Vertical Venture Partners

Vertical Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests exclusively in particular industry verticals. It looks for founders whose drive comes from years of working inside a specific industry.

Services

• Early-stage investment: funding for founders building vertical-focused companies.
• Operating experience: partners with backgrounds in research, technology and finance who have also been founders.
• Portfolio in varied verticals: healthcare, restaurants, insurance, trucking and social media.

Who it works with

Portfolio companies described on its site include Concert, a behavioural health medical group for primary care, Ordermark, an online ordering dashboard for restaurants, Inbox Health, patient billing software, Embroker, a digital insurance platform for small and mid-sized businesses, and SOCi, social media management for multi-location brands. A trucking fuel payments company is also listed.

Key facts

• Stage: early
• Approach: industry verticals only