In a world where creative ideas is what drives world economies, more and more people are dropping the now ancient idea of going to school to study hard with the hope of getting a good permanent job at a Fortune 500 company. Instead, risk takers with awesome ideas are everywhere trying to turn these ideas into success stories. However, as many entrepreneurs would agree, there are very many challenges that face startup companies. The biggest one of them all is funding. So if you are an entrepreneur in the San Francisco Bay Area looking for a source of money for your young company, the following is a list of sites which may come in really handy to help you network with helpful people, access advice and most importantly find a source of funding for your project.
Allegis Capital - San Francisco – California
http://www.allegiscapital.com/
This is an IT Services venture capital firm founded in 1982. The firm has a typical investment range of less than $15 million and targets companies in the Startup/Seed and Early Stage investment stages.
ARCH Venture Partners – San Fransisco – California
http://www.archventure.com/
This is a biotechnology, healthcare, IT services and Medical devices and equipment venture capital firm founded in 1986. It has a typical investment range of less than $25 million and also targets startups.
Catamount Ventures - San Francisco – California
http://www.catamountventures.com/
This is an energy venture capital firm founded in 1997 which targets startups with an investment range of less than $5 million.
Crosslink Capital- San Francisco – California
http://www.crosslinkcapital.com/
this is a technology venture capital firm which has been operational for over two decades. It has investment range of less than $10 million, and also focuses on startups companies and even later stage expansion.
Draper Richards- San Francisco – California
http://www.draperrichards.com/index.html
this is a venture capital company which invests in early stage technology companies. It was founded in 1958 and has an investment range of up to $100 million.
First Round Capital- San Francisco – California
http://www.firstround.com/
this is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 and invests in startup companies which deal with business products and services. It has an investment range of less than $5 million.
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners- San Francisco – California
http://www.humwin.com/
this is a venture capital firm that invests majorly on IT startup companies. It was founded in 1989 and has an investment range of up to $10 million.
Levensohn Venture Partners- San Francisco – California
http://www.levp.com/
this is a venture capital firm which invests in startup companies in the Clean technology, Internet and IT services industries. Founded in 1996, it has an investment range of up to $5 million.
Rustic canyon Ventures- San Francisco – California
http://www.rusticcanyon.com/
this a venture capital firm which invests in energy/industrial startup companies. It was founded in 1999 and operates on an investment range of up to $50 million.
Y Combinator
http://ycombinator.com/about.html (Y combinator is a company that provides seed funding for startup companies)
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