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Rank Firm Headquarters Assets under management 1: Andreessen Horowitz: Menlo Park, CA: $42.0B 2: Sequoia Capital: Menlo Park, CA: $28.3B 3: Dragoneer Investment Group
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".
The firm's most successful investment was a 1997 investment of $6.7 million in eBay for 22.1% of the company. [2] In 2011, it invested $12 million for an 11% stake in Uber, worth $7 billion in 2019 and $9.4 billion in 2023.
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".
Sequoia was the first venture capital firm to offer a scout program, and the model has since been emulated by others in the industry. [106] [107] In December 2020, Sequoia expanded the scout program to Europe. [109] In 2021, Sequoia partnered on the BLCK VC Scout Network to provide training and education to current and aspiring Black scouts. [108]
Now, most other VC firms don't publicize their anti-portfolio, but they observe. Here's a trick. If your anti-portfolio is more successful than your portfolio, it's time to make changes to your ...
American Research and Development Corporation (ARDC) was a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1946 by Georges Doriot, Ralph Flanders, [1] Merrill Griswold, and Karl Compton. [2] DEC was headquartered at a former wool mill in Maynard, Massachusetts, from 1957 until 1992, the first major venture capital success story.
Venture capital expert Alex Witt shares how Generative AI, robotics, EVs, and other trends will impact the industry in the next decade. A successful VC predicts what the next 10 years in the ...