Azure Capital Partners, which was established in 2000, is an early stage
venture capital
Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which ha ...
firm that invests in the information technology industry using an investment research approach to venture capital investing. Azure Capital Partners was founded by Mike Kwatinetz, Paul Ferris, Paul Weinstein, and Cameron Lester.
The firm's portfolio includes TopTier,
VMware
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VMware's desktop software ru ...
,
World Wide Packets, and VAPPS and more recently,
BlogHer
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,
BroadLight
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,
Calix,
Chairish
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History
T ...
, Cooking.com,
Convercent,
Coraid
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History
The company was founded by Brantley Coile, who previously worked on the Cisco PIX f ...
, Cyan Optics, Education.com, ezRez Software (Switchfly), Fonality, K2 (SourceCode),
Knowledge Adventure
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, Medsphere, NeoNova,
Phanfare
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Overview
Phanfare was targeted at prosumers and seriou ...
, PSS Systems, Rooftop Comedy, SilkRoad Tech, SlideRocket, The Bouqs,
TravelMuse
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History
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, TripIt, and
Zend Technologies
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The company wa ...
.
In October 2008, the company sold
Bill Me Later
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to eBay for $945 million. In 2009, Azure Capital was listed as one of the top 100 global venture capital firms in the
Red Herring magazine
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Red Herring is perhaps best known for its Red Herring Top 100 techno ...
.
Management
* Paul Ferris, Mike Kwatinetz and Paul Weinstein - Founders
* Andrea Drager - Principal
* Lisa McNamara - Chief Financial Officer
* Dan Park - CEO of Toronto-based clutch
See also
*
List of venture capital firms
Below is a list of notable venture capital firms.
Assets under management
Shown below are the largest venture capital firms ranked by Assets Under Management.
Capital raised
Data is for capital raised between January 1, 2017, and June 30, 2022. ...
*
Operating partner An operating partner is a title used by venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) firms to describe a role dedicated to working with privately held companies to increase value. The role was created by large-capitalization private equity groups wh ...
References
External links
Company Website
Private equity firms of the United States
Venture capital firms of the United States
Financial services companies based in California
Companies based in San Francisco
Financial services companies established in 2000
2000 establishments in California
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