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TrueBridge Capital Partners is a boutique alternative asset investment firm. TrueBridge offers venture capital fund of funds services. Founded by Mel Williams, formerly of the UNC-Chapel Hill Management Company, and Edwin Poston, formerly of the Rockefeller Foundation.〔TrueBridge Bio Page: http://truebridgecapital.com/Team.aspx〕 TrueBridge raised its first venture capital and growth equity-focused fund of funds in 2008 with a final fund size of more than $310 million, and its second fund in 2011 closing on more than $342 million. In 2014, TrueBridge closed its third and latest fund at a hard cap of $400 million.〔TrueBridge News: http://truebridgecapital.com/News.aspx?id=1436〕 The firm invests primarily in first quartile venture and growth managers focused on the Information Technology sector, and also directly co-invests in select technology companies alongside those managers. The firm dedicates a portion of its investments to seed-stage funds.〔TrueBridge Raises $408M for Fund of Funds, Foresees Seed Shakeout: http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/09/10/truebridge-raises-408m-for-fund-of-funds-foresees-seed-shakeout/〕 TrueBridge Capital Partners has a partnership with the Kauffman Fellows Program,〔Kauffman Fellows Strategic Alliance: http://www.kauffmanfellows.org/partner-alliance.aspx〕 a two-year apprenticeship program designed to train and network future venture capitalists. TrueBridge donates a portion of its carry to the program, in exchange for access and insight. TrueBridge focuses on Silicon Valley IT investments, but also has exposure to investments in India and China. The firm is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Among TrueBridge Capital's investors are institutional investors, including large state and corporate pension funds, foundations, university endowments, family offices and high-net-worth individuals. In addition, over 135 active venture capitalists have personally invested in TrueBridge funds.〔TrueBridge Capital Partners closes third VC fund of funds on $400 mln: http://www.pehub.com/2014/09/truebridge-capital-closes-third-vc-fund-of-funds-on-400-mln/〕 Forbes partners with TrueBridge annually to rank the top venture capitalists for the Forbes Midas List, as it has each year from 2011 through 2014.〔Midas: The Methodology: http://www.forbes.com/2011/04/05/midas-list-methodology.html〕〔Midas: The Methodology: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/05/02/midas-2012-the-methodology/〕〔Midas List 2013: The Methodology: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/05/08/midas-list-2013-the-methodology/〕〔Midas List 2014: The Methodology: http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2014/03/26/midas-list-2014-the-methodology/〕 TrueBridge regularly posts to its venture-focused column at Forbes.com, called ''General Doriot''.〔General Doriot: http://blogs.forbes.com/truebridge/〕 == Investments == Among the firm's investments are: *Aardvark - Sold to Google. *Atlassian *Diapers.com - Sold to Amazon.com. *Fusion-io - Went public June, 2011.〔CrunchBase Fusion-io Profile: http://www.crunchbase.com/company/fusion-io〕 *Groupon - Went public November, 2011. Sold to Ditto April, 2012.〔CrunchBase Groupon Profile: http://www.crunchbase.com/company/groupon〕 *Kayak.com - Went public August, 2012. Sold to Priceline.com November, 2012.〔CrunchBase Kayak.com Profile: http://www.crunchbase.com/company/kayak〕 *LifeLock - Went public August, 2012. *MoPub - Sold to Twitter in September, 2013.〔Driving Mobile Advertising Forward: Welcoming MoPub to the Flock: https://blog.twitter.com/2013/driving-mobile-advertising-forward-welcoming-mopub-to-the-flock〕 *Palantir *Rent The Runway *Reputation.com *SevOne *SpaceX 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「TrueBridge Capital Partners」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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