Venture capital firms: L.A. County-based, ranked by capital under management.

VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS

L.A. County-based, ranked by capital under management

Rank    Firm (Ranking in 2005)           Capital       Project Profile
        * name                          (millions)       (millions)
        * address                                      * minimum size
        * Web site                                    * preferred size
                                                      * investments (1)

   1    Rustic Canyon Partners (1)         $850              $2
        2425 Olympic Blvd., Suite                           $3-5
        6050 West Santa Monica 90404                         77
        rusticcanyon.com
   2    Clearsione Venture Partners        660                1
        (3)                                                  2-5
        1351 Fourth St., Fourth Floor                        70
        Santa Monica 90401
        clearstone.com
   3    GRP Partners (2)                   650                2
        2121 Avenue of the Stars,                           5-25
        Suite 1630 Los Angeles 90067                         61
        grpvc.com
   4    AIG SunAmerica Ventures (4)        600                1
        1 SunAmerica Center, 38th                            2-5
        Floor Los Angeles 90067                              80
        suname ricavc.com
   5    Palomar Ventures (5)               525                2
        100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite                            3-5
        1700 Santa Monica 90401                              40
        palomarventures.com
   6    Kline Hawkes & Co. (6)             300                3
        11726 San Vicente Blvd.,                              5
        Suite 300 Los Angeles 90049                          38
        klinehawkes.com
   7    ITH Ventures (10)                  220               0.1
        1900 Avenue of the Stars,                            15
        Suite 2701 Los Angeles 90067                         60
        itu.com
   8    Pacific Venture Group (7)          210                1
        16830 Ventura Blvd., Suite                           3-5
        244 Encino 91436                                     44
        pacven.com
   9    Smart Technology Ventures          175                2
        (8)                                                   4
        1801 Century Park West,                              22
        Fifth Floor Los Angeles
        90067
        stv.com
  10    Shelter Capital Partners           165               0.8
        10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite                          N/A
        1850 Los Angeles 90024                               12
        sheltercap.com
  11    California Technology              150               0.5
        Ventures LLC                                       $1-320
        670 N. Rosemead, Suite 201
        Pasadena 91107
        ctventures.com
  12    Zone Ventures                      135               0.5
        241 S. Figueroa St., Suite                          2-328
        340 Los Angeles 90012
        zonevc.com
  13    Anthem Venture Partners (11)       100               0.5
        225 Arizona Ave., Suite 200                         1-423
        Santa Monica 90401
        anthemvp.com
  14    Evercore Ventures (12)             100                1
        11111 Santa Monica Blvd.,                            2.5
        Suite 1500 Los Angeles 90025                         19
        evercore.com
  15    GKM Ventures (13)                   90                2
        11150 Santa Monica Blvd.,                            36
        Suite 825 Los Angeles 90025
        gkmventures.com
  16    Stone Canyon Venture                82                2
        Partners LP (14)                                     3-4
        301 N. Canon Drive, Suite                            10
        302 Beverly Hills 90210
        scvp.com
  17    Baroda Ventures LLC                 75               0.5
        2049 Century Park East,                               2
        Suite 2151 Los Angeles 90067                         40
        barodaventures.com
  18    Palisades Ventures (15)             75                0
        11766 Wilshire Blvd., Suite                          3-5
        890 Los Angeles 90025                                14
        palisadesventures.com
  19    Steamboat Ventures                  75                2
        3601 W. Olive Ave., Suite                             5
        501 Burbank 91505                                    WND
        steamboatvc.com
  20    Arcturus Capital                    32               0.3
        350 W. Colorado Blvd., Suite                        0.5-2
        215 Pasadena 91105                                   12
        arcturusvc.com

Rank                   Preferred Industries
                          (partial list)

   1            software, semiconductors, services
   2                        technology
   3    retail & restaurants, retail technology, financial
              services & technology, digital content
             management, business & consumer services,
                          digital content
   4      wireless infrastructure and services, Internet
         infrastructure and services, consumer electronics
        and applications, data center infrastructure, clean
                               tech
   5        infrastructure software, networking telecom
                infrastructure, wireless solutions
   6    IT infrastructure, health care services, industrial
           manufacturing, outsourced business services,
                 environmental services, education
   7          communications, media, semiconductors,
                             software
   8    health care services, medical devices, biomedical,
                          health care IT
   9         wireless communications, storage, network
               infrastructure, enterprise software,
                        telecommunications
  10         media content and technology convergence,
        enterprise software, application services, wireless
               and other communication technologies
  11                    IT and life science
  12                            WND
  13       software, semiconductors, media and Internet
                             services
  14      wireless, storage, software, Internet services
  15          IT, software, wireless, semiconductors
  16        media, consumer, energy, medical services,
                           opportunistic
  17                       IT, Internet
  18      wireless, communications, broadband, enterprise
                             software
  19                        technology
  20                        technology

Rank         Companies Recently               Preferred
                   Funded                Financing Stage(s)

   1          InSync, PlayFirst          seed, early, growth
   2                 WND                        early
   3     Health Data Insights Inc.,              all
         mFoundry Inc., Zag.com Inc.
   4       Ingenient Technologies,       expansion and late
           Touchdown Technologies,              stage
         Stealth Mode Fuel Cell Co.
   5        Ravenflow Inc., Woven               early
           Systems Inc., Edgewater
                Networks Inc.
   6               Cyalume                 expansion stage
                                               capital
   7                 WND                  seed through late
                                                stage
   8                 WND                        early
   9                 N/A                      mid, late
  10    Kryptiq Corp., Veoh Networks            early
                    Inc.
  11                Kiyon                       open
  12     DivX, BiggerBoat, Lumexis,             early
                   Siimpel
  13    Thisnext, Buzznet, Zag, Blurb           early
  14                 WND                         all
  15                 WND                  series B or later
  16        Blue Lava, Paramount         series A-B, growth
              Scaffold, Gump's
  17          MediaVast, Xdrive              seed, early
  18         V-Enable, Apacheta,               growth
                  Andigilog
  19         PhotoTLC, Fastclick         early-to mid-stage
  20     V-Enable, zag.com, Xponent             early
                  Photonics

Rank           Source of Funds           Top Local Executive
                                         * name
                                         * title
                                         * phone

   1       institutions, investors       Tom Unterman
                                         managing partner
                                         [phone]
   2     institutions, universities,     Bill Elkus
                  pensions               managing director, founder
                                         [phone]
   3       institutional investors       Steve Lebow/Yves Sisteron
                                         managing partners, founders
                                         [phone]
   4              corporate              Marc Gamsin/Troy Fukumoto
                                         president, managing director
                                         [phone]
   5      institutional investors,       James Gauer
                pension plans            general partner
                                         [phone]
   6       institutional investors       Frank R. Kline
                                         managing partner
                                         [phone]
   7         pension, corporate          Jonah Schnel
                                         managing partner
                                         [phone]
   8      private limited partners       Layton R. Crouch/
                                         David L. Dennis
                                         managing directors
                                         [phone]
   9          private investors          David Nazarian
                                         founding member
                                         [phone]
  10      private institutions and       Arthur Bilger
                 individuals             managing member
                                         [phone]
  11                 N/A                 Alex Suh
                                         managing director
                                         [phone]
  12       institutional investors       Frank M. Creer
                                         managing director
                                         [phone]
  13       institutional investors       William Woodward
                                         ceo, managing director
                                         [phone]
  14       institutional investors       Austin Beutner
                                         general partner
                                         [phone]
  15      institutions, individuals      Jonathan Bloch/John Morris
                                         managing partners
                                         [phone]
  16    institutions, high net-worth     Michael Siebert
                 individuals             managing director
                                         [phone]
  17                cash                 David Bohnett
                                         managing member
                                         [phone]
  18    institutional investors, high    Paul D'Addario
            net-worth individuals        senior managing director
                                         [phone]
  19           Walt Disney Co.           John R. Ball
                                         managing director
                                         [phone]
  20     foundations, family office,     Stephen Watkins/Stevan Bimbaun
         high-net-worth individuals      managing directors
                                         [phone]

Researched by David Nusbanm

Reprinted from the April 10, 2006 issue