www.growthinkresearch.com

Growthink Research publishes venture capital funding and private equity reports that analyze financing trends for emerging companies. In addition to publishing dozens of "off-the-shelf" funding research reports, Growthink Research also performs client-specific market and competitive research projects.

www.beysterinstitute.org

The Beyster Institute is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance the use of entrepreneurship and employee ownership as tools for building stronger, higher performing enterprises.

www.ventureone.com

At VentureOne, they offer (for a fee) reports on venture capital, and reports on you business plan. Also, they offer“The most comprehensive database on venture-backed companies and investors” (again for a fee).

Price Warehouse Coopers: MoneyTree report.

This offers a quarterly overview of the "Venture Industry" and it's performance.

www.garage.com

Provides a start up counseling service, and also helps provide with private placement, and seed money. This is also a good reference for sample’s and resources to critique your business plan and start up idea. Also, there are links to other conferences and news that can be helpful.