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11412 Bee Caves Road, Ste. 300
Austin, TX 78738
Phone: 512-402-1717
Fax: 512-402-1616
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- Early
- Expansion
- Middle Market
- Seed
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Information Technology
Software & Internet
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Sentient Ventures is a private equity firm that invests in seed, early, and expansion stage companies using the following fund types: Early Stage Venture Capital, Middle Market Private Equity, and Subordinated Debt. The Sentient Ventures principals invest as individuals and as a group of angels, participating in transactions with an investment size < $1 million. The firm participates in Middle Market Private Equity and Subordinated Debt Funds, and is the investment manager of the Whitecap Texas Opportunity Funds (investment size: $500,000 to $7.5 million). Sentient also engages in University focused Venture Capital Funds through a joint venture with Emergent Technologies, Inc., investing in university based technologies with a current focus on The University of Texas System (investment size: $500,000 to $4.0 million). Sentient targets firms with equity greater than $500 million and growing markets that allow revenue for the portfolio company to expand to $100 million or more within five years.
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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 |
| Venture Capital | |
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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