Sandler Capital Management

Sandler Capital Management is a privately owned investment manager based in New York, founded in 1988. The firm primarily serves pooled investment vehicles and high-net-worth individuals, managing both separate client-focused portfolios and hedge funds. Sandler Capital invests in public equity and fixed income markets, employing long/short equity and long/short credit strategies. The firm's investment approach combines fundamental analysis with both top-down and bottom-up stock picking. In addition to its hedge fund activities, Sandler Capital makes private equity investments in small to midsized companies, focusing on sectors such as media, communications, entertainment, and information services, among others. The firm typically seeks to invest between $5 million and $60 million, often taking either majority or minority stakes in its portfolio companies. With a dedicated team of 33 employees, including 17 in research and trading, Sandler Capital aligns its interests with clients, as its principals are significant investors in the firm’s hedge funds.

William Bianco

Managing Director

Michael Marocco

Managing Director

33 past transactions

Local Matters

Venture Round in 2005
Local Matters offers a suite of solutions for online publishers of local information, which consistently help them achieve their business goals, including traffic and revenue growth, and a better return on investment. We provide online publishers, such as directory publishers or online real estate listings, with localized web site portals that successfully connect consumers to rich content. In addition, we achieve broader exposure for clients, advertisers and agents through syndication and search engine marketing. For business directories, we help publishers establish and manage web site portals that successfully engage and connect consumers with local businesses, as well as achieve broader exposure for advertisers. For real estate clients, we build web site portals that engage consumers to drive leads and facilitate agent and home selections.

Farelogix

Series C in 2005
Founded in 1998, Farelogix Inc. has emerged as a leading provider of distribution technology and services for the travel industry. The company has headquarters in Miami, Florida, a technical implementation office in Toronto, Ontario and has its largest shareholder, Sandler Capital Management out of New York. Farelogix fosters an intense passion for innovation and a Frictionless, Fun, and Frugal corporate culture.

Farelogix

Venture Round in 2004
Founded in 1998, Farelogix Inc. has emerged as a leading provider of distribution technology and services for the travel industry. The company has headquarters in Miami, Florida, a technical implementation office in Toronto, Ontario and has its largest shareholder, Sandler Capital Management out of New York. Farelogix fosters an intense passion for innovation and a Frictionless, Fun, and Frugal corporate culture.

XplorNet

Venture Round in 2004
Barrett XPlore, Inc. provides wireless broadband services to home, business, and enterprise users. The company offers fixed wireless and satellite high-speed Internet services. It also provides Web hosting services for fixed wireless customers, as well as digital phone services, including local and long distance. The company is based in Woodstock, Canada. Barrett XPlore, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Barrett Corporation.

AAT Communications

Private Equity Round in 2003
AAT Communications offers communications systems and security infrastructure to government and private sector clients. The company was founded by Bill Marraccini and is based in Staten Island, New York.

Advanced Data Exchange

Series D in 2003
Advanced Data Exchange provides electronic data interchange, business integration, and commerce management services. It offers outsourced electronic data interchange services, including document specification and template design, data mapping and translation, trading partner connectivity, secure message delivery and tracking, project management, technical support, and training. The company also provides ADX WebAccess, a Web browser-based order management and invoice presentment solution for suppliers; and ADX Desktop, a personal computer software that offers data archiving and back office system integration capabilities. In addition, it offers business integration services, such as data translation, mapping, validation, back office systems integration, and trading partner connectivity; and trading partner electronic commerce reference guides, trading partner recruitment and connectivity, integration and data normalization, enterprise application integration, supplier support services, and scheduled business progress reviews. Further, Advanced Data Exchange provides commerce management services, which include order and invoice, customer and supplier, business document, and comprehensive business intelligence management services. Additionally, it offers CommerceMail, which provides solutions for the commerce problems. Advanced Data Exchange was formerly known as The EC Company. The company was founded as in 1992 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

Jedai Networks

Series B in 2003
Jedai Broadband Networks Inc., which is pitching cable operators a broadband data and voice solution for small and midsized businesses.

Wizmo

Series C in 2002
Software as a Service (SaaS) and Cloud Computing are relatively new trends and can be complex. You want to work with a company that has depth and experience and has seen it all. Wizmo is one of the few companies that has been there from the beginning. With an exclusive focus on partnering with application developers to enable a SaaS offering, they have built deep expertise on technical and business issues. With 10 years of experience in Cloud Computing and SaaS, Wizmo is uniquely positioned to serve you.

Radiant Networks Plc

Series C in 2002
Radiant Networks develops a broadband fixed wireless access technology solution. Its solution has network deployments in Europe and the United States.

Infolibria

Venture Round in 2001
InfoLibria is the expert Internet infrastructure provider for advanced content distribution and delivery. InfoLibria's solutions enable service providers and carriers to deliver and manage the most demanding broadband and streaming media applications over the Internet including TV-quality video and CD-quality audio.

Commerce.TV

Series C in 2000
Commerce.TV Corporation is a leading infrastructure provider for interactive television. The company provides end-to-end enhanced TV solutions for cable operators and programmers including digital set-top applications that provide news, entertainment and shopping services, in combination with the "CoreTVnet(TM)," an advanced database network for content delivery and response processing.

Spike Broadband Systems

Venture Round in 2000
Spike Broadband Systems is a provider of carrier-grade and fixed wireless services.

Wizmo

Private Equity Round in 2000
Software as a Service (SaaS) and Cloud Computing are relatively new trends and can be complex. You want to work with a company that has depth and experience and has seen it all. Wizmo is one of the few companies that has been there from the beginning. With an exclusive focus on partnering with application developers to enable a SaaS offering, they have built deep expertise on technical and business issues. With 10 years of experience in Cloud Computing and SaaS, Wizmo is uniquely positioned to serve you.

eMadison

Series A in 2000
eMadison is a business-to-business e-commerce company that is revolutionizing the buying and selling of traditional media advertising. eMadison will benefit all constituencies in the media buying value chain, including media outlets, media representation firms and media buying companies.

LNG Holdings

Private Equity Round in 2000
LNG Holdings S.A. offers local loop, national and international managed bandwidth services plus a new generation of telephony, Internet and online IT solution bundles for commercial businesses and operators. The company's service spectrum ranges from fiber-optic transmission circuits to high bit-rate IP services and even co-location services at all its PoPs. LNG Holdings S.A aims to become a pre-eminent provider of managed bandwidth services throughout Europe, and has rapidly established itself as a leader in Europe's largest telecommunications market, Germany, as well as building extensive networks in France and Spain and links to other major European cities, including Amsterdam, Brussels and London.

FizzyLab

Series B in 2000
FizzyLab develops new technology that manages information chaos on the internet.

OnlineBenefits

Series C in 2000
OnlineBenefits offers interactive web-based solutions that focus on human resources and employee benefits. OnlineBenefits was acquired by A.D.A.M INC in August 2006. OnlineBenefits was founded in 1990 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Commerce.TV

Series B in 2000
Commerce.TV Corporation is a leading infrastructure provider for interactive television. The company provides end-to-end enhanced TV solutions for cable operators and programmers including digital set-top applications that provide news, entertainment and shopping services, in combination with the "CoreTVnet(TM)," an advanced database network for content delivery and response processing.

Epicentric

Series C in 2000
Epicentric develops software solutions and websites that personalize portals and integrate information and applications. It enables users to provide combined web services including applications, content, and commerce to customers and employees across intranets, extranets, and internet. Epicentric was established in 1998, based in San Francisco, California. Currently it operates under Vignette Corporation.

Quisic

Series A in 2000
Quisic Corporation is engaged in the design and development of online learning programs. It provides custom content development services and e-learning software for corporate and academic use. In 2002, Quisic was acquired by EDT Learning, Inc.

Choose Energy

Series A in 2000
We are committed to making energy choice simple and easy. When we started back in 2008, we had a vision to simplify shopping for the best electricity and natural gas rates, plan terms and renewable energy options. Today, using data and energy expertise, we now manage over a billion dollars in energy bills while delivering the highest quality service and saving millions of dollars for people and businesses across America. We take comfort in knowing you and your neighbors are getting the energy plan that’s right for you.

Actel Integrated Communications

Venture Round in 2000
Actel is an e-commerce infrastructure company providing integrated voice, data, Internet and broadband services to business customers.

COSI

Private Equity Round in 2000
Computer Outsourcing Services, Inc. (COSI) provides outsourced Information Technology solutions which include Information Processing Services. COSI is a nationwide company with over 400 employees throughout the United States. Since Their IPO in 1993, They have increased Their total annual revenue 255% through a combination of new business development and acquisitions. COSI's Information Technology solutions enable medium to large size companies to effectively process information with their trading partners in order to gain a competitive advantage. By utilizing Their Information Processing Services, Their clients can focus on their core business and client related activities while reducing operating costs.

Urban Data

Venture Round in 2000
Urban Data Solutions Inc. (UDS) provides a web-based, information management platform, which enables companies to deploy products and services.

Blink.com

Series B in 2000
Blink.com is a venture-supported personal information management service that enables its users to access their favorite web links whenever they want, from any internet browser in the world. It is based in New York, United States.

University Access

Venture Round in 2000
University Access (UA) is an e-learning company, which focuses solely on business management education and training, serving the needs of the corporate and academic markets. Its mission to be the global leader in providing total e-learning solutions encompasses content, technology and service. UA specifically excels at delivering a world-class learning experience as evidenced by 16 awards for excellence, including Inc. Magazine/Cisco System's Grand Prize in the "Growing With Technology" awards program.

MarketSwitch

Series B in 2000
Founded in 1996, Dulles, VA-based MarketSwitch is the leader in the emerging business category of Enterprise Marketing Optimization. Serving Fortune 500 firms, the company markets its enterprise solutions to large corporate end users and marketing automation service providers. MarketSwitch associates are widely published professionals with superior expertise in marketing, financial analytics, quantitative sciences, and software development. Our world-class scientific talent, coupled with superior strategic marketing know-how, enables us to build true enterprise-level decision support systems for the marketing executive.

Empowered Networks

Series C in 2000
Empowered Networks is a provider of information technology consulting and network monitoring solutions tailored for large enterprises. The company specializes in optimizing network management, security, and compliance, enabling organizations to enhance the agility, visibility, and reliability of their applications and services. Additionally, Empowered Networks is recognized for its innovative Voice-over-IP (VoIP) switching systems, which are designed for carriers and communication service providers. Its flagship product, the USX1000, seamlessly integrates with existing Intelligent Network services, facilitating the migration of voice traffic to IP infrastructure. By leveraging advanced technologies, Empowered Networks aims to drive positive business outcomes that significantly impact the bottom line for its clients.

PressPoint

Venture Round in 2000
PressPoint, Inc. is a leader in the changing news and information industry, having developed the first global on-demand newspaper distribution service. PressPoint "distributes-then-prints" international newspapers on-demand, providing travelers with today's edition of the world's most influential titles, wherever they are in the world. Now readers away-from-home can get same-day editions of their national newspapers delivered directly to their hotel room, office, at convention centers or from the corner newsstand, simply, efficiently and timely.

Mainspring

Venture Round in 1999
Mainspring designs and develops digital business strategies. The company provides consulting services focusing on digital technologies, business optimization, and technology enablement. Mainspring, formerly known as Mainspring Communications Inc., was founded in 1996 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

MortgageIT

Series A in 1999
MortgageIT is a full-service residential mortgage banking company that is licensed to originate loans throughout the United States. MortgageIT originates single-family mortgage loans of all types, with a particular focus on prime adjustable-rate, or ARM, and fixed-rate, first lien residential mortgage loans.

v2 Ventures

Series B in 1999
v2 Ventures (formerly known as Adknowledge) specializes in partnering with remarkable founders with fresh perspectives and unparalleled passion, from the first concept through all stages of growth. We make long-range commitments to our senior leadership and the companies they run. We seek to recognize entrepreneurs as people first, appreciating their ingenuity while playing to their strengths. v2 Ventures understands that success doesn't have a blueprint. It can’t be pigeonholed or stereotyped. It is our continued responsibility to support our leaders with trusted and valuable insights as they nurture their initial concepts into amazing, enduring companies. Current portfolio companies include Pushly, Sellozo, AdParlor, Giant Media, ReachMobi, and Amply and can be seen at https://www.v2.ventures/portfolio.
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