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Foundation Capital

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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.

Recent Milestones

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  Foundation Capital invested in Fastback Networks. (5/6/13)
  Posted 5/8/13 at 2:38am via venturebeat.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in Kik Interactive. (4/21/13)
  Posted 4/23/13 at 7:12am via techcrunch.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in ForgeRock. (4/9/13)
  Posted 4/9/13 at 11:09pm via businesswire.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in Aquion Energy. (4/2/13)
  Posted 4/3/13 at 4:52am via pehub.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in TubeMogul. (12/20/12)
  Posted 12/20/12 at 6:29pm via venturebeat.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in Guardian Analytics. (12/4/12)
  Posted 12/13/12 at 12:12pm via xconomy.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in Autogrid. (10/29/12)
  Posted 10/30/12 at 3:47am via marketwire.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in adRise. (10/16/12)
  Posted 10/17/12 at 4:51am via techcrunch.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in Bureau Of Trade. (9/27/12)
  Posted 9/26/12 at 9:26pm via techcrunch.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in Revel Touch. (8/21/12)
  Posted 8/21/12 at 5:59pm via techcrunch.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in Pocket. (7/19/12)
  Posted 7/19/12 at 4:54am via techcrunch.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in Copious. (7/12/12)
  Posted 7/12/12 at 5:34am via techcrunch.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in AdRoll. (7/11/12)
  Posted 7/11/12 at 5:54am via techcrunch.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in CloudOn. (6/21/12)
  Posted 6/21/12 at 5:13am via pandodaily.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in PrivateCore. (6/6/12)
  Posted 6/6/12 at 7:17pm via prweb.com
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  Foundation Capital invested in MobileIron. (5/29/12)
  Posted 5/29/12 at 7:10pm via finsmes.com

Investments

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1. Foundation Capital Raises $282M For Seventh Fund, Will Focus Mainly On Early-Stage Investments (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Fastback Networks raises $15M for juicing the capacity of mobile networks before they collapse (venturebeat.com) [edit]
3. Kik Raises $19.5M Series B, Bets On Its Cards Platform Play To Take On WhatsApp And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. ForgeRock Secures $15M in Financing (businesswire.com) [edit]
5. Aquion Energy Holds First Close on $35M Round (pehub.com) [edit]
6. TubeMogul absorbs $20M for real-time video advertising (venturebeat.com) [edit]
7. Guardian Analytics Obtains $8,000,000 Series E Funding Round (xconomy.com) [edit]
8. AutoGrid Systems Secures $9 Million in Financing to Bring Big Data Analytics to the Energy Industry (marketwire.com) [edit]
9. AdRise Raises $2 Million From Foundation Capital To Put Video (And Ads) On More Connected TVs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Bureau Of Trade Raises $1.2M From Foundation Capital & Others For New Men’s Shopping Site (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. Revel Touch Raises $10M To Help Retailers Create Sleek Mobile Commerce Apps (techcrunch.com) [edit]
12. Pocket Raises $5M Series B; Plans To Bring Its ‘Save For Later’ App To More Devices And Platforms (techcrunch.com) [edit]
13. Copious Raises $5 Million Series A To Build Out The eBay With A Social Backbone (techcrunch.com) [edit]
14. AdRoll Raises $15M For Ad Retargeting, Round Led By Foundation Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
15. CloudOn gets $16 Million to Mobilize Applications Across All Devices and Platforms (pandodaily.com) [edit]
16. PrivateCore Secures $2.25 Million in Seed Funding Led by Foundation Capital (prweb.com) [edit]
17. MobileIron Raises $40M in Series E Mezzanine Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
18. Sunrun raises $60M for residential solar service (gigaom.com) [edit]
19. Social Talent Management Solution SilkRoad Secures $35M Series C Round, Preps For Potential IPO (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. CYPHORT Raises $7M Series-A Round to Accelerate Product Delivery and Market Expansion (cyphort.com) [edit]
21. CiiNOW Raises $13 Million in Funding for Cross-Platform Cloud Compute Application Delivery System (reuters.com) [edit]
22. Zetta Raises $9 Million in New Round of Funding (zetta.net) [edit]
23. Aquion Energy Closes $30M Venture Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
24. CloudOn raises $7.7M to build mobile productivity apps (venturebeat.com) [edit]
25. HotLink Emerges With $10M Series A (hotlink.com) [edit]
26. Social Learning Game Developer Airy Labs Raises $1.5M From Google Ventures, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
27. Read It Later Raises $2.5 Million, Wants To Become The Dropbox Of Content (techcrunch.com) [edit]
28. Former Microsoft Exec Raises $20 Million For Motif, An Investment Vehicle For Ideas (techcrunch.com) [edit]
29. Motif Investing Closes $6M Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
30. Transphorm Completes $25M Series D Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
31. MobileIron Closes $20M Series D Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
32. InsideView Raises $12M To Give Businesses Social Sales Intelligence (techcrunch.com) [edit]
33. Cyphort Obtain New Round (xconomy.com) [edit]
34. Guardian Analytics raises $11M to ferret out cyber fraud (venturebeat.com) [edit]
35. Energy Efficiency Startup Transphorm Emerges From Stealth, Raises $20 Million From Google Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
36. SilkRoad technology Raises $40 Million (silkroad.com) [edit]
37. Zetta Raises $11.5M in Second Funding Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
38. Video Ad And Analytics Startup TubeMogul Takes $10 Million In VC Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
39. Conviva Raises $15 Million, Helps Large Broadcasters Deliver Online Video At Scale (techcrunch.com) [edit]
40. MobileIron raises $16 million to manage employee smartphones (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
41. Citation Needed [add]
42. Homerun For SunRun: Sequoia Capital Leads $55 Million Financing (techcrunch.com) [edit]
43. Green building supplier Serious Materials brings in $19.8M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
44. Guardian Analytics Locks Up $9M For Secure Web Banking (guardiananalytics.com) [edit]
45. Cantaloupe Systems Raises $12.4M. (freshnews.com) [edit]
46. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
47. Peer Lending Site Lending Club Raises $24.5 Million Series C Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
48. TransMedics, Inc.: Series E $36M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
49. Azure Power Announces Series B Investment (newswiretoday.com) [edit]
50. Purfresh Raises $10M for Cleaner, Longer-Lasting Food & Water (earth2tech.com) [edit]
51. AltAssets (altassets.com) [edit]
52. Altor Secures Series B Funding from New Investors DAG Ventures and Juniper Networks® as Well as Founding Investors Accel Partners and Foundation Capital (businesswire.com) [edit]
53. AltAssets (altassets.com) [edit]
54. Pano Logic raises $20 Million in Series C funding (siliconindia.com) [edit]
55. Sanrad secures $3 million in fourth round of venture funding (tradingmarkets.com) [edit]
56. Bella Pictures takes $10.3M for wedding photography (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
57. Silver Spring Networks Raises Another $100M (earth2tech.com) [edit]
58. Serious Materials Raises $60M More, Drywall Still on the Way (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
59. Calix Raises $100M to Meet Broadband Demand (gigaom.com) [edit]
60. techcrunch.com [edit]
61. SunRun Snags $18M to Keep Muni Competitors Away (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
62. Project Fair Bid Raises $4.5 Million For Stealth Auction Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
63. eMeter takes $32M to help utilities switch to smart meters (green.venturebeat.com) [edit]
64. Control4 plugs into the smart grid with new $17.3M (green.venturebeat.com) [edit]
65. Capital Report Index [edit]
66. AdWhirl raises $1M for ad platform (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
67. Capital Report Index [edit]
68. Freewheel nabs $12M for online video advertising (venturebeat.com) [edit]
69. Naverus, Inc. Secures $4 Million Financing (naverus.com) [edit]
70. Pixazza Raises $5.75 Million In First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
71. Numerate racks up $5.5M for drug engineering technology (venturebeat.com) [edit]
72. Jasper Design Automation Raises $7 Million in Series D Funding (businesswire.com) [edit]
73. Pano Logic closes $6M more for virtual desktops (venturebeat.com) [edit]
74. nationalpayment.net [edit]
75. Confirmed: Kleiner Perkins Gets Into Textbook Rentals As Chegg Raises $25 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
76. Week in deals, Nov. 24, 2008 (pewnews.com) [edit]
77. Capital Report Index [edit]
78. Azure Power Raises First Round (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
79. EDGAR [edit]
80. Silver Spring Networks raises $75 million from VCs (smartelectricnews.blogspot.com) [edit]
81. Zetta, Inc. Secures $10.68 Million in Series A Funding (zetta.net) [edit]
82. Conviva Raises $20 Million Second Round For Live Internet Video (paidcontent.org) [edit]
83. Aktino Raises $14.2 Million (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
84. Citation Needed [add]
85. Conformia Software, Inc. Obtains $2,950,000 Series D Financing (sandhill.com) [edit]
86. More smart-grid money: Silver Spring Networks fills coffers (news.cnet.com) [edit]
87. Foundation Capital leads $12M Sun Run Generation funding (bizjournals.com) [edit]
88. Solarflare Secures $26 Million in Private Funding (vmblog.com) [edit]
89. Control4 gives you control over your home devices, raises $20M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
90. SilkRoad technology, inc. Completes $54 Million Round Of Equity Financing (biz.yahoo.com) [edit]
91. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
92. eMeter Announces $12 Million Funding (reuters.com) [edit]
93. sibeam.com [edit]
94. Paidcontent article (paidcontent.org) [edit]
95. techcrunch.com [edit]
96. Altor Networks gets $6M for virtualization security (venturebeat.com) [edit]
97. Thomson [edit]
98. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
99. Helpstream gets $8.6M new funding (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
100. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
101. Purfresh Closes $25M Series C Round with $5M from Perella Weinberg Partners (purfresh.com) [edit]
102. Coverity raises $22M to get the flaws out of your code (venturebeat.com) [edit]
103. Pano Logic receives $12M to replace the desktop computer (venturebeat.com) [edit]
104. Quantivo Secures $7.1 Million in Series A Funding (quantivo.com) [edit]
105. Mobius Microsystems raises $10.22M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
106. TuVox raises $20M for speech recognition and phone menu software (venturebeat.com) [edit]
107. Serious Materials Receives $50 Million in Funding to Reduce the Impact of Building Materials on Climate Change (seriousmaterials.com) [edit]
108. Guardian Analytics raises $4.5M for fraud prevention for financial industry (venturebeat.com) [edit]
109. CloudShield, an IP services control and security co., raises $15M. (venturebeat.com) [edit]
110. XMOS Semiconductor secures 16 million USD for Software Defined Silicon (xmos.com) [edit]
111. americanventuremagazine.com [edit]
112. ONSTOR CLOSES MEZZANINE FUNDING ROUND OF $27 MILLION (onstor.com) [edit]
113. Hammerhead Systems Secures $18 Million in Series D - Returning Investors Bullish on Customer Demand for HSX 6000. (encyclopedia.com) [edit]
114. VaST Completes Investment Round of $12 Million (vastsystems.com) [edit]
115. uXcomm Changes Name to Virtugo Software (vmblog.com) [edit]
116. powerset.com [edit]
117. Therative raises $9M for pimple-device ads (venturebeat.com) [edit]
118. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
119. EMeter raises $11.79 for energy information management. (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
120. Conviva Raises $9M in Series-A Investment Round (conviva.com) [edit]
121. EDGAR [edit]
122. Statistical timing startup wins $7M funding (eetimes.com) [edit]
123. BSG Alliance Receives $20 Million in Funding (www.ngenera.com) [edit]
124. EDGAR [edit]
125. Rohati Systems raises $11M more for data center (venturebeat.com) [edit]
126. Ketera Raises 14 Million (ketera.com) [edit]
127. EDGAR [edit]
128. EDGAR [edit]
129. Water and food cleaning co., Novazone, raises $7M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
130. Novazone Closes $7 Million in Series B Financing to Fuel Company Growth and Expansion (purfresh.com) [edit]
131. Citation Needed [add]
132. Venafi raises $5M to offer meta-encryption service for large companies (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
133. EDGAR [edit]
134. Peakstream gets $17M more from Foundation, Sequoia, Kleiner (venturebeat.com) [edit]
135. BoardVantage, a provider of secure portals for corporate boards, raises $5.5M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
136. sibeam.com [edit]
137. uXcomm Gets $13.6M (nwinnovation.com) [edit]
138. MarkMonitor Secures $12 Million in Financing; Names New Board Member (www2.prnewswire.com) [edit]
139. techcrunch.com [edit]
140. EDGAR [edit]
141. $30M richer, Hammerhead hiring (connectedplanetonline.com) [edit]
142. Guardian Analytics raises $4.5M for fraud prevention for financial industry (venturebeat.com) [edit]
143. EDGAR [edit]
144. CLOUDSHIELD TECHNOLOGIES SECURES $10 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO FUEL MOMENTUM (cloudshield.com) [edit]
145. EDGAR [edit]
146. Xelor Software Secures $6 Million in Series B Financing, Appoints Bill Stuart and Craig Moore to... (allbusiness.com) [edit]
147. Mendocino Software Secures $18M in Series B Funding; Developer of Recovery Management Solutions... (allbusiness.com) [edit]
148. sanjose.bizjournals.com [edit]
149. ONStor Raises $24 Million in Latest Funding Round (mayfield.com) [edit]
150. VaST Systems Closes $12M in Round C Funding; Virtual System Prototypes Critical for Embedded... (allbusiness.com) [edit]
151. Aktino, developer of carrier-class broadband over copper solution, gets round B $16m (opticalkeyhole.com) [edit]
152. sibeam.com [edit]
153. NOVAZONE RAISES $10.6 MILLION IN SERIES A FINANCING AND NAMES INDUSTRY VETERANS TO EXECUTIVE TEAM (purfresh.com) [edit]
154. CODEFAST SECURES $6.5 MILLION TO COMMERCIALIZE (codefast.com) [edit]
155. Video on Demand - Arroyo Closes $12 Million to Accelerate its Growth in Advanced Video Services (blog.tmcnet.com) [edit]
156. Solarflare Raises Record $48 Million in Funding (solarflare.com) [edit]
157. EDGAR [edit]
158. EDGAR [edit]
159. EnerNOC, Inc. Secures Additional Round of Funding; Foundation Capital's Adam Grosser Joins Board of Directors (enernoc.com) [edit]
160. http://www.control4.com/news/65/44/Control4-Raises-15-Million/ (control4.com) [edit]
161. Citation Needed [add]
162. Responsys gets a new CEO and more funding for growth (internetretailer.com) [edit]
163. TeaLeaf Technology Raises $12 Million in Series C Financing; Bay Partners Leads Over-Subscribed Round, Takes Board Seat. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
164. Responsys secures $20 million (news.cnet.com) [edit]
165. Responsys.com Receives $22.5 Million in Mezzanine Round Financing (redpoint.com) [edit]