Dot Edu Ventures

Dot Edu Ventures was a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, that focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology businesses. Established in March 2000, the firm sought to invest in ideas and technologies emerging from doctoral and post-doctoral research, particularly in areas such as enterprise software, databases, data mining, communications software, and wireless communication. Dot Edu Ventures was notable for its unique network of computer science and engineering faculty across several top U.S. universities, providing not only funding but also technical and strategic support to entrepreneurs, many of whom were graduate students and faculty members themselves. The firm typically invested between $0.1 million and $1 million per company and collaborated closely with prominent venture firms in the Bay Area. However, Dot Edu Ventures is no longer in operation.

Asha Motwani Ph.D

Managing Partner and Founder

13 past transactions

Mimosa Systems

Debt Financing in 2009
Mimosa Systems, Inc., established in 2003 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, specializes in content archiving solutions. It offers Mimosa NearPoint, an integrated software suite designed to manage unstructured information such as emails, files, and instant messages. This solution enables email and file system archiving, e-discovery, recovery, disaster recovery, and storage management for enterprises worldwide, with offices in multiple countries including Germany, the UK, Japan, China, Australia, and India.

Mimosa Systems

Series D in 2008
Mimosa Systems, Inc., established in 2003 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, specializes in content archiving solutions. It offers Mimosa NearPoint, an integrated software suite designed to manage unstructured information such as emails, files, and instant messages. This solution enables email and file system archiving, e-discovery, recovery, disaster recovery, and storage management for enterprises worldwide, with offices in multiple countries including Germany, the UK, Japan, China, Australia, and India.

Meru Networks

Series C in 2005
Meru Networks specializes in the development and marketing of wireless LAN infrastructure solutions that leverage virtualization to provide robust wireless services for critical business applications, including voice, video, and data. Since its inception in 2003, the company has introduced its innovative virtual cell wireless architecture, distinguishing itself from traditional hub-based WLAN systems. Meru's products aim to deliver high levels of performance, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness, previously associated only with wired networking environments, thereby enabling enterprises to effectively manage their wireless networking needs.

NeoPath Networks

Series B in 2004
NeoPath Networks, Inc. is a provider of file storage management solutions, specializing in improving the efficiency and management of file storage systems. The company offers two primary products: File Director, a network appliance that operates between file servers and clients to facilitate namespace virtualization, safe file migrations, real-time file analysis, and policy-based management; and SMARTtouch, a software solution designed to help clients optimize their file storage capacity. By simplifying file storage management for network-attached storage and file servers, NeoPath Networks enhances storage utilization across various industries, including financial services, government, aerospace, manufacturing, healthcare, and education. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, NeoPath Networks operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Meru Networks

Series B in 2004
Meru Networks specializes in the development and marketing of wireless LAN infrastructure solutions that leverage virtualization to provide robust wireless services for critical business applications, including voice, video, and data. Since its inception in 2003, the company has introduced its innovative virtual cell wireless architecture, distinguishing itself from traditional hub-based WLAN systems. Meru's products aim to deliver high levels of performance, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness, previously associated only with wired networking environments, thereby enabling enterprises to effectively manage their wireless networking needs.

NeoPath Networks

Series A in 2004
NeoPath Networks, Inc. is a provider of file storage management solutions, specializing in improving the efficiency and management of file storage systems. The company offers two primary products: File Director, a network appliance that operates between file servers and clients to facilitate namespace virtualization, safe file migrations, real-time file analysis, and policy-based management; and SMARTtouch, a software solution designed to help clients optimize their file storage capacity. By simplifying file storage management for network-attached storage and file servers, NeoPath Networks enhances storage utilization across various industries, including financial services, government, aerospace, manufacturing, healthcare, and education. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, NeoPath Networks operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Composite Software

Series B in 2003
Composite Software LLC specializes in developing data virtualization software solutions for organizations globally, with a focus on enhancing data integration and analytics capabilities. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company offers a comprehensive Data Virtualization Platform that integrates data from diverse sources, enabling organizations to gain insights and meet their analytics and business intelligence needs. Its Information Server facilitates the querying, federating, and delivery of data on demand, while CIS Adapters streamline access to various data sources such as enterprise applications and big data stores. Additionally, Composite Software provides a range of agile analytics and business intelligence solutions, data integration services, and tailored business solutions across multiple industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail, and energy. In 2017, Composite Software became a subsidiary of TIBCO Software Inc., further expanding its capabilities in the data integration market.

Composite Software

Series A in 2003
Composite Software LLC specializes in developing data virtualization software solutions for organizations globally, with a focus on enhancing data integration and analytics capabilities. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company offers a comprehensive Data Virtualization Platform that integrates data from diverse sources, enabling organizations to gain insights and meet their analytics and business intelligence needs. Its Information Server facilitates the querying, federating, and delivery of data on demand, while CIS Adapters streamline access to various data sources such as enterprise applications and big data stores. Additionally, Composite Software provides a range of agile analytics and business intelligence solutions, data integration services, and tailored business solutions across multiple industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail, and energy. In 2017, Composite Software became a subsidiary of TIBCO Software Inc., further expanding its capabilities in the data integration market.

Sychron Advanced Technologies

Series A in 2003
Sychron Advanced Technologies, Inc. provides server-based desktop computing solutions. It offers OnDemand Desktop, a server-based virtual desktop system that enables and controls the delivery of a user experience identical to what users see with standalone PCs. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

SynTera Communications

Series A in 2001
SynTera is an industry leader in the development of turnkey silicon solutions for high-performance networking systems. The Company leverages its core competencies in networking silicon and systems, including digital and mixed-signal design, protocols and software to create a family of products that enable and accelerate the convergence of data, voice and video communications over the Internet.

Invertica

Series A in 2000
Invertica Inc. is a developer of a direct marketing platform.

Hopelink

Series A in 2000
Since 1971, Hopelink has served homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities in King and Snohomish counties; providing stability and helping people gain the skills and knowledge they need to exit poverty for good. Hopelink provides a network of critical social services through a number of different programs – including housing, transportation, family development, financial assistance, employment programs, adult education, financial literacy training and five food banks. The agency’s service centers, housing and transportation programs help more than 60,000 people every year.
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