Los Angeles County Venture Capital Firms
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Los Angeles County Venture Capital Firms Ad-Ventures, LLC. Alcatel Ventures Ambient Capital Arcturus Capital Aurora Capital Group Baroda Ventures, LLC. Bastion Capital Corporation Brentwood Associates California Technology Ventures, LLC Caltius Private Equity Celerity Partners Century Park Capital Partners, L.P. Chanin Capital Partners Clarity Partners, L.P. Clearstone Venture Partners Colony Capital, LLC Digital Coast Ventures Corporation DynaFund Ventures EastWest VentureGroup Entertainment Media Ventures, LLC. Finaventures Freeman Spogli & Co. Fulcrum Capital Group, LLC. Funk Ventures, Inc. GKM Venture Partners GRP Partners Hitachi Corporate Ventures Catalyst Fund Huntington Holdings, Inc. Idealflow Angel Fund LLC. ITU Ventures J.F. Shea Venture Capital Kline Hawkes & Co. Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, Inc. Millennium Hanson Myers Capital Partners, LLC Oaktree Capital Management, LLC Omninet Capital, LLC P & M Investments 1 Pacific Venture Group, L.P. Palomar Ventures PCRS Capital Partners, LLC Putnam Lovell Capital Partners, Inc. Ridgestone Corporation Rolling Oaks Capital Rustic Canyon Ventures Saber Capital, LLC Seidler Equity Partners, LP Shamrock Holdings, Inc. Shelter Capital Partners, LLC Smart Technology Ventures St. Cloud Capital, LLC Steamboat Ventures, LLC Stone Canyon Venture Partners, LP SunAmerica Ventures TCW/Crescent Mezzanine, LLC TI Capital Ad-Ventures, LLC. Description: As both an investor and an entrepreneurial force, adventures seeks to infuse it’s financial and managerial knowledge banks into sectors of technology and real-estate—with additional interest in entertainment venues encompassing one or both of these industries. Contact Info: 11288 Ventura Blvd., Suite 443 Studio City, CA 91604 Phone: 323-993-8664 Fax: 323-417-4995 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ad-ventures.com Capital Managed: US $35 million Founded 1999 Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm Alcatel Ventures Description: Alcatel Ventures invests in companies which are developing breakthrough products that incorporate core technologies in the areas of wireless, networking, optics, telecom equipment, integrated circuits, and software. 2 Contact Info: 3530 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 360 Los Angeles, Ca 90010 Phone: 213-351-6880 Fax: 213-739-7882 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.alcatelventures.com Capital Managed: US $125 million Founded 1999 Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm Ambient Capital Description: Ambient is a Venture Partner and investor in St. Cloud Capital Partners, a licensed Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) that received its SBIC license in December 2001. Contact Info: 100 North Crescent Drive, Suite 305 Beverly Hills, Ca 90210 Phone: 310-722-2852 Fax: 310-432-1755 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ambientcapital.com Capital Managed: US $10 million Founded 1987 Type of Firm: Investment Bank Arcturus Capital Description: Founded in 2000, Arcturus Capital is an early-stage venture firm that specializes in the development and commercialization of new and disruptive technologies from applied research and state-of-the-art laboratories. Contact Info: California Plaza II, 350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3570 Los Angeles, Ca 90071 Phone: 213-473-1800 Fax: 213-621-2770 3 Email: [email protected] Website: www.arcturusvc.com Capital Managed: US $30 million Founded 2000 Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm Aurora Capital Group Description: Aurora Capital Group is a Los Angeles-based investment firm formed in 1991 that acquires and builds companies in partnership with operating management. Contact Info: 10877 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2100 Los Angeles, Ca 90024 Phone: 310-551-0101 Fax: 310-227-5591 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.auroracap.com Capital Managed: US $1000 Million Founded 1991 Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm Investment Industries: • Aerospace/Defense • Chemicals & Materials • Communications • Distribution/Retailing • Electronics • Environment • Financial Services. • Healthcare/Medical • Industrial Products • Telecommunications • Transportation Baroda Ventures, LLC. Contact Info: 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2151 Los Angeles, Ca 90067 Phone: 310-277-2511 4 Fax: 310-203-8111 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.barodaventures.com Founded 2000 Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm Investment Industries: • Internet & Online Services Bastion Capital Corporation Contact Info: 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2960 Los Angeles, Ca 90067 Phone: 310-788-5700 Fax: 310-277-7582 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.bastioncapital.com/ Capital Managed: US $200 million Founded 1990 Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm Investment Industries: • Financial Services • Media & Publishing Brentwood Associates Contact Info: 11150 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 1200 Los Angeles, Ca 90025 Phone: 310-477-6611 Fax: 310-477-1011 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.brentwood.com/ Capital Managed: US $800 million Founded 1972 Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm Investment Industries: 5 • Business Services • Education • Entertainment • Financial Services • Healthcare/Medical • Industrial Products • Media & Publishing • Telecommunications • Transportation California Technology Ventures, LLC Description: California Technology Ventures, LLC helps start-up companies and investors put the pieces together by providing equity capital to early-stage technology companies, with special emphasis on Southern California companies. Contact Info: 1111 South Arroyo Parkway, Suite 220 Pasadena, Ca 91105 Phone: 626-403-6632 Fax: 626-403-6634 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.ctventures.com/ Founded 2001 Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm Investment Industries: • Biotechnology • Communications • Computers & Peripherals • Electronics Caltius Private Equity Description: Caltius Private Equity invests equity in small-to mid-sized businesses to help them grow. We partner with management teams to develop and execute financial and operating strategies that ensure success and superior performance of their company, its management and investors. Contact Info: 6 11766 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 850 Los Angeles, Ca 90025 Phone: 310-996-9585 Fax: 310-996-9577 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.caltius.com/ Capital Managed: US $53 million Founded 1997 Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm Investment Industries: • Business Services • Consumers • Distribution/Retailing • Industrial Products Celerity Partners Description: Celerity Partners is a private equity fund whose objective is to build businesses, in partnership with management, to preeminence in their respective markets. Contact Info: 11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1127 Los Angeles, Ca 90025 Phone: 310-267-1710 Fax: 310-268-1712 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.celeritypartners.com/ Founded 1995 Capital Managed: US $250 million Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm Investment Industries: • Diversified Century Park Capital Partners, L.P. Description: 7 Century Park Capital Partners, L.P. is an independently organized and operated private investment fund focused on making long-term private equity investments in middle market companies: Contact Info: 1930 Century Park West Los Angeles, Ca 90067 Phone: 310-712-6580 Fax: 310-712-6585 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.centuryparkcapital.com/ Founded 2000 Capital Managed: US $108 million Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm Investment Industries: • Aerospace/Defense • Chemicals & Materials • Consumers • Distribution/Retailing • Education • Industrial Products • Other Manufacturing • Other Services Chanin Capital Partners Contact Info: 11100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 8th Floor Los Angeles, Ca 90025 Phone: 310-445-4010 Fax: 310-445-4028 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.chanin.com/ Founded 1996 Type of Firm: Investment Bank Investment Industries: • Diversified 8 Clarity Partners, L.P. Description: Clarity Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused exclusively on investments in communications, emerging media and related technologies. Contact Info: 100 North Crescent Drive Beverly Hills, Ca 90210 Phone: 310-432-0100 Fax: 310-432-5000 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.claritypartners.net/ Founded 2000 Capital Managed: US $1000 million Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm Investment Industries: • Communications • Computers & Peripherals • Internet & Online Services • Media & Publishing • Telecommunications Clearstone Venture Partners Description: Founded in 1998, Clearstone Venture Partners (formerly idea lab Capital Partners) is an independent venture capital firm with nearly half a billion dollars under management. With offices in Los Angeles and Menlo Park, California, Clearstone invests in early stage technology companies in the areas of software and communications. Contact Info: 1351 4th Street, 4th Floor Santa Monica, Ca 90401 Phone: 310-460-7900 Fax: 310-460-7901 Website: http://www.clearstonevp.com Founded 1998 Capital Managed: US $450 million Type of Firm: Private Venture Capital Firm 9 Investment Industries: • Communications • Computers &Peripherals Colony Capital, LLC Description: Colony Capital, LLC is a private, international investment firm focusing primarily on real estate-related assets and operating companies. Contact Info: 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1200 Los Angeles, Ca 90067 Phone: 310-282-8820 Fax: 310-282-8808 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.colonyinc.com