Investments

We have raised thirteen U.S. funds, one India fund , and have assisted our partner GSR Ventures raise three China funds, resulting in $2.8 billion under management. We are currently investing Mayfield Fund XIII, capitalized at $395 million.

Our investment strategy demonstrates diversity across sectors, stages and regions. Our key sectors include companies targeted at consumer, enterprise, energy tech, communication service providers and chips and components. We incubate companies, make seed and Series A investments, and invest at growth and later stages. Our key focus is on companies located across the U.S. as well as cross-border companies domiciled in Europe, India and China.

Notable Investment

Mobile 365

SMS carrier interconnect and mobile applications. Acquired by Sybase in 2006.

http://www.mobile365.com

Narus

Convergent OSS mediation solutions for service providers and system integrators.

http://www.narus.com

Notable Investment

NewPort Communications

Maker of high-performance optical communications chips. Acquired by Broadcom in 2000 for $1.2 billio...

NorthScale, Inc.

Provides software infrastructure for scale out of web data management.

http://www.northscale.com/

Notable Investment

Nuance

Nuance, a leader in speech software and applications for companies and telecommunications carriers,

http://www.nuance.com

Notable Investment

NuvoMedia

A leading ebook company. Acquired by Gemstar International Group in 2000.

Notable Investment

Orative

Enterprise mobile/voice applications. Acquired by Cisco in 2006.

http://www.orative.com

Notable Investment

OuterBay

Database archival software, acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2006.

http://www.outerbay.com

Packet Design

Family of network appliances that enhance the reliability, efficiency and predictability of IP netwo...

http://www.packetdesign.com

Notable Investment

Packet Engines

High performance wire-speed routing and Gigabit Ethernet solutions. Acquired by Alcatel in 1999.

Pano Logic

Zero client desktop virtualization platform

http://www.panologic.com/

PayMate

Electronic payment solutions

http://www.paymate.co.in

Notable Investment

Peribit

Wide-area network (WAN) acceleration solutions. Acquired by Juniper in 2006.

http://www.peribit.com

PingCo.com

Cell phone software enabling text messaging over data channel (China)

http://www.pingco.com