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Office Locations:
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5930 N. Moccasin Trail
Tuscon, AZ 85750
Phone: 520-577-2221
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Information Technology
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Media & Digital Media
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HOTventures is the investment vehicle for Rick Gibson, who has had a 35-year career building businesses. He founded and co-founded several successful technology companies and has advised over (75) others. Rick has served as Managing Director of HOTventures, a 'mentor capital fund' for the Southwest U.S., which invests in and advises fast-growth companies, specializing in Information Technology, BioSciences, GreenTech and Media. The firm is also a limited partner in Solstice Capital and a shareholder of Idealab. Gibson is on the Executive Board and Screening Committee of the Desert Angels and on the board and a mentor for UA's Arizona Center for Innovation (AZCI). For several years, he was Adjunct Instructor and then Practitioner Faculty for UA's Eller School Entrepreneurship Program, and also served on the MBA Advisory Council. Rick has been an investor, advisor or board member in dozens of innovation companies. He was a limited partner in Solstice Capital II (the largest venture capital fund in AZ). He wrote for Inc.com for several 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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