American River Ventures
VC Fund
Sacramento, United States
American River Ventures is a California-based venture fund specializing in seed, early-stage, and growth capital companies.
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries American River Ventures invests in
SoftwareManufacturingAppsEnergyMobile
Stages American River Ventures invests in
Series BSeries CFunding Round
Countries American River Ventures invests in
United States
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
John Kunhart
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (30%)
- Manufacturing 3 (30%)
- Apps 1 (10%)
- Energy 1 (10%)
- Mobile 1 (10%)
Stage
- Series B 3 (30%)
- Series C 3 (30%)
- Funding Round 2 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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John Kunhart
Owner
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Owner | Total investments: 2 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
PatientSafe Solutions
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PatientSafe Solutions, based in San Diego, California, is leading the way in smart point-of-care mobile solutions and innovating technologies for the future of accountable care. Its flagship product, the PatientTouch System, delivers measurable safety and quality improvement by making care team workflows easier and more productive. PatientSafeSolutions was named one of Wall Street Journal’s Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies in 2011 and 2012, ranked #2 in Wall Street Journal’s Top 10 Venture-Backed Healthcare Companies in 2012, and chosen by Forbes as one of the top Three Health Technology Companies To Watch in 2012. The PatientTouch system is a cutting-edge wireless clinical mobility solution aimed at advancing health systems' patient safety, clinical productivity, and cost reduction agendas. The PatientTouch system transforms care delivery by providing frontline clinicians wireless clinical mobility on a single, intuitive, handheld device that fits in your pocket. The platform runs on a PatientSafe Solutions-designed, developed, and supported device that pairs Apple iOS hardware with enhancements including a high-performance barcode scanner, full-shift battery, and ruggedized, hospital-grade jacket. The mobile health platform delivers Positive Patient Identification, Care Interventions, and Communication and Collaboration capabilities. Positive Patient Identification workflows utilize barcode-enabled workflows for medication administration, specimen collection, infant care, and blood product administration. Customizable Care Interventions ensure real-time order execution and hospital process/policy instrumentation at the point of care. Communication capabilities allow for real-time care team collaboration and alerting features. By consolidating clinical workflows, real-time information access, and communications into an easy-to-use device, hospitals can eliminate harm, reduce waste, and improve productivity. | $30M / Series B / Mar 17, 2010 | |
SpectraSensors
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SpectraSensors, Inc. manufactures and supplies precision optical laser-based gas analyzers for the energy and petrochemical industries. Its products include air monitoring, moisture, dew point, hydrogen sulfide, H2S, dual channel, and atmospheric and portable gas analyzers for natural gas pipelines and processors, petrochemical refineries, andchemical companies. The company's solutions measure and monitor gas and petrochemical concentrations in a variety of applications, such as environmental, energy, water, and chemical process monitoring. Its gas analyzers measure moisture, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen chloride, methane, ammonia, and ethylene oxide. The company also provides communication software systems, such as SCADA2000 for data acquisition, control, and monitoring of custody transfer metering; and CMC, a communications management center for automated and on-demand polling of field monitoring devices. SpectraSensors offers its products through an international distribution network and installation base in North America, Europe, the Pacific Rim, Australia, and Asia. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas with engineering, design, and manufacturing operations in Rancho Cucamonga, California. SpectraSensors was acquired in 2012 by Swiss company Endress+Hauser, a global leader in measurement instrumentation, services and solutions for industrial process engineering. | $14M / Series C / Jul 10, 2007 | |
Xponent
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Xponent Photonics, Inc. manufactures surface mount photonic components for optical assemblies. It offers triplexers and diplexers for single-fiber applications, including PON, point-to-point, and bidirectional radio frequency (RF) systems. Xponent Photonics serves optical systems vendors, transceiver suppliers, and optical subsystem suppliers. Thecompany was formerly known as cQuint Communications Corporation and changed its name to Xponent Photonics, Inc. in March 2002. | $23M / Series C / Mar 29, 2007 | |
KeyEye Communications
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KeyEye Communications, Inc. went out of business. KeyEye Communications, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides connectivity solutions on structured copper twisted pair cables. It offers 10Gbps Ethernet transceivers that deliver 10GBASE-T connectivity over data center cable reaches. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquarteredin Sacramento, California. KeyEye Communications, Inc. has product design centers in San Jose, California; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. | $16M / Oct 01, 2006 | |
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KeyEye Communications
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KeyEye Communications, Inc. went out of business. KeyEye Communications, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides connectivity solutions on structured copper twisted pair cables. It offers 10Gbps Ethernet transceivers that deliver 10GBASE-T connectivity over data center cable reaches. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquarteredin Sacramento, California. KeyEye Communications, Inc. has product design centers in San Jose, California; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. | $13.1M / Series B / Sep 14, 2006 | |
Integrated Materials
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Integrated Materials, Inc., a silicon science and technology company, manufactures poly silicon furnaceware products for integrated circuit manufacturers. It offers boats, injectors, liners, pedestals, ring boats, and shelf boats. The company‘s products are used in high temperature processes, LPCVD processes, and thermal operations. IntegratedMaterials, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. As of July 12, 2010, Integrated Materials, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Ferrotec (USA) Corporation. | $8.8M / Series C / Nov 29, 2005 | |
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SpectraSensors
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SpectraSensors, Inc. manufactures and supplies precision optical laser-based gas analyzers for the energy and petrochemical industries. Its products include air monitoring, moisture, dew point, hydrogen sulfide, H2S, dual channel, and atmospheric and portable gas analyzers for natural gas pipelines and processors, petrochemical refineries, andchemical companies. The company's solutions measure and monitor gas and petrochemical concentrations in a variety of applications, such as environmental, energy, water, and chemical process monitoring. Its gas analyzers measure moisture, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen chloride, methane, ammonia, and ethylene oxide. The company also provides communication software systems, such as SCADA2000 for data acquisition, control, and monitoring of custody transfer metering; and CMC, a communications management center for automated and on-demand polling of field monitoring devices. SpectraSensors offers its products through an international distribution network and installation base in North America, Europe, the Pacific Rim, Australia, and Asia. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas with engineering, design, and manufacturing operations in Rancho Cucamonga, California. SpectraSensors was acquired in 2012 by Swiss company Endress+Hauser, a global leader in measurement instrumentation, services and solutions for industrial process engineering. | $6M / Series B / Mar 01, 2005 | |
PocketThis
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PocketThis was founded in 1999 and has more than 35 employees. They're based in the Silicon Valley in northern California and have European offices in London, Paris and Sweden.PocketThis delivers packaged software that allows mobile operators to rapidly partner with content and service providers, create new and useful services, andgenerate increased mobile data services revenue. | $12M / Series C / Nov 10, 2004 | |
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KeyEye Communications
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KeyEye Communications, Inc. went out of business. KeyEye Communications, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides connectivity solutions on structured copper twisted pair cables. It offers 10Gbps Ethernet transceivers that deliver 10GBASE-T connectivity over data center cable reaches. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquarteredin Sacramento, California. KeyEye Communications, Inc. has product design centers in San Jose, California; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. | $15M / Series B / May 26, 2004 | |
Senforce Technologies
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Senforce technology provides protection by enforcing encryption policies at employees' computers, whether they are online or offline. The software includes "location-aware enforcement" that prevents unauthorized access to a network by automatically adjusting security controls and protections based on the user's location. | $12.4M / Apr 14, 2004 |
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FAQ
What does American River Ventures invest in?
American River Ventures invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Apps startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at American River Ventures includes John Kunhart (Owner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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