Ken Johnson, the veteran Wisconsin investor who is a partner in the Badger Fund of Funds, has held true to his vision from the start.
Even before the Badger Fund of Funds was officially seeded in 2014 with a $25 million investment from the state of Wisconsin, Johnson described the early stage fund as “money for minnows” to be led by young, regionally focused managers.
In time, Johnson predicted, those 30-something managers would be seasoned enough to raise second and third funds — boosting return on investment for everyone, including the communities in which the funds were rooted.
Four years later, the vision shared by Johnson, of Fitchburg-based Kegonsa Capital Partners, and his business partner, Brian Birk of New Mexico-based Sun Mountain Capital, is very much alive.
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