Institutional Venture Partners

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With more than $2.2 billion of committed capital, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) is one of the premier later-stage venture capital and growth equity firms in the United States. The partnership is currently investing IVP XII, a $600 million later-stage fund focused on investments in rapidly-growing technology and media companies. Founded in 1980, IVP has a 28-year IRR of 43.2% and has invested in over 300 companies, 85 of which have gone public. IVP specializes in venture growth investments, industry rollups, founder liquidity and select public market transactions. Since its inception, IVP has invested in such notable companies as ArcSight (ARST), Ask Jeeves (IACI), Aspect Communications (ASPT), At Road (ARDI), Business.com (RHD), Clarify (CLFY), ComScore (SCOR), Concur Technologies (CNQR), Danger (MSFT), Digital River (DRIV), Form Factor (FORM), Foundry Networks (FDRY), Juniper Networks (JNPR), LSI Corporation (LSI), Mobile 365 (SY), MySQL (JAVA), Netflix (NFLX), Polycom (PLCM), Quigo (TWX), Seagate (STX), Synchronoss (SNCR), Tivo (TIVO) and Websense (WBSN).

Milestones

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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in Yext. (10/1/09)
  Posted 10/1/09 at 2:01pm
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in Twitter. (9/25/09)
  Posted 9/25/09 at 9:08am
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in Aster Data Systems. (2/25/09)
  Posted 1/13/09 at 8:59am
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in Twitter. (2/13/09)
  Posted 2/13/09 at 11:42am
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in Motion Computing. (12/23/08)
  Posted 6/14/09 at 9:20pm
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in HomeAway. (11/10/08)
  Posted 11/10/08 at 10:11pm
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in Gaia. (7/14/08)
  Posted 7/14/08 at 2:11pm
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in Yodlee. (6/4/08)
  Posted 6/5/08 at 9:17am
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in RGB Networks. (4/08)
  Posted 12/20/08 at 12:26pm
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in POINT Biomedical. (1/08)
  Posted 6/17/09 at 6:49pm
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in MySQL. (2/1/06)
  Posted 10/29/07 at 10:31am
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in HomeAway. (2006)
  Posted 11/10/08 at 10:11pm
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in Danger. (7/1/04)
  Posted 2/17/08 at 11:40am
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in comScore. (6/6/02)
  Posted 2/10/08 at 11:34am
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in comScore. (8/13/01)
  Posted 2/10/08 at 11:36am
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  Institutional Venture Partners invested in Ask.com. (3/1/99)
  Posted 12/18/07 at 3:03pm

Investments

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1. IVP raises $600 million fund to invest in late-stage technology companies (venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. The $25 Million Demo. Yext Scores A Big Round From IVP After TechCrunch50 Debut. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Twitter (blog.twitter.com) []
4. Aster Data Systems Extends oversubscribed Series B Funding to $17 Million (asterdata.com) [edit]
5. Twitter Raises $35 Million Series C From Benchmark and IVP, Others (techcrunch.com) []
6. Motion Computing Secures $6 Million in New Funding (motioncomputing.com) [edit]
7. marketwatch.com [edit]
8. Gaia Raises $11 Million For Its Teenage Virtual World (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. YODLEE ANNOUNCES $35 MILLION FINANCING (corporate.yodlee.com) [edit]
10. RGB Networks raises $20 milllion for video processing chips (venturebeat.com) [edit]
11. Capital Funding Report [edit]
12. mysql.com [edit]
13. marketwatch.com [edit]
14. Danger, Inc. Announces $37 Million Financing Round (danger.com) [edit]
15. comScore Networks Secures $20 Million In Series D Financing (comscore.com) [edit]
16. comScore Networks, Inc. Secures $15 Million In Series C Financing (comscore.com) [edit]
17. internetnews.com [edit]