Chase

Chase is the consumer and commercial banking division of JPMorgan Chase & Co., serving a diverse clientele across the United States. Its Commercial Banking sector caters to over 30,000 clients, including corporations, municipalities, financial institutions, and not-for-profit organizations, with annual revenues ranging from $10 million to $2 billion. Chase's commercial bankers leverage extensive industry knowledge and local expertise to provide tailored services within a dedicated service model. The firm offers a wide range of financial solutions, including lending, treasury services, investment banking, and asset management, positioning itself to meet the comprehensive financial needs of its clients both domestically and internationally.

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Leadscope

Private Equity Round in 2020
Leadscope specializes in chemoinformatics, developing applications that provide access to research data and support decision-making in drug discovery. The company offers a range of services, including toxicity databases, data management, and in silico toxicity analysis, as well as solutions for data mining, high-throughput screening analysis, lead optimization, and compound acquisition. Leadscope serves a diverse clientele, including national laboratories, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, chemical producers, and consumer product firms, as well as regulatory agencies across the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Quassar Capital

Venture Round in 2020
Quassar Capital is a firm with a broad presence in the US, founded in 2012, which manages $23.6 billion in assets. Our people have extensive experience in various fields such as applied mathematics, statistical methods, financial markets, as well as advanced programming with a quantitative approach, which has allowed a sustained growth in recent years always betting on the most innovative technology and which is reflected in the excellent results towards our investors. Delivering high-quality returns requires unwavering focus, continuous adaptation to dynamic conditions, and the active pursuit of market opportunities. To achieve this, we invest significantly in technology and infrastructure and bring together diverse perspectives and approaches. Quassar Capital, L.P. a Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC company.

Quassar Capital

Venture Round in 2018
Quassar Capital is a firm with a broad presence in the US, founded in 2012, which manages $23.6 billion in assets. Our people have extensive experience in various fields such as applied mathematics, statistical methods, financial markets, as well as advanced programming with a quantitative approach, which has allowed a sustained growth in recent years always betting on the most innovative technology and which is reflected in the excellent results towards our investors. Delivering high-quality returns requires unwavering focus, continuous adaptation to dynamic conditions, and the active pursuit of market opportunities. To achieve this, we invest significantly in technology and infrastructure and bring together diverse perspectives and approaches. Quassar Capital, L.P. a Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC company.

Deem

Series E in 2008
Deem, Inc. is a technology company specializing in Commerce-as-a-Service (CaaS) solutions tailored for the business travel industry. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Deem offers a comprehensive cloud-based suite of applications that streamline travel, expense management, and purchasing for companies. Its platform empowers organizations to manage travel bookings for flights, hotels, and ground transportation while ensuring compliance with corporate spending policies. Additionally, Deem enables merchants to effectively promote and sell their products and services through various channels, enhancing customer engagement with options such as card-linked offers and corporate discounts. The company's focus is on simplifying business travel for employees, reducing costs for employers, and creating profitable opportunities for service providers. Deem operates as a subsidiary of Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

Quadstone

Venture Round in 2003
Quadstone provides customer analytic software to enterprises in the United States and Europe. The company’s product, Quadstone System, enables enterprises to model and diagnose customer behavior. It caters to marketing, telecommunications, and financial services sector. The company’s clientele includes Barclays, Merrill Lynch, Globe Telecom, BT, Maersk Sealand, Experian CustomerInfo, Shop Direct, and Fidelity Investments.

CyberArk Software

Series B in 2002
CyberArk is a cybersecurity company established in 1999 by Udi Mokady and headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts. The company specializes in protecting high-value information assets, infrastructure, and applications from targeted cyber threats. By offering innovative security solutions, CyberArk aims to help organizations proactively address cyber risks and prevent the escalation of attacks that could lead to significant business damage. With a global presence that includes offices in Israel, the U.K., France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Singapore, CyberArk serves clients across more than 65 countries, positioning itself as a leader in the cybersecurity sector.

Y Media

Series B in 2001
Y Media Corporation uses semiconductor-imaging expertise to enable the impact of pictures to be embedded into any application. Y Media's multi-media device portfolio includes high-density image sensors ideal for high-resolution digital still cameras and video applications like HDTV, as well as a line of highly integrated image sensors specifically designed to make possible image communications in mobile consumer electronics. Delivering portable vision that flow easily from one medium to another, Y Media gives OEMs the opportunity to lower system-level costs, expand market share, and add key product differentiators.

Catena Networks

Series C in 2000
Catena Networks develops broadband access systems that enable service providers to deploy voice, data, and video services. The company's products include The CNX-5 Broadband DSL System, a card-for-card upgrade solution for Lucent SLC-5 Digital Loop Carriers and The CN1000 Broadband Loop Carrier that enables service providers to deploy integrated plain old telephone service (POTS) and digital subscriber line (DSL) services and deliver voice, data and video services over copper and fiber infrastructures. It caters to local exchange carriers, postal telephone and telegraph operators, and other service providers. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in California, US with an additional office in Morrisville, North Carolina.

Pluris

Series D in 2000
Pluris is a valuation firm based in New York City, established in 2006. It specializes in providing valuation advisory services, focusing on real estate appraisals, business valuations, intangibles, and intellectual properties, as well as assessments of illiquid, complex, and distressed securities. The firm caters to a diverse clientele that includes investment funds, investment banks, broker-dealers, private and public companies, their shareholders and executives, and high-net-worth individuals and families. In addition to its valuation services, Pluris offers daily marks services for high-volume clients and large institutions globally. The company is also involved in developing next-generation IP core infrastructure, leveraging its Teraplex architecture to enhance scalability, fault-tolerance, and performance, providing service providers with a pathway to future upgrades without significant infrastructure overhauls.

Inspired Capital

Series A in 2000
Inspired Capital plc is a financial services provider based in Bristol, United Kingdom, specializing in lending products tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company offers a range of financing solutions, including business cash, asset finance, trade finance, construction finance, recruitment finance, transport finance, enterprise finance guarantee, factoring, and invoice discounting. Inspired Capital aims to facilitate quick and efficient access to funding for small businesses, enabling them to grow, manage cash flow, and invest in new opportunities without unnecessary delays. Originally known as Renovo Group plc, the company rebranded in August 2014 and was taken private in August 2015.

OpenNetwork Technologies

Venture Round in 2000
OpenNetwork makes software for managing user identity over the Web. The company's Universal Identity Platform (Universal IdP) product integrates with existing Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory services, such as Microsoft's Active Directory. It is designed to work with Microsoft's .Net Framework and .Net Web Services, permitting Web applications and other resources to be secured and managed without needing to duplicate network policy and user identity information, according to OpenNetwork.

VelQuest

Private Equity Round in 2000
VelQuest Corporation is a prominent provider of software solutions focused on lab execution and instrument data capture tailored for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. The company specializes in lab information management and compliance management systems, offering tools that automate data acquisition, compliance documentation, and electronic data capture. By replacing traditional paper-based documentation processes, VelQuest enhances operational efficiency and mitigates risks associated with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliance. In addition to its software offerings, VelQuest provides a range of services including planning, consultation, implementation, validation, customer education, and ongoing support, ensuring that clients can effectively integrate and utilize their solutions within quality and manufacturing operations.

Intira

Series B in 2000
Intira Corporation is an IT infrastructure and e-business platform that specializes in providing data hosting services for internet applications. The company focuses on implementing, managing, and operating the necessary infrastructure for application development. By offering solutions that encompass servers, storage, security, and data networking, Intira enables its clients in the United States to effectively build and manage their online applications.

Encirq Corporation

Venture Round in 2000
Encirq solves marketing's #1 challenge: Delivering Personalization with Privacy™. Encirq is an online marketing services company that has developed a unique data engine to deliver individualized, consumer-centered marketing over the Internet. We use online and offline, real-time individual transactional data in a private and secure environment. Marketers and Encirq cannot see the data. Rather, the data reside on each consumer's personal computer, and filter out marketing messages that are not relevant. The service and technology are extendible to broadband, to other network devices, and eventually can be used to deliver personalized television commercials to individual households. Encirq's data engine does two things: It provides cost-effective access to consumer information not previously available; and it enables personalized real-time marketing programs. We have filed multiple patent applications on Encirq's illumination processes and technology.

deNovis

Series A in 2000
deNovis Inc. is a leading provider of advanced transaction processing and information management solutions for the health insurance and health care benefits administration industry. deNovis's highly innovative claims processing and data management software enables commercial and government health plans to reduce administrative costs, expand their range of products and services, increase speed-to-market of new products and enhance the quality of customer service. The company's flagship software product—eHD™—serves as the core administrative platform for health plans and is designed to deliver the sophistication necessary to meet both existing and emerging needs of commercial, Medicare and Medicaid healthcare benefits administrators. deNovis is also known for its technical innovations, including HICL™ technology, which allows complex healthcare transaction systems to be programmed by business analysts rather than computer programmers, using English language commands and the actual policies and business rules of the health plan. deNovis's customer roster includes large commercial insurers and the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services—the nation's largest purchaser of healthcare and a provider of healthcare benefits to almost 80 million Americans. The company's strategic alliance partners include IBM Corporation and Deloitte Consulting. deNovis enterprise solutions for health plans are available for installation at customer locations or can be delivered on an outsourced or remote-hosted basis. The company is privately held and is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts.

TransMedics

Series A in 2000
TransMedics Group Inc is a commercial-stage medical technology company focused on transforming organ transplant therapy for patients with end-stage organ failure. The company has developed the Organ Care System (OCS), a portable organ perfusion, optimization, and monitoring system designed to overcome the limitations of traditional cold storage methods for organ preservation. By replicating near-physiologic conditions for donor organs outside the human body, the OCS enhances the viability and functionality of organs prior to transplantation, thereby improving clinical outcomes. TransMedics aims to increase heart and lung transplant volumes while reducing learning curves for healthcare providers, ultimately addressing critical needs in organ transplantation.

Allegis Corporation

Venture Round in 2000
Allegis Corporation is a leading Partner Relationship Management firm that develops e-business solutions.

Y Media

Series B in 2000
Y Media Corporation uses semiconductor-imaging expertise to enable the impact of pictures to be embedded into any application. Y Media's multi-media device portfolio includes high-density image sensors ideal for high-resolution digital still cameras and video applications like HDTV, as well as a line of highly integrated image sensors specifically designed to make possible image communications in mobile consumer electronics. Delivering portable vision that flow easily from one medium to another, Y Media gives OEMs the opportunity to lower system-level costs, expand market share, and add key product differentiators.

Canesta

Series A in 2000
Canesta is a technology company that specializes in electronic perception, focusing on the development of low-cost, true 3-D input technology. This innovative approach utilizes tiny CMOS 3-D imaging chips, allowing various consumer devices, such as PCs, TVs, game consoles, and mobile phones, to achieve fine-grained depth perception. As a result, these devices can interact with users and their surroundings in real time, enhancing functionality and user experience. Canesta's technology is also applicable in automotive, industrial, and medical sectors, with numerous applications currently in development through partnerships with OEM customers, including notable companies such as Hitachi and Honda. Founded in 1999, Canesta is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and has secured over fifty patents, with forty already granted, underscoring its commitment to innovation in the field of electronic perception.

Ecrix

Venture Round in 2000
Ecrix specializes in developing data-storage tape products designed for various computing systems and network configurations. The company is known for its VXA tape storage solution, which employs a mechanically simpler and more reliable design. This unique variable speed operation reduces stress on both the mechanism and the media, helping clients achieve cost savings while ensuring reliable data storage. Founded in 1996 by Juan Rodriguez and Kelly Beavers, Ecrix is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. It was acquired by Exabyte Corporation in August 2001.

How2TV

Venture Round in 2000
How2TV is an online rich media solution provider that specializes in e-customer relationship management services. The company focuses on assisting brick-and-mortar manufacturers, retailers, and e-commerce sites by offering web-based audio and video instructions. These services are designed to enhance post-purchase customer support, particularly during the assembly or installation process. By delivering clear and engaging instructional content, How2TV enables its clients to improve the overall support experience for their consumers, fostering better engagement and satisfaction.

CreditTrade

Venture Round in 2000
CreditTrade operates as a B2B financial exchange focused on authorized intermediaries and traders involved in credit-based derivatives and syndicated loans. The company provides an online e-trading platform designed to transform the credit trading market by utilizing advanced encryption and technology. This platform facilitates the trading and management of credit risk over the internet, allowing users to access essential documentation and tools necessary for efficient transactions. Through its innovative approach, CreditTrade aims to streamline the trading process for financial professionals in the credit market.

Gigex

Series A in 2000
Gigex operates as a promotions company specialized in the distribution of product demos and trailers to key consumer and media networks across the internet. The company offers services such as guaranteed delivery of large files, servers, call-to-action emails, and product performance metrics. Additionally, it also launches game titles. It serves game publishers, developers, and e-tail and retail sites. Gigex was incorporated in 1994 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

CyberArk Software

Series A in 2000
CyberArk is a cybersecurity company established in 1999 by Udi Mokady and headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts. The company specializes in protecting high-value information assets, infrastructure, and applications from targeted cyber threats. By offering innovative security solutions, CyberArk aims to help organizations proactively address cyber risks and prevent the escalation of attacks that could lead to significant business damage. With a global presence that includes offices in Israel, the U.K., France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Singapore, CyberArk serves clients across more than 65 countries, positioning itself as a leader in the cybersecurity sector.

SportsYA

Venture Round in 2000
SportsYA is a sports portal that caters to the Hispanic market by providing comprehensive sports news and content across various domains, including video games, esports, tourism, technology, and the economy. The company specializes in producing and broadcasting sports and radio content in both Spanish and English, covering a wide array of sports such as esports, baseball, basketball, boxing, football, soccer, and bullfighting. Additionally, SportsYA offers analysis and reviews related to casinos and electronic betting, aiming to deliver relevant information and entertainment to Latin Americans and Hispanic communities.

Complient Corporation

Venture Round in 2000
Complient Corporation, based in Cleveland, is the nation's premier provider of AED programs and actively manages hundreds of corporate and government AED programs representing more than 3,000 AED devices. Complient trains lay people to save lives and prepares them to respond to commonplace medical emergencies. To date, over 250,000 individuals have been trained on AED operation and CPR by its 150 dedicated full- and part-time trainers on staff covering all 50 states in the United States. Since its inception in 1997, over $50 million in equity venture capital has been invested to develop Complient's web-based technology infrastructure and AED program management service business. For more information, visit www.complient.com.

Instill

Venture Round in 2000
Instill Corporation specializes in providing spend intelligence solutions tailored for the foodservice industry. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company automates the collection of transactional and process-oriented data from its customers' trading partners through its supply chain information services. Instill offers a comprehensive suite of hosted applications designed to assist clients in managing essential business processes, including trade and food spend management, quality and regulatory compliance, promotion management, procurement, food safety, as well as vendor and product management. Its services cater to foodservice manufacturers, operators, and distributors, helping them optimize their operations and improve their overall efficiency.

Informio

Series A in 2000
Informio,Inc trial service delivers Internet content and voice applications through any wireless phone. It has been developed by people who pioneered voice messaging systems and the World Wide Web. Find out about what they're doing by subscribing to their mailing list.

Yeyeye.com

Venture Round in 2000
Yeyeye.com is a music and entertainment portal that caters to Spanish and Portuguese speakers globally, focusing primarily on the Latin American and U.S. Latin markets. Founded by former rock star Charly Alberti, the platform enables users to engage in community services, including chat rooms, and facilitates the buying, selling, and exchange of electronic goods, MP3s, videos, and games related to both Latin American and international music. With offices located in Argentina, Chile, Mexico City, and São Paulo, Yeyeye.com aims to connect users through a shared passion for music and entertainment.

Tantau Software

Series B in 2000
TANTAU Software Inc. is a leading provider of software and services that enable enterprises to conduct high-volume, secure, mobile ecommerce transactions while maintaining direct access to their customer. TANTAU's blue-chip customer base includes major financial institutions and stock exchanges around the world. Strategic alliances include Nokia, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, NEON Systems and Baltimore Technologies. TANTAU is a member of the WAP Forum and Radicchio, the global industry consortium that promotes security for wireless ecommerce. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, TANTAU is a global company with development and sales offices around the world, including Australia, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

I-bridge

Venture Round in 2000
Having a solid infrastructure and the resources to support your organization can make the IT journey easier. As an enterprise service provider (ESP), i-bridge can assist you with full service enterprise hosting. Our state of the art hosting facilities can support enterprise outsourcing, applications outsourcing, or even remote management of operations. I-bridge has been focused on building and managing high availability ERP and related enterprise environments since 1992 and has applied that experience to our own hosting facilities since 1998. The i-bridge ESP solution is far more than a facility to place your applications or IT operations; they take responsibility for managing your environment. With a focus on process, best practices, and highly trained professionals, they ensure that your mission critical enterprise applications are operated to the most demanding standards.

AppGenesys

Venture Round in 2000
AppGenesys, an eInfrastructure management services provider, focuses on the complex process of staging, systems testing and deploying Web initiatives for Fortune-class clients. The company offers a scaleable suite of standardized hardware and software management solutions that accelerate implementation and improve site performance. AppGenesys manages clients' Internet infrastructure operations through a global framework. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., AppGenesys was spun-out of iXL Ventures' managed network services business with $50 million in funding from a dynamic investor coalition comprising Chase Capital Partners, DynaFund Ventures, Flatiron Partners, Inktomi Corporation, Kelso & Company, NeoCarta Ventures and Softbank Venture Capital.

Hookt

Series B in 2000
Hookt is the premier online destination for hip-hop music, news, culture, fashion and shopping targeting the 15-34 demographic. Hookt's e-commerce store is making history with product offerings including hip-hop fashion from leading designers and brands, CD's, vinyl, DVD's, video games and accessories, all delivered in 48 hours. The site offers the ultimate blend of the 3 "C's:" Content, Community & Commerce. Hookt offers interactive tools such as the Beat Bomb and Tag Line machine, which allows users, respectively, to create their own beats and graffiti. Content offerings include MP3's and music videos from major and independent artists, daily news and record reviews, artist interviews, fashion reviews, runway shows and fashion advice. Hookt's strategic partners include Puff Daddy and Eminem.

Powerful Media

Venture Round in 2000
Powerful Media, Inc. operates an online portal Inside.com which provides business-to-business online information services to the entertainment and media industries. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

eSprocket

Series B in 2000
eSprocket offers an online marketplace that enables its users to buy and sell used capital equipment.

Carolina BroadBand

Private Equity Round in 2000
Carolina BroadBand Inc. is a new, privately-held company offering Carolina residents and businesses a choice in providers for broadband multi-media service, including bundled local cable, Internet access and digital local and long-distance telephone services.

Web.com

Venture Round in 2000
Web.com Group, Inc. is a provider of internet services and online marketing solutions tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. The company offers a comprehensive range of services to support businesses at various stages of their development, including domain name registration, website design, logo creation, search engine optimization, and search engine marketing. Additionally, Web.com provides specialized services such as eCommerce website design, shopping cart solutions, and lead generation for local contractors and homeowner associations. Their award-winning website solutions feature integrated tools that simplify web design and publishing, web hosting, business email, and online marketing, catering to business owners without technical expertise. With an emphasis on user-friendly applications, Web.com aims to enhance website traffic and facilitate online sales while maintaining strong connections with customers and prospects.

goRefer.com

Series A in 2000
goRefer offers a web technology solution that supports the internet consumer intelligence industry.

Beansprout.net

Series C in 2000
Beansprout.net is a U.S.-based company founded in 1998 that offers customizable websites aimed at pediatricians, childcare distributors, and childcare resources. The platform serves as an online community connecting parents with their pediatricians and facilitating interaction among childcare professionals. Beansprout provides essential tools and resources, including the Good Health Program, which equips doctors with patient education materials for use in examination rooms. This initiative enhances patient care and improves practice efficiency for pediatric professionals, while also supporting families in their healthcare journeys. In 2002, Beansprout was acquired by Innovex.

MercadoLibre

Series B in 2000
MercadoLibre, Inc. is the leading online commerce platform in Latin America, offering a suite of services designed to facilitate buying and selling across various categories. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the company operates the MercadoLibre Marketplace, which allows businesses and individuals to list and sell products through a fixed-price or auction format. It also provides MercadoPago, an integrated payment solution that enables users to send and receive payments both on its marketplace and externally. Additional offerings include MercadoEnvios for logistics services, MercadoCredito for lending solutions, and MercadoFondo for asset management. The company also features a classifieds service for listings related to vehicles, real estate, and services, alongside MercadoLibre Advertising for brand promotion. Further, it offers MercadoShops, a software-as-a-service solution that helps users create and manage their online stores. With over 218 million active users and 1 million sellers, MercadoLibre operates in 18 countries, positioning itself as a comprehensive e-commerce and fintech ecosystem in the region.

AdvisorTech

Private Equity Round in 2000
AdvisorTech believes intermediaries - from major broker-dealers, banks, and insurance companies to investment advisors and financial planners - will continue to play an important role in ensuring that individual investors achieve their goals. To compete effectively, intermediaries need access to Internet technology, high-quality products and investment insight - AdvisorTech provides that access. They do this with technology that supports investment selection, marketing, customer management, and the trading of mutual funds and other financial products. Their customers include both large and small financial intermediaries around the globe.

Scout Electromedia

Venture Round in 2000
Scout Electromedia is a consumer wireless company dedicated to creating innovative lifestyle products. Through user-centric product design, stable technology and critical content, Scout is pioneering a new space in the wireless industry termed "Electromedia". Grounded in the belief that technology should be enabling, not frustrating, Scout creates wireless products that are intuitive, reliable, useful and fun. Working with a variety of partners, Scout is committed to leading the development of consumer-friendly products that add value to people's lives.

Escrow.com

Series C in 2000
Escrow.com, Inc. is a leading provider of online escrow services, established in 1999 and headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. The company facilitates secure e-commerce transactions by acting as a trusted intermediary that collects, holds, and disburses funds based on the mutual instructions of buyers and sellers. Escrow.com specializes in a variety of transactions, including domain names, vehicles, electronics, antiques, jewelry, and other merchandise. By ensuring that buyers can inspect goods before payment is released and that sellers are guaranteed payment upon acceptance of the merchandise, Escrow.com effectively mitigates the risks of fraud for both parties. As a subsidiary of Freelancer Limited, the company has solidified its position as a pioneer in online transaction management, providing safe and reliable services that enhance the overall e-commerce experience.

Alacra

Series C in 2000
Alacra, Inc. is a provider of compliance workflow, reference data, and business research solutions designed for financial institutions, professional service firms, and corporations. Founded in 1996 as Data Downlink Corporation and renamed in 2001, Alacra is headquartered in New York, with an additional office in London. The company offers innovative tools that help clients conduct regulatory searches by organizing financial and legal information from over 75 premium publishers and a curated selection of more than 3,000 web-based sources. These workflow solutions streamline operations by delivering user-ready results, enabling clients to stay informed about customers, prospects, and market dynamics. Alacra’s applications also facilitate know-your-customer and anti-money laundering processes, providing comprehensive compliance risk and screening intelligence. With a dedicated team of over 60 professionals, Alacra serves more than 400 global clients, enhancing business development and operational efficiency.

ChipWrights

Series A in 2000
ChipWrights, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that focuses on innovative digital and visual signal processing for embedded video and audio applications. The company specializes in creating all-in-one high-definition solutions, particularly System-on-a-Chip (SoC) devices, which integrate complete systems onto a single chip. ChipWrights’ fully programmable, low-cost, and high-performance SoCs are well-suited for the digital imaging and video markets, featuring a vector DSP that maximizes parallelism for image data processing. The design of the instruction set and data access mechanisms is optimized for image and video tasks, enhancing efficiency. As product life cycles shorten and requirements become more complex, ChipWrights emphasizes the advantages of programmable solutions over fixed-function ASICs. The company provides a comprehensive suite of development tools, reference boards, and application libraries to support its chips, while fostering a network of third-party developers to create innovative imaging products based on its platform.

NuCore Technologies

Series B in 2000
Nucore Technology is a developer of digital and analog imaging devices for cameras and video cameras. The company has 72 employees. Nucore Technology, founded in May 1997, has undergone five rounds of equity financing amounting to US$84 million, the company's Web site says.

FusionOne

Venture Round in 2000
FusionOne specializes in mobile content portability, allowing users to transfer and synchronize content between mobile devices and popular internet applications. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with additional offices in Tallinn, Estonia, the company provides software that enables users to manage and transfer various types of mobile phone content, including contacts, photos, messages, and purchased items. This technology supports millions of subscribers on major carriers globally, helping individuals organize their address books through a unified interface and facilitating the sharing of contacts across different networks.

Metro Optix

Series A in 2000
Metro-Optix develops hardware for telecommunications companies that want to transition from circuit-based services to cell- and packet-based services. The hardware essentially reduces the number of hardware boxes needed, such as routers, which the networks feed into.

Expression Engines

Series B in 2000
Expression Engines is a leading provider of comprehensive direct e-mail marketing solutions aimed at enhancing online marketing investments for businesses. The company specializes in delivering services that include the integration of graphics into e-mails and strategies to improve customer acquisition and retention. By leveraging direct marketing expertise and innovative technology, Expression Engines offers a full-service approach that supports clients in maximizing revenue through effective online marketing campaigns. The company's flagship product, Favemail, exemplifies its commitment to driving high-response marketing efforts while ensuring cost-effectiveness for its clients.

SquareTrade

Series B in 2000
SquareTrade, Inc. is a warranty provider specializing in insurance coverage plans for consumer electronics and appliances. Established in 1999 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in London, the company offers protection plans for a wide range of devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktop computers, home entertainment systems, and various other electronics such as cameras and fitness trackers. SquareTrade's plans cover incidents such as drops, water damage, malfunctions, and accidents, ensuring consumers receive comprehensive protection regardless of where they purchased their items. In 2017, SquareTrade became a subsidiary of Allstate Non-Insurance Holdings, Inc.

eVentures Group

Venture Round in 2000
eVentures Group operates and invests in internet communications companies.

Fast Track

Series B in 2000
Fast Track: a completely new and comprehensive approach to the way clinical trials are managed. The company is assembling a creative and energetic staff of technical and medical professionals, an experienced management team, industry-specific advisory boards, and an active investor constituency - all aggressively focused on achieving their vision: to revolutionize the management of clinical trials.

Viajo.com

Series B in 2000
Viajo.com is an online travel platform launched in 1999, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It specializes in air ticket reservations and offers a variety of travel packages to clients across multiple regions, including the USA, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. The platform aims to provide users with access to diverse travel options, catering to various tourist destinations worldwide. Through its comprehensive services, Viajo.com facilitates convenient travel planning for individuals seeking to explore different locales.

The Consumer Financial

Venture Round in 2000
The Consumer Financial Network, headquartered in Duluth, GA, is a sophisticated e-commerce platform for financial services and related benefits over the Internet and an around-the-clock teleweb customer service center. CFN is provided at no cost to large companies and associations for distribution as a human resource benefit to their employees or members.

The New York Times

Venture Round in 2000
The New York Times is a prominent American media company founded in 1851 and headquartered in New York. It is best known for its flagship publication, The New York Times, which has received a record 98 Pulitzer Prizes, making it a leading source of news and information. The company also publishes the International New York Times and operates various digital platforms, including its website and smartphone applications. The New York Times Group and The Athletic are the company's primary segments, with a significant portion of revenue generated from subscriptions and advertising. The New York Times continues to play a crucial role in journalism, striving to provide accurate information and insights to help the public understand the world.

USA.NET

Venture Round in 2000
USA.NET, founded by Scott Chasin in 1997 and based in Milford, Connecticut, provides a comprehensive range of outsourced messaging solutions, specializing in hosted email and messaging services. The company's flagship offering, the Global Secure eMessaging Service, is designed to meet the needs of businesses seeking reliable and secure communication tools. USA.NET's services are SAS 70 Type II audited and Microsoft Gold Certified, underscoring its commitment to high standards of security and reliability. Additionally, the company participates in the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange, ensuring it stays at the forefront of technological advancements in messaging solutions.

Health Hero Network

Venture Round in 2000
Health Hero Network combines digital convenience with clinical expertise. They provide people with remote access to expert clinicians. They builts a platform that marries user-centric innovation with healthcare expertise and have embarked on the journey together. They provide health management programs delivering personalized daily monitoring, patient education, and information to care providers.

Rocket Network

Venture Round in 2000
Rocket Network is a global production network designed for audio professionals, facilitating collaboration and session management across the industry. The company has established its reputation through partnerships with leading audio firms that have created "RocketPower" versions of their products. This integration enables users to access the network seamlessly through their preferred audio applications. Rocket Network's platform supports simultaneous multi-user access to audio files, allowing for dynamic updates from any location at any time. Additionally, it offers services that streamline session workflows, including secure archiving, talent searches, and cross-application support. As a result, Rocket Network's technology is increasingly becoming essential for a significant portion of professional audio sessions.

BuildPoint

Series B in 2000
BuildPoint is a provider of e-commerce services tailored for the commercial construction industry, established in 1999 and located in Redwood Shores, California. The company offers a cloud-based bidding workflow management solution that facilitates communication, negotiation, and transactions between buyers and sellers of construction products and services. Its services include online bid solicitation management, lead generation, and materials procurement, as well as financial management applications related to insurance and lending. By centralizing subcontractor data and standardizing pre-qualification and performance assessment processes, BuildPoint enables general contractors to cut costs, minimize risk, and secure more profitable contracts. In June 2004, BuildPoint was acquired by Construction Software Technologies.

eYada

Venture Round in 2000
eYada.com is a prominent internet entertainment company that attracts over one million users globally each month. Based in studios located in Manhattan, Los Angeles, and San Jose, eYada operates an all-talk radio network featuring three main channels: Entertainment, Sports, and Health & Fitness. The network offers a vibrant array of 19 shows and more than 200 hours of live, original programming each week. eYada is known for its engaging content, including candid interviews, spirited debates, and celebrity gossip, hosting a diverse lineup of high-profile guests such as Donald Trump, Mariah Carey, and Hugh Hefner. This dynamic approach to talk radio enables eYada to deliver entertaining and provocative content that resonates with a wide audience.

Vitaminic

Venture Round in 2000
Vitaminic was one of the firts Digital Music Platform in Europe, founded in 1999, it had from the start an international footprint with offices and operations on 9 countries. The Headquarter was based in Italy and after the Ipo in 2000 on the Italian Stock Exchange it acquired companies in UK ( Peoplesound), Usa (Iuma) and France (FranceMp3). The management was led by the three founders (Gianluca Dettori,Frank Gonella and Adriano Marconetto) and by the Coo Andrea Rosi. The company was sold to Buongiorno in 2003.

NetSales

Venture Round in 2000
NetSales provides the technology and support services industrial suppliers need to sell their products online — at a price you can afford.

CB Technologies

Venture Round in 2000
CB Technologies, Inc. (www.cbtech.com), is a leading provider of electronic data capture, e-business consulting, and integration services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, with 128 employees in its headquarters in West Chester, Pennsylvania and Boston, Massachusetts. Inc. Magazine named the firm one of the 500 fastest growing privately held companies in America for the past two consecutive years. Applications created by CB are currently in use at leading pharmaceutical/healthcare companies and support thousands of users worldwide.

Electron Economy

Series B in 2000
Electron Economy is a commerce enabler that integrates essential components of commerce operations for both traditional and e-business companies. The company collaborates with clients to design, deploy, and manage their e-commerce operations, utilizing advanced technology and expertise to address the dynamic requirements of online business. Central to its offerings is the Internet TONE, an open and extensible Internet Transaction Operations Network that enables businesses to utilize shared services and infrastructure for their e-commerce activities. Additionally, Electron Economy provides E-Commerce Operations Management services that operate on the Internet TONE, offering an outsourced solution that seamlessly connects a company's online storefront with back-end logistics such as order processing, customer interaction, warehousing, fulfillment, shipping, and delivery. Furthermore, the company specializes in supply chain event management services, which enhance the management of funds, goods, and information through an intelligent and scalable platform, helping manufacturers and distributors to accelerate market entry, reduce costs, boost revenue, and improve customer satisfaction.

gay.com

Series A in 2000
Gay.com is the largest online community of gay men. Gay.com is the best gay dating website for gay men looking for a connection. Discover local gay guys in their free gay chat rooms where singles mingle in the digital world. Make virtual reality an actual reality in the world’s largest online community of gay guys. Millions have logged onto their free gay website to find romance, love, and more with other local gay men. Browse hot bodies as well as the hottest news that is relevant to members of the gay community.

HotRail

Series C in 2000
HotRail is an internet infrastructure company founded in 1993 and headquartered in California. Specializing in the development of advanced high-speed interconnect technologies, the company offers solutions that include smart switched fabrics. As a fabless semiconductor firm, HotRail focuses on mixed signal and complex digital logic design, providing innovative products to enhance connectivity for its clients.

Internet Appliance Network

Series B in 2000
Internet Appliance Network is a marketing and media services company.

Small World

Venture Round in 2000
SmallWorld.com (www.smallworld.com) is the largest independent developer of online fantasy sports games and is host to one of the "stickiest" sites on the Internet. Founded in 1994, Small World was recently ranked by Media Metrix as the number one fastest growing web site and by Nielsen Net Ratings as the stickiest site on the Internet. They will soon offer new games that expand beyond sports into other areas of interest, including politics.

Urban Box Office Network

Series B in 2000
UBO is a next generation media company that provides a unique on and off-line cultural and commercial platform for the Urban Mindset. UBO defines the Urban Mindset as a global community that shares common interests in music, arts, sports, and fashion and establishes trends for the emerging worldwide market. UBO aggregates this community by providing a network of vertical properties for the creation and distribution of cutting-edge music, animation, information, sports, events, live-action series, as well as direct access to urban cultural icons and celebrities. UBO aims to be the leading destination for both producers and consumers of the Urban Mindset.

iWon

Private Equity Round in 2000
iWon is an online destination portal and search engine that combines information retrieval with casual gaming. The platform offers users the chance to win cash prizes and merchandise through daily, weekly, and monthly sweepstakes, as well as instant win opportunities. Backed by CBS, iWon focuses on engaging users by providing a variety of games while also serving as a resource for information across a diverse range of websites and applications. The company's model encourages user participation through its prize giveaways, enhancing the overall experience of online searching and gaming.

Empowered Networks

Series C in 2000
Empowered Networks specializes in providing IT consulting services and network monitoring solutions, focusing on optimizing network management, security, and compliance for large enterprises. The company assists clients in selecting, deploying, and operating technologies that enhance the agility, visibility, and reliability of applications and networks, ultimately driving positive business outcomes. Additionally, Empowered Networks is known for developing advanced Voice-over-IP (VoIP) switching systems tailored for carriers and communication service providers. Their flagship USX1000 system integrates seamlessly with existing Intelligent Network services, facilitating the migration of voice traffic to modern IP infrastructures. Through its innovative solutions, Empowered Networks aims to deliver dependable services that add value to its clients' operations.

SportsYA

Venture Round in 2000
SportsYA is a sports portal that caters to the Hispanic market by providing comprehensive sports news and content across various domains, including video games, esports, tourism, technology, and the economy. The company specializes in producing and broadcasting sports and radio content in both Spanish and English, covering a wide array of sports such as esports, baseball, basketball, boxing, football, soccer, and bullfighting. Additionally, SportsYA offers analysis and reviews related to casinos and electronic betting, aiming to deliver relevant information and entertainment to Latin Americans and Hispanic communities.

Submarino

Series B in 2000
Submarino is an online seller of Spanish- and Portuguese-language books, CDs and toys.

ClickThings

Venture Round in 2000
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Eduprise

Venture Round in 2000
Eduprise is an e-Services company offering application expertise in enterprise-level e-Learning, knowledge management and web integration focused on serving higher education and selected corporate market.

Intellispace

Venture Round in 2000
Intellispace is the Gold Coast’s leading services office and virtual office space provider. If you are looking for a professional and well maintained serviced office, virtual office or meeting room facilities to conduct your important business.

Intralinks

Venture Round in 2000
Intralinks Holdings, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for secure enterprise content collaboration, both domestically and internationally. Founded in 1996 and based in New York, Intralinks provides a cloud-based platform that facilitates the management, control, and exchange of sensitive information within and between organizations. Its product offerings include Intralinks Dealspace for virtual deal rooms, Intralinks Studyspace for sharing confidential information, and Intralinks VIA for enterprise content sharing. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including financial services, life sciences, technology, and manufacturing, and caters to enterprises, financial institutions, and governmental agencies. Intralinks distributes its solutions directly through a dedicated sales team and indirectly via a network of channel partners and customer referrals. The company has undergone several changes in ownership and name, most recently becoming a subsidiary of SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

ProcureNet

Venture Round in 2000
ProcureNet is a U.S.-based procurement solutions provider founded in 1994, primarily serving federal, state, local government agencies, and small to medium enterprises. The company offers a comprehensive suite of e-commerce solutions that facilitate the procurement of both specialty and non-specialty products. Its services include internet-based requisitioning, order approval workflows, order status tracking, purchase order generation, invoice matching, and accounts payable management. In addition to its procurement services, ProcureNet has also engaged in sourcing medical products during global health crises, supplying essential items such as face masks, syringes, and personal protective equipment (PPE) from manufacturers worldwide. ProcureNet was acquired by Science Applications International Corporation in 2004.

eBondTrade.com

Series B in 2000
eBondTrade offers an online platform that enables investment advisors to manage and trade municipal bonds.

Blackboard

Venture Round in 2000
Blackboard Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise technology and innovative solutions for the education sector, catering to higher education, K-12, business, and government markets. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the company offers a diverse range of products designed to enhance the teaching and learning experience. Its flagship platform, Blackboard Learn, supports academic goals through a comprehensive learning management system, while Blackboard Collaborate facilitates interactive and mobile learning. Additional offerings include Blackboard Analytics, which converts data into actionable insights, and Blackboard SafeAssign, which helps identify plagiarism in student submissions. The company also provides tools for accessibility, student support, and community engagement, such as Blackboard Ally and Blackboard Connect. With a global presence, Blackboard aims to improve educational outcomes and institutional performance by leveraging technology to streamline processes and enhance communication among educational stakeholders.

Catena Networks

Series B in 2000
Catena Networks develops broadband access systems that enable service providers to deploy voice, data, and video services. The company's products include The CNX-5 Broadband DSL System, a card-for-card upgrade solution for Lucent SLC-5 Digital Loop Carriers and The CN1000 Broadband Loop Carrier that enables service providers to deploy integrated plain old telephone service (POTS) and digital subscriber line (DSL) services and deliver voice, data and video services over copper and fiber infrastructures. It caters to local exchange carriers, postal telephone and telegraph operators, and other service providers. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in California, US with an additional office in Morrisville, North Carolina.

Illumina

Venture Round in 2000
Illumina is a leading technology company specializing in the analysis of genetic material, focusing on life science and clinical laboratory applications. The company generates the majority of its revenue from sequencing instruments, consumables, and related services. Illumina's high-throughput technology facilitates whole genome sequencing for humans and other large organisms, while its lower throughput tools cater to applications requiring smaller data sets, such as viral and cancer tumor screening. In addition, Illumina offers microarrays for lower-cost, targeted genetic screening, primarily serving consumer and agricultural sectors. By providing innovative and flexible solutions, Illumina plays a crucial role in advancing personalized medicine and supports disease research, drug development, and the creation of molecular tests in clinical settings.

Ninth House

Series B in 2000
Ninth House specializes in organizational learning solutions aimed at facilitating behavioral change within organizations. The company provides a range of services, including consulting, learning solution design, and technology integration. In addition to these services, Ninth House offers courses and curriculum, which encompass both online and instructor-led formats. The firm also focuses on measurement and analysis to ensure the effectiveness of its learning initiatives.

Acorn Networks

Venture Round in 2000
Acorn Networks is a fabless communications semiconductor company specializing in wire-speed traffic management solutions. Our mission is to provide the most advanced and comprehensive traffic management solutions to new as well as established switch equipment vendors. We are committed to providing well-engineered wire-speed semiconductor products at OC-48c, OC-192c, and beyond based on our cost effective, low power and flexible architecture.

Medsite

Venture Round in 1999
Medsite operates as a comprehensive online platform for healthcare professionals, primarily through its website, Medsite.com. The company provides a wide array of user-friendly solutions focused on medical e-commerce, information, and communication services. Initially established with Medsite Books, the platform has evolved into a key resource for medical practitioners, offering access to medical books, software, journals, and supplies, as well as electronic physician credentialing and up-to-date medical news. In addition, Medsite specializes in proprietary database development tailored for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, offering end-to-end physician e-detailing services that include program development, targeted recruitment, and online distribution. This multifaceted approach enhances the efficiency of medical professionals and supports their direct engagement with physicians.

Coactive Networks

Series B in 1999
Coactive Networks specializes in Internet-based energy management, offering solutions for remote monitoring and control in both residential and commercial settings. The company has achieved significant milestones in deploying Internet control technology, facilitating connections between various devices, appliances, and computers through its residential gateways. These gateways encompass connectors and routers that integrate open control systems with Internet technologies, providing clients with flexible, scalable, and cost-effective products for enhanced energy management and operational efficiency.

AtomFilms

Series B in 1999
A leading film production company, based in Dublin. We create viral, corporate and TV adverts. Telling stories through film.

Lutris Technologies

Series A in 1999
Lutris Technologies is an Open Source enterprise software and services company that sponsors Enhydra.org, a platform for building Web and wireless applications. Committed to Open Source, Lutris aims to set the standard for software development by partnering with developers. They provide world-class support and training for Enhydra applications, catering to clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Additionally, Lutris offers expert professional services to ensure that customers' objectives are met on time and on budget.

Mainspring

Venture Round in 1999
Mainspring designs and develops digital business strategies. The company provides consulting services focusing on digital technologies, business optimization, and technology enablement. Mainspring, formerly known as Mainspring Communications Inc., was founded in 1996 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Chromatis Networks

Series B in 1999
Chromatis Networks specializes in optical transport solutions aimed at enhancing the efficiency and management of multi-service metropolitan networks. The company develops metropolitan area switching systems designed to address challenges associated with transitioning from long-distance carriers to local networks. Its flagship product, the Metropolis System, integrates data packets, voice circuits, and video services, consolidating this traffic onto a dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) platform. This integration enables service providers to scale network capacity effectively while reducing costs. Through its innovative technology, Chromatis Networks supports carriers in improving the overall performance and scalability of metropolitan network infrastructures.

Vigil Technologies

Series B in 1999
Vigil Technologies, Inc. is a pioneer in the online intelligence market. The company provides the most time- effective online intelligence solutions that allow decision-makers, business researchers, and analysts to continuously monitor their business landscapes. e-Sense, Vigil's web-based service, automatically and incrementally gathers highly-relevant information based on user-defined business landscapes, while guaranteeing predictable and comprehensive coverage of open Internet sources.

MercandoLivre.com

Venture Round in 1999
MercandoLivre.com is an e-commerce technology company providing solutions to individuals and companies buying, selling, advertising, and paying for goods online. It serves millions of users and creates a market for a wide variety of goods and services in a safe and efficient way. The platform is among the top 50 in the world in terms of page views and is a retail platform with unique visitors in each country, which it operates according to metrics provided by comScore Networks. MercandoLivre.com was launched in 1999 and is based in Santana De Parnaíba.

Greenwich Technology Partners

Venture Round in 1999
Greenwich Technology Partners, Inc. provides information security, cost optimization, multiservice networks, information lifecycle management, and information technology service management solutions. Its storage optimization solutions offers a suite of services, including lifecycle project management, independent ROI/TCO evaluation, technology audits, review of business application requirements and creation of storage requirements matrix, creation of business-based data classification schema, Gap analysis of client storage management process, impact analysis of the optimization on business continuity, disaster recovery and security, and design and documentation of new storage infrastructures. The company also offers application security solution to address the lifecycle of an application, including requirements and operation. Its IT infrastructure consolidation solution consolidates server, data center, and storage resources. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in White Plains, New York. As of October 18, 2005, Greenwich Technology Partners, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Acumen Solutions, Inc.

Creative Planet

Series B in 1999
Creative Planet is the leading provider of business-to-business Internet services and resources for creative professionals. With its suite of project management applications, production databases, information services and Internet resources, Creative Planet offers a powerful, comprehensive service enabling the creative process. Creative Planet has focused significant resources on improving efficiencies in the film, television, music video and commercial production process. The company is leveraging its industry-standard applications to create an end-to-end Internet-based production management solution and marketplace.

Starbelly.com

Private Equity Round in 1999
Starbelly.com is a U.S.-based company specialized in promotional products. It manufactures branded t-shirts, key chains, and coffee mugs for promotions by client companies. Starbelly.com was co-founded by Eric Lefkofsky and [Brad Keywell](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/brad-keywell) in 1999. It was sold to Halo Industries in 2000 before filing for bankruptcy.

Pluris

Venture Round in 1999
Pluris is a valuation firm based in New York City, established in 2006. It specializes in providing valuation advisory services, focusing on real estate appraisals, business valuations, intangibles, and intellectual properties, as well as assessments of illiquid, complex, and distressed securities. The firm caters to a diverse clientele that includes investment funds, investment banks, broker-dealers, private and public companies, their shareholders and executives, and high-net-worth individuals and families. In addition to its valuation services, Pluris offers daily marks services for high-volume clients and large institutions globally. The company is also involved in developing next-generation IP core infrastructure, leveraging its Teraplex architecture to enhance scalability, fault-tolerance, and performance, providing service providers with a pathway to future upgrades without significant infrastructure overhauls.

nDSP

Series A in 1999
nDSP Corporation is a semiconductor company based in Campbell, California, specializing in video processing solutions. Founded in 1997, nDSP develops "system on chip" video processing integrated circuits aimed at enhancing the picture quality of consumer electronics, including televisions, flat panel displays, and multimedia projectors. As a fabless semiconductor provider, the company focuses on delivering innovative technologies to platform builders across the entertainment, Internet, and computing sectors.

Alacra

Venture Round in 1999
Alacra, Inc. is a provider of compliance workflow, reference data, and business research solutions designed for financial institutions, professional service firms, and corporations. Founded in 1996 as Data Downlink Corporation and renamed in 2001, Alacra is headquartered in New York, with an additional office in London. The company offers innovative tools that help clients conduct regulatory searches by organizing financial and legal information from over 75 premium publishers and a curated selection of more than 3,000 web-based sources. These workflow solutions streamline operations by delivering user-ready results, enabling clients to stay informed about customers, prospects, and market dynamics. Alacra’s applications also facilitate know-your-customer and anti-money laundering processes, providing comprehensive compliance risk and screening intelligence. With a dedicated team of over 60 professionals, Alacra serves more than 400 global clients, enhancing business development and operational efficiency.

Y Media

Series A in 1999
Y Media Corporation uses semiconductor-imaging expertise to enable the impact of pictures to be embedded into any application. Y Media's multi-media device portfolio includes high-density image sensors ideal for high-resolution digital still cameras and video applications like HDTV, as well as a line of highly integrated image sensors specifically designed to make possible image communications in mobile consumer electronics. Delivering portable vision that flow easily from one medium to another, Y Media gives OEMs the opportunity to lower system-level costs, expand market share, and add key product differentiators.

NuCore Technologies

Series A in 1998
Nucore Technology is a developer of digital and analog imaging devices for cameras and video cameras. The company has 72 employees. Nucore Technology, founded in May 1997, has undergone five rounds of equity financing amounting to US$84 million, the company's Web site says.
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