Using a Venture Capital Database

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Venture Capital Database, a non-profit online initiative that collects and maintains lists of venture capital funding sources. It was created by funders who were frustrated with limited knowledge of the private equity market and an increasing lack of focus on venture capital within the commercial lending arena. Many venture capitalists were finding themselves working with too many high-risk, high-fee angel investors while the small business investor was getting only about 2% of capital dollars.

The venture capital database includes listings of all private, public and hybrid capital sources. These companies are categorically organized by category so that you can quickly find the type of startup that interests you. The startups categorized as Commercial, Consumer, SaaS/ Cloud, Energy & Utilities, Health Care, Information Technology, High Tech, and Technology. The startup categories are broken further by the number of employees, number of partners, and year of growth.

When you are looking for venture capital firms to fund your start-up there is a strong likelihood that you will run across companies that are listed in the venture capital database that are published since 1998. Since that time there have been many additions to the database to meet the needs of the private equity industry. Many companies that were listed in the original publication have become successful firms in their own right or have been acquired by larger firms. If your goal is to invest in new companies you should take some time to review the publications that are published since 1998.

Many newer venture capitalists use the Venture Capital Database to identify potential companies to finance with them. Many companies that are not publicly traded also appear on the Venture Capital Database since many of the more sophisticated private equity firms require these types of startups to be publicly traded to list on their investment forums. Other types of companies are not traded on public stock exchanges and need a specialized investor to list them on their investment forums. Some private equity firms also prefer to only deal with highly experienced startups. The more experienced and sophisticated firms tend to have a larger number of high quality, successful startups in their pipeline.

Once you have finished researching the venture capital database you will be able to locate many highly related companies to add to your portfolio. Many venture capital firms will provide information on both types of startups and categories of companies that they are willing to fund. They may also provide statistics on the success rates of those companies. There is a great deal of information available in the Venture Capital Database. Spend some time reviewing the information provided by your prospective VC firm.