# Manatt Venture Fund

Investor in Los Angeles, California

## About Manatt Venture Fund

Manatt Ventures, doing business as the Manatt Venture Fund, is a corporate venture capital arm founded in 2000, based in Los Angeles. It provides legal and transactional guidance to venture-backed companies through an integrated team of attorneys, former entrepreneurs, VC investors, and consultants.

The fund focuses on early-stage investments in technology, healthcare, digital media, and information technology. Beyond capital, it takes a hands-on approach supporting portfolio companies from formation through exit, drawing on deep corporate and transactional knowledge.

Notable investments include HealthBeacon, Two Bit Circus, SchoolCare, Pledge, and Genome Medical. Since inception, the fund has deployed roughly $13 million across a broad portfolio spanning digital media, health tech, and consumer-facing platforms.

Manatt Ventures' investment approach emphasizes practical, business-focused guidance alongside capital, aimed at helping founders navigate the full company lifecycle. Its criteria favor early-stage technology and healthcare companies that can benefit from integrated legal, strategic, and investment support.

## People

- **Richard McDerby**, Program Lead

## Key Facts

- **Location:** Los Angeles, California
- **Investor Type:** Venture Capital
- **Founded:** 2000

## Investment Industries

- Media/Film
- Medical/Healthcare
- Technology/Web/App
- Other

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