FIRST ROUND LEAD INVESTORS FOR CAPITAL-EFFICIENT ENTREPRENEURS

Activated Companies

Decades of experience and a far-reaching network of contacts

12 successful IPOs

40+ profitable exits to strategic and financial buyers

150+ technology-enabled companies financed

50 companies in healthcare

100+ companies financed as lead/co-lead investor

75% of capital invested in the Mid-Atlantic region

$10+ billion in market value attained upon exit

mostly pre-revenue companies at time of first investment

1st institutional investor in 85% of portfolio companies

50%+ of companies financed pre-revenue at time of first investment

CEO and Founder Testimonials

Investment Focus

Visionary founders with domain knowledge and the ability to scale a business operationally
Markets that are at an inflection point in demand where new approaches can create significant value and upset the status quo
Seed and early-stage companies where our decades-long track record of experience as a lead investor adds value in a company’s first institutional equity financing
Capital efficient businesses where first round financings of $5 million or less can create significant progress toward achieving business objectives

Meet our team

Glen Bressner

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Todd Pietri

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Don Yount

General Partner and Chief Financial Officer

Jarred Bressner, MD

Principal

Avlyn Ashterman-Reece

Administrative Director

Ed Goodman

Venture Partner

Jeff Davison

Venture Partner

News

KAID Health Technology Demonstrates the Value of Natural Language Processing to Improve Preoperative Care

We have demonstrated that NLP technology can help identify critical medical conditions relevant to pre-anesthetic evaluation.

Symphonic Partners With Bonsai to Better Monetize Fan Engagement

The independent distributor will offer its artists early access to Bonsai’s fan monetization tools.

Bobby Varma Named SIA Women in Biometrics Awards Winner

Varma was also selected as one of the honorees in the SIA Women in Security Forum’s inaugural

Activate Venture Partners Launches – Part II

Our new fund Activate Ventures II LP marks the latest in a series of six early-stage venture

Activate Venture Partners Launches

With the launch of www.activatevp.com, we are replacing the Milestone Venture Partners brand with the Activate Venture Partners

Stuck inside the U.S. healthcare system with the patient navigation blues again

As a venture capitalist, I am encouraged by the innovation pouring into the U.S. healthcare sector. As

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Pennsylvania Office

116 Research Drive
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone (610) 849-1990

New York Office

595 Madison Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Phone (212) 223-7400