Capital Opportunities for Small Businesses - sbtdc
Capital Opportunities for Small Businesses - sbtdc
Capital Opportunities for Small Businesses - sbtdc
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C A P I T A L O P P O R T U N I T I E S F O R SMA L L B U S I N E S S E S<br />
Venture Firm<br />
Year<br />
Founded<br />
<strong>Capital</strong> Under<br />
Management<br />
Preferred Stage of<br />
Financing<br />
Preferred Size of<br />
Investment<br />
Preferred Industries<br />
Website Comments<br />
KBL Healthcare<br />
Ventures<br />
1991 N/A<br />
Start-up, Early Stage<br />
& Emerging Growth;<br />
will consider Later<br />
Stage investments<br />
N/A<br />
Life Sciences (biopharmaceuticals, drug<br />
discovery plat<strong>for</strong>ms & advanced<br />
materials); Medical devices ("Within the<br />
medical device area, we seek companies<br />
addressing large, unmet medical needs<br />
with demonstrated clinical benefit");<br />
Healthcare services; Medical in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
technology.<br />
Kleiner Perkins<br />
Caufield & Byers<br />
1972 $1.5 billion Early Stage N/A<br />
Broadband Equipment & Services;<br />
Consumer Devices & Services; Enterprise<br />
Software & Service; Financial Services;<br />
Internet Infrastructure Software &<br />
Services; Medical Devices/Healthcare<br />
Services/Biotech.<br />
Kodiak Venture<br />
Partners<br />
1999 $681 million Seed & Early Stage $100,000 to $3 million<br />
Communications/IT, Semiconductors,<br />
Software.<br />
Lilly BioVentures N/A N/A Early Stage N/A Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals.<br />
Lovett Miller & Co.,<br />
Inc.<br />
MCNC-RDI Seed Fundc/o<br />
MCNC Ventures,<br />
LLC<br />
MCNC Enterprise<br />
Fund- c/o MCNC<br />
Ventures, LLC<br />
N/A<br />
$175 million<br />
2003 N/A<br />
2003 N/A<br />
Early Stage, Growth<br />
<strong>Capital</strong> & Growth<br />
buyouts<br />
Seed/Start-up & Early<br />
Stage<br />
Early Stage (Will<br />
invest only alongside<br />
select, established VC<br />
firms & funds)<br />
typically invests $2 million to $10<br />
million per company, but will<br />
consider smaller & larger<br />
investments<br />
$50,000 to $500,000<br />
$500,000 to $2 million<br />
Technology products & services,<br />
Healthcare, Retailing, and other.<br />
Optical Network Technologies; Network<br />
Security & Encryption; Sensors &<br />
Actuators; Microelectronics &<br />
Microfabrication; Wireless<br />
Infrastructures; Related Biomedical<br />
Applications.<br />
Optical Network Technologies; Network<br />
Security & Encryption; Sensors &<br />
Actuators; Microelectronics &<br />
Microfabrication; Wireless<br />
Infrastructures; Related Biomedical<br />
Applications.<br />
Prefers to receive business plans via e-<br />
mail.<br />
Will consider pre-business plan & premanagement<br />
team opportunities.<br />
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