helping build high-tech in greater sarasota

We are a venture capital firm providing expansion capital to rapidly growing private companies located primarily in the Southeast and Texas. Ballast Point Ventures partners with talented and driven management teams to achieve profitable long-term growth. We understand the importance of making the right decisions for the long run, and we provide our entrepreneur partners with extensive experience, critical resources, valuable introductions and helpful insights as they strive to build industry-leading companies.

We have decided to leverage the brand of the HuB, and pay tribute to the opportunities that have ensued as a result of our affiliation with the incubator. The HuB Seed Fund is currently composed of $1.5 million investment dollars, all of which are designed to support local entrepreneurs in the Sarasota/Bradenton area looking to bring their new product or service ideas to fruition.

New World Angels (NWA) is a group of private investors dedicated to providing equity capital to  early-stage entrepreneurial companies in the state of Florida. NWA has chapters in South Florida and the Tampa Bay area and is typically a lead or co-investor in transactions totaling between $0.5 million and $2.5 million.  Members of NWA have extensive experience in founding, building, and managing companies     in a wide variety of industries. In addition to providing funding, NWA members  make their expertise and resource networks available to portfolio companies.

Seven Holdings is more than just another boutique venture capital investment firm. We have assembled a world-class team of experts who are a significant resource for enhancing the economic success of our portfolio companies.

The Florida Opportunity Fund’s fund of funds program was created to realize significant long-term capital appreciation by identifying and investing in a diversified, high-quality portfolio of seed and early stage venture capital funds that target (in whole or in part) investment opportunities within Florida.

The Florida Angel Nexus (“NEXUS”) powers angel investment groups statewide. We solve challenges common for these groups: deal flow, due diligence, portfolio management, and need for broader context. We enable investors to invest in small groups of their own choosing and meet highly specialized goals while enjoying the efficiency of a large investment entity.

Ifyou are a company with a great idea, we want to hear from you. Read about our investment criteria, funding process, and then learn how to submit your business plan.  Tamiami Angel Fund I & II, LLC (”T1” , "T2" or the “Fund”) is a Member-managed Florida Limited Liability Company (LLC) designed to enable private accredited investors to collectively make private equity investments in promising early stage through expansion stage commercial ventures located in the State of Florida. The Fund’s structure and operating procedures were designed to afford private investors substantial advantages over traditional individual, “Angel”, investing.

Sarasota Tech Connect