180 Degree Capital Corp. Common Stock, also called 180 Degree Capital, is an internally managed investment company, which makes venture capital investments in science-enabled companies, particularly those that are commercializing or integrating products enabled by nanotechnology or micro systems. Read More It focuses on companies operating in the fields of interdisciplinary life sciences companies such as electronics, physics, materials science, chemistry, information technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as industries that seek to address global problems related to resource constraints. The company was founded in August 1981 and is headquartered in New York, NY.