Investments
49Portfolio Exits
19Funds
2Partners & Customers
4Service Providers
3About WR Hambrecht + Co.
WR Hambrecht Co. is a full service investment bank with headquarters in San Francisco and offices in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Tokyo. It specializes in using its unique auction process called OpenIPO to compete with the traditional methods of larger and more established banks. Recently, it has underwritten companies such as Google and Interactive Brokers. The firm has financial backing from industry leaders including American Century, Crimson Ventures, epartners, Fidelity Ventures, Novell, and Park Avenue Equity Capital Partners.

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Aug 7, 2019
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WR Hambrecht + Co. Investments
49 Investments
WR Hambrecht + Co. has made 49 investments. Their latest investment was in Gabbi as part of their Seed VC on October 10, 2022.

WR Hambrecht + Co. Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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10/27/2022 | Seed VC | Gabbi | $4.4M | Yes | 7 | |
11/16/2015 | Series C | Firefly Neuroscience | $28M | Yes | 2 | |
6/19/2015 | Series B | Indow | $1.2M | Yes | 2 | |
4/11/2012 | Series B | |||||
6/15/2011 | Series A |
Date | 10/27/2022 | 11/16/2015 | 6/19/2015 | 4/11/2012 | 6/15/2011 |
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Round | Seed VC | Series C | Series B | Series B | Series A |
Company | Gabbi | Firefly Neuroscience | Indow | ||
Amount | $4.4M | $28M | $1.2M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 7 | 2 | 2 |
WR Hambrecht + Co. Portfolio Exits
19 Portfolio Exits
WR Hambrecht + Co. has 19 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was TriVium Systems on January 27, 2020.
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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1/27/2020 | Acquired | 1 | |||
5/15/2019 | Asset Sale | 3 | |||
2/12/2019 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Date | 1/27/2020 | 5/15/2019 | 2/12/2019 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Asset Sale | Acquired | ||
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Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 3 | 2 |
WR Hambrecht + Co. Acquisitions
1 Acquisition
WR Hambrecht + Co. acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was Cardiac Science Corporation on June 08, 1998.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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6/8/1998 | Acquired |
Date | 6/8/1998 |
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Companies | |
Valuation | |
Total Funding | |
Note | Acquired |
Sources |
WR Hambrecht + Co. Fund History
2 Fund Histories
WR Hambrecht + Co. has 2 funds, including WR Hambrecht Ventures III.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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4/24/2015 | WR Hambrecht Ventures III | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | Open | $5M | 1 |
9/12/2014 | WR Hambrecht Ventures II-D |
Closing Date | 4/24/2015 | 9/12/2014 |
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Fund | WR Hambrecht Ventures III | WR Hambrecht Ventures II-D |
Fund Type | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | |
Status | Open | |
Amount | $5M | |
Sources | 1 |
WR Hambrecht + Co. Partners & Customers
4 Partners and customers
WR Hambrecht + Co. has 4 strategic partners and customers. WR Hambrecht + Co. recently partnered with ShiftPixy on May 5, 2017.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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5/31/2017 | Partner | United States | `` Our team is passionate about growth companies such as ShiftPixy , because they represent a great opportunity for all classes of investors , '' said John Hullar , Managing Partner , WR Hambrecht . | 1 | |
11/11/2016 | Partner | ||||
3/4/2016 | Client | ||||
Partner |
Date | 5/31/2017 | 11/11/2016 | 3/4/2016 | |
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Type | Partner | Partner | Client | Partner |
Business Partner | ||||
Country | United States | |||
News Snippet | `` Our team is passionate about growth companies such as ShiftPixy , because they represent a great opportunity for all classes of investors , '' said John Hullar , Managing Partner , WR Hambrecht . | |||
Sources | 1 |
WR Hambrecht + Co. Service Providers
3 Service Providers
WR Hambrecht + Co. has 3 service provider relationships
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
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Accounting Firm | Auditor | ||
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Provider Type | Accounting Firm | ||
Service Type | Auditor |
Partnership data by VentureSource
WR Hambrecht + Co. Team
32 Team Members
WR Hambrecht + Co. has 32 team members, including , .
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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William Hambrecht | Founder | Current | |
Name | William Hambrecht | ||||
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Work History | |||||
Title | Founder | ||||
Status | Current |