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 Fate Therapeutics. (11/16/09)
  Posted 11/16/09 at 11:35am
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  Venrock invested in AppNexus. (11/10/09)
  Posted 11/10/09 at 4:14pm
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  Venrock invested in Metabolex. (11/5/09)
  Posted 11/9/09 at 3:52pm
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  Venrock invested in Celladon. (11/09)
  Posted 11/2/09 at 6:45pm
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  Venrock invested in Canesta. (10/21/09)
  Posted 10/21/09 at 2:15pm
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  Venrock invested in Alimera Sciences. (10/09)
  Posted 10/21/09 at 6:23pm
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  Venrock invested in Virdante Pharmaceuticals. (10/09)
  Posted 10/29/09 at 6:27pm
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  Venrock invested in Redseal Systems. (10/09)
  Posted 10/26/09 at 7:05am
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  Venrock invested in Semtek Innovative Technologies Corporation. (9/30/09)
  Posted 9/30/09 at 12:05pm
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  Venrock invested in XConnect. (9/16/09)
  Posted 9/22/09 at 11:22am
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  Venrock invested in Constellation Pharmaceuticals. (8/13/09)
  Posted 10/8/09 at 10:57pm
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  Venrock invested in Cerulean. (7/28/09)
  Posted 7/28/09 at 2:28pm
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  Venrock invested in Cc:Betty. (6/9/09)
  Posted 6/15/09 at 8:44am
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  Venrock invested in BlogHer. (5/14/09)
  Posted 5/14/09 at 8:34am
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  Venrock invested in PA Semi. (5/1/09)
  Posted 5/21/08 at 1:57pm
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  Venrock invested in Quantenna. (4/29/09)
  Posted 4/29/09 at 12:25pm

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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]
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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]
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79. Press Release (digitalrailroad.net) [edit]
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81. boston.bizjournals.com [edit]
82. allbusiness.com [edit]
83. news.com [edit]
84. bizjournals.com [edit]
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86. CipherMax, enterprise storage security co., raises $10M (venturebeat.com) [edit]