Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) is an American venture capital firm with more than $1.8 billion in capital under management. The firm was founded in 1979 and invests in IT, healthcare, and cleantech companies. ATV is based in Menlo Park, California with offices in Waltham, Massachusetts.
History
ATV was created when Dr. Thaddeus (Teddy) F. Walkowicz left Venrock, a venture capital firm associated with the Rockefeller family, to team up with Dr. Ivan Sutherland, George Kokkinakis and Dr. Robert Loewy. Together they founded Advanced Technology Ventures.
Investment funds
1981 - ATV I closes with $30.2M
1994 - ATV II closes with $28M
1988 - ATV III closes with $30.7M
1995 - ATV IV closes with $100M
1998 - ATV V closes with $175M
1999 - ATV VI closes with $400M 2
2001 - ATV VII closes with $720M
2007 - ATV VIII closes with $305M3
Notes
- Buckman, R. (2007-3-12), “Seeking the Green in Clean”, “Wall Street Journal”, Retrieved on 2008-12-23.
- Brown, E., Miller, C., Douglas, E. (2007-1-24), “Forbes Midas List”, “Forbes”, Retrieved on 2008-12-23.
- LaMonica, M. (2008-12-22), “Clean-tech Investors Take Cue From Biotech”, “CNET”, Retrieved on 2008-12-23.
- Rogoway, Mike (2016-1-25), "Portland cloud computing startup Cedexis", "Oregonlive", Retrieved on 2016-1-27.
External links
References
Whittaker, Zack (3 August 2021). "A Silicon Valley VC firm with $1.8B in assets was hit by ransomware". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/03/atv-venture-capital-ransomware/ ↩
Staff (December 26, 2001),“ATV Creates $800 Million Venture Fund”, “EDN”, Retrieved 2008-23-12. https://archive.today/20130122000930/http://www.edn.com/article/CA188223.html ↩
Sorkin, Andrew Ross (February 6, 2008). "Advanced Technology Closes New $303 Million Fund". The New York Times: Dealbook. Retrieved 2008-12-26. https://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/advanced-technology-closes-new-303-million-fund/ ↩