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| Firm | Team | Location | Size | Type | Areas of Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agility Ventures | Hal Hayden | Prescott, AZ | $35 M (planned) | Venture Debt | Wireless broadband, data centers, solar, and other technology |
| Alerion Capital Group | James Unruh Ricardo DeAvila Jeff Unruh |
Scottsdale, AZ | $5.2 M | Merchant Bank | Commercial and/or industrial markets with a variety of engineered products and business services |
| Arris Ventures | Charlie Lewis Kent Petzold Mike Stowell Shawn Boskie |
Phoenix, AZ | Undisclosed | Venture Capital | Information technology, distance learning, communications, networking, e-commerce, microelectronics, life sciences |
| Arizona Angels | Dee Harris | Phoenix, AZ | N/A | Angel Capital | Various markets |
| Arizona Technology Investor Forum | Paul Winandy | Tempe, AZ | N/A | Angel Capital | Arizona-based technology ventures |
| Baton Ventures | Gary Peterson | Scottsdale, AZ | $18 M | Venture Capital | Medical technology and devices |
| Cave Creek Capital Management | Kevin Fechtmeyer Scott Lavinia |
Scottsdale, AZ | N/A | Private Equity | Business services, financial services, consumer products, specialty manufacturing, energy, and media services |
| Columbia West Capital | Guy Downing Kaley Parkinson John Farr |
Scottsdale, AZ | N/A | Investment Banking | Middle market companies across industries |
| Coronado Venture Fund | Jim Strickland | Tucson, AZ | $10 M | Venture Capital | Information technology, life sciences |
| Coulter Ridge Capital | Carol Lomicka Bill Lomicka |
Tucson, AZ | Undisclosed | Angel Capital | Undisclosed |
| Desert Angels | Curtis Gunn | Tucson, AZ | N/A | Angel Capital | Various markets |
| DCA Capital Partners (Douglas, Curtis & Allyn, LLC) Note: Website is down, so this fund may no longer exist |
Jeremy Wolfe | Phoenix, AZ | $10 M (growing to $200 M) | Venture Capital | Various markets |
| El Dorado Investment Company | Undisclosed | Phoenix, AZ | $70 M | Venture Capital | Opportunities that complement the core electricity generating, distributing and marketing businesses of Pinnacle West (APS). |
| Epic Ventures (Was Wasatch Venture Fund) |
Nick Efstratis Kent Madsen Chris Stone Stephanie Spong |
Salt Lake City, UT Albuquerque, NM (No longer in Arizona) |
$150 M | Venture Capital | Communications, computer hardware, consumer and business services, enterprise software, life sciences, others |
| Ethos Fund Note: Website is down, so this fund may no longer exist |
Adam Boucher | Scottsdale, AZ | $150 M | Short-Term Debt | Renewable energy projects in Western states eligible for rebates, including solar, wind, and landfill gas recovery from $250,000 to $5 M. |
| Finao Capital | John Ballard Craig Ballard |
Scottsdale, AZ | Undisclosed | Venture Capital | Early stage technology companies in the southwest. |
| Grayhawk Capital Partners (Cornerstone Equity Partners) |
Sherman Chu Brian Burns Brian Smith Megan Pautler |
Phoenix, AZ | $60 M | SBIC | Technology enabled services, software, healthcare IT, financial services, and clean technology |
| Green Manning & Bunch | Barry Lutz | Phoenix, AZ | N/A | Investment Banking | Building materials & services, healthcare, industrials, and technology |
| Greene Holcomb & Fisher | Chip Fisher Paul Jevnick Mike Smiggen |
Scottsdale, AZ | N/A | Investment Banking | Technology, consumer & food, manufacturing, business & financial, education & learning, healthcare |
| Intel Capital | Undisclosed | Chandler, AZ Santa Clara, CA Other locations |
$950 M | Corporate Investor | Companies that complement Intel's businesses. |
| JDB Capital Parnters | John Daniel Bennatt Lena Dalbey |
Scottsdale, AZ | N/A | Investment Banking | Technology, cleantech, financial services, consumer, manufacturing, and industrial |
| Lobodos Ventures | Michael Wolf | Phoenix, AZ | Undisclosed | Angel Investor | Undisclosed |
| Magnet Capital | Gregory Mischel Michael Shields |
Phoenix, AZ | $21 M | SBIC mezzanine debt | Manufacturing, distribution, services |
| McKellar and Co. | Winston McKellar | Phoenix, AZ | $100 M | Angel Investor | Biotech, consumer products, alternative energy, manufacturing, medical, financial services |
| Miller Capital | Rudy Miller Ronald Warnicke Dick Krahl Mary Nance Daniel Bennatt |
Phoenix, AZ | $5 M | Mezzanine Debt | Manufacturing, services, distribution (excluding oil, gas, mining, energy, and biotechnology) |
| Peacock, Hislop, Staley & Given | Undisclosed | Phoenix, AZ | $50 M | Investment Banking / Private Equity | Manufacturing, services, technology |
| Phelps Dodge Ventures (now part of Freeport-McMoRan) |
Undisclosed | Phoenix, AZ | $10 M | Corporate Investor | Technology, energy, various |
| Research Corporation Technologies | Gary Munsinger Shaun Kirkpatrick Christopher Martin Kurt Gehlsen |
Tucson, AZ | $300 M | Venture Capital & Licensing | Biotechnology, Medical Technologies |
| Solstice Capital | Harry George Fred Bamber Henry Newman |
Tucson, AZ Boston, MA |
$85 M | Venture Capital | Information technology, alternative energy, the environment, life sciences, and education |
| Source Capital Group | W. Todd Coffin | Scottsdale, AZ | N/A | Investment Banking | Small to mid-market companies |
| Thunderbird Angel Network | Dee Harris | Glendale, AZ | N/A | Angel Capital | Various markets |
| Translational Accelerator LLC (TRAC) | Eric Tooker | Phoenix, AZ | $20 M | Venture Capital | Early stage oncology and neuroscience |
| US Capital Partners LLC | Base Horner | Tucson, AZ | N/A | Investment Banking | Middle market companies |
| Valley Ventures | Jock Holliman Gregg Adkin Larry Aldrich Terry Winters Ray Radosevich Dave Durgin |
Scottsdale, AZ Tucson, AZ Albuquerque, NM |
$70 M | Venture Capital | Life sciences, semiconductors, systems, and software. |
| WestCap Partners | Peter Barnhart Len Lillard |
Mill Valley, CA Paradise Valley, AZ |
$26.4 M | Debt/equity/ buyout | Manufacturing, distribution, and services |
| Windstone Capital Partners | Norman Clarke Kevin Loud Roger Marach |
Scottsdale, AZ | N/A | Financial Advisory and Merchant Banking, including private placements | Small to mid-sized technology, life science, energy, and service companies |
| Your Source Partners | George Collett Ray DiMuro |
Phoenix, AZ | Undisclosed | Private Equity | Arizona companies |
Non-Arizona Venture Capital Funds That Have Invested in Arizona Companies
- 3i - Offices Worldwide (Participated in a $22.5 million round in Ulthera, Inc.)
- Accel Partners - Palo Alto, CA (Participated in a $34 million round in Ubidyne)
- Altira Group - Denver, CO (Participated in a $10 million round in Southwest Windpower)
- Arcturus Capital - Pasadena, CA (Participated in an investment in High Throughput Genomics)
- BASF Venture Capital - Germany (Participated in a $6.3 million Series A round in SDCmaterials; participated in a $14 million Series B round in SDCmaterials)
- BA Venture Partners - Foster City, CA
- Battery Ventures - Menlo Park, CA (Sponsor of Invest Southwest conference)
- Bay Partners - Cupertino, CA
- BayTech Venture Capital - Germany (Participated in a $34 million round in Ubidyne)
- Bessemer Venture Partners - Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York (Invested $6 million in LifeLock)
- Bridge Capital Holdings - San Jose, CA (Sponsor of Invest Southwest conference)
- Canaan Partners - Menlo Park, CA
- Carlyle Group - Offices Worldwide (Led a $17.85 million round in Carefx)
- CSK Venture Capital - Japan (Participated in a $34 million round in Ubidyne)
- CTV Investments - Houston, TX (Participated in a $10 million round in Southwest Windpower)
- DCA Capital Partners - Sacramento, CA (Participated in an $8 million round in Environmental Support Solutions Inc.)
- Doughty Hanson - England (Participated in a $34 million round in Ubidyne)
- Emerald Technology Ventures - Switzerland and Canada (Led a $6.3 million Series A round in SDCmaterials; participated in a $14 million Series B round in SDCmaterials)
- Flywheel Ventures - San Francisco, CA, Santa Fe, NM, & Albuquerque, NM (Sponsor of Invest Southwest conference)
- GE Energy Financial Services - Stamford, CT (Participated in a $10 million round in Southwest Windpower)
- Generation Partners - San Francisco, CA
- Horizon Ventures - San Francisco, CA (Sponsor of Invest Southwest conference)
- Intel Capital - Santa Clara, CA (Sponsor of Invest Southwest conference)
- Internet Capital Group - Wayne, PA (Invested $13 million in Vcommerce)
- Invus Financial Advisors - New York, NY (Participated in a $14 million Series B round in SDCmaterials)
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers - Palo Alto, CA (Led an $11.2 million round in The 41st Parameter)
- Merck Capital Ventures - Woodcliff Lake, NJ (Led an investment in High Throughput Genomics)
- Mesa Verde Venture Partners- - San Diego, CA (Participated in a $1.35 million round for MediPacs and in a first round for Cylene Pharmaceuticals)
- Mohr Davidow Ventures - Menlo Park, CA (Invested over $9 million in 2 rounds in Infusionsoft)
- New Enterprise Associates - Menlo Park, CA & Baltimore, MD (Led a $22.5 million round in Ulthera, Inc.)
- NGP Energy Technology Partners - Washington, DC (Participated in a $10 million round in Southwest Windpower)
- Norwest Venture Partners - Palo Alto, CA (Participated in an $11.2 million round in The 41st Parameter)
- Peninsula Equity Partners - Menlo Park, CA (Invested in Response Analytics Inc.)
- QuestMark Partners - Baltimore, MD
- Rockport Capital Partners - Boston, MA (Participated in a $10 million round in Southwest Windpower)
- RockRidge Capital Partners - Stamford, CT
- RRE Ventures - New York, NY
- RWI Ventures - Menlo Park, CA (Invested in Response Analytics Inc.)
- Sierra Ventures - Menlo Park, CA (Invested in Flypaper Studio)
- Ticonderoga Capital - Wellesley, MA (Invested in AFS Technologies and International Towers)
- Trinity Ventures - Menlo Park, CA
- TVM Capital - Germany (Participated in a $34 million round in Ubidyne)
- UV Partners - Salt Lake City, UT (Participated in a $17.85 million round in Carefx)
- vSpring Capital - Salt Lake City, UT (Participated in a $7.9 million 2nd round in Infusionsoft)
- WestView Capital Partners - Boston, MA
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