Natibo Technologies
Grant in 2023
Natibo Technologies produces Q-Box generator enclosures in Africa.
Trove Technologies Limited operates an online platform designed to facilitate investment in a range of securities, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and cryptocurrencies. Based in Lekki, Nigeria, Trove aims to simplify the investment process for beginners by providing an accessible application that allows users to easily find and select investment opportunities. The platform features a user-friendly KYC process, brokerage services, and a personalized news feed related to the assets traded. Trove enables investors to participate in both local and international markets, offering access to Nigerian stocks, government bonds, and a selection of cryptocurrency assets. Through its seamless approach to micro-investing, Trove empowers users to engage with the financial markets with ease.
Good Thing
Seed Round in 2010
Good Thing Co., Ltd., established in Chuo-ku, Japan, specializes in advertising services. It distributes promotional pouches containing samples and discount coupons to promote specialty goods.
Smartio is a research and development company focused on creating innovative interfaces within the new technology sector. The company is dedicated to advancing the integration of cutting-edge technologies, aiming to enhance user experiences and streamline interactions across various platforms. By prioritizing research and development, Smartio seeks to position itself at the forefront of technological advancements, contributing to the evolution of digital interfaces and their applications in diverse industries.
Cubic Global Tracking Solutions
Series B in 2008
Cubic GTS (formerly Impeva Labs, Inc.) was incorporated in 2004 after three years of intense technology and product development, including several real-world formal trials involving both U.S. government agencies and commercial companies. The company intentionally kept a low public profile during the period of formal company formation, extensive trials and external series A funding. In 2008 Cubic GTS began to proactively announce itself, its products, and the successful achievement of major milestones such as those associated with its Operation Safe Commerce projects with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Next Generation Wireless Communications (NGWC) contract with the US Department of Defense, and commercial deployments with major logistics and shipping companies.
Async Technologies
Venture Round in 2008
Async Technologies, they develop integrated and focused solutions that enable business to add value. Their smart technology delivers the power of an IOT strategy to our company by collecting data directly.
Movidius is a vision processor company based in San Mateo, California, specializing in the design of high-performance, ultralow power computational imaging and vision processing chips, software, and development tools. The company focuses on advancing computational imaging and computer vision technologies for a range of connected devices, including smartphones, tablets, wearables, and embedded systems. Movidius' innovative architecture enables intelligent and contextually aware experiences for consumers across various applications, including mobile and wearable devices, as well as industrial camera systems.
Picsel Technologies
Series C in 2007
Picsel Technologies Limited is a developer of mobile software solutions based in Glasgow, United Kingdom, with additional offices in Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Seoul, and San Francisco. Founded in 1998, the company specializes in providing a range of products that enhance mobile content management and user experience. Its Digital Content Suite includes web explorers and viewers that facilitate the handling of mainstream desktop formats and media types on mobile devices. Additionally, Picsel offers a User Interface Platform for creating branded user experiences and Universal Desktop Widgets that allow desktop widgets to function on mobile devices. The company's File Viewer supports various file formats, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe PDF. Furthermore, Picsel Technologies develops a Mobile Content solution that delivers content directly to mobile devices, along with attachment solutions, enabling comprehensive multimedia content access across multiple platforms.
Dilithium Networks
Series D in 2006
Dilithium Networks specializes in high-quality multimedia delivery over mobile and broadband networks, catering to various devices. The company is recognized for its innovative mobile video solutions, achieving extensive deployments in 60 countries and reaching over 1 billion subscribers. Dilithium has pioneered mobile video communications, offering its services to leading network operators, content owners, and aggregators across diverse network technologies, including 2G, 3G, and WiFi.
Nexidia Inc. is a technology company specializing in dialogue and audio analysis products designed to optimize audio and video media. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Nexidia offers a range of solutions including Nexidia Interaction Analytics for analyzing contact center interactions, Nexidia Capture for call recording, and Nexidia Dialogue Search which allows users to search audio content by keywords. The company provides various tools for automating closed captioning and ensuring compliance with video descriptions, as well as Audio Discovery OnDemand for organizing sound recordings. Nexidia also offers consulting, training, support services, and software development kits for unstructured audio search. Its clientele spans multiple industries, including communications, healthcare, financial services, and entertainment, enabling organizations to extract value from unstructured audio and video content. Formerly known as Fast-Talk Communications, Nexidia became a subsidiary of NICE Systems Ltd. in 2016.
Ambow Education Holding
Series A in 2006
Ambow Education Holding Ltd. is a prominent provider of educational and career enhancement services in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through two main segments: K-12 Schools and Career Programs and Continuing Education (CP&CE). The K-12 Schools segment offers educational services that encompass K-12 programs, tutoring, and international education. The CP&CE segment focuses on tutoring centers that provide classroom instruction, small group, and individualized tutoring to help students excel in their studies and prepare for critical examinations, such as high school and university entrance tests. Additionally, this segment offers educational software, career enhancement services, and training for both professional and soft skills, including leadership and interview techniques. As of December 31, 2019, Ambow operated 60 centers and schools, which included K-12 schools, tutoring centers, training offices, and career enhancement facilities. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Beijing, Ambow aims to meet the growing educational demands of students and recent graduates in China.
Cinario
Venture Round in 2006
Cinario Ltd. provides operational risk management systems. The company designs and develops software for retail, pharmaceutical, financial, manufacturing, educational, and government sectors. It offers solutions that manage building security, energy utilization, crisis management, and staff health and safety. The company implements command centre solutions that deliver centralized physical asset management, crisis command, control automation, and business specific workflow. Cinario Ltd. was formerly known as Context Security Systems Ltd. The company is based in Glasnevin, Ireland. As of February 10, 2009, Cinario Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Orsus Solutions USA, Inc.
Refund Exchange
Seed Round in 2005
Retail Fraud is an age-old problem that affects every retail outlet in the UK and throughout the world. It damages profits every single day. Only now has technology been developed to beat the fraudsters at their own game.
Sensory Networks
Series C in 2005
Sensory Networks is a company that specializes in software pattern matching and content processing acceleration solutions. Its offerings are designed to enhance the performance and cost-effectiveness of network security equipment, particularly for vendors in the cybersecurity space. The company's technology supports demanding applications, including antivirus software, intrusion prevention systems, and content filtering. By optimizing these critical functions, Sensory Networks enables its clients to improve their product capabilities and deliver more efficient security solutions.
Water Innovate
Venture Round in 2005
Water Innovate is a developer and commercializer of advanced water and wastewater treatment technologies aimed at addressing challenges in the water and environmental sectors. By bridging the gap between research and industry innovation, the company focuses on transferring groundbreaking environmental technologies from research labs to the marketplace. Water Innovate evaluates new technologies and invests significant resources in their development, enabling a diverse range of products tailored for the international water industry. With a commitment to overcoming longstanding obstacles in the sector, Water Innovate collaborates with leading experts to bring innovative solutions to market, contributing to improved water management and environmental sustainability.
ISD Corporation
Venture Round in 2005
ISD Corporation is a leading provider of secure payment management software and solutions for merchants. For over 25 years, ISD continues to deliver on its mission to provide best-of-breed software solutions which minimize merchant payment acceptance costs and secure sensitive cardholder data. As a result of its singular focus on the merchant payments market, ISD has built a base of more than 200 brand name customers across several market segments including general and specialty retail, grocery, petroleum, hospitality, government, transportation, and telecommunications
CenterPoint - Connective Software Engineering
Series A in 2005
CenterPoint was founded in 2000 and is based in Villach, Austria with an additional office in Warsaw, Poland. CenterPoint - Connective Software Engineering develops and markets process control and fault detection and classification software solutions. The company offers cause effect analysis, metrology assessment, and close loop and run to run control services. It's focus are the semiconductors, electronics, and steel and alloy industries.
Vhayu Technologies
Series C in 2005
Vhayu Technologies, established in 1998 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, specializes in enterprise tick data solutions for the finance industry. Its flagship products, Velocity for Equities, Fixed Income, and Options, are complex event processing platforms enabling real-time and historical market data analysis. The company also offers data feed handlers, analysis tools, and consulting services to enhance trading speed and efficiency for financial institutions worldwide. As of 2009, Vhayu operates as a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters PLC.