Corporate Venture Capital Program
At INX International, we endeavor to deliver innovative, safe, and sustainable solutions that enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives. INX Venture Capital prioritizes minority equity investments in high-growth technology and materials science startups. We target top-quartile financial returns while seeking to help founders scale and achieve their strategic ambitions. In addition to the investment, INX can facilitate partnerships and M&A transactions with leading startups that share our vision of coloring a safe, and sustainable world.
Sectors
Sustainability
- Bio-based and sustainable materials for inks and coatings
- Technologies that enable circularity and enhance recycling
- Greenhouse gas emission (GHG) and carbon footprint reduction solutions
Digital Solutions
- Direct-to-object (“DTO”) printing
- Novel inkjet technologies and inks
Industrial Automation
- Manufacturing AI
- Industry 4.0 & IoT
- Supply chain optimization
Brand Owner Services
- Personalization and customization solutions
- Data analytics for printing and packaging
Novel Materials
- Functional coatings that improve packaging performance and recyclability
- Intelligent packaging
Stage
Seed, Early and Growth
INX Venture Capital is stage agnostic, with an emphasis on early-stage startups that have demonstrated “product-market fit” and begun to generate revenue. The fund will also pursue select seed and growth stage opportunities.
Geography
North America, Europe, and South America
INX Venture Capital will have a global investment mandate, with an emphasis on opportunities in its core markets of North America, Europe, and South America in concert with SAKATA INX’s worldwide innovation efforts.
Team
Bryce Kristo
President & Chief Financial Officer
INX International
Shane Bertsch
Vice President of Strategic Planning & Innovation
INX International
Scott Lenet
President
Touchdown Ventures
Will Geiger
Director
Touchdown Ventures
Portfolio
Gooten Inc. - technology and fulfillment company servicing established brands that are looking to optimize and supplement their eCommerce business with a print-on-demand manufacturing model.
Debut - unconventional innovation company, setting a new standard for the next generation of beauty. With breakthrough biotechnology, Debut’s team of expert scientists and brand specialists work to develop novel bioactive skincare ingredients and products at unprecedented rates through their scalable creation model.
DetraPel, is an advanced materials company that manufactures sustainable coatings. DetraPel is the parent company of the consumer division ProofPlus, and Impermea Materials, its recently rebranded industrial arm. Impermea Materials is an advanced materials company that provides solutions to drive the next generation of PFAS and plastic-free innovation.
Oden Technologies is the leading provider of AI-driven solutions for manufacturers, transforming billions of complex data points into action for the front-line every day. Process AI, Oden’s premier software offering, turns inexperienced operators into high performers by providing them real-time process recommendations and predicted outcomes in one click.
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