About ATEL Capital Group
ATEL Capital Group is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Dec 2022, ATEL Capital Group has invested in 101 companies. It primarily invests in Venture Debt round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Life Sciences and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it led the $28.8M Series B round of Emulate along with OS Fund. This round also saw participation from and other investors.
Overall, ATEL Capital Group portfolio has seen 3 unicorns, 12 IPOs and 50 acquisitions including key companies like Lime, Enphase Energy and Five9. A lot of funds co-invest with ATEL Capital Group, with names like GE Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
ATEL Capital Group has team of 20 people including 7 partners.
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ATEL Capital Group's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
ATEL Capital Group has invested in 101 companies over the last 21 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Plant Prefab and most recent follow-on round was in Plant Prefab.

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ATEL Capital Group's Investment Trends by Stage
ATEL Capital Group has made 6 investments in Venture Debt stage with an average round size of $4.1M, 4 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $19.8M and 3 investments in Conventional Debt stage with an average round size of $4.92M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Venture Debt | 6 |
Series B | 4 |
Conventional Debt | 3 |
PE | 1 |
Seed | 1 |
Others | 2 |
ATEL Capital Group's Investment Trends by Sector
ATEL Capital Group has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Sustainability Tech, Energy Tech, Enterprise Applications and Environment Tech. Notably, it has invested in 78 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 78 Tech companies, 17 Tech hardware companies and at least 16 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
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High Tech | 4 |
Sustainability Tech | 4 |
Energy Tech | 3 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Environment Tech | 3 |
Others | 18 |
ATEL Capital Group's Investment Trends by Geography
ATEL Capital Group has made most investments in United States (94), followed by Canada where it has made 2 investments.
ATEL Capital Group's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by ATEL Capital Group:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Dec 07, 2022 | United States | Conventional Debt | $12M | ||
Dec 07, 2022 | United States | Series C | $42M | Liga Ventures [+6] | |
Aug 03, 2021 | United States | Venture Debt | Undisclosed | ||
Mar 28, 2016 | United States | Series B | $28.8M | OS Fund [+4] | |
Sep 04, 2013 | United States | Series C | $30M | [+6] |
Unicorns in ATEL Capital Group's Portfolio
Here is a list of unicorns in ATEL Capital Group's portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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65 | Developer of plant-based fruit coating materials | 2012 | Goleta | Series E | qnpxhum | ||
83 | App-based rental platform providing self-drive electric kick-scooter | 2017 | San Francisco | Series D | uqr{ozc | ||
54 | Provider of end-to-end construction design solutions | 2015 | Menlo Park | Series D | loedhsg |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in ATEL Capital Group's Portfolio
Here are ATEL Capital Group's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Mar 24, 2021 | - | - | - | |
Feb 03, 2021 | - | - | - | |
May 01, 2020 | - | - | - | |
Oct 31, 2018 | - | - | - | |
Jun 12, 2018 | - | - | - |
Acquired companies in ATEL Capital Group's Portfolio
Here are ATEL Capital Group's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Sep 10, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Sep 01, 2022 | - | - | - | |
Jul 18, 2021 | - | - | - | |
Mar 01, 2021 | - | - | - | |
Jan 15, 2021 | Feb 22, 2012 | Seed | Undisclosed |
Team profile of ATEL Capital Group
ATEL Capital Group has a team of 20 membersÌýincluding 7 Partners and 11 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States. ATEL Capital Group's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in ATEL Capital Group:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Anselmo | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | , | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Principal | San Francisco | - | - | |
Principal | San Francisco | - | ||
Principal | San Francisco | - | ||
Principal | San Francisco | - |
Co-investors of ATEL Capital Group
Over the past 21 years, 141 investors have co-invested in ATEL Capital Group's portfolio companies.
- Invested before ATEL Capital Group:ÌýDFJ, Intel Capital and 56 others have invested in rounds before ATEL Capital Group. There are 2 companies where DFJ has invested before ATEL Capital Group and 2 companies where Intel Capital has invested before ATEL Capital Group.
- Top Co-investors of ATEL Capital Group:Ìý27 investors entered a company along with ATEL Capital Group. These include investors like GE Capital (1 company).
- Invested after ATEL Capital Group:ÌýA total of 56 investors have invested in ATEL Capital Group's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Horizon (2 companies), Hercules Capital (1 company) and (1 company).

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