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Alerion Ventures

North America, South Carolina, United States, Charleston

Description

Alerion Ventures is an evergreen venture capital firm strategically positioned in Charleston, South Carolina, with a dedicated focus on early-stage investments. The firm targets scalable startups across various sectors, aiming to provide capital and strategic support to companies poised for significant growth. Its evergreen structure allows for greater flexibility and a longer-term investment horizon compared to traditional fixed-life funds, enabling patient capital deployment and sustained engagement with its portfolio companies.

The firm primarily invests in companies at the Seed, Pre-Seed, and Series A stages, demonstrating a clear commitment to supporting nascent businesses from their foundational phases. Alerion Ventures is known for its initial check sizes, typically ranging from $250,000 to $1,000,000. This range indicates their sweet spot for providing crucial early capital, often serving as the first institutional investor or participating in early funding rounds alongside other strategic partners. The firm also reserves capital for follow-on investments, underscoring its long-term commitment to its most promising portfolio companies as they achieve milestones and require further scaling capital.

Alerion Ventures maintains an active investment pace, having made approximately 25 investments across its portfolio. Their portfolio spans diverse industries, reflecting a broad interest in innovative solutions that address market needs. While specific sector specializations are not explicitly stated, their investments often gravitate towards technology-driven companies with strong intellectual property or disruptive business models. The firm emphasizes a collaborative approach, working closely with founders to navigate challenges and accelerate growth, leveraging their network and operational expertise to add value beyond just capital.

Investor Profile

Alerion Ventures has backed more than 37 startups, with 0 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 1 rounds, about 3% of its total and boasts 9 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Series A, Series B rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States.
  • Strong thematic focus on Software, SaaS, Information Technology.
  • Typical check size: $250K – $1M.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (35%)
  • Series A (32%)
  • Series B (14%)
  • Series Unknown (8%)
  • Series D (5%)
  • Debt Financing (3%)
  • Series C (3%)

Country Focus

  • United States (100%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Saas
  • Information Technology
  • Enterprise Software
  • Analytics
  • Mobile
  • Health Care
  • Small And Medium Businesses
  • Career Planning
  • B2b
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Alerion Ventures frequently co-invest with?

IDEA Fund Partners
North America, North Carolina, United States, Chapel Hill
Co-Investments: 12
Service Provider Capital
North America, Colorado, United States, Golden
Co-Investments: 4
S3 Ventures
North America, Texas, United States, Austin
Co-Investments: 3
Bull City Venture Partners
North America, North Carolina, United States, Durham
Co-Investments: 4
Tech Square Ventures
North America, Georgia, United States, Atlanta
Co-Investments: 3
AIM Group
North America, Alabama, United States, Opelika
Co-Investments: 2
Knoll Ventures
North America, Georgia, United States, Atlanta
Co-Investments: 4
Grotech Ventures
North America, Virginia, United States, Vienna
Co-Investments: 5
Mosley Ventures
North America, Georgia, United States, Atlanta
Co-Investments: 3
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North America, Georgia, United States, Atlanta
Co-Investments: 5

Which angels does Alerion Ventures often collaborate with?

SB
North America, California, United States
Shared Deals: 1
MG
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Shared Deals: 1
AE
North America, South Carolina, United States, Greenville
Shared Deals: 1
PJ
North America, California, United States
Shared Deals: 1
JI
North America, Colorado, United States, Boulder
Shared Deals: 1
Dave Williams
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 1
SW
North America, North Carolina, United States, Raleigh
Shared Deals: 1
RH
North America, Nevada, United States, Las Vegas
Shared Deals: 1
KP
North America, Georgia, United States, Atlanta
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Alerion Ventures?

biospatial

Durham, North Carolina, United States

biospatial is a platform that analyzes healthcare data to support the missions of public sector and commercial healthcare entities.

AnalyticsHealth CareInformation ServicesPredictive Analytics
Series AMay 27, 2022
Amount Raised: $3,400,000
RepVue

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

RepVue is a crowdsourced ratings and career development platform for sales professionals.

Career PlanningSalesSoftware
SeedMay 25, 2022
Amount Raised: $5,000,000
Case Status

North Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Case Status operates as a cloud-based, client engagement tool for the legal services industry.

Cloud Data ServicesLegalLegal TechProfessional ServicesSaaS
Series AJan 29, 2022
Amount Raised: $3,500,000
Stellar

Dallas, Texas, United States

Stellar maintains, repairs, and improves its clients' real estate properties.

Building MaintenanceHome and GardenHome ServicesProperty ManagementReal Estate
Series ASep 27, 2021
Amount Raised: $20,000,000
Slope Software

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Slope Software is an actuarial financial projection modeling software company.

B2BFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyInsuranceInsurTechLife InsuranceSaaSSoftware
SeedAug 30, 2021
Amount Raised: $2,000,000
RepVue

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

RepVue is a crowdsourced ratings and career development platform for sales professionals.

Career PlanningSalesSoftware
SeedJun 29, 2021
Amount Raised: $1,000,000
Payzer

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Payzer is a financial technology company that offers a financial tool which helps contractors grow their businesses and exchange money.

Business DevelopmentElectronicsFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech
Series DJun 21, 2021
Amount Raised: $23,000,000
Fenris

Glen Allen, Virginia, United States

Fenris is a single source for instant insight and data enrichment for every application and policyholder.

AnalyticsAuto InsuranceCommercial InsuranceFinTechInsurTechLife InsuranceMachine LearningPredictive AnalyticsProperty InsuranceSaaS
SeedApr 7, 2021
Amount Raised: $2,700,000
Rent Ready

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Rent Ready is a technology-enabled turn service business.

Facilities Support Services
Series AMar 9, 2021
Amount Raised: $10,000,000
Resurface Labs

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Resurface makes every user API calls a durable transaction for troubleshooting, remediation, and rich data sets.

Developer APIsSoftware
SeedOct 21, 2020
Amount Raised: $2,000,000