Toshiba Group

Toshiba Group, founded in 1875 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of a wide range of electrical and electronic products. The company's business spans several domains, including energy systems, electronic devices, digital solutions, and social infrastructure. Toshiba develops and markets products such as information and communications systems, consumer electronics, power systems—including nuclear energy—industrial infrastructure, and home appliances. Its subsidiaries include Toshiba America Electronic Components, which specializes in semiconductors and related technologies, and Toshiba America Energy Systems, providing solutions for power generation. Additionally, Toshiba Logistics Corporation offers comprehensive logistics and transportation services across multiple regions, further enhancing the company's operational capabilities. Overall, Toshiba Group applies innovative technologies to create value and address contemporary market needs.

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31 past transactions

EtaPRO

Acquisition in 2021
EtaPRO is a real-time digital platform for improving the efficiency and reliability of power generating assets through empirical and physics-based digital twin technology combined with traditional vibration frequency analysis for detecting and diagnosing equipment deterioration or operating abnormalities in their earliest stages. EtaPRO is adapted to customer-specific requirements and is used by the global power industry on nearly 700 GW of generation in 40 countries, including thermal, geothermal, hydro, wind, and solar generating technologies.

Epigeneron

Series B in 2020
Implementation of drug discovery and drug discovery support services and sales of drug discovery related information Manufacture, sale and import / export of research reagents, diagnostic agents, and chemical industrial chemicals Manufacture, sale and import / export of research equipment Intellectual property transfer business All business incidental or related to the preceding items

Ubiregi

Corporate Round in 2020
Ubiregi Inc. is a Japanese company that specializes in developing and providing a Software as a Service (SaaS) point-of-sale (POS) system. Founded in 2010 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, the company initially aimed to create a web service for apartment searches. However, with the introduction of the iPad in Japan, Ubiregi shifted its focus to leverage this technology for business solutions. The company is headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, and operates a branch office in Osaka. Since its inception, Ubiregi has positioned itself as a key player in the Japanese retail technology market, offering businesses efficient and user-friendly POS systems tailored to their needs.

DIGITAL GRID

Corporate Round in 2020
Digital Grid Inc. operates in the electricity retail sector, focusing on non-electrified and off-grid communities in Africa. The company has developed a fee-based electricity credit system that allows kiosk owners to provide charging services for various electronic devices, including phones and lanterns. Additionally, Digital Grid offers rental options for rechargeable devices such as LED lanterns, portable radios, and tablet PCs, as well as leasing solutions for equipment like photovoltaic panels and batteries. The company's innovative approach aims to improve access to electricity in underserved areas, enhancing the quality of life for local populations. Founded in 2013, Digital Grid is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

IDDK

Seed Round in 2020
IDDK Corporation, founded in 2017 and based in Koto, Japan, specializes in the development and manufacturing of advanced microscopic inspection equipment. The company has created a unique micro-imaging device that eliminates the need for traditional optical systems typically found in conventional microscopes. This innovative device enhances microscopic observation, allowing healthcare professionals to more effectively discover and diagnose diseases. Furthermore, IDDK is exploring applications in the field of space bio experiments, aiming to broaden access to space research and facilitate social implementation of its technology.

DIGITAL GRID

Seed Round in 2019
Digital Grid Inc. operates in the electricity retail sector, focusing on non-electrified and off-grid communities in Africa. The company has developed a fee-based electricity credit system that allows kiosk owners to provide charging services for various electronic devices, including phones and lanterns. Additionally, Digital Grid offers rental options for rechargeable devices such as LED lanterns, portable radios, and tablet PCs, as well as leasing solutions for equipment like photovoltaic panels and batteries. The company's innovative approach aims to improve access to electricity in underserved areas, enhancing the quality of life for local populations. Founded in 2013, Digital Grid is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Engie

Post in 2017
ENGIE SA is a global energy company headquartered in Courbevoie, France, involved in the production and sale of electricity, natural gas, and energy services. The company operates across various regions, including North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. ENGIE generates power through a diverse mix of resources, such as nuclear, thermal, solar, wind, biogas, and biomass, and is also engaged in seawater desalination and energy efficiency services. It operates natural gas transportation and storage networks, primarily in France, and is focused on developing renewable energy projects. With a commitment to promoting a carbon-neutral world, ENGIE emphasizes reducing energy consumption and providing environmentally friendly solutions. The company employs approximately 152,900 people and has established a significant presence in emerging markets while maintaining its role as a key player in Europe. Founded in 1880 and formerly known as GDF SUEZ, ENGIE continues to evolve in response to societal and environmental challenges.

IDC Westinghouse

Secondary Market in 2017
IDC Westinghouse operates in the energy sector, primarily focusing on nuclear technology and solar lighting solutions. The company is recognized for supplying safe and innovative nuclear technology, delivering reliable nuclear power plants, nuclear fuel, and various plant automation services to utility customers globally. Emphasizing a commitment to safety and sustainability, IDC Westinghouse leverages its extensive history and experience to enhance the efficiency and dependability of nuclear energy. Additionally, the company offers a diverse range of solar landscape lighting products that are noted for their durability and professional quality, catering to both residential and commercial markets.

UEM Group

Acquisition in 2015
UEM Group is an international multi-disciplinary environmental services company based in India, specializing in water and wastewater treatment for industries and municipalities. Founded in 1984, the company offers comprehensive turnkey services that encompass engineering, design, construction, and installation of water and wastewater treatment facilities. UEM Group engages in various projects, including municipal and industrial water treatment, and provides services such as feasibility studies, operations, and maintenance. The company has a strong focus on innovative solutions for wastewater recycling, zero liquid discharge, and anaerobic digestion, positioning itself as a leader in the environmental services sector.

CyberFlow Analytics

Seed Round in 2015
CyberFlow Analytics is a cybersecurity firm based in San Diego, California, with additional offices in Silicon Valley. The company specializes in developing FlowScape software, which provides continuous threat assessment and monitoring for enterprise security and the Industrial Internet of Things. Utilizing unsupervised machine learning and behavioral analytics, CyberFlow focuses on detecting Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and cyber breaches. The company has introduced the concept of "anomalytics," emphasizing real-time network anomaly detection through advanced analytics. CyberFlow Analytics is led by a seasoned management team, including Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi, Tom Caldwell, and Louie Gasparini.

Exablox

Series C in 2015
Exablox is the company re-imagining storage to solve businesses’ runaway storage costs and data management nightmares. OneBlox combines the advantages of a scale-out distributed object store solution, the performance of all-flash, the ease of use of network attached storage, and OneSystem, an elegant multi-tenant cloud-based management service. Founded in 2010, Exablox is headquartered in Mountain View and backed by leading Silicon Valley venture firms.

OCZ Technology

Acquisition in 2014
OCZ Technology specializes in high-performance solid state drives (SSDs) for a range of computing devices and systems. The company develops its own firmware and controllers, along with virtualization, cache and acceleration software, and technologies aimed at enhancing endurance and data reliability. This vertically integrated approach allows OCZ to offer comprehensive solutions that transform the management of digital data. In addition to SSDs, the company's product portfolio includes performance DDR RAM, video cards, USB drives, and various cooling products, utilizing interfaces such as SATA III, PCI Express, Serial Attached SCSI, and USB 3.0 for both consumer and enterprise applications. Founded in 2000, OCZ Technology is headquartered in San Jose, California.

OCZ Technology Group - Substantially All Assets

Acquisition in 2014
OCZ Technology Group - Substantially All Assets provide sufficient DIP

Vijai Electrical's - T&D business

Acquisition in 2013
Vijai Electricals Ltd. designs, manufactures, and supplies amorphous metal core power and distribution transformers in India.

Zadara Storage

Series B in 2013
Ranked #81 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, Zadara Storage offers enterprise-class storage as a service for private and public clouds. The company helps organizations eliminate the technical, operational, and financial risks associated with enterprise data storage, by providing industry-leading enterprise data storage solutions as a fully-managed service. Zadara Virtual Private Storage Arrays combine innovative software with standard hardware to create truly private Cloud storage with your own dedicated drives, CPUs, memory and I/O. Even though the Cloud is a shared environment, your dedicated resources are isolated from (and not shared with) other Cloud users, resulting in both privacy and Predictable Performance. Virtual Controllers (VCs) manage and present storage via iSCSI/NFS or CIFS, ensuring high availability, security and performance. The Virtual Controllers intelligently place and protect your data on Storage Nodes to yield both Predictable Performance™ and Enterprise-class high availability. Zadara Storage was founded in 2011 and is based in Irvine, California.

CyberFlow Analytics

Seed Round in 2013
CyberFlow Analytics is a cybersecurity firm based in San Diego, California, with additional offices in Silicon Valley. The company specializes in developing FlowScape software, which provides continuous threat assessment and monitoring for enterprise security and the Industrial Internet of Things. Utilizing unsupervised machine learning and behavioral analytics, CyberFlow focuses on detecting Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and cyber breaches. The company has introduced the concept of "anomalytics," emphasizing real-time network anomaly detection through advanced analytics. CyberFlow Analytics is led by a seasoned management team, including Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi, Tom Caldwell, and Louie Gasparini.

cyberGRID

Acquisition in 2013
cyberGRID is a developer and provider of intelligent energy management solutions focused on integrating renewable energy sources and storage into sustainable energy systems. The company specializes in offering a virtual power plant system designed for grid operators, utilities, retailers, industrial clients, and distributed energy generation. By enhancing the utilization of existing generation resources, cyberGRID aims to support the transition to more efficient and sustainable energy practices.

Fixstars

Corporate Round in 2013
Fixstars Corporation is a software company based in Tokyo, Japan, operating both domestically and internationally since its founding in 2002. The company specializes in providing comprehensive solutions that leverage multi-core technology to enhance computing performance across various sectors, including automotive, flash storage, industrial, finance, healthcare, and computing. Fixstars offers a range of services, including technical support for M3, processor evaluation, software development and optimization, OS firmware development support, system configuration, and training for software developers. Additionally, the company is recognized for its expertise in Linux Enterprise solutions, image processing, and computing simulations, catering to the diverse needs of clients worldwide.

Elettra Technology - Assets

Acquisition in 2013
Elettra Technology Inc. (ETI), a manufacturer of custom electrical industrial motors based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Consert

Acquisition in 2013
Consert Inc. is focused on the design and implementation of intelligent energy distribution and management networks. It drives to join all the players in the energy market to its own network creating market solutions built entirely through opt-in participation. Consert Inc. was formed in 2008 and offers the most complete real-time, energy management and conservation ecosystem available today. Consert’s Energy Management Solution gives energy conservation the attributes of generation and offers utilities the opportunity to gain operational savings, address peak load with measurable and verifiable certainty, and realize new revenue streams, all by empowering consumers to set, monitors and reduce energy consumption. Over the years, Consert has proven itself time and time again with major utilities, including the nation’s largest municipal power and gas company. In addition to full-scale commercial program initiated as pilots for among others, Fayetteville Public Works Commission and Wake Electric Membership Corporation, Consert has partnered with CPS Energy of San Antonio – and its more than 700,000 customers – to reduce peak demand by more than 250 megawatts over the next three years.

IBM - Retail Point-of-Sale Business

Acquisition in 2012
IBM - Retail Point-of-Sale Business provide customers with a similar experience when shopping online and in-store.

VIOLIN systems

Series D in 2012
Violin Systems specializes in extreme performance enterprise storage solutions designed for mission-critical applications. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company utilizes its proprietary Concerto OS™, an integrated storage operating system, to enhance the efficiency and capabilities of information and application storage infrastructures. Violin's all-flash storage platforms are recognized for their exceptional low latency, reliability, affordability, density, scalability, and overall performance. By offering tightly integrated data services, Violin delivers advanced solutions for data protection, business continuity, and data reduction, which contribute to significant capital and operational cost savings for businesses. Founded in 2005 and later acquired by Quantum Partners LP in 2017, Violin Systems is positioned as a leader in the storage technology sector, transforming how organizations manage and utilize their data.

Landis+Gyr

Acquisition in 2011
Landis+Gyr Group AG specializes in providing metering solutions for utilities managing electricity, heat, cold, and gas globally. Founded in 1896 and headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, the company offers a comprehensive range of products and services, including digital and prepayment electricity meters, smart gas and water meters, load control devices, and advanced grid analytics tools. In addition to metering hardware, Landis+Gyr provides system deployment services, managed network services, meter data management software, and a variety of consulting and maintenance support services. As a leader in advanced metering infrastructure, the company aims to enhance energy efficiency and reduce costs for utilities and consumers alike, contributing to sustainable resource management. Its strategy involves tailoring products and services to meet the specific needs of local utility customers across different regions.

VIOLIN systems

Series B in 2011
Violin Systems specializes in extreme performance enterprise storage solutions designed for mission-critical applications. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company utilizes its proprietary Concerto OS™, an integrated storage operating system, to enhance the efficiency and capabilities of information and application storage infrastructures. Violin's all-flash storage platforms are recognized for their exceptional low latency, reliability, affordability, density, scalability, and overall performance. By offering tightly integrated data services, Violin delivers advanced solutions for data protection, business continuity, and data reduction, which contribute to significant capital and operational cost savings for businesses. Founded in 2005 and later acquired by Quantum Partners LP in 2017, Violin Systems is positioned as a leader in the storage technology sector, transforming how organizations manage and utilize their data.

MOD Systems

Funding Round in 2008
MOD Systems' media-on-demand platform transforms retail stores into digital destinations. It enables retailers to more effectively sell and distribute digital entertainment to consumers. With MOD Systems' sophisticated software solution and interactive touchscreen kiosks, retailers can create an engaging experience for consumers to quickly and easily search a virtual catalog of millions of digital assets, sample, and buy content in a format that's portable and multi-device compatible.

CriticalBlue

Series C in 2008
CriticalBlue Limited provides software analysis and optimization services. It offers Prism which is an embedded programming system. The company also develos an application that protects digital assests from cyber attacks. CriticalBlue Limited was formerly known as Adaptive Programmable Silicon Ltd. and changed its name to CriticalBlue Limited in December 2003. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

British Nuclear Fuels

Acquisition in 2006
British Nuclear Fuels manufactures and transports nuclear fuels.

Elixent

Series C in 2005
Elixent, Ltd. supplies reconfigurable arithmetic processors in the United Kingdom. It offers reconfigurable semiconductor intellectual property, a technology that enables user to change the function of a chip even when in use. The company also offers silicon devices and supporting software. In addition, the company provides D-Fabrix, a reconfigurable algorithm processing technology that provides application specific integrated circuit designers with an alternative to fixed function chips; and reprogrammable algorithm solutions for system on chip platforms. Elixent, Ltd. is a spin off of Hewlett-Packard's Bristol Research Laboratories. The company was founded in October 2000 and is based in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

Sonics

Series C in 2004
Sonics is a pioneer of network-on-chip (NoC) technology and today offers SoC designers the largest portfolio of intelligent, on-chip communications solutions for home entertainment, wireless, networking and mobile devices. With a broad array of silicon-proven IP, Sonics helps designers eliminate memory bottlenecks associated with complex, high-speed SoC design, streamline and unify data flows and solve persistent network challenges in embedded systems with multiple cores. As the leading supplier of on-chip communications networks for the embedded market, Sonics has enabled its customers to ship more than 750 million units worldwide. Founded in 1996, Sonics is headquartered in Milpitas, Calif. with offices worldwide.

BeXcom

Venture Round in 2000
BeXcom, a privately held corporation founded in 1996, operates a global network of eCommerce hubs in the world's major trading zones. This global transaction infrastructure enables companies and exchanges to conduct business electronically locally or with multiple trading partners around the world. BeXcom's Commerce Service Provider model provides and maintains all the required hardware and software to operate centralized B2B eCommerce solutions for their users. By building on the BeXcom infrastructure, supply chains, vertical markets and market makers can quickly implement or dramatically extend their eCommerce capabilities to cover the complete range of purchasing processes, from RFQ to settlement. BeXcom is the first company to integrate global financial, logistics, and certificate authority services into a global eCommerce infrastructure, ensuring all transactions are safe, secure, and verifiable. BeXcom helps their customers streamline business processes, reduce costs, expand markets and add value to their business by delivering the full potential of B2B eCommerce.