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Offices: Boston, Massachusetts
Halpern, Denny & Co. is a private equity investment firm focusing on growth-oriented
management buyouts and high growth, late stage expansion financings. The
firm has more than $600 million committed capital to back strong management
teams focused on driving their companies to leadership positions in their
respective industries. Halpern, Denny & Co. was founded in 1991 by former
executives of Bain & Company and Bain Capital.
Offices: Boston, Massachusetts; London, England & Hong Kong, China
HarbourVest Partners clients' include more than 200 pension funds, endowments,
foundations, and financial institutions from the US, Europe, Canada, Australia,
and Japan. During its 20-year history of investing, the HarbourVest team
has committed $7.9 billion to 200 managers of private equity funds on a
primary basis, completed $1.3 billion in 210 purchases of secondary partnership
interests, and invested $1.9 billion directly in operating companies. Since
1982, the management of HarbourVest has formed six major investment programs
to invest in the United States, the most recent being HarbourVest Partners
VI, a $4.6 billion investment program formed in 1999 to invest in partnerships,
buyout partnerships, and direct investment opportunities.
Offices: New York, New York & Los Angeles-Palo Alto, California
Harris & Harris Group is a publicly held venture capital company (NASDAQ
symbol: TINY). The Company operates as a Business Development Company ("BDC")
under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Harris & Harris Group has chosen
to operate in a BDC structure primarily because it is the regulatory framework
for publicly held companies specifically created to facilitate making venture
capital investments in early stage companies commercializing proprietary
intellectual property. The firm has made all of its initial investments
in tiny technology.
Offices: New York, New York & London, England
Hearst Interactive Media, a unit of The Hearst Corporation, manages a portfolio
of strategic investments in development-stage companies focused primarily
on emerging media and interactive technologies. Throughout the corporation,
Hearst Interactive Media provides strategic guidance and advocacy for a
wide range of technology-driven operation and development activities.
Offices: Indianapolis, Indiana
Heron Capital is a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in companies
focused on the life sciences, including medical devices, biotechnology,
diagnostics and agricultural technology. The firm is advised by a world-renowned
network of scientists and physicians, as well as entrepreneurs and leaders
of national and multinational corporations. Heron Capital serves as the
General Partner to Heron Capital Venture Fund, a limited partnership.
Offices: Huntsville, Alabama
Hickory Venture Capital seeks to back strong management teams imbued with
entrepreneurial enthusiasm and the vision to build a highly successful company.
They do not seek operating control and often take minority equity stakes.
They believe that the market potential must be large enough to allow the
company to reach $50-$100 million or more in value over the next 5-7 years.
They seek to fund companies in large markets, rapidly growing markets, or
in niche markets that are not targeted by major players.
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