Developing Funding Opportunities in Montana

Notes Managing Partner Loretta McCarthy, "Women angel investors are now an integral part of our industry, using their capital, skills and networks to contribute to the success of start-up companies."

Larry Cates, Chairman of the Fund said, "we are delighted to have found such great investment opportunities and helped some terrific entrepreneurs. The acceleration of the startup world in Montana, the rise of angel syndication networks in the region, and the passionate engagement of our investors has fueled some great opportunity." Frontier Fund 2 now enters portfolio management mode.

. We view our mission as one of helping to create clean, high-paying jobs in our Montana communities while we make smart investments.

Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment activity in the United States, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country.

Historically there hasn’t been much seed stage venture capital here — in fact, for decades there wasn’t any. As a state, we had to build our own. And that’s what we did.

Steve Case wants to persuade Silicon Valley–and the president–to look to startups across the country for economic vitality.

Devin Holmes, founder of Montana Innovation Co., said 20 percent of the capital needed to fill the fund has already been committed, and he’s working on securing the rest from investors across the country.

In terms of addressing the question, "what impact will Trump’s election have on venture capital?" #ElectionTech, I would argue a slightly different point, "what impact can the venture capital industry have on the electorate."

The number of women who invest in small businesses is growing, and so is the number of companies led by women that receive funding.

Frontier Funds’ mission is to provide sophisticated, early stage equity capital to companies with a desire to scale and exit with a bias toward Montana based opportunities.