George A. Needham

Founded in 1985 to serve emerging growth companies and their institutional investors, Needham & Company, LLC is a privately held, full-service investment bank and asset management firm headquartered in New York City. National in scope, the firm offers corporate finance, investment analysis, trading, sales, and, for select individuals, brokerage services. Through three private partnership "hedge funds" and Needham Capital Partners L.P., we provide sophisticated clients with investment management services. We provide investment opportunities for the general public through our family of funds: the Needham Growth Fund (NEEGX), a registered, no-load, open-end mutual fund; the Needham Aggressive Growth Fund (NEAGX); and the Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX). We have grown rapidly over the past 20 years, and today we are recognized as a leader in our chosen fields. Needham & Company is at the center of financing companies in semiconductors/semiconductor capital equipment, application software, biotechnology, life sciences, contract manufacturing, display technology, electronic components, fiber optics, handheld devices, communications infrastructure, medical devices, business services, transaction processing, electronic automation design, PC hardware, storage networking and wireless communications.  Sound advice based on extensive experience is our trademark. 

The culture of our firm is based on the principles of co-founder George A. Needham, who serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer:

Focus	on Emerging Growth Companies
Concentrate	Our Expertise in Key Industries
Create	Partnership with Our Clients
Provide	Consistent, High-Quality Service
Encourage	an Entrepreneurial Culture

These five principles have made Needham & Company what it is today, an investment bank that has:

	Lead-managed or co-managed more than 480 public offerings with a total value in excess of $35.1 billion.
	Managed approximately 75 private offerings with a total  of more than $2 billion raised.
	Completed more than 255 advisory assignments with a total value of over $17.6 billion.
	Maintained coverage of approximately 340 emerging growth companies by our 37 equity research professionals, including 25 senior research analysts.
	Established strong securities presence with 22 institutional salespeople and 25 traders selling to approximately 2,000 institutions worldwide, making markets in more than 686 stocks.
	Achieved over $1.2 billion in assets under management in its publicly traded mutual funds, equity hedge funds, and private equity funds.
	Established itself as a full-service manager of restricted stock sales, corporate stock repurchases, cashless stock options execution, and individual money management.