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Charles River Ventures 
Type Private Industry Private equity Founded 1970 Headquarters Waltham, Massachusetts, United States Products Venture capital Total assets $2.1+ billion Employees 20+ Website www.crv.com Charles River Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in technology and new media companies.
The firm, which is based in Waltham, Massachusetts and Menlo Park, California, was founded in 1970. The firm has raised over $2.1 billion since inception across 13 funds. The firm's most recent fund, Charles River Partnership XIII, closed in April 2007 with $285 million of investor commitments.[1] CRV's 12th fund raised $250 million of commitments.[2]
Among CRV's portfolio companies are Cascade Communications, Ciena Corporation, Continental Cablevision, ChipCom, Blippy, iBasis, Netezza, Earbits, Parametric Technology Corporation, Sonus Networks, SpeechWorks, Stratus Technologies, Sybase[3], Twitter and Vignette Corporation.
References
- ^ Charles River Ventures closes thirteenth fund. AltAssets, April 3, 2007
- ^ US Charles River closes twelfth fund on $250m. AltAssets, February 18, 2002
- ^ Sybase President Gains The Confidence of Apple. New York Times, August 25, 1987
- Venture Firm Is Giving Loans a Try. New York Times, November 1, 2006
- Why Venture Funds Don't Want Your Cash. New York Times, July 12, 2004
External links
- Charles River Ventures (company website)
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