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Below is a list of notable venture capital firms: Assets under management. Shown below are the largest venture capital firms ranked by Assets Under Management. [1]
The public successes of the venture capital industry in the 1970s and early 1980s (e.g., DEC, Apple, Genentech) gave rise to a major proliferation of venture capital investment firms. From just a few dozen firms at the start of the decade, there were over 650 firms by the end of the 1980s, each searching for the next major "home run".
Benchmark is noted for creating the first equal ownership and compensation structure for its partners. [54] The "maverick" firm [55] differs from most VC firms, which are named for their founders and are structured hierarchically; Benchmark was described by Fortune as "a lean operation in which its six full-time partners share profits equally."
Corporate venture capital (CVC) is the investment of corporate funds directly in external startup companies. [1] CVC is defined by the Business Dictionary as the "practice where a large firm takes an equity stake in a small but innovative or specialist firm, to which it may also provide management and marketing expertise; the objective is to gain a specific competitive advantage."
During the 1960s and 1970s, venture capital firms focused their investment activity primarily on starting and expanding companies. More often than not, these companies were exploiting breakthroughs in electronic, medical or data-processing technology. As a result, venture capital came to be almost synonymous with technology finance.
Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco. Highland has raised over $4 billion in committed capital and invested in more than 280 companies, with 47 IPOs and 134 acquisitions. [1]
A fourth VC, who invested in two of Al-Naji’s startups, offered a more clinical take based on his previous experience assessing situations where a founder goes wrong.
Khosla Ventures is a private American venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California.It was founded by entrepreneur Vinod Khosla in 2004.. The firm works with early-stage companies in the Internet, computing, mobile technology, artificial intelligence, financial services, agriculture, healthcare and clean technology sectors.