Very Early

Benchmark Capital - - Investment strategy: Be the first venture investor in technology companies that seek to create new markets.

The BioScience Ventures Group - - Provides seed money and equity financing, coaching and managerial experience to German biotech, drug and genomics companies.

Bonaventure Capital, LLC - - Manages and invests in developing businesses.

The Business Partnering Group - - Australian company specializes in innovation development by providing expert involvement and very early stage funding.

Cap Resources - - Houston based services include business plan review, market research, financial forecasts, management consulting, strategic partnering and optimal positioning for venture capital and angel investors.

Catamount Ventures, L.P. - - An established VC firm making seed stage investments ($500k - $2M) in the technology sector.

Cedar Fund - - Venture capital firm, focusing on early stage opportunities within the telecommunications, Internet and IT software and hardware industries.

Clearstone Venture Partners - - Venture capital firm providing early stage financing to leading edge technology companies.

Cloyses Partners - - Denver, Colo., firm specializing in managing and consulting in capital formation.

Digital Mountain - - An early stage venture capital fund managed by TransConnect and based in Munich, Germany. Includes portfolio and network of partners.

The Entree Network - - Angel investor network of retired and active Fortune 500 executives providing relationships, contacts, networking and access.

Evercore - - An early stage venture fund based in Santa Monica, California. Features a description of services and current portfolio.

First Stage Capital - - UK network of business angels, incubators, and venture capital investors that helps entrepreneurs fund technology start-ups.

First Ventury - - Works primarily with entrepreneurs and start-up companies with roots in research and science.

Foursome Investments Limited - - London-based venture capital firm provides capital up to £0.5m to social-responsibility start-ups.

HAP - - UK-based firm provides first or early round venture financing and business plan consulting to manufacturing entreprenuers.

Hummer Winblad Venture Partners - - Investment focus: Software companies at every stage of development (startup to mezzanine) that have the basis of becoming a large market leader based on a substantial market opportunity and technical advantage.

Interact Management Inc. - - Offers early-stage funding and management guidance. Features list of partners.

Island Connections - - Secures seed and first round funding for quality ventures in the early stages of development.

KB Partners - - Investment focus: Startup and early-stage companies.

Lucid Ventures - - Provides guidance and locates funding for emerging technology startups.

Mediaplicity, Inc. - - Creates, structures, and deploys seed companies using proprietary operational and strategic techniques and devices.

MedSciences Capital - - Focus: independent venture capital fund that exclusively invests in early stage human life sciences companies.

Navigator Technology Ventures - - Provides venture funding, management expertise, business plan development and more for technology start-ups.

Next Venture Partners - - Finance, consulting, and venture capital firm focused on small companies and startups. Services and contact information.

Pareto Partners - - Focus: Invests in seed and early stage companies that offer a product or service on the Internet.

Solstice Capital - - Focusing on seed- and early-stage companies in alternative energy, education, the environment, life sciences and information technology.

Spangler Ventures - - Early stage venture capital focued on Internet infrastructure, wireless applications, and post-Web Internet.

Stage One Partners - - Focus: works with senior management teams at early-stage technology companies to accelerate their growth.

Synogen Development Group - - Focus: start-up capital to its biotech and med-tech client companies as well as regulatory, IP, business plans and other assistance.

Venture Factory capital - - Offers executive team selection, guidance, and funding for early stage companies.

The Venture Site - - UK-based firm offers to connect angel investors and small companies seeking startup/early growth financing.

Vinci Innovation - - Investment focus: start-ups and very young companies in lines of business related to Vinci Group's companies.

Virtual Incubation Corporation - - Provides seed capital for early stage technology start-ups.

Vision Venture Capital - - Focus: seed venture capital investor and manager specializing in finding high returns for investors.

Woodside Fund - - Startup and early-stage venture capital firm focusing on but not limited to: Software, Internet, telecommunications and fabless semiconductor companies. Companies need potential to earn revenues of $50 million in 3 to 5 years.