lindsay, Managing Partner, Sofia Fund.  View Blog II here and Blog III here.

Follow the money, but find the fit. It’s advice I’ve been giving to entrepreneurs for more than 20 years.

The right investor can offer so much more to an entrepreneur and her business than simply cash.…

Sofia Fund Invests in Kenzen

Minneapolis, MN, September 5, 2018 — Sofia Fund, a leading angel investment group focused on high-growth, women-led early stage companies, today announced its most recent investment in Kenzen, a San Francisco-based health analytics platform focused on predicting and preventing avoidable health conditions.…

Sofia Fund Achieves Successful Exit

Technology Company Vixar Acquired by Semiconductor Leader Osram

Minneapolis, MN, July 31, 2018 — Sofia Fund, a leading angel investment firm focused on high-growth women-led technology based early stage companies, today announced that its portfolio company, technology company Vixar Inc., has been acquired by Osram Semiconductor, a unit of Osram, a German-based lighting technology company.…

Looking Concussion in the Eye

A recent post in the April/ May Issue of MIT Review discusses the science Uzma Samadani used as she sought to find a way to measure improvements in her severely, brain-injured patients. The ability to capture a large amount of data from tracking not only eye movement but restrictions on range of motion in the eye led to the EyeBox product being developed by Oculogica, one of Sofia Fund’s portfolio companies.…

Sofia Fund Invests in Joylux, Inc

Minneapolis, MN, May 3, 2018 — Sofia Fund, a leading angel investment firm focused on high-growth, women-led early stage companies, today announced it has invested in Joylux, Inc., the Seattle-based women’s intimate health and wellness company.

The Sofia Fund investment was part of Joylux’s recent Series A financing round, which closes Aug.…