Even Google is more than ten years old now. And the origins of Intel and M$ are ancient history.
What's the current US record on:
3DV Systems Breakthrough imaging technology captures the three dimensions of objects, enabling users to control personal space through intuitive body gestures. Yokneam, Israel 3VR Security, Inc. Has developed the world's first third generation video recorder. San Francisco, CA 41st Parameter Provides highly accurate, non-intrusive Internet fraud solutions for financial institutions and merchants. Scotsdale, AZ AOptix Designs and manufactures ultra-high-bandwidth laser communication systems based on the Company's patented adaptive optics technology. Campbell, CA AesThera High technology aesthetics and advancements in the field of light-based aesthetic treatments. Pleasanton, CA Agami Has created a new class of network storage called information servers. Sunnyvale, CA Aggregate Knowledge Performs item-to-item collaborative filtering in real time. Content Recommendation Services apply analytics across large datasets to derive and present personalized content recommendations for every visitor to your site. San Mateo, CA. Akimbo The first fully functional marriage of TV and the Internet, combining easy access to new and fresh shows with the comfort of watching them on your TV. San Mateo, CA Altra Biofuels Developing and producing renewable fuels - ethanol and biodiesel. Los Angeles, CA Amyris Biotechnologies Makes better molecules for the bio-fuels and bio-chemical industries using synthetic biology techniques. Emeryville, CA Applied Minds Explores and evaluates technology and teams, coaches and consults with entrepreneurs at a very early stage. Glendale, CA ArcSight The leading vendor in Enterprise Security Management (ESM). Cupertino, CA AutoNavi China's leading provider of digital map and location-based services for automotive and personal navigation systems, mobile and internet map applications and solutions. China Mobile's nationwide exclusive provider of geographic information system platform and digital map database. Beijing, China BAS Medical Developing therapies using Relaxin for several unmet medical needs. San Mateo, CA Bit9, Inc. Provides endpoint security software to help IT organizations increase the effectiveness of their endpoint security strategy while simplifying the effort it takes to manage those desktops. Cambridge, MA. Bloom Energy Developing solid oxide regenerative fuel cells (SORFC) - renewable electrical energy generated from hydrogen and the oxygen in ambient air. Sunnyvale, CA CardioDx Developing molecular diagnostic tests for use by cardiologists to assist in the identification and management of cardiac disease in patients. Palo Alto, CA Celladon Developing a gene therapy/delivery device combination (administered in a cardiac catheterization laboratory) for congestive heart failure. La Jolla, CA Codon Devices Working to pioneer in the emerging field of synthetic biology. Cambridge, MA Dash Navigation Connects people to the information that empowers them while in their cars. Mountain View, CA Devicescape (Formerly Instant 802 Networks Inc.) Developing embedded and application software for wireless devices. Brisbane, CA Digital Chocolate Creating an entirely new category of mobile phone software for millions of consumers worldwide. San Mateo, CA EASIC Developing a structured ASIC (shares characteristics of an FPGA and ASIC). Santa Clara, CA Elance Over 100,000 entrepreneurs, business owners, professionals, and managers rely on Elance to do the projects that start, market, and grow their businesses. Mountain View, CA Endforce (Formerly Smartpipes) Provides the only proven, vendor-neutral framework that enables enterprise security executives to define and enforce endpoint security policies for their mobile users. Dublin, OH Five Prime Therapeutics Discovering and developing novel protein based drugs from its breakthrough "high throughput protein screening" technology and systems. South San Francisco, CA Fortify Software Develops and sells solutions to detect security vulnerabilities in source code and to have them removed before the products are ever released. Palo Alto, CA. Friendster An Internet-based social network in which consumers can find new friends, communicate with existing friends, and organize their social lives online. Mountain View, CA Good Technology Provides secure wireless access to email and corporate data on devices running PalmOS, Smartphone, PPC, and soon Symbian. Santa Clara, CA GreatPoint Energy Commercializing a proprietary catalytic process for converting coal (and other carbon-based feedstocks) into clean-burning, pipeline quality natural gas. Cambridge, MA IP Unity Services platform and applications enable telecom service providers (wireless, wireline, and cable) to develop, manage and deploy revenue generating services. Milpitas, CA Infinera, Inc. A Digital Optical Network uniquely enabled by the world's first Photonic Integrated Circuits. Sunnyvale, CA IronPlanet Each year hundreds of millions of dollars worth of used construction equipment is sold through IronPlanet to businesses all over the world. Pleasanton, CA Ketera Technologies A leading provider of spend analysis solutions with an "on demand" business model. Santa Clara, CA KnowNow Inc. A leading provider of event-driven integration solutions. Sunnyvale, CA Kodiak Networks The leading provider of advanced wireless services. San Ramon, CA Kovio Technology to enable printed electronics. Sunnyvale, CA Lilliputian Systems Miniature fuel cells for portable electronic devices and wireless appplications. Wilmington, MA M2Z Networks Ad-supported wireless broadband Internet service. Menlo Park, CA Mascoma Corporation Leading in the development of bio and process technology for cost-effective production of cellulosic ethanol, an inexpensive and source of renewable energy. Cambridge, MA MetaMatrix Provides solutions for federated data access and meta data management. New York, NY MetricStream Enterprise Quality and Compliance Management Solutions. Redwood Shores, CA. Miasole Miasole is a low-cost, thin film CIGS solar company. San Jose, CA Mobilygen Develops low-power H.264 codecs for mobile applications such as camcorders, solid-state digital cameras and cell phones. Santa Clara, CA New Vine Logistics Proprietary fulfillment systems that enable fully compliant consumer-direct wine shipping across most of the United States. Napa, CA Oakley Networks The leading provider of security appliances that monitor and prevent proprietary information leakage from commercial and government entities. Salt Lake City, UT OnFiber Communications, Inc. Fiber optic local access networks. Denver, CO One True Media, Inc. Online service where visitors take digital media and express themselves in new and creative ways by eliminating the complexity inherent in video editing and making the entire process, from creation to output, fun and rewarding. Redwood City, CA Optimedica Developing products and medical instrumentation to treat ocular diseases. Santa Clara, CA Orexigen Orexigen is developing drugs for treatment of obesity. San Diego, CA Pacific Biosciences Developing an ultra low-cost, ultra fast gene sequencing instrument and related reagents. Menlo Park, CA PayMate Wireless transactions connecting banks, switches, merchants and customers using a simple, secure and seamless technology. Mumbai, India PeakStream Building a breakthrough software platform for next-generation computing. Redwood City, CA Pelago, Inc. Innovating on behalf of consumers to power the on-the-go lifestyle. Seattle, WA Pinger Enabling people to communicate with their voice in new and remarkably convenient ways. San Jose, CA PodShow A media network that brings together podcasting talent with advertising dollars. San Francisco, CA Presto Connects friends and family by making it easy to share digital content. With Presto service and an HP Printing Mailbox, you can now send email and photos to people who do not have a computer or an internet connection. Mountain View, CA. Quorum Systems Develops multi-mode radio tranceivers for cell phones. San Diego, CA RGB Networks Web resource and solutions provider. San Mateo, CA RazorGator, Inc. A leading provider of secondary tickets on the Internet for sports events, concert and theatre tickets. Beverly Hills, CA SS8 Networks Develops and sells telcom equipment for carriers that provides voicemail, voice-value add services, signaling and security solutions. San Jose, CA Scintera Networks Develops a high speed signalling processor in CMOS focused on communications applications to extend signal distance and performance. San Jose, CA Segway Makers of the Segway Personal Transporter, the first two-wheeled, self-balancing, electric transportation device using patented dynamic stabilization technology. Bedford, NH Silecs, Inc. Develops and manufactures advanced dielectric materials for semiconductor chips and flat panel displays, focused on enabling improved speed, power, density and image quality. Mountain View, CA. Spatial Photonics, Inc. Develops and manufactures innovative microdisplays for high definition, high brightness and high contrast projection displays. Sunnyvale, CA SpikeSource Integrating open source middleware components for customers and providing service and support around these integrated stacks. Redwood City, CA Spinal Modulation Developing a next generation Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) technology to treat chronic back and lower extremity pain. Menlo Park, CA Stoke Fixed mobile convergence technology. Santa Clara, CA Tellme Networks Unites the Internet and telephone networks underneath an elegant speech user interface to provide the world's largest Voice Application Network. Mountain View, CA TherOx Developing a new treatment for cardiac ischemia patients. Irvine, CA Tidal Software (formerly Intersperse) Provides IT teams with the tools needed to monitor all the components and services across the enterprise. Pasadena, CA Trumba Trumba OneCalendar includes Web and email publishing tools that give you a better way to communicate events, activities and schedules. Seattle, WA Upromise Harnessing the purchasing power of consumers in order to help them address some of the most important investments in life, starting with a college education. Needham, MA Virsa (acquired by SAP, April 2006) Real time enterprise compliance solutions. Visible Path Provides companies with Relationship Capital Management (RCM) services to build, protect and extend corporate networks. Start building your private network today by registering at www.visiblepath.com New York, NY Wildblue Affordable satellite broadband service. Englewood, CO XDx, Inc. Develops and markets molecular diagnostic tests for immune system measurement. South San Francisco, CA XenSource Develops enterprise-grade virtualization solutions based on the industry's best server virtualization technology, the Open Source Xen hypervisor. Palo Alto, CA Xsigo Building a data center switch for today's virtualized data center environments. Sunnyvale, CA Zagat Strives to be the most trusted, useful, up-to-date guide to quality dining experiences focusing on discerning customers in the major business cities of the world. New York, NY Zazzle The leading Internet marketplace for custom products. Palo Alto, CA Zettacore Using unique molecules to replace the deep trench capacitors in a traditional DRAM cell. Englewood, CO iZon (formerly Ophthonix) High-resolution lenses for vision correction. San Diego, CA
3VR Security, Inc. Has developed the world's first third generation video recorder. San Francisco, CA
41st Parameter Provides highly accurate, non-intrusive Internet fraud solutions for financial institutions and merchants. Scotsdale, AZ
AOptix Designs and manufactures ultra-high-bandwidth laser communication systems based on the Company's patented adaptive optics technology. Campbell, CA
AesThera High technology aesthetics and advancements in the field of light-based aesthetic treatments. Pleasanton, CA
Agami Has created a new class of network storage called information servers. Sunnyvale, CA
Aggregate Knowledge Performs item-to-item collaborative filtering in real time. Content Recommendation Services apply analytics across large datasets to derive and present personalized content recommendations for every visitor to your site. San Mateo, CA.
Akimbo The first fully functional marriage of TV and the Internet, combining easy access to new and fresh shows with the comfort of watching them on your TV. San Mateo, CA
Altra Biofuels Developing and producing renewable fuels - ethanol and biodiesel. Los Angeles, CA
Amyris Biotechnologies Makes better molecules for the bio-fuels and bio-chemical industries using synthetic biology techniques. Emeryville, CA
Applied Minds Explores and evaluates technology and teams, coaches and consults with entrepreneurs at a very early stage. Glendale, CA
ArcSight The leading vendor in Enterprise Security Management (ESM). Cupertino, CA
AutoNavi China's leading provider of digital map and location-based services for automotive and personal navigation systems, mobile and internet map applications and solutions. China Mobile's nationwide exclusive provider of geographic information system platform and digital map database. Beijing, China
BAS Medical Developing therapies using Relaxin for several unmet medical needs. San Mateo, CA
Bit9, Inc. Provides endpoint security software to help IT organizations increase the effectiveness of their endpoint security strategy while simplifying the effort it takes to manage those desktops. Cambridge, MA.
Bloom Energy Developing solid oxide regenerative fuel cells (SORFC) - renewable electrical energy generated from hydrogen and the oxygen in ambient air. Sunnyvale, CA
CardioDx Developing molecular diagnostic tests for use by cardiologists to assist in the identification and management of cardiac disease in patients. Palo Alto, CA
Celladon Developing a gene therapy/delivery device combination (administered in a cardiac catheterization laboratory) for congestive heart failure. La Jolla, CA
Codon Devices Working to pioneer in the emerging field of synthetic biology. Cambridge, MA
Dash Navigation Connects people to the information that empowers them while in their cars. Mountain View, CA
Devicescape (Formerly Instant 802 Networks Inc.) Developing embedded and application software for wireless devices. Brisbane, CA
Digital Chocolate Creating an entirely new category of mobile phone software for millions of consumers worldwide. San Mateo, CA
EASIC Developing a structured ASIC (shares characteristics of an FPGA and ASIC). Santa Clara, CA
Elance Over 100,000 entrepreneurs, business owners, professionals, and managers rely on Elance to do the projects that start, market, and grow their businesses. Mountain View, CA
Endforce (Formerly Smartpipes) Provides the only proven, vendor-neutral framework that enables enterprise security executives to define and enforce endpoint security policies for their mobile users. Dublin, OH
Five Prime Therapeutics Discovering and developing novel protein based drugs from its breakthrough "high throughput protein screening" technology and systems. South San Francisco, CA
Fortify Software Develops and sells solutions to detect security vulnerabilities in source code and to have them removed before the products are ever released. Palo Alto, CA.
Friendster An Internet-based social network in which consumers can find new friends, communicate with existing friends, and organize their social lives online. Mountain View, CA
Good Technology Provides secure wireless access to email and corporate data on devices running PalmOS, Smartphone, PPC, and soon Symbian. Santa Clara, CA
GreatPoint Energy Commercializing a proprietary catalytic process for converting coal (and other carbon-based feedstocks) into clean-burning, pipeline quality natural gas. Cambridge, MA
IP Unity Services platform and applications enable telecom service providers (wireless, wireline, and cable) to develop, manage and deploy revenue generating services. Milpitas, CA
Infinera, Inc. A Digital Optical Network uniquely enabled by the world's first Photonic Integrated Circuits. Sunnyvale, CA
IronPlanet Each year hundreds of millions of dollars worth of used construction equipment is sold through IronPlanet to businesses all over the world. Pleasanton, CA
Ketera Technologies A leading provider of spend analysis solutions with an "on demand" business model. Santa Clara, CA
KnowNow Inc. A leading provider of event-driven integration solutions. Sunnyvale, CA
Kodiak Networks The leading provider of advanced wireless services. San Ramon, CA
Kovio Technology to enable printed electronics. Sunnyvale, CA
Lilliputian Systems Miniature fuel cells for portable electronic devices and wireless appplications. Wilmington, MA
M2Z Networks Ad-supported wireless broadband Internet service. Menlo Park, CA
Mascoma Corporation Leading in the development of bio and process technology for cost-effective production of cellulosic ethanol, an inexpensive and source of renewable energy. Cambridge, MA
MetaMatrix Provides solutions for federated data access and meta data management. New York, NY
MetricStream Enterprise Quality and Compliance Management Solutions. Redwood Shores, CA.
Miasole Miasole is a low-cost, thin film CIGS solar company. San Jose, CA
Mobilygen Develops low-power H.264 codecs for mobile applications such as camcorders, solid-state digital cameras and cell phones. Santa Clara, CA
New Vine Logistics Proprietary fulfillment systems that enable fully compliant consumer-direct wine shipping across most of the United States. Napa, CA
Oakley Networks The leading provider of security appliances that monitor and prevent proprietary information leakage from commercial and government entities. Salt Lake City, UT
OnFiber Communications, Inc. Fiber optic local access networks. Denver, CO
One True Media, Inc. Online service where visitors take digital media and express themselves in new and creative ways by eliminating the complexity inherent in video editing and making the entire process, from creation to output, fun and rewarding. Redwood City, CA
Optimedica Developing products and medical instrumentation to treat ocular diseases. Santa Clara, CA
Orexigen Orexigen is developing drugs for treatment of obesity. San Diego, CA
Pacific Biosciences Developing an ultra low-cost, ultra fast gene sequencing instrument and related reagents. Menlo Park, CA
PayMate Wireless transactions connecting banks, switches, merchants and customers using a simple, secure and seamless technology. Mumbai, India
PeakStream Building a breakthrough software platform for next-generation computing. Redwood City, CA
Pelago, Inc. Innovating on behalf of consumers to power the on-the-go lifestyle. Seattle, WA
Pinger Enabling people to communicate with their voice in new and remarkably convenient ways. San Jose, CA
PodShow A media network that brings together podcasting talent with advertising dollars. San Francisco, CA
Presto Connects friends and family by making it easy to share digital content. With Presto service and an HP Printing Mailbox, you can now send email and photos to people who do not have a computer or an internet connection. Mountain View, CA.
Quorum Systems Develops multi-mode radio tranceivers for cell phones. San Diego, CA
RGB Networks Web resource and solutions provider. San Mateo, CA
RazorGator, Inc. A leading provider of secondary tickets on the Internet for sports events, concert and theatre tickets. Beverly Hills, CA
SS8 Networks Develops and sells telcom equipment for carriers that provides voicemail, voice-value add services, signaling and security solutions. San Jose, CA
Scintera Networks Develops a high speed signalling processor in CMOS focused on communications applications to extend signal distance and performance. San Jose, CA
Segway Makers of the Segway Personal Transporter, the first two-wheeled, self-balancing, electric transportation device using patented dynamic stabilization technology. Bedford, NH
Silecs, Inc. Develops and manufactures advanced dielectric materials for semiconductor chips and flat panel displays, focused on enabling improved speed, power, density and image quality. Mountain View, CA.
Spatial Photonics, Inc. Develops and manufactures innovative microdisplays for high definition, high brightness and high contrast projection displays. Sunnyvale, CA
SpikeSource Integrating open source middleware components for customers and providing service and support around these integrated stacks. Redwood City, CA
Spinal Modulation Developing a next generation Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) technology to treat chronic back and lower extremity pain. Menlo Park, CA
Stoke Fixed mobile convergence technology. Santa Clara, CA
Tellme Networks Unites the Internet and telephone networks underneath an elegant speech user interface to provide the world's largest Voice Application Network. Mountain View, CA
TherOx Developing a new treatment for cardiac ischemia patients. Irvine, CA
Tidal Software (formerly Intersperse) Provides IT teams with the tools needed to monitor all the components and services across the enterprise. Pasadena, CA
Trumba Trumba OneCalendar includes Web and email publishing tools that give you a better way to communicate events, activities and schedules. Seattle, WA
Upromise Harnessing the purchasing power of consumers in order to help them address some of the most important investments in life, starting with a college education. Needham, MA
Virsa (acquired by SAP, April 2006) Real time enterprise compliance solutions.
Visible Path Provides companies with Relationship Capital Management (RCM) services to build, protect and extend corporate networks. Start building your private network today by registering at www.visiblepath.com New York, NY
Wildblue Affordable satellite broadband service. Englewood, CO
XDx, Inc. Develops and markets molecular diagnostic tests for immune system measurement. South San Francisco, CA
XenSource Develops enterprise-grade virtualization solutions based on the industry's best server virtualization technology, the Open Source Xen hypervisor. Palo Alto, CA
Xsigo Building a data center switch for today's virtualized data center environments. Sunnyvale, CA
Zagat Strives to be the most trusted, useful, up-to-date guide to quality dining experiences focusing on discerning customers in the major business cities of the world. New York, NY
Zazzle The leading Internet marketplace for custom products. Palo Alto, CA
Zettacore Using unique molecules to replace the deep trench capacitors in a traditional DRAM cell. Englewood, CO
iZon (formerly Ophthonix) High-resolution lenses for vision correction. San Diego, CA
Then here is a list of the other venture capital companies that also fund startups. They would each fund a portfolio of companies like Kleinert Perkins, and each company would have investments amounting to roughly the same range of $20--$200 million. Each of these venture capitala firms would have a list of private investments, some larger some smaller, than the Kleinert Perkins list. these would of course only include the VC firms that have chosen to register in the National Association of Venture Capital firms. I would suggest you might want to Google each one of these, as most of them will list their portfolio companies--ie, startups they have invested in.
3i US 5AM Ventures AAVIN Equity Partners, L.P. Abbott Capital Management, LLC Aberdare Ventures ABS Capital Partners ABS Ventures Acacia Venture Partners Accel Partners Access Venture Partners Accuitive Medical Ventures LLC Adams Capital Management, Inc. Adams Street Partners, Inc. Adams Street Partners, L.L.C. Adena Ventures Advanced Technology Ventures Advantage Capital Partners Advent International Advisory S.L. Advent International BV Advent International Co. Ltd. Advent International Corporation Advent International GmbH Advent International Kft. Advent International Ltda. Advent International Plc Advent International Romania Srl Advent International S.A.R.L Advent International S.r.l Advent International Sp.z o.o Affinity Capital Management Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Alexander Hutton Venture Partners, L.P. Alexandria Equities, LLC Allegis Capital Alloy Ventures Alsop Louie Partners Alta Communications Alta Partners Altira Group LLC Altos Ventures AltoTech Ventures American River Ventures Ampersand Ventures Antares Capital Corporation Anthem Capital Management Aperture Venture Partners, LLC Appian Ventures Applied Ventures LLC Arbor Partners, L.L.C. Arboretum Ventures Arcapita Ventures Arch Development Partners L.L.C. ARCH Venture Partners Arcturus Capital Arete Corporation Ascension Health Ventures, L.L.C. Ascent Venture Partners Asset Management Company ATA Ventures ATEL Ventures, Inc. Athena Technology Ventures Atlas Venture August Capital The Aurora Funds, Inc. Austin Ventures Avalon Ventures Axia Capital Partners, L.P. B.C. Ziegler and Company Baird Venture Partners Baker Capital Corporation BancBoston Capital/Ventures Battelle Ventures Battery Ventures Bay Partners BCE Capital BCM Technologies, Inc. Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company Benchmark Capital Beringea L.L.C Bessemer Venture Partners BioAdvance-Biotechnology Greenhouse of Southeastern Pennsylvania BioVentures Investors Blackrock Private Equity Partners Blue Chip Venture Company, Ltd. Blueprint Ventures BlueRun Ventures Boldcap Ventures Borealis Ventures Boston Capital Ventures Boston Millennia Partners Boston University Technology Development Fund Bounty Equity Fund, LLC Braemar Energy Ventures Buerk Dale Victor Burrill & Company Cahn Medical Technologies CambridgeLight Partners CampVentures Canaan Partners Capital Southwest Corporation Cardinal Partners Cargill Ventures Carlyle Venture Partners, L.P. Castile Ventures Catamount Ventures CB Health Ventures, L.L.C. Cedar Ventures CEI Ventures, Inc./Coastal Ventures, L.P. Centennial Ventures CenterPoint Ventures Charles River Ventures Cherry Tree Investments, Inc. Chisholm Private Capital Partners CHL Medical Partners Chrysalis Ventures Claritas Capital Clarus Ventures, LLC Clearstone Venture Partners CMEA Ventures Columbia Capital Comerica Ventures Commons Capital L.P. Commonwealth Capital Ventures Companion Capital Management, Inc. Compass Venture Partners L.P. ComVentures Connecticut Innovations, Inc. Contour Venture Partners Core Capital Partners Coronis Medical Ventures Court Square Ventures Crescendo Venture Management, L.L.C. Cross Atlantic Capital Partners Cross Atlantic Partners, Inc. CrossBow Ventures Crosslink Capital Crosspoint Venture Partners CTTV Investments LLC The Cue Ball Group Cutlass Capital D.E. Shaw & Co., L.P. Davis, Tuttle Venture Partners DCM De Novo Ventures DEFTA PARTNERS Delphi Ventures DoCoMo Capital, Inc. Dolphin Equity Partners Domain Associates, L.L.C. The Dow Chemical Company Draper Richards, L.P. Duchossois Technology Partners, L.L.C. DuPont Ventures Earlybird East Gate Capital Management, LLC Eastman Chemical Company Edelson Technology Partners EDF Ventures Edison Venture Fund EGL Holdings Element Venture Partners Elm Street Ventures Endeavor Capital Management EnerTech Capital Enterprise Partners Entrepia Ventures, Inc. Entrepreneur Partners, L.P. Envest Ventures Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Euclid SR Partners Expansion Capital Partners Felicis Ventures Fidelity Biosciences Fidelity Ventures FINAVENTURES First Round Capital Fisher Lynch Capital FLAG Capital Management,LLC Flagship Ventures (OneLiberty.AGTC.NewcoGen) Fletcher Spaght Ventures Flywheel Ventures Focus Ventures Formative Ventures Fort Washington Capital Partners Group Forward Ventures Foundation Capital Foundation Medical Partners Frazier Healthcare Ventures Frontenac Company FTVENTURES Funk Ventures G-51 Capital Management, L.L.C. Gabriel Venture Partners Gabriel Venture Partners L.P. Garage Technology Ventures Gefinor Ventures Management Inc. Gemini Israel Funds General Motors Corporation GIV Venture Partners L.P. Global Technology Investments Globespan Capital Partners Glynn Capital Management LLC Goldman, Sachs & Co, Private Equity Group GrandBanks Capital Granite Global Ventures Granite Ventures, L.L.C. Great Hill Partners,LLC Great Pacific Capital Greenhill SAVP Greylock The Grosvenor Funds Grove Street Advisors GTCR Golder Rauner, L.L.C. H.I.G Ventures H.I.G. Ventures The Halo Fund Hamilton BioVentures, LP Harbert Management Corporation HarbourVest Partners, LLC HarbourVest Partners,(Asia) Limited HarbourVest Partners,(U.K.) Limited HealthCare Ventures, L.L.C. Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc Highland Capital Partners Highway 12 Ventures HLM Venture Partners HMS Hawaii Management Partners Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Hunt Ventures L.P./Hunt BioVentures IBM Venture Capital Group IDG Ventures Boston IDG Ventures Pacific IGNITE Group IN-Q-Tel Inc. Inflection Point Ventures Infrastructure Fund Innovation Works, Inc. Intel Capital Intersouth Partners InterWest Partners INVESCO Private Capital Investcorp Technology Ventures Investor Growth Capital, Inc. Ironside Capital IVP-Institutional Venture Partners JAFCO Ventures JatoTech Ventures JK&B Capital JMI Equity Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation JP Morgan Asset Management Inc Jumpstart, Inc. Kaiser Permanente KBL Healthcare Ventures Kearny Venture Partners Kegonsa Capital Partners Key Venture Partners Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C. Kitty Hawk Capital Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Kline Hawkes & Co. Kodiak Venture Partners KTEC L Capital Partners SBIC, LP Labrador Ventures Lacuna, LLC Lambda Fund Management, Inc. Lancet Capital Latterell Venture Partners Lee Munder Venture Partners Legacy Venture Legend Ventures, LLC Lehman Brothers Fund of Funds Levensohn Venture Partners Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central PA Lighthouse Capital Partners Lightspeed Venture Partners Lilly Ventures Liquid Capital Group Mason Wells Biomedical Fund Massachusetts Technology Development Corp. (MTDC) Matrix Partners Maveron Mayfield Fund Mayo Medical Ventures MediBIC Alliance Mediphase Venture Partners, L.P. Menlo Ventures Meridian Venture Partners Microsoft Corporation Milestone Venture Partners Mission Ventures Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, Inc Mitsui INCUBASE Corp. MMG Ventures, L.P. Mobius Venture Capital Mohr, Davidow Ventures Montagu Newhall Associates, Inc Montreux Equity Partners Morgan Stanley Venture Partners Morgenthaler Motorola Ventures Mountaineer Capital L.P. MPM Capital Myriad Investments, LLC National Healthcare Services NC Idea NEC USA, Inc. Needham Capital Partners Nevada Ventures, L.P. NEW Capital Fund New Capital Partners New Enterprise Associates New Leaf Venture Partners, LLC New Venture Partners LLC New Venture Partners UK Ltd NewSpring Capital NGEN Partners L.L.C NIF SMBC Ventures Co., Ltd. NJTC Venture Fund North Atlantic Capital North Bridge Venture Partners North Bridge Venture Partners (West) North Coast Technology Investors, L.P. The North Dakota Development Fund North Hill Ventures, L.P. Northern Light Development Corporation Northwood Ventures Norwest Equity Partners Norwest Venture Partners Norwich Ventures Novak Biddle Venture Partners Novartis Venture Fund Noventi Nth Power Oak Investment Partners OCA Ventures Okapi Venture Capital, LLC Omidyar Network OmniCapital Group LLC Omron Advanced Systems, Inc. ONSET Ventures Open Prairie Ventures Opus Capital Ventures Osage Ventures OVP Venture Partners Oxford Bioscience Partners PA Early Stage Partners Pacific Horizon Ventures Paladin Capital Group Palomar Ventures Pantheon Ventures Inc. Paperboy Ventures, LLC Pappas Ventures Parish Capital Advisors, LLP Path4 Ventures Peninsula Equity Partners Pennell Venture Partners, L.L.C. Pfizer Strategic Investments Group Pitango Venture Capital POD Venture Partners Inc. Polaris Venture Partners Primus Capital Funds Prism VentureWorks Private Equity Investors, Inc. Procter & Gamble Prolog Ventures, L.L.C. Prospect Venture Partners Provenance Ventures Psilos Group Managers, L.L.C. PTV Sciences LP PureTech Ventures Quaker Bioventures,Management, L.P. Quellos Private Capital Markets Quest Ventures Radius Ventures, L.L.C. RAIN Source Capital RBC Technology Ventures Inc. Red Planet Capital Redhills Ventures LLC Redmont Venture Partners Redpoint Ventures RedShift Ventures Rembrandt Venture Partners Research Corporation Technologies Research Triangle Ventures Ridgewood Capital RiverVest Venture Partners Rock Maple Ventures RockPort Capital Partners Rose Tech Ventures LLC RRE Ventures Rustic Canyon Partners S.R. One, Limited Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. SAIL Venture Partners Saints Sanderling Ventures SAP Ventures/SAP Labs, LLC Sapient Capital Saugatuck Capital Company Scale Venture Partners (Formerly BA Venture Partners) Seaflower Ventures Seavi Advent Selby Venture Partners Sequel Venture Partners Sequoia Capital India Sevin Rosen Funds Shasta Ventures Shepherd Ventures Sid R. Bass Associates, LP Siemens Venture Capital, Inc Sienna Ventures Sierra Ventures Sigma Partners Signal Lake Signature Capital, L.L.C. Silver Creek Ventures SJF Ventures Slater Technology Fund Sloan Ventures L.L.C. SmartForest Ventures Sofinnova Ventures SOFTBANK Capital Solstice Capital Southeast Interactive Technology Funds Southern California Gas Company Space Center Ventures, Inc. Split Rock Partners Sprout Group Square 1 Bank Steamboat Ventures, L.L.C. Sterling Venture Partners Storm Ventures Summit Partners Sun Mountain Capital LLC SunBridge Partners Sutter Hill Ventures SV Life Sciences SVB Capital Partners SWMF Life Science Venture Fund, L.P. TAT Capital Partners Ltd. TD Capital Ventures Techfarm Ventures Technology Crossover Ventures Technology Partners Techxas Ventures TEL Venture Capital, Inc. Telecommunications Development Fund TeleSoft Partners Texas Instruments Texas Pacific Group Ventures TGap Ventures L.L.C. Thoma Cressey Bravo, Inc. Thomas Weisel Venture Partners Thomas, McNerney & Partners L.L.C. Three Arch Partners Tilenius Ventures TL Ventures Topspin Partners, L.P. Trellis Health Ventures, L.P. Trellis Partners The Trelys Funds, L.P. TRF Private Equity Triathlon Medical Venture Partners LLC Trident Capital Trillium Group, LLC Trinity Ventures Triton Venture Partners, L.P. Tugboat Ventures Tullis-Dickerson & Co., Inc. Turner Broadcasting, Inc. TVM Capital U.S. Venture Partners Unilever Technology Ventures Union Square Ventures, LLC Updata Partners UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund UV Partners Valhalla Partners, L.P. Vantage Partners, L.L.C. VantagePoint Venture Partners Venrock Associates Ventana Capital Management, L.L.C. Venture Capital Fund of America/VCFA Group The Venture Capital Fund of New England Venture Investors Verge Versant Ventures The Vertical Group Vesbridge Partners Village Ventures Vimac Ventures Virginia Capital Partners Visa International Vista Ventures VSP Capital vSpring Capital Vulcan Capital Walden International WaldenVC The Walnut Group Warburg Pincus Wasatch Venture Fund Western Technology Investment Weston Presidio WI Harper Group William Blair Capital Partners Willowridge Incorporated Windspeed Ventures WRF Capital Yasuda Enterprise Development Co., Ltd. Zon Capital Partners
After perusing each portfolio of these private investment companies, and seeing that there are thousands of companies with millions invested in each company, you should keep in mind that this does not include startups funded by private investors, nor the startups that seem to be the rule in France that are ma and pa startups of a local coffee shop.
Comparing France to the US is comparing an elephant to a flea in terms of innovative new business startups. I would guess that it is the difference in the two economic and business systems, in that French rules from what I saw in my limited experience with one joint venture startup, tie the hands of an entrepreneur, while in the US these innovations are obviously encouraged.
Even Google is more than ten years old now.
Co-founders Larry Page, president of Products, and Sergey Brin, president of Technology, brought Google to life in September 1998
