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The Family Office That Treats Capital Like a Contact Sport
Wasson Enterprise is a 16-person family office with an operator's reflex: write the check, open the network, then help with the awkward work of growing. Its portfolio stretches from pharmacy automation to recycled plastic, but the common product is practical leverage.
R7 Is Betting the Next Great Software Company Will Have Moving Parts
The Chicago venture firm hunts where code meets atoms - backing lab robots, electric trailers, ocean maps and the stubborn machinery of everyday life.
The Company Behind Happy Meals and Stanley Tumblers Plays the Long Game
Morgan Street Holdings grew from a handshake with McDonald’s into a four-company portfolio touching logistics, loyalty, drinkware and workplace dining. Its pitch to founders is unusually simple: keep building, without an exit date hanging over the calendar.
The Venture Firm With a Test Kitchen: Cleveland Avenue Builds Beyond the Check
Cleveland Avenue puts former operators, test kitchens and consumer research behind founders in food, technology and everyday life. Its wager is simple: capital travels farther when it comes with people who have run the machinery of scale.