Varolii Investors
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Draper Fisher Jurvetson
With a 25-year history of success across diverse sectors and market conditions, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) has led the way investing in emerging technologies, from the Internet and life sciences to clean energy and nanotechnology. DFJ has offices in the United States, China, and India and manages a Fund of more than $7 billion. Since 1985, the firm has backed more than 600 companies on four continents including such industry-changing successes as Hotmail, Baidu, Skype, United Online, Overture, Athenahealth, TicketsNow, Feedburner, and Interwoven.
InterWest Partners
InterWest Partners is a diversified venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. For more than 30 years InterWest has partnered with exceptional entrepreneurs to build winning technology and life sciences companies. Through its $650M InterWest X Fund, the firm provides valuable industry, strategic, and corporate development expertise, as well as venture capital, to help young life sciences and IT companies succeed. To date, InterWest Partners has raised $2.8B, completed more than 70 IPOs, and participated in nearly 60 upside acquisitions and is the lead investor in more than 70% of the investments the firm makes.
BlueRun Ventures
For 10 years, BlueRun Ventures has worked with entrepreneurs to build lasting businesses and successful exits in the crossroads of technology, ideas and global markets. With more than $1 billion of capital under management, BlueRun identifies opportunities to leverage innovative technologies and primarily invests in early-stage opportunities across Internet & Media, Mobile, Enterprise Software, Semiconductors and Components with scalable solutions that can address a sizable home market. This investment strategy has resulted in such industry leading successes as PayPal and Widerthan.
Institutional Venture Partners (IVP)
Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) is one of the premier later-stage venture capital and growth equity firms in the U.S. with $3 billion in committed capital. Founded in 1980, IVP is one of the top performing VC firms, generating an IRR that is more than double the industry average. The firm has invested in more than 300 companies, 86 of which have gone public, and backed such widely-recognized brands as Ask Jeeves, Atmel, Cirrus Logic, Concur, Juniper Networks, Netflix, Polycom and Tivo. Currently, IVP is managing a $750 million fund focused on rapidly-growing technology and media companies.