Alerion Ventures

Alerion Ventures is an evergreen venture capital firm focused on early stage investments in scalable startups. Based in Charleston, SC, Alerion partners with entrepreneurs throughout the Southeast. Focus:Alerion Ventures invests in approximately one new company per quarter with the following attributes:Sector:Alerion will consider companies in a variety of industries, so long as they are capital efficient and are targeting markets that will allow for substantial scale and return on investment. Primary areas of interest include enterprise software, technology enabled services, energy efficient technologies, and selective consumer facing businesses as well as healthcare software, services, and diagnostics. Alerion will not consider project finance opportunities or those in drug discovery or energy production. Stage:Alerion will first consider an investment once a company has achieved proof of concept including functional product development and initial market and revenue traction. While the primary focus is early stage, opportunistic investments in growth stage businesses with near term exit potential may also be considered. In all stages, Alerion prefers to partner with other experienced venture investors. Region:Based in Charleston, Alerion will consider investments in companies in the greater Southeast, but with a preference for those located in South Carolina or the neighboring states of North Carolina and Georgia.@AlerionVentures