A new database of venture capital firms, built by a VC exec and available online without charge, offers TTOs a handy way to scour the investment world for start-up funding and target prospects based on region or even ties to the university. Matt Winn, associate at Louisville, KY-based Chrysalis Ventures, says the Venture Capital Data Base (VCDB) contains information on 492 VCs at 863 locations, and includes 6,773 investment professionals. The search features of the research tool allow users to find all VCs in a particular location, or even all professionals with your university name in their bio. Matching firms appear on a map, and an accompanying listing directory enables access to firms’ websites, e-mail addresses, locations, investment parameters (assets under management, minimum investment, and maximum investment), as well as professionals’ bios and blogs. Go to: punctuative!

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