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General Information

Websitefocusventures.com
Twitter@focusventures
Employees5
Founded1996
Descriptionexpansion stage, I.T. focused VC fund

Funds

Focus Ventures III, 4/06 $250M

Offices

Palo Alto, USA
525 University Avenue
Suite 225
Palo Alto, CA, 94301
USA

People

General Partner
General Partner
General Partner

Former People

CFO
Later-Stage Venture Capital Investor

Tags

Focus Ventures

Focus Ventures provides expansion stage venture capital for software, communications, and semiconductor companies. They seek companies that have completed initial development of their product or service, that have demonstrated clear market acceptance, and are seeking additional capital to expand their sales and marketing efforts or to execute strategic acquisitions.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Picarro 7/12Series D$7M3
Apigee 7/12Series E$20M5
SAY Media 7/12Venture Round$27M8
Sojern 3/12Series C$7.5M4
Pivot3 2/12Venture Round$23M7
Hara 5/11Series C$25M6
Marin Software 4/11Series E$16M5
Rafter 2/11Venture Round$20M4
BookRenter.com 2/11Venture Round$20M6
PCH International 2/11Series B$26M5
Stoke 1/11Series E$17M9
Sojern 8/10Venture Round$9M3
Brand.net 6/10Series C$14M3
Marin Software 6/10Series D$11.2M5
Pivot3 2/10Series D$25M5
Cyan 12/09Series D$22M4
Cedar Point Communications 12/09Debt$2M8
Mimosa Systems 11/09Debt$4M6
Teknovus 11/09Venture Round$5.6M8
Drobo 10/09Series E$10M5
Marin Software 4/09Series C$13M3
Sepaton 4/09Series F$15.5M5
BUZZ MEDIA 3/09Series C$12.5M5
Black Duck Software 2/09Series D$9.5M8
PCH International 9/08Series A$21M3
Turn 8/08Series C$15M4
DATAllegro 6/08Series D$19.6M7
Panasas 5/08Series E$25M6
Ecast 5/08Series D$12.3M5
RGB Networks 4/08Series D$20M5
Mimosa Systems 4/08Series D$17M6
Teknovus 9/07Series D$28M10
SAY Media 9/07Series D$15M5
The Fanfare Group 5/07Venture Round$12M3
Crossbeam Systems 5/07Series F$21M8
Digital Fuel Technologies 3/07Series E$5M5
Black Duck Software 2/07Series C$12M6
Kazeon 8/06Venture Round$21M2
RGB Networks 6/06Series C$20M5
MarkMonitor 5/06Venture Round$12M4
Centrality Communications 12/05Series D$20M7
Sequence Design 12/05Venture Round$5.3M7
Teknovus 8/05Series C$13M10
Cedar Point Communications 8/05Series D$15M8
OuterBay Technologies 3/05Series C$12M5
Six Apart 10/04Series B$10M2
Pure Digital Technologies 1/04Venture Round$28M4

Videos

Sources

  1. Focus Ventures (focusventures.com) [edit]
  2. Picarro Raises $7M in Series D Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  3. Apigee Adds $20 Million to Warchest, Looks to Extend Lead in Enterprise API Management (pandodaily.com) [edit]
  4. Say Media Says Yes To $27M, Will Build Out Publishing Platform, Buy More Assets (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. Sojern Raises $7.5 Million For Its Push Into Travel Tech And Targeted Travel Ads (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. Samsung Leads $23M Round In Data Storage Hardware Company Pivot3 (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. Marin Software Raises $16 Million For Paid Search Management Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  9. BookRenter Raises $40 Million To Take On Chegg In Textbook Rentals (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. BookRenter Raises $40 Million To Take On Chegg In Textbook Rentals (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. techcrunch.com [edit]
  12. Stoke Raises $17m in Series E Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  13. Sojern Secures $9M in Venture Capital Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  14. Brand-Only Ad Network Brand.net Raises $14 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  15. Marin Raises Another $11.2 Million For Search Engine Management Software (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  16. Texas TechPulse (texastechpulse.com) [edit]
  17. Cyan Optics spies $22M for optical communication systems (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  18. Cedar Point pulls in $2M in debt funding (masshightech.com) [edit]
  19. Mimosa takes $4M for archiving email, files (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  20. Teknovus captures $5.6M for optical Ethernet chips (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  21. DATA ROBOTICS RAISES $10 MILLION IN FUNDING ROUND (datarobotics.com) [edit]
  22. Marin Software Closes $13 Million Series C Financing (prweb.com) [edit]
  23. Sepaton Wins $15.5M Series F Round (xconomy.com) [edit]
  24. Buzznet Raises $12.5 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  25. Black Duck Software Gets $9.5 Million To Help You Ship Better Software More Quickly (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  26. techcrunch.com [edit]
  27. alarm:clock article (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  28. Microsoft Acquires Datallegro (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
  29. EDGAR [edit]
  30. Capital Funding Report [edit]
  31. RGB Networks raises $20 milllion for video processing chips (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  32. Mimosa raises $17M for email archiving (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  33. Teknovus Raises 28 Million In “Oversubscribed” Mezzanine Financing Round (teknovus.com) [edit]
  34. techcrunch.com [edit]
  35. Fanfare, high-tech device testing software co., raises $12M more. (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  36. Top Research Firm Ranks Crossbeam Systems No. 1 In High-End Unified Threat Management For The Eighth Consecutive Quarter (crossbeamsystems.com) [edit]
  37. Digital Fuel receives a $5 million investment (dealipedia.com) [edit]
  38. Black Duck Software Closes $12 Million in Third Round Financing (blackducksoftware.com) [edit]
  39. Kazeon Gets $21M Venture Boost (networkcomputing.com) [edit]
  40. Video Processing Technology Firm RGB Networks Raises $20 Million (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
  41. MarkMonitor Secures $12 Million in Financing; Names New Board Member (www2.prnewswire.com) [edit]
  42. EDGAR [edit]
  43. Article: Sequence Closes $5.3 Million Funding Round; Expands Into Fast-Growing International Markets, Boosts R&D To Maintain Low-Power Tech Lead. (highbeam.com) [edit]
  44. Teknovus (teknovus.com) [edit]
  45. Cedar Point adds $15 M to coffers (cedmagazine.com) [edit]
  46. OUTERBAY RECEIVES $12 MILLION IN SERIES C FUNDING LED BY FOCUS VENTURES (sourcewire.com) [edit]
  47. Citation Needed [add]
  48. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
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