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April 25, 2025
1969
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781
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Venture Fund
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Venrock is a prominent American venture capital firm established in 1969, building upon the Rockefeller family's investment legacy that began in the late 1930s. With offices in Palo Alto, California, New York City, and Boston, Massachusetts, Venrock focuses on early-stage and startup companies in information technology, healthcare, and emerging technologies. The firm's notable investments include Apple, Intel, Check Point Software, DoubleClick, and Illumina.
Venrock has raised multiple funds over the years, with its eighth fund closing in January 2017 at $450 million. In November 2024, Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners raised $500 million for Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners XP, focusing on small capitalization public companies and late-stage private companies in the healthcare and life sciences industry, particularly biopharmaceuticals.
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BioTech
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)
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Cybersecurity
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Marketing (MarTech)
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