| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Private equity |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States |
| Products | Venture capital |
| AUM | $1.8 billion |
| Website | www.atvcapital.com |
Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) is an American venture capital firm with more than $1.8 billion in capital under management. The firm was founded in 1979 and invests in IT, healthcare and cleantech companies. ATV has offices in Waltham, Massachusetts and Palo Alto, California.
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ATV was created when Dr. Thaddeus (Teddy) F. Walkowicz left Venrock, a venture capital firm associated with the Rockefeller family, to team up with Dr. Ivan Sutherland, George Kokkinakis and Dr. Robert Loewy. Together they founded Advanced Technology Ventures.
1981 - ATV I closes with $30.2M
1994 - ATV II closes with $28M
1988 - ATV III closes with $30.7M
1995 - ATV IV closes with $100M
1998 - ATV V closes with $175M
1999 - ATV VI closes with $400M [1]
2001 - ATV VII closes with $720M
2007 - ATV VIII closes with $305M[2]
ATV's investments in IT, healthcare and cleantech companies have resulted in 30+ successful exits via IPO or acquisition. For example, Acme Packet had a successful IPO and the company is one of the fastest-growing telecommunications companies in the state of Massachusetts [3] Today, ATV backs a variety of early-stage portfolio companies, including the following.
IT: Alfalight, Anagran, Apprion, CaseCentral, Cenzic, CombineNet, Handango, Host Analytics, HVVi Semiconductors, Liquid Engines, Nextivity, Nominum, Omneon, Packet Design, Qumu, Sanovi, Tripwire, X+1
Cleantech: AltaRock Energy, Coskata, CaliSolar, GreatPoint Energy, Nuventix, Rive Technology, Sub-One Technology, Solar Junction, Wakonda
Healthcare: Acceleron, Aperio, Apoptos, Ardian, ConcepTx Medical, Emphasys, EndoGastric Solutions, Five Prime, GI Dynamics, GluMetrics, Gynesonics, Helixis, Hydra BioSciences, NeuroVista, Plexxikon, PolyRemedy, Portola, Powervision, Proteolix, Valeritas, Zeltiq
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