Contact List for Venture Capital Firms located in Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon

Below are some contacts for Venture Capital Firms to help you in your search for capital. Please, come back often, because I am continually updating the Website and the lists. 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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I will keep adding to this Contact List of Venture Capital Firms from time to time. Please Contact Me if you would like to add any contact information to the list if you are a VC firm located in Ohio, Oklahoma or Oregon. If possible include the size investments your firm typically makes and describe what areas you invest in. For example do you only invest in a one industry such as technology, medical, or electronics.

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 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. 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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Ohio

Blue Chip Venture Capital 1100 Chiquita Center 250 East 5th Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 Tele: 513-723-2300 Fax: 513-723-2306 www.bcvc.com

Blue Chip Venture Capital 900 Kettering Tower Dayton, OH 45443 Tele: 937-222-4422 Ext 28 Fax: 937-222-1323 www.bcvc.com
Blue Chip prefers to work with executive staff and management teams that are highly ethical, passionate and strategic and have a proven track record of success. Their approach to venture capital investments and to the business-building process is the reason our successful entrepreneur partners return to us when seeking funding for their next successful enterprise. They invest about one-half of their capital in companies that are located in the Midwest, where they have developed a strong presence. Their goal is to maintain a sharp focus on healthcare, information technology, and marketing and media services companies.

C&T Access Ventures 25825 Science Park Drive Suite 400 Cleveland, Ohio 44122 Tele: 216-682-3400 Fax: 216-682-3265 www.accessventures.com/

Desco Capital Partners 150 East Campus View Blvd. , Suite 250 Columbus, Ohio 43236 Tele: 614-888-8855 Fax: 614-888-3779 www.descovc.com

Isabella Capital LLC 1995 Madison Road Cincinnati, OH 45208 Tele: 513-721-7110 Fax: 513-871-7150 www.fundisabella.com/
Fund Isabella focuses on early stage, women-led companies or those operating in the women's market. Given that women lead over 30% of all U.S. enterprises while receiving less than 5% of venture capital, this focus provides a high potential market niche. Isabella seeks technology enabled, market driven companies. Prime industries include information technology, health care, retail/consumer products and communications. Company Size: Isabella supports young companies with $500,000 or more in annualized revenues. Stage of Development: Isabella invests $250,000 to $1 million per company, often in more than one round. Most of their investments are made in early stage or expansion companies.

Oklahoma

Chisholm Private Capital Partners 800 Research Parkway Suite 385 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Tel: (405) 605-1111 www.chisholmvc.com

Chisholm Private Capital Partners 918.584.0440 805 ONEOK Plaza 100 West 5th Street Tulsa, OK 74103 www.chisholmvc.com
Chisolm works with founders and entrepreneurs to create and realize significant shareholder wealth. Each investment receives a unique approach of non-financial and financial support from Chisholm. This support evolves over the life of the investment. Chisholm is entrepreneur friendly, and frequently invests with management teams without prior IPO experience.
They actively participate as Board members and frequently recruit qualified, independent directors as well as key managers. Their extensive contacts provide critical access to ideas, opportunities and information.
Chisholm typically invests $1 to 5 million in a company, normally in stages as goals or milestones are met. They seek to ensure that each company has enough capital available at each stage to take advantage of unexpected opportunities or overcome unanticipated difficulties. Chisholm does not invest in life-style businesses, those that lack full-time management, businesses with significant regulatory risk, or non-U.S. based companies.

Davis, Tuttle Venture Partners, L. P. 320 South Boston, Suite 1000 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-3703 Phone: 918/584-7272 Fax: 918/582-3404 www.davistuttle.com/ Venture capital is the lifeblood of new and expanding enterprises. Davis, Tuttle Venture Partners (DTVP) is a private investment partnership formed to provide emerging growth companies with the necessary long-term development capital, as well as vital management counsel and support. DTVP invests in traditional venture capital situations, as well as acquisitions and other special opportunities. Its goals are to invest in companies distinguished by exceptional management and extraordinary growth opportunities - and then to maximize investment returns by supporting management in strategic matters and by providing objectivity and discipline to company policy decisions.

Oregon

Empire Ventures 1020 SW Taylor Street, Suite 415 Portland, Oregon 97205 Tele: 503-222-1556 Fax: 503-222-1607 www.empireventures.com/ Empire Ventures lookz for seed and early stage enterprise software and network infrastructure companies primarily located in the Pacific Northwest and Silicon Valley. Their firm was designed to work with young companies, actively supporting their growth every step of the way.

OVP Venture Partners 5550 S.W. Macadam Avenue Suite 300 Portland, Oregon 97239 Tele: 503-697-8766 Fax: 503-697-8863 www.ovp.com/

OVP is the market leader in the Pacific Northwest with over $700 million in committed capital under management. They originate and lead their investments and focus on firms serving markets such as the network edge and mobility, the corporate data center, imaging and the digital home, bioinformatics and nanotechnology. Typical products offered by their portfolio companies would be categorized as communications and network systems, enterprise software, digital biology, specialized electronic systems and business services. OVP partners become dedicated resources for their portfolio companies, joining the company's Board and taking an active role in assisting the management and growth of the company as it develops into a major enterprise. They have backed ~100 companies—22 have had successful IPOs, and 28 M&A transactions.

SmartForest Ventures, Portland Office 209 SW Oak, 1st Floor Portland, OR 97204 Tele: 503-222-2552 Fax: 503-222-2834 www.smartforest.com
SmartForest Ventures makes early stage investments in the best and brightest new technology companies in the Pacific Northwest and the Bay Area. SmartForest develops successful, fast-growth companies by providing capital as well as expertise and mentoring. Their objective is to nurture the ideas of innovative, high-tech entrepreneurs and accelerate their development by offering much more than just funding.