T OP 10 – M OST H IGHLY R ATED V ENTURE C APITAL P ORTFOLIOS
As of March 1, 2009
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T OP 10 VC P ORTFOLIOS
As of March 1, 2009, the top 10 rated VC portfolios on ChubbyBrain were as follows. The aggregate VC portfolio rating is determined by ratings given to the VCs’ individual portfolio companies.
Rank Venture Capital Firm
1 MedVenture Associates Bain Capital Ventures MPM Capital Alta Partners Menlo Ventures Bessemer Venture Partners Oak Investment Partners Lightspeed Venture Partners Mohr Davidow Ventures Arch Venture Partners
HQ Location
Emeryville, CA Boston, MA Boston, MA San Francisco, CA Menlo Park, Ca Larchmont, NY Westport, CT Menlo Park, CA Menlo Park, CA Chicago, IL
# of Portfolio Companies
50 126 54 110 111 182 156 77 60 66
Portfolio Rating
4.53 / 5.00 4.37 / 5.00 4.14 / 5.00 4.09 / 5.00 4.04 / 5.00 3.93 / 5.00 3.84 / 5.00 3.81 / 5.00 3.73 / 5.00 3.66 / 5.00
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Note: To be considered, the VC must have had at least five reviews of its portfolio companies. In addition, only VCs were considered – angel investors, academic/university incubators & programs, etc were not included in this analysis. All data and information is as of March 1, 2009 and from the ChubbyBrain platform.
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P ORTFOLIO R EVIEWS & R ATING D ISTRIBUTION
The ChubbyBrain VC portfolio rating is determined by ratings and reviews of the VCs’ individual portfolio companies. The aggregate portfolio ratings and star rating distribution for each VC is given below.
MedVenture Associates Rank #1 | Rating 4.53 Bain Capital Ventures Rank #2 | Rating 4.37 MPM Capital Rank #3 | Rating 4.14
Alta Partners Rank #4 | Rating 4.09
Menlo Ventures Rank #5 | Rating 4.04
Bessemer Venture Partners Rank #6 | Rating 3.93
Oak Investment Partners Rank #7 | Rating 3.84
Lightspeed Venture Partners Rank #8 | Rating 3.81
Mohr Davidow Ventures Rank #9 | Rating 3.73
Arch Venture Partners Rank #10 | Rating 3.66
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#1 ‐ T OP 10 R ATED V ENTURE C APITAL P ORTFOLIOS
MedVenture Associates
Emeryville, CA
ChubbyBrain Investor Profile: http://www.chubbybrain.com/investors/medventureassociates Company Website: http://www.medven.com
Portfolio Score: 4.53
Overview
MedVenture Associates is a venture capital firm specializing in pre‐seed, seed, and early stage investments. The firm will also consider later stage where early investment liquidity is anticipated. It seeks to invest in the field of medical technology, including medical devices; ehealth; healthcare services; instrumentation; and medical diagnostic. The firm's secondary investment focus is medical information technology, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology products. For early stage companies, it prefers to invest in Western region of the continental United States, where the firm's management team can reach by air, in two hours or less and for later‐stage companies it will invest regardless of geography. The firm seeks to act as a sole or lead founding investor in its portfolio companies. It prefers to take a board seat on its portfolio companies. MedVenture Associates was founded by Ms. Annette J. Campbell‐White in 1986 and is based in Emeryville, California.
Portfolio Breakdown
50 portfolio companies broken down by sector as follows:
Consumer Products & Services Business Products & Services Technology Healthcare Transportation Industrial Financial Energy
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#2 ‐ T OP 10 R ATED V ENTURE C APITAL P ORTFOLIOS
Bain Capital Ventures
Boston, MA
ChubbyBrain Investor Profile: http://www.chubbybrain.com/investors/baincapitalventures Company Website: http://www.baincapitalventures.com
Portfolio Score: 4.37
Overview
Bain Capital Ventures is the Boston‐based venture capital arm of Bain Capital formed in 2001 to focus exclusively on growth investments. They have invested in over 250 companies with such as Doubleclick, Gartner Group and Staples. The firm has made over 120 venture‐stage investments since inception. Bain Capital Ventures currently has close to $1 billion under management and is focused on investing in companies that meet the following criteria. • Industries ‐ Software, hardware, wireless, information‐ services, healthcare, technology‐driven business services, retail, and consumer businesses. • Stage of Investment ‐ Seed capital through offering late stage growth equity and leveraged buyouts. • Investment Size ‐ Investments tend to range from several hundred thousand dollars of seed capital up to $50 million of equity capital. Through partnership with other Bain Capital affiliates, the firm can lead transactions requiring equity capital in excess of $100 million.
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Portfolio Breakdown
126 portfolio companies broken down by sector as follows:
Consumer Products & Services Business Products & Services Technology Healthcare Transportation Industrial Financial Energy
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#3 ‐ T OP 10 R ATED V ENTURE C APITAL P ORTFOLIOS
MPM Capital
Boston, MA
ChubbyBrain Investor Profile: http://www.chubbybrain.com/investors/mpmcapital Company Website: http://www.mpmcapital.com
Portfolio Score: 4.14
Overview
MPM Capital is a Boston‐based life science‐dedicated venture investor with committed capital under management in excess of $2 billion. MPM invests in biotechnology, specialty pharma, medical technology, and related companies that provide innovative medical products and requisite services to the healthcare industry, irrespective of geography, stage of development and therapeutic area.
Portfolio Breakdown
54 portfolio companies broken down by sector as follows:
Consumer Products & Services Business Products & Services Technology Healthcare Transportation Industrial Financial Energy
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#4 ‐ T OP 10 R ATED V ENTURE C APITAL P ORTFOLIOS
Alta Partners
San Francisco, CA
ChubbyBrain Investor Profile: http://www.chubbybrain.com/investors/altapartners Company Website: http://www.altapartners.com
Portfolio Score: 4.09
Overview
Alta Partners is a San Francisco‐based venture capital firm focused on the life sciences area funding over 100 companies in the industry since 1996. They prefer to act as lead investor in the projects that they pursue and, when appropriate, take a board seat as part of the investment.
Portfolio Breakdown
110 portfolio companies broken down by sector as follows:
Consumer Products & Services Business Products & Services Technology Healthcare Transportation Industrial Financial Energy
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#5 ‐ T OP 10 R ATED V ENTURE C APITAL P ORTFOLIOS
Menlo Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
ChubbyBrain Investor Profile: http://www.chubbybrain.com/investors/menloventures Company Website: http://www.menloventures.com
Portfolio Score: 4.04
Overview
Menlo Ventures has over $4 billion under management, and is one of the largest technology venture funds in the world. The firm invests in all areas of information technology, from companies developing communication products, to semiconductors, to storage solutions, to mobile applications, to consumer related Internet sites. They seek high growth, high profit margins and operating leverage. The firm seeks to invest in companies that will be large enough to support, in short order, a $100 million per year revenue company after achieving realistic market share. The firm finances all stages from start‐up to pre‐IPO and makes initial investments ranging from seed to $20M. Their typical investment in a company can range from under $5 million at the seed‐stage up to $20 million or more at the later‐stage. The firm's primary investment focus is the US but will selectively pursue global opportunities.
Portfolio Breakdown
111 portfolio companies broken down by sector as follows:
Consumer Products & Services Business Products & Services Technology Healthcare Transportation Industrial Financial Energy
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#6 ‐ T OP 10 R ATED V ENTURE C APITAL P ORTFOLIOS
Bessemer Venture Partners
Larchmont, NY
ChubbyBrain Investor Profile: http://www.chubbybrain.com/investors/bessemerventurepartners Company Website: http://www.bvp.com
Portfolio Score: 3.93
Overview
Bessemer Venture Partners manages more than $2 billion of venture capital and has invested in over 180 startups around the world. The firm has offices in New York, Silicon Valley, Boston, Beijing, Mumbai and Herzliya reflecting its global investment outlook. They primarily invest in early stage opportunities but may also participate in late stage financings and occasionally make seed stage investments as well. They invest in the following areas: cleantech, data security, financial services, healthcare, online retail and SaaS. The firm typically makes investments in the range of $4 million and $10 million.
Portfolio Breakdown
182 portfolio companies broken down by sector as follows:
Consumer Products & Services Business Products & Services Technology Healthcare Transportation Industrial Financial Energy
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#7 ‐ T OP 10 R ATED V ENTURE C APITAL P ORTFOLIOS
Oak Investment Partners
Westport, CT
ChubbyBrain Investor Profile: http://www.chubbybrain.com/investors/oakinvestmentpartners Company Website: http://www.oakinv.com
Portfolio Score: 3.84
Overview
Oak Investment Partners is a multi‐stage venture capital firm with a total of $8.4 billion in committed capital. The primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in clean energy, communications, information technology, internet new media, financial services information technology, healthcare services and consumer retail. The firm is a stage‐independent investor.
Portfolio Breakdown
156 portfolio companies broken down by sector as follows:
Consumer Products & Services Business Products & Services Technology Healthcare Transportation Industrial Financial Energy
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#8 ‐ T OP 10 R ATED V ENTURE C APITAL P ORTFOLIOS
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Menlo Park, CA
ChubbyBrain Investor Profile: http://www.chubbybrain.com/investors/lightspeedventurepartners Company Website: http://www.lightspeedvp.com
Portfolio Score: 3.81
Overview
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a leading global venture capital firm that manages over $2 billion of capital commitments. The firm closed Lightspeed VIII, an $800 million fund, in early 2008. The fund invests in the U.S. and internationally, with investment professionals and advisors located in Silicon Valley, China, India, and Israel. The firm primarily focuses on early‐stage investing and tends to be the first institutional investor in its companies. In select cases, they invest in expansion‐stage companies. The firm invests a range of sectors including: Cleantech, Communications, Digital Media & Wireless, Enterprise Automation, Enterprise, Infrastructure, Internet Media & Commerce, Semiconductors and Services/Other.
Portfolio Breakdown
77 portfolio companies broken down by sector as follows:
Consumer Products & Services Business Products & Services Technology Healthcare Transportation Industrial Financial Energy
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#9 ‐ T OP 10 R ATED V ENTURE C APITAL P ORTFOLIOS
Mohr Davidow Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
ChubbyBrain Investor Profile: http://www.chubbybrain.com/investors/mohrdavidowventures Company Website: http://www.mdv.com
Portfolio Score: 3.73
Overview
Founded in 1983, Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) is focused on investments focused primarily in three broad arenas: information technology, energy and materials and healthcare. The firm refers to these areas as themes, e.g., Driving the Digital World, Powering the Planet and Personalizing Medicine. With reference to stage of investment, MDV specializes in seed and early stage investments and has $2 billion under management. Its geographic focus tends to be ventures in Silicon Valley, the mid‐Atlantic and the Pacific Northwest.
Portfolio Breakdown
60 portfolio companies broken down by sector as follows:
Consumer Products & Services Business Products & Services Technology Healthcare Transportation Industrial Financial Energy
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#10 ‐ T OP 10 R ATED V ENTURE C APITAL P ORTFOLIOS
Arch Venture Partners
Chicago, IL
ChubbyBrain Investor Profile: http://www.chubbybrain.com/investors/archventurepartners Company Website: http://www.archventure.com
Portfolio Score: 3.66
Overview
Founded in 1986, ARCH Venture Partners invests in the development of seed and early stage technology companies that have the potential to grow rapidly into successful businesses. ARCH invests primarily in companies co‐founded with leading scientists and entrepreneurs, concentrating on bringing to market innovations in life sciences, physical sciences, and information technology. They are regarded as a leader in the successful commercialization of technologies developed at academic research institutions and national laboratories. The firm is willing to invest nationally but does maintain a regional focus through offices in Chicago, Austin, Seattle, Albuquerque and San Francisco.
Portfolio Breakdown
66 portfolio companies broken down by sector as follows:
Consumer Products & Services Business Products & Services Technology Healthcare Transportation Industrial Financial Energy
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