Venture • Information Technology

Vulcan Capital and Crosslink Capital Invest In Bizo

On December 2, 2009, family office Vulcan Capital and growth capital firm Crosslink Capital invested in information technology company Bizo

Investment Context
  • This is Vulcan Capital’s 2nd and Crosslink Capital’s 9th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Vulcan Capital’s 16th and Crosslink Capital’s 28th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Vulcan Capital’s 5th and Crosslink Capital’s 20th transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Bizo was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2014 for 175M USD.

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Investment Summary

Date December 2, 2009
Target Bizo
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Vulcan Capital
Crosslink Capital
Deal Type Venture

Target Company

Bizo

San Francisco, California, United States
Bizo offers technology and products that enable measurable display and social advertising programs specifically focused on professional audience segments. The Company was formed in 2008 and is based in San Francisco, California.
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Investors Overview 2

Investor

Vulcan Capital

Seattle, Washington, United States

Investor


Category Family Office
Founded 1986
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Vulcan Capital is the private investment group of Vulcan Inc., the organization founded by Paul G. Allen to manage his personal and professional endeavors. Vulcan Capital looks to invest at all company stages and will consider opportunities across an array of industries. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer products, distribution and logistics, energy and natural resources, financial services and insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, media, technology, and telecom. The Firm's target investment size is $10 to $100 million. In addition to direct investing, Vulcan Capital also makes fund investments as well as invests in public securities. Vulcan Inc. was formed in 1986 and has offices in Seattle, Washington and Palo Alto, California.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 17 of 35
Sector: Information Technology 2 of 3
Type: Venture 9 of 17
State: California 5 of 10
Country: United States 16 of 30
Year: 2009 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-08-11 GILT Groupe Holdings

New York, New York, United States

GILT Groupe Holdings, Inc. is an online retail company offering luxury goods and services. Gilt is at the forefront of ecommerce innovation, having built a passionate consumer following by offering daily flash sales to members at Gilt.com.

Buy $43M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-03-11 Radar Networks

San Francisco, California, United States

Radar Networks is pioneering the mainstream adoption of the Semantic Web, or what is sometimes called 'Web 3.0.' The company was founded by Nova Spivack and has attracted an all-star team of industry veteran investors.

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Investor

Crosslink Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Crosslink Capital is a growth-oriented investment firm focused on technology companies. Crosslink's typically invests in early-stage companies, however, the Firm will consider opportunities at every stage, from seed to pre-IPO to PIPE offerings. Sectors of interest include communications/infrastructure services, core technology, semiconductors, internet, and software. Crosslink Capital is based in San Francisco, California.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 28 of 76
Sector: Information Technology 9 of 15
Type: Venture 23 of 69
State: California 20 of 53
Country: United States 28 of 76
Year: 2009 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-16 Global Analytics

San Diego, California, United States

Analytic solutions are now part of mainstream business processes. In many industries, the use of analytics has matured to a point where it is impossible to compete without them. Analytics is now at a point where it's not enough to collect the right data . and it's not enough to build predictive models "right". Today, real advantage depends upon building the right analytic solutions; real advantage requires game-changing analytic solutions.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-01-08 Carbonite

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Carbonite, Inc. is a provider of cloud and hybrid backup and recovery solutions for businesses. Carbonite offers a comprehensive suite of affordable services for data protection, recovery and anywhere, anytime access. Carbonite was formed in 2005 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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