Investors in United States

Charlottesville Angel Network

Charlottesville, United States

Who We Are April 2025: $20M and Counting: CAN Celebrates 10 Years of Investing in Innovation & Multiple Exits As we commemorate our 10th anniversary at the Charlottesville Angel Network (CAN), we reflect on a decade of dedicated support for early-stage ventures. Our collective efforts have resulted in over $20 million invested in nearly 80 startups, fostering innovation both locally and beyond.

Emergence

San Francisco, United States

Emergence Capital Partners is a San Mateo, California based venture capital firm that invests in early and growth stage technology-enabled enterprises. The firm prefers to invest in the mobile, vertical markets, digital health, advertising technology, information services, enterprise cloud, software as a service (SaaS), business services and financial technology sectors. It was founded in 2003.

Summation Health Ventures

Long Beach, United States

Summation Health Ventures is a health care investment fund focused on start-up and early to mid stage companies. The firm focuses on investing in companies operating in the information technology, technology enabled services and technology centered medical devices sector. The firm was founded in 2014 and is based in Long Beach, California with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

Cultivation Capital

St Louis, United States

Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed, early stage, growth capital and later stage investments. It prefers to invest companies based in Midwest operating in the health care, technology, software, agriculture technology and life sciences sectors. The firm was founded in 2012 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri with an additional office in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dakota Pacific

Salt Lake City, United States

Founded in late 2012, Dakota Pacific is a family investment group currently investing through a $104 million Fund I. The firm is backed by John R. Miller, who as CEO built two billion-dollar-plus businesses over his career and is active in the firm's investment activities. With a focus on the Western States, we seek to provide patient partnership capital to differentiated, growing businesses.

Four Seasons Ventures

United States

Four Seasons Ventures is a Washington, DC based venture capital firm, specializing in transitioning revolutionary, next-generation technologies from United States Government (USG) research agency labs into the private sector for commercialization. The firm prefers to invest in innovation and technologies with defensible government and private sector applications. The firm was founded in 2000.

German Accelerator

United States

With the help of our Kickstart International program, we equip startups with the necessary skills and tools needed to build a successful and scalable international business. We empower program participants to make critical early decisions on product, market, and business models while boosting their global mindset to help improve their growth trajectories for success on an international level.

Overlooked Ventures

United States

Overlooked Ventures supports founders who operate early-stage technology companies who are historically overlooked and provide them capital, resources, and connections to scale their business. We’ve been in your shoes. We’re tech founders with 10+ years of experience running companies and making deals. Now we’re authentically supporting entrepreneurs with capital and a founder-friendly focus.

Salt Lake Life Science Angels

United States

*** SLLSA IS NOT MAKING NEW INVESTMENTS *** From 2006 to 2014, Salt Lake Life Science Angels (SLLSA) invested in seed-stage life science (including medical device & product, service, HCIT, pharma, and biotech) companies located in Utah. SLLSA typically invested between $50,000 and $500,000. Members of SLLSA included approximately twenty accredited executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and...

Amicus Capital (CA)

United States

Amicus Capital is a seed stage information technology investment fund based in San Francisco, California. The firm invests in entrepreneurs who are developing innovative information technology solutions to problems that affect large numbers of businesses or consumers. It focuses to invest in early stages typically in the first funding round, together with angel investors, friends and family.

Aravaipa Ventures

United States

Aravaipa Ventures is a venture capital firm that primarily seeks to invest in early stage companies within the disruptive technology, transportation efficiency, building efficiency, water technologies and agriculture sectors. The firm only invests in companies that require low amounts of capital and that are located in Colorado. The firm was founded in 2008 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Boulder Investment Group Reprise

Boulder, United States

BIGR Ventures is a growth equity fund providing value-added, strategic partnership and capital to promising early-stage natural and organic products. Headquartered in Boulder, CO, and boasting 70+ years of combined natural product experience between its founders, BIGR Ventures leverages unparalleled industry relationships and experience to maximize the potential of promising young companies.

Innovate Partners

United States

Innovate Partners is an Irvine, California based private equity and venture capital firm. The firm primarily seeks to invest in consumer products and services, software and information technology sectors. The firm primarily focus on growth stage venture capital and early stage private equity in companies that have substantial market traction with a proven and identified opportunity to scale.

Investors Collaborative

United States

Investors Collaborative is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in early stage companies. The firm prefers to invest in data center, mobile, apps, software, analytic, big data, clean technology, energy, healthcare, business and financial service, consumer service, hardware, communication and enterprise software sectors. It was established in 2011 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Kaplan Ventures

United States

Kaplan Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Kaplan, Inc. The firm seeks to invest in the education, educational book publishing, professional training, information services, online training and education, mobile and information technology sectors. It focuses on supporting innovative companies that are pioneering new learning technologies and business models in education around the world.

Merian Ventures

San Francisco, United States

Merian Ventures makes Seed, Seed+ and Series A investments in women-founded, co-founded and co-owned US and UK-based companies in blockchain, cyber, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and consumer-facing technologies. Our investment thesis is that an unintentional familiarity bias in the venture capital industry creates opportunities for investors willing to back female founders.

Opportunity Capital Partners was a private equity firm that used to provide equity capital to later stage companies for acquisition and expansion. The firm's investments were primarily in the areas of communications – principally media broadcasting and wireless services and equipment. The firm also focused on businesses that are primarily owned or managed by minority and women entrepreneurs.

Oval Partners

San Francisco, United States

Oval Partners is a multi-family office investment firm that provides liquidity, growth capital and acquisition funding to lower middle market companies based in North America. The firm seeks to invest in the business service, technology enabled service, information service, internet, software and industrial technology sectors. It was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

US Market Access Center

United States

US Market Access Center is a technology accelerator located in Silicon Valley. The firm give international technology companies fast and successful access to the US market. It provides virtual and physical office space in several locations in the Bay Area, the most relevant location for technology company, conference rooms, shared use of office machines and, internet and phone connectivity.

Venturecenter

United States

Are you a Veteran-owned small business looking to elevate your entrepreneurial journey? Join our 12-week accelerator program, specifically designed to empower military veterans and spouses with the skills and resources needed to succeed in the business world. In partnership with the Small Business Administration (SBA), we offer opportunities tailored for Veteran-owned small business owners.

FONS S.A.

Geneva, United States

Chez FONS SA, nous vous proposons les services d’un Family Office suisse, opérant en Suisse et à l’International. Nous assurons la plus stricte confidentialité à tous nos clients, conformément à la loi suisse. En effet, la confiance entre vous et notre organisation nous tient tout particulièrement à cœur. Notre objectif est de servir les entrepreneurs de renom et les particuliers fortunés.

Fifth Avenue Family Office

United States

Fifth Avenue Family Office is a team of talented professionals dedicated to serving a select group of entrepreneurial families. We provide family office services that coordinate, manage, and advise across the full-net-worth spectrum. Our goal is to provide our client families with enhanced peace of mind so they can confidently live their lives, love their families and leave their legacies.

Founders Capital Partners

United States

Founders Capital Partners is a group of angel investors and individuals invest in early-stage, technology-based businesses. The firm prefers to invest in the software, internet, mobile technologies, censor, electronic and mechanical technologies, life sciences, imaging, monitoring and similar industrial applications sectors. It was founded in 1988 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

ITEN

United States

ITEN was founded in 2008 to be the catalyst of the St. Louis region’s information technology startup ecosystem. The firm accelerates scalable technology startups with programs for rapid product development, connections to talent, essential networking, and access to funding. ITEN’s programs form a venture road-map from concept through design, prototype, launch, revenue, funding and scaling.

NYU Innovation Venture Fund

United States

NYU Innovation Venture Fund is the venture capital arm of New York University. It invests exclusively in startups founded by and/or commercializing technologies and intellectual property developed by, current NYU students, faculty, and researchers. It was created in 2010. The fund invests across the technology sectors (information, physical and life sciences) originating at the University.

Quaker Capital Investments

Pittsburgh, United States

Quaker Capital Investments, LLC is a single family investment office founded in Pittsburgh, PA in 2014. The objective of the family office is to invest in long term value and human potential, carrying forward the value-oriented investment philosophy established under Quaker Capital Management Corp. with a long term(generational) investment horizon. The family office complements its…

Spring Lake Equity Partners

United States

Spring Lake Equity Partners is a private equity firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm seeks to invest equity capital in later-stage, technology-oriented companies with a focus on the technology sub-sectors such as software, digital media, mobile, data center infrastructure, healthcare IT, and financial services sectors. The firm was spun out of Tudor Investment Corporation in 2013.

Thrive Accelerator

United States

Thrive Accelerator is a mentorship and investment program for startups focusing in AgTech and FoodTech. The firm was formed by SVG Partners on July 2014. The firm look for startups with solutions in big data, precision agriculture, crop and soil technology, drones and robotics, smart irrigation, farm energy efficiency, distribution and logistics technology, and decision support technology.

Flywheel Ventures

United States

Founded in 1999, Flywheel Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in seed stage and early stage companies. The firm provides solutions that address key global challenges in areas such as digital services, infrastructure technology, energy technology and water technology. The firm is headquartered at Santa Fe, New Mexico with an additional office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Wasson Enterprise

United States

Wasson Enterprise is the family investment office and angel investment group that mentors, commercializes and supports entrepreneurs and startup companies to build sustainable businesses. The firm is based in Chicago, Illinois and was founded in 2016. It primarily seeks to invest in the health tech, innovative customer and shopping solutions, clean and efficient energy innovation sectors.

Lombardstreet Ventures

Menlo Park, United States

Lombardstreet Ventures operates as a pre-seed venture capital firm. It draws from talents around the world and fosters the creation of Silicon Valley Realities. The company consists of a team of seasoned executives works hand in hand with a small group of highly selected entrepreneurs. Expertise in funding and guidance is offered, to ensure the creation of successful companies in the US.

Nexus Venture Partners

Bengaluru, United States

Nexus Venture Partners is a venture capital fund that prefers to invest in early-growth stage and later stage companies across sectors in India and US. The firm seeks to invest in the internet, media, technology, mobile, agriculture, consumer and business services sectors. It was founded in 2006 and is located in Menlo Park, California with two additional offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Prohaus

United States

Prohaus VC is a women-led global venture firm that invest, mentor, and advise startups operating in the finance, health & wellness, media, agriculture, smart cities, shared economy, and cultural transformation. Its 10 global hubs help facilitate the full entrepreneurial experience at seed and early stages: venture capital, accelerators, co-working space, workstations and venture network.

Commonwealth Capital Ventures

Woburn, United States

Commonwealth Capital Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and growth stage technology companies. The firm is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts and it prefers to invest in companies operating in the information technology, healthcare, retail, mobile, software, service, internet, digital media, communication, wireless, instrument, system and manufacturing sectors.

Cornerstone Angels

United States

Cornerstone Angels is a private membership-based investment organization who seek to provide financial capital and mentorship to early-stage companies. Cornerstone Angels attracts in excess of 250 deals annually for investment consideration. They target investment opportunities ranging from $250K to $2MM with their members often syndicating with other angel or venture capital investors.

Domain Associates

Princeton, United States

Domain Associates is a venture capital firm which specializes in incubation, seed, early stage and later stage venture investments. The firm prefers to invest in companies operating in therapeutics, medical devices, clinical diagnostics, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. It was founded in 1985 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey with an additional office in San Diego, California.

Pinnacle Ventures

United States

Pinnacle Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on providing debt and equity financing to early-stage companies operating in the information technology, clean-tech and healthcare sectors. The firm specializes in the areas of growth capital loans, subordinated debt, equipment loans and leases, mergers and acquisitions, working capital loans and convertible debt in special situations.

Proton Enterprises

United States

Proton Enterprises is a business incubator and non-traditional venture capital firm. Proton seeks to be involved in a variety of different business stages. The firm prefers to incubate and invest in companies operating in the technology, fintech, online retail, online marketing, business management and logistics sectors. It focuses on disruptive technologies to empower entrepreneurship.

SCG Partners

Cleveland, United States

SCG Partners combines the value-added resources of a strategic partner with the customized approach to deal making of an equity sponsor. Who We Are SCG Partners is a private investment firm focused exclusively on business services companies. We seek to create high-impact partnerships with entrepreneurial management teams to build exceptional businesses through extensive sector expertise

DuPont Ventures

United States

DuPont Ventures is a venture investment arm of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. The firm prefers to invest in companies operating in the agriculture, transportation, construction, clean-tech, electronic materials, nutrition and health, safety technology, performance materials and coatings, and color technologies sectors. It is based in Wilmington, Delaware and was founded in 2003.

Green Brook Capital Management

Somerset, United States

Green Brook Capital Management is a private equity firm based in Somerset, New Jersey. They typically invest in business services, financial services and related technology services, education, consumer services, logistics/transportation, media/marketing services, healthcare services/technology, government services, energy/power generation, information technology/services and software.

INNOVA Commercialization Group

United States

INNOVA Commercialization Group is an initiative of West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation, a non-profit organization. The firm provides business support and technical services, seed and early-stage funding and entrepreneurial education and training facilities to the companies in the manufacturing, business products and services, security and information technology sectors.

Intuitive Venture Partners

United States

Intuitive Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that prefers to make growth capital and later stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in the information technology, healthcare, oncology, life science, e-commerce, 3D printing, security, entertainment, diagnostic, therapeutic, pharmaceutical, semiconductor and business software sectors. It is headquartered in New York, New York.

Northern Michigan Angels

United States

Northern Michigan Angels is an organization of local volunteer members focused on private sector economic development. The group’s primary interest is in working with scalable entrepreneurial companies whose potential success will have an impact on the quality of life in Michigan, especially in northwestern lower Michigan. It was founded in 2012 and is based in Traverse City, Michigan.

Rosecliff Ventures

United States

Rosecliff Ventures is a venture capital fund investing in startup enterprises and innovative companies that have substantial growth potential. The firm seeks to invest in early stage venture and growth equity opportunities. In addition, the firm may invest on an opportunistic basis in late stage venture opportunities. The firm was established in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Wasserstein

United States

Founded in 2001, Wasserstein & Co. is an independent private equity and investment firm, with offices in New York and Los Angeles. The firm specializes in seed or startups, early, mid, late, and mature stage, middle markets, leveraged buyouts and add-on investments. It seeks to invest in the media and communication, consumer products, water, information technology and software sectors.