Novus Ventures

Novus Ventures is a California-based private equity firm established in 1994 that specializes in early-stage investments in technology companies. The firm aims to support the growth and financial success of its portfolio by participating as both an investor and a strategic partner. By focusing on information technology, Novus Ventures seeks to build and enhance technology-based businesses, positioning them effectively for success in the digital economy.

Shirley Cerrudo

General Partner, Founding Member

Stewart Schuster

Managing Director

Daniel D. Tompkins

Managing Partner

32 past transactions

LOVEThESIGN

Series A in 2013
LOVEThESIGN is the leading italian home design ecommerce. The window through which everyone can get daily italian design inspirations: from top notch brands to the smallest artisan excellence. More than 7,000 products made with love by more than 270 producers. LOVEThESIGN offers flash discounted deals up to 70% as well as the best exclusive design around selected by a team of design addicted cool-hunters.

Mblox

Venture Round in 2011
Founded in 1999, Mblox are the original SMS company. With over 100 direct carrier relationships and a global reputation for expertise in mobile messaging, they are trusted by more companies to carry their mission-critical traffic than any other service. Their cloud based mobile messaging platform processes 7 billion mobile messages a year on behalf of more than 4,000 customers. They provide services to fit any size business, from the small start-up to the largest multinational organisation. Every customer has access to 24/7 email support as standard, provided by an in-house team of experts. In addition they offer a variety of support packages to meet your business needs.

QD Vision

Series D in 2011
Founded in August 2004, QD Vision is a nanotechnology product company delivering a new generation of display and lighting solutions to major industries where color, power, and design matter. The company is harnessing the unique light-emitting properties of quantum dots to deliver a new generation of display solutions that provide unmatched color, power efficiency, and cost savings QD Vision's technology platform sets new standards for color purity, brightness, power consumption, and design flexibility. Backed by a patent portfolio secured by the founders' research at MIT and continued developments at QD Vision, the company is targeting applications such as consumer electronics products, flat-panel displays, electronic signage, solid-state lighting, and national security.

Mblox

Venture Round in 2011
Founded in 1999, Mblox are the original SMS company. With over 100 direct carrier relationships and a global reputation for expertise in mobile messaging, they are trusted by more companies to carry their mission-critical traffic than any other service. Their cloud based mobile messaging platform processes 7 billion mobile messages a year on behalf of more than 4,000 customers. They provide services to fit any size business, from the small start-up to the largest multinational organisation. Every customer has access to 24/7 email support as standard, provided by an in-house team of experts. In addition they offer a variety of support packages to meet your business needs.

Pathwork Diagnostics

Series C in 2010
Pathwork Diagnostics is based in Redwood City, California. The company develops and delivers innovative molecular diagnostics for oncology. The Pathwork Tissue of Origin Test for frozen tissue was the first to receive FDA clearance for a microarray-based gene expression test that aids in identifying challenging tumors, including poorly differentiated, undifferentiated, and metastic cancer.

Voltaix

Venture Round in 2009
Voltaix is a provider of semiconductor materials used in the production of semiconductor and advanced photovoltaic cells. The company sells its products through the major international gas distributors and is recognized worldwide for excellence in the synthesis and production of high purity gases and chemicals that enhance the performance of electronic, photonic, and solar devices. The company, the former ChemOvonic Division of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. was spun off as an independent business in 1986. In 1998 the company acquired Florida Scientific Laboratories, Inc. Today, Voltaix operates facilities in Branchburg, NJ and High Springs, FL.

Venturi Wireless

Series D in 2008
Provider of 3G mobile optimization solutions. The company offers mobile broadband optimization solutions to wireless carriers and enterprises worldwide. Its carrier-grade solutions are designed to maximize network efficiency and deliver mobile user experience available for both data and multimedia applications.

eXpresso

Series B in 2007
eXpresso is a SaaS provider of real-time document collaboration for Microsoft® Office. Its Asymmetric Collaboration™ service enables business users to share and collaborate on business documents from any location. Document owners may control an individual’s editing responsibilities by personalizing the visibility and rights for specific file elements. eXpresso Corp. was formerly known as SmartDB Corporation and changed its name to eXpresso Corp. in October 2007. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Zipidee

Series A in 2007
Zipidee, Inc. was an online digital marketplace that facilitated the buying and selling of various types of instructional and entertainment content, including video, music, eBooks, and mobile assets. Launched in 2007 and based in San Francisco, the platform provided tools for content creators, allowing them to establish storefronts and manage the distribution of their digital goods through customizable widgets. Zipidee enabled users to sell audio and video content directly from their websites, with options for pricing control and digital rights management. The service featured a comprehensive analytics dashboard to assist sellers in tracking sales performance and adjusting pricing strategies. Zipidee also engaged in the buying and selling of diverse video categories, catering to a wide range of audiences. However, the service has since shut down, and its website is no longer operational.

Vizionware

Series B in 2007
VizionWare offers audio and video digital interconnect technology solutions for consumer and commercial A/V applications. It offers high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) digital interconnects, fiber optic HDMI interconnects, digital visual interface (DVI) digital interconnects, HDMI-to-DVI digital interconnects, switcher and digital audio synchronizers, integrator-friendly accessory products, HDMI and DVI swivel adapters, HDMI connector locking mounts, and heavy duty cable pull through socks. The company serves home theater, commercial, original equipment manufacturer, and consumer markets. VizionWare was founded in 2004 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Pathwork Diagnostics

Venture Round in 2006
Pathwork Diagnostics is based in Redwood City, California. The company develops and delivers innovative molecular diagnostics for oncology. The Pathwork Tissue of Origin Test for frozen tissue was the first to receive FDA clearance for a microarray-based gene expression test that aids in identifying challenging tumors, including poorly differentiated, undifferentiated, and metastic cancer.

Mblox

Series D in 2006
Founded in 1999, Mblox are the original SMS company. With over 100 direct carrier relationships and a global reputation for expertise in mobile messaging, they are trusted by more companies to carry their mission-critical traffic than any other service. Their cloud based mobile messaging platform processes 7 billion mobile messages a year on behalf of more than 4,000 customers. They provide services to fit any size business, from the small start-up to the largest multinational organisation. Every customer has access to 24/7 email support as standard, provided by an in-house team of experts. In addition they offer a variety of support packages to meet your business needs.

AdECN

Series A in 2006
AdECN is anautomated, real-time, auction-based, neutral exchange for buying and selling online display advertising.

Encirq Corporation

Series B in 2006
Encirq solves marketing's #1 challenge: Delivering Personalization with Privacy™. Encirq is an online marketing services company that has developed a unique data engine to deliver individualized, consumer-centered marketing over the Internet. We use online and offline, real-time individual transactional data in a private and secure environment. Marketers and Encirq cannot see the data. Rather, the data reside on each consumer's personal computer, and filter out marketing messages that are not relevant. The service and technology are extendible to broadband, to other network devices, and eventually can be used to deliver personalized television commercials to individual households. Encirq's data engine does two things: It provides cost-effective access to consumer information not previously available; and it enables personalized real-time marketing programs. We have filed multiple patent applications on Encirq's illumination processes and technology.

StarVOX

Series A in 2005
StarVox products are sold and serviced through major solution providers such as Hewlett Packard as a complete, factory-integrated IP telephony solution for service providers. The HP/StarVox Next Generation Telephony Solution combines StarVox software with HP's Open Call Multi Controller application platforms and Cisco Powered Network equipment, making it a carrier-grade, industry-standard solution that will allow a full range of value-added services and upgrades

Pathwork Diagnostics

Series A in 2005
Pathwork Diagnostics is based in Redwood City, California. The company develops and delivers innovative molecular diagnostics for oncology. The Pathwork Tissue of Origin Test for frozen tissue was the first to receive FDA clearance for a microarray-based gene expression test that aids in identifying challenging tumors, including poorly differentiated, undifferentiated, and metastic cancer.

Venturi Wireless

Series C in 2005
Provider of 3G mobile optimization solutions. The company offers mobile broadband optimization solutions to wireless carriers and enterprises worldwide. Its carrier-grade solutions are designed to maximize network efficiency and deliver mobile user experience available for both data and multimedia applications.

Escend Technologies

Series D in 2004
Escend Technologies offers design-win tracking and management software for semiconductor and electronic component manufacturers. The company is focused on helping them access the information they need to manage, respond, and make informed decisions on customer demand signals. Escend design-win management enterprise software provides real-time visibility into the critical semiconductor design-win phases, including the quoting and sampling processes, design-win registrations, technical and business issues, and revenue projections. The company is based in Mountain View, California.

Zantaz Inc

Series G in 2004
Zantaz Inc. provides archiving, e-discovery, and proactive information risk management services. It serves key customers from law firms and financial securities firms. It provides proactive information risk management solutions ranging from consolidated archiving of information sources, including email, IM, enterprise systems, and voice and video, to discovery and review, advanced e-discovery, real-time policy management, and analytics based on a common platform known as IDOL.

Mblox

Series B in 2004
Founded in 1999, Mblox are the original SMS company. With over 100 direct carrier relationships and a global reputation for expertise in mobile messaging, they are trusted by more companies to carry their mission-critical traffic than any other service. Their cloud based mobile messaging platform processes 7 billion mobile messages a year on behalf of more than 4,000 customers. They provide services to fit any size business, from the small start-up to the largest multinational organisation. Every customer has access to 24/7 email support as standard, provided by an in-house team of experts. In addition they offer a variety of support packages to meet your business needs.

Zantaz Inc

Venture Round in 2004
Zantaz Inc. provides archiving, e-discovery, and proactive information risk management services. It serves key customers from law firms and financial securities firms. It provides proactive information risk management solutions ranging from consolidated archiving of information sources, including email, IM, enterprise systems, and voice and video, to discovery and review, advanced e-discovery, real-time policy management, and analytics based on a common platform known as IDOL.

Mblox

Series A in 2003
Founded in 1999, Mblox are the original SMS company. With over 100 direct carrier relationships and a global reputation for expertise in mobile messaging, they are trusted by more companies to carry their mission-critical traffic than any other service. Their cloud based mobile messaging platform processes 7 billion mobile messages a year on behalf of more than 4,000 customers. They provide services to fit any size business, from the small start-up to the largest multinational organisation. Every customer has access to 24/7 email support as standard, provided by an in-house team of experts. In addition they offer a variety of support packages to meet your business needs.

Remanage

Series B in 2003
REMANAGE, Inc. is a leading provider of property management software systems. The REMANAGE staff is comprised of industry veterans with over 200 years of combined Real Estate and software expertise. The Company was formed as a result of the merger of REMANAGE, Inc. and AXEO Corporation in April 2000. Prior to the merger, AXEO had developed custom Real Estate management software for nearly ten years, and was the first company to ship a Windows-based property management system in Microsoft Access. At the time of the merger, REMANAGE also successfully closed a round of funding led by Goff-Moore Strategic Partners.

Logilent Learning Systems

Venture Round in 2002
Logilent Learning Systems, Inc. is a pioneer in Web-enabled IT infrastructure e-Learning for enterprises and individuals. Logilent's patent-pending Synergy Learning System (SLS) is a proven methodology for delivering comprehensive and efficient training, tailored to meet different individual's learning styles. As part of the SLS, Logilent offers a variety of multi-sensory learning tools consisting of live product labs, mentoring/community, online lecture notes, videos, interactive simulations and study guides. This blended e-Learning model allows students to learn by doing -- a critical part of the skills transfer process. Since 1994, Logilent has delivered more than 70,000 e-Learning courses to IT professionals and computer telephony specialists worldwide. Logilent is a Cisco Learning Solutions Partner (CLSP), Novell Online Training Provider (NOTP), Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center (CTEC), Silver Sponsor of the Linux Professional Institute, part of the CompTIA alliance, and the exclusive delivery partner for the Computer Telephony Institute's CTE certification.

Escend Technologies

Series C in 2002
Escend Technologies offers design-win tracking and management software for semiconductor and electronic component manufacturers. The company is focused on helping them access the information they need to manage, respond, and make informed decisions on customer demand signals. Escend design-win management enterprise software provides real-time visibility into the critical semiconductor design-win phases, including the quoting and sampling processes, design-win registrations, technical and business issues, and revenue projections. The company is based in Mountain View, California.

StarVOX

Series D in 2001
StarVox products are sold and serviced through major solution providers such as Hewlett Packard as a complete, factory-integrated IP telephony solution for service providers. The HP/StarVox Next Generation Telephony Solution combines StarVox software with HP's Open Call Multi Controller application platforms and Cisco Powered Network equipment, making it a carrier-grade, industry-standard solution that will allow a full range of value-added services and upgrades

Tidal Software

Series B in 2001
Tidal Software provides application scheduling and performance management software that simplifies IT operations by automating and integrating performance and process management. Tidal’s product puts IT operations management into the business process using new levels of automation, visibility, and control over systems. Tidal also gives IT deep visibility into and precise control over new SOA-based composite solutions consisting of packaged applications and custom components in Microsoft .NET and Java. Tidal is venture-backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Novus Ventures, Panorama Capital, and VantagePoint Venture Partners.

Logilent Learning Systems

Series C in 2001
Logilent Learning Systems, Inc. is a pioneer in Web-enabled IT infrastructure e-Learning for enterprises and individuals. Logilent's patent-pending Synergy Learning System (SLS) is a proven methodology for delivering comprehensive and efficient training, tailored to meet different individual's learning styles. As part of the SLS, Logilent offers a variety of multi-sensory learning tools consisting of live product labs, mentoring/community, online lecture notes, videos, interactive simulations and study guides. This blended e-Learning model allows students to learn by doing -- a critical part of the skills transfer process. Since 1994, Logilent has delivered more than 70,000 e-Learning courses to IT professionals and computer telephony specialists worldwide. Logilent is a Cisco Learning Solutions Partner (CLSP), Novell Online Training Provider (NOTP), Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center (CTEC), Silver Sponsor of the Linux Professional Institute, part of the CompTIA alliance, and the exclusive delivery partner for the Computer Telephony Institute's CTE certification.

Taviz Technology

Series C in 2000
Providers of Intelligent e-integration solutions for Fortune 1000 and emerging e-businesses

StarVOX

Series C in 1999
StarVox products are sold and serviced through major solution providers such as Hewlett Packard as a complete, factory-integrated IP telephony solution for service providers. The HP/StarVox Next Generation Telephony Solution combines StarVox software with HP's Open Call Multi Controller application platforms and Cisco Powered Network equipment, making it a carrier-grade, industry-standard solution that will allow a full range of value-added services and upgrades

Zantaz Inc

Series C in 1999
Zantaz Inc. provides archiving, e-discovery, and proactive information risk management services. It serves key customers from law firms and financial securities firms. It provides proactive information risk management solutions ranging from consolidated archiving of information sources, including email, IM, enterprise systems, and voice and video, to discovery and review, advanced e-discovery, real-time policy management, and analytics based on a common platform known as IDOL.

StarVOX

Series B in 1998
StarVox products are sold and serviced through major solution providers such as Hewlett Packard as a complete, factory-integrated IP telephony solution for service providers. The HP/StarVox Next Generation Telephony Solution combines StarVox software with HP's Open Call Multi Controller application platforms and Cisco Powered Network equipment, making it a carrier-grade, industry-standard solution that will allow a full range of value-added services and upgrades