Doughty Hanson & Co. Technology Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and start-ups investments. It seeks to invest throughout the life-cycle of a business. The firm makes investments in technology sector with a focus on infrastructure software; micro-components including optical components; enterprise and Internet enabling software; communications technologies including bandwidth utilization, wireless technologies, network technologies; semiconductors, materials science, and other component technologies; and consumer and digital entertainment products. It targets investments in companies based in Western Europe. The firm makes seed investments typically, as little as €100,000 ($0.14 million) and later stage investments of upto €10 million ($14.51 million). It was founded in 2000 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Europe. Doughty Hanson & Co. Technology Ventures is an operating subsidiary of Doughty Hanson & Co.