Venture Capital Firms in Bay Area – August Capital – Menlo Park, CA – 14/50
Venture Capital Firms in Bay Area – August Capital – Menlo Park, CA – 14/50
All Stages
Other Areas of Focus: Mobile, Advertising, Enterprise Software, Analytics, Semiconductors, E-Commerce, Big Data
Total Capital: $1.28 billion
Notable Investments: Avant, Nomis Solutions, Bill.com, CommonBond
August Capital is an early stage venture capital fund focused on investing in companies differentiated by technical innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. Today, August Capital’s six active investment professionals — David Hornik, Eric Carlborg, Howard Hartenbaum, Tripp Jones, Villi Iltchev, and Lisa Marrone — have more than a century of combined venture and operational experience. Together they manage $2.5 billion and have invested in hundreds of companies across the technology spectrum.
From its inception, August Capital has funded an extraordinary group of entrepreneurs who have built significant, long-term value across the full range of information technologies. The companies that August Capital’s partners have backed represent an aggregate market capitalization of well over $250 billion, generate in excess of $75 billion in annual revenue and employ a quarter of a million people around the world. This success is a testament to the entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the fundamental technologies they have created. They are proud to have supported these entrepreneurs and their companies as they have grown and prospered.
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| Industry | finance |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founders | David Marquardt John Johnston |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, California, U.S. |
| Website | augustcap.com |
August Capital is a venture capital firm founded by David Marquardt and John Johnston in 1995. It is focused on information technology and is based in Menlo Park, California.
Company
August Capital specialized in growth capital and startup investments. The firm has invested in all stages with a focus on early and late stage, management buyouts, and private investments in public equity. The firm has invested in the information technology spectrum including IT infrastructure, data center technologies, systems management, security, storage, and cloud computing systems and software.
Partner David Hornik was on the Midas List in 2012.
Investments includ e Alta Devices, Bill.com, Be Incorporated, CommonBond, Conexant, CSR, Devicescape, DNN, Ebates, Encentuate, Fastly, GitLab, Hipcamp, INRIX, Integral Ad Science, LendingTree, Livemocha, Liveops, Luxtera, Massdrop, Mavenir Systems, MetroFi, Mirantis, Netpulse, Nomis, Open Garden, OrderAhead, PacketTrap, Paperless Post, Postini, Pubmatic, Quandl, RADLAN, Red Swoosh, Reputation.com, RJMetrics, Rocket Lawyer, Samba TV, Seagate, Six Apart, Snagajob, Splunk, StumbleUpon, Sun Basket, Swoopo, Technorati, Tegile, Ubicom, UpGuard, Urban Airship, Virsto, Wattpad, WePay, Xirrus, and Zulily.
