# WR Hambrecht: portfolio, investments and team

> WR Hambrecht is a vc firm based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest Oct 2007. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# WR Hambrecht

Last cheque observed Oct 2007. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet New fund $25M, May 2021 VC firm

Seed Series A Technology Healthcare

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record

Since the last cheque **6962** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$7.7M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Exits **3 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 83%**

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## WR Hambrecht highlights

- 01 6 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 67% of its rounds
- 03 3 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> For over 50 years WR Hambrecht + Co and its predecessor Hambrecht & Quist have provided billions of dollars in early growth capital to >500 companies worldwide. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Technology Healthcare
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances**

- **2007** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Splashtop](https://millionrounds.com/company/splashtop)** Series B · US · splashtop.com **$10M** With 9 others
- **2006** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[YeePay](https://millionrounds.com/company/yeepay)** Series C · CN **$3.4M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Vizu Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/vizu-corporation)** Series A · US · answers.vizu.com **$1.0M** With 5 others
- **2005** 1 round
- **Sept** **[CollabNet](https://millionrounds.com/company/collabnet)** Series B · US · open.collab.net **$9.5M** With 4 others
- **2003** 1 round
- **Feb** **[LifeHarbor](https://millionrounds.com/company/lifeharbor)** Series A · US **$5.8M** With 2 others
- **2000** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Event Source](https://millionrounds.com/company/event-source)** Venture · US **$19M** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **7 named**

EB **Elizabeth Boyer Hambrecht** Cheif Executive Officer i Form ADV

EA **Eugene Alan Yates** Chief Financial Officer/Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

JP **John Paul Hullar** Owner i Form ADV

MK **Michael Kramer** Principal i Filing they signed

TT **Thomas Thurston** Principal i Filing they signed

VB **Veronica Bryan** Chief Operations Officer i Form ADV

WR **William Robert Hambrecht** Principal i Filing they signed

We also hold **10** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$94M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Hambrecht Partners Holdings, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 307665

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **3 in all**

**[CollabNet](https://millionrounds.com/company/collabnet)** Bought by Woven Systems **Undisclosed** Feb 2014

**[Vizu Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/vizu-corporation)** Bought by Nielsen Holdings **Undisclosed** Jul 2012

**[LifeHarbor](https://millionrounds.com/company/lifeharbor)** Bought by Vestmark **Undisclosed** Jul 2004

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$25M**

raised in May 2021

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$7.7M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2007
- **Exits:** 3 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *2*
- Series B *2*
- Series C *1*
- Venture *1*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2000 2007

Often in the room with

- [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as WR Hambrecht. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Intel Capital** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name WR Hambrecht in their description, not their title.

- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) 23 Sept 2020 · 46 min Lisa Edgar, Top Tier Capital Partners With [Lisa Edgar](https://millionrounds.com/person/lisa-edgar) Mentions [Top Tier](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier)[Top Tier Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier-capital-partners)[WR Hambrecht](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wr-hambrecht-co) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 4 Nov 2019 · 33 min 20VC: Inside The Mind of A Leading LP: How LPs Evaluate New Fund Managers on Everything from First Meeting to Portfolio Construction To Fees and Carry with Lisa Edgar, Managing Director @ Top Tier Capital Partners With [Lisa Edgar](https://millionrounds.com/person/lisa-edgar) Mentions [Top Tier](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier)[Top Tier Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier-capital-partners)[WR Hambrecht](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wr-hambrecht-co) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about WR Hambrecht

### What does WR Hambrecht invest in?

WR Hambrecht invests most often at Series A and Series B (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology and Healthcare.

### How active is WR Hambrecht?

6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2007.

### How big are WR Hambrecht's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.7M.

### Does WR Hambrecht lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does WR Hambrecht invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (83%) and China (17%).

### Is WR Hambrecht investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2007.

### Who does WR Hambrecht invest alongside?

Most often Intel Capital (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is WR Hambrecht?

WR Hambrecht is a VC firm based in San Francisco, United States.

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