An Early-Stage Venture Capital Firm
and Impact Investment Platform

Drawing on 37 years of entrepreneurial experience and 18 years of impact investing expertise, we are addressing systemic bias in venture capital by investing in diverse entrepreneurs.

Our mission is to generate exceptional returns for investors and to foster broad prosperity for diverse entrepreneurs and emerging communities. We are accomplishing this through economic inclusion and an investment thesis based on the ideals of stakeholder capitalism. Since 2013, we have been investing in the founders others ignore for all the wrong reasons. These founders are using innovation to break accessibility barriers, promoting a more just, joyous, equitable, and prosperous society.

Our Team

  • Jeff Cherry

    CEO, MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER

  • Joe Valis

    GENERAL PARTNER

  • John Key

    GENERAL PARTNER

Investment Thesis

  • Stakeholder Capitalism

    We embrace a new narrative about the relationship of business and society. Using the principles of Stakeholder Capitalism we help our portfolio companies build business models that create a mutual exchange of value for all stakeholders. When founders focus on dedicated employees, supportive suppliers, welcoming communities, and loyal customers over shareholder myopia, they drive growth, innovation, and exceptional financial performance.

  • Expanding Opportunity

    Incredible talent is spread throughout society, but opportunity is often constrained by intentional biases and allegiance to outdated norms. We aim to unleash this talent wherever it exists, embedding ourselves in diverse communities to discover innovators that others often overlook. We believe this can create economic opportunities for diverse founders and increases the opportunities for excpetional investor returns.

  • Dismantling Barriers

    We seek to invest in ideas that dismantle barriers to a better life for millions of customers. These innovations span crucial areas like healthcare, education, mobility, nutrition, and clean water. By addressing these challenges, we are paving the way for a brighter, more inclusive future.

Impact

We are different because we have a specific point of view, created from nearly 40 years of operational and investing experience. This enables us to engineer our companies for outperformance and provides us with an asymmetric information advantage. While others continue to prioritize shareholder myopia, we focus on founders who are using stakeholder theory as a more sustainable path to high-performing cultures and investment returns.

Portfolio

Our Advisors

  • Shelonda Stokes

    ADVISOR

  • Smitha Gopal

    ADVISOR

Get in touch.

  • For more information or to speak with a member of our team on how to start this process, email us at info@cvpartners.vc

  • If you are a founder seeking investment and believe you fit our investment thesis, we’d love to connect. Send us an email at investments@cvpartners.vc

Visit Us

901 S Bond Street, Suite 203 // Baltimore, MD 21231