The Halo Fund

The Halo Fund is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on high-growth investments at the front edge of business and technological innovation in Silicon Valley We invest in companies led by extraordinary people who are pursuing opportunities in, life sciences, consumer products, clean technology, and high technology We attract Silicon Valley's most disruptive processes and ideas that are "must-have" (verses "nice to have") technologies Our investments impact the world in a positive manner The first Halo Fund (Halo I) was raised in 2000 Since then, two additional funds have been raised with current investments being made out of the third fund (Halo III)

Halo Fund partners are successful investors and entrepreneurs, who have built ventures from the ground up, raised private capital and managed public companies In addition, Halo's team represents significant venture capital investing experience The Halo Funds have a long history of attracting top co-investors such as Kleiner Perkins, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, US Venture Partners, and Sequoia Capital The Halo Funds leverage an exclusive relationship with The Angels' Forum to pre-screen the majority of our deal flow The most promising of these investment opportunities are further evaluated through Halo Fund's due diligence process

The Halo Fund has and will continue to co‑invest with venture capital firms, private equity firms, corporate venture funds, and other angel investors These other investors are appreciative of Halo's early involvement and guidance in portfolio companies Some of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital funds that have subsequently invested in past Halo Funds portfolio companies include Kleiner Perkins, USVP, Mayfield, Mohr Davidow, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Onset Ventures and Sequoia

Operating Experience and Expertise Halo Fund Partners have both the business and personal experience to identify, evaluate and invest in promising technologies at the beginning Each team member has lived through many industry cycles across different sectors of technology and in many functional disciplines Each partner has significant investing and/or strategic investment banking advisory experience as well as operational experience working with or in both small start-ups and large companies Board Members and Company Builders A core value for Halo is to bring significant value as board members (or board observers) via their wisdom gained through operating and investing experience Assistance might come in the form of helping the entrepreneurial team adjust strategy, build a team capable of outstanding execution, gain customers, design strategic alliances and go public and/or exit through acquisition