Axiom Ventures

Axiom Venture Partners, L.P. is a venture capital firm established in 1994 and located in East Hartford, Connecticut. The firm specializes in investing in mid and late stage companies, primarily within the biotechnology and high technology sectors. Axiom focuses on areas such as communications, software, internet infrastructure, and information technology. The firm aims to make investments across the United States, supporting companies that show potential for growth and innovation in these fields.

Barry Bronfin

Partner

Samuel (Sam) Mckay

General Partner and Co-Founder

30 past transactions

Tangen Biosciences

Series A in 2019
Tangen Biosciences LLC develops medical instrument that provides rapid nucleic acid detection, with the specificity and sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification.

Melinta

Series D in 2009
Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery, development, and commercialization of anti-infective therapies targeting bacterial infections. The company offers several products, including Baxdela, Vabomere, Orbactiv, and Minocin, which address various acute bacterial skin infections and gram-negative infections. Recognizing the urgent need for new antibiotics to combat drug-resistant infections, Melinta is advancing delafloxacin, currently in Phase 3 development for treating acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections. The company also focuses on developing innovative antibiotics aimed at overcoming resistant pathogens associated with serious hospital infections. Established in 2000, Melinta Therapeutics is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, and operates with support from strategic partners in the healthcare sector.

MX Logic

Series G in 2008
MX Logic, Inc. provides managed email and Web security services in the United States and internationally. It offers Email Defense Solutions that protect against email-borne threats and help businesses to meet compliance regulations via email storage, retrieval, and surveillance. The company also provides Message Archiving for businesses to monitor, store, and retrieve company email messages to comply with electronic security regulations; and Web Defense Service that blocks Web threats, including spyware, viruses, and phishing attacks. It serves public companies, as well as companies in healthcare, financial services, and law and insurance markets. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

Small Bone Innovations

Series C in 2008
Small Bones Innovations (SBi) makes devices for small bones and joints, particularly focusing on trauma and arthroplasty.

MX Logic

Series G in 2007
MX Logic, Inc. provides managed email and Web security services in the United States and internationally. It offers Email Defense Solutions that protect against email-borne threats and help businesses to meet compliance regulations via email storage, retrieval, and surveillance. The company also provides Message Archiving for businesses to monitor, store, and retrieve company email messages to comply with electronic security regulations; and Web Defense Service that blocks Web threats, including spyware, viruses, and phishing attacks. It serves public companies, as well as companies in healthcare, financial services, and law and insurance markets. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

Tangoe

Series E in 2006
Tangoe, a telecommunications group, provides software and technology-driven services that enable global organizations to procure, manage, and control their fixed, mobile, and converged communications assets and their costs. Global 2000 organizations and government agencies depend upon Tangoe solutions to more effectively manage their communications processes. Tangoe has offices in Orange, CT, Austin, TX, Hoboken, NJ, and Waltham, MA.

MX Logic

Series F in 2006
MX Logic, Inc. provides managed email and Web security services in the United States and internationally. It offers Email Defense Solutions that protect against email-borne threats and help businesses to meet compliance regulations via email storage, retrieval, and surveillance. The company also provides Message Archiving for businesses to monitor, store, and retrieve company email messages to comply with electronic security regulations; and Web Defense Service that blocks Web threats, including spyware, viruses, and phishing attacks. It serves public companies, as well as companies in healthcare, financial services, and law and insurance markets. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

Melinta

Series C in 2006
Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery, development, and commercialization of anti-infective therapies targeting bacterial infections. The company offers several products, including Baxdela, Vabomere, Orbactiv, and Minocin, which address various acute bacterial skin infections and gram-negative infections. Recognizing the urgent need for new antibiotics to combat drug-resistant infections, Melinta is advancing delafloxacin, currently in Phase 3 development for treating acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections. The company also focuses on developing innovative antibiotics aimed at overcoming resistant pathogens associated with serious hospital infections. Established in 2000, Melinta Therapeutics is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, and operates with support from strategic partners in the healthcare sector.

Tangoe

Series D in 2006
Tangoe, a telecommunications group, provides software and technology-driven services that enable global organizations to procure, manage, and control their fixed, mobile, and converged communications assets and their costs. Global 2000 organizations and government agencies depend upon Tangoe solutions to more effectively manage their communications processes. Tangoe has offices in Orange, CT, Austin, TX, Hoboken, NJ, and Waltham, MA.

Airwide Solutions

Series D in 2006
Airwide Solutions is a global leader in providing mobile infrastructure software to enable, enhance and ensure mobile communications for over 70 wireless operators worldwide. Airwide Solutions was founded in 2004 following the merger of Schlumberger Messaging Solutions (MSG) and Taral Networks. Airwide Solutions has a rich tradition of innovation; it sent the first commercial SMS (short message service) in 1992 and deployed the first A2P (application-to-person) MMS push gateway in 2004. Airwide Solutions has regional offices in England, Canada, India, Australia, Singapore and the United States.

SilverStorm Technologies

Series B in 2006
SilverStorm Technologies provides networking and clustered interconnect solutions for high performance business computing markets. It designs and manufactures an InfiniBand based set of solutions for the performance and I/O requirements of data center environments that utilize clustered topologies. The company markets its products through direct sales, and channel and technology partners globally. SilverStorm Technologies, Inc. was founded as InfiniCon Systems, Inc. in 2000 and changed its name to SilverStorm Technologies, Inc. in 2005. The company is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. As of November 01, 2006, SilverStorm Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of QLogic Corp.

Small Bone Innovations

Series B in 2005
Small Bones Innovations (SBi) makes devices for small bones and joints, particularly focusing on trauma and arthroplasty.

BioMimetic Therapeutics

Series C in 2005
BioMimetic Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that develops products to help stimulate the body natural tissue regenerative process. The company's products and product candidates include Augment Injectable and Augment Rotator Cuff for several orthopedic and sports medicine indications comprising the treatment of foot and ankle fusions, the stimulation of wrist fracture healing, and the surgical treatment of rotator cuff tears, as well as Augment Tendinopathy Injection for injuries cause of tendon overuse. BioMimetic Therapeutics was founded on 1999 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

Alphion

Series B in 2005
Alphion Corporation specializes in providing broadband solutions for businesses and communities through the development, manufacturing, and marketing of passive optical network access systems, subsystems, and integrated photonic devices. The company focuses on optical fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) access systems, catering to the fast-growing FTTx market. Its product portfolio encompasses a wide range of solutions for central offices, outside plants, customer premises, and network management. Alphion's GPON products are designed for various deployment scenarios, supporting environments from luxury developments to remote villages, and serving diverse clients, including national service providers, local telecom operators, community networks, educational institutions, and enterprises. Established in 2000, Alphion is headquartered in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.

Airwide Solutions

Series C in 2004
Airwide Solutions is a global leader in providing mobile infrastructure software to enable, enhance and ensure mobile communications for over 70 wireless operators worldwide. Airwide Solutions was founded in 2004 following the merger of Schlumberger Messaging Solutions (MSG) and Taral Networks. Airwide Solutions has a rich tradition of innovation; it sent the first commercial SMS (short message service) in 1992 and deployed the first A2P (application-to-person) MMS push gateway in 2004. Airwide Solutions has regional offices in England, Canada, India, Australia, Singapore and the United States.

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.

Motia

Series C in 2004
Motia is a fabless semiconductor company focused on enabling smart antennas with RFICs. The Company's standards-compliant adaptive beamforming technologies easily integrate into wireless systems providers' products to enhance overall functionality and performance.
Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corp is an emerging pharmaceutical company headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia focused on identifying, developing and commercializing new indications for approved drugs and drug candidates for underserved patient populations. Their strategy, which they call “indication partnering”, is to collaborate with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies to pursue new indication approvals which lie beyond their strategic focus.

CipherOptics

Series B in 2003
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.

Motia

Venture Round in 2002
Motia is a fabless semiconductor company focused on enabling smart antennas with RFICs. The Company's standards-compliant adaptive beamforming technologies easily integrate into wireless systems providers' products to enhance overall functionality and performance.

Paragon Networks International

Venture Round in 2001
Paragon Networks International is an innovative manufacturer of broadband digital integrated access and optical metro internetworking platforms. They are a leading provider of application specific service deployment and wide area network optimization solutions to wireless service providers (WSP) and network service providers (NSP) worldwide. Utilizing either wireline, wireless, or optical transmission facilities, their products provide voice and data service connectivity, performance monitoring, compression, aggregation, layer 3 routing, quality of service (QOS) filtering, and protection switching of both client and operations support systems (OSS) traffic. Their solutions deliver superior network performance and control at substantial cost savings to their clients.

StatementOne

Series B in 2001
In 1993, StatementOne originated to fill a critical need within the financial services industry. Until then, no practical solution existed to provide Financial Institutions and Advisors with a platform for consolidated statements and performance reporting for their clients.

SPS Commerce

Series D in 2001
SPS Commerce, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based supply chain management solutions aimed at enhancing the order management and fulfillment processes for retailers, suppliers, grocers, distributors, and logistics firms globally. Utilizing a multi-tenant SaaS model, the SPS Commerce platform offers various solutions, including Trading Partner Community, Trading Partner Fulfillment, and Trading Partner Assortment, which help organizations manage supply chain requirements, automate fulfillment, and handle item attributes. Additionally, the Trading Partner Analytics solution provides data analytics applications to improve supply chain visibility, while Trading Partner Sourcing facilitates connections between retailers and suppliers. The company also offers supplementary services such as barcode labeling and scan and pack applications to streamline operations. SPS Commerce primarily serves small to mid-sized suppliers and other trading partners through its dedicated sales representatives. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the company was previously known as St. Paul Software, Inc. before rebranding in 2001.

IFILM

Venture Round in 2001
Screen Junkies is an online platform that offers the latest news and content from the entertainment industry. It covers movies, TV shows, pictures, and trailers.

E-Color

Venture Round in 2000
E-Color develops software solutions for color consistency and optimization on the Web. It delivers enhanced images while shopping online, printing digital photos, playing video games, and watching DVD movies. E-Color, Inc. was formerly known as Sonnetech, Ltd.

Content Integrity

Series A in 2000
Content Integrity a startup focused on content change management for business-to-business e-commerce.

Open Solutions

Venture Round in 2000
Open Solutions provides collaborative, enterprise core account processing technology for banks, thrifts and credit unions, along with a full range of surround solutions.

E-Color

Venture Round in 2000
E-Color develops software solutions for color consistency and optimization on the Web. It delivers enhanced images while shopping online, printing digital photos, playing video games, and watching DVD movies. E-Color, Inc. was formerly known as Sonnetech, Ltd.

SPS Commerce

Series C in 2000
SPS Commerce, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based supply chain management solutions aimed at enhancing the order management and fulfillment processes for retailers, suppliers, grocers, distributors, and logistics firms globally. Utilizing a multi-tenant SaaS model, the SPS Commerce platform offers various solutions, including Trading Partner Community, Trading Partner Fulfillment, and Trading Partner Assortment, which help organizations manage supply chain requirements, automate fulfillment, and handle item attributes. Additionally, the Trading Partner Analytics solution provides data analytics applications to improve supply chain visibility, while Trading Partner Sourcing facilitates connections between retailers and suppliers. The company also offers supplementary services such as barcode labeling and scan and pack applications to streamline operations. SPS Commerce primarily serves small to mid-sized suppliers and other trading partners through its dedicated sales representatives. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the company was previously known as St. Paul Software, Inc. before rebranding in 2001.

Evoke Software

Venture Round in 1999
Evoke Software Corporation provides data discovery, profiling, and quality management software. It offers Axio product suite that automates profiling and analysis of corporate information assets to streamline data warehouse, business intelligence, data migrations, conversions, and customer relationship management initiatives. The company, formerly known as DBStar Software, Inc., changed its name to DBStar, Inc. in 1994, and then to Evoke Software Corporation in 1998. Evoke Software Corporation was founded in 1993 and is based in San Francisco, California.