Early Stage Partners

Early Stage Partners is a Midwest-based investment firm that provides early-stage venture capital financing to entrepreneurial companies.

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About Early Stage Partners VC fund

Website:
http://www.esplp.com
Founded:
2001
Number of funds:
1
Number of investments:
39
Number of exits:
7
Headquarters:
Cleveland, United States
Organization type:
Micro VC

How Early Stage Partners VC fund invests

Rounds:
Series B, Series C, Venture Round, Series D, Series A
Average ticket size:
3.24M USD
Smallest investment:
1.03M USD
Biggest investment:
9.71M USD
Would lead round:
Yes
Would coinvest:
Yes
Countries where invested:
United States
Sectors of interest:
Health Care, Medical Device, Software, SaaS, Medical, Life Science, Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Telecommunications, Marketing Automation, Manufacturing, Lead Generation, Information Technology, Hospital, Health Diagnostics, Enterprise Software, Energy Efficiency, Electronics, Cloud Computing, CleanTech, Brand Marketing, Automotive

Portfolio - latest investments by Early Stage Partners VC fund
Amplifinity
HistoSonics
CytoPherx
CardiOx
Juventas Therapeutics
LineStream Technologies
OnShift

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Entrepreneur Friendly VC
Scott Nissenbaum and Mike Bolton were the early lead investors in my previous company...
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Wishy Washy with Poor Follow Up
Probably OK if you're in their sweet spot, although sometimes its hard to work out just what that is. You can wait forever for them to get back to you.
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Solid Citizens
Mike Bolton and Scott Nissenbaum led an investment in my company pre-bubble and were solid citizens on our board. They always asked good questions and pushed us to elevate our game. We did a strategic B-round and then the floor fell out. In the post-bubble melt-down, Mike and Scott got us a deal to merge with a public company and pulled my chestnuts out of the fire. Solid guys and heavily connected in Philly.
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