Wavepoint Ventures
Wavepoint Ventures, LLC is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in El Dorado Hills. Founded in 2001, the firm specializes in seed and early-stage financing, primarily targeting companies in sectors such as medical technology, information technology, clean technology, biotechnology, and software for the healthcare industry. Wavepoint Ventures focuses its investments in the California Capital region, typically committing between $0.25 million and $1.5 million to companies with capital requirements not exceeding $15 million. The firm often collaborates with other investors in its funding activities and generally holds investments for three to five years, aiming for exits through acquisitions or public offerings. However, it is important to note that Wavepoint Ventures is no longer actively investing.
Miret Surgical
Series A in 2014
Miret Surgical, Inc. is a manufacturer of medical devices focused on surgical applications, particularly in the realm of minimally invasive procedures. Established in 2010 and headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois, the company develops devices that minimize the need for extensive incisions during surgeries. This approach allows surgeons to maintain their operative techniques while reducing scarring and improving the overall speed and cost-effectiveness of procedures. Miret Surgical aims to enhance surgical outcomes by providing innovative solutions that prioritize both patient recovery and operational efficiency.
Cloud Cruiser
Series A in 2010
Cloud Cruiser, Inc. is a software company that specializes in cloud financial management solutions, founded in 2010 and based in San Jose, California. The company's primary product, Cloud Cruiser, enables enterprises and service providers to effectively manage costs and enhance profitability across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. Its software automates the collection and aggregation of IT costs and revenue, providing users with comprehensive visibility into cloud usage and spending. Features include self-service billing, hybrid IT show back and chargeback capabilities, and detailed profit and loss analytics. Cloud Cruiser's solutions facilitate proactive cost controls and flexible pricing models, positioning it as a key player in optimizing cloud financial management. As of January 2017, Cloud Cruiser operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.
Velomedix
Series A in 2009
Velomedix, Inc. is a therapeutic hypothermia company based in Menlo Park, California. The company specializes in technologies designed to protect the body’s organs during ischemic or inflammatory insults. Velomedix's innovative approach aims to provide an effective solution for preserving organ function in critical medical situations.
Marrone Bio Innovations
Series A in 2007
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. is a biopesticide company based in Davis, California, that focuses on the discovery, development, and marketing of natural products for agricultural pest and disease management. Founded in 2006, the company offers a range of bio-based solutions, including biopesticides, bioinsecticides, bionematicides, biofungicides, biostimulants, and bionutrition products. Notable products include Regalia, which protects crops from fungal and bacterial diseases, and GreenMatch EX, a herbicide designed for organic growers. Additionally, Marrone Bio Innovations develops products for controlling invasive species in waterways and utilizes naturally occurring microorganisms to create effective solutions for managing insects, weeds, and plant diseases. The company sells its products online, catering to the evolving needs of modern agriculture.
Sentilla, based in Redwood City, California, specializes in data center management and IT intelligence infrastructure. The company provides a software solution that enhances visibility across physical, virtual, and cloud environments, enabling enterprises to optimize their IT resource utilization and align it with business needs. By offering services such as performance analysis, capacity management, and cloud migration, Sentilla aids clients in minimizing risks and improving infrastructure performance continually. Its software is utilized by global enterprises, including cloud service providers and telecommunications companies, to achieve significant efficiency gains, with clients reportedly realizing $1.40 for every dollar invested in IT. The company’s focus on reducing capital and operational expenditures allows businesses to deploy resources more quickly and enter new markets with agility.
DRC Computer
Angel Round in 2005
DRC is the leading provider of programmable coprocessor systems critical for compute-intensive applications. DRC accelerates essential algorithms and total applications in high-performance computing for business and science. Modern business problems continually demand cheaper, faster and more efficient answers—whether performing risk analysis for financial institutions, generating accurate seismic images for oil and gas exploration, or mapping a genome. There is an equally pressing demand for industry-standard platforms and simple-to-use tools to run existing applications with little or no modification. DRC has met this demand by creating the optimum way to directly connect a programmable unit a processor bus and system memory. By moving application processing from software running on a general-purpose CPU to specialized programmable hardware, DRC’s products deliver dramatic performance improvements. Additionally, DRC leverages industry standard systems for even greater ease of implementation and price/performance advantage.
RF Magic is a fabless semiconductor company providing a diversified portfolio of radio frequency (RF) Systems on a Chip integrated circuits (ICs) for the next generation of consumer electronics applications. The company’s experienced engineers combine RF and digital communications systems experience with RF silicon design expertise to develop highly advanced ICs for cost-effective integration into high-volume consumer platforms. RF Magic’s RF Systems on a Chip technology is well suited to meet extreme broadband challenges facing the expanding Digital Home, Consumer Mobility and High Performance Networking markets, such as high-throughput communications, wide bandwidth channels, multiple video channels, multi-function radios and high-interference environments. More than two million of the company’s award-winning products have been shipped to customers for use in Digital Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Out Door Units (ODUs), digital broadcast set top boxes (STBs) and televisions, home media centers, and fixed wireless access modems. Employing patented design techniques, RF Magic’s broadband RF Systems on a Chip ICs offer premium performance, efficient design, lower cost, diverse functionality, and simplicity of use to Deliver the Next RF Generation.
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