Garnett & Helfrich Capital, The Venture Buyout Firm™, is a $350 million private equity fund for mid-sized technology spinouts. Formed in March 2004, with $250,250,000 in capital from leading institutional investors and educational endowments and now expanded to $350,350,000, the firm invests in buyouts in the enterprise software, communications and networking, semiconductors, data processing, and Internet content/infrastructure segments of the technology industry.
What makes Garnett & Helfrich Capital unique is that its founders, Terry Garnett and David Helfrich, have extensive operating experience in starting, building, and expanding “franchise” companies in the technology field. These companies include Ascend Communications, Oracle Corporation, Newbridge Networks, Crossworlds Software, Copper Mountain Networks, and 3Com.