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Verge Partners

www.vergefund.com

VCMatch tracks Verge Partners as an investor focused on Climate/Cleantech, Energy, and Healthtech companies, Series A rounds, New Mexico, Albuquerque, Nm, and United States markets, and $1.2m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$1.2m

Stages

Series A

Geography

New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, and United States

Investment Thesis

Verge’s investment philosophy is regionally focused and company-building oriented: they aim to develop “world class companies in NM” by combining experienced entrepreneurs, investors and operators with locally rooted technology and research. They explicitly leverage New Mexico’s scientific and engineering assets (notably the “$5B in research dollars spent here every year”) and take an active, hands-on approach—providing capital, board participation and operational support—to grow companies that have a “dramatic impact on the state of New Mexico.”

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Verge Partners is most relevant for founders raising Series A rounds in Climate/Cleantech, Energy, Healthtech, and Legaltech, especially across New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, and United States, with public check-size signals around $1.2m.

Focus statement

Verge focuses on New Mexico-based, technology and research-driven companies—bringing together entrepreneurs “as investors, founders, managers and advisors” to build an innovation-led economy in the state and to commercialize technologies originating from national labs, universities and military research facilities.

Value Add

  • Geographic and ecosystem focus on New Mexico (explicit mission to build companies in NM and an “innovation-led economy in New Mexico”).
  • Deliberate leverage of local research spend and talent: “We leverage the $5B in research dollars spent here every year.”
  • Team composed of local, experienced entrepreneurs and venture professionals with deep regional operating and investing track records (the Principals have a “combined 100+ years of experience in and working with entrepreneurial companies in New Mexico”).
  • Hands-on company building and governance involvement (example: “Thomas Stephenson will join the Board of Directors of Altela as a result of the financing”).
  • Long-tenured regional presence and relationships—positioned to recruit founders, advisors and channels within the state (“We live here. We’ve been successful here. We know how to get things done here.”).

Stage And Sector Fit

Portfolio Highlights

Wellkeeper

Unknown

Altela, Inc

Cleantech

boomtime

Unknown

SportXast

Unknown

attachedapps

Unknown

Nuvita

Healthcare

Nuvita Pro

Healthcare

Slipstream

Unknown