GF Private Equity Group

GF Private Equity Group, LLC specializes in making direct and fund of fund investments. It makes private equity / buyouts and venture capital investments in emerging growth, turnaround, middle market, mature, late venture, and later stage companies and is involved in growth capital and buyout transactions. The firm invests in venture capital funds and private equity funds and energy, aerospace and defense, building products, construction and engineering, power generation equipment, broadcasting, medical equipment, medical instruments, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and life sciences, other diversified financial services, multi-sector holdings, specialized finance, e-commerce software, infrastructure services, networking and telecommunications software, supply chain management software, file transfer protocol (FTP) Servers, broadband telecommunications services, satellite communication services, electric power by solar energy, electric power by wind energy, alternative energy resources, water purification, independent power producers and energy traders, nanotechnology, investment funds, voip software, and rfid systems sectors. It seeks to invest in United States of America, Canada, Caribbean, Europe, and Central America & Mexico. The firm prefers to hold majority stake in its portfolio companies. GF Private Equity Group, LLC was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Ignacio, Colorado with an additional office in Durango, Colorado. It operates as subsidiary of Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund.
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Jonathan Abshagen

President and COO

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Martha Elbert

Portfolio Manager--Transactions

James Thompson

President and COO

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Elliot Wimberly

VP of Business Development

17 past transactions

NOVX Systems Inc.

Debt Financing in 2007
NOVX Systems Inc. develops and manufactures point-of-collection drug screening devices for the addiction treatment centers, drug courts, third party administrators, and school administrators. Its products include iMDx Analyzer that tests urine for drugs of abuse and adulterants; ezVu, a Web-based application that automates the chain of custody; PatientVu, a software platform designed to manage electronic healthcare records; PatientVu Pain, a multi-disciplinary Web-based EMR designed to enable the clients to manage their clinics and patients; and ClientVu, a software platform, which is designed to manage the electronic case records. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Richmond Hill, Canada. As of March 6, 2014, NOVX Systems Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Qvella Corporation.

KOTURA

Series C in 2008
KOTURA, Inc. provides silicon photonics, designs, manufactures and markets CMOS optical components that enable optics to migrate throughout the communications industry. They also provide custom chip design, fabrication, and packaging services.
Redline Communications is a provider of advanced wireless broadband products with more than 150,000 installations in 130 countries, and an extensive global network of partners. Redline's experience and expertise helps service providers, enterprises and government organizations roll out wireless broadband networks to cost-effectively deliver high-bandwidth services, including video, voice and data communications. Redline award-winning infrastructure products include the AN-80i, RDL-2000 and RDL-3000 product line which support its continued commitment to maintaining its wireless industry leadership with the development of advanced products.

Venda

Series A in 2006
Venda provides on-demand e-commerce capabilities to online businesses on a managed basis. It offers business-to-business, business to consumer, and business to enterprise e-commerce capabilities on an outsourced and on-demand platform. The company serves multi-channel retailers, branded manufacturers, franchisers, resellers, and non-profit organizations. Venda was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Venda

Series B in 2009
Venda provides on-demand e-commerce capabilities to online businesses on a managed basis. It offers business-to-business, business to consumer, and business to enterprise e-commerce capabilities on an outsourced and on-demand platform. The company serves multi-channel retailers, branded manufacturers, franchisers, resellers, and non-profit organizations. Venda was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Impinj, Inc.

Venture Round in 2012
Impinj is a provider of RAIN RFID solutions that deliver Item Intelligence to retail, pharmaceutical, healthcare, food and beverage, and many other industries. We enable the Internet of Things to identify, locate and authenticate billions of items, and our Item Intelligence platform comprises the most comprehensive and widely adopted RAIN RFID product portfolio in the world. For more information about Impinj, visit www.impinj.com.

Impinj, Inc.

Series E in 2007
Impinj is a provider of RAIN RFID solutions that deliver Item Intelligence to retail, pharmaceutical, healthcare, food and beverage, and many other industries. We enable the Internet of Things to identify, locate and authenticate billions of items, and our Item Intelligence platform comprises the most comprehensive and widely adopted RAIN RFID product portfolio in the world. For more information about Impinj, visit www.impinj.com.

NOVX Systems Inc.

Series C in 2008
NOVX Systems Inc. develops and manufactures point-of-collection drug screening devices for the addiction treatment centers, drug courts, third party administrators, and school administrators. Its products include iMDx Analyzer that tests urine for drugs of abuse and adulterants; ezVu, a Web-based application that automates the chain of custody; PatientVu, a software platform designed to manage electronic healthcare records; PatientVu Pain, a multi-disciplinary Web-based EMR designed to enable the clients to manage their clinics and patients; and ClientVu, a software platform, which is designed to manage the electronic case records. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Richmond Hill, Canada. As of March 6, 2014, NOVX Systems Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Qvella Corporation.

Ahura Scientific

Series B in 2007
Ahura Scientific Inc. develops rugged, ultra-compact, field-enabled optical systems for the immediate identification and authentication of liquid and solid chemical substances. Customers include agencies and companies in the homeland security, life sciences, industrial and medical markets. Manufactured in the USA in an ISO 9001-certified facility, the company's products offer exceptional portability and unparalleled performance.

Impinj, Inc.

Series D in 2005
Impinj is a provider of RAIN RFID solutions that deliver Item Intelligence to retail, pharmaceutical, healthcare, food and beverage, and many other industries. We enable the Internet of Things to identify, locate and authenticate billions of items, and our Item Intelligence platform comprises the most comprehensive and widely adopted RAIN RFID product portfolio in the world. For more information about Impinj, visit www.impinj.com.

Attune Systems

Venture Round in 2006
Attune Systems, Inc. provides network file management products to reduce file management complexity for the enterprise, government, and education storage environments. It offers Maestro File Manager, a file virtualization appliance that helps information technology administrators to discover, analyze, manage, and optimize their existing heterogeneous file storage resources. The company also provides archive intelligence and security diligence, data migration and consolidation, disaster recovery, forensic search, tiered backup, and tiered storage with deduplication solutions. Attune Systems, Inc. has strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Data domain, Net App, Symantec, and Google. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

InfiniDB

Series C in 2005
InfiniDB Inc., formerly known as Calpont Corp, a software company, provides data warehouse storage engine for analytical data, analytical workloads, and analytical data volumes. The company also offers support services for the implementation of BI and data warehouse technology. Its service offerings span from training to implementation. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Frisco, Texas.

KOTURA

Series B in 2005
KOTURA, Inc. provides silicon photonics, designs, manufactures and markets CMOS optical components that enable optics to migrate throughout the communications industry. They also provide custom chip design, fabrication, and packaging services.

PacketHop

Series C in 2005
PacketHop is a leader in intelligent wireless video networks and broadband mesh communications systems. With expertise in wireless multimedia technology that revolutionizes the deployment of broadband networks for video surveillance, PacketHop provides public safety and private security agencies with improved access to surveillance videos feeds for incident management and resolution. PacketHop's patented technology provides unparalleled quality of service and performance for wireless video. PacketHop's technology and products are covered by more than 20 issued patents and pending applications.

Teros

Series D in 2005
Teros, Inc. provides security solutions for companies, government agencies, and large Web site operators. It develops Secure Application Gateway, Teros's FireLine Solution, Web Services, and SAFE modules that protect Web and Web services applications. The Secure Application Gateway is a hardened security appliance, which is deployed directly in the data path of application traffic and blocks attacks that are not detected by network-based firewalls and intrusion detection systems. The Teros's FireLine Solution blocks damaging Web-based attacks and prevents the disclosure of sensitive corporate and customer information. The Web Services allow developers to link business-critical applications to groups of users and applications. The SAFE modules provide defined object protection and deliver the capability of protecting user-defined data objects. The company was formerly known as Stratum8 Networks, Inc. and changed its name to Teros, Inc. in February 2003. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Santa Clara, California. As of November 15, 2005, Teros Inc. operates as a subsidiary Citrix Systems, Inc.

Cswitch

Series B in 2006
Cswitch was founded by a team of highly experienced semiconductor executives to develop the next generation of configurable solutions for a wide range of networking-based platforms. Their ground-breaking work building advanced processors and ASICs at companies such as LSI Logic, Sun Microsystems, SGI and most recently Transmeta, has allowed them to develop the insight to chart a new course for the networking, telecom, storage and wireless base station markets.

Ahura Scientific

Series B in 2005
Ahura Scientific Inc. develops rugged, ultra-compact, field-enabled optical systems for the immediate identification and authentication of liquid and solid chemical substances. Customers include agencies and companies in the homeland security, life sciences, industrial and medical markets. Manufactured in the USA in an ISO 9001-certified facility, the company's products offer exceptional portability and unparalleled performance.