Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. - History

History

History of private equity
and venture capital

Early history
(Origins of modern private equity)
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The 1980s
(LBO boom)
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The 1990s
(LBO bust and the VC bubble)
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The 2000s
(Dot-com bubble to the credit crunch)

The firm was founded in 1979 by Craig Burr, William P. Egan, and Dr. Jean Deleage, Ph.D. Burr and Egan had worked together at the pioneering private equity firm TA Associates. Deleage had come from Sofinnova Partners, a venture capital firm in France that he had co-founded in 1971. In 1976, Deleage had founded Sofinnova’s US affiliate, based in San Francisco. At its zenith the company managed over $700 million in assets and today is the direct predecessor of four venture capital firms with aggregate capital in excess of $5.7 billion:

  • Polaris Venture Partners based in Waltham, Massachusetts
  • Alta Partners based in California
  • Alta Communications based in Boston
  • Alta Berkeley Capital based in London.

Among BEDCO’s most notable investments were Continental Cablevision with H. Irving Grousbeck, Qwest with Philip Anschutz, Cephalon, American Superconductor and SyQuest Technology.

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