Venture Capital Firms in Bay Area – Advanced Technology Ventures – Palo Alto, CA – 3/50

Venture Capital Firms in Bay Area – Advanced Technology Ventures – Palo Alto, CA – 3/50


Venture Capital Firms in Bay Area – Advanced Technology Ventures – Palo Alto, CA – 3/50

All Stages
Other Areas of Focus: IT, Healthcare, Clean Technology, Biotechnology
Total Capital: $1.8 billion
Notable Investments: Thrasos, Actifio, Aquion Energy

Advanced Technology Ventures is an American venture capital firm with more than $1.8 billion in capital under management. The firm was founded in 1979 and invests in IT, healthcare, and cleantech companies. ATV has offices in Waltham, Massachusetts and Palo Alto, California.

Headquarters: Boston, MA
Assets under management: 1.8 billion USD
Founded: 1979
Type of business: Privately held company
Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) is an American venture capital firm with more than $1.8 billion in capital under management. The firm was founded in 1979 and invests in IT, healthcare, and cleantech companies. ATV has offices in Waltham, Massachusetts and Palo Alto, California.

History

ATV was created when Dr. Thaddeus (Teddy) F. Walkowicz left Venrock, a venture capital firm associated with the Rockefeller family, to team up with Dr. Ivan Sutherland, George Kokkinakis and Dr. Robert Loewy. Together they founded Advanced Technology Ventures.

Investment funds

1981 – ATV I closes with $30.2M

1994 – ATV II closes with $28M

1988 – ATV III closes with $30.7M

1995 – ATV IV closes with $100M

1998 – ATV V closes with $175M

1999 – ATV VI closes with $400M

2001 – ATV VII closes with $720M

2007 – ATV VIII closes with $305M

Investments

ATV’s investments in IT, healthcare and cleantech companies have resulted in 30+ successful exits via IPO or acquisition. For example, Acme Packet had a successful IPO and the company is one of the fastest-growing telecommunications companies in the state of Massachusetts  Today, ATV backs a variety of early-stage portfolio companies, including the following.

IT: Actifio, Alfalight, Anagran, Apprion, CaseCentral, Cenzic, Cedexis,[5] CombineNet, Evergage,[4] Handango, Host Analytics, HVVi Semiconductors, Liquid Engines, Nextivity, Nominum,[4] Omneon, Packet Design, Qumu, Sanovi, Thinking Phone Networks,[4] Tripwire, WildTangent,[4] and X+1

Cleantech: AltaRock Energy, Coskata,[4] CaliSolar, GreatPoint Energy,[4] Nuventix, Oasys, Rive Technology, Silicor Materials,[4] Sub-One Technology, Solar Junction, Wakonda

Healthcare: Acceleron Pharma,[4] Aperio, Apoptos, Ardian, Catabasis Pharmaceuticals,[4] ConcepTx Medical, Emphasys, EndoGastric Solutions, Five Prime, GI Dynamics, GluMetrics, Gynesonics, Helixis, Hydra BioSciences, NeuroVista, Plexxikon, PolyRemedy, Portola Pharmaceuticals,[4] Powervision, Proteolix, Second Genome,[4] Valeritas, Zeltiq

 

Advanced Technology Ventures
Type
Private
Industry Private equity
Founded 1979
Headquarters Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Products Venture capital
AUM $1.8 billion
Website www.atvcapital.com