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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Application No. 99000130]

 

Piper Jaffray Healthcare Capital, L.P.; Filing of an Application 
for a License To Operate as a Small Business Investment Company

    Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with the 
Small Business Administration (SBA) pursuant to Sec. 107.102 of the 
Regulations governing small business investment companies (13 CFR 
107.102 (1994)) by Piper Jaffray Healthcare Capital, L.P., 222 S. Ninth 
Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, for a license to operate as a 
small business investment company (SBIC) under the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958, as amended (15 U.S.C. et. seq.), and the Rules 
and Regulations promulgated thereunder. Piper Jaffray Healthcare 
Capital, L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership.
    Piper Jaffray Healthcare Capital, L.P., will be managed by Piper 
Venture Management SBIC, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership whose 
sole general partner is Piper Ventures Capital, Inc. a special purpose 
subsidiary of Piper Jaffray Ventures, Inc. The General Partner and all 
related associates are located at the same address as the applicant.
    The following limited partner owns 10 percent or more of the 
proposed SBIC:

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                                                              Percentage
                            Name                                  of    
                                                              ownership 
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Piper Jaffray Healthcare Fund, L.P., 222 S. Ninth Street,               
 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402..............................         99.0
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    The following investors own 10 percent or more of the applicant 
through its investment in the entity listed above:

Piper Jaffray Investors--Fund VIII, 222 S. Ninth Street, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota 55402
St. Jude Medical, Inc., One Lillehei Plaza, St. Paul, Minnesota 55117

    The applicant will begin operations with capitalization of 
approximately $7.5 million and will be a source of equity financings 
for qualified small business concerns. The applicant anticipates a 
majority of investments will be made in small concerns in the states of 
Minnesota, California, Massachusetts, Colorado, and Washington. The 
applicant will, however, consider attractive business activities 
throughout the U.S. meeting the applicant's investment profile and 
characteristics.
    Matters involved in SBA's consideration of the application include 
the general business reputation and character of the proposed owners 
and management, and the probability of successful operations of the new 
company under their management, including profitability and financial 
soundness in accordance with the Act and Regulations.
    Notice is hereby given that any person may, not later than 15 days 
from the date of publication of this Notice, submit written comments on 
the proposed SBIC to the Associate Administrator for Investment, Small 
Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416.
    A copy of this Notice will be published in a newspaper of general 
circulation in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs No. 59.011, Small 
Business Investment Companies)

    Dated: August 23, 1994.
Robert D. Stillman,
Associate Administrator for Investment.
[FR Doc. 94-21760 Filed 9-1-94; 8:45 am]
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