The firm has made investments in over 70 portfolio companies in the past. Some representative investments from the Firm’s current and previous venture funds include the following:
Network/Communications Equipment
Wireless & Software
Semiconductors
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Aktino, Inc. |
Aktino is a developer of carrier-class bonded copper solutions that enable ILEC’s to respond to customer hunger for bandwidth by leveraging their considerable in-place copper loop infrastructure. The company’s products are deployed worldwide for the transport of DS3 and high speed Carrier Ethernet. |
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Alteon WebSystems |
Alteon WebSystems is a developer of gigabit Ethernet switches delivering the end-to-end performance and QoS intelligence required for multimedia intranets. In particular, the company develops a wide range of Ethernet product such as server adapters, 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet server switches and Internet traffic directors. |
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Bivio Networks |
Bivio Networks is the leading supplier of next generation network appliance platforms, enabling application developers to rapidly develop and deploy market-leading, wire-speed, deep-packet processing network applications. |
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Cellfire |
Cellfire delivers coupons and discount offers directly to consumer’s mobile phones. |
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Diamond Lane Communications |
Develops and markets telecommunications infrastructure equipment for the last mile, xDSL. Sold to Nokia (NYSE: NOK). |
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Egynte |
Egnyte is changing the way that enterprises implement their file sharing infrastructure. Egnyte’s enterprise file sharing allows companies to control where files are stored, combining the speed and security of local storage with the accessibility of the cloud. By leveraging local storage, existing folder structures and access permissions, companies get … |
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NetSocket |
NetSocket is developing IP Service Assurance solutions for managing real-time services in IP networks. |
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Nimbix |
While leveraging multiple available technologies for computationally intensive applications, Nimbix is focused on making hardware accelerator-based platforms available to customers for consumption and tackling the challenges of application and software development on heterogeneous and hybrid platforms. Nimbix believes that this domain offers the most exciting opportunities for innovation in power efficient, … |
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ONI Systems |
Develops and markets optical switching equipment for the metropolitan area. IPO, then acquired by Ciena. |
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OpenConnect Systems |
Developed and marketed software for mainframe to Internet connectivity. Sold to Goff Moore. |
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Optical Data Systems |
Developed, manufactured and marketed local area networking equipment. IPO. |
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Pivot3 |
Pivot3 is focused on delivering highly scalable, fault tolerant IP-based clustered storage systems composed of industry standard servers. The company boasts strong intellectual property in distributed RAID and time-based I/O journaling for delivering the next generation of block-based clustered storage. |
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Powerfile |
Powerfile is a provider of permanent storage solutions. The company provides DVD storage libraries that deliver regulatory compliance, long-term archive, and digital asset management solutions. The company combines standardized DVD media with architecture that features a modular design which is able to provide data archive solutions. |
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Sensity |
Sensity Systems capitalizes on conversions to LED lighting—a process that will affect 4 billion lights worldwide over the next few years—to create a high-speed, sensor-based, multiservice, open networking platform known as a Light Sensory Network (LSN). LSNs help lighting owners improve lighting control and energy efficiency, as well as business … |
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Shomiti Systems |
Developed and marketed network management systems for local area networks. Acquired by Finisar. |
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Talari Networks |
With WAN Virtualization, Talari Networks does for Enterprise WANs what RAID did for storage – delivering a network with 30 to 100 times the bits per dollar, ongoing WAN costs reduced by 40% to 90%, and greater reliability than existing corporate WANs – bringing Moore’s Law and Internet economics to … |
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Bloomfire |
Bloomfire is a knowledge base built to engage users in open, honest knowledge sharing that makes the whole organization more innovative and profitable. Bloomfire works by capturing, archiving, and growing the knowledge that already exists within or about your organization. |
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Centennial Communications |
Provided wireless services in various countries in South America. Sold to Nextel International. |
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Corsair Communications |
Develops and markets cellular fraud detection equipment and cellular services. IPO, then acquired by Lightbridge (Nasdaq:LTBG). |
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Egynte |
Egnyte is changing the way that enterprises implement their file sharing infrastructure. Egnyte’s enterprise file sharing allows companies to control where files are stored, combining the speed and security of local storage with the accessibility of the cloud. By leveraging local storage, existing folder structures and access permissions, companies get … |
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Gazzang |
Gazzang makes cloud computing enterprise-ready. Its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions help organizations address the inherent risk associated with placing sensitive data in the cloud. The company provides data encryption for ANY Linux database, application or service. |
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MetroPCS |
MetroPCS owns licenses to operate broadband PCS in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Atlanta, and Miami. |
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OneSpot |
OneSpot is a provider of third-party content aggregation for online publishers. The company’s service, available on a subscription basis, monitors Web sources, finding and linking relevant content for publishers of Web sites, blogs, and email newsletters. |
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ProNet |
ProNet makes paging systems and answering services for the medical community. They were an early market leader in wireless paging services. IPO (Nasdaq: PNET), then purchased by MetroCall. |
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Sensity |
Sensity Systems capitalizes on conversions to LED lighting—a process that will affect 4 billion lights worldwide over the next few years—to create a high-speed, sensor-based, multiservice, open networking platform known as a Light Sensory Network (LSN). LSNs help lighting owners improve lighting control and energy efficiency, as well as business … |
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Theatro |
Theatro is a two-year old Dallas start-up that has pioneered the market’s first voice-enabled enterprise wearable coupled with a software suite of productivity applications for the brick and mortar retailer. Our “Heads-Up and Hands Free” mobile communications and management solutions, delivered as a cloud based SaaS service over the in-store … |
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Traxo |
Traxo is your digital travel wallet automatically organizing your itineraries and loyalty points in one place. Designed as a home base for travel, Traxo fills a critical void with an automatic, intelligent new system for organizing, managing and sharing all of your trip details. |
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Yvolver |
Yvolver is an exciting young company based in Dallas, Texas. The team at Yvolvr knows how to combine interactive experience into rewarding social platforms across any enterprise, network or community. Stay tuned for the upcoming launch! |
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Credence Systems |
Credence Systems develops, manufactures and markets semiconductor automatic test equipment (ATE) used in the production of semiconductors. The company serves a broad spectrum of the semiconductor industry’s testing needs through a wide range of products that test digital and mixed-signal semiconductors. |
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Crystal Semiconductor |
Crystal Semiconductor is a manufacturer of telecommunications ICs that combine both linear and digital functions for the graphics, audio, video and multimedia market places. Sold to Cirrus Logic. (Nasdaq: CRUS). |
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WaferScale Integration |
WaferScale Integration produces a family of of high-performance field-programmable peripheral integrated circuits (PSD) as well as a broad line of high-performance non-volatile PROM and EPROM memory products, all based on proprietary technology. |
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Xilinx |
Xilinx is a developer of user-programmable gate arrays in which customers create their own custom gate arrays without the delays or engineering charges normally associated with ASIC devices. |
