Venture Capital News:

Siemens Venture Capital News
http://www.siemensventurecapital.com/news

National Venture Capital Association
http://www.nvca.org/nvca09_10_03.html

Venture Capital Journal - to stay updated on latest news
http://www.venturecapitaljournal.net/vcj/topnews.html

Venture Capital Funding in Homeland Security:

Paladin Capital Group
www.paladincapgroup.com
Paladin Homeland Security Fund, L.P. invests in enterprises whose principal business centers on products and services that address homeland security issues and needs. The Fund's first priority is to invest in existing companies with immediate solutions designed to prevent harmful attacks, defend against attacks, cope with the aftermath of attack or disaster and recover from terrorist attacks and other threats to homeland security.

Portfolio Companies:

AgION Technologies
AgION Technologies is a leader in providing engineered antimicrobial solutions that continuously inhibit the growth of bacteria, mold and fungus on a broad range of industrial, consumer and medical products. Users of AgION's technology and solutions include Carrier Corporation, Bosch Siemens, DuPont Powder Coatings, Vygon and AK Steel Corporation. AgION Technologies has locations in Wakefield, Massachusetts and Basel, Switzerland.
http://www.agion-tech.com

Arxan Technologies
Arxan was founded in 2001 using advanced technology developed at the CERIAS Institute (Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security), a top academic research institute and an NSA Center of Excellence in Information Assurance, at Purdue University. Arxan offers robust, viable anti-tamper software protection mechanisms that effectively safeguard software operating in untrusted environments, generating software that is secure in deployment. Arxan's EnforcIT fortifies software applications to protect the integrity of the program, prevent unauthorized access, and prevent reverse engineering and code lifting. Arxan sells its products through direct and indirect channels and has offices in Chicago, Illinois; Reston, Virginia; San Francisco, California; and West Lafayette, Indiana.
http://www.arxan.com

Captial Point
Captial Point, http://www.capitalpoint.co.il/asp/index.asp, is the only investment group in Israel who own two privatized, peripheral, technological incubators. Managing Meytag High Tech Ventures in the north and Ofakim High Tech Ventures in the south; Capital Point Group boasts a portfolio of 25 companies, focusing mainly on the fields of Medical devices, Homeland Security ,Bio-technology & Environmental technologies.

ClearCube Technology
ClearCube Technology is the market leader in client blade desktop computing solutions. ClearCube enables customers to reduce their support costs while dramatically improving availability and security throughout their end-user computing infrastructure. http://www.clearcube.com

CloudShield Technologies
CloudShield has created a revolutionary new content control platform for wire speed network applications that substantially strengthens network security capabilities, reduces costs, enhances existing network services, and enables new services to be quickly deployed across multiple markets. A general-purpose platform, capable of hosting a wide variety of network service applications, the CloudShield packet server is capable of providing deep packet inspection, in a programmable and flexible hardware environment, at speeds previously only achieved by purpose built network appliances. http://www.cloudshield.com

Courion Corporation
Courion Corporation is a leading provider of self-service identity management solutions that help enterprises drive operational efficiency by securely automating routine, manual processes. Courion's Identity Management Suite(tm), anchored by its AccountCourier® user provisioning, ComplianceCourier® compliance management, and PasswordCourier® password management product lines, leverages existing infrastructure and integrates disparate workflows within the enterprise to optimize user productivity, strengthen security, reduce costs and ensure efficient regulatory compliance and reporting. Its products allow companies to quickly provision new employees and partners to gain access to IT resources, terminate access of departing employees, reset passwords efficiently, and comply with regulatory issues such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, and Gramm-Leach-Bliley. Over 220 enterprise customers worldwide, including 50 of the FORTUNE 500, utilize Courion to securely automate routine, manual processes for user provisioning, password management, industry and regulatory compliance, virtual directory management and digital certificate management. These include industry leaders such as American Electric Power, Boeing, Children's Hospital Boston, Fannie Mae, GE, Office Depot, SunTrust Banks, US Internal Revenue Service, US Census Bureau, and Kaiser Permanente. Founded in 1996, Courion has approximately 81 employees and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.
http://www.courion.com

Dunrath Capital
Dunrath Capital, http://www.dunrath.com/index.asp is a Chicago-based venture capital and advisory services firm focused solely on infrastructure surety. We define infrastructure surety as all the products and services that identify, protect and defend against threats to modern infrastructures. Our firm invests in growth stage companies delivering security, safety, and defense products and services and offers advisory services to companies and institutions on risk assessment and mitigation issues regarding the protection of critical infrastructure. Dunrath's unique advantage is the partners' collective private equity, industry and military experiences, as well as a rigorous, research-based strategy combined with extensive access to sources of innovation

GlassHouse Technolgies
GlassHouse Technologies is the leading provider of services that help organizations solve the business problems of enterprise storage. From strategy through implementation, operations and customer support, GlassHouse partners with clients to achieve predictability and manageability in storage and backup operations. GlassHouse enables clients with consistent process and procedures, facilitating cost management, risk mitigation, and enhanced IT-client satisfaction. GlassHouse clients include Biogen Idec, Inc. and Autodesk.
www.glasshouse.com

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National Capital Companies, LLC
www.nationalcapital.com

Overview - National Capital is an investment bank which specializes in providing merger and acquisitions ("M&A") and capital procurement advisory services to middle-market clients in technology oriented vertical market segments. Our focused approach combines deep industry and operational knowledge with extensive transactional experience, resulting in unparalleled success in achieving the goals set by our clients. The principals of National Capital have developed an extensive network of relationships with corporate, strategic and private equity participants in the industries we serve which provides our clients with access to the most active market participants and timely advice which reflects current market conditions. For over 20 years, our structured approach and disciplined focus has resulted in superior results for clients.

Industry Focus - Aerospace, Defense and Government Contracting, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Chemicals Energy

Nexidia
Leveraging the actual phonemes that define human speech, Nexidia delivers rapid and accurate search solutions that transform raw audio-video content into information and knowledge valuable to government agencies and commercial businesses such as call centers, financial services, regulated industries, media companies and portal service providers. Nexidia's open system, IT-compatible products effectively index, search, mine, extract knowledge and manage audio-video content. Available as either a standalone application or integrated with leading content management, enterprise portal, and digital asset management systems, Nexidia's solutions are engineered to meet the demanding needs of government agencies and a number of vertical markets that require mission-critical performance. Nexidia is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
http://www.nexidia.com

Orchestria
Orchestria Corporation is the global leader in the fast emerging Active Policy Management (APM) software market. APM software provides the only truly effective means of assuring compliance with all forms of regulatory and business policy as they relate to electronic communications sent from E-mail and Instant Messenger applications, Bloomberg® and BlackBerry® devices, and Web browsers. In today's regulatory and business environment, failure to assure policy compliance presents exposure to unacceptable business risks. Orchestria is used by many of the world's largest investment banks, asset managers, and mutual fund companies. Founded in August 2000, Orchestria is headquartered in New York with additional sales offices in Boston and London.
http://www.orchestria.com

SafeView, Inc.
Based in Santa Clara, California, SafeView, Inc. is a leading provider of personnel screening technology. SafeView has breakthrough technology that solves the growing threat presented by non-conventional weapons and contraband that are undetectable by current metal detection systems, such as plastic guns, ceramic knives, explosives strapped to the body, and other unconventional contraband. Using breakthrough millimeter wave technology developed by Battelle Labs, Safeview can detect and reveal the presence of such dangerous material to security personnel in real time and in a non-intrusive basis.
http://www.safe-view.com

TDF
TDF is a boutique venture capital firm located in Washington, DC. We focus on investing in entrepreneurs solving problems in Communications of national importance. Areas of interest include Broadband Access, Digital/HD TV, Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Anti-Piracy. We manage $90m and are currently investing out of our second Fund.Managing Partner Jim Pastoriza was previously a Partner at JPMorgan Capital in San Francisco and AT&T Ventures in Washington DC. He held operating positions at AT&T and graduated from MIT and Columbia University.

VistaScape Security Systems
VistaScape Security Systems provides automated policy-based video surveillance software solutions for at-risk facilities such as airports, harbors, and power plants. VistaScape intelligently analyzes data from video, RADAR, GPS, and other sensors to automatically detect threats and issue alerts. It provides a complete view of a secure area, enabling security personnel to visually define and centrally manage an automated security policy. The solution is ideal for securing facilities that may or may not have perimeter walls or fences. VistaScape's automated surveillance approach substantially reduces manpower costs and improves overall security. VistaScape is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
http://www.vistascape.com

In-Q-Tel
http://www.in-q-tel.com/
In-Q-Tel is a venture capital fund, largely funded by the US Intelligence Community, to stimulate new technologies through private sector entrepreneurs. In six years, the Arlington (Va.) venture has invested in 77 transactions. In-Q-Tel was established in 1999 as an independent, private, not-for-profit company to help the CIA and the greater US Intelligence Community (IC) to identify, acquire, and deploy cutting-edge technologies. In-Q-Tel's open and entrepreneurial venture capital model gives it the agility - lacking within traditional government contracting approaches - to help the IC benefit from the rapid pace of change in information technology and other emerging technology fields.

Patriot Venture Partners, LLC (PVP)
http://www.patriotvc.com/

Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technologies (CCAT)
http://www.ccatsandiego.org
The CCAT - supported by Congress and funded by the Department of Defense - is a public-private collaborative partnership between academia, industry, and government. Partners include San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation and Entrepreneurial Management Center, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Jacobs School and UCSD CONNECT, and Lockheed Martin ORINCON Technologies, Inc. with support from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego. The consortium-style CCAT intends to bridge the gap that exists between the generators of technology, the Department of Defense and the commercial marketplace.