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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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