Tony Perkins from AlwaysOn does an overview of venture capitalists over the past decade and says, “the stars in the venture capital industry have proven that there is life after a ten-year run of marginal returns and two brutal recessions that knocked NASDAQ under 1,200 in September 2002, and under 1,400 in February 2009.”
To help pick the VC100 this year, the AlwaysOn editorial team sourced data from its research partners Morgan Stanley, VentureDeal, The 451 Group, and select industry experts on more than 300 active VC firms as well as reviewing their investments and exits. The AO editorial team will rotate individual VCs and firms in each subsequent VC100.
During the past year, the stars in the venture capital industry have proven that there is life after a ten-year run of marginal returns and two brutal recessions that knocked NASDAQ under 1,200 in Septmeber 2002, and under 1,400 in February 2009.
The winners of the VC 100 competition will be officially honored at:
Venture Summit Silicon Valley 2010, whose tagline is Where Big Ideas Meet Big Money, December 13-15, 2010 at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay.
The 2010 VC 100:
5AM Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
www.5amventures.com
Accel Partners
Palo Alto,CA
www.accel.com
Advanced Technology Ventures
Palo Alto, CA
www.atvcapital.com
Allegis Capital
Palo Alto, CA
www.allegiscapital.com
Atlas Venture
Waltham, MA
www.atlasventure.com
Austin Ventures
Austin, TX
www.austinventures.com
Azure Capital Partners
San Francisco, CA
www.azurecap.com
Bain Capital Ventures
Boston, MA
www.baincapitalventures.com
Balderton Capital
London, U.K.
www.balderton.com
Battery Ventures
Waltham, MA
www.battery.com
Bay Partners
Menlo Park, CA
www.baypartners.com
Benchmark Capital
Menlo Park, CA
www.benchmark.com
Bessemer Venture Partners
Menlo Park, CA
www.bvp.com
BioAdvance Ventures
Philadelphia, PA
www.bioadvance.com
Canaan Partners
Menlo Park, CA
www.canaan.com
Castile Ventures
Waltham, MA
www.castileventures.com
Charles River Ventures
Waltham, MA
www.crv.com
Commonwealth Capital Ventures
Waltham, MA
www.commonwealthvc.com
Crosslink Capital
San Francisco, CA
www.crosslinkcapital.com
DFJ Gotham
New York, NY
www.dfjgotham.com
Doll Capital Management
Menlo Park, CA
www.dcm.com
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Menlo Park, CA
www.dfj.com
Edison Venture Fund
Lawrenceville, NJ
www.edisonventure.com
Element Partners
Radnor, PA
www.elementpartners.com
EnerTech Capital
Conshohocken, PA
www.enertechcapital.com
First Round Capital
West Conshohocken, PA
www.firstround.com
FirstMark Capital
New York, NY
www.firstmarkcap.com
Flybridge Capital Partners
Boston, MA
www.flybridge.com
Focus Ventures
Palo Alto, CA
www.focusventures.com
Forward Ventures
San Diego, CA
www.forwardventures.com
Foundry Group
Boulder, CO
www.foundrygroup.com
Frazier Technology Ventures
Seattle, WA
www.fraziertechnology.com
General Atlantic
Greenwich, CT
www.generalatlantic.com
General Catalyst Partners
Cambridge, MA
www.generalcatalyst.com
Globespan Capital Partners
Boston, MA
www.globespancapital.com
GrandBanks Capital
Newton Center, MA
www.grandbankscapital.com
Granite Ventures
San Francisco, CA
www.granitevc.com
Greycroft Partners
New York, NY
www.greycroftpartners.com
Greylock Partners
San Mateo, CA
www.greylock.com
Grotech Ventures
Vienna, VA
www.grotech.com
GRP Partners
Los Angeles, CA
www.grpvc.com
GSR Ventures
Beijing, China
www.gsrventures.com
Highland Capital Partners
Lexington, MA
www.hcp.com
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
San Francisco, CA
www.humwin.com
InSight Venture Partners
New York, NY
www.insightpartners.com
Institutional Venture Partners
Menlo Park, CA
www.ivp.com
Intel Capital
Santa Clara, CA
www.intel.com/capital
InterWest Partners
Menlo Park, CA
www.interwest.com
Jafco Ventures
Palo Alto, CA
www.jafco.com
JK&B Capital
Chicago, IL
www.jkbcapital.com
Khosla Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
www.khoslaventures.com
KPCB
Menlo Park, CA
www.kpcb.com
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Menlo Park, CA
www.lightspeedvp.com
Madrona Venture Group
Seattle, WA
www.madrona.com
Matrix Partners
Waltham, MA
www.matrixpartners.com
Mayfield Fund
Menlo Park, CA
www.mayfield.com
Menlo Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
www.menloventures.com
Meritech Capital Partners
Palo Alto, CA
www.meritechcapital.com
Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds
Bethlehem, PA
www.mavf.com
Mohr Davidow Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
www.mdv.com
Montreux Equity Partners
Menlo Park, CA
www.montreuxequity.com
New Enterprise Associates
Menlo Park, CA
www.nea.com
NewSpring Capital
Radnor, PA
www.newspringcapital.com
NGEN Partners
Santa Barbara, CA
www.ngenpartners.com
North Bridge Venture Partners
Waltham, MA
nbvp.northbridge.com
Norwest Venture Partners
Palo Alto, CA
www.nvp.com
Novartis Venture Funds
Cambridge, MA
www.venturefund.novartis.com
Oak Investment Partners
Palo Alto, CA
www.oakinv.com
Palomar Ventures
Santa Monica, CA
www.palomarventures.com
Polaris Venture Partners
Waltham, MA
www.polarisventures.com
Prism Venture Partners
Westwood, MA
www.prismventure.com
Quaker BioVentures
Philadelphia, PA
www.quakerbio.com
Redpoint Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
www.redpoint.com
SAP Ventures
Palo Alto, CA
www.sap.com/about/company/sapventures
Saturn Partners
Boston, MA
www.saturnasset.com
Scale Venture Partners
Foster City, CA
www.scalevp.com
SeaPoint Ventures
Bellevue, WA
www.seapointventures.com
Sequoia Capital
Menlo Park, CA
www.sequoiacap.com
Sierra Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
www.sierraventures.com
Sigma Partners
Menlo Park, CA
www.sigmapartners.com
Softbank Capital
Newton Center, MA
www.softbank.com
Sprout Group
New York, NY
www.sproutgroup.com
SR One
West Conshohocken, PA
www.srone.com
Sutter Hill Ventures
Palo Alto, CA
www.shv.com
SV Angel
Silicon Valley
Technology Partners
Palo Alto, CA
www.technologypartners.com
Total Technology Ventures
Atlanta, GA
www.ttvatlanta.com
Trident Capital
Palo Alto, CA
www.tridentcap.com
Trinity Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
trinityventures.com
Tudor Ventures
Boston, MA
www.tudorventures.com
U.S. Venture Partners
Menlo Park, CA
www.usvp.com
Union Square Ventures
New York, CA
www.unionsquareventures.com
Valhalla Partners
Vienna, VA
www.valhallapartners.com
VantagePoint Venture Partners
San Bruno, CA
www.vpvp.com
Venrock
Palo Alto, CA
www.venrock.com
Versant Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
www.versantventures.com
Vista Ventures
Boulder, CO
www.vistavc.com
VSP Capital
San Francisco, CA
www.vsplp.com
Warburg Pincus
New York, NY
www.warburgpincus.com
Worldview Technology Partners
Palo Alto, CA
www.worldview.com
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