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1234 1- GALIVANT VENTURE CAPITAL 2- 14 State Boulevard Suite 185 Millerton, NY 12546
3- 060-555-4131
4- 060-555-4132
800-945-7411
6- www.gvaztx.com
7- Mission Statement: To identify, support and counsel companies with strong management and proven growth in the communications industry.
8- Geographic Preference: Eastern United States
9- Fund Size: $20 million
10- Founded: 1982
11- Average Investment: $1.5 million
12- Minimum Investment: $500,000
13- Investment Criteria: Seed, Startup, First-Stage, Second-Stage, Mezzanine, LBO, MBO
14- Industry Group Preference: Communications, Data Communications, Telecommunications, Internet Services, Television, Radio
15- Portfolio Companies: HamStark Inc., Placid Internet, DuBois Inc., Berkshire Radio Co., Shir-Fire.com, Trail Communications, Holyoke Internet Services
16- Other Locations: 96 Club Road Suite 1982 Milwaukee, WI 53212
17- Key Executives: Gabriele O’Laughlin PhD, Managing Director 019-931-6966 Fax: 019-931-4967 e-mail: [email protected] Education: BA, Mount Holyoke College; MBA, PHD, Finance, Texas A&M University Background: CFO, Whitehouse Inc., IntelliCon Technologies Directorship: OverDrive Tech, BrynSore Group
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3- Phone Number: The listed phone number is usually for the main office, but may also be for sales, marketing, or public relations as provided by the company.
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8- Geographic Preference: This lists the geographic location the firm prefers to invest in.
9- Fund Size: This is the total amount of money a firm has to invest. International firms often calculate dollar amounts in their own currency.
10- Founded: The year in which the firm was established or founded. If the organization has changed its name, the founding date is usually for the earliest name under which it is known.
11- Average Investment: The average amount the firm generally invests in a company.
12- Minimum Investment: The smallest possible amount the firm would consider investing.
13- Investment Criteria: This indicates at what stage the firm is willing to invest in, i.e., Seed, Startup, First- Stage, Second-Stage, Mezzanine, LBO, MBO, etc.
14- Industry Group Preference: This indicates what industry the firm is most likely to invest in. Note that most of this information does not follow standard industry language; the Industry Group Preference Index is designed to help the reader summarize information, and should be reviewed carefully.
15- Portfolio Companies: This is a listing of the companies that the firm has invested in to date.
16- Other Locations: Divisions or subsidiaries of the main company. Also included may be the key executives of that location.
17- Key Executives: Names, titles, phone numbers, fax numbers and personal e-mail addresses of key executives—including Presidents, Partners, and Managing Directors. This section can also include educational data, including degree and school, and professional data, including previous positions and companies, backgrounds, as well as a list of directorships held.
x Domestic Firms Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms / Domestic Firms
1 (@)VENTURES Liam Donohue, Co-Founder/Managing Partner 1601 Trapelo Road e-mail: [email protected] Suite 170 Education: BS, Chemistry, Georgetown University; MBA, Waltham, MA 02451 Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College Phone: 978-658-8980 Fax: 978-658-8981 Background: Principal, Foster Management; Co-Founder, e-mail: [email protected] Arcadia Partners; CEO, Business Intelligence Advisors; Booz-Allen & Hamilton Mission Statement: @Ventures invests in early stage, high Directorships: Abilto, Axial Healthcare, Bedrock Data, value companies in the clean technology sector. The firm Business Intelligence Advisors, Connotate, Copatient, seeks to provide valuable resources and establish committed Healthsense, Indico, Iora Health, Redox, Reltio, partnerships with portfolio companies in order to bring inno- WoodPellets.com vative clean technology products to market. Graham Brooks, Partner Geographic Preference: North America e-mail: [email protected] Fund Size: $280 million Education: BSE, Computer Science, Princeton University; Founded: 1995 MBA, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College Average Investment: $5 million Background: Business Development Manager, Bose Investment Criteria: Early-Stage, Mid-Stage Technology Corporation; Co-Founder, Accentus Industry Group Preference: Internet Technology, Enterprise Greg Dracon, Partner Services, Software, Clean Energy, Information Technology, e-mail: [email protected] Technology, Security, Enabling Technology, Alternative Education: BS, Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State Energy, Clean Technology University; MBA, Entrepreneurial Management & Portfolio Companies: 212 Resources, Cobalt Biofuels, Finance, Wharton School Powerit Holdings, Propel Biofuels, Object Video Background: VP, Core Capital Partners Key Executives: Payal Agrawal Divakaran, Partner Peter H Mills, Managing Director e-mail: [email protected] Education: BS, Communications, Ithaca College; MBA, Education: BS, Electrical Engineering, MIT; MBA, Marketing, Graduate School of Business, Columbia Harvard Business School University Background: Co-Founder, SpotRocket; Corporate Background: CEO, United States Display Consortium; Development, Eventbrite; Associate, Spectrum Equity; Chief Administrative Officer, SEMATECH; J.P. Morgan Co-Founder/COO, Softrend Inc.; Senior Vice President, BPI 3 10X VENTURE PARTNERS Directorships: 212 Resources, Cobalt Biofuels, Powerit 848 Elm Street Solutions, Propel Biofuels Suite 200 Manchester, NH 03104 2 .406 VENTURES Phone: 603-838-3828 470 Atlantic Avenue e-mail: [email protected] 12th Floor web: www.10xvp.com Boston, MA 02210 Mission Statement: 10X Venture Partners is a seed stage Phone: 617-406-3300 (and beyond) investment group. e-mail: [email protected] Geographic Preference: New England web: www.406ventures.com Average Investment: $50,000 - $500,000 Mission Statement: To provide capital, leadership and opera- Investment Criteria: Seed-Stage, Revenue between $5 to tional expertise for early stage companies in the technology $10 Million industry. Industry Group Preference: Mobile, Internet, Wireless, Geographic Preference: New England Security, Social Media, SaaS, Cloud Computing, Green Fund Size: $1 billion Technology Founded: 2005 Portfolio Companies: Adored, Akumina, Applied BioMath, Investment Criteria: Early-Stage Blade, Coach Up, Eversound, Liquidware Labs, MyVBO, Industry Group Preference: Technology, Digital Media & Nanocomp Technologies Inc., NBD Nano, Spiro, Splitwise, Marketing, Energy Technology, Fintech, Healthcare Uconnect, WOO Sports, XL Hybrids Information Technology, Information Services, Internet, Next Key Executives: Generation Software, Open Source, Real-Time Data, Web Jason Syversen, Managing Partner Infrastructure, Technology-Enabled Services, Cybersecurity, Background: Founder, Siege Technology; Program Data & Cloud Manager DARPA Portfolio Companies: Abacas Insights, AbleTo, Axial Matt Pierson, Partner Healthcare, Bend, Better Life Partners, Business Intelligence e-mail: [email protected] Advisors, CHAOSSEARCH, Compass, Corvus, CPX Education: BBA, University of Rhode Island Security, Edgewise Networks, Gamalon, GreatHorn, HYPR, Background: Co-Founder, DTC Communications; Indico, Iora Health, Kaltura, Laudio, MineralTree, Nomad Managing Director, Dunn Rush & Co. Health, Onapsis, Randori, Redox, Reltio, Simon Data, Terbium Labs, Threat Stack, Trilio, Virtudent, WelbeHealth, 4 11.2 CAPITAL Wellist 818 Mission Street Key Executives: Suite 200 Maria Cirino, Co-Founder/Managing Partner San Francisco, CA 94103 e-mail: [email protected] web: www.112capital.com Education: BA, English Literature, Mount Holyoke Mission Statement: 11.2 Capital invests in tech-based busi- College nesses focused on technologies such as AI, cyber security, ro- Background: SVP, VeriSign; CEO, Guardent; SVP, Sales botics, new space, and date-driven healthcare. & Marketing, Razorfish Directorships: Attend.com, AuthAir, Bit9, Kaltura, Founded: 2013 Mineral Tree, Onapsis, Pwnie Express, Threat Stack, Industry Group Preference: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Vaultive, Veracode Security, Robotics, Space, Data Analytics, Healthcare
3 Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms / Domestic Firms
Portfolio Companies: Aeva, Anyscale, Auransa, Avaamo, Key Executives: ByteGain, Caption Health, Covariant AI, Cruise Automation, Kevin M. Rendino, Chairman/CEO CryptoNumerics, Deep Genomics, Forter, Genturi, Ginkgo Background: Chairman/CEO, RGJ Capital Bioworks, Hinge Health, Kindred, Loop Genomics, Lucira Directorships: Rentech Inc. Health, Mantle, Mason, Molecular Assemblies, Notable Labs, Daniel B. Wolfe, Ph.D, President/Chief Financial & Orbital Sidekick, Outlier, Passage AI, Placenote, Savioke, Compliance Officer Synthace, TigerGraph, Totemic Labs, White Ops Education: PhD, Chemistry, Harvard University; BA, Key Executives: Chemistry, Rice University Shelley Zhuang, Founder/Managing Partner Background: Consultant, Nanosys; CW Group; Bioscale; Education: BS, University of Missouri; PhD, University Co-Founder/President, Scientific Venture Assessments of California, Berkeley Background: Principal, Draper Fisher Jurvetson; EVP of 7 1843 CAPITAL Business Development, Ecoplast Technologies 52 Mason St. Directorships: Passage AI Greenwich, CT 06830 Yizhen Dong,Principal e-mail: [email protected] Education: BS, Vanderbilt University; MBA, Booth web: www.1843capital.com School of Business Background: Management Consultant, ZS Associates Mission Statement: 1843 Capital is an early stage, technol- ogy venture firm advocating for gender equity to generate su- Jonathan Mo, Senior Associate perior returns. Education: Columbia University; The London School of Economics Investment Criteria: Early-Stage Background: Associate, TandemLaunch Ventures Industry Group Preference: Technology, Consumer, Technology-Enabled Services 5 1315 CAPITAL Portfolio Companies: Agrilyst, Beauty Counter, Finn AI, 2929 Walnut Street Glassbreakers, Iotas, Marstone, Modumetal, Rapt, Seedling, Suite 1240 Shareablee, Silvernest, TA, Triple Canopy Philadelphia, PA 19104 Key Executives: Phone: 215-662-1315 Tracy Chadwell, Founding Partner web: www.1315capital.com Education: JD, Loyola University of Chicago Background: Baker Capital Mission Statement: 1315 Capital provides expansion and Alison Andrews Reyes, General Partner growth to commercial-stage healthcare services, medical tech- Education: AB, Dartmouth College nology and specialty therapeutics companies. Background: COO/Co-Founder, Dezignable.com; Fund Size: $500 million CEO/Co-Founder, Vigilant Founded: 2014 Investment Criteria: Targets $10 to $30 million investments 8 1ST COURSE CAPITAL in commercial healthcare that have the potential to grow to 541 Jefferson Avenue $50 to $150 million of revenue Suite 100 Key Executives: Redwood City, CA 94063 Adele Oliva, Founding Partner web: www.1cc.vc Education: BSc, St. Joseph’s University; MBA, Cornell Mission Statement: 1CC is an early stage venture capital University firm investing in entrepreneurs and businesses looking to Background: Quaker Partners; Co-Head, US Healthcare, change how produce is grown, produced and distributed. Apax Partners Michael Koby, Founding Partner Key Executives: Education: BSc, Cornell University; MBA, The Wharton Peter Herz, General Partner School Education: BS, ECE, Carnegie Mellon University Background: Managing Director, Palm Ventures; Investor, Renske Lynde, General Partner Galen Partners; Analyst, Dillon, Read & Co. Education: BA, Boston University; MPP, University of California, Berkeley 6 180 DEGREE CAPITAL 7 North Willow Street 9 42 VENTURES Suite 4B 6510 Millrock Dr. Montclair, NJ 07042 #430 Phone: 973-746-4500 Fax: 212-582-9563 Salt Lake City, UT 84121 e-mail: [email protected] Phone: 801-893-2442 web: www.180degreecapital.com e-mail: [email protected] Mission Statement: An active investor committed to working web: www.42ventures.com side-by-side with the management of its portfolio companies Mission Statement: Partnering with entrepreneurs to grow to surmount the many challenges they confront. Formerly software-driven businesses that deliver innovative products known as Harris & Harris Group. and services to highly defined markets. Founded: 1983 Founded: 2006 Investment Criteria: Early stage, IPO, Acquisition, Tiny Average Investment: $250,000 - $1.5 million Technology Investment Criteria: Early-Stage Industry Group Preference: Nanotechnology, Industry Group Preference: Software, SaaS, Mobile, Cloud Microelectronics Computing, Big Data Portfolio Companies: ABS Materials, Adesto Technologies, Portfolio Companies: Distribion, Fast, Ideal Response, Accelerator, AgBiome, D-Wave Systems, EchoPixel, Genome Inside Real Estate, Insurance Technologies, Luminoso, Profiling LLC, HALE.Life, HZO, Lodo Therapeutics, Marketingfx, New Media Gateway, Sharp Analytics, Mersana, Nanosys, NGX Bio, ORIG3N, Petra Pharma, Simpleview, Swipeclock Workforce Management, Phylagen, ProSep, Synacor, TARA, TheStreet Inc., Xenio Verticalnerve, Works Software, TouchPath
4 Canadian Firms Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms / Canadian Firms
2025 32 DEGREES CAPITAL Mission Statement: Seed stage venture capital fund. 635 8th Avenue SW Geographic Preference: Canada Suite 650 Fund Size: $30 million Calgary, AB T2P 3M3 Founded: 2017 Canada Investment Criteria: Early-Stage, Seed Phone: 403-695-1069 Fax: 403-695-1069 Portfolio Companies: AmpMe, ApplyBoard, Attendease, e-mail: [email protected] Avidbots, BenchSci, Chatkit, Chatter Research, Creative web: www.32degrees.ca Market, dot Blockchain Music, Element AI, Finaeo, Fluent.ai, Mission Statement: Private equity firm focused on develop- Homigo, Humi HR, Hysko, Innerspace, Keatext, Knotet, ing crude oil and natural gas reserves and production. Local Logic, Logojoy, Lumotune, Mejuri, Meya.ai, Motorleaf, NestReady, Obie.ai, Play the Future, reDock, Geographic Preference: Canada, United States Shoelace, Smart Reno, Synervoz, Swept, Unito, Urbanlogiq, Fund Size: $105 million WayPay, Welltrack Founded: 2004 Average Investment: $5 - $25 million 2028 Investment Criteria: Early-Stage 7 GATE VENTURES 68 Water Street Industry Group Preference: Oil&Gas Suite 401 Portfolio Companies: Sphere Energy, Corval Energy, Sitka Vancouver, BC V6B 1A4 Exploration, Canamax Energy, Western Oilfield Equipment Canada Rentals, Core Line Pipe, HPC Energy Services, Vertex Resource Group, Artis Exploration, Rising Star Resources, e-mail: [email protected] Summerland Energy, Karve Energy web: 7gate.vc Key Executives: Mission Statement: 7 Gate Ventures funds technical founders Larry Evans, Founder & Managing Partner to help them grow into billion-user companies. Education: University of Manitoba Founded: 2015 Background: Glacier Energy; Ice Energy; Avalanche Energy; Colony Energy Other Locations: Directorships: Artis Exploration; Corval Energy; Vertex 2 Embarcadero Center Resource Group 8th Floor Mitch Putnam, Founder & Managing Partner San Francisco, CA 94111 Education: University of Alberta Key Executives: Background: Glacier Energy; Ice Energy; Avalanche Amir Vohooshi, Founding Managing Partner Energy; Colony Energy Background: Founder, Beeptunes.com; Founder/CEO, Directorships: Canamax Energy; Summerland Energy; Rahnema Karve Energy; Rising Star Resources; Sitka Exploration; Alireza Rahnema, Managing Partner HPC Energy Services Education: BSc, McGill University; MBA, Schulich Trent Baker, Managing Partner School of Business Education: Queen’s University Background: Co-Founder, ALCK Entertainment Background: KPMG Directorships: Vertex Resource Group; CORE Linepipe; 2029 ACCES CAPITAL QUEBEC Sphere Energy 1000 route de l’Eglise Melissa Fabreau, Vice President Suite 2010 Education: University of Calgary Quebec, QC G1V 3V9 Background: Enerplus Corporation Canada Directorships: Karve Energy; Sphere Energy Phone: 418-684-8161 Fax: 418-650-7666 Matt Bauer, Chief Financial Officer Education: University of Calgary Mission Statement: Acces Capital Quebec invests in small Background: Korite International; Rothschild; Grant and medium-sized technology and distribution companies Thornton based in Quebec, Canada. Geographic Preference: Quebec 2026 4FRONT CAPITAL PARTNERS Founded: 1997 47 Colborne Street Minimum Investment: $100,000 Suite 303 Investment Criteria: Seed/Startup, Early/Mid/Late Venture, Toronto, ON M5E 1P8 Buyout, Growth, Small and medium-sized companies Canada Industry Group Preference: Commercial and Professional Phone: 416-861-1100 Services, Retailing, Medical Equipment and Instruments, web: www.4frontcapitalpartners.com Biotechnology, Information Technology Portfolio Companies: Audisoft, Biopharmacopae, Mission Statement: 4Front Capital Partners us an independ- Chlorophylle, Coveo Solutions, Creaform, Cybiocare, ent investment bank focused on the growth of their companies Epiderma, Distribution Alimentaire, Gecko, Groupe Conseil, in knowledge-based industries. Granicor, GDG Environnement Groupe, Groupe J.L. Leclerc, Key Executives: Habitation Mgr Deschenes, Korem, Tactic, LeddarTech, John Travaglini, Chief Executive Officer Lambert Somec, Marotech, Medicago, Myca, Novik, Opsens, Education: Wilfred Laurier University Optosecurity, Resiver, Prevtec, Silicycle, Souris Mini, Raj Natarajan, Partner/Vice President TeraXion, XD3 Education: MBA, University of Toronto Key Executives: Mark Kennedy, Managing Director Serge Olivier, Managing Partner Education: Wilfred Laurier University; MBA, York Education: BBA, Higher Commercial Studies, HEC University Montreal Background: Investment Manager; SOQUIA; Investment 2027 500 STARTUPS CANADA Manager, Desjardins Venture Capital; Portfolio Manager, Calgary, AB Capidem Canada Lise Lapierre, Managing Partner web: 500canada.ca Background: Samson Belaire/Deloitte & Touche
707 Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms / Canadian Firms
2030 ACCESS CAPITAL CORPORATION Seoul 150-742 3080 Yonge St. South Korea Suite 4070 Dubai Trade, 10th Floor Toronto, ON M4N 3N1 Limitless Galleries Building 4 Canada Downtown Jebel Ali Phone: 416-366-4820 Fax: 416-366-5123 Dubai e-mail: [email protected] United Arab Emirates web: www.access-capital.com Key Executives: Mission Statement: Offers guidance to companies that are Alex Kanayev, Managing Partner major buyers and sellers of electric power projects. Education: San Diego State University; MBA, York Geographic Preference: North America, Canada University; CPA Fund Size: $2.6 billion Background: Senior VP, Sprott Asset Management; Founded: 1990 Portfolio Manager, BMO Financial Group; Managing Investment Criteria: Acquisitions, Divestitures, Expansion Partner, Goldman & Partners; Managing Director, RUS Capital, Management Buyouts Communications Industry Group Preference: Power Technologies, Financial Directorships: Capital Guardian Services, Engineering 2032 ALBERTA ENTERPRISE Key Executives: Suite 1405, TD Tower Robert S. McLeese, Founder & President 10088 102 Avenue Education: BSc, University of Western Ontario; MBA, Edmonton, AB T5J 2Z2 McMaster University Canada Directorships: ACI Energy George H. Cholakis, Senior Vice President Phone: 587-402-6601 Fax: 587-402-6612 Education: BSc, University of Toronto; MBA, York Toll-Free: 877-336-3474 University e-mail: [email protected] Background: Vice President, Corporate Finance, Midland web: www.alberta-enterprise.ca Doherty (subsequently Midland Walwyn and later Merrill Mission Statement: Alberta Enterprise partners with proven Lynch), Toronto; Manager Corporate Finance and VC technology funds investing in Alberta. Manager Merchant Banking, Bank of Montreal, Toronto; Geographic Preference: Alberta Manager, Financial Planning. Directorships: Vice Chairman, Toronto Board of Trade Fund Size: $440 million Electricity Task Force;Executive Committee, Stakeholders Founded: 2008 Alliance For Competition and Customer Choice (“SAC”). Industry Group Preference: Software, Internet, Media, Manufacturing, Clean Technology, Energy, Medical Devices, Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Electronics 2031 AIP PRIVATE CAPITAL Portfolio Companies: 32 Degrees Capital, Accelerate Fund, Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower Avrio Capital, Azure Capital Partners, Builders VC, 200 Bay Street Chrysalix, EnrTech Capital, iNovia Capital, McRock Capital, Suite 3240 Panache Ventures, Relay Ventures, Yaletown Toronto, ON M5J 2J5 Canada Key Executives: Kristina Williams, President & CEO Phone: 416-601-0808 Fax: 888-900-4123 Education: Master of Laws, Uppsala University; MBA, Toll-Free: 855-275-0868 University of Alberta e-mail: [email protected] Background: Director of Marketing, Cevena Bioproducts; web: aipprivatecapital.com VP Marketing, Natraceutical Canada Mission Statement: AIP Private Capital is an investment firm Directorships: TEC Edmonton focused on providing private equity and venture debt financ- Rebecca Giffen, Director of Investments ing to emerging growth businesses. Education: BComm, Haskayne School of Business, Geographic Preference: Canada, United States, South University of Calgary America, Europe Background: Director of Fund Investments, BDC Venture Founded: 2010 Capital Average Investment: $1 - $5 million Paul Godman, Director of Investments Investment Criteria: Emerging, Management Buyouts, Education: University of Waterloo; University of Calgary Recapitalizations, Turnarounds, Corporate Divestitures, Background: EnCana Acquisitions, Growth Capital Industry Group Preference: Financial Services, Business 2033 ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Products & Services, Clean Technology, Information CORP. Technology, Transportation, Oil & Gas 10250 101 Street NW Portfolio Companies: Arkados Group, BioGanix, Carl Data Suite 1600 Solutions, Cannabix Technologies, Next Door Lending, Edmonton, AB T5J 3P4 Relevium Technologies, Smart Autonomous Solutions, Canada SolBright Renewable Energy, Torino Power Solutions, West Phone: 780-392-3600 Point Resources web: www.aimco.alberta.ca Other Locations: Mission Statement: Alberta Investment Management Corp. Moscow Embankment Tower is one of the largest institutional investment managers in Can- 10 Presnenskaya ada. A Crown corporation of the Province of Alberta, AIMCo Naberezhnaya Block C seeks to produce superior, long-term investment results Moscow 123317 through good governance and the pursuit of the best invest- Russia ment opportunities around the world. Korea Teachers Pension, 9th Floor Fund Size: $108.2 billion Yeouido-dong Founded: 2008 Yeongdeungpo-Gu Industry Group Preference: Real Estate, Infrastructure
708 International Firms Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms / International Firms
2293 21 PARTNERS Giovanni Bonandini,Principal ViaG.Felissent,90 Education: Bocconi University; CA Treviso 31100 Background: 3i Group; KPMG Italy Phone: 39-0422316611 Fax: 39-0422316600 2294 212 CAPITAL PARTNERS e-mail: [email protected] Eglence Sokak, No. 19 web: www.21investimenti.it Arnavutkoy, Besiktas Mission Statement: European private equity group providing Istanbul 34345 capital, support and expertise to mid-market companies. Turkey Geographic Preference: France, Southern Europe e-mail: [email protected] Fund Size: $730 million web: www.212ltd.com Founded: 1992 Mission Statement: 212 Capital Partners is a venture capital Average Investment: $1.22 - $111.44 million fund committed to investing in early stage Internet and tech- Investment Criteria: LBO, Expansion, Development and nology companies in Turkey. Growth, Middle Market Geographic Preference: Turkey Industry Group Preference: All Sectors Considered Average Investment: $500,000 - $3 million Portfolio Companies: Adesso, Assicom, Cleor, CMG Investment Criteria: Early-Stage Silhouette Sports Club, Daltys, Digital Virgo, DGF, EGB Industry Group Preference: Internet, Technology, Investments, Ethical Coffee Company, Farnese Vini, Communications, Software, Digital Media & Marketing, Forma-Dis, Forno d’Asolo, Ligier-Microcar, Nadella, Cloud Computing Oberthur, Palmers, PittaRosso, Poligof, Potel & Chabot, SIFI, Portfolio Companies: ArcadeMonk, Hazinem, Hemen Sirti, Stroili Oro Group, Synerlab, Viabizzuno Kiralik, HotelRunner, IyziCo, Parca Deposu, Solvoyo, Other Locations: VizeraLabs Via Montenapoleone 8 Key Executives: Milan 20121 Numan Numan, Managing Director Italy Education: BSc, Computer Science, Ege University Phone: 39-0277121311 Fax: 39-0277121333 Background: Vice President, Goldman Sachs; CS First 9 Avenue Hoche Boston; Dun & Bradstreet, GTE Paris 75008 Directorships: HemenKiralik.com, HotelRunner, IyziCo France Ali H Karabey, Managing Director Phone: 33-0156883300 Fax: 33-0156883320 Education: University of Michigan 37 Route du Creux de Genthod Background: Arthur Andersen; Morgan Stanley Capital Geneva 1294 International; Deutsche Bank Switzerland Directorships: Solvoyo, Hazinem.com, Parcadeposu.com Dilek Dayinlari, Vice President Aleje Jerozolimskie 65/79 Education: BS, Mechanical Engineering, Yildiz Technical Warsaw 00-697 University; MBA, Strategy, Johnson & Wales University Poland Background: Director, Strategy & Analysis, Groupon; Phone: 48-226307575 Fax: 48-226307576 Senior Management Consultant, Communications & High Key Executives: Technology, Accenture; Business Developer, Koc Holding Alessandro Benetton, Founding Managing Partner Emre Kurttepeli, Investment Committee Member Education: BS, Business Administration, Boston Education: Columbia University University; MBA, Harvard University Background: Founder, Mynet Group; Founder, Fornet Background: Goldman Sachs Directorships: Endeavor Directorships: Benetton Group, Edizione Srl, Autogrill Mahmut L Unlu, Investment Committee Member Gérard Pluvinet, Founding Managing Partner Education: Georgia Institute of Technology; MBA, Rice Education: Institut d’Etudes Politiques University Background: Managing Director & Chairman, Societe Background: Associate, Iktisat Bankasi; Assistant General Centrale pour l’Industrie Manager, Yatirim Bank; Co-Founder, Dundas Unlu Dino Furlan, Managing Partner Education: Ca’ Foscari University of Venice 2295 350 INVESTMENT PARTNERS Background: Finance Department, Fiat Auto 4th Floor Cedric Abitbol, Managing Partner Dorset House Background: Director, Private Equity, Capstone Palomar; 27-45 Stamford Street VP, Private Equity, Unigestion London SE1 9NT Francois Barbier, Managing Partner United Kingdom Education: Ecole Superieure de Commerce Phone: 44-02078324601 Background: Executive, Societe Centrale pour l’Industrie; e-mail: [email protected] CFO, Siaco web: www.ctip.co.uk Henry Huyghues Despointes, Senior Advisor Background: Executive, Societe Centrale pour l’Industrie Mission Statement: CT Investment Partners LLP actively en- Matteo Chieregato, Partner gages with entrepreneurs to build successful clean energy Education: University of Bologna businesses. We invest in innovative, high-growth companies Background: Paladin Capital Partners; Fincomit early in their lifecycles. At CT Investment Partners, our team Andrea Mazzucato, Partner knows that it’s difficult to grow a business on your own. Education: University of Padova Since 2001, we have completed investments in 27 UK-based Background: Private Equity Partners; ABN Amro cleantech businesses, which have raised nearly £200 million Caroline Giral,Principal in venture capital, making us one of the most active cleantech Education: EMYLON Business School; Paris-Dauphine investors in Europe. University Geographic Preference: United Kingdom Background: KPMG Fund Size: £200 million Founded: 2006 Average Investment: £500,000 - £10 million
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Investment Criteria: Early-Stage Nader Sabbaghian, General Partner, Paris Industry Group Preference: Clean Technology Education: MEng, MIT Portfolio Companies: 4 Energy, CamSemi, Arieso, New Background: Accenture; McKinsey & Co.; CEO, Earth Solutions, Open Energi, Intamac, Helveta, Oxsensis, BravoSolution; Founder, Bakeca Aero Thermal, Acal Energy, Pelamis, Green Biologics, Imperative Energy, Senselogix, Cable Sense, Placefirst, 2297 3I ASIA PACIFIC 3i Group EcoLogicLiving, Ultromex, Acoustic Sensing Technology 6 Battery Road Key Executives: Level 42, Unit 07 Peter Linthwaite, Managing Partner Singapore 049909 Education: Oxford University Singapore Background: Founding Director, Royal London Private Phone: 65-62322937 Fax: 65-62322943 Equtiy Limited; Managing Director, Murray Johnstone e-mail: [email protected] Private Equity web: www.3i.com Mission Statement: Provides a comprehensive range of pri- 2296 360 CAPITAL PARTNERS 360 Capital vate equity and venture capital solutions across all funding Management SA stages, from start-ups through growth capital to buyouts. 13 Avenue de l’Opéra Geographic Preference: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Hong Paris 75001 Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, India France Fund Size: $1.18 Billion Phone: +33-01-7118-2912 Founded: 1945 e-mail: [email protected] Average Investment: $95.04 Million web: www.360capitalpartners.com Minimum Investment: $2.37 Million Mission Statement: 360 Capital Partners is a Venture Capital Investment Criteria: Early Stage, Growth Capital, MBO, firm, investing in Innovation at full scale, in Europe and more MB, IBO particularly in France and Italy. Industry Group Preference: Leisure, Engineering, Healthcare, Software Services, Manufacturing, Geographic Preference: Europe, France, Italy Telecommunications, Information Technology, Oil & Gas, Fund Size: 350 million Euro Transportation Founded: 1997 Portfolio Companies: Focus Media, GST Holdings Ltd, Asia Average Investment: 2 million Euro Renal Care Minimum Investment: 500K Euro Investment Criteria: Early-Stage, Seed-Stage Key Executives: Industry Group Preference: Internet, Telecommunications, Lisa Johnson, Director Clean Technology, Medical Technology, Media, Oliver Wong, Director Entertainment, Financial Services, New Materials, Engineering, Industrial Services, E-Commerce & 2298 3I AUSTRIA BETEILGUNG GmbH 3i Group Manufacturing, Robotics, Information Technology 16 Palace St Portfolio Companies: 21 Buttons, Alci, Alsid, Arbe London SW1E 5JD Robotics, Balyo, BeMyEye, Bergamotte, Birdly, Brainiac, United Kingdom Casavo, CharityStars, Chronocam, Cubyn, Phone: 44-2079753131 Fax: 44-2079753232 Doveconviene/Shopfully, EarthCube, Eatalynet, Enerbee, e-mail: [email protected] Exotec, Exotrail, EZ-WHEEL, Fotokyte, HeyCater, Hi Bruno, web: www.3i.com ID5, Innoviz, Jobdisabili, LeSlipFrançais, Milkman, Musement, Neurala, Neutrino, Newlisi, Otherwise, PIQ, Mission Statement: Actively seeking new investments. Qapa, Qopius, Seedcamp, Sophia Genetics, Supermercato 24, Geographic Preference: Austria, Germany, London Tediber, The Socialite Family, Tiller, Traefik, TVTY, Unilend Fund Size: $11 Billion Other Locations: Founded: 1945 Via Brisa 3 Average Investment: $95.04 Million Milan 20123 Minimum Investment: $2.37 Million Italy Investment Criteria: Seed, Early Stage, Start-up, Growth Phone: 39-0236560950 Capital Industry Group Preference: Communications, Computer Key Executives: Related, Software, Electronic Technology, Private Equity, Fausto Boni, General Partner, Milan Infrastructure, Debt Management Education: BA, Economics, Bocconi University; MBA, Portfolio Companies: Hyperwave INSEAD Background: Co-Founder, Net Partners Ventures; Key Executives: McKinsey & Co.; L’Air Liquide Simon Borrows, Chief Executive François Tison, General Partner, Paris Education: ENST; MBA, Columbia University 2299 3I DEUTSCHLAND GESELLSCHAFT FUR Background: France Telecom; Assocate Director, Nomura; 3i Group SVP, Europ@web Bockenheimer Landstraáe 2-4 Emanuele Levi, General Partner, Paris FrankfurtamMain Education: University of Turin Frankfurt 60306 Background: Unicredito Italiano Group; Bain & Co.; Germany Lazard Investment Banking Phone: 49-697100000 Fax: 49-69710000113 Cesare Maifredi, General Partner, Milan e-mail: [email protected] Education: MBA, Darden School of Business web: www.3i.com Administration, University of Virginia; MEng, University of Brescia Mission Statement: Investment activities range from early Background: McKinsey & Co.; Bain & Co. phase financing up to the financing of buyouts. Dominique Rencurel, General Partner, Paris Geographic Preference: Germany Education: MA, Université de Paris Dauphine Fund Size: £15 Million Background: BNP Paribas; Co-Founder, Orkos Capital Founded: 1984
780 National & State Associations Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms / National & State Associations
3255 AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL 3257 CALIFORNIA COAST VENTURE FORUM 799 9th Street NW 800 Anacapa Street Suite 200 Suite A Washington, DC 20001 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone: 202-465-7700 Phone: 805-495-6962 e-mail: [email protected] web: www.ccvf.org web: www.investmentcouncil.org Mission Statement: Non-profit organization promotes tech Mission Statement: Advocacy organization develops and companies in California. provides information on the private equity investment Geographic Preference: California industry. Founded: 1996 Founded: 2007 Investment Criteria: Emerging Growth, Later Stage Portfolio Companies: Members: ACON Investments, Adams Industry Group Preference: Software & Internet, Street Partners, Altamont Capital Partners, Alvarez & Marsal Technology, Mechanical Products, Retail, Restaurants & Capital, Apollo Global Management, ArcLight Capital Distribution, Food & Beverage, Utilities & Farming Partners, The Blackstone Group, Brookfield Asset Portfolio Companies: ACQI, Apeel Sciences, Channel Management, The Carlyle Group, CCMP Capital Advisors, Wind, ECO Products, Foxy’s Pash, Gramercy Beverage, Clearlake Capital Group, Crestview Partners, CVC Capital Harvest, Hope20, Kaibae, Kiwa, Locali, LyfeStart Partners, The Edgewater Funds, EnCap Investments, Energy International, Maker Labs, Mica Sense, Necessity LLC, Next, Capital Partners, Genstar Capital, Goldman Sachs, GTCR, Ojai Energy Systems, Re-Leash, Seaters, Sierra Lifestyle, HarbourVest Partners, Hellman & Friedman, Investcorp Slightly Nutty, SweetSpring Salmon, T4 Spatial, Teecinno, International, The Jordan Company, Kelso & Company, Kline Waiakea, Wash-it Hill Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., KPS Capital Key Executives: Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners, New Mountain Capital, Jerry Knotts, President & CEO Pantheon Ventures, Providence Equity Partners, The e-mail: [email protected] Riverside Company, Silver Lake, SoftBank Group, Sterling Education: BSEE, Pennsylvania State University; MBA, Partners, TA Associates, Thoma Bravo, TPG, Vector Capital, Auburn University; Defense Systems Management Vestar Capital Partnrs, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe College; Industrial College of the Armed Forces; Air War Key Executives: College Drew Maloney, President & CEO Background: VP & General Manager, Defense Electronics Background: Principal Liaison between the Treasury and Division, California Microwave; VP, American Congress Nucleonics Corporation Emily Schillinger, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs Education: BA, Clemson University 3258 CANADIAN VENTURE CAPITAL Background: Communications Director, House Ways & ASSOCIATION Canadian Venture Capital & Means Committee; Press Secretary, Speaker of the House John Boehner; Communications Director, Senator John Private Equity Association Barrasso and the Senate Republican Policy Committee; 372 Bay Street Press Secretary, Department of Commerce; Asst. Press Suite 1201 Secretary, White House Toronto, ON M5H 2W9 Canada 3256 ANGEL CAPITAL ASSOCIATION Phone: 416-487-0519 10977 Granada Lane e-mail: [email protected] Suite 103 web: www.cvca.ca Overland Park, KS 66211 Mission Statement: CVCA’s mission is to help its members Phone: 913-894-4700 fuel the economy of the future by growing the businesses of web: www.angelcapitalassociation.org today. They accomplish this by supporting and connecting the private capital industry with advocacy, research, and educa- Mission Statement: Professional development organization tion. Please see www.cvca.ca for a complete list of member for angel investors with more than 14,000 members. firms. Key Executives: Founded: 1974 Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer Industry Group Preference: Energy, Power, Hospitality, e-mail: [email protected] Healthcare, Life Sciences, Clean Technology, Media, Food & Education: Aerospace Engineering, Ohio State University; Beverage, Infrastructure, Consumer, Information Technology, MA, George Washington Unviersity; Certificate, Stanford Manufacturing, Industrial, Transportation, Business Products University Graduate School of Business; Certificate, & Services Wharton School Portfolio Companies: 7 Gate Ventures, AIMCo, AIP Private Background: Association Advisor; Executive Director & Capital, Alberta Enterprise Corporation, Alberta Teachers’ CEO, ISA; COO, AIAA; VP, Operations & Technology Retirement Fund, Atlas Partners LP, Amplitude Ventures, Transfer, National Institute of Aerospace Anges Quebec Capital, Ardenton Capital Corporation, AVAC Directorships: Past Chair, Council of Engineering & Ltd., Azimuth Capital Management, Azure Capital Partners, Scientific Society Executives; Ctte. Member, The Center BC Tech Fund, BCF Ventures, BDC Capital, Bedford Capital for Association Leadership Limited, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada, Birch Hill Equity Sarah Dickey, Membership Director Partners Management, BlueSky Equities, BMO Capital e-mail: [email protected] Partners, Bond Capital, Brightspark Ventures, British Education: BA, Northwest Missouri State University; Columbia Investment Management Corporation, Brookfield MA, Communication, May Business School, Texas A&M Asset Management, CAI Capital Partners, Caisse de depot et University placement du Quebec, Canada Pension Plan Investment Background: VP, Research, Angel Resource Institute Board, Canadian Business Growth Fund, Cathay Capital NA LLC, Cedarpoint Investments, Celtic House Venture Partners, CIBC Innovation Banking, CIC Capital Canada, CIC Capital Ventures, Clairvest Group, Clearspring Capital Partners, Coller Capital, Comerica Bank, CTI Life Sciences Fund, Cycle Capital Management, Dancap Family Investment
1001 Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms / National & State Associations
Office, Dream Maker Ventures, EnerTech Capital, Espresso Portfolio Companies: 10 for Humanity, 3DFS Power Capital, Evok Innovations, Export Development Canada, Solutions, 8 Rivers Capital, Abbey Road Consulting, Acorn Extreme Venture Partners, FACIT, FirePower Debt GP, First Applications, Adamas Nanotechnologies, Affinergy, Agile Ascent Ventures, First West Capital, Fondaction, Fonds de Sciences, Airwavz Solutions, Akili Software, Align Global soliderite FTQ, Framework Venture Partners, Freycinet Consulting, All Elements, Alston & Bird, Altaravision, Investments, Fulcrum Capital Partners, Genesys Capital Atmospheric Plasma Solutions, Aura Life, Axial Exchange, Management, Georgian Partners, Globalive, Golden Ventures, Bagchi Law, BBVA Compass, BCombs, BDO, Bernard Good News Ventures, GreenSoil Building Innovation Fund, Robinson & Company, BioKier, BioMASON, BioResource Hamilton Lane, HarbourVest Partners, Headwater Equity International, Bioventus, Blue Gas Marine, Bridge Bank, Key Executives: Bright View Technologies, Bull City Forward, Business Kim Furlong,CEO Ready Solutions, C10 Connect, CAI, Candlescience, Canopy, Education: BA, American History, Mgill University; MA, Capitol Broadcasting Company, Cary Street Partners, CDS Trade Policy & Global Finance, Norman Paterson School Outsourcing, CertifiGroup, ChannelAdvisor, Charlotte Of International Affairs, Carleton University Research Institute, Chimerix, Chubb Insurance Group, Cii Background: Director, Federal Government Affairs, Technology, Cisco Systems, Cityzen, CivaTech Oncology, Amgen; VP, Federal Government Relations, Retail Clark Nexsen, Clarkston Consulting, Clinipace Worldwide, Council of Canada; Department of Foreign Affairs Cloud Pharmaceuticals, Code A Site, Concentrx Matt Ivis, Director, Government Relations & Policy Pharmaceuticals, Cooley, Cornerstone Medical & Technology Education: BA, Carelton University; MA, Carleton Financial, Creas Carolinas, CrossComm, Cushman & University Wakefield, DecisionPoint, Deloitte LLP, Diagnosoft, Dignify Background: Independent Strategy & Business Therapeutics, Diposta, Divvy Investments, DNA Group, Consulting; VP, Business Development & Sales & Federal Dude Solutions, Eco-Site, EG Gilero, EmployUs, Enzerna Public Sector Sales, MDA; Government Relations & Biosciences, Ever EdTech, Expion, FabSource, Regulatory Affairs, IBM Canada Ltd.; Senior Analyst, Fennebresque, Fidelity Investments, Financial Directions Service Strategies, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Group, FLAG Therapeutics, FM:Systems, Forecast Health, Policy Analyst, Canadian Chamber of Commerce Forge Communications, Fuentek, Full Scale Solutions, Elaine Bedell, Head, Talent & Operations GlaxoSmithKline, Goldhat Advisors, Grant Thornton LLP, Jon Jackson, Head, Communications HireNetworks, HQ Raleigh, Hughes Pittman & Gupton LLP, Education: Broadcasting, Fanshawe College; Public Ici Relations, Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology Key Executives: Background: Producer, Bell Media; Producer, Corus Kelly Rowell, President and CEO Entertainment; Producer, Newcap Radio Education: BA, Marketing, Small Business Management Fil Varino, Head, Development & Member Engagement and Entrepreneurship Education: BSc, University Of Ottawa; Certificate, Fundraising Management, Humber College; Executive 3260 DIGITAL VENTURE CAPITAL Boardroom Education Program, Institute of Corporate ASSOCIATION Directors Techmart Center Background: RightBlue Labs; Social Profit Partners; The 5201 Great America Pkwy DMZ at Ryerson University; Causeway Work Centre, Santa Clara, CA 95054 Salvation Army Karen Hung, International Trade Liaison Officer web: www.digitalvca.org Education: BAdmin, York University; Institute of Mission Statement: The Digital Venture Capital Association Chartered Accountants of Ontario; MSc, London School is a not-for-profit organization focused on supporting entre- of Economics preneurship and venture capital development in the Background: Global Affairs Canada; KPMG technology industry. David Kornacki, Associate, Research & Product Founded: 2010 Education: BA & Certificate in Project Management, University of Toronto Key Executives: Background: GSK Martin Bueno, President Igli Panariti, Membership Coordinator Education: BA, Universidad Tecnologica Nacional Education: BComm, Ryerson University; MOOC, Background: Co-Founder & Investor, SmartCultiva Bocconi University; MOOC, Babson College Hydroponics; Mentor, Ohio University; Managing Digital Background: B Lab; Canadian Sport Business Network; Director, Havas Global; Venture Partner, Digital Starters.co; iBoost Canada, RightBlue Labs; Revera; Innovation Capital Group; VP, Digital, JWT; Founder Athletics Canada Investor & CEO, Fiera.com; Founder Investor & CEO, Los Pinos II BBS 3259 COUNCIL FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT 3261 EMERGING MARKETS PRIVATE EQUITY 600 Park Offices Drive ASSOCIATION Suite 100 The Watergate Office Building Triangle Park, NC 27709 2600 Virginia Ave NW Suite 500 Phone: 919-549-7500 Fax: 919-549-7405 Washington, DC 20037-1905 web: cednc.org Phone: 202-333-8171 Mission Statement: To promote high growth companies in web: www.empea.org North Carolina by providing education and capital formation resources to entrepreneurs in a broad range of industries, in- Mission Statement: EMPEA’s mission is to promote and sup- cluding the life sciences, technology and services sectors. port private capital investment in emerging markets. Geographic Preference: North Carolina Geographic Preference: Emerging Markets Founded: 1984 Portfolio Companies: Members: 17 Asset Management, 3TS Investment Criteria: High Growth, Startups, Growth Stage Capital Partners, 57 Stars, AA Consulting & Associates, ABC Industry Group Preference: Advanced Manufacturing & TEST, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Accion, Actis, Materials, Clean Technology, Green Technology, Life Adams Street Partners, Adansonia Management Services Sciences Limited, Adenia Partners, ADM Capital, Advanced Finance & Investment Group LLC, Affirma Capital, Africa50, African
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