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Websiteusvp.com
Twitter@USVP_
Phone(650) 854-9080
Employees
Founded1981

Funds

New funds acquire $625M

Offices

Menlo Park, USA
2735 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
USA

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US Venture Partners

U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) is a leading Silicon valley-based venture capital firm, helping entrepreneurs build world-class companies since 1981. USVP focuses on early stage opportunities in sectors where the Partners have the domain expertise, operating experience and network relationships to contribute to the success of an enterprise. Currently, the firm invests in digital communications, network systems, consumer and business services, media, semiconductors, clean technologies, biopharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Intersect ENT 2/13Series D$30M4
LivingSocial 2/13Series G$110M4
Exablox 12/12Venture Round$22M3
Risk I/O 11/12Series A$5.25M4
Xirrus 9/12Series E$23.5M5
Act-On Software 9/12Series D$16M4
PLUMgrid 8/12Series A$10.7M2
Aptus Endosystems 6/12Series B$25M3
SentreHEART 6/12Series C$26M3
Altobeam 5/12Series D$6M5
Appthority 5/12Series A$6.25M3
Sequent Medical 3/12Series C$26M4
Yammer 2/12Series E$85M12
PlaceIQ 12/11Series A$4.2M5
Karmasphere 9/11Series B$6M3
GoPro 5/11Venture Round5
Box 2/11Series D$48M7
Altobeam 12/10Series C$6M4
SocialShield 10/10Series A$10M7
Silego Technology 6/10Venture Round$5.75M3
Castlight Health 6/10Series C$60M7
Teranetics 5/10Venture Round$7.8M4
Sequent Medical 5/10Series B$15.6M3
LivingSocial 4/10Series C$14M4
Box 4/10Series C$15M3
LivingSocial 3/10Series B$25M3
CFX Battery 2/10Series B$14.2M4
Blekko 11/09Series C$2.5M2
Box 10/09Venture Round$7.1M2
Factery 9/09Venture Round$1.2M2
BPT 9/09Series B$12M4
Blekko 7/09Series C$11.5M2
Intellikine 7/09Series B$51M6
SupplyFrame 5/09Series C$1.5M2
Hooked Media Group 5/09Series A$3M2
M-Factor 2/09Venture Round4
ReShape Medical 2/09Series B$20M3
4INFO 1/09Venture Round$20M6
Intermolecular 1/09Series D$20M4
Total Beauty Media 12/08Series C$6M2
Savings 11/08Series B$4M1
Trusteer 10/08Series B$6.1M1
Savings.com 10/08Series B$4M1
Redwood Systems 10/08Series A$4M2
Right90 9/08Series C$10M4
Media6Degrees (m6d) 8/08Series A$9M4
MeetMe, Inc. 7/08Series B$13M3
Zannel 6/08Series B$10M3
JellyCloud 5/08Series A$6.6M4
ON24 5/08Venture Round$8M3
Imperva 4/08Series D$20M5
SiBEAM 4/08Series C$40M3
Hooked Media Group 4/08Seed$1.5M3
Gear6 3/08Venture Round$10M3
CiraNova 3/08Venture Round$5.25M5
Gamook 3/08Series A$1.5M1
Xirrus 3/08Series C$26M5
Box 1/08Series B$6M2
DuneNetworks 1/08Series B$12M6
Optichron 10/07Venture Round$12M4
Teknovus 9/07Series D$28M10
Total Beauty Media 8/07Series B$8M2
Yoomba 7/07Series A2
Neoconix 7/07Series C$16M5
SupplyFrame 6/07Series B$7M3
National Banana 6/07Series A2
PodTech 6/07Series A$2M2
4INFO 6/07Series D$10M6
Talima Therapeutics 5/07Series B$19M3
LV Sensors 5/07Series B$15M3
Adify 4/07Series B$19M4
CypherMax 2/07Series B$10M3
Marketocracy 2/07Venture Round$16M2
MeetMe, Inc. 1/07Series A$4.1M2
MaxLinear 1/07Venture Round$20M4
Piczo 1/07Series C$11M2
MontaVista Software 12/06Venture Round$21M5
Teranetics 11/06Series C$20M6
Dilithium Networks 11/06Series D$16.8M5
CiraNova 10/06Series C$4M3
Zannel 10/06Series A$6M2
Kilopass 9/06Series D$7.75M4
Trovix 9/06Series B$13M2
Vontu 8/06Series D$10M4
SiBEAM 8/06Series B$21M3
CritiSense 6/06Venture Round$1.2M4
ClickShift 6/06Series A$6M2
Instantis 5/06Series D$8.8M3
Imperva 5/06Series C$17M4
LimeLife 3/06Series B$10M4
PodTech 3/06Series A$5.5M2
Asempra Technologies 2/06Series B$20M3
Xirrus 1/06Series B$16.3M2
Pivotal Systems 1/06Series B$10M3
Neoconix 1/06Venture Round$23M4
Cogency Software 12/05Venture Round$2.5M4
Teknovus 8/05Series C$13M10
LimeLife 8/05Series A$5M4
Clear Shape Technologies 6/05Series B$5M5
SiBEAM 5/05Series A$15M3
MOBITRAC 4/05Venture Round$8.3M5
X1 Technologies 4/05Series B$10M2
BeVocal 4/05Series E$10M4
NanoOpto 3/05Series C$12M5
Vontu 3/05Series C$10M5
Dilithium Networks 3/05Series C$18M6
4INFO 3/05Series C$8M6
Optichron 3/05Series B$17M4
SiBEAM 12/04Seed$1.25M2
Spoke 11/03Series C$11.7M4
Spoke 4/03Series B$9.2M3
Force10 Networks 2/03Venture Round$41M5
Spoke 1/02Series A$4.2M1
Sierra Monolithics 8/00Series A$14.2M3

Videos

Sources

  1. U.S. Venture Partners raises $625M fund for new investments (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  2. Intersect ENT Lands $30M From Norwest, Kleiner, USVP & More For Its Innovative Sinus Drug & Device Combo (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Daily Deals Site LivingSocial Raises Another $110 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. Exablox Raises $22M From Norwest And Others To Disrupt The Enterprise Storage Market (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. Former Orbitz Security Chief Lands $5.25M For Risk I/O, A “Vulnerability Intelligence” Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. Xirrus Raises $23.5M in Series E Funding (marketwire.com) [edit]
  7. Act-On enters act IV of investment with $16M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  8. PLUMgrid Raises $10.7 Million With Goal To Become The New Platform For Networking (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  9. Aptus Endosystems Completes $25 Million Series BB Financing (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
  10. SentreHEART Completes $26M Series C Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  11. AltoBeam Closes $6M Series D Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  12. Mobile Security Provider Appthority Raises $6.25 Million From Venrock and US Venture Partners (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  13. Sequent Medical Announces Closing of $26.0 Million Venture Financing (marketwatch.com) [edit]
  14. Enterprise Social Networking Platform Yammer Raises $85M From DFJ Growth, Khosla, And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  15. Hyper-Local Ad Targeting Startup PlaceIQ Raises $4.2 Million And Moves To New York City (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  16. Karmasphere Raises $6M in Series B Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  17. GoPro® Receives Strategic Investment from Riverwood Capital, Steamboat Ventures, Sageview Capital, Walden International and US Venture Partners (gopro.com) [edit]
  18. Enterprise Cloud Storage Platform Box.net Raises $48M From Andreessen Horowitz And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  19. AltoBeam Closes $6M Series C Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  20. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  21. Silego Technology brings in $5.75M for clock products (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  22. Castlight Health Raises $60 Million to Support Commercial Rollout (freshnews.com) [edit]
  23. Teranetics raises $7.8 million for 10-gigabit Ethernet chips (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  24. Sequent Medical, Inc.: Series B $15.6M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  25. LivingSocial Raises Another $14 Million To Expand Group Buying Sites. (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  26. Box.net Raises $15 Million To Take On Microsoft SharePoint In The Cloud (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  27. Group Purchasing Startup LivingSocial Raises $25 Million In Series B Round (businessinsider.com) [edit]
  28. AltAssets (altassets.com) [edit]
  29. Citation Needed [add]
  30. Box.net Adds $7.1 Million In Funding For Digital File Storage (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  31. Alternative Search Engine Factery.net Raises $1.2 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  32. BPT Closes $12 Million in Series B Financing Led by U.S. Venture Partners and Pitango Venture Capital (earthtimes.org) [edit]
  33. Stealth Search Engine Blekko Raises $11.5 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  34. Intellikine, Inc.: Series B $51M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  35. SupplyFrame Raises $1.5 Million Of Third Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  36. Citation Needed [add]
  37. M-Factor raises new funding for profit optimization (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  38. ReShape beefs up with $20M to bust fat (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  39. 4INFO Raises $20 Million For Ad-Supported Texting Campaigns (moconews.net) [edit]
  40. Intermolecular lands $20M to improve semiconductor manufacture (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  41. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  42. Savings.com press release (savings.com) [edit]
  43. Trusteer Raises $6 Million in Venture Capital Financing (trusteer.com) [edit]
  44. Savings.com Raises $4 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
  45. Redwood Systems gets $4M for commercial building LEDs (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  46. Right90 gets $10M in third round (bizjournals.com) [edit]
  47. Media6 Degrees Closes $9 Million Series A Round of Funding With U.S. Venture Partners (media6degrees.com) [edit]
  48. Teen Social Network myYearbook Gets $13 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  49. ZANNEL SECURES $10M IN SERIES B FUNDING LED BY ALLOY VENTURES (press.zannel.com) [edit]
  50. Behavioral Ad Network JellyCloud Raises $11.5M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  51. Webcaster ON24 Secures $8 million (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
  52. Security company Imperva raises $20M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  53. sibeam.com [edit]
  54. Citation Needed [add]
  55. 2008: Gear6 gets $10M in new funding (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  56. CIRANOVA, INC. SECURES $5.25 MILLION IN FUNDING (ciranova.com) [edit]
  57. Gamook gets funding for casual games (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  58. Xirrus (xirrus.com) [edit]
  59. PR Web (prweb.com) [edit]
  60. Dune Networks takes $12M for ethernet switching platforms (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  61. Optichron, a communications distortion removing co., raises $12M. (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  62. Teknovus Raises 28 Million In “Oversubscribed” Mezzanine Financing Round (teknovus.com) [edit]
  63. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  64. Citation Needed [add]
  65. Neoconix, maker of circuit board interconnects, raises $16M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  66. Supplyframe press release (supplyframe.com) [edit]
  67. podtech.net [edit]
  68. Citation Needed [add]
  69. venturebeat.com [edit]
  70. Talima Therapeutics raises $19M for site-specific drugs (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  71. LV Sensors, secretive wireless sensor co., raises $15M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  72. Ad network Adify gets $19M to build out vertical ad network model (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  73. CipherMax, enterprise storage security co., raises $10M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  74. Marketocracy lets you place money with the best (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  75. myYearbook.com Raises $4.1 Million in Venture Funding (vcgate.com) [edit]
  76. MaxLinear Finds $20M (socaltech.com) [edit]
  77. Piczo Raises $11 million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  78. Linux OS software co., MontaVista, raises $21M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  79. Teranetics, a communications chip co., raises $20M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  80. Dilithium, a broadband and wireless video co., raises $16.77M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  81. Ciranova raises $4 million in latest round led by new investor Asiatech Management (ciranova.com) [edit]
  82. Zannel Announces $6 Million In Venture Funding (corp.zannel.com) [edit]
  83. Kilopass Technology raises $7.75M for chip IP (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  84. Trovix raises $13 million for job recruitment software (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  85. EDGAR [edit]
  86. sibeam.com [edit]
  87. Medical device co CritiSense raises $1.2m (critisense.com) [edit]
  88. Article: ClickShift Secures Series A Financing From El Dorado Ventures and U.S. Venture Partners; Optimization Start-up Redefines How Online Advertising Campaigns Are Managed.(Company overview) (highbeam.com) [edit]
  89. Top Venture Investors Endorse Instantis with $8.8 Million in Financing (instantis.com) [edit]
  90. Imperva Raises $17M in Series C Financing (imperva.com) [edit]
  91. Company Press Release (limelife.com) [edit]
  92. econtentmag.com [edit]
  93. Asempra Technologies gets $20M funding (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  94. EDGAR [edit]
  95. EDGAR [edit]
  96. Citation Needed [add]
  97. EDGAR [edit]
  98. Teknovus (teknovus.com) [edit]
  99. How to Pick Up Women: LimeLife's Kristin McDonnell on Female Gamers (gamasutra.com) [edit]
  100. Clear Shape Technologies Inc. Receives Investments from Intel and KLA-Tencor Corp. (reuters.com) [edit]
  101. sibeam.com [edit]
  102. Mobitrac Secures Funding to Support Rapid Company Growth, Expanding Customer Base and Aggressive Product Roadmap. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  103. X1 Technologies Secures $10M in Venture Financing Led by U.S. Venture Partners (x1.com) [edit]
  104. BEVOCAL CLOSES $10 MILLION OVERSUBSCRIBED FUNDING ROUND; HIRES VP OF SALES AND CLIENT DEVELOPMENT (bevocal.com) [edit]
  105. NanoOpto Announces Closing on $12M of C-Round Venture Financing (azonano.com) [edit]
  106. SAN FRANCISCO--- VONTU INCREASES TOTAL FUNDING TO $25M WITH ADDITIONAL $10M IN THIRD ROUND THAT INCLUDES GM CAPITAL PARTNERS (freshnews.com) [edit]
  107. Dilithium Secures $18M (unstrung.com) [edit]
  108. techcrunch.com [edit]
  109. EDGAR [edit]
  110. sibeam.com [edit]
  111. Spoke Software Lands $11.7 Million in New Funding; DCM - Doll Capital Management Led Round Brings Spoke''s Financing Over $20M Mark. (goliath.ecnext.com) [edit]
  112. Spoke Software lands $9.2 million (bizjournals.com) [edit]
  113. Force10 Puts $41M in the Bank (lightreading.com) [edit]
  114. Spoke Software Announces $9.2 Million Funding Led by US Venture Partners, Sierra Ventures and Partech International (partechvc.com) [edit]
  115. Sierra Monolithics (monolithics.com) [edit]
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