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Oracle Corp.
Comcast Ventures
Xilinx
Liberate Technologies
Steamboat Ventures
Adobe Ventures
Amgen Ventures
Alcatel-Lucent Ventures
Cisco Systems
Deutsche Telekom
Qualcomm Ventures
Google Ventures
Innovacom SA
Tyco Ventures
KT Venture
SAP Ventures
Symantec
IDG Ventures
Broadcom
Accel Ventures
Thomvest Venture
GE Capital, Equity
SoftBank Capital
Greylock Partners
Foundation Capital
Applied Ventures
DSM Venturing
iD Ventures America
IDEO Ventures
Vodafone Ventures
Liberate Technologies
ABB Ventures
American Express
Innovation Endeavors
Salesforce
Address in California
Fund Size
$500m
Moffett Towers
1050 Enterprise Way
5th Floor
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
$500m
$100m
$75m
$50m
$7.5m
$100m
$100m
$150m
$21m
$60m
$10m
950 Tower Lane
Suite 1600
Foster City, CA 94404
50m
$4.5m
$15m
$418m
120m
$100m
$10.4m
$350m
$350m
47.3m
$40m
$4m
$143m
$3m
$15m
$480m
$1m
$5m
$260M
$3M
$115m
$250m
$30m
$10m
$3m
2m
$2.5m
$1.1m
$12.5m
3.5m
$600m
$50m
$150m
$1.5m
$30m
$5.5m
$400K
5920 Friars Rd
San Diego, CA 92108
$15.5m
$80m
Fund Name
1-Jan-99
27-May-11
2-Apr-01
1-Jan-98
1-Nov-00
Series B Financing
27-Jul-10
4-Oct-06
11-Nov-04
Alcatel-Lucent VC Funds
1-Jan-00
6-Oct-10
2-Jul-08
2-Jun-11
3-Aug-11
14-Apr-11
DNAnexus Fund
12-Oct-11
Solel Acquisition
15-Oct-11
Innovacom 5
13-Nov-03
15-Sep-11
QceptTechnologiesInc. Fund
16-Apr-11
20-Apr-11
Vontu Acquisition
5-Nov-07
28-Jan-11
30-Aug-10
23-Feb-11
12-Jul-11
28-Apr-11
22-Mar-11
11-Dec-08
5-Mar-05
Aethon Investment
31-Mar-10
Gracenote Acquisition
22-Apr-08
28-Jun-11
14-Oct-11
14-Feb-11
Coupons.com Investment
3-Oct-11
9-Aug-11
20-Nov-06
6-Nov-06
7-May-07
14-Sep-11
8-Nov-10
23-Nov-10
30-Sep-11
28-Nov-11
31-Jan-11
20-Sep-11
26-Sep-11
19-Sep-11
28-Aug-11
22-Mar-10
21-Sep-11
Strategic Focus
Aiming to boost outside development of the Oracle8i platform. Oracle 8i is the database giant's
newest platform. It is designed specifically to interface with the Internet and Internet applications.
The importance media companies place on finding up-and-coming technologies to drive their core
businesses.
Developing technologies that enable interaction of physical devices and information networks.
Investments will focus on those companies whose technology has potential to improve Chevrons
core business performance or create opportunities for growth.
Adobe platform technologies, particularly companies delivering applications via Apollo, as part of
Adobe's commitment to building an ecosystem for the Adobe Engagement Platform.
Aspen supplies reinforced, nanoporous aerogel insulation products that are up to five times more
effective than other insulation materials. The companys solutions enable customers to conserve
energy in a variety of industries including building and construction, chemicals, transportation and
oil and gas.
The target companies for the fund primarily include high-growth small and medium-sized
companies in the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors. Cisco will pursue
investment opportunities in technology-related start-ups in the region, both directly as well as
indirectly through this regional venture fund.
The venture capital investment will be targeted at small businesses that provide innovative
products, services and solutions. Through this investment Cisco is demonstrating its commitment
to assisting the people of Egypt to invest in meeting these needs.
It will use the funds to finance its international growth and technical innovation of the MobiDM
online platform for managing and securing business mobile phones.
Investment will allow them to accelerate their development, production and business
development efforts.
To help scientists and genome-related services host and manage this data.
Solel focuses on trough systems, which gather heat from the sun in parabolic mirrors. The heat is
then used to produce steam, which gets run through a generator to produce power.
The new fund will fuel the development of start-ups that have a profound impact on
telecommunications services.
The acquisition will strengthen the wireless product and technology portfolio and market presence
of the Tyco Security Products business in the intrusion security market.
Qcepthasmaderemarkableprogressinbringinganentirelynewwaferinspectiontechologytoth
esemiconductorindustrythatcanprovideasignificantpositiveimpactonmanufacturersbottom
line.
The new fund structure reaffirms SAPs long-term commitment to its corporate venture activities
and helps optimize and simplify decision-making and operations.
The acquisition builds on Symantecs strong partnership with Vontu and will provide an important
component of Symantecs Security 2.0 vision, which shifts the focus of security from simply
securing systems and devices to also protecting the information itself.
The funding will be focused on Research & Development, substantially enhancing the importance
and technical relevance of the Springtown operation and increasing R&D related jobs there by 85.
SponsorPay intends to use the new capital to support its expansion to mobile devices, tapping the
Finnish handset makers contacts along the way.
GPS products and location based services (LBS) are increasing in popularity with consumers and
cellular service providers as both take advantage of the ability to identify exact geographical
location by means of faint radio signals transmitted from a system of orbiting satellites.
This year, developers of BlackBerry smartphone and BlackBerry PlayBook tablet applications
can enter their applications in a series of competitions to win US$3 million in prizes.
This investment is committed to innovation specifically, to advancing Samsung's 3D solutions
for cinema, smartphones, tablets, and larger autostereoscopic displays.
With Accel Growth Fund, the firm can back startups further along in their lifecycles. Since the
recent financial crash has worsened an already-bad market for public offerings and acquisitions.
Biotechnology company focusing on the development and commercialization of gene therapy and
other therapeutics.
After an extensive worldwide research of mobile robotics and automation solutions, RBVC
recognized that Aethons innovative technology is uniquely addressing some of the fundamental
issues associated with lowering health care costs and increasing productivity through greater
optimization of logistic processes.
Gracenote provides a range of music-related solutions including MusicID, which detects which
song is currently being played by an application and loads track information for the user (such as
artist and album names). MusicID leverages a database of over 6M CDs and 80M tracks. Its
technology has been in development since 1995 (previously under the name CDDB).
The introduction of the first commercial offering of software to enable enterprise flash as a costeffective, server-tier computing resource.
The projects are expected to make up half of the one gigawatt of wind power output Greenko
plans to develop in India.
PPTV is powered by the online video companys proprietary video distribution technology,
PPCloud, which it says combines computing and peercasting algorithms capable of supporting
millions of co-current viewers for live and high quality videos.
Coupons.com is focused on being a digital extension of the coupons that typically appear in print
publications
Data center virtualization poses one problem: different virtualization products, or hypervisors, are
incompatible. They require separate management systems that become cumbersome to control.
Solaicx said it plans to use the investment to expand its business with a second U.S.
manufacturing site in Portland, Oreg., scheduled for 2007 operation.
IntegraGen is focused on the development of diagnostic and prognostic genetic tests for a range
of complex diseases using its proprietary technology platform for gene identification (Genome
HIPe).
ShopWell asks users a set of questions about food preferences and allergies when they register,
and all foods are then assigned a score from 0 to 100 for that particular user. The startup
calculates food scores by using a nutritional algorithm and input from nutritionists.
The capital will be used to support the continued development of its substantial pipeline of
internally developed research and development programs.
The main aspect of this deal means co-branded version of Qypes application will be pre-loaded on
supported Vodafone devices, including Blackberry and Android on handsets in the UK, Germany,
Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands and Ireland.
Unilever plans to expand three of its factories in Java. The company will also build a new plant
facility in Semangke, North Sumatra, for a fatty acid-based chemical plan.
The Liberate Corporate Venture Fund will capitalize on the company's expertise and reputation in
the iTV industry to identify and spur the growth of promising companies.
The investment will help the company greatly expand the work were doing to build business skills
and provide market opportunities for the most innovative new companies in the country.
This additional investment will also be used to expand the companys sales and commercialization
initiatives for its data center optimization solutions, currently in production at large enterprise and
government data centers to provide real-time and historical insight into power utilization and
other key performance indicators (KPIs).
The Sometrics platform will be integrated into American Express' mobile payment system, Amex
Serve, which is competing against peer Visa's Isis project formed out of a partnership with AT&T.
Woosh is a New Zealand based wireless internet provider whose network provides coverage to
more than 25,000 customers in New Zealand.
Quixey entered the game with the intention to build a new type of search, molded specifically to
the unique characteristics of searching for those ubiquitous but sometimes elusive apps. Their
solution, coined functional search, which not only scans the major app stores, but crawls blogs,
review sites, forums, and social media sites to build a truly comprehensive picture of what an app
can do through reviews, word of mouth, and demos.
Pfizer will finance Nodality's work in developing new diagnostic tests designed to match cancer
patients with the right therapies.
Assistly helps companies collect and organize all of their customer conversations into a prioritized
actionable list and equips support staff with the tools to respond to customers.
Contact
Douglas Kehring
Vice President
douglas.kehring@oracle.com
Kim Armor
CFO & Head, Business
Development
kim_armor@comcast.com
Adam Black
Senior Director, Operations
ablack@comcast.com
John Hanten
Venture Executive
pjbh@chevron.com
Don Riley
Venture Executive
dril@chevron.com
Trond Unneland
Managing Executive
Trond@Chevron.com
Marc Cavagnolo
Senior Analyst
marc.cavagnolo@xilinx.com
Patrick Nguyen
EVP, Corporate Development
pnguyen@liberate.com
John Ball
Managing Director
john.ball@steamboatvc.com
John Warnock
Chairman & Cofounder, Adobe
ir@adobe.com
amgenventures@amgen.com
Ben Verwaayen
Chief Executive Officer
Ben.Verwaayen@alcatel-lucent.com
Oliver Guthmann
Investment Manager
oliver.guthmann@basf.com
Craig Griffin
Director, Business Development
cgriffin@cisco.com
Thorsten Claus
t-venture@telekom.de
Lori Freeman
lorif@qualcomm.com
Bill Maris
Managing Partner
gv-press@google.com
Eric Emmons
Investment Partner
eric.emmons@siemens.com
Frederic Veyssiere
General Partner
frederic@innovacomvc.com
Michael Durkin
Managing Director
investorrelations@tyco.com
Stefano Concina
General Partner
concina@ktventuregroup.com
Gaurav Tewari
Director
gtewari@hcp.com
Helyn Corcos
Executive
hcorcos@symantec.com
Phil Altinger
Director
phil.altinger@seagate.com
Pat Kenealy
Managing Director
pk@idgventures.com
Paul Asel
Managing Partner
paul.asel@nokia.com
Shlomo Markel
smarkel@argoquest.com
John Albright
Co-Founder and Managing
Partner
john.albright@blackberrypartnersfund.com
Yoon Choi
Choi.Yoon@samsung.com
James Swartz
General Partner
Takehito Jimbo
President & CEO
jswartz@accel.com
tjimbo@itxintl.com
Cyril Vancura
Investment Director
Austin Noronha
austin.noronha@am.sony.com
Donald Butler
President
don@thomvest.com
Michael Fisher
Managing Director
mike.fisheranne.dorsey@gecapital.com
Ronald Fisher
Managing Partner
Ron_Fisher@Softbank.com
Don Sullivan
Administrative Partner
dsullivan@greylock.com
Becky O'Driscoll
Staff Accountant
rebecca@foundationcapital.com
J. Christopher Moran
Vice President & General
Manager
jc_moran@amat.com
Erik Rutten
Investment Manager
erik.rutten@dsm.com
James Lu
General Partner
jimmylu@idsoftcapital.com
David Haygood
Executive
dhaygood@ideo.com
Stephen Gitto
GM, Administration
s.gitto@mitsui.com
Peter Barry
Senior Director
peter.barry@vodafone.com
Dion Madsen
Managing Director
dmadsen@physicventures.com
Patrick Nguyen
Executive VP, Corporate
Development
pnguyen@liberate.com
Martin Kelly
Partner
info@pinpointtechnical.com
John Cutler
Director, Pension & Thrift
Management
jack.cutler@us.abb.com
Ron Stovall
Manager, Investment
ron.stovall@aexp.com
Boyd Craig
Founder, CEO
info@craigwireless.com
Dror Berman
Founding Managing Director
info@InnovationEndeavors.com
William Burkoth
Senior Manager
william.burkoth@pfizer.com
John Somorjai
SVP, Corporate Development
M&A
jsomorjai@salesforce.com
Phone
650-506-7000
917-934-1041
215-981-7798
713-954-6360
925-842-2794
925-842-2095
408-626-6280
650-701-4000
818-526-1000
650-961-4400
805-447-1000
+1 908-508-8080
408-527-9387
858-651-6676
650-253-0000
617-531-2890
415-288-0681
603-334-3900
408-875-5003
781-861-5500
650-527-8000
831-439-5389
415-439-4420
650-450-7668
949-450-8700
408-544-5664
650-614-4800
650-210-8691
650-690-9220
408-352-4636
215-574-4976
866-243-5537
617-928-9300
650-493-5525
650-614-0500
408-727-5555
925-323-4529
408-894-7900
650-289-3469
212-878-4050
925-210-3868
415-354-4903
650-701-4000
408-441-1100
203-750-2302
212-640-5574
760-346-3282
212-733-7150
415-901-7054
LinkedIn Address
http://www.linkedin.com/company/oracle
http://www.linkedin.com/company/comcast
http://www.linkedin.com/company/chevron
http://www.linkedin.com/company/xilinx
http://www.linkedin.com/company/liberate-technologies
http://www.linkedin.com/company/steamboat-ventures
http://www.linkedin.com/company/adobe
http://www.linkedin.com/company/amgen
http://www.linkedin.com/company/alcatel-lucent
http://www.linkedin.com/company/basf
http://www.linkedin.com/company/cisco-systems
http://www.linkedin.com/company/1593?trk=tyah
http://www.linkedin.com/company/qualcomm
http://www.linkedin.com/company/1441
http://www.linkedin.com/company/siemens
http://www.linkedin.com/company/innovacom
http://www.linkedin.com/company/tyco-international
http://www.linkedin.com/company/kt-venture-group
http://www.linkedin.com/company/sap-ventures
http://www.linkedin.com/company/symantec
http://www.linkedin.com/company/seagate-technology
http://www.linkedin.com/company/idg-ventures
http://www.linkedin.com/company/nokia
http://www.linkedin.com/company/broadcom
http://www.linkedin.com/company/1582952?trk=tyah
http://www.linkedin.com/company/samsung-electronics
http://www.linkedin.com/company/accel-partners
http://www.linkedin.com/company/itx-international-holdings-inc.
http://www.linkedin.com/company/robert-bosch-venture-capital-gmbh-rbvc-
http://www.linkedin.com/company/sony
http://www.linkedin.com/company/thomvest-ventures
http://www.linkedin.com/company/ge
http://www.linkedin.com/company/softbank-capital
http://www.linkedin.com/company/greylock
http://www.linkedin.com/company/foundation-capital
http://www.linkedin.com/company/applied-materials
http://www.linkedin.com/company/dsm
http://www.linkedin.com/company/2348271?trk=tyah
http://www.linkedin.com/company/ideo
http://www.linkedin.com/company/mitsui-&-co.-ltd.
http://www.linkedin.com/company/vodafone
http://www.linkedin.com/company/unilever
http://www.linkedin.com/company/liberate-technologies
http://www.linkedin.com/company/ibm
http://www.linkedin.com/company/abb_2
http://www.linkedin.com/company/american-express
http://www.linkedin.com/company/craig-wireless
http://www.linkedin.com/company/innovation-endeavors
http://www.linkedin.com/company/pfizer
http://www.linkedin.com/company/3185?trk=tyah
Company Name
Address in California
Fund Size
Fund Name
Strategic Focus
Company Contact
Contact
Phone
LinkedIn Address
Company Name
Fund Size
Primarily funds
related to:
Telecoms, Digital
Tech, Software, New
Digital Services,
Financial Services,
Security, E-health,
M2M (machine to
machine)
technologies, Media
& Advertising,
Content, IPTV,
Digital/Telecomms
Devices, Business
Intelligence/Big
Data Analysis, Apps,
OTT Services.
Fund Name
Strategic Focus
Contact Name
Title
Role
Contact Number
if possible
minimum
requirement