What distinguishes Labradors investing relative to other venture funds?
Virtually all venture capital funds do essentially the same thing invest in small, private companies with the intention of growing these businesses into major enterprises and achieving significant financial gain either through their sale to other companies via acquisition or to the public via an initial public offering (IPO). Given the similarity among most venture capital firms, there are several useful ways to segment the venture capital business in order to highlight differences among funds. The two main dimensions along which most people look are industry segment of investee companies and stage of development of investee company. Along the first of these, industry segment, Labrador Ventures specializes in information technology companies. These include software, communications/networking, messaging, semi-conductors and information services. Our areas of interest exclude the life sciences, non-technology consumer driven companies, and real estate. Along the second dimension, stage o
