What is Growth Factory Ventures?

Growth Factory Ventures is a Sacramento-based early-stage venture capital firm and venture studio. We back founders with capital, operator experience, and hands-on support across AI, B2B SaaS, CleanTech, BioHealth, and robotics.

What stage does Growth Factory Ventures invest at?

We invest at the earliest stages, from pre-seed through seed. We write checks when companies may have just an idea, a prototype, or very early revenue, and then help them build to attract follow-on venture capital.

What is the Growth Factory Venture Studio?

Our in-house venture studio builds startups from zero. We co-create with operators, engineers, designers, and domain experts to validate real-world problems and build venture-scale companies from scratch.

How do I apply for funding from Growth Factory Ventures?

Visit growthfactory.vc and click Reach Out or Apply Now. Our process is designed to move fast and give you a clear answer either way. We look for founders with conviction building in sectors where we can add real value.

Where is Growth Factory Ventures located?

Growth Factory Ventures is based in Rocklin, California, in the Greater Sacramento region. We invest primarily in Northern California founders but back startups across the United States.

How many companies has Growth Factory Ventures invested in?

Fund I has backed over 70 startups across Big Data, Cloud, B2B SaaS, AI, CleanTech, BioHealth, and more. We manage over $22M in assets with 120+ active LPs.

The Partner
Network

The Partner Network

How we bring stakeholders together.

Hand-selected partners. Embedded across the fund, the studio, and the events. Growth Factory is one platform — fund, venture studio, and event program — operating across Northern California. Partners are integrated contributors, not logo placements.

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The Network

Eight categories. The
bench behind every build.

Eight categories. The bench behind every build.

Strategic Partners span eight service verticals. Each fills a real gap inside the ecosystem. The list goes out to our entire network on a recurring basis. Open spots remain in categories still being built, including legal and technology.

Wealth Management

Natoma Wealth

Private wealth management for the people behind the companies: founders, owners, and executives. When someone in the network has a liquidity event or personal wealth to plan around, this is who we call.

Wealth Management

Natoma Wealth

Wealth Management

Natoma Wealth

Tax Cedits & Incentives

CTI

Funding through tax credits and incentives that most companies leave on the table, from R&D to hiring to facilities. When a founder is building, hiring, or investing in real estate, we point them here.

Tax Cedits & Incentives

CTI

Tax Cedits & Incentives

CTI

Employee Benefits

Curiosity Benefits

Tailored Employee Benefits, Insurance, HR Systems, and compliance for companies hiring fast and planning for growth.

Employee Benefits

Curiosity Benefits

Tailored Employee Benefits, Insurance, HR Systems, and compliance for companies hiring fast and planning for growth.

Employee Benefits

Curiosity Benefits

Tailored Employee Benefits, Insurance, HR Systems, and compliance for companies hiring fast and planning for growth.

Revenue & Go-To-Market

Katsu

Breakout revenue growth through partnerships and sharper go to market for founders who need to grow without solely using ads or another product launch.

Revenue & Go-To-Market

Katsu

Breakout revenue growth through partnerships and sharper go to market for founders who need to grow without solely using ads or another product launch.

Revenue & Go-To-Market

Katsu

Breakout revenue growth through partnerships and sharper go to market for founders who need to grow without solely using ads or another product launch.

Brand & Design

Lofty Word

Helping growing companies align their brand, clarify their message, and communicate confidently through brand strategy, design, and websites.

Brand & Design

Lofty Word

Helping growing companies align their brand, clarify their message, and communicate confidently through brand strategy, design, and websites.

Brand & Design

Lofty Word

Helping growing companies align their brand, clarify their message, and communicate confidently through brand strategy, design, and websites.

Private Credit & Lending

Marble Bridge

Working capital for growing companies without giving up equity, from a direct lender offering revolving line of credit against receivables, PO, & contracts.

Private Credit & Lending

Marble Bridge

Working capital for growing companies without giving up equity, from a direct lender offering revolving line of credit against receivables, PO, & contracts.

Private Credit & Lending

Marble Bridge

Working capital for growing companies without giving up equity, from a direct lender offering revolving line of credit against receivables, PO, & contracts.

Operations & CEO Development

Orbsi

Company infrastructure and CEO development for founder-led businesses where everything still runs through the founder. We build the systems the team runs from and develop the leader who no longer has to run everything.

Operations & CEO Development

Orbsi

Operations & CEO Development

Orbsi

Advertising & Communications

PorterCo

Brand strategy, marketing communications, and media for organizations navigating growth, change, and opportunity.

Advertising & Communications

PorterCo

Brand strategy, marketing communications, and media for organizations navigating growth, change, and opportunity.

Advertising & Communications

PorterCo

Brand strategy, marketing communications, and media for organizations navigating growth, change, and opportunity.

Reach out to them directly, or let us make the introduction. A warm intro from Growth Factory tends to open the door faster.

In their words

Real partners.
Real outcomes.

How conviction gets engineered

Partners who show up consistently end up in the right rooms — and the work that comes out of those rooms speaks for itself.

I presented at a Growth Factory Founders Forum — not a sales pitch, just teaching and adding value. Within two weeks, I was working with a founder who attended the event, and helped them raise their SAFE. The team creates real win-wins for founders and partners. If you work with founders, I couldn't recommend this more.

Liz Connolly

Founder, katsu (previously led Trifecta to $500M)

Growth Factory puts us in the room with founders at the moment they're actually scaling — not after they've already chosen their advisors. The integration across the fund, the studio, and the events gives us recurring touch points that any standard sponsorship would never produce. The relationships are real, the founders are real, and the work that comes out of it is real.

Taylor Wolfe

Representative, CTI

The community that Growth Factory Ventures is building reflects the collective strength of the Sacramento region, its great people, bold ideas, and visionary founders. Natoma Wealth is proud to be an active partner in this entrepreneurial ecosystem, and our partnership with Growth Factory continues to elevate the way we support and serve its innovators and investors.

Alec Fisher

Managing Director, Natoma Wealth

The Network

You belong here if…

Strategic Partners come from many backgrounds, but the partners who thrive in this network share a few things. If this sounds like you, the door is open.

You serve growth-stage companies, investors, operators, and executives.

Each of these relationships is a long-term client worth earning, not a fallback. You want to be their first call.

You have the bandwidth to show up.

You can attend events, respond to introductions, and engage with founders. Commitment without bandwidth disappoints everyone.

You value relationships over transactions.

You show up to build trust, not to pitch. Being in the right room consistently matters more than any ad budget.

You're invested in the region.

Sacramento and Northern California are not a branch office. You want to grow with the Backyard.

You serve growth-stage companies, investors, operators, and executives.

Each of these relationships is a long-term client worth earning, not a fallback. You want to be their first call.

You value relationships over transactions.

You show up to build trust, not to pitch. Being in the right room consistently matters more than any ad budget.

You have the bandwidth to show up.

You can attend events, respond to introductions, and engage with founders. Commitment without bandwidth disappoints everyone.

You're invested in the region.

Sacramento and Northern California are not a branch office. You want to grow with the Backyard.

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