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St. Paul Venture Capital

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St. Paul Venture Capital is a US-based private equity firm that invests in early-stage companies.

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01.01.1988

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Founded in 1988, St. Paul Venture Capital is one of the largest early-stage venture capital funds in the US, with $3.0 billion in committed capital and offices in Minneapolis, Boston, and Silicon Valley. The firm invests primarily in the areas of Communications, Software and Services, and Healthcare. St. Paul Venture Capital was the corporate venture capital arm of the St. Paul Companies, but ceased operations on July 1, 2004 and split into two separate firms, Split Rock Partners and Vesbridge. For more information, visit the firm's website at http://www.spvc.com.
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Patrick Hopf

Patrick Hopf has been investing in early stage consumer, retail and business service companies for over 30 years as a venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He was the CEO and founder of St. Paul Venture Capital, a venture fund with over $3 billion of invested capital, following leadership roles at T. Rowe Price, Family Entertainment Centers and Capital Research. As a venture capitalist, he led investments and participated on the Board of Directors of Select Comfort (the “Sleep Number Bed” company), Sylvan Learning, OnLineLearning.net, Petstuff, BizMart, PLAX, Pacific Sunwear, National Electronics Warranty Corporation and Tokos Medical. He graduated with an MBA from the University of Virginia and with a BS from the University of Minnesota.

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Steven Schwen

Steven Schwen

CFO

Jim Simons

Jim Simons

General Partner

Michael Gorman

Michael Gorman

Managing General Partner

Sanjay Jhawar

Sanjay Jhawar

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David Stassen

David Stassen

General Partner

Patrick Hopf

Founder and CEO

William Cadogan

William Cadogan

General Partner

Tom Rowbotham

Tom Rowbotham

Venture Partner

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