On July 14th, MSIV held its inaugural Day of Service. Volunteers from the MSIV community rolled up their sleeves and joined a habitat restoration project in Novato’s Bahia Wetlands.

Marin Living Magazine interviewed MSIV’s Founder and Managing Partner, Zach Kushel. The local lifestyle magazine highlighted MSIV’s unique, first-of-its-kind movement supporting North Bay entrepreneurs.

MSIV earned accolades from Marin Magazine for convening the North Bay startup community.

Over forty successful startup founders and community leaders took the stage at North Bay NEXT to share their stories and insights from their entrepreneurial journeys. The video sequence follows the agenda of North Bay NEXT 2022.

The North Bay’s inaugural startup conference was held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 - nearly 300 local leaders participated and turned out to elevate the startup community across Marin + Sonoma.

The May 9, 2022 edition of the North Bay Business Journal covered the growing MSIV movement in detail in its pages.

MSIV announces its investment in Mill Valley’s NewRetirement, a technology company that is making financial planning more understandable and effective for a growing number of Americans. NewRetirement is pioneering self-directed financial planning and an overall planning-as-a-service model.

MSIV announces its investment in Larkspur’s Novi, a software platform that is enabling the future of transparent product development. Novi partners with emerging brands, established retailers, and everyone in between to help make the development of products more transparent and sustainable.

Today, we are excited to publicly announce the first of MSIV’s investments, which we completed last year. Meet Corte Madera’s Finalis, a fintech company that is on a mission to power dealmakers by building the world’s largest private securities brokerage platform.

Last week, MSIV's VP Community, Elizabeth Murphy, had the privilege of guest speaking for Marin Catholic's Principled Entrepreneurship Institute Program (PEI).

The Marin Community Foundation (MCF), based in Novato, published a case study earlier this month highlighting the collaboration between its donors and the growing MSIV movement.

MSIV is excited to announce Mike Lewis, a serial startup entrepreneur, is joining us as our first Startup Advisor in Residence for 2022.

The North Bay Leadership Council featured MSIV’s Founder and Managing Partner, Zach Kushel, at their January Member Forum.

The Marin Economic Forum invited MSIV community members to help inform Marin county's forthcoming Economic Vitality Strategic Plan.

MSIV Founder Zachary Kushel sat down with MSIV North Bay Founder Network member and Credder Founder & CEO Chase Palmieri for a long-form conversation.

MSIV is pleased to introduce its first official hire, Elizabeth Murphy, joining as our Vice President of Community. In her role, Elizabeth will be working to ensure the North Bay has a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem.

MSIV Community Partner Dominican University welcomed MSIV Founder Zachary Kushel as the featured speaker for the Barowsky School of Business's Lepage Entrepreneurship Forum on November 4, 2021.

October's Launch Party at Ram’s Gate Winery in Sonoma celebrated the inaugural in-person gathering of the entire Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures (MSIV) community.

Tim Hyer is CEO of San Anselmo real estate technology startup Trusty. Tim discusses his work building a social platform for residential real estate, how this fresh approach is helping homebuyers throughout California, and Trusty’s presence in Marin and the North Bay.

KRON4 News highlighted the work of Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures on their evening news broadcast. Anchor Ken Wayne, a Petaluma resident, interviewed MSIV Founder Zachary Kushel and Matt Semmelhack, Co-Founder & CEO of Petaluma startup company Boox.