Wellington Partners Venture Capital
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Wellington Partners is a pan-European venture capital
firm with some € 800 million under management and offices in London, Munich and Zurich. The firm invests in young companies throughout Europe, mainly in the areas of technology
, life sciences
and digital media
(e.g. interactive TV, gaming
, Web 2.0
).
firms, TVM Capital, during the 1980s. In 1998, Wellington Partners closed its first fund, Wellington Partners I. Two years later, the firm closed its second fund on € 210 million. After considering suggestions from investors, Wellington Partners initiated its first pure technology fund with € 150 million in 2004 and its first life sciences fund in 2006. At the beginning of 2008, the company closed its latest technology fund at € 265 million.
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
firm with some € 800 million under management and offices in London, Munich and Zurich. The firm invests in young companies throughout Europe, mainly in the areas of technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, life sciences
Life sciences
The life sciences comprise the fields of science that involve the scientific study of living organisms, like plants, animals, and human beings. While biology remains the centerpiece of the life sciences, technological advances in molecular biology and biotechnology have led to a burgeoning of...
and digital media
Digital media
Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital form. It can refer to the technical aspect of storage and transmission Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital (as opposed to analog) form. It can refer to the technical aspect of...
(e.g. interactive TV, gaming
Game
A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements...
, Web 2.0
Web 2.0
The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...
).
History
In 1991, Rolf Dienst founded Wellington Partners after he had built one of the first - and still one of the largest - German venture capitalVenture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
firms, TVM Capital, during the 1980s. In 1998, Wellington Partners closed its first fund, Wellington Partners I. Two years later, the firm closed its second fund on € 210 million. After considering suggestions from investors, Wellington Partners initiated its first pure technology fund with € 150 million in 2004 and its first life sciences fund in 2006. At the beginning of 2008, the company closed its latest technology fund at € 265 million.
Portfolio Companies
Wellington Partners has invested in more than 100 companies in Europe and Israel, including:- 1-2-3.tv
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