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Access Venture Partners 8787 Turnpike Drive Suite 260 Westminster, Colorado 80030 phone: 303-426-8899 fax: 303-426-8828 email: frank2@accessventurepartners.com Access Venture Partners (AVP) is a seed and early stage venture capital firm that invests between $250,000 and $2 million in its portfolio companies. The firm, which is a regional affiliate of Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, has a "mid-continental" geographic focus. AVP also maintains offices in Silicon Valley and Austin. The AVP portfolio includes companies in the telecommunications, software, healthcare and technology infrastructure industries. Public pension funds, family offices, foundations and individual investors are all limited partners of the firm. Principals: Jay Campionhas over 26 years experience in the formation and growth management of companies. For the past 6 years he has been a Special Limited Partner of Woodside Fund III. Prior to joining Woodside Fund III he was President of the Texas Research and Technology Foundation and Ventex Group, Inc., its venture capital subsidiary. He is currently on the Board of Directors of 6 private companies and co-founded, helped build and sell CVA for a 50X return. Mr. Campion is located in Austin, Texas. Frank Mendicino II has nearly 30 years experience investing on behalf of limited partners, the last 16 as General Partner of Woodside Funds I, II and III. Prior to joining in the formation of Woodside Fund he practiced law and served terms in the Wyoming House of Representatives and as Wyoming Attorney General. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of the University of Wyoming Foundation and the Western Research Institute. He is also on the Board of Directors of 3 private companies and Digital Microwave Corporation (DMIC - NASDAQ) a public company. Mr. Mendicino is located in Denver, Colorado. Frank Mendicino III joined Woodside Fund II in 1990 as an analyst. He has been a Senior Associate at Woodside Fund III for the past 6 years and has been involved in every aspect of the venture capital process. He has a broad knowledge of high technology companies in both private and public markets. Mr. Mendicino has successfully invested in and subsequently sold two software companies to large public companies. Mr. Mendicino is currently on the Board of Directors of two private internet software companies. Mr. Mendicino is located in Denver, Colorado. Robert W. Rees has over 26 years of marketing, sales and strategic planning experience with large (Mobil, Tenneco) and small companies. He was a Special Limited Partner of Woodside Fund III for 6 years. Before joining Woodside Fund he founded and operated a successful family owned venture fund in Oklahoma. He has been a director of the Oklahoma Venture Forum and the Oklahoma Business Incubator Association. He is currently on the Board of Directors of 4 private companies. Mr. Rees is located in our Silicon Valley Office. Portfolio Companies: The founders of Access Venture Partners have invested in over 50 technology companies. The list below is a representative subset of those 50 investments.Public Companies Evan & Sutherland/AccelGraphics High Performance 3-D graphics acceleration sub-system for p.c. design market. Acquired as a public company by Evans and Sutherland (ESCC). DMC Stratex Networks High Frequency digital microwave radios for cellular and PCS back haul. Acquired as a public company by DMC Stratex Networks. EnterpriseLink/Merant E-commerce application integration platform. Acquired as a private company by Merant Corporation.(MRNT) HotRail Point to Multi-Point micro-controller for SMP and telecom equipment markets. Intertrust Technology Digital Rights Management Platform. Public (ITRU) Neon/Convoy Data conversion solution for ERP market. Acquired as a private company by New Era of Networks (NEON) Quiniles/CVA Clinical Research Organization for stroke trials. Acquired as a private company by Quintiles(QTRN) TriVida Corp./Be Free Web based personalization network for e-commerce merchants. Acquired by Be Free (BFRE). Private Companies Bionumerik Pharmaceutical company developing novel drugs for cancer treatment using a mechanism based approach and superconductors. Brightware E-mail based applications for customer service and sales promotions. Broadcloud A high performance wireless internet service provider. Channel Technology Channel Technology is an RF and mixed signal semiconductor company providing leading chip sets for the wireless data networking market. Elegiant, Inc. Elegiant's customer interaction solution enables large corporations to create complex online business transactions leveraging existing information systems. Elegiant's customers can quickly build these on-line processes to increase customer satisfaction and retention. iBoost E-commerce hosting service for small to medium sized businesses. IQ Destination IQ Destination is the E destination for IT training. MediaPrise Mediaprise offers a brand resource management software solution that enables brand manufacturers to optimize their relationships with direct and indirect sales channels by improving the management and distribution of brand intelligence. Mediaprise works with top brand companies to transform brand and product marketing information into agile, multipurpose assets that provide incremental sales opportunities, expedite time to market and provide fuel for e-business models. Mobilize Business Software Solutions for Mobile Work Forces. Myelos Pharmaceutical company developing peptide based drugs to replace more toxic protein based drugs. Netfront Web Based Security Platform for enabling secure e-commerce and web based business applications. Osteobiologics Orthopaedic devices and implants that help in regeneration of damaged cartilage and bone. QuickArrow Web based application for professional service organizations. Skydex Breakthrough cushioning technology for footware and other applications. STARTech Early Ventures StarTech is a Dallas-based high tech business accelerator and venture fund focusing on the telecom sector. Street Fusion Web based community for financial services. Tian Software Company A new way to personalize web experiences based on your customer's behavior and intent. Topaz Technology Web based application for clinical animal trials in drug discovery. Vectrad Networks Corporation Vectrad Networks Corporation is a new supplier of metropolitan, fixed-wireless broadband networks offering leading-edge, robust access solutions to data network operators. |
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