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Vanguard Ventures was an early stage venture capital firm that helped entrepreneurs build pioneering technology and life science companies. The firm was founded in 1981 and was based in San Jose, California.
Vanguard Ventures partners bring hands-on entrepreneurial experience to the firm, as well as executive and venture capital backgrounds.
Vanguard Ventures's investments include DFine, Radiance, Konarka Technologies, Polychromix, Artificial Muscle, Casabi, Vocera Communications, DVDPlay and Peptimmune.
They exited their investments in Vocera Communications, Cooking.com, DFine, Ciena, Vormetric, Salient Surgical Technologies, ZipRealty and DVDPlay.
Vanguard Ventures has raised a total of $332M across 7 funds, their latest being Vanguard VII. This fund was announced on Jan 1, 2000 and raised a total of $240M.
