Sevin Rosen Funds

Sevin Rosen Funds

Type	Private
Founded	Dallas (1980)
Headquarters	Dallas, Texas
Key people	L. J. Sevin, Co-founder Benjamin M. Rosen, Co-founder
Website	www.srfunds.com

Sevin Rosen Funds (SRF) is a venture capital firm that was established in 1980 by L. J. Sevin and Ben Rosen. SRF was involved in the financing of Citrix, Cypress Semiconductor, Electronic Arts, Lotus Development Corporation, Silicon Graphics, and Vitesse Semiconductor. SRF's first major success was its 1982 investment in Compaq which went public shortly thereafter.

Entrepreneurs supported by SRF include: Dennis Mudd (Slacker), James Sabry (Cytokinetics), Dave Vucina (Wayport), Michael Baum (Splunk), Nick Gault (XenSource), and Ranjith Kumaran (YouSendIt).

This fund has shut down West Coast operations.

External links

Company Site

Private equity and venture capital

Basic investment types

History

Terms and concepts

Buyout	Financial sponsor Management buyout Divisional buyout Buy–sell agreement Leveraged recapitalization Dividend recapitalization

Venture	Angel investor Business incubator Post-money valuation Pre-money valuation Seed money Startup company Venture capital financing Venture debt Venture round

Structure	Private equity firms and funds Limited partnership Limited liability company Carried interest Management fee Publicly traded private equity Business Development Company Venture capital trust Private investment in public equity (PIPE) Pledge fund

Investors

Related financial terms

Private equity and venture capital investors
Private equity firms
Venture capital firms
Angel investors
Portfolio companies

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