Quicksilver Ventures

Quicksilver Ventures

Type	Private
Industry	Private equity & Venture capital
Founded	2001
Headquarters	Saratoga, California, United States
Website	www.quicksilverventures.com

Quicksilver Ventures is a primary and secondary venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley (Saratoga). Quicksilver Ventures acquires existing venture capital portfolios from corporations and other venture capital funds.^[1] They invest in early-stage, emerging technologies, such as video and imaging; networking and mobility, data management, services and security, storage components and systems, and enterprise applications.

The firm was founded as QTV Capital in 2001 by Maury Domengeaux, Randall Meals, and Steve Schlossareck.

Notable investments have included Cavium Networks, Rhapsody Networks, Vormetric and Sierra Logic.

References

↑ Silicon Valley Wire: , December 4, 2006 Alliance Semiconductor to Sell Venture Portfolio to QTV Capital

External links

Quicksilver Ventures official website

Private equity and venture capital

Basic investment types

History

Terms and concepts

Buyout	Financial sponsor Management buyout Divisional buyout Buy–sell agreement Leveraged recapitalization Dividend recapitalization

Venture	Angel investor Business incubator Post-money valuation Pre-money valuation Seed money Startup company Venture capital financing Venture debt Venture round

Structure	Private equity firms and funds Limited partnership Limited liability company Carried interest Management fee Publicly traded private equity Business Development Company Venture capital trust Private investment in public equity (PIPE) Pledge fund

Investors

Related financial terms

Private equity and venture capital investors
Private equity firms
Venture capital firms
Angel investors
Portfolio companies

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