the venture capital firm . for the alternative investment management firm see highland capital management . highland capital partners type llc industry venture capital founded 1988 founder william j. boyce paul maeder bob higgins headquarters cambridge massachusetts united states products investments venture capital website www.hcp.com highland capital partners is a global venture capital firm with offices in silicon valley boston and shanghai . highland has raised over 3 billion in committed capital and invested in more than 225 companies . investments include 2u ask jeeves bromium gigamon handy lululemon athletica lycos malwarebytes mapquest qihoo 360 quattro wireless rent the runway starent networks sybase vistaprint vmturbo and wepay . highland also serves as a mentor for future entrepreneurs through summer highland a program that provides students and university affiliated startups with the environment and resources to take their initiative to the next level . they also help run a program for early stage security companies to explore their ideas and obtain customers called cybersecurity factory . 1 founded in 1988 the company has offices in cambridge massachusetts usa menlo park california usa and shanghai china . contents 1 history 1.1 investments and investment funds 1.2 notable investments 1.3 current and former employees 2 other 3 references 4 external links history edit history of private equity and venture capital early history origins of modern private equity the 1980s leveraged buyout boom the 1990s leveraged buyout and the venture capital bubble the 2000s dot com bubble to the credit crunch v t e investments and investment funds edit highland is typically the first institutional investor in the companies they back . 2 from inception in 1988 through the middle of 2009 the firm has raised nine venture capital funds with aggregate investor commitments of approximately 3 billion 1988 highland capital partners 78 million 1992 highland capital partners ii 86 million 1996 highland capital partners iii 126 million 1998 highland capital partners iv 250 million 2000 highland capital partners v 505 million 2001 highland capital partners vi 808 million 2006 highland capital partners vii 808 million 2009 highland capital partners viii 408 million 2013 highland capital partners ix 410 million notable investments edit the company has invested some 2.5 billion in more than 225 companies since its founding . 3 current and former employees edit in february 2005 thomas g. stemberg the founder and former ceo of staples joined highland . 4 other notable members of the team include bob davis the founder of lycos ; peter bell the co founder and ceo of information storage software company storagenetworks ; andy miller the co founder of quattro wireless acquired by apple computer in 2009 and most recently the vice president mobile advertising responsible for the iad team ; and wycliffe grousbeck who reduced his role in highland to become managing partner and co owner of the boston celtics . a recent addition to the highland team is james cash jr. who has served on eighteen public company boards currently wal mart general electric and chubb corporation . other edit highland capital partners is not affiliated with highland capital management the multibillion dollar distressed investment firm hedge fund sponsor and mutual fund manager based in dallas texas . references edit http fortune.com 2015 06 26 cybersecurity factory nurtures startups about highland capital partners inc. yahoo highland capital partners inc. company profile founder and former ceo of staples joins highland capital partners the rebirth of venture capitalism . new york times september 24 2006 company news ; staples names its chief as chairman . new york times march 12 2005 external links edit highland capital partners company website v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout 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 investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth individual merchant bank pension fund sovereign wealth fund private equity firms venture capital firms portfolio companies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title highland capital partners & oldid 728655067 categories 1988 establishments in massachusettsventure capital firms of the united statescompanies based in massachusettscompanies established in 1988private equity firms of the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 suomi edit links this page was last modified on 6 july 2016 at 19 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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