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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 Venture Firm Year Founded Capital Under Management Preferred Stage of Financing Preferred Size of Investment Preferred Industries Website Comments Charles River Ventures (CRV) Cherokee Investment Partners Chrysalis Ventures, LLC Cogene Biotech Ventures 1970 N/A Early Stage $25,000 to $15 million Communications, Software & Services. 1993 $2 billion N/A $25 million or more 1993 >$400 million Early Stage (rarely invests at the seed stage, prefers companies already generating revenue between $1-5 million) Generally, $1.5 million or greater in the first institutional private equity financing (the "A round") in the form of a preferred security. 2000 $50 million Early to Mid-Stage $200,000 to $5 million Columbia Capital N/A $2.5 billion All Stages $100,000 to $75 million Cordova Ventures N/A N/A All Stages $1 million to $5 million Crosspoint Venture Partners N/A $2 billion All Stages Up to $40 million per project (early stage); up to $10 million per project follow-on financing for portfolio companies (late stage). Cutlass Capital, LLC 2001 $57 million All Stages $3 million to $7 million Technology-enabled business services; Media & Entertainment; Healthcare Information Technology & services. (Does not invest in Life Sciences). Life Sciences (biopharmaceuticals, biotechnology, bio-nanotechnology), Medical Technology (therapeutic medical devices, healthcare/IT software). Communications Services, Communications Technologies (software & hardware). Information Technology, Communications, Industrial Technologies, Healthcare Services, Telecommunications, Financial Services, and real estate development equity financing. E-Business Services, Broadband Infrastructure projects. Exclusively in Healthcare (esp. medical devices, specialty healthcare services). The firm recommends, but does not require, that business plans be referred from existing portfolio company executives or industry contacts. Cherokee is the leading private equity firm investing capital and expertise in brownfield redevelopment. For more than two decades, Cherokee’s executive team has produced strong financial returns while delivering positive environmental and social results. "In general, we do not invest in businesses which rely primarily upon patent protection or breakthrough technology as their source of competitive advantage." The firm has incubation space to offer as well. 98
PROFILES: VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS ACTIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA (as of August 2011) Venture Firm Year Founded Capital Under Management Preferred Stage of Financing Preferred Size of Investment Preferred Industries Website Comments Delphi Ventures 1988 $1.1 billion Early Stage N/A Dow Venture Capital N/A >$350 million Start-up & Early Stage Easton Hunt Capital Partners, LP (EHCP) Emerging Technology Partners, LLC (ETP) Envest Holdings, LLC- Envest Ventures I EuclidSR Partners- EuclidSR Partners II, LP Minimum: $250,000; Preferred: $500,000 to $5 million 1993 >$110 million All Stages $1 million to $8 million N/A 2000 N/A ($30 million projected) Early Stage (but will do Seed & Late Stage) Early Stage (~50%), Mid-Stage (~25%), & Later Stage/Buy-out (~25%) $500,000 to $3 million N/A $250 million All Stages $3 million to $10 million N/A Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Healthcare Services. Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Communications & Information Technology, Electronics, and Materials Science. For a detailed list, visit: www.dow.com/venture/invest. Life Sciences; Industrial Manufacturing & Distribution; Software; and Energy. Exclusively in Life Sciences (antibody technologies, cell based technologies, drug delivery and discovery technologies, drug target discovery & validation, genome-based diagnostics, genomics tools, immunotherapy, proteomics). Broad ("expect a minimum of 50% to be invested in technology-based businesses"). Healthcare (biotechnology, drug discovery & development technologies, medical device technologies); Information Technology; eHealth (the convergence of healthcare & IT). Frontier Capital LP 1999 $46 billion Expansion/growth $5-15 million Technology-enabled service businesses Gabriel Venture Partners N/A N/A Prefers to invest early, in emerging markets $500,000 to $7 million Communications & Networking, Internet, IT. 99
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