Morgenthaler
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| Company type | Private ownership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Private equity |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Founder | David Morgenthaler |
| Headquarters | Morgenthaler Ventures - Information Technology: Menlo Park, California, United States Morgenthaler Ventures - Life Sciences: Palo Alto, California, United States |
| Products | Venture capital, leveraged buyouts |
| Total assets | $2.8 billion (total Capital raised since inception) |
Number of employees | 30+ |
| Subsidiaries | Morgenthaler Ventures, Morgenthaler Partners |
| Website | www |
Morgenthaler is one of the oldest private equity investment firms in the US investing through both venture capital and leverage buyout transactions. Morgenthaler operates two connected private equity businesses:[1]
- Morgenthaler Ventures – venture capital business focused on life sciences and information technology investments
- Morgenthaler Partners – buyout business focused on management buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations and leveraged rollups.
The firm which was founded by David Morgenthaler in 1968, is based in Cleveland with offices in Menlo Park, California, Boston, and Boulder, Colorado.
Investment funds
[edit]Since the 1980s, when Morgenthaler began raising private equity funds from institutional investors in the early 1980s, the firm has raised over $2.8 billion of investor commitments.
- 1985 - Morgenthaler Venture Partners II - $ 30m
- 1989 - Morgenthaler Venture Partners III - $ 65m
- 1995 - Morgenthaler Venture Partners IV - $ 135m
- 1998 - Morgenthaler Venture Partners V - $ 300m
- 2000 - Morgenthaler Venture Partners VI - $ 575m
- 2001 - Morgenthaler Venture Partners VII - $ 850m
- 2005 - Morgenthaler Venture Partners VIII - $ 450m
- 2008 - Morgenthaler Ventures IX - $ 400m+
Historically, Morgenthaler funds have made both venture capital and leveraged buyout investments out of the same fund. In November 2008, Morgenthaler Ventures exceeded its fundraising goal and closed its ninth fund (Morgenthaler Venture Partners IX) at slightly more than $400 million. MVP IX is the first Morgenthaler fund to focus solely on venture capital investments. By comparison, Morgenthaler Ventures was allocated approximately $315 million to invest in the previous fund.[2]
In August 2013, General Partners Gary Little, Rebecca Lynn, and Gary Morgenthaler formed a new and separate firm called Canvas Venture Fund with an inaugural $175M early-stage IT-only fund. These three general partners continue to serve on the boards of their Morgenthaler portfolio companies, including Lending Club (the fourth largest Internet IPO since 2001 behind Facebook, Twitter and Google), MuleSoft, Evernote, Doximity, etc. They were later joined by Paul Hsiao, a 10-year partner at NEA, in May 2014. Canvas was named the No.1 "VC Firm to Watch" by Forbes on its 2015 Midas List.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Robin Bellas (partner at Morgenthaler Ventures), Lecture to Stanford University Entrepreneurship Students, 2004-10-06
- ^ Morgenthaler Ventures closes ninth fund on $400m Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. November 2008
- ^ "8 Up-And-Coming Midas List Firms". Forbes.
Further reading
[edit]- David Morgenthaler, March 23, 2006
- Venture Firms Worried Caution flags raised at annual conference, 1996
- Smart Leaders: DAVID MORGENTHALER
- Morgenthaler closes seventh fund on $850m, August 2001.
- Morgenthaler Ventures Wraps Up 2006 With 3 IPOs and 2 Mega M&A Events
- Navigating Sand Hill Road, 2006
- Investors turn away from Ohio as heavy use of tax dollars to woo jobs doesn't pay off. The Toledo Blade, 2006
- Morgenthaler Ventures Profile (The Funded)
- Why APIs Will Save Your Business From Getting Uber-ed
- MuleSoft Postpones IPO for More Funding at $1.5 Billion Valuation
External links
[edit]- Morgenthaler (company website)