Capital Opportunities for Small Businesses - sbtdc
Capital Opportunities for Small Businesses - sbtdc
Capital Opportunities for Small Businesses - sbtdc
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PROFILES: VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS ACTIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA<br />
(as of August 2011)<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 />
Updata Venture<br />
Partners<br />
1988 >$500 million All Stages $2 million to $5 million<br />
Exclusively in In<strong>for</strong>mation Technology<br />
(enterprise software, in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
services, transaction processing, financial<br />
technologies, healthcare IT, business<br />
services & outsourcing, IT services).<br />
Primarily a private equity firm, but open<br />
to earlier stage opportunities.<br />
VantagePoint Venture<br />
Partners<br />
Versant Ventures-<br />
Versant Ventures II<br />
Fund<br />
1996<br />
>$4.5 billion<br />
All Stages (seed stage<br />
through mezzanine<br />
rounds)<br />
1999 $1.6 billion Early Stage N/A<br />
N/A<br />
Communications & Systems,<br />
Semiconductor & Components, Software<br />
& services, related growth industries.<br />
Medical Devices, Healthcare Services,<br />
Healthcare In<strong>for</strong>mation Technology, and<br />
Life Sciences (biopharmaceuticals,<br />
biotechnology plat<strong>for</strong>ms).<br />
To view their Business Plan Guidelines<br />
visit: www.vpvp.com/submit/index.asp<br />
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