Engineering New Markets and Strong Businesses
We invest in early-stage and breakthrough ventures that have the promise to create new market opportunities.
Public Companies
October 27, 2007XenSource (acquired by Citrix Systems (CTXS), Oct 2007)
Develops enterprise-grade virtual infrastructure solutions.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
June 12, 2007Infinera, Inc.
A Digital Optical Network uniquely enabled by the world’s first Photonic Integrated Circuits.
Sunnyvale, CA
May 1, 2007Orexigen
Orexigen is developing drugs for treatment of obesity.
San Diego, CA
November 10, 2006Good Technology (acquired by Motorola)
Provides secure wireless access to email and corporate data on devices running PalmOS, Smartphone, PPC, and soon Symbian.
Santa Clara, CA
October 13, 2006eHealth Inc.
Online provider of health insurance.
Mountain View, CA
March 9, 2006Cardium Therapeutics, Inc.
Therapeutic products and devices for cardiovascular, ischemic and related indications.
San Diego, CA
February 28, 2006Novavax, Inc.
Specialty biopharmaceuticals. Research, development and commercialization of proprietary products focused on drug delivery and biological technologies.
Malvern, PA
December 16, 2005BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
BioCryst is an integrated biopharmaceutical company utilizing crystallography and structure-based drug design to develop a deep pipeline of novel therapeutics targeting major illnesses. BioCryst is currently advancing investigational new drugs discovered in-house in late-stage clinical trials for influenza and lymphoma. In addition, the Company has a pre-clinical portfolio of novel compounds, directed against infectious, cardiovascular, and autoimmune disease targets, to create long-term sustainable value.
Birmingham, AL
September 28, 2005Genomic Health
An oncology-based service company. In January 2004, the company launched OncotypeDx, the first clinically validated genomic test to quantify the likelihood of recurrance in early stage breast cancer.
Redwood City, CA
August 19, 2004Google
High quality web search.
Mountain View, CA
July 29, 2004Volterra Semiconductor Corporation
VolDesigns, develops and markets proprietary, high-performance analog and mixed-signal power management semiconductors for the computing, storage, networking and consumer markets.
Fremont, CA
May 19, 2004Blue Nile
Diamonds on the Net.
Seattle, WA
May 13, 2004NuVasive, Inc.
Innovations-based medical device company focusing on the design, development & marketing of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders.
San Diego, CA
January 29, 2002Synaptics
Neural networks products.
San Jose, CA
January 31, 2001Align Technology
High technology orthodontic products.
Santa Clara, CA