Mayfield Fund

Type: Private - Partnership
On the web: http://www.mayfield.com

Mayfield Fund has a sense of a venture. Since its inception, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm has invested in almost 500 companies and has taken more than 100 of them public. The company is an active investor, targeting early-stage technology businesses focused on enterprise software, consumer services, communications, cleantech, and semiconductors. It has more than $2.4 billion under management. Mayfield Fund, which is owned by its partners, got its start in 1969 through the efforts of its late founding partner Tommy Davis, dubbed "the dean of venture capitalists."

Officers:
Managing Director and CFO: James Beck
Marketing Director: Venture Capital

Competitors:
Accel Partners
Kleiner Perkins
NEA

Mayfield Fund

Type	Private
Founded	1969
Founder(s)	Thomas J. Davis, Jr.
Headquarters	Menlo Park, California
Industry	Private equity
Products	Venture capital
Total assets	$2.8 billion
Employees	15+
Website	www.mayfield.com
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Mayfield Fund is one of the oldest venture capital firms in the US, focusing on early-stage to growth-stage investments in information technology companies with a focus on enterprise software, Internet consumer & media services, and communications.

The firm was founded in 1969 by Thomas J. Davis, Jr.. Since inception, the firm has raised over $2.8 billion of investor commitments across 13 private equity funds. The firm is headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California and was one of the earliest venture capital firms to locate in Silicon Valley.

Among the firm's most notable investments include Compaq, Silicon Graphics, 3COM, Amgen, Genentech, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Sandisk, Legato Software, Citrix, Advent Software, Vantive, Pure Software, Nuance, Tibco, webMethods, Peribit, Redback Networks, Concur, 3Par and Snapfish.

Mayfield is a supporter of the Mayfield Fellows Program at the University of California, Berkeley^[2] and Stanford University^[3].

References

1. ^ "Mayfield Fund - Company Overview - Hoover's". Hoover's. http://www.hoovers.com/free/co/factsheet.xhtml?COID=43425. Retrieved 2008-07-28. 
2. ^ "Institute of Management, Innovation and Organization". U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business. http://imio.haas.berkeley.edu/Student_Support_top.html#Mayfield. Retrieved 2008-07-28. 
3. ^ "STVP : Teaching : Mayfield Fellows Program (MFP)". Stanford Technology Ventures Program. http://stvp.stanford.edu/teaching/mfp/. Retrieved 2008-07-28. 

• Independent view of firm
• Hoover's summary of firm
• Yogen Dalal's contribution to Internet Protocol
• Stanford Alumni Association article
• Entrepreneurs Foundation Board - Yogen Dalal
• Rubicon Project Raises $21 Million led by Mayfield Fund
• GIGYA Secures $9.5 Million in Series B Funding Led by Mayfield Fund

External links

• Mayfield Fund (company website)

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