Guru Network

It is here where entrepreneurs of high growth potential start-ups that have been hand picked to participate in our Sprout Incubation/Acceleration Initiative are connected through our Guru Network with some of the world’s leading venture capitalists and other constituents in the ecosystem, including other successful entrepreneurs, angels and bankers.  It is through these one-on-on relationships that our entrepreneurs gain valuable insight into operational, strategic, governance, recruiting and financial matters.

Members of our Venture Guru network include such premier venture capital firms as:

Bain Capital Ventures │ Boston	Intel Capital │ Silicon Valley
Baird Venture Partners | Chicago	Internet Capital Group │ Mid-Atlantic
Battelle Ventures │ Princeton	Kleiner Perkins | Silicon Valley
Bessemer │ New York, Silicon Valley, Boston	Kodiak Ventures Chip │ Boston area
Braemer Energy Ventures | New York, Boston	Longitude Capital | Silicon Valley, New York metro
Canaan Partners │ Silicon Valley, New York metro	Midwest Venture Partners | Chicago
Chart Venture Partners │ New York	Milestone Venture Partners | New York
Clearstone Venture Partners | Silicon Valley, Los Angeles	Miramar Venture Partners │ Los Angeles
Commonwealth Capital Ventures | Boston area	New Spring Capital │ Mid-Atlantic
Contour Ventures │ New York	New Venture Partners │ New York metro, Silicon Valley
Core Capital │ Washington, DC	NextStage Capital | Mid-Atlantic
Draper Fisher Jurvetson │Silicon Valley, New York	Novak Biddle Venture Partners | Mid-Atlantic
Edison Venture Fund │ New York Metro, Boston, Mid-Atlantic	OCA Ventures | Chicago
FirstMark Capital │ New York	Okapi Venture Capital | Los Angeles
Flybridge Capital Partners │ Boston	Paladin Capital Group │ Washington, DC
Genacast | New York	Physic Ventures │ San Francisco
GKM Ventures │ Silicon Valley, Los Angeles	Polaris Ventures │ Boston, Seattle
Globespan Capital Partners | Silicon Valley, Boston	Prism Ventures | Boston area
GrandBanks Capital │ Boston area	Rustic Canyon Partners │ Los Angeles
Granite Ventures | San Francisco	Safeguard | Mid-Atlantic
GreenHill SAVP │ New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles	Sail Venture Partners │ Los Angeles, New York, Virginia
Greylock Partners | Silicon Valley, Boston	Seneca Partners | Chicago
Grotech Capital Group │ Mid-Atlantic	Sierra Ventures │ Silicon Valley
GRP Partners │ Los Angeles	Sigma Partners │ Boston, Silicon Valley
Highland Captial Partners | Los Angeles	Spring Mill Venture Partners | Mid-West
H.I.G. Ventures │ New York, Boston, San Francisco, Miami	SunAmerica Ventures │ Los Angeles
Hillcrest Venture │ Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, New York	Valhalla Partners │ Mid-Atlantic
Hudson Ventures │ New York	Venrock │ Silicon Valley, Boston area, New York
In-Q-Tel │ Silicon Valley, Boston, Mid-Atlantic	Village Ventures │ New York, Boston area, Denver

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