IU Ventures manages three investment programs: IU Angel Network, IU Philanthropic Venture Fund (IU PhV), and Innovate Indiana Fund (IIF), which was established in 2010 to support innovation at IU and has been fully invested. The portfolios for all three programs can be seen below.
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IU Philanthropic Venture Fund
The Indiana Philanthropic Venture Fund (IU PhV) was established in 2018 as a follow-up to the success of the Innovate Indiana Fund (IIF). IU PhV has $11M to put to work investing in early stage startups with strong connections to Indiana University, including companies with Alumni as founders or members of the C-suite, and companies based on IU technology. The fund is a donated pool of capital, and all equity realizations are returned to the fund for further investment, making the fund evergreen.
March 2019
December 2018
December 2018
July 2018
May 2018
June 2019
July 2019
March 2020
June 2021
April 2022
May 2022
May 2022
August 2022
September 2022
September 2022
March 2023
May 2023
August 2023
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IU Angel Network
The IU Angel Network sources deals for members to invest their own capital. Members have invested in the following companies:
April 2020
June 2020
July 2020
July 2020
September 2020
October 2020
November 2020
December 2020
March 2021
January 2022
March 2022
April 2022
July 2022
July 2022
August 2022
October 2022
October 2022
October 2022
November 2022
February 2023
April 2023
July 2023
August 2023
November 2023
December 2023
January 2024
February 2024
March 2024
April 2024
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The Innovate Indiana Fund is now a fully invested fund!
Innovate Indiana Fund
The Innovate Indiana Fund (IIF) was established in 2010 to invest at the pre-seed and seed stage in high-potential technology companies with a strong connection to Indiana University. The IIF is currently fully vested and deployed $10M in capital to early stage IU affiliated startups.
November 2010
October 2017
September 2016
December 2015
October 2012
September 2015
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Shoebox Fund
The Shoebox Fund (a partnership with the Shoemaker Innovation Center and IU Ventures – as part of its Indiana Philanthropic Venture Fund) launched with a gift of $60,000 from Donna and John Shoemaker in 2020. The fund will support student startups that have been built in the startup incubator known as the Shoebox within the Shoemaker Innovation Center at the IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering.
June 2021
January 2022
May 2022
May 2022
November 2022
November 2022
March 2023
November 2023
November 2023
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