Links investors to companies with high growth potential who are seeking funding from £50,000 to £1million.

Investment focus: category-defining, early-stage companies in information technology, communications and biotechnology.

Investment focus: early-stage companies in three industries -- computer software, electronic commerce, and communications

Focus: partners with fundless sponsors to acquire profitable manufacturing companies.

Investment focus: small and mid-sized emerging growth healthcare companies.

Focus: affiliate of Advent International investing in Turkish companies.

Venture capital for technology and life sciences companies.

Investment focus: principally companies headquartered in the Western United States in three sectors of industry: medical, technology and retail/consumer

Sells online reference manual on all aspects of venture capital, including forms, annotations and polls.

Venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family with investment focus: a high percentage of investments are seed or first round, and second round investments are considered where there is a complete management team and demonstrated progress toward market le

Consulting services for business finance and funding strategies for entrepreneurs.

Investment focus: early-stage technology companies involving software, interactive services and related enabling technology.

Providing investments in information technology, healthcare, media, communications, energy, financial and business services.

Operates two high technology businesses: iFre Technology, Westaim Biomedical; two industrial technology businesses: Surface Engineered Products and Aerospace Products; and two industrial products businesses: Coinage and Chemicals. (Nasdaq: WEDX).

Investment focus: later-stage growth companies, recapitalizations and buyouts in a diverse set of industries

Focus: early-stage venture capital, growth equity, and leveraged equity recapitalizations and management buyouts across a broad range of industries

Investment focus: all stages of development, from expansion capital for emerging growth companies to sponsoring acquisitions or recapitalizations