Investments
98Portfolio Exits
19Funds
9About ATEL Ventures
ATEL Ventures is a provider of senior secured financing to emerging growth companies. AVI's role is to partner with venture capital firms to support pre-IPO and growth companies from the ground up.

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Latest ATEL Ventures News
Sep 4, 2013
By FinSMEs iPierian, Inc. , a South San Francisco, California-based biotechnology company developing novel therapies for neurodegenerative disease, raised $30m in financing. The round was co-led by SR One, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and MPM Capital with participation from existing investors (which are Google Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Atel Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, and FinTech Global Capital). The company intends to use the funds: – to accelerate the clinical development program for IPN007, a monoclonal antibody targeting the Tau protein for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies (e.g. progressive supranuclear palsy, frontotemporal dementia) planning to file an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. FDA in 2014; – to provide a Series A round to launch a South San Francisco, California-based spin-out company, True North Therapeutics , to advance its lead drug candidate TNT009, a monoclonal antibody that selectively inhibits a target of the Classical Complement pathway, into clinical trials. Nancy Stagliano will serve as Chief Executive Officer of both iPierian and True North Therapeutics. As part of the financing, Rajeev Dadoo from SR One will join the Board of Directors of both companies. FinSMEs 04/09/2013
ATEL Ventures Investments
98 Investments
ATEL Ventures has made 98 investments. Their latest investment was in Plant Prefab as part of their Debt on December 12, 2022.

ATEL Ventures Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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12/2/2022 | Debt | Plant Prefab | $12M | Yes | 1 | |
10/20/2016 | Series B - II | Emulate | $17M | No | 5 | |
3/28/2016 | Series B | Emulate | $28.75M | Yes | 7 | |
5/1/2014 | Debt | |||||
5/1/2014 | Debt - II |
Date | 12/2/2022 | 10/20/2016 | 3/28/2016 | 5/1/2014 | 5/1/2014 |
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Round | Debt | Series B - II | Series B | Debt | Debt - II |
Company | Plant Prefab | Emulate | Emulate | ||
Amount | $12M | $17M | $28.75M | ||
New? | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 5 | 7 |
ATEL Ventures Portfolio Exits
19 Portfolio Exits
ATEL Ventures has 19 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was DigitalOcean on March 24, 2021.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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3/24/2021 | IPO | Public | 19 | ||
1/14/2021 | Acquired | 5 | |||
10/23/2019 | Acquired | 1 | |||
Date | 3/24/2021 | 1/14/2021 | 10/23/2019 | ||
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Exit | IPO | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | Public | ||||
Sources | 19 | 5 | 1 |
ATEL Ventures Fund History
9 Fund Histories
ATEL Ventures has 9 funds, including ATEL Institutional Venture Debt Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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5/2/2018 | ATEL Institutional Venture Debt Fund | $30.2M | 3 | ||
6/10/2016 | ATEL Portsmouth Growth Capital Fund | ||||
1/29/2007 | Atel Growth Capital Fund II | ||||
Atel Growth Capital Fund VI | |||||
Atel Growth Capital Fund V |
Closing Date | 5/2/2018 | 6/10/2016 | 1/29/2007 | ||
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Fund | ATEL Institutional Venture Debt Fund | ATEL Portsmouth Growth Capital Fund | Atel Growth Capital Fund II | Atel Growth Capital Fund VI | Atel Growth Capital Fund V |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $30.2M | ||||
Sources | 3 |
ATEL Ventures Team
12 Team Members
ATEL Ventures has 12 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Dean L. Cash.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Dean L. Cash | Chief Executive Officer | Current | |
Name | Dean L. Cash | ||||
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Work History | |||||
Title | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Status | Current |
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