Venture Capital Jobs and Internships at Boyd Street Ventures

We invest in innovative, early-stage, founder-led companies that tend to be escape the notice of the big East and West Coast venture capital firms. Many of these companies have the potential to contribute to the economic growth of Oklahoma through job creation and affiliations with the University of Oklahoma ecosystem, its alumni and other Oklahomans.

We're committed not only to driving economic growth, but to generating above-average returns for our investors. We do this by investing at attractive prices, and by providing guidance and support to our portfolio companies - innovative firms competing in the fast-growing Life Sciences, HealthTech, FinTech, and Infrastructure Tech sectors.

We pursue above-average returns in three ways:

1. Competitive Pricing: Because our portfolio companies tend to escape the notice of larger VCs, they're unlikely to be over-bid and over-priced.
2. Venture Studio by BSV: We and our Venture Studio by BSV provide de-risking strategic and operational guidance designed to help our portfolio companies avoid costly mistakes, get to market sooner, scale faster, and exit more profitably.
3. Follow-Ons: Whenever possible, we make follow-on investments in those portfolio companies that are demonstrating especially exceptional performance and the potential for truly exceptional returns.

Our Founders

Founder & General Partner James Spann and Co-Founder & Strategic Advisor Jeff Moore saw that promising startups from the University of Oklahoma and elsewhere in the state were failing to get to market for one primary reason: a lack of access to venture capital, most of which was located on the East and West Coasts. In 2016, they concluded that the only solution was to open a venture capital firm in OU’s home city of Norman. And in 2021, after five years of planning, they did precisely that.

The University of Oklahoma

BSV is proud and fortunate to enjoy a unique relationship with OU:

• Our headquarters is located across Boyd Street from OU’s beautiful campus.
• Our Founder James Spann is an OU alum and has been Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board for OU’s Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering since 2015.
• Our Co-Founder Jeff Moore has been Executive Director of OU’s Ronnie K. Irani Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth since 2010.
• BSV frequently collaborates with OU’s institutions and schools.
• BSV employs numerous OU interns each year.