Investors in United States

George Gund Foundation

United States

George Gund Foundation (GGF) is an independent non-profit foundation based in Cleveland, Ohio. Established in 1952, the foundation focuses in art, economic development and community revitalization, education, environment and human services. The sole purpose of the foundation is to contribute towards human well-being and the progress of society. The board of trustees consisting of eight members oversee the administration of the foundation.

Meicapitalfund

United States

The Minority Entrepreneurship Institute is a seed-stage impact investing fund that hosts annual pitch competitions for Black, Latinx, and female founders. Please note we are currently accepting companies based in our Indiana, Texas, and Florida Marketplaces at this time. When we open this up to broader markets, we’ll let you know! We accept companies across all sectors but have a preference for tech, tech-enabled, or innovative companies.

DCM Ventures

United States

DCM Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, early stage and later stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in the consumer software and services, communications, clean technology, consumer internet, digital media, mobile, security, storage, content, e-commerce, cloud computing and big data sectors. It was founded in 1996 and is based in Menlo Park, California with additional offices in Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China.

Mobility Ventures

Dallas, United States

Mobility Ventures is a venture capital and advisory services firm based in Addison, Texas. The firm invests across the wireless ecosystem in technologies, applications, services and medias that enable and promote a mobile society. These include broad areas such as mobile marketing and advertising, m-health, mobile commerce, location based services, and alternative energy. It invests primarily in the early stage and breakthrough ventures.

Nbedc

United States

The NBEDC has a portfolio of new grant and lending products to assist your business needs. Grant programs are available and tailored to new start-ups and existing businesses alike. And our lending office manages Revolving Loan Funds including an EDA Funded RLF, a Brownfield RLF, and multiple privately funded revolving loan funds. Additionally, as an intermediary for the U.S. Small Business Administration, we are an SBA Micro-Loan lender.

Aqua Ventures

United States

Aqua Ventures is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed, early stage, later stage and growth investments. It aims to accelerate the growth of the companies that it works with and by offering an existing infrastructure in the United States. It prefers to invest in companies operating in the industrial, cleantech, technology and financial sectors. The firm is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Oslo, Norway.

First Trust Capital Partners

United States

First Trust Capital Partners, LLC ("FTCP") invests in early and growth stage companies across multiple industries but with a focus on financial services and healthcare technology. FTCP has offices in Wheaton, Illinois and Franklin, Tennessee, and is affiliated with First Trust Portfolios L.P. and First Trust Advisors L.P. (collectively "First Trust"). FTCP has made more than 100 private investments over the 15 years since its inception.

Island Park Investments

United States

Island Park Investments is the personal investing entity of Alan E. Hall. It is a venture capital firm which invests in early stage Utah technology companies which have high growth and sustainable revenues and profits. It primarily makes lead investments and assists the management team with marketing and sales strategies, leadership training, product enhancements, channel development and additional funding once the investments are made.

Rosetta Capital

United States

Rosetta Capital is a private equity investment firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that acquires and invests in companies based in the Northeast. The firm prefers to invest in the media, wireless communications, marketing, healthcare, electronic monitoring, manufacturing, information management and real estate sectors. It also provides consulting services and financings alternatives that may not be available from traditional lenders.

Verizon Media Tech Venture Studio with R/GA

United States

Verizon Media Tech Venture Studio with R/GA is an accelerator program launched by Verizon Ventures and R/GA to support growth-stage and innovative early-stage companies. It is a 14-week program for up to 10 companies each of which will receive $100,000 in funding. The selected companies will be provided with mentors, partnerships and strategic support as well as strategic marketing, design, development and branding services from R/GA.

Bluegrass Angels

United States

The Bluegrass Angels is an angel group that seeks to encourage the development of start-up companies and to support new businesses in the region by providing the region’s entrepreneurs with seed capital and management guidance from experienced industry and entrepreneurial veterans. The firm prefers to invest in the technology, healthcare, manufacturing and distribution. It was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Lexington, Kentucky.

Digitech Venture Capital Fund

United States

Digitech Venture Capital Fund is a venture capital fund based in Houston, Texas and was founded in 2015. The firm identifies emerging technology companies at their early stages, which they believe present the best opportunity for potentially outsized returns. The Fund's investments will target key technology sectors with special focus on information technology, software, healthcare, life sciences, cyber security, big data and mobile.

Enhanced Capital Partners

United States

Enhanced Capital Partners is an asset management firm providing investment capital to small businesses. The firms seeks to invest in wide range of sectors including information technology, oil and gas, retail sales, real estate, business of insurance, banking, environmental services, food products, biotechnology, electronic manufacturing services, telecommunication services, aviation, business services, communications and healthcare.

M25 Group

Chicago, United States

M25 Group is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed and early stage investments. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Midwest region of the United States, operating in the agriculture, ecommerce, retail, education, fashion, finance, food, healthcare, legal services, logistics, manufacturing, marketing, materials, media, software and entertainment sectors. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Innovation Capital Advisors is an early-stage venture capital management firm managing funds that invest in early and growth stage scalable enterprises with disruptive technologies throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. The firm prefers to invest in the SaaS information technologies, e-commerce platforms, human resource and education software, healthcare IT, media, business information services, advanced chemicals and material sectors.

ChinaRock Capital Management

United States

ChinaRock Capital Management is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in companies in Silicon Valley and China. The firm invests in companies operating in the energy and utilities, infrastructure, financials, pharmaceutical, information technology, education and gaming sectors. The firm was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in Shanghai, China and Central, Hong Kong.

ICG Ventures

United States

ICG Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in La Vergne, Tennessee. The firm operates as a subsidiary of Ingram Content Group. ICG is a full-service concept-to-manufacture product development firm that looks for rapidly growing markets with differentiated products and services. They fund, develop and assists innovators, entrepreneurs and companies to conceive, design, produce, market and manage revolutionary new products.

OS Fund

New York City, United States

OS Fund is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois and was established in 2014. It seeks to invest in the aerospace and physics, 3D printing, genomics, robotics, health and life sciences, software, synthetic biology, infrastructure and machine intelligence sectors. The firm finances and supports inventors and scientists who are working on breakthroughs to solve the greatest issues and opportunities facing humanity today.

Sinclair Digital Ventures

United States

Sinclair Digital Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Sinclair Broadcast Group, formed to develop and enhance Sinclair's digital capabilities through strategic investments and acquisitions. The firm provides growth equity via seed and series A round investments in companies operating in the mobile, content, distribution, ad-technology, SaaS, data and analytics media, e-commerce, social media, advertising and marketing sectors.

Allegis Capital

San Francisco, United States

Allegis Capital is a venture capital firm that specializes in seed and early-stage investments. It is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and seeks to invest in companies operating in the hardware device, enterprise software solution, broadband and wireless delivery technology, wired and wireless communication, digital media and commerce enabler, internet delivery platform and service, security and information service sectors.

Houston Health Ventures

United States

Houston Health Ventures is a Houston, Texas based seed-stage healthcare investment fund. Established in 2014, the firm seeks to invest in the medical devices, diagnostics and healthcare information technology companies. The firm also has a NextHIT Accelerator program that provides start up companies with 8 weeks of curriculum, access to need-specific mentors, offices and amenities at the University of Houston's Innovation Center.

Cadence Capital

Austin, United States

cadence.capital is an experienced investor with a long time transaction advisory team dedicated toward prompt, discrete closings. Our banks, attorneys and accountants understand the sensitive nature of private equity investment as well as the various issues often present with family businesses. We are experienced M&A professionals and able to work quickly and decisively under mutually agreeable terms to facilitate an investment.

Concho Valley Angel Network

United States

The Concho Valley Angel Network (CVAN) is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to bringing together accredited investors and entrepreneurs. CVAN provides a forum which gives investors the opportunity to review early-stage business proposals and entrepreneurs the opportunity to submit and present their proposals to a panel of qualified investors who can provide assistance and mentorship during the development stage.

Duchossois Technology Partners

United States

Duchossois Technology Partners was a venture capital firm that seeked to invest in the in early, mid, and growth stages of technology based companies. The firm focused to invest in the information technology, communications, semiconductors, and software. It pursued investments that leverage the firms' successful operating and investment backgrounds in the consumer, enterprise, wireless, telecommunications, and component sectors.

Innovation Garden

United States

Innovation Garden was a venture capital and consulting firm that preferred to make direct investments into early-stage companies. The firm was also an accelerator and provides space, mentoring, strategy and funding. It invested in the software, information technology, curated web, social media and event management sectors. Innovation Garden Accelerator Program (IGAP) and financed by the Innovation Garden Accelerator Fund (IGAF).

University of Texas System Endowment

United States

University of Texas System (UT System) manages an endowment fund based in Austin Texas. Established in 1876, UT System consists of 15 educational institutions in the state of Texas. The University of Texas System is lead by the Chancellor, Board of Regents and UT Presidents. The system has a contract with The University of Texas Management Company (UTIMCO) to manage the various funds including the endowments of its universities.

Wharton Impact Investing Partners

United States

Wharton Impact Investing Partners is a student-led organization that sources and conducts diligence on early and expansion-stage companies with venture-grade growth potential and intentional, measurable social impact. They prefer to invest in the education; environment and clean energy, financial inclusion and health, wellness and nutrition sectors. The firm was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Chicago Innovation Exchange Business Incubator is an accelerator-style program based in Chicago, Illinois and was founded in 2014. It provides entrepreneurs and/or teams with mentors, coaching, and space. It also provides its incubated companies with extra support and guidance to help them grow and expand their business. it works as a platform where early stage startups and entrepreneurs get a chance to work along side by side.

Guild Capital

United States

Guild Capital is a venture capital firm dedicated to the search of innovation. It ventures further by seeking out compelling opportunities across disparate geography and diverse industries. It specializes in incubation services and seed, early stage, later stage and growth/expansion investments. It was founded in 2009 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in New York, New York; Pune, India and Mumbai, India.

Halstatt Legacy Partners

United States

Halstatt LLC is a family-owned investment firm located in Naples, Florida, and proud to be affiliated with the Barron Gift Collier legacy. We have enjoyed a long history of successful real estate development in Southwest Florida, and over the years we have cultivated a valuable network of trusted operating partners and investment managers in real estate, private equity and venture capital. Today, Halstatt manages our own capit.

Kiersten Stead

United States

Monsanto Ventures is a corporate venture capital arm of Monsanto. The firm seeks to invest in the new traits, genotyping technology, point-of-care diagnostics, RNA platforms, seed treatments, microbial, biologic treatments, chemical and biological delivery. The firm also invest in IT systems to support agriculture including analytics, data storage and compression, cloud technologies, image analysis, robotics and communications.

Oak Hill Venture Partners was a venture capital firm specializing in early, emerging, and growth stage investments. It sought to invest in enterprise software, communications, business services, financial services, and emerging technologies. The firm generally invested in companies based in the United States of America. Oak Hill Venture Partners was based in Menlo Park, California. The firm ceased operations in January of 2013.

Transamerica Ventures

United States

Transamerica Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Transamerica and Aegon investing in innovative enterprise companies. The firm is based in New York, New York and prefers to invest in the U.S. and around the world. The firm invests in financial technology/financial services, big Data/analytics, digital marketing and sales, social media, enterprise IT, content and publishing, mobile and other B2B and B2B2C companies.

Wellfleet Capital Partners

United States

Wellfleet Capital Partners, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm typically invests in companies with an enterprise value between $10 million and $50 million, minimum operating profit of $1.5 million, revenues between $10 million and $100 million, and EBITDA between $2 million and $10 million. It prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies.

SAIL Capital Partners

United States

SAIL Capital Partners is a venture capital firm headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm focuses on investment in companies that aim to solve critical global natural resource challenges by utilizing innovative technology. It also seeks to invest in the technology, environmental science, food, government, agriculture, energy, legal, automotive, manufacturing, building material, safety and financial service sectors.

Soros Economic Development Fund

United States

Soros Economic Development Fund is a non-profit private foundation that is part of the Open Society Foundations. It promotes economic opportunities and access to affordable and essential goods and services for under-served populations in less developed countries and communities. The firm prefers to invest in the financial services, agribusiness and logistics sectors. It was founded in 1997 and is based in New York, New York.

Rockies Venture Club

United States

Rockies Venture Club is an angel investing group dedicated to accelerating economic development by educating and connecting entrepreneurs with angel investors, venture capitalists, service professionals, and other business and funding resources. Additionally, the firm hosts monthly events with speakers and panels focusing on raising capital for early stage businesses. It is based in Denver, Colorado and was founded in 1985.

Sausalito Ventures

United States

Sausalito Ventures is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed, early and later stage investments and empowers entrepreneurs and organizations to succeed in new markets. The firm prefers to invest in educational institutions and universities, non-profit organizations and social entrepreneurs, incubator and accelerators, and other executives and investors. It was founded in 2013 and is based in Sausalito, California.

VPCP VantagePoint Capital Partners

Carpenteria, United States

VantagePoint Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in San Bruno, California. The firm was founded in 1996 and it seeks to invest in companies operating in the electric vehicle, biochemical, advanced business service, internet, digital media, energy efficiency, social media, communication, robotic, healthcare, power management, cloud based software, consumer technology and advanced network hardware system sectors.

Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition

United States

Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is an accelerator which is targeted at innovation-based, technology-led companies. The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition (AMIC) is an international business competition connecting later-stage entrepreneurial companies with national and international investors. The competition showcases seed-stage businesses to regional investors while awarding nearly $1,000,000 in prizes.

Monitor Clipper Partners

United States

Monitor Clipper Partners is a middle-market private equity firm which seeks to invest in companies based in North America and Western Europe, focusing primarily on partnering with founders and owners of middle-market companies. The firm prefers to invest in the natural and organic foods, specialty retail, health care services, gaming, logistics, mortgage technology, marketing services, financial services and metal sectors.

Proficio Capital Partners

Newton, United States

Proficio Capital Partners is a manager of both liquid and illiquid financial assets operating under the direct oversight of family trustees or administrators. The firm provides services in the areas of financial planning, investment management, risk management, estate and tax planning and administrative services and reporting. Proficio Capital Partners was established in 2014 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

Quantum Ventures of Michigan

Auburn Hills, United States

Quantum Ventures of Michigan is a family office that invests on behalf of the Skandalaris family along with established advisors and business leaders in a variety of industries. The firm prefers to invest in companies operating in the industrial distribution, manufacturing, industrial part, internet service, media, software and financial service sectors. The firm was founded in 2002 and is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Yenni Capital

New York, United States

Founded in 1991, Yenni Capital is a private equity investment firm that focuses on the lower middle market. The firm takes control equity positions in growth-oriented and profitable United States based companies in the manufacturing and service sectors. It is based in New York, New York and uses conservative leverage in its acquisitions and aims to make significant cash distributions from its portfolio companies annually.

Cambridge Innovations (CTE)

United States

Cambridge Innovations (CTE) is a venture capital firm which operates as an investment and technology platform of Cambridge Technology Enterprises. It specializes in seed/startup and early/later stage venture investments. It prefers to invest in big data and cloud, software and technology sectors. It is headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas and has an additional office in Hyderabad, India. It was founded in December, 2015.

Ethos Capital Partners

United States

Ethos Capital Partners is a growth capital provider for Southeastern companies, investing in both debt and equity securities. Ethos invests out of a committed fund. Ethos is focused on providing risk capital in a variety of securities to strong management teams and a proven revenue model. Working across sectors and structures, Ethos believes a people-first investment approach delivers superior returns over the long term.