MetaFund
MetaFund has millions of dollars to invest in qualifying Oklahoma ventures. Investments in the companies below have created quality jobs, affordable housing, and other direct benefits to Oklahoma's communities.
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Current Portfolio Investments
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Arbors of MacArthur Apartments
MetaFund invested in its second project with Oklahoma City-based real estate developers Dean & Gracia Whitfield to purchase and renovate a 120-unit apartment complex located at 1601 N. MacArthur in Oklahoma City. Arbors of MacArthur Apartments fulfills MetaFund's mission by providing high-quality affordable housing in Oklahoma City.
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Geophysical Research Company (GRC) is a worldwide leader in down hole data acquisition and the leader in proprietary technology for measuring, recording, and delivering reliable and accurate well data with extremely high resolutions. GRC provides gauges and surface readout tools for permanent, memory, and artificial lift applications and is the manufacturer of the Amerada® mechanical gauge used for over 80 years in the oil and gas industry. For more information, please visit www.grcamerada.com.
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Previous Portfolio Investments
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MetaFund invested in convertible preferred stock of Advanced Academics (AAI), a complete online learning solution for students grades 7 through 12. AAI, partnering with school districts, delivers accredited, state-correlated courses &/or complete online high schools (free to students!) over the Web. AAI was acquired by DeVry University in October 2007.
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The Colcord Building was completed in 1910 as a 12-story commercial office building; it was the first skyscraper in Oklahoma City. Every convenience and luxury of the time was incorporated into the construction. This gorgeous downtown landmark has been converted into an elegant boutique hotel. The original black and white marble continues to adorn the columns and walls of the main lobby, the original nickel and bronze letter box and elevator doors gleam, and an ornamental plaster ceiling crowns the space. The Colcord Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1976. For more information, please visit www.colcordhotel.com.
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ForHealth Technologies develops and markets hospital pharmacy-based systems designed to automate the preparation of parenteral (i.e., intravenous, or "i.v.") and oral liquid medications. Offering safety, accuracy, efficiency, and reliability, IntelliFill i.v. automates the preparation of i.v. syringes, greatly enhancing both the safety of patients and the efficiency of hospital pharmacies. For more information, please visit www.fhtinc.com.
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Ideal Crane was established in 1957 in Tulsa, OK. They began by producing small, hand-operated boom loaders. To keep up with changing technology they now design and manufacture electro-hydraulic truck mounted service cranes. These cranes provide great reliability, performance, and duty cycles without the high costs of fully hydraulic alternatives. For more information, please visit www.idealcrane.com.
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Variety Care (fka Oklahoma Community Health Services)
Variety Care was formed from a merger between one of MetaFund's former projects, Oklahoma Community Health Services, and Variety Health Center. Variety Care is a nonprofit corporation and a Federally-Qualified Health Center. The mission of Variety Care is to make quality health care affordable and accessible. Variety Care provides access to affordable healthcare services for all family members, regardless of age, medical history, immigration status, or insurance coverage.
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The Vines Apartments
MetaFund joined forces with Oklahoma City-based real estate developers Dean & Gracia Whitfield to rehabilitate a formerly-defunct 36-unit apartment complex located at N.W. 82nd and Western in Oklahoma City. The Vines Apartments fulfilled MetaFund's mission by creating quality affordable housing in a distressed, but ever improving, area of Oklahoma's capital city.
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Named one of the fastest growing independent companies in the United States by Forbes magazine, Weather Decision Technologies (WDT) was formed in 1999 by some of the nation's top weather researchers and technology innovators. Headquartered in Norman, OK, WDT offers a wide array of patented technologies that automatically predict hazardous weather phenomena up to 60 minutes before it occurs and a highly acclaimed, extremely accurate 48-hour plus forecast capability. Private, weather-related companies in Oklahoma such as Weather Decision Technologies have received hundreds of thousands in Small Business Innovation Research Grants from the NSF along with grants from Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. For more information, please visit www.wdtinc.com.