Local money for local ideas.It was something Louisville didn't really have in the mid-1990s. Business leaders at the time counted only one investment firm in the city — Chrysalis Ventures — with $9 million to invest. A local entrepreneurship report labeled it a “meager” amount citywide.
Today, 24 investment firms managing more than $800 million operate in Louisville. That's a boost for local start-up companies that otherwise might have to look for money elsewhere, said Robert Brown, chairman of the Venture Club of Louisville, a monthly forum seeking to match ideas with investors.
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