Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm. Founded in 1983, the firm makes
venture-capital and
private-equity investments in markets across the globe from offices in
Boston
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,
Silicon Valley
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,
San Francisco
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, Israel and
London
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. Since inception, the firm has raised over $13 billion and is now investing its fourteenth funds, Battery Venture XIV and Battery Ventures Select Fund II, with a combined capitalization of $3.8 billion.
History
Battery Ventures was founded in 1983 in
Boston, Massachusetts
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by Rick Frisbie, Howard Anderson and Bob Barrett. Since its inception, Battery has raised more than $13 billion in capital through the following fourteen funds and corresponding side funds.
The firm has offices in
Boston
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,
San Francisco
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, Menlo Park,
Tel Aviv
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,
London
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, and
New York City
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.
Investments
As of 2021, Battery has invested in more than 450 companies, 69 of which have gone public and another 185 have merged or been acquired.
The firm's current investment focus includes:
*Application software
*Infrastructure software
*Consumer
*Industrial tech + life sciences
References
Further reading
Venture Capitalists Ride Boom in Technology IPOs Bloomberg
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* Georgina Bloomberg (born 1983), professional equestrian
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, June 25, 2011
Drama and Pragmatism Drive Fight Over a Hiring ''
The New York Times
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'', December 24, 2001
Venture Capitalists See Investors Grow Mutinous ''The New York Times'', April 14, 2002
External links
Battery Ventures(company website)
{{Venture capital firms
Companies based in Boston
Financial services companies established in 1983
Venture capital firms of the United States
1983 establishments in Massachusetts