OpenView Venture Partners

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OpenView Venture Partners is an American venture capital firm based in Boston. The organization provides expansion-stage software and technology companies around the world with operational support.[1][2] They have launched three funds since the company was established in 2006.[3] Scott Maxwell founded the firm. The firm's venture partners include Firas Raouf and George Roberts, former EVP of North American Sales at Oracle.

OpenView provides capital to a range of dynamic companies, including AtTask, Balihoo, Central Desktop, Exinda, Intronis, Instructure, Kareo[4], Loyalty Lab (acquired by Tibco), Mashery, Monetate, NextDocs, Open-e, Prognosis Health Information Systems, Reality Digital, Skytap, Sonian, UnboundID, uSamp, VersionOne, and Zmags.[5] The firm announced its third fund totaling $200 million in March 2012,[6][7] and was recently named one of the top 10 venture capital brands by Heardable.[8]

OpenView Venture Partners also employs a wide network of senior advisors including Jeff Sutherland among others.

The firm

OpenView is a venture capital firm specializing in expansion stage software, new media, Internet, and technology enabled companies. Expansion stage companies have a solid growth rate and achieving $500,000 to $5,000,000 in quarterly sales. The firm seeks to invest in companies that are located anywhere in the world and have a strategy of dominating the North American market. The firm typically invests $5 to $15 million in growth capital. The firm specializes in offering value-add assistance to its portfolio companies, focusing on the areas of recruiting/onboarding, decision support, and go to market strategy.

References

  1. ↑ Wednesday, May 15, 2012 (2011-04-19). "OpenView Thrives on a Full Service Approach". WSJ. Retrieved 2012-05-16. 
  2. ↑ Wednesday, May 22, 2012 (2011-08-02). "Inside OpenView's corporate relocation program". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2012-05-23. 
  3. ↑ Wednesday, May 15, 2012 (2012-05-16). "OpenView Venture Partners Crunchbase". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2012-05-16. 
  4. ↑ Tuesday, January 21, 2014 (2014-01-21). "Kareo nabs $30M to bring cloud tools to medical practices — starting with a free EHR". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2014-01-21. 
  5. ↑ Wednesday, May 15, 2012 (2012-05-16). "OpenView Venture Partners Crunchbase". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2012-05-16. 
  6. ↑ Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 (2012-03-21). "More Money For Big Data And The Cloud: OpenView Raises New $200M Fund". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2012-05-11. 
  7. ↑ Tuesday, May 23, 2012 (2012-03-21). "Boston's OpenView Venture Partners closes 3rd VC fund at $200M". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 2012-05-23. 
  8. ↑ Bernhard, Kent (2012-03-20). "Fred Wilson Tops Heardable Venture Capital Rank - Loot". Portfolio.com. Retrieved 2012-05-11. 

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