Walden Venture Capital
Venture Capital Est. 1974
USD 150M
Estimated FUM
- Type
- Venture Capital
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Founded
- 1974
- Last fundraise
- 2014 (USD 107M)
About
Walden Venture Capital is a venture fund focused on early stage technology investments. Walden VC looks for companies at the 'sprout stage', which is defined as having demonstrated a breakthrough core technology, product or brand with mass market potential. This is broadly in line with Series A financings. In the case of core, game-changing technology, we can invest at the post prototype, pre-commercialisation stage, although we prefer the company to be more advanced. In the case of products or brands that are less about the technology, we look for companies with engaged users, even if that user base is small. Walden VC generally only takes meetings where we can trial the product, as this is core to our thesis. We are closer to angel investors in terms of our investment size, and we focus deeply on each investment. We especially like digital media and cloud services for consumer and enterprise, including infrastructure, services and content. This is our core skill set.
Strategies
Venture Capital
Investment Focus
Investment size
USD 1K - USD 4K
Reported investment size. Actual commitments may vary by stage, ownership and follow-on participation.
Investment Stages
Stages
Series A Series B
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States
Coverage
Country-focused Regions
North America
Coverage is a guide only.
Location
Office Presence
1 country
United States
1 known office
San Francisco, CA, United States (HQ)
Fundraising
Walden Venture Capital VIII
Feb 4, 2015
USD 107M
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