Member profile: We are a group of accredited investors with prior experience in starting, managing, operating, investing in, and/or advising technology businesses.
What we offer our members:
• An opportunity to actively participate in the creation and growth of new Florida-based technology companies.
o CF TechVentures is located in the heart of the Florida High Technology Corridor - a 23-county region centered around Orlando stretching from Gainesville to Port Charlotte. The corridor is a technology rich region with 70% of Florida's high-technology employment in 21,454 companies. The region has spawned significant start-ups in the biotechnology, computer hardware, defense, energy, medical, photonics, software, telecommunications, and wireless industries.
• An opportunity to supply local capital to Florida’s
high-technology entrepreneurs.
o While almost $165M in
venture capital was invested in seed and early stage deals in Florida between
2007 and 2009, only 23% of the investment amount originated from angel and
venture capital funds based in Florida.
• Access to a broad breadth of quality deal flow through fund relationships with
the region’s key angel and venture capital funds, universities and incubators,
economic development organizations, and professional networks.
• Access to quality due diligence led by the fund’s managing director.
• Access to quality structured deals using industry
standardized seed deal terms to reduce transaction costs, minimize time to
closing, and minimize the risk of the investment.
• An opportunity to leverage your investment through the fund’s combined investment dollars as well as through syndication with other seed/early-stage
funds.
• An opportunity for investment diversification while reducing investment risk with the fund’s portfolio investment strategy.
