# Berkshires Capital Investors

> Berkshires Capital Investors is a VC fund backing Advertising and Information Technology. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Williamstown, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jan 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.berkshirescap.com

Berkshires Capital Investors is a VC fund in Williamstown focused on Advertising and Information Technology. The Berkshires Capital Investors provide capital and guidance to visionary entrepreneurs building innovative companies in Western Massachusetts. The Berkshires Capital Investors (BCI) is a regionally focused venture capital fund specializing in seed and early-stage equity investments in emerging technology companies. They are based inWilliamstown, MA, and invest throughout Western Massachusetts. BCI is the original fund in the Village Ventures Network of regional, early-stage venture capital funds.Their objectives: * Generate exceptional returns for their Limited Partners * Support an exciting community of high-growth technology and service companies Since its formation in 1997, BCI has helped transform Western Massachusetts' economy from its reliance on manufacturing, defense and tourism to a technology driven economy. The Williamstown - North Adams area has been dubbed "Silicon Village" and named one of the nation's technology "Up and Comers" by the Wall Street Journal. They work closely with entrepreneurs, leveraging the region's rich intellectual capital base, strong entrepreneurial spirit, and low cost of doing business to create successful high-growth companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Advertising | 3 | 75% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| News | 1 | 25% |
| Video | 1 | 25% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Catalina | Catalina’s personalized digital media drives loyalty and measurable sales outcomes for the world’s leading CPG retailers and brands. Catalina personalizes the consumer’s path to purchase through mobile, online and in-store networks powered by the largest shopper history database in the world. Catalina is based in St. Petersburg, FL, with operationsin the United States, Europe and Japan. To learn more, please visit www.Catalina.com or follow us on Twitter @Catalina.Since 1983, Catalina has been committed to helping manufacturing and retail brands deliver unprecedented performance and healthier outcomes. Our proprietary in- and out-of-store marketing platforms enable the delivery of the right message to the right audience in the right environment so clients can successfully build their brands for less.Only Catalina sees the evolving purchase histories of more than 75 percent of U.S. shoppers and 130 million health consumers. We use this precise transaction-level insight to help clients develop customized, measurable campaigns to acquire, maximize, and retain their most valuable consumers, or to incite healthier patient behavior.Catalina reaches consumers through multiple delivery channels. Our in-store network consists of 50,000 food, drug, and mass merchant locations worldwide. In the United States, Catalina is installed in more than 26,000 locations. In addition, Catalina's CouponNetwork.com is one of the world's largest consumer couponing sites. |  |  | Jan 01, 2013 |  |
| Health Guru Media Inc. | Healthguru.com is the destination site for health video on the web with 99 million views per month (comScore Video Metrix, August). Our unique approach to health education was developed specifically for the video audience and is differentiated in three key ways:- Category Focus: Healthguru.com focuses on the health topics that matter most totoday's audience, including: diet and fitness, mental & emotional health, sexual health, pregnancy, baby health, drugs & alcohol, as well as information on more than 125 different health conditions.- Medium: The modern health consumer seeks out an immersive, rich media experience on the web, and video has proven to be a more engaging medium. Healthguru.com has the largest health video library online, and interactive applications to offer our audience the experience it expects.- Editorial Approach: World-class information providers know that creating truly engaging content is the way to ensure that information becomes learning. That's why Healthguru.com is dedicated to making our content as interesting and, when relevant, entertaining, as it is useful. All Healthguru.com content is created or selected by our editorial team and is rigorously reviewed for medical accuracy, objectivity and balance. While we do accept advertising on our site and may distribute content via third party sites, Healthguru.com does not endorse products, services or companies. | $3.2M | Series C | Oct 21, 2009 |  |
| UpSnap | UpSnap provides highly-targeted, data-driven mobile and intent-based advertising to attract the ideal audience for brands big and small. Combining first-party proprietary data and real-time analytics, UpSnap goes beyond location to deliver site agnostic and results-driven campaigns that produce qualified, engaged customers. UpSnap tailors eachcampaign to align with unique business goals, delivering the right customers for more meaningful exposure and better business results. |  | Series B | Oct 18, 2004 |  |
| Streetmail.com | Driving Business Through Email Marketing. For more than 10 years. | $8.5M |  | Apr 12, 2001 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Village Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [HarbourVest Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harbourvest-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LRVHealth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/long-river-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Berkshires Capital Investors invest in?

Berkshires Capital Investors invests primarily in Advertising, Information Technology and Apps startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Berkshires Capital Investors last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Berkshires Capital Investors closed in Jan 2013. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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