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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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