Capital Opportunities for Small Businesses - sbtdc

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
Venture Firm
Year
Founded
Capital Under
Management
Preferred Stage of
Financing
Preferred Size of
Investment
Preferred Industries
Website Comments
Advanced Technology
Ventures (ATV)
Alliance Technology
Ventures
ARCH Venture
Partners
1979 >$1.6 billion Emerging Growth N/A
1993 >$250 million Early Stage
1989 1.5 billion Seed & Early Stage N/A
"We like leading and/or
participating in reasonably-sized
syndicates"
The Aurora Funds, Inc. 1994 >$234 million Seed & Early Stage $50,000 - $2.5 million
Communications (data networking,
imaging, optical communications, remote
access/security software, semiconductors,
wireless communications); IT
Infrastructure (content
delivery/management, data integration,
network/quality-of-service management);
Software & Services (consumer/small
business software, data management,
enterprise applications, middleware,
security software, web services); and
Healthcare (healthcare IT, life sciences,
medical devices).
Life Sciences, especially novel
biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics and
devices. Information
Technology/Semiconductors- with
applications for communication
components.
Information Technology, Life Sciences,
and Physical Sciences- specifically:
internet infrastructure technologies,
enterprise software, biotechnology tools
and devices, and semiconductors.
Life Sciences (biotechnology, noninvasive
devices, healthcare services);
Information Technology (internet,
software, semiconductors, semiconductor
processing technology, emerging
technologies (e.g. photonics,
nanotechnology)); IT/Life Science
combined (healthcare informatics, biomedical
engineering applications).
"The primary success factor we look for
[when investing] is an exceptional
management team- one with solid
operational experience and deeply
rooted domain expertise."
Review their Business Plan Guidelines:
www.atv.com/dynamic/business_plan_
guidelines.php3
"We will invest in an idea described in
a laboratory notebook, an enabling
technology, or a proven management
team. Our involvement typically begins
well before most venture capital firms,
at the point of innovation. Innovation
investment is what we do."
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