adVenture Fund - Imagine. Create. Achieve.

adVenture Fund Official Website: The adVenture Fund aids in economic development by helping Northeast Indiana entrepreneurs obtain seed and pre-seed capital financing to develop new technologies.
Our goal is to help the aspiring entrepreneur build a business while helping Indiana to become a world-class home for IMAGINEERs.

Announcements

aF in Recent News:
• Product plans going smoothie (Journal Gazette article)

aF in Recent News:
• Software firm ready to roll out product

• News Release - 2/16/07 Information Security Company Receives Funding

• News Release - 11/10/05 Orthopedic Device Wins Technology Award

aF in Recent News:
• Nothing Ventured
• Startup Filling Medical Need

• News Release - 9/26/05
adVenture Fund Hosts Technology Competition

• News Release - 7/8/05
Fund Honored by Regional Board

• Fort Wayne Business Weekly
"Imagineer Fund Supports High Tech Start-ups"

• News Release - 3/24/05
Food Science Technology First Investment of Regional Fund
Read Articles:
• Fort Wayne Business Weekly
• Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

• View our Brochure (PDF)
Igniting Entrepreneurial Initiatives in Northeast Indiana.

• Check out our Library of Economic Development reports and data about Fort Wayne, Allen County, and Northeast Indiana.

For more info, contact:
Karen Goldner
Phone: 260-469-4411
Fax: 260-469-4413
kgoldner@fourthwavellc.net

Welcome to the adVenture Fund

The mission of the adVenture Fund is to catalyze the environment that entrepreneurs need for Northeast Indiana to become a world-class home for IMAGINEERs.

The adVenture Fund (aF) is an integrated model which includes all levels of business financing. aF does not mean that existing financial institutions or systems would be recreated but rather that gaps are filled and more entrepreneurs are developed to allow all institutions to better serve the region. aF is a new way of looking at the system we use to finance businesses in Northeast Indiana.

	The IMAGINEER Fund (IF) seeks to fill the void in seed and pre-seed financing for entrepreneurs developing new technology. Investment will be made in for-profit businesses with new technology that promise rapid growth. Investments will typically be very early stage (seed or pre-seed) in increments of $5,000 to $15,000.

	Every investment will include the provision for a mentor participating in the management of the portfolio company. Investments will generally be made in exchange for an interest in the issuer that provides for appropriate level of upside benefit to the fund. This may include a percentage of the issuer's sales after certain minimum benchmarks are reached.