High Alpha is an Indianapolis venture organisation that says it was founded in 2015 to reinvent the way B2B software companies are founded and funded. Its own homepage separates two named activities. High Alpha Studio co-creates companies with founders through phases it labels Explore, Build and Scale, and supplies embedded brand design, product design, marketing, go-to-market guidance, finance and legal counsel, and HR and talent services. High Alpha Capital invests in enterprise software companies, and its capital page states seed to Series A and Series A and Series B investing across North America. The firm's about page counts 40+ studio company starts, 100+ founders backed and 900+ jobs created; those are studio and company-building counts, not fund figures. Its June 2024 fund announcement describes High Alpha IV as bringing company building and investing into a single entity.
2015
High Alpha is founded in Indianapolis in April 2015 by Scott Dorsey, Eric Tobias, Kristian Andersen and Mike Fitzgerald; the firm announces Fund I in June 2015 and starts with Lessonly, Octiv and Visible.
2015
Form D filings dated 21 May 2015 register two separate legal entities in Indianapolis: High Alpha Studio, LLC (the studio, $8,450,000 offering, $4,225,000 sold, first sale 11 May 2015) and High Alpha Seed Fund, L.P. (the fund).
2018
High Alpha announces Fund II in July 2018; High Alpha Capital Fund II, L.P. filed a Form D on 9 March 2018 and High Alpha Studio II, LLC filed one on 16 July 2018.
2020
High Alpha moves to the Bottleworks District in Indianapolis in June 2020; High Alpha Capital Fund III, L.P. filed a Form D on 31 December 2020.
2021
High Alpha announces Fund III and launches its third venture studio in October 2021, saying it has raised $260M in funding across three venture studios, with Emergence Capital and Foundry Group named as backers; High Alpha Studio III, LLC filed a Form D on 19 July 2021.
2023
High Alpha announces a strategic partnership with Purdue University in June 2023, with business and startup programmes to be housed at Bottleworks.
2024
High Alpha announces High Alpha IV on 11 June 2024 at $125 million, above a $110 million target; the Form D/A for High Alpha Capital Fund IV, L.P. filed 5 June 2024 records $125,000,000 offered and $125,000,000 sold, with a first sale of 3 January 2024.
2025
High Alpha's studio company Logik.ai is acquired by ServiceNow, announced by the firm on 30 June 2025.