VC  Arafura Ventures

http://www.arafuraventures.com





     Office Locations:

555 Bryant Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 650-530-0895

 

Stages:

  • Early


 

Industries:

  • Information Technology
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Arafura Ventures was formed by Joe Kennedy and Marc Philips for the specific purpose of establishing an investment fund focused on U.S. based technology startups and early stage Internet software companies. The name Arafura comes from a body of water that borders Australia's North. Arafura Ventures investment focus is on Internet software start up companies typically with business to business (B2B) Software as a Service (SaaS) business models.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    David Spence Advisory Board
    Joe Kennedy Managing Director
    Marc Philips Managing Director

     

    Portfolio companies include:


      PacketZoom
        web link


      Transifex
        web link


      Yoshi
        web link


     

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