Entrepia Ventures

Entrepia Ventures manages VC funds that invest in early-to expansion-stage, technology-based, private companies. After investing, we actively support business development initiatives of our portfolio companies in Japan and other Asian markets. Leveraging Entrepia's relationships, many of our portfolio companies benefit from distribution arrangements, joint-ventures, partnerships and alliances with Japanese companies resulting in incremental revenues as well as additional financing sources. Entrepia's distinctive approach to delivering value goes well beyond making introductions to prospective customers and partners. Based on the many years of hands-on experience of its team with distribution, manufacturing and service companies in Japan, we help leverage management's time and assemble/manage the right set of resources in Asian markets that are often high-growth and attractive yet difficult to efficiently access. Entrepia's office in Tokyo plays a key role in our effort. On-the-ground presence of Entrepia's well-connected and experienced staff enables portfolio companies to be positioned optimally, to work the system from the inside, to read and respond to changes rapidly and to avoid pitfalls, thereby maximizing the likelihood of success. Besides supporting Entrepia Ventures' portfolio companies, Entrepia Japan also invests in Japanese start-ups and seeds businesses that can take advantage of Entrepia's cross-border operations.

Hideaki Koga

Venture Partner

17 past transactions

Intrinsa

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

Vantrix

Venture Round in 2010
Vantrix specializes in the optimization and delivery of digital content over wireless or wired networks to connected devices striving for the best performance, highest quality and most cost-effective solutions available. With a heritage in video and image optimization, Vantrix has developed a high-performance, scalable platform to meet the unique needs of service providers today and into the future. Vantrix solutions are deployed in more than 65 networks worldwide. Vantrix Corporation was formerly known as VoiceAge Networks Corporation. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with additional offices in London, Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong.

Intrinsa

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

Intrinsa

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

Achronix Semiconductor

Series B in 2008
Achronix is a privately held fabless corporation based in Santa Clara, California. Achronix is the only company to offer high-density and high-performance application-targeted field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Called Speedster®22i, Achronix’s FPGAs are built on Intel’s advanced 22nm process featuring 3-D Tri-Gate transistors and are the first FPGAs to include fully integrated hard IP protocol functions targeted for communications applications. Achronix also offers the Achronix CAD environment (ACE), an easy-to-use, mature, robust design-tool suite for our customers. ACE includes integrated support for industry-standard synthesis tools Synplify Pro and Precision Synthesis, from Synopsys and Mentor Graphics, respectively. Target markets for Achronix FPGAs include: Networking Optical/telecom High-performance computing Test and measurement Military and security Achronix Semiconductor Corporation was founded in 2004 with sales offices in the United States, Europe and China. It has research and development facilities in Santa Clara, California and Bangalore, India.

Vantrix

Series B in 2007
Vantrix specializes in the optimization and delivery of digital content over wireless or wired networks to connected devices striving for the best performance, highest quality and most cost-effective solutions available. With a heritage in video and image optimization, Vantrix has developed a high-performance, scalable platform to meet the unique needs of service providers today and into the future. Vantrix solutions are deployed in more than 65 networks worldwide. Vantrix Corporation was formerly known as VoiceAge Networks Corporation. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with additional offices in London, Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong.

World Wide Packets

Venture Round in 2007
World Wide Packets, Inc. provides carrier Ethernet products and solutions in the United States. It offers LightningEdge service access, service concentrator, and service delivery Ethernet switches for carrier class services, such as Internet protocol television, voice over Internet protocol, virtual private LAN service, Ethernet TLS, data, and wireless services for business and residential subscribers. The company provides LightningEdge operating system, a software infrastructure solution for Ethernet access. It offers its solutions to carriers, multiple system operators, municipal and utility networks, real estate developers and home owner associations, and service providers. The company also provides support services, such as professional, education, and customer support center. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington. As of March 3, 2008, World Wide Packets, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CIENA Corp.

Intrinsa

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

Achronix Semiconductor

Series A in 2007
Achronix is a privately held fabless corporation based in Santa Clara, California. Achronix is the only company to offer high-density and high-performance application-targeted field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Called Speedster®22i, Achronix’s FPGAs are built on Intel’s advanced 22nm process featuring 3-D Tri-Gate transistors and are the first FPGAs to include fully integrated hard IP protocol functions targeted for communications applications. Achronix also offers the Achronix CAD environment (ACE), an easy-to-use, mature, robust design-tool suite for our customers. ACE includes integrated support for industry-standard synthesis tools Synplify Pro and Precision Synthesis, from Synopsys and Mentor Graphics, respectively. Target markets for Achronix FPGAs include: Networking Optical/telecom High-performance computing Test and measurement Military and security Achronix Semiconductor Corporation was founded in 2004 with sales offices in the United States, Europe and China. It has research and development facilities in Santa Clara, California and Bangalore, India.

ArchPro Design Automation

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

World Wide Packets

Series D in 2005
World Wide Packets, Inc. provides carrier Ethernet products and solutions in the United States. It offers LightningEdge service access, service concentrator, and service delivery Ethernet switches for carrier class services, such as Internet protocol television, voice over Internet protocol, virtual private LAN service, Ethernet TLS, data, and wireless services for business and residential subscribers. The company provides LightningEdge operating system, a software infrastructure solution for Ethernet access. It offers its solutions to carriers, multiple system operators, municipal and utility networks, real estate developers and home owner associations, and service providers. The company also provides support services, such as professional, education, and customer support center. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington. As of March 3, 2008, World Wide Packets, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CIENA Corp.

Netcontinuum

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

Vantrix

Series A in 2005
Vantrix specializes in the optimization and delivery of digital content over wireless or wired networks to connected devices striving for the best performance, highest quality and most cost-effective solutions available. With a heritage in video and image optimization, Vantrix has developed a high-performance, scalable platform to meet the unique needs of service providers today and into the future. Vantrix solutions are deployed in more than 65 networks worldwide. Vantrix Corporation was formerly known as VoiceAge Networks Corporation. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with additional offices in London, Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong.

Aura Communications

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

World Wide Packets

Series C in 2004
World Wide Packets, Inc. provides carrier Ethernet products and solutions in the United States. It offers LightningEdge service access, service concentrator, and service delivery Ethernet switches for carrier class services, such as Internet protocol television, voice over Internet protocol, virtual private LAN service, Ethernet TLS, data, and wireless services for business and residential subscribers. The company provides LightningEdge operating system, a software infrastructure solution for Ethernet access. It offers its solutions to carriers, multiple system operators, municipal and utility networks, real estate developers and home owner associations, and service providers. The company also provides support services, such as professional, education, and customer support center. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington. As of March 3, 2008, World Wide Packets, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CIENA Corp.

Convera

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

Arbinet

Private Equity Round in 2001
Arbinet is a leading provider of international voice and IP solutions to carriers and service providers globally. With more than 1,100 carriers across the world utilizing the Arbinet network, Arbinet combines global scale with sophisticated platform intelligence, call routing and industry leading credit management and settlement capabilities. Customers and suppliers include many leading fixed line, mobile, wholesale and VoIP carriers, as well as calling card, ISPs and content providers around the world who buy and sell voice and IP telecommunications capacity and content.
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