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Redhawk VC (Redhawk Advisory, LLC)
Micro-fund
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Redhawk VC believes the future of entrepreneurship, innovation, and investing lies in underserved markets outside the traditional hubs of Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York. Their mission is to 'aggressively seek the opportunities the large coastal funds ignore,' focusing on Alabama-based or Alabama-relocating high-growth technology startups through the $25 million Alabama Futures Fund. The firm evaluates investments across five core areas: strong founding teams with high EQ and IQ; disciplined market and customer validation; a data-driven approach using KPIs and OKRs; capital efficiency; and location in underserved startup ecosystems. AFF serves as lead investor in all portfolio companies and reserves significant capital for follow-on funding, bridging the gap between early friends-and-family capital and a Series A.
Notable quotes
“The AFF investment thesis revolves around funding Alabama-based, high-growth technology startups or recruiting high-growth technology startups to Alabama. Stroma represents a truly strategic investment that leverages Alabama's advanced manufacturing industries and skilled workforce with Stroma's cutting-edge technology that will not only prevent injuries but will also create a significant economic benefit to its customers.”
“We are thrilled to add SynsorMed to the Alabama Futures Fund portfolio. Theo and Amin bring a wealth of experience in the healthcare IT space and both demonstrate the kind of hard work and commitment we look for in great founding teams.”
“Not only does IQID present an excellent investment for our region and Fund, IQID also has the potential to have a positive impact on our society by helping to create a more consistent admissions process for all students. We continue to be so impressed by the passion and commitment of the IQID team and are confident they will become leaders in our growing ecosystem.”
Team
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| IQID Technology | Seed | — | 2023-10-12 |
| CModel Data | Seed | — | 2023-10-12 |
| Stroma | Seed | $930k | 2022-07-29 |
| datacy | Seed | — | 2021-05-26 |
| True Load Time | Seed | — | 2020-07-01 |
| SynsorMed | Seed | — | 2020-01-22 |
| Linq | Seed | — | 2020-01-08 |
| Case Status | Seed | — | 2019-01-01 |
| TeamingPro | Seed | — | 2019-09-05 |
| Joonko Diversity | Seed | — | 2019-01-01 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Alabama Futures Fund | 20 |
| Sente Ventures | 2 |
| mHUB | 1 |
| Avnet | 1 |
| Trend Forward Capital Management | 1 |
| Bonfire Ventures | 1 |
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