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Zone Ventures - DFJ Network Affiliate

URL: www.zonevc.com
Location: 241 S. Figueroa Street #340
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 628-2400
Email: more.info@zonevc.com

About Zone Ventures

Zone Ventures is a partnership funded by institutional investors for the purpose of providing equity capital to young, high-growth companies, while achieving superior returns to its investors.

Located in Los Angeles, Zone Ventures has been instrumental in building the Southern California Technology Community and has built strong relationships with Universities, R&D labs, Entrepreneurs, and Financial Institutions to bridge the gap between the revolutionary technologies of tomorrow with the investment capital of today.

While many of Zone Ventures' investments are centralized in Southern California, their investments are not geographic specific, as they have and will continue to make investments outside of California.

Their focus is on information technology businesses with enormous market potential, and pursues a people-focused approach to venture capital, funding entrepreneurs with the energy, vision, experience, and desire to build great companies.

Besides capital, Zone Ventures provides strategic development and relationships to its portfolio companies. They are active board members and have the energy, experience and contacts to help take the company to the next stage and beyond.

The management team and group of investors assembled by Zone Ventures includes experienced venture capital and finance professionals that have built an impressive track records in other funds and in their ability to mange and grow start-up companies.

Investment Criteria

As a general guideline, Zone Ventures is seeking seed and first round investments in information technology companies of between $1 million and $2.5 million. These companies must have the potential to achieve strong profitability and sales, as well as, large market capitalization, thus generating substantial returns for its shareholders.

Zone Ventures believes that information technology comprised of — software, communications, information content, information services, and high value-added electronic components is the best place to find large, fast growing companies. These markets include Micro-electronics, Manufacturing, Media and Entertainment, Enterprise Software Systems, Wireless, and Networking.

Zone Venture's model company would consist of a team of success-driven entrepreneurs and managers, plus a proprietary product line in a $500 million growing market. The company's product must have the potential of capturing a large market share and have a well-defined channel for selling into the market.