Sevin Rosen Funds

Contact Details

Sevin Rosen Funds
Other Office
6300 Bridgepoint Parkway Suite 500, Building One
Austin, Texas 78730
Phone: +1 (512) 795-5810
Fax: +1 (512) 795-5849
Sevin Rosen Funds
Other Office
421 Kipling Street
Palo Alto, California 94301
Phone: +1 (650) 326-0550
Sevin Rosen Funds
Main Office
13455 Noel Road Suite 1670, Two Galleria Tower
Dallas, Texas 75240
Phone: +1 (972) 702-1100
Fax: +1 (972) 702-1103

Corporate Profile

Registration country: 
United States
Industry: 
Asset Managers
Overview 
Sevin Rosen Funds was founded in 1981 by L.J. Sevin and Ben Rosen, who quickly established a reputation for success. Over the next two and a half decades, the firm continued to assemble a team respected for its deep operating, technology, and venture capital experience and established itself as an entrepreneur-centric VC firm with a track record of founding market leaders.

Funds managed / advised

Fund Curr Amount Fund type Year Status
Sevin Rosen Fund IV USD 65,000,000 1992 Final Closing
Sevin Rosen Fund V USD 108,000,000 1996 Final Closing
Sevin Rosen Fund VI USD 178,000,000 1998 Final Closing
Sevin Rosen Fund VII USD 480,000,000 1999 Final Closing
Sevin Rosen Fund VIII USD 875,000,000 2000 Final Closing
Sevin Rosen Fund II Final Closing
Sevin Rosen Fund III Final Closing

Investment Preferences

Investment stage: Every stage of the company-building process
Geographic focus: The United States
Industry focus: Generalist

Sample Investments

Company Profile Amount Industry Ctry Stage Date
Active Power Inc Electronic Equipment US
Airgo Networks Inc Semiconductors US
Airimba Wireless Inc Internet US
Airspan Networks Inc Fixed Line Telecommunications US
Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc Developer of antibody therapeutics. Biotechnology US
Alien Technology Corp Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) services and products. USD Consumer Electronics US Aug 2003
Applied Science Fiction Inc Developer of proprietary technologies for the photo imaging industry. US
Aristacom International Inc Mainframe and desktop software company to integrate telephony and computing resources for applications such as telemarketing. Software US
Astute Networks Inc Electronic Equipment US
BroadQuest Inc Software company that provides businesses web-enabled enterprise applications. Software US
Capstone Turbine Corp Low-emission micro-turbine systems company. Telecommunications Equipment US
Ceterus Networks Inc Telecommunications Equipment US Series D Apr 2005
Chiaro Networks Ltd Optical networking company developing products to help ease bottlenecks in carriers' optical backbones. Telecommunications Equipment US
Chorum Technologies Leading provider of all-optical processors and subsystems in the fast-growing fiber-optics market. Telecommunications Equipment US
ComSpace Corp Telecommunications Equipment US
Compaq Computer Corp Computer Hardware US
Corsair Communications Inc Provider of real-time, pre-paid billing systems for the global wireless industry. Software US
Cypress Semiconductor Corp Semiconductors US
Cytokinetics Inc Biotechnology US
Diamond Lane Communications Inc Developer of wide-area network (WAN) products that combine asymmetric digital signal line (ADSL) and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) technologies. Telecommunications Equipment US 1995

Current employees

Name Job title Office
Jon Bayless General Partner Dallas
Alan Buehler Chief Financial Officer Dallas
Steve Domenik General Partner Palo Alto
Steve Dow General Partner Palo Alto
John Jaggers General Partner Dallas
Jackie Kimzey General Partner Dallas
Dave McLean General Partner Dallas
Dan Meyer Talent Partner Dallas
John Oxaal General Partner Palo Alto
William Paiva Venture Partner Dallas
Charles Phipps General Partner Dallas
George Schneer Executive in Residence Dallas
Al Schuele General Partner Austin
Nick Sturiale Affiliated Partner Dallas

Past employees

Name Job title Employer Office Responsibilities
Nick Sturiale Affiliated Partner Sevin Rosen Funds Dallas

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