Enterprise Partners Venture Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage companies. It invests in later stage companies and buyout opportunities on a case-by-case basis. The firm typically invests in the life sciences and technology sectors with a focus on new technology fields including digital media, wireless networks, specialized energy and materials, consumer products and applications, and digital home technologies and services. It seeks to invest in California. The firm primarily invests between $3 million and $10 million in its portfolio companies and will occasionally invest as little as $300,000 in a seed stage venture. It seeks to take a board seat in its portfolio company and often serves as a lead investor. The firm primarily invests for a period between four years and seven years. Enterprise Partners Venture Capital was founded in 1985 and is based in La Jolla, California.