Ozmen Ventures

Ozmen Ventures is a Reno, Nevada-based early-stage venture capital fund founded in 2016 by Eren and Fatih Ozmen, the owners of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), a global national-security contractor specializing in aircraft modification, space components and systems, cybersecurity, and eHealth with 5,000 employees across 40 offices. Kerem Ozmen serves as Principal and Managing Director, also a co-founder of 8090 Industries. Operating from the Innevation Center in downtown Reno, the fund was established to back innovative solutions to traditional problems in northern Nevada and beyond, with a deliberate goal of seeding a venture ecosystem in a state historically underserved by coastal capital. Sector focus spans aerospace, artificial intelligence, fintech, healthcare, advanced computing, and consumer internet, reflecting deep-tech adjacencies that align with the Ozmen family's SNC expertise. The firm has made approximately eight investments across seven portfolio companies. Notable portfolio names include FiscalNote, which listed on NASDAQ in December 2020 at a $219 million market cap and stands as Ozmen Ventures' only IPO exit to date, alongside Bloq, Luminous Computing, Self Lender, Covered, and ClickBio (laboratory consumables). Check sizes have ranged from seed through early Series A. Ozmen Ventures operates as a family-office vehicle with a concentrated, long-duration portfolio strategy. Its investment cadence is deliberately measured rather than high-frequency, reflecting a philosophy of making fewer, more deeply supported bets rather than diversifying broadly. The fund's strongest comparative advantage is its connection to SNC's national-security and space-technology customer base, which can provide portfolio companies with non-dilutive contracts and enterprise validation.