Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Follow Venture Capital to Follow Breakthroughs



Venture capital (VC) firms offer another glimpse into the world of breakthrough technology.  VC typically acts as a magnet for promising startups (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital).  Startups seeking funding to ramp up often will approach one or more VC firms.  These firms will then perform due diligence (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_diligence) to determine whether to invest.

Once a VC has selected a company, it often will list it in its portfolio on its Web site.  This is valuable information for anyone trying to identify breakthrough technology.

  • Since the focus of VCs varies, the first step is to identify those VCs whose focus matches your interests.
  • Step two is to browse the portfolios of your selected VCs to identify interesting companies.
  • Step three is to visit the Web site of each selected company.
  • Step four is to research the company as best you can.  This can be difficult for startups, since there often is little independently produced information available on the Web.

Here is a list of venture capital companies that I follow. Each of them has at least one energy related company listed in its portfolio.

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Company
Address
600 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94111
6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd.,  San Ramon, CA 94583
505 Sansome St. Suite 1550 San Francisco, CA 94111
428 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
2500 Sand Hill Road, Suite 100 Menlo Park, CA 94025
485 Ramona Street Palo Alto, CA 94301
480 Cowper Street, 2nd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301
50 Pacific Avenue San Francisco, CA 94111
Three Embarcadero Center Ste 2320 San Francisco, CA 94111 
3050 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95054
901 Mariner's Island Blvd, Suite 475 San Mateo, CA 94404

580 Howard Street, Suite 101 San Francisco, CA 94105
400 Pacific Ave., 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA   94133

2440 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200 Menlo Park, CA 94025
301 Clay St, San Francisco, CA 94111
70 Willow Rd, Suite 200 Menlo Park, CA 94025
22nd Floor 199 Fremont Street San Francisco, CA 94105
350 Marine Parkway Suite 200 Redwood Shores, CA. 94065
3300 Hillview Avenue Suite150 Palo Alto, CA 94304
Four Embarcadero Center Suite 1900 San Francisco, CA 94111
1489 Charleston Rd, Mountain View, CA 94043
One Maritime Plaza 12th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111
525 University Ave., Suite 700 Palo Alto, CA 94301
100 Spear Street Suite 1500 San Francisco, CA 94105
2750 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025
10 17th Street San Francisco CA 94121
535 Middlefield Road, Suite 100, Menlo Park, CA94025
525 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025
50 California Street Suite 840 San Francisco, CA 94111
2775 Sand Hill Road, Suite 220 Menlo Park, CA 94025
525 University Avenue Suite  1300 Palo Alto, CA 94301
1 Letterman Drive Bldg C Ste CM500 San Francisco, CA 94129
385 Homer Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 
540 Cowper Street Palo Alto, CA 94301

2 Palo Alto SQ, # 500 3000 El Camino R'l Palo Alto, CA 94306
One Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104
550 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301
1001 Bayhill Drive Suite 300 San Bruno, CA 94066
850 Oak Grove Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025
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Do you have a favorite VC that you follow? Let Desulfurization Blog post readers know!

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