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In January 1946 he formed Rockefeller Brothers, Inc., one of the first postwar venture-capital operations, starting with a capitalization of $ 1.5 million. There were eight partners in all, the five brothers and their sister, Abby, and two non-family members, Harper Woodward and MIT scientist, Ted
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Walkowicz. In 1969, the firm became known as Venrock. Laurance S. Rockefeller became an investor in enterprises based on science and technology. His investment interests included the fields of aviation,
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Venrock closed its seventh fund in July 2014 with 8 partners and its eighth fund in January 2017 with 15 partners, each fund totalling $ 450 million.
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In the healthcare sector with partners such as Bryan Roberts, Venrock has invested in
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Venrock invested more than $ 2.5 billion in more than 440 companies, resulting in 125
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formed in 1969 to build upon the successful investing activities of the
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Venrock Associates

Limited liability company
Venture Capital
Laurance Rockefeller
Palo Alto, California
United States
Investments
venrock.com
portmanteau
venture capital firm
Rockefeller family
Palo Alto, California
New York City
Boston, Massachusetts
Laurance S. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
aerospace
composite materials
optics
lasers
data processing
thermionics
nuclear power
initial public offerings
Intel
Apple
AppNexus
Astranis
StrataCom

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