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 />
Morgenthaler Ventures 1968 $3 billion<br />
All Stages<br />
IT: Expects to invest $5 to $15<br />
million total in each company<br />
over several rounds.<br />
Life Sciences: Expects to invest<br />
between $12 and $20 million<br />
total in a biotech company over<br />
several rounds.<br />
Enterprise IT (enterprise software,<br />
systems & services); Life Sciences<br />
(therapeutic biotech companies, specialty<br />
pharmaceuticals, select biotech tools,<br />
therapeutic medical devices);<br />
Semiconductor & components (optical<br />
networking, wireless communications,<br />
communications semiconductors);<br />
Broadband communications (telecomm<br />
equipment & services).<br />
NC Bioscience<br />
Investment Fund<br />
(NCBIF)- c/o Eno River<br />
<strong>Capital</strong>, LLC<br />
NC Innovative<br />
Development <strong>for</strong><br />
Economic<br />
Advancement (NC<br />
IDEA)<br />
New Enterprise<br />
Associates (NEA)<br />
1998 $26 million Seed & Early Stage $500,000 to $4 million<br />
2005 $1.7 Million Early Stage $10,000-$50,000<br />
1978 $11 billion<br />
All Stages, but<br />
primarily interested in<br />
Start-up/Early Stage<br />
$200,000 to $20 million<br />
New Atlantic Ventures 1999 $117 million Seed & Early Stage $500,000 to $5 million<br />
Life Sciences and In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
Technology.<br />
In<strong>for</strong>mation Technology, Medical<br />
Diagnostics, Medical Devices, Material<br />
Sciences, and Green Technologies.<br />
In<strong>for</strong>mation Technology<br />
(communications, software & services,<br />
electronics, semiconductors) and<br />
Healthcare (medical devices, healthcare<br />
services, healthcare in<strong>for</strong>mation systems<br />
& services, biopharmaceuticals).<br />
Exclusively in In<strong>for</strong>mation Technology<br />
(communications equipment & software,<br />
enterprise software & services, internet<br />
infrastructure services).<br />
NCBIF focuses on commercializing<br />
technology developed at North<br />
Carolina's universities and research<br />
institutions.<br />
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