Adams Capital Management

Adams Capital Management, founded in 1994 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage investments, particularly in applied technology and networking infrastructure. The firm focuses on Series A funding and currently manages $810 million in assets. With a strategy centered on identifying market discontinuities, Adams Capital Management aims to support emerging growth companies that possess strong economic and product roadmaps. The firm's general partners bring extensive expertise across key industries, including information technology and semiconductors. Through its national presence and comprehensive network, the firm provides entrepreneurs with resources and guidance to help transform their visions into market-leading enterprises.

Joel P. Adams

General Partner and President

Jennifer E. Parulo

CFO

78 past transactions

RoadRunner

Series C in 2020
RoadRunner Recycling, Inc. is a Pennsylvania-based company that specializes in recycling and waste management services for businesses. Founded in 2014, the company offers a range of services including cardboard and paper recycling, mixed recycling, waste management, composting, dumpster rental, and one-time pickups. Utilizing technology-driven solutions, RoadRunner Recycling aims to enhance the efficiency of waste and recycling processes for commercial clients, helping them reduce costs and improve their environmental impact. By implementing innovative logistics strategies, the company is able to significantly lower fuel expenses and carbon emissions while maximizing the value extracted from recyclable materials. This approach not only leads to substantial cost savings for businesses but also promotes better environmental practices.

VBrick

Venture Round in 2018
VBrick believes in the power of video to transform the workplace. Its Rev® enterprise video platform removes the technology and pricing restraints that have held business back from tapping video’s clear advantage to persuade, inform and compel people, wherever they are. Visit vbrick.com.

RoadRunner

Venture Round in 2017
RoadRunner Recycling, Inc. is a Pennsylvania-based company that specializes in recycling and waste management services for businesses. Founded in 2014, the company offers a range of services including cardboard and paper recycling, mixed recycling, waste management, composting, dumpster rental, and one-time pickups. Utilizing technology-driven solutions, RoadRunner Recycling aims to enhance the efficiency of waste and recycling processes for commercial clients, helping them reduce costs and improve their environmental impact. By implementing innovative logistics strategies, the company is able to significantly lower fuel expenses and carbon emissions while maximizing the value extracted from recyclable materials. This approach not only leads to substantial cost savings for businesses but also promotes better environmental practices.

Innovu

Venture Round in 2016
Innovu, LLC is a cloud-based data solutions provider that specializes in integrating and managing diverse health and benefit data for employers, benefit advisors, and associations. Founded in 2014 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with an additional office in Chicago, Innovu offers solutions such as EmployerVault and EmployerLens. EmployerVault allows clients and their benefit consultants to consolidate and control various data types, including payroll, healthcare, and workers' compensation. EmployerLens further enhances this capability by integrating disparate healthcare and benefit data into a comprehensive view, enabling clients to analyze and optimize their programs effectively. Innovu's platform aims to create a secure and consolidated repository of information, facilitating data-driven decision-making for organizations by providing insights into quality, cost, and efficacy of healthcare and benefit programs.

Dynamics

Series C in 2014
Dynamics Inc. designs and manufactures interactive payment cards that utilize programmable magnetic stripes to enhance electronic payment systems. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Cheswick, Pennsylvania, the company offers a range of products, including multi-purpose security and loyalty cards for banks, as well as loyalty systems for merchants and health cards for consumers. Dynamics' technology allows for customizable features, providing enhanced choice, control, convenience, and security in transactions. The company has established strategic partnerships with SoftBank Corp. and its subsidiary. Dynamics operates as a subsidiary of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, focusing on transforming payment methods through innovative card solutions.

First Insight

Series A in 2014
First Insight, Inc. specializes in providing cloud-based predictive analytics and consumer testing solutions for retailers, manufacturers, and e-commerce companies. Founded in 2007 and located in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, the company’s platform enables clients to gain insights into expected product performance, optimal pricing strategies, and consumer demand. By leveraging a scalable Big Data approach, First Insight allows thousands of consumers to assess numerous potential new products through gamification and crowdsourcing techniques, delivering valuable feedback within 48 to 72 hours. The platform employs predictive analytic models to filter consumer input, ensuring that businesses focus on insights from the most relevant consumers. Additionally, First Insight offers a customer experience platform called iCX, further enhancing its ability to support clients in product design, assortment planning, and marketing decisions, ultimately aimed at improving sales and inventory turnover.

LiquidPiston

Series C in 2013
LiquidPiston, Inc. specializes in the design and development of advanced rotary combustion engines, focusing on innovative thermodynamic cycles and engine technologies. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, the company offers prototypes for diesel and mini gasoline engines. Its products are applicable across various markets, including handheld power tools, lawn and garden equipment, portable generators, unmanned aerial vehicles, marine power, and robotics. LiquidPiston's engines are characterized by their compact size, low weight, high efficiency, and multi-fuel capabilities, with the ability to scale from 1 horsepower to over 1000 horsepower. The company's patented HEHC thermodynamic cycle enhances efficiency compared to conventional diesel engines, making their offerings suitable for a wide range of applications, including auxiliary power units for boats and aviation.

First Insight

Series A in 2012
First Insight, Inc. specializes in providing cloud-based predictive analytics and consumer testing solutions for retailers, manufacturers, and e-commerce companies. Founded in 2007 and located in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, the company’s platform enables clients to gain insights into expected product performance, optimal pricing strategies, and consumer demand. By leveraging a scalable Big Data approach, First Insight allows thousands of consumers to assess numerous potential new products through gamification and crowdsourcing techniques, delivering valuable feedback within 48 to 72 hours. The platform employs predictive analytic models to filter consumer input, ensuring that businesses focus on insights from the most relevant consumers. Additionally, First Insight offers a customer experience platform called iCX, further enhancing its ability to support clients in product design, assortment planning, and marketing decisions, ultimately aimed at improving sales and inventory turnover.

NextIO

Series F in 2012
NextIO, Inc was an information technology company based in Austin, Texas.

Fotomoto

Series A in 2011
Fotomoto is an e-commerce platform tailored for photographers and websites with extensive photo collections, enabling them to monetize their images effectively. The service provides a seamless solution for selling photos through users' own websites, handling all aspects of the transaction, including order processing, payment, printing, and shipping of products such as postcards, greeting cards, photo books, and other merchandise. This allows photographers and content owners to concentrate on their craft without the burdens associated with selling their work. Fotomoto was acquired by liveBooks, Inc. on December 31, 2012.

Twelvefold

Series C in 2011
Twelvefold is a company that specializes in social media analysis and advertising, leveraging a comprehensive understanding of online content to engage specific audiences effectively. By identifying trending topics in real-time, Twelvefold provides brands with actionable insights that enhance their creative strategies and deepen their understanding of consumer motivations. The company's approach ensures that advertisements are placed in contexts where they are most likely to resonate with ideal consumers. Twelvefold's clients include well-known brands such as Best Buy, HP, and Toyota. Headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, the company also has teams in Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles.

First Insight

Series A in 2011
First Insight, Inc. specializes in providing cloud-based predictive analytics and consumer testing solutions for retailers, manufacturers, and e-commerce companies. Founded in 2007 and located in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, the company’s platform enables clients to gain insights into expected product performance, optimal pricing strategies, and consumer demand. By leveraging a scalable Big Data approach, First Insight allows thousands of consumers to assess numerous potential new products through gamification and crowdsourcing techniques, delivering valuable feedback within 48 to 72 hours. The platform employs predictive analytic models to filter consumer input, ensuring that businesses focus on insights from the most relevant consumers. Additionally, First Insight offers a customer experience platform called iCX, further enhancing its ability to support clients in product design, assortment planning, and marketing decisions, ultimately aimed at improving sales and inventory turnover.

ProspX

Series B in 2011
ProspX is a SaaS-based solutions for managing multi-party sales processes in the commercial insurance industry. ProspX enables real-time collaboration within and across organizational boundaries and streamlines the sales process through a web-based sales portal and simple customer relationship management solution for insurance brokers and insurance carriers to drive best practices and improve sales effectiveness. ProspX is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and is privately held.

SnapRetail

Series A in 2011
SnapRetail, Inc. offers a software-as-a-service marketing automation solution for independent retailers and merchant businesses. It offers SnapRetail, a system that provides various marketing tools to small businesses, such as the creation, management, and automation of email, social media, and Website pages for promoting their selves online. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Rafter

Series C in 2011
Rafter is a course materials management company based in San Mateo, California, focused on enhancing accessibility and affordability in higher education. The company offers an innovative solution called Rafter360, which integrates textbooks into tuition costs, thereby streamlining the management of course materials. Rafter's services have benefited over 2.7 million students across hundreds of campuses, resulting in nearly $700 million in savings on textbooks. By providing online rental services, Rafter helps students and educational institutions access both digital and physical content at reduced prices, while also enabling college administrators and professors to manage these resources effectively. Originally established as BookRenter, the company rebranded in July 2012 to better reflect its expanded mission.

LiquidPiston

Series B in 2011
LiquidPiston, Inc. specializes in the design and development of advanced rotary combustion engines, focusing on innovative thermodynamic cycles and engine technologies. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, the company offers prototypes for diesel and mini gasoline engines. Its products are applicable across various markets, including handheld power tools, lawn and garden equipment, portable generators, unmanned aerial vehicles, marine power, and robotics. LiquidPiston's engines are characterized by their compact size, low weight, high efficiency, and multi-fuel capabilities, with the ability to scale from 1 horsepower to over 1000 horsepower. The company's patented HEHC thermodynamic cycle enhances efficiency compared to conventional diesel engines, making their offerings suitable for a wide range of applications, including auxiliary power units for boats and aviation.

CipherOptics

Venture Round in 2011
CipherOptics, Inc. provides data security and network encryption, and compliance grade data protection solutions to security enterprises, financial institutions, health care, and government agencies. The company offers CipherEngine, which delivers network-wide encryption to customers by providing an approach to security policy and encryption key management; CipherView, which is a security gateway management application that provides security administrators with a device management tool; SoftRemoteLT, which offers features to remote access users connecting to the corporate VPN; and CipherEngine Enforcement Point family of encryptors that are encryption appliances designed for the carrier Ethernet and MPLS markets. The company also offers MPLS security, metro Ethernet security, disaster recovery and data replication security, and network application security services. The company has strategic partnerships with EMC Corporation, IBM, Intel, and Raza Microelectronics, Inc. CipherOptics, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Additech

Venture Round in 2010
Additech, Inc. is a company based in Houston, Texas, that specializes in designing and operating at-the-pump automotive maintenance systems. These systems blend specialty fuel additives into gasoline while it is being dispensed, enhancing engine performance and longevity. Additech offers a range of products, including engine cleaners and fuel system cleaners that utilize advanced detergent technology to remove harmful sludge and deposits from engine components. Additionally, the company provides DIESEL GUARD, a fuel additive specifically formulated for diesel engines. Beyond product offerings, Additech also supplies gas pump advertising and remote monitoring services for fuel retailers. The company's innovations enable consumers to perform auto maintenance conveniently during refueling, making it a valuable partner for gasoline retailers in the United States and internationally.

Twelvefold

Series B in 2010
Twelvefold is a company that specializes in social media analysis and advertising, leveraging a comprehensive understanding of online content to engage specific audiences effectively. By identifying trending topics in real-time, Twelvefold provides brands with actionable insights that enhance their creative strategies and deepen their understanding of consumer motivations. The company's approach ensures that advertisements are placed in contexts where they are most likely to resonate with ideal consumers. Twelvefold's clients include well-known brands such as Best Buy, HP, and Toyota. Headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, the company also has teams in Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles.

Helomics

Series D in 2010
Helomics is a personalized healthcare company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, specializing in oncology insights and contract research services. The company focuses on six primary cancers: ovarian, breast, pancreatic, colon, lung, and brain. Helomics utilizes its Precision Cellular Analytical Platform and advanced bioinformatics to deliver personalized tumor profiles, aiding physicians in making informed treatment decisions. Its portfolio includes ChemoFx, which helps in selecting effective treatments for gynecologic cancer, and various biomarker tests like BioSpeciFx and GeneFx, designed to evaluate patient tumors at a molecular level. Additionally, Helomics offers tumor profiling services, patient-derived tumor models, and multi-omics assays, enhancing the precision of cancer care. The company collaborates with pharmaceutical and diagnostic firms to improve patient outcomes through tailored diagnostic solutions and insights, ultimately supporting better clinical decision-making in oncology.

Rafter

Series B in 2010
Rafter is a course materials management company based in San Mateo, California, focused on enhancing accessibility and affordability in higher education. The company offers an innovative solution called Rafter360, which integrates textbooks into tuition costs, thereby streamlining the management of course materials. Rafter's services have benefited over 2.7 million students across hundreds of campuses, resulting in nearly $700 million in savings on textbooks. By providing online rental services, Rafter helps students and educational institutions access both digital and physical content at reduced prices, while also enabling college administrators and professors to manage these resources effectively. Originally established as BookRenter, the company rebranded in July 2012 to better reflect its expanded mission.

LibreDigital

Series C in 2010
LibreDigita is a digital publishing company. Their products put publishers content online as well as onto reading devices.

CampaignerCRM

Venture Round in 2010
At CampaignerCRM™, a j2® Global company, we're passionate about providing you with powerful CRM software that makes your sales process more efficient and gets you sales, revenue and customer results. We know that even the best sales people excel when they can focus on what they do best instead of being tied up generating forecasts, reports or entering data. That’s why we built CampaignerCRM. We put in all of the powerful features and functionality that make a sales team successful. Now your sales team can be free to focus on what it takes to make the sale. Your sales managers and executives automatically have accurate sales forecasting and the CRM reporting they need to stay up to speed on what’s going on in their sales pipeline. Most importantly, we made it all secure and easy-to-use with three solutions to help you manage your sales process.

BioLeap

Series A in 2010
BioLeap is an emerging drug discovery company that utilizes advanced computational fragment-based design technology to enhance drug development. Its design platform rapidly predicts binding affinity based on thermodynamic principles, offering valuable insights for drug designers to develop novel molecules and optimize existing compounds. The company addresses the challenge of limited chemical diversity that often hinders the lead identification and optimization phases in drug discovery. By providing an alternative to high-throughput screening and traditional docking methods, BioLeap's technology facilitates the identification of lead compounds. The company has successfully established collaborative ventures and is actively seeking new partnerships to leverage its innovative compound design and engineering capabilities.

Rafter

Series A in 2009
Rafter is a course materials management company based in San Mateo, California, focused on enhancing accessibility and affordability in higher education. The company offers an innovative solution called Rafter360, which integrates textbooks into tuition costs, thereby streamlining the management of course materials. Rafter's services have benefited over 2.7 million students across hundreds of campuses, resulting in nearly $700 million in savings on textbooks. By providing online rental services, Rafter helps students and educational institutions access both digital and physical content at reduced prices, while also enabling college administrators and professors to manage these resources effectively. Originally established as BookRenter, the company rebranded in July 2012 to better reflect its expanded mission.

Dynamics

Series A in 2009
Dynamics Inc. designs and manufactures interactive payment cards that utilize programmable magnetic stripes to enhance electronic payment systems. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Cheswick, Pennsylvania, the company offers a range of products, including multi-purpose security and loyalty cards for banks, as well as loyalty systems for merchants and health cards for consumers. Dynamics' technology allows for customizable features, providing enhanced choice, control, convenience, and security in transactions. The company has established strategic partnerships with SoftBank Corp. and its subsidiary. Dynamics operates as a subsidiary of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, focusing on transforming payment methods through innovative card solutions.

LibreDigital

Series B in 2009
LibreDigita is a digital publishing company. Their products put publishers content online as well as onto reading devices.

Connex Technology

Venture Round in 2009
BrightScale, Inc. went out of business. BrightScale, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company which develops video processing technology for digital television and multimedia products. The company offers BrightScale BA 1024 Programmable Media Processor, which is used for consumer and industrial digital video and signal processing applications. Its consumer applications include high-definition set-top box (STB), DSL, cable and satellite, high-definition integrated DTV (iDTV), OTA and cable ready DTV, high-definition personal video recorder, high-definition DVD recorder, and high-definition digital media adapter. The company’s industrial applications include high-definition head-end video encoder/multiplexer and multi-stream digital video recorder (DVR)–surveillance. The company was formerly known as Connex Technology, Inc. and changed its name to BrightScale, Inc. in 2007. BrightScale, Inc. was founded in 2002 is based in Sunnyvale, California.

CampaignerCRM

Convertible Note in 2009
At CampaignerCRM™, a j2® Global company, we're passionate about providing you with powerful CRM software that makes your sales process more efficient and gets you sales, revenue and customer results. We know that even the best sales people excel when they can focus on what they do best instead of being tied up generating forecasts, reports or entering data. That’s why we built CampaignerCRM. We put in all of the powerful features and functionality that make a sales team successful. Now your sales team can be free to focus on what it takes to make the sale. Your sales managers and executives automatically have accurate sales forecasting and the CRM reporting they need to stay up to speed on what’s going on in their sales pipeline. Most importantly, we made it all secure and easy-to-use with three solutions to help you manage your sales process.

ProspX

Series A in 2008
ProspX is a SaaS-based solutions for managing multi-party sales processes in the commercial insurance industry. ProspX enables real-time collaboration within and across organizational boundaries and streamlines the sales process through a web-based sales portal and simple customer relationship management solution for insurance brokers and insurance carriers to drive best practices and improve sales effectiveness. ProspX is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and is privately held.

Helomics

Venture Round in 2008
Helomics is a personalized healthcare company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, specializing in oncology insights and contract research services. The company focuses on six primary cancers: ovarian, breast, pancreatic, colon, lung, and brain. Helomics utilizes its Precision Cellular Analytical Platform and advanced bioinformatics to deliver personalized tumor profiles, aiding physicians in making informed treatment decisions. Its portfolio includes ChemoFx, which helps in selecting effective treatments for gynecologic cancer, and various biomarker tests like BioSpeciFx and GeneFx, designed to evaluate patient tumors at a molecular level. Additionally, Helomics offers tumor profiling services, patient-derived tumor models, and multi-omics assays, enhancing the precision of cancer care. The company collaborates with pharmaceutical and diagnostic firms to improve patient outcomes through tailored diagnostic solutions and insights, ultimately supporting better clinical decision-making in oncology.

VBrick

Series F in 2008
VBrick believes in the power of video to transform the workplace. Its Rev® enterprise video platform removes the technology and pricing restraints that have held business back from tapping video’s clear advantage to persuade, inform and compel people, wherever they are. Visit vbrick.com.

DATAllegro

Series D in 2008
DATAllegro is an integrated data warehousing provider.

Uplogix

Series C in 2008
Uplogix, Inc. specializes in providing integrated local network management and monitoring solutions that automate routine administration, maintenance, and recovery tasks for distributed IT infrastructures. Its offerings include the Uplogix Local Management Software and various Local Manager products, which enable enterprises to manage networking gear, servers, and other IT devices across remote sites and data centers. Uplogix solutions are designed to streamline configuration, security, compliance, and performance management, ensuring reliable operation regardless of network availability. The company also provides consulting, technical training, and support services to enhance its solutions. Uplogix serves a diverse range of industries, including federal, financial services, healthcare, energy, and retail. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Uplogix also maintains international offices in London and Monterrey.

NextIO

Series C in 2008
NextIO, Inc was an information technology company based in Austin, Texas.

Touchdown Technologies

Series D in 2008
Touchdown Technologies, Inc. specializes in the design, manufacture, and support of advanced Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) probe cards. The company offers products such as the ACCU-TORQ probe, a torsional contactor, and GIGA-TORQ probe cards specifically for DRAM applications. These products are tailored to meet the production wafer test requirements of semiconductor manufacturers globally. Founded in 2003 and based in Baldwin Park, California, Touchdown Technologies aims to reduce wafer test costs through innovative technologies that enhance the efficiency of highly parallel probe cards.

Intrinsity

Series E in 2008
Intrinsity specializes in semiconductor platforms and electronic design automation software, focusing on enhancing the speed and efficiency of digital logic for mobile core applications. The company’s proprietary Fast14 technology enables circuit speeds reaching 3 GHz and beyond, while also offering solutions to effectively manage speed, power, and area to meet customer design specifications. Through its tools and expertise, Intrinsity aims to deliver predictable and efficient outcomes for various semiconductor applications.

Twelvefold

Series A in 2007
Twelvefold is a company that specializes in social media analysis and advertising, leveraging a comprehensive understanding of online content to engage specific audiences effectively. By identifying trending topics in real-time, Twelvefold provides brands with actionable insights that enhance their creative strategies and deepen their understanding of consumer motivations. The company's approach ensures that advertisements are placed in contexts where they are most likely to resonate with ideal consumers. Twelvefold's clients include well-known brands such as Best Buy, HP, and Toyota. Headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, the company also has teams in Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles.

LiquidPiston

Series A in 2007
LiquidPiston, Inc. specializes in the design and development of advanced rotary combustion engines, focusing on innovative thermodynamic cycles and engine technologies. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, the company offers prototypes for diesel and mini gasoline engines. Its products are applicable across various markets, including handheld power tools, lawn and garden equipment, portable generators, unmanned aerial vehicles, marine power, and robotics. LiquidPiston's engines are characterized by their compact size, low weight, high efficiency, and multi-fuel capabilities, with the ability to scale from 1 horsepower to over 1000 horsepower. The company's patented HEHC thermodynamic cycle enhances efficiency compared to conventional diesel engines, making their offerings suitable for a wide range of applications, including auxiliary power units for boats and aviation.

Luminescent Technologies

Series D in 2007
Luminescent Technologies, Inc. provides lithography enhancement solutions to the semiconductor industry. It offers Luminizer, a full-chip inverse lithography system for deep sub-wavelength mask designs. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

nLIGHT

Series D in 2007
nLIGHT, Inc. is a technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures semiconductor and fiber lasers tailored for industrial, microfabrication, aerospace, and defense applications. Established in 2000 and headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, nLIGHT operates through two main segments: Laser Products, which encompasses semiconductor lasers, fiber lasers, and directed energy products, and Advanced Development, which focuses on revenue from research and development contracts. The company is recognized for its innovative, high-power continuous wave fiber lasers, which offer advantages in programmability and reliability over traditional options. nLIGHT markets its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers in the United States, China, South Korea, and Finland, utilizing a direct sales force as well as independent sales representatives and distributors in various regions of Asia and Europe. The firm emphasizes early customer engagement in the design process and employs a platform approach to product development to align its laser solutions with specific customer needs.

Twelvefold

Series A in 2007
Twelvefold is a company that specializes in social media analysis and advertising, leveraging a comprehensive understanding of online content to engage specific audiences effectively. By identifying trending topics in real-time, Twelvefold provides brands with actionable insights that enhance their creative strategies and deepen their understanding of consumer motivations. The company's approach ensures that advertisements are placed in contexts where they are most likely to resonate with ideal consumers. Twelvefold's clients include well-known brands such as Best Buy, HP, and Toyota. Headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, the company also has teams in Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles.

Touchdown Technologies

Series C in 2006
Touchdown Technologies, Inc. specializes in the design, manufacture, and support of advanced Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) probe cards. The company offers products such as the ACCU-TORQ probe, a torsional contactor, and GIGA-TORQ probe cards specifically for DRAM applications. These products are tailored to meet the production wafer test requirements of semiconductor manufacturers globally. Founded in 2003 and based in Baldwin Park, California, Touchdown Technologies aims to reduce wafer test costs through innovative technologies that enhance the efficiency of highly parallel probe cards.

DATAllegro

Series C in 2006
DATAllegro is an integrated data warehousing provider.

Additech

Venture Round in 2006
Additech, Inc. is a company based in Houston, Texas, that specializes in designing and operating at-the-pump automotive maintenance systems. These systems blend specialty fuel additives into gasoline while it is being dispensed, enhancing engine performance and longevity. Additech offers a range of products, including engine cleaners and fuel system cleaners that utilize advanced detergent technology to remove harmful sludge and deposits from engine components. Additionally, the company provides DIESEL GUARD, a fuel additive specifically formulated for diesel engines. Beyond product offerings, Additech also supplies gas pump advertising and remote monitoring services for fuel retailers. The company's innovations enable consumers to perform auto maintenance conveniently during refueling, making it a valuable partner for gasoline retailers in the United States and internationally.

AmberWave

Series E in 2006
AmberWave, Inc., formerly AmberWave Systems Corporation, engages in the research, development, and licensing of technologies for semiconductor manufacturing. It provides Strained Silicon, a technology that is used in microchips to improve performance and decrease power consumption; and Aspect Ratio Trapping, a technology, which is used to make chips for silicon-based photonics and photovoltaic cells. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire. AmberWave Systems Corporation is a former subsidiary of U.S. Robotics Corp.

Uplogix

Series B in 2006
Uplogix, Inc. specializes in providing integrated local network management and monitoring solutions that automate routine administration, maintenance, and recovery tasks for distributed IT infrastructures. Its offerings include the Uplogix Local Management Software and various Local Manager products, which enable enterprises to manage networking gear, servers, and other IT devices across remote sites and data centers. Uplogix solutions are designed to streamline configuration, security, compliance, and performance management, ensuring reliable operation regardless of network availability. The company also provides consulting, technical training, and support services to enhance its solutions. Uplogix serves a diverse range of industries, including federal, financial services, healthcare, energy, and retail. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Uplogix also maintains international offices in London and Monterrey.

Helomics

Funding Round in 2006
Helomics is a personalized healthcare company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, specializing in oncology insights and contract research services. The company focuses on six primary cancers: ovarian, breast, pancreatic, colon, lung, and brain. Helomics utilizes its Precision Cellular Analytical Platform and advanced bioinformatics to deliver personalized tumor profiles, aiding physicians in making informed treatment decisions. Its portfolio includes ChemoFx, which helps in selecting effective treatments for gynecologic cancer, and various biomarker tests like BioSpeciFx and GeneFx, designed to evaluate patient tumors at a molecular level. Additionally, Helomics offers tumor profiling services, patient-derived tumor models, and multi-omics assays, enhancing the precision of cancer care. The company collaborates with pharmaceutical and diagnostic firms to improve patient outcomes through tailored diagnostic solutions and insights, ultimately supporting better clinical decision-making in oncology.

LibreDigital

Venture Round in 2006
LibreDigita is a digital publishing company. Their products put publishers content online as well as onto reading devices.

Touchdown Technologies

Series B in 2005
Touchdown Technologies, Inc. specializes in the design, manufacture, and support of advanced Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) probe cards. The company offers products such as the ACCU-TORQ probe, a torsional contactor, and GIGA-TORQ probe cards specifically for DRAM applications. These products are tailored to meet the production wafer test requirements of semiconductor manufacturers globally. Founded in 2003 and based in Baldwin Park, California, Touchdown Technologies aims to reduce wafer test costs through innovative technologies that enhance the efficiency of highly parallel probe cards.

Mirage Networks

Series C in 2005
Mirage Networks was a network security company focused on providing effective and user-friendly security solutions for enterprises. The company specialized in network access control technology, offering a comprehensive platform that allowed users to manage network access across various devices, endpoints, and operating systems. Mirage operated through a global network of resellers, original equipment manufacturers, and managed security service providers, ensuring its solutions were widely accessible and easily integrated into existing systems.

Timesys

Venture Round in 2005
Timesys Corporation specializes in developing embedded Linux software solutions, offering a range of products and services to support developers in creating custom embedded environments. Its primary offerings include LinuxLink, a cloud-based system for designing, prototyping, and optimizing embedded Linux systems, along with Timesys Factory, a modular builder for creating platform-specific configurations. The company also maintains a Source Code Repository that provides access to various kernels, drivers, and libraries. Additionally, Timesys provides development tools such as TimeStorm, an integrated development environment (IDE) for application development, and offers comprehensive training programs for universities. The company's services encompass platform customization, kernel porting, design consulting, and optimization support across various applications. Timesys serves diverse markets, including consumer electronics, medical, automotive, telecommunications, and aerospace, catering to over a thousand customers and embedded developers since its founding in 1995 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Factory Logic

Venture Round in 2005
Factory Logic, Inc. specializes in factory management solutions, offering the Streamline Lean Factory Management System, a software designed to equip factory personnel with tools for effective design, operation, and enhancement of lean manufacturing facilities. The Lean Operations suite promotes an integrated methodology that aligns production with customer demand while ensuring stability in factory and supply chain processes. In addition to its software offerings, Factory Logic also engages in consulting projects, catering primarily to sectors such as automotive, electronics, industrial equipment, and aerospace. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Factory Logic operates as a subsidiary of SAP AG.

CipherOptics

Series C in 2004
CipherOptics, Inc. provides data security and network encryption, and compliance grade data protection solutions to security enterprises, financial institutions, health care, and government agencies. The company offers CipherEngine, which delivers network-wide encryption to customers by providing an approach to security policy and encryption key management; CipherView, which is a security gateway management application that provides security administrators with a device management tool; SoftRemoteLT, which offers features to remote access users connecting to the corporate VPN; and CipherEngine Enforcement Point family of encryptors that are encryption appliances designed for the carrier Ethernet and MPLS markets. The company also offers MPLS security, metro Ethernet security, disaster recovery and data replication security, and network application security services. The company has strategic partnerships with EMC Corporation, IBM, Intel, and Raza Microelectronics, Inc. CipherOptics, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Additech

Series A in 2004
Additech, Inc. is a company based in Houston, Texas, that specializes in designing and operating at-the-pump automotive maintenance systems. These systems blend specialty fuel additives into gasoline while it is being dispensed, enhancing engine performance and longevity. Additech offers a range of products, including engine cleaners and fuel system cleaners that utilize advanced detergent technology to remove harmful sludge and deposits from engine components. Additionally, the company provides DIESEL GUARD, a fuel additive specifically formulated for diesel engines. Beyond product offerings, Additech also supplies gas pump advertising and remote monitoring services for fuel retailers. The company's innovations enable consumers to perform auto maintenance conveniently during refueling, making it a valuable partner for gasoline retailers in the United States and internationally.

Mirage Networks

Series B in 2004
Mirage Networks was a network security company focused on providing effective and user-friendly security solutions for enterprises. The company specialized in network access control technology, offering a comprehensive platform that allowed users to manage network access across various devices, endpoints, and operating systems. Mirage operated through a global network of resellers, original equipment manufacturers, and managed security service providers, ensuring its solutions were widely accessible and easily integrated into existing systems.

NewsStand Inc.

Venture Round in 2004
NewsStand is a media company that distributes newspapers and magazines over the internet.

AmberWave

Series D in 2004
AmberWave, Inc., formerly AmberWave Systems Corporation, engages in the research, development, and licensing of technologies for semiconductor manufacturing. It provides Strained Silicon, a technology that is used in microchips to improve performance and decrease power consumption; and Aspect Ratio Trapping, a technology, which is used to make chips for silicon-based photonics and photovoltaic cells. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire. AmberWave Systems Corporation is a former subsidiary of U.S. Robotics Corp.

Timesys

Venture Round in 2003
Timesys Corporation specializes in developing embedded Linux software solutions, offering a range of products and services to support developers in creating custom embedded environments. Its primary offerings include LinuxLink, a cloud-based system for designing, prototyping, and optimizing embedded Linux systems, along with Timesys Factory, a modular builder for creating platform-specific configurations. The company also maintains a Source Code Repository that provides access to various kernels, drivers, and libraries. Additionally, Timesys provides development tools such as TimeStorm, an integrated development environment (IDE) for application development, and offers comprehensive training programs for universities. The company's services encompass platform customization, kernel porting, design consulting, and optimization support across various applications. Timesys serves diverse markets, including consumer electronics, medical, automotive, telecommunications, and aerospace, catering to over a thousand customers and embedded developers since its founding in 1995 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Helomics

Series C in 2003
Helomics is a personalized healthcare company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, specializing in oncology insights and contract research services. The company focuses on six primary cancers: ovarian, breast, pancreatic, colon, lung, and brain. Helomics utilizes its Precision Cellular Analytical Platform and advanced bioinformatics to deliver personalized tumor profiles, aiding physicians in making informed treatment decisions. Its portfolio includes ChemoFx, which helps in selecting effective treatments for gynecologic cancer, and various biomarker tests like BioSpeciFx and GeneFx, designed to evaluate patient tumors at a molecular level. Additionally, Helomics offers tumor profiling services, patient-derived tumor models, and multi-omics assays, enhancing the precision of cancer care. The company collaborates with pharmaceutical and diagnostic firms to improve patient outcomes through tailored diagnostic solutions and insights, ultimately supporting better clinical decision-making in oncology.

NextIO

Series A in 2003
NextIO, Inc was an information technology company based in Austin, Texas.

Mirage Networks

Series A in 2003
Mirage Networks was a network security company focused on providing effective and user-friendly security solutions for enterprises. The company specialized in network access control technology, offering a comprehensive platform that allowed users to manage network access across various devices, endpoints, and operating systems. Mirage operated through a global network of resellers, original equipment manufacturers, and managed security service providers, ensuring its solutions were widely accessible and easily integrated into existing systems.

nLIGHT

Series B in 2002
nLIGHT, Inc. is a technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures semiconductor and fiber lasers tailored for industrial, microfabrication, aerospace, and defense applications. Established in 2000 and headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, nLIGHT operates through two main segments: Laser Products, which encompasses semiconductor lasers, fiber lasers, and directed energy products, and Advanced Development, which focuses on revenue from research and development contracts. The company is recognized for its innovative, high-power continuous wave fiber lasers, which offer advantages in programmability and reliability over traditional options. nLIGHT markets its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers in the United States, China, South Korea, and Finland, utilizing a direct sales force as well as independent sales representatives and distributors in various regions of Asia and Europe. The firm emphasizes early customer engagement in the design process and employs a platform approach to product development to align its laser solutions with specific customer needs.

Flashline

Series B in 2002
Flashline specializes in asset portfolio management solutions, offering organizations comprehensive visibility into their software and information technology assets. The company focuses on enterprise software reuse, enabling businesses to efficiently develop software systems. By delivering tools that enhance the management of IT resources, Flashline helps organizations optimize their software assets and improve operational efficiency.

Qspeed Semiconductor

Series B in 2002
Power Integrations is a fab-less semiconductor company whose products are based on breakthrough Power JFET technology. Our discrete Power JFETs target applications for DC-DC switching power converters and power control. Lovoltech’s development roadmap includes additional discrete JFET products serving other applications, integrated circuits based on JFETs, and JFET products operating at RF frequencies.

Timesys

Venture Round in 2002
Timesys Corporation specializes in developing embedded Linux software solutions, offering a range of products and services to support developers in creating custom embedded environments. Its primary offerings include LinuxLink, a cloud-based system for designing, prototyping, and optimizing embedded Linux systems, along with Timesys Factory, a modular builder for creating platform-specific configurations. The company also maintains a Source Code Repository that provides access to various kernels, drivers, and libraries. Additionally, Timesys provides development tools such as TimeStorm, an integrated development environment (IDE) for application development, and offers comprehensive training programs for universities. The company's services encompass platform customization, kernel porting, design consulting, and optimization support across various applications. Timesys serves diverse markets, including consumer electronics, medical, automotive, telecommunications, and aerospace, catering to over a thousand customers and embedded developers since its founding in 1995 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Flashline

Series A in 2002
Flashline specializes in asset portfolio management solutions, offering organizations comprehensive visibility into their software and information technology assets. The company focuses on enterprise software reuse, enabling businesses to efficiently develop software systems. By delivering tools that enhance the management of IT resources, Flashline helps organizations optimize their software assets and improve operational efficiency.

AmberWave

Series B in 2002
AmberWave, Inc., formerly AmberWave Systems Corporation, engages in the research, development, and licensing of technologies for semiconductor manufacturing. It provides Strained Silicon, a technology that is used in microchips to improve performance and decrease power consumption; and Aspect Ratio Trapping, a technology, which is used to make chips for silicon-based photonics and photovoltaic cells. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire. AmberWave Systems Corporation is a former subsidiary of U.S. Robotics Corp.

Intrinsity

Series B in 2001
Intrinsity specializes in semiconductor platforms and electronic design automation software, focusing on enhancing the speed and efficiency of digital logic for mobile core applications. The company’s proprietary Fast14 technology enables circuit speeds reaching 3 GHz and beyond, while also offering solutions to effectively manage speed, power, and area to meet customer design specifications. Through its tools and expertise, Intrinsity aims to deliver predictable and efficient outcomes for various semiconductor applications.

eToll

Series B in 2000
eToll is a provider of integrated digital solutions for the consumer commerce sector.

Factory Logic

Series A in 2000
Factory Logic, Inc. specializes in factory management solutions, offering the Streamline Lean Factory Management System, a software designed to equip factory personnel with tools for effective design, operation, and enhancement of lean manufacturing facilities. The Lean Operations suite promotes an integrated methodology that aligns production with customer demand while ensuring stability in factory and supply chain processes. In addition to its software offerings, Factory Logic also engages in consulting projects, catering primarily to sectors such as automotive, electronics, industrial equipment, and aerospace. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Factory Logic operates as a subsidiary of SAP AG.

Partnerware

Series B in 2000
Partnerware maximizes speed-to-market™ for channel-focused companies with the leading B2B Partner Relationship Management (PRM) solution, delivering measurable channel results in Internet time. As a multi-channel sales approach becomes critical in delivering value-added solutions to the marketplace, the need for PRM has grown dramatically. Partnerware provides distinct benefits for companies looking to leverage the power of indirect - Faster channel execution (from channel recruiting to product launches) - Measurable results from partner programs, channel marketing funds, and partner sales efforts - Increased market responsiveness to leap frog and stay ahead of competition - Easy implementation by deploying Web-based Partner Relationship Management solutions in Internet time

VBrick

Series B in 2000
VBrick believes in the power of video to transform the workplace. Its Rev® enterprise video platform removes the technology and pricing restraints that have held business back from tapping video’s clear advantage to persuade, inform and compel people, wherever they are. Visit vbrick.com.

Qspeed Semiconductor

Series A in 2000
Power Integrations is a fab-less semiconductor company whose products are based on breakthrough Power JFET technology. Our discrete Power JFETs target applications for DC-DC switching power converters and power control. Lovoltech’s development roadmap includes additional discrete JFET products serving other applications, integrated circuits based on JFETs, and JFET products operating at RF frequencies.

Journée Software

Series B in 2000
Journée Software enables companies to offer automated, personalized self-service interactions over the Web. With Journée, customers, employees and partners can handle virtually any business interface they might have, fully personalized to that individual, from the convenience of their computer 24/7. Journée software dramatically reduces operating costs, enhances customer satisfaction and retention, and delivers unmatched time to market.

Context Medi

Series A in 2000
Context Media is a provider of Enterprise Content Integration solutions that assists digital content marketing companies in managing and sharing their digital assets more effectively. The company offers services and technologies that enable content providers to create, package, and distribute their content across various digital platforms while linking it dynamically to relevant content from partners and affiliates. By unifying, organizing, and optimizing enterprise content, Context Media enhances the value of existing content management investments, allowing for better leverage of content across organizations. Founded by Dan Harple and based in Providence, Rhode Island, the company boasts a team that includes former Netscape management and Emmy-award-winning production professionals.

Partnerware

Series B in 1999
Partnerware maximizes speed-to-market™ for channel-focused companies with the leading B2B Partner Relationship Management (PRM) solution, delivering measurable channel results in Internet time. As a multi-channel sales approach becomes critical in delivering value-added solutions to the marketplace, the need for PRM has grown dramatically. Partnerware provides distinct benefits for companies looking to leverage the power of indirect - Faster channel execution (from channel recruiting to product launches) - Measurable results from partner programs, channel marketing funds, and partner sales efforts - Increased market responsiveness to leap frog and stay ahead of competition - Easy implementation by deploying Web-based Partner Relationship Management solutions in Internet time

Coretek

Venture Round in 1999
CoreTek developed microelectromechanical (MEMs) devices for applications in wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) communication systems. CoreTek's products were all based on a fundamental multi-purpose technology the Company developed called MEM-TUNE.
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