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What does Tech Council Ventures invest in?
Tech Council Ventures invests most often at Series B and Series A (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology.
Tech Council Ventures highlights
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1 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series B and Series A: 57% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $2.1M
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3 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Tech Council Ventures invests in early-stage technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic region with Seed and Series A financing.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $500K – $3.0M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- Technology
- Based in
- Jersey City, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first22 appearances
- 2026
1 round
- Mar
- 2014
1 round
- Sept
- 2010
1 round
- Sept
- 2007
5 rounds
- Jun
- Apr
- Mar
- Mar
- Mar
- 2006
4 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Jul
- Feb
- 2005
5 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Apr
- Apr
- 2004
2 rounds
- Jul
- Jun
- 2003
2 rounds
- Nov
- May
- 2002
1 round
- Nov
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration4 named
BFBen Franklin Technology Development AuthorityLimited PartneriFiling they signed
JTJames T. GuntonMember of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
MKMark KolbGeneral PartneriFiling they signed
STStephen T. SocolofMember of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
We also hold 8 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$58Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- TECH Council Ventures LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 293614
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
0 of 3 we have independently watched raise
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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed3 in all
CareGainBought by Canopy FinancialUndisclosedOct 2008
Game TrustBought by Real Networks$20MSept 2007
Netilla NetworksBought by AEP NetworksUndisclosedDec 2004
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.