Charles River Ventures

Founded in 1970, Charles River Ventures is among the oldest firms in the industry. Among it’s portfolio of companies funded at the start up stage are Cascade, CIENA, Chipcom , NetGenesis , Parametric Technology, Sonus , Stratus Computer, Sybase, Vignette. Those and dozens more have gone from idea to reality with the financial, managerial and visionary backing of CRV. The firm’s track record of consistently superior investment returns has placed it at the top of VC industry rankings for several decades.

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