El Dorado Ventures

North America, California, United States, Menlo Park

Description

El Dorado Ventures was a long-standing venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, established in 1986. Historically, the firm focused on early-stage companies developing disruptive technologies and business models within emerging and high-growth markets. Their investment thesis centered on identifying innovative startups poised for significant market impact across various sectors, including enterprise software, networking, and digital media.

Investor Profile

El Dorado Ventures has backed more than 123 startups, with 0 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 24 rounds, about 20% of its total and boasts 38 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

Concentrates on Series Unknown, Series C, Series A rounds (top funding stages).
Majority of deals are located in United States, India.
Strong thematic focus on Software, Enterprise Software, Internet.

Stage Focus

Series Unknown (21%)
Series C (19%)
Series A (19%)
Series B (16%)
Series D (14%)
Series E (7%)
Seed (2%)
Series G (2%)
Series F (1%)

Country Focus

United States (99%)
India (1%)

Industry Focus

Software
Enterprise Software
Internet
Manufacturing
Wireless
Semiconductor
Information Technology
Saas
Telecommunications
Analytics

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does El Dorado Ventures frequently co-invest with?

Sutter Hill Ventures

North America, California, United States, Palo Alto

Co-Investments: 5

Canaan Partners

North America, California, United States, Menlo Park

Co-Investments: 6

180 Degree Capital

North America, New Jersey, United States, Montclair

Co-Investments: 6

Crosslink Capital

North America, California, United States, Menlo Park

Co-Investments: 8

DCM Ventures

North America, California, United States, Menlo Park

Co-Investments: 10

Vesbridge Partners

North America, Massachusetts, United States, Wakefield

Co-Investments: 8

Palomar Ventures

North America, California, United States, Ladera Ranch

Co-Investments: 12

Crescendo Ventures

North America, California, United States, Palo Alto

Co-Investments: 5

Venrock

North America, California, United States, Palo Alto

Co-Investments: 5

Intel Capital

North America, California, United States, Santa Clara

Co-Investments: 6

Which angels does El Dorado Ventures often collaborate with?

Arya Bolurfrushan

North America, New York, United States, New York

Shared Deals: 1

Andrew Jenkins

Europe, England, United Kingdom, London

Shared Deals: 1

Mike Bergelson

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Shared Deals: 1

Pejman Nozad

North America, California, United States, Palo Alto

Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by El Dorado Ventures?

HiveIO

Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

HiveIO offers a fast, secure cost-effective AI ready Software Defined Datacenter solutions

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureComputerData CenterInformation ServicesSoftware

Series BOct 11, 2017

Beckon

San Mateo, California, United States

Beckon provides data management and real-time marketing intelligence for better, faster decisions to grow your brand.

AnalyticsBig DataData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareMarketingSaaS

Series UnknownSep 27, 2016

Amount Raised: $10,000,000

Coupa Software

San Mateo, California, United States

Coupa is a cloud platform for business spend that offers a fully unified suite of financial applications for business spend management.

Cloud InfrastructureFinTechProcurementSoftware

Series GJun 1, 2015

Amount Raised: $80,000,000

Beckon

San Mateo, California, United States

Beckon provides data management and real-time marketing intelligence for better, faster decisions to grow your brand.

AnalyticsBig DataData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareMarketingSaaS

Series BJan 27, 2015

Amount Raised: $13,000,000

Joyent

San Francisco, California, United States

Joyent is a cloud infrastructure service provider that enables its customers to operate modern cloud native applications.

AppsAutomotiveCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareInfrastructureOpen SourcePrivate CloudSoftwareWeb Hosting

Series EOct 31, 2014

Amount Raised: $15,000,000

InsideTrack

San Francisco, California, United States

Our mission is to help students retain, graduate and meet their goals.

Career PlanningEdTechEducation

Series UnknownMay 13, 2014

Amount Raised: $3,750,000

Coupa Software

San Mateo, California, United States

Coupa is a cloud platform for business spend that offers a fully unified suite of financial applications for business spend management.

Cloud InfrastructureFinTechProcurementSoftware

Series FMar 20, 2014

Amount Raised: $40,000,000

Beckon

San Mateo, California, United States

Beckon provides data management and real-time marketing intelligence for better, faster decisions to grow your brand.

AnalyticsBig DataData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareMarketingSaaS

Series AFeb 1, 2014

Amount Raised: $8,000,000

Tower Cloud

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers.

Enterprise SoftwareTelecommunicationsWireless

Series UnknownAug 26, 2013

Amount Raised: $18,046,753

Atlantis Computing

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Atlantis Computing is a virtualization software company that specializes in data center storage optimization solutions.

Enterprise SoftwareFlash StorageSoftwareVirtual DesktopVirtualization

Series DMay 15, 2013

Amount Raised: $20,000,000

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