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Ozmen Ventures
Family office
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Ozmen Ventures is the private investment office for the Nevada-based Ozmen family, founders of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC). The firm invests in seed and early-stage innovative technology companies solving difficult problems in the Northern Nevada region and beyond, with a focus on aerospace, artificial intelligence, financial technology, healthcare, advanced computing, and consumer internet. As stated at launch, the fund aims to 'invest in young and dynamic local startups and cultivate the local entrepreneurial ecosystem,' applying the family's value-creation experience from SNC to help startup businesses grow.
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“Our organizational strategy has been based on maintaining an entrepreneurial culture and focusing on growth based on innovation, agility and synergy. We intend to apply this value creation experience to help startup businesses under Ozmen Ventures to grow.”
“Sierra Space has sharpened its focus toward national security customers by advancing solutions that strengthen American space and defence leadership, positioning the company for its next phase of growth. We appreciate the confidence shown by our new equity investor, LuminArx Capital, whose thoughtful, agile approach to capital solutions, positions the company strongly for the future.”
Team
Fatih Ozmen
Co-Founder
Eren Ozmen
Co-Founder
Chris Howard
Advisor
Stuart Feugin
Advisor
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Space | Unattributed VC | — | 2022-02-14 |
| Luminous Computing | Seed | $9m | 2019-06-01 |
| FiscalNote | Seed | — | — |
| Self Financial (Self Lender) | Seed | — | — |
| Bloq | Seed | — | — |
| Covered Insurance Solutions | Seed | — | 2017-03-13 |
| Breadware | Seed | — | 2017-05-04 |
| Clickbio | Seed | — | 2017-02-01 |
| Pathrise | Seed | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Gigafund | 1 |
| NEO | 1 |
| BoxGroup | 1 |
| General Atlantic | 1 |
| Coatue Management | 1 |
| Black Hills Regional Angel Fund | 1 |
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