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| Company type | Private Company |
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| Industry | Venture capital |
| Founded | Indianapolis, Indiana 2015 |
| Founder | Scott Dorsey, Kristian Andersen, Eric Tobias, and Mike Fitzgerald |
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| Subsidiaries | High Alpha Studio, High Alpha Capital |
| Website | https://highalpha.com/ |
High Alpha is an American venture studio and venture capital firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. High Alpha specializes in building and investing in B2B software-as-a-service and enterprise cloud companies.[1]
Firm[edit]
High Alpha was founded by Scott Dorsey, Eric Tobias, Kristian Andersen, and Mike Fitzgerald in 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. In June of 2015, High Alpha raised $35 million in their first fund to create, operate, and fund enterprise cloud software companies.[2] In July of 2018, High Alpha raised another $100 million for their second fund.[3][4]
High Alpha is backed by Emergence Capital, Foundry Group, Greenspring Associates, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and a number of strategic angel investors.[2][5]
High Alpha Studio[edit]
High Alpha is comprised of two entities, High Alpha Studio and High Alpha Capital. High Alpha Studio is a startup studio that creates, operates, and scales new enterprise cloud companies.[6]
High Alpha Studio’s portfolio includes Lessonly, Visible, Sigstr, Zylo, Pattern89, Structural, Anvl, and MetaCX.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Former portfolio companies that have been acquired include Octiv, ClearScholar, and Doxly.[16][17][18]
High Alpha Capital[edit]
High Alpha Capital is the direct investment arm of High Alpha with over $105 million in assets under management[19]. The fund makes direct investments in both High Alpha Studio companies and independent startups.[20]
The High Alpha Capital portfolio includes investments made in High Alpha Studio companies as well as investments in G2, Narvar, project44, SalesLoft, Terminus, Attentive, CrowdRiff, Dwolla, and many more .[7][21][22][23]
References[edit]
- ^ "Scott Dorsey and friends have $35M to spend on tech startups". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Indianapolis as an Epicenter of Innovation: High Alpha Raises $35M". tech.co. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Indianapolis' HighAlpha raises over $100 million for its enterprise software-focused 'venture studio'". VentureBeat. 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ Shieber, Jonathan (2018-07-18). "Midwest rising". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Xconomy: High Alpha Raises $100M+ for Two New Funds, Adds Brad Feld to Board". Xconomy. 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ "Dorsey, Gravity investors raise $35M to launch High Alpha". www.ibj.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "High Alpha | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ^ "Sigstr Partners with High Alpha Studio to Launch New Marketing Platform for Employee Email Communications". PRWeb. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Email-signature startup joins Dorsey's venture studio". www.ibj.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Zylo. "Zylo Secures $22.5 Million Series B led by Menlo Ventures, Matt Murphy Joining Board". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ Schoettle, Anthony. "High Alpha portfolio company raises $3.5 million". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ "He sold his St. Paul start-up for millions. Now he's starting another". Twin Cities. 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ McGowan, Dan. "High Alpha Spawns Tenth Tech Startup". www.insideindianabusiness.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ Konrad, Alex. "Former Salesforce Marketing Cloud Boss Scott McCorkle's New Startup Raises $14 Million While Stealth". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ Konrad, Alex. "Former Salesforce Marketing Cloud Boss Scott McCorkle's New Startup Raises $14 Million While Stealth". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ Ober, Andy. "Indy Tech Company Octiv Acquired". www.insideindianabusiness.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ "Texas tech firm acquires High Alpha's ClearScholar". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ Brown, Alex. "Doxly Acquired by Chicago Tech Company". www.insideindianabusiness.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ Rowley, Jason D. (2018-07-16). "Indianapolis-Based High Alpha Raises $100 Million For Second Fund, Revamped Venture Studio". Crunchbase News. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ "Everybody's talking about High Alpha - TechPoint". TechPoint. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "G2 Crowd picks up $7 million in Series A funding". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "TinderBox lands $7 million in venture funding". www.ibj.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "High Alpha Funding | AngelList". AngelList. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
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External links[edit]
Category:Software companies based in Indiana Category:Companies based in Indianapolis Category:Venture capital firms