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Invest in what the world needs

We generate returns aligned with positive impact

3x5 Partners is a venture capital firm that collaborates with passionate entrepreneurs who are developing solutions in response to global healthcare and climate needs. Established in Portland, Oregon, in 2011, 3x5 has delivered both top returns to investors and meaningful impact to the world.

The 3x5 Way

  • Stewardship

    We prioritize service to our portfolio companies, serving as board members, trusted advisors, partners, and stewards. We’ve found that this approach leads to the best long-term outcomes for both investors and entrepreneurs. 

  • Focus

    We invest in six to eight companies per fund. This highly targeted approach allows us to better focus on supporting each company’s mission, whether we’re acting as sounding boards to leadership teams or providing tactical advice on operations.

  • Relationships

    We build trusting relationships with the management of our portfolio companies, fellow board members, co-investors, public stakeholders, and our own family of investors. We commit to transparency and prioritize shared success.

  • Patience

    Solving critical challenges requires patience, fortitude, leadership, and often significant capital throughout a company’s life cycle. We regularly lead early financings (Series A and B) and fund companies through an exit or initial public offering (IPO).

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Investment Focus: Healthcare

We seek opportunities in biotechnology, diagnostics, and medical devices that: 

  • Save, extend, and improve the quality of human life

  • Produce breakthrough technologies to treat life-altering diseases and conditions

  • Reduce the cost of care and provide an economic benefit to all patients

 
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Investment Focus: Climate Solutions

We seek opportunities with climate solutions companies that:

  • Reduce and evolve the consumption of the planet’s limited natural resources, including water, food, and energy

  • Expand access to resources essential for human well-being, such as clean drinking water

  • Innovate technology and business models to transform large, established, and critical environmental markets such as for energy, water, and waste

 

 Impact Initiatives

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“Great investment partners are more than just money, and of course, when it’s more than just money, it’s about people.”

— Cody Friesen, CEO SOURCE