VantagePoint Venture Partners

VantagePoint Capital Partners
Type Private Ownership
Industry Venture Capital
Founded 1996
Headquarters San Bruno, California, United States
Total assets $4+ billion [1]
Employees Approx. 40 (2008)
Website www.vpvp.com

VantagePoint Capital Partners is a 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.

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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.[2]

Portfolio companies

Sector Portfolio Companies Include:
CleanTech
  • 1366
  • Adura Technologies
  • AlertMe
  • Amprius
  • Angstrom Technologies
  • Better Place
  • Bridgelux
  • BrightSource Energy
  • Chemrec
  • Cobalt BioFuels
  • E-One Moli
  • FloDesign
  • Genomatica
  • glo AB
  • Goldwind
  • Huga Optotech
  • iWatt
  • Light Based Technologies
  • Liquid Robotics
  • Mascoma
  • MiaSolé
  • New Energy Capital
  • Ostara
  • Premium Power
  • Senergen Devices Inc
  • Serious Materials
  • SolarCentury
  • Solazyme
  • Switch
  • SuperBulbs
  • Tesla Motors- IPO in 2010 [3]
  • Tendril Networks, Inc.
  • Tesla
  • Trilliant
  • Ze-gen
Information Technology
  • 3VR
  • AllBusiness.com
  • Allvoices
  • Axsun Technologies
  • Bluepulse
  • Cbeyond Communications
  • Datran Media
  • Entrisphere
  • FANIQ
  • GAIN Capital Group
  • Grocery Shopping Network
  • iBahn
  • InnoPath Software
  • IntelePeer
  • Inxight Software
  • Kagoor Networks
  • Klipsch Audio
  • Livescribe
  • Meriton Networks
  • Mobile 365
  • Multiply
  • MySpace.com/Intermix Media - Acquired by News Corporation in 2005[4]
  • Nexsan Technologies
  • OZ Communications - Acquired by Nokia in 2008[5]
  • ProtoStar
  • Pure Digital Technologies - Acquired by Cisco Systems in 2009[4]
  • ReachLocal
  • Santur Corporation
  • Savvion
  • TouchTunes
  • VeriSilicon
  • WageWorks
  • Widevine Technologies
  • YouMail
  • Zvents
Healthcare
  • Anthera Pharmaceuticals
  • CGI Pharmaceuticals
  • Conceptus
  • Definity Health
  • Direct Flow Medical
  • GeminX Pharmaceuticals
  • Healthline Networks
  • LifeMasters
  • Metabolex Inc
  • Neuraltus
  • Safe Life Corp
  • TergeGen
  • TransMedics
  • WageWorks
  • Xcellerex

References

  1. ^ Capital raised since inception in 1996
  2. ^ www.vpvp.com
  3. ^ http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/tesla-ipo-raises-226-1-million/
  4. ^ a b http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/cisco-flips-over-pure-digital/?em
  5. ^ http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1255654

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