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VantagePoint Capital Partners

Founders Alan Salzman Jim Marverasdasdas

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Total investments 275
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$26M
Portfolio companies 161
Rounds per year 10.19
Lead investments 47
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.41
Exits 91
Key employees 8
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity
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Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Manufacturing
  • Energy
  • Telecommunications
  • Internet
Summary

VantagePoint Capital Partners appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1996. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the San Bruno.

The fund was created by Alan Salzman, Jim Marverasdasdas. The overall number of key employees were 8.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the VantagePoint Capital Partners, startups are often financed by Kleiner Perkins, DFJ, Sequoia Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sequoia Capital, RRE Ventures, Intel Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Menlo Ventures, Pinnacle Ventures, Intel Capital.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Internet, Telecommunications. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Better Place, BrightSource Energy, Solyndra. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

The top activity for fund was in 2000. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is constantly included in 13-24 deals per year. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2007. Comparing to the other companies, this VantagePoint Capital Partners performs on 1 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. When the investment is from VantagePoint Capital Partners the average startup value is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 15 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Pica8

Hardware
Social Network
Software
$20M06 Apr 2021 Palo Alto, California, United States

Pica8

Hardware
Social Network
Software
$12M01 Oct 2014 Palo Alto, California, United States

Liquid Light

Chemical
Energy
Fuel
$15M11 Sep 2014 New Jersey, United States

Innovari

Energy
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
10 Jun 2014 United States, Austin

Amprius

Battery
Nanotechnology
Renewable Energy
$30M06 Jan 2014 Sunnyvale, California, United States

1366 Technologies

Manufacturing
Semiconductor
Solar
$15M15 Oct 2013 Massachusetts, United States

Pica8

Hardware
Social Network
Software
$6M10 Dec 2012 Palo Alto, California, United States

Next Step Living

Energy
Energy Efficiency
Home Renovation
Renewable Energy
$18M06 Dec 2012 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

ByteLight

Location Based Services
Mobile
Retail
$1M16 Oct 2012 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Total investments 275
Average round size 26M
Rounds per year 10.19
Peak activity year 2006
Lead investments 47
Follow on index 0.41
Exits 91
Group Appearance index 0.84

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Pica8

Hardware
Social Network
Software
$20M06 Apr 2021 Palo Alto, California, United States

Pica8

Hardware
Social Network
Software
$12M01 Oct 2014 Palo Alto, California, United States

Liquid Light

Chemical
Energy
Fuel
$15M11 Sep 2014 New Jersey, United States

Innovari

Energy
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
10 Jun 2014 United States, Austin

Amprius

Battery
Nanotechnology
Renewable Energy
$30M06 Jan 2014 Sunnyvale, California, United States

1366 Technologies

Manufacturing
Semiconductor
Solar
$15M15 Oct 2013 Massachusetts, United States

Pica8

Hardware
Social Network
Software
$6M10 Dec 2012 Palo Alto, California, United States

Next Step Living

Energy
Energy Efficiency
Home Renovation
Renewable Energy
$18M06 Dec 2012 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

ByteLight

Location Based Services
Mobile
Retail
$1M16 Oct 2012 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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