At A Glance

Key facts about New Venture Partners.

  • Founded in 1997 as the Lucent/Bell Labs New Ventures Group
  • Established as an independent venture capital firm in 2001
  • Creates ventures from the technology assets of major global technology corporations
  • Has created and invested in over 50 spin-out ventures from the R&D labs and business units of global technology corporations including Lucent/Bell Labs, British Telecom, Philips, Agere, Boeing, Intel, Telstra, Avago, and others
  • Successful exits include Azure Solutions (Subex Systems), Celiant (Andrew), Elemedia (Lucent), Flarion Technologies (Qualcomm), Internet Photonics (Ciena), Lucent Public Safety Systems (Intrado), SyChip (Murata), Vallent (IBM), Vidus (@Road)
  • Currently employs 13 investment professionals in the US and Europe
  • Technological experience spans software and services, semiconductors and devices, hardware and systems, communications and networking, selected cleantech and healthcare
  • Cumulative capital under management of over $700 million
  • Latest fund, NV Partners IV LP closed in September 2006 at $300 million
  • Global presence, with offices in:
    • Murray Hill, NJ
    • San Mateo, CA
    • Martlesham, UK
    • Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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