Oregon Investment Fund

The OIF portfolio is comprised of funds ranging from buyouts that invest in more mature and established businesses to early/seed stage funds that invest in young, fast growing companies. Funds chosen to participate in the OIF undergo a rigorous due diligence process to facilitate top performance for return on investment. The OIF also requires the funds to adhere to strict requirements that include developing a presence in Oregon, deep investment experience in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, agreements on time commitments, and the willingness to seek out Oregon-based opportunities.

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The OIF funds bring to OIF a diversified area of experience and expertise:

Burrill & Company is a life sciences merchant bank located in San Francisco, California, focused exclusively on companies involved in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, devices, human healthcare and related medical technologies, nutraceuticals and wellness, agricultural biotechnology, and industrial biotechnology (biomaterials/bioprocesses). With more than $500 million under management, Burrill is also the sponsor and facilitator of three leading annual industry conferences and publishes the seminal annual report on the state of the biotechnology industry.

Founded in 2001, Chrysalix is a venture capital firm based in Vancouver, British Columbia that invests in and supports game changing clean technology companies that are helping to build the new energy economy. The firm invests in early to mid-stage companies with exceptional teams developing products and business models that change how we use natural resources to support sustainable economic activity, while minimizing environmental impacts. Chrysalix provides capital, as well as technical, financial and industry insights focused on helping startups grow into large, successful businesses.

DFJ Frontier invests in seed and early stage technology on the West coast. It is part of the DFJ Network, the most active venture capital organization on the planet. With offices in more than 30 cities around the globe, the Network has more than $5 billion under management to fund extraordinary entrepreneurs.

Founded in 2003 as a spinout of Northwest Capital Appreciation, Inc., Evergreen Pacific Partners, located in Seattle, Washington, is a fund dedicated to the pursuit of middle market buyouts and growth equity investments in the western region of North America. The Firm targets opportunities in manufacturing, packaging, media and consumer products.

Founded in 1999, Montlake Capitalis a Pacific Northwest venture capital firm based in Seattle, Washington, that invests in companies across diversified stages and sectors. The Firm focuses exclusively on companies located in the Northwest, primarily in the business or consumer products/services, retail and financial services industries with revenues in the $5mm - $25mm range.

Nth Power is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in cutting-edge energy technology businesses, particularly in energy intelligence, distributed energy, power reliability and related services. The Fund invests primarily in early-stage and emerging companies and may make selected investments in established growth companies. In addition to its Bay Area headquarters, Nth Power maintains a satellite office in Portland, Oregon.

Riverlake Partners is a Portland, Oregon-based buyout firm focused on lower middle market traditional economy businesses principally located in Oregon and the Western United States. The Fund makes equity and equity-related debt investments in manufacturing, distribution and service companies.

Massachusetts-based Sherbrooke was founded in 1999 to take advantage of the investment opportunities in the health and wellness industry. The Firm provides growth and expansion capital to companies that possess already developed products and services based upon proven science, with a proprietary position due to intellectual property or a strong brand franchise. The target companies would typically be seeking capital to initiate product roll-out or expand distribution and market presence. Sherbrooke is usually the first investor in portfolio companies and part of a syndicate of venture investors.

Voyager Capital is a Seattle-based information technology venture capital firm that invests in enterprise software and services, Internet infrastructure and wireless companies. Voyager focuses on early to late-stage companies, with the majority of investments in early-stage companies based in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California.

Walden Venture Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on investments in digital media, technology-enabled services and Internet commerce companies.

Wedbush Capital Partners is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm that specializes in making $2 to $7 million equity investments in profitable, growing companies with revenues ranging from $10 million to $50 million. Wedbush Capital invests in transactions that include growth investments, recapitalizations and management-led buyouts. Wedbush Capital is an affiliate of Wedbush Morgan Securities, a leading NYSE investment bank with offices across the western United States.

The Oregon Investment Fund bridges the gap between regional entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. In 2008, the OIF created the Big Idea Bash where entrepreneurs and venture capitalists can meet at one venue and share new ideas.