 Edward G. Jones & Company »
Focus: help early-stage technology companies focus on finance, operations and the business plan to attract investment partners.
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 Skyblaze Ventures, LLC »
This VC firm seeks to play a role in the next generation of the Internet. It has funded well-known companies.
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 Alloy Ventures, Inc. »
Focus: seed and early-stage computer hardware, software, internet and life science companies
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 Silicon Pastures »
Focus: a premier local network of investors and strategic partners for emerging businesses based in Milwaukee, WI.
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 Bay Partners »
Investment focus: majority of initial investments come in the first or second rounds in information technology, with reserves held for follow-on rounds
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 Adams Capital Management »
Investment focus: companies in the information technology, telecommunications and medical equipment industries that have experienced or are now experiencing significant discontinuities.
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 Catalyst Investment Group »
Focus: unquoted, but tradable shares on the AIM market of early stage growth companies that qualify for personal tax relief under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).
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 Brook Venture Fund »
Investment focus: early expansion stage companies already generating revenues.
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 The Gathering of Angels »
Investment focus: potential high returns for the high-risk opportunities that are part of the seed- and early-stage investment process.
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 Ignition Ventures: Start Up Advisors »
Focus: start-up advisors.
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 Chrysalix Energy Limited Partnership »
Investment focus: emerging companies that are developing technologies, products and services within the fuel cell sector.
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 New York Angels »
Independent consortium of individual accredited angel investors focused on investing in early-stage companies in the New York City area.
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 VenGlobal Capital Fund, L.P. »
Targets investments in early-stage companies with a focus on software and communications.
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 Earlybird Venture Capital »
Investment focus: early stages of a company or during a phase of expansion while the company is privately held.
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 Airam Capital Group »
Focus: provides early-stage companies with transaction-focused services designed to create partnerships, generate capital and create merger and acquisition opportunities.
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 JumpStart Inc. »
A business development organization that identifies and invests in early-stage companies in Northeast Ohio that are considered to have strong potential to become high-growth businesses. Includes company background, portfolio, and events.
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 Hudson Ventures »
Investment focus: early-stages to allow companies to diversify, revamp or expand operations.
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 Inventures Group »
Focus: early-stage, hands-on venture capital firm.
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 The Cambria Group »
Investment focus: small and mid-sized sound businesses with established operating histories across a wide range of industries and geographies
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 Venturehouse Group »
Investment focus: technology businesses at the very earliest stages of their development.
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 M Group »
Investment focus: new product launches, growth-oriented infrastructure or marketing development for Internet, technology and software companies.
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 VCfirm.com »
A seed and early stage investment firm specializing in e-commerce businesses which target the Asian market.
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 Advantage Capital Partners »
Investment focus: venture capital and mezzanine investments in communications, information technology, health care/life sciences, special situations/regional opportunities, recapitalizations and management buyouts
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 IMS Ventures »
Investment focus: early-stage venture capital firm that provides financing to entrepreneurial enterprises.
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 Lovett Miller »
Investment focus: early-stage, growth capital and growth buy-outs for companies that reduce business transaction costs while enhancing customer service.
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 Blumberg Capital »
Focus: early-stage venture capital to the evolving global information economy.
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 Xyte »
Focus: capitalize on technology-based ideas, products and resources to maximize return on investment.
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 Battery Ventures »
Investment focus: early emerging companies in the communications and software technology markets in the U.S. and abroad
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 Boulder Ventures Limited »
Investment focus: start-up, early stage and emerging-growth companies.
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 Canaan Partners »
Investment focus: capital for growth across all industry sections -- information technology, healthcare and medical and otherwise -- at any stage of development, from early through expansion stage
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 DCXWorld.com Ltd. »
Clearing house for informal, early-stage, entrepreneurial investment. Based in the UK.
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