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Index Ventures

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$$$$$ Geneva, Europe

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2.1 2.2 1.6 2.0 2.2

2.0

Golden Seeds

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

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1.7 1.7 1.9 2.2 1.9

1.9

Artiman Ventures

 

$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

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1.7 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.8

1.9

Keiretsu Forum

 

$$$$$ Lafayette, US West

Rated by 11

2.4 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.4

1.8

Jerusalem Venture Partners

 

$$$$$ Jerusalem, ME / Africa

Rated by 14

1.0 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.0

1.1

GreenHills Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 1

5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

5.0

Lerer Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 1

5.0

5.0

XG Ventures

 

$$$$$ US West

Rated by 1

5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

5.0

Social Leverage

 

$$$$$ Phoenix, US West

Rated by 1

5.0 5.0

5.0

NextView Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Boston, US East

Rated by 1

5.0 5.0 5.0

5.0

Blackstone Group

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 1

5.0

5.0

AOL Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 1

5.0

5.0

Francisco Partners

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 1

5.0 5.0 5.0

5.0

RockWood Equity Partners

 

$$$$$ Cleveland, US Central

Rated by 3

5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

5.0

Peterson Partners LP

 

$$$$$ Salt Lake City, US Central

Rated by 1

5.0 5.0

5.0

Blackford Capital

 

$$$$$ Lake Forest, US West

Rated by 1

5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

5.0

Angel List

 

$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 1

5.0 5.0 5.0

5.0

Allen & Company

 

$$$$$ New York, US West

Rated by 2

5.0 5.0 4.5 5.0 5.0

4.9

Campventures

Certified

$$$$$ Los Altos, US West

Rated by 5

4.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

4.9

Zelkova Ventures

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 1

5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0

4.8

Active Starts

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco B..., US West

Rated by 1

4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

4.8

Retro Venture Partners

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 3

5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0

4.8

TriplePoint Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 1

5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.0

4.8

Vestar Capital Partners

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 1

5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.0

4.8

iD Ventures America

 

$$$$$ Santa Clara, US West

Rated by 1

5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.0

4.8

MB Venture Partners

 

$$$$$ Memphis, US Central

Rated by 2

4.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0

4.7

Morado Venture Partners

 

$$$$$ US West

Rated by 1

4.0 5.0 5.0

4.7

Kirtland Capital Partners

 

$$$$$ Beachwood, US Central

Rated by 7

5.0 4.7 5.0 4.6 4.0

4.7

Founder Collective

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 3

5.0 5.0 4.3 4.0 5.0

4.7

Inter-Atlantic Group

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 3

5.0 5.0 5.0 3.7 4.7

4.7

Primera Capital

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

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Introduced to Thatcher Bell, who reviewed our presentation and provided respectful, logical feedback in a timely manner.

We worked very closely with John and the team at ONSET for over a month, and though we didn't end up working together, John and his team were exceptional throughout the process. They asked insightful and thought-provoking questions and their insights and feedback directly improved our company's pitch, and helped us as we moved forward tremendously. In fact, following some of their recommendations was instrumental in helping our company secure financing and eventually an acquisition partner. Excellent firm and even better people.

It is a mediocre fund with not a great track record of their own.

We received a terms sheet from them on favorable terms causing us to terminate advanced negotiations with other VCs. Several weeks later they had still not started due diligence. Finally I chased and they bombed out. We found another VC and survived but my perspective was this was a speculative terms sheet. We had some internal issues with an Irishman we didn't know about and not sure if that was anything to do with it but anyway, watch out!

Great group of scientific, operational, and practical thinkers. Run an efficient process with quick decisions either way.

David Wu is new to the firm, and certainly seems to be an improvement upon what I see listed here. Perhaps there's a change underway in the firm?

A friend with no VC experience asked me to attend her initial pitch to SHV.

We first met with Mike Speiser for over an hour, then he introduced us to Sam Pullara, who basically met with us separately for another hour. Both of them were thoughtful, respectful, wicked smart, engaged, supportive, and extremely helpful.

They each approached the discussion from the standpoint of how the entrepreneur could maximize her value, and offered their ideas and help without any evident consideration of whether this might be an opportunity for SHV. They were both very knowledgeable and insightful about the current environment, not to mention they were technical enough to understand what she was doing, and made excellent suggestions. I personally learned a lot from the meeting.

I've made probably >100 VC pitches in my time, including a few to SHV in the past. While they have never bit on funding, I've always come away with a good impression of the partners. Mike and Sam are 'new blood' there, but I have to say these guys really stand out, and are going to be great VCs. I suspect that their constructive attitude is at least in part a ‘cultural’ matter at SHV. I’d work with either of them in a heartbeat.

Quite a contrast to most firms!