News & Events

Media Coverage

• "Device Tax Could Suck the "Start" Out of Start-Ups", January 2010. MD&DI. An article featuring one of our general partners, Leslie Bottorff.
• "The Venture Capitalist's Holiday Catalog", December 16, 2009. WSJ Blog. An article featuring ONSET's 2009 holiday card design.
• "Is concept-based advertising the future of Internet ads?", December 9, 2009. VentureBeat. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, NetSeer.
• "An Annual Tradition: Onset's Holiday Card ", December 7, 2009. peHUB. An article featuring ONSET's 2009 holiday card design.
• "A Sneak Peek At Onset Ventures' Popular Holiday Card", December 6, 2009. WSJ Blog. An article featuring ONSET's 2009 holiday card design.
• "The World's Most Intriguing Startups", November 12, 2009. BusinessWeek. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Permuto.
• "Healthy Horizons: Chronic Back Pain", October 8, 2009. CNBC. A video featuring one of our portfolio companies, Relievant Medsystems.
• "CEOs Bank On Fatter Paychecks, Bonuses In 2010", October 6, 2009. WSJ Blog. An article featuring one of our general partners, David Lane.
• "Is Silicon Valley One Cure for the Health Care Crisis?", October 2, 2009. SiliconValley.com. An article featuring one of our general partners, Rob Kuhling.
• "Belt-Tightening Remains A Central Theme In Start-Up Land", September 21, 2009. WSJ Blog. An article featuring one of our general partners, David Lane.
• "Don't Wait for Health Care Reform, Medical-Tech Investors", August 5, 2009. WSJ Blog. An article featuring one of our general partners, Rob Kuhling.
• "Better Vision, With a Telescope Inside the Eye ", July 18, 2009. New York Times. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, VisionCare.
• "An Itty-Bitty Chip Could Slash a Data Center's Energy Bill", June 19, 2009. SYS-CON Media, Inc. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Sentilla.
• "Following Your Startup Dreams", May 14, 2009. IEEE Computer Society. An article featuring one of our general partners, David Lane.
• "MixerCast Nabs $4.1 Million for Widget Ads", April 17, 2009. VentureBeat. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, MixerCast.
• "For VCs, A Tiny Ray of Hope Amid Clouds", April 8, 2009. WSJ Blog. An article featuring one of our partners, Shomit Ghose.
• "New Program Aims to Bridge Business, Tech Skills", September 28, 2008. The Daily Californian. An article featuring one of our partners, Shomit Ghose.
• "ICSI Spins out Venture-Backed XORP, Inc.", July 24, 2008. NewsBlaze. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, XORP.
• "Truviso Shows Off Dynamic Database with Technorati Tag Cloud", May 28, 2008. VentureBeat. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Truviso.
• "Stanford in Study on New Weight-Loss Therapy", April 16, 2008. San Francisco Chronicle. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, EnteroMedics.
• "Network Synchronization and Time Solutions Provider Brilliant Telecom Gets $6.1 Million in Venture Capital", January 29, 2008. TMCnet.com. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Brilliant Telecommunications.
• "Creating Asia's White Picket Fence", January 24, 2008. Forbes.com. An article featuring one of our general partners, Raman Khanna.
• "Adaptive Planning: A Cure for the Recession Blues?", January 24, 2008. Weblogs, Inc. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Adaptive Planning.
• "Cisco Grabs Securent for $100M", November 1, 2007. RedHerring. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Securent.
• "Sentilla Makes Ubiquitious Computing Easy", October 16, 2007. The Burton Group. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Sentilla Corporation.
• "Invest Like a Venture Capitalist", July 13, 2007. TheStreet.com. An article with quotes from Principal, Steve Bernardez.
• "Cadence Buys Chip Tools Firm", July 12, 2007. TheStreet.com. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Invarium.
• "Moteiv: Better than Fairy Dust", June 25, 2007. Wi-Fi Planet. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Moteiv.
• "Verizon Opens Mobile Wallet", June 20, 2007. Red Herring. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Obopay.
• "Getting In To College", May 9, 2007. VentureBeat. A blog by Venture Partner, Shomit Ghose.
• "A Fork in the Road for Stents", May 2, 2007. Red Herring. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, SquareOne.
• "Onset backs Brilliant Telecommunications", February 1, 2007. Red Herring. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Brilliant Telecommunications.
• "Santa Ventures Triumphs Over the Liquidator", December 26, 2006. Valleywag. Featuring ONSET's 2006 Holiday Card design.
• "An Accountant Goes a-Caroling", December 24, 2006. New York Times. Featuring ONSET's 2006 Holiday Card design.
• "What A Card", December 22, 2006. San Francisco Chronicle. Featuring ONSET's 2006 Holiday Card design.
• "The Liquidator: the New Grinch", December 13, 2006. On The Turning Away. Featuring ONSET's 2006 Holiday Card design.
• "Best VC Holiday Cards", December 8, 2006. PEHUB. Featuring ONSET's 2006 Holiday Card design.
• "Venture Profile: Susan Mason, ONSET Ventures", November 2006. The Sterling Report. An interview featuring one of our general partners, Susan Mason.
• "AirPlay Receives $14M Series B Funding", October 10, 2006. Gamasutra. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, AirPlay.
• "AirPlay Finds Funds", October 10, 2006. Wireless Week. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, AirPlay.
• "Appetite Device Gets Big Serving of Cash", July 19, 2006. Star Tribune. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, EnteroMedics.
• "Obesity Fight Gets $45.2M Lift", July 19, 2006. Red Herring.
• "EnteroMedics lands $45M venture deal to treat obesity", July 19, 2006. Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, EnteroMedics.
• "The Top Venture Capital Firms for Entrepreneurs", July 2006. Entrepreneur Magazine. The magazine publishes its Sixth Annual Top 100 VC Listing.
• "Nextance Snags $10.1M", June 6, 2006. Red Herring. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Nextance.
• "SaaS Players Jostle For Position ", May 5, 2006. Internetnews.com. An article featuring quotes from General Partner, Mark Hilderbrand.
• "Can Caspio Penetrate the Enterprise On Demand?", May 1, 2006. Internetnews.com. An article featuring quotes from General Partner, Mark Hilderbrand.
• "He and His CEO Inhaled", March 28, 2006. Wired News. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Nektar Therapeutics.
• "Obopay Gets $10M for M-Wallet", March 8, 2006. Red Herring. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Obopay, Inc.
• "Startup Trades DFM for Resolution Enhancement", February 20, 2006. EETimes.com. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Invarium, Inc
• "Silicon Valley Children's Hospital Proponents Vow to Continue Efforts", February 10, 2006. Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal. An article featuring quotes from General Partner, Rob Kuhling.
• "Startup Claims to Trump RET, OPC Tools", February 8, 2006. EETimes.com. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Invarium, Inc.
• "Small is Beautiful for Web 2.0 Start-ups", February 6, 2006. CNET News.com. An article featuring quotes from General Partner, Mark Hilderbrand.
• "Adaptive Planning names CEO", January 10, 2006. Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Adaptive Planning.
• "Mutual-Aid Network Links South Asia and the U.S.", December 15, 2005. New York Times. An article featuring one of our portfolio companies, Arcot Systems.
• "Conexant is Finding Its Engineers in India", November 16, 2005. The New York Times. An article with a quote from General Partner, Terry Opdendyk
• "VCs Cope with Change", October 20, 2005. Red Herring. An article with a quote from General Partner, Terry Opdendyk.
• "The Return of Returns", January 20, 2005. Business Week. Justin Hibbard. An article featuring ONSET's 20th Anniversary Celebration.
• "Left Hand, Meet Right", December 19, 2004. New York Times. Mark A. Stein. Featuring ONSET's 2004 Christmas Card design. (You will need to register for free and login to the New York Times to view this article).
• "The Return of the Venture Capitalists", September 2, 2004. New York Times. An article featuring General Partner, Mark Hilderbrand and Fred Khosravi, founder of one of our portfolio companies, Access Closure.
• "Ex-Enron Chief's Legacy Takes Especially High Toll on Smaller Companies", July 11, 2004. Los Angeles Times. An article with a quote from General Partner, Rob Kuhling.
• "Early Stage Aortic Device Co. Sadra Medical Gets $9M Series A", June 17, 2004. Dow Jones Venture Wire. An article with quotes from General Partner, Leslie Bottorff.
• "Suddenly Medical Devices Look Sexy to Investors", February 16, 2004. HBS Working Knowledge. An article with quotes from General Partner, Leslie Bottorff.
• "The epitome of power", December 22, 2003. Network World. An article with quotes from General Partner, Susan Mason.
• "VC partners are vanishing", November 17, 2003. Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal. An article with quotes from General Partner, Susan Mason.