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Strategy

Our investment strategy includes specific targets in the following areas:
  • Industry
  • Stage of investment
  • Size of investment
  • Geographic location of investment
  • Management focus
  • Co-investment
Industry
Parker Price Venture Capital focuses on technology investments in four primary areas:
  • Software/Internet Infrastructure
  • Semiconductors
  • Telecommunications
  • Wireless and Other Electronic Devices
Stage of Investment
We prefer to invest in the second institutional round of financing (Series B), although we will consider both earlier- and later-stage investments.

Size of Investment
Our typical target investment size ranges from $1-3 million.

Geography
Parker Price Venture Capital primarily seeks investment opportunities in California and Texas. This enhances the ability of our partners to work actively with our portfolio companies.

Management
Outstanding management is the foundation of our investment strategy. Our partners have a history of working with management teams and maintaining effective relations with our portfolio companies.

Co-investment Strategy
Parker Price Venture Capital prefers to co-invest alongside other experienced venture capital firms. Partnering with other similarly-minded firms provides a deeper network and a broader set of resources for each portfolio company. Our portfolio includes co-investments with some of the largest and most sophisticated venture capital firms and business corporations. Past co-investors have included:

Venture Capital Firms

Austin Ventures
Bessemer Ventures
CMEA Ventures (CMEA)
Commonwealth Capital
Doll Capital Management
GE Equity
Goldman Sachs Private Equity Partners
H&Q Asia Pacific
Highland Capital
IndoSuez Ventures
Institutional Venture Partners (IVP)
JAFCO Ventures
Labrador Ventures
Mayfield Fund
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Newbury Ventures
Norwest Venture Partners
Omninet Capital
Sienna Ventures
Soros Private Equity Investors
Sprout Group
Tallwood Ventures
Trellis Partners
U.S. Venture Partners (USVP)
VantagePoint Venture Partners
Venrock Associates
Vortex Ventures
Wasserstein Ventures


Corporate/Strategic Investors

AT&T
Cisco Systems
Citigroup
EMC
Hewlett-Packard
Intel
Lucent Technologies
Philips Electronics
Qualcomm
Sony
UMC


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