VC Directory "A" - The ABC's of Small Business

The Venture Capital Directory
This first edition of our Venture Capital Directory is based on top tier VC firms from 1997 - 99, as determined by Forbes Magazine, written by Luisa Kroll and published in Forbes Digital Tool on January 10, 2000.

For a full listing of members of the National Venture Capital Association, please see their web site at http://nvca.com/members.html. They have a membership directory available on CD-Rom ($275 one user license, $25 each additional) that provides search capabilities if you’re really serious about finding out how to raise money. The printed directory is more affordable but doesn’t have the nifty search capabilities. $125 in print.

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Accel Partners http://www.accel.com/

Top tier VC with 23 IPOs brought to market 1997 - 99.

Accel Partners is a venture capital firm dedicated to helping outstanding entrepreneurs build world-class technology companies.

Focus: communications and intranet/internet.

Accel Partners, 428 University, Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301, Tel: (650) 614-4800 Fax: (650) 614-4880.

Amerindo Investment Advisors, Inc. http://www.amerindo.com/

Amerindo Investment Advisors, Inc. 399 Park Avenue, Floor 22 New York, NY (212) 371-6360

10 successful IPOs brought to market 1997 - 99. Web pages inaccessible at time of writing.

AT & T Ventures see Venture Management Services, Inc. http://www.vmsgroup.com/

August Captital http://www.augustcap.com/

Usually wants to be the lead investor. Experience with over 50 start up deals.

Focus: Information technology.

Seeks: Entrepreneurs who are deeply committed to their vision. Success is likely only when the ideas are intrinsic, the goals shared and the passion authentic. Companies with strong potential to become leaders in important information technology markets, either by redefining the competitive economics of an existing market or by pioneering an entirely new space. These companies should offer more than cutting-edge technology; they must present a compelling value to their targeted customers. Management teams who share our desire to build substantial value over the long term.

They prefer to act as the lead investor in a company's first major professional financing because the most productive relationships with management teams tend to form early in an enterprise's development.

Sectors: Communications, Computer Systems, Design Automation,, Mass Storage Systems, Peripherals, Semiconductors, Software.

August Capital 2480 Sand Hill Road, Suite 101, Menlo Park, CA 94025, Tel: (650) 234-9900 Fax: (650) 234-9910

Austin Ventures http://www.austinventures.com/strategy/

5 companies brought to IPO in 1999.

Focus: *Applications and Infrastructure, *Business-to-Business Services and E-Commerce, *Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce and Media, Communications, *Semiconductors.

Investment Criteria: New investments of $100,000 to $25,000,000 considered in seed stage and early stage companies. They invest in strong management teams that do not need day-to-day supervision. Average time between investment and liquidity should be longer than 5 years.

Incubator: AV Labs $60 million funding, executive resources, networking capabilities.

Austin Ventures, 114 West 7th Street, Suite 1300, Austin, Texas 78701, Tel: (512) 485-1900 Fax: (512) 476-3952.