Newbury Ventures provides early-stage financing for networking and IT companies. Newbury prefers to lead financing rounds and ally with other investors who bring additional value-added resources to the team. Newbury further assists companies as they grow by: working with other venture capitalists, commercial banks and leasing companies; seeking strategic corporate partners; and, teaming up with appropriate investment bankers. Newbury Ventures has raised and managed investments of over $600 million in venture capital from institutional investors throughout the world. Newbury has been involved with 100-plus investments in such stellar performers as Oracle, Corvis, Cadence, Altera, Cirrus Logic, Atmel, PMC Sierra, Broderbund, Nellcor, Acuson, Jacada, Fundtech, Netro, ACC, Precise and Highwave Optical. http://www.newburyven.com Venture Coaches is a venture capital fund dedicated to the realization of brilliant ideas in the wireless and photonics sectors. Venture Coaches provides seed capital to idea-stage companies, ongoing management coaching, and the business infrastructure needed to get new companies up and running. http://www.venturecoaches.com