Propel Capital

Propel Capital sources through a combination of its co-founder's networks and its embedded Fellowship program. Jeremy Mindich’s role at Scopia Capital Management provides access to institutional alternative investment flows, while Sarah M. Williams’ history at the Pfizer Foundation and grassroots organizing in New York connects the firm to economic-inclusion entrepreneurs. The Democracy and Justice Fellows also surface deal flow from advocacy and community-organizing networks that most venture firms do not reach.

Jeremy Mindich is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Scopia Capital Management and a Co-Founder of Propel Capital. Scopia is a separate institutional alternative asset management firm. Propel’s firm structure relies on Mindich’s capital base and his strategic involvement, but Sarah M. Williams operates as CEO and runs the Propel platform independently from Brooklyn.

No. Propel Capital uses a blended-capital approach that includes direct early-stage equity investments through Propel Ventures, economic-inclusion programs through Propel Opportunity, and talent-pipeline building through Propel Talent. It also houses unfunded Fellowship roles focused on democracy and criminal-justice reform, making it a hybrid of a venture investor and an advocacy grantmaker.

Propel Capital targets early-stage, impact-driven companies through its Propel Ventures arm. The firm’s public materials specify direct investments in companies that improve economic outcomes and access to capital. After more than fifteen years of deployment, the firm states it is focused on supporting its existing portfolio, implying a shift from active new deal-making to portfolio management.