Ludlow Ventures was founded in 2010 by Jonathon Triest. Based in Detroit, Michigan, the company provides entrepreneurs and startups with seed and early stage, and debt financing investments. The firm invests in technology companies and invests between $.025 million and $.075 million.
Ludlow Ventures also assists and supports companies through various stages i.e. when testing a product, networking or marketing. The overall ethos of the company is to operate with empathy, honest and trust with a view to strengthening company relations
Ludlow Ventures invests at many stages to early and seed stage. It also invests in debt financing to entrepreneurs. Ludlow Ventures has raised over $60 million across 3 funds, their latest being Ludlow Ventures Detroit II. Ludlow Ventures I LP raised $15 million in 2014 and Ludlow Ventures II raising $45 million in 2017. Investments include Knock Knock, Beauty by Design and Bloomscape with exits including Final, Roadtrippers and Shape Analytics.
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Financial technology company.
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Fourpost is a New York-based company.
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Knock Knock is a San Francisco-based company.
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Adam Lisagor
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Brad Feld
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Brett deMarrais
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Eric Ries
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Gwen Castleberry
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Jason Lawrence Nazar
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Jonathon Triest
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