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SBIR MatchMaker Program
**The place where small high tech businesses meet potential investors and strategic partners**
Matchmaker Program Technology Prospectus FY2004-FY2008
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program provides early
stage funds to small businesses to conduct research and development, and to prototype exemplary innovative
technologies with strong market potential. NSF SBIR Projects cover a broad range of topics in advanced
materials and manufacturing, biotechnology, electronics and information technology. Below we have listed
examples of the topics in which we are sponsoring work:
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
- Nanotechnology
- Membrane (Fuel Cells)
- Rapid Prototyping
- Surface Treatments
- Pollution Avoidance
- Catalysis
- Separations
- Smart Materials
Biotechnology
- Genomics
- Industrial Bioproducts
- Proteomics
- Biosensors
- Biomaterials
- Pharmaceutical Drug Delivery
- Biochips
- Biomedical Devices and Instrumentation
- Agricultural Biotechnology
- Bioinformatics
Electronics
- Organic LEDs
- High Power Lasers
- Trace Gas Sensors
- Optical Interconnects
- Opto-Electronics
- Diagnostic Spectroscopy
- MEMs
- Lithography
- Wireless Networks
- Spintronics
Information Technology
- Mobile Computing
- High Speed Networking
- E-business
- Human/Computer Interface
- Intelligent Systems
- Information Management and Retrieval
For more detailed information, please see our website at http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/.
* Investors AND Strategic partners *
The NSF SBIR
Program is presenting a unique investment opportunity by introducing you to
pre-selected, high technology emerging businesses in our portfolio that have
each secured nearly $1million dollars to develop and advance their early-stage,
cutting edge research. These Phase II Grantees have successfully advanced through
two highly competitive selection rounds of assessment involving two rigorous
technical peer reviews as well as one comprehensive commercial review. Only
one in thirteen applicants typically reach this level of funding from us. We welcome
inquiries from Venture Capital Groups, Angel Investors and Strategic Corporate
Partners. To participate, please send us an email at SBIRmatch@nsf.gov with
the following information about your organization:
- Organization Name
- Organization Contact Person
- Phone Number, E-mail Address and Mailing Address
- Web Site Address
- Technology Preference
- Regional Preference
- Range of Typical Investment
- Stage of Typical Investment
Once we
receive your e-mail, a Program Manager will contact you with information on
our Phase II Grantees and Projects that may best fit your investment profile.
Our Program Managers will also make the initial introduction between you and
the companies advancing the technologies of interest to you. Our Program
Managers are drawn from within the high technology research and business communities.
They are savvy in technology management and have extensive familiarity with
the active investment community and thus will be able to identify relevant Grantees
and Projects.The NSF SBIR
Program has established the following criteria for investors and / or corporations
to qualify for this connection to small businesses in our portfolio:
- The
organization must have a genuine interest and applicable experience as a qualified
investor in high technology businesses
- The
organization must have an investment focus in one of the four NSF technology
areas: electronics, biotechnology, information technology, advanced materials
and manufacturing
- The
organization agrees to provide access to annual reports, current and past
customers, strategic partners and/or portfolio companies as needed and as
appropriate for performing due diligence on investors
*
NSF SBIR Phase II Grantees *We will introduce you to potential investors and / or
to strategic corporate partners if you meet the following criteria:
- You
have completed NSF SBIR project milestones and NSF reporting requirements
on a timely basis
- You
have a proven commercialization track record for non-federally funded projects
as well as federally funded projects (if established company)
- You
have a demonstrated non-SBIR revenue growth over time (if established company)
- You
have identified key management roles within the company and are assembling
a team to take the company forward
- You
have a business plan appropriate for submission to investors
- You
have a definitive plan to protect intellectual property critical to the technology
- You
provide consent to NSF SBIR Program Managers to provide references to qualified
investors and corporations
REMEMBER,
IT CAN TAKE MORE THAN A YEAR TO SECURE INVESTMENT FUNDS OR A STRATEGIC PARTNER,
SO SIGN UP EARLY.If your company
is interested and meets the criteria above, please send an email to SBIRmatch@nsf.gov
with the following information
- Company
Name
- Authorized
Organizational Representative
- Company
Phone Number, E-mail Address and Mailing Address
- NSF
SBIR Phase II Project Number(s)
- Written
Permission for NSF to Forward Public Award Information to External Organization
- Written
Permission for NSF to Talk to External Organizations About Your Company's
Award(s) Performance
Once we
have this information, we will put you on our list to share your projects with
interested external parties. MatchMaker
is only a vehicle to refer SBIR Phase II Awardees to interested, accredited
investors and strategic partners and does not guarantee investment or funding
of any kind. If you have
further questions, please contact:
Division of Industrial Innovation & Partnerships (IIP) Point of Contact:
T. James Rudd, Matchmaker Program Director, tjrudd@nsf.gov 703-292-4759
PLEASE
NOTE: Investors
and grantees must do their own due diligence. Providing and accepting
investment is not risk free.NSF operates
under the SBIR legislation that encourages private sector commercialization.
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