Joy Lindsay

Active Investor

Managing Partner at Sofia Fund

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Joy Lindsay, Managing Partner at Sofia Fund is an active investor based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This profile covers what Joy Lindsay backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Ms. Joy Lindsay is a Co-Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer at StarTec Investments. She serves as a Partner at Sofia Fund. She has been an active Minnesota venture capital community member since 1998. In addition to her role at StarTec, she is a member of the Sofia Angel Fund, a Minnesota-based women's angel fund focused on making private equity investments in companies founded by or led by women, or whose products and services target women. She is a member and past chair of the Minnesota High Tech Association board of directors is a member of the Advisory Board at the Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Minnesota and has served as Secretary and Vice-President of the Minnesota Venture Capital Association. She judges the Minnesota Cup business plan competition and serves on the Planning Committee for the Annual Minnesota Venture & Finance Conference. She served as Advisor at Kidizen. She is one of the founding Agitators of MOJO MN, an innovation cooperative working to fuel entrepreneurship and reignite Minnesota's culture of innovation. She actively participates in StarTec's portfolio companies and routinely serves as a board director or observer. Additionally, she is on the board of directors for ACES - a non-profit after-school tutor/mentoring program for inner-city youth. She served on the state of Minnesota's Science and Technology Advisory Commission. She was earlier appointed by former Governor Pawlenty to the 21st Century Tax Reform Commission. In 2009, she was named one of "40 Minnesotans on the Move" by Finance and Commerce magazine. In both 2010 and 2011, Twin Cities Business magazine identified her as one of the "200 Minnesotans You Should Know". And, in 2013, she was named one of Minnesota Business Magazine's "The (Real) Power 50". She also serves as a Board Member at Field Solutions. Before founding StarTec, she was a Senior Vice President in the Westlaw division of West Publishing (now Thomson Reuters). She started her career at West in software development and held numerous leadership positions in IT, customer support, account management, and sales. She has a B.A. in mathematics from Carleton College and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota. She also serves as an Advisory Board Member at Gopher Angels.

Investor type: AngelVCPE
Stages: Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Invests in: Healthcare & BiotechDigital Health & HealthTechBiotech & PharmaMedTech & Medical DevicesSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailE-commerce & D2CDeveloper Tools & Data
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Typical check: $3.8M
Past investments: 2

Notable investments

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