"I'm involved in a bunch of companies, that are multi-billion dollar companies, doing something different from what they did when we funded them originally." - Bryan Roberts, Ph.D., Partner

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Venrock portfolio company SlideShare has found a new home, with partner LinkedIn. LinkedIn purchased the company for $118.75MM which was a fantastic outcome for all parties involved with the presentation sharing hub. A big congratulations to the founders and employees of SlideShare!

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A big congratulations to Bryan Roberts (#38), Ray Rothrock (#49) and Brian Ascher (#67) for making the 2012 Forbes Midas List. Bryan Roberts, “the dean of healthcare IT,” was also featured in an accompanying story, The VCs Who Are Investing In Health IT.

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Ariosa Diagnostics has partnered with LapCorp to make the Harmony™ Prenatal Test available in the United States and Canada. Ariosa is bringing an affordable and non-invasive prenatal testing option to pregnant women and their physicians. The company launched earlier this year and it’s test will become widely available in June.

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Venrock’s security franchise just went mobile! AppThority has joined the Venrock family and will be focused on the emerging mobile security space. Is that app tracking your location or collecting information you didn’t know about? Ray Rothrock will join the board: “The demand for enterprises to gain control over the millions of mobile apps and ultimately desktop apps is huge.”

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Transparency is coming to the healthcare sector and Castlight Health is leading the way. The company recently announced that it has raised $100MM in new funding to fuel it’s growth. Watch them on NBC Bay Area News or read about them in the Financial Times.

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