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Founded10/95

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Menlo Park, USA
70 Willow Rd, Suite 200
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
USA

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Foundation Capital

Foundation Capital is an investment firm run primarily by entrepreneurs. Each partner left a successful career in industry to work in venture capital in order to work with other entrepreneurs to build great new companies.

They have backed successful entrepreneurs across various sectors — from enterprise software to clean technology to consumer Internet and fabless semiconductors. Typically, Foundation makes an initial investment of $1 to $10 million and follow that by participating in each subsequent round of financing. As lead investors, they are often asked to fill Board seats.

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Serious Materials 9/09Series C$60M6
Calix 8/09Unattributed$50M4
Simply Hired 8/09Series C$4.6M2
Sun Run Generation 7/09Series B$18M2
BigDeal 7/09Unattributed$4.5M3
eMeter 7/09Series C$32M2
Control4 7/09Unattributed$17.3M7
Ventiva 7/09Unattributed$8M2
AdWhirl 6/09Seed$1M1
nGenera CIM 5/09Series C$10M2
FreeWheel 5/09Series C$12M2
Naverus 4/09Series D$4M2
Pixazza 3/09Series A$5.75M4
Numerate 3/09Series B$5.5M2
Jasper Design Automation 2/09Series D$7M6
Pano Logic 2/09Series B$6M3
Chegg 12/08Series C$25M4
Waterfront Media 11/08Series E$20M6
Interact Public Safety Systems 11/08Unattributed$28M3
Azure Power 11/08Series A2
CalStar Products 11/08Series A$8.04M2
Silver Spring Networks 10/08Unattributed$75M4
Zetta 9/08Series A$10.7M2
Conviva 8/08Series B$20M3
Aktino 8/08Series C$14.2M5
Conformia Software 7/08Series D$2.95M3
Silver Spring Networks 6/08Series C$17.4M2
Sun Run Generation 6/08Series A$12M3
Solarflare 6/08Unattributed$26M4
Control4 5/08Series F$20M4
SilkRoad technology 5/08Series C$54M3
ONStor 4/08Series F$14.8M5
eMeter 4/08Series E$12.5M3
SiBEAM 4/08Series C$40M3
Xoopit 4/08Series A$5M2
Altor Networks 4/08Series B$6M2
Rearden Commerce 4/08Series E$100M4
Yaolan.com 3/08Unattributed$17.7M3
Naverus 2/08Series C$10M2
Coverity 2/08Series A$22M2
Pano Logic 1/08Series A$12M3
Quantivo 1/08Series A$7.1M2
TuVox 12/07Series D$20M5
Mobius Microsystems 11/07Series B$10.2M2
Serious Materials 11/07Unattributed$50M3
Guardian Analytics 10/07Series B$4.5M1
CloudShield Technologies 9/07Unattributed$15M5
Waterfront Media 9/07Series D$25M6
Powerset 6/07Series A$12.5M5
Therative 5/07Series C$9M4
Conformia Software 5/07Series C$12.3M4
eMeter 4/07Series D$11.8M1
Conviva 4/07Series A$9M2
Novazone 12/06Series B$7M2
Xoopit 12/06Angel$1.5M12
Venafi 11/06Series B$5M1
PeakStream 9/06Series B$17M3
BoardVantage 9/06Series D$5.5M2
SiBEAM 8/06Series B$21M3
Simply Hired 3/06Series B$13.5M2
Rearden Commerce 9/05Series C$25M2
SiBEAM 5/05Series A$15M3
Codefast 3/05Series A$6.5M2
EnerNoc 1/05Series B$7.75M4
Rearden Commerce 1/04Unattributed$42M7
Responsys 4/03Unattributed$9.4M6
Responsys 4/01Unattributed$20M4
Responsys 2/00Unattributed$22.5M3
Guardian Analytics Series A$1.25M1
Hammerhead Systems Series D$10M4
Rohati Systems, Inc Series B$11M2

Videos

Sources

  1. Serious Materials Raises $60M More, Drywall Still on the Way (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
  2. Calix Raises $100M to Meet Broadband Demand (gigaom.com) [edit]
  3. techcrunch.com [edit]
  4. SunRun Snags $18M to Keep Muni Competitors Away (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
  5. Project Fair Bid Raises $4.5 Million For Stealth Auction Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. eMeter takes $32M to help utilities switch to smart meters (green.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  7. Control4 plugs into the smart grid with new $17.3M (green.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  8. Capital Report Index [edit]
  9. AdWhirl raises $1M for ad platform (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  10. Capital Report Index [edit]
  11. Freewheel nabs $12M for online video advertising (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  12. Naverus, Inc. Secures $4 Million Financing (naverus.com) [edit]
  13. Pixazza Raises $5.75 Million In First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  14. Numerate racks up $5.5M for drug engineering technology (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  15. Jasper Design Automation Raises $7 Million in Series D Funding (businesswire.com) [edit]
  16. Pano Logic closes $6M more for virtual desktops (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  17. Confirmed: Kleiner Perkins Gets Into Textbook Rentals As Chegg Raises $25 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  18. Week in deals, Nov. 24, 2008 (pewnews.com) [edit]
  19. Capital Report Index [edit]
  20. Azure Power Raises First Round (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
  21. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  22. Silver Spring Networks raises $75 million from VCs (smartelectricnews.blogspot.com) [edit]
  23. Zetta, Inc. Secures $10.68 Million in Series A Funding (zetta.net) [edit]
  24. Conviva Raises $20 Million Second Round For Live Internet Video (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  25. Aktino Raises $14.2 Million (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
  26. Conformia Software, Inc. Obtains $2,950,000 Series D Financing (sandhill.com) [edit]
  27. More smart-grid money: Silver Spring Networks fills coffers (news.cnet.com) [edit]
  28. Foundation Capital leads $12M Sun Run Generation funding (bizjournals.com) [edit]
  29. Solarflare Secures $26 Million in Private Funding (vmblog.com) [edit]
  30. Control4 gives you control over your home devices, raises $20M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  31. SilkRoad technology, inc. Completes $54 Million Round Of Equity Financing (biz.yahoo.com) [edit]
  32. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  33. eMeter Announces $12 Million Funding (reuters.com) [edit]
  34. sibeam.com [edit]
  35. Paidcontent article (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  36. Altor Networks gets $6M for virtualization security (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  37. techcrunch.com [edit]
  38. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  39. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  40. Coverity raises $22M to get the flaws out of your code (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  41. Pano Logic receives $12M to replace the desktop computer (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  42. Quantivo Secures $7.1 Million in Series A Funding (quantivo.com) [edit]
  43. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  44. Mobius Microsystems raises $10.22M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  45. Serious Materials Receives $50 Million in Funding to Reduce the Impact of Building Materials on Climate Change (seriousmaterials.com) [edit]
  46. Guardian Analytics raises $4.5M for fraud prevention for financial industry (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  47. CloudShield, an IP services control and security co., raises $15M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  48. americanventuremagazine.com [edit]
  49. powerset.com [edit]
  50. Therative raises $9M for pimple-device ads (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  51. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  52. EMeter raises $11.79 for energy information management (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  53. Conviva Raises $9M in Series-A Investment Round (conviva.com) [edit]
  54. Water and food cleaning co., Novazone, raises $7M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  55. Citation Needed [add]
  56. Venafi raises $5M to offer meta-encryption service for large companies (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  57. Peakstream gets $17M more from Foundation, Sequoia, Kleiner (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  58. BoardVantage, a provider of secure portals for corporate boards, raises $5.5M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  59. sibeam.com [edit]
  60. techcrunch.com [edit]
  61. sanjose.bizjournals.com [edit]
  62. sibeam.com [edit]
  63. CODEFAST SECURES $6.5 MILLION TO COMMERCIALIZE (codefast.com) [edit]
  64. EnerNOC, Inc. Secures Additional Round of Funding; Foundation Capital's Adam Grosser Joins Board of Directors (enernoc.com) [edit]
  65. Citation Needed [add]
  66. Responsys gets a new CEO and more funding for growth (internetretailer.com) [edit]
  67. Responsys secures $20 million (news.cnet.com) [edit]
  68. Responsys.com Receives $22.5 Million in Mezzanine Round Financing (redpoint.com) [edit]
  69. Guardian Analytics raises $4.5M for fraud prevention for financial industry (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  70. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  71. Rohati Systems raises $11M more for data center (venturebeat.com) [edit]
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