Village Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in exceptional entrepreneurs building technology and life science companies in emerging domestic geographies. Village Ventures identifies these investment opportunities in partnership with its proprietary nationwide network of early-stage venture capital funds that are focused on these emerging domestic geographic markets. Venture capital is a local business, and Village Ventures has built its enterprise around the deeply integrated local VC who knows regional entrepreneurs and is familiar with local opportunities. The Village Ventures structure allows local VCs to utilize a national framework of world-class services and investment support. Because capital alone does not ensure success, Village Ventures also offers back-office support for the fund network and growth resources for entrepreneurs. The combination of local capital and Solstice Capital's hands-on investment practices--backed by Village Ventures' centralized services and national network--has created an innovative investment strategy; one that is bearing substantive results in the areas of fund raising and deal flow.

National Venture Capital Association

The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) is a trade association that represents the U.S. venture capital industry. It is a member-based organization, which consists of venture capital firms that manage pools of risk equity capital designated to be invested in high growth companies. NVCA's mission is to foster greater understanding of the importance of venture capital to the U.S. economy, and support entrepreneurial activity and innovation. The NVCA represents the public policy interests of the venture capital community, strives to maintain high professional standards, provides reliable industry data, sponsors professional development, and facilitates interaction among its members.