Sevin Rosen Funds

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.srfunds.com

Founded in 1981 by former electrical engineers L. J. Sevin and Benjamin Rosen (the former chairman of Compaq Computer), Sevin Rosen Funds invests in early-stage companies. It targets Internet, media, software, technology and communications infrastructure, energy and materials, and technology-related health care industries. The firm, which has offices in Texas and the Silicon Valley, typically provides up to $15 million in start-up capital. The company has helped build tech powerhouses such as Compaq, Cisco Systems, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Lotus, and National Semiconductor. Current portfolio holdings include InfoNow, Cytokinetics, and Ceterus Networks. It sold Wi-Fi service provider Wayport to AT&T in 2008.

Officers:
General Partner: Jon Bayless
CFO: Venture Capital

Competitors:
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
NEA
Polaris Venture Partners

Sevin Rosen Funds

Type	Private
Founded	Dallas (1980)
Headquarters	Dallas, Texas
Key people	L. J. Sevin, Co-founder Ben Rosen, Co-founder
Website	www.srfunds.com

Sevin Rosen Funds (SRF) is a venture capital firm that was established in 1980 by L. J. Sevin and Ben Rosen. SRF was involved in the financing of Citrix, Cypress Semiconductor, Electronic Arts, Lotus Development Corporation, Silicon Graphics, and Vitesse. SRF's first major success was its 1982 investment in Compaq which went public shortly thereafter.

Entrepreneurs supported by SRF include: Dennis Mudd (Slacker), James Sabry (Cytokinetics), Dave Vucina (Wayport), Michael Baum (Splunk), Nick Gault (XenSource), and Ivan Koon YouSendIt.

This fund has shut down West Coast operations.

External links

• Company Site

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