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American River Ventures

10 employees

American River Ventures is a California-based venture fund specializing in seed, early-stage, and growth capital companies.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Manufacturing9
Semiconductor7
Electronics7
Infrastructure4
MEMS3
Wireless3
Mobile3
Medical3
Health Care3
Fabrication3
Antennas3
Single chip CMOS antenna tuners3
Tunable RF filters3
Tunable Antenna Technology3
CMOS system integration3
Packaging3
Semiconductors3
B2B2
Energy2
Oil and Gas2

Funding rounds participated in

$8.1M sweet spot round size

Most of their 28 investments are in rounds between $5M and $12M

Investor type

Micro VC

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

Angel Investment
Financial Services
Venture Capital

Date founded

2001

Investments made

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Undisclosed raised $5M on July 26, 2010

Investors: Emerald Technology Ventures, DFJ Frontier, GE Vetco Gray UK Ltd, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC) and American River Ventures

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PatientSafe Solutions raised $30M on March 17, 2010

Investors: INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL AND PAINTS, Camden Partners, Psilos services and construction ltd, Menlo Ventures and American River Ventures

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WiSpry, Inc. raised $10M on April 6, 2009

Investors: Chart Venture Partners, Paladin Capital Group, Shepherd Ventures, -, In-Q-Tel and American River Ventures

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Undisclosed raised $7M on March 10, 2009

Investors: DFJ Frontier, Emerald Technology Ventures and American River Ventures

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Lumetric Lighting, Inc. raised $4.5M on August 1, 2008

Investors: American River Ventures

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WiSpry, Inc. raised $7M on March 10, 2008

Investors: DoCoMo Capital and American River Ventures

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Undisclosed raised $11M on September 10, 2007

Investors: Emerald Technology Ventures, DFJ Frontier and American River Ventures

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Spectra Sensors raised $14M on July 10, 2007

Investors: American River Ventures

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Undisclosed raised $23M on March 29, 2007

Investors: Hoya, Unidades moviles el dorado and American River Ventures

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Level One Communications raised $16M on October 1, 2006

Investors: Menlo Ventures, Western Technology and American River Ventures

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