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Venture Capital | Private Equity | Special Situations HG Ventures is the financially-driven and incentivized venture capital arm of The Heritage Group (THG). We invest and partner with private companies developing new disruptive technologies (software, hardware, and/or materials) and approaches in both THG's core and adjacent markets. We leverage the world class expertise of THG's operating companies and research center to offer a unique value proposition to our portfolio company partners. We invest globally in companies from seed to growth equity stage in industries such as environmental services, industrial waste management, transportation infrastructure construction & materials, and specialty chemicals & fuels. We currently manage over $300 million of capital and target investing approximately $50 million per year into new and existing portfolio companies.
2024
Managing Partner
2024
Small business acquisitions
2024
Owner
2024
Multifamily real estate investments
2024
Board Observer
2024
INERATEC has developed a microstructured chemical reactor technology for power-to-liquids applications. The company's technology transforms renewable energy and CO₂ into high value products including electrofuels for sustainable aviation fuel & diesel as well as chemical feedstocks.
2023
Board Observer
2023
Bind-X is the developer of a microbiologically induced bio cement designed to improve the sustainability and profitability of industries by optimizing, customizing, and industrializing biotechnological processes. The company's induced bio cement uses a bio-geochemical process that induces calcium carbonate precipitation within the soil matrix and controls dust more cost-efficiently and in an environmental-friendly way than existing alternatives, enabling clients to control dust and pollution by turning sand into bricks.
2023
Board Observer
2023
Pretred is the manufacturer of industrial use barriers and blocks intended to provide sustainable usage of waste tires and plastic. These products are made from 95% recycled materials, enabling governments, construction companies, and private entities to use more sustainable products available at subsidized costs.
2022
Board Observer
2022
Currents is the developer of a B2B marketplace platform for end-of-life EV batteries. Their software solution connects institutional buyers and sellers across the supply chain including automotive OEMs, fleets, recyclers, and second-life applications.
2022
Board Observer
2022
Circulor is the developer of a B2B SaaS application designed to provide traceability of materials in industrial supply chains. The company uses blockchain and artificial intelligence to provide identity and to track supply chain data of a commodity along the journey from source to consumption, thereby enabling businesses to secure deliveries, manage payments and check the provenance of their raw materials to address their sustainability goals.
2021
Board Observer
2021
Transcend is the developer of a B2B SaaS product designed to automate preliminary engineering design of all kinds of vertical assets. The company's product covers water and wastewater treatment facilities, and in the future other kinds of assets such as data centers, power plants, where it automatically integrates decisions and calculations from each engineering discipline to create a custom preliminary design of a facility including a dozen or more engineering documents and drawings, enabling engineering firms and technology companies to accelerate digital transformation initiatives and improve financial performance through automated design software.
2021
Board Observer
2021
Gauge is the developer of an enterprise B2B IoT SaaS platform intended to facilitate the management of fleet operations. The company's platform manages and offers information on all the client's assets including vehicles and it has the capacity to grow along with the number of assets and increasing complexity of usage, enabling multilateral industries to also deliver installation services along with support and training.