Innovative Portfolio Companies

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

November 10, 1995Visio (acquired by Microsoft)  
Business graphics software.
Seattle, WA

October 24, 1995Pharmacyclics  
Microcyclic chemistry.
Sunnyvale, CA

August 9, 1995Netscape (acquired by AOL)  
Internet service provider.
Mountain View, CA

August 1, 1995Harmonic Lightwaves  
Optical coupling for cable networks.
Santa Clara

August 1, 1995ON Technology  
Network management software.
Cambridge, MA

March 10, 1995Shiva (acquired by Intel)  
Remote access equipment and software.
Burlington, MA

March 10, 1995Tivoli Systems  
Systems management software.
Austin, TX

March 18, 1994Flextronics  
Contract manufacturing services.
San Jose, CA

December 21, 1993Interpore International  
Synthetic bone and tissue products.
Irvine, CA

December 15, 1993Quickturn Design Systems  
Rapid prototyping equipment and software.
Mountain View, CA

December 14, 1993TriQuint Semiconductor  
GaAs semiconductors.
Beaverton, OR

December 13, 1993Macromedia  
Multimedia authoring tools.
San Francisco, CA

October 19, 1993InSite Vision  
Multimedia authoring tools.
San Francisco, CA

August 5, 1993Conductus  
Superconductor systems & components.
Sunnyvale, CA

March 19, 1993Microchip Technology  
Semiconductor components.
Chandler, AZ