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Venrock

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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.

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  Venrock invested in Constellation Pharmaceuticals. (6/6/11)
  Posted 6/6/11 at 5:47pm via finsmes.com
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  Venrock invested in Gazelle. (7/21/11)
  Posted 7/21/11 at 5:17pm via masshightech.com
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  Venrock invested in Celladon. (2/15/12)
  Posted 2/15/12 at 6:31pm via finsmes.com
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  Venrock invested in Quantenna Communications. (4/18/12)
  Posted 4/17/12 at 7:28pm via freshnews.com
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  Venrock invested in Appthority. (5/2/12)
  Posted 5/2/12 at 8:08am via techcrunch.com
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  Venrock invested in Castlight Health. (5/1/12)
  Posted 5/1/12 at 5:21pm via techcrunch.com
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  Venrock invested in Boundless. (4/5/12)
  Posted 4/5/12 at 4:43pm via techcrunch.com
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  Venrock invested in Bizo. (4/2/12)
  Posted 4/2/12 at 5:26pm via techcrunch.com
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  Venrock invested in CTERA Networks. (3/21/12)
  Posted 3/21/12 at 5:18am via finsmes.com
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  Venrock invested in Mevion Medical Systems. (1/24/12)
  Posted 1/24/12 at 7:51pm via mevion.com
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  Venrock invested in Aria Diagnostics. (1/9/12)
  Posted 1/9/12 at 8:59pm via ariadx.com
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  Venrock invested in Klout. (1/1/12)
  Posted 1/3/12 at 1:16pm via techcrunch.com
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  Venrock invested in Cerulean Pharma. (12/15/11)
  Posted 12/15/11 at 6:42pm via finsmes.com
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  Venrock invested in Martini Media Inc. (12/7/11)
  Posted 12/7/11 at 6:00pm via techcrunch.com
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  Venrock invested in RedSeal Networks. (11/16/11)
  Posted 11/16/11 at 8:04pm via finsmes.com
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  Venrock invested in Personal Capital. (8/26/11)
  Posted 8/26/11 at 7:33pm via techcrunch.com

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1. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. Venrock gets lean and mean with $350M venture fund Read more: Venrock gets lean and mean with $350M venture fund (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
3. Mobile Security Provider Appthority Raises $6.25 Million From Venrock and US Venture Partners (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Castlight Lands A Whopping $100M D Round To Bring Transparency To Healthcare Costs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Quantenna Communications Raises $79 Million Led by RUSNANO and Sequoia Capital (freshnews.com) [edit]
6. Publishers Sue As Boundless Learning Grabs $8M For An Open Alternative To Textbooks (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Business Audience Marketing Company Bizo Raises $10M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. CTERA Networks Closes Funding Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
9. Celladon Closes $43M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
10. Leading Private Venture Capital Firms Invest $45 Million in Mevion Medical Systems (mevion.com) [edit]
11. Aria Diagnostics Secures $52.7 Million in Oversubscribed Series C Financing (ariadx.com) [edit]
12. Kleiner Leads Klout’s Latest “$30 Million” Funding Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
13. Cerulean Pharma Closes $15m Series D Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
14. Marketing Network Martini Media Raises $13 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
15. RedSeal Networks Secures $10M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
16. IP Commerce Closes $20.7 Million Investment from Intel Capital and Existing Investors (freshnews.com) [edit]
17. Ex-PayPal, Intuit CEO Raises $25M For “Next-Generation” Financial Advisor (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. Awarepoint Corporation Secures $27M in Series F Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
19. Intuity Medical Closes $12M Second Tranche of Series D Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
20. Smartling gets $10M to expand crowdsourced translations (gigaom.com) [edit]
21. Gazelle rounds up $22M funding for recycling electronics (masshightech.com) [edit]
22. PowerVision Closes $24M Series C Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
23. CloudFlare Raises $20M in Series B Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
24. Kyruus Closes $5.5M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
25. Constellation Pharmaceuticals Raises $15M in Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
26. ADVANCE Medical Raises US$6M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
27. White-Label App Marketplace Platform Appia Raises $10M At $100M Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
28. Phononic Devices Raises $10 Million To Turn Heat Waste Into Energy (techcrunch.com) [edit]
29. SEC Regulatory Filing (sec.gov) [edit]
30. Aria raises $20M to handle online billing for large companies (venturebeat.com) [edit]
31. Public Acadia Pharma To Raise $15M From NEA, Venrock, Others (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
32. Media6Degrees Closes $17 Million Series B Round Led by Menlo Ventures (media6degrees.com) [edit]
33. Cerulean Pharma Closes $24M Series C Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
34. Kineto Wireless gets $3M to improve mobile phone coverage (venturebeat.com) [edit]
35. World Heart Corp. Completes Private Placement of $25.3 Million (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
36. Alta Partners Leads $30M Series C For Pathwork Diagnostics (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
37. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
38. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
39. Quantenna brings in $21M to carry faster Wi-Fi into the home (venturebeat.com) [edit]
40. Intarcia Therapeutics raises $5M to treat long-term conditions (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
41. Redbeacon Raises $7.4 Million To Help You Book Local Services Online (techcrunch.com) [edit]
42. TurnHere reels in $3M for online video ads (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
43. Gazelle lands $12M to buy and resell your used electronics (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
44. ApaceWave gets $7.8M for WiMAX hardware (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
45. Acceleron Pharma pulls in $8.4M financing (masshightech.com) [edit]
46. Castlight Health Raises $60 Million to Support Commercial Rollout (freshnews.com) [edit]
47. Reed Elsevier Ventures Leads Martini Media’s $6 Million Second Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
48. Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series B $4.8M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
49. AltAssets (altassets.com) [edit]
50. Teranetics raises $7.8 million for 10-gigabit Ethernet chips (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
51. Achaogen Completes $56 Million Series C Financing (pr-inside.com) [edit]
52. TechCrunch, SEC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
53. Chelsea Therapeutics to Raise $18.2 Million in Registered Direct Offering (irconnect.com) [edit]
54. Awarepoint Raises $10M in Expansion Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
55. Quantenna raises $15M to make Wi-Fi faster and more reliable (venturebeat.com) [edit]
56. Intuity Medical Secures $64M in Series D Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
57. Atieva charges up on $7.1M for automotive battery packs (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
58. Neurocrine Announces Sale of 4,784,689 Shares of Common Stock, to Raise Proceeds of $10 Million (phx.corporate-ir.net) [edit]
59. Virdante Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series A $30M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
60. CloudFlare floats $2.05M equity round to strengthen web site security (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
61. ZoomInfo Spin-Off Bizo Raises $6 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
62. Receptos raises $25M in Series A (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
63. Fate Therapetucis (fatetherapeutics.com) [edit]
64. FinSMEs (finsmes.com) [edit]
65. Metabolex (Metabolex.com) [edit]
66. Celladon, Inc.: Series C $21.8M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
67. New Strategic Investors Signal the importance of 3-D Natural Interfaces to the Future of PCs and other Consumer Devices (canesta.com) [edit]
68. RedSeal takes $12M for security software (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
69. Alimera Sciences, Inc.: Series C $5M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
70. VeriFone Increases Investment in Payment Card Security Company (freshnews.com) [edit]
71. XConnect Raises $10 Million in Series B Funding (xconnect.net) [edit]
72. Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Closes $17 Million in Funding (constellationpharma.com) [edit]
73. Cerulean pockets $10M as it catapults into the clinic (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
74. Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
75. BlogHer Raises $7 Million In Third Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
76. P.A. Semi Makes Its Debut (redherring.com) [edit]
77. Quantenna Communications Raises $14 Million in Series C Funding for Wireless High Definition Home Networking (marketwire.com) [edit]
78. VCs PIPE $43.5 Million to Sunesis Pharma (pehub.com) [edit]
79. Venrock Leads Investment Round in Hyper9, Mike Maples Sr. Joins Its Board of Directors (austin.dbusinessnews.com) [edit]
80. Acton's eIQnetworks raises $10 million (boston.com) [edit]
81. Anacor Raises $50 Million in Equity Financing (bio-medicine.org) [edit]
82. Boston-Power Adds $55 Million in Growth Capital (boston-power.com) [edit]
83. Capital Report Index [edit]
84. Venrock's Ray Rothrock on backing Aria Systems and staying the course (thedeal.com) [edit]
85. ExtendMedia Raises $10M for Video Platforms (newteevee.com) [edit]
86. Qteros raises $25M for its plant-eating, ethanol-yielding germ (thedeal.com) [edit]
87. Second Rotation Raises $6 Million For Hassle-Free Gadget Marketplace (techcrunch.com) [edit]
88. Rich Folks' Ad Network Martini Media Raises 1st Round (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
89. Twofish [edit]
90. Capital Report Index [edit]
91. Cap Funding Report [edit]
92. AppNexus Raises $8 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
93. TechCrunch [edit]
94. Media6 Degrees Closes $9 Million Series A Round of Funding With U.S. Venture Partners (media6degrees.com) [edit]
95. iVillage Enters Strategic Relationship with BlogHer (blogher.com) [edit]
96. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
97. Microsoft Acquires Datallegro (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
98. Aha Mobile Scores $3 Million For Driver-Friendly iPhone App (techcrunch.com) [edit]
99. Sapphire Energy gets “open checkbook” from investors for algae-based gasoline (venturebeat.com) [edit]
100. SlideShare Secures $3M for Embeddable Presentations (techcrunch.com) [edit]
101. Security company Imperva raises $20M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
102. IP Commerce Raises $17 Million in Series C Funding (pr-inside.com) [edit]
103. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
104. techcrunch.com [edit]
105. Funding Source [edit]
106. Wave energy company ORECon raises $24 million cleantech investment (orecon.com) [edit]
107. TERANETICS ANNOUNCES INVESTMENT OF $25 MILLION (teranetics.com) [edit]
108. bizjournals.com [edit]
109. DIGIT WIRELESS APPOINTS ROBERT BLUMENTHAL AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (digitwireless.com) [edit]
110. PEAK Surgical’s plasma electrosurgical tools net $21M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
111. deepjiveinterests.com [edit]
112. Used Gadget Trade-In Site Second Rotation Raises $4.4M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
113. Tempo Pharmaceuticals Closes $8 Million in Series B Funding (ceruleanrx.com) [edit]
114. bizjournals.com [edit]
115. Puget Sounds Business Journal (seattle.bizjournals.com) [edit]
116. Cap Funding Report [edit]
117. Quantenna Secures Series B Funding Of Over $12.7 Million (quantenna.com) [edit]
118. Semtek Announces Closing of Series A Financing Venrock, RRE Lead Equity Round (semtek.com) [edit]
119. INRIX RAISES $15 MILLION in SERIES C FUNDING (inrix.com) [edit]
120. Asoka USA raises $7M for to turn electrical outlets into broadband connections (venturebeat.com) [edit]
121. 3D's Canesta Raises $10M More (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
122. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
123. Adnexus Therapeutics Raises $15.5 Million in Series C Funding (adnexustx.com) [edit]
124. Satiety pulls in $30M for obesity device (venturebeat.com) [edit]
125. BlogHer, site for female bloggers, said to get money from Venrock (venturebeat.com) [edit]
126. Neoconix, maker of circuit board interconnects, raises $16M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
127. Encryption Co. PGP Raises $27M For M&A. (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
128. podtech.net [edit]
129. Citation Needed [add]
130. Tempo Pharmaceuticals Closes $12.1 Million in Series A Funding (ceruleanrx.com) [edit]
131. uLocate Secures $11 Million in Growth Capital Investment (where.com) [edit]
132. uLocate Secures $11 Million in Growth Capital Investment (ulocate.com) [edit]
133. Intercasting Corp. Secures $12 Million in Series B Venture Funding (freshnews.com) [edit]
134. RedSeal Systems Raises $17.1 Million in Series B Funding. (encyclopedia.com) [edit]
135. XConnect raises $12 Million in Tier 1 VC Equity Funding Enables Global Expansion of its Federated IP Communications Peering Services (xconnect.net) [edit]
136. Optinuity Receives $6 Million in Series B Investment (prnewswire.com) [edit]
137. Metabolex (Metabolex.com) [edit]
138. ExtendMedia Nets $12M (lightreading.com) [edit]
139. Ciclon Semiconductor Secures $12 Million Investment (encyclopedia.com) [edit]
140. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
141. CipherMax, enterprise storage security co., raises $10M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
142. Press Release (digitalrailroad.net) [edit]
143. Anchor Bay Closes $10 Million in Funding (anchorbaytech.com) [edit]
144. sev.prnewswire.com [edit]
145. Cap Funding Report [edit]
146. Cap Funding Report [edit]
147. Teranetics, a communications chip co., raises $20M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
148. techrockies (techrockies.com) [edit]
149. Vocera raises $7M more for wireless communication badges (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
150. Newport Media Closes $30 million Series C Financing (newportmediainc.com) [edit]
151. bizjournals.com [edit]
152. Chip design co., Atrenta raises $16M more (venturebeat.com) [edit]
153. Achaogen Closes Series B Financing (achaogen.com) [edit]
154. Peak Surgical raises $8M for surgical device (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
155. San Carlos' B-Hive raises $7M (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
156. BIVIO NETWORKS SECURES $8.5 MILLION IN FUNDING (bivio.net) [edit]
157. Cap Funding Report [edit]
158. Imaginova Orbits $15M Round (redherring.com) [edit]
159. Acceleron Pharma Closes $30M Series B Financing (acceleronpharma.com) [edit]
160. Silicon Valley ad veterans launch start-up, Adify; raise $8million (venturebeat.com) [edit]
161. Cap Funding Report [edit]
162. Cap Funding Report [edit]
163. ADNEXUS THERAPEUTICS CLOSES $27M SERIES B FUNDING (adnexustx.com) [edit]
164. ANDA Networks Announces Additional $10.5 Million of Expansion Equity Investment Capital (andanetworks.com) [edit]
165. Cap Funding Report [edit]
166. INRIX Secures $10 Million in Oversubscribed Series B Round (inrix.com) [edit]
167. Imperva Raises $17M in Series C Financing (imperva.com) [edit]
168. Cap Funding Report [edit]
169. Everypoint Secures $10 Million in Second Round Funding; Unveils New Mobile Apps (econtentmag.com) [edit]
170. Cap Funding Report [edit]
171. econtentmag.com [edit]
172. WiMax chip maker raises $12.1M in first round (fiercewireless.com) [edit]
173. Newport Media Closes $25 Million Funding Round Led By Oak Investment Partners (ezinfofind.com) [edit]
174. venturebeat.com [edit]
175. Citation Needed [add]
176. Celladon Secures $30 Million in Series B Financing. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
177. PGP Corporation Announces Addition of $10 Million Growth Capital (redorbit.com) [edit]
178. Alimera Sciences Secures $31.8 Million in Series B Financing (gabio.org) [edit]
179. Cap Funding Report [edit]
180. Ciclon Semiconductor Announces $12 Million Investment from TL Ventures and Venrock Associates (accessmylibrary.com) [edit]
181. Cap Funding Report [edit]
182. Cap Funding Report [edit]
183. Cap Funding Report [edit]
184. Cap Funding Report [edit]
185. Simple Star Secures $6.3 Million in Funding from Venrock Associates. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
186. Press Release (digitalrailroad.net) [edit]
187. ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS RAISES $25 MILLION IN SERIES C FINANCING (anacor.com) [edit]
188. Bivio Announces $16.5 Million in Strategic Venture Funding (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
189. INRIX Secures $6.1 Million in Oversubscribed Series A Round (inrix.com) [edit]
190. Cap Funding Report [edit]
191. SAN FRANCISCO--- VONTU INCREASES TOTAL FUNDING TO $25M WITH ADDITIONAL $10M IN THIRD ROUND THAT INCLUDES GM CAPITAL PARTNERS (freshnews.com) [edit]
192. Digit Wireless Secures Additional Funding (about.telus.com) [edit]
193. General Bandwidth Raises $18 Million in New Funding Round (genband.com) [edit]
194. boston.bizjournals.com [edit]
195. allbusiness.com [edit]
196. Citation Needed [add]
197. news.com [edit]
198. bizjournals.com [edit]