The Latest on Verge

Verge's Giannini Honored by NMBW

April 24, 2008

Verge Fund’s very own Director of Operations, Amanda Giannini, was recently selected as one of New Mexico Business Weekly's “40 Under Forty.” Each year, the newspaper selects just forty of the state’s “most promising young business people” for the list. For the complete article highlighting the accomplishments of Giannini and other outstanding young business people throughout New Mexico, see this week’s issue of New Mexico Business Weekly. Click here for additional information.

ZTEC Introduces New Series Oscilloscopes

April 21, 2008

ZTEC Instruments introduces the ZT4210 series of 300 MHz oscilloscopes in PXI, PCI, and VXI form factors. The new series is designed to replace benchtop oscilloscopes in many ATE, aerospace, defense, and portable test applications. For more specifications and the full press release, click here.

Durgin, TruTouch Featured in SmallBiz

April 16, 2008

Verge partner Dave Durgin and Verge portfolio company TruTouch Technologies were recently featured in Business Weekly’s SmallBiz. The article highlights the thriving venture capital market in New Mexico and the many dynamic factors that support it. To read the article for the April/May issue of SmallBiz, click here.

Overview

Something very exciting is happening in New Mexico. You can feel it every time you go to Albuquerque, Santa Fe, or anywhere near a university for that matter.

New Mexico is a global powerhouse when it comes to technological development. We have been for years. We’ve got the smartest scientific and engineering minds in the world at our national research labs, tier-1 research universities, and Air Force and military research facilities spending more than $4.8 billion in research and development each year. But no one is really taking advantage of that talent.

Well, it’s time we did something about that.

Verge is a highly motivated venture capital fund that invests in seed-stage, high-growth ventures right here in New Mexico. This partnership focuses on opportunities at the earliest stages of their development, even if the business plan hasn’t been fully built out. Sure, there’s a certain amount of ambiguity at this stage, but there’s also the potential for a very high return. And the Principals at Verge know a little something about that.

The opportunities in New Mexico are just below the surface and Verge knows exactly where to find them. The Principals of this partnership have a combined 43 years of experience investing in and working with entrepreneurial companies in New Mexico. Our history is working in the labs, the universities and successful venture capital firms. We live here, we work here and we know how to get things done here.

Because our background is deeply rooted in this state, we bring with us a simple honesty about the challenges here and what we can accomplish. This straightforward attitude will keep us focused on finding and creating just the right deals that will transition into nationally and internationally competitive companies.

Verge Building. Verge has recently moved into the Verge Building, the ideal environment for high tech, high growth companies. The historic J.S. Brown Mercantile building has been renovated to become a high tech haven for startup companies.