Venture capital firms: L.A. and Orange county-based, ranked by capital under management.

VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS

L.A. and Orange county-based, ranked by capital under management

Rank    Firm (Ranking in 2005)                   Capital
        * name                                  (millions)
        * address
        * Web site

   1    Rustic Canyon Partners (1)                 850
        2425 Olympic Blvd., Suite 6050 West
        Santa Monica 90404
        rusticcanyon.com
   2    Clearstone Venture Partners (3)            660
        1351 Fourth St., Fourth Floor
        Santa Monica 90401
        clearstone.com
   3    GRP Partners (2)                           650
        2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1630
        Los Angeles 90067
        grpvc.com
   4    AIG SunAmerica Ventures (4)                600
        1 SunAmerica Center, 38th Floor
        Los Angeles 90067
        su name ricavc.com
   5    Palomar Ventures (5)                       525
        100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1700
        Santa Monica 90401
        palomarventu res.com
   6    Kline Hawkes & Co. (6)                     300
        11726 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 300
        Los Angeles 90049
        klinehawkes.com
   7    ITU Ventures (10)                          220
        1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2701
        Los Angeles 90067
        itu.com
   8    Pacific Venture Group (7)                  210
        16830 Ventura Blvd., Suite 244
        Encino 91436
        pacven.com
   9    Smart Technology Ventures (8)              175
        1801 Century Park West, Fifth Floor
        Los Angeles 90067
        stv.com
  10    Shelter Capital Partners                   165
        10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1850
        Los Angeles 90024
        sheltercap.com

Rank     Project Profile               Preferred Industries
           (millions)                     (partial list)
         * minimum size
        * preferred size
        * investments (1)

   1           $2               software, semiconductors, services
              $3-5
               77
   2            1                           technology
               2-5
               70
   3            2            retail & restaurants, retail technology,
              5-25           financial services & technology, digital
               61                 content management, business &
                                consumer services, digital content
   4            1             wireless infrastructure and services,
               2-5            Internet infrastructure and services,
               80             consumer electronics and applications,
                              data center infrastructure, clean tech
   5            2              infrastructure software, networking
               3-5               telecom infrastructure, wireless
               40                           solutions
   6            3            IT infrastructure, health care services.
                5              industrial manufacturing, outsourced
               38                business services, environmental
                                       services, education
   7          0.10                    communications, media,
               15                    semiconductors, software
               60
   8            1             health care services, medical devices,
               3-5                  biomedical, health care IT
               44
   9            2               wireless communications, storage,
                4               network infrastructure, enterprise
               22                  software, telecommunications
  10          0.80                 media content and technology
               N/A              convergence, enterprise software,
               12            application services, wireless and other
                                    communication technologies

Rank       Companies Recently            Preferred
                 Funded                  Financing
                                         Stage(s)

   1        InSync, PIayFirst          seed, early,
                                          growth
   2               WND                     early
   3    Health Datalnsights Inc.,           all
             mFoundry Inc.,
              Zag.com Inc.
   4     Ingenient Technologies,       expansion and
                Touchdown               late stage
          Technologies, 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             early
              Networks Inc.

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

   1    institutions, investors     Tom Unterman
                                    managing partner
                                    [phone]
   2         institutions,          Bill Elkus
         universities, 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]

Researched by David Nusbaum