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Websitevenrock.com
Phone650-561-9580
Employees25
Founded1/69

Funds

New Fund, 4/07 $600M

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Venrock

Venrock is a premier venture capital firm with offices in Menlo Park, New York, Cambridge, MA, and Israel. Originally established as the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family, Venrock continues a seven-decade tradition of partnering with entrepreneurs to establish successful, enduring companies. Having invested $2.2 billion in 417 companies resulting in 124 IPOs and 117 M&A exits over the past 39 years, Venrock’s investment returns place it among the top tier venture capital firms that have achieved consistently superior performance. With a primary focus on technology, healthcare, and energy, portfolio companies have included Adify, Apple Computer, Centocor, Check Point Software, DoubleClick, Gilead Sciences, Idec Pharmaceuticals, Illumina, Intel, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Sirna Therapeutics, and StrataCom.

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Fate Therapeutics 11/09Series B$30M6
AppNexus 11/09Series C$5M3
Metabolex 11/09Unattributed$8.6M12
Celladon 11/09Series C$21.8M3
Canesta 10/09Unattributed$16M4
Alimera Sciences 10/09Series C$5M5
Virdante Pharmaceuticals 10/09Series A$48M5
Redseal Systems 10/09Series C$12M5
Semtek Innovative Technologies Corporation 9/09Series B3
XConnect 9/09Series B$10M4
Constellation Pharmaceuticals 8/09Unattributed$17.2M4
Cerulean 7/09Series B$10M4
Cc:Betty 6/09Seed$1.5M3
BlogHer 5/09Series C$7M3
PA Semi 5/09Series B$36M3
Quantenna 4/09Series C$14M5
Media6° 4/09Series A$9.8M1
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals 4/09Unattributed$43.5M9
Hyper9 2/09Series B$8M4
eIQnetworks 1/09Series A$10M1
Anacor Pharmaceutical 1/09Series E$50M6
Boston Power 1/09Series D$55M5
Bivio 12/08Unattributed$15.8M7
Aria Systems 12/08Series B$10M1
Extend Media 12/08Series C$10M3
Qteros 11/08Series B$25M3
Second Rotation 11/08Series B$6M4
Martini Media Network 10/08Series A1
TwoFish 10/08Series B$4.5M3
Kineto Wireless 10/08Series D$15.5M4
Sapphire Energy 9/08Series D$35M2
AppNexus 9/08Series B$8M4
CrossLoop 9/08Series B$6M2
BlogHer 7/08Series B$5M2
Shopflick 7/08Series A$7M2
DATAllegro 6/08Series D$19.6M7
Aha Mobile 6/08Series A$3M1
Sapphire Energy 5/08Series C$50M2
SlideShare 5/08Series A$3M8
Imperva 4/08Series D$20M5
IP Commerce 4/08Series C$17M4
Tapioca Mobile 3/08Unattributed$5M1
Bungee Labs 3/08Series C$8M3
TurnHere 2/08Series A$7.5M2
PEAK Surgical 2/08Series C$21M3
Crunchyroll 2/08Series A$4.05M1
Second Rotation 1/08Series A$4.4M3
Boston Power 1/08Series C$45M4
Fate Therapeutics 11/07Series A$12M4
Quantenna 11/07Series B$12.7M4
Semtek Innovative Technologies Corporation 10/07Series A3
Inrix 10/07Series C$15M3
Asoka USA 10/07Unattributed$7M2
Tapioca Mobile 9/07Seed1
Satiety 7/07Series D$30M6
BlogHer 7/07Series A$3.5M1
Neoconix 7/07Series C$16M5
PGP Corporation 6/07Series C$27.3M4
National Banana 6/07Series A2
PodTech 6/07Series A$2M2
TwoFish 6/07Series A$5M2
where.com 5/07Series C$11M3
Intercasting 5/07Series B$12M3
Metabolex 4/07Series D$32M16
Digital Railroad 2/07Series B$10M3
CypherMax 2/07Unattributed$10M3
Boston Power 1/07Series B$15.6M3
Boston Power 11/06Series A$8M2
Bungee Labs 11/06Series B3
Atrenta 10/06Series D$16M7
PEAK Surgical 9/06Series B$8M2
B-hive Networks 8/06Series A$7M2
Adify 8/06Series A$8M1
PodTech 3/06Series A$5.5M2
OurStory 1/06Series A$6.3M3
Bungee Labs 8/05Series A3
Simple Star 8/05Series A$800k1
Digital Railroad 6/05Series A$5.2M2
Simple Star 6/05Series A$7.4M1
ZoomInfo 7/04Series A$7M5
Endeca 6/04Series C$15M6
Endeca 11/01Series B$15M3
Endeca 1/01Series A$10M3
Neoconix Unattributed$23M4
CypherMax Unattributed$132M3

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Sources

  1. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  2. Fate Therapetucis (fatetherapeutics.com) [edit]
  3. FinSMEs (finsmes.com) [edit]
  4. Metabolex (Metabolex.com) [edit]
  5. Celladon, Inc.: Series C $21.8M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  6. New Strategic Investors Signal the importance of 3-D Natural Interfaces to the Future of PCs and other Consumer Devices (canesta.com) [edit]
  7. Alimera Sciences, Inc.: Series C $5M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  8. Virdante boosts first venture round to $48M (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
  9. RedSeal takes $12M for security software (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  10. VeriFone Increases Investment in Payment Card Security Company (freshnews.com) [edit]
  11. XConnect Raises $10 Million in Series B Funding (xconnect.net) [edit]
  12. Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Closes $17 Million in Funding (constellationpharma.com) [edit]
  13. Cerulean pockets $10M as it catapults into the clinic (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
  14. Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  15. BlogHer Raises $7 Million In Third Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  16. P.A. Semi Makes Its Debut (redherring.com) [edit]
  17. Quantenna Communications Raises $14 Million in Series C Funding for Wireless High Definition Home Networking (marketwire.com) [edit]
  18. Media6Degrees Lands Investment From Venrock, Closing $9.8 Million Series A Round (marketwire.com) [edit]
  19. VCs PIPE $43.5 Million to Sunesis Pharma (pehub.com) [edit]
  20. Venrock Leads Investment Round in Hyper9, Mike Maples Sr. Joins Its Board of Directors (austin.dbusinessnews.com) [edit]
  21. Acton's eIQnetworks raises $10 million (boston.com) [edit]
  22. Anacor Raises $50 Million in Equity Financing (bio-medicine.org) [edit]
  23. Boston-Power Adds $55 Million in Growth Capital (boston-power.com) [edit]
  24. Capital Report Index [edit]
  25. Venrock's Ray Rothrock on backing Aria Systems and staying the course (thedeal.com) [edit]
  26. ExtendMedia Raises $10M for Video Platforms (newteevee.com) [edit]
  27. Qteros raises $25M for its plant-eating, ethanol-yielding germ (thedeal.com) [edit]
  28. Second Rotation Raises $6 Million For Hassle-Free Gadget Marketplace (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  29. Rich Folks' Ad Network Martini Media Raises 1st Round (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  30. Twofish [edit]
  31. Capital Report Index [edit]
  32. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  33. AppNexus Raises $8 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
  34. TechCrunch [edit]
  35. iVillage Enters Strategic Relationship with BlogHer (blogher.com) [edit]
  36. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  37. Microsoft Acquires Datallegro (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
  38. Aha Mobile Scores $3 Million For Driver-Friendly iPhone App (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  39. Sapphire Energy gets “open checkbook” from investors for algae-based gasoline (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  40. SlideShare Secures $3M for Embeddable Presentations (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  41. Security company Imperva raises $20M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  42. IP Commerce Raises $17 Million in Series C Funding (pr-inside.com) [edit]
  43. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  44. techcrunch.com [edit]
  45. bizjournals.com [edit]
  46. PEAK Surgical’s plasma electrosurgical tools net $21M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  47. deepjiveinterests.com [edit]
  48. Used Gadget Trade-In Site Second Rotation Raises $4.4M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  49. bizjournals.com [edit]
  50. Puget Sounds Business Journal (seattle.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  51. Quantenna Secures Series B Funding Of Over $12.7 Million (quantenna.com) [edit]
  52. Semtek Announces Closing of Series A Financing Venrock, RRE Lead Equity Round (semtek.com) [edit]
  53. Press Release (inrix.com) [edit]
  54. Asoka USA raises $7M for to turn electrical outlets into broadband connections (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  55. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  56. Satiety pulls in $30M for obesity device (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  57. BlogHer, site for female bloggers, said to get money from Venrock (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  58. Neoconix, maker of circuit board interconnects, raises $16M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  59. Encryption Co. PGP Raises $27M For M&A (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  60. podtech.net [edit]
  61. Citation Needed [add]
  62. Citation Needed [add]
  63. uLocate Secures $11 Million in Growth Capital Investment (ulocate.com) [edit]
  64. SAN DIEGO--- Intercasting Corp. Secures $12 Million in Series B Venture Funding (freshnews.com) [edit]
  65. Metabolex (Metabolex.com) [edit]
  66. Press Release (digitalrailroad.net) [edit]
  67. CipherMax, enterprise storage security co., raises $10M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  68. sev.prnewswire.com [edit]
  69. bizjournals.com [edit]
  70. techrockies (techrockies.com) [edit]
  71. Chip design co., Atrenta raises $16M more (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  72. Peak Surgical raises $8M for surgical device (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  73. San Carlos' B-Hive raises $7M (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  74. Silicon Valley ad veterans launch start-up, Adify; raise $8million (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  75. econtentmag.com [edit]
  76. venturebeat.com [edit]
  77. Citation Needed [add]
  78. Citation Needed [add]
  79. Press Release (digitalrailroad.net) [edit]
  80. Citation Needed [add]
  81. boston.bizjournals.com [edit]
  82. allbusiness.com [edit]
  83. news.com [edit]
  84. bizjournals.com [edit]
  85. Citation Needed [add]
  86. CipherMax, enterprise storage security co., raises $10M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
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