Latimer Ventures

Luke Cooper founded Latimer Ventures in 2022. He was previously the CEO of Fixt, a mobile device management and enterprise support platform, which he led through an acquisition by a private equity-backed rollup. That exit provided both the personal capital and the operating experience that anchor the firm's focus on B2B software companies led by founders with deep enterprise domain knowledge.

Latimer Ventures targets early-stage seed rounds, typically as the first institutional check into a company. The firm concentrates on pre-revenue and early-revenue B2B SaaS startups. Specific check-size ranges are not publicly disclosed.

The firm's sourcing strategy prioritizes under-networked enterprise hubs in the United States, with a core focus on the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast corridors, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Detroit. The thesis is built on accessing technical founders with enterprise operating experience who are building outside traditional coastal venture markets.

The firm invests in B2B enterprise software, with an emphasis on workforce productivity, industrial operations, and workflow automation. The mandate also includes cybersecurity and applied AI/ML companies where the founding team has a track record of shipping products at scale inside large organizations.

Latimer Ventures is a venture capital firm structured as an asset manager. It is not a family office. The firm was founded by Luke Cooper following his company's exit and operates as an independent early-stage fund manager raising external capital.

Latimer Ventures writes seed-stage checks and can act as a lead investor for first institutional rounds. The firm's investment in Fruitful is an example of its participation in a seed-stage syndicate for a B2B fintech platform.

Luke Cooper has positioned Latimer Ventures as a direct response to the fundraising challenges he experienced as a Black founder. The firm's sourcing strategy explicitly targets overlooked enterprise cities and aims to correct the capital access gap for technical founders operating outside traditional venture networks.