Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc. is a principal investment firm specializing in growth capital, emerging growth, pre seed, seed, and early stage investing. The firm seeks to invest in specialty group, emerging technologies, media and communications, and software and information services. Within specialty group, it focuses on health care; specialty chemical; and ingredient companies. In emerging technologies group, the firm targets networking and the information technology sectors. The media and communications group includes communications and media sectors. In software and information services group, it focuses on companies in software; information technology; and content sectors. The firm also targets intellectual property spinouts partnerships with corporations. It prefers to act as a lead investor in its portfolio companies. The firm also provides its portfolio companies with human capital, corporate partnering, marketing, financial management, operational support, capital market strategies, and information technology support services. It seeks to invest over a long term investment horizon. Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc. was founded by Mr. Spencer Trask in 1991 and is headquartered in New York, New York.