Enterprise Partners Venture Capital was a venture capital firm that preferred to invest in early-stage companies operating in the technology and life sciences sectors. The firm was founded in 1985 and was based in La Jolla, California. Since its founding, the firm has invested in more than 150 companies, representing over $1.1B of assets under management. Enterprise Partners invests in companies across a broad spectrum of technologies and the life sciences. The firm primarily engaged in early-stage venture capital deals, though it also invested in some seed-stage companies. Enterprise Partners focused on companies in information technology and health care. The firm started as a pure health-care investor, but made a strategic shift to include IT companies in its portfolio of investments.