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

Manages and invests in developing businesses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Investment focus: Startup and early-stage companies.

Early stage venture capital firm seeking entrepreneurs for value creation.

Provides guidance and locates funding for emerging technology startups.

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

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

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

Focus: early stage venture capital firm focusing on small companies in Florida and Colorado.

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

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

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

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

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

Denver, Colorado-based seed and early stage venture capital firm specializing in telecommunications investments.

Provides seed money and equity financing, coaching and managerial experience to German biotech, drug and genomics companies.

Australian company specializes in innovation development by providing expert involvement and very early stage funding.

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

Offers executive team selection, guidance, and funding for early stage companies.

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

Provides seed capital for early stage technology start-ups.

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

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.