Who We Are
Eighteen Ventures is one of the few consulting
and advisory firms dedicated to helping small high technology firms successfully get through the complex private capital investment
process.
Darrell Williams- Founder, President & CEO
Mr. Williams
built his professional career providing small high technology firms with information, consulting services and workshop training
on how to achieve success and grow.
As the founder, President and CEO of the former DC-based Washington
Emerging Technologies Center(WETC), Mr. Williams successfully produced SBIR Phase III private capital
funding workshops, which included venture capital firm representatives, for Washington, DC-area SBIR award winners.
Mr. Williams created and produced the first Connect
With Capital™ event in 2004.
WETC, under Mr. Williams' leadership, won three (3) US Small
Business Administration Office of Technology grants to provide information, training and consulting services to Washington,
DC-area small high technology firms and aspiring technology entrepreneurs interested in winning SBIR grants/contracts. From 1999 through 2004, WETC's SBIR outreach efforts served
a combination of over 400 DC-area small high technology firms and individuals.
Mr. Williams received his BA, Political
Science, from Bates College, Lewiston, ME in 1986. He can be reached at darrell@eighteenventures.com