Global Directory of Funding

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Global Directory of Funding

 

see also:  raising capital - ideas for the entrepreneur

 

My goal here is to create a database of companies and contacts in the industry that are specialized in financing new ventures (or expanding ones). This may be useful for your fellow MBA students and entrepreneurs as they consider the various options for financing their new venture. Im organizing this page by location. You are welcome to add Venture Capital firms, Private Equity, Angel Investors, Banks, and more...

 

Table of Contents:

  1. Global Directory of Funding
    1. Twitter: follow VC's and Angels on Twitter:
  2. Fund finding services
  3. Investing in Emerging Markets
  4. External Links to Research VC firms
  5. Venture Capital Funds
    1. By Specialty:
    2. Financial Services
    3. iPhone / iPod focused
  6. Early Stage Seed Capital:
    1. startup incubators  
  7. By Region
      1. Dubai:
      2. USA
      3. Boston area
      4. funding early stage tech start ups:
      5. California
      6. Early stage tech Start ups:
      7. South East USA
      8. Florida
    1. India
  8. Funding for the Social Entrepreneur
  9. More VC's
  10. Books about Venture Capital / Private Equity

 

 

Twitter: follow VC's and Angels on Twitter:

 

Full list found here: http://venturemaven.com/venrock

 

 

 

Fund finding services

 

Middle-men:  companies who help you find VC money:   These are basically venture capital companies without any money;  they specialize in helping you find financing.   see our discussion on fund finding services PE and VC

 

 

 

Investing in Emerging Markets

  • http://www.opic.gov/:  OPIC supports U.S. investment in emerging markets worldwide, fostering development & the growth of free market

 

External Links to Research VC firms

 

For a complete review of companies (critically minded), there is are two sites I recommend visiting:

  1. Pratts Guide:  the best source available - go to your local library and look at this book.
  2. http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organizations  (listed alphabetically)
  3. new site:  http://punctuative.com/vcdb/  find by geography, and school background
  4. a site called TheFunded.  But beware, the reviews are by entrepreneurs (many of which were told "no"), so know that the information as biased, and might not reflect happily funded entrepreneurs experience.  That said, the site does give some much needed insight and reviews of VC's.

 

 

 

Venture Capital Funds

By Specialty:

 

Financial Services

 

Invests in companies serving the Financial Services industry:

http://www.ftventures.com/  these guys raised $512 million for a new fund in early 2008 (they were seeking $600m)

 

iPhone / iPod focused

 

MENLO PARK, California, March 6, 2008 – Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) today announced the launch of the iFund with $100 million in venture capital to invest in companies developing applications and services for Apple's innovative iPhone and iPod touch. The iFund, managed by KPCB, will be invested in companies with market-changing ideas and products that extend the revolutionary new iPhone and iPod touch platform. Apple will provide KPCB with market insight and support.

 

"A revolutionary new platform is a rare and prized opportunity for entrepreneurs, and that's exactly what Apple has created with iPhone and iPod touch," said John Doerr, Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. "We think several significant new companies will emerge as this new platform evolves, and the iFund will empower them to realize their full potential."

 

"Developers are already bursting with ideas for the iPhone and iPod touch, and now they have the chance to turn those ideas into great companies with the help of world-class venture capitalists," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We can't wait to start working with Kleiner Perkins and the companies they fund through this new initiative."

 

The iFund will be led by KPCB partner Matt Murphy in collaboration with partners John Doerr, Bill Joy, Randy Komisar, Ted Schlein, Chi-Hua Chien and Ellen Pao. The initiative will be agnostic to stage and size of investment with a focus on areas including location based services, social networking, mCommerce, communication, and entertainment. The iFund will seek to fund entrepreneurs pursuing transformative ideas with the potential to become standalone, public companies. In addition to providing capital, KPCB will assist with company-building expertise, business development relationships and access to its vast network of talented entrepreneurs.

 

Since its founding in 1972, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has backed entrepreneurs in over 500 ventures, including AOL, Amazon.com, Citrix, Compaq Computer, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Genomic Health, Google, Intuit, Juniper Networks, Netscape, Lotus, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, Verisign and Xilinx. KPCB portfolio companies employ more than 250,000 people. More than 150 of the firm's portfolio companies have gone public. Many other ventures have achieved success through mergers and acquisitions. KPCB has been an active investor in mobile ventures with over 20 portfolio companies in the sector. Current portfolio companies including Pelago, Dash, GOGII, and Pinger will collaborate closely with the iFund initiative.

 

All Inquiries:

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB):

Tia Smith

650-233-3487

tsmith@kpcb.com

 

 

Early Stage Seed Capital:

 

 

startup incubators  

model:  introduce new companies to Venture Capitalists...offering startups seed funding, guidance, and connections in exchange for equity.

 

 

By Region

 

Dubai:

http://www.dubaiic.com/  In 2008, it was rumored that Facebook was approaching this firm in Dubai for capital. 

 

 

USA

 

 

Sequoia Capital

 

More.....

 

 

Boston area

Add companies by clicking Edit

 

funding early stage tech start ups:

Y Combinator

is a new kind of venture firm specializing in funding early stage startups. We help startups through what is for many the hardest step, from idea to company. We invest mostly in software and web services. And because we are ourselves technology people, we prefer groups with a lot of technical depth. We care more about how smart you are than how old you are, and more about the quality of your ideas than whether you have a formal business plan. (2-21-07) Y Combinator Taking Apps: Have Idea, Will Travel - Got an idea? Willing to hustle for a summer to see it grow? Y Combinator just announced their summer application drive. Applications are due by April 2nd and by the 10th, a few will be selected to present in Mountain View on April 21-22nd. If selected, your team will relocate to work and learn in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 

For those of you unfamiliar with Y Combinator, it’s the seed financing fund guided by Paul Graham’s philosophies that helps young startups launch through mentoring and investing a base $5,000 plus $5,000 per founder. In exchange they take a 1-10% stake in the company. The teams are usually composed of young college grads with some programming skill. It’s not not a program meant for industry veterans. Some have criticized the program for taking too much ownership for such a small investment. Some readers have also called shenanigans on the operation. Here are some of the companies we’ve covered before. Kiko, Reddit, and Loopt are some notable Y Combinator companies. Exits, so far, have been through acquisition. Kiko died, and was then acquired by Elliot Noss. Conde Nast bought Reddit.

 

Some other programs such as TechStars have adopted the model. TechStars is another well backed program based in Boulder, Colorado also offering experienced mentors and cash to aspiring startups. While not the same ground floor financing as Y Combinator or TechStars, the venerable VC firm Charles River Ventures also adopted a smaller financing program (up to $250K debt) called Quick Start.

 

135 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Land line: 617 576 0695

 

 

 

California

 

Early stage tech Start ups:

 

Y Combinator (see Boston area)

 

Our main email address is info@ycombinator.com.

By Phone :617 230 3016. Otherwise we prefer email.

Address: 320 Pioneer Way, Mountain View, CA 94041

 

Y Combinator isn’t designed to give companies the capital they need to grow a large business. Rather, they give investors less than $20,000 to give them the capital they need to take something at the idea stage through to a prototype. In exchange they take an average of 6% of the equity in the company. Their investment model has been widely copied.  These startups are usually 2-3 people with little more than an idea. Generally speaking there are few other investors who will be willing to invest in them until they have some sort of code written or an initial product out the door. Y Combinator fills a niche that even angel investors find too risky. And all they ask is a small amount of equity in the form of common stock. Most angels and venture capitalists demand preferred stock for their investment, which gives them more control over the company and the ability to take their money plus a guaranteed return off the table in the event of a sale or IPO. With Y Combinator, they take the same stock that the founders get.  To date Y Combinator has invested in 102 startups (the most recent batch is here). Of those, 18 have died. A handful have been acquired, and the rest continue to fulfill whatever destiny is in store for them.   There’s nothing bad about Y Combinator. They are a private company investing their capital at more than reasonable valuations with willing entrepreneurs. They give their companies a huge stamp of approval and a great launch platform. And their hit rate to date is impressive given how early stage these “companies” are.  

 

 

 

 

 

South East USA

 

 

Venture Capital Funds – Southeast

 

Quantum Capital Partners (Southeast)

Quantum Capital Partners

Focus: Technology, retail and wholesale distribution, manufacturing, service and hospitality industries primarily in the Southeast. Web Address: www.quantumcapitalpartners.com/ Assists in strategic planning, financial forecasts

and business plan development, staff recruitment, and information technology

systems. Takes a board seat. Looks for management expertise, 25 percent per year

growth potential, and companies based in Southeastern U. S.

 

HOW TO APPLY:

Send a business plan to

Quantum Capital Partners

One Tampa City Center

Tampa, FL 33602

(813) 2213306

Fax: (813) 2213206

info@quantumcapitalpartners.com

 

 

River Cities Capital (Midwest and Southeast)

River Cities Capital

Focus: Healthcare, manufacturing, technology

and software, telecom and communications

primarily in the Midwest and

Southeast

Web Address: www.rccf.com/

 

Invests $1.5 million to $6 million. Doesn’t

back start ups, only companies with revenues

from an existing commercial product.

HOW TO APPLY:

Prefers introductions from a familiar third

party. Initiate discussions with a phone call

or executive summary.

 

River Cities Capital Fund

221 East Fourth St., Suite 1900

Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 6219700

Fax: (513) 5798939

www.rccf.com

 

 

 

Florida

 

see more:  Venture Capital in Florida  and for entrepreneurs, see startups in Florida

 

Venture Firm Company Type City State
Bay County Small Business Incubator Incubator Lynn Haven Florida
Beaver Street Enterprise Center Incubator Jacksonville Florida
Center for Technology Enterprise & Development Inc Incubator Delray Beach Florida
Enterprise Development Corporation of South Florida Incubator Boca Raton Florida
Enterprise North Florida Corporation Incubator Jacksonville Florida
Florida NASA Incubation Center Incubator Titusville Florida
Gainesville Technology Enterprise Center Incubator Gainesville Florida
Jay Malina International Trade Consortium Incubator Miami Florida
Sid Martin Biotechnology Development Institute Incubator Alachua Florida
Southwest Florida Enterprise Center Incubator Fort Myers Florida
STAR Technology Enterprise Center Incubator Largo Florida
The Adaugeo Group Incubator Pensacola Florida
University of Central Florida Technology Incubator Incubator Orlando Florida
Advantage Capital Partners Private Equity St. Petersburg Florida
Hispania Private Equity Private Equity Miami Florida
Grotech Capital Group Private Equity Boca Raton Florida
KLH Capital, L.P. Private Equity Tampa Florida
Power Equities, Inc. Private Equity Jacksonville Florida
North American Funds Private Equity Fort Lauderdale Florida
VC Intermediary, LLC Private Equity Plantation Florida
GreenLeaf Investment Management and Counsel Venture Association Boca Grande Florida
Easton Hunt Capital Partners, L.P. Venture Capital Miami Florida
Antares Capital Corporation Venture Capital Miami Lakes Florida
AAY Investments Group Venture Capital Sunrise Florida
GunnAllen Venture Partners Venture Capital Tampa Florida
J.P.Williams Associates L.L.C. Venture Capital   Florida
MetaTech Ventures, LLC Venture Capital Orlando Florida
Lee Munder Venture Partners Venture Capital Palm Beach Florida
Banyan Mezzanine Fund, L.P. Venture Capital Miami Florida
BOCF, LLC Venture Capital Tampa Florida
Crossbow Venture Partners LP Venture Capital West Palm Beach Florida
American Enterprises International Group Venture Capital Maimi Florida
American Certified Capital Venture Capital Tampa Florida
Inflexion Partners Venture Capital Orlando Florida
HIG Capital Venture Capital Miami Florida
Inflexion Partners Venture Capital Tampa Florida
Inflexion Partners Venture Capital Gainesville Florida
SI Ventures Venture Capital Fort Myers Florida

 

 

 

 

 

India

The Indian Venture Capital Association

www.indiavca.org

 

The US-India VC org

http://www.us-ivca.org

 

http://ia.rediff.com/money/2007/mar/19equity.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funding for the Social Entrepreneur

 

please see our page on Investing in socially good projects for a list of sources...

 

 

 

 

 

 

More VC's

 

As a seed fund investor, securing high quality investing partners over the life of a company is tremendously important to achieving successful outcomes. The following are some of the leading venture funds who have invested with Labrador over the last 17 years.

  • Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV)

    Accel Partners

    Alliance Ventures

    Alloy Ventures

    American River Ventures

    APAX Partners

     

    Bessemer Venture Partners

     

    Canaan Partners

     

    Defta Partners

     

    Foundation Capital

     

    Hummer Winblad

     

    Kinetic Ventures

     

    Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

     

    Mobius Venture Capital

     

     

    New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

    Novus Ventures

    Oak Investment Partners

    Parker Price Venture Capital

    Red Rock Ventures

    Rocket Ventures

    Rothschild Venture Capital

    Selby Venture Partners

    Sequoia Capital

    Sevin Rosen Funds

    Sofinnova Ventures

    Sprout Group

    Storm Ventures

    Sunrise Capital

    Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV)

    TPG Ventures

    UV Partners

    VantagePoint Venture Partners

    Venrock Associates

    WaldenVC

     

    Lightspeed Venture Partners

    Maveron

    Mayfield

    Media Technology Ventures

    Meritage Funds

     

    King Street Capital

     

    Indosuez Ventures

    Innovacom

    Internet Capital Group

    JAFCO Technology Partners

    JK&B Capital

    JP Morgan Bay Area Fund

     

    General Atlantic

    GiMV

    Granite Ventures

    Hearst Interactive Media

     

    Draper Fisher Jurvetson

    Draper Richards

    El Dorado Ventures

    Firsthand Capital Management

     

    Charter Venture Capital

    Cisco Systems

    Clearstone Venture Partners

    CMGI @Ventures

    Compass Venture Partners

    Cordova Ventures

    Crest Communication Holdings

    Crosslink Capital

    D.E. Shaw Group

     

    Big Sky Partners

     

    ATA Ventures

 

 

 

Books about Venture Capital / Private Equity

 

 

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