No. 5: Draper Fisher
Jurvetson

Number of deals in 2012: 60

Total money invested in 2012: $146,752,300

Total money invested in Bay Area companies in 2012:
$90,483,500

Sample of Bay Area partners: Timothy Draper, founder and
managing director

Julia Cooper
Researcher- San Francisco Business Times

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The Bay Area is a hotbed for startups — and the venture capital firms that fund them.

But which VCs are most active in the region?

In today’s issue of the San Francisco Business Times we ranked the top 25 local VC firms that completed the most deals in 2012, with total dollars invested used as a secondary ranking criteria.

Visit Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park and you’ll find offices for four of the Top 5 firms. New Enterprise Associates ranked No. 1 on the List with 105 deals and $739 million invested in 2012, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers came in just behind at No. 2 with 105 deals and $546 million invested.

One hotshot firm — Andreessen Horowitz — crashed into this year’s Top 5 after ranking No. 13 last year. The VC firm founded by partners Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz landed at No. 3 with 61 deals and $373 million invested.

For a sneak peek at the other firms that made the Top 5, take a look at our slideshow.

Click on the image to start a slideshow of the Most Active VC Firms in the Bay Area.

The San Francisco Business Times publishes industry rankings in each issue of the paper and reprints them at the end of the year for our annual Book of Lists. These lists are authoritative sources of Bay Area business news.

To see the full top 25 list of the Most Active VC Firms in the Bay Area, along with lists of the Largest Private Equity Firms, Largest Investment Banking Firms, Largest Real Estate Developers and Largest East Bay Commercial Brokerages, check out this week’s print edition.

To see our full Lists, subscribe to the San Francisco Business Times in print.

Julia Cooper is an editorial researcher at the San Francisco Business Times.

Article source: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/08/top-5-most-active-vc-firms-in-the-bay.html