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Sensor Technology Dev. Fund 5505 Airport Blvd. Ste 101 Boulder, Colorado 80301 phone: 303-546-0452 fax: 303-546-0478 email: betty@sensortdf.com Sensor Technology Development Fund, LLC (STDF) was formed in 1996 and is capitalized at $15M and typically invests up to $2,000,000 in early stage (seed and first round) funding of core technology, hardware-oriented companies concentrating within the four-corner states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. It has currently placed over $12M in start-up capital and maintains liquid assets in excess of $3M in short-term securities. The fund managers are Robert G. Knollenberg and Betty K. Ohannessian. In addition to the start-up capital, together they provide over 40 years of managerial experience including high technology start-ups, R&D operations, management team building, and human resource management. The two principals actively assist the portfolio companies in areas of start-up, strategic and operational planning, management recruiting, and expansion. Without the burden of limited partners and associated fund raising costs, STDF is a very efficient operation and enjoys streamlined, rapid decision-making processes. Criteria for investment candidates include: · Hardware core technologies – electronic, optical, electro-optical, electro-mechanical. · Headquartered in the Rocky Mountain region, concentrating on four-corner states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. · Sound business plan. · General market opportunities in excess of $100M or niche market opportunities in excess of $20M with rapid growth potential. · Outstanding entrepreneur or strong management team. · Patented or protected intellectual property with competitive uniqueness. STDF generally prefers to be the lead investor but will also participate or co-invest with other venture capital firms. Portfolio Companies: Current investments:Lead investor in Trace Photonics, Inc. located in Charleston, Illinois. Trace Photonics, Inc. designs and manufacturers radioisotope powered batteries suitable for micro-electronic and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) applications. Lead investor in InnovASIC, Inc. in Albuquerque, New Mexico. InnovASIC, Inc. is a turn-key integrated circuit design service to semiconductor and electronic system vendors for ASIC designs and is entering a worldwide market for design and production of replacement integrated circuits discontinued by original manufacturers. Co-investor in nLine Systems Corporation in Austin, Texas. nLine is developing a unique line of semiconductor wafer inspection equipment based on heterodyne digital holography. Participating investor in invencor, inc.'s International Venture Fund I, located in Palo Alto, California with investments in the states of New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, California, and Hawaii. |
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