Entries tagged "Grotech"

VC Firm Name State Deals DC Deals Early/Seed Abs Capital Partners LP  MD  1 0 0 Blue Heron Capital LLC  VA  1 1 0 Camden Partners  MD  1 0 0 CIT GAP Funds  VA  3 3 3 CNF Investments LLC  MD  1 0 0 Columbia Capital  VA  1 0 0 Core Capital Partners  DC  4 0 0 Edison NJ 2 1 0 Envest Ventures  VA  1 0 1 Fortify Ventures LLC  DC  8 5 8 Grotech Ventures  MD  1 0 1 In-Q-Tel, Inc.  VA  1 0 0 JMI Equity  MD  2 0 0 Kinetic Ventures LLC  MD  1 0 1 Medimmune LLC  MD  1 0 0 Monumental Venture Partners VA  1 0 1 New Atlantic Ventures  VA  3 1 1 New England Partners  VA  1 0 0 New... Read More

Mr Cranky has a tendency to get over-cranked and sometimes, okay most of the time, ignores the good. I justify that by saying that there are enough outlets celebrating all that exists as good that just another voice puffing up our hot air startup balloon would not add any significant... Read More

A look at the most active VCs headquartered or with Offices in the DC Region.  Companies in Blue are headquartered outside DC. Numbers are gleaned from web articles and PWC MoneyTree. ... Read More

According to PWC MoneyTree, Venture Capital Firms Headquartered in DC, MD and VA (DMV) made 56 investments. Only 25 of those investments were in the DMV.  That includes Virginia's state run CIT Gap Fund with 11 local investments and Maryland's TEDCO with 2. Without those two firms the numbers would... Read More

Venture Capital investors in DC continue their movement to the conservative right, as fewer area VCs continue their shift from funding seed deals to funding later and expansion stage. Some of that movement can be attributed to the lack of new money for many area investors who are left to... Read More

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Novak Biddle In July 2012 Novak Biddle Partners, the once formidable force behind DCs early stage venture financing ecosystem announced their intentions to raise a sixth fund. The past year has seen reshuffling at Novak Biddle as several partners have taken on reduced roles while increasing roles outside the firm.     Phil... Read More

  2011 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2012 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 Total Firm Tot DC Tot DC Tot DC Tot DC Tot DC Tot DC Tot DC Tot DC Acceleprise X X X X X X X X X X X X 6 5 6 5 ABS Capital 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 13 0 Boulder Ventures 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 8 3 Carlyle Group 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 5 2 CIT GAP 4 4 1 1 3 3 6 6 9 9 7 7 6 6 36 36 Columbia Capital 2 1 4 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 14 9 Core Capital 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 8 0 Edison 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 1 1 1 7 0 3 2 22 9 Flash Forward 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 Grotech 3 1 6 3 3 1 5 2 4 2 4 1 8 3 33 13 In-Q-Tel Inc 10 1 6 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 28 3 JMI 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 MD TEDCO 8 8 8 8 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 25 25 New Atlantic Ventures 3 0 4 1 7 2 7 2 4 1 5 0 2 0 32 6 New Enterprise Assoc 20 2 20 3 27 1 26 2 21 4 27 0 20 2 161 14 New Markets Venture 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 Novak Biddle 6 2 7 4 5 1 4 1 3 2 4 0 1 1 30 11 Paladin 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 9 4 Questmark 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 Revolution 1 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? 4 4 2 1 0 0 7 5 TDF 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 10 4 Updata 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 10 1 Valhalla 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 14 5 Total 76 26 69 28 66 13 69 23 57 27 83 16 61 22 481 155 Firms in Blue have substantial operations outside DC and are not primarily DC firms. ... Read More

  Venture Capital firms completed 57 transactions investing in 37 DC regional companies last quarter. DC area firms led the number of transactions with 13 firms making 28 investments. Silicon Valley followed with 10 firms making 13 transactions. Virginia’s CIT fund once again led the region with 6 transactions followed closely by... Read More

There are currently approximately 21 VCs actively (some way more active than others) plying their trade along the Baltimore/Washington corridor.  Companies that have funded at least 1 deal in the last year include: Still Standing ABS Capital Boulder Ventures CIT GAP Columbia Capital Core Capital Edison Flash Forward Grotech In-Q-Tel Inc JMI MD TEDCO New Atlantic Ventures New Enterprise Assoc New Markets Venture Novak Biddle Paladin Questmark Revolution TDF Updata Valhalla And then... Read More

In the last 2 months I've been asked 3 times about the upcoming October Angel Venture Forum in DC. I figured I’d do some research. Angel Venture Forum is one of at least 8 DC area, regularly scheduled venues and a host of untold ad hoc events that put entrepreneurs seeking... Read More

About a year ago, John Backus of New Atlantic Ventures explained to me why reducing the cost of education was an investment theme for his fund. Last week Grotech’s Don Rainey explained to me that EdTech was one of “the next big things” for venture investors. Limited Partners who invest their... Read More

Check out these blogs, newsletters and resources to keep up to date on the DC Startup and Tech Scene. They are ranked by their Alexa Global Ranking. Blog Alexa Global Rank Link Description Facebook DC Tech 2 http://www.facebook.com/groups/washdctech/ Justin Thorpe's Moderated Facebook Group Capital Business 340 http://www.washingtonpost.com/capital_business Steven Overly and Other Washington Post Staffers Wash Biz Journal 1,856 http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/ Bill Flook makes this mostly Real Estate... Read More

    Rumors of the death of the DC VC are highly exaggerated. Tracing the source of capital inflows into the capital beltway tells the tale of a resurgence of DC VCs. Of the Forty DC area companies that were funded in the region last quarter an overwhelming amount of that capital... Read More

According to PWC MoneyTree, VCs in this government town are more risk averse then their bureaucratic government counterparts.  Actually it’s ex-Core Capital executive turned Energy Department Lending Czar, Jonathan Silver who took the fall for the government’s investment in Sylindra and proved government bureaucrats may have more tolerance for risk than... Read More

Which VCs are investing in DC? What is the geographic origin of the region’s venture financing? Q4 saw a big increase in DC VCs investing in the Capital Region with 48 percent of the checks written being signed by DC VCs.  That’s up from 29% in Q3. Another trend is the... Read More

Wow, there’s so much good stuff happening around DC, it’s difficult to keep up and it’s even harder to keep track. So I thought I’d spew some of the random points that have been spinning in my head and tranfer them from my analog brain to the binary world.Item 1: I... Read More

(March 10, Vienna, VA) Ladies and gentleman tonight was a glamorous star studded night. Yes it was DCs own VC version of the Academy Awards if the Academy Awards served hors d'oeuvers purchased and warmed over from Costco. Imagine an Academy Awards snubbed by Angelinia Jolie, Brad Pitt, George Clooney. Imagine Brooks Brothers and... Read More