ND venture capital investing successes, Notre Dame Magazine, Summer 2000


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Summer 2000 issue	.	A Piece of the Boom
LINKS: Return to investments story	.	Some extreme examples of Notre Dame’s successes in venture capital investing Ciena, optical networking equipment: 1994: $148,772 of ND money is part of $4 million invested by Charles River Ventures 1997: Notre Dame receives $18 million in Ciena stock Return on investment: 11,999 percent Yahoo, web portal: 1995: $18,163 of ND money is part of $1.8 million invested by Sequoia Capital 1996: Notre Dame receives $27 million in Yahoo stock. Return on investment: 148,553 percent Redback Networks, advanced networking systems: 1996: $56,448 of ND money is part of $6.7 million invested by Sequoia Capital 1999: Notre Dame receives $21 million in Redback Networks stock. Return on investment: 37,102 percent Inktomi, networking software: 1997: $180,860 of ND money is part of $11.7 million invested by Oak Investment Partners 1998: Notre Dame receives $13.9 million in Inktomi stock. Return on investment: 7,585 percent Return to investments story

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