Kinetic Ventures

Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. It also considers investments in the seed, growth, mid venture, emerging growth, and late stages companies in special situations. The firm typically invests in communications, information technology, and power and clean technology sectors. In communications sector, it focuses on last mile connectivity, video over the Internet, quadruple play, wireless infrastructure, RFID and sensor networks, and mobile video companies. In information technology sector, the firm seeks to invest in mobile platforms, open source, on-demand computing, customized content and entertainment, lite applications, and security and identity management companies. In power and clean technology sector, it focuses on smart grid, low carbon solutions, efficiency, environmental finance, sustainable industrial processes, and green building materials. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in the United States and selectively in Canada and outside of North America. In selected cases it considers investments in foreign companies. It seeks to invest between $2 million and $10 million in a company and for larger investments, the firm arranges a syndicate of investors. The firm prefers a Board seat in the portfolio company. It typically exits its investments through an IPO or acquisition. The firm was formerly known as Arete Ventures. Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C. was founded in 1983 and is based in Chevy Chase, Maryland with an additional office in Atlanta, Georgia.

Nelson Chu

MD

William Heflin

MD

CL

Cam Lanier

Senior Director

Sydney Shepherd

CFO

Jake Tarr

MD

65 past transactions

ThunderCore

Seed Round in 2018
ThunderCore is a fast, high performance EVM-compatible public blockchain with fully decentralized trust that brings scale to decentralized applications - with higher throughput, faster confirmation times, and lower costs. Based on years of groundbreaking research by Professors Shi and Pass of Cornell University, ThunderCore uses a breakthrough consensus protocol that overcomes the fundamental limitations of Nakamoto consensus. The result maintains fully decentralized trust while significantly improving performance.​

Load DynamiX

Series B in 2012
As a leader in storage infrastructure workload analytics and performance validation, Load DynamiX empowers: 1. IT organizations with the insight they need to optimize the performance, availability, and cost of their storage infrastructure. Load DynamiX accelerates new application roll-outs and eliminates the risk of new technology deployments. 2. Storage and network equipment manufacturers with the insight they need to maximize the performance, scalability and reliability of their products. Load DynamiX accelerates your time to market. Addressing file, block, and object storage technology validation, Load DynamiX has the unique capability and performance required to stress today’s most complex storage systems to their limits.

SmartSynch

Series C in 2005
SmartSynch is a Smart Grid Technology Company enabling utilities to communicate with any device on the grid. The company's clean-tech innovations in the two-way delivery of real-time energy usage data over public wireless networks (AT&T, Rogers, T-Mobile, etc.), in lieu of private network build-outs, have simplified SmartMeter deployments for over 100 major North American electric utilities. Smart Grid Infrastructure A smart grid infrastructure is the sum of services, devices and software necessary to add a layer of intelligence onto today’s 20th-century electricity grid such that every point on that grid can talk to every other point and decisions are made either by devices or human beings to fully optimize the process by which electricity is generated and delivered to customers. A smart grid infrastructure can spot and stop energy “leaks,” optimize efficiency through better power factors and provide feedback loops that provide the right price signals to normalize energy loads during peak use. According to the Pacific Northwest Laboratory in partnership with the Department of Energy, the total potential benefit of implementing smart grid technologies over the next 20 years is conservatively estimated to have a present value of $75 billion. Vision SmartSynch creates extraordinary value for our customers by providing innovative Smart Grid Infrastructure solutions that leverage public wireless networks.

Zaffire

Series C in 2000
Zaffire, Inc. is an innovative new optical networking company. Their mission is to fundamentally change the economic formula for metro and regional service providers. Using breakthrough technology designed with a commercial focus, They solve Their customers' most pressing optical transport problems and give them a compelling competitive advantage. With the support of the industry's leading investors, partners and management team, Zaffire is uniquely positioned to be a leader in the metro and regional optical networking marketplace.

STAQ, Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
Staq is a reporting and integrations system for ad technology. The company unifies the ad tech stack through connections, for both end customers that are using a best of breed approach as well as the ad tech providers themselves. Through these connections, it helps ad platforms build more into their valuable products so their clients can use them more effectively. Staq is founded by industry veterans from Advertising.com, The Rubicon Project, Lotame, and Collective.

Tower Cloud

Venture Round in 2012
Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers. The company builds and operates fiber optic and wireless networks to connect cellular towers to the wireless carriers' mobile switching centers. Wireless carriers utilize Ethernet and Sonet T-1 broadband capacity provided by Tower Cloud to manage the exploding volume of voice and data traffic on their cellular networks. Tower Cloud currently operates backhaul networks in the greater Orlando, FL and Miami, FL markets and is in the process of constructing a new network in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Cardlytics, Inc.

Series G in 2017
Cardlytics uses purchase-based intelligence to make marketing more relevant and measurable. They partner with more than 1,500 financial institutions – including Bank of America and PNC – to run their banking rewards programs that promote customer loyalty and deepen banking relationships. In turn, they have a secure view into where and when consumers are spending their money. They use these insights to help marketers identify, reach and influence likely buyers at scale, as well as measure the true sales impact of marketing campaigns. Headquartered in Atlanta, Cardlytics has offices in London, New York, Chicago and San Francisco.

SmartSynch

Series B in 2001
SmartSynch is a Smart Grid Technology Company enabling utilities to communicate with any device on the grid. The company's clean-tech innovations in the two-way delivery of real-time energy usage data over public wireless networks (AT&T, Rogers, T-Mobile, etc.), in lieu of private network build-outs, have simplified SmartMeter deployments for over 100 major North American electric utilities. Smart Grid Infrastructure A smart grid infrastructure is the sum of services, devices and software necessary to add a layer of intelligence onto today’s 20th-century electricity grid such that every point on that grid can talk to every other point and decisions are made either by devices or human beings to fully optimize the process by which electricity is generated and delivered to customers. A smart grid infrastructure can spot and stop energy “leaks,” optimize efficiency through better power factors and provide feedback loops that provide the right price signals to normalize energy loads during peak use. According to the Pacific Northwest Laboratory in partnership with the Department of Energy, the total potential benefit of implementing smart grid technologies over the next 20 years is conservatively estimated to have a present value of $75 billion. Vision SmartSynch creates extraordinary value for our customers by providing innovative Smart Grid Infrastructure solutions that leverage public wireless networks.

Virtual Instruments

Venture Round in 2016
Virtual Instruments is the leader in IT Infrastructure Performance Management for the physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments. Virtual Instruments is a dynamic, fast-growing technology company with a performance driven culture. Founded in June 2008 we are headquartered in the heart of the Silicon Valley, led by an industry-proven executive team, and backed by a group of highly experienced and successful investors. As a company, we are focused on delivering unparalleled value to our customers through a truly innovative combination of disruptive technology and revolutionary services. Our customers represent industry leading brands in every major vertical market, all of whom have some of the most performance sensitive and complex IT environments in the world. Our unwavering commitment to our customers' success, ensuring the performance and availability of their mission critical application workload as they migrate from physical to virtual and cloud computing environments, is what has fueled our record growth and is driving the ongoing development of our award winning Infrastructure Performance Management platform, VirtualWisdom.

Pathfire

Venture Round in 2002
Pathfire, Inc. provides digital media distribution and management solutions to the television, media, and entertainment industries. The company offers Digital Media Gateway, a digital IP store-and-forward platform, delivering news stories, syndicated programming, advertising spots, and video news releases to broadcasters. It provides solutions for content providers and broadcasters, as well as station solutions. The company was formerly known as Video Networks, Inc. and changed its name to Pathfire, Inc. in January, 2001. Pathfire, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Roswell, Georgia. As of June 4, 2007, Pathfire, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of DG FastChannel, Inc.

Carputty

Seed Round in 2021
Carputty is a consumer automotive startup that provides car loan services to its clients. The company's transparent and easy-to-use line of credit puts the customer in the driver’s seat, while its proprietary, predictive valuation tool knows the perfect time to buy and sell and teaches owners to see their vehicle as an asset. Carputty was founded by Patrick Bayliss and Joshua Tatum in 2020.

Ample Communications

Series C in 2004
As of September 25, 2007, Ample Communications, Inc. was acquired by Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. Ample Communications, Inc. develops silicon solutions for optimizing networking infrastructure. The company provides Ethernet MACs for increasing the performance of enterprise and wide-area networks. It offers integrated MACs that optimize Ethernet aggregation, as well as Gigabit Ethernet silicon solutions for the PC market. The company provides its products for various applications, including Ethernet switches and routers, Internet appliances, access devices in enterprise and metro applications, IPTV equipment, metro Ethernet, wireless/cellular backhaul, and Ethernet over SONET applications. Ample Communications, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

Tower Cloud

Venture Round in 2011
Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers. The company builds and operates fiber optic and wireless networks to connect cellular towers to the wireless carriers' mobile switching centers. Wireless carriers utilize Ethernet and Sonet T-1 broadband capacity provided by Tower Cloud to manage the exploding volume of voice and data traffic on their cellular networks. Tower Cloud currently operates backhaul networks in the greater Orlando, FL and Miami, FL markets and is in the process of constructing a new network in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Altierre Corp.

Series A in 2005
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.

9Lenses

Series A in 2013
Businesses expect better data. Survey platforms, spreadsheets, and other manual business diagnostics no longer meet today’s digital expectations. To compete in a data-driven environment, consultants must deliver secure propriety digital solutions. 9Lenses is the only diagnostic platform that digitally automates the development, collection, organization, connection, and analytics, of the consulting process. By transforming business diagnostics to the 9Lenses digital platform, consultants deliver more value for clients and win more business.

Calix

Series E in 2003
Calix is a global provider of the cloud and software platforms, systems and services to deliver unified access networks and smart premises systems. Innovative communications service providers rely on Calix to help them master and monetize the complex infrastructure between their subscribers and the cloud. Calix customers leverage our intelligent software platforms and cloud analytics to transform and optimize their business models, rapidly deploy new services at DevOps speed, and make the promise and opportunity of the smart home and business a reality. Calix customers include Verizon, ALLO Communications, CityFibre, Nex-Tech, Gibson Connect, ITS Fiber and over 1,400 other communications service providers globally, majority being in North America.

Utility Associates

Series B in 2000
Utility Associates, Inc. offers mobile resource management solutions to command and control field operations. It offers AVaiL, which delivers a mobile operations command and control service that provides a view of the current location and status of mobile resources layered with data from various business systems, such as GIS, customer, and outage management yielding unparalleled awareness of mobile operations; AVaiL-Navigator, which provides an on board navigation system; AVaiL Tablet, which delivers various levels of mobile computing functionalities; AVaiL RFID, which delivers information on the location and status of various mobile resources; AVaiL Diagnostics, which delivers vehicle diagnostic information to AVaiL command and control; AVaiL Cell, which is downloaded to cell-phones; PadWORKS, a work management system for the utility industry; AVaiL Boost, which maintains wireless connectivity in geographic areas; and OnComm Rocket, which enables enterprises to track the location and status of various mobile assets, such as toolboxes, backhoes, personnel, and vehicles.

Instant Financial Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
Instant Financial is a financial wellness platform that gives employees the opportunity to claim a portion of their earned income after every shift without any fees. Instant works alongside existing human capital management, payroll and time and attendance solutions to provide a real-time cashflow solution to employees who, in turn, are more engaged in the workplace. Instant has been designed as a vital employee benefit for hospitality, retail, manufacturing, construction and healthcare employers.

SmartSynch

Venture Round in 2003
SmartSynch is a Smart Grid Technology Company enabling utilities to communicate with any device on the grid. The company's clean-tech innovations in the two-way delivery of real-time energy usage data over public wireless networks (AT&T, Rogers, T-Mobile, etc.), in lieu of private network build-outs, have simplified SmartMeter deployments for over 100 major North American electric utilities. Smart Grid Infrastructure A smart grid infrastructure is the sum of services, devices and software necessary to add a layer of intelligence onto today’s 20th-century electricity grid such that every point on that grid can talk to every other point and decisions are made either by devices or human beings to fully optimize the process by which electricity is generated and delivered to customers. A smart grid infrastructure can spot and stop energy “leaks,” optimize efficiency through better power factors and provide feedback loops that provide the right price signals to normalize energy loads during peak use. According to the Pacific Northwest Laboratory in partnership with the Department of Energy, the total potential benefit of implementing smart grid technologies over the next 20 years is conservatively estimated to have a present value of $75 billion. Vision SmartSynch creates extraordinary value for our customers by providing innovative Smart Grid Infrastructure solutions that leverage public wireless networks.

AnyPresence

Series B in 2014
AnyPresence is an enterprise platform for the app economy that dramatically reduces the time and cost of mobile-enabling enterprise business processes, products, and services. It is the only solution that offers organizations the ability to assemble and deploy backend servers, native iOS, native Android, and HTML5 mobile apps with 100% native, portable source code. The patent-pending AnyPresence platform also includes the ability to generate sample mobile apps from within API management portals, increasing adoption, and accelerating time-to-market for apps that incorporate a company's data or services. The platform is easy to use, yet flexible enough to enable source code-level customization or on-premise hosting options.

Utility Associates

Series C in 2000
Utility Associates, Inc. offers mobile resource management solutions to command and control field operations. It offers AVaiL, which delivers a mobile operations command and control service that provides a view of the current location and status of mobile resources layered with data from various business systems, such as GIS, customer, and outage management yielding unparalleled awareness of mobile operations; AVaiL-Navigator, which provides an on board navigation system; AVaiL Tablet, which delivers various levels of mobile computing functionalities; AVaiL RFID, which delivers information on the location and status of various mobile resources; AVaiL Diagnostics, which delivers vehicle diagnostic information to AVaiL command and control; AVaiL Cell, which is downloaded to cell-phones; PadWORKS, a work management system for the utility industry; AVaiL Boost, which maintains wireless connectivity in geographic areas; and OnComm Rocket, which enables enterprises to track the location and status of various mobile assets, such as toolboxes, backhoes, personnel, and vehicles.

iVivity

Series C in 2006
iVivity develops and markets storage network processor silicon, custom storage adapters, and motherboards to system manufacturers. Its products include iDiSX 2000, a single integrated storage server-on-chip silicon, which is used in current and new storage infrastructure product domains, including intelligent storage network switches, appliances, routers, gateways, array products, and blade server products; and iDiSX ASIC Evaluation Platform, which connects to Ethernet and fiber channel MACs. The company also offers custom board systems, including system board, custom adapter board, custom line card, and blade server switch module. In addition, it provides various services, including integration of custom or third-party software stacks for data protection, data management, information life cycle management, and disaster recovery.

Altierre Corp.

Series B in 2007
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.

Altierre Corp.

Series C in 2008
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.

Foodbuy

Series B in 2000
Foodbuy is a largest foodservice procurement organization in North America and the sole sourcing partner for their parent company, Compass Group North America. This gives us a serious advantage when negotiating contracts for their members, because the huge volume of the Compass Group business represents a huge opportunity, even for the biggest manufacturers in foodservice.

Altierre Corp.

Series A in 2005
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.

Cardlytics, Inc.

Series C in 2010
Cardlytics uses purchase-based intelligence to make marketing more relevant and measurable. They partner with more than 1,500 financial institutions – including Bank of America and PNC – to run their banking rewards programs that promote customer loyalty and deepen banking relationships. In turn, they have a secure view into where and when consumers are spending their money. They use these insights to help marketers identify, reach and influence likely buyers at scale, as well as measure the true sales impact of marketing campaigns. Headquartered in Atlanta, Cardlytics has offices in London, New York, Chicago and San Francisco.

PlumSlice Labs, Inc

Venture Round in 2016
PlumSlice uses the cloud to unite all stakeholders in the product lifecycle to create better products, faster. Our services and soon-to-be-introduced software makes collaboration easy at all stages of the lifecycle: product design, development, product selection, vendor selection, product information, customer engagement and delivery. Knowing how the cloud works, PlumSlice supports the way people work and communicate today — on mobile devices, socially, and globally.

Optii Solutions

Series C in 2018
Optii Solutions is a rapidly growing and innovative company focused exclusively on optimizing the housekeeping function in hotels. Founded by hospitality professionals in 2006, Optii Solutions recognized the need for an improved approach to housekeeping – particularly where their clients are located in countries where labor is expensive or scarce. Their solutions represent the first innovation in housekeeping in decades. Their clients helped us to shape their applications, and they continue to be involved in the design and refinement of their solutions. Integrating seamlessly with your other operational software, their focus continues to be on enabling you to optimize your housekeeping and achieve real, measurable improvements.

Tower Cloud

Venture Round in 2009
Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers. The company builds and operates fiber optic and wireless networks to connect cellular towers to the wireless carriers' mobile switching centers. Wireless carriers utilize Ethernet and Sonet T-1 broadband capacity provided by Tower Cloud to manage the exploding volume of voice and data traffic on their cellular networks. Tower Cloud currently operates backhaul networks in the greater Orlando, FL and Miami, FL markets and is in the process of constructing a new network in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Kwarter

Series A in 2013
Kwarter is an interactive entertainment company that develops and publishes social mobile games, including Cards, Fancake, Fan Zone, Game On Football... They are made up of a diverse cast of characters who value teamwork, focus, coffee, and building things they can be proud of. They're channel surfers, gamers, thought leaders, world travelers, published writers, chefs, pilots, actors, and daredevils. During the week they come together to create innovative games.

Proficient Systems

Venture Round in 2003
Proficient Systems is a leading enterprise software company that develops solutions enabling companies to increase revenue and sales productivity. By identifying and connecting online sales opportunities with offline sales and service operations Proficient enables companies to successfully drive new customer acquisition, lead generation and an improved online customer experience. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Proficient was founded by successful entrepreneur, Gregg Freishtat. Gregg recognized that large enterprises selling complex, consultative products and services, like mortgages or insurance, had made significant investments in their e-business and in their sales and service organizations - but for some reason the two weren't connected. His belief was that if the two were connected, the enterprises would see a significant increase in revenue while delivering superior customer service and a better customer online experience. With this belief in mind, he assembled a group of professionals with decades of experience creating and delivering solutions to large enterprises, to create a strategic business solution to meet these objectives. In October 2000, Proficient was born. Today, organizations are benefiting from Gregg's vision and his ability to create a company to make his vision become a reality.

Proficient Systems

Series B in 2002
Proficient Systems is a leading enterprise software company that develops solutions enabling companies to increase revenue and sales productivity. By identifying and connecting online sales opportunities with offline sales and service operations Proficient enables companies to successfully drive new customer acquisition, lead generation and an improved online customer experience. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Proficient was founded by successful entrepreneur, Gregg Freishtat. Gregg recognized that large enterprises selling complex, consultative products and services, like mortgages or insurance, had made significant investments in their e-business and in their sales and service organizations - but for some reason the two weren't connected. His belief was that if the two were connected, the enterprises would see a significant increase in revenue while delivering superior customer service and a better customer online experience. With this belief in mind, he assembled a group of professionals with decades of experience creating and delivering solutions to large enterprises, to create a strategic business solution to meet these objectives. In October 2000, Proficient was born. Today, organizations are benefiting from Gregg's vision and his ability to create a company to make his vision become a reality.

AnyPresence

Seed Round in 2011
AnyPresence is an enterprise platform for the app economy that dramatically reduces the time and cost of mobile-enabling enterprise business processes, products, and services. It is the only solution that offers organizations the ability to assemble and deploy backend servers, native iOS, native Android, and HTML5 mobile apps with 100% native, portable source code. The patent-pending AnyPresence platform also includes the ability to generate sample mobile apps from within API management portals, increasing adoption, and accelerating time-to-market for apps that incorporate a company's data or services. The platform is easy to use, yet flexible enough to enable source code-level customization or on-premise hosting options.

SmartSynch

Series A in 2000
SmartSynch is a Smart Grid Technology Company enabling utilities to communicate with any device on the grid. The company's clean-tech innovations in the two-way delivery of real-time energy usage data over public wireless networks (AT&T, Rogers, T-Mobile, etc.), in lieu of private network build-outs, have simplified SmartMeter deployments for over 100 major North American electric utilities. Smart Grid Infrastructure A smart grid infrastructure is the sum of services, devices and software necessary to add a layer of intelligence onto today’s 20th-century electricity grid such that every point on that grid can talk to every other point and decisions are made either by devices or human beings to fully optimize the process by which electricity is generated and delivered to customers. A smart grid infrastructure can spot and stop energy “leaks,” optimize efficiency through better power factors and provide feedback loops that provide the right price signals to normalize energy loads during peak use. According to the Pacific Northwest Laboratory in partnership with the Department of Energy, the total potential benefit of implementing smart grid technologies over the next 20 years is conservatively estimated to have a present value of $75 billion. Vision SmartSynch creates extraordinary value for our customers by providing innovative Smart Grid Infrastructure solutions that leverage public wireless networks.

Instant Financial Inc.

Series A in 2018
Instant Financial is a financial wellness platform that gives employees the opportunity to claim a portion of their earned income after every shift without any fees. Instant works alongside existing human capital management, payroll and time and attendance solutions to provide a real-time cashflow solution to employees who, in turn, are more engaged in the workplace. Instant has been designed as a vital employee benefit for hospitality, retail, manufacturing, construction and healthcare employers.

Altierre Corp.

Venture Round in 2014
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.

Vizbee

Venture Round in 2018
Vizbee Inc. XYZ operates in the technology industry. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

Kobiton, Inc.

Series A in 2019
Kobiton, Inc. designs and develops a mobile testing platform. Its platform offers delivery and testing of mobile applications by offering manual and automated testing on real devices and cloud. The company’s platform also includes features, such as lower application abandonment, accelerate application delivery, CX delivery, and tame device chaos. Kobiton, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

CODEON

Venture Round in 2000
CODEON Corporation designs and manufactures state-of-the-art optical components for the fiber optic telecommunications industry.

APX, Inc.

Series C in 2000
APX has continuously provided innovative technology and service solutions for the energy and environmental markets. Their business experience spans transaction management, registries, scheduling, settlements, demand-side management, asset control, analytics, operations, exchanges, clearing, and brokerage. They continue to leverage their deep domain and technological expertise, providing focused solutions for their clients in the energy and environmental markets. This depth and breadth of knowledge makes the APX team uniquely qualified to provide leading-edge market solutions that deliver trust, integrity, and experience.

Pathfire

Venture Round in 2007
Pathfire, Inc. provides digital media distribution and management solutions to the television, media, and entertainment industries. The company offers Digital Media Gateway, a digital IP store-and-forward platform, delivering news stories, syndicated programming, advertising spots, and video news releases to broadcasters. It provides solutions for content providers and broadcasters, as well as station solutions. The company was formerly known as Video Networks, Inc. and changed its name to Pathfire, Inc. in January, 2001. Pathfire, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Roswell, Georgia. As of June 4, 2007, Pathfire, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of DG FastChannel, Inc.

Coraid

Series C in 2011
Coraid provides storage solutions for cloud service providers and enterprises that are experiencing rapid, unpredictable data growth. Coraid leverages Layer 2 Ethernet to elevate network performance and improve operational effectiveness for companies deploying dynamic, large-scale, multi-workload environments. With its modular, pay-as-you-grow architecture and easy-to-use software, as well as proven support, design, and implementation, Coraid partners with customers to enable just-in-time scaling and versatility with a quick return on investment. For more information please visit www.coraid.com.

APX, Inc.

Series C in 2000
APX has continuously provided innovative technology and service solutions for the energy and environmental markets. Their business experience spans transaction management, registries, scheduling, settlements, demand-side management, asset control, analytics, operations, exchanges, clearing, and brokerage. They continue to leverage their deep domain and technological expertise, providing focused solutions for their clients in the energy and environmental markets. This depth and breadth of knowledge makes the APX team uniquely qualified to provide leading-edge market solutions that deliver trust, integrity, and experience.

Everyware INC.

Series A in 2019
Everyware INC. operates an online communication platform with two-way text messaging and payment processing services. The company provides personalized connection between business and customers, automated text reminders, quick reply templates, scheduling, and managing appointment services. Everyware INC. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. It has additional offices in San Francisco, California; and Austin, Texas.

Tower Cloud

Venture Round in 2013
Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers. The company builds and operates fiber optic and wireless networks to connect cellular towers to the wireless carriers' mobile switching centers. Wireless carriers utilize Ethernet and Sonet T-1 broadband capacity provided by Tower Cloud to manage the exploding volume of voice and data traffic on their cellular networks. Tower Cloud currently operates backhaul networks in the greater Orlando, FL and Miami, FL markets and is in the process of constructing a new network in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

STAQ, Inc.

Venture Round in 2016
Staq is a reporting and integrations system for ad technology. The company unifies the ad tech stack through connections, for both end customers that are using a best of breed approach as well as the ad tech providers themselves. Through these connections, it helps ad platforms build more into their valuable products so their clients can use them more effectively. Staq is founded by industry veterans from Advertising.com, The Rubicon Project, Lotame, and Collective.

COVEGA

Series A in 2003
Covega Corporation has established world-class proprietary technologies in InP and LiNbO3 to produce high performance optical devices and modules at a low cost with very small footprints. With early focus on the telecom, datacom and CATV industries, Covega now generates over one-third of its revenue from serving the defense, medical, industrial and instrumentation industries.

Alereon, Inc.

Series A in 2004
Alereon is a fabless semiconductor company developing innovative Ultrawideband (UWB) wireless chipsets. Their mission is to simplify networking by removing cables, allowing effortless connections between PCs, consumer electronics, peripherals and mobile devices. We want to change the way consumers connect to the world.

Predictix

Series A in 2014
Predictix LLC provides Software-as-a-Service suite for merchandising decisions to retailers, wholesalers, and brands. Its Software-as-a-Service suite helps decision making in the areas of planning and allocation; assortment and space; pricing and promotions; and forecasting and replenishment. The company also offers support and services; back-up and storage; application infrastructure hosting; Website hosting; and development and testing services. It provides its solutions over the Web, on-demand, with a monthly subscription. The company has strategic partner relationships with Amazon Web Services, LogicBlox, 360pi, and Planalytics. Predictix LLC was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Predictix LLC operates as a subsidiary of Infor (US), Inc.

STAQ, Inc.

Series A in 2014
Staq is a reporting and integrations system for ad technology. The company unifies the ad tech stack through connections, for both end customers that are using a best of breed approach as well as the ad tech providers themselves. Through these connections, it helps ad platforms build more into their valuable products so their clients can use them more effectively. Staq is founded by industry veterans from Advertising.com, The Rubicon Project, Lotame, and Collective.

Proficient Systems

Series B in 2005
Proficient Systems is a leading enterprise software company that develops solutions enabling companies to increase revenue and sales productivity. By identifying and connecting online sales opportunities with offline sales and service operations Proficient enables companies to successfully drive new customer acquisition, lead generation and an improved online customer experience. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Proficient was founded by successful entrepreneur, Gregg Freishtat. Gregg recognized that large enterprises selling complex, consultative products and services, like mortgages or insurance, had made significant investments in their e-business and in their sales and service organizations - but for some reason the two weren't connected. His belief was that if the two were connected, the enterprises would see a significant increase in revenue while delivering superior customer service and a better customer online experience. With this belief in mind, he assembled a group of professionals with decades of experience creating and delivering solutions to large enterprises, to create a strategic business solution to meet these objectives. In October 2000, Proficient was born. Today, organizations are benefiting from Gregg's vision and his ability to create a company to make his vision become a reality.

ITango

Series C in 2001
ITango provides employee and manager self-service software and services.

CODEON

Series D in 2001
CODEON Corporation designs and manufactures state-of-the-art optical components for the fiber optic telecommunications industry.

Zaffire

Series B in 2000
Zaffire, Inc. is an innovative new optical networking company. Their mission is to fundamentally change the economic formula for metro and regional service providers. Using breakthrough technology designed with a commercial focus, They solve Their customers' most pressing optical transport problems and give them a compelling competitive advantage. With the support of the industry's leading investors, partners and management team, Zaffire is uniquely positioned to be a leader in the metro and regional optical networking marketplace.

AnyPresence

Series A in 2012
AnyPresence is an enterprise platform for the app economy that dramatically reduces the time and cost of mobile-enabling enterprise business processes, products, and services. It is the only solution that offers organizations the ability to assemble and deploy backend servers, native iOS, native Android, and HTML5 mobile apps with 100% native, portable source code. The patent-pending AnyPresence platform also includes the ability to generate sample mobile apps from within API management portals, increasing adoption, and accelerating time-to-market for apps that incorporate a company's data or services. The platform is easy to use, yet flexible enough to enable source code-level customization or on-premise hosting options.

iVivity

Series C in 2004
iVivity develops and markets storage network processor silicon, custom storage adapters, and motherboards to system manufacturers. Its products include iDiSX 2000, a single integrated storage server-on-chip silicon, which is used in current and new storage infrastructure product domains, including intelligent storage network switches, appliances, routers, gateways, array products, and blade server products; and iDiSX ASIC Evaluation Platform, which connects to Ethernet and fiber channel MACs. The company also offers custom board systems, including system board, custom adapter board, custom line card, and blade server switch module. In addition, it provides various services, including integration of custom or third-party software stacks for data protection, data management, information life cycle management, and disaster recovery.

Predictix

Series B in 2016
Predictix LLC provides Software-as-a-Service suite for merchandising decisions to retailers, wholesalers, and brands. Its Software-as-a-Service suite helps decision making in the areas of planning and allocation; assortment and space; pricing and promotions; and forecasting and replenishment. The company also offers support and services; back-up and storage; application infrastructure hosting; Website hosting; and development and testing services. It provides its solutions over the Web, on-demand, with a monthly subscription. The company has strategic partner relationships with Amazon Web Services, LogicBlox, 360pi, and Planalytics. Predictix LLC was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Predictix LLC operates as a subsidiary of Infor (US), Inc.

Kobiton, Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Kobiton, Inc. designs and develops a mobile testing platform. Its platform offers delivery and testing of mobile applications by offering manual and automated testing on real devices and cloud. The company’s platform also includes features, such as lower application abandonment, accelerate application delivery, CX delivery, and tame device chaos. Kobiton, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Homes.com

Series A in 2000
Homes.com for Consumers Dream. Discover. Design. Your home. Homes.com brings Southern hospitality to finding your first or next home, with close to 3 million homes for sale or rent. Since its launch almost 25 years ago, Homes.com has made millions of introductions between home buyers and real estate professionals, leveraging user-friendly tools, valuable tips, and helpful information to empower home buyers with everything they need to find a home that perfectly fits their family and lifestyle. With over 20 million site visits a month, Homes.com continues to innovate with inspiring photos, simple search functionality, and great home decor articles to inspire consumers to dream, discover and decorate their homes. Visit Homes.com to discover your next home, or download the Homes.com For Sale, Rentals, or Mortgage Calculator Apps to empower your home search. For creative home design ideas and decorating tips, visit Homes.com/blog/. Welcome Home! Homes.com for Professionals As a trusted industry partner for over 20 years, Homes.com is committed to establishing connections between local real estate professionals and the over 14 million consumers that visit our site each month in search of their next home. We begin that connection with display advertising and listing enhancements, designed to drive quality leads to real estate professionals. Then, we provide real estate professionals with premium IDX websites and a marketing suite to convert quality online leads into business. Whether you are a broker, agent, lender or new home builder, Homes.com is the place to market your business and connect with your target customers.

Caymas Systems

Series C in 2005
As of June 11, 2007, Caymas Systems, Inc. was acquired by Citrix Systems, Inc. Caymas Systems, Inc. offers identity-driven access gateways for international enterprise networks. The company's identity-driven access gateways deliver universal access, identity-based access control, integrated application security, federated policy enforcement, and radical price/performance solutions. Its appliances provides a single platform for SSL VPN remote access and internal access control, endpoint security, and behavioral and data monitoring with centralized policy management. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Petaluma, California.

Calix

Series B in 2000
Calix is a global provider of the cloud and software platforms, systems and services to deliver unified access networks and smart premises systems. Innovative communications service providers rely on Calix to help them master and monetize the complex infrastructure between their subscribers and the cloud. Calix customers leverage our intelligent software platforms and cloud analytics to transform and optimize their business models, rapidly deploy new services at DevOps speed, and make the promise and opportunity of the smart home and business a reality. Calix customers include Verizon, ALLO Communications, CityFibre, Nex-Tech, Gibson Connect, ITS Fiber and over 1,400 other communications service providers globally, majority being in North America.

iVivity

Series B in 2003
iVivity develops and markets storage network processor silicon, custom storage adapters, and motherboards to system manufacturers. Its products include iDiSX 2000, a single integrated storage server-on-chip silicon, which is used in current and new storage infrastructure product domains, including intelligent storage network switches, appliances, routers, gateways, array products, and blade server products; and iDiSX ASIC Evaluation Platform, which connects to Ethernet and fiber channel MACs. The company also offers custom board systems, including system board, custom adapter board, custom line card, and blade server switch module. In addition, it provides various services, including integration of custom or third-party software stacks for data protection, data management, information life cycle management, and disaster recovery.

9Lenses

Series A in 2013
Businesses expect better data. Survey platforms, spreadsheets, and other manual business diagnostics no longer meet today’s digital expectations. To compete in a data-driven environment, consultants must deliver secure propriety digital solutions. 9Lenses is the only diagnostic platform that digitally automates the development, collection, organization, connection, and analytics, of the consulting process. By transforming business diagnostics to the 9Lenses digital platform, consultants deliver more value for clients and win more business.