Hatteras Venture Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in buyouts, pre-seed, seed/startup, early stage, emerging growth, growth capital, and mid venture stages. The firm is an SBIC. It typically invests in life sciences and healthcare companies with a focus on biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical device research and development, diagnostics, healthcare IT and health related technologies, and services opportunities in human medicine and health. The firm primarily invests in companies located in the research-driven and capitally-underserved regions of Mid Atlantic such as North Carolina and the Southeastern United States. It seeks to invest between $0.5 million and $4 million initially; and between $5 million and $20 million in total.