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Dunrath Capital
Dunrath Capital is a Chicago-based venture capital and advisory services firm focused solely on infrastructure surety. We define infrastructure surety as all the products and services that identify, protect and defend against threats to modern infrastructures. Our firm invests in growth stage companies delivering security, safety, and defense products and services and offers advisory services to companies and institutions on risk assessment and mitigation issues regarding the protection of critical infrastructure. Dunrath's unique advantage is the partners' collective private equity, industry and military experiences, as well as a rigorous, research-based strategy combined with extensive access to sources of innovation.
EDF Ventures
Ann Arbor, Mich. based EDF Ventures is a venture capital firm with $120 million of private equity investments under management in three venture funds. Since forming its first fund in 1987, EDF Ventures® has played a leadership role in providing venture capital to emerging technology companies in the Midwest with investments in more than 30 companies to date. Many of EDF's investments have been in companies which EDF co-founded by identifying technologies in the region's leading universities and research institutions and incorporating companies to commercialize them.
- EDF Ventures' portfolio of investments includes a concentration of early stage market-focused companies whose technologies address the needs of the health care and information technology markets. Highlights of their portfolio include:
- Xtera Communications, Inc., a developer of optical communications systems providing innovative telecommunications transport solutions based on patented Raman technologies
- IntraLase Corp., which develops advanced laser, software and disposable products for ophthalmic refractive surgery
- HandyLab, Inc., which develops DNA-based point-of-care testing devices for human disease and pharmacogenomics
Other EDF Ventures® investments include Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (ASTM), Alfalight, Inc., Ardesta, LLC, Innovative IT Solutions, Inc., GenVec, Inc., (GNVC), Pixelworks, Inc. (PXLW), and TherOx, Inc.
Paladin Homeland Security Fund
Paladin Homeland Security Fund, L.P. invests in enterprises whose principal business centers on products and services that address homeland security issues and needs. General partners include Kenneth Minihan, former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and James Woolsey, former director of the CIA. The Fund's first priority will be to invest in existing companies with immediate solutions designed to prevent harmful attacks, defend against attacks, cope with the aftermath of attack or disaster and recover from terrorist attacks and other threats to homeland security.
Solstice Capital
Solstice Capital is a seed and early-stage venture capital company that invests in alternative energy, education, the environment, life sciences and information technology. Solstice was formed in 1995 and currently has $80 million under management. General partners include Harry George, Henry Newman, and Fred Bamber. Solstice has an active investment in Okena, the leader in intrusion prevention systems that was recently acquired by Cisco; Lumidigm, an early stage biometric company; and Lumigent, a company which provides comprehensive database auditing systems.
TDF
TDF is a boutique venture capital firm located in Washington, DC. We focus on investing in entrepreneurs solving problems in Communications of national importance. Areas of interest include Broadband Access, Digital/HD TV, Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Anti-Piracy. We manage $90m and are currently investing out of our second Fund.
Managing Partner Jim Pastoriza was previously a Partner at JPMorgan Capital in San Francisco and AT&T Ventures in Washington DC. He held operating positions at AT&T and graduated from MIT and Columbia University.
Trident Capital
Trident Capital is a leading venture capital firm with over $1.2 Billion of capital under management, including $519 million in its most recent fund, Fund V. Trident has invested in over 100 companies since its inception in 1993. The firm invests in information services and software companies with a focus on business outsourcing, financial services, security, marketing services and infrastructure software markets. Trident is an active investor across multiple stages, with experience in both traditional venture capital growth financing as well as in management buyouts, spin-outs and roll-ups. Past successes include American Cellular, CSG Systems, Pegasus Solutions, Mapquest, Montpelier Re and Vality Technology.
