Global Catalyst Partners

Global Catalyst Partners is an international venture capital firm focusing on technology-oriented investments. With significant operating experience, their partners assist ventures globally from inception, optimizing inputs and opportunities. They have extensive strategic corporate relationships to help companies recruit talent, source technology, obtain services, and identify customers.

Ryo Hiraide

Managing Director

Junji Inoue

Venture Partner

Koji Osawa

Managing Principal and Co-Founder

Vijay Parikh

Managing Principal

Calvin Quek

VP, Asian Operations

75 past transactions

ACROVE

Series C in 2024
ACROVE is a platform that assists companies in streamlining their operations and increasing eCommerce sales. They support their customers' online stores. They provide services to clients who work in the e-commerce industry. They offer services in fields like the internet, artificial intelligence, and blockchain. They are enabling clients across all e-commerce brands.

Degas

Venture Round in 2023
Degas enhances African smallholder farmers' livelihood by supplying high-quality seeds and fertilizers. It uses proprietary credit scoring for each farmer, enabling access to inputs on credit. With over 15,000 farmers served and 60 field agents using an in-house app for data aggregation and visualization, Degas collects around 1.2 million data points to assess farmers' creditworthiness.

Torana

Series C in 2023
Torana, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in providing educational toy rental services through a subscription model. The company's flagship service, "Toysub!", delivers toys specifically designed for infants and toddlers, allowing families to optimize playtime as their children grow. Torana serves approximately 15,000 households in Japan and has expanded its offerings to Taiwan. By leveraging data from over 400,000 toy evaluations and 100,000 planning sessions, Torana has developed a systematic approach to selecting and delivering toys that support children's developmental needs, all while promoting quality parent-child interaction.

Frontier Field

Series B in 2022
Frontier Field is a venture company that brings the medical and healthcare fields together with the power of IT. It also engaged in the planning, development, sales, and maintenance of the nibyo mobile smartphone exclusively for medical institutions.

Countable

Series A in 2021
Countable provides virtual community management for corporations, nonprofits, and political campaigns. It uses technology to communicate and strengthen human interconnectedness, delivering technology solutions that facilitate community engagement.

Frontier Field

Venture Round in 2020
Frontier Field is a venture company that brings the medical and healthcare fields together with the power of IT. It also engaged in the planning, development, sales, and maintenance of the nibyo mobile smartphone exclusively for medical institutions.

Wisdom Academy

Venture Round in 2020
Wisdom Academy Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that operates Wisdom Afterschool and Wisdom After Kindergarten centers, providing after-school care and educational services for children. Founded in 2010, the company focuses on nurturing independence and leadership among its young learners. Its curriculum includes a diverse range of subjects such as calligraphy, abacus, tea ceremony, art, music, and brain training exercises, catering to children from infancy through elementary school. In addition to child care, Wisdom Academy offers adult learning experiences through its Wisdom Lesson centers. The organization is committed to delivering safe and attentive services, including school and off-campus learning, transportation, and nutritious meals, all designed to enhance the educational experience based on the latest insights from brain science.

Airporter

Series B in 2020
Airporter facilitates luggage transportation for travelers in Tokyo. Founded in 2017, it offers same-day delivery between accommodations and airports at affordable prices.

SoleBrain

Venture Round in 2020
SoleBrain is a data-driven technology company advancing digital transformation across industries by connecting online and offline data to support analytics and decision making and enhance profitability and corporate value. It develops a marketing platform that collects and centralizes data, analyzes market dynamics, and applies data-driven insights to help clients grow sales and achieve sustainable performance. By integrating diverse data sources, SoleBrain provides clients with a holistic view of markets and operations, enabling optimized strategies and more efficient execution.

Holiday Hack

Seed Round in 2020
Holiday Hack operates a holiday booking platform that provides personalized travel experiences by enabling users to book activities, reserve experiences, and plan itineraries tailored to their preferences. The platform helps travelers assemble planned trips by pairing bookings with itinerary planning and recommendations, focusing on customized itineraries and seamless reservations.

GAZIRU

Seed Round in 2020
Gaziru specializes in image recognition technology. It offers services that accurately classify images captured by mobile devices, providing additional information and advertisements. The platform enables businesses to enhance inventory management, authenticate goods, and engage customers through product identification.

Dimaag

Venture Round in 2020
Dimaag is a prominent design and technology development company founded in 2018 and based in Silicon Valley. With a team of over 150 professionals, Dimaag specializes in electric vehicle (EV) solutions, particularly for off-road machinery, and charging systems applicable to both on-road and off-road EVs. The company is advancing its innovative EV solutions toward production readiness in collaboration with major original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners. Additionally, Dimaag provides AI Smart Factory solutions optimized for high-volume manufacturing environments, achieving throughputs exceeding 200 million units per month in some cases. The company's Video Analytics AI Platform is a sophisticated software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution designed to enhance productivity, quality, security, and cost-efficiency across various industries, including health technology, semiconductor manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, and supply chain logistics.

Pont des Tech

Venture Round in 2020
Pont des Tech specializes in the collection, purchase, recycling, and resale of used PCs and other IT equipment from businesses. The company ensures data security by wiping business information before reuse or recycling.

iYell

Venture Round in 2019
iYell Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in providing mortgage solutions for real estate companies. Incorporated in 2016, iYell has developed a comprehensive mortgage platform that facilitates mortgage analysis and improves the efficiency of the mortgage process. The platform integrates media and technology to enhance marketing efforts and streamline procedures, allowing users to access vital information about the mortgage market and various closing rates. By collaborating with financial institutions, iYell empowers both businesses and individuals to make informed mortgage decisions with ease.

Taskey

Venture Round in 2019
Taskey, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in developing software for novelists and illustrators to create stories. The company aims to foster a community for smartphone novelists, expanding the creation and sharing of literary works globally. Through its innovative platform, Taskey provides tools and resources that facilitate the storytelling process, catering to the needs of both emerging and established writers in the digital age.

iYell

Venture Round in 2018
iYell Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in providing mortgage solutions for real estate companies. Incorporated in 2016, iYell has developed a comprehensive mortgage platform that facilitates mortgage analysis and improves the efficiency of the mortgage process. The platform integrates media and technology to enhance marketing efforts and streamline procedures, allowing users to access vital information about the mortgage market and various closing rates. By collaborating with financial institutions, iYell empowers both businesses and individuals to make informed mortgage decisions with ease.

Taskey

Venture Round in 2018
Taskey, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in developing software for novelists and illustrators to create stories. The company aims to foster a community for smartphone novelists, expanding the creation and sharing of literary works globally. Through its innovative platform, Taskey provides tools and resources that facilitate the storytelling process, catering to the needs of both emerging and established writers in the digital age.

A1 Media Group

Venture Round in 2018
A1 Media Group, established in 2016, is a Japanese company specializing in the development of advertising platforms. It offers comprehensive support for advertisers, from digital marketing strategy planning to advertising management. For media companies, A1 Media Group provides solutions for mediation and the development of unique advertising products. The company also develops its own audience data solution and holds patents for ad delivery using this data. Its mission is to create a new internet advertising service based on unique data.

Sasuke Financial Lab

Venture Round in 2018
Sasuke Financial Lab operates a digital platform offering comprehensive financial planning services. It provides insurance solutions and expert advice on asset management, mortgages, taxes, life and medical insurance, along with guidance for household improvements.

Groove X

Series A in 2017
Groove X Inc., established in Tokyo, Japan in 2015, specializes in designing and developing innovative household robots equipped with artificial intelligence and social robotics. The company's primary focus is creating robots that provide companionship and evoke genuine affection, aiming to address societal challenges such as aging populations, nuclear families, and dual-income households.

AXIS MOTION

Venture Round in 2017
AXIS MOTION facilitates an online platform that enables its users to find information, news, and updates related to real estate industry. AXIS MOTION offers opportunities for individuals to earn money by providing information related to real estate industry. AXIS MOTION was founded in July 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Groove X

Seed Round in 2016
Groove X Inc., established in Tokyo, Japan in 2015, specializes in designing and developing innovative household robots equipped with artificial intelligence and social robotics. The company's primary focus is creating robots that provide companionship and evoke genuine affection, aiming to address societal challenges such as aging populations, nuclear families, and dual-income households.

Raksul

Series D in 2016
Raksul Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in providing comprehensive printing services in Japan. Founded in 2009, Raksul offers a wide range of printed products, including flyers, business cards, pamphlets, posters, New Year’s cards, and various promotional materials. The company operates as a B2B platform, facilitating a streamlined connection between small and medium-sized enterprises and existing players in the printing, logistics, and advertising industries. By leveraging a sharing economy model, Raksul enables customers to access excess capacities from these industries at competitive prices, thereby simplifying traditional value chains and promoting efficiency.

Hospitality ONE

Venture Round in 2016
Hospitality ONE Company Limited, founded in 2008 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in providing home healthcare services. The company focuses on the development and operation of home-visit nursing, which includes both insurance and non-insurance types of care. By offering personalized nursing visits and tailored home care, Hospitality ONE aims to alleviate patient anxiety related to health issues, ensuring that individuals receive appropriate care in the comfort of their own homes. Additionally, the company operates a service known as the "Discharge Support Navigator," designed to facilitate smoother transitions from hospital to home care.

Fuller

Series C in 2016
Fuller is a Japan-based software development company that builds mobile applications and provides data analytics and internet media services. Its offerings include App Ape Analytics, a mobile app analytics and market research platform, and App Ape Lab, which provides real-time market trends and insights for app developers. The company supports clients with planning mobile-focused business models, conducting competitor research, developing and operating apps, analyzing usage data, and delivering tailored reports. Founded in 2011, Fuller operates in the Japanese market.

TesTee

Venture Round in 2016
TesTee Inc. is a Japanese company that specializes in the development and operation of survey applications, including its flagship product, TesTee, and the chat-based research tool Fast Sonar. The company focuses on creating solutions for gathering insights, particularly targeting the youth market. TesTee offers a mobile survey application designed to provide actionable survey results and includes various advanced survey software and features. Through its innovative tools, TesTee enables businesses to efficiently collect and analyze data, facilitating better decision-making and research outcomes.

AXIS MOTION

Venture Round in 2016
AXIS MOTION facilitates an online platform that enables its users to find information, news, and updates related to real estate industry. AXIS MOTION offers opportunities for individuals to earn money by providing information related to real estate industry. AXIS MOTION was founded in July 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Groove X

Seed Round in 2016
Groove X Inc., established in Tokyo, Japan in 2015, specializes in designing and developing innovative household robots equipped with artificial intelligence and social robotics. The company's primary focus is creating robots that provide companionship and evoke genuine affection, aiming to address societal challenges such as aging populations, nuclear families, and dual-income households.

Fuller

Venture Round in 2015
Fuller is a Japan-based software development company that builds mobile applications and provides data analytics and internet media services. Its offerings include App Ape Analytics, a mobile app analytics and market research platform, and App Ape Lab, which provides real-time market trends and insights for app developers. The company supports clients with planning mobile-focused business models, conducting competitor research, developing and operating apps, analyzing usage data, and delivering tailored reports. Founded in 2011, Fuller operates in the Japanese market.

Raksul

Series C in 2015
Raksul Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in providing comprehensive printing services in Japan. Founded in 2009, Raksul offers a wide range of printed products, including flyers, business cards, pamphlets, posters, New Year’s cards, and various promotional materials. The company operates as a B2B platform, facilitating a streamlined connection between small and medium-sized enterprises and existing players in the printing, logistics, and advertising industries. By leveraging a sharing economy model, Raksul enables customers to access excess capacities from these industries at competitive prices, thereby simplifying traditional value chains and promoting efficiency.

ZOCAI

Series A in 2014
ZOCAI offers jewelry products that include platinum diamond rings and wedding rings. They allow consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the internet using a web browser or a mobile app. Their products serve consumers.

Verient

Venture Round in 2012
Verient, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that specializes in cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) commercial payment solutions. Established in 2006, Verient focuses on helping financial institutions and merchants enhance their payment processes, enabling more secure and convenient transactions for both online and in-store purchases. Its InfiniPAY platform integrates with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to streamline payment instructions and automate reconciliation. Additionally, Verient offers Spend Control, which addresses audit, compliance, and fraud challenges with detailed transaction controls for corporate purchasing and travel and expense cards. The company's Advanced Reporting feature facilitates the generation and scheduled delivery of customer reports. By transforming non-revenue-generating payments into profitable credit card transactions, Verient aims to increase revenue for businesses while simultaneously mitigating fraud losses.

Teranetics

Venture Round in 2010
Teranetics is a prominent mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) company specializing in the development of silicon products tailored for advanced communication applications. The company boasts a core development team with a proven history of successful product innovations in both advanced communication systems and silicon technology. Teranetics is supported by a consortium of venture investors who possess extensive experience and achievements in the semiconductor and communication sectors.

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment

Series D in 2010
Founded in 2004, this Shanghai-based company specializes in manufacturing high-precision equipment for the semiconductor industry. Its primary products include plasma etching equipment, deep silicon etching equipment, and metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment, used in the production of integrated circuits and LED chips.

iKoa

Debt Financing in 2010
An early-stage semiconductor start-up company, iKoa® is dedicated to becoming a leader in enabling low-power, high-performance semiconductor products for consumer mobile devices in the mobile communications, entertainment, and personal computer markets. Founded by repeat entrepreneurs, iKoa surmounts the capability of today's semiconductor solutions by offering previously unattainable performance and new features for end-user products, at a very low power consumption. With iKoa's disruptive technology, semiconductor products can be designed with up to 4X more performance, more features, and 1/10th the power consumption of competing methods. iKoa has offices in Menlo Park, California (Silicon Valley) and engineering and development operations in Hyderabad, India.

Actelis Networks

Venture Round in 2009
Actelis Networks specializes in high-performance broadband over copper solutions, enabling service providers to deliver Ethernet and broadband access services more efficiently than fiber optics or microwave. Their product portfolio includes aggregation switches, Ethernet access devices, management suites, and support services. Actelis caters to a diverse range of customers, including telecommunications companies, government agencies, educational institutions, and industrial organizations worldwide.

Beceem Communications

Venture Round in 2009
Beceem Communications is a fabless semiconductor company that focuses on providing innovative solutions for the WiMAX marketplace. It specializes in developing baseband and radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits, along with reference designs and software solutions, aimed at facilitating the integration of 4G technology into various mobile broadband devices. Since its inception, Beceem has established itself as a leader in the industry, being the first to introduce a pre-WiMAX chipset in 2005, followed by the launch of the first Wave 1 and Wave 2 mobile WiMAX chipsets in 2006. Their products support a wide range of end-user devices, including dongles, modems, gateways, mobile routers, and smartphones, contributing to advancements in mobile communications technology.

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment

Series C in 2008
Founded in 2004, this Shanghai-based company specializes in manufacturing high-precision equipment for the semiconductor industry. Its primary products include plasma etching equipment, deep silicon etching equipment, and metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment, used in the production of integrated circuits and LED chips.

sliceX

Series B in 2008
SliceX, established in 1996, is a prominent designer and supplier of high-performance, low-power analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs). The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of over 200 silicon-proven analog function blocks, enabling it to deliver valuable analog IC solutions for a variety of applications. These applications span multiple sectors, including consumer electronics, communications infrastructure, video imaging, industrial equipment, automotive, and medical fields. With a focus on innovation and quality, SliceX has positioned itself as a key player in the integrated circuit market.

OmniPV

Venture Round in 2008
OmniPV they develops and produces solar energy solutions for their clients. Their renewable energy is both environmentally safe and economically sustainable as a source of energy.

SoundHound

Series B in 2008
SoundHound Inc. develops voice-enabled artificial intelligence technology for conversational experiences across various industries. Its platform enables businesses to create customized voice interactions while providing valuable data insights.

Actelis Networks

Series F in 2008
Actelis Networks specializes in high-performance broadband over copper solutions, enabling service providers to deliver Ethernet and broadband access services more efficiently than fiber optics or microwave. Their product portfolio includes aggregation switches, Ethernet access devices, management suites, and support services. Actelis caters to a diverse range of customers, including telecommunications companies, government agencies, educational institutions, and industrial organizations worldwide.

Verient

Series A in 2008
Verient, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that specializes in cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) commercial payment solutions. Established in 2006, Verient focuses on helping financial institutions and merchants enhance their payment processes, enabling more secure and convenient transactions for both online and in-store purchases. Its InfiniPAY platform integrates with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to streamline payment instructions and automate reconciliation. Additionally, Verient offers Spend Control, which addresses audit, compliance, and fraud challenges with detailed transaction controls for corporate purchasing and travel and expense cards. The company's Advanced Reporting feature facilitates the generation and scheduled delivery of customer reports. By transforming non-revenue-generating payments into profitable credit card transactions, Verient aims to increase revenue for businesses while simultaneously mitigating fraud losses.

Teranetics

Series D in 2008
Teranetics is a prominent mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) company specializing in the development of silicon products tailored for advanced communication applications. The company boasts a core development team with a proven history of successful product innovations in both advanced communication systems and silicon technology. Teranetics is supported by a consortium of venture investors who possess extensive experience and achievements in the semiconductor and communication sectors.

Siimpel Corporation

Series D in 2007
Siimpel Corporation has been in the business of innovation since its original founding in 2000 as SiWave. With a heritage from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a background in high-precision navigation grade MEMS sensors, the company has maintained a leadership in technology. In its short history, Siimpel Corporation created the smallest high port count optical switches in the world, packaged MEMS components for NASA's Mars rovers, developed the world's first MEMS horizon sensor, developed the highest precision laser ranging system, and created the world's smallest stages using MEMS technology. A recipient of the ATP (advanced technology program) award from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Siimpel is proud of its history of ground breaking innovation. Since 2004, Siimpel has been applying the high precision MEMS platform technology to enable the drastic reduction in size of high performance digital cameras. Siimpel's innovative products set new standards for the size and performance of digital cameras in mobile platforms.

Miradia

Series C in 2007
Miradia is a company that specializes in the design and manufacture of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) products. Founded in 2003 and based in Sunnyvale, California, Miradia utilizes innovative technology to integrate MEMS structures directly onto complementary metal-oxide semiconductors and employs wafer scale packaging techniques. Formerly known as XHP Microsystems, Inc., the company has established itself as a key player in the MEMS sector. As of 2009, Miradia operates as a subsidiary of Touch Micro-system Technology.

Yoomba

Series A in 2007
Yoomba is a free service that lets anyone with an e-mail address send and receive instant messages and VoIP calls without creating any new user accounts. Needing only a functioning e-mail address, users can quickly download the Yoomba client from the company website, and without any registration can contact other e-mail addresses over chat or VoIP call by clicking one of two buttons that automatically appear next to e-mails in your e-mail client. In order to chat or make calls, however, both users need to have Yoomba: if the other address contacted does not have Yoomba, he/she will get an e-mail directed to Yoomba's download site. Yoomba is compatible with many e-mail clients inculding GMail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, and Outlook. The service is great because it eliminates the need for phone numbers. Users only need their email account and an email address to make a call or IM. Now based in Silicon Valley, Yoomba was originally founded in Tel Aviv, Israel as one of the world's first open communications companies. It faces competition from other more popular services like the IM client [Meebo](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/Meebo) and VoIP company [Skype](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/Skype), which have larger user bases and offer some more features. Yet Yoomba is unique to offer an open standard available to any community: it connects people universally across e-mail address as opposed to over closed user networks which often involve registration and restrictions. Yoomba reached over 500,000 users in less than a month from its July 2007 launch.

iKoa

Series A in 2007
An early-stage semiconductor start-up company, iKoa® is dedicated to becoming a leader in enabling low-power, high-performance semiconductor products for consumer mobile devices in the mobile communications, entertainment, and personal computer markets. Founded by repeat entrepreneurs, iKoa surmounts the capability of today's semiconductor solutions by offering previously unattainable performance and new features for end-user products, at a very low power consumption. With iKoa's disruptive technology, semiconductor products can be designed with up to 4X more performance, more features, and 1/10th the power consumption of competing methods. iKoa has offices in Menlo Park, California (Silicon Valley) and engineering and development operations in Hyderabad, India.

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment

Series B in 2007
Founded in 2004, this Shanghai-based company specializes in manufacturing high-precision equipment for the semiconductor industry. Its primary products include plasma etching equipment, deep silicon etching equipment, and metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment, used in the production of integrated circuits and LED chips.

Aquest Systems

Series B in 2007
Aquest Systems Corporation provides automation equipment for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. It offers No-Wait-Manufacturing, which improves fab productivity by reducing fab cycle-time and improving equipment utilization, as well as increasing flexibility of fab layout and expansion in an IC fab; No-Wait-Productivity Improvement that optimizes material movement in an existing fab by eliminating or minimizing bottlenecks; and FabEX Transporter, which creates FOUP transportation. Aquest Systems Corporation was founded in 2004 and is based in Sunnyvale, California. It has operations and locations in Sunnyvale, California; Tokyo, Japan; Taichung, Taiwan; Bangalore, India; and Singapore, Singapore.

Beceem Communications

Series D in 2007
Beceem Communications is a fabless semiconductor company that focuses on providing innovative solutions for the WiMAX marketplace. It specializes in developing baseband and radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits, along with reference designs and software solutions, aimed at facilitating the integration of 4G technology into various mobile broadband devices. Since its inception, Beceem has established itself as a leader in the industry, being the first to introduce a pre-WiMAX chipset in 2005, followed by the launch of the first Wave 1 and Wave 2 mobile WiMAX chipsets in 2006. Their products support a wide range of end-user devices, including dongles, modems, gateways, mobile routers, and smartphones, contributing to advancements in mobile communications technology.

Actelis Networks

Series E in 2007
Actelis Networks specializes in high-performance broadband over copper solutions, enabling service providers to deliver Ethernet and broadband access services more efficiently than fiber optics or microwave. Their product portfolio includes aggregation switches, Ethernet access devices, management suites, and support services. Actelis caters to a diverse range of customers, including telecommunications companies, government agencies, educational institutions, and industrial organizations worldwide.

Teranetics

Series C in 2006
Teranetics is a prominent mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) company specializing in the development of silicon products tailored for advanced communication applications. The company boasts a core development team with a proven history of successful product innovations in both advanced communication systems and silicon technology. Teranetics is supported by a consortium of venture investors who possess extensive experience and achievements in the semiconductor and communication sectors.

Newport Media

Series C in 2006
Newport Media is a fabless semiconductor company that develops and sells highly integrated solutions for emerging digital audio and mobile TV broadcasts standards. Market research firm In-Stat forecasts that the market for TV enabled cellular phones will grow to over 80 million units annually by 2010. To optimally address this and other significant market opportunities, Newport Media has assembled a management and development team with comprehensive system semiconductor experience in wireless handset and digital set-top box industries. Newport Media development team leverages its collective experience in these converging industries to develop broadcast multi-media architectures and IC implementations with unprecedented performance, power consumption, size and cost. Newport Media is a member of all major mobile TV industry forums and is an active participant in the international standardization process.

Verient

Series A in 2006
Verient, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that specializes in cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) commercial payment solutions. Established in 2006, Verient focuses on helping financial institutions and merchants enhance their payment processes, enabling more secure and convenient transactions for both online and in-store purchases. Its InfiniPAY platform integrates with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to streamline payment instructions and automate reconciliation. Additionally, Verient offers Spend Control, which addresses audit, compliance, and fraud challenges with detailed transaction controls for corporate purchasing and travel and expense cards. The company's Advanced Reporting feature facilitates the generation and scheduled delivery of customer reports. By transforming non-revenue-generating payments into profitable credit card transactions, Verient aims to increase revenue for businesses while simultaneously mitigating fraud losses.

Beceem Communications

Series D in 2006
Beceem Communications is a fabless semiconductor company that focuses on providing innovative solutions for the WiMAX marketplace. It specializes in developing baseband and radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits, along with reference designs and software solutions, aimed at facilitating the integration of 4G technology into various mobile broadband devices. Since its inception, Beceem has established itself as a leader in the industry, being the first to introduce a pre-WiMAX chipset in 2005, followed by the launch of the first Wave 1 and Wave 2 mobile WiMAX chipsets in 2006. Their products support a wide range of end-user devices, including dongles, modems, gateways, mobile routers, and smartphones, contributing to advancements in mobile communications technology.

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment

Series B in 2006
Founded in 2004, this Shanghai-based company specializes in manufacturing high-precision equipment for the semiconductor industry. Its primary products include plasma etching equipment, deep silicon etching equipment, and metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment, used in the production of integrated circuits and LED chips.

Miradia

Series C in 2006
Miradia is a company that specializes in the design and manufacture of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) products. Founded in 2003 and based in Sunnyvale, California, Miradia utilizes innovative technology to integrate MEMS structures directly onto complementary metal-oxide semiconductors and employs wafer scale packaging techniques. Formerly known as XHP Microsystems, Inc., the company has established itself as a key player in the MEMS sector. As of 2009, Miradia operates as a subsidiary of Touch Micro-system Technology.

SoundHound

Series A in 2006
SoundHound Inc. develops voice-enabled artificial intelligence technology for conversational experiences across various industries. Its platform enables businesses to create customized voice interactions while providing valuable data insights.

Newport Media

Series B in 2006
Newport Media is a fabless semiconductor company that develops and sells highly integrated solutions for emerging digital audio and mobile TV broadcasts standards. Market research firm In-Stat forecasts that the market for TV enabled cellular phones will grow to over 80 million units annually by 2010. To optimally address this and other significant market opportunities, Newport Media has assembled a management and development team with comprehensive system semiconductor experience in wireless handset and digital set-top box industries. Newport Media development team leverages its collective experience in these converging industries to develop broadcast multi-media architectures and IC implementations with unprecedented performance, power consumption, size and cost. Newport Media is a member of all major mobile TV industry forums and is an active participant in the international standardization process.

Beceem Communications

Series C in 2006
Beceem Communications is a fabless semiconductor company that focuses on providing innovative solutions for the WiMAX marketplace. It specializes in developing baseband and radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits, along with reference designs and software solutions, aimed at facilitating the integration of 4G technology into various mobile broadband devices. Since its inception, Beceem has established itself as a leader in the industry, being the first to introduce a pre-WiMAX chipset in 2005, followed by the launch of the first Wave 1 and Wave 2 mobile WiMAX chipsets in 2006. Their products support a wide range of end-user devices, including dongles, modems, gateways, mobile routers, and smartphones, contributing to advancements in mobile communications technology.

Siimpel Corporation

Series C in 2005
Siimpel Corporation has been in the business of innovation since its original founding in 2000 as SiWave. With a heritage from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a background in high-precision navigation grade MEMS sensors, the company has maintained a leadership in technology. In its short history, Siimpel Corporation created the smallest high port count optical switches in the world, packaged MEMS components for NASA's Mars rovers, developed the world's first MEMS horizon sensor, developed the highest precision laser ranging system, and created the world's smallest stages using MEMS technology. A recipient of the ATP (advanced technology program) award from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Siimpel is proud of its history of ground breaking innovation. Since 2004, Siimpel has been applying the high precision MEMS platform technology to enable the drastic reduction in size of high performance digital cameras. Siimpel's innovative products set new standards for the size and performance of digital cameras in mobile platforms.

Teranetics

Series B in 2005
Teranetics is a prominent mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) company specializing in the development of silicon products tailored for advanced communication applications. The company boasts a core development team with a proven history of successful product innovations in both advanced communication systems and silicon technology. Teranetics is supported by a consortium of venture investors who possess extensive experience and achievements in the semiconductor and communication sectors.

Beceem Communications

Series B in 2005
Beceem Communications is a fabless semiconductor company that focuses on providing innovative solutions for the WiMAX marketplace. It specializes in developing baseband and radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits, along with reference designs and software solutions, aimed at facilitating the integration of 4G technology into various mobile broadband devices. Since its inception, Beceem has established itself as a leader in the industry, being the first to introduce a pre-WiMAX chipset in 2005, followed by the launch of the first Wave 1 and Wave 2 mobile WiMAX chipsets in 2006. Their products support a wide range of end-user devices, including dongles, modems, gateways, mobile routers, and smartphones, contributing to advancements in mobile communications technology.

Newport Media

Series A in 2005
Newport Media is a fabless semiconductor company that develops and sells highly integrated solutions for emerging digital audio and mobile TV broadcasts standards. Market research firm In-Stat forecasts that the market for TV enabled cellular phones will grow to over 80 million units annually by 2010. To optimally address this and other significant market opportunities, Newport Media has assembled a management and development team with comprehensive system semiconductor experience in wireless handset and digital set-top box industries. Newport Media development team leverages its collective experience in these converging industries to develop broadcast multi-media architectures and IC implementations with unprecedented performance, power consumption, size and cost. Newport Media is a member of all major mobile TV industry forums and is an active participant in the international standardization process.

Chelsio Communications

Series C in 2005
Chelsio Communications, Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in high-performance networking and storage solutions. Founded in 1997, the company develops hardware and software products designed to address the challenges faced by virtualized enterprise data centers, cloud services, and cluster computing environments. Chelsio's offerings include Unified Wire Ethernet network adapter cards, unified storage software, high-performance storage gateways, and unified management software, among others. The company also produces protocol engines and server adapters that facilitate the convergence of networking and storage over Ethernet. Its products are marketed through a network of distributors, integrators, and resellers in both the United States and international markets. Chelsio maintains a design center in Bengaluru, India, to support its innovative solutions.

Siimpel Corporation

Series B in 2004
Siimpel Corporation has been in the business of innovation since its original founding in 2000 as SiWave. With a heritage from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a background in high-precision navigation grade MEMS sensors, the company has maintained a leadership in technology. In its short history, Siimpel Corporation created the smallest high port count optical switches in the world, packaged MEMS components for NASA's Mars rovers, developed the world's first MEMS horizon sensor, developed the highest precision laser ranging system, and created the world's smallest stages using MEMS technology. A recipient of the ATP (advanced technology program) award from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Siimpel is proud of its history of ground breaking innovation. Since 2004, Siimpel has been applying the high precision MEMS platform technology to enable the drastic reduction in size of high performance digital cameras. Siimpel's innovative products set new standards for the size and performance of digital cameras in mobile platforms.

Greenfield Networks

Series C in 2004
Greenfield Networks provides Ethernet switch silicon technology solutions for enterprise and metro applications primarily in India and internationally. The company offers a series of packet processors; G135 Intelligent Mux, which is a 12-port gigabit Ethernet (GE) intelligent multiplexer for GE linecards for enterprise and metro edge chassis systems; and G900 switch fabric that delivers wirespeed switching performance for its 10 Gbps fabric ports.

Miradia

Series B in 2004
Miradia is a company that specializes in the design and manufacture of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) products. Founded in 2003 and based in Sunnyvale, California, Miradia utilizes innovative technology to integrate MEMS structures directly onto complementary metal-oxide semiconductors and employs wafer scale packaging techniques. Formerly known as XHP Microsystems, Inc., the company has established itself as a key player in the MEMS sector. As of 2009, Miradia operates as a subsidiary of Touch Micro-system Technology.

Beceem Communications

Series A in 2004
Beceem Communications is a fabless semiconductor company that focuses on providing innovative solutions for the WiMAX marketplace. It specializes in developing baseband and radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits, along with reference designs and software solutions, aimed at facilitating the integration of 4G technology into various mobile broadband devices. Since its inception, Beceem has established itself as a leader in the industry, being the first to introduce a pre-WiMAX chipset in 2005, followed by the launch of the first Wave 1 and Wave 2 mobile WiMAX chipsets in 2006. Their products support a wide range of end-user devices, including dongles, modems, gateways, mobile routers, and smartphones, contributing to advancements in mobile communications technology.

Informative

Venture Round in 2004
Informative, established in 1999, is a marketing company based in South San Francisco, California. It specializes in providing online tools to help businesses understand their customers' priorities and build brand communities. Additionally, Informative offers marketing analytics services, including survey creation, community management, blog hosting, and customer profiling. Its clients span various industries such as advertising agencies, consumer products, media, financial services, pharmaceuticals, software, and electronics.

Chelsio Communications

Series B in 2002
Chelsio Communications, Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in high-performance networking and storage solutions. Founded in 1997, the company develops hardware and software products designed to address the challenges faced by virtualized enterprise data centers, cloud services, and cluster computing environments. Chelsio's offerings include Unified Wire Ethernet network adapter cards, unified storage software, high-performance storage gateways, and unified management software, among others. The company also produces protocol engines and server adapters that facilitate the convergence of networking and storage over Ethernet. Its products are marketed through a network of distributors, integrators, and resellers in both the United States and international markets. Chelsio maintains a design center in Bengaluru, India, to support its innovative solutions.

Velio Communications

Series C in 2001
Velio Communications, Inc. designs and manufactures high-bandwidth interconnecting semiconductors for integrated telecommunication systems.

Actelis Networks

Series C in 2001
Actelis Networks specializes in high-performance broadband over copper solutions, enabling service providers to deliver Ethernet and broadband access services more efficiently than fiber optics or microwave. Their product portfolio includes aggregation switches, Ethernet access devices, management suites, and support services. Actelis caters to a diverse range of customers, including telecommunications companies, government agencies, educational institutions, and industrial organizations worldwide.

Actelis Networks

Series B in 2000
Actelis Networks specializes in high-performance broadband over copper solutions, enabling service providers to deliver Ethernet and broadband access services more efficiently than fiber optics or microwave. Their product portfolio includes aggregation switches, Ethernet access devices, management suites, and support services. Actelis caters to a diverse range of customers, including telecommunications companies, government agencies, educational institutions, and industrial organizations worldwide.
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