Alta Berkeley Venture Partners

Venture Capital United States Est. 1982
Last updated 2026-06-18
Portfolio
3
in our dataset
Rounds participated
5
Rounds led
0
Rounds' value
$169.0M
total disclosed, rounds participated
Stages
C Round, E Round, Seed, A Round, G Round, F Round, B Round, D Round

About

Alta Berkeley Venture Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed and startup and early stage. The firm also provides bridge financing. It targets its investments in communication and computing technology and medical technology sectors. Within communication and computing technology sectors, the firm focuses on semiconductor, components, system, and software level of integration. Within medical technology, it focuses on medical devices, bio-chips, and bio bioinformatics. The firm primarily invests in Europe and Israel. It initially invests between $1.5 million and $3 million and then average investment goes up to between $4 million and $8 million. The firm prefers to take a lead role in its investments. However in syndicates, it acts as both a lead investor and a co-investor. The firm prefers to invest for a period between four and seven years and seeks to exit its investment through public offerings, acquisitions, and trade sales in the United States and Europe.

Portfolio · 3

Investment activity

4 portfolio exits on record.

Portfolio by sector

Aerospace, Defense & HLS1
Business Software1
Industrial Technologies1

Q&A

What is Alta Berkeley Venture Partners' investment focus?
Alta Berkeley Venture Partners specializes in seed, startup, and early-stage investments, primarily targeting communication and computing technology, as well as medical technology sectors. Within these, they focus on semiconductors, components, systems, software, medical devices, bio-chips, and bioinformatics.
What is Alta Berkeley Venture Partners' typical investment size?
Alta Berkeley Venture Partners initially invests between $1.5 million and $3 million, with average investments growing to between $4 million and $8 million.
Does Alta Berkeley Venture Partners prefer to lead investment rounds?
Yes, Alta Berkeley Venture Partners prefers to take a lead role in its investments. However, in syndicates, the firm acts as both a lead investor and a co-investor.
What is Alta Berkeley Venture Partners' geographic investment focus?
Alta Berkeley Venture Partners primarily invests in Europe and Israel.
What is a notable exit for Alta Berkeley Venture Partners in the Aerospace, Defense & HLS sector?
In December 2011, Alta Berkeley Venture Partners saw the acquisition of its portfolio company Camero, a radar-based imaging systems developer, by SK Group.
Which of Alta Berkeley Venture Partners' portfolio companies had an IPO?
In April 2011, Alta Berkeley Venture Partners' portfolio company Medgenics Medical went public on the NYSE.
What is a significant exit for Alta Berkeley Venture Partners in the Industrial Technologies sector?
In December 2009, Alta Berkeley Venture Partners' portfolio company Dune Networks, a data center networking equipment developer, was acquired by Broadcom.
What is a notable exit for Alta Berkeley Venture Partners in the Business Software sector?
In March 2005, Alta Berkeley Venture Partners' portfolio company Native Networks was acquired by Alcatel-Lucent for $55 million.
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