Venture Capital Firms Awarding Innovators
Venture Capital Firms Awarding Innovators
Entrepreneurs won big last year, receiving at least 7 billion a QUARTER for four straight quarters. Venture capitalists invested $29.4 billion in numerous deals in 2007, which represents almost an 11% percent increase in volume over 2006.Every year, Venture Capitalists award innovative IT and product businesses funding to carry out their dreams and we have provided a list, ranking VC firms by the number of early-stage deals made in 2007.
Our list of Venture Capital rankings are based on the number of first-time fundings to companies in the startup and early stages of development made by VC firms in calendar year 2007. Companies in the startup stage of development may have been in business for only a few months. Companies in the early stage of development generally are seen as operating less than 24 months. These Venture Capital fundings represent the first time a company has received financing from a professional VC firm in exchange for equity.
Venture Capital:
Venture capital comes from professionally managed funds that have between 25 million to 1 billion to invest in emerging growth companies. The goal is to push companies to perform to at least $25 million in sales in five years.Institutional venture capitalists uasually demand significant equity in a business and the earlier the investment stage, the more equity is required to convince an institutional venture capitalist to invest. The range of initial funds typically available is between $500,000 and $10 million.
While Institutional venture capitalists are choosy, this is an appropriate source of funding for a limited number of superb companies demonstrating elite innovation and development.
Top Venture Capital Firms for Early Stage Companies
This list shows the Top 90 Venture Capital Firms for Early Stage Companies in 2007 and how many deals were made.19 Maryland Technology Development Corporation Columbia, MD
16 Draper Fisher Jurvetson Menlo Park, CA
15 Ben Franklin Technology Partners Southeastern PA Philadelphia, PA
15 Innovation Works, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA
14 New Enterprise Associates Baltimore, MD
13 Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern PA Bethlehem, PA
13 First Round Capital West Conshohocken, PA
12 Mohr Davidow Ventures Menlo Park, CA
11 Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Menlo Park, CA
10 Domain Associates LLC Princeton, NJ
10 General Catalyst Partners Cambridge, MA
10 Intel Capital Santa Clara, CA
10 Village Ventures Williamstown, MA
9 InterWest Partners Menlo Park, CA
9 Labrador Ventures Palo Alto, CA
9 Polaris Venture Partners Waltham, MA
9 SV Life Sciences Advisers Boston, MA
9 vSpring Capital Salt Lake City, UT
8 Connecticut Innovations, Inc. Rocky Hill, CT
8 HealthCare Ventures LLC Cambridge, MA
8 Illinois Ventures LLC Chicago, IL
8 North Bridge Venture Partners Waltham, MA
8 Prism Venture Partners Westwood, MA
8 Sigma Partners Menlo Park, CA
8 True Ventures Palo Alto, CA
7 ARCH Venture Partners Chicago, IL
7 Atlas Venture, Ltd. Waltham, MA
7 DCM Doll Capital Management Menlo Park, CA
7 Khosla Ventures Menlo Park, CA
7 Matrix Partners Waltham, MA
7 New Leaf Venture Partners, LLC New York, NY
7 OVP Venture Partners Kirkland, WA
7 Pequot Capital Management, Inc. Westport, CT
7 VantagePoint Venture Partners San Bruno, CA
6 Accel Partners Palo Alto, CA
6 Azure Capital Partners San Francisco, CA
6 Band of Angels Menlo Park, CA
6 CMEA Ventures San Francisco, CA
6 Foundation Capital Menlo Park, CA
6 Highland Capital Partners LLC Lexington, MA
6 IDG Ventures Boston Boston, MA
6 Lightspeed Venture Partners Menlo Park, CA
6 Madrona Venture Group Seattle, WA
6 Mission Ventures San Diego, CA
6 Shasta Ventures Management LLC Menlo Park, CA
6 Trident Capital Palo Alto, CA
6 Union Square Ventures New York, NY
5 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA
5 Advantage Capital Partners New Orleans, LA
5 Artiman Ventures Palo Alto, CA
5 Bay Partners Menlo Park, CA
5 Benchmark Capital Menlo Park, CA
5 Canaan Partners Westport, CT
5 DFJ Frontier Santa Barbara, CA
5 Greylock Partners Waltham, MA
5 Ignition Partners Bellevue, WA
5 JumpStart, Inc. Cleveland, OH
5 Menlo Ventures Menlo Park, CA
5 Morgenthaler Ventures Menlo Park, CA
5 New Jersey Economic Development Authority Trenton, NJ
5 O'Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, LLC San Francisco, CA
5 ProQuest Investments Princeton, NJ
5 Redpoint Ventures Menlo Park, CA
5 Tech Coast Angels, Inc. Los Angeles, CA
4 Ann Arbor SPARK Ann Arbor, MI
4 Austin Ventures, L.P. Austin, TX
4 Bain Capital Boston, MA
4 Battelle Ventures Princeton, NJ
4 Bessemer Venture Partners Larchmont, NY
4 Claritas Capital LLC Nashville, TN
4 Clearstone Venture Partners Santa Monica, CA
4 CommonAngels Lexington, MA
4 DFJ Element, L.P. Radnor, PA
4 DFJ Mercury Houston, TX
4 eCoast Angels Portsmouth, NH
4 El Dorado Ventures Menlo Park, CA
4 Emergence Capital Partners, L.L.C. San Mateo, CA
4 Felicis Ventures San Francisco, CA
4 Forward Ventures San Diego, CA
4 Frazier Healthcare and Technology Ventures Seattle, WA
4 Gabriel Venture Partners Redwood Shores, CA
4 Globespan Capital Partners Boston, MA
4 Hummer Winblad Venture Partners San Francisco, CA
4 Intersouth Partners Durham, NC
4 Meakem Becker Venture Capital Sewickley, PA
4 Milestone Venture Partners New York, NY
4 Novak Biddle Venture Partners, L.P. Bethesda, MD
4 Nth Power San Francisco, CA
4 OCA Venture Partners Chicago, IL
4 Second Avenue Partners Seattle, WA
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