2005 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Directory Now Available; Directory is Exclusively Devoted to Silicon Valley VCs, Private Equity Firms, Angels and Incubators.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Massinvestor Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of its 2005 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Directory, which profiles 450 Venture Capital and Private Equity firms with offices in Silicon Valley.

This newly revised and updated edition includes more than sixty-five additional firms not published in the 2004 Directory, including local VC newcomers such as Elevation Partners, Split Rock, Emergence, Lake Street Capital and Takeda Research.

In addition to VC profiles, the directory covers all Silicon Valley based Private Equity firms (middle and later stage investors), as well as Angel and Incubator investors. Nearly 500 investment firms are profiled in total.

While many professionals are familiar with the big Silicon Valley Venture Capital names--Kleiner, Mayfield, Sequoia, DFJ, Menlo--it may be surprising to know there are 450 Venture Capital and Private Equity firms with offices in Silicon Valley.

The Directory's Editor and Publisher, Michael Stern, has been covering the Venture Capital industry for more than six years.

"It's great to be back in Silicon Valley with a new book," Stern said. "While there have been some hiccups in the Venture Capital industry over the past few years, our research efforts still uncovered a significant number of new and difficult to find VC groups."

According to a recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree survey, Silicon Valley ranks as the number one region in the country in terms of the amount of Venture Capital funds invested and transactions.

The Directory also includes an interactive spreadsheet containing the contact information (including email addresses) of more than 1,000 Silicon Valley VCs.

The Directory is sold exclusively through the Massinvestor Publishing website: www.massinvestor.com