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PR SHOULD GROW YOUR BUSINESS
NOT JUST GET YOUR NAME IN THE PAPER
STATE OF THE FINTECH FUNDING LANDSCAPE
A Resource Guide
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In the last four years, venture capital investment in FinTech startups has swelled more than 600 percent, and this year funding levels are on the trajectory to—once again—hit record highs, with the sector predicted to
overreach last year’s total by more than 36 percent. Poised to dramatically reshape the consumer’s financial experience by implementing new, game-changing business models, FinTech startups in the US have
successfully raised more than $8 billion in venture capital funding this year so far.
According to The Pulse of FinTech, a joint report by KPMG and CBInsights, a bulk of the VC funding has come via investments from banks and corporations aiming to propel their own internal innovations and their capacity to go head-to-head against FinTech startups perforating the market. For banks and financial institutions
operating in this era of disruptive
technology, and with levels of consumer trust in traditional financial services
faltering, collaborating with and forging alliances with FinTech startups is the only way to ensure that objectives continue to be met and their growth perseveres.
The FinTech funding trends illustrated in the first two quarters of 2016 demonstrate a decrease in focus on payments startups due to market saturation, and an increase of interest in both robo advisory and insurance tech startups worldwide.
Additionally, despite the United States hosting
the largest number of venture capital funding
deals, in the global race to fund FinTech, Asia has taken a significant lead, with average funding per deal valued at $34.6 million.
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As a resource to our clients and partners, we have put together a catalog of US-based venture capital
firms ideal for FinTech startups to target when aiming to secure funding. Please see below, and best of luck!
US Ventur e Ca pita l Fir ms for Fintech Sta r tups
Accel Partners | Palo Alto, CA Early Stage/Mid Stage
Focus: Technology Total Capital: $8.8 billion
Notable Investments: Facebook, Groupon, Dropbox, Spotify, Rovio, Etsy, Baidu, Hootsuite, Slack
Adams Capital Management | Pittsburgh, PA Early Stage
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Focus: Applied Technology, Information Technology, Networking Infrastructure, Semiconductors
Total Capital: $815 million Notable Investments: DATAllegro, Dell, InSoft, Fotomoto, Landslide CRM
Adams Street Partners | Menlo Park, CA
All Stages Focus: Consumer Internet, Software, Clean Tech, Medical Devices
Total Capital: $1B+ Notable Investments: Ancestry.com, comScore, RetailMeNot, YouSendIt Advanced Technology Ventures | Waltham, MA Early Stage Focus: IT, Healthcare, Clean Tech Total Capital: $1.8 billion Notable Investments: AltaRock Energy, Liquid Engines, Handango, Nominum, CaliSolar
Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, CA Early Stage
Focus: New Media, Gaming, SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, Security, Mobile Total Capital: $98.6 million Notable Investments: Gowalla, Justin.tv (now Twitch) Andreesen Horowitz | Menlo Park, CA All Stages Focus: Internet Tech Total Capital: $2.7 billion Notable Investments: Facebook, Groupon, Zynga, Jawbone, Foursquare, Skype, Pinterest, Slack
Apex Venture Partners | Chicago, IL Early Stage
Focus: Consumer/Business Technology Services, IT, Clean Tech Total Capital: $140 million (current fund)
Notable Investments: Analyte Health, Appolicious, Ifbyphone, SitterCity.com, Target Data, Trunk Club, Ifbyphone, BoomEnergy ARCH Venture Partners | Chicago, IL Early Stage Focus: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, IT Total Capital: $1.5 billion
Notable Investments: Teach.com, Classmates Online
Arthur Ventures | Fargo, ND & Minneapolis, MN Early Stage
Focus: Software
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Total Capital: $65M
Notable Investments: Infusionsoft, Avalara, LeadPages, WhenIWork, TINYpulse
Atlas Venture | Cambridge, MA Early Stage
Focus: Technology and Life Sciences Total Capital: $2 billion
Notable Investments: Isilon Systems, Actelion, Spotfire, Solid Works, Daily Motion Avalon Ventures | La Jolla, CA Early Stage Focus: Enterprise Software, Biotechnology, Advertising Total Capital: $250 million Notable Investments: StackIQ, Kinvey, Otonomy, Cheezburger, Zynga
Austin Ventures | Austin, TX
All Stages Focus: Internet, Software, Information Services, New Media
Total Capital: $3.9 billion Notable Investments: HomeAway, SpiceWorks, WhaleShark Media, CompUSA Bain Capital Ventures | Boston, MA All Stages Focus: Business Services, Digital, Healthcare, Software Total Capital: $2.9 billion Notable Investments: LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey, Doubleclick, Shopping.com, Taleo Corporation, Experian Baird Venture Partners | Chicago, IL
Early Stage/Mid Stage Focus: Business Services, Healthcare/Life Science
Total Capital: ~$250 million Notable Investments: BrightTag, SitterCity.com
Battery Ventures | Waltham, MA All Stages Focus: Internet & Digital Media, Clean Tech, Software, Infrastructure Technologies, Communication Services, Industrial Technologies, Financial & Information Services Total Capital: $4 billion Notable Investments: Groupon, Omniture, Blue Stem Brands, Solar Bridge, Metro PCS, Nova Technologies,
Digby, Glassdoor.com
Benchmark Capital | Menlo Park, CA Early Stages
Focus: Enterprise Software & Services, Communications & Security, Mobile Computing, Consumer Services
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and Financial Services
Total Capital: $3.6 billion Notable Investments: Twitter, Ariba, Juniper Networks, Red Hat, Tropos Networks
Bessemer Venture Partners | Menlo Park, CA
All Stages Focus: Clean Tech, Cloud Computing, Financial Services, Mobile, Online Retail, Trusted Internet
Total Capital: $4+ billion Notable Investments: Skype, VeriSign, Yelp, LinkedIn, Zoosk, LifeLock BHV | New York, NY Early Stage Focus: Digital Media, Internet, Mobile, Software Total Capital: N/A Notable Investments: BlackBook, CirrusWorks, Flow, Legacy Connect, Gate Guru, twtMob, Zipmark
Black Corral Capital | Boston, MA Early Stage/Mid Stage
Focus: Clean Tech, Alternative Energy Total Capital: N/A Notable Investments: OneRoof Energy, PowerIT Solutions, Digital Lumens, Next Step Living Canaan Partners | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage Focus: Technology, Healthcare Total Capital: $4.2 billion Notable Investments: Acme Packet, CommerceOne, DoubleClick, Cerexa, Dexcom, Peninsula Pharmaceuticals
Charles River Ventures | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage
Focus: Communications, Software, Information Services Total Capital: $2.1 billion
Notable Investments: RPX, ZenDesk, SpiderCloud Wireless, Scribd, Rive Technology Clearstone Venture Parners | Santa Monica, CA Early Stage Focus: Technology Infrastructure, Social, Mobile, Communications, Consumer Tech Total Capital: $650 million Notable Investments: eToys, Overture, PayPal, United Online, MP3.com, Internet Brands
Covera Ventures | Austin, TX & Dallas, TX
Early Stage Focus: Wireless and Mobility, Software, Technology-Enabled Service Companies
Total Capital: $125 million
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Notable Investments: AppTrigger, Photobucket, Zumobi
DAG Ventures | Palo Alto, CA
Early Stage/Mid Stage/Late Stage Focus: Life Sciences, Information Technology, Energy Technology
Total Capital: $500+ million Notable Investments: Yelp, Zynga, BitTorrent, Metacafe
Data Collective | San Francisco, CA Early Stage Focus: Analytics, Software, Cloud Computing Total Capital: $140 million Notable Investments: Loggly, Checkr, Interana, Vurb Draper Fisher Jurvetson | Menlo Park, CA
Early Stage
Focus: Internet, Mobile, Clean Energy, Healthcare Total Capital: $7 billion
Notable Investments: Baidu, Skype, Overture, Hotmail, Tesla Motors , SpaceX e.ventures | San Francisco, CA Early Stage Focus: Consumer Internet, Media, Mobile Total Capital: $750 million Notable Investments: Angie’s List, del.icio.us, Groupon, Shopping.com Elevation Partners | New York, NY Early Stage/Mid Stage/Late Stage
Focus: Media, Entertainment, Technology Total Capital: $1.9 billion
Notable Investments: Facebook, Forbes, MarketShare, Yelp
Emergence Capital Partners | San Mateo, CA All Stages Focus: Enterprise Software, Software, SaaS Total Capital: $600 million Notable Investments: Eversight, SteelBrick, Top Hat, VigLink, xAd, Xapo Fenox Venture Capital | San Jose, CA
All Stages Focus: Consumer Technology, Information Technology, Internet
Total Capital: N/A Notable Investments: Lark, PayStack, AdPop, rapgenius
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First Round Capital | San Francisco, CA
Early Stage/Later Stage Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Mobile, E-Commerce
Total Capital: $500 million Notable Investments: Agari, VideoEgg, Outright, Wikia, Odeo, LinkedIn, del.icio.us, Ambient Devices, Remind
Flybridge Capital Partners | Boston, MA
Early Stage Focus: Consumer, Healthcare, Energy, Information Technology Total Capital: $560 million Notable Investments: Brontes, 10Gen, BzzAgent, CHiL Semiconductor, ZING Foundation Capital | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage Focus: Consumer, Information Technology, Clean Tech, Software and Services
Total Capital: $2.4 billion
Notable Investments: SimplyHired, Lending Club, Alto Networks, Pano Logic
The Founders Fund | San Francisco, CA Early Stage Focus: Information Technology, Emerging Technologies, Space Exploration Total Capital: $250 million Notable Investments: Facebook, SpaceX, Spotify, Quantcast Galen Partners | Stamford, CT Late Stage Focus: Healthcare Technology, Medical Devices, Specialty Pharmaceuticals Total Capital: $1 billion
Notable Investments: Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, MiniMed, Stericycle
General Catalyst | Cambridge, MA Early Stage
Focus: Technology, Clean Energy, New Media, Software Total Capital: $1.6 billion Notable Investments: Hubspot, Kayak.com, Boxee, demandware, Brightcove, Snapchat, Black Duck Software Google Ventures | Mountain View, CA Early Stage (Startup) Focus: Internet, Software, Clean Technology, Biotech, Healthcare
Total Capital: $1.5 billion Notable Investments: Nest, Kabam, RetailMeNot, HomeAway, Uber, Jaunt
Granite Ventures | San Francisco, CA
Early Stage
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Focus: Technology
Total Capital: $2.2 billion Notable Investments: Tumbleweed Communications, Plumtree Software, Sendmail, Westbridge Technology,
Wish, FlightCar, Houzz
GreenSpring Associates | Owings Mills, MD Early Stage/Later Stage
Focus: Enterprise Software, Software, Technology Total Capital: $2.7 billion Notable Investments: SolidFire, Teladoc, JW Player, AtTask, Nutanix Greycroft Partners | New York, NY Early Stage Focus: Digital Media, Internet, Mobile Total Capital: $218 million
Notable Investments: Buddy Media, Klout, Trunk Club, Plated
Greylock Partners | Menlo Park, CA
Early Stage Focus: Consumer, Internet, Enterprise IT, Clean Tech Total Capital: $2 billion Notable Investments: Constant Contact, Doubleclick, Groupon, LinkedIn, Pandora, Facebook, Dropbox, tumblr, Palo Alto Networks, Workday, Payoneer Harris & Harris Group | New York, NY All Stages Focus: Nanotechnology, Microsystems Total Capital: $150 million
Notable Investments: BioVex, InnovaLight, NeoPhotonics, NeuroMetrix, Solazyme
Hercules Technology Growth Capital | Menlo Park, CA Stage Agnostic
Focus: Technology, Clean Tech, Life Sciences Total Capital: $2.8 billion Notable Investments: Ancestry.com, Aveo Pharmaceuticals, GreatPoint Energy, Reply.com Highland Capital Partners | Boston, MA Early Stage Focus: Consumer, Healthcare, Information and Communication Technology, Internet, Digital Media
Total Capital: $3 billion Notable Investments: Lycos, PinkBerry, Digg, Vistaprint, AskJeeves.com, Pixable
IDG Ventures | San Francisco, CA
Early Stage
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Focus: Information Technology, New Media, Healthcare
Total Capital: $6.8 billion Notable Investments: Simply Hired, Leap Commerce, Infoseek, NetScape, Virtual Ink
Ignition Partners | Bellevue, WA
All Stages Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Cloud Computing
Total Capital: $2 billion Notable Investments: Azuqua, Bionym, Keas, Couchbase, Hipmunk Index Ventures | Geneva, IL All Stages Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Curated Web Total Capital: $550 million Notable Investments: ROLI, Justworks, NastyGal, Lever, Good Eggs, Funding Circle, Crowdrise
Insight Venture Partners | New York, NY Early Stage
Focus: Software and Internet Total Capital: $7.6 billion Notable Investments: Flipboard, Living Social, Hotel Urbano, Twitter, Chegg, Alteryx, Hootsuite, Qualtrics Institutional Venture Partners | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage/Later Stage Focus: Software, Mobile, Advertising Total Capital: $4 billion Notable Investments: AppDynamics, Inspirato, The Honest Company, Wikia, xAd, Yext, Zenefits, ZipRecruiter
Internet Capital Group | Wayne, PA Early Stage
Focus: SaaS, Tech-enabled BPO Total Capital: N/A
Notable Investments: GovDelivery, Investor Force, Procurian, Channel Intelligence, MSDS Online Jafco Ventures | Palo Alto, CA Mid Stage/Late Stage Focus: Consumer Internet, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Cloud Computing, Mobile Applications, Clean Tech, Security, Semiconductors Total Capital: $600 million
Notable Investments: AwarePoint, Bill.com, Cortina, DATAllegro, FireEye, Infinera, Meebo
JMI Equity | Baltimore, MD All Stages
Focus: Software, Internet, Business Services, Healthcare IT
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Total Capital: $2.1 billion
Notable Investments: Undertone, BlackBaud, DoubleClick, Unica, Network Intelligence
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers | Menlo Park, CA All Stages
Focus: Alternative Energy, Life Sciences, Technology Total Capital: $1.5 billion
Notable Investments: AOL, Amazon, Compaq, DataStax, Google, Houzz, Netscape, Remind, Symantec, Verisign, WebMD Khosla Ventures | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage/Late Stage Focus: Alternative Energy, Internet, Computing, Mobile, Silicon Technology Total Capital: $1.3 billion Notable Investments: Advanced Food, Cogenra, EcoMotors, Soladigm
Lightbank | Chicago, IL Early Stage
Focus: Social Media, Consumer Internet, B2B Technology Total Capital: $200 million Notable Investments: Groupon, Echo Global Logistics, MediaBank, InnerWorkings, Belly, Sprout Social, Hireology Lightspeed Venture Partners | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage Focus: Clean Tech, Digital Media, Enterprise Automation & Infrastructure, Internet Total Capital: $2 billion Notable Investments: Blue Nile, Calista, DataStax, DoubleClick, eHealth, Gainsight, The Honest Company, Kiva
Software, Snapchat
Lux Capital | New York, NY Early Stage
Focus: Energy, Technology, Healthcare Total Capital: $100 million Notable Investments: Kala Pharmaceuticals, Luxtera, SiBEAM, Cerulean, Silicon Clocks Matrix Partners | Boston, MA Early Stage Focus: Software, Communications, Semiconductors, Data Storage, Internet, Wireless
Total Capital: $2.4 billion Notable Investments: Apple, SanDisk, TheLadders.com, VERITAS Software, Xilinx, Loggly, Kinnek
Maveron | Seattle, WA
Early Stage/Mid Stage
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Focus: Consumer Internet
Total Capital: $240 million Notable Investments: eBay, Groupon, PayNearMe, Shutterfly
Mayfield Fund | Menlo Park, CA
Early Stage Focus: Mobile, Cloud/Saas, Social, Energy, Big Data
Total Capital: $2.7 billion Notable Investments: Compaq, Silicon Graphics, Amgen, Nuance, Citrix, Snapfish Menlo Ventures | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage Focus: Consumer Internet, Mobile, Communications Infrastructure, Enterprise, Security, Storage Total Capital: $4 billion Notable Investments: 3Par, Hotmail, Ironport, MobiTV, Siri, Uber, Vidyo
Meritech Capital Partners | Palo Alto, CA Late Stage
Focus: Consumer Internet & Media, Software, Enterprise Infrastructure, Medical Devices Total Capital: $2.6 billion Notable Investments: Cornerstone OnDemand, Facebook, Fortinet, Salesforce.com Merrick Ventures | Chicago, IL Early Stage Focus: Consumer Internet, Business and Web Services Mohr Davidow Ventures | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage
Focus: Information Technology, Life Sciences, Clean Tech Total Capital: $1.8 billion
Notable Investments: Oni Systems, Crescendo BioScience, Recurrent Energy
Morgenthaler Ventures | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage Focus: Life Sciences, Information Technology Total Capital: $2.8 billion Notable Investments: Apple, Ardian, Atria, NexTag, NEXTEL, Nuance, Siri, Verifone New Atlantic Ventures | Cambridge, MA
Early Stage Focus: Mobile, New Media, Online Services
Total Capital: $230 million Notable Investments: Koofers, Moda Operandi, Truveris
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New Enterprise Associates | Menlo Park, CA
Early Stage Focus: Information Technology, Healthcare, Energy Technology
Total Capital: $11 billion Notable Investments: 3com, CareerBuilder, Diapers.com, TiVo, Vonage, WebMD
NewSpring Capital | Radnor, PA
Early Stage/Later Stage Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Advertising Total Capital: $500 million Notable Investments: RightCare Solutions, Ifbyphone, Mobiquity, TrialScope Nexit Ventures | Saratoga, CA Early Stage/Mid Stage Focus: Mobile, Wireless
Total Capital: $180 million
Notable Investments: Aava Mobile, Bitfone, Futuremark, Hybrid Graphics, Mobile 365
Norwest Venture Partners | Palo Alto, CA All Stages Focus: Information Technology, Business Services, Financial Services, Infrastructure, Consumer Total Capital: $3.7 billion Notable Investments: Cerent, Documentum, PeopleSoft, Tivoli Systems Oak Investment Partners | Westport, CT All Stages Focus: Information Technology, Healthcare, Retail, Internet Media Total Capital: $8.4 billion
Notable Investments: MobiTV, Office Depot, Huffington Post, PetSmart, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Sandisk, PF Chang’s
OCA Ventures | Chicago, IL
Early Stage Focus: Technology, Mobile, Internet Total Capital: $90+ million Notable Investments: BodyShopBids, SafeShepherd, Automated Insights, PinpointMD, TradeKing, Univa OpenView Venture Partners | Boston, MA Early Stage/Mid Stage
Focus: Software, Technology, Internet, New Media Total Capital: $440 million
Notable Investments: AtTask, Central Desktop, Exinda, Instructure, Open-e, Skytap
Point Judith Capital | Boston, MA
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Early Stage
Focus: Internet, Healthcare, Clean Tech Total Capital: $100 million
Notable Investments: SnapGear, Yandex, Andover.net, Novare
Pritzker Group Venture Capital (formerly New World Ventures) | Chicago, IL Early Stage
Focus: Information Technology Total Capital: N/A Notable Investments: Analyte Health, Apptera, Away.com, Univa HD, PowerReviews Qualcomm Ventures | San Diego, CA Early Stage/Mid Stage Focus: Mobile, Software, Semiconductors Total Capital: $500 million
Notable Investments: 360fly Inc., ClearCare, Imprego Ligado, TouchPal
Radius Ventures | New York, NY
Early Stage/Mid Stage Focus: Healthcare, Life Sciences Total Capital: $200 million Notable Investments: ActiveHealth Management, BEI Medical Systems, Conor Medsystems, Heartscape Technologies, Medingo Redpoint Ventures | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage Focus: Information Technology, Consumer Internet, Enterprise Software, Energy, Semiconductors Total Capital: $2 billion
Notable Investments: Blue Kai, Envia, Gaia, MobiTV, Scribd, Danger, Fortinet, LifeSize
Relay Ventures | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage
Focus: Mobile, Software, Advertising Total Capital: $800 million Notable Investments: Influitive, ClearFit, Appcelerator, PumpUp, Bionym River Cities Capital Fund | Cincinnati, OH Early Stage/Later Stage Focus: Healthcare, Healthcare IT, IT
Total Capital: $200 million Notable Investments: Ifbyphone, Continuity Control, SIM Partners, Trax Technologies
Rivervest Venture Partners | St. Louis, MO
Early Stage
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Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care
Total Capital: N/A Notable Investments: Allakos, Tryton Medical, Otonomy, Smart Wire Grid, Lumena Pharmaceuticals
RRE Ventures | New York, NY
Early Stage Focus: Software, Internet Technology, Technology-enabled Services
Total Capital: $1 billion Notable Investments: Apriva, Concur, eMachines, bit.ly, Qpass, Vocera, Watchguard Safeguard Scientifics | Wayne, PA Early Stage Focus: Technology, Life Sciences Total Capital: $430 million Notable Investments: Alverix, Medivo, NovaSom, NewPathe, Pixel Optics, Beyond.com, Hoopla Software,
MediaMath
Sageview Capital | Palo Alto, CA
Early Stage/Later Stage Focus: Software, Enterprise Application, Accounting Total Capital: $800 million Notable Investments: Alfresco, GoPro, MetricStream, United Capital Sante Ventures | Austin, TX Early Stage Focus: Healthcare, Life Sciences Total Capital: $132 million Notable Investments: BioStable, Molecular Templates, Protein Discovery, Zeno, TVA Medical
Sapphire Ventures (formerly SAP Ventures) | Palo Alto, CA
Early Stage/Mid Stage Focus: Information Technology, Enterprise Software, E-Commerce
Total Capital: $1.4 billion Notable Investments: PayScale, LinkedIn, Redhat, Blackduck, WebEx, Lithium, Endeca, Alteryx, Ping Identity, Alfresco, Black Duck Software Scale Venture Partners | Foster City, CA All Stages Focus: Software, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software
Total Capital: $1 billion Notable Investments: Agari, Box, DataStax, Demandbase, HubSpot
Sequoia Capital | Menlo Park, CA
Early Stage/Mid Stage
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Focus: Internet, Healthcare, Financial Services, Outsourcing, Mobile, Energy
Total Capital: $4 billion Notable Investments: Apple, Cisco, FreeCharge, Google, Kayak, LinkedIn, NVIDIA, Oracle, PayPal, Yahoo!,
YouTube, Zappos
Sevin Rosen Funds | Dallas, TX All Stages
Focus: Internet, Media, Software, Energy, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Communication Infrastructure Total Capital: $1.6 billion Notable Investments: Compaq, Citrix, Cypress Semiconductor, Electronic Arts, Lotus Development Sierra Ventures | Menlo Park, CA All Stages Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Analytics Total Capital: $145 million
Notable Investments: Thismoment, Kennek, Appcelerator, ElasticBox
Sofinovva Ventures | Menlo Park, CA
Early Stage Focus: Technology, Life Sciences Total Capital: $1.4 billion Notable Investments: Collagen Aesthetics, Biogen, Genentech, Tandem Computers SoftBank Capital | New York, NY All Stages Focus: Software, Mobile, Advertising Total Capital: $600 million Notable Investments: EdCast Inc., Flashnotes, FlightCar, IgnitionOne, RedMart, xAd
Stripes Group | New York, NY
Growth Stage Focus: Technology, Consumer Brands
Total Capital: $1.2 billion Notable Investments: Flatiron Health, Seamless/Grubhub, Blue Apron, GoFundMe Technology Crossover Ventures | Palo Alto, CA Early Stage/Later Stage Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Advertising Total Capital: $7.7 billion
Notable Investments: dough, ExtraHop, JustFab, NewVoiceMedia, Networks
Tenaya Capital | Menlo Park, CA Mid Stage/Late Stage
Focus: Internet, Communications, Semiconductors, Software, Clean Tech
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Total Capital: $750 million
Notable Investments: Kayak, LifeSize, Zappos, comScore, Overture, Lithium, Palo Alto, ThreatMetrix
Trinity Ventures | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage
Focus: Cloud/Mobile Infrastructure, Digital Media, SaaS, Social Commerce, Entertainment Total Capital: $ 1 billion
Notable Investments: Blue Nile, Novell, Loop Net. Mobile Messenger, PayScale, PhotoBucket, Loggly, MasteryConnect, Docker Union Square Ventures | New York, NY Early Stage Focus: Technology Total Capital: $450 million Notable Investments: 10gen, Boxee, Clickable, Etsy, Foursquare, Indeed, Tumblr, Twitter, Zynga
Upfront Ventures | Los Angeles, CA All Stages
Focus: Advertising, Mobile, E-Commerce Total Capital: $800 million Notable Investments: Osmo, 6Sensor Labs, Navdy, Epoxy U.S. Venture Partners | Menlo Park, CA Early Stage Focus: Medical, Technology, Retail Total Capital: $2.7 billion Notable Investments: Sun Microsystems, Callaway Golf, Restoration Hardware, SanDisk, AskJeeves, PetSmart
VantagePoint Venture Partners | San Bruno, CA Early Stage
Focus: Clean Tech, Information Technology, Healthcare, Internet, Digital Media Total Capital: $4+ billion
Notable Investments: Klipsch Audio, Mobile 365, Scribd, Solazyme, Tesla Motors Venrock | Palo Alto, CA Early Stage Focus: Information Technology, Emerging Technology, Healthcare IT Total Capital: $2.6 billion Notable Investments: Intel, Apple, AppNexus, DoubleClick, 3Com, Check Point Software, Gilead Sciences, IDEC
Pharmaceuticals, Vontu
Volition Capital | Boston, MA Early Stage
Focus: Software, Internet, Information Services, Tech-enabled Services
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Total Capital: $400+ million
Notable Investments: EnterpriseDB, Qumas, MegaPath, Neverfail, Vibes, Ping Identity, Black Duck Software
Western Technology Investment | Portola Valley, CA Early Stage
Focus: Technology, Communications, Healthcare, Biotechnology Total Capital: $3 billion
Notable Investments: 3PAR, Brocade, Facebook, Google, IDEC Pharmaceuticals, IronPort Systems, Juniper Networks, Volcano, Youku.com
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