Startup support org you should know: OLSF

OLSF Ventures (OLSF), operating out of Tulsa and Oklahoma City, is an early-stage health care and life science fund that has been operational since 2000. Since inception, OLSF has invested across all spectrums of health care and life sciences, from therapeutics, device, diagnostics, and tech enabled services. OLSF invests in Oklahoma and the surrounding region.

OLSF portfolio companies have raised over $400 million in venture capital funding after OLSF investment, over $2 billion in corporate co-development funding, and realized exits of over $1.0 billion for 5 companies. OLSF has outperformed the SP500, NASDAQ Composite Index, and the Russell 2000 Index over the past 21 years.

In addition, OLSF portfolio companies have generated over 800 jobs, each earning an annual income three times greater than the state average. The fund is managed by William D. Paiva, Ph.D., Managing Director, Sean Templemore-Finlayson, Vice President, and Associates Colt Bennett and Anne Marie Flusche