August Capital
{{Short description|American venture capital firm}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2022}}{{Undisclosed paid|date=December 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox company
| name = August Capital Master Management Company, LLC
| logo = File:August Capital logo.svg
| type = Venture fund
| foundation = {{start date and age|1995}}{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/13/august-capital-raises-450-million-for-its-seventh-fund-august-vii/#.ht6sfc:l61H |title=August Capital Raises $450 Million For Its Seventh Fund, August VII|date=13 February 2015 }}
| founders = David Marquardt
John Johnston
| hq_location = Menlo Park, California, U.S.
| industry = Venture capital
| homepage = {{URL|augustcap.com}}}}
August Capital, legally August Capital Master Management Company, LLC, is a venture capital firm founded by David Marquardt and John Johnston in 1995. It is focused on information technology and is based in Menlo Park, California.
Company
August Capital specialized in growth capital and startup investments. The firm has invested in all stages with a focus on early and late stage, management buyouts, and private investments in public equity. The firm has invested in the information technology spectrum including IT infrastructure, data center technologies, systems management, security, storage, and cloud computing systems and software.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=18945|title=August Capital: Private Company Information - Businessweek|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2016-07-19}}
Partner David Hornik, who joined in 2000,{{cite web | url=https://www.axios.com/2019/01/02/august-capital-venture-capital-fund-silicon-valley | title=A look inside the trouble at Silicon Valley's August Capital | date=January 2, 2019 }} was on the Midas List in 2012.{{Cite web|title=The Midas List - Forbes, 2012|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/midas/2012/midas-list-top-tech-investors_list.html|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-05-08}} Other partners with the firm included Andy Rappaport.{{Cite news |last=Clifford |first=Lee |date=2001 |title=August Capital |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=4608135&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2024-12-29 |work=Fortune |page=158 |via=EBSCOhost |volume=143 |issue=14}}
Notable companies funded by August Capital included Adaptive Telecom, which was sold to Metawave for $130 million, and Evite, which was acquired by Ticketmaster.
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Category:Venture capital firms of the United States
Category:Companies based in Menlo Park, California
Category:Financial services companies established in 1995
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Category:Financial services companies based in California
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