VantagePoint Capital Partners

VantagePoint Capital Partners

Type	Private Ownership
Industry	Venture Capital
Founded	1996
Headquarters	San Bruno, California, United States
Total assets	$4+ billion [1]
Number of employees	Approx. 40 (2008)
Website	vpcp.com

VantagePoint Capital Partners is a venture capital firm with investments in the cleantech, information technology and healthcare sectors.

Founded in 1996, by Alan E. Salzman and Jim Marver, the firm has raised over $4 billion with more than $1 billion dedicated specifically to cleantech. VantagePoint is based in San Bruno, California with offices in Beijing and Hong Kong. In 2011^[2]-2012,^[3] it has changed its name from "VantagePoint Venture Partners" into "VantagePoint Capital Partners", citing a desire to reflect increased focus on “growth equity”, which “goes beyond where venture goes”.

Strategic partners

VantagePoint has established strategic partnerships with a number of global corporations, including Air Products, Best Buy, BP, DuPont, IBM, Jabil Circuit, Procter & Gamble and Scottish and Southern Energy.^[4]

Portfolio companies

1366 3VR Adura AlertMe AllBusiness.com Allocade Allvoices Amprius Angstrom Technologies Anthera Pharmaceuticals - IPO 2010 Axsun Technologies Better Place BlueWhale Bridgelux BrightSource Energy Cbeyond Communications CGI Pharmaceuticals ChaCha Chemrec ChipX Cobalt Technologies Conceptus Definity Health Direct Flow Medical E-One Moli FloDesign edo Interactive EndPlay Entrisphere FANIQ FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. GAIN Capital Group GeminX Pharmaceuticals Genomatica glo AB Global Financial Technology Goldwind Grocery Shopping Network Healthline Networks Huga Optotech iBahn Identified InnoPath Software Innovari IntelePeer InvestLab Inxight Software iWatt Kagoor Networks Klipsch Audio LifeMasters Light Based Technologies Liquid Light [5] Liquid Robotics Livescribe Mascoma Metabolex Inc MiaSolé Meriton Networks Mobile 365 Multiply MyFP MySpace.com/Intermix Media - Acquired by News Corporation in 2005[6] Neuraltus New Energy Capital Nexsan Next Step Living Ostara OZ Communications - Acquired by Nokia in 2008[7] Phreesia Pica8 Premium Power PulsePoint Pure Digital Technologies - Acquired by Cisco Systems in 2009[6] ReachLocal Safe Life Corp Santur Corporation Savvion Scribd Senergen Devices Inc Serious Energy SolarCentury Solazyme Spanfeller Media Group (SMG) Spatial Wireless Switch Tendril Networks, Inc. TergeGen Tesla Motors- IPO in 2010 [8] Tidal Software - Acquired by Cisco Systems TouchTunes TransMedics Transport Technology Systems (TTS) Trilliant VeriSilicon Vook WageWorks - IPO in 2011 Widevine Technologies - Acquired by Google Xcellerex YouMail Ze-gen Zvents

References

1. Capital raised since inception in 1996
2. Sibley, Lisa (May 9, 2011). "VantagePoint Ventures changes name". Silicon Valley Business Journal.
3. "VantagePoint pulls billion-dollar VC fund after LPs fail to bite". AltAssets. 6 Feb 2013.
4. http://www.vpcp.com
5. Knapp, Alan. "Liquid Light Raises $15 Million To Convert Carbon Emissions To Chemicals". forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
6. Vance, Ashlee (March 19, 2009). "Cisco Flips Over Pure Digital". The New York Times.
7. http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1255654
8. Squatriglia, Chuck (June 29, 2010). "Tesla IPO Raises $226.1M, Stock Surges 41 Percent". Wired.

• VantagePoint Venture Partners IV Holds Initial Close On $1 Billion, July, 2000.

External links

• VantagePoint Capital Partners (company website)