Venture Capital Firms Located in New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and North Dakota

Below are some contacts for Venture Capital Firms to help you in your search for capital. Please, come back often, since I will be updating the Website and the lists as often as possible. I have tried to include specific information and resources to help you save time with your research and developing your own contact list. Check out as many as you can and keep notes of any information you get to avoid calling the same investors twice. You should contact as many firms as possible, because you never know which one will be interested.

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If you are an entrepreneur or company looking for funding, try to narrow your search to only those contacts that you really feel may be interested in funding your company. This will save you valuable time by streamlining your search, not to mention reducing your stress factor.

When making your decision of which Venture Capital Firms to contact, you should examine two factors: 1. the dollar amount you are seeking and 2. the type of industry in which that particular VC firm typically makes an investment. Some Firms are smaller and only fund up to $1 of $2 Million, while the larger firms won’t fund anything under $10 Million. If they did they would have too many companies (investments) to oversee and monitor. Bottom line, don’t waste your time with the larger VC firms if you are only looking for up to $2 Million.

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New Mexico

Flywheel Ventures Santa Fe Office 341 East Alameda Street Santa Fe, NM 87501-2229 Tele: (800) 750-7870 Fax: (800) 750-7870

Flywheel Ventures Albuquerque Office 9204 San Mateo NE Albuquerque, NM 87113 Tel: (800) 750-7870 Fax: (800) 750-7870
Flywheel’s investment strategy is to make seed- and early-stage private equity investments in high technology ventures located primarily in the Southwest/Rockies region, with an emphasis on emerging innovation centers in New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona.

vSpring Capital 1155 University Blvd SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 Phone: 505-695-9364 www.vspring.com
vSpring is a traditional early-stage venture capital firm with over $180 million of committed capital under management. Specifically, we target information technology and life sciences companies headquartered in the Intermountain West region. We look for companies with the potential to transform their markets and create lasting value. Our primary areas of focus include enterprise software, networking and communications, security software, Internet, mobile computing, drug discovery, drug delivery, diagnostics, and medical devices, all markets where the firm has deep experience.

New York

ACI Capital Co. LLC 666 Third Ave, 29th Fl New York, NY 10017 Tele: 212-634-3333 Fax: 212-634-3330 www.acicapital.com

Abbott Capital Management, LLC 1211 Avenue of the Americas Suite 4300 New York, NY 10036 Phone: 212.757.2700 Fax: 212.757.0835 www.abbottcapital.com

Advantage Capital Partners 521 Madison Avenue 7th Floor New York, NY 10022 Phone: (212) 893-8600 Fax: (212) 893-8700 www.advantagecap.com

Baker Capital 540 Madison Ave. 29th Floor New York, New York 10022 Tele: 212-848-2000 Fax: 212-486-0660 www.bakercapital.com

Castle Harlan, Inc. 150 East 58th Street New York, New York 10155 Phone: (212) 644-8600 Fax: (212) 207-8042 www.castleharlan.com

Easton Capital Investment Group 767 Third Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10017 Tele: 212-702-0950 Fax: 212-702-0952 www.astoncapital.com

Easton Capital Investment Group 11 Summer Street Buffalo, NY 14209 Tele: 716-885-0119 www.eastoncapital.com
Easton Capital Investment Group manages approximately $140 million on behalf of a number of significant institutional investors in its two funds, Easton Hunt Capital Partners, L.P. and Easton Hunt New York LP. Easton makes investments ranging in size from $2 million to $7.5 million and has strategic co-investment relationships with many of its institutional investors which allow it to participate in larger initial and follow-on rounds of funding. Easton has offices in New York City, Buffalo and Miami as well as an affiliate in Dallas.

First Atlantic Capital 135 East 57th Street New York, NY 10022 Tele: 212-207-0300 Fax: 212-207-8842 www.firstatlanticcapital.com
Targeting middle market companies with significant growth or improvement potential.

Hampshire Equity Partners 520 Madison Avenue, 33rd Fl. New York, NY 10022 Tele: 212-453-1600 Fax: 212-750-2970 www.hampep.com
Our experience and flexibility has led us to invest in buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financing, consolidations, and corporate restructurings. The structure of these investments are equally flexible and can take the form of new common equity, preferred stock, subordinated debt, or the purchase of debt/securities from existing company lenders or investors.

Harbert Management Corporation 555 Madison Avenue, 16th Floor New York, New York 10022 Tele: 212 521 6970 Fax: 212 521 6972 www.harbert.net
The venture capital team provides growth capital to early stage information technology and healthcare companies in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern U.S. They seek to capitalize on the dynamic entrepreneurial culture and significant R&D activity within our region by partnering with successful business leaders to build viable, dynamic companies. Particular sectors of investment interest include:
Technology - Communications software and services, Enterprise / applications software, Communications equipment , Semiconductors , Transaction processing Healthcare - Therapeutics, Biotechnology platforms, Diagnostics and medical devices, Healthcare IT, Healthcare services and outsourcing.

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. 111 West 57th Street, Suite 1100 New York, New York 10019 Tele: 212-582-0900 Fax: 212-582-9563 www.hhgp.com/
Please use the e-mail address below to report any complaints and concerns about our accounting practices, internal accounting controls or auditing matters to our Audit Committee. You can report your concerns anonymously or confidentially. Email: auditcommittee@tinytechvc.com
In early 2002, Harris & Harris Group announced that it would concentrate its new business activities exclusively in a single focus: tiny tech, including nanotechnology, microsystems and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology.
Their fundamental approach to evaluating tiny-tech companies does not depart from the classical venture capital approach that they have taken over the years with other types of technology. This approach begins with these questions: does the prospect have solid management, a product or service that fills a real need, proprietary technology, and is it aimed at a market of significant size? They also look at ease of market entry and how challenging it may be for a company to secure customers. As early-stage investors, they also look at a startup's ability to attract additional investment, whether in later rounds of venture capital financing or through an IPO or acquisition, and they like to see the startup team include someone with proven experience launching and building a company. Overall, they look for proprietary technology as a good building block around which a company can grow, with people involved who care deeply about what they are creating and building.

Impact Venture Partners One Penn Plaza, Suite 2207 New York, NY 10119 T: 212-219-3931 F: 212-214-0909 http://www.impactvp.com/
The Impact team is comprised of highly experienced technology investors with deep venture capital, operational, entrepreneurial and technical talent. Working as a team on every investment we make, we are committed to deploying the complementary skill sets and resources of our team. We thrive on active, hands-on involvement with each portfolio company. If you are looking for this kind of partner, we invite you to learn more about our team.

Insight Venture Partners 680 Fifth Avenue 8th Floor New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-230-9200 Fax: 212-230-9272 http://www.insightpartners.com
They draw upon a deep pool of resources to strengthen the companies with which they work. Insight's involvement as investors begins with active board involvement, but extends far beyond. They provide access to a deep network of industry executives and contacts, capital for acquisitions and growth, introductions to potential customers and partners, and a long-term, global view of the markets in which they invest.
Unique among venture capital firms, Insight provides access to an internal consultancy with specialized expertise in addressing the challenges that rapidly growing software and Internet companies face. The Insight On-Site organization brings together a dedicated team of experienced executives to work on-site to solve critical operational issues for growing software and Internet businesses. This team works closely with senior management to craft and implement solutions to these challenges.

North Carolina

Academy Funds Charlotte Office 11540 North Community House Road, Suite 150 Charlotte, NC 28277 Tel: 704-540-9379 Fax: 704-540-9868 www.academyfunds.com

Academy Funds Winston-Salem Office 111 N. Chestnut Street, Suite 105 Winston-Salem, NC 27101 www.academyfunds.com

Intersouth Partners 406 Blackwell Street Suite 200 Durham, NC 27701 Tele: 919-493-6640 Fax: 919-493-6649 http://www.intersouth.com/
Intersouth Partners is one of the most active and experienced early-stage venture funds in the Southeast, having invested in more than 80 private companies over the last twenty years. Founded in 1985, Intersouth manages more than $775 million in seven venture capital limited partnerships, making it the largest venture capital fund in North Carolina and one of the largest in the Southeast.
Based in Durham, North Carolina and Reston, Virginia, Intersouth Partners seeks a broad range of investment opportunities in the information technology and life sciences sectors. Their experienced team has full-cycle experience in the complex matters associated with investing in fledgling companies, including management team development, technology assessment and transfer, corporate partnering and successful exits.

North Dakota