VantagePoint Capital Partners
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Private Ownership | |
Industry | Venture Capital |
Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | San Bruno, California, United States |
Total assets | $4+ billion [1] |
Number of employees | Approx. 40 (2008) |
Website | vpcp.com |
VantagePoint Capital Partners is a venture capital firm with investments in the cleantech, information technology and healthcare sectors.
Founded in 1996, by Alan E. Salzman and Jim Marver, the firm has raised over $4 billion with more than $1 billion dedicated specifically to cleantech. VantagePoint is based in San Bruno, California with offices in Beijing and Hong Kong. In 2011[2]-2012,[3] it has changed its name from "VantagePoint Venture Partners" into "VantagePoint Capital Partners", citing a desire to reflect increased focus on “growth equity”, which “goes beyond where venture goes”.
Strategic partners
VantagePoint has established strategic partnerships with a number of global corporations, including Air Products, Best Buy, BP, DuPont, IBM, Jabil Circuit, Procter & Gamble and Scottish and Southern Energy.[4]
Portfolio companies
- 1366
- 3VR
- Adura
- AlertMe
- AllBusiness.com
- Allocade
- Allvoices
- Amprius
- Angstrom Technologies
- Anthera Pharmaceuticals - IPO 2010
- Axsun Technologies
- Better Place
- BlueWhale
- Bridgelux
- BrightSource Energy
- Cbeyond Communications
- CGI Pharmaceuticals
- ChaCha
- Chemrec
- ChipX
- Cobalt Technologies
- Conceptus
- Definity Health
- Direct Flow Medical
- E-One Moli
- FloDesign
- edo Interactive
- EndPlay
- Entrisphere
- FANIQ
- FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp.
- GAIN Capital Group
- GeminX Pharmaceuticals
- Genomatica
- glo AB
- Global Financial Technology
- Goldwind
- Grocery Shopping Network
- Healthline Networks
- Huga Optotech
- iBahn
- Identified
- InnoPath Software
- Innovari
- IntelePeer
- InvestLab
- Inxight Software
- iWatt
- Kagoor Networks
- Klipsch Audio
- LifeMasters
- Light Based Technologies
- Liquid Light [5]
- Liquid Robotics
- Livescribe
- Mascoma
- Metabolex Inc
- MiaSolé
- Meriton Networks
- Mobile 365
- Multiply
- MyFP
- MySpace.com/Intermix Media - Acquired by News Corporation in 2005[6]
- Neuraltus
- New Energy Capital
- Nexsan
- Next Step Living
- Ostara
- OZ Communications - Acquired by Nokia in 2008[7]
- Phreesia
- Pica8
- Premium Power
- PulsePoint
- Pure Digital Technologies - Acquired by Cisco Systems in 2009[6]
- ReachLocal
- Safe Life Corp
- Santur Corporation
- Savvion
- Scribd
- Senergen Devices Inc
- Serious Energy
- SolarCentury
- Solazyme
- Spanfeller Media Group (SMG)
- Spatial Wireless
- Switch
- Tendril Networks, Inc.
- TergeGen
- Tesla Motors- IPO in 2010 [8]
- Tidal Software - Acquired by Cisco Systems
- TouchTunes
- TransMedics
- Transport Technology Systems (TTS)
- Trilliant
- VeriSilicon
- Vook
- WageWorks - IPO in 2011
- Widevine Technologies - Acquired by Google
- Xcellerex
- YouMail
- Ze-gen
- Zvents
References
- ↑ Capital raised since inception in 1996
- ↑ Sibley, Lisa (May 9, 2011). "VantagePoint Ventures changes name". Silicon Valley Business Journal.
- ↑ "VantagePoint pulls billion-dollar VC fund after LPs fail to bite". AltAssets. 6 Feb 2013.
- ↑ http://www.vpcp.com
- ↑ Knapp, Alan. "Liquid Light Raises $15 Million To Convert Carbon Emissions To Chemicals". forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- 1 2 Vance, Ashlee (March 19, 2009). "Cisco Flips Over Pure Digital". The New York Times.
- ↑ http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1255654
- ↑ Squatriglia, Chuck (June 29, 2010). "Tesla IPO Raises $226.1M, Stock Surges 41 Percent". Wired.
External links
- VantagePoint Capital Partners (company website)