Venture Capital

Investment focus: life science and information technology ventures, early-stage through later-stage, on both sides of the Atlantic

Links investors to companies with high growth potential who are seeking funding from £50,000 to £1million.

Investment focus: post-seed funding --generally the first or second significant financing -- in information technology, semiconductors, and communications. Also invests in the "restarting" of struggling private companies.

Focus: private equity company of the digital economy, active on a worldwide scale through a knowledge network.

Focus: seed or first stage ventures involving information processing, communications or health care

Focus: seed stage information technology ventures located in Northern California

Pioneer in public venture funds

Investment focus: growth capital to expansion stage information technology companies

Non-profit organization bringing together users and providers of resources for new and emerging businesses.

Investment focus: profitable private growth companies in software, technology, healthcare, financial services, media and consumer products

San Francisco-based firm providing value-added investing in consumer products companies.

Focus: investing in and building value-added service and distribution companies with fundamentally sound operating models.

Investment focus: technology-based startups which pioneer products or services in growth markets

Community development venture capital fund which finances recycling, remanufacturing, environmental and other companies.

Focus: profitable companies which are poised for continued growth in the fields of software, technology, information services, healthcare, and financial services