Casavo Management S.p.A. operates an online platform that simplifies the buying and selling of homes. Founded in 2016 and based in Milan, Italy, the company leverages technology to provide real-time property evaluations and purchase offers within 24 hours, allowing sellers to complete transactions in as little as 30 days after a maximum of two home visits. By directly acquiring properties, Casavo significantly reduces the time needed for sales, although offers typically reflect an average 8% discount compared to market prices. Once acquired, properties are either renovated or fractioned and resold quickly. The platform serves both real estate agencies and private sellers, aiming to create a seamless and efficient experience in the real estate market.
Noldor provides insurtech enablement tools that reimagine how carriers, reinsurers, and reinsurance brokers interact with program data to improve performance. Noldor shortens the time it takes to generate a reinsurance submission from months to days, allowing brokers to shop their entire book each year. By reducing the uncertainty factors associated with the binders business, Noldor's API enables carriers to provide better pricing.
Developer of an insurance platform designed to manage a commercial book of clients and carriers. The company's platform utilizes artificial intelligence and third-party data to intuitively populate the information an agent needs to submit an application, assist in viewing requests in progress, carrier updates and performance statistics, evaluate multiple quotes, and share the data, enabling clients to save time and errors by eliminating the manual filling of forms and re-entering the information multiple times.
Quant is a premier quantitative research and investment fund led by engineering, mathematics, and business students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. We employ state-of-the-art analysis tools like deep learning and natural language processing to gain an edge on financial markets across the globe.
QC Ware, Corp. develops enterprise applications for quantum computers, offering hardware-agnostic software solutions that address challenges in combinatorial optimization and machine learning. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Paris, France, the company provides a graphical web application that serves various sectors, including finance, deep learning, network and cybersecurity, and hybrid computing platforms. Its software is designed to enhance efficiency beyond traditional high-performance computing solutions, making it suitable for enterprise, government, and academic clients.
Abound is a wholesale marketplace serving retailers and brands in the US and UK. By connecting independent retailers and emerging brands, empowering them with relationship-building tools, and doing it at scale, we can collapse the inefficiencies that limit their potential.
Private Equity Round in 2021
Nice Tuan is an e-commerce platform that specializes in providing daily groceries and a variety of household products. The company collaborates with local residential communities to source items from nearby warehouses and producers, ensuring a wide selection of fresh produce and essential goods for residents. By focusing on creating a convenient and efficient community e-commerce ecosystem, Nice Tuan aims to enhance the shopping experience for local consumers while supporting local suppliers.
Quartiers Properties is a property development company that provides top-flight design and quality.
QC Ware, Corp. develops enterprise applications for quantum computers, offering hardware-agnostic software solutions that address challenges in combinatorial optimization and machine learning. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Paris, France, the company provides a graphical web application that serves various sectors, including finance, deep learning, network and cybersecurity, and hybrid computing platforms. Its software is designed to enhance efficiency beyond traditional high-performance computing solutions, making it suitable for enterprise, government, and academic clients.
Atidot Software Ltd. is an Israeli InsurTech company based in Tel Aviv-Yafo that specializes in developing a cloud-based predictive analytics platform tailored for the insurance industry. This platform facilitates actuarial and risk management processes, enabling life insurance companies to enhance their decision-making capabilities and improve profitability. By leveraging advanced technology, Atidot's solution allows insurers to assess and refine their models, contributing to more effective solvency and ORSA processes. This innovative approach positions Atidot as a key player in transforming data utilization within the insurance sector.
Altierre Corp., a technology company, develops wireless chips, displays, sensors, systems, and software solutions. The company offers Clara – ePaper, an electronic shelf label that retailers to connect directly with their customers at the point of decision; and wireless bi-directional IoT platform for various business environment. It serves retail, auto dealers, and manufacturing. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in San Jose, California with a sales office in Paris, France.
Kanjoya, Inc. operates a workforce intelligence and management platform for enterprise companies. The company offers employee engagement solutions that enable companies to capture feedback, analyze results in real-time, and distribute critical intelligence; Kanjoya Perception that reveals employee emotions, attitude, and intent, as well as predicts behavior; Workday directory that guides employee surveys and performance review insights; and Perception for Performance, a tool that managers use to evaluate, reward, and motivate employees. Its solutions deliver authoritative data and direction that address workforce-related challenges that companies face. Kanjoya, Inc. was formerly known as Experience Project, Inc. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of September 29, 2016, Kanjoya, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.
Cervel Neurotech, Inc. (formerly NeoStim, Inc.) located in San Mateo, CA is a privately held medical device company that is pioneering an innovative, proprietary approach to non-invasive deep brain neuro-modulation. Cervel’s technology is a form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) which uses magnetic fields to induce electrical currents within the brain to modulate the function of specific areas. The company was founded in 2008 by M. Bret Schneider, MD, and David J. Mishelevich, MD, PhD, and entrepreneur Michael J. Partsch, using technology licensed from Stanford Univesity. Acquired by Rio Grande Neurosciences in 2015
Private Equity Round in 2011
Aurora Parts & Accessories, LLC is a distributor of aftermarket and replacement parts for the transportation industry, specifically focusing on semi-trailers. Founded in 2003 and located in Lebanon, Indiana, the company supplies a wide range of products, including body, chassis, electrical, brake, wheel, suspension parts, cargo control items, safety equipment, and fasteners. Aurora Parts & Accessories reaches its customers through a network of independently owned dealerships, distributors, sales representatives, repair shops, parts-only shops, and fleets across North America.
Tapjoy is a mobile app monetization and marketing platform that offers services aimed at enhancing user engagement and generating revenue for advertisers and app developers. The company provides a variety of rewarded advertising solutions, including video and rich media formats, designed to improve performance metrics. With its technology integrated into over 15,000 mobile applications, Tapjoy reaches approximately 520 million monthly active users. The effectiveness of its advertising has been validated by studies, which indicate significant improvements in brand metrics. Established in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, Tapjoy collaborates with major brands and some of the top-grossing app developers globally, maintaining a presence in multiple offices worldwide.
Tapjoy is a mobile app monetization and marketing platform that offers services aimed at enhancing user engagement and generating revenue for advertisers and app developers. The company provides a variety of rewarded advertising solutions, including video and rich media formats, designed to improve performance metrics. With its technology integrated into over 15,000 mobile applications, Tapjoy reaches approximately 520 million monthly active users. The effectiveness of its advertising has been validated by studies, which indicate significant improvements in brand metrics. Established in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, Tapjoy collaborates with major brands and some of the top-grossing app developers globally, maintaining a presence in multiple offices worldwide.
Kanjoya, Inc. operates a workforce intelligence and management platform for enterprise companies. The company offers employee engagement solutions that enable companies to capture feedback, analyze results in real-time, and distribute critical intelligence; Kanjoya Perception that reveals employee emotions, attitude, and intent, as well as predicts behavior; Workday directory that guides employee surveys and performance review insights; and Perception for Performance, a tool that managers use to evaluate, reward, and motivate employees. Its solutions deliver authoritative data and direction that address workforce-related challenges that companies face. Kanjoya, Inc. was formerly known as Experience Project, Inc. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of September 29, 2016, Kanjoya, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.
TownHog connects businesses and local audiences, while enabling leading publishers to further monetize and engage their geo-segmented users. TownHog is the latest creation by Dotblu, Inc. Dotblu is a San Francisco based company founded in 2007 and backed by Silicon Valley veterans and D. E. Shaw Ventures
Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS), a U.S. based clean-technology company, is the global leader in developing, marketing and manufacturing solid-state, rechargeable thin-film micro-energy storage devices for a variety of micro-electronic applications. Founded in 2001, IPS is privately held with corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities in the western suburbs of [Denver, CO](http://www.crunchbase.com/maps/search?range=10&geo=denver,+co). The company has completed the build-out of the world's first volume manufacturing facility dedicated to the production of its revolutionary thin-film micro-energy cell (MEC(TM)) products (often referred to as thin-film batteries). IPS has recently commenced pre-production activities at this state-of-the-art facility to address growing demand among customers in the wireless sensor, active RFID, powered smart card, medical device, consumer electronics, automotive and civil/military/aerospace markets
Meru Networks specializes in developing and marketing wireless LAN infrastructure solutions that leverage virtualization to provide reliable wireless service for essential voice, video, and data applications. Since introducing its innovative virtual cell wireless architecture in 2003, Meru has distinguished itself from traditional hub-based WLAN systems. Its products offer enhanced performance, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness, comparable to that of wired networking environments. The company supplies a range of wireless networking solutions, including WLAN systems and Air Traffic Control, catering to various enterprises and industries.
Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes novel therapeutics in the areas of thrombosis, and other hematologic disorders and inflammation in Europe and the United States. Its lead product Andexxa, an antidote for the treatment of rivaroxaban and apixaban under the Ondexxya Brand. The company offers Bevyxxa (betrixaban), an oral, once-daily Factor Xa inhibitor for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in adult patients for an acute medical illness. It also develops cerdulatinib, an investigational oral, dual spleen tyrosine kinase, and janus kinases inhibitor for the treatment of hematologic cancers; and Syk inhibitors. Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has collaboration agreements with Bristol-Myers Squibb; Pfizer Inc.; Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.; Bayer Pharma, AG; Takeda, Ora, Inc.; Astellas Pharma Inc.; and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California. As of July 1, 2020, Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Meru Networks specializes in developing and marketing wireless LAN infrastructure solutions that leverage virtualization to provide reliable wireless service for essential voice, video, and data applications. Since introducing its innovative virtual cell wireless architecture in 2003, Meru has distinguished itself from traditional hub-based WLAN systems. Its products offer enhanced performance, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness, comparable to that of wired networking environments. The company supplies a range of wireless networking solutions, including WLAN systems and Air Traffic Control, catering to various enterprises and industries.
Tapjoy is a mobile app monetization and marketing platform that offers services aimed at enhancing user engagement and generating revenue for advertisers and app developers. The company provides a variety of rewarded advertising solutions, including video and rich media formats, designed to improve performance metrics. With its technology integrated into over 15,000 mobile applications, Tapjoy reaches approximately 520 million monthly active users. The effectiveness of its advertising has been validated by studies, which indicate significant improvements in brand metrics. Established in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, Tapjoy collaborates with major brands and some of the top-grossing app developers globally, maintaining a presence in multiple offices worldwide.
DotBlu, formerly known as BluBet, lets people place fake bets on a variety of subjects ranging from entertainment to sports to technology to news and more. The key here is that BluBet involves no form of betting real money. Users can sign up for free and receive 30,000 BluBucks (which again have no actual monetary value), which they can use to place bets on a range of topics. Other DotBlu rules: you get 1,000 BluBucks for every bet you create and if you lose all your BluBucks, the bust will appear on your record but you will automatically receive 10,000 more BluBucks. BluBet also offers polls and challenges as two different types of bets. Poll bet outcomes are determined by the most popular response, while challenge outcomes are based on the outcomes of a real-life event.
Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS), a U.S. based clean-technology company, is the global leader in developing, marketing and manufacturing solid-state, rechargeable thin-film micro-energy storage devices for a variety of micro-electronic applications. Founded in 2001, IPS is privately held with corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities in the western suburbs of [Denver, CO](http://www.crunchbase.com/maps/search?range=10&geo=denver,+co). The company has completed the build-out of the world's first volume manufacturing facility dedicated to the production of its revolutionary thin-film micro-energy cell (MEC(TM)) products (often referred to as thin-film batteries). IPS has recently commenced pre-production activities at this state-of-the-art facility to address growing demand among customers in the wireless sensor, active RFID, powered smart card, medical device, consumer electronics, automotive and civil/military/aerospace markets
Emotive Communications is a private company based in Oakland, California, with additional offices in Los Angeles and St. Petersburg. The company specializes in developing a mobile cloud platform designed for enterprise application developers, enabling them to create fast, secure, and scalable mobile applications. Emotive's platform allows developers to utilize HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and other technologies to build intuitive, content-rich applications that leverage cloud services and native device features. The solution addresses key mobility challenges, including push notifications, offline access, and identity management, while streamlining the development process and reducing costs. In addition to its core offerings, Emotive also develops media applications for mobile entertainment, including RingJam, a social networking solution for music, and PrizePlay, which facilitates automated player registration and gaming services. Through its approach, Emotive aims to enhance the mobile application development experience while minimizing vendor lock-in.
Natrix Separations is a leading supplier of high performance, single use and multi-cycle disposable chromatography products to the life science, food, beverage and water markets. Natrix has developed a unique technology that combines the high binding capacity, selectivity and specificity normally associated with resin-based chromatography with the high throughput and ease of use of traditional membrane products.
Asetek A/S, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and markets liquid cooling solutions in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The company operates through: Gaming and Enthusiast, and Data Center segments. Its products are used in personal computers, servers, and data centers to provide enhanced performance, acoustics, and energy efficiency. The company serves original equipment manufacturers, resellers, and channel partners. Asetek A/S was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Aalborg, Denmark.
Veodia's enterprise video service (SaaS) enables existing business environments and processes with video and screen recording capabilities. Using the Veodia service, any employee can easily create visual content in context and share it securely with other employees, partners or customers. Veodia's customers include Sun Microsystems, Cisco, Stanford University.
Altierre Corp., a technology company, develops wireless chips, displays, sensors, systems, and software solutions. The company offers Clara – ePaper, an electronic shelf label that retailers to connect directly with their customers at the point of decision; and wireless bi-directional IoT platform for various business environment. It serves retail, auto dealers, and manufacturing. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in San Jose, California with a sales office in Paris, France.
Silverpop is a digital marketing software company that specializes in email marketing and marketing automation solutions. The company focuses on enhancing the customer experience by leveraging customer data and individual behaviors to inform real-time interactions. Silverpop enables marketers to automate personalized communications at scale, helping to increase engagement and drive revenue. Its comprehensive tools cater to the needs of both B2C and B2B marketers across various industries. With a global client base of over 5,000 brands, Silverpop is recognized for its effectiveness in transforming marketing strategies.
RocketOn is pioneering the development of parallel virtual worlds. We've built a complete platform for running virtual worlds on top of any website. Our partners can easily layer a virtual world over their existing sites, creating a unique community and space in which their users can meet, play and socialize. Imagine avatars and virtual objects that appear on top of every site. This is happening right now, and it's a whole new way to browse the Web. Avatars roam from one website to another, socializing, playing games, and interacting with virtual objects. These virtual spaces are being layered over all sorts of sites. Right now, there are avatars running around Google, YouTube, MTV.com, Facebook, personal blogs, and hundreds of other sites. We're now opening up virtual communities across the Internet, where our partners can sell virtual goods to their users and monetize their traffic. The virtual goods market provides a healthy revenue stream, and we've developed a robust platform for building and monetizing virtual spaces over high-traffic websites.
Desi Hits! is an entertainment/lifestyle hub for anyone curious about Desi culture. We aim to provide Desi lifestyle/culture and music in a format that cannot be found anywhere else. Desi Hits! aims to make South Asian culture more widely dispersed and understood as well as offering a platform for South Asian artists to promote themselves globally. Desi Hits! draws on the multicultural backgrounds of our target audience, namely the “Desiâ€, who can often be described as bilingual, trendy, cosmopolitan and as likely to jive to Madonna as they are to Bollywood. We focus heavily on bi-cultural remixes as they uniquely represent the next generation (and beyond) South Asian experience. It’s an exciting time for the South Asian community, particularly as the cross pollination of cultural heritage is spilling into the mainstream. Icons such as Aishwarya Rai and pop idols such as M.I.A. point to a new hybrid pop vernacular that represents South Asians everywhere. The impact on global pop can be seen by the fact that artists such as Britney Spears, Madonna, Jay-Z and Timbaland have put a South Asian spin to their music and are working with Desi producers and artists. The Desi Hits! offering, however, is not exclusively South Asian. Desi Hits! covers mainstream as well as bicultural news, music, interviews and lifestyle content with a global perspective since the next generation Desi wants it all and is currently forced to go to multiple vendors to get it. To that end, Desi Hits! will just as soon cover Usher and P Diddy as it would up and coming South Asian artists like Jay Sean and Rishi Rich or even Bollywood.
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a privately held biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Boston, MA, which is engaged in the discovery and commercialization of new therapeutics that treat life threatening infectious and other serious diseases.
Private Equity Round in 2007
Winery Exchange was founded in 1999. Headquartered in Novato, California, USA, they maintain regional sales offices around the United States and international offices in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Spain. Of its founding group of three, Peter Byck continues as Winery Exchange's President and CEO and John Crean is an observing member of the Board of Directors and an investor. The company was founded with the intent of blending extensive industry expertise with cutting-edge business practices. The result is a dynamic, fast-growing company poised to take advantage of new trends in the beverage alcohol industry.
PGP Corporation provides email and data encryption software solutions for enterprises, businesses, and governments.
WiQuest Communications is a fabless semiconductor company designing and developing complete WiMedia-based ultrawideband (UWB) solutions focused on ultra high speed, short range applications. WiQuest’s complete solution offering includes chipset, software and reference designs. WiQuest’s technology enables a new class of applications for wireless connectivity to PC, consumer electronics and mobile systems – enabling The New Frontier of Wireless™. WiQuest Communications closed operation on 2008 Oct.
Solaicx, manufactures and sells mono-crystalline silicon ingots and wafers. It serves solar cell and module manufacturers in the photovoltaic industry. Solaicx, was founded in 2002 and is based in Santa Clara, California with a production facility in Portland, Oregon.
PanTerra Networks is a unified cloud service provider, delivering WorldSmart, its family of secure, ultra-reliable, future-proof unified cloud services. WorldSmart includes SmartBox, the world’s first file sharing service that communicates. It also includes CloudUC, a complete unified communications service that can upgrade and replace an enterprise's existing communications infrastructure with a next-generation cloud-based communications service. The Company's WorldSmart solution is delivered from the cloud through a 100% browser-based UC client, eliminating any premise-deployed hardware or software.
Emotive Communications is a private company based in Oakland, California, with additional offices in Los Angeles and St. Petersburg. The company specializes in developing a mobile cloud platform designed for enterprise application developers, enabling them to create fast, secure, and scalable mobile applications. Emotive's platform allows developers to utilize HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and other technologies to build intuitive, content-rich applications that leverage cloud services and native device features. The solution addresses key mobility challenges, including push notifications, offline access, and identity management, while streamlining the development process and reducing costs. In addition to its core offerings, Emotive also develops media applications for mobile entertainment, including RingJam, a social networking solution for music, and PrizePlay, which facilitates automated player registration and gaming services. Through its approach, Emotive aims to enhance the mobile application development experience while minimizing vendor lock-in.
Altierre Corp., a technology company, develops wireless chips, displays, sensors, systems, and software solutions. The company offers Clara – ePaper, an electronic shelf label that retailers to connect directly with their customers at the point of decision; and wireless bi-directional IoT platform for various business environment. It serves retail, auto dealers, and manufacturing. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in San Jose, California with a sales office in Paris, France.
MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development stage company, focuses on developing novel inhalation therapies for respiratory and systemic diseases. It has various proprietary product candidates in clinical development, including Unit Dose Budesonide for pediatric asthma in children from six months to eight years of age and MAP0004 for migraine. The company's product portfolio also includes MAP0005 for the treatment of adolescent and adult asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and MAP0001 for the treatment of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes via pulmonary delivery using its Tempo inhaler. MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Meru Networks specializes in developing and marketing wireless LAN infrastructure solutions that leverage virtualization to provide reliable wireless service for essential voice, video, and data applications. Since introducing its innovative virtual cell wireless architecture in 2003, Meru has distinguished itself from traditional hub-based WLAN systems. Its products offer enhanced performance, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness, comparable to that of wired networking environments. The company supplies a range of wireless networking solutions, including WLAN systems and Air Traffic Control, catering to various enterprises and industries.
Private Equity Round in 2007
Provider of engineering and construction services based in Mumbai, India. The company offers urban infrastructure, marine and industrial, oil and gas and hydro and underground services.
Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS), a U.S. based clean-technology company, is the global leader in developing, marketing and manufacturing solid-state, rechargeable thin-film micro-energy storage devices for a variety of micro-electronic applications. Founded in 2001, IPS is privately held with corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities in the western suburbs of [Denver, CO](http://www.crunchbase.com/maps/search?range=10&geo=denver,+co). The company has completed the build-out of the world's first volume manufacturing facility dedicated to the production of its revolutionary thin-film micro-energy cell (MEC(TM)) products (often referred to as thin-film batteries). IPS has recently commenced pre-production activities at this state-of-the-art facility to address growing demand among customers in the wireless sensor, active RFID, powered smart card, medical device, consumer electronics, automotive and civil/military/aerospace markets
Adam Aircraft designs and manufactures a family of innovative general aviation aircraft, including the centerline thrust, twin-engine A500, and the A700 twin-engine AdamJet. By combining modern technologies, rapid deployment processes, and innovative engineering, Adam Aircraft is designing and building new high-performance aircraft that are raising the standards of quality and value in general aviation.