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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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