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lnut Venture Associates is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed, and early stage companies. The firm typically invests in information technology sectors. It typically invests in companies based in the New England area. The firm prefers to invest between $250,000 and $1 million. It seeks to have a board seat in its portfolio companies. Headquartered in Boston, we only invest in companies in the New England area.
Walnut Venture Associates is a group of experienced entrepreneurs and investors seeking investment opportunities in seed and early-stage companies in the New England area. We are focused on information technology companies with significant technology addressing rapidly growing markets. We can commit $250,000 to $1,000,000 to a single financing. Our objective is to help talented entrepreneurs build lasting businesses of significant value and to participate as active investors.
Walnut Venture Associates can help your company by working with you to refine your business plan, to fill out the management team, to develop financing strategies, and to make key contacts for strategic partnerships. A single member of the group will normally serve on the Board of Directors of your company, but the resources of the entire group are available to you.
Individuals in the group have been the founders of 20 companies, the CEOs of more than 20 companies, have invested in over 225 private companies, and have been members of the Board of Directors of over 125 companies. Companies this group have been involved with as founders, CEOs, and/or investors include:
- Aberdeen Group
- Adams, Harkness & Hill
- Applix
- Avid Technology
- Axon Networks
- Bowstreet
- Breakaway Solutions
- Cambridge Technology Partners
- Castle Networks
- ComputerLand
- Concord Communications
- Event Zero
- Fenwick Partners
- First Call
- Granitar
- idealab!
- Interleaf
- Keyfile
- Maker Communications
- Mapletree Networks
- Microcom
- MicroSource Financial
- Morris Decision Systems
- Natural MicroSystems
- Netegrity
- Network Engines
- Octave Communications
- Storage Networks
- Stratus Computer
- The Reference
- Xyplex
- and many others
Portfolio companies include