Investors in United States

Mr. Kevin Gould serves as Advisor at TYLT Ventures. He is the founder and CEO of Kombo Ventures where he consults, advises, and invests in early to mid-stage tech startups and brands. Kevin developed extensive entertainment and media relationships while working in the talent and non-scripted departments at William Morris Endeavor, the world's largest talent agency. These unique relationships and his passion for technology led to Kevin advising top tier startups on how to amplify and grow their businesses through strategic entertainment partnerships. Kevin is driven by entrepreneurs and the amazing ideas and companies they create.

Launched in the summer of 2011, the GE|OMD Incubator is an intensive 10-week program, inviting 16 of the brightest young entrepreneurs from select universities to work in New York City. The GE | OMD Incubator is focused on developing the next generation of founders to build companies from idea to launch.Located in the heart of Manhattan, the GE | OMD Incubator provides a space where accepted applicants will develop their ideas, learn from industry mentors and become entrenched in New York Citys startup scene. Additionallyparticipants will learn and meet with key marketing and advertising executives to help build their companies.

Since its founding in 1925, WARF has served the University of Wisconsin-Madison scientific community by patenting the discoveries of UW-Madison researchers and licensing these technologies to leading companies in Wisconsin, the United States and worldwide. In this way, WARF also facilitates the use of UW-Madison research for the maximum benefit of society. WARF distributes the income from commercial licenses to the UW-Madison, the inventors and their departments. Each year, WARF contributes over $45 million to fund additional UW-Madison research. The university refers to WARF's annual gifts as its "margin of excellence" funding.

The Rural Nevada Development Corporation (RNDC) is a nonprofit development corporation formed in January of 1992 to serve the 15 counties of rural Nevada as well as the rural portions of Clark and Washoe Counties and the 27 Native American Indian Tribes of Nevada. RNDC is headquartered in Ely, Nevada. RNDC was formed as a response to a need identified for specialized development services, which could be effectively provided by a nonprofit development corporation, which could access federal and state funds for economic development for the targeted service areas. The minimum size of any loan is $500 and the maximum is $250,000

Vestigo Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early to later stage financial services technology companies. The firm was formed in 2016 and is based in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm attracts entrepreneurs who are creating innovative companies that align with four core strategic themes: 1. Market Structures (e.g., financial markets, risk analysis, trading, crypto finance) 2. Operations Solutions (e.g., front, middle, and back office, block chain) 3. Worksite Management (e.g., companies and the gig economy) 4. Personal Wealth (e.g., investment products, financial planning, behavioral finance).

AICCW-FACC is the American Indian Chamber of Commerce and First American Capital Corp., who exist to promote economic development in Wisconsin Indian Country through directed service delivery to American Indian entrepreneurs. First American Capital Corporation (FACC) is to perform business development activities that benefit Wisconsin’s Indian Country by increasing access to capital in the form of business loans, providing technical assistance services that strengthen the skills of our entrepreneurs, and by advocating for Indian-owned business opportunities, both on and off the reservations. Loan Size: $5,000 to $250,000.

Mr. John Richards is a Co-Founder and serves as Co-Managing Partner at BoomStartup. He serves as a Board Member at Circlefive. He was previously a Chairman of the Board of EnticeLabs. John was President of a publishing company in Seattle, Washington for several years and later had the experience of being part of a company that went from nothing to an initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock market. He is an Associate Professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in entrepreneurship and venture finance in the Marriott School of Management and the School of Technology.

Mr. Casalena is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Squarespace. He is the Managing Director of Sperry Van Ness Commercial Real Estate. He founded Squarespace in 2003. He has been developing software and user interfaces since the age of 15. His projects have appeared in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, the Financial Times, and the Washington Post. Prior to Squarespace, Anthony was responsible for the design and implementation of hyperoffice, a venture backed web startup with $10M in financing. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland.

Mr. Bong Koh is the Founder at KohFounders. Previously, he has founded/invested/advised startups including Shift, Retention Science, Freshtemp, Bringhub, KonektData, Mobilocity (Qualcomm), IBY (Photobucket), Zofari (Yahoo!) and GradientX (Singtel). Bong’s venture experience includes Mucker Lab in Santa Monica and Advanced Technology Ventures in Palo Alto. Bong’s first startup experience was with Organic where he joined pre IPO in New York. Bong was also with McKinsey in Palo Alto and Los Angeles and Salomon Smith Barney in New York. Bong holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Sloan School of Management at MIT.

ORIX Growth Capital is a venture capital arm of ORIX, that seeks to invest primarily in technology and life sciences industries. The firm prefers to invest mid to later stage companies and specializes in deals such as equity co-investments, junior lien and senior secured debt. It is a venture and growth finance company that provides debt and equity capital to high-growth companies. It was founded in 2001 and is based in Dallas, Texas. The firm's industry focus is varied and includes sectors including - industrials, business services, retail, telecommunications, media and technology, financial services, and real estate.

Fay-Penn Economic Development Council offers a full range of confidential services and works closely with each client to provide customized service in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Fay-Penn provides loan financing with low rates and loan fees to small businesses. We coordinate the lending process with various partners to provide complete, seamless financing packages for our clients. We have been financing local business projects for over 24 years, assisting over 200 businesses with more than $25 million in loans, and leveraging additional millions from our lending partners. Whatever your business need is, we can help.

Our vision at Concrete Rose is to create a virtuous cycle of wealth and opportunity with and for underrepresented people of color. We do this by investing financial and social capital into 1) exceptional ventures led by underrepresented founders of color 2) founders addressing the needs of underrepresented consumers of color, and 3) founders with a demonstrated commitment to creating inclusive cultures and building diverse teams. We commit 50% of our carry to the Concrete Rose Community Foundation, which drives resources to effective nonprofit initiatives working to close opportunity gaps for underrepresented talent.

Innovate Indiana Fund has been established to invest in companies originating from a connection to Indiana University and to help those companies achieve commercial success. The fund helps the companies in its portfolio reach a variety of commercial goals using a wide array of tools including, infusions of capital, recruitment of management or additional expertise, market research, next-stage capital and our extensive network of experts in the public and private sector. The firm prefers to invest in the SaaS-based, medical and pharmaceutical sectors. The firm was founded in 2010 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Our inaugural fund provides investment opportunities in SEDI led early-stage businesses in growing and competitive markets, while also providing the support and guidance new and experienced entrepreneurs need. We invest in diverse entrepreneurial leaders who engage in our comprehensive approach to sustainability, which measures impact based on ESG standards. Good Growth Capital, HI Mark’s fund partner, is the most active venture capital fund in South Carolina and provides us with full fund administration services, and access to its team and network to assist in deal sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio management.

Mr. Egon Durban serves as Managing Partner and Managing Director at Silver Lake Management. He also serves as Chairman at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. Mr. Durban serves on the board of directors of Dell, Intelsat and is Chairman of the Board of Directors of WME Entertainment. Previously, he served on the board of Skype, and was the Chairman of its operating committee, and served on the supervisory board and operating committee of NXP and Multiplan. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Durban worked in Morgan Stanley's Investment Banking Division. Mr. Durban graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Finance.

Topstone Angels is a private investment group dedicated to bringing new and seasoned angel investors together with qualified startups and entrepreneurs. We specialize in early- and mid-stage companies across multiple industries. Topstone accepts applications to pitch from startups and scouts investment opportunities at demo days and pitch forums all around the U.S. Our group meets 10 times per year in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Topstone Angels is a member of the Angel Capital Association, the North American trade association of angel groups and private investors that invest in high-growth, early-stage ventures.

Mr. Jawed Karim is the Founder and serves as a Partner of Y Ventures. Karim is also the Founder of PayPal and Co-Founder of YouTube. He graduated from Central High School and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He left campus prior to graduating to become an early employee at PayPal, but continued his coursework, earning his bachelor's degree in computer science in 2004. After co-founding the company and developing the YouTube concept and website with Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, he enrolled as a graduate student in computer science at Stanford University while acting as an advisor to YouTube.

The Zahn Innovation Center incubates and nurtures entrepreneurial initiatives at the City College of New York, providing students, faculty and staff with the tools they need to transform their ideas into sustainable ventures. They offer support for both technology-enabled startups and social impact ventures. Their goal is to train the next generation of entrepreneurs with the skills they need to succeed in their venture, a skill set that is increasingly valued and necessary in their modern economy. They also aim to contribute meaningful innovation and job creation to the local community, New York City and beyond.

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Lendio is the nation’s leading online lending marketplace with a mission to make capital accessible to all small business owners in the U.S. Since 2011, Lendio has facilitated more than 300,000 small business loans and other financing options totaling over $12 billion. Lendio’s mission is to be the best place for small businesses to find financing options that are right for their needs, including working capital lines of credit, invoice factoring and equipment purchase financing. Lendio partners with lenders that offer competitive rates and flexible terms so that small businesses can get a loan they can afford.

Working Solutions is a certified, nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that works with entrepreneurs who want to start and grow thriving local businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are the first to believe in startup and early-stage businesses by providing diverse entrepreneurs with affordable capital, customized business consulting, and community connections to increase economic opportunity. Working Solutions envisions a future where all small business owners are empowered with credit choices, are financially resilient, and strengthen the local community through entrepreneurship.

Mr. Schneider is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of LOYAL3 Holdings. He has over 30 years experience investing in and leading high growth companies. As Chairman & CEO of MSA Industries, he led the company's growth from 200 to 2,000 employees, and a 63% CAGR during the 3-year period prior to its sale to DuPont. He then served nine years as Chairman and CEO, MacGregor Golf Company. Most recently, he was Managing Partner, The Parkside Group LLC. Barry has a history of creating shareholder value and leading global teams in strategy, marketing, finance and M&A. He has completed his BA from UCLA.

Mr. Kenneth Lerer serves as the Managing Partner at Lerer Ventures. He was the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Huffington Post. Mr. Lerer is Chairman of Betaworks and Buzzfeed, and is Vice-Chairman of Bedrocket. He is a member of Pilot Group LLC, a private investment firm. Mr. Lerer is Chairman Emeritus of the Public Theater in New York City and serves on the boards of directors of several nonprofit organizations, including Association to Benefit Children (ABC), and the Bank Street College of Education. In 2008-09, Mr. Lerer served as the Hearst New Media Professional-in-Residence at Columbia Journalism School.

The eFactory Business Incubator welcomes big thinkers and entrepreneurial spirits searching for the American dream - business ownership. Being your own boss is a major draw to starting a business, but often making the necessary business plans, securing funds, and making the leap into business ownership can be difficult for an individual alone. That's where The eFactory steps in - helping you acheive your business goals by taking the guesswork out of the process.Explore the links to the left to learn more about the mission of Business Incubator, the programs and services offered, and how you can get involved.

Mr. Erik Stettler serves as Partner at Socialatom Ventures. Erik is an expert in finance, data science and business strategy whose experience includes helping leading financial institutions respond to major crises in the global markets, building new companies and organizations, contributing to finance literature and facilitating international business ties. As Partner of Socialatom Ventures, Erik has helped build and oversee a portfolio of over thirty global startups from across the Americas, working with the founding teams in all aspects of their business development, financial and fundraising strategies.

Culbro was formed in 2005 as the private equity investment vehicle of the Cullman family and is presently managed by members of three generations of that family. Its target equity investment range is $10 to $15 million but it has broad latitude and can make both smaller and larger investments. It is bolstered by a number of allied investors who are prepared to invest along side it. In the United States, Culbro prefers to do control investments but is amenable to minority stakes as well. Culbro also has a significant private equity effort in India, where it will do both control and non-control investments.

Mr. Rob Chandra serves as Chairman at Berkeley Endowment Management Company. He serves as President & Chief Executive Officer at Avid Park. Prior to joining Bessemer, Rob was a general partner with Commonwealth Capital Ventures. Previously, he worked in consulting, serving as an engagement manager with McKinsey & Company and at Accenture's offices in both the U.S. and London. Rob began his career with IBM. Rob holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. He served as Board Member at Mellanox, Tilera and Avnera. He serves as an Advisor at VSL Partners.

The Brandery is a seed stage consumer marketing venture accelerator. The firm runs a three-month-long program in Cincinnati, Ohio that is focused on turning a great idea into a successful, brand-driven start-up. Started in 2010, The Brandery annually selects 10 companies for the program, with each receiving $20,000 in seed funding, four months of mentorship, partnership with a leading branding agencies and the opportunity to pitch to angel investors and venture capitalists at the end of the program. The Brandery was a charter member of the TechStars Network (now known as the Global Accelerators Network).

Founded in 1987 in Revolution Mill, formerly a Cone Mills factory building, The Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship, Inc. is a private non-profit corporation. Our mission is to enhance economic development in Greensboro and the surrounding area. To accomplish this, the NCFE operates a business incubator located in the heart of Greensboro.The incubator is designed to support non-retail, new or emerging businesses. The Center provides modestly priced office and light manufacturing space along with shared support services such as business counseling, a receptionist, copier, fax, mail boxes, and data entry.

Timberline Venture Partners is a venture capital firm which specializes in early stage and start-up investments. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in the United States, operating in the biotechnology, business and consumer products, computer hardware, financial services, healthcare, IT services, industrial and energy products, media and entertainment, medical equipment, networking, retailing and distribution, semiconductors, software, telecommunications and real estate sectors. The firm is based in Woodland, Washington with additional offices in Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, Washington.

Velocity Equity Partners is a venture capital firm investing in early stage companies primarily in the northeast region of United States. The firm seeks to invest in the enterprise software, communications infrastructure, wireless applications, niche vertical software applications, silicon and hardware technology, sensors, process control and applications of technologies to manufacturing processes and industrial products sectors. The firm was founded in 2000 by the merging of the two venture investment groups Velocity Capital and Corning Technology Ventures. The firm is located in Boston, Massachusetts.

The W Fund is a venture capital firm based in Seattle, Washington and was founded in 2012. The firm seeks to invest in the technology-based companies with a focus on life sciences, software, information technology, engineering and clean technology sectors. It seeks to invest in companies spinning out from the University of Washington or one of Washington's other universities and research institutions, including Washington State University, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Biomed and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Elevate Capital is a Portland, OR based venture capital firm led by Managing Partner, Nitin Rai and General Partner, Kumar Sripadam. Elevate’s mission is to help close the $4 trillion wealth gap by catalyzing generational wealth creation for underserved entrepreneurs including women, BIPOC, LGBTQ, and veterans. To achieve our mission, Elevate provides access to seed capital, mentorship, and connections into networks that allow our portfolio companies to scale towards timely and meaningful exits. The Fund invests in the technology and healthcare sectors with check sizes that range between $100k to $1M.

Founded in 1975 by Sam Stewart, Wasatch started with investing in small companies. Sam developed a fundamental, bottom-up research method that focused on long-term growth and finding market inefficiencies. The type of investing is typically small, and lesser-known companies requires a focused, rigorous research process and close collaboration among the team. Over time, Wasatch added more research professionals and began applying the same process to other funds. In addition to uncover the small growth companies, the firm's process now includes micro cap, value, international, and mid-large cap funds.

Exposition Ventures invests in entrepreneurs who are at the early stages of building and scaling hardware and software companies that enable the digital transformation of the infrastructure of doing business. We are inspired by the Chicago Columbian Exposition that spurred the 2nd industrial revolution. We are lead investors who take a hands-on approach leveraging our extensive operating and investing experience as well as our industry partner program to accelerate innovation and growth. We help to build great businesses with powerful solutions that usher in a new century of industrial progress.

Mr. Karan Bajwa serves as a Managing Director, IBM India at International Business Machines. He had joined IBM last year as executive for strategy and transformation in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to this, he was managing director at Microsoft India. Bajwa will be responsible for all strategic and operational matters related to IBM India's sales, marketing, services and delivery operations in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Bajwa is also an angel investor and had backed hyperlocal services marketplace FindYahan, which was acquired by on-demand home services platform Zimmber last year.

Mr. Robert Claassen serves as Principal & Partner at Camp One Ventures. He was a member of the firm's corporate practice and capital markets practice group. He represents issuers, private and public corporations and investment banks in a variety of acquisition, finance derivatives and joint venture transactions. Mr. Claassen received his B.S. in mathematical economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1988 and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1992, order of the coif. He is admitted to practice in New York and California. He is a Board Member of Terabit Radios.

Women in LAVA is LAVA's second oldest community group (originally formed as a "special interest group" recently rebranded as an “affinity group”) and one of its most successful. Programs and events produced by the group are typically relevant in one of four ways: i) highlighting the success of successful women; ii) focusing on topics more relevant to women as a target customer demographic; iii) focusing on topics relevant to the unique experience of women in the professional setting; or iv) providing resources, education, mentorship or networking programs designed to help women entrepreneurs.

StartHER challenges the biases in venture capital and provides access to the elusive “friends and family” round. For many founders, raising money from friends and family isn’t an option because their existing networks don’t have resources to offer such funds. StartHER aims to give everyone a fair chance by reshaping funding dynamics, providing access to professional networks and ultimately, becoming home to the new faces of entrepreneurship. If you’re an early stage, pre-seed business that strives to make a positive impact on society, healthcare or the environment, we want to hear from you.

Symantec is a provider of cyber security services. The company helps businesses, governments and people secure their data. It operates the business on a global civilian cyber intelligence threat network and track a number of threats across the internet from millions of mobile devices, endpoints and servers across the globe. Founded in 1982, Symantec has operations in more than 35 countries and principal office at Mountain View, California. The company's acquisitions are designed to enhance the features and functionality of existing products and extend the product leadership in core markets.

Okapi Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Laguna Beach, California. The firm primarily seeks to invest in the seed and early-stage companies operating in the biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare IT and services, material science, mobile, medical devices and software industries. It prefers to invest in seed and early-stage technology and life science based companies in California with a particular emphasis on Southern California startups in the greater Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego regions. It also provides management support to start-ups. It was founded in 2006.

When IFundWomen brokers a grant with a partner, we match the partner’s grant criteria to those businesses who have applied through our Universal Grant Application. If you’re a match, we may request that you apply for that partner’s specific grant program, and you will be notified. Since we launched this program, IFundWomen has secured more than $8M in corporate grants to pay forward to our members (that’s you). So far, we have only deployed around 40% of the grant pool, so there is still a ton of money to go around. If you are interested in being a part of this database, fill this app out.

Ms. Mathews-Spradlin serves as Board Member at Oanda. She serves as a Board Member at Bitium. She is the former CMO and SVP of the Microsoft Corporation. As the head of marketing she was instrumental in driving growth of Microsoft’s business across a diverse set of household brands including Windows, Office, Xbox and Bing. She helped establish Microsoft as one of the most admired global brands. Mich retired from Microsoft in 2011 after 22 years. She is now an angel investor and is on the advisory boards of Yoshimoto Kogyo and Nerdist Industries, and the digital advisory board of Unilever.

River City Capital (RCC) is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), certified by the US Department of the Treasury. It is a nonprofit financial organization driven by its mission to accelerate shared prosperity and revitalization in underserved communities through the provision of capital in Memphis and Shelby County. RCC has more flexible lending policies than traditional banks, so we are often able to look beyond the bad credit of borrowers. We combat predatory lending from factoring banks, online banks, and cash for title lenders by providing reasonable interest rates.

Mr. Scott Sahadi is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Blazer & Flip Flops. Scott's passion and primary responsibilities lie with creating transformational experiences. He sets the vision and strategy for Te2 but day to day he is focused on our platform/product development and working with customers. This is Scott's third venture and second as a CEO. The prior two companies were both successful (acquired by public companies) and are still around today. Scott received a BS in Economics from UCLA and a Masters in Finance/Marketing from USC's Marshall School of Business.

Montgomery & Co. is a full service investment bank focused on growth companies. Montgomery & Co. provides research, sales & trading coverage, strategic advisory and M&A services, and public and private financings to growth companies in the software, security & services, communications, healthcare and media & entertainment businesses. Headquartered in Santa Monica and with offices in San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle and Orlando, Montgomery & Co. is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD), and its professional associates are register with the NASD-SIPC.