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The Heico Companies is the parent holding company for a diverse portfolio of manufacturing, construction, and industrial services businesses. Today, we look to acquire performing businesses that complement our existing operations. As a buy, hold, and build investor, we have owned many of our operations for over 30 years. A key factor in our growth is our commitment to reinvest earnings in support of both organic growth and new acquisitions.
TechNexus is a Venture Collaborative, a unique combination of businesses, corporate joint-ventures, private equity funds, and a fast-growing investment portfolio. Since 2007, TechNexus has managed a robust platform to empower entrepreneurs, transform business models at scale and drive innovation through ecosystems. The company has accelerated business opportunities between dozens of leading corporations and more than 600 startups and is among the most active venture investors in the US.
Wildcat Venture Management, Inc. is a life sciences venture development firm that creates and manages pharmaceutical and medical device companies based on technology developed by major universities and academic medical centers. Wildcat was founded in 2006 to bridge the gap that exists between academic discoveries and the creation and management of successful venture- backed companies. Wildcat’s mission is to take academic innovations and turn them into clinically useful products (i.e. therapeutics and diagnostics).
Sandbox is a different kind of venture capital firm. We focus on the corporate partners in our funds, sourcing investments that both advance and challenge their strategies, collaborating closely with them, and facilitating their collaboration with each other, which leads to revenue for our portfolio through our partners and extraordinary returns.
Garland Capital Group is an investment group that supports disruptive companies. Garland creates opportunities for growth-stage companies to successfully launch industry-disrupting products and services in traditional markets. Garland supports the vision of the entrepreneur by supporting companies with a team of brand-building experts. While investing financially, Garland is also involved in the process of collaborating and teaching entrepreneurs how to run their businesses, lead teams, build a client or customer base and know when to scale.Garland Capital Group was founded in 2012 by Gary Holdren, former President and Chief Executive Officer at Huron Consulting Group. Under Gary’s leadership, Huron was named the fastest growing company in America by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2005, eventually growing as a public company to a market cap of $1.8 billion.
Today, entrepreneurial seed, start-up, and early-stage phases of development in need of a half million and up to $5 million to propel them into the next level of growth is a widely neglected area of investment. In 2011, only 6% of all funding was allocated to this "sweet spot," and this is where BVC makes its greatest impact for its investors and new vital technologies. With 94% of investment capital searching in other directions, the number of quality, undiscovered, breakthrough opportunities becomes a rather large pool of opportunity. This results in a lifeline at a critical stage for worthwhile entrepreneurs and multiple options with clearly-defined exit strategies for our investors. The firm is structured in a unique manner that affords high-net-worth investors two different ways to invest: direct ownership in the firm as an LLC member and/or investment in individual LLC deals that are presented to the BVC investor network. In this, BVC offers investors the widest flexibility for movement within their respective investment spaces.
Jump Capital is a Chicago-based venture capital firm specializing in expansion stage and growth capital investments. Led by a team of experienced operating executives, we are value creators who take an opportunistic, long-term approach to investing. Entrepreneurs can expect the advocacy and support of an angel investor, complemented with institutional-level resources.We seek investment opportunities ranging from $2mm to $15mm in scalable technology businesses with compelling leadership teams across a wide breadth of industries including enterprise technology, marketing, healthcare IT, and financial services. Whether the need is venture funding for startups or growth capital for established companies, our investment philosophy is simple:Partner with great talent, set ambitious goals, and enable execution with investment and human capital.
IrishAngels is an angel investment network that invests in seed stage startups raising rounds of $1 to $3 million. IrishAngels has 230 investors and has invested in over 40 companies, deploying $30 million in capital since its inception in 2012.
First Analysis is a leading private growth equity investor. We have one of the longest records (28 years) in private capital investing, having invested more than $700 million across multiple highly diversified funds.First Analysis invests mainly in the United States with a focus on our three sectors of expertise: health care, broadband enabled businesses (IT applications and outsourced services), and clean-tech / infrastructure. We help established companies become profitable leaders in large markets, funding growth plans and working closely with management in areas including strategy, recruitment, sales and marketing, and corporate development. Our flexible approach targets investing $3-10 million as lead investor or as a syndicate partner who brings valuable perspective to the table.
We’re a venture studio designed for companies wanting to build high-impact software. We’ve successfully helped launch 60+ digital products for companies. We explore markets where deep subject matter expertise is required to produce the purpose-driven products and software we build. We’ve been honing our approach to tackle such challenges since 2012.
Venture capital firm: Early-stage, networking, semiconductors and software companies.
Caldera Investment Group is a investment firm that provides advisory services to early stage, emerging, and middle market companies. The firm advises on strategic corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, and capital raising activities. Caldera also conducts venture capital activities including making direct investments in seed-stage companies through Caldera Venture Partners, its venture capital affiliate.
Leo Capital Holdings, LLC is a privately funded venture investor making investments in early and later stage private companies. Our focus is primarily on consumer oriented technology and applications. We like ventures that target very large markets, and consider investment opportunities across the United States. Leo maintains a broad network of contacts, investors, and advisors with whom we work after investing to help build value, and usually make investments that allow for our active involvement.
We started venture investing with three objectives: learning, community & philanthropy. With each investment, we seek to learn from and alongside our founders; to bring into our world a community of like minded entrepreneurs who inspire us; and to sponsor companies that bring to bear social value if they succeed. Most importantly, we look for entrepreneurs who relish execution and the opportunity to move mountains, daily, in pursuit of their aspirations.
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Clean Energy Trust is a nonprofit that invests in the entrepreneurs leading the clean technology revolution.
MissionWe are fueling the future of technology with much more than just money. We're not a venture fund. We're not a seed fund. We invest money, but we do it our way. Company OverviewWe've started 5 companies. We've raised $302 million and created over $2.8 billion in returns, with an average investment duration of 3.5 years. Our companies employ more than 2,500 people in over 40 offices, and generate more than $1 billion in annual revenue, with more than $100 million in free cash flow. We're also a dominant foosball tandem and employ the best ping pong players on the planet
Chicago Ventures invests in well-managed seed-stage technology companies in Chicago and the Greater Midwest that have demonstrated a value proposition in a given market for their product or services. The fund looks to make initial investments ranging from $250,000 to $1 million in each company.
DunRobin was founded by two graduates of the University of Illinois who have a passion for growing the Chicago startup community by nurturing the best startup companies in the area. We give accredited investors an unprecedented access to Chicago's thriving tech scene through our online platform. For our investors, we run an online platform on which they can pick and choose which of our highly vetted investments they participate in. At any given time, you can see which opportunities are currently up for funding and which opportunities are due for funding in the coming quarter. Once invested, we operate a bit differently from traditional venture capital. We market each firm, provide guidance through our mentor network, and in some cases, connect them with partner Venture Capital firms to increase company exposure.
Venture Connects, LLC, was founded in 2012. VC is a startup and investor community designed to provide impactful resources to businesses seeking outside funding, as well as for accredited investors seeking qualified and vetted deal flow through our VCVetted® program and online platform.
U.S.-based venture capital fund of Baird Private Equity, makes investments in early- and expansion-stage companies in the Business Services and Healthcare/Life Sciences sectors.
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