DAG Ventures

DAG Ventures
Private
Industry Venture capital
Founded 2001
Headquarters Palo Alto, USA
Website www.dagventures.com

DAG Ventures is an American venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. It is known as a "coattail" fund for co-investing in later-stage private financing rounds alongside more prominent top-tier venture funds such as Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital, and Accel Partners.[1]

Background

Founded in 2001 as an offshoot of San-Francisco based Duff Ackerman & Goodrich, DAG invests primarily in the fields of energy, information technology, and life sciences.[2]

Investments

Funds

Like many venture firms, DAG has raised a series of different closed-end funds, each with different money sources and investments. Its third fund of approximately $477 million closed in 2005.[1]

Portfolio

A partial list of investments includes:

References

  1. 1 2 Marshall, Matt (July 2, 2007). "Money pours into venture funds, but selectively". Venture Beat.
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  6. "DisplayLink gets $8M venture round". Bizjournals.com. 2009-12-09.
  7. "In Search of New Friends". Reuters. 2006-08-22. Archived from the original on 2009-04-27.
  8. Kawamoto, Dawn (2006-08-21). "Friendster scoops up $10 million in funding". CNET.
  9. J. Nicholas Hoover (2009-11-18). "In-Q-Tel Invests In Cybersecurity Company". Information Week.
  10. Marshall, Matt (2007-12-11). "Kosmix riases $10M more for search sites in health, autos, more". Venture Beat.
  11. O'Malley, Gavin (January 8, 2010). "Social Media Tools Provider Lithium Raises $18M". MediaPost.
  12. Berzon, Alexandra (2007-08-21). "How to Brew $30M". Red Herring. Archived from the original on 2010-12-07.
  13. Weisenthal, Joseph (2008-07-09). "Mevio, Formerly PodShow, Raises $15 Million Third Round". Paidcontent.org.
  14. Tartakoff, Joseph (2009-08-12). "Mint Raises $14 Million For Its Online Finance Service". Paidcontent.org.
  15. Vivek (May 23, 2007). "MyMint.com acquires Mint.com; raises $5 million". Startup Squad.
  16. Hoge, Patrick (2009-09-27). "ODesk pulls up a chair for freelancers". San Francisco Business Times.
  17. Tyler, Richard (2009-06-22). "Solid businesses have plenty of fans". London Telegraph.
  18. "Proofpoint gets $28M in new funding". San Jose Business Journal. 2008-02-27.
  19. Miller, Alaska (2009-12-01). "Seeking Alpha Bags $7 Million In Funding". Business Insider.
  20. Marshall, Matt (2007-09-28). "Xoom, money transfer site, raises $20M more". Venture Beat.
  21. Duryee, Tricia (2008-05-27). "Pelago Secures $15 Million In Funding For Mobile Social Network On A Map". Paidcontent.org.
  22. Gelles, David (2009-12-19). "Google close to deal to buy Yelp". Financial Times.
  23. Hoge, Patrick (2009-09-04). "Video ad firm YuMe gets $5M". San Francisco Business Times.

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