Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) helps Chevron embrace emerging technologies to create new commercial opportunities, reduce costs, and improve performance.

CTV serves as one of the company's most important technology "scouts," always searching for emerging technologies that could enhance Chevron's strategies. CTV identifies, acquires, tests, validates, and – if appropriate – helps integrate those technologies into the company's core businesses. Alternatively, technologies may be studied then "shelved" for future consideration.

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Early Stage Partners was formed in 2001 with the belief that the Midwest could and would create and attract a significant number of early stage technology companies that would be attractive early stage venture capital investment opportunities. This belief was predicated on positive trends in regional economies, technology, and entrepreneurship and on the experience of the Early Stage Partners team in identifying promising ventures and budding entrepreneurs.

They began raising capital in 2001 in the depths of a venture capital industry downturn. In spite of being a first-time fund investing in technology in the Midwest in the midst of that downturn, they raised $44 million for ESP Fund I, which is now fully deployed.

Since that time, states across the Midwest have embarked on a broad transformation, which includes increased technology transfer and company formation from regional research institutions, the formation of accelerators and seed funds, efforts to attract entrepreneurs and companies from around the world, a multiplicity of state programs supporting entrepreneurship, and increasing attention from venture capital providers outside the region. Early Stage Partners is well-positioned to ride these trends.

Early Stage Partners is a proud member of the Ohio Venture Association and the Michigan Venture Capital Association. Early Stage Partners currently manages over $98 million and growing.

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Reservoir Venture Partners is a Columbus, Ohio, based venture capital firm bringing capital, business building acumen, and a strong network of advisors to entrepreneurs and their teams.

Reservoir targets investments in companies with an emphasis on healthcare, information technology, and clean technology and manages two funds with an initial investment generally of between $0.5 million and $1 million, up to $4 million. Reservoir Venture Partners supports portfolio companies with dynamic guidance to entrepreneurs in all key aspects of operations, governance, and strategy.

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