Our team comprises Highway 12 Ventures management, our advisory board, and our close affiliation with Village Ventures. In shaping this team, we've created a national network of close relationships which provides our portfolio companies with an extension to their own capabilities. Our team includes seasoned executives and entrepreneurs who represent a broad range of industries and operational experience. We pride ourselves on actively leveraging our experience, network and relationships in an effort to be a valuable partner.

Lastly, the relationships we've forged with many other top venture firms provide another critical ingredient for your future growth: access to later-stage capital as your company continues its upward trajectory and its financing needs increase.

A General Partner at Village Ventures, Matt also has a formal role and serves on the investment committee and holds board seats for Highway 12 Ventures. Prior to joining Village Ventures, Matt was Vice President of corporate development and finance at CyberCrop.com, Inc., where he was instrumental in the development of the company's initial business plan and securing over $25 million in financing. Additionally, he was involved in setting the strategic direction of the company and securing strategic partners. Before that, Matt was a Vice President at Koch Ventures, Inc., where he led investments in companies such as VerticalNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERT), Universal Access, Inc., (NASDAQ: UAXS), and Energy Interactive (Acquired: ABB). Matt is based in Denver, CO and focuses on healthcare related investments, including healthcare IT, healthcare services and medical technology.

Matt is active in the Denver community having co-founded the Epidermolysis Bullosa Family Assistance Fund at Children’s Hospital of Denver. He is an advisor to the The Children’s Hospital Research Institute, and he serves as a member of the advisory committee for the Fitzsimmon’s BioBusiness Incubator. Finally, Matt is often late for meetings because he will drive miles out his way to find a unique independent coffee shop in an effort to fulfill his lifetime search for the perfect double cappuccino….

Archie Clemins is the founder and President of Caribou Technologies, Inc., an international consulting firm. His specialty is alliance building, with a focus on business opportunities within the Government, where commercial technologies present optimum enterprise solutions. Clients include several Fortune 500 companies. Archie’s role at Highway 12 Ventures is to help our portfolio companies with applicable technologies build alliances with the US Government.

Archie serves on the Board of Directors for Global Crossing (GLBC), Healthwise, The Software Revolution, Positron Systems, and Vector Security Acquisition Corporation; is the Chairman of Advanced Electron Beams; and assists several small technology companies, often serving on their advisory boards. Additionally, he is on the Governor’s Science and Technology Advisory Committee for the State of Idaho and the Board of Directors for the University of Illinois Alumni Association. He holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Illinois and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Archie received his Bachelor of Science (BS) and Masters of Science (MS) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. Commissioned into the United States Navy through the University’s Naval Reserve Officer’s Training Program, he completed the Naval Nuclear Power Program and served on ballistic missile and attack submarines and commanded the USS POGY (SSN647). He was subsequently the Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, headquartered in Yokosuka, Japan, and he concluded his military career as the Commander of the U. S. Pacific Fleet and retired from active duty in December 1999.  During his last three major commands he initiated several key endeavors involving change management and information technology.

After spending most of their adult lives in and around the oceans of the world, Archie and his wife Marilyn fell in love with the mountains of Idaho and now reside in Boise.