the-venture-center

$5.5Tdisclosed portfolio round capital

19 Mar, 2020last investment

2portfolio companies

9team members

Analyst signals

Portfolio activity and matriculation

Metrics use all recorded activity through 21 Jul 2026 across series a, unknown. Later-round outcomes are capped at the period end.

100%companies with a later round · 2/2

0.47×median round-size step-up · n=1

Not availablemedian valuation step-up · n=0

50%recorded-solo rate · 1 solo / 1 syndicated

Blockchain Platforms · 1 companiesFinance · 1 companies

These are activity signals, not fund-return metrics. Round capital is the full disclosed financing amount, not this fund's check size. “Recorded solo” means only one investor is present in the source data and is a lead signal, not verified lead status; syndicated rounds are a co-investor or follower signal. IRR, TVPI, DPI, ownership, exits, and market beta cannot be calculated from the available records.

People

Team

Bill Yoder

CEO, Watch House International

Collins Andrews

FIS Executive in Residence

James Hendren

Chairman of the Board, The Venture Center

Jay Chesshir

CEO, Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce

Jim Womble

EVP Business Development, PrivacyStar

John Haley

President, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Circumference Group

Mike O'Malley

Executive In Residence, FIS

Millie Ward

President, Stone Ward

Ray Dillon

Philanthropist & Retired CEO, Deltic Timber Corp.

Portfolio

Investments

Full financing histories for portfolio companies. Highlighted rounds are those where the-venture-center is recorded as an investor.

Alto

fintech

Finance

Alto is a self-directed IRA platform for investing retirement funds in alternative private-market assets. It provides IRA custody, a marketplace of curated private investments, integrations with partner platforms, and a portal for issuers and investors to raise and deploy IRA capital.

M&A1 Nov, 2025

Series B1 Jan, 2022$40M round

Series A1 Apr, 2021$17M round

Series A1 Mar, 2021$31M round

Unknown1 Jan, 2020$3.5M round

Seed1 Aug, 2019$5.4M round

Seed1 Mar, 2019$2.8M round

Unknown1 Oct, 2017$1.6M round

Unknown1 May, 2017Recorded solo · lead signal

Billon Group

hybrid

Blockchain Platforms

Billon Group provides an enterprise blockchain platform for regulated markets. Its solutions support trusted document and data management, digital cash, and real-asset tokenization for businesses, governments, and other regulated entities.

Convertible note issuance20 Aug, 2020$2.6T round

Strategic1 Aug, 2020$2.4M round

Unknown1 Aug, 2020$2.5M round

Series A19 Mar, 2020$5.5T roundSyndicated · 6 disclosed investors

Unknown1 May, 2019$2.1M round

Grant5 Jun, 2018$1.2T round

Unknown1 Jun, 2018$1.1M round

Seed1 May, 2018Recorded solo · lead signal

Seed1 Sep, 2017$100K round

Unknown21 Jul, 2017$1.7T round

Seed1 Jul, 2017$2.2M round

Seed1 Jan, 2016$2.5T round