Venrock Associates | VCINVEST DATA

Founded

31 Dec 1969

Address

Venrock Associates
55 Cambridge Parkway
Suite 100
Cambridge, MA 02142
United States

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Venrock Associates
Palo Alto, CA
United States

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Phone

+1 (617) 995-2000

Website

http://www.venrock.com

Industry

6630 Fund management

Business classification

Financials

VCID: 32106

Profile

Corporate information

Registration country

United States

Investment activity status

Active investor

Company type

The venture capital arm of the Rockefeller Family.

Funds managed

Fund	Type	Vintage
Venrock Associates VIII LP	Venture	2017
Venrock Associates VII LP	Venture	2014
Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners II LP	Venture	2014
Venrock Associates VI LP	Venture	2010
Venrock Partners VI LP	Venture	2010

Investments

Investment preferences

Minimum investment (USD)

$ 2,000,000

Maximum initial investment (USD)

$ 40,000,000

Investment size comment

USD 10 million sweet spot.

Investment focus themes

fusion energy

Stage focus

Series B

Selected investments

	Country	Date	Notes
Metsera Inc Developer of medicines for obesity and metabolic diseases.	United States	13 Nov 2024	Series B Initial investment. Led the investment round. Active
Auditoria.ai Provider of automation solutions for corporate finance teams.	United States	1 Apr 2021	Series A Initial investment. Led the investment round. Active
Dapper Labs Inc The company behind CryptoKitties and the Flow blockchain as well as titles like NBA Top Shot.	Canada	1 Nov 2018 30 Mar 2021	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
6sense Insights Inc Predictive intelligence platform for marketing and sales.	United States	16 Apr 2019 19 Feb 2015 19 May 2014	Series C Round participant. Active
Shape Security Inc Provider of security technology for web and mobile applications.	United States	29 Sep 2016	Series D Active
Phononic Inc Developer of solid-state technology for cooling and heating.	United States	12 Sep 2016	N/A Follow-on investment. Round participant. Active
10x Genomics Genomics sequencing company.	United States	17 Mar 2016	Series C Follow-on investment. Round participant. Active
Redseal Inc	United States	6 Apr 2015	Series C Active
Castlight Health Inc	United States	1 May 2012	Series D Active
Quantenna Communications Inc Wireless semiconductors.	United States	18 Apr 2012	Series F Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Boundless Learning Inc Provider of free online college textbooks	United States	2 Apr 2012	Series A Active
Well	United States	1 Mar 2012	Venture Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Klout Inc Klout measures influence across the social web	United States	1 Jan 2012	Series C Active
ADVANCE Medical Inc	Brazil	31 Dec 2011	N/A Active
Cerulean Pharma Inc	United States	1 Dec 2011	Series D Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Acceleron Pharma Inc Biopharmaceutical company developing protein therapeutics for cancer and orphan diseases.	United States	1 Dec 2011	Series F Follow-on investment. Round participant. Active
Gazelle Inc Provider of an easy, and safe way for consumers to get cash for selling unwanted electronics.	United States	1 Jul 2011	Series D Initial investment. Round participant. Active