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310 South West Street, Suite 200 
Raleigh, NC 27603 
Phone: 919-743-2500 
Fax: 919-743-2501 
 
 
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Cherokee Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in the acquisition, remediation, and sustainable redevelopment of brownfields real estate properties. The firm typically makes a minimum investment of $25 million in properties located in North America and Europe. Cherokee is the world's only known ISO 14001 certified private equity manager, with a total of five investment funds since 1996.  Additionally, Cherokee has managed or invested in over 70 venture companies in environmental remediation, renewable energy, waste-to-energy, energy management and other fields. The firm has about $2 billion under management and is currently investing its fourth fund.
			 
			 
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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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