About the Fund
We Provide
- Founders with Vital Early to Late-Stage Seed Funding, Focused Mentoring, and Strategic Partnerships
- Investors with Opportunities to Help Grow Virginia’s Entrepreneurial Economy and Strengthen Regional Ecosystems
- Collaborative Universities with Opportunities to Create Value in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
- Regional Angel Networks and Other Early-Stage Funders with Lead Syndication and Follow-On Funding Opportunities
- Venture Firms with a Pipeline of Proven High-Performance Teams, Scaling Platform Technologies, and Profitable Market Traction
Investment Criteria
Structure:
$100k to $500k initial investment
Convertible debt or equity
Focus:
Health Innovation
Multi-Market Tech
Attributes:
Graduate of a recognized accelerator, and/or previously funded
Humbly confident and experienced management team
Large and growing addressable market
Demonstrated product-market fit
Innovative and defensible tech/IP
Profitable unit economics at scale
Likely exit pathways
Location:
Biased towards management operations in Virginia
Contact Our Team
Board Members
Monique Adams*
Executive Director, 757 Angels
Chandra Briggman
CEO, Activation Capital
RGF Board Chair
Jim Cheng*
Investor and Exited Entrepreneur
Dave Levin, M.D.*
Chief Medical and Information Officer, Phlow Corp.
Bob Mooney*
Co-Founder / Managing Director, NRV
*Investment Committee
Portfolio Companies
