Crimson Ventures

Crimson Ventures is a global venture capital firm established in 1993, with offices located in Menlo Park, Nashville, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Tokyo. The firm specializes in investing in various sectors, including technology, financial services, real estate, industrial, healthcare, and e-business infrastructure. By focusing on these diverse areas, Crimson Ventures aims to support innovative companies and foster growth across multiple industries.

Robert Walker Jr.

Founder and Managing Partner

11 past transactions

BITMAIN

Series B in 2018
Bitmain is a manufacturer of Bitcoin mining hardware and other related services. Bitmain was founded by several of the digital currency industry’s earliest players, and their team is comprised of passionate and pedigreed engineers, financial experts, and Bitcoin enthusiasts. Bitmain is headquartered in Beijing and has offices in San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Chengdu and Shenzhen.

Hilburn Investment Company

Venture Round in 2016
Hilburn Investment Company

Thrivist

Venture Round in 2016
Thrivist, LLC is a company that specializes in developing innovative learning technologies aimed at enhancing the educational experience for both learners and educators. Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, the company offers a range of products including Thrivist LMS, a comprehensive learning management system designed for K-12 education, and the Blended Practice Profile, a diagnostic tool that assesses teachers' understanding of blended learning practices. Additionally, Thrivist provides ClassGather, which facilitates the collection and analysis of objective data on teaching methods and student behaviors. By focusing on data-driven insights, Thrivist's solutions empower administrators, teachers, and parents to make informed decisions that can improve educational outcomes. Established in 2015, Thrivist operates as a subsidiary of Tennessee Book Company LLC.

Sovereign Sportsman Solutions

Venture Round in 2016
Sovereign Sportsman Solutions, LLC specializes in providing technology, marketing, and support services to state, federal, and tribal agencies. The company focuses on a variety of areas, including hunting and fishing licensing, campground and park management, forest burn permits, online recreational education, and recreational vehicle registration and titling. Its off-highway recreational vehicle solution aids state agencies in managing the licensing and permitting of both on- and off-highway vehicles. Additionally, Sovereign Sportsman Solutions offers a suite of solutions for various state departments, encompassing administration, information technology, agriculture, and forestry. These services include campground map setups, reservation processes, automated check-in/check-out, and guest portfolio management. The company is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

GlideSlope

Venture Round in 2016
GlideSlope is a New York-based company that specializes in brand consulting and management advisory services tailored for the sports sector. The firm provides analysis and strategic guidance designed to help businesses achieve their goals, particularly those operating within the sports industry. By focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities in this market, GlideSlope aims to enhance brand positioning and drive growth for its clients.

PoliVec

Series B in 2003
PoliVec is a U.S.-based company that develops and delivers an integrated software suite for corporate governance, risk management, and compliance solutions. The company offers an enterprise governance solution that includes Policy Center, a repository for regulations, standards, practices, policies, procedures, audit evidence, and frameworks; Awareness Manager that distributes policies to employees, partners, or contractors, as well as captures their acceptance and measures their understanding; Activity Manager, which manages various manual activities required for compliance with policies and regulations; and Technology Manager that taps into existing information technology systems as well as gathers data to determine compliance, identifies abnormalities, and automates functions. PoliVec also includes Incident Management that handles the creation, tracking, and reporting of system-wide incidents; Reporting System, which provides functionalities, such as scheduling, exporting, emailing, and customization; Risk Management System; and Dashboard Framework, a solution for communication. In addition, the company offers compliance program development, implementation, training, and support services. Its customers include companies in financial services, government, retail, energy, healthcare, entertainment, and technology industries. PoliVec was founded in 1999 and is based in Mountain View, California.

Resonext Communications

Series C in 2002
Resonext is a provider of integrated silicon complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions for 802.11a and multiband (802.11a/b/g) platforms primarily in the United States.

Geyser Networks

Venture Round in 2000
As of October 12, 2001, Geyser Networks, Inc. went out of business. The company provides multi service optical solutions for the next generation optical networks. It designs and markets high-performance networking appliances including switching and routing systems. The company has developed the FlexBand™ technology, which integrates n x VT1.5 virtual concatenation, Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DBA) and traffic management to generate multiple TDM-like pipes for various applications. Geyser's product using this technology include: Geyser OSM 4800™ (Optical Service Manager) combines critical network elements (i.e. DWDM, MPLS Router, Ethernet Switch, IAD, etc.) into one metropolitan area networking platform; and Geyser Networks MetroView™ Network Manager System (NMS) providing a customer services management system for optical networks, linking business-level software for billing, alarm correlation, and northbound functionalities. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

AtNetwork

Series B in 2000
Their focus is in assisting the global integration of the Asian markets into the new e-conomy. They are building the bridges that will connect Asian countries to each other and to the rest of the world. They are breaking down barriers, which will lead to a more connected world. This is achieved through the use of Their virtual backbone in addition to Their comprehensive suite of e-business and marketing services. Their Internet backbone is guaranteed to be up 100% of the time. In addition, Their solutions are flexible enough to be implemented seamlessly, allowing companies to infiltrate the Asian markets in a matter of weeks, not months.

E-business technology

Venture Round in 2000
E-business technology, Inc. develops and provides real-time, dynamic enterprise security management software and solutions targeted at the emerging e-business market. The company's focus is on the critical need for security as companies increasingly expand and reconfigure their networks to engage in commerce activities online. Using patent-pending technology, e-business technology, Inc. offers a suite of real-time, dynamic enterprise security management software and solutions. These new management techniques allow clients to evaluate, monitor, and secure large networks with multiple disparate devices in accordance with dynamically enforced security policies.

WR Hambrecht

Series C in 2000
WR Hambrecht + Co., LLC is a financial services firm founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Seattle. The firm specializes in underwriting, corporate advisory, equity research, sales and trading, electronic brokerage, and private equity services, primarily targeting technology and emerging growth companies in North America and Western Europe. WR Hambrecht utilizes innovative methods such as Internet-based auction processes to facilitate capital access for clients, helping them raise funds and go public at competitive market prices. Its diverse service offerings include the OpenIPO Auction, A+ IPO, OpenBook Auction, and OpenFollowOn Auction. The firm has served notable clients such as NETSUITE, Google, MORNINGSTAR, and XBiotech, emphasizing its commitment to accelerating disruptive growth for companies of all sizes.
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