Angel Investing, Entrepreneurship & Learning

I’ve had quite a bit of interaction with Jeremy Neilson at the Utah Fund of Funds and I thought that it would be good to give him and the Fund a “Shout-out.”

From what I understand, the UFoF has already made 9+ investments in various venture funds that are connected to Utah.  Here’s a list of the early-stage firms that they have displayed on their website:

• vSpring Capital – an early-stage venture capital fund focusing on information technology and life sciences.
• 5AM Ventures – a seed and early-stage venture capital fund focusing on life sciences.
• Highway 12 Ventures – an early-stage venture capital fund focusing on technology and healthcare companies.
• University Opportunity Fund – an early-stage venture capital fund that co-invests alongside local and national venture capital funds.
• RWI Ventures – an early-stage capital fund focusing on technology and life science companies.

I met Phil Reed, the general partner at Highway 12 Ventures a few weeks back and he is stoked about the Utah investment market.  While their headquarters are in Boise, ID; they are anxious to get tapped into the entrepreneur and investment market here in the state.  In fact, I believe that they have already made 3-5 investments in Utah companies.

What does all of this mean?  More Money in Utah!

Props to Jeremy & the Utah Fund of Funds.  Now if we could only get them to make investments into angel funds…