High Alpha
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| Private Company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Venture capital |
| Founded 📆 | Indianapolis, Indiana 2015 |
| Founder 👔 | Scott Dorsey, Kristian Andersen, Eric Tobias, and Mike Fitzgerald |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , |
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| Members | |
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| Subsidiaries | High Alpha Studio, High Alpha Capital |
| 🌐 Website | https://highalpha.com/ |
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High Alpha is an American venture studio and venture capital firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. High Alpha specializes in building and investing in B2B software-as-a-service and enterprise cloud companies.[1]
Firm[edit]
High Alpha was founded by Scott Dorsey, Eric Tobias, Kristian Andersen, and Mike Fitzgerald in 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. In June 2015, High Alpha raised $35 million in their first fund to create, operate, and fund enterprise cloud software companies.[2] In July 2018, High Alpha raised another $100 million for their second fund.[3][4]
High Alpha is backed by Emergence Capital, Foundry Group, Greenspring Associates, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and a number of strategic angel investors.[2][5]
High Alpha Studio[edit]
High Alpha comprises two entities, High Alpha Studio and High Alpha Capital. High Alpha Studio is a startup studio that creates, operates, and scales new enterprise cloud companies.[6]
High Alpha Studio's portfolio includes Lessonly, Visible, Sigstr, Zylo, Pattern89, Structural, Anvl, and MetaCX.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][14] Former portfolio companies that have been acquired include Octiv, ClearScholar, and Doxly.[15][16][17]
High Alpha Capital[edit]
High Alpha Capital is the direct investment arm of High Alpha with over $105 million in assets under management.[18] The fund makes direct investments in both High Alpha Studio companies and independent startups.[19]
The High Alpha Capital portfolio includes investments made in High Alpha Studio companies as well as investments in G2 Crowd, Narvar, project44, SalesLoft, Terminus, Attentive, CrowdRiff, Dwolla, and many more .[7][20][21][22]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Scott Dorsey and friends have $35M to spend on tech startups". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2015-12-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Indianapolis as an Epicenter of Innovation: High Alpha Raises $35M". tech.co. Retrieved 2015-12-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Indianapolis' HighAlpha raises over $100 million for its enterprise software-focused 'venture studio'". VentureBeat. 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ Shieber, Jonathan (2018-07-18). "Midwest rising". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-10-07. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Xconomy: High Alpha Raises $100M+ for Two New Funds, Adds Brad Feld to Board". Xconomy. 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ "Dorsey, Gravity investors raise $35M to launch High Alpha". www.ibj.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "High Alpha | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ↑ "Email-signature startup joins Dorsey's venture studio". www.ibj.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Zylo. "Zylo Secures $22.5 Million Series B led by Menlo Ventures, Matt Murphy Joining Board". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ "Zylo picks up $22.5 mln Series B". PE Hub. 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ Schoettle, Anthony. "High Alpha portfolio company raises $3.5 million". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ "He sold his St. Paul start-up for millions. Now he's starting another". Twin Cities. 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ McGowan, Dan. "High Alpha Spawns Tenth Tech Startup". www.insideindianabusiness.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Konrad, Alex. "Former Salesforce Marketing Cloud Boss Scott McCorkle's New Startup Raises $14 Million While Stealth". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ Ober, Andy. "Indy Tech Company Octiv Acquired". www.insideindianabusiness.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ "Texas tech firm acquires High Alpha's ClearScholar". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ Brown, Alex. "Doxly Acquired by Chicago Tech Company". www.insideindianabusiness.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ Rowley, Jason D. (2018-07-16). "Indianapolis-Based High Alpha Raises $100 Million For Second Fund, Revamped Venture Studio". Crunchbase News. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ "Everybody's talking about High Alpha - TechPoint". TechPoint. Retrieved 2015-12-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "G2 Crowd picks up $7 million in Series A funding". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "TinderBox lands $7 million in venture funding". www.ibj.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "High Alpha Funding | AngelList". AngelList. Retrieved 2019-10-07. Unknown parameter
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