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Vanguard Ventures

11 employees

Vanguard Ventures is a leading early stage venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs build pioneering technology and life science

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Health Care10
Telecommunications6
Software6
Medical Device5
radiofrequency (RF) ablation therapy4
medical device4
minimally invasive treatment4
RF Targeted Vertebral Augmentation4
Therapeutics4
Medical4
Enterprise Software3
Database3
Network Security3
Cloud Computing3
Information Technology3
Biotechnology3
Marketing3
Retail3
Database Encryption3
Enterprise Encryption3

Funding rounds participated in

$13M sweet spot round size

Most of their 61 investments are in rounds between $7.5M and $25M

Investor type

Venture Capital

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

Finance
Venture Capital
Life Science

Date founded

1981

Investments made

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DFINE, Inc. raised $25M on November 8, 2011

Investors: Split Rock Partners, OrbiMed Advisors, HCP Ltd, Prospect Venture Partners, LP and Vanguard Ventures

D

DFINE, Inc. raised $2.8M on January 11, 2010

Investors: Sterling Capital Advisor's Inc, Prospect Venture Partners, LP and Vanguard Ventures

U

Undisclosed raised undisclosed on September 30, 2009

Investors: Vanguard Ventures

D

DFINE, Inc. raised $35M on January 2, 2009

Investors: Sterling Capital Advisor's Inc, Prospect Venture Partners, LP and Vanguard Ventures

U

Undisclosed raised $26M on October 7, 2008

Investors: Vanguard Ventures

D

DFINE, Inc. raised $20M on April 6, 2008

Investors: Prospect Venture Partners, LP and Vanguard Ventures

U

Undisclosed raised $45M on October 1, 2007

Investors: Angeleno Group, 3i Group plc, Pegasus Capital Advisors, NGEN Partners and Vanguard Ventures

U

Undisclosed raised $2.9M on September 6, 2007

Investors: Next47 and Vanguard Ventures

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Artificial Muscle, Inc. raised $20M on June 7, 2007

Investors: ARCH Venture Partners, Parker Hannifin, NGEN Partners, AllianceBernstein and Vanguard Ventures

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Undisclosed raised $10M on March 12, 2007

Investors: Canaan, Mayfield Fund and Vanguard Ventures

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