VantagePoint Capital Partners

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{{Infobox company |
logo = [[Image:VantagePoint Logo.png|200px|VantagePoint Capital Partners]]|
name = VantagePoint Capital Partners|
type = [[Private Company|Private Ownership]] |
foundation = 1996 |
location = [[San Bruno, California]], [[United States]] |
industry = [[Venture Capital]] |
assets = $4+ billion <ref>Capital raised since inception in 1996</ref>|
homepage = [http://www.vpcp.com/ vpcp.com] |
num_employees = Approx. 40 (2008)|
}}

'''VantagePoint Capital Partners''' is a [[venture capital]] firm with investments in the [[cleantech]], [[information technology]] and [[healthcare]] sectors.

Founded in 1996, by [[Alan E. Salzman]] and Jim Marver, the firm has raised over $4 billion with more than $1 billion dedicated specifically to cleantech. VantagePoint is based in [[San Bruno, California]] with offices in [[Beijing]] and [[Hong Kong]]. In 2011<ref>{{cite news|last=Sibley|first=Lisa|title=VantagePoint Ventures changes name|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/05/06/vantagepoint-ventures-changes-name.html|publisher=[[Silicon Valley Business Journal]]|date=May 9, 2011}}</ref>-2012,<ref>{{cite web|title=VantagePoint pulls billion-dollar VC fund after LPs fail to bite|url=http://www.AltAssets.net/private-equity-news/by-news-type/fund-news/vantagepoint-pulls-billion-dollar-vc-fund-after-lps-fail-to-bite.html|publisher=[[AltAssets]]|date=6 Feb 2013}}</ref> it has changed its name from "VantagePoint Venture Partners" into "VantagePoint Capital Partners", citing a desire to reflect increased focus on “growth equity”, which “goes beyond where venture goes”.

== Strategic partners ==
VantagePoint has established strategic partnerships with a number of global corporations, including [[Air Products]], [[Best Buy]], [[BP]], [[DuPont]] [[IBM]], [[Jabil Circuit]], [[Procter & Gamble]] and [[Scottish and Southern Energy]].<ref name="vpcp.com">http://www.vpcp.com</ref>{{Primary source-inline|date=May 2013}}

== Portfolio companies ==
* Energy Innovation Managing Directors: Alan E. Salzman, Patricia Splinter, Stephan Dolezalek, David Fries, Lee Burrows and Thomas Huot
* Information Technology Managing Directors: Tom Bevilacqua, Bill Harding, and Richard Harroch
* Healthcare Managing Director: Annette Bianchi
* Asia Managing Directors: Alan E. Salzman

{| class="wikitable"
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* [http://www.1366tech.com/ 1366]
* [[3VR]]
* [http://aduratech.com/ Adura]
* [[AlertMe]]
* AllBusiness.com
* [http://www.allocade.com/ Allocade]
* [http://www.allvoices.com/ Allvoices]
* [http://www.amprius.com/ Amprius]
* Angstrom Technologies
* [http://www.anthera.com/ Anthera Pharmaceuticals] - IPO 2010
* [http://www.axsun.com/ Axsun Technologies]
* [[Better Place]]
* BlueWhale
* [http://bridgelux.com Bridgelux]
* [[BrightSource Energy]]
* [http://cbeyond.com/ Cbeyond Communications]
* CGI Pharmaceuticals
* [http://www.chacha.com/ ChaCha]
* [[Chemrec]]
* ChipX
* [http://www.cobalttech.com/ Cobalt Technologies]
* Conceptus
* Definity Health
* Direct Flow Medical
* E-One Moli
* [[FloDesign]]
* [http://www.edointeractive.com/ edo Interactive]
* [http://www.endplay.com/ EndPlay]
* Entrisphere
* FANIQ
* [http://www.fdwt.com/ FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp.]
* GAIN Capital Group
* GeminX Pharmaceuticals
* [http://www.genomatica.com/ Genomatica]
* glo AB
* Global Financial Technology
* Goldwind
* [http://www.gsn.com/ Grocery Shopping Network]
* [[Healthline]] Networks
* Huga Optotech
* [[iBahn]]
* [http://www.identified.com/ Identified]
* [http://www.innopath.com InnoPath Software]
* [http://www.innovari.com/ Innovari]
* [[IntelePeer]]
* InvestLab
* Inxight Software
* [http://www.iwatt.com/ iWatt]
* Kagoor Networks
* [[Klipsch Audio]]
* LifeMasters
* [http://w3.lightbasedtechnologies.com/ Light Based Technologies]
* [http://liquidr.com/ Liquid Robotics]
* [[Livescribe]]
* [[Mascoma Corporation|Mascoma]]
* Metabolex Inc
* [[MiaSolé]]
* Meriton Networks
* Mobile 365
* Multiply
* MyFP
* [[MySpace.com]]/Intermix Media - Acquired by [[News Corporation]] in 2005<ref name="bits.blogs.nytimes.com">{{cite news| url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/cisco-flips-over-pure-digital/?em | work=The New York Times | first=Ashlee | last=Vance | title=Cisco Flips Over Pure Digital | date=March 19, 2009}}</ref>
* [http://www.neuraltus.com/ Neuraltus]
* New Energy Capital
* [[Nexsan]]
* [http://nextstepliving.com/ Next Step Living]
* [http://www.ostara.com/ Ostara]
* OZ Communications - Acquired by [[Nokia]] in 2008<ref>http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1255654</ref>
* [http://www.phreesia.com/ Phreesia]
* [[Pica8]]
* Premium Power
* [http://www.pulsepoint.com/ PulsePoint]
* [[Pure Digital Technologies]] - Acquired by [[Cisco Systems]] in 2009<ref name="bits.blogs.nytimes.com"/>
* [[ReachLocal]]
* Safe Life Corp
* Santur Corporation
* Savvion
* [http://www.scribd.com/ Scribd]
* Senergen Devices Inc
* [http://www.seriousmaterials.com/ Serious Energy]
* SolarCentury
* [[Solazyme]]
* [[Spanfeller Media Group (SMG)]]
* Spatial Wireless
* [http://www.switchlightingco.com/ Switch]
* [http://www.tendrilinc.com/ Tendril Networks, Inc.]
* TergeGen
* [[Tesla Motors]]- IPO in 2010 <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/tesla-ipo-raises-226-1-million/ | work=Wired | first=Chuck | last=Squatriglia | title=Tesla IPO Raises $226.1M, Stock Surges 41 Percent | date=June 29, 2010}}</ref>
* Tidal Software - Acquired by [[Cisco Systems]]
* TouchTunes
* TransMedics
* Transport Technology Systems (TTS)
* Trilliant
* [[VeriSilicon]]
* [http://vook.com/ Vook]
* WageWorks - IPO in 2011
* [[Widevine Technologies]] - Acquired by Google
* Xcellerex
* [http://www.youmail.com/ YouMail]
* Ze-gen
* Zvents
|}

==References==
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* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200007/ai_mark02013847 VantagePoint Venture Partners IV Holds Initial Close On $1 Billion], July, 2000.

==External links==
* [http://www.vpcp.com/ VantagePoint Capital Partners] (company website)

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