Venture Capital
Montecito, California, 93108
VantagePoint Capital Partners (formerly VantagePoint Venture Partners, until 2011) has more than $4.5 billion in capital under management. Alan Salzman and Jim Marver founded VantagePoint Venture Partners in 1996 with a mission to identify, invest in and mentor young companies looking to revolutionize industries and change the world. After a number of successful information technology and internet investments, including the original social-media site MySpace and the wildly popular low-cost Flip video camera, it became clear that the world’s energy practices were in desperate need of modernization. Crumbling infrastructure, over-reliance on fossil fuels, gross inefficiency and a growing world population all seemed addressable by careful application of advanced technology in areas such as bio-chemicals, solid-state lighting, electrification of transportation, solar-power generation, grid modernization, resource efficiency and other energy-related sectors.
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