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Charles River Ventures, Inc.
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1000 Winter St Ste 3300
Waltham, MA 02451
United States
Phone: 1 781 768 6000
Fax: 1 781 768 6100
Industry: Finance
Overview
Founded in 1970, Charles River Ventures is one of the oldest and most successful venture capital firms. Companies like Cascade, CIENA, Chipcom, NetGenesis, Parametric Technology, Sonus, Speechworks, Stratus Computer, Sybase, Vignette and dozens more have gone from idea to reality with the financial, managerial and visionary backing of CRV. The firm's investment returns are consistently among the highest of venture capital firms, giving us one of the best track records in the industry. Charles River Ventures takes a value-add approach to early-stage investing, providing entrepreneurs with access to more than just financial backing. Through combined access to financial capital, the right people and the right resources, CRV helps talented entrepreneurs turn innovative ideas into the category-leading companies. The CRV partner who manages an investment is not just an expert in finance, but rather possesses deep operational experience in his investing sector. As former company founders, CEOs and senior executives of emerging companies, we know what it takes to build successful companies - because we've been there. Our hands-on approach to investing draws on the collective expertise of our partnership as well as our extensive network of contacts, built over 30 years, that we continually put to use for the entrepreneurs we back. This network assures that CRV-backed entrepreneurs get in front of the right people to achieve success - whether the issue is winning the first reference...
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George Zachary , Bruce Sachs , Karen Mullen-Dunton , Joe Monaco , Claudean Ouellette , William P. Tai , Izhar Armony , Susan Wu , Austin Westerling , Chris Baldwin , Sarah Reed , Doug Laird , Charles George Zachary , Vita Spakevicius , Rick Burnes , Tom Mohr , Ted R. Dintersmith
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