VeriSign

VeriSign is the sole authorized registry for several prominent generic top-level domains, including .com and .net. The company plays a crucial role in the internet's infrastructure by managing the domain name system and operating two of the world's 13 root servers, which are essential for routing internet traffic. VeriSign oversees the DNS infrastructure for approximately 121 million domain names and handles more than 77 billion internet queries daily. By offering infrastructure assurance services such as Managed DNS and DDoS Protection, VeriSign helps ensure that online businesses remain accessible and secure. The company has refocused its efforts on its core registry business following the sale of its Security Services division in 2018.

Kenneth Silva

Senior Vice President and CTO

32 past transactions

Bigstep

Seed Round in 2016
Bigstep is a cloud provider that specializes in making professional analytics solutions accessible to businesses of all sizes. Founded in 2013 by Lucas Roh, the company is headquartered in London and operates data infrastructure in the U.K. and Germany. Bigstep's platform features bare metal cloud technology, which is designed to optimize performance and reduce latency for demanding workloads. It offers a production-ready big data environment that can be set up quickly, along with scalable storage, high-speed networking, and enhanced security features. By utilizing advanced technologies and automation, Bigstep enables clients to achieve improved efficiency in both cost and performance.

inCode Wireless

Acquisition in 2006
inCode Wireless, founded in 1998, is a boutique professional services firm specializing in business strategy and technology consulting for the telecommunications sector. The company combines extensive technological expertise with strategic insight to address the unique challenges faced by its clients. By focusing on the telecommunications industry, inCode integrates business acumen with technological foresight, aiming to deliver measurable results and long-term value. The firm is dedicated to its clients' success, using its deep industry knowledge to drive business transformations through effective vision and strategy. This commitment to execution enables inCode to foster sustainable improvements for its clients in the rapidly evolving telecommunications landscape.

GeoTrust

Acquisition in 2006
GeoTrust, Inc., an online security services company, provides digital certificates for secure online transactions and business over the Internet in the Asia Pacific, North America, and Europe. The company's products include SSL certificates that offer extended validation, full organization validation, or domain authentication; signing products, which bind people with electronic documents or code through digital signatures for the trusted exchange of information and applications; and SSL for the enterprise that creates a secure channel between servers and users. It offers retail, developer, ISP and Web host, education, financial services, healthcare, and government solutions. In addition, the company provides retail and reseller services for SSL encryption, and Website authentication, digital signatures, code signing, secure email, and enterprise SSL products. It has strategic partnerships with 1&1 Internet, Ltd.; Tucows, Inc.; The Planet; eNom; Secure128; IPOWERWEB; Alabanza; Digital River; Intermedia.NET; Hostway; OLM, LLC; SAVVIS, Inc.; Trustico; and GlobeHosting.com. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Watertown, Massachusetts. As of September 1, 2006, GeoTrust, Inc. was a subsidiary of VeriSign, Inc. As of August 9, 2010, GeoTrust, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Symantec Corporation.

m-Qube

Acquisition in 2006
m-Qube, Inc. operates as a mobile channel enabler. The company develops, delivers, and bills for mobile content, messaging, and applications in the United States.

Kollective

Acquisition in 2006
Kollective Technology, Inc. offers cloud-based enterprise video applications designed to enhance employee engagement through live and on-demand video content. The company's platform includes various solutions such as Webcaster, which allows users to create self-service webcasts; a Software-Defined Enterprise Content Delivery Network (SD ECDN) that facilitates large-scale video streaming without straining network resources; Mediacenter, an employee video portal; and Kollective IQ, a data analytics dashboard. By utilizing existing network infrastructure, Kollective's technology helps organizations effectively manage bandwidth while delivering video content and software. Founded in 2000 and based in Bend, Oregon, the company serves enterprise customers both in the United States and internationally.

3united AG

Acquisition in 2006
Provider of wireless application services. The company provides mobile commerce and mobile content software and serves as the international hub for all Central and Eastern Europe in the field of Premium SMS.

Moreover.com

Acquisition in 2005
Moreover's mission is to help companies and individuals make smarter, more informed business decisions by organizing the most relevant media coverage and social commentary from across the Web and from licensed information sources, delivered seamlessly and in near real-time.

iDefense

Acquisition in 2005
iDEFENSE Inc. was founded as Infrastructure Forum Inc. in May 1998. The company opened offices in Virginia later that year, and around this time changed its name to Infrastructure Defense Inc. The philosophy driving the change was that information-sharing and detailed analysis of cyber threats were and still are key to protecting any critical information infrastructure. Since then, iDEFENSE has been a comprehensive provider of security intelligence to governments and Fortune 500 organizations. The company’s goal is to assist customers in avoiding or mitigating threats to customers’ information assets, computers, networks, Internet functions and proprietary information before a crisis occurs, thereby minimizing potential disruption to network and business operations. Intelligence and analysis are timely, relevant, actionable and fully customizable, delivered 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, so that customers receive intelligence that is specific to their environment — no more; no less.

CallVision.com

Acquisition in 2005
CallVision.com is a Seattle based application service provider, and is recognized as the leading developer of web-based, business-to-business Internet billing and analysis applications.

Jamba!

Acquisition in 2004
Jamba! is a content provider to the mobile phone industry. The company sells audio and visual entertainment products and services for handset personalization.

Unimobile

Acquisition in 2004
Unimobile.com, founded in 1996 by Rajesh T.S. Reddy, is a mobile messaging platform headquartered in Silicon Valley, with engineering and development offices in Bangalore, India. The company specializes in enhancing communication experiences for users of personal mobile devices by providing secure, real-time two-way messaging services across various network protocols. Unimobile.com was a pioneer in developing advanced Internet and email-to-paging gateways, collaborating with multiple telecom service providers in India and Southeast Asia to establish internet-to-SMS gateways. The company further expanded its offerings by creating a web-based virtual network capable of direct messaging to over 330 networks in 65 countries. Unimobile was designed to help consumers manage their mobile lifestyles and was deployed in early 1999. With a strong understanding of mobile internet technologies, Unimobile.com enables corporations to improve productivity, reduce costs, and increase revenues through its innovative messaging solutions.

UNC-Embratel

Acquisition in 2003
UNC-Embratel provides call record tracking, clearing and settlement services for a majority of the mobile and fixed telecommunications carriers in Brazil.

Kollective

Series B in 2002
Kollective Technology, Inc. offers cloud-based enterprise video applications designed to enhance employee engagement through live and on-demand video content. The company's platform includes various solutions such as Webcaster, which allows users to create self-service webcasts; a Software-Defined Enterprise Content Delivery Network (SD ECDN) that facilitates large-scale video streaming without straining network resources; Mediacenter, an employee video portal; and Kollective IQ, a data analytics dashboard. By utilizing existing network infrastructure, Kollective's technology helps organizations effectively manage bandwidth while delivering video content and software. Founded in 2000 and based in Bend, Oregon, the company serves enterprise customers both in the United States and internationally.

Nominum

Series B in 2002
Nominum, Inc. specializes in providing domain name system (DNS) software solutions tailored for service providers globally. The company offers a range of solutions, including Vantio AuthServe for ensuring website availability and Vantio CacheServe to optimize server performance. Nominum also focuses on security with products like Vantio ThreatAvert and N2 Secure Business, which protect against cyber threats. Additionally, it provides marketing tools such as N2 Reach, which facilitates direct communication with customers, and N2 Insight, which analyzes subscriber behavior through DNS data. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Nominum serves over 100 providers in more than 40 countries, helping them enhance network operations, ensure security and compliance, improve customer care, and drive marketing efforts. As of late 2017, Nominum operates as a subsidiary of Akamai Technologies, Inc.

H.O. Systems

Acquisition in 2002
H.O. Systems is a next generation communication applications provider. SpeedSUITE, H.O. Systems’ core product, is a highly functional billing and Customer Relationship Management system designed specifically to meet the needs of wireless carriers. Its flexible, scalable and integrated system design allows carriers to provide accurate and efficient billing, quickly respond to changing market conditions and maximize the value of every customer interaction. Based in Savannah, Georgia, H.O. Systems is a subsidiary of LiveWire Corporation.

Quova

Series B in 2002
Quova, now known as Neustar's IP Intelligence, specializes in providing IP geolocation data and services that enable businesses to accurately determine the geographic location of their website visitors. This capability assists advertising agencies, publishers, and web design firms in customizing applications and delivering tailored content based on the user's specific location, whether by country, state, or city. Quova's product offerings include the Internet Location Intelligence Platform, which facilitates visitor location identification; the GeoDirectory Server for location deployment; an On-Demand Web service for direct integration of geolocation data into web applications; and GeoPoint, a comprehensive database detailing physical locations and network characteristics. The company's services also encompass geolocation audits and historical analysis, enhancing the accuracy and effectiveness of online business strategies.

Illuminet Holdings

Acquisition in 2001
lluminet Holdings, Inc. operates the Signaling System 7 (SS7) network, a telecommunications industry-standard system of protocols and procedures that is used to control telephone communications and provide routing information in association with vertical calling features. Additionally, Illuminet provides advanced database services, billing-and-collection services, calling card services, and network usage software applications to a range of telephone companies, as well as interexchange carriers, operator service providers, and other telecommunications companies and providers of telecommunications services. Illuminet Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is based in Lacey, Washington.

1GlobalPlace

Acquisition in 2001
1GlobalPlace specializes in helping companies create and protect their digital identities in foreign markets. The company offers automated domain name registration and management in over 150 restricted and unrestricted countries.

Air2Web

Series C in 2001
Founded in 1999, Air2Web provides companies with tools and technology designed to promote products, enhance customer service efficiency, and facilitate mobile transactions. Over the years, Air2Web has successfully launched numerous mobile marketing campaigns and integrated mobile technology into customer care applications. In 2011, the company was acquired by Velti, and its solutions are now part of Velti's comprehensive mobile marketing platform. This integration allows marketers to leverage mobile strategies to attract new customers, foster engagement through interactive marketing, accelerate consumer actions with actionable data, and strengthen customer relationships through data-driven marketing initiatives.

Aventail

Series E in 2001
Aventail is a Seattle, Washington provider of technology that allows employees to remotely access their corporate network. They were acquired by SonicWALL in June of 2007.

Aventail

Series E in 2001
Aventail is a Seattle, Washington provider of technology that allows employees to remotely access their corporate network. They were acquired by SonicWALL in June of 2007.

Quova

Series A in 2001
Quova, now known as Neustar's IP Intelligence, specializes in providing IP geolocation data and services that enable businesses to accurately determine the geographic location of their website visitors. This capability assists advertising agencies, publishers, and web design firms in customizing applications and delivering tailored content based on the user's specific location, whether by country, state, or city. Quova's product offerings include the Internet Location Intelligence Platform, which facilitates visitor location identification; the GeoDirectory Server for location deployment; an On-Demand Web service for direct integration of geolocation data into web applications; and GeoPoint, a comprehensive database detailing physical locations and network characteristics. The company's services also encompass geolocation audits and historical analysis, enhancing the accuracy and effectiveness of online business strategies.

The .tv

Series B in 2000
The .tv Corporation International specializes in web identity services, functioning as a registry for domain names ending in .tv. Founded in 1998 and based in Dulles, Virginia, the company offers domain name registration along with a comprehensive suite of products designed to help individuals, organizations, and businesses create and maintain their online presence. Since December 31, 2001, The .tv Corporation has operated as a subsidiary of VeriSign, Inc., extending its reach and capabilities in the digital space.

Archive

Venture Round in 2000
Archive is an application service provider that allows customers to aggregate and replay business-to-business transactions.

Bantu

Series A in 2000
Bantu, Inc. is a provider of instant communication technology solutions tailored for government, commercial, finance, technology, healthcare, and education sectors. Founded in 1999, Bantu developed an enterprise-grade instant messaging and collaboration platform designed to meet the stringent security and scalability requirements of businesses and government entities. Its offerings include Bantu EnterpriseIM, which supports secure messaging and online conferencing, and other solutions like EnterpriseIM Alert for urgent notifications, EnterpriseIM Plus for integration with directories and applications, and EnterpriseIM Mobile for secure mobile communications. Bantu also provides consulting services in cloud computing, data engineering, managed services, and software development. The company has established strategic partnerships with organizations such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, and Oracle, and serves notable clients, including various branches of the U.S. military, facilitating secure, real-time collaboration across agencies.

Qualys

Venture Round in 2000
Qualys is a cloud security and compliance solutions provider that assists businesses in identifying and managing their security risks and compliance requirements. Established in 1999 and headquartered in California, Qualys offers a comprehensive suite of integrated applications through its Qualys Cloud Platform, which simplifies security operations and reduces compliance costs. The platform delivers critical security intelligence on demand and automates various processes, including auditing, compliance, and protection for IT systems and web applications. With over 10,000 customers globally, including a significant number from the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100, Qualys performs more than 1 billion IP scans and audits annually, resulting in over 400 billion security events. The company has formed strategic partnerships with leading managed service providers and consulting organizations and is a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance. Its solutions encompass continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, policy compliance, web application scanning, and malware detection, providing organizations of all sizes with a comprehensive view of their security and compliance landscape.

Network Solutions

Acquisition in 2000
Network Solutions helps small businesses build and maintain a Web presence by offering a full suite of online marketing services, including search engine marketing, Web hosting, website design, eCommerce websites, SSL certificates, email marketing, and domain name registration services.

Obongo

Series B in 2000
Obongo provides e-commerce solutions such as tools to remember passwords, compare prices, fill out forms, receive e-shopping rebates, and allow email forwarding. It offers Obongo Companion, a browser assistant that enables shopping for users, and generates shopping carts for websites. Obongo’s web service also allows users to store their passwords, credit card numbers, and shipping addresses in one place. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Thawte Consulting

Acquisition in 1999
Thawte Consulting is a provider of digital certification products, services and solutions.

Signio, Inc.

Acquisition in 1999
Signio, Inc. provides payment services connecting online merchants, business-to-business exchanges, payment processors.

ezlogin.com

Series A in 1999
Ezlogin.com, based in Santa Clara, California, provides an online service designed to help users efficiently access and manage their personal web content. As individuals increasingly juggle numerous online accounts related to finances, shopping, email, and social interactions, ezlogin.com addresses the challenge of information overload. Its JumpPage service consolidates important content onto a personal Summary Page, allowing users to access any account with a single click. The platform offers features such as LiveClips, OneClick Login, OneClick Registration, Instant CheckOut, and SpamBlocking, enhancing user experience and convenience. Accessible from any internet-connected device, ezlogin.com enables users to organize their online activities and maintain oversight of their personal information with ease.
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