Venrock overview
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Venrock raises $194m for healthcare
The venture firm established by the Rockefeller family now has more than $2.2bn under management.
Sapphire raises more than $50m for algae gas
The cleantech start-up’s second financing round, which includes an investment from Bill Gates’ wealth management firm, has pushed its total outside funding to more than $100m. Other investors include ARCH Venture, Venrock and the Wellcome Trust.
Millennium hires chief financial officer, triples Manhattan footprint
Millennium Technology Ventures, a Blackstone spin-out, has hired a new CFO from Venrock Associates -- just one part of a dramatic expansion plan.
RRE, Venrock back weather exchange
A group of private equity firms, including initial backers RRE and Venrock, have invested $7.2 million in the Storm Exchange.
Talent agency teams with venture firms
Hollywood agency William Morris has partnered with venture capital firms Accel and Venrock to invest in web-based companies.
VC firms invest $12m in telecoms group(2)
XConnect Global Networks, a service provider to the telecommunications industry, has received $12 million of funding from a venture capital consortium led by Accel Partners and Venrock Associates.
Venrock closes $600m fund(2)
Venrock, the venture capital firm originally established by the Rockefeller family, has closed a new fund on $600 million and hired David Siminoff as a general partner.
VC firms invest $12m in telecoms group
XConnect Global Networks, a service provider to the telecommunications industry, has received $12 million of funding from a venture capital consortium led by Accel Partners and Venrock Associates.
Venrock contact information
Offices
3340 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, 94304, United StatesContacts
| Name | Job title | Location | |
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Key Contact Ms. Christina Lee | Job titleInvestor Relations and Operations Manager | LocationPalo Alto, United States | Email  ----- |
| Ms. Jessica Baron | Job titleFinance Partner and Chief Financial Officer | LocationPalo Alto, United States | Email ------ |
| Mr. Evan Neu | Job titlePartner, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer | LocationPalo Alto, United States | Email ---------- |
| Mr. Brian Ascher | Job titlePartner | LocationPalo Alto, United States | Email ---------- |
Venrock funds managed
Closed funds: 14
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IPOs reach near-record highs in Q1
The number of US IPOs rose 109% in Q1 compared to the same period last year.
Madison Dearborn in $1.6bn healthcare deal
New Mountain Capital and other shareholders are selling a majority stake in Ikaria.
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Bessemer to exit three firms for $1.25bn
The New York-based venture firm will profit from sales of portfolio companies to GlaxoSmithKline, Sony and Apple.
Hollywood agency taps Carlyle co-founder, Ashton Kutcher for $500m SPAC
The William Morris Agency has enlisted Carlyle co-founder Edward Mathias and actor Ashton Kutcher to direct a blank cheque vehicle.
Kleiner Perkins launches $100m 'iFund'
Apple has passed over its original backers, Sequoia Capital and Venrock, and selected Kleiner Perkins to lead the company’s first product-focussed venture fund.
What happened to Whitney?
One of America's oldest private investment institutions, Whitney grew from a venerable boutique into a globe-spanning franchise with ambitions to become the Goldman Sachs of alternative assets. But in the middle of 2000, Whitney began an excruciating contraction under the guise of “back-to-basics”. The firm's dramatic ups and downs can be attributed to unfortunate market timing, but also to its charismatic and aggressive chairman and CEO, Peter Castleman. David Snow investigates