Shaping The Future

VC 414 is an operator-led, women-founded venture firm investing from the center of America in early-stage, high growth potential technology startups that are modernizing the systems that power everyday life. We invest from our area code to yours in frontline industries and workers.

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From Innovation to Prosperity

We invest at the intersection of people and prosperity. We do this by investing in innovative B2B and B2B2C pre-seed and seed stage companies that advance frontline industries and workers, solve legacy problems, and build wealth - thereby strengthening the foundation of a more sustainable economy and prosperous future.

WHERE TECH MEETS PUBLIC GOOD

We source and provide trusted access to operators who are highly networked in industry but may be under-networked in venture. Then, we leverage our connections and industry expertise to unlock new opportunities and accelerate growth.

Quotes We Live By

“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”

- Toni Morrison

“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

- Thomas Edison

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

- Mahatma Gandhi