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Doing Business In Nevada
Venture and Risk Capital


With a Nevada Office:
Crimsonica
Crimson International Corporate Advisors
3189 Mill Street
Reno, NV 89502
Phone: (775) 324-5599

Crimsonica provides funding, strategic planning, and executive resources to businesses in the new Internet economy, from start-ups to publicly traded companies. They also offer investment opportunities to institutional and accredited investors.



Millennium Three Venture Group, LLC (M3/VG)

6880 S. McCarran Blvd., Suite A-11
Reno, Nevada 89509
Phone: (775) 954-2020
Fax: (775) 954-2023
M3/VG seeks to invest between $500,000 and $2.0 million in a portfolio company in a single round, and are committed to participating in additional financing rounds when appropriate. They will invest in minority or majority stakes in companies that need growth capital for working capital and expansions, acquisitions, leveraged and management buy-outs/ins, and recapitalizations



Sierra Angels
774 Mays Blvd. #10
Incline Village, NV 89451
Phone: (775) 831-7804
Fax: (775) 831-7899

The Sierra Angels is an angel investment group in the Northern Sierra region. Their members are independent business owners and senior corporate executives experienced in financing and developing emerging enterprises. They provide seed-stage investments in promising local technology ventures and support the entrepreneurs they fund with counsel and connections.



Small Business Innovative Research Program (SBIR)

Nevada Commission on Economic Development
108 E. Proctor Street
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 687-4325
Fax: (775) 687-4450
The Nevada SBIR support includes the SBIR mechanism, but also extends from patent advice through R&D support and education supplied to technologists by the University System, to private support such as venture and mezzanine capital. It couples the power of business, academia and government. SBIR Outreach is possible through a partnership that includes the University and Community College System of Nevada, the State of Nevada’s Commission on Economic Development and the Nevada Small Business Development Centers.



Territory Includes Nevada:

Accel Partners (Headquarters)

428 University Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 614-4800
Fax: (650) 614-4880

Accel Partners (Administrative Office)
One Palmer Square
Princeton, NJ 08542
Phone: (609) 683-4500 Fax: (609) 683-0384

Accel Partners is a venture capital firm dedicated to helping outstanding entrepreneurs built world-class technology companies. In order to meet this challenge with a "prepared mind," we focus the investment of over $1.3 billion under management in just two areas, communications and internet/intranet



Allied Capital Corporation
San Francisco Office
One Maritime Plaza, Suite 1750
San Francisco, CA 94111-3507
Phone: (415) 399-2980
Fax: (415) 986-8922

Washington, DC (Headquarters)
1919 Pennsylvania, NW
Washington, DC 20006-3434
Phone: (202) 331-1112
Fax: (202) 659-2053

Allied Capital Corporation (Nasdaq: ALLC) specializes in providing financing to growing businesses. Since 1958, Allied Capital has financed thousands of businesses nationwide in an extensive variety of industries. Allied Capital is unique in that it creatively structures investments to meet the needs of each individual borrower and business, and is committed to servicing to maturity the majority of the loans it originates.



BancBoston Capital & BancBoston Ventures

175 Federal Street, 10th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Tel: (617) 434-2509
Fax: (617) 434-1153

BancBoston Capital provides later stage capital options from equity sponsorship to co-investment and mezzanine capital for buyouts, recapitalizations, and expansion of mid-size companies. BancBoston Ventures provides early stage venture capital to emerging growth companies in the information technology and healthcare sectors.



Venture Pool Investments
State Public Employees Retirement System
693 W. Nye Lane
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 687-4200
Fax: (775) 687-5131

The Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) invests money in established venture capital pools. PERS requires that the firm be willing to invest in Nevada-based projects. Contact PERS for a current list of firms.