Dylan Jovine built a Florida research shop around a sharp observation: big funds ignore thousands of smaller companies. The opportunity is real, the subscriptions can cost thousands, and the uncomfortable part is knowing when conviction has become marketing.
Agent Capital invests where molecules, milestones and money collide. Its small team backs healthcare companies across the development curve, then stays close enough to help science become a financeable business.
For 35 years, Connecticut has run a venture fund out of the statehouse. In fiscal 2026 it returned a record $66.5 million - proof that a government can, occasionally, invest like a Sand Hill Road firm.
Most investors diversify by geography. The O.H.I.O. Fund does the opposite - using an Ohio-only mandate, a multi-asset portfolio and a local network to turn home-state knowledge into an investing edge.