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Seed Funding | Seed Venture Capital | Money for Minnows
http://www.kegonsaseedfund.com/articles/jellyfish_20071003
Microsoft Buys Jellyfish.com. October 3, 2007. Less than two years after it started, the online comparison shopping site Jellyfish.com has been acquired by Microsoft Corp., giving the software giant its first operations in the Madison area. Microsoft paid $50 million for Jellyfish, sources familiar with the sale said. Jellyfish says it is the only social shopping space on the Internet that offers users cash back based on purchases they make. Search engine technologies and online advertising have been two...
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Kegonsa Capital Partners | Money for Minnows | New Companies Wisconsin
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Kegonsa Capital Partners Investment Strategy. Kegonsa Capital Partners (KCP) pursues a Money for Minnows management strategy. Please visit the Money for Minnows page. KCP manages the Kegonsa Seed Fund I, LP (the "Seed Fund") and the Kegonsa Coinvest Fund I, LLC (the "Coinvest Fund"). Both funds and all fund employees are based in Wisconsin. The Seed Fund has delivered an annual internal rate of return ("IRR") of 27 percent from June 1, 2004 (fund inception) through July 1, 2012. This compares to a na...
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Kegonsa Capital Partners | Money for Minnows | New Companies Wisconsin
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Kegonsa Capital Partners Leadership. Key to the success of Kegonsa Capital Partners and its funds is the experience of its managing director, Ken Johnson. Prior to forming KCP, Johnson was an entrepreneur, angel investor, and start-up company manager. Johnson founded five companies, participated in the management of six companies, was CEO of three, and sat on the Board of Directors of seven start-ups. Kegonsa Capital Partners, LLC. Bull; kegonsacoinvestfund.com. Bull; badgerfundoffunds.com.
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Kegonsa Capital Partners | Money for Minnows | New Companies Wisconsin
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Money for Minnows: An Example for Wisconsin. For the State of Wisconsin, new company formation is vital to the creation of jobs that pay well and are resilient to in the face of economic downturns. For investors, new company formation is also a proven path to delivering superior investor returns. Kegonsa Capital Partners (KCP) pursues a Money for Minnows management strategy. The primary goal of Money for Minnows is to be the first investor in new Wisconsin companies. The primary goal of Whale Hunting is ...
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Badger Fund of Funds | Money for Minnows
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ABOUT SUN MOUNTAIN CAPITAL MANAGED FUND OF FUNDS. Sun Mountain Capital LLC. SMC ) is an SEC registered investment advisory firm located in Santa Fe, New Mexico with over $500 million under management. Currently SMC manages the $350 million New Mexico Private Equity Investment Program ( New Mexico Fund of Funds Program. In 2007, Sun Mountain Capital became the manager of the New Mexico Private Equity Investment Program. (see: http:/ www.sic.state.nm.us/. In early 2011, Sun Mountain was selected to be the ...
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Seed Funding | Seed Venture Capital | Money for Minnows
http://www.kegonsaseedfund.com/articles/kegonsa-seed-fund-launched-2004-08-20
Kegonsa Seed Fund Launched. August 20, 2004. Madison-based Kegonsa Capital Partners has formed the Kegonsa Seed Fund I, which aims to make the first investments in fledgling midwestern companies. Act 255, which takes effect in 2005, offers tax credits of 25 percent of an investment in a company certified by the state Department of Commerce. These credits equal $3 million per year for angel investors and $3.5 million per year for investors in certified early stage seed funds for the next 10 years. Johnson...
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Seed Funding | Seed Venture Capital | Money for Minnows
http://www.kegonsaseedfund.com/about-the-kegonsa-seed-fund
About the Kegonsa Seed Fund. Kegonsa Seed Fund I, LP (the Fund) is Wisconsin's premier seed venture capital fund. The Fund is a private equity limited partnership with over $10 million of committed capital. It is managed by Kegonsa Capital Partners, LLC, a Wisconsin-based venture capital management firm. In October 2007, the Fund experienced its first liquidity event when Jellyfish.com, a Fund portfolio company, was purchased for cash by Microsoft. The Fund's investment period ended January 15, 2010....
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Seed Funding | Seed Venture Capital | Money for Minnows
http://www.kegonsaseedfund.com/articles/kegonsa-seed-fund-sells-second-portfolio-company
Kegonsa Seed Fund Sells Second Portfolio Company. May 30, 2012. Kegonsa Seed Fund I, L.P., the premier Wisconsin seed venture capital fund, has sold a second portfolio company, IBSI. The company was sold to QIAGEN, a large Life Sciences tools and reagent-manufacturing company in an all-cash transaction. For details about the acquisition from QIAGEN's perspective, please see the official announcement from QIAGEN. According to Johnson, about 40 percent of growth-stage investments are successful with exits,...
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Seed Funding | Seed Venture Capital | Money for Minnows
http://www.kegonsaseedfund.com/kegonsa-seed-fund-entrepreneur-profiles
Anil Oroskar – Co-Founder. Anil Oroskar, Ph.D., invented the technology behind Semba Biosciences, Inc. and is the company's co-founder. Anil also co-founded Orochem Technologies, which serves the biotechnology, forensics, pharmacokinetics, and drug discovery industries. He also served previously served as UOP's manager of Separation Processes. Anil has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Bradley Glenn – Founder, Inventor, Board Member. Dan Neely – Founder, CEO. Eric ...
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Kegonsa Capital Partners | Money for Minnows | New Companies Wisconsin
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Kegonsa Capital Partners Funds. Kegonsa Seed Fund I, LP. The Kegonsa Seed Fund I, LP (the "Seed Fund") had its final closing January 15, 2005. The Fund's committed capital is $10.725 million. Eleven of the 13 initial investments were seed venture capital investments (i.e., companies without revenues); 25 percent of the portfolio companies were created by Kegonsa Capital Partners management. This exit provided a return to Limited Partners of 15 times the Fund's initial investment. The Seed Fund has a Wisc...