Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures

MSIV is the North Bay's first regional venture capital fund, purpose-built to harness the intellectual and financial capital prevalent in Marin and Sonoma counties to back local entrepreneurs building high-growth startups. As stated by founder Zachary Kushel: "MSIV aims to harness the intellectual and financial capital so prevalent in our community to boost entrepreneurs building high-growth local startups. Healthy levels of local job creation are critical to a vibrant future and economic empowerment, and our vision is to ensure North Bay prosperity for the decades ahead." MSIV makes early-stage investments (pre-seed through seed-plus) in category-defining startup companies that are post-product and post-revenue, with a demonstrated commitment to growing their physical presence across Marin and Sonoma. The fund targets sectors including AI, fintech, healthtech, cybersecurity, climate, and agtech, and pairs capital with a robust community of 40+ executive mentors, 100+ North Bay founders, and an annual North Bay NEXT startup conference — all aimed at kickstarting a local job creation renaissance.