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-Inverness-
Offices: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
& Boston, Massachusetts
Inverness Capital Partners is a $100 million
private equity fund. They provide growth
and expansion capital to innovative, high
growth industrial companies. The fund invests
in small to mid-size companies with proprietary
manufacturing technologies and processes
in the Industrial Equipment & Components,
Advanced Materials & Processes, Robotics
& Factory Automation, Manufacturing IT,
and Advanced Packaging areas. Inverness
targets companies with revenues between
$5 million and $25 million, typically invests
between $4 million to $8 million per company,
and prefers to lead transactions.
Offices: New York, New York; Palo Alto,
California & London, England
INVESCO Private Capital Group (formerly
Chancellor Capital Management) has developed
a reputation for excellence and expertise
in private equity investing. Unlike other
firms that specialize in one niche of private
capital, their strength is built on a breadth
of knowledge across industries. They believe
they can serve entrepreneurs and investors
best by participating in several strategic
areas of private equity: They work closely
with entrepreneurs, adding value to their
business planning and development, through
their venture capital investing activity.
They offer investors access to outstanding
partnership programs and management teams
through partnership (fund-of-funds) investing.
Offices: Waltham, Massachusetts
Ironside Ventures was formed to manage an
alternative asset subsidiary of Manulife
Financial Corporation (a global financial
services organization headquartered in Toronto,
Ontario). In July 2000, the team established
Ironside Ventures to maintain its oversight
of the Manulife portfolio, invest additional
capital for Manulife (collectively, "Fund
I"), and simultaneously attract outside
capital as an independent venture firm.
Ironside Ventures III, the most current
fund, is currently being formed and will
be capitalized with $150 million.
Offices: Cincinnati, Ohio
Isabella's primary focus is on early stage,
fast growth businesses that operate at the
cutting edge of a market driven, technology
based society. Where most venture capital
firms have financial or technical backgrounds,
Fund Isabella brings the unique skill set
of marketing and operations.
Offices: Greenwood Village, Colorado
iSherpa Capital is one of the nation’s only
venture capital firms focused exclusively
on wireless and supporting technologies.
They invest in seed-stage and early-stage
companies nationwide. Sherpa is an active
investor, using an execution-focused approach
to help build sustainable technology businesses.
By combining this approach with relevant
industry expertise and capital, they are
committed to helping their portfolio companies
reach the height of their potential.
Offices: Los Angeles, California; Denver,
Colorado & Albuquerque, New Mexico
ITU Ventures is the premier venture capital
firm serving the unique needs of technology
businesses emerging from the nation's leading
research universities. With a capital base
of over $50 million from strategic institutional
investors, ITU Ventures invests in early-stage
companies that are commercializing next-generation
communication and semiconductor-related
technologies. ITU Ventures was founded in
2000 and is based in Los Angeles. ITU Ventures
currently works with more than 25 of the
leading research universities in the United
States.
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