California Funding Sources

Angel Groups

12 Angels
Acorn Angels
Angel Capital Network
Angels Corner
Band of Angels
Bay Angels (California)
Central Coast Angel Network
Idealflow Angel Fund
Imporium Angels
Golden Gate Angels
Keiretsu Forum
Life Science Angels
North Bay Angels
Pasadena Angels
Sacramento Angels
Sand Hill Angels LLC
Silicom Ventures
TechCoast Angels
TENEX Medical Investors
The Angels' Forum LLC

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California Venture and Private Equity Firms

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Aberdare Ventures
ABS Capital Partners
Acacia Venture Partners
Accel Partners
Adams Capital Management, Inc.
Advanced Technology Ventures
Advent International Corporation
Agilent Ventures
Allegis Capital
Alloy Ventures
Alta Partners
Altos Ventures
AltoTech Ventures
American River Ventures
Ampersand Ventures
Apax Partners, Inc.
Applied Materials Ventures
Asset Management Company
August Capital
BA Venture Partners
Battery Ventures
Bay Partners
BCM Technologies, Inc.
Benchmark Capital
Bessemer Venture Partners
Blue Chip Venture Company
Blue Run Ventures (formerly Nokia Venture Partners)
Blue Stream Ventures
Burrill & Company
CampVentures
Canaan Partners
Cardinal Partners
Cardinal Venture Capital
Cargill Ventures
Catamount Ventures
CB Health Ventures, L.L.C.
Charles River Ventures
Claremont Creek Ventures
Clearstone Venture Partners
CMEA Ventures
Compass Venture Partners L.P.
ComVentures
Crescendo Ventures
Crosslink Capital
Crosspoint Venture Partners
CTTV Investments LLC
Cutlass Capital
CW Group, Inc
Cypress Ventures
De Novo Ventures
DEFTA PARTNERS
Delphi Ventures
Doll Capital Management
Domain Associates, L.L.C.
Draper Richards, L.P.
Earlybird
East Gate Capital Management, LLC
El Dorado Ventures
Entrepia Ventures, Inc.
FINAVENTURES
Formative Ventures
Flagship Ventures
Flynn Ventures L.L.C.
Flywheel Ventures
Focus Ventures
Forward Ventures
Foundation Capital
FTVENTURES
Gabriel Venture Partners
Garage Technology Ventures
Globespan Capital Partners
Granite Ventures, L.L.C.
Greylock
GRP Partners
Guidant Corporation
Hamilton Apex Ventures, LP
Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc
Housatonic Partners
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
In-Q-Tel
IDG Ventures
GNITE Group
Intel Capital
InterWest Partners
INVESCO Private Capital
VP - Institutional Venture Partners
JAFCO Ventures
Kaiser Permanente
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kline Hawkes & Co.
Labrador Ventures
Latterell Venture Partners
Legacy Venture
Levensohn Venture Partners
Lighthouse Capital Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Matrix Partners
Mayfield
Menlo Ventures
Microsoft Corporation
Mission Ventures
Mobius Venture Capital
Mohr, Davidow Ventures
Montagu Newhall Associates, Inc
Montreux Equity Partners
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners
Morgenthaler
Motorola Ventures
MPM Capital
Needham Capital Partners
New Enterprise Associates
New Millennium Partners
Newton Technology Partners
NGEN Partners L.L.C
NIF Ventures USA, Inc.
Nokia Venture Partners, L.P.
Norwest Venture Partners
Nth Power
Oak Investment Partners
Odyssey Venture Partners
Omidyar Network
Omron Advanced Systems, Inc.
ONSET Ventures
Opportunity Capital Partners
Oxford Bioscience Partners
Peninsula Equity Partners
Pitango Venture Capital
POSCO BioVentures
Prospect Venture Partners
Redpoint Ventures
Redrock Capital
Ridgewood Capital
Rustic Canyon Ventures
Saints Ventures
Sanderling Ventures
Schroder Ventures Life Sciences
Selby Venture Partners
Sequoia Capital
Sevin Rosen Funds
Shasta Ventures
Shepherd Ventures
Sienna Ventures
Sierra Ventures
Sigma Partners
Sofinnova Ventures, Inc.
Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund
Split Rock Partners
Sprout Group
Steamboat Ventures, L.L.C.
Storm Ventures
Summit Partners
Sutter Hill Ventures
TA Associates, Inc.
TAT Capital Partners Ltd.
Techfarm Ventures
Technology Crossover Ventures
Technology Partners
Telos Venture Partners
Texas Instruments
The Angels' Forum
The Grosvenor Funds
Thoma Cressey Equity Partners
Thomas, McNerney & Partners L.L.C.
TL Ventures
Trident Capital
Trinity Ventures
U.S. Venture Partners
Unilever Technology Ventures
UV Partners
Vanguard Ventures
VantagePoint Venture Partners
Vector Capital
Venrock Associates
Ventana Capital Management, L.L.C.
Venture Strategy Partners, L.P.
Vesbridge
Versant Ventures
Vision Capital
Vulcan Capital
Walden International
WaldenVC
Warburg Pincus
WestBridge Capital Partners
WestBridge Ventures L.L.C.
Western Technology Investment
Weston Presidio
Zone Ventures

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Banks who specialize in working with venture funded start-ups

Silicon Valley Bank
Comerica
ComVentures
Bridge Bank
Square One
Venture Banking Group

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Government Resources

Small Business Administration
Small Business Incentive Research (SBIR) Grants
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grants

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