Entrepia Ventures

Entrepia Ventures, founded in 1999 and based in Roseland, New Jersey, is an investment arm of Sojitz Corporation that specializes in investing in seed to expansion-stage technology-based private companies. The firm primarily focuses on information technology, particularly in areas such as multi-media, mobility applications, web-based solutions, core technologies, and next-generation computing. With additional offices in Montreal, New York, and Tokyo, Entrepia Ventures emphasizes investments in Japan and other Asian markets. Beyond capital investment, the firm actively supports its portfolio companies through business development initiatives, leveraging its extensive network to facilitate distribution arrangements, joint ventures, and partnerships with Japanese firms. This on-the-ground presence and expertise enable portfolio companies to navigate the complexities of high-growth Asian markets, thereby enhancing their chances of success. Additionally, Entrepia Ventures invests in Japanese start-ups and seed businesses that align with its cross-border operations.

Hideaki Koga

Venture Partner

17 past transactions

Intransa

Venture Round in 2010
Intransa, Inc. specializes in providing video-optimized products and services for physical security applications, particularly video surveillance. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company offers a range of solutions including VideoAppliance, which simplifies installation with ready-to-use appliances, and EnterpriseServer, designed for physical security demands with Microsoft Server 2008. Additionally, Intransa provides EnterpriseStorage to mitigate the risk of lost video data and ViewingStation for remote access to multiple high-definition video streams. Its products cater to various sectors such as retail, banking, public safety, education, healthcare, and transportation, and are distributed through a network of partners. Intransa has received multiple industry awards for its innovative technology that reduces costs, enhances reliability, and simplifies integration in demanding environments.

Vantrix

Venture Round in 2010
Vantrix Corporation, acquired by Like Minded Entertainment in 2019, specializes in integrated media processing software tailored for video service providers and mobile operators. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with additional offices in London, Dubai, and Hong Kong, Vantrix offers a comprehensive media platform that enables the delivery of multi-screen video content while optimizing for performance and cost. Their solutions include virtualized video processing with GPU capabilities, multimedia messaging optimization, and a centralized management dashboard for overseeing virtual applications and physical infrastructure. With deployments in over 65 networks globally, Vantrix aims to meet the evolving demands of digital content delivery across various connected devices. Founded in 1994, the company was previously known as VoiceAge Networks Corporation.

Intransa

Venture Round in 2009
Intransa, Inc. specializes in providing video-optimized products and services for physical security applications, particularly video surveillance. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company offers a range of solutions including VideoAppliance, which simplifies installation with ready-to-use appliances, and EnterpriseServer, designed for physical security demands with Microsoft Server 2008. Additionally, Intransa provides EnterpriseStorage to mitigate the risk of lost video data and ViewingStation for remote access to multiple high-definition video streams. Its products cater to various sectors such as retail, banking, public safety, education, healthcare, and transportation, and are distributed through a network of partners. Intransa has received multiple industry awards for its innovative technology that reduces costs, enhances reliability, and simplifies integration in demanding environments.

Intransa

Venture Round in 2008
Intransa, Inc. specializes in providing video-optimized products and services for physical security applications, particularly video surveillance. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company offers a range of solutions including VideoAppliance, which simplifies installation with ready-to-use appliances, and EnterpriseServer, designed for physical security demands with Microsoft Server 2008. Additionally, Intransa provides EnterpriseStorage to mitigate the risk of lost video data and ViewingStation for remote access to multiple high-definition video streams. Its products cater to various sectors such as retail, banking, public safety, education, healthcare, and transportation, and are distributed through a network of partners. Intransa has received multiple industry awards for its innovative technology that reduces costs, enhances reliability, and simplifies integration in demanding environments.

Achronix Semiconductor

Series B in 2008
Achronix Semiconductor Corp., founded in 2004 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, specializes in high-density and high-performance application-targeted field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The company offers a range of products, including Speedster®22i HD devices, which feature up to 1.7 million effective look-up tables (LUTs) and 138 megabits of embedded RAM, and Speedster22i HP devices, which utilize picoPIPE architecture and provide up to 590 thousand effective LUTs with 64 megabits of embedded RAM. Achronix's Speedcore eFPGA IP allows integration into customer system-on-chips (SoCs) for compute and network acceleration. Additionally, the Achronix CAD Environment (ACE) supports FPGA design, while the HD1000 development board is optimized for networking and communication sub-systems. Achronix serves diverse markets, including networking, optical/telecom, high-performance computing, test and measurement, and military and security. Its products are distributed across North America, Europe, Israel, China, and Russia, with research and development facilities also in Bangalore, India.

Vantrix

Series B in 2007
Vantrix Corporation, acquired by Like Minded Entertainment in 2019, specializes in integrated media processing software tailored for video service providers and mobile operators. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with additional offices in London, Dubai, and Hong Kong, Vantrix offers a comprehensive media platform that enables the delivery of multi-screen video content while optimizing for performance and cost. Their solutions include virtualized video processing with GPU capabilities, multimedia messaging optimization, and a centralized management dashboard for overseeing virtual applications and physical infrastructure. With deployments in over 65 networks globally, Vantrix aims to meet the evolving demands of digital content delivery across various connected devices. Founded in 1994, the company was previously known as VoiceAge Networks Corporation.

World Wide Packets

Venture Round in 2007
World Wide Packets, Inc. specializes in providing carrier Ethernet products and solutions in the United States, focusing on the delivery of voice, data, and video services. The company offers a range of products, including LightningEdge service access, service concentrators, and Ethernet switches designed for carrier-class services such as Internet Protocol television, voice over Internet Protocol, and virtual private LAN services. These solutions are aimed at carriers, multiple system operators, municipal networks, real estate developers, and service providers. Additionally, World Wide Packets provides a software infrastructure solution through its LightningEdge operating system, along with various support services, including professional and customer support. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington, World Wide Packets, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CIENA Corp. as of March 2008.

Intransa

Venture Round in 2007
Intransa, Inc. specializes in providing video-optimized products and services for physical security applications, particularly video surveillance. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company offers a range of solutions including VideoAppliance, which simplifies installation with ready-to-use appliances, and EnterpriseServer, designed for physical security demands with Microsoft Server 2008. Additionally, Intransa provides EnterpriseStorage to mitigate the risk of lost video data and ViewingStation for remote access to multiple high-definition video streams. Its products cater to various sectors such as retail, banking, public safety, education, healthcare, and transportation, and are distributed through a network of partners. Intransa has received multiple industry awards for its innovative technology that reduces costs, enhances reliability, and simplifies integration in demanding environments.

Achronix Semiconductor

Series A in 2007
Achronix Semiconductor Corp., founded in 2004 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, specializes in high-density and high-performance application-targeted field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The company offers a range of products, including Speedster®22i HD devices, which feature up to 1.7 million effective look-up tables (LUTs) and 138 megabits of embedded RAM, and Speedster22i HP devices, which utilize picoPIPE architecture and provide up to 590 thousand effective LUTs with 64 megabits of embedded RAM. Achronix's Speedcore eFPGA IP allows integration into customer system-on-chips (SoCs) for compute and network acceleration. Additionally, the Achronix CAD Environment (ACE) supports FPGA design, while the HD1000 development board is optimized for networking and communication sub-systems. Achronix serves diverse markets, including networking, optical/telecom, high-performance computing, test and measurement, and military and security. Its products are distributed across North America, Europe, Israel, China, and Russia, with research and development facilities also in Bangalore, India.

ArchPro Design Automation

Series B in 2006
ArchPro Design Automation provides EDA products to meet low-power and multi-voltage power management challenges. Its products include multi-voltage simulator, which verifies power-managed designs, and supports ARM intelligent energy manager technology; multi-volt rule checker that analyzes design in various states to enable multi-voltage equivalence checking; and multi-volt synthesis, which automates the implementation of multiple voltages.

World Wide Packets

Series D in 2005
World Wide Packets, Inc. specializes in providing carrier Ethernet products and solutions in the United States, focusing on the delivery of voice, data, and video services. The company offers a range of products, including LightningEdge service access, service concentrators, and Ethernet switches designed for carrier-class services such as Internet Protocol television, voice over Internet Protocol, and virtual private LAN services. These solutions are aimed at carriers, multiple system operators, municipal networks, real estate developers, and service providers. Additionally, World Wide Packets provides a software infrastructure solution through its LightningEdge operating system, along with various support services, including professional and customer support. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington, World Wide Packets, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CIENA Corp. as of March 2008.

Netcontinuum

Venture Round in 2005
NetContinuum, Inc. provides application controllers to deploy, secure, and manage enterprise Web applications. Its products include Web application firewalls that enable data center teams to secure existing enterprise applications; and Web application gateways, which provide application security, load balancing, content switching, connection pooling, caching, and GZIP compression to enable deployment of new enterprise applications. The company's controllers are used for managing business risk, DMZ consolidation, application deployment, instant PCI compliance, failed audit recovery, lowering DMZ TCO, and securing FTP. It also offers on-site installation, training, support, and other on-site custom engagements. NetContinuum serves the financial services, government, e-business, media and communications, ASP/software, healthcare, and education sectors. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. As of July 2007, NetContinuum, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Barracuda Networks, Inc.

Vantrix

Series A in 2005
Vantrix Corporation, acquired by Like Minded Entertainment in 2019, specializes in integrated media processing software tailored for video service providers and mobile operators. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with additional offices in London, Dubai, and Hong Kong, Vantrix offers a comprehensive media platform that enables the delivery of multi-screen video content while optimizing for performance and cost. Their solutions include virtualized video processing with GPU capabilities, multimedia messaging optimization, and a centralized management dashboard for overseeing virtual applications and physical infrastructure. With deployments in over 65 networks globally, Vantrix aims to meet the evolving demands of digital content delivery across various connected devices. Founded in 1994, the company was previously known as VoiceAge Networks Corporation.

Aura Communications

Venture Round in 2004
Aura Communications Technology, a fabless semiconductor company, has developed the next-generation of wireless connectivity specifically targeted for consumer electronics and mobile devices. Utilizing an enhanced form of magnetic communication rather than broadcast radio frequency technology, Aura enables the design of the lowest power and most affordable wireless products on the market today.

World Wide Packets

Series C in 2004
World Wide Packets, Inc. specializes in providing carrier Ethernet products and solutions in the United States, focusing on the delivery of voice, data, and video services. The company offers a range of products, including LightningEdge service access, service concentrators, and Ethernet switches designed for carrier-class services such as Internet Protocol television, voice over Internet Protocol, and virtual private LAN services. These solutions are aimed at carriers, multiple system operators, municipal networks, real estate developers, and service providers. Additionally, World Wide Packets provides a software infrastructure solution through its LightningEdge operating system, along with various support services, including professional and customer support. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington, World Wide Packets, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CIENA Corp. as of March 2008.

Convera

Series C in 2001
Convera is a business specializing in global payments and foreign exchange services, primarily catering to sectors such as education, finance, travel, healthcare, and non-governmental organizations. The company offers a payments platform that simplifies cross-border and cross-currency transactions, allowing businesses to manage international payments effectively and efficiently. In addition to its payment solutions, Convera is also recognized for its enterprise search and categorization technologies, which help organizations maximize their return on investment in unstructured information. Its RetrievalWare solutions provide secure and scalable search capabilities across various media types and languages, serving over 900 customers in 33 countries for applications including knowledge management and regulatory compliance. Convera's offerings are designed to enhance operational efficiency and support critical business functions.

Arbinet

Private Equity Round in 2001
Arbinet is a prominent provider of international voice and IP telecommunications solutions tailored for carriers and service providers worldwide. The company supports over 1,100 carriers, combining extensive global reach with advanced platform intelligence, call routing, and robust credit management and settlement capabilities. Its clientele includes a diverse range of established fixed line, mobile, wholesale, and VoIP carriers, as well as calling card services, internet service providers, and content providers. By facilitating the buying and selling of voice and IP capacity, Arbinet enables its customers to optimize service costs, enhance route quality, and expand their market presence without the need for substantial network infrastructure investments.
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