Figure 6
From: Open innovation, networking, and business model dynamics: the two sides
Alta Partners’ networked business model, the two levels. (Top) Alta Partners interactions with other VC firms from 1996 to 2008. Alta Partners increases its interactions with other VCs after 2000, in line with the rapid take-off of the biotech industry following the sequencing of the human genome. Interactions are extremely cohesive. (Bottom) The many cohesive links that Alta Partners has with other VC partners (in particular after 2000 as seen in the top figure) allow it to invest in many biotech companies (pink dots, bottom figure) on a timely basis. Alta Partners is thus able to rapidly expand and diversify its portfolio of biotech companies after 2000.