NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Relevance Ventures, one of the only independently owned Native American venture capital firms in the United States, announced today that Dean Newton has returned full-time as Chairman and General Partner, formalizing the launch of the firm’s market-rate, performance-driven impact investing strategy.

Newton rejoins the firm following his role in guiding Scottsdale-based Transact Campus through its $1.6 billion acquisition by Roper Technologies. During his five-year tenure, Transact doubled its enterprise value, culminating in one of the largest recent exits in the education payments infrastructure sector. After the transaction, Newton…