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Claremont Creek Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm investing in digital solutions that transform essential, broad-impact industries.

About Claremont Creek Ventures

Claremont Creek Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm, founded by experienced entrepreneurs to partner with other entrepreneurs in building ambitious, exceptional technology companies

Digital Innovation Meets Essential Industries

We invest in digital solutions with the potential to transform essential, broad-impact industries such as healthcare and energy These large industry sectors have historically been slow to adopt emerging technologies in mobility, big data analytics, edge intelligence and user-centric design CCV is committed to partnering with a new generation of technology startups creating high-growth, high-margin and capital efficient businesses in these sectors Our portfolio companies deliver products and services that help these industries enjoy the faster speed-to-market, lower cost structure, greater transparency and creative potential of digitization

We practice “Lifecycle Venturing” by building active and meaningful relationships with entrepreneurs alongside or even ahead of early-stage funding events Our preference is to lead the earliest investment round, allowing us to collaborate with entrepreneurs when their business concept is still evolving, their operating model is adaptable, and our capital and operating expertise can be most useful We then help establish business partnerships and build strong syndicates with premier venture and corporate investors to successfully navigate each phase of growth

We approach venture investing with an operator’s perspective Our team has decades of management and product experience building high-growth technology companies This gives us a collaborative mindset that anchors the relationships we build with every entrepreneur in the CCV portfolio

Claremont Creek Ventures was founded in 2005 by Nat Goldhaber, John Steuart and Randy Hawks to pursue early stage investing in exceptional technology startups

If you are starting or building a company that you feel would be a good fit with Claremont Creek, we welcome the opportunity to explore a relationship Given the volume of plans we receive, we find that the best way to begin a dialogue is through a personal introduction – a fellow entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, attorney or someone we know in common who understands our investment process

• *Disclaimer: Do not submit any information or other materials that you consider to be confidential or proprietary Because of the large number of business plans and related materials that we review, and the similarity of many such plans and materials, we cannot accept responsibility for protecting against misuse or disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information or other materials in the absence of our express written agreement to do so

Press contact: Jennifer Jones jennifer@jenniferjones com 650-465-5831 Click here for a printable version of the directions below (includes map and parking instructions)

Directions from the South Bay:

Take I-880 North to Oakland Follow I-980 E toward Walnut Creek Take the 11th Street Exit Follow Castro Street to 14th St /International Dr Turn right onto 14th St /International Dr Turn Left on Clay Closest Parking is on 14th and Clay CCV is located in the Rotunda Building in the Frank H Ogawa Plaza

Directions from San Francisco:

Take I-80 East to Oakland Follow the I-580 E ramp to Downtown Oakland Bear Right onto the I-980 W ramp to Downtown Oakland Take the 18th Street Exit towards 14th St Turn Left on 17th Street Closest Parking is on 17th and San Pablo CCV is located in the Rotunda Building in the Frank H Ogawa Plaza

Directions from the East Bay:

From I-680 take CA-24 W to Downtown Oakland CA-24 turns into I-980 Continue on I-980 W to Downtown Oakland Take the 18th Street Exit Turn Left on 17th Street Closest Parking is on 17th and San Pablo CCV is located in the Rotunda Building in the Frank H Ogawa Plaza

Take BART to 12th St Oakland City Center When exiting the BART Station, exit towards "Frank H Ogawa Plaza" (towards the back of the BART station) Take the escalator up and walk straight ahead through the plaza (away from Broadway) The Rotunda Building will be on your right (only about 2 minute walk from BART)