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unusual facts about venture capital firm



Robert Tappan Morris

2005 – Co-founded Y Combinator, a seed-stage startup funding firm, that provides seed money, advice, and connections at two 3-month programs per year (with Paul Graham, Trevor Blackwell, and Jessica Livingston)


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15Five

In 2013, 15Five received $1 million in seed funding from venture capital firm Richmond Global, 500 Startups, and investments from individuals, including Yammer founder David O. Sacks, Ustream founder John Ham, former editor of Mashable Ben Parr, Ben Ling of Google and Xobni founder Matt Brezina.

CMEA

CMEA Capital, a venture capital firm located in San Francisco, California

Eugene Kleiner

In 1972 he joined Hewlett-Packard veteran Tom Perkins to found Kleiner Perkins, the venture capital firm now headquartered on Sand Hill Road.

Highland Capital

Highland Capital Partners, a $2.6 billion venture capital firm based in Lexington, Massachusetts

Jean Deleage

In 1979, Deleage, who worked left Sofinnova to co-found a new, bi-coastal venture capital firm Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO), with Craig Burr and William P. Egan, who had worked together at TA Associates.

Mark Gorenberg

Gorenberg joined Hummer Winblad, a venture capital firm that invests exclusively in software companies, soon after its 1989 founding by John Hummer and Ann Winblad.

Michelle Dipp

In February 2010, it was announced that Dipp, along with Christoph Westphal and Richard Aldrich, launched a venture capital firm, Longwood Founders Fund LP.

New Enterprise

New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital firm focused on information technology and healthcare

Plastic Logic

In January 2011 the company received $280m in venture capital: $230m into the equity of Plastic Logic from Rusnano and $50m from Oak Investment Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm.

Qloo

In 2012, Qloo raised $1.4 million in seed funding from investors including Cedric the Entertainer, Danny Masterson, and venture capital firm Kindler Capital.

Tippmann

In June 2004, Tippmann announced that the company had completed a financial recapitalization with private equity and venture capital firm Summit Partners.

WisdomTree Investments

Between 2004 and 2005, the company obtained financing from a core group of investors including former hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt, Professor Jeremy Siegel of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and James D Robinson IV with venture capital firm of RRE Ventures.