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Office Locations:
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245 W Foothill Blvd.
Monrovia, CA 91016
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Electronics & Advanced Materials
Financial Services
Food & Agriculture
Software & Internet
Sports & Entertainment
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Avista Investments was founded by Harry Tsao in 2009. The firm invests primarily in three categories: Internet - the vast majority of the investments are internet startups; Sports - both sports and eSports teams; and Food Tech - with a focus on technology and infrastructure that can disrupt the traditional food industry. Harry Tsao was a founder of MeziMedia, which was sold to ValueClick for $300 million. He was also an early employee at GoTo.com, which was sold to Yahoo! Avista also makes investments in Blockchain Technologies, and started investing in cryptocurrencies in 2013. Tsao and his wife Carol Chen made a multi-million dollar donation to Cambridge University in the UK.
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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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