verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message granite ventures type private industry private equity founded 1992 headquarters san francisco california united states products venture capital total assets 1 billion number of employees 20 website www.graniteventures.com granite ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in san francisco california . granite s predecessor h & q venture associates founded in 1992 was the venture capital investment arm of hambrecht & quist a leading technology oriented investment bank . granite completed a spinout from h & q when the bank was sold to chase manhattan bank in 1999 . since its founding granite has raised over 1 billion in investor commitments and has invested in more than 90 companies . in 2005 the firm raised granite ventures ii its second fund since completing its spinout in 2000 with 350 million of investor commitments . 1 granite s investment professionals include chris hollenbeck chris mckay standish o grady and eric zimits . investments edit granite has backed such companies as anaplan tumbleweed communications plumtree software sendmail and westbridge technology . references edit granite ventures ii closes on 350m . altassets august 30 2005 granite ventures breaks with past forsaking h & q name . investment dealers digest august 14 2000 external links edit granite ventures company website v t e private equity and venture capital basic investment types buyout venture mezzanine growth secondaries equity co investment history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s terms and concepts buyout financial sponsor management buyout divisional buyout buy sell agreement leveraged recapitalization dividend recapitalization venture angel investor business incubator post money valuation pre money valuation seed money startup company venture capital financing venture debt venture round structure private equity firms and funds limited partnership limited liability company carried interest management fee publicly traded private equity business development company venture capital trust private investment in public equity pipe pledge fund investors corporations institutional investors pension funds insurance companies fund of funds endowments foundations investment banks merchant banks commercial banks high net worth individuals family offices sovereign wealth funds crowdfunding related financial terms aum cap table capital call capital commitment capital structure distribution waterfall ebitda envy ratio high yield debt ipo irr leverage liquidation preference m & a pme taxation of private equity and hedge funds undercapitalization vintage year private equity and venture capital investors private equity firms venture capital firms angel investors portfolio companies this article about a private equity or venture capital firm based in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title granite ventures & oldid 743698704 categories venture capital firms of the united statescompanies based in san franciscocompanies established in 1992united states private equity firm stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2009all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view