| 词条 | Icon Ventures |
| 释义 |
| name = Icon Ventures | type = Private | foundation = 2003 | founder = Joe Horowitz | location_city = 505 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto, California | location_country = USA | area_served = United States | key_people = Joe Horowitz Tom Mawhinney Jeb Miller Michael Mullany | industry = Venture capital | services = Financing | homepage = www.iconventures.com }} Icon Ventures is an American venture capital firm located in Palo Alto, California, United States. HistoryIcon Ventures was founded by Joe Horowitz in 2003 in Palo Alto, California under the name Jafco Ventures. The company rebranded as Icon Ventures in January 2015.[1] Until 2014, its capital was exclusively provided by JAFCO, a Japanese investment fund.[2] In October 2017, Icon Ventures raised its sixth fund of $265M from a diversified group of investors.[3]. In October 2018, the firm announced an expansion of that fund to $375M.[4] Business DescriptionIcon Ventures has historically funded early stage, and growth stage investments in private technology-based businesses.[5] Significant technology companies that it has backed include FireEye,[6] Palo Alto Networks,[7] Aster Data,[8] and Proofpoint.[9] Icon Ventures Fund I is currently listed as the 6th best performing fund of recent times in the sub-$250M category by Pitchbook.[10] As of October 2018, its most recent investments were Datrium [11], Rylo [12], Quizlet [13]and Opcity[14]. On September 7, 2018, the Move subsidiary of News Corp. announced its intention to acquire Opcity for $210M. [15] See also
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2015/01/26/jafco-rebrands-as-icon-ventures-adds-new-venture-partner/ |title=Jafco Rebrands As Icon Ventures |author=Gage, Deborah |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=January 26, 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2013/11/22/threes-a-charm-hat-trick-for-jafco-ventures/ |title=Three's a Charm: Hat Trick for Jafco Ventures |author=Gage, Deborah |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=November 22, 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Icon Ventures Raises $265 Million Fund |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-11/icon-ventures-raises-265-million-fund-for-valley-of-death-startups/ |author=McBride, Sarah |publisher=Bloomberg |date=October 11, 2017 }} 4. ^{{cite web |title=Tech investor Joe Horowitz raises money to stay relevant in a world of megafunds and huge valuations |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/20/icon-ventures-horowitz-expands-fund-to-stay-relevant-amid-megafunds.html |author=Salinas, Sara |publisher=CNBC |date=October 20, 2018 }} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Icon Ventures website |url=http://www.iconventures.com/ |date=March 15, 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=Investores Lured By FireEyes Likely Explosive Growth |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/cybertruth/2013/09/24/investors-lured-by-fireeyes-likely-explosive-growth/2856849/ |author=Acohido, Byron |publisher=USA Today |date=September 24, 2013}} 7. ^{{ cite web |title=Google backs two more cyber security start-ups |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/32e52364-9987-11e3-b3a2-00144feab7de.html#axzz3UUUYcu2w |author=Kuchler, Hannah |publisher=Financial Times |date=February 20, 2014}} 8. ^{{cite news |title= Aster Data Raises Another $30 Million To Help Manage Big Data |publisher= TechCrunch |author=Kincaid, Jason |date= September 22, 2010 |url= https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/22/aster-data-funding/}} 9. ^{{ cite web |title=Proofpoint Raises $28M |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/proofpoint-raises-28-million/ |publisher=New York Times |date=February 28, 2008}} 10. ^{{ cite web |title=The top sub-$250M VC funds |url=http://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-top-performing-vc-funds-under-250m-in-size |publisher=Pitchbook |date=May 16, 2016}} 11. ^{{ cite web |title=Hybrid cloud data specialist Datrium nabs $60M led by Samsung at a $282M valuation |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/13/datrium-hybrid-cloud/ |publisher=Techcrunch |date=Sep 18, 2018}} 12. ^{{cite web |title=Rylo scores $20 million for its clever camera tech |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/04/rylo-scores-20-million-for-its-clever-camera-tech/ |publisher=Techcrunch |date=Oct 10, 2018}} 13. ^{{ cite web |title=Quizlet Raises $20 Million to Bring More Artificial Intelligence to Its Study Tools |url=https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-02-06-quizlet-raises-20-million-to-bring-more-artificial-intelligence-to-its-study-tools |publisher=Edsurge |date=Feb 6, 2018}} 14. ^{{ cite web |title=Opcity Nabs $27M Series A Round To Become The eHarmony For Real Estate |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/omribarzilay/2017/05/10/opcity-nabs-27m-series-a-round-to-become-the-eharmony-for-real-estate/ |publisher=Forbes |date=May 10, 2017}} 15. ^{{ cite web |title=News Corp.'s Move To Acquire Opcity For Real Estate Lead Gen|url=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4205026-news-corp-s-move-acquire-opcity-real-estate-lead-gen |publisher=Seeking Alpha |date=September 7, 2018}} External links
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