Zero Stage Capital

Zero Stage Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1981 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm specializes in investing in emerging growth companies within the technology sectors of information technology, communications, life sciences, and energy technology, primarily focusing on businesses located along the east coast of the United States. With additional offices in Manchester, New Hampshire, New Haven, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island, Zero Stage Capital employs a balanced investment strategy, allocating approximately 50 percent of its funds to early-stage ventures and the other 50 percent to later-stage companies. The firm is recognized as a pioneer in start-up investing and has consistently performed in the top ten percent among peer funds since 1994, aiming to achieve superior returns for its investors while maintaining an attractive liquidity profile.

Paul Kelley

Co-Founder, Managing Director and Chairman

Past deals in Rhode Island

TAZZ Networks

Series C in 2005
TAZZ Networks, Inc. provides policy control software. The company offers Visual Design Studio, a drag and drop service creation environment for services and network operations; Policy Control Engine, a carrier-grade execution engine that delivers real-time policy evaluations and actions; and TAZZ Application Modules, a carrier tested policy and service components, for developing and delivering IP services. Its solutions enable service providers to create and deliver services that offer per session controls designed to assure resource availability and service based on the subscriber’s identity, the application requested, the delivery network, and the level of service contracted. TAZZ Networks, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

TAZZ Networks

Series B in 2003
TAZZ Networks, Inc. provides policy control software. The company offers Visual Design Studio, a drag and drop service creation environment for services and network operations; Policy Control Engine, a carrier-grade execution engine that delivers real-time policy evaluations and actions; and TAZZ Application Modules, a carrier tested policy and service components, for developing and delivering IP services. Its solutions enable service providers to create and deliver services that offer per session controls designed to assure resource availability and service based on the subscriber’s identity, the application requested, the delivery network, and the level of service contracted. TAZZ Networks, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

TAZZ Networks

Series A in 2002
TAZZ Networks, Inc. provides policy control software. The company offers Visual Design Studio, a drag and drop service creation environment for services and network operations; Policy Control Engine, a carrier-grade execution engine that delivers real-time policy evaluations and actions; and TAZZ Application Modules, a carrier tested policy and service components, for developing and delivering IP services. Its solutions enable service providers to create and deliver services that offer per session controls designed to assure resource availability and service based on the subscriber’s identity, the application requested, the delivery network, and the level of service contracted. TAZZ Networks, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

Bluestreak

Series B in 2001
Bluestreak is a multi-channel marketing technology and services provider, with a track record for dramatically increasing performance and ROI for marketers and agencies around the world. Bluestreak leads the market as the one-stop-shop for all of your marketing needs, offering a comprehensive email marketing platform and powerful third party ad server, along with strategic marketing programs and services from customer acquisition through retention. As well as being the leader in online referral programs, Bluestreak is the only company that links web media directly to email marketing databases.

LiveWave

Venture Round in 2000
Founded in June 1999, LiveWave is the leading developer of live interactive video programming for broadcast television and broadband Internet audiences. Through its own theme based network of full-motion cameras, LiveWave delivers a variety of live, unedited, high quality content to both web and broadcast platforms. This network, which is both broadcast enabled and HDTV compatible, consists of cameras featuring a diverse collection of high action sites in the following categories: People, Music, Sports, Animals, and Scenic.

Bluestreak

Series A in 2000
Bluestreak is a multi-channel marketing technology and services provider, with a track record for dramatically increasing performance and ROI for marketers and agencies around the world. Bluestreak leads the market as the one-stop-shop for all of your marketing needs, offering a comprehensive email marketing platform and powerful third party ad server, along with strategic marketing programs and services from customer acquisition through retention. As well as being the leader in online referral programs, Bluestreak is the only company that links web media directly to email marketing databases.