Tenaya Capital

Tenaya Capital

Type	Private
Industry	Private Equity
Predecessor	Lehman Brothers Venture Partners
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Woodside, California, USA
Products	Venture capital
Total assets	~ $750 million
Website	www.tenayacapital.com

Tenaya Capital is a venture capital firm with offices in Menlo Park, California, and Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1995 as Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Tenaya spun out to become an independent firm in 2009 following Lehman's bankruptcy.^[1] To date, Tenaya has raised five funds representing over $1 billion of committed capital. The firm currently has approximately $750 million under management.

Investments

Tenaya Capital invests in a wide range of technology segments, including Internet and consumer, communications, semiconductors and electronics, software and systems, and cleantech. Tenaya generally invests in a startup's second or third institutional round, at a point when the company has a product or service that has started to generate market traction. However, the firm does make earlier- or later-stage investments on a selective basis.

Current investments include Kayak.com, Mark Logic, LifeSize, Kontera, Zappos.com, TeleNav, ShoreTel, Qunar.com, PowerReviews, Tumri, and Zuora. Past investments include comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), Isilon Systems (NASDAQ: ISLN), Navini (acquired by Cisco Systems), SideStep (acquired by Kayak.com), and Valere (acquired by Eltek).

Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and LBVP spin out

On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection. As part of the liquidation process, Lazard was appointed to sell certain interests in Lehman Brothers Venture Partners and its other private investment units.^[2][3]

In January 2009, HarbourVest Partners, a Boston private equity fund of funds, financed the spinout of Tenaya, acquiring Lehman's existing investment and unfunded commitments to Tenaya venture funds.^[1]

See also

• Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking

References

External links

• Tenaya Capital (company website)

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