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500 East Kennedy Blvd., Suite 300 
Tampa, FL 33602 
Phone: 617-794-8926 
 
 
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 Information Technology
Software & Internet
			
			 
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Stage 1 Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm which invests in companies that have demonstrated market enabling IP. Stage 1 serves companies located throughout the world and that tend to be capital efficient and 'more about the movement of bits than atoms.' Stage 1's market focus is in Mobile, the Executable Internet or Software as a Service (SaaS), IPTV and Internet Video, Pay-For-Performance Marketing and Advertising, and Security. The management team of Stage 1 has invested in more than 100 companies over the last twenty years, roughly half of them in the mid-Atlantic region, and has produced almost $1 billion of investment proceeds. The firm has offices in Massachusetts, Florida, California and Taiwan.
			 
			 
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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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