Press Kit

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Founding Partners

Scott Kraege

  • Scott has been an entrepreneur and investor for 20+ years, investing in 30+ companies, founding 5 companies, and advising nearly 50 founding teams. Passionate teams and innovation drive Scott to continue to uncover and develop extraordinary founders.

  • • Founded first company in 2001 and continues to build today

    • Personally raised ~$50M and exited for ~$200M

    • Former CEO, hired and oversaw teams of 300+

    • Techstars Managing Director

    • Venture Studio Operating Partner

    • Active Investor

Mike Reynolds

  • Mike has been ideating and delivering digital products to the market for over 20 years. He is an expert in product management, user experience, and product marketing. Mike has a passion for helping great product companies scale. He brings a fresh perspective on product strategy and guides companies to find the right product market fit.

  • • Founded Innovatemap in 2014

    • 4-time Inc. 5000 CEO

    • Advisor and Board Member for Olio, PlanForward, Ascend, Milestone, and Orr Fellowship

    • Tech Investor with multiple exits

    • VP of Product @ Aprimo (SaaS company exited in 2011)

John Wortman

  • John has been a financial advisor for 25+ years. John and his partners started Valeo 20+ years ago from scratch and have grown it to over 150 professionals overseeing more than $7 billion of investable assets. In addition to Valeo, John has been active for years with early-stage technology startups such as File This (San Francisco) and Salesvue (Indianapolis) as well as currently serving as the Co-Chair of Gleaners Community Capital Campaign.

  • • Co-Founder and CEO of Valeo Financial Advisors

    • Founded Valeo in 2002

    • Top 300 RIA Firm by the Financial Times

Who We Are

  • Ivy Ventures is a capital and resources partner for Enterprise SaaS, Medical, and Hard Tech companies based in the Midwest.

    We are creating the ideal venture ecosystem by providing high-potential founders with the smart capital and industry expertise they need to accelerate their businesses and matching advisors with curated portfolio companies.

  • We provide high-potential founders with the smart capital, industry expertise, and partner network they need to accelerate their ideas.

  • Whether you’re looking for your next venture, or the next big idea, whether you’re passionate about innovative investments: if you have the right expertise to share, we want you to help grow our ecosystem.

  • We provide all affiliated investors with access to high-potential companies that are supported and accelerated by our ecosystem. Our diligence process filters for high-potential investments, and our resources increase that potential.

Focus Areas

The Ivy Ventures team, advisors, and corporate partners are passionate about and experts in the following areas of focus. These industries are revolutionizing technology and capital in the Midwest and beyond.

Enterprise Software

Digital products that seek to transform industries with a strong focus on user experience, product, brand, and market positioning.

Life Sciences

Innovations in technology, patient care and healthcare changing the way we think about the medical fields.

Hard Tech

Emerging infrastructure, construction tech and materials solving our toughest global challenges.

“Smart capital” checks are only one part of the equation. Portfolio companies are vetted, funded, and supported by seasoned operators, investors, and product experts.

Capital

Our contacts are your contacts. Advisors and Founders gain access to a deep network of partners and industry experts who are on-call to make investments successful.

Connections

Advisors know what it’s like to be Founders. All Advisors are handpicked from a select group of investors based on their unique interests and expertise.

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Benefits

At Ivy Ventures, we equip extraordinary founding teams with the resources they need to run high-growth companies.

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Contact

Reach out to Natalie Goodwin with any questions.
natalie@ivy.fund