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Weber Capital Management, LLC is a crossover investor, taking minority positions in mid to late-stage ventures and micro-cap public companies. Founded in 1994 as Bluewater Capital Management, the firm initially managed the U.S. investment activities of a London-based institutional investor. In 1999, the firm changed its name to Weber Capital Management and raised a fund for outside investors. The firm has invested over $150 million and currently holds positions in about 30 companies, half of which are private. Weber is an equity investor in information technology, communications and healthcare. The firm's areas of interest are the same for both public and private portfolios. Weber's software investments have been made in sectors such as storage, infrastructure, and business applications software. The firm's hardware investments have been in semiconductors and semiconductor intellectual property, and wireline and wireless communications. Healthcare investments have included vascular therapies, oncology, orthopedics, and specialty managed service organizations. In the firm's venture capital portfolio, Weber Capital takes minority positions in revenue generating companies, typically investing $1-3 million. The firm's public portfolio targets companies with market capitalizations less than $500 million, that were often venture-capital backed and are trading below their IPO price.
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