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Office Locations:
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2725 Sand Hill Road, Suite 120
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 650-319-2220
Fax: 650-319-2221
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Sherpalo is a mentor capital firm that supports the development and commercialization of early-stage disruptive new technologies. Ram Shriram started Sherpalo in January of 2000 with the goal of applying his wealth of operating and company building experience to promising early stage ventures. Immediately prior to founding Sherpalo, Ram served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO. Sherpalo can help guide entrepreneurs in raising money from top tier venture capitalists; identifying and hiring key management personnel; and defining and adapting a business model to changing market conditions. The firm maintains additional offices in Mumbai, India.
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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
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| COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
| Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage
(includes "pre-seed," or
concept stage) | No Revenue |
| Early Stage | Minimal
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 |
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