i need to identify financing companies or small specialized investment
banking firms that can find 1 mil to 1.5mil in capital(not sba) for a
new technology venture --the technology has been developed and is
ready to go to market or locate a loan secured by the technology

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 14 May 2006 08:31 PDT

chuck1939-ga,

We can certainly look for potential sources of funding for your
venture, but I'm sure you understand that no researcher can make any
guarantees...best we can do is provide contact information for
relevant funding groups.

I'll begin researching your question.  But in the mean time, it would
be helpful to have a bit more information, particularly the nature of
the technology itself.

Some firms specialize in funding particular types of techologies
(e.g., medical technology), so it helps to know what categories your
venture does/doesn't fit into.

Also, it would be helpful to know where (just city and state or
province) you are located.

Cheers,

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by chuck1939-ga on 14 May 2006 16:50 PDT

located in northern virginia--software designed for processing e-mails
and documents to be used in litigation

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 15 May 2006 09:08 PDT

Hi!
 
I was able to find 4 venture capital companies in Virginia and 8 VC
firms outside of it but include your region region as acceptable
investment targets.

The companies all invest in sofware technologies and invest in the
range you need or even beyond that.

Would this be ok with you?

Thanks.

Hi! Thanks for the question.

I was able to add additional financing firms. The following list has
already been filtered to the criteria you had above but as always,
just like my colleague pafalafa-ga has said, there will be no
guarantees. It will still be up to the companies below if they will
accept your proposal.

COLUMBIA CAPITAL
201 North Union Street, Suite 300
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phone: (703) 519-2000
Fax: (703) 519-5870 
Email: info@colcap.com
http://www.colcap.com/index.html
Profile: http://www.colcap.com/about/approach.html 

Monumental Venture Partners, LLC
8201 Greensboro Drive
Suite 216
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: (703) 821-0400
http://www.mvpfunds.com/default.shtml
See Profile: http://www.vcaonline.com/directory/investor.asp?ID=132 

ECentury Capital
8180 Greensboro Drive, Suite 1150
McLean VA 22102
United States
Phone: 703-442-4480
Fax: 703-448-1816
E-mail: info@ecenturycapital.com 
www.ecenturycapital.com
See Profile: http://www.vcaonline.com/directory/investor.asp?ID=131 

Tall Oaks Capital Partners, LLC
315 Old Ivy Way, Suite 301
Charlottesville VA 22903
United States
Phone: 434-951-0440
Fax: 434-951-0478
E-mail: info@talloakscapital.com 
www.talloakscapital.com
See profile: http://www.vcaonline.com/directory/investor.asp?ID=136 

AVANSIS VENTURES, LLC
12010 Sunset Hills Rd., Suite 900
Reston, VA 20190
Phone: 703.796.0222
Fax: 703.935.0574
Email: contact @avansis.com
http://www.avansis.com 
Profile: http://www.avansis.com/about_criteria.htm


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Venture Capital firms outside of Virginia but includes your region of
acceptable investments.

Catalyst/Hall Growth Capital
Two Riverway, Suite 1710
Houston TX 77056
United States
Phone: 713-623-8133
Fax: 713-623-0473
E-mail: rherrman@catalysthall.com
www.catalysthall.com
Profile: http://www.vcaonline.com/directory/investor.asp?ID=151 

Ballast Point Venture Partners
880 Carillon Parkway
St. Petersburg FL 33716
United States
Phone: 727-567-1500
Fax: 727-567-1515
E-mail: info@ballastpointventures.com
www.ballastpointventures.com
Profile: http://www.vcaonline.com/directory/investor.asp?ID=152 

Claritas Capital
One Burton Hills Boulevard, Suite 215
Nashville TN 37215
United States
Phone: 615-665-8550
Fax: 615-665-2550
E-mail: info@claritascapital.com
www.claritascapital.com
Profile: http://www.vcaonline.com/directory/investor.asp?ID=184

ECentury Capital
8180 Greensboro Drive, Suite 1150
McLean VA 22102
United States
Phone: 703-442-4480
Fax: 703-448-1816
E-mail: info@ecenturycapital.com
www.ecenturycapital.com
Profile: http://www.vcaonline.com/directory/investor.asp?ID=131

Frontier Capital, LLC
1900 South Boulevard, Suite 300
Charlotte NC 28203
United States
Phone: 704-414-2880
Fax: 704-414-2881
E-mail: info@frontierfunds.com
www.frontierfunds.com
Profile: http://www.vcaonline.com/directory/investor.asp?ID=82

Isabella Capital LLC
312 Walnut Street, Suite 3540
Cincinnati OH 45202
United States
Phone: (513) 721-7110
Fax: (513) 721-7115
E-mail: info@fundisabella.com
www.fundisabella.com
Profile: http://www.vcaonline.com/directory/investor.asp?ID=119 

Sherpa Partners, LLC
5050 Lincoln Drive, Suite 490
Minneapolis MN 55436
United States
Phone: 952-942-1070
Fax: 952-942-1071
E-mail: info@sherpapartners.com
www.sherpapartners.com
Profile: http://www.vcaonline.com/directory/investor.asp?ID=159

Weber Capital Management, LLC
340 Pine Street, Suite 300
San Francisco CA 94104
United States
Phone: 415-362-5007
Fax: 415-288-3323
E-mail: chillberg@webercapital.com
www.webercapital.com
Profile: http://www.vcaonline.com/directory/investor.asp?ID=180 

ABS Ventures (Has an office in Northern Virginia)
890 Winter Street, Suite 225
Waltham , MA 02451
Phone: 781-250-0400  
Fax: 781-250-0345 
Email: abs@absventures.com
http://www.absventures.com/default.aspx
Profile: http://www.vfinance.com/ent/ent.asp?ToolPage=venca_extnd.asp&Tracker=&id=26175&P=1

Acer Technology Ventures America
5201 Great America Parkway, Suite 270
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Tel. (408) 894-7900
Fax. (408) 894-7939
http://www.acervc.com
Profile: http://www.acervc.com 

Adams Street Partners, L.L.C.
One North Wacker Drive, Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60606-2807
Phone: 312.553.7890
Fax : 312.553.7891
Email: info@adamsstreetpartners.com
http://www.adamsstreetpartners.com

Adobe Ventures IV, L.P. / Granite Ventures
One Bush Street
13th floor
San Francisco, California 94104  
Phone: 415.591.7700 
Fax: 415.591.7720
http://www.granitevc.com/

Agility Capital LLC
226 East Canon Perdido Street, Suite F
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: (805) 568-0424
Fax: (805) 568-0427
Email: info@agilitycap.com
http://www.agilitycap.com
Profile: http://www.vfinance.com/ent/ent.asp?ToolPage=venca_extnd.asp&Tracker=&id=102374&P=2

AH Ventures
99 High Street
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617.788.1670
Fax: 617.788.1663
http://www.ahventures.com/index.asp 
Profile: http://www.vfinance.com/ent/ent.asp?ToolPage=venca_extnd.asp&Tracker=&id=110820&P=2

Allegra Partners
320 Park Avenue
18th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-277-1526
Fax: 212-277-1533
Email: ljl@allegrapartners.com
http://www.allegrapartners.com
Profile: http://www.allegrapartners.com/investment.html 

Battery Ventures
20 William Street, Suite 200
Wellesley, MA 02481
Phone: (781) 577-1000
Fax: (781) 577-1001
Email: carl@battery.com
Profile: http://www.battery.com/default.asp?section=about&file=overview

Benchmark Capital
2480 Sand Hill Rd.
Suite 200
Menlo Park, California 94025
Phone: (650) 854 8180
Fax: (650) 854 8183
Email: informationUS@benchmark.com
Profile: http://www.benchmark.com/about/glance.shtml 

Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
P.O. Box 0672
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0672
Telephone: 800-RWBAIRD
Profile: http://www.rwbaird.com/ecm/fr3_ecm_eq_vp_investment_criteria.aspx 

Atlas Venture Boston
890 Winter Street, Suite 320
Waltham, MA 02451, USA
Phone: +1 781 622 1700
Fax: +1 781 622 1701
Email: boston@atlasventure.com
Profile: http://www.atlasventure.com/workingwithus/invest_philosophy.cfm 

Blueprint Ventures
601 Gateway Blvd Suite 1140
South San Francisco, California 94080
Phone: 415-901-4000
Fax: 415-901-4035
http://www.blueprintventures.com/aboutus.html
Profile: https://www.vfinance.com/ent/ent.asp?ToolPage=venca_extnd.asp&Tracker=&id=3364&P=4

The Aurora Funds, Inc.
2525 Meridian Parkway
Suite 220
Durham, NC 27713
Phone: (919) 484-0400
Fax: (919) 484-0444  
Profile: http://www.aurorafunds.com/about.html 

TL Ventures
435 Devon Park Drive
700 Building
Wayne, PA 19087-1990
Tel: 610.971.1515
Fax: 610.975.9330
Email: info@tlventures.com 
Profile: http://www.tlventures.com/about_philosophy.html 

ARCH Venture Partners
8725 W. Higgins Road, Suite 290
Chicago, Illinois 60631
Phone: 773 380 6600
Fax: 773 380 6606
Profile: http://www.archventure.com/vision.html

Blacksmith Capital (Has A Virginia-based client)
220 Halleck, Suite 220
San Francisco, CA 94129
Phone: (415)561-3350
Profile: http://blacksmithcapital.com/about.htm 


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I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
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Regards,                              
Easterangel-ga                              
Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Answer Clarification by chuck1939-ga on 16 May 2006 20:15 PDT

answer not responsive--the vc firms you listed do not work in the
range 0f $1.0 to 1.5 mil

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 16 May 2006 20:44 PDT

Hi!

Yes I verified them and they indeed work within this range. Please
take note that I have taken a lot of time in verifying each of the
requirements you had above before posting this answer.

I also included some (not all) that goes beyond since it is quite
understandable that if they will like the idea, they wouldn't mind
shelling out less money and therefore less risk.

I hope that this clarification of my answer helps.

Regards,
Easterangel-ga