Lukol Directory: Business: Financial Services: Venture Capital

Idanta Partners Ltd.
Investment focus: young companies that have the potential to grow into substantial enterprises in the fields of information technology, health care and life sciences, retail and others
http://www.idanta.com/

Ampersand Ventures
Venture capital firm with investment focus on early and expansion-stage companies in communications, information technologies, life sciences and specialty materials and chemicals.
http://www.ampersandventures.com/

New Era Partners
Provides investor due diligence, business and technology consultative services to small and mid-size technology firms as well as the venture capital community.
http://www.newera-partners.com

KBL Healthcare Ventures
Investment focus: startup, early-stage and emerging growth companies in the healthcare industry, particularly medical devices, healthcare services and niche pharmaceuticals
http://www.kblhealthcare.com/

Venture Capital Strategies
Prepares entrepreneurs or companies seeking investment capital and unites them with investors.
http://www.venturecapitalstrategies.com/

Dimeling, Schreiber & Park
Focus: private equity investments in a broad range of middle market companies having superior management teams.
http://www.dsppartners.com/

Keystone Capital, Inc
Private equity investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions.
http://www.keystonecapitalinc.com/

Crescent Private Capital, L.P.
Private equity firm investing in middle-market growth companies; provides contact information.
http://www.crescentlp.com/

Bertelsmann Ventures
Investment focus: early stage, Internet centric, business-to-consumer and consumer-to-consumer.
http://www.bvfund.com

Technology Funding Inc.
Pioneer in public venture funds
http://www.technologyfunding.com/

Roser Ventures, LLC
Investment focus: early-stage companies across a broad range of industries and located in the Rocky Mountain region
http://www.roserventures.com/

Gryffindor Capital Partners
Investment focus: emerging technology, growth equity and corporate consolidations in energy, information technology, manufacturing, diversified services, business services and healthcare.
http://gcpfunds.com/

Freeman Spogli & Co.
A private equity investment firm dedicated to investing together with management in growing companies.
http://www.freemanspogli.com/

Abundance Venture Capital
Focus: private equity and venture capital investments for International investors who need protection of capital and tax-free returns.
http://www.abundancevc.com/

Sonostar Ventures
Focus: invests in promising private companies across a number of industries and in the public debt and equity markets.
http://www.sonostarventures.com/

Dow Jones VentureReporter
A service of Dow Jones & Company providing a database venture capital investments and investors. [requires subscription]
http://www.venturereporter.net

Weston Presidio Capital
Investment focus: later-stage growth companies, recapitalizations and buyouts in a diverse set of industries.
http://www.westonpresidio.com

Venture Factoring
Offers venture factoring as an alternative to venture capital financing.
http://www.venturefactoring.com

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Investment focus: early-stage ventures, and includes the KPCB Java Fund
http://www.kpcb.com

Strategic Investments & Holdings
Focus: acquires and grows successful companies in partnership with operating management.
http://www.sihi.net/

Quan Ventures
Investment focus: emerging technology niches in telecommunications, semiconductors and Internet infrastructure.
http://www.quanvc.com/

Pacifica Fund
Focus: Silicon Valley based seed and first round venture capital firm.
http://www.pacificafund.com/

Institutional Venture Partners
Investment focus on leading early-stage companies with advanced technology in information and life sciences.
http://www.ivp.com/

Sorrento Ventures
Venture capital firm focusing on companies in the health care, electronics, high technology, and consumer products areas. Company profile, criteria, portfolio, contacts, and map.
http://www.sorrentoventures.com/

American Securities Capital Partners
Provides equity investments in privately and publicly held companies in numerous industries.
http://www.american-securities.com/

Spring Capital Partners, L.P.
Investment Focus: mezzanine financing for growing small and medium-sized businesses.
http://www.springcap.com/

Mac Investment Company Inc
Focus: specializing in venture capital, private equity, and direct investments.
http://www.macinvestco.com/

Turkven Private Equity
Focus: affiliate of Advent International investing in Turkish companies.
http://www.turkven.com/

South Atlantic Venture Funds
Investment focus: expansions, acquisitions, buyouts and recapitalizations located in Florida, the Southeast and Texas
http://www.southatlantic.com

William Blair & Company, LLC
Full-service employee-owned investment banking firm specializing in advisory services to middle-market companies. Features portfolio of services offered, research center, careers, and contacts.
http://www.williamblair.com/

Gaebler Ventures
Focus: early-stage venture capital investment with focus on information technology and business services companies.
http://www.gaebler.com

Capital Venture Partners
Investment focus: buyouts and venture capital funds.
http://www.capvent.com/

Advent International
Investment focus: companies at all stages of development, including early-stage, and in virtually any industry.
http://www.adventinternational.com/

Ampal-American Israel Corporation
Acquires interests in and/or invests in a broad variety of businesses located in the state of Israel or which are Israel-related. (Nasdaq: AMPL)
http://www.ampal.com/

DealPipe, Inc.
Listing exchange and business resource that connects entrepreneurs and business sellers with a broad network of investors, business buyers and transaction partners.
http://www.dealpipe.com/

CM Equity Partners
Private equity fund focusing on the acquisition of middle-market manufacturing, distribution and service companies.
http://www.cmequity.com/

Carmichael and Company
Investment focus: merchant banking firm offering financial advisory services to middle market companies through a broad global network.
http://carmichaelandco.com/

TVM Techno Venture Management
Investment focus: European and U.S. communications technology, information technology and biotechnology
http://www.tvmvc.com/

IE Consulting
Assists clients operating within the private industry with resolving day-to-day strategic issues, with emphasis on the venture capital and private equity environment.
http://www.ieconsulting.co.uk/

Apax Partners
Investment focus: start-ups to later-stage buyouts in a broad range of industries, most notably healthcare, information technology, telecommunications, specialty retailing and new media.
http://www.apax.com/

The Sterling Group
Focus: private equity firm engaged in the acquisition and ownership of operating businesses.
http://www.sterling-group.com/

Postidea.com
Business financing marketplace for entrepreneurs and investors.
http://www.postidea.com/

NCIC Capital Fund
Focus: debt and equity financing for early-stage, technology based companies in Ohio and Indiana
http://www.ncicfund.org/

Almeida Capital
London based firm offering private equity advisory and placement services.
http://www.almeidacapital.com/

Telesystem
Focus: private equity company of the digital economy, active on a worldwide scale through a knowledge network.
http://www.telesystem.ca/

TI (Texas Instruments) Ventures, L.P.
Investment focus: early-stage technology companies involving software infrastructure and hardware applications leveraging digital signal processing (DSP) and related technologies
http://www.ti.com/tiventures

Centurion Pictures
Seeks investment and support for the production of a full length feature film.
http://www.centurionpictures.com/

Svoboda, Collins L.L.C.
Focus: investing in and building value-added service and distribution companies with fundamentally sound operating models.
http://www.svoco.com

Telos Venture Partners
Investment focus: post-seed funding --generally the first or second significant financing -- in information technology, semiconductors, and communications. Also invests in the "restarting" of struggling private companies.
http://www.telosvp.com/

North Bridge Venture Partners
Investment focus: early-stage companies in software, communications and health care
http://www.nbvp.com/

Swander Pace Capital
San Francisco-based firm providing value-added investing in consumer products companies.
http://www.spcap.com

Sustainable Jobs Fund
Community development venture capital fund which finances recycling, remanufacturing, environmental and other companies.
http://www.sjfund.com/

Real Options Approaches in Venture Capital Finance
Resources for those interested in valuing start-up venture firms, or growth options in general, based on a Master's Thesis by Søren Bruun Petersen and Peter Christopher Bason.
http://www.realoptions.dk

Concert Capital Partners
Investment focus: private equity firm that partners with the founders and management teams of profitable businesses experiencing rapid growth.
http://www.concertcapital.com/

Amerigo Corporate Finance Partners, LLC
Offers business valuation and funding solutions. Also provides assistance in Initial Public Offering (IPO), re-capitalization, merger and acquisition.
http://www.amerigopartners.com/

WaldenVC
Investment focus: early-stage technology companies involving software, interactive services and related enabling technology.
http://www.waldenvc.com/

Lynwood Capital Partners
Focus: acquiring or investing in niche businesses with revenues of ten to fifty million dollars.
http://www.lynwoodcapital.com/

Edelson Technology Partners
Investment focus: startups, second round and mezzanine financing and leveraged buyouts in a broad range of technologies.
http://www.edelsontech.com/

1st Accredited Venture Capital, LLLP
Works with private and public companies with market capitalization’s under three hundred million dollars.
http://www.microcapexperts.com/

Trinity Ventures
Investment focus on early-stage companies in three industries, computer software, electronic commerce, and communications.
http://www.trinityventures.com/

Friedland Capital
Focus: venture capital and equity raising services.
http://www.friedlandcapital.com/

Axa Private Equity
Portfolio management company focusing on all the aspects of capital investment and private equity.
http://www.axaprivateequity.com/

PICA Corporation
Focus: provides venture capital and equity-related investments in enterprises and companies embarking on expansion.
http://www.picacapital.com/

Trautman Wasserman and Company
Focus: combines venture capital investing with conventional money management for companies requiring funding in the one to twenty five million dollar range.
http://www.trautmanwasserman.net/

Glick Morganstern Capital Group
Focus: arranges and negotiates financing for growth, acquisition, turnaround and start-up.
http://www.glickmorganstern.com

Cardinal Ventures
Focus: acquire businesses that can be grown through internal means and by add-on acquisitions.
http://www.cardvent.com/

Hampshire Equity Partners
Focus: invests in growth financing, buyouts, acquisitions, consolidations and corporate restructuring.
http://www.hampep.com/

Seven Hills Partners
Focus: investments and buy-outs of entrepreneurial enterprises, primarily in the areas of healthcare and interactive media.
http://www.sevenhillspartners.com/

Technology Partners
Focus: seed or first stage ventures involving information processing, communications or health care
http://www.technologypartners.com/

Hibiscus Investments
Investment focus: bringing leading edge technology to the marketplace.
http://www.hibiscus-cornes.com/

Palladium Equity Partners
Focus: private investment firm founded by experienced operating executives and investment professionals.
http://www.palladiumequity.com/

Clarity Partners
Focus: private equity and venture capital firm focused in Southern California exclusively on investments in communications, media and related technologies.
http://www.claritypartners.net/

Edison Venture Fund
Investment focus: proprietary technologies or unique services in emerging markets, generally prefering expansion stage companies.
http://www.edisonventure.com/

Weiss, Peck & Greer - Venture Partners
Investment focus: early- and expansion-stage information technology and life sciences companies throughout the US
http://www.wpgvp.com

New Enterprise Associates
Investment focus on principally early-stage companies in information technology, medical and life sciences.
http://www.nea.com/

nGenuity Capital
Investment focus: profitable and near profitable companies, as well as start-up companies with a short term path to profitability.
http://www.ngenuitycapital.com/

Astrina Capital
Focus: venture consulting and financial advisory for early-stage companies.
http://www.astrinacapital.com/

Ventanis
Portfolio monitoring and management software for venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
http://www.ventanis.com/

Oak Investment Partners
Investment focus: early-stage and selective restarts or recapitalizations of later-stage information technology, health care or retail companies
http://www.oakinv.com/

Summer Street Capital Partners
Focus: private equity fund, venture capital, investment, financing.
http://www.summerstreetcapital.com/

NewVista Capital
Investment focus: early-stage technology companies managed by minority and women entrepreneurs
http://www.nvcap.com/

Falcon Seaboard
Focus: privately-owned diversified energy and investment company with global operations.
http://www.falconseaboard.com/

RRE Investors
Investment focus: expansion stage information technology ventures
http://www.rre.com/

Hickory Venture Capital Corporation
Investment focus: rapidly growing ventues throughout the Southeast, Southwest, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, especially involving healthcare services, medical devices, telecommunications, and software
http://www.hvcc.com/

SSM Ventures
Investment focus: primarily Southeast and Texas companies at various stages of development involving software and technology, consumer services and retail, telecommunications, healthcare services, and business services
http://www.ssmventures.com/

JZ International Europe
Focus: private investment firm specializing in buying and building European companies in partnership with management.
http://www.jzieurope.com/

Technology Investments
Focus: seed stage information technology ventures located in Northern California
http://www.carsten.com/

DragonVenture
Focus: cross-Pacific venture capital, consulting and merger and acquisition company.
http://www.dragonventure.com/

Vanguard Venture Partners
Investment focus: pre-revenue stage in information technology and life sciences sectors
http://www.vanguardventures.com/

Tuckerman Capital
Focus: partners with fundless sponsors to acquire profitable manufacturing companies.
http://www.tuckermancapital.com/

Labrador Ventures
Focus: investing in early stage technology companies.
http://www.labrador.com/

Arcturus
Focus: acts as managing venturer and marketing in corporate joint ventures.
http://www.earcturus.com/

Ovation Capital
Investment focus: includes Internet and mobile infrastructure, software, storage and data networking.
http://www.ovationcapital.com/

Quad-C Management
Focus: private equity investment firm seeking to partner with successful management teams to complete leveraged acquisitions or recapitalizations of leading middle-market companies.
http://www.quadcmanagement.com/

Bain Capital
Focus: venture and expansion capital for private companies and growth capital for public companies in a wide range of industries.
http://www.baincapital.com/

American Capital Strategies
Evaluates and secures financing for middle market companies.
http://americancapitalonline.com/

North American Funds
Focus: acquiring or making substantial equity investments in small businesses with significant growth potential.
http://northamericanfund.com/

Advanced Technology Ventures
Venture capital firm specializing in new technology firms. Provides details of the investment process, background on the key managers and a portfolio of clients.
http://www.atvcapital.com/

Cornerstone Capital Holdings
Private equity firm focusing on middle market buyouts, recapitalizations and industry consolidations.
http://www.cstonecapital.com/

VenGlobal Capital Fund, L.P.
Targets investments in early-stage companies with a focus on software and communications.
http://www.venglobal.com

Generation Partners
Investment focus: seed to late stage information technology companies in telecommunications, data communications, computing and the Internet.
http://www.genpartners.com/

RAF Ventures
Investment focus: early-stage service, financial, retail, and manufacturing companies, mostly in the Mid-Atlantic states
http://www.rafind.com/

Outlook Ventures
Investment focus: early-stage investments in consumer and business-to-business Internet services, intranet-based business applications, interactive tools, multimedia and telecommunications
http://www.outlookventures.com/

EnerTech Capital
Investment focus: profitable service and technology companies related to utilities and the broader energy marketplace but will also consider early-stage.
http://www.enertechcapital.com/

Needham Capital Partners
Focus: manages investment partnerships primarily in the equities of later-stage private growth companies.
http://www.needhamcapital.com/

Pacific Horizon Ventures
Investment focus: technology companies involving healthcare or life science; early-stages in the Northwest, later-stage deals can be anywhere in U.S.
http://www.pacifichorizon.com/

General Catalyst
Funds breakthrough ventures and backs exceptional entrepreneurs via capital, business building resources and strategic support.
http://www.generalcatalyst.com/

J.L. Albright Venture Partners Inc.
Investment focus: emerging companies with exceptional prospects for growth, strong fundamentals and superior products and/or services
http://www.jlaventures.com/

Signal Lake Venture Fund
Investment focus: early-stage broadband telecom and networking infrastructure being built for the global economy.
http://www.signallake.com/

Koor Industries Ltd.
Investment company with holdings in Israeli telecom, defense electronics, agro-chemicals and venture capital markets.
http://www.koor.co.il/

Sports Venture Partners
Focus: alternative investment vehicle for professional athletes investing in established growth equity financing.
http://www.svpllc.com/

The Sable Lion Group
Private-equity holding company focused on cultivating emerging growth companies; primarily technology related.
http://www.sablelion.com/

Madison Dearborn Partners
Focus: management buy-outs, growth equity financing, recapitalization and acquisition-oriented financing.
http://www.mdcp.com/

Thames Valley Investment Network
Links investors to companies with high growth potential who are seeking funding from £50,000 to £1million.
http://www.tvin.co.uk/

Venture Planning Associates
Consulting services for business finance and funding strategies for entrepreneurs.
http://www.ventureplan.com/

First Analysis Venture Capital
Investment focus: all stages of development in industrial and institutional automation, knowledge and information management, outsourced and specialized services, specialty chemicals and materials, telecommunications and information technology, and waste management and natural resource efficiency
http://www.facvc.com/

Desai Capital Management Inc.
Focused on sponsoring acquisitions or recapitalizations of proven growth companies.
http://www.desaicapital.com/

Kline Hawkes & Co.
Investment focus: later-stage venture deals, change of control situations and industry consolidations in California companies involving communications, technology or health care
http://www.klinehawkes.com/

Partech International
Investment focus: startups and emerging growth companies in the United States, Europe and Japan involving information technology, life sciences and business services
http://www.partechintl.com/

Fox Paine
Focus: capital for management buy-outs, going private transactions, and company expansion and growth programs.
http://www.foxpaine.com/

Intersouth Partners
Investment focus: seed and early-stage life science and technology companies located near the Research Triangle and Austin
http://www.intersouth.com/

Seaflower Associates, Inc.
Investment focus: promising seed and first-round investments in companies in most segments of the biomedical industry that are located in either New England or the Great Lakes region
http://www.seaflower.com/

Wind Point Partners
Investment focus: all stages of development, from expansion capital for emerging growth companies to sponsoring acquisitions or recapitalizations
http://www.wppartners.com/

Second Venture Corporation
Runs a proprietary venture exchange network to enable venture capital funds and angel groups to better manage their deal flow.
http://www.secondventure.com/

Hydro-Quebec CapiTech
Focus: invests in companies whose technological products and services are related to the energy field.
http://www.hqcapitech.com/en/index.html

Seidler Equity Partners
Investment focus: established, growing, niche-dominant manufacturing and service businesses.
http://www.sepfunds.com/

SAGICAP
Focus: European-based advisor specialized in consultancy services dedicated to the private equity industry.
http://www.sagicap.com/

Sprout Group
Investment focus on startups, expansion financing and management buyouts.
http://www.sproutgroup.com/

EuclidSR Partners
Investment focus: exploit the accelerating changes and advances in healthcare and information technologies.
http://www.euclidpartners.com/

Transatlantic Ventures
Focus: assist European companies in preparing and implementing their entry plan into the North American market.
http://www.taventures.com/

venture capital consult
Focus: venture capital consulting for start-up companies in Germany, UK and the US.
http://www.vc-consult.com/

日本アジア投資
東京都千代田区。ベンチャーキャピタル事業。企業概要、沿革、プレスリリース。
http://www.jaic-vc.co.jp/

JK&B Capital
Investment focus: telecommunications, software and information technologies, but will consider outstanding opportunities in other industries
http://www.jkbcapital.com

Regulation D Resources
Focus: provide the framework to raise venture capital and angel investment.
http://www.regdresources.com/

Forest Hill Partners
Investment focus: equity capital in management buyouts, turnarounds, recapitalizations, and growth financings.
http://www.foresthillpartners.com

Gabriel Venture Partners
Investment focus: funding through every stage of the company growth cycle.
http://www.gabrielvp.com/

Dorset Capital
Private Equity for Consumer Growth Companies
http://www.dorsetcapital.com/

Moore, Clayton and Company
Focus: traditional industries converging with new technologies, in particular healthcare, energy, entertainment, financial services, communications and education.
http://www.mccglobal.com/

Darwin Venture Partners
Investment focus: early-stage business development and financing connecting venture capital firms and Fortune 1000 opportunities.
http://www.schwartzgroup.com/

Vision Capital
Investment focus: trans-Atlantic expansion for proven U.S and European technology companies
http://www.visioncap.com/

U.S. Venture Partners (USVP)
Investment focus on companies headquartered in the Western United States in three sectors of industry: medical, technology and retail/consumer.
http://www.usvp.com/

FundingPost
Raising venture capital by presenting to angel and venture investors.
http://www.fundingpost.com/

The Providencia Partnership
Focus: business and project availability of funding, strategic management and due-diligence assessment.
http://www.propari.com/

JAFCO America Ventures, Inc.
Investment focus: communications, software, information services, systems/peripherals and semiconductors
http://www.jafco.com/

General Atlantic Partners
Investment focus: long term minority investor focused exclusively on software and services, and related information technologies.
http://www.gapartners.com/

Marcus Venture Consulting
Works with early stage technology and technology-related ventures to bridge the risk gap, and help entrepreneurs and financers achieve their goals.
http://www.marcusventures.com

JP Morgan Partners
Investment focus: private equity for a global investment opportunities including management buy-outs and recapitalizations, venture capital, growth equity and equity to reduce excessive debt burdens.
http://www.chasecapital.com/

3i
Focus: leading international venture capital company.
http://www.3i.com/

Fremont Ventures
Focus: help experienced management teams build businesses by providing relationships, strategic insight and ongoing financial support.
http://www.fremontventures.com/

Waterside Capital Corp
Waterside Capital is a publicly held company headquartered in Norfolk, VA. Founded in 1993, the company is a licensed Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) and has $50 million in capital to invest.
http://www.watersidecapital.com

IDG Ventures
Investment focus: information technology companies, preferring either seed or first-round financings, or very late (last before IPO) stage investments
http://www.idgventures.com

Cogent Partners
Focus: private equity-focused investment bank that helps institutional, corporate and individual investors sell their assets in the private equity secondary market.
http://www.cogent-partners.net/

2i Capital
Focus: investment and intellectual capital network.
http://www.2icapital.com/

FLAG Capital Management, LLC
Investment focus: manages limited partnerships through which qualified individuals, families and their trusts or foundations invest in venture capital funds.
http://www.flagcapital.com

Greylock
Provides information on venture capital firm with investment focus on all stages of corporate development for companies in the software, communications, and healthcare industries.
http://www.greylock.com/

Aragon Financial Group
Investment focus: venture capital, financing and debt restructuring.
http://www.aragon-group.com/

Marathon Investment Partners
Investment focus: manufacturers, distributors, and technology and service companies.
http://www.marathoninvestment.com/

Silicom Ventures
Focus: provide funding to early-stage high technology start-ups.
http://www.silicomventures.com/

Smedvig Capital
Europe based mid- to early-stage companies with specialisations. Company and contact details.
http://www.smedvigcapital.com

Kestrel Venture Management
Investment focus: deals too large for most individual investors and too small for many venture capital firms - broad array of New England industries
http://www.kestrelvm.com/

Peninsula Capital Partners
Investment focus: subordinated debt and equity to superior middle-market companies requiring capital to fund growth or other special situations.
http://www.peninsulafunds.com/

Skypoint Capital Corporation
Investment focus: very early-stage high-technology opportunities in North America, the United Kingdom and Israel in telecommunications and IT
http://www.skypointcorp.com/

CrossBridge Venture Partners
Investment focus: early-stage and emerging growth companies in information technology.
http://crossbridgevp.com/

NPDC
Focus: seek to identify, fund and nurture business ideas through participation of our members to create and capture new markets.
http://www.npdcinc.com/

Commonwealth Development Corporation
Private equity investors in emerging markets.
http://www.cdcgroup.com/

Information City
Australian company providing early stage funding and support services to new businesses. Includes case studies and current portfolio.
http://www.mentre.com.au/informationcity/

Information Technology Ventures
Investment focus: fast growing information technology enterprises with "unfair" competitive advantages that have the potential to dominate their market space
http://www.itventures.com/

Covalence
Focus: assessment of the contribution of multinational enterprises to human development in emerging and developing countries.
http://www.covalence.ch/

MDB Capital Group, LLC
MDB Capital Group is a merchant/investment banking firm that is a NASD registered broker/dealer located in Santa Monica, CA. MDB invests via Reg D private placements in public and private companies.
http://www.mdbcapital.com

Morgenthaler Ventures
Investment focus on early-stage ventures and "middle market" management-led buyouts involving information technology, health care or industrial technology.
http://www.morgenthaler.com/

Allantra Venture Development
Technology business management consulting services.
http://www.allantra.com

Venture Management Services
Focus: startup and later stage companies involving wireless communications, Internet, value added networking services, content and local service.
http://www.vmsgroup.com/

Commonwealth Associates
Merchant bank and venture capital firm offers services to corporate clients and investors.
http://www.comw.com/

Summit Partners
Focus: profitable companies which are poised for continued growth in the fields of software, technology, information services, healthcare, and financial services.
http://www.summitpartners.com

B4 Ventures
Focus: venture capital or investment capital for small to mid-sized fast growing businesses.
http://www.b4ventures.com/

Mergenet Solutions Inc.
Focus: specializing in venture capital, management services, shell funding, private placement.
http://www.mergenetsolutions.com/

Top Technology Limited
Early stage venture capital for British technology companies.
http://www.toptechnology.co.uk/

National City Equity Partners
Focus: invests equity and mezzanine capital primarily in private companies.
http://www.nationalcity.com/corporate/busi...

Warburg Pincus Ventures
Providing investments in information technology, healthcare, media, communications, energy, financial and business services.
http://www.warburgpincus.com/

Rockies Venture Club
Focus: non-profit that connects entrepreneurs, service professionals, investors, venture capitalists and other funding sources.
http://www.rockiesventureclub.org/

The StartUp Lab
Focus: business and venture development company providing services to venture capitalists and early-stage companies.
http://www.thestartuplab.com/

Matrix Partners
Investment focus: early-stage software and communications companies.
http://www.matrixpartners.com/

Venrock Associates
Venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family with investment focus: a high percentage of investments are seed or first round, and second round investments are considered where there is a complete management team and demonstrated progress toward market leadership
http://www.venrock.com/

The Bellwether Group
Focus: provides strategy consulting, financial advisory, principal investing and acquisition capabilities to Southern California based high growth companies.
http://www.bellwethergrp.com/

KPS Special Situations Fund
Investment focus: constructive investing in turnarounds, restructurings, bankruptcies, employee buyouts and other special situations.
http://www.kpsfund.com/

Norwest Venture Capital
Investment focus: startups, emerging growth companies, management buyouts, acquisitions and recapitalizations
http://www.norwestvc.com

Novak Biddle Venture Partners
Investment focus: information technology companies in the very early stages through first round, but also later-stage opportunities and spin-outs where they can add significant value
http://www.novakbiddle.com/

Dragonfly Capital
Investment focus: private equity investor and advisor focused on Southeastern U.S. businesses in the Life Science and Information Technology sectors.
http://www.dragonflycapital.com/

HarbourVest Partners, LLC
Investment foucs: global, with direct investments in software, hardware, data communications, telecommunications, financial services and management buyouts of operating companies.
http://www.harbourvest.com/

Corven
An international advisory and private equity firm specializing in corporate venturing, providing experience and resources necessary to start new businesses.
http://www.corven.com/

Mitiska Net Fund Europe
European Internet venture capital fun. Company profile, team members, portfolio and news.
http://www.netfundeurope.com/

MicroCap Venture Fund
Focus: business capital and venture financing using alternative strategies and structures including a reverse merger.
http://www.xpressmarketing.biz/MicroCap/

Tech Coast Venture Network
Non-profit organization bringing together users and providers of resources for new and emerging businesses.
http://www.tcvn.org/

Crosspoint Venture Partners
An initial stage equity investor with focused expertise in three strategic areas - networking and communications, health care, and financial services.
http://www.crosspointvc.com/

MBC Dotcom
Venture capital and business finance facilitator and advisory firm.
http://www.mybizcapital.com/

TL Ventures
Investment focus: category-defining, early-stage companies in information technology, communications and biotechnology.
http://www.tlventures.com/

Maton Venture
Investment focus: technology-based, private companies at various stages of development
http://www.maton.com

Thomson-CSF Ventures
Investment focus: electronics, telecommunications, and computer software and systems opportunities where there is potential synergy with Thomson-CSF companies
http://www.ventures.thomson-csf.com/

Incyte Capital
Focus: private equity fund which seeks value-added investments in small to medium sized private companies.
http://www.incytecapital.com/

Enterprise Partners
Investment focus: privately held early-stage and emerging growth companies and selective leverage buy-outs of established companies.
http://www.epvc.com/

All American Capital
Focus: venture capital funding using private placements and IPOs.
http://www.aacapitalcorp.com

Khazaen Financial and Industrial Consulting
Focus: company start-ups; early stage funding.
http://khazaen.com/

Sanderling
Investment focus: seed and early-stage new biomedical market opportunities, including emerging technology
http://www.sanderling.com/

Parallax Capital Partners
Investment focus: acquisitions and investments in technology businesses.
http://www.parallaxcap.com/

Katalyst
A middle market, investment and advisory firm offering venture capital, investment banking services and business advisory services.
http://www.katalyst.com/

River Capital
Focus: organizes and invests in the acquisition of select, well-established middle market companies.
http://www.river-capital.com/

Equilant Venture Advisors
Produces presentations and diagrams that help entrepreneurial companies achieve success at key events, including venture funding, product launches, roadshows and customer sales.
http://www.equilant.com/

Alliance Global Investments Inc.
A private equity investment firm providing venture capital, investment banking, management consulting, and export development services.
http://www.agiicorp.com/

InterWest Partners
Investment focus on full range of stages in information technology, health care and non-technology ventures.
http://www.interwest.com/

HRJ Capital
Focus: raising pools of capital from individuals involved in professional sports and investing it with a small number of top-tier venture capital funds.
http://www.hrjcapital.com/

August Capital
Investment focus: companies with strong potential to become leaders in important information technology markets
http://www.augustcap.com

Pacific Venture Group
Investment focus: broad range of stages (startup through consolidation) involving healthcare services and information systems oriented towards a managed care solution
http://www.pacven.com/

Southeastern Technology Fund
Investment focus: 1st or 2nd round investments in Southeastern US companies providing information technology and solutions to the healthcare, and telecommunication industries
http://www.setfund.com/

Mycapital, Inc.
Venture capital database and web application to help companies raise capital.
http://www.mycapital.com/

InnoCal
Investment focus: early and expansion stage, technology-based businesses
http://www.innocal.com/

Trident Capital
Investment focus: exclusively in information and business services companies, including content providers, transaction processors, application software and Internet products and services
http://www.tridentcap.com/

River Cities Capital Funds
Provides growth equity and business building experience to entrepreneurial private companies.
http://www.rccf.com/

Menlo Ventures
Provides venture capital financing in communications, Internet infrastructure, software, semiconductor, data storage, and computer hardware companies. Includes information on investments, management team and portfolio.
http://www.menloventures.com/

Rockmont Capital
Focus: investing in and acquiring companies and working with their management to build profitable and successful businesses.
http://www.rockmontcapital.com/

TA Associates
Investment focus: profitable private growth companies in software, technology, healthcare, financial services, media and consumer products
http://www.ta.com/

RoundTable Healthcare Partners
Investment focus: operating-oriented private equity firm focused on the healthcare industry.
http://www.roundtablehp.com/

Sutter Hill Ventures
Investment focus: technology-based startups which pioneer products or services in growth markets
http://www.shv.com/

Affiliated Managers Group
Acquires majority interests in mid-sized investment management firms. Profiles the company, and affiliate products. Investor information. (NYSE: AMG)
http://www.amg.com/

EQY.com
Focus: incubation reference site for investors and start-ups.
http://www.eqy.com/

Funk Ventures, Inc.
Investment firm with focus on venture capital, business acceleration and real estate.
http://www.funkventures.com/

Churchill Capital
Investment focus: middle market companies for buy-outs, recapitalizations, acquisitions and growth needs.
http://www.churchillnet.com/

Mayfield Fund
Investment focus: seed to second-round financing in companies with unique, information or healthcare technology-driven products and services that address well-defined needs in rapidly growing markets
http://www.mayfield.com/

LeBonfante Group
Focus: develop businesses and provide venture capital primarily throughout the Hispanic market.
http://www.lebonfante.com/

Schroder Ventures US
Investment focus: growth-oriented businesses in the technology, media, telecom and business services sectors.
http://www.svus.com/

Salix Ventures
Investment focus: early-stage health care services (including health care information technology) companies
http://www.salixventures.com/

Sigma Partners
Investment focus: ventures of all stages, primarily in technology-based companies, but also non-technology. Offices also in Menlo Park and San Ramon, California.
http://www.sigmapartners.com/

New York Private Placement Network
Focus: financial services firm and an online global marketplace for all classes of private securities.
http://www.nyppe.com/

Piper Jaffray Venture Capital
Investment focus: emerging-growth companies in medical devices, healthcare services and technology.
http://www.piperjaffray.com/info3.aspx?id=...

Independence Holdings Partners
Focus: private equity, venture capital and alternative investment products for high net worth investors, institutions and their financial advisors.
http://www.independencefund.com/

Frontenac Company
A private equity investment firm that focusus on health care services, information technology services and consumer/industrial businesses.
http://www.frontenac.com/

Harris & Harris Group, Inc.
Venture capitalist investment company which supports private investee companies. (Nasdaq: HHGP).
http://www.hhgp.com/

Foundation Capital
Investment focus on start-ups involving Enterprise and Internet Software, Communications and Networking, Technical Software, and Semiconductors.
http://www.foundationcapital.com/

PureTech Ventures LLC
Supports life science ventures based on breakthroughs from research institutions, providing management support and seed funding.
http://www.puretechventures.com

Ruppert Ventures
Investment focus: small to mid-size companies searching to grow to the next level.
http://www.ruppertcompanies.com/ventures.h...

Sevin Rosen Funds
Investment focus: early-stage (and follow-on rounds) for information sciences and life sciences companies
http://www.srfunds.com

Westaim Corporation (The)
Operates two high technology businesses: iFre Technology, Westaim Biomedical; two industrial technology businesses: Surface Engineered Products and Aerospace Products; and two industrial products businesses: Coinage and Chemicals. (Nasdaq: WEDX).
http://www.westaim.com/

Financial Development Company
Focus: assists companies with their venture and equity capital needs.
http://www.findevco.com/

Pacific Century Group Ventures
Investment focus: all stages from initial private seed capital rounds to senior public equity financings in information technology, natural resources, real estate and special situations
http://www.pcentury.com/

Oddtrack, Inc.
Service linking entrepreneurs with venture capital firms looking for new ventures to fund.
http://www.oddtrack.com/

Fremont Partners
Investment focus: established middle market businesses.
http://www.fremontpartners.com/

Springboard Enterprises
Offers programs which educate, showcase and support women entrepreneurs as they seek equity capital and grow their companies.
http://www.springboardenterprises.org/

Kennet Capital
Investment focus: European information and communications technology companies
http://www.kennetcapital.com/

Convergent Capital
Focus: manages technology-oriented venture capital funds in France, Europe and Israel.
http://www.convergent-capital.com/

Brockway Moran and Partners
Investment focus: equity capital for acquisition recapitalization of middle-market companies.
http://www.brockwaymoran.com/

Compere Associates
Focus: principal investor combining management, strategy and financing in acquiring telecoms, media, utility and financial services businesses.
http://www.compere.com/

Argonaut Partners
Focus: acquisition of industrial and business-to-business, value-added distributorships, direct marketing, catalog and telemarketing firms.
http://www.argollc.com/

Capital Solutions Network
Provides access to a network of private investors and institutional investment groups.
http://www.capitalsearch.net/

Sterling Investment Partners
Focus: middle-market company buy-outs and capital for ownership transitions, growth and financial restructuring.
http://www.sterlinglp.com/

VC Experts
Sells online reference manual on all aspects of venture capital, including forms, annotations and polls.
http://vcexperts.com

Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF)
Provides equity financing to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries, emerging markets and in countries undergoing economic transition.
http://www.seafweb.org

Tullis-Dickerson & Co.
Investment focus: small and mid-sized emerging growth healthcare companies.
http://www.tullisdickerson.com/

Stone Canyon Venture Partners
Focus: equity investments in select early-stage businesses with high growth prospects.
http://www.stonecanyonvp.com/

Foundry Ventures
Facilitates venture capital partnerships with private entrepreneurial companies.
http://www.foundryventures.com/

Blue Point Capital Partners
Focus: private equity investment firm that invests equity capital in middle market businesses.
http://www.bluepointcapital.com/

Gemini Investors
Focus: investing in middle market companies.
http://www.gemini-investors.com/

Technology Crossover Ventures
Investment focus: growth capital to expansion stage information technology companies
http://www.tcv.com/

Primus Venture Partners
Investment focus: various stages of development, with greater emphasis on businesses beyond proof of concept and which are demonstrating capacity to become large enterprises
http://www.primusventure.com/

Rock Maple Ventures
Investment focus: early-stage technology businesses in a variety of industries, emphasis on software, financial services, health care and communications.
http://www.rockmapleventures.com/

Thompson Clive Venture Capital
Investment focus: life science and information technology ventures, early-stage through later-stage, on both sides of the Atlantic
http://www.tcvc.com/

Sequoia Capital
Investment focus: primarily very early-stage West Coast technology companies; post beta-stage around Boston and Austin; later-stage nationwide
http://www.sequoiacap.com

The Pembroke Group
Investment focus: early-stage funding for proprietary software and hardware technology, information technology and e-commerce investments.
http://www.thepembrokegroup.com/

Flagship Ventures
Investment focus: life science, information technology, and communications sectors.
http://www.flagshipventures.com/

Proma Investment
Offers investment database with contacts to investors, financiers, and venture capital firms.
http://www.proma-investment.com/

Hamilton Robinson
Investment focus: smaller, middle market opportunities in the areas of energy, utilities, industrial process and business services.
http://www.hrco.com/

Sierra Ventures
Investment focus: early-stage healthcare, information technology-related companies and service businesses
http://www.sierraven.com

Red Rock Ventures
Investment focus: seed and early-stage companies that develop and sell enterprise solutions to medium and large companies
http://www.redrockventures.com

Alpha Genesis Inc.
Offering market analysis, due diligence, consulting and management services. Lists ventures, and presents the advisory board.
http://www.alpha-genesis.com/

Industrial Growth Partners
IGP provides private equity capital for management buyouts in middle-market manufacturing companies.
http://www.igpequity.com/

Fulcrum Partners Ltd
Offers training for those involved in all aspects of the venture capital and private equity markets.
http://www.fulcrum-partners.com/

Columbia Strategy
Focus: provides functional resources to funds to actively manage private equity and venture capital assets.
http://www.columbiastrategy.com/

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