California Government Resources 

CalGold – State’s online business permitting site

Department of Revenue (sales tax information)

Secretary of State (incorporation information)

Angel Investor Groups

Angel Capital Network
AngelsCorner
Band of Angels
California Investment Network
Maverick Angels
North Bay Angels
Pasadena Angels
Sacramento Angels
Sand Hill Angels LLC
Silicom Ventures
TechCoast Angels
The Angels’ Forum LLC

Small Business Incubators

Astia - San Francisco  (formerly Women’s Technology Cluster)
Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - Altadena
Central Valley Business Incubator - Fresno, Clovis, Visalia, Porterville & Madera
Contra Costa County Incubators - Concord and San Ramon
Daly City Enterprise Center - Daly City
El Pajaro Community Development Corporation - Watsonville
Environmental Business Cluster - San Jose
FAME Renaissance - Los Angeles
i3 Advanced Technology Incubator – Santa Clarita
Marina Small Business Incubator
NASA Commercialization Ctr Pomona Technology Ctr - Pomona
Oakland Small Business Growth Center - Oakland
Panasonic Digital Concepts Center - Cupertino
Pasadena Enterprise Center - Pasadena
San Diego Technology Incubator - San Diego
Software Business Cluster - Portola Valley
TriValley Technology Enterprise Center - Livermore
US Market Access Center - San Jose
US-Japan Business Incubation Center - San Jose (site is in Japanese so you’ll have to have your browser translate)
Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corp - Los Angeles

Venture Capital Firms in CA

Aberdare Ventures
ABS Capital Partners
Acacia Venture Partners
Accel Partners
Adams Capital Management, Inc.
Advanced Technology Ventures
Advent International Corporation
Allegis Capital
Alloy Ventures
Alta Partners
Altos Ventures
AltoTech Ventures
American River Ventures
Ampersand Ventures
Apax Partners, Inc.
Applied Materials Ventures
Asset Management Company
August Capital
Battery Ventures
Bay Partners
BCM Technologies, Inc.
Benchmark Capital
Blue Run Ventures
Bessemer Venture Partners
Blue Chip Venture Company
Burrill & Company
CampVentures
Canaan Partners
Cardinal Partners
Cardinal Venture Capital
Cargill Ventures
Catamount Ventures
Charles River Ventures
Clearstone Venture Partners
CMEA Ventures
Compass Venture Partners L.P.
Crescendo Ventures
Crosslink Capital
Crosspoint Venture Partners
CTTV Investments LLC
Cutlass Capital
CW Group, Inc
De Novo Ventures
Delphi Ventures
Doll Capital Management
Domain Associates, L.L.C.
Draper Richards, L.P.
Earlybird
East Gate Capital Management, LLC
El Dorado Ventures
Entrepia Ventures, Inc.
Flagship Ventures
Flynn Ventures L.L.C.
Flywheel Ventures
Focus Ventures
Forward Ventures
Foundation Capital
Fuse Capital
Gabriel Venture Partners
Garage Technology Ventures
Globespan Capital Partners
Granite Ventures, L.L.C.
Greenspring Associates
Greylock
The Grosvenor Funds
GRP Partners
Guidant Corporation
Hamilton Apex Ventures, LP
Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc
Housatonic Partners
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
IDG Ventures
IGNITE Group
InterWest Partners
INVESCO Private Capital
Institutional Venture Partners
JAFCO Ventures
Kaiser Permanente
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kline Hawkes & Co.
Latterell Venture Partners
Legacy Venture
Levensohn Venture Partners
Lighthouse Capital Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Matrix Partners
Mayfield
Menlo Ventures
Mission Ventures
Mobius Venture Capital
Mohr, Davidow Ventures
Montreux Equity Partners
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners
Morgenthaler
Motorola Ventures
MPM Capital
Needham Capital Partners
New Enterprise Associates
New Millennium Partners
Newton Technology Partners
NGEN Partners L.L.C
NIF Ventures USA, Inc.
Norwest Venture Partners
Nth Power
Oak Investment Partners
Odyssey Venture Partners
Omron Advanced Systems, Inc.
ONSET Ventures
Opportunity Capital Partners
Oxford Bioscience Partners
Peninsula Equity Partners
Pitango Venture Capital
POSCO BioVentures
Prospect Venture Partners
Ridgewood Capital
Rustic Canyon Ventures
Saints Ventures
Sanderling Ventures
Scale Venture Partners
Schroder Ventures Life Sciences
Selby Venture Partners
Sevin Rosen Funds
Shepherd Ventures
Sienna Ventures
Sierra Ventures
Sigma Partners
Sofinnova Ventures, Inc.
Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund
Split Rock Partners
Sprout Group
Steamboat Ventures, L.L.C.
Storm Ventures
Summit Partners
Sutter Hill Ventures
TA Associates, Inc.
TAT Capital Partners Ltd.
Techfarm Ventures
Technology Crossover Ventures
Technology Partners
Telos Venture Partners
Texas Instruments
The Angels’ Forum
Thoma Cressey Equity Partners
Thomas, McNerney & Partners L.L.C.
TL Ventures
Trident Capital
Trinity Ventures
U.S. Venture Partners
Unilever Technology Ventures
UV Partners
Vanguard Ventures
VantagePoint Venture Partners
Vector Capital
Venrock Associates
Ventana Capital Management, L.L.C.
Venture Strategy Partners, L.P.
Versant Ventures
Vision Capital
Walden International
WaldenVC
Warburg Pincus
WestBridge Capital Partners
WestBridge Ventures L.L.C.
Western Technology Investment
Weston Presidio
Zone Ventures