Type Private Founder Joe Horowitz Services Financing Founded 2003 | Industry Venture capital Area served United States Headquarters Palo Alto Parent organization JAFCO Co., Ltd. | |
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Key people Joe Horowitz
Tom Mawhinney
Jeb Miller
Michael Mullany | ||
Icon ventures managing general partner speaks about investing in a tech bubble
Icon Ventures is an American venture capital firm located in Palo Alto, California, United States.
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History
Icon Ventures was founded by Joe Horowitz in 2003 in Palo Alto, California under the name Jafco Ventures. The company rebranded as Icon Ventures in January 2015. Until 2014, its capital was exclusively provided by JAFCO, a Japanese investment fund. In March 2014, Icon raised a $260M fund from a diversified group of investors.
Business Description
Icon Ventures has historically funded early stage, and growth stage investments in private technology-based businesses. Significant technology companies that it has backed include FireEye, Palo Alto Networks, Tune, Aster Data, and Proofpoint. Icon Ventures Fund I is currently listed as the 6th best performing fund of recent times in the sub-$250M category by Pitchbook.