Industry Private equity Total assets Over $3 billion Founded 1969 Type of business Private | Products Venture capital Website www.mayfield.com Number of employees 15 | |
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Headquarters Menlo Park, California, United States Founders William F. Miller, Thomas J. Davis, Jr. Profiles | ||
Mayfield Fund is one of the oldest venture capital firms in the US, focusing on early-stage to growth-stage investments in enterprise & consumer technology companies. The Firm also invests in India through dedicated funds.
The firm was founded in 1969 by Thomas J. Davis, Jr. Since inception, the firm has raised over $3.9 billion of investor commitments across 17 private equity fund families. Since 1969, the Firm has invested in over 520 companies, resulting in over 114 IPOs and more than 160 mergers and acquisitions. The firm is headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California and was one of the earliest venture capital firms to locate in Silicon Valley.
The firm's most notable investments include Compaq, Silicon Graphics, 3COM, Amgen, Genentech, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Sandisk, Legato Software, Citrix, PlayFirst, Advent Software, Vantive, Pure Software, Nuance, Tibco, webMethods, Peribit, Redback Networks, Concur Technologies, 3Par, Marketo, Solarcity, Qunar, StorSimple, and Zenprise.
Mayfield is a supporter of the Mayfield Fellows Program at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University.