Venture-Funded Companies
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The number of venture-funded companies located and headquartered in Santa Barbara is surging.
Take a look at the recent vc funded companies listed below.
Or, if you know of a company that belongs here but isn't listed, please send e-mail to marketing@sbtechnology.com.
Company
Funded |
Venture
Firms |
| 5square Systems | N/A |
Arcturus |
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New Enterprise Associates DEFTA Partners Stanford University U.S. Venture Partners Windward Ventures Onset Ventures Walden International Investment Group Siemens AG MCI Worldcom Williams Communications UA Ventures MMK Investor Merged into Occam Networks | |
New Venture Partners Phoenix Partners Intel Corporation | |
Acton Computer Technology |
Brentwood Associates Berkeley International Matrix Partners Computer & Communications Technology |
ACT Networks |
Santa Clara Associates Promon (Brazil) Japan Direx IDG Ventures CITIC Hong Kong Pyramid Research |
Advanced Computer Communications |
Berkeley International Bass Associates Ungermann-Bass Battery Ventures, L.P. Equity Ventures Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc. JAFCO America Ventures Hancock Venture Partners Accel Partners Newbridge Networks |
Ventana Growth Funds |
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Advanced Matrix |
Burr Egan Deleage Riordan, Lewis & Hade |
CIENA Corp. Morgenthaler Ventures General Motors Investment Management Corp. Hammer Capital Management InterWest Partners Worldview Technology Partners Amerindo Investment Advisors Berkeley International Dell Ventures Meritech Capital Partners Siemens Mustang Ventures U.S. Venture Partyners Tellabs Alliance Global Strategic Granite Global Ventures | |
Alias/Wavefront Formerly Wavefront Technologies |
acquired by Silicon Graphics |
Hamarex Holdings Intel | |
Ants.com |
Bertelsmann Ventures CommerceNet Millenium Hanson Santa Barbara Technology Incubator |
Aprisa |
M Group VEBA Electronics Siemens Venture Capital (Germany) Angel Ventures Acclaim |
Avtek |
Dow Chemical Company DuPont Merck Toray Industries (Japan) POC Research Sariano Corporation |
Broadband Transport Technologies |
Parakletos@Ventures Cisco Systems Rockwell International |
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American Express Financial | |
New Enterprise Associates |
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Commission Junction Acquired by ValueClick |
CyberCash, Inc. Hikari Tsushin Inc. idealab! QuestMark Partners L.P. Thomas Weisel Partners LLC |
Communication Machinery Corporation |
Montgomery Securities Rockwell International |
Duggan Associates Chase Capital Partners Medtronic | |
| Crystal Voice | N/A |
Culler Scientific Systems |
Eberstadt Fleming Adler and Company Arthur Rock & Co. Fayez Sarofim |
Albion Bigler Investment Management Company Brentwood Associates GE Capital International Technology Ventures Montgomery Securities Oak Investment Partners Saugatuck Capital Co. Singer & Friedlander Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe | |
Efficient Networks |
Enterprise Partners Crosspoint El Dorado Ventures |
elabor.com Acquired by ADP |
Brentwood Venture Capital Lehman Brothers Microsoft Redpoint Ventures |
Eratron |
California Capital Bancorp Hawaii Brantman Crosspoint Venture Partners New West |
Escend Technologies |
Highgate Ventures NIF Ventures USA |
Eternal Systems |
Smart Technology Ventures |
Executive systems |
NFT Ventures (DSC) |
Bertelsmann Ventures Wit SoundView Ventures-Dawntreader Funds ZDNet Sun Microsystems | |
Facility Information Systems |
Southern California Ventures Indosuez Ventures J.F. Shea & Co. Autodesk Ventures |
Highland Capital Oak Investment Partners Steamboat Ventures (Disney) |
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Crescendo Venture Management Vanguard Venture Partners ComVentures RWI Group | |
Gigabit Logic |
Analog Devices Interven Partners New Enterprise Associates Union Venture Corporation Riordan, Lewis & Haden Standard Oil of Indiana Canaan Partners Interfirst Wood River Fairfield Venture Partners Courtland Investments Cray Research Digital Equipment Triquint Semiconductor Gazelle Microcircuits |
| Inogen | Avalon Ventures Accuitive Medical Ventures Versant Ventures |
Grace Horn Ventures |
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| InTouch Technologies, Inc. | Santa Barbara Technology Group, LLC Dr. Virgin Elings Twenty One East Victoria Investments Beringea, LLC Acacia Venture Partners Galen Partners |
Gold Coast Broadcasting |
Burr Egan Deleage |
J.H. Whitney & Co. Geocapital Partners Allen & Co. Morgan Stanley Venture Partners Intuit Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers National Association of Realtors GE Capital Equity Capital Group Fannie Mae | |
Ibis Systems |
Pathfinder Venture Capital Funds Edelson Technology Partners Canaan Partners Hillman Medical NBD Equity Norwest Venture Capital RFE Investment Partners Rothschild Ventures Inc. Cable & Howse Ventures |
(NASDAQ)
Acquired by Medicis Pharmaceutical (NYSE: MRX) |
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Summit Partners |
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Warburg Pincus |
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Investor Growth Capital Ltd. |
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| Grace Horn Ventures |
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Investors Retirement & Management |
New Venture Partners Trinity Ventures Abingworth Management Ltd. The Centennial Funds Charles River Ventures New Enterprise Associates Pacific Asset Prairie Capital |
IZOIC |
Autodesk Ventures InSight Capital Partners Bechtel Enterprises Holdings |
KnowledgeLINK |
Mission Ventures Pacific Life M Group Hewlett-Packard Co. Timberline Venture Partners |
Lawrence Medical Systems |
Dougery Wilder Cable & Howse Ventures Columbine Venture Funds Euclid Partners Corp. Oak Investment Partners Oxford Partners Robertson Stephens & Co. First Chicago |
CSFB Private Equity (lead) CyberFund Hammer Capital Management Private investors | |
Line 6 |
Sutter Hill Ventures Redpoint Ventures |
Litex |
Brentwood Associates |
Paul Allen, Co-Founder, Microsoft (through Vulcan
Ventures) Japan American Partnership Cowen and Co. (JAPCO) Cowen & Company GT Capital Marina Capital Peregrine Ventures Silicon Valley Bank Essex Venture Partners | |
Microbeam |
Fairfield Venture Partners First Chicago Julian, Cole & Stein Union Venture Corporation Occidental Life St. Paul Venture Capital Ameritech Development Corp. Compagnie de Participants Delaware Trust |
| Miramar Systems | Computer Automation |
| Naryx Pharma | Vivo Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures. |
Net Horsepower |
Ridgewood Capital Corporation |
Network Research |
Hambrecht and Quist Hillman Medical Atlanta Wilmington Securities |
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Foundation Capital idealab! Capital Partners idealab! Compaq Computer Corporation Transamerica Technology Finance | |
US Venture Partners New Enterprise Associates Windward Ventures Cresent Hook Partners Anschutz Investment Norwest Venture Partners Now merged with Accelerated Networks | |
PDQuick |
Graystone Venture Partners St. Paul Venture Capital Brand Equity Ventures GE Capital Equity Capital Group William Blair Capital Partners TH Lee.Putnam Internet Partners Corber Corp. |
Perfectdata |
Sierra Ventures |
Performance Materials |
First Analysis Venture Capital |
Pharmanex |
J.H. Whitney & Co. Fidelity Capital Chase Manhattan Capital Nu Skin |
Protolite |
Crosspoint Venture Partners Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc. Robertson Stephens & Co. JF Shea Charles River Ventures Emerging Growth Partners Brittany Capital Grace Horn Ventures |
Protocal Engines |
Xerox Ventures Silicon Graphics |
| Pulsepoint, formerly Digital Sound Acquired by Unisys |
Brentwood Associates Brentwood Capital Cedar Grove Investments Invesco (previously Chancellor LGT Private Capital) Microsoft Corporation Moore Capital Oak Investment Partners |
Raycom Systems |
American Research & Development Inc. Taylor & Turner Edelson Technology Partners 3M Corporation Retix |
| Roaming Messenger | Cornell Capital Partners |
Sandpiper Networks |
Media Technology Ventures Brentwood Venture Capital Mission Ventures Technology Investments America Online Inktomi Eagle New Media Investments Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners Bayview Investors, Ltd. Attractor Investment Management NBC Digital Island |
Sigmatron Nova |
TA Associates |
Software.com Acquired by Openwave |
AT&T Ventures Banyan Cisco Systems Hewlett Packard |
Summit Partners (LBO) Bain Capital | |
| Sonos Inc. | BV Capital |
Star Telecommunications |
Partech International Hambrecht and Quist |
Acquired by Cisco |
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Child Health Investment Corp. |
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Strix Systems |
El Dorado Ventures Palomar Ventures |
Alpha Partners Crocker Capital Continental Capital Lockheed Ampersand Ventures Hillman Medical Trinity Ventures Arete Ventures JF Shea Philips NV | |
| Supply Solution |
Enterprise Partners Sigma Partners Sprout Group |
Techmedica |
Hambro International Equity Partners JF Shea Walden Group of Venture Capital Funds Southern California Ventures Capital Resource Partners Sulzer |
Wasatch Fund (SBIC) Troika Networks Draper Fisher Jurvetson Dynafund Ventures Windward Ventures New Enterprise Associates Dominion Ventures Amerindo Investment Advisors Intel Corporation Network Appliance Nissho Iwai (Japan) | |
Transoft Networks |
Acquired by Hewlett Packard |
Venoco Incorporated |
Enron (Investment) |
Vitesse Semiconductor |
Norton Corporation Sequoia Capital Indosuez Ventures New Enterprise Associates J.H. Whitney & Co. Oxford Partners Robertson Stephens & Co. Spectra Enterprise Associates Walden Group of Venture Capital Funds Bryan and Edwards Singapore Development Oak Investment Partners Morgenthaler Ventures Mohr Davidow Ventures Hook Partners Hughes Investment Management Thomson-CSF Ventures Amdahl Convex Stanford University Aeneas Ashford Capital Bayview Fund New Venture Partners Ritter Partners BankAmerica Capital Corporation Mips Computer Systems Cypress Semiconductor |
Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc. GoAmerica | |
Acquired by RealNetworks Incorporated |
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Greylock Management | |
| Xirrus | US Venture Partners August Capital |
Acquired by Intel |
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Zymed |
Greylock Management Hambrecht and Quist |
