Defense Dept.'s SBIR Program:
Largest Source of Seed Technology Funding in U.S.
The Defense
Departments Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) Program:
· Provides $½
billion/year in R&D funds directly to small
high-tech companies, for technologies with
defense/commercial applications.
· New SBIR "Fast
Track" offers private sector investors up to
4X match on their investments in small high-tech
companies in areas with defense/commercial
applications.
On March 26, 1997 JHPINCUS
offered the following tip on
techno-l@erg.sri.com:
A good directory of venture capital firms is
"Pratt's Guide to Venture Capital
Sources" published by Venture Economics in
Wellesly, MA. The directory groups venture
firms by state and gives a brief description of
each firm that includes investment preferences.
Bob de Wit, UILO
Technology Manager offered the following:
There is a list of VC firms at the Price
Waterhouse web page reporting their annual VC
survey: Price Waterhouse Venture Capital
Survey