Atlas Venture LLP is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, early-stage and select late stage investments in the technology and life sciences sectors. The firm seeks to invest in infrastructure software, business applications, enterprise storage, security appliances, Internet services, telecommunications, and software for vertical industries like communications, healthcare and consumer markets. Atlas also considers investments in components, component design tools, and consumer electronics devices (created from components and software). For life sciences investments, Atlas seeks product companies with clinical candidates, drug discovery companies with technologies to accelerate and improve the field, and select medical device, technology and tool companies. The firm will consider investments in the United States and Europe. Atlas Venture is typically the lead investor with investments between $5 million to $25 million over the life of the company. Atlas Venture was founded in 1980 and is headquartered at Waltham, Massachusetts with offices in, London, Munich and Paris