Ventures

Sower Ventures serves its accredited investors and qualified purchasers by partnering with exceptional teams that bring deep expertise to investment offerings. The team focuses on truly alternative assets with a venture capital structure that offers sizable asymmetric return potential. With these investments, Sower is mindful of the investment structure and incentives to ensure alignment between Sower, our partners, and the underlying execution team at each portfolio investment.

Venture Capital

Our strategy is to assemble strategic execution partners with demonstrated expertise in their respective niche areas as well as evidence in their ability to produce long term returns. In addition, our Fund Management partners lend their own deep experience to oversee each specific investment with focus, purpose, and a clear view of the desired outcome.

Active/Closed Funds:

Sower Solas I LP Fund:

The Sower Solas I LP Fund is a closed-ended fund formed with the specific purpose of partnering with Solas BioVentures, LLC in pursuit of advancements in life sciences including MedTech, Pharma, Diagnostics and Digital health care. The Sower Solas I LP Fund contains $21M of committed capital invested as part of a $56M fund. Sower Solas I LP Fund serves as the lead investor in the Solas Emerging Healthcare Fund.

Sower Solas I Fund: Featured Investments

Francis Medical’s groundbreaking approach to treating urological cancers uses Vanquish® Water Vapor Ablation System, an innovative technology capitalizes on the energy stored in just a few drops of water to precisely ablate cancerous tissues.

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InterShunt Technologies, Inc. is a medical device company focused on developing innovative solutions for heart failure, pioneering a catheter-based technology aimed at reducing left atrial pressure in heart failure patients through a minimally invasive procedure.

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Arrivo BioVentures LLC was founded in 2016 in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina, with the mission to work with investors, innovators and pharmaceutical companies to identify and develop novel medicines that offer benefits to patients, caregivers and physicians.

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Matt Pickens

Sr. Managing Director

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Matt Pickens is Sr. Managing Director at Sower Investment Partners. He has nearly 15 years of private equity and venture capital investment experience across multiple asset classes, including commercial real estate, energy, oil and gas, and healthcare.

As our CIO and a member of the firm’s Investment Committee, Matt is responsible for developing and executing on the firm’s investment strategies and risk management policies. His operational responsibilities include analytics and due diligence oversight, transactional structuring, and financial reporting.

Matt holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a specialization in Accounting from University of Nebraska at Omaha, and a Juris Doctor (Magna Cum Laude) from Mitchell Hamline School of Law. He is a licensed attorney in the state of Nebraska, as well as a Certified Public Accountant certificate holder.

Jared Hollinger

CEO/Sr Managing Partner

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As Principal and Founder of Sower Investment Partners, Jared has over 18 years of experience guiding real estate investments of all types. Jared has successfully navigated the real estate economy with holdings in single-family, multi-family, agriculture, commercial, retail, and tax liens. This experience and growth have been facilitated by a belief in strong systems and processes, coupled with good industry insight and a solid work ethic.

Throughout his entrepreneurial career, he has always found value in real estate related assets, fully realizing that proper planning leads to the best possible outcome. Over the course of his career, Jared has been involved with the purchase and disposition of over 5,000 properties of various asset classes. He attended the university of Nebraska-Lincoln, graduating in 2002 with a degree in Construction Management. He currently serves on several non-profit venture capital boards and serves as a Director for Westgate Bank.

Jared and his wife Kim reside in Springfield, Nebraska, with their four children and are actively involved at Mercy High School and St. Columbkille Catholic Parish.

Curtis Leick

Associate

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Curtis Leick is an Associate at Sower Investment Partners. Curtis has extensive experience in investment analysis, underwriting, and due diligence. He works closely with senior management to evaluate new commercial real estate investment opportunities, perform due diligence support, and analyze the performance of current investments.

Curtis holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance and Economics and a minor in Accounting from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is also a CFA Level Three candidate.

Joe Platten

Associate

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Joe Platten is an Associate at Sower Investment Partners. Joe has extensive experience in financial reporting, corporate accounting, taxation, financial analysis, and due diligence. He works closely with senior management to evaluate new investment opportunities, perform due diligence support, and analyze the performance of current investments.

Joe holds degrees in Accounting and Economics from Nebraska Wesleyan University and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Business Analytics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.