Senior Partner Chris Van Dusen Named to the OC500 for 2025

Chris Van Dusen has been recognized by the Orange County Business Journal’s OC500, honoring the region’s most influential leaders. His selection reflects his growing impact in the Orange County business ecosystem. Solyco’s presence in the region continues to deepen, with three portfolio companies headquartered there: EVmode, Titan HST, and Bonus Homes

The entrepreneurial journey has been romanticized in our culture, but it’s extremely hard. So many don’t understand what it takes to do. Startups typically fail not because they run out of money but because the founders gave up. That’s why I love investing in second- and third-time founders. When someone has gone through it once or twice, they know what they are signing up for. That persistence—grit—is what I’m trying to find.

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