Novus Ventures Information

Founded in 1994, Novus Ventures is a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) that invests in early stage information technology companies. Working side by side with entrepreneurs, Novus Ventures' partners, combine active board participation with early stage venture investing. They use their expertise and experience to enhance the capabilities of the management team, clarify the strategy, forge customer alliances, fundraise and add reporting discipline. The partners, Dan Tompkins, Greg Lahann, Christine Comaford Lynch, Elaine Bailey, Stewart Schuster, have extensive backgrounds as technologists, financial executives, operating executives, CEOs, entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. With $148 million under management and offices in Cupertino, California, the firm's portfolio is comprised of investments in enterprise software and infrastructure, information technology and semiconductor technology.