It can be great fun to track the investments of Seattle venture capital firms. Not only is this a terrific way to stay current about what is happening in the local economy, you can sometimes find out about hiring opportunities that occur after an infusion of funding to an interesting start up.

If you are looking for a great research tool on VC firms in our area, check out the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Venture Capital Notebook. In addition to background on the firms, you can link to related articles on the Seattle P-I site.

If your goal is to find work in the venture field, you might find this article by Seth Levine very useful. How To Get A Job In Venture Capital.

Below is a list of VC's who fund companies in the Puget Sound area:

A/B

Aegis Capital
Alexander Hutton
Alliance of Angels
ARCH Venture Partners
Atlas Venture
Buerk Dale Victor LLC
Benaroya Capital
Blue Point Capital Partners

C/D/E

Cascadia Capital
Cedar Grove Investments
Chanen & Company
Digital Partners
eFund
Encompass Ventures

F/G/H/I/J/K

FBR CoMotion Venture Capital
Fluke Venture Partners
Frank Russell Capital
Frazier & Company
Guide Ventures
Ignition Partners

L/M/N/O

Lumira Capital Corp
Madrona Venture Group
Maveron
Mohr, Davidow Ventures
Northwest Capital Appreciation
Northwest Venture Associates
Olympic Venture Partners

P/Q/R/S

Pacific Horizon Ventures
Phoenix Partners
Polaris Venture Partners
Seapoint Ventures
Second Avenue Partners
Staenberg Venture Partners

T/U/V/W/X/Y/Z

Telecom Partners
Timberline Venture Partners
Trans Cosmos USA
US Venture Partners
UV Partners
Vault Capital
Velocity Capital
Voyager Capital
Vulcan, Inc
Washington Research Foundation
XMLFund

If you know of other firms we should include, please contact us.