Where is Venrock's headquarters located?

Venrock's headquarters is located in Palo Alto ( United States ).

How big is Venrock's investment team?

Venrock has a team of 54, including 19 partners.

How many companies has Venrock invested in?

Venrock has invested in 417 companies, including CloudFlare & ZoomInfo.

Which companies has Venrock invested in lately?

Zero Networks & ORIC Pharmaceuticals are the latest investments by Venrock.

What sectors does Venrock focus on for investments?

Top sectors in Venrock's portfolio are Life Sciences (141 investments) and Enterprise Applications (108 investments).

What stages of companies does Venrock typically invest in?

Venrock primarily invests in Series A and Series B stages.

How many exits has Venrock been involved in?

Venrock's portfolio has seen 75 IPOs and 179 acquisitions.

How many unicorns are there in Venrock's portfolio?

There are 14 unicorns in Venrock's portfolio.

Venrock - 2025 Investor Profile, Team & Investment Trends - Tracxn

Venrock is a venture capital firm founded in 1969. It is primarily based out of Palo Alto, United States. As of Jun 2025, Venrock is an active investor, having invested in 417 companies, with 11 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Life Sciences to Enterprise Applications and High Tech. Most recently it led the $12.8M Series B round of Adyton along with Khosla Ventures. This round also saw participation from Initialized Capital and other investors.

Overall, Venrock portfolio has seen 14 unicorns, 75 IPOs and 179 acquisitions including key companies like CloudFlare, ZoomInfo and athenahealth. A lot of funds co-invest with Venrock, with names like RA Capital Management sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.

Venrock has team of 54 people including 19 partners.

Key Metrics

Team Members

Nick Beim, Steve Goldby & 52 more

Portfolio Count

CloudFlare, ZoomInfo & 415 more

Portfolio Sectors

Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications & 35 more

Portfolio Locations

United States, Canada & 15 more

Rounds of Entry

Series A, Series B & 9 more

Portfolio IPOs

Metsera, Artiva & 73 more

Portfolio Acquisitions

Numerated, Alimera Sciences & 177 more

Portfolio Unicorns

Altruist, Salsify & 12 more

Portfolio Soonicorns

Inrix, YouNow & 28 more

Deals in last 12 months

Zero Networks, ORIC Pharmaceuticals & 16 more

Venrock has invested in 417 companies over the last 41 years, with an average of 12 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 18 investments, while as of Jun 2025, it has made 8 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Adyton and most recent follow-on round was in Zero Networks.

Here are Venrock's Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2025 (YTD)	4	4	8
2024	13	5	18
2023	10	5	15
2022	16	5	21
2021	10	13	23
2020	13	10	23
2019	12	12	24
2018	14	14	28
2017	9	12	21
2016	8	19	27

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Venrock has made 111 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $18.9M, 77 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $36M and 42 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $56.1M.

Here are Venrock's investments by stage:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Series A	111
Series B	77
Series C	42
Seed	36
Post IPO	23
Others	37

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Venrock has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 324 Tech companies, 295 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 97 Software companies and at least 61 companies focusing on Saas.

Here are Venrock's investments by sector:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Sector	No. of Investments
Life Sciences	119
Enterprise Applications	96
High Tech	69
Enterprise Infrastructure	46
Consumer	29
Others	266

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Venrock has made most investments in United States (295), followed by Canada where it has made 7 investments.

Here are Venrock's investments by geography:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Country	No. of Investments
United States	295
Canada	7
United Kingdom	5
China	4
Israel	4
Others	12

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Venrock has made 8 investments in 2025 so far. Zero Networks and ORIC Pharmaceuticals are the latest among them.

Here are the most recent investments by Venrock:

Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Jun 03, 2025	Zero Networks	Israel	Series C	$55M	Highland Europe [+4]
May 28, 2025	ORIC Pharmaceuticals	United States	Post IPO	$125M	SR One [+6]
May 01, 2025	Astronomer	United States	Series D	$93M	Bain Capital Ventures [+4]
Apr 30, 2025	Adyton	United States	Series B	$12.8M	Khosla Ventures [+5]
Apr 01, 2025	AIRNA	United States	Series B	$155M	Forbion [+4]

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Venrock has 14 unicorns in its portfolio - Altruist, Salsify, Clara and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Altruist. It became a unicorn in 2024, 4 years after Venrock first invested in it.

Here is a list of unicorns in Venrock's portfolio:

Tracxn Score	Company	Short Description	Founded year	Sector	Location	Company Stage	First Investment/ Acquisition Details
75	Altruist	Portfolio management software for financial advisors	2018	FinTech [+1]	Los Angeles	Series F	dzpjhmf
63	Salsify	Product content management and syndication platform for businesses	2012	Retail [+3]	Boston	Series F	jqxjrvl
68	Clara	An end-to-end corporate payment solution for companies	2014	FinTech [+4]	Cuauhtemoc	Series B	zfnvbpx
54	Rebellion Defense	Provider of AI and ML-based intelligence systems	2019	Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech [+2]	Washington, DC	Series B	xzpiryd
53	Interos	AI-based supply chain resilience management platform	2005	Enterprise Applications [+2]	Arlington	Series D	cepgbdf

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75 of Venrock's portfolio companies have become public. Metsera got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Jan 2025 at marketcap of $1.85B and Artiva got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $211M.

Here are Venrock's portfolio companies that went public:

Company	IPO Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Metsera	Jan 31, 2025	Nov 12, 2024	Series B	$215M
Artiva	Jul 19, 2024	Feb 22, 2021	Series B	$120M
Dianthus Therapeutics	Sep 12, 2023	Apr 19, 2022	Series A	$100M
Apogee Therapeutics	Jul 14, 2023	Dec 07, 2022	Series B	$149M
Mineralys Therapeutics	Feb 10, 2023	Feb 08, 2024	Post IPO	Undisclosed

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179 companies from Venrock's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Numerated in Nov 2024 by Moody's.

Here are Venrock's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Numerated	Nov 25, 2024	May 01, 2017	Series A	$9M
Alimera Sciences	Jul 17, 2024	Nov 30, 2005	Series B	$31.8M
Infinera	Jun 27, 2024	Oct 19, 2004	Series E	$52M
Shockwave Medical	Apr 05, 2024	May 19, 2015	Series B	$40M
Kinnate Biopharma	Feb 16, 2024	Jul 21, 2020	Series C	$98M

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Venrock has a team of 54 members including 19 Partners and 22 Principals located in United States. Venrock's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.

Here is a list of top team members in Venrock:

Name	Designation	Location	Board Memberships	Contact details
Nick Beim	Partner	New York City	-	2 Emails, 1 Phone number
Steve Goldby	Partner	Santa Clara	-	1 Email
Bryan Roberts	Partner	Palo Alto	-	1 Email, 2 Phone numbers
Bob Kocher	Partner	Palo Alto	-	1 Email, 2 Phone numbers
Mike Tyrrell	Partner	Cambridge	-	1 Email, 2 Phone numbers
Anthony Evnin	Partner	New York City	-	1 Email, 2 Phone numbers
Ethan Batraski	Partner	San Francisco	-	1 Email, 1 Phone number
Racquel Bracken	Partner	Palo Alto	-	1 Email, 2 Phone numbers
Nimish Shah	Partner	New York City	-	2 Emails, 1 Phone number
Brian Ascher	Partner	Menlo Park	-	1 Email, 2 Phone numbers
Camille Samuels	Partner	Menlo Park	-	2 Emails

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Over the past 41 years, 1930 investors have co-invested in Venrock's portfolio companies.

Invested before Venrock: New Enterprise Associates, Frazier Healthcare Partners and 441 others have invested in rounds before Venrock. There are 8 companies where New Enterprise Associates has invested before Venrock and 8 companies where Frazier Healthcare Partners has invested before Venrock.
Top Co-investors of Venrock: 625 investors entered a company along with Venrock. These include investors like RA Capital Management (20 companies).
Invested after Venrock: A total of 862 investors have invested in Venrock's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Fidelity Investments (14 companies), SVB (13 companies) and GGV Capital (9 companies).