Industry Private equity Website www.altapartners.com Type of business Private ownership | Products Venture capital Founded 1996 Predecessor Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. | |
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Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States Founders Jean Deleage, Garrett Gruener | ||
Alta Partners is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded in 1996 by Dr. Jean Deleage, Ph.D., who was also a founder of the venture capital firms Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO) and Sofinnova, together with Garrett Gruener, a former general partner at BEDCO.
The company was founded in 1996 and invests in biotechnology and life science companies. According to the company website, over the past ten years, Alta has invested in over 150 companies, including some of the leaders in the biopharmaceuticals, medical technology, and information technology sector.
The firm is no longer associated with the Boston-based venture capital firm, Alta Communications, which also traces its roots to Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co..
Investment funds
Since 1996, Alta has raised eight venture capital funds including four funds in its Alta California Funds series, three funds in its Alta Biopharma Partners series and most recently in 2006, Alta raised Alta Partners VIII with $500 million of investor commitments.
The following is a summary of the venture capital funds raised by Alta as of 2008: