Voyager Capital

Voyager Capital
Private Company
Industry Private equity
Founded Seattle, Washington 1997
Founder
  • Bill McAleer
  • Tony Audino
  • Enrique Godreau
Headquarters

Products Venture capital
Website voyagercapital.com

Voyager Capital is a information technology venture capital firm that is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.[1] Voyager Capital was founded in 1997 by Bill McAleer, Tony Audino, and Enrique Godreau.[2] McAleer formerly served as chief financial officer of Aldus, a publishing software company that was acquired by Adobe in 1994, Audino was an executive at Microsoft, and Godraeu was a technology analyst.[3] Voyager Capital opened offices in Portland, Oregon and Silicon Valley in 2008.[4][5] The firm launched its fourth investment fund, worth $125 million, in 2011.[6] Co-founder Godreau left the firm in February 2012.[2][7]

Voyager's exits include AnswerDash,[8] aQuantive,[6] Geoloqi,[9] Kryptiq,[10] and Tegic.[11]

References

  1. Mohana Ravindranath (14 August 2013). "Investors confident in cloud ventures, survey shows; IT ventures — especially cloud and mobile — are especially attractive to today’s venture capitalists.". The Washington Post.
  2. 1 2 John Cook (10 February 2012). "As Voyager Capital embarks on its 15th year, co-founder Enrique Godreau departs". GeekWire.
  3. "New VC Fund Targets Seattle". Redherring.com. 2 October 1998.
  4. Dan Kaplan (13 August 2008). "Seattle VC firms Maveron and Voyager Capital venture southward". Venture Beat.
  5. Mike Rogoway (6 August 2008). "Seattle venture capital firm puts money on Oregon". The Oregonian.
  6. 1 2 John Cook (December 20, 2011). "Voyager Capital targets $125 million for new venture fund". GeekWire.
  7. Curt Woodward (10 February 2012). "Voyager Capital Co-Founder Enrique Godreau Leaves Firm". Xconomy.
  8. John Cook (December 13, 2013). "UW spin-out Qazzow scores $2.4M to bolster customer service on e-commerce sites". GeekWire.com. GeekWire. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  9. Dan Primack (17 October 2012). "M&A". Fortune.
  10. Mike Rogoway (13 August 2012). "Kryptiq sells business to Surescripts, will stay in Hillsboro". The Oregonian.
  11. M. Sharon Baker (6 December 1999). "Big payday in Tegic deal". Puget Sound Business Journal.
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