Institutional Capital

Matchstar's business model was designed to "de-risk" the search process for VC and private equity firms and their portfolio companies. Please reference "Company Services" on our homepage for more details.  We have built a scalable recruiting model that enables us to provide an extreme level of service, low fees, "payment for performance," speed (presentation of candidates that meet absolute requirements within 7-10 days), and domain expertise. Our goal is to reduce the time, cost, and hassle of finding key future contributors while providing a higher level of service than most branded national retained search firms.

Matchstar also provides introductions to Venture Capital firms for companies in the process of raising additional capital. Our 100+ Venture Capital relationships have asked us to refer new investment opportunities to them based on their individual investment criteria. Any transactional fees collected by Matchstar can be used as credits for future hires.

We have helped a number of companies raise tens of millions in early stage venture money over the past few years. Our primary goal in providing this service is to help our clients get the funding to meet their next growth milestone. Building out management teams is a critical success factor for early stage firms, and helping companies get funding creates new jobs for everyone!

The following is a short selection of the venture capital firms and or their portfolio companies we have worked with: Apex Venture Partners, Austin Ventures, BA Venture Partners, BayStar, Blueprint Ventures, BV Capital (Bertelsmann Ventures), Canaan Partners, Columbia Capital, Core Capital Partners, Crimson Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Richards, DynaFund Ventures, FastAngels Ventures, First Stage Capital, GIV Ventures, IDG Ventures, Ignition Corporation, Industry Ventures, Insight Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), KB Partners, Leapfrog Ventures, LightSpeed Venture Partners, Mellon Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds, Mohr, Davidow Ventures, NeoCarta Ventures, New Venture Partners, Northwest Venture Associates, Opus Capital, Origin Ventures, Osprey Ventures, Palomar Ventures, Prism Opportunity fund, RBC Centura, Rocket Ventures, Ridgewood Capital, RRE Ventures, RWI Group, Shelter Capital Partners, Shelter Ventures, SpaceVest, Startupfactory.com, The Sprout Group, TL Ventures, Vision Capital, Walden VC, Warburg Pincus, Weston Presidio Capital, WI Harper Group and Zone Ventures. And the list continues to grow every month! If your company will be in the process of raising additional capital this year and would like more information, then please contact Carolyne Connor at connor@matchstar.com.

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