Equity Funding

Venture Capital & Angel Networks

Venture capital firms are professional, institutional managers of risk capital that enables and supports innovative and new growth businesses. Their investments fund new technologies and start-up businesses that could not be financed with traditional bank financing and are secured in the form of equity in the business.

Angel networks are individual investors who provide venture capital. These individuals look for companies that exhibit high-growth prospects, have a synergy with their own business or compete in an industry in which they have been successful.

Local area Venture Capital Firms

Hughes Ventures is an early stage energy, technology & life science investor.

CenterPoint Ventures invests chiefly in early-stage private companies at the first or second round of venture capital financing. The firm understands the special requirements at this critical stage of a startup, and can apply this understanding to help ensure strategic, rapid growth.

TI’s Venture Capital (TIVC) Program seeks to invest in start-up technology companies, in partnership with local leading venture capital firms. TI is interested in working with companies that are developing new products and applications that support TI’s semiconductor platforms. TI is also interested in emerging technologies and advanced architectures that complement its businesses.

Texas Women Ventures Fund invests capital in women-led companies in Texas and the Southwest. It offers advice, mentoring and a network of resources to qualified businesses. The fund focuses on companies in the Southwest with an established track record who are achieving $7 to $70 million in revenue.

Angel Networks

NTAN is a Texas non-profit corporation that provides quality deals for angel investors to consider. They educate and coach early stage companies in North Texas for the purpose of raising money, assisting in their growth and improving the local economy. Entrepreneurs from any industry are encouraged to apply.