| Who are the |
Venture Capital Firms |
To the right you see the list of venture capitalists we have compiled. We believe this is the best list available and it is the one we used when our firm approached venture capital sources. The reason it is the best list is because of the number and variety of sources of information used to compile the list. Our biggest surprise in researching for this list was the number of bad entries, in even the most respected of sources. We attribute this to the fact that the world of venture capitalists is a rapidly changing one. Even the most venerable of venture capital firms seem to have many changing factors. As they raise new funds, they change their priorities and focus on new areas of investment. Personnel change but we have also seen an entire firm change the location of their offices and their company name, while being run by the same people. We have found firms that change their name when they raise a new fund. Some, of course, leave the business altogether. We offer the best list of these firms because our information is the most recent and can be delivered to you in a matter of hours. The most respected compilation of such information, authored by a well-known financial information company, is only available as a large book published annually. The book costs over $500 but is available in many libraries. Of course, by the time you obtain such information, a number of the records will no longer be correct. Timeliness of venture capital information is a crucial issue. Sources older than a year will contain many records that are no longer correct. Our information has all been gathered or verified recently. Finally, it is possible to get parts of our list from many other sources. The best-known venture capital firms are widely reported. But to obtain our up to date list that has been compiled from such a wide variety of sources and to have all the information in one place provides an invaluable service. This is step one; to find out who the venture capitalists are. As you begin your search for venture capital, possession of this "perfected" list allows you to concentrate on the important issues of how and where to direct your efforts for a successful fund raising. With the aid of our venture capital data, you can immediately start planning your strategy and direction. After all, isn't that what you should be doing instead of wasting your time correcting stale records?
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VC Data |
Mining for the venture capital firms data, turned out to be a difficult process. We started by purchasing a list and an accompanying book. We were able to use some of the entries, but we found out that the information was stale and required checking. This led us to the Internet. We would enter the name of a VC firm and, in some cases, it would lead us to other lists. Many of those lists are free, and, "worth everything they cost". The time taken to "perfect" these lists, alone, was substantial and the entries on the lists were not always consistent with each other. One or two of the lists contained valuable leads, but most were loaded with stale entries that needed to be weeded out. There are also several sites that provide information on venture capital firms, but again, the information can be stale, incomplete, and time consuming to mine out. Our next step was to go to the library to Xerox entries from reference books. These books are printed, at most, annually. To our surprise, even the most respected of these contained stale data and needed to be checked. Finally, our continuing source of VC firm information comes from newspaper stories. Of course, getting all the information required to make the record usable, also required calling and checking further. For these reasons, we provide a "verification" date with each record. This would be the date on which the data was checked and is our indicator of reliability of the record. To our knowledge, we are the only firm offering this timeliness information associated with each record. While it is an indicator of the accuracy of the record, it can never assumed that there are no changes since verification. Partners and employees of these firms change and the outlook of the investors change. The previous mandate of investing principles may now be part of the past "fund". As such, entirely new investing principles may now be in effect. A large firm may operate more than one fund at a time.Considering the hours of effort that went into the making of this data, we have concluded that the data base would be of value to others faced with the same dauntless task of uncovering venture capitalists. Therefore, we offer the opportunity to purchase our list Venture Capitalist Data> on the Internet. Our charge is $89.95 and the list is available in "tab separated (MSWorks)" format, "comma separated (MSExcel) spreadsheet" format, or "Works for the Mac" format. The requested file will be sent to the e-mail address you provide as soon as we process your order. We accept Visa and Mastercard at this time.
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Our Perfected List |
We continue to work on our list every week so there are always new entries and updates being made. What our list offers is as complete as possible a compilation of basic information on all the firms listed to the right. That information includes the firm name, two address lines, and a city/state/zip code entry. Additionally, we provide the name of a contact at the firm to whom your business plan may be addressed. We also provide a voice telephone number. In rare cases where the firm would not provide one of these pieces of information, we cannot, of course, provide it for you.Additional information under development and provided in many of the records include an e-mail address and an additional phone number. This was a FAX number but we find that FAX is falling out of favor and so it may just be an additional voice phone. We find that venture capital firms either like to receive e-mail business plans or hard copies. We note this information where we have been advised of it. We are also providing information on the investment criteria of the venture capital firm, where we have been able to determine it. We report of their focus investment industry, focus investment size, focus investment geography, and focus company stage of development. Finally, where appropriate, we provide comments on the firm. Again, if the venture capital firm has not made any of these points clear, it would not be possible for us to present such information. We do provide this information whenever we are successful in getting it from the venture capital firm.
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Service Works |
After you receive our database of venture capitalists, you should study it to choose a small number of firms. We recommend 15 firms. These should be your closest fit 15; the firms that seem to you to be the most likely to consider funding your company. We would then recommend a serious information gathering effort on your own to make sure that your 15 choice firms are the ones with which you want to go. You need to gather as much information on these firms as you can. In particular, you need to know as much as possible about the companies this venture capital firm has funded. You would like your proposal to have similarities with many of the companies already funded, but you must also be sure that you would not be in direct competition with them. We highly recommend calling some of the companies funded to get their reaction as to what it's like to work with the venture capital firm you are considering. The contact name that we have provided, may not the best one for your proposal. You may find that someone from that firm attends a local group meeting and you may therefore wish to attend that meeting and make contact with the individual. This is the only occasion where the (highly overrated) "elevator" story could be put to use. We do not recommend, despite the fact that others do, attending multiple meetings attempting to blurt out your "elevator" story to anyone who will listen. We realize that your time and resources are limited and we believe you should concentrate on the most promising leads you find on the list, and do the best you can with them. Be as creative as you can about a variety of ways to make contact with the firm as the best method is to be able to meet the principal or partner him/herself before sending your business plan. This would be the proper use of your "elevator" story. If there is any interest, this person will probably suggest that you send the business plan to them. While such a contact is all to the good, we believe such efforts are commonplace. The principals in question have probably been approached many times and in many ways. We recommend, rather, in putting your time into gathering information about the firm and, in particular, in contacting those who have already been funded by them. This is an excellent source of direct information from "the horse's mouth" about dealing with this firm and the best way to find out just how a successful approach to this venture capital firm has been made in the past. Above all, be of good heart, and good luck. It's not easy to be chosen by one of your original 15, but if you are, congratulations, your job is done.
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Backup Plan? |
Again, we realize that your resources are limited and if you have put all your effort into pursuing your top 15 and none has come through for you, it's now time to take final action. Here's where our database again becomes invaluable. We would now recommend that you mail out a cover letter and business plan to as many firms on the list as you feel comfortable contacting, which may be all the rest of them. Even if a firm is not interested, your recipient may pass the plan along to someone who is. This is actually a valuable recommendation. At this time if you would like the latest listings, you may purchase the updated list from us again for $44.95 and your original order number. No doubt there will be additional information since your first order.
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We can also offer a staff member of our organization to consult to your firm. We can help with various parts of this effort. We provide such services as helping choose the 15 primary prospect venture capital firms for your fund search. We can help with the "serious" information gathering effort on your primary 15. We can help call companies that have been funded by a particular venture capital firm to get their comments on working with this venture capitalist. We can investigate creative solutions to contacting your choice firms and determine a company contact that is best suited for your proposal. We can review your business plan or help you write one.
Should you be interested in contacting us for any of these services, please e-mail us with a general description of your needs. We offer quick turn around, reasonable rates, and experienced help.
21st Century Internet Venture Partners
4C Ventures
ABS Ventures
Accel Partners
Acorn Holding Corporation
AC-Ventures
Adams Capital Management, Incorporated
Adams Harkness & Hill
Advanced Technology Ventures
Advanta Partners, LP
Advantage Capital Partners
Advent International
Advent Management International
Advest, Incorporated
Alimansky Capital Group, Incorporated
Allegra Partners
Allen & Company
Allied Capital
Alpha Capital Corporation
Alpine Equity Partners, LP
Alta Communications
Altamira Financial Services Ltd.
Altos Ventures
American Corporate Services
American Research & Development Corp.
Ampersand Ventures
Anthem Capital Management
AO Capital Corporation
Arbor Partners, LLC
Arch Venture Partners L. P.
Argentum Capital Partners, LP
Argo Global Capital, Incorporated
Arthur P. Gould & Corporation
Ascent Venture Partners
Asia Pacific Ventures Technology Partners
Asset Management Associates
Atlantic Capital Corporation
Atlantic Coastal Ventures, LP
Atlas Venture
Audax Group
Axiom Venture Partners, LP
Bachow & Associates, Incorporated
Bacon Partners
Bain Capital
Baldwin & Clarke Corporate Finance, Incorporated
BancBoston Capital, Incorporated
BancBoston Ventures, Incorporated
Bank of America Equity Partners
Barington Capital Group, LP
Barman Capital, LLC
Barriston Associates, Incorporated
Battery Ventures
Beacon Partners
Bedford Capital Corporation
Behrman Capital
Benchmark Capital
Berkshire Partners, LLC
Berkshires Capital Investors
Berwind Financial Group, LP
Bessemer Venture Partners
BG Affiliates
Bio-Investigations, Ltd.
Bison Ventures Incorporated
Blue Chip Venture Company
Blue Rock Capital
BlueStream Ventures
Boston Capital Ventures
Boston Millennia Partners
Boston Ventures Management, Incorporated
Brand Equity Ventures
Brentwood Venture Capitals
Bristol Investment Trust
Burnham Securities, Incorporated
Butler Capital
BV Capital
C & C Vencap Corporation
Cambridge Samsung Partners
Canaan Partners
Capital Resource Partners
Capital Southwest Corporation
Capricorn Investors. LP
Cardinal Health Partners
Carmichael & Company, LLC
CB Investors, Incorporated
Ce Capital Partnership LP
CEA Capital Partners
CEA, LLC
CEO Venture Fund
Cephas Capital Partners, LP
Charles Bank Capital Partners
Charles River Ventures
Chase Capital Partners
Chase Partners
Chatterton Partners Corporation
Chestnut Partners
Chevron Technology Ventures, LLC
Chicago Advisory Group
Churchill Capital, Incorporated
CIBC Oppenheimer Corporation
CIP Capital, LP
CIT Group/Venture Capital, Incorporated
Citizens Capital, Incorporated
City Corp Venture Capital
Claflin Capital Management, Incorporated
CMGI, Inc.
CMNY Capital II, LP
CNF Ventures
Cohen & Company, LLC
Columbia Capital
CommonAngels
Commonwealth Capital Ventures
Commonwealth Enterprise Fund Incorporated
Community Technology Fund
Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated
Continental SBIC
Convergence Partners
Cooper Hill Partners, LLC
Coral Ventures
Cornerstone Equity Investors
Corning Capital
Corning Technology Ventures, LLP
Crescendo Ventures
Crest Communications Holdings, LLC
Crestview Financial Group
Crosspoint Venture Partners
Crown Advisors, Ltd.
D. H. Blair & Corporation
Dain Rauscher Wessels Venture Partners
Dauphin Capital Partners
DB Capital Partners, Incorporated
DCI Ventures
Desco Corporation
Deutsche Venture Capital Gesellshaft mbH
DFW Capital Partners, LP
DH Blair Investment Banking Corporation
Digital Technology Partners/DigitalVentures
Dolphin Communications Partners
Domestic Capital Corporation
Dominion Ventures
Downer and Company
Draper Fisher & Jurvetson
Draper Richards, LP
Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Private Equity
Dubin Clark & Corporation
Dynafund Ventures, L. L. C.
East River Investents
Easton Hunt Capital Partners
eCentury Capital, LLC
Edelson Technology Partners
EDF Ventures
Egan-Managed Capital
Electra & Fleming, Incorporated
Endeavor Capital Management, LLC
Endeavor Capital Management, LLC
Enertech Capital Partners, LP
Enterprise Venture Capital Corp. of Pennsylvania
EOS Partners SBIC, L. P.
Euclid Partners
Farrell Marsh Corporation
FdG Associates
Fidelity Ventures
Financial Technology Research Corporation
Finnegan & Associates
First County Capital, Inc.
First Freedom Securities, LLC
First Union Capital Partners
First Union Securities
Flatiron Partners
Fletcher Spaght, Incorporated
Forrest, Binkley & Brown
Fowler Anthony & Corporation
Fox-Pitt Kelton Incorporated
Furman Selz SBIC, LP
Galileo International
GCC Investments
GE Capital Equity Group
Gemini Investors
General Atlantic Partners
General Investment & Development Corporation
Generation Partners
Gerard Klauer Mattison
Global Crossing Ventures, Incorporated
Great Hill Partners, LLC
Green Mountain Capital, LP
Greenwich Venture Partners, Incorporated
Greylock Management
Grotech Capital Group
Grove Street Advisors, LLC
Growth Capital Partners
GS Capital, LP
H. A. Incorporated
H. C. Wainwright & Company, Inc.
H. Katz Capital Corporation
Habinger/Aurora Ventures, LLC
Hallador Venture Partners, LLC
Halpern, Denny & Company
Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company
Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company
Hanam Capital Corporation
Harbor Vest Partners
HarborVest Partners, LLC
Herbert Young Securities, Incorporated
Heritage Partners
Hickory Venture Capital
Highland Capital Partners
HLM Management Company
Howard Lawson and Company
Hudson Venture Partners II, L. P.
Hummer, Winblad Venture Partners
Hycliff Partners
Ibero American Investors Corporation
IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company
Idanta Partners Ltd.
IDG Ventures
i-Hatch Ventures, LLC
Impact Venture Partners
Imprimis SB, LP
Inclusive Ventures, LLC
Information Partners
ING Barings
InnoCal. LP
Innovest Group, Incorporated
Insight Capital Partners
Institutional Venture Partners
Intel Capital
InterEquity Capital Partners, LP
International Real Returns, LLC
Internet Capital Group
Internet Capital Group
Internet Ventures LLC
InterWest Partners
Invesco Private Capital
Investment Partners of America
Investor International of New York
J. E. Mann & Company
J. H. Whitney & Co.
J. P. Morgan Capital Corporation
JAFCO American Ventures, Incorporated
Jordan Group Incorporated
Kansas City Equity Partners
Kestrel Venture Management
Kestrel Venture Management
Keystone Venture Capital Management
Kidd & Company, LLC
Kinetic Ventures
Kirlan Venture Capital, Incorporated
Kleiner Parkins Caufield & Byers
L and L Capital Partners
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., Inc.
Landmark Management
Lazard Technology Partners
Leachman, Steinberg Venture Partners
Lefferts Fore, LLC
LEG Partners SBIC, LP
Lehman Brothers
Levy,Trajman Management Investment, LLC
Liberty Venture Partners
Loeb Partners Corporation
Lucent Venture Partners, LLC
M and T Capital Corporation
M D Sass Investors Services, Incorporated
Madison Dearborn Partners
Manchester Humphreys, Incorporated
Marathon Capital
Marcon Capital Corporation
Marlborough Capital Advisors
Marquette Venture Partners
Massachusetts Capital Resource Company
Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation
MassBusiness Mezzanine Fund
Masthead Venture Partners
Matrix Partners
MaxCor Financial
MC Capital, Incorporated
MC Venture Partners
McCown De Leeuw & Company
MDT Advisors, Incorporated
Medallion Financial
Megunticook Management
Mellon Ventures, LP
Menlo Ventures
Mercury Capital, LP
Meridian Venture Partners
Metapoint Partners
Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds
MidMark Capital, LP
Milestone Venture Partners
Mille Capital
Millenium Capital Quest
Millenium Capital Quest
Milton Capital Group
Mitsui & Company
MK Global Ventures
MMG Ventures, LP (SSBIC)
Moneta Capital Corporporation
Monosson Technology Enterprises
Morgan Stanley Dean Whitter Private Capital
Morgenthaler Ventures
MS Partners
Nassau Capital, LLC
National Credit Suisse First Boston SB Fund 1, LP
Navis Partners
Nazem & Company
NE2W, LLC
Needham Capital SBIC, LP
Net Market Partners
New England Partners
New Enterprise Association
Newbury, Piret & Company, Incorporated
Newmarket Capital Advisors
NextPoint Partners, LP
North American Capital Corporation
North American Capital Corporation
North Atlantic Capital
North Atlantic Venture Fund
Northbridge Venture Partners
Northpoint Software Ventures
Northwood Ventures
Norwest Venture Partners
Noveltek Capital Corporation
Oak Investment Partners
Oaktree Capital Management
Odeon Capital Partners
OEM Capital Corporation
Olympus Partners
One Liberty Ventures
Onondaga Venture Capital Fund, Incorporated
Onset Ventures
Orion Partners, LP
Ormes Capital Markets, Incorporated
Oscar Capital Management
Palladin Capital Group, Incorporated
Palm Ventures
Palmer Partners, LP
Patricof & Company Ventures, Incorporated
Pennell Venture Partners, LLC
Pennsylvania Early Stage Partners
Penny Lane Advisors, Incorporated
Pequot Venture Partners
Permal Capital Management
Philadelphia Ventures, incorporated
Pierre Funding Corporation
Pines Venture
PNC Equity Management Corporation
Polaris Venture Partners
Pomona Capital
Portage Venture Partners
Prime Capital Management Company, Inc.
Primedia Ventures
Primus Venture Capital
Prince Ventures
Prism Venture Partners
Private Equity Corporation
Private Equity Investors, Incorporated
Prospect Street Ventures
Providence Equity Partners
Pyramid Ventures, Incorporated
Quad-C
Quantum Partners
Radius Ventures, LLC
RAF Ventures
Ravenswood Capital Venture Fund
Redleaf Group, Incorporated
Redpoint Ventures
Redpoint Ventures
Redstone 7
Regent Capital Partners, LP
Regulus International Capital Company, Inc.
RFE Investment Partners
River Cities Capital Fund
Robertson Stephens & Company
Robertson Stephens-Omega Ventures
Rosewood Venture Group
Rothschild Ventures, Incorporated
Royalty Capital Management, Incorporated
RRE Ventures
Rustic Canyon Ventures
Rutledge Capital
RWI Group
S L Ventures
S. R. One, Limited
Sage Hill Partners
Sandler Capital Management
Saugatuck Capital Company
Schooner Capital, LLC
Schroder Investment Management North America
SCP Private Equity Partners, LP
Scripps Ventures
Seacoast Capital Partners
Seeking Capital.com, Incorporated
Sevin Rosen Funds
SG Cowen
Shalor Ventures, Incorporated
Shaykin & Company, LLC
Sherbrooke Capital
Sigma Partners
Siguler Guff & Company
Silicon Valley Bank
Silicon Valley Bank
Sloan Ventures L. L. C.
SOFTBANK Venture Capital
Softbank Venture Capital
Solstice Capital
Soltice Capital, LP
SoundView Financial Group, Incorporated
Southport Partners
Spark Ventures
Spectrum Equity Investors
Spencer Trask and Company
Sprout Group
SRK Management Company
St. Paul Venture Capital Incorporated
Starting Point Venture Partners
Sterling Commercial Capital, Inc.
Sterling Venture Partners
Sti Ventures
Still River Fund
Stone Gate Partners, LLC
Stonebridge Technology Associates
Summit Accelerator Fund
Summit Business Capital
Summit Capital Associates, Incorporated
Summit Capital Group. Inc.
Summit Partners
Sycamore Ventures
Synergy Ventures
TA Associates, Incorporated
Tdh
TechFund Capital
Techno Venture Management
Technology Crossover Ventures
Technomart RGA, Incorporated
Telos Venture Partners
Texada Capital Corporation
TH Lee Putnam Internet Partners
The Carlyle Group
The Centennial Fund
The Exeter Group
The Galleon Group
The Mayfield Fund
The NTC Group
The Pilot House
The Pittsford Group, Incorporated
The Platinum Group
The Shepherd Group, LLC
The Thomson Corporation
The VenCom Group
The Venture Capital Fund of New England
The Verax Group
Three Cities Research Incorporated
Ticonderoga Capital, Incorporated
TL Ventures
Tradewinds Capital Management, LLC
Transamerica Technology Finance
Triad Capital Corporation of New York
Tribume Ventures
Trident Capital
Trinity Ventures
Trust Corporation of the West
TSG Equity Partners, LLC
Tycon Equity Partners, LLC
U. S. Venture Partners
UBS Capital, Incorporated
Um Holdings, Ltd.
United Gulf Management, Incorporated
US Trust Corporation of New York
Vanguard Venture Partners
Vencon Management, Incorporated
Venrock Associates
Venture Innovations Inc.
Venture Investment Management Company, LLC
Venture Management Consultants, LLC
Venture Strategy Group
Veronis Suhler & Association, Incorporated
Village Ventures
Vimac Corporation
Vision Capital
Walden Capital Partners L. P.
Walden Group of Venture Capital Funds
Waller - Sutton Media Partners, LP
Warburg Pincus Ventures, Incorporated
Wasserstein Perella Venture Capital
Weiss Peck and Greer Venture Partners
Weston Presidio Capital
Whale Securities Corporation
Wheatley Partners
Whitney & Company
William E. Simon & Sons, Incorporated
Wind Point Partners
Winfield Capital Coporation
Winslow Partners, LLC
Wit Soundview Ventures
Xerox Venture Capital
YankeeTek Ventures
YAS Corporation
Z S Fund, LP
Zero Stage Capital Co., Inc.