Dot Capital - Venture capital firm
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Dot Capital is a leading New York City based boutique Venture Capital firm Dot Capital’s team leverages its over 60 years of experience as professional Venture Capital investors to surface investments in disruptive growth companies that operate in its target sectors

Venture capital minimums of capital and strategic and financial planning are just a part of what Dot Capital brings to its investment partnerships Dot Capital feels perseverance and ingenuity are essential ingredients when building winning technology companies and it looks for entrepreneurs who demonstrate these qualities

Investment opportunities are screened by filters developed since the principal’s entrance into the venture capital community in the late 90’s Dot Capital will evaluate deals at all stages and it adjusts investment criteria based upon the situation Referenced, management, technology and product are a must Dot Capital’s principals have accumulated Board of Director experience across all target sectors and have established broad networks to source investment opportunities, management and business development relationships

First investment made 2001 First investment made in 2003 First investment made in 1998 First investment made in 2014

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First investment made in 2004

Superior Returns are Achieved by Revenue and Profit Growth.

Dot Capital (“Firm”) was formed by Joseph R Saviano (the “Founder”) in 2012 after a two-decade career in private equity and venture capital Dot Capital was formed with the goal to build partnerships that consistently produce top quartile venture capital returns for investors, entrepreneurs, management teams and founders The Firm expects to generate the majority of its income from profit participation after investors receive returns of capital Alignment with investors and teams is paramount when building partnerships and an enduring Firm To help ensure success, investments will be in growth sectors of the economy, in companies that have profitable operating business models with experienced, entrepreneurial management teams

Since founding, Dot Capital has raised two venture capital funds, made eighteen investments and realized nine investments Larry Bettino joined Mr Saviano in 2016 when the Firm held an initial closing on its first institutional venture capital fund, Dot Cap VC Fund, L P Alex Krakoski and Max Tave joined in 2018 and Eddie Saviano in 2020 The Firm has built a portfolio containing investments in the technology sub-sectors of; mobile marketing, SaaS, Internet of Things, digital media, payments, sharing economy and Internet infrastructure The Founder believes in each case, management, entrepreneurs and investors are excited to be working together

Dot Capital has generated strong cash returns for investors From inception to December 31, 2020, the Firm’s realized portfolio has achieved total distributed capital to invested capital of 2 1 times and it’s carrying value to invested capital over the entire portfolio is 2 times

Dot Capital has raised two funds, Dot Cap VC Fund, L P , (“Dot VC”) in 2016 and Dot Capital Growth Fund, L P (“Dot Growth”) in 2020 Dot VC and Dot Growth (collectively “Funds”) are venture capital funds that acquire equity positions in emerging technology leaders through direct investments in early-stage companies and secondary stock purchases from founders and angels in late stage venture capital backed companies Investments range from $750K to $4M per deal This unique two prong approach aims to produce a portfolio with potentially quicker exit opportunities and reduced follow-on financing risk The Founder believes that a mix of primary and secondary investments will produce a lower risk portfolio without sacrificing high return potential

All target portfolio investments will operate in large growth markets where technology changes are disrupting the status quo The Funds’ investments will operate in the SaaS, mobile, Internet infrastructure, Big Data, IoT, sharing economy and digital media sectors and the Funds returns will be driven by revenue and profit growth of portfolio investments

Dot VC is fully invested, has realized more than half its investments and has produced top-quartile venture capital returns from launch to December 31, 2020

Dot Growth is actively seeking new investments

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