SBV Venture Partners

SBV Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early-stage companies within the healthcare and high-tech sectors. The firm capitalizes on the current landscape dominated by large venture funds, which primarily target late-stage investments. This environment presents significant opportunities for experienced investors like SBV, who excel in originating deals and taking leadership roles in innovative, well-managed startups. SBV's involvement with these companies goes beyond financial investment; the firm actively participates in sourcing and seed financing, recruiting management teams, assisting with marketing and public relations, connecting startups with potential key customers, and helping to develop international strategies.

Jacques Vallee

General Partner

9 past transactions

NanoGram

Series C in 2008
NanoGram Corporation specializes in the development and manufacturing of advanced products for photovoltaics, electronics, and displays, leveraging its expertise in nanotechnology. The company offers a customized nanotechnology platform that produces application-specific nanomaterials and nanoscale compositions tailored for various sectors, including optical, electronic, imaging, biomedical, and energy applications. With a presence in Japan through its Tokyo office and a strategic partnership with Nagase & Co., Ltd, as well as a Seoul office to address the Korean market, NanoGram is poised to capitalize on growth opportunities in Asia. Additionally, NanoGram has successfully incubated and spun out two companies, enhancing its innovation footprint in the nanotechnology sector.

NanoGram

Venture Round in 2006
NanoGram Corporation specializes in the development and manufacturing of advanced products for photovoltaics, electronics, and displays, leveraging its expertise in nanotechnology. The company offers a customized nanotechnology platform that produces application-specific nanomaterials and nanoscale compositions tailored for various sectors, including optical, electronic, imaging, biomedical, and energy applications. With a presence in Japan through its Tokyo office and a strategic partnership with Nagase & Co., Ltd, as well as a Seoul office to address the Korean market, NanoGram is poised to capitalize on growth opportunities in Asia. Additionally, NanoGram has successfully incubated and spun out two companies, enhancing its innovation footprint in the nanotechnology sector.

NanoGram

Series B in 2004
NanoGram Corporation specializes in the development and manufacturing of advanced products for photovoltaics, electronics, and displays, leveraging its expertise in nanotechnology. The company offers a customized nanotechnology platform that produces application-specific nanomaterials and nanoscale compositions tailored for various sectors, including optical, electronic, imaging, biomedical, and energy applications. With a presence in Japan through its Tokyo office and a strategic partnership with Nagase & Co., Ltd, as well as a Seoul office to address the Korean market, NanoGram is poised to capitalize on growth opportunities in Asia. Additionally, NanoGram has successfully incubated and spun out two companies, enhancing its innovation footprint in the nanotechnology sector.

Triformix

Series A in 2003
Triformix

NeoGuide

Series B in 2003
NeoGuide Systems Inc. is a developer of robotic endoscopic technology specifically designed for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). Founded in 2000 and based in San Jose, California, the company focuses on creating advanced solutions for medical procedures, particularly in colonoscopy applications. Its innovative technology aims to enhance the visualization and delivery of therapies within the body, thereby improving access to abdominal and thoracic cavities. NeoGuide is positioned at the forefront of a transformative approach in minimally invasive surgery, contributing to the evolution of medical practices in the field.

NanoGram Devices Corporation

Venture Round in 2003
NanoGram Devices Corporation is a nanotechnology company based in Milpitas, California. The company was founded by Jason Lemkin in 2002.

NeoPhotonics

Venture Round in 2002
NeoPhotonics offers a complete line of both active and passive optical components for every network market segment: FTTH/Access, Datacom, Storage Area Networks, Metro and Long Haul networks. NeoPhotonics' transceivers are compliant with industry standard MSAs, are available in GBIC, SFF, SFP, XFP and other configurations, and serve a variety of reaches, applications and data-rates from 155MBps to 10GBps. NeoPhotonics' advanced silica Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) integrated optical modules and subsystems are critical parts in access FTTH networks and in metro and long-haul DWDM networks. For FTTH, NeoPhotonics manufactures integrated splitters in high volume and FTTH BiDi and TriPlexer transceivers, Other products include AWGs, Athermal AWGs, VOA Multiplexers, EDFAs and ROADM Modules. NeoPhotonics' manufactures MEMS-based Variable Optical Attenuators and Dynamic Channel Equalizers

Triformix

Seed Round in 2001
Triformix

Mobilian

Series C in 2001
Mobilian Corporation is a wireless systems company that specializes in the development of chips, software, and reference designs for wireless radios. The company manufactures wireless networking chips designed for mobile phones and computer devices. Among its notable products is TrueRadio, a two-chip set that enhances wireless communication capabilities. Through its innovative offerings, Mobilian aims to advance wireless technology and improve connectivity solutions.
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