The Athenaeum Fund

The Athenaeum Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 and located in Pasadena, California. It specializes in seed, startup, and early-stage investments, primarily focusing on technology companies based in Southern California. The firm invests up to $250,000 in its portfolio companies and often collaborates with larger venture capital firms to support the follow-on financing needs of these companies. The Athenaeum Fund targets various sectors, including software, biotechnology, semiconductors, manufacturing, and information technology, aiming to foster innovation and growth within the regional tech ecosystem.

John Baldeschwieler

Founder

Cloyd, Malcolm E.

Founder

2 past transactions

Fulcrum Microsystems

Series D in 2007
Fulcrum Microsystems, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides interconnect devices for storage, computing and networking backplane, and interconnect applications in the United States and internationally. The company’s products include FocalPoint, which includes Ethernet switch/router chips; ControlPoint Software Suite that comprises Ethernet bridging, switching, and routing software modules; and PivotPoint SPI-4.2 Interconnect Chip that provides interconnection packet and protocol processing resources on a line card. It serves the original equipment manufacturers. Fulcrum Microsystems, Inc., formerly known as Asynchronous Digital Design, was founded in 2000 and is based in Calabasas, California.

Language Weaver

Series B in 2004
Language Weaver, Inc., a human communication solutions company, develops and licenses automated translation solutions for multinationals, government organizations, and translation providers. The company focuses on automated language translation. It offers LW Enterprise Translation Server, an on-site software for language translation within a enterprise; LW Custom Enterprise Translation Server for translations in a specific domain, such as information technology, automotive, medical, and finance; and LW Translation On Demand, an on demand translation service. The company also provides LW Custom Translation On Demand, an on demand translation service hosted on a dedicated server by Language Weaver; and LW Professional Services, which include software training, custom language pair development, and preparation of parallel data.
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