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Mount Independence Investments is a family office that primarily invests early stage and growth capital in B2B service businesses focused on SaaS, IoT, the intersection of IoT and energy, and the health sector. The firm is not a microseed fund, rather a thesis-driven lifecycle investor that holds significant reserves to support the teams we choose to invest with. Investment Themes include Aging & Health, SaaS, Energy, and IoT. Mount Independence also invests in commercial real estate. J.B. Lyon established Mt. Independence Investments in 2012, after spending the first 20 years of his career as an entrepreneur and intrapreneur, and the next 10 years as an investor. Before founding Mount Independence Investments, J.B. helped to create and manage two private equity firms: ZBI Ventures and Vision Media Investors, which focused investments in energy and media, respectively. Prior to this, he was Vice President of Business Development for Staples, Inc. and Vice President of Operations for Staples Business Delivery unit. During his eight year tenure at Staples, J.B. led the launch of the Staples.com site.
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