Arizona Venture Capital and Angel Fund Directory
As a service to entrepreneurs in Arizona, Cayenne Consulting has created a directory of local Angel Investor Groups, Venture Capital Funds, and Private Equity Firms. If you are seeking to raise capital from investors in this region, please feel free to contact our business plan consultants in Phoenix & Tucson, Arizona. We can help you prepare a compelling pitch deck and financial forecast.
| Firm | Type | Areas of Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Agility Ventures | Venture Debt | Wireless broadband |
| Alerion Capital Group | Merchant Bank | Commercial and/or industrial markets with a variety of engineered products and business services |
| Arris Ventures | Venture Capital | Information technology, distance learning, communications, networking, e-commerce, microelectronics, life sciences |
| Arizona Angels | Angel Capital | Various markets |
| Baton Ventures | Venture Capital | Medical technology and devices |
| Cave Creek Capital Management | Private Equity | Business services, financial services, consumer products, specialty manufacturing, energy, and media services |
| Columbia West Capital | Investment Banking | Middle market companies across industries |
| Coronado Venture Fund | Venture Capital | Information technology, life sciences |
| Desert Angels | Angel Capital | Various markets |
| DCA Capital Partners (Douglas, Curtis & Allyn, LLC) |
Venture Capital | Various markets |
| Epic Ventures (Was Wasatch Venture Fund) |
Venture Capital | Communications, computer hardware, consumer and business services, enterprise software, life sciences, others |
| Ethos Fund This fund no longer exists |
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 | Venture Capital | Early stage technology companies in the southwest. |
| Grayhawk Capital Partners (Cornerstone Equity Partners) |
SBIC | Technology enabled services, software, healthcare IT, financial services, and clean technology |
| Greene Holcomb & Fisher (now part of BMO) | Investment Banking | Technology, consumer & food, manufacturing, business & financial, education & learning, healthcare |
| Intel Capital | Corporate Investor | Companies that complement Intel’s businesses. |
| Lobodos Ventures | Angel Investor | Undisclosed |
| Magnet Capital | SBIC mezzanine debt | Manufacturing, distribution, services |
| McKellar and Co. | Angel Investor | Biotech, consumer products, alternative energy, manufacturing, medical, financial services |
| The Miller Group | Private Equity & Venture Capital | Manufacturing, retail, service industries, insurance, financial, distribution businesses, IT services, restaurants, technology, media, cleantech |
| Peacock, Hislop, Staley & Given | Investment Banking / Private Equity | Manufacturing, services, technology |
| Phelps Dodge Ventures (now part of Freeport-McMoRan) |
Corporate Investor | Technology, energy, various |
| Research Corporation Technologies | Venture Capital & Licensing | Biotechnology, Medical Technologies |
| Solstice Capital | Venture Capital | Information technology, alternative energy, the environment, life sciences, and education |
| Source Capital Group | Investment Banking | Small to mid-market companies |
| Thunderbird Angel Network (possibly defunct) | Angel Capital | Various markets |
| Valley Ventures | Venture Capital | Life sciences, semiconductors, systems, and software. |
| WestCap Partners | Debt/equity/ buyout | Manufacturing, distribution, and services |
| Windstone Capital Partners | Financial Advisory and Merchant Banking, including private placements | Small to mid-sized technology, life science, energy, and service 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)
- 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)
- BridgeBank – 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.)
- 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)
- Horizon Ventures – San Francisco, CA (Sponsor of Invest Southwest conference)
- Insight Venture Partners – New York, NY (Participated in a $10.2 million round in Prevalent, Inc.)
- 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)
- Nth Powers – San Francisco, CA (Participated in a $1.65MM Series A Financing of Tempronics in Tucson)
- 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)
- RRE Ventures – New York, NY
- RWI Ventures – Menlo Park, CA (Invested in Response Analytics Inc.)
- Sierra Ventures – Menlo Park, CA (Invested in Flypaper Studio)
- Signal Peak Ventures – Salt Lake City, UT (Participated in a $7.9 million 2nd round in Infusionsoft)
- 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)
- Warburg Pincus – New York, NY (Invested in WebPT and Indecomm Digital Services)
- WestView Capital Partners – Boston, MA
If you identify any errors or omissions on this list, please contact us.
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