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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Early Stage Venture investors for Enterprise startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maryland Venture Fund | Debt, Early Stage Venture, Grant, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed | Columbia, Maryland, United States, North America | ||
Global Environment Fund Management | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture | Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, North America | ||
Kinetic Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, North America | ||
Bonsal Capital | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America | ||
RedShift Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture | Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, North America |
At SeedRound we track over 200,000 investors and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these firms. We use this directory of investors to highlight top employees, LP’s and funding organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top Enterprise Early Stage Venture investors in Maryland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Enterprise Investors & Funds (Maryland)
Maryland Venture Fund
The Maryland Venture Fund, started in 1994, is a $110M early-stage, evergreen venture capital fund dedicated to funding and growing the next generation of exceptional businesses based in Maryland. The Fund makes direct investments in technology and life science companies and indirect investments in venture capital funds.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Grant, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Columbia, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Big Data, Biotechnology, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software, Health Diagnostics, Information Technology, Life Science
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Global Environment Fund Management
Established in 1990, the Global Environment Fund (GEF) invests in businesses around the world that provide cost-effective solutions to environmental and energy challenges. The firm manages private equity dedicated to clean technology, emerging markets, and sustainable forestry, with approximately $1 billion in aggregate capital under management. GEF’s investors include prominent endowments, foundations, family offices, and pension funds.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: CleanTech, Enterprise Software, Venture Capital
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Kinetic Ventures
Kinetic Ventures is a leading venture capital investor in high growth, industry defining communications, information and power/clean technology companies. For over two decades they have partnered with outstanding entrepreneurs to build world-class enterprises. Kinetic is gratified to be partners with many remarkable entrepreneurs in the creation of industry defining companies like Ciena, VerticalOne, Corvis, Cerent, Peace Software, Broadware, APX, Calix, Altierre and SmartSynch. Kinetic Ventures VIII, capitalized by corporate pension, endowment and family office investors primarily invests in early stage companies. They also selectively invest in seed and growth stage opportunities. Areas of focus for the fund include: – Communications. Solutions that bring greater speed, functionality, usability or accessibility to voice, data and video networks. – Information Technology. Solutions that deliver greater efficiency, collaboration, security and functionality to users. – Power/Clean Technology. Solutions for the power and related industries that take advantage of the ongoing and rapid evolution in communications, information and energy technologies.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Enterprise Software, Mobile, Venture Capital
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Bonsal Capital
Bonsal Capital is a mission-driven partnership investing primarily in the Capital Region in technology enabled services in education and workforce. The firm was founded in 1999 by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) cofounder Frank A. Bonsal, Jr and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: EdTech, Education, Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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RedShift Ventures
RedShift Ventures is a early-stage venture capital firm that works on rapidly commercializing new technologies.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Enterprise Software, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Anthem Capital Management
Anthem Capital Management is an early stage venture firm that invests in companies in the mid-Atlantic states. Anthem’s team has accumulated more than 50 years of venture capital experience. They were early venture investors in such companies as Apple Computer, Samna (Lotus’s word processor), Sequoia Software, HealthSouth, Phycor, Corporate Childcare Services, Immunicon and Sensors for Medicine and Sciences. Regional Footprint Anthem invests exclusively in the Mid-Atlantic states and serves this area from offices located in three of the region’s key markets: the Baltimore–Washington corridor, the Greater Philadelphia market, and the Greater Pittsburgh market. Industry Focus Anthem seeks opportunities in IT/telecom and healthcare/life sciences industries. IT investments are most frequently made in enterprise software or network management software companies. Medical investments tend to fall into three categories: medical devices, biotechnology or healthcare. Investment Stage Anthem invests in early to expansion stage opportunities. Typically, our initial investment is made in the Series A or Series B institutional venture capital round. We have led or co-led 80% of the investments we have made, but also will participate in syndicates where appropriate. Investment Size Anthem seeks to invest between $2 million and $4 million in a company from the first private equity round through exit. Typically, our initial investment ranges from $1 million to $2 million
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Enterprise Software, Mobile, Venture Capital
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