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Office Locations:
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University of Wyoming, Room 163 VocEd Annex
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-2904
Fax: 307-766-2530
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Information Technology
Manufacturing & Industrial
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The WSSI is a program of statewide outreach through conferences, workshops and one-on-one mentoring. In 1996 the University of Wyoming (UW) Research Office launched the Wyoming SBIR Initiative to encourage participation of Wyoming individuals and small businesses in the SBIR and STTR programs. Initially funded by the National Science Foundation EPSCoR Program as a model for other rural states to emulate, the initiative was immediately successful, and Wyoming small businesses received more SBIR awards in 1996/1997 than in the previous thirteen years combined. As a result of this performance, the 1998 Wyoming legislature authorized the Wyoming Business Council (WBC) to continue funding the program. At the same time, the WBC also sponsored the creation of the unique Wyoming Phase 0 Program, providing up to 24 awards annually of $5,000 each to assist Wyoming small businesses in the preparation of competitive Phase I SBIR/STTR proposals.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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| COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
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Seed Stage
(includes "pre-seed," or
concept stage) | No Revenue |
| Early Stage | Minimal
Revenue |
Growth Stage
(also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage
(also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
| Private Equity | |
| Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
| Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
| Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
| Large Cap | >$1B |
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