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

3Com

A leading global provider of enterprise and small-business networking solutions that help organizati...

http://www.3com.com

Notable Investment

3PAR, Inc.

Leading provider of utility storage. The company went public in 2007.

http://www.3par.com

Adchemy

Business-to-business marketing company.

http://www.adchemy.com/

Notable Investment

AdKnowledge

One of the first internet banner ad networks. Acquired by CMGI in 1999 (renamed to ModusLink 2008)....

http://www.moduslink.com/

Notable Investment

Akimbi Systems, Inc.

Test configuration automation through virtualization. Acquired by VMware in 2006.

http://www.vmware.com/

Notable Investment

Alantec

Maker of intelligent switching hubs for local area networks. Acquired by FORE Systems in 1995, GEC/M...

http://www.ericsson.com/

Alfresco Software

Leading open source alternative for enterprise content management.

http://www.alfrescosoftware.com

Notable Investment

Ankeena Networks, Inc.

Software to deliver online video and media at massive scale

http://www.ankeena.com/

Notable Investment

Arbor Software

Online analytical processing software maker that merged with Hyperion Software in 1998 and became Hy...

AudienceScience

Data-driven, on-demand services for e-business organizations.

http://www.audiencescience.com

Notable Investment

BeVocal

Voice application solutions. Acquired by Nuance in 2007.

http://www.bevocal.com

BlackArrow

Technology and services for implementing interactive ads

http://www.blackarrow.tv/

Notable Investment

BroadVision

Leader in enterprise portal infrastructure. The company went public in 1996.

http://www.broadvision.com

Centrify Corporation

Identity and policy management solution that extends Active Directory to other platorms.

http://www.centrify.com