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Castanea Partners

 

$$$$$ Newton, US East

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4.5 4.4 4.3 3.9 4.7

4.4

New Atlantic Ventures

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$$$$$ Reston, US East

Rated by 19

3.9 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.0

4.0

Maples Investments

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 12

4.2 4.1 4.1 3.6 4.0

4.0

Updata Partners

 

$$$$$ Red Bank, US East

Rated by 39

3.9 4.2 3.4 3.7 4.2

3.9

RRE Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 55

3.9 3.9 3.8 3.5 4.0

3.8

First Round Capital

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 30

3.3 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0

3.8

Leapfrog Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 101

4.7 3.8 3.7 3.2 3.6

3.8

Sequoia Capital

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 29

3.9 3.8 3.8 3.4 4.1

3.8

Altos Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 14

3.8 3.4 4.0 3.7 3.8

3.8

Aberdare Ventures

 

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 27

3.4 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.6

3.8

True Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 20

3.9 3.9 4.1 3.2 4.1

3.8

406 Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Boston, US East

Rated by 56

3.8 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.9

3.7

Trinity Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 16

3.6 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.5

3.6

August Capital

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 29

3.4 3.5 3.4 3.8 4.0

3.6

Clearstone Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Santa Monica, US West

Rated by 15

3.3 3.1 3.8 3.5 3.9

3.5

DFJ Mercury

Certified

$$$$$ Houston, US Central

Rated by 20

3.5 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.4

3.5

Wellington Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Munich, Europe

Rated by 11

3.6 3.8 3.0 3.2 3.7

3.5

Mangrove Capital Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Luxembourg, Europe

Rated by 45

3.9 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.2

3.5

Menlo Ventures

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 41

3.6 3.3 3.4 3.2 4.0

3.5

Bessemer Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Larchmont, US East

Rated by 11

3.9 3.7 3.4 3.0 3.4

3.5

GRP Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Los Angeles, US West

Rated by 12

3.8 3.6 3.6 3.0 3.5

3.5

Meritage Funds

Certified

$$$$$ Denver, US West

Rated by 15

3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5

3.5

Scale Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Foster City, US West

Rated by 38

3.4 3.5 3.0 3.5 3.6

3.4

Polaris Venture Partners

 

$$$$$ Waltham, US East

Rated by 25

3.1 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.4

3.4

Opus Capital

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 29

3.5 3.6 3.5 3.0 3.5

3.4

Union Square Ventures

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 26

4.0 3.6 2.8 3.0 3.4

3.4

Index Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Geneva, Europe

Rated by 38

4.1 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.3

3.4

Greylock Partners

Certified

$$$$$ San Mateo, US West

Rated by 38

3.7 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3

3.4

Foundation Capital

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 52

3.8 3.3 3.1 3.5 3.5

3.4

New Enterprise Associates

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 45

3.5 3.5 3.0 3.1 3.3

3.3

Mayfield Fund

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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HW has been around for nearly 20 years betting on small plays where they put a dollar in and are very happy to get 2-3 dollars back with small valuations and entry level teams. However, they are big and experienced enough now to move into a real first-tier firm, but are still somewhat afraid to "punch up" outside their self-perceived weight class.

The reason why Sequoia and (old) Kleiner have been so successful is their proven ability to weigh larger risks for larger rewards. The talent and dry powder is there at HW to move into the big time-- big potential companies in big markets that can change the world; but they need to step up and move out of incremental businesses for small paybacks to up-market VC where they really belong.

These are very, very smart people, and they have grown enough to evolve in their investments beyond the bush league and take their earned place among the players in building real $B businesses on Sand Hill Road.