The Gryphon Ventures Limited Partnerships are venture capital affiliates of Gryphon Management Company, Inc., a Boston-based financial services firm founded in 1984. The Gryphon Ventures Partnerships focus exclusively on early stage investment opportunities in high technology industries with a current emphasis on Energy, Environmental, Industrial Biotechnology, Petrochemical Services and Specialty Chemicals. Gryphon occasionally participates in the actual founding of a company and prefers to make investment commitments in the range of $1,000,000-$3,000,000.