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TOVentures
ToVenture supports non-traditional entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds through strategic, impactful, and sustainable investments. Its goals include...
TOVentures
ToVenture supports non-traditional entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds through strategic, impactful, and sustainable investments. Its goals include raising funding to invest in disadvantaged entrepreneurs, providing risk-free funding and support, and removing financial barriers and risk to entrepreneurship. It also aims to create meaningful and sustainable self-employment opportunities, spark economic activity in communities, and combat chronic poverty.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2021
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Lansdowne
Corporate office
Lansdowne, VA, United States
Principals
Sue Ellen Zhang
Founder
Dafan Zhang
Founder
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Does TOVentures lead rounds or primarily co-invest?
TOVentures can and does lead rounds. In FloQast's 2024 Series E, the firm participated alongside lead investor T. Rowe Price and existing backer Meritech Capital. Its position in LeaseQuery dates to an earlier growth round where Goldman Sachs' merchant bank led. The firm's model accommodates both lead and follow roles depending on check size and relationship with the company.
What is the geographic focus of the firm?
TOVentures invests primarily in United States-based software companies. Its portfolio is concentrated domestically; the firm has not disclosed any investments in European or Asian-headquartered businesses. The firm's own headquarters in Lansdowne, Virginia — roughly 40 miles west of Washington, D.C. — anchors it in a region that is neither a traditional venture nor a traditional private equity hub.
What stage of companies does TOVentures target?
The firm targets early-growth to expansion-stage companies — roughly Series A through late-stage venture rounds. It enters after the core product has been built and initial revenue traction is established, deploying capital that funds sales team expansion, product development sprints, and in some cases, acquisitions. TOVentures does not do seed, pre-seed, or buyout transactions based on its known track record.
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