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Our Fund

Brightstone Venture Capital Fund has a long history of helping build successful companies. Since 1985, Brightstone has managed ten venture partnerships
and currently manages a $50 million venture fund focused on early-growth stage investment opportunities.

Leveraging the operating experience and investment background of the Fund’s partners, we are primarily focused on investing in the following sectors.

Technology

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  • Mobile Connectivity
  • Digital Media Advertising
  • SaaS and Cloud Services
  • Data Storage & Management
  • Enterprise Software & Security
  • Consumer Social/eCommerce

Energy

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  • Transportation
  • Non-Operating Production
  • Materials
  • Technology
  • Trading & Marketing
  • Services
  • Waste Remediation
  • No Drilling

Life Sciences

  • Medical Device
  • Medical Information Technology
  • Healthcare IT
  • Biotechnology therapies
  • Clean-tech

David Dalvey

15 Years Venture Fund Partner experience
10 years Technology Investment Banking
33 years corporate board director/advisor
25 years portfolio management experience with technology and life-science businesses.
Director roles with Mobile Realty Apps, Definity Health, AppTec Laboratories, Navarre Corp., chf Solutions, Agiliti, Nature Vision, Digitiliti and ShoreLunch Recipes.

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david@brightstonevc.com

Patrick O'Shaughnessy

12 Years venture investment and investment banking experience
16 years early stage management as CEO, COO, VP Sales/Marketing, VP Finance
Experience in Oil & Gas, Information Technology, Life Sciences and Consumer Products

patrick@brightstonevc.com

Seth DeGroot

5 years broad startup experience – operations and finance
4+ years Senior Financial Analyst
Primary manager VC due diligence 2 Life Science Companies
2 years corporate director/advisor

seth@brightstonevc.com

Our Investments

  • AppTec

    APP TEC

  • August Technology

    August

  • Bakken Oil Express

    Untitled

  • Definity Health

    Definity

  • Health Fitness Corporation

    Health Fitness

  • Nature Vision Inc.

    Nature Vision

  • GeoPark

    GeoPark

  • Mobile Realty Apps

    MRA

Our Criteria

We identify and support highly talented people
Solving a meaningful and quantifiable problem
Addressing large and growing markets
Using technology to gain a defensible advantage

Where our investment/operating experience, and industry
connections provide leverage to help grow meaningful businesses.


We look for:
Opportunities to invest between $250,000 to $5 million
Opportunities to be lead investors
Opportunities with a demonstrable history of development/traction
        - Product Development
        - Team Development
        - Customer Development

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