Garage Technology Ventures is a seed-stage and early-stage venture capital fund. We’re looking to invest in entrepreneurial teams with big ideas and a need for seed capital to turn their ideas into great companies.

We are willing to invest in unproven teams attacking unproven markets with unproven solutions. We’re not interested in teams that are creating the n^th solution to the same old problem nor companies who are trying to improve things by only 10 or 20 percent.

On a more tactical level, the characteristics of the companies we invest in are:

• Sectors: Software, services, clean technology, and material sciences (not life sciences)

• Funding: Seeking seed or early investments from $500,000 to $3,000,000

• Geography: California or Western US based

• Business model: requiring less than $5,000,000 to reach break even or sustainability

If this sounds like your company, please send us your executive summary. Before you send your summary, please review the following material:

• Critical Factors for Obtaining Funding
  An overview of the critical factors for success in raising venture capital.

• Writing a Compelling Executive Summary
  A summary of the key elements of an effective executive summary, including a list of typical mistakes.

• Perfecting Your Pitch
  A guide to crafting your investor presentation, including a detailed framework and tips on effective pitching.

For more articles, audio files, presentations, books and links that can help you with your venture, please see our resources for entrepreneurs.