Private investment opportunities
JMR
JMR brings limited access private investment opportunities to an LP network of successful operators and capital allocators across industries.
Focused on private technology companies, our opportunities have ranged from leading pre-IPO secondaries trades to household name founders' new startups.
We are not brokers; we are thesis-driven and incentive aligned with our LPs.
How it works
We start by understanding your thesis and process
We prefer to know our LPs well. When we understand what you care about, the vision of the future you're underwriting, and the exposure you already have versus what you want, we can bring you the right opportunities instead of noise.
We bring opportunities for collaboration that we are both looking for
We then go find deals that fit the JMR thesis. We have to believe in a deal ourselves before we bring it to anyone, so what reaches you is what we want to be in alongside you.
We show our work: transparent & clean structures
We invest through multiple structures, including SPVs. This space has grown fast and few LPs have time to sift through it. So before any binding commitment, we give you full access to diligence what matters: chain of custody, board approval, subscription documents, rights, and fees.
Who we are
Our LP network is made of exceptionally successful operators and capital allocators across industries. The network itself is a strong advantage: it surfaces deal flow, provides nuanced domain expertise to call on, and is ultimately a deep source of funding for strong deals.
Michael Ruddock
Co-founder
Michael founded Lithium Labs 5 years ago and is contracted by F500 and sovereign clients to drive innovation and co-incubate startups to solve the problem sets that arise. He previously founded a fintech to run payment networks on blockchain rails, which merged into a regional bank where Michael ran innovation until starting Lithium.
JJ Lunsford
Co-founder
JJ ran Sales, Marketing, and Community at a tech-driven private lender that scaled to a ~$360M annual originations rate in 3 years. Before that, he invested in early growth stage AI companies at Omega Venture Partners and concept stage startups at Techstars. JJ began his career in sales and sales strategy and operations.