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Venture capitalOakland · Seed–Late Stage · 5 people tracked
Also known as CLAREMONT CREEK MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Claremont Creek Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in information technology companies, particularly in mobility, healthcare, and security. The firm's investment team includes professionals with operating and venture capital experience.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 13, 2026.
Team · 5 people
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Nat Goldhaber is a co-founder and Managing Director of Claremont Creek Ventures, with over 30 years in information technology spanning internet, networking, energy, healthcare, and transportation. Before CCV, he founded and led Cybergold, Kaleida Labs (an IBM/Apple joint venture), and Centram Systems West, and served as president of the venture fund Cole Gilburne Goldhaber and Ariyoshi. He holds Masters and honorary PhD degrees in Education and has held advisory and board roles at UC Berkeley.
Randy Hawks is a co-founder and Managing Director of Claremont Creek Ventures, with over 40 years in the technology industry as a general manager and venture investor. He focuses on sensors, networking, and security, and over more than 25 years as an investor has held numerous venture-backed company board seats, including audit, compensation, and CEO search committee roles. Prior to Claremont Creek, he was a General Partner at Novus Ventures and Venture Partner at Horizon Ventures, and earlier served as CEO of Captiva Software and COO of Identix, along with senior roles at AT&T Paradyne, ITT Information Systems (Qume), and Texas Instruments. He holds a BSEE from the University of Arkansas and completed the Stanford University Executive Management Program.
Brad Webb has three decades of experience as an entrepreneur and investor in the biomedical and biotechnology industries, and at CCV concentrates on how genomics and biomarker data analytics can advance diagnostics and drug development. Before CCV he worked in the medical device sector focused on eye surgery, founded Vision Biology (acquired by Alcon Laboratories, now part of Novartis), and served as an R&D scientist at 3M Company in its ophthalmology products division. He holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from UC Santa Barbara, along with Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Chemistry.
Fractional Controller with prior experience at Virgin and Claremont Creek, educated at Santa Clara.
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Claremont Creek Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 19 of 30 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×5Biotech ×4Energy ×4Healthtech ×4Circular Economy ×3Digital Health ×3Hardware ×3Medical Devices ×3
HQs:United States×13
Investments · 30 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2017 · 12015 · 22014 · 12012 · 32011 · 12010 · 22008 · 111 dated
Natera develops genetic tests and diagnostics using cell-free DNA technology to detect diseases including cancers, genetic disorders, and transplant-related conditions.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Matthew Rabinowitz(Co-founder & Executive Chairman)inJonathan Sheena(Founder)inSteven Chapman(Chief Executive Officer & President)
Co-investorsBain Capital Life SciencesCheyenne VenturesForesite CapitalHarmony PartnersHBM Healthcare InvestmentsLightspeed Venture Partners+4 more
SoundThinking (ShotSpotter) provides gunfire detection technology that identifies and verifies shooting incidents in near real time, connecting detection with investigation and response workflows.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechSaaSNewark, US
SONYA STRICKLER(Executive Officer)Ralph A. Clark(President and Chief Executive Officer)in
BoardRANDY HAWKS(Director)inTOM GROOS(Director)inGARY LAUDER(Director)inPASCAL LEVENSOHN(Director)
Co-investorsBand of AngelsCity LightGideon Hixon FundLauder PartnersNorwest Venture PartnersThe Westly Group
SmartZip provides predictive analytics and automated marketing tools for real estate agents to identify homeowners most likely to sell and generate seller leads.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechPropTechSaaSPleasanton, US
Avaneendra Gupta(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJed Katz(Director)inJason Woods(Director)STEVE OZONIAN(Director)
Board seatRandy HawksJohn Steuart· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsJavelin Venture PartnersToba CapitalIntel Capital
HealthtechMason, US
James S Burns(Mr. Burns is Executive Chairman and a Director.)Stephen A Stamp(Executive Officer)Donald R Wright(Executive Officer)Virginia C Drosos(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardHarsh Patel(Director)Ted Driscoll(Director)
Co-investorsCincyTech
Blue Pillar (Generac Link Manager) provides a platform to unify monitoring and control of industrial energy assets across mixed OEM environments, using protocols such as Modbus and CANBus.
EnergyEnterprise SoftwareIoTIndianapolis, US
Thomas J. Willie(Executive Officer, Director)Brad Witter(Executive Officer, Director)inKevin Kushman(Director)
BoardBill Kingsley(Director)John McIlwraith(Director)inJason Rottenberg(Director)
Co-investorsAllos VenturesCapital Midwest FundElevate VenturesArsenal Growth EquityEnerTech Capital
Spruce Power owns and operates distributed solar energy assets across the United States, managing residential solar systems and energy efficiency assets.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Co-investorsKeiretsu ForumSand Hill AngelsIntel Capital
Siemens Building X provides space and workplace management applications for facility owners, enabling workspace bookings, office navigation, and schedule coordination with real-time usage insights and environmental monitoring.
Enterprise SoftwarePropTech
Co-investorsNavitas CapitalThe Westly GroupAbstract VenturesChemistryEmergence Capital PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)+1 more
DNAnexus operates a cloud platform for managing, analyzing, and collaborating on multiomic and clinical data, supporting bioinformatics workflows, AI/ML analytics, and cohort analysis.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureMountain View, US
Andreas Sundquist(Founder)inSerafim Batzoglou(Founder)inRichard Daly(Executive Officer, Director)inGeorge Asimenos, PhD(Chief Product Officer)inArend Sidow(Founder)
BoardMichael Goldberg(Director)
Co-investorsForesite CapitalGV (Google Ventures)K9 VenturesSaints CapitalUncork CapitalWireframe Ventures
ecoATM operates automated kiosks where consumers can sell used smartphones for instant cash.
B2B MarketplacesCircular EconomyConsumerRetail TechUnited States, US
Stan Pavlovskyin
Co-investorsMoore Venture Partners
Element Energy develops an adaptive battery management system that improves safety, longevity, and energy output for battery packs through cell-level monitoring and management algorithms.
Deep TechEnergyHardware
Co-investorsAF WPartnersFraser McCombs CapitalHigher Life VenturesLG Technology VenturesPrelude VenturesMitsubishi Heavy Industries+1 more
Cell Microsystems develops laboratory instruments and platforms for cell engineering, culture, isolation, and analysis, including single-cell sorting, 3D cell culture, cell counting, tissue dissociation, and automated electrophysiology.
BiotechDeep TechHardware
Co-investorsMission Bay CapitalMission BiocapitalSignet Healthcare PartnersWestern Technology Investment
Genalyte develops Merlin, a real-time diagnostic system that performs laboratory testing directly in clinical settings and integrates results with electronic health records.
Digital HealthHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Diego, US
Cary Gunn(Founder)in
PartnerBrad Webb· led
Co-investorsBioBritBoutique Venture PartnersCLI VenturesFusionX VenturesHBM Healthcare InvestmentsHBM Partners+7 more
Construction TechSan Francisco, US
Richard Guinn(Executive Officer, Director)inDrew Buechley(Executive Officer)in
BoardPaul Straub(Director)Fabiano Silveira Aguilar(Director)Josh Green(Director)in
Co-investorsMcNally Capital
Sterling Adventures is a personal blog documenting mountaineering, hill walking, climbing, and travel adventures dating back to 2005.
Media & EntertainmentSports Tech
Trove operates a platform for brand resale and recommerce, enabling iconic brands to sell returned and excess inventory through secondary markets.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesCircular EconomyRetail TechBrisbane, US
ANDREW RUBEN(Director, Promoter)John Connolly(Founder)inGAYLE TAIT(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardGABRIEL KRA(Director)inBROOK PORTER(Director)inSHELLEY BRANSTEN(Director)
Co-investorsArcTern VenturesCommerce VenturesDBL PartnersG2 Venture PartnersGlobal BrainPrelude Ventures+7 more
Trove provides resale and returns-management software for retail brands and third-party logistics providers, using computer vision and AI to price, route, and process aged, imperfect, or returned inventory.
AI & Machine LearningCircular EconomyRetail Tech
Co-investorsMilliways VenturesThe Westly Group
Innovator in non-invasive surgical skin closure devices used in over 100,000 cases across 30+ countries; headquartered in Campbell, CA.
Campbell, US
Amir Belson(Director)John Tighe(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardPatrick Berbon(Director)Stephen Reeders(Director)Balaji Muralidhar(Director)
Co-investorsHighCape CapitalMVM Life Science PartnersXSeed Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Adura TechnologiesAlphabet EnergyAlter G (formerly Tibion)EcoFactorEnergy CacheGeneWeave BiosciencesGeneWEAVE Inc.LeforaNumedii, Inc.PropertyBridgeRenewable FundingRidePal
Exits · 4
2 IPOs · 2 acquisitionsNateraNASDAQ: NTRAShotSpotterNASDAQ: SSTISmartZip Analyticsacq. by Constellation SoftwareFluxionacq. by Cell Microsystems
Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 2
as of Jun 2020| Fund | Vintage | Committed | Net IRR | TVPI | DPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont Creek Ventures, LPLPs: The Regents of the University of California | 2005 | — | 3.9% | 1.40x | 1.40x |
| CLAREMONT CREEK VENTURES II, LPLPs: The Regents of the University of California | — | — | -0.7% | 0.97x | 0.67x |
Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).
IPO stake values · per SEC filings
Value of this firm's stake in each portfolio company at its IPO price, from the prospectus principal-stockholder table.
| Company | Owned | IPO price | At IPO | Stake value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShotSpotter | 7.8% | $11.00 | Jun 2017 | $7.9M |
Source: SEC S-1 / 424B prospectus filings. Stake value = shares beneficially owned × the initial public offering price, as disclosed — a market value at IPO, not a return multiple (the firm's original cost is not disclosed).
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Claremont Creek Ventures made?
- Claremont Creek Ventures has 30 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited.
- What stage does Claremont Creek Ventures invest at?
- Claremont Creek Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Late Stage stages.
- What is Claremont Creek Ventures's typical check size?
- Claremont Creek Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $3M.
- What sectors does Claremont Creek Ventures focus on?
- Claremont Creek Ventures focuses on Biotech, Cleantech, Data & Infrastructure, Digital Health, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, Medical Devices, New Materials, SaaS.
- Where is Claremont Creek Ventures located?
- Claremont Creek Ventures is headquartered in Oakland, US.
- Who does Claremont Creek Ventures co-invest with?
- Claremont Creek Ventures most often shares deals with The Westly Group, Foresite Capital, HBM Healthcare Investments, among 55 tracked co-investors.
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