Articles about OVP

Stem cell biology company Fate Therapeutics files for $69 million IPO

by John Cook on August 14, 2013August 14, 2013 at 8:24 am

Could this be another example of a startup that got away? Fate Therapeutics, which started in Seattle six years ago with backing from Arch Venture Partners and others, has filed… Read More

Venture capitalist Mark Ashida takes reins at cloud storage startup Symform

by John Cook on January 23, 2013January 23, 2013 at 11:25 am

Well, here’s one job you can score if your venture capital firm starts to wind down: Take over the CEO post at one of your portfolio companies. That’s what is… Read More

National Association of Realtors invests $3M in cloud storage startup Symform

by John Cook on January 16, 2013January 17, 2013 at 1:34 am

The venture capital arm of the National Association of Realtors today announced that it is investing $3 million in Symform, the Seattle cloud storage and data recovery startup founded by… Read More

Seattle VCs honor one of the region’s ‘founding fathers’

by John Cook on December 12, 2012December 12, 2012 at 12:04 pm

Chad Waite has been an important fixture in the Seattle venture capital community for 25 years, joining OVP Venture Partners well before the region boasted tech giants with names like… Read More

NanoString lands $15.3M for genetic analysis system

by John Cook on December 3, 2012December 3, 2012 at 4:56 pm

NanoString Technologies continues to rake in new capital, announcing today that it has raised $15.3 million from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and AllianceBernstein Alternative Investment Management Group. Existing investors, including Clarus Ventures,… Read More

OVP Venture Partners to close after nearly 30 years

by John Cook on October 11, 2012October 11, 2012 at 10:52 am

The message on the Web site of OVP Venture Partners kind of says it all: “We are not currently accepting business plans.” After nearly 30 years of evaluating startup companies… Read More

Cloud storage startup Symform raises $11 million

by John Cook on April 25, 2012April 25, 2012 at 4:59 am

There’s been a steady stream of venture capital activity in Seattle enterprise software companies in recent weeks, from the $50 million round for Apptio to the $19.5 million round for… Read More

With defense work growing, Adapx scores $3 million

by John Cook on January 23, 2012January 23, 2012 at 3:07 pm

Adapx, whose Capturx software for digital pens is used by the military and corporations such as Carnival and Microsoft, has raised an additional $3 million in funding from existing investors… Read More

MicroRNA startup Groove Biopharma scores $6 million

by John Cook on December 12, 2011December 12, 2011 at 7:38 am

It’s been a bit slow in Seattle venture capital circles in the past few months. But some of the region’s leading biotech investors are doing their part to pick up… Read More

Adapx wins $1.65M DARPA contract to bring speech and sketch to battlefield plans

by John Cook on December 5, 2011December 5, 2011 at 9:17 am

Seattle startup Adapx has won a $1.65 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to incorporate speech and sketch into battlefield planning maps. The contract follows a… Read More

NanoString lands $20 million

by John Cook on November 7, 2011November 7, 2011 at 6:52 am

NanoString Technologies, a maker of genomic analysis tools, has raised $20 million in venture capital financing in a deal led by GE, BioMed Ventures and former Genzyme CEO Henri Termeer. Existing… Read More

Take the Money and Run: An Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital

by Gerry Langeler on October 15, 2011October 15, 2011 at 9:40 am

[Editor’s note: Gerry Langeler of OVP Venture Partners shares an excerpt from his new book “Take the Money and Run: An Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital.”] How to Avoid a… Read More

Cloud storage provider Symform adds $1M, plans HQ move in Seattle

by John Cook on September 15, 2011September 15, 2011 at 5:51 pm

Symform, which made some waves earlier this week when it announced a new referral program in which customers can earn up to 200GB of free cloud storage, has pulled in… Read More

Lucid Commerce scores $8M to tell TV advertisers if campaigns are working

by John Cook on July 29, 2011July 29, 2011 at 11:58 am

There’s no shortage of companies that help advertisers make better sense of how ad campaigns perform online. But what about an older medium, such as television? That’s where Lucid Commerce… Read More

What a long strange trip it has been: Highway 12 Ventures to wind down new investing

by John Cook on July 26, 2011July 27, 2011 at 12:07 am

Venture capital firms are bit like old soldiers. They never really die, they just sort of fade away. And that appears to be what’s happening at Highway 12 Ventures, the… Read More

Roving CEO Matthew Schiltz lands at the helm of Symform

by John Cook on June 6, 2011April 11, 2015 at 2:09 pm

Matthew Schiltz sure gets around. The Seattle technology executive just three months ago was named CEO of Powerit Solutions, a Seattle company whose software is used to increase energy efficiency… Read More

Digital pen software maker Adapx inks $5 million round

by John Cook on May 20, 2011May 20, 2011 at 11:59 am

Adapx, whose software powers digital pen technologies so workers can easily collect data in the field, has scored a $5 million venture capital investment that it will use to expand… Read More

Growth spurt continues at DataSphere; hyperlocal blog platform to hire 220 in Ariz.

by John Cook on April 18, 2011April 19, 2011 at 10:18 am

DataSphere Technologies may specialize in hyperlocal advertising. But the Bellevue company is undergoing what can only be described as … hypergrowth. The company, which raised $10 million from OVP Venture… Read More