CEV Venture Fund Launch

Allura Global is pleased to announce the launch of its third venture capital fund, Community Equity Ventures. Led by Eric Dobson and Marcum King, CEV is a $25M venture fund investing in high-growth companies across strategic sectors including MedTech, Aerospace & Defense, Women’s Health Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Heartland Technologies.

Built on decades of entrepreneurial, operational, and investment experience, CEV is designed to identify, fund, and scale breakthrough technologies emerging from the Interior Innovation Corridor (IIC), a region rich in intellectual property, research institutions, technical talent, and industrial capability that has historically been underserved by traditional venture capital.

Community Equity Ventures will deploy a series of focused sector funds, providing founders with capital, strategic guidance, and access to an extensive network of investors, operators, universities, national laboratories, healthcare systems, and industry partners. With offices in Cincinnati, Ohio and Knoxville, Tennessee, CEV’s mission is to capitalize North American innovation while creating meaningful economic impact in emerging technology ecosystems.

Through disciplined investment selection, extensive viability screening, and hands-on portfolio support, Allura Global and Community Equity Ventures are committed to helping visionary entrepreneurs transform breakthrough ideas into category-leading companies. CEV has the pedigree and a consistent track record of success.

To learn more contact Marcum at MKing@ceventures.net or Eric at EDobson@ceventures.net.

News Q1 2026

Happy New Year! Despite a nationwide blizzard, Allura’s partner companies have started the new year off with a bang! CEV has announced our new venture fund, the LWG Recruiting is hiring for multiple executive MedTech roles and Wide Open Road welcomes Marty Boyer to the team and launches their nationwide trucking dispatch service.

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Community Equity Ventures - $25M Venture Fund Launch

Allura Capital is excited to announce our third venture fund via CEV. We are raising $25M comprised of five $5M vertical funds in MedTech, Aerospace/Defense, FemTech, Blockchain and AI. We are hiring GPs for each fund and will publicly announce the management team in February. For more information contact Marcum at MKing@ceventures.net.

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LWG Recruiting - Healthcare Executive & Sales Recruiting

Allura Pro Sales via LWG is hiring a surgical sales reps in NYC along with several MedTech positions: Commercial Sales Director (Ottawa Canada), Inside Sales Reps (US, Remote), Sales Account Reps (Kansas City, KS), and a Sales Training Manager (US Remote). For more information contact Matt at mjohnson@leewebergroup.com.

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Wide Open Road Compliance - Compliance, Dispatch & Fuel Cards 

Allura Growth announces Marty Boyer has joined the WOR management team. Marty is a serial entrepreneur and technologist and has been instrumental in helping WOR to modernize our internal compliance operations and streamline our outbound sales & marketing efforts. WOR also launched a new trucking dispatch service that drives revenue to our trucking clients. In Q4 we averaged over $4.85 per mile which is over 2x the national average. For more information drop Jake a note at jakeg@wideopenroad.co.

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