Entreprenuership Communities
UC Davis Big Bang
Big Bang! is the annual UC Davis Business Plan Competition organized by MBA students of the Graduate School of Management. The goal of the contest is to promote entrepreneurship at UC Davis and the region supported by the University.
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Venture Communities - Golden Capital Network
Venture Communities is a hub and spokes entrepreneur and investor network that cultivates innovation and sustainable growth companies for regional economic prosperity.
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Regional Venture Capital Sources
- Foothills Angels
- Sacramento regions newest Angel investment group. Launched in 2007, we are a group of successful entrepreneurs and business people. Our investment interest includes clean technology, software, internet and life science companies. We meet once a month, with the exception of August and December. To apply to present at one of our upcoming meetings, companies must complete the application using the Angelsoft link on this website.
http://www.foothillsangels.com/ |
- Akers Capital, LLC
Akers Capital manages Pac West Technology Fund I, LP, an investment partnership that invests in emerging technology companies in the Northwest and Northern California.
The investment objective of Akers Capital’s investment fund is to achieve maximum capital appreciation through actively managed investments in private technology companies.
www.akerscapital.com | 916-966-2236
- DFJ Frontier
At DFJ Frontier, we believe entrepreneurs are extraordinary. Our team consists of investors who have also founded and grown companies, so we know how to help because we've done it ourselves. Our philosophy is to provide support to help you turn your idea or technology into a self-sustaining business with real value. We expect the managers of our portfolio companies to own significant equity stakes.
www.dfjfrontier.com | 916-372-3700
- American River Ventures
We are active partners who are committed to your success. American River Ventures is a $100 million early-stage fund founded in 2001 - by and for entrepreneurs passionate about starting great companies. We will work with you, bringing our experience and relationships to bear, to help you build a great business.
www.americanriverventures.com | 916-780-2828
- DCA Partners
Since 2001, DCA Partners has earned its reputation as one of the nation’s finest middle market investment banking firms, delivering exceptional results for clients in a wide variety of industry sectors. With offices in Roseville, CA and Phoenix, AZ, DCA works primarily with companies in the broader Northern and Central California regions, as well as certain adjacent underserved markets across the western U.S. Through the firm’s affiliated private equity fund, DCA Capital Partners, the firm also makes direct investments in promising middle–market growth businesses in DCA’s defined areas of focus.
www.douglascurtis.com | 916-960-5350
- Golden Capital Network
Golden Capital Network is a non-profit networking, training and consulting group that fosters growth entrepreneurship and early stage investing as an engine for economic growth. GCN activities include: Premier Venture Capital Conference Series, "Venture Communities" Economic Development Franchise, Regional and Cross-Regional Entrepreneurship Training & Development Programs, Investor Networking & Showcasing, Entrepreneur Coaching & Mentoring, Public Policy Leadership & Advising, Early Stage Company Showcasing.
www.goldencapital.net | 530-893-8828
- Newcastle Capital Corp
- Newcastle Capital Corporation is a private equity, closed-end transition fund for executing industry consolidations to create well managed, process driven, highly profitable companies. Our consolidations are engineered to fit the acquisition target profile of larger corporations or public stock markets. NCC incubates consolidations of operating businesses undergoing management transition in the financial services industry.
www.newcastlecapital.com | 916-746-0070
- Proximal Ventures
- ProXimal Ventures envisions a healthcare industry made safer,better and less expensive through new technology. We believe that successful medical technologies are relentlessly and expertly refined to suit provider need. We look for teams that can plan and execute a direct and capital-efficient roadmap to regulatory approval and market share.
We focus on seed-stage companies, with outstanding management and excellent technology, where we can help fund and/or set the pathway to success. We also seek to assist merging growth companies to accelerate the adoption of significant improvements in health care delivery, by leveraging strategic resources.
www.proximalventures.com | 916-488-1461
- Sacramento Angels
The Sacramento Angels is a group of individuals who invest in early-stage Northern California companies. The group meets once a month over dinner and listens to presentations from candidate companies. If some members show interest in a presenting company, the group facilitates their efforts to share further due diligence. Members act on their own behalf and make individual investment decisions.
Sacramento Angels membership is open to individuals who are accredited investors with the experience and desire to invest in and work directly with emerging-technology companies. The members have a wide range of backgrounds, including CEO's, senior executives, entrepreneurs, attorneys and professional venture capitalists. They apply this considerable experience to assist their investments with business strategy and implementation, team building and fundraising.
www.sacangels.com |
- Velocity Venture Capital
Velocity Venture Capital drives the success of seed and early-stage technology companies in the greater Sacramento region with investment capital and management support. We are the first venture capital firm to focus exclusively on California's capital region. We live here. We work here. We are passionate about building great companies here--in one of the fastest growing technology markets in the U.S. Our fund management team has more than two hundred years of collective experience in technology, marketing, sales, finance, and company exits.
www.velocityvc.com | 916-673-3431
- Wavepoint Ventures
Wavepoint invests in capital efficient seed and early-stage companies in the medical, information and clean technology sectors. By bringing capital, experience and relationships to young companies, Wavepoint helps committed teams bring unique innovations to market faster and more efficiently, resulting in more wealth creation for entrepreneurs and investors.
www.wavepointventures.com | 916-941-1400