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Our firm takes an active role in the technology community, both in Silicon Valley and in Asia.
Keep up with our viewpoint articles, press coverage, conference appearances and special events.


5/23/08
  Jim Boettcher Speaks at AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Forum in Beijing
     
5/20/08
  Focus Ventures Leads $17M Round for Mimosa Systems
     
5/15/08
  Jackie Fenn, Vice President and Fellow at Gartner, Speaks at Focus Ventures Annual Meeting
     
4/1/08
  Focus Ventures Leads MuDynamics Series C Financing
     
2/1/08
  Focus Ventures Leads $13.5M Series D Funding in LogLogic
     
1/31/08
  Focus Ventures Leads KACE $12M Series C Round of Financing
     
1/25/08
  Kevin McQuillan Featured on Forbes' Midas List (Ranked #36)
     
11/05/07
  EqualLogic To Be Acquired by Dell for $1.4B
     
11/05/07
  Pure Digital Ultra Flip Video Camera Featured on Oprah
     
11/15/07
  Jim Boettcher to Speak at Asian PE and Venture Forum
     
08/27/07
  Focus Leads $15 Million Financing in VideoEgg
     
08/03/07
  Virtusa Launches IPO
     
07/05/07
  ShoreTel Completes Successful IPO, Raising $75 Million
     
06/21/07
  Centrality Communications to be Acquired by SiRF Technology for $283 Million
     
06/05/07
  Starent Networks Raises $126 Million in Successful Initial Public Offering
     
03/27/07
  Aruba Networks Completes Successful Initial Public Offering
     
12/15/06
  Focus Ventures' Portfolio Company Isilon Systems Raises $108 Million in Initial Public Offering
     
11/28/06
  Jim Boettcher Featured Speaker at China Private Equity Forum in New York
     
10/12/06
  Focus Ventures Advisor John Cioffi Receives Marconi Foundation Fellow Distinction
     
9/20/06
  Focus Invests $5M in DATAllegro's Series C Financing, Company Achieves Gartner's Magic Quadrant
     
8/30/06
  Focus Leads $20M Financing Round in Ecast
     
8/15/06
  Jim Boettcher publishes white paper in the Asian Venture Capital Journal: The China Paradigm Factor
     
8/7/06
  Focus Participates in $21M Investment in Kazeon
     
6/21/06
  Focus leads $20MM investment in RGB Networks
     
4/18/06
  Focus Closes $250 Million Third Fund
     
3/16/06
  Focus Leads $12M investment in Six Apart
     
2/7/06
  Outerbay to be Acquired by HP
     
1/5/06
  Wily Technologies Acquired by Computer Associates for $375 Million
     
1/4/06
  Focus Leads $25 Million investment in Entropic Communications
     
12/21/05
  Focus Leads $20 Million Financing in Centrality Communications and Joins Board
     
9/20/05
  G-Log to be Acquired by Oracle
     
8/31/05
  Microsoft Completes Acquisition of FrontBridge
     
8/8/05
  Focus Leads Cedar Point Communications $15 Million Financing
     
8/5/05
  The Business of Technology: Red Herring Article Featuring Steve Bird
     
7/29/05
 
Focus Ventures to Co-sponsor Asia Technology Initiative Entrepreneurship Conference 2005 in Shanghai, August 23rd 2005  
7/11/05
  Steve Bird publishes White Paper; Private Equity or Personal Equity: Why Who You Know Still Drives Venture Capital Returns
     
7/8/05
  V.C. Nation: NYT Article Featuring Steve Bird
     
6/2/05
  NetScaler to be Acquired by Citrix for $300 Million
     
3/28/05
  Oblix Acquired by Oracle for $93.5 Million
     
3/25/05
  Focus Leads $20 Million Financing in Isilon Systems
     
3/21/05
  Focus Leads $12 Million Financing in OuterBay
     
1/26/05
  Kevin McQuillan Ranked 67th by Forbes' 2005 Midas List
     
12/17/04
  edocs to be Acquired by Siebel for $115MM
     
9/8/04
  Escalate acquired by GERS Retail Systems
     
8/16/04
  Focus Ventures Leads $25MM Financing in ClearCube Technology
 
8/2/04
  Focus Ventures Leads $10MM Financing in Frontbridge Technologies
 
6/28/04
  Focus Ventures Leads EqualLogic's $20 Million Round to Finance Further Growth
6/5/04
  Jim Boettcher Moderates China IT Service Forum at China Meets Silicon Valley Expo 2004
     
6/1/04
  The Future of Venture Capital: Private Equity Gets More Private (White Paper by Focus General Partner Steve Bird)
6/1/04
  Focus Ventures Leads $20 Million Financing in Virtusa
4/5/04
  Focus Ventures Leads $25 Million Financing in Starent Networks
3/16/04
  Focus Ventures Leads $20 Million Financing in Oversubscribed Series D Round for NetScaler
1/7/04
  Silicon Optix Secures $18 Million from Leading Investors, Kevin McQuillan Joins Board
12/22/03
  Turning China's Promise Into Cash by Jim Boettcher, Asian Venture Capital Journal
     
12/18/03
  MarkMonitor Raises $22 Million to Scale Operations and Product Development for Growing Customer Base
     
10/14/03
  Focus Co-hosts Highly Successful Asian Forum in Shanghai
     
6/4/03
  Something Ventured (Wall Street Journal)
     
6/1/03
  CEUT Software Scorecard - Q&A with George Bischof
     
5/14/03
  What is the Next "New New Thing"? Jim Boettcher discusses at the Global Asian Venture Forum
     
2/3/03
  Wily Technology Raises Additional $15M in Funding
     
1/30/03
  Kevin McQuillan Named to Forbes 2003 Midas List
     
8/2/02
  Early Stage Venture Capital Funding at Lowest Level in Years
     
5/14/02
  Focus Ventures Leads $20 Million Financing in G-Log
     
1/17/01
  Balancing Caution And Excess Cash (Wall Street Journal)
     
    Steven P. Bird guests on CNNfn
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