The State of Ohio released the 2012 Ohio Third Frontier Annual Report to the Governor. The report demonstrates the success of the program including 882 companies created, capitalized or relocated to Ohio. Furthermore, the report highlights leveraged...

Kauffman recently released their 2013 report addressing the state of entrepreneurship in the United States. After identifying a variety of factors limiting access to capital for young businesses, Kauffman offers several ideas that might encourage...

The California Financial Opportunities Roundtable (CalFOR) created this document encompassing all the access to capital financing tools available in California. CalFOR identified opportunities and developed recommendations for leveraging existing...

Launch Tennessee produced the program guidelines for Tennessee's INCITE Co-Investment Fund which was created with SSBCI funds. The purpose of the fund is to increase access to seed, early and expansion-stage capital for businesses.

Overview of the uniquely structured SSBCI program in North Dakota, describing programs and administration of SSBCI funds.

Ohio Third Frontier's program plan and budget for 2012 explains goals, future direction, strategic factors, and focus on technology/innovation financing programs.

The 2011 Ohio Third Frontier Annual Report contains details about their programs and successful projects in the technology-based economy.

Toby Rittner, President & CEO Council of Development Finance Agencies, discusses CDFA, development finance trends, best practices, case studies, and a wide variety of development finance programs.

Tennessee's Department of Economic & Community Development describe the massive overhaul the department experienced under new Governor Bill Haslem. The document also explains their approach and focus for economic and community development moving...

Michigan's 21st Century Jobs Trust Fund 2011 Annual Report, covering all of the state's access to capital programs.

This executive summary from Ben Franklin Technology Partners reviews the organization's successes in support new companies across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Linda O'Keefe of Elevate Ventures describes Indiana's state-supported innovation finance programs.

Eric Cromwell and Dan Schmisseur of Cromwell Schmisseur LLC present this overview of state venture capital programs, particularly those supported by the State Small Business Credit Initiative.

This handbook from the California Financial Opportunities Roundtable covers a wide range of access to capital-related programs and services available throughout the state, including loan programs, bonds, innovation finance.

Robert Heard of Cimarron Capital Partners provides this overview of state programs to support angel, seed, and venture capital.

Stephen Auvil of Maryland Technology Development Corporation reviews the entity's programs to support innovation throughout the state.

This presentation from Iowa Economic Development Authority reviews the state's diverse set of small business lending support programs, including a CAP, loan participation, and seed investments.

This report from the Michigan Venture Capital Association covers the angel and venture capital activity in the state for 2011, including funds and investments supported by state and local development organizations.

This document from Enterprise Florida, Inc. overviews the agency's access to capital programs, which include loan guarantees, loan participation, bond finance, innovation finance initiatives, and more.

This presentation from Joseph Edgar of the Texas Dept. of Agriculture reviews the state's Jobs for Texas venture capital program, which was established through the U.S. Dept. of Treasury's State Small Business Credit Initiative.

Lisa Delp of the Ohio Third Frontier Commission provides an overview of the entity's operations to support technology and early-stage companies in Ohio. The Ohio Third Frontier received funding through the Treasury's SSBCI.

Eric Cromwell of Cromwell Schmisseur provided these best principles for state venture capital programs and warnings against easy pitfalls in operating state equity programs.

This presentation by Timothy Cole of the Rhode Island Development Corporation covers the state's SSBCI programs and features the investment in the Betaspring business accelerator.

These program guidelines from the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation cover the state's INCITE Co-Investment Fund, which is a self-sustaining fund expanding access to capital for seed-, early-, and expansion-stage companies.

This report from the Center for Entrepreneurship at the OSU Fisher College of Business tracks, in partnership with state and regional partners, venture capital investment activity in the state of Ohio.

This program overview for the Maryland Venture Fund covers the requirements for challenge investments and the enterprise investment fund. The programs were approved for funding through the Treasury's State Small Business Credit Initiative.

Minneapolis Saint Paul has released a plan for a regional effort to stimulate entrepreneurship, largely through financial investments in pre-venture companies. The report, written with assistance from the Brookings Institution covers the concepts,...

This report to Secretary Locke was created by the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The report provides policy recommendations for incentivizing early- and later-stage access to capital for high-growth companies.

This document from IN's approved State Small Business Credit Initiative application provides an overview of the state's 21st Century Research & Technology Fund. This attachment describes the fund, which includes several individual programs, and...

This presentation from the Ohio Third Frontier provides a detailed review of the entity's financial performance and economic impact. The future of the Ohio Third Frontier is also addressed, and this portion includes discussions of JobsOhio, new...

The Missouri Innovation, Development, and Entrepreneurial Advancement (IDEA) Funds encompass four programs that can provide loans or equity investments to early-stage technology companies along the entire venture growth curve. This one-page document...

The 2010 Community Report was published by the JumpStart Entrepreneurial Network, which brings together state-funded incubators, investment groups, and others to encourage tech-related companies in northeast Ohio. JumpStart has received national...

The MO Department of Economic Development created this narrative description of two of the state's access to capital initiatives -- the IDEA Fund and the Grow MO Loan Fund. These descriptions provide summaries, eligibility criteria, and performance...

The Innovation Finance Reference Guide explores the growing seed, venture capital and angel investment industry. Written by Robert Heard of Cimarron Capital Partners and Jim Troxel of Development Capital Networks, this guide gives development...

This presentation by the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority provides an overview of the agency's various financing programs. Highlights include descriptions of loan guaranties, capital access, and private activity bonds, as well as a...

Cliff Smith of RAIN Source Capital presents a case study of a network of 23 angel funds.

The Center for Venture Research is a multidisciplinary research unit of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. The Center's principal area of expertise is in the study of early stage equity financing for...

This article understands the important role entrepreneurship plays in the economic development toolbox. The author highlights the advantages of angel versus venture capital investing. RAIN fund developing is one way to stimulate entrepreneurial...

The article highlights a venture capital study conducted by National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF). This piece looks at use of venture capital as an economic development tool. The author looks at the historical use of venture...

An Economic Developer’s Perspective on Seed and Venture Investing - Presentation by Charlie Spies, President of the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF) as given during the 2005 CDFA Annual Conference.

The National Association of Seed and Venture Funds is an organization of private, public and nonprofit organizations committed to building their local economies by investing and facilitating investment in local entrepreneurs.

NASVF presents trends in Institutional venture investing by stage of development. 1995 - 2005