Columbia Capital

Columbia Capital is a Virginia-based venture capital firm established in 1989 that focuses on investing in growth-stage technology companies in the wireless, broadband, media, and enterprise information technology sectors. The firm primarily targets opportunities in North America and Western Europe, leveraging its expertise to identify and support businesses poised for significant growth in these dynamic industries. Columbia Capital aims to foster innovation and advancement by providing financial resources and strategic guidance to emerging companies.

Don Doering

Partner

James Eisenstein

Associate

Jim Fleming

Partner

Santiago Gomez-Garcia

Associate

Patrick Hendy

Partner

Jennifer Krusius

Venture Partner

Sharon Lam

Vice President

Sharon Lamb

Vice President

John Leibovitz

Venture Partner

Ben Lewis

Chief Financial Officer

Brian Ohlhausen

Associate

Jeffrey H. Patterson

Venture Partner

John Tyler Siegel

Partner

Luca Sullivan

Associate

Nick Szczur

Associate

192 past transactions

BlueCart

Venture Round in 2022
BlueCart is a web and mobile platform built to streamline and modernize the wholesale procurement process for buyers and sellers. It offers online and mobile ordering to new and existing customers while boosting sales with the BlueCart marketplace tools. BlueCart was formerly known as Improvonia and is launched in July 2014.

Nisos

Series B in 2022
Nisos provides unrivaled protection of your reputation and assets through the practice of Active Defense. Nisos is a leading services provider in the following areas: - Adversarial Attribution - Incident Response - M&A Valuation and Diligence - Insider Threat Detection and Mitigation - Attack Simulation - Compromise Assessment - Executive Protection - Asset Protection

Everstream Analytics

Series A in 2022
Everstream Analytics is a supply chain risk analytics company that focuses on enhancing the resilience and agility of clients' supply chains. The company offers a platform that tracks supply chain risks and integrates with clients' procurement, logistics, and business continuity systems to provide comprehensive visibility of potential disruptions. By leveraging data science, proprietary intelligence, and a team of multilingual specialists, Everstream monitors global risks and events in real-time, allowing clients to respond swiftly to emerging challenges. The platform also combines risk assessments with business performance indicators, helping organizations develop risk profiles and identify critical hotspots. Through the use of heat maps and actionable insights, Everstream enables companies to manage risks effectively, ensuring business continuity and transforming potential disruptions into competitive advantages.

Mesh-AI

Venture Round in 2021
Mesh-AI is a global consultancy that uses data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to accelerate business outcomes for the enterprise.

NearForm

Venture Round in 2021
NearForm Ltd. provides enterprise software development services. Its services include software application development, digital product and experience design, open source products, capability building, DevOps strategy and implementation, digital customer experience design, and InnerSource approach for software building. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Tramore, Ireland.

Omnispace

Venture Round in 2021
Omnispace, LLC specializes in connectivity and communication solutions, focusing on integrating satellite and terrestrial networks. The company utilizes 5G technologies to create a hybrid satellite wireless platform, which supports remote learning, real-time data transmission, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Catering to various sectors, including small businesses, industrial applications, public healthcare, safety, and education, Omnispace aims to deliver seamless and interoperable connectivity on a global scale. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, the company is led by experienced professionals from the telecommunications and satellite industries, striving to redefine mobile connectivity for the modern era.

Telarus

Private Equity Round in 2020
Telarus is a value added distributor of Network, UC, and cloud services with a sole focus on creating unique value for our partners. In 2003 Telarus authored (and patented) the world's first real-time commercial telecom pricing software and gave it a name: GeoQuote. Today, thousands of partners including Agents, Cloud Brokers, MSPs and Solution Providers use Telarus to easily source Network, UC and Cloud services.We are consistently rated the top value added distributor because we go beyond quoting, provisioning, and commission payments. We help our partners with marketing strategies that help them market to their customers. We offer business development coaching to help them grow their business. We offer pre-sales support, post sales support, and many services beyond the sale. All of this accumulates to Telarus becoming the fastest growing distributor in the country.

NextNav

Series E in 2020
NextNav, LLC specializes in urban and indoor positioning technology solutions in the United States. Founded in 2007 and based in Tyson's Corner, Virginia, the company develops a positioning system that enables mobile devices to accurately determine their location in environments where GPS signals are unavailable, providing location and height information with floor-level precision. This technology is integrated into GPS chipsets, mobile phones, and other wireless devices, serving various applications, including E911, public safety, and emergency response. Additionally, NextNav offers a product called Pinnacle, which provides precise altitude data for enhanced geolocation experiences in 3D applications. The company also has locations in Sunnyvale, California, and Bengaluru, India, and aims to deliver carrier-grade reliability for indoor positioning services in urban areas.

Lemongrass Consulting

Series C in 2020
Lemongrass Consulting Ltd. is a specialist SAP Netweaver technology consulting firm based in Reading, United Kingdom, established in 2005. The company offers a comprehensive array of services and solutions, including the migration and implementation of SAP solutions on the Amazon public cloud, user provisioning, and the deployment of SAP competency centers. Their expertise extends to SAP Enterprise Portal, identity management, and compliance solutions, such as SAP GRC Access Control. Additionally, Lemongrass provides SAP technical design, support and maintenance, as well as training courses for users. The firm is recognized for its extensive experience and innovative solutions, catering to both SAP end users and other consulting firms, thereby establishing a strong reputation in the SAP consulting landscape.

BillingPlatform

Series B in 2019
BillingPlatform makes complex billing simple. The BillingPlatform monetization and billing software solution helps enterprises embrace digital transformation. It is the only software that gives organizations the power to support the entire financial process from product concept to invoice – adapting to every unique business model and pricing structure. BillingPlatform customers see revenue and margin growth, increased speed to market, reduced costs, and positive impact to the customer experience, all of which are driving dramatic revenue growth and 100% customer retention for the company.

Nisos

Series A in 2019
Nisos provides unrivaled protection of your reputation and assets through the practice of Active Defense. Nisos is a leading services provider in the following areas: - Adversarial Attribution - Incident Response - M&A Valuation and Diligence - Insider Threat Detection and Mitigation - Attack Simulation - Compromise Assessment - Executive Protection - Asset Protection

Verato

Series C in 2019
Verato is a cloud-based patient matching technology that is better, faster, and cheaper than today's standard matching technologies. We use a highly-curated, continuously-updated, self-learning database of identities and identity attributes spanning the entire U.S. adult population. This database acts as an “answer key” for identity data. We call this "referential matching." Verato uses this database as an answer key during matching to make matches no other approach can ever make—even if two records have out-of-date, errored, incomplete, and inconsistent identity data. Because of this approach, our match rates are the highest in the industry. We deliver sub-second performance and can securely handle hundreds of millions of transactions to support the largest organizations. Since, Verato is cloud-based, there is no software to deploy, support, and maintain. We deliver quick time-to-value (weeks, not months or years) and a lower total cost of ownership than any of the on-premises solutions being used today. Better, cheaper, faster.

Omnispace

Series A in 2019
Omnispace, LLC specializes in connectivity and communication solutions, focusing on integrating satellite and terrestrial networks. The company utilizes 5G technologies to create a hybrid satellite wireless platform, which supports remote learning, real-time data transmission, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Catering to various sectors, including small businesses, industrial applications, public healthcare, safety, and education, Omnispace aims to deliver seamless and interoperable connectivity on a global scale. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, the company is led by experienced professionals from the telecommunications and satellite industries, striving to redefine mobile connectivity for the modern era.

Contino

Series B in 2018
Contino is a professional services consultancy who specializes in enhancing the results of software delivery projects through the successful adoption of DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and Pragmatic Agile practices. We have a presence in both London and New York. We help our clients to modernize: - how they work with Enterprise DevOps and Continuous Delivery - their infrastructure with cloud - their application delivery with container technology - their architectures with Microservices We are a leading Docker, Inc partner and we have worked with many enterprise brands to adopt containers towards a successful production deployment. We provide consultancy services, complete delivery teams, and training for organizations looking to deliver software with a collaborative DevOps mindset.

OPĀQ

Series B in 2018
OPAQ is the premier networking and security cloud company. The OPAQ cloud platform provides a cloud-based secure access service edge (SASE) that protects an organization’s entire distributed network – data centers, branch offices, remote users, and IoT devices across all ports and protocols. OPAQ delivers zero trust security-as-a-service using an infrastructure optimized for security and hyperscale performance. With OPAQ, organizations can implement and enforce consistent zero trust security policies, centrally monitor network and security performance, generate reports, and manage security infrastructure – all through a single cloud console. This enables customers to maintain secure access to systems and data no matter how the network evolves. To learn more, visit www.opaq.com.

BillingPlatform

Series A in 2017
BillingPlatform makes complex billing simple. The BillingPlatform monetization and billing software solution helps enterprises embrace digital transformation. It is the only software that gives organizations the power to support the entire financial process from product concept to invoice – adapting to every unique business model and pricing structure. BillingPlatform customers see revenue and margin growth, increased speed to market, reduced costs, and positive impact to the customer experience, all of which are driving dramatic revenue growth and 100% customer retention for the company.

Omnispace

Series A in 2017
Omnispace, LLC specializes in connectivity and communication solutions, focusing on integrating satellite and terrestrial networks. The company utilizes 5G technologies to create a hybrid satellite wireless platform, which supports remote learning, real-time data transmission, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Catering to various sectors, including small businesses, industrial applications, public healthcare, safety, and education, Omnispace aims to deliver seamless and interoperable connectivity on a global scale. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, the company is led by experienced professionals from the telecommunications and satellite industries, striving to redefine mobile connectivity for the modern era.

2nd Watch

Series D in 2017
2nd Watch, Inc. is a cloud-computing company that specializes in building, deploying, and managing IT operations on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for enterprise clients. The company provides a range of services including cloud migration assessments, security evaluations, migration strategies, and consulting on architecture design. Its offerings also encompass a managed cloud platform that oversees daily operations within AWS environments, as well as cloud training sessions and lifecycle engagement services that cover the complete spectrum from assessment to infrastructure management. Additionally, 2nd Watch offers cloud disaster recovery solutions to help businesses develop and implement effective disaster recovery plans using cloud technology. As an AWS Premier Partner and a Microsoft Azure Gold Partner, 2nd Watch utilizes proprietary tools to automate workload management in various sectors. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Liberty Lake, Washington, the company has additional locations in Seattle, San Francisco, and New York.

Verato

Series B in 2017
Verato is a cloud-based patient matching technology that is better, faster, and cheaper than today's standard matching technologies. We use a highly-curated, continuously-updated, self-learning database of identities and identity attributes spanning the entire U.S. adult population. This database acts as an “answer key” for identity data. We call this "referential matching." Verato uses this database as an answer key during matching to make matches no other approach can ever make—even if two records have out-of-date, errored, incomplete, and inconsistent identity data. Because of this approach, our match rates are the highest in the industry. We deliver sub-second performance and can securely handle hundreds of millions of transactions to support the largest organizations. Since, Verato is cloud-based, there is no software to deploy, support, and maintain. We deliver quick time-to-value (weeks, not months or years) and a lower total cost of ownership than any of the on-premises solutions being used today. Better, cheaper, faster.

Cologix

Private Equity Round in 2017
Cologix, Inc. operates as an interconnection and data center company. It offers interconnection and colocation services through its data centers. The company also provides Cologix Access Marketplace, a software-defined networking connectivity platform. It serves carrier networks, managed services, cloud, media, content, financial services, and enterprise customers. Cologix, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Denver, Colorado. It has data centers in Ashburn, Virginia; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; Jacksonville and Lakeland, Florida; Minneapolis, Minnesota; New Jersey; and Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, Canada. Cologix, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Stonepeak Partners LP

OPĀQ

Series A in 2017
OPAQ is the premier networking and security cloud company. The OPAQ cloud platform provides a cloud-based secure access service edge (SASE) that protects an organization’s entire distributed network – data centers, branch offices, remote users, and IoT devices across all ports and protocols. OPAQ delivers zero trust security-as-a-service using an infrastructure optimized for security and hyperscale performance. With OPAQ, organizations can implement and enforce consistent zero trust security policies, centrally monitor network and security performance, generate reports, and manage security infrastructure – all through a single cloud console. This enables customers to maintain secure access to systems and data no matter how the network evolves. To learn more, visit www.opaq.com.

Omnispace

Venture Round in 2016
Omnispace, LLC specializes in connectivity and communication solutions, focusing on integrating satellite and terrestrial networks. The company utilizes 5G technologies to create a hybrid satellite wireless platform, which supports remote learning, real-time data transmission, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Catering to various sectors, including small businesses, industrial applications, public healthcare, safety, and education, Omnispace aims to deliver seamless and interoperable connectivity on a global scale. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, the company is led by experienced professionals from the telecommunications and satellite industries, striving to redefine mobile connectivity for the modern era.

Sendachi

Venture Round in 2016
Clutch was formed in 2005 as a technology professional services firm providing technical staffing and software engineering value to Enterprise customers across the Pacific Northwest. The organization grew rapidly and maintained a footprint of over 100 team members for close to a decade when in 2015 it evolved its business model to target the new and growing domain of DevOps and CICD transformation. Clutch has created value for over 40 Enterprise customers and holds successful partner relationships with technology providers such as Docker, Github, AWS and others that will be brought into Sendachi

New Signature

Venture Round in 2015
New Signature is a cloud-first, full-service Microsoft technology partner that assists businesses of all sizes in addressing their challenges through Microsoft solutions. The company employs a process-driven approach to deliver successful outcomes for complex projects that require creativity, strategic vision, and technical expertise. By conducting rigorous economic analyses, New Signature helps clients make informed investment decisions regarding Microsoft services. The firm provides comprehensive IT support, including planning, design, deployment, customization, and management of Microsoft solutions. Additionally, New Signature focuses on maximizing return on investment by offering tailored user adoption and learning solutions for both business users and IT professionals, thereby promoting trust and credibility through ethical practices.

RockYou

Series F in 2015
RockYou, Inc. is an interactive media and entertainment company that operates an in-game video advertising platform designed to connect premium brands with users. Founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, California, RockYou has developed a cross-platform video advertising network that includes a variety of game titles across multiple genres for Facebook, the web, and mobile devices. The company previously operated under the name netPickle, Inc. RockYou Media, a part of the company, reaches 68 million monthly viewers and provides brands with engaging content tailored to a multicultural audience. However, on February 13, 2019, RockYou, Inc. filed for liquidation under Chapter 7 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, marking a significant shift in its operational status.

Verato

Series A in 2015
Verato is a cloud-based patient matching technology that is better, faster, and cheaper than today's standard matching technologies. We use a highly-curated, continuously-updated, self-learning database of identities and identity attributes spanning the entire U.S. adult population. This database acts as an “answer key” for identity data. We call this "referential matching." Verato uses this database as an answer key during matching to make matches no other approach can ever make—even if two records have out-of-date, errored, incomplete, and inconsistent identity data. Because of this approach, our match rates are the highest in the industry. We deliver sub-second performance and can securely handle hundreds of millions of transactions to support the largest organizations. Since, Verato is cloud-based, there is no software to deploy, support, and maintain. We deliver quick time-to-value (weeks, not months or years) and a lower total cost of ownership than any of the on-premises solutions being used today. Better, cheaper, faster.

Digital Signal

Venture Round in 2015
Digital Signal specializes in three-dimensional long-range facial recognition solutions for government and commercial clients. It offers enterprise biometric solutions and customized applications to suit customer needs. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia.

Endgame

Series C in 2014
Endgame is a leading endpoint security platform that transforms security operations teams and incident responders from crime scene investigators into hunters that prevent damage and loss, and dramatically reduces the time and cost associated with incident response and compromise assessment. Endgame’s platform uses machine learning and data science to prevent and detect unique attacks at the earliest and every stage of the attack lifecycle. Endgame’s integrated response stops attacks without disrupting normal business operations. It was founded in 2008 and has been operating in Arlington, Virginia.

2nd Watch

Series C in 2014
2nd Watch, Inc. is a cloud-computing company that specializes in building, deploying, and managing IT operations on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for enterprise clients. The company provides a range of services including cloud migration assessments, security evaluations, migration strategies, and consulting on architecture design. Its offerings also encompass a managed cloud platform that oversees daily operations within AWS environments, as well as cloud training sessions and lifecycle engagement services that cover the complete spectrum from assessment to infrastructure management. Additionally, 2nd Watch offers cloud disaster recovery solutions to help businesses develop and implement effective disaster recovery plans using cloud technology. As an AWS Premier Partner and a Microsoft Azure Gold Partner, 2nd Watch utilizes proprietary tools to automate workload management in various sectors. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Liberty Lake, Washington, the company has additional locations in Seattle, San Francisco, and New York.

Netuitive

Venture Round in 2014
Netuitive, Inc. provides self-learning performance management software. Its products include Netuitive Service Analyzer that automates performance management applications, as well as delivers a view of business service health in information technology silos; Netuitive SI, which automates systems threshold administration and performance management; and Netuitive SI for VMWARE, a self-learning performance management software for virtualized environments.

Canara

Venture Round in 2014
Canara, Inc., is a full-service solutions provider serving global markets with UPS and battery monitoring systems, branch circuit monitoring systems and predictive services that ensure mission critical power for data centers and commercial operations. Canara is committed to supporting best practices in the UPS and critical battery backup marketplace and expanding into new markets and applications of battery technology. Originally founded in 1992 under the name Data Power Monitoring Corporation or DPMC and later merging with sister company Intellibatt in 2011. Canara completed a $22M capital investment in June, 2012 to expand products and services across more markets in more geographies. Canara is headquartered in San Rafael, California with a global customer base.
The company has developed the world’s only cross platform 24X7 monitoring solution for UPS, back-up battery and emergency generator systems and branch circuit monitoring. Canara provides security and peace of mind, allowing our customers to proactively perform necessary maintenance before an outage event occurs.

NextNav

Series D in 2014
NextNav, LLC specializes in urban and indoor positioning technology solutions in the United States. Founded in 2007 and based in Tyson's Corner, Virginia, the company develops a positioning system that enables mobile devices to accurately determine their location in environments where GPS signals are unavailable, providing location and height information with floor-level precision. This technology is integrated into GPS chipsets, mobile phones, and other wireless devices, serving various applications, including E911, public safety, and emergency response. Additionally, NextNav offers a product called Pinnacle, which provides precise altitude data for enhanced geolocation experiences in 3D applications. The company also has locations in Sunnyvale, California, and Bengaluru, India, and aims to deliver carrier-grade reliability for indoor positioning services in urban areas.

SummitIG

Venture Round in 2014
SummitIG, LLC provides custom network and bandwidth infrastructure solutions for data centers, carriers, and enterprises in Northern Virginia. It offers dark fiber connectivity services that support and extend data centers connectivity; data center connectivity solutions for data center operators, carrier neutral facilities, and long haul carrier POPs; and custom network solutions to extend connectivity to new buildings, connect to carrier POPs, and bring new buildings on-net. The company also provides professional services, such as management and maintenance of network connectivity solutions, infrastructure maintenance, and customized niche services. SummitIG, LLC was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Dulles, Virginia.

Benestra

Venture Round in 2014
As of January 1, 2019, Benestra, s.r.o was acquired by SWAN, a.s.. Benestra, s.r.o provides telecommunication services. The company was formerly known as GTS Slovakia, s.r.o. and changed its name to Benestra, s.r.o in December 2014. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Bratislava, Slovakia.

2nd Watch

Series C in 2013
2nd Watch, Inc. is a cloud-computing company that specializes in building, deploying, and managing IT operations on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for enterprise clients. The company provides a range of services including cloud migration assessments, security evaluations, migration strategies, and consulting on architecture design. Its offerings also encompass a managed cloud platform that oversees daily operations within AWS environments, as well as cloud training sessions and lifecycle engagement services that cover the complete spectrum from assessment to infrastructure management. Additionally, 2nd Watch offers cloud disaster recovery solutions to help businesses develop and implement effective disaster recovery plans using cloud technology. As an AWS Premier Partner and a Microsoft Azure Gold Partner, 2nd Watch utilizes proprietary tools to automate workload management in various sectors. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Liberty Lake, Washington, the company has additional locations in Seattle, San Francisco, and New York.

Mandalay Sports Media

Private Equity Round in 2013
Mandalay Sports Media is a sports-focused content and media company that creates high quality and high volume programming in all formats for traditional and emerging media platforms. It is a diversified content and media company that specializes in creating high-quality sports programming for all platforms. MSM also creates, acquires, and invests in businesses and assets across the media landscape. Since its founding in 2012, MSM has produced content for ESPN, HBO, Netflix, Showtime, NFL Network, Turner Sports, E!, ABC, CBS, FOX, Yahoo, Xbox, VICE, go90, AOL, and many others. MSM continues to develop and produce numerous projects for major television, digital, sports, and feature film entities.

Endgame

Series B in 2013
Endgame is a leading endpoint security platform that transforms security operations teams and incident responders from crime scene investigators into hunters that prevent damage and loss, and dramatically reduces the time and cost associated with incident response and compromise assessment. Endgame’s platform uses machine learning and data science to prevent and detect unique attacks at the earliest and every stage of the attack lifecycle. Endgame’s integrated response stops attacks without disrupting normal business operations. It was founded in 2008 and has been operating in Arlington, Virginia.

Cloud Sherpas

Series C in 2012
Cloud Sherpas provides cloud advisory and technology services to improve customer experience for the world’s leading brands. With more than 900 people serving enterprise clients and thousands of other businesses around the world, our global team provides cloud strategy, implementation and integration support, as well as training and platform enhancements for customers across all industries. Cloud Sherpas is part of the salesforce.com Partner Program and has earned Global Strategic Cloud Alliance Partner status, a three-time Google Enterprise Partner of the Year for Google Apps and a ServiceNow Master Solutions Partner. Cloud Sherpas is headquartered in Atlanta, GA with offices throughout the United States and operations in Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. For more information visit www.cloudsherpas.com.

Fuse

Venture Round in 2012
Fuse Media is a cross-platform entertainment media brand that creates empowering, music culture-based content and experiences for a multicultural millennial and GenZ audience. The company celebrates talent, activists and creators who break boundaries, celebrate life and fuel hope for a world seeking unity. It does so across the following platforms: the Fuse and FM (Fuse Music) linear and video-on-demand (VOD) channels; Fuse Digital; OTT channels and programming apps; and live events.

Canara

Venture Round in 2012
Canara, Inc., is a full-service solutions provider serving global markets with UPS and battery monitoring systems, branch circuit monitoring systems and predictive services that ensure mission critical power for data centers and commercial operations. Canara is committed to supporting best practices in the UPS and critical battery backup marketplace and expanding into new markets and applications of battery technology. Originally founded in 1992 under the name Data Power Monitoring Corporation or DPMC and later merging with sister company Intellibatt in 2011. Canara completed a $22M capital investment in June, 2012 to expand products and services across more markets in more geographies. Canara is headquartered in San Rafael, California with a global customer base.
The company has developed the world’s only cross platform 24X7 monitoring solution for UPS, back-up battery and emergency generator systems and branch circuit monitoring. Canara provides security and peace of mind, allowing our customers to proactively perform necessary maintenance before an outage event occurs.

Mobile Posse

Series C in 2012
Mobile Posse, Inc. provides mobile content discovery solutions that help wireless carriers and device manufacturers capitalize on the mobile advertising economy. It offers First Feed, a mobile content discovery platform on handsets that allows carriers’ customers to opt in to receive engaging daily content; a CRM solution that enables direct customer outreach to resolve issues; and a web portal, which provides engaging default home pages that turn cost centers into profit centers. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Arlington, Virginia with an additional office in New York, New York. As of February 28, 2020, Mobile Posse, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Digital Turbine Media, Inc.

Altamira Informartion

Venture Round in 2012
Altamira Technologies Corporation is a top open source technology company in the national security space. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira provides engineering and analytic services to the defense, intelligence, and homeland security communities. Our cleared engineers develop and implement big data solutions for knowledge management and advanced analytics. We are authors and contributors to leading open source tools, including Lumify, an open source big data analysis and visualization platform built by Altamira engineers. Altamira Technologies Corporation was formed in January of 2013, when McLean-based Invertix Corporation and Reston-based Near Infinity Corporation merged. Both legacy companies have a long history of support to the DOD and U.S. Intelligence Community with a wide range of talent in software development, infrastructure, analysis and project management

Near Infinity

Funding Round in 2012
Developer of mobile, data and enterprise technology software services. The company provides services for national defense and commercial customers.

Virtustream

Series B in 2012
Virtustream is a cloud innovator offering enterprise-class cloud solutions to enterprises, governments, and service providers. The company's secure cloud platform enables hybrid cloud deployments, supports multiple hypervisors, and a sub-virtual machine pricing model that is consumption-based. Their xStream Cloud Platform can deliver private, multi-tenant, or hybrid cloud alternatives, managed within a single pane of glass. They also maximize business’s productivity with Cloud Cover, a set of managed services tuned to optimize the way applications run in a cloud. Virtustream was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Cloud Sherpas

Series B in 2012
Cloud Sherpas provides cloud advisory and technology services to improve customer experience for the world’s leading brands. With more than 900 people serving enterprise clients and thousands of other businesses around the world, our global team provides cloud strategy, implementation and integration support, as well as training and platform enhancements for customers across all industries. Cloud Sherpas is part of the salesforce.com Partner Program and has earned Global Strategic Cloud Alliance Partner status, a three-time Google Enterprise Partner of the Year for Google Apps and a ServiceNow Master Solutions Partner. Cloud Sherpas is headquartered in Atlanta, GA with offices throughout the United States and operations in Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. For more information visit www.cloudsherpas.com.

Digital Signal

Private Equity Round in 2012
Digital Signal specializes in three-dimensional long-range facial recognition solutions for government and commercial clients. It offers enterprise biometric solutions and customized applications to suit customer needs. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia.

NextNav

Venture Round in 2011
NextNav, LLC specializes in urban and indoor positioning technology solutions in the United States. Founded in 2007 and based in Tyson's Corner, Virginia, the company develops a positioning system that enables mobile devices to accurately determine their location in environments where GPS signals are unavailable, providing location and height information with floor-level precision. This technology is integrated into GPS chipsets, mobile phones, and other wireless devices, serving various applications, including E911, public safety, and emergency response. Additionally, NextNav offers a product called Pinnacle, which provides precise altitude data for enhanced geolocation experiences in 3D applications. The company also has locations in Sunnyvale, California, and Bengaluru, India, and aims to deliver carrier-grade reliability for indoor positioning services in urban areas.

euNetworks Group

Post in 2011
euNetworks Group Limited is a bandwidth infrastructure provider, owning and operating 13 fibre based metropolitan networks across Europe connected with a high capacity intercity backbone covering 37 cities in 9 countries. The Company offers a portfolio of metro and longhaul Ethernet and Internet Protocol services including Dark Fibre, Dedicated Fibre, Wavelengths, Ethernet, and Internet. Enterprise and carrier customers benefit from euNetworks’ unique inventory of fibre and duct based assets that are tailored to fulfil their high bandwidth needs. euNetworks Group Limited is headquartered in London, with further offices across Western Europe. For further information go to www.eunetworks.com

GlobalOne Group

Venture Round in 2011
GlobalOne is a cloud solution provider providing strategy, implementation, and support services with focus on client management (CRM), cloud computing (development and strategy), and social business. The GlobalOne team brings together individual professionals with more than a decade of CRM experience, proven cloud computing & SaaS technologies, real-world Social Business experience, and a mature offshore delivery capability.

Bloomspot

Series B in 2011
Bloomspot provides exclusive offers for renowned local restaurants, spas, salons, weekend getaways, events, and international resorts. A highly targeted member base, expertly sourced partners, and individually designed promotions ensures member satisfaction and profitability for merchant partners. Bloomspot has featured the highest-rated experiences including 100 Zagat-rated restaurants and AAA Four Diamond hotels in some of the largest U.S. markets.

Virtustream

Series B in 2011
Virtustream is a cloud innovator offering enterprise-class cloud solutions to enterprises, governments, and service providers. The company's secure cloud platform enables hybrid cloud deployments, supports multiple hypervisors, and a sub-virtual machine pricing model that is consumption-based. Their xStream Cloud Platform can deliver private, multi-tenant, or hybrid cloud alternatives, managed within a single pane of glass. They also maximize business’s productivity with Cloud Cover, a set of managed services tuned to optimize the way applications run in a cloud. Virtustream was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Digital Signal

Series C in 2011
Digital Signal specializes in three-dimensional long-range facial recognition solutions for government and commercial clients. It offers enterprise biometric solutions and customized applications to suit customer needs. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia.

Virtustream

Series A in 2011
Virtustream is a cloud innovator offering enterprise-class cloud solutions to enterprises, governments, and service providers. The company's secure cloud platform enables hybrid cloud deployments, supports multiple hypervisors, and a sub-virtual machine pricing model that is consumption-based. Their xStream Cloud Platform can deliver private, multi-tenant, or hybrid cloud alternatives, managed within a single pane of glass. They also maximize business’s productivity with Cloud Cover, a set of managed services tuned to optimize the way applications run in a cloud. Virtustream was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Tilera

Series D in 2011
Tilera Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company, designs multicore embedded processors for networking, digital multimedia, and wireless infrastructure markets. The company offers multicore processors for processing and power requirements, multicore software development tools, and boards. Its products include TILEPro, a multicore processor, which delivers the performance computing for embedded applications, such as networking, wireless infrastructure, and digital multimedia processing; multicore development environment, a multicore programming solution; and TILExpress PCIe production cards. Tilera Corporation was founded in 2004 and is based in San Jose, California. It has locations in Westborough, Massachusetts and Beijing, China.

AccessSportsMedia.com

Series C in 2011
Access Sports Media (formerly Access 360 Media) is a multi-platform media network that connects young adult consumers (12-34) with the products they seek. Access Sports Media works with national advertisers to reach this audience and leading young adult retail chains to create fully integrated marketing programs that combine in-store, online, and mobile media elements.

Millennial Media

Series D in 2011
Millennial Media Inc. specializes in mobile advertising solutions for advertisers and developers both in the United States and internationally. The company provides tools that allow advertisers to engage targeted audiences across various mobile devices, offering insights into campaign performance and management. Its offerings include a demand side platform that connects directly with developers through an advertising exchange, a premium mobile advertising exchange solution, and a design platform for creating advertisements. For developers, Millennial Media provides software development kits for various ad formats, ad serving capabilities, mediation tools, and analytics for tracking ad revenue across mobile operating systems. Additionally, the company operates MYDAS, a technology designed to identify unique users and deliver targeted ads based on user interests and behaviors. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Millennial Media has been acquired by AOL, enhancing its mobile capabilities and monetization potential for app developers and publishers.

Endgame

Series A in 2010
Endgame is a leading endpoint security platform that transforms security operations teams and incident responders from crime scene investigators into hunters that prevent damage and loss, and dramatically reduces the time and cost associated with incident response and compromise assessment. Endgame’s platform uses machine learning and data science to prevent and detect unique attacks at the earliest and every stage of the attack lifecycle. Endgame’s integrated response stops attacks without disrupting normal business operations. It was founded in 2008 and has been operating in Arlington, Virginia.

Teranetics

Venture Round in 2010
Teranetics is a prominent mixed-signal integrated circuit company specializing in the development of silicon products for advanced communication applications. With a core development team that possesses extensive experience in product development within the communication systems and semiconductor sectors, Teranetics aims to facilitate cutting-edge technological advancements. The company is supported by a consortium of experienced venture investors who have a successful history in the semiconductor and communication markets.

Brickstream

Venture Round in 2010
Brickstream specializes in customer behavior measurement technology that captures and analyzes consumer activity in brick-and-mortar retail environments. The company utilizes discrete in-store video and sensor technologies, along with its patented BehaviorIQ™ technology, to deliver valuable insights into customer interactions. This innovative approach provides retailers with detailed information about customer experiences, including entry times, movement patterns, wait durations, and purchase behaviors. By continuously investing in research and development, Brickstream maintains its position as a leader in the market, offering retailers the tools necessary to enhance the customer experience both in-store and across various channels.

Imagine Communications

Venture Round in 2010
Imagine Communications, Inc. provides digital video processing and edge multiplexing solutions. It offers ICE video platform, a digital video expansion solution; ICE broadcast system to add services and reclaim bandwidth, along with rapid deployment and introduction into existing infrastructure; ICE SDV system that enhances the bandwidth efficiency of switched digital video; and ICE VOD system, which provides the platform for next-generation consumer-controlled PersonalizedTV services. The company’s technology supports various applications, including IPTV, wireless video, and over-the-top Internet video. It serves content providers; cable operators; and digital broadcast, VOD, and SDV system operators. The company was formerly known as QoD. Imagine Communications, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in San Diego, California. The company has research and development, and engineering locations in Israel.

ExteNet Systems

Venture Round in 2010
ExteNet Systems designs, builds and operates network infrastructure - primarily using distributed antenna systems. DAS networks by ExteNet Systems are implemented by wireless service providers in a variety of locations and environments. ExteNet is technologically adaptable – which means they can operate CDMA, GSM, UMTS, 3G and 4G within each fiber network that we deploy. They are adept at designing, implementing and operating fiber networks to extend their network’s traditional sites into hard-to-zone areas, or to places where you do not have coverage. Their fiber networks could also be a reasonable backhaul solution for wireless service providers.

Millennial Media

Series C in 2009
Millennial Media Inc. specializes in mobile advertising solutions for advertisers and developers both in the United States and internationally. The company provides tools that allow advertisers to engage targeted audiences across various mobile devices, offering insights into campaign performance and management. Its offerings include a demand side platform that connects directly with developers through an advertising exchange, a premium mobile advertising exchange solution, and a design platform for creating advertisements. For developers, Millennial Media provides software development kits for various ad formats, ad serving capabilities, mediation tools, and analytics for tracking ad revenue across mobile operating systems. Additionally, the company operates MYDAS, a technology designed to identify unique users and deliver targeted ads based on user interests and behaviors. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Millennial Media has been acquired by AOL, enhancing its mobile capabilities and monetization potential for app developers and publishers.

Virtustream

Series A in 2009
Virtustream is a cloud innovator offering enterprise-class cloud solutions to enterprises, governments, and service providers. The company's secure cloud platform enables hybrid cloud deployments, supports multiple hypervisors, and a sub-virtual machine pricing model that is consumption-based. Their xStream Cloud Platform can deliver private, multi-tenant, or hybrid cloud alternatives, managed within a single pane of glass. They also maximize business’s productivity with Cloud Cover, a set of managed services tuned to optimize the way applications run in a cloud. Virtustream was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Approva

Series E in 2009
Approva is a leading provider of continuous controls monitoring software, recognized as the industry standard by three of the five largest audit and advisory firms. The company specializes in automating IT and financial controls across major business applications such as Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP. By implementing Approva's software, organizations can effectively reduce risk, prevent fraud, lower compliance costs, and identify opportunities for operational improvements. This solution helps businesses meet their governance, risk, and compliance requirements, ensuring a more secure and efficient operational framework.

Intelliworks

Series D in 2009
Intelliworks' CRM for higher education enables college admissions and enrollment professionals to make purposeful connections with students. Our web-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) relationship management and marketing solution enhances student recruitment, enrollment management and marketing efforts. Since 2001, Intelliworks has been been trusted by leading higher education institutions around to world to enhance recruitment, enrollment and marketing outreach efforts. The Intelliworks system is an all-in-one solution for contact management, email marketing, program and course registration, event management and campaign reporting. Introduced in April 2009, Intelliworks Social Marketing connects your admissions and enrollment departments directly to students through today's most popular social networks.

Enpirion

Series E in 2009
Enpirion manufactures a growing line of Switch-mode DC-DC converters with integrated inductor, which sets their products apart from the competition. The layout and placement of the inductor is one of the most common reasons for power IC related failures and Enpirion solves this problem and reduces foot print, part count, and noise associated with switch-mode power conversion. Applications include high volume consumer products such as mobile phones, portable game players, MP3, and personal media players, as well as data networking, telecoms, user terminal equipment, and notebook/desktop PCs.

WiNetworks

Series D in 2009
WiNetworks, Inc. engages in the development and integration of WiMAX network technologies. The company provides Win-Max systems that offer a range of products, including compact base stations, customer premise equipment, and relay stations. It also offers multi-service gateways that integrate with home wiring, which include telephone and coax lines, power lines, and wireless. The company serves broadband wireless access providers, and residential and small office/home office end-users. WiNetworks, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in New York, New York with regional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. WiNetworks designed its Win-Max products using a SoC based approach to achieve the smallest, best price Compact and Pico base station in the market today. These base stations are designed for quick and easy installations, using all outdoor fixtures for installations on walls, poles, and buildings.

Teliris

Venture Round in 2009
Teliris delivers visual collaboration services and products designed to drive value across its customers’ video estates. Built on its lightweight Lentaris platform, Teliris delivers end-to-end managed services, immersive video solutions ranging from boardroom to desktop and cloud-based interoperability.

Rivermine Software

Series D in 2009
Rivermine Software, Inc. specializes in providing software solutions designed to automate the telecommunications expense management lifecycle for enterprises and government agencies. The company offers a range of Telecom Expense Management (TEM) solutions that streamline procurement, order provisioning, invoice processing, inventory management, and network optimization. Key products include the Inventory Engine, which maintains an up-to-date repository of telecom assets; the Service Order Manager, which tracks telecom order requests from initiation to approval; and the Finance Manager, which automates invoice processing and auditing. Rivermine Clarity provides insights into telecom spending through dashboards and analytics. Additionally, Rivermine offers managed services such as contract analysis, rate benchmarking, and ongoing audits, along with support for system security, software implementation, and training. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, Rivermine Software has a long-standing commitment to enhancing telecommunications management for its clients.

Envysion

Series C in 2008
Envysion specializes in web-based video management software designed for video surveillance applications. The company is at the forefront of Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS), which enhances the traditional Software as a Service (SaaS) model by offering centralized management of software upgrades and version control. This platform addresses the complexities of managing distributed video systems across multiple locations, allowing organizations to gain operational insights through remote video access. With Envysion's service, operators can view live and recorded video from numerous sites, facilitating improved performance across all locations. Additionally, Envysion integrates video with business tools, such as Point-of-Sale (POS) systems, expanding its utility beyond standard security and loss prevention functions.

ExteNet Systems

Debt Financing in 2008
ExteNet Systems designs, builds and operates network infrastructure - primarily using distributed antenna systems. DAS networks by ExteNet Systems are implemented by wireless service providers in a variety of locations and environments. ExteNet is technologically adaptable – which means they can operate CDMA, GSM, UMTS, 3G and 4G within each fiber network that we deploy. They are adept at designing, implementing and operating fiber networks to extend their network’s traditional sites into hard-to-zone areas, or to places where you do not have coverage. Their fiber networks could also be a reasonable backhaul solution for wireless service providers.

Turbine

Series C in 2008
Turbine creates and operates online games. It is one of the largest privately-held online gaming studios in North America. Turbine's online games include The Lord of the Rings Online, Shadows of Angmar, Dungeons & Dragons Online, Stormreach and Asheron's Call.

mindSHIFT Technologies

Series E in 2008
mindSHIFT creats a managed IT environment where leading technology resources and proactive management are available and affordable for organizations of all sizes. mindSHIFT is accredited by the MSP Alliance, the international organization of managed services providers. As a member of the Managed Services Accreditation Program, mindSHIFT counts itself as one of the top managed IT services providers in the world.

Intelliworks

Series C in 2008
Intelliworks' CRM for higher education enables college admissions and enrollment professionals to make purposeful connections with students. Our web-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) relationship management and marketing solution enhances student recruitment, enrollment management and marketing efforts. Since 2001, Intelliworks has been been trusted by leading higher education institutions around to world to enhance recruitment, enrollment and marketing outreach efforts. The Intelliworks system is an all-in-one solution for contact management, email marketing, program and course registration, event management and campaign reporting. Introduced in April 2009, Intelliworks Social Marketing connects your admissions and enrollment departments directly to students through today's most popular social networks.

Gizmoz

Series B in 2008
Gizmoz has developed proprietary patented 3D and animation technology to let users express themselves by creating realistic 3D characters made from a single face photo. Gizmoz is the leader in 3D face-mapping technology, face manipulation and automatic face detection with several patents and pending patents in this field. Gizmoz provides a central service to design, manage and transport digital avatars that can be deployed in virtual worlds, online games, PC and console 3D games, social networks, video clips, greeting cards, mobile apps, as well as professional modeling and animation tools.

WiNetworks

Series C in 2008
WiNetworks, Inc. engages in the development and integration of WiMAX network technologies. The company provides Win-Max systems that offer a range of products, including compact base stations, customer premise equipment, and relay stations. It also offers multi-service gateways that integrate with home wiring, which include telephone and coax lines, power lines, and wireless. The company serves broadband wireless access providers, and residential and small office/home office end-users. WiNetworks, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in New York, New York with regional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. WiNetworks designed its Win-Max products using a SoC based approach to achieve the smallest, best price Compact and Pico base station in the market today. These base stations are designed for quick and easy installations, using all outdoor fixtures for installations on walls, poles, and buildings.

Teranetics

Series D in 2008
Teranetics is a prominent mixed-signal integrated circuit company specializing in the development of silicon products for advanced communication applications. With a core development team that possesses extensive experience in product development within the communication systems and semiconductor sectors, Teranetics aims to facilitate cutting-edge technological advancements. The company is supported by a consortium of experienced venture investors who have a successful history in the semiconductor and communication markets.

Hillcrest Labs

Series D in 2008
Hillcrest Laboratories is a leading global supplier of motion processing solutions. These solutions use MEMS sensors to capture human and mechanical movement, translating that into motion patters which can be used to control and interact with devices. This motion technology is then used to enhance products in both consumer technology and industrial fields. The company is widely recognized as a leader in the Smart TV industry, having created HoME, the first pointer-based interactive media system for TV, and the award winning Loop remote control. Today it counts LG, Roku and TCL among its Smart TV customers. Building on these roots in Smart TV, the company has expanded focus and now has customers in the smartphone and mobile device industry, licenses technology to leading gaming systems and provides solutions to virtual reality customers. Hillcrest Labs has received numerous awards including the CES Innovations Award in 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012, PC World's 100 Best Products and Greatest Tech Designs, Popular Mechanics' Editors Choice, ECN's Reader's Choice Tech, and many others. Based in Rockville, Maryland, Hillcrest Labs was founded in 2001 by Dan Simpkins. The company is funded by NEA, Columbia Capital and Grotech Capital.

GTS Central Europe

Private Equity Round in 2008
GTS Central Europe, owned by Deutsche Telekom, is the leading infrastructure-based telecommunications service provider in Central and Eastern Europe. For 20 years, we have committed ourselves to providing service excellence and value to 35,000 businesses, carriers, and government institutions. GTS has been dedicated to satisfying the telecommunications needs of businesses and institutions in the CEE region. Helping people work more effectively has enabled us to build a strong and flexible portfolio of top-quality, secure, and reliable solutions. As technology advances, GTS helps you keep pace so that you can continue to focus on expanding your business.

Mobile Posse

Series B in 2007
Mobile Posse, Inc. provides mobile content discovery solutions that help wireless carriers and device manufacturers capitalize on the mobile advertising economy. It offers First Feed, a mobile content discovery platform on handsets that allows carriers’ customers to opt in to receive engaging daily content; a CRM solution that enables direct customer outreach to resolve issues; and a web portal, which provides engaging default home pages that turn cost centers into profit centers. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Arlington, Virginia with an additional office in New York, New York. As of February 28, 2020, Mobile Posse, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Digital Turbine Media, Inc.

Millennial Media

Series B in 2007
Millennial Media Inc. specializes in mobile advertising solutions for advertisers and developers both in the United States and internationally. The company provides tools that allow advertisers to engage targeted audiences across various mobile devices, offering insights into campaign performance and management. Its offerings include a demand side platform that connects directly with developers through an advertising exchange, a premium mobile advertising exchange solution, and a design platform for creating advertisements. For developers, Millennial Media provides software development kits for various ad formats, ad serving capabilities, mediation tools, and analytics for tracking ad revenue across mobile operating systems. Additionally, the company operates MYDAS, a technology designed to identify unique users and deliver targeted ads based on user interests and behaviors. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Millennial Media has been acquired by AOL, enhancing its mobile capabilities and monetization potential for app developers and publishers.

Vubiquity

Series C in 2007
Vubiquity, Inc. is a leading global provider of multiplatform video services, managing over 28,000 hours of content monthly from more than 340 content providers. The company connects with approximately 75 million households through nearly 300 service providers across 39 territories and 15 languages. Vubiquity's offerings include Video On Demand (VOD), advanced advertising services, creative services, and data analytics, which facilitate the programming, management, and delivery of video content across various devices such as set-top boxes, smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs. Additionally, Vubiquity provides subscriber authentication and authorization, as well as support for linear and pay-per-view services, enhancing the viewing experience for users. Originally known as Avail Media, the company was rebranded as Vubiquity in 2013 and is based in Burbank, California, operating as a subsidiary of Amdocs Limited.

Imagine Communications

Series B in 2007
Imagine Communications, Inc. provides digital video processing and edge multiplexing solutions. It offers ICE video platform, a digital video expansion solution; ICE broadcast system to add services and reclaim bandwidth, along with rapid deployment and introduction into existing infrastructure; ICE SDV system that enhances the bandwidth efficiency of switched digital video; and ICE VOD system, which provides the platform for next-generation consumer-controlled PersonalizedTV services. The company’s technology supports various applications, including IPTV, wireless video, and over-the-top Internet video. It serves content providers; cable operators; and digital broadcast, VOD, and SDV system operators. The company was formerly known as QoD. Imagine Communications, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in San Diego, California. The company has research and development, and engineering locations in Israel.

mindSHIFT Technologies

Series D in 2007
mindSHIFT creats a managed IT environment where leading technology resources and proactive management are available and affordable for organizations of all sizes. mindSHIFT is accredited by the MSP Alliance, the international organization of managed services providers. As a member of the Managed Services Accreditation Program, mindSHIFT counts itself as one of the top managed IT services providers in the world.

Zayo

Venture Round in 2007
Zayo Group is a provider of bandwidth infrastructure services operating in over 300 markets across the United States and Europe. The company specializes in offering a comprehensive range of lit services and dark fiber products tailored for wireline and wireless carriers, data centers, internet content providers, high-bandwidth enterprises, and government agencies. With a substantial network spanning 79,000 route miles, Zayo also operates 27 carrier-neutral colocation facilities throughout the United States. By delivering fiber and bandwidth connectivity, along with colocation and cloud infrastructure solutions, Zayo aims to enhance the operational capabilities of its diverse clientele, supporting their needs for reliable and high-performance communications infrastructure.

BroadSoft

Series D in 2007
BroadSoft, Inc. is a prominent provider of software and services that empower telecommunications service providers to offer hosted cloud-based unified communications (UC) to enterprise customers across various regions, including North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company's main products include UC-One, which integrates various communication and collaboration tools such as phone services, messaging, and video conferencing; Team-One, a solution for project management and collaboration; BroadSoft Hub, which connects real-time communications with cloud applications; and CC-One, a contact center solution for multi-channel customer interactions. BroadSoft's offerings are delivered through its BroadWorks application server and BroadCloud platform. The company also provides professional support services, including installation, project management, and training. Catering to over 500 telecommunications service provider customers, BroadSoft operates in more than 70 countries and serves many of the largest telecommunications carriers globally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, BroadSoft became a subsidiary of Cisco Systems in 2018.

Rivermine Software

Series C in 2007
Rivermine Software, Inc. specializes in providing software solutions designed to automate the telecommunications expense management lifecycle for enterprises and government agencies. The company offers a range of Telecom Expense Management (TEM) solutions that streamline procurement, order provisioning, invoice processing, inventory management, and network optimization. Key products include the Inventory Engine, which maintains an up-to-date repository of telecom assets; the Service Order Manager, which tracks telecom order requests from initiation to approval; and the Finance Manager, which automates invoice processing and auditing. Rivermine Clarity provides insights into telecom spending through dashboards and analytics. Additionally, Rivermine offers managed services such as contract analysis, rate benchmarking, and ongoing audits, along with support for system security, software implementation, and training. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, Rivermine Software has a long-standing commitment to enhancing telecommunications management for its clients.

Ruckus Network

Series B in 2007
Ruckus Network is a multimedia network that provides online digital entertainment services to college students. It enables college students to download and stream free and legal music from various artists. Ruckus Network was founded in 2003 and is based in Herndon, Virginia.

Avail Media

Series A in 2007
Avail Media is the emerging leader in providing managed content services and technologies delivered through a fully integrated head end infrastructure, for the profitable deployment of IP video. Through a combination of best-of-breed technologies Avail Media offers a complete end- to-end platform to serve a broad array of customers. Avail Media possesses a large content rights library of over 300 channel from national programmers, including premier content from programmers such as ABC-Disney, Turner, NBC- Universal, MTV Networks, Fox Networks, Discovery, and many others. Avail Media now offers the broadest and deepest set of services, technologies and solutions among its competitors.

Ruckus

Series B in 2007
College-only digital entertainment service enabling students with similar music interests to connect with each other

Vubiquity

Series B in 2007
Vubiquity, Inc. is a leading global provider of multiplatform video services, managing over 28,000 hours of content monthly from more than 340 content providers. The company connects with approximately 75 million households through nearly 300 service providers across 39 territories and 15 languages. Vubiquity's offerings include Video On Demand (VOD), advanced advertising services, creative services, and data analytics, which facilitate the programming, management, and delivery of video content across various devices such as set-top boxes, smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs. Additionally, Vubiquity provides subscriber authentication and authorization, as well as support for linear and pay-per-view services, enhancing the viewing experience for users. Originally known as Avail Media, the company was rebranded as Vubiquity in 2013 and is based in Burbank, California, operating as a subsidiary of Amdocs Limited.

Gizmoz

Series A in 2007
Gizmoz has developed proprietary patented 3D and animation technology to let users express themselves by creating realistic 3D characters made from a single face photo. Gizmoz is the leader in 3D face-mapping technology, face manipulation and automatic face detection with several patents and pending patents in this field. Gizmoz provides a central service to design, manage and transport digital avatars that can be deployed in virtual worlds, online games, PC and console 3D games, social networks, video clips, greeting cards, mobile apps, as well as professional modeling and animation tools.

Wireless CCTV

Series A in 2007
Wireless CCTV LLC (WCCTV) was formed in 2001. Following initial research and development, the Company grew quickly to become the global leader for rapid deployment, mobile surveillance cameras, body cameras, site security cameras and time lapse video production. Wireless CCTV (WCCTV) is the market leader for rapid deployment, mobile surveillance systems specifically designed to deliver video securely and efficiently via 4G LTE networks. WCCTV was the first company to have a video product certified by Verizon Wireless in the US for 4G LTE and 3G transmission. WCCTV is based in Dallas, Texas, having originally been founded in the UK, and has an established distributor and partner network around the world. The Company prides itself on developing innovative, customer-focused products and providing world-class customer support services.

Netuitive

Series D in 2007
Netuitive, Inc. provides self-learning performance management software. Its products include Netuitive Service Analyzer that automates performance management applications, as well as delivers a view of business service health in information technology silos; Netuitive SI, which automates systems threshold administration and performance management; and Netuitive SI for VMWARE, a self-learning performance management software for virtualized environments.

Envysion

Series B in 2007
Envysion specializes in web-based video management software designed for video surveillance applications. The company is at the forefront of Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS), which enhances the traditional Software as a Service (SaaS) model by offering centralized management of software upgrades and version control. This platform addresses the complexities of managing distributed video systems across multiple locations, allowing organizations to gain operational insights through remote video access. With Envysion's service, operators can view live and recorded video from numerous sites, facilitating improved performance across all locations. Additionally, Envysion integrates video with business tools, such as Point-of-Sale (POS) systems, expanding its utility beyond standard security and loss prevention functions.

Tilera

Series B in 2007
Tilera Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company, designs multicore embedded processors for networking, digital multimedia, and wireless infrastructure markets. The company offers multicore processors for processing and power requirements, multicore software development tools, and boards. Its products include TILEPro, a multicore processor, which delivers the performance computing for embedded applications, such as networking, wireless infrastructure, and digital multimedia processing; multicore development environment, a multicore programming solution; and TILExpress PCIe production cards. Tilera Corporation was founded in 2004 and is based in San Jose, California. It has locations in Westborough, Massachusetts and Beijing, China.

Teliris

Series A in 2007
Teliris delivers visual collaboration services and products designed to drive value across its customers’ video estates. Built on its lightweight Lentaris platform, Teliris delivers end-to-end managed services, immersive video solutions ranging from boardroom to desktop and cloud-based interoperability.

Millennial Media

Series A in 2007
Millennial Media Inc. specializes in mobile advertising solutions for advertisers and developers both in the United States and internationally. The company provides tools that allow advertisers to engage targeted audiences across various mobile devices, offering insights into campaign performance and management. Its offerings include a demand side platform that connects directly with developers through an advertising exchange, a premium mobile advertising exchange solution, and a design platform for creating advertisements. For developers, Millennial Media provides software development kits for various ad formats, ad serving capabilities, mediation tools, and analytics for tracking ad revenue across mobile operating systems. Additionally, the company operates MYDAS, a technology designed to identify unique users and deliver targeted ads based on user interests and behaviors. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Millennial Media has been acquired by AOL, enhancing its mobile capabilities and monetization potential for app developers and publishers.

Teranetics

Series C in 2006
Teranetics is a prominent mixed-signal integrated circuit company specializing in the development of silicon products for advanced communication applications. With a core development team that possesses extensive experience in product development within the communication systems and semiconductor sectors, Teranetics aims to facilitate cutting-edge technological advancements. The company is supported by a consortium of experienced venture investors who have a successful history in the semiconductor and communication markets.