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Utah Investors
List of Utah Investors at FundingUtah.com
Note: this page will not be updated after April 2005. Please check FundingUtah.com for the latest information on Utah investors.
Utah Venture Capital Firms
- vSpring Capital: Largest and most active venture capital firm in Utah. $120 million fund.
- Paul Ahlstrom interview in Connect Magazine, May 2003
- Dinesh Patel discusses vSpring and its hopes to raise a second fund of $150 million (Dec. 2003
- Wasatch VC: Venture capital firm formed by Zions Bank and affiliated with Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a prominent Silicon Valley fund.
- Tod Stevens, Managing Director
- UV Partners: founded in 1986, mainly invests in high tech and life sciences
- Esnet Group: A private investment partnership focused on early-stage investments in information technology companies and real estate.
- Canopy Group
- Salt Lake Tribune article (September 2003). Shake up at Canopy (Jan '05)
- University Venture Fund (Utah Student Venture Fund): "The goal of the Utah Student Venture Fund is to rigorously review submitted business plans and to provide seed stage funding to exceptional companies."
- UTFC: Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) that fills a unique niche in the market providing the needed capital to start and grow businesses. Specializes in funding new businesses with little operating history.
- Sorenson Capital
- May 1, 2004 Sorenson announces $250 million Western private equity fund with offices in Arizona, Utah and Palo Alto, CA
- Aspen Grove Ventures: Portfolio includes Infopia, Cerberian
- Peterson Capital: "another growth and buyout fund was a first-round investor in JetBlue Airways. In March, Peterson Partners closed on a third fund at $105 million, bringing the firm's money under management to $255 million." (Deseret News)
- DW Healthcare Partners: $88 million private equity fund formed in October 2004 for health care industry investments
Other Venture Capital Firms Who Invest in Utah
- Frazier Technology Ventures: invested in Control4's Series B round
- Dominion: Walnut Creek, CA. Three of the four partners are graduates of BYU. The team has invested $400 million in 200 companies since 1985. Primarily invest in energy.
- APV Technology Partners: Venture fund in Palo Alto, CA. 2 partners and 1 director graduated from BYU. Investments include STSN.
- Sequel Ventures (Colorado): an early stage technology investor
Utah Angel Investors
Utah Angels: Sixteen private investors who meet monthly. Formed in 1998. 25 investments.
- Scott Frazier, CEO of TruVision
- Kyle Love (Cogito)
- John Richards: BYU Center for Entrepreneurship, early employee at InfoSpace
- Ron Lindorf: founder of Western Wats
- Rick Farr: helped created Entrepreneurship Center at UVSC
- Greg Warnock: partner at vSpring Capital
- Scott Petty: partner at vSpring Capital
- Kent Madsen: partner at Wasatch VC
- Joe Ollivera: First Capital
- Steve Gibson: was the first angel investor in Ancestry.com (1998), founded Academy for Creating Enterprise in the Philippines
- Isaac Jacobsen
- Ted Clark: teaches in Hong Kong, President of IsoTruss
- Tracy Livingston: CEO of IsoTruss
- Gary Williams: BYU Center for Entrepreneurship
Other Possible Angel Investors in Utah
- Eric Ruff: founder of Gazelle, PowerQuest, and Quikutz
- Amy Lewis: CRC Ventures
Brokers and Banks: if you need help raising capital
- Wayne Brown Institute: holds seminars and conferences to help Utah entrepreneurs raise capital
- Thorpe Capital Group: describes themselves as Utah's leading local investment bank
- David Bradford: former general counsel at Novell
If you want to be listed as a potential angel investor in Utah or if you know someone who is active in angel investing, please email me at paulballen * at * yahoo.com.