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Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
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DFJ Portage Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Northfield, Minnesota, United States, North America | ||
Project Skyway | Seed | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America | ||
Atland Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America | ||
Come Up Capital | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America | ||
Zoomworks Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America |
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Top Venture Capital Investors & Funds (Minnesota)

DFJ Portage Ventures
[DFJ Portage Ventures](http://www.portageventures.com) invests anywhere from $500,000 to over $20 million in seed and early stage companies in the information technology, telecommunications, business/IT services, nanotechnology and life science sectors.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Northfield, Minnesota, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Hardware, Venture Capital
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Project Skyway
Project Skyway is a venture capital firm that offers seed-stage tech startup accelerator programs for entrepreneurs. The program builds connections among entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, and other innovation hubs and brings them together both online and in physical space.
Stages: Seed
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America
Industries: B2B, Energy Efficiency, Venture Capital
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Atland Ventures
Atland Ventures is a student-run venture capital firm that focuses on the field of financial services and venture capital. The organization is not a part of, or an agency of, the University of Minnesota. The University does not supervise or control Atland Ventures and is not responsible for its statements, acts, or omissions. Atland Ventures was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Minnesota, United States.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America
Industries: Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Come Up Capital
Come Up Capital is a $50M fund that invests in tech startups seeking early stage financing. We focus primarily on the Midwest, but we will pursue good opportunities wherever we find them.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America
Industries: Venture Capital
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Zoomworks Ventures
Zoomworks Ventures exclusively invests in startups that operates in the marketing technology and media sectors. Leveraging the ad agency’s extensive experience and expertise in developing innovative marketing and advertising technologies, Zoomworks looks for opportunities to fund, advise, and accelerate the growth of martech startups. It began operation in 2018, with its headquarters in Minneapolis in Minnesota.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America
Industries: Advertising, Angel Investment, Impact Investing, Marketing, Venture Capital
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Land O’ Lakes Dairy Accelerator
Land O’ Lakes Dairy Accelerator is an accelerator program of Land O’ Lakes that fosters innovation in the dairy industry and desires to engage innovative dairy food companies, spread entrepreneurial thinking, share expertise, and support the growth of the dairy industry. This three-month program (“Land O’Lakes Dairy Accelerator program”) will provide support and mentor dairy food entrepreneurs that want to grow and drive innovation in the dairy products space. Participants will have access to personnel and seminars focusing on finance, brand building, manufacturing, sales, distribution and leadership development. In addition, the Land O’Lakes Dairy Accelerator program will include access to supply chain, marketing, business development and leadership development experts on an as needed basis. At the conclusion of the Land O’Lakes Dairy Accelerator program, participants will have the opportunity to present their proposals and new business ideas to Land O’Lakes, Inc. leadership.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Hills, Minnesota, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Food Processing, Venture Capital
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