As a general guideline, Arris Ventures will focus on investing in established revenue-generating businesses at various stages of development in emerging growth technology industries. Industries: information technology (software, application hosting, systems and services) distance learning technology communications and networking (data networking equipment, access, optical, and next generation wireless) e-commerce (business-to-business, supply-chain management) microelectronics (communications and wireless semi-conductor) life sciences (biotechnology, bioinformatics and genomics) Stage: Early to middle stage, expansion financing, re-capitalization Investment Size: An initial investment of $500,000 to $3 million, growing to $4–$6 million as the company develops Location: A substantial Arizona presence is ideal. Investments in the Southwest will be sought, and other national opportunities will be considered.