OVP Venture Partners Raises Capital for New Fund

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OVP Venture Partners plans to announce Tuesday that it has raised $160 million in a first close of a new venture-capital fund. This is the sixth fund for the Kirkland, Wash. venture firm. Gerry Langeler, a general partner at OVP, said he expects to close on an additional $40 million by the end of the first quarter of next year. The firms last fund was $150 million, which it closed in the early spring of last year. One reason for closing the fund in two rounds was that new investors wanted to be sure that existing investors were committed to the firm before signing up to commit money...

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Amount $16.0M Total raised
Date October 8, 2001 Announcement date
Investors OVP Venture Partners, Canaan Partners Lead investors
Company http://www.acmepacket.com Funded company

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Acme Packet
$100M to $250M