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Janine Sickmeyer is a founding partner at Overlooked Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage companies with historically ignored founders. She started angel investing after selling her legal tech startup in 2019, with a focus on funding women and Black founders. Janine has a diverse background in various industries and openly shares her entrepreneurial journey to inspire others. Overlooked Ventures aims to support entrepreneurs beyond funding, addressing the lack of funding for diverse founders in the VC landscape. Janine emphasizes diversity in VC to tackle funding disparities.
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Country: United States of America
Industries: Not available
Investment Regions: EU, NA
Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
Website: https://www.monamiejanine.com/
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Status: active
AI Reasoning: Search found multiple sources showing Janine Sickmeyer is co-founder of Overlooked Ventures and has recent investments. TechCrunch notes the firm deployed 9 investments within the last year (relative to that page). Additional local coverage (Columbus Business First and other local outlets) shows activity into 2024 and 2025, including investments in startups such as NextChapter (her prior startup) and portfolio deployments by Overlooked Ventures. The most recent documented investments fall between 6 and 12 months prior to the reference date, placing her in the middle activity band.
Angel activity thresholds:
Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
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