Battery Ventures is a private equity and venture capital investment firm specializing in seed, start-up, early and late stage ventures, leveraged buy-outs, acquisitions, growth equity, PIPES, spin-outs, roll-ups, later stage, take private transactions, mid-market buyouts, special situations, expansion deals, secondary transactions, and distressed situations. The firm seeks to invest in companies of all stages. The firm specializes in equity and debt investments in technology driven companies. It primarily invests in the following sectors: web infrastructure; e-commerce; internet; internet applications; digital marketing technologies; social applications; mobile applications and services; healthcare information technology; mobile development platforms; consumer internet; digital media; information and data services; software as a service; healthcare; content management and monetization; data collection and analysis technologies; enterprise software; enterprise IT; green IT; analytics; interactive multiplayer gaming; next generation financial products and transaction systems; IT infrastructure; online marketplaces, social media, network monitoring and management, mobile data, data centers, wired/wireless service providers, media, financial services and technologies; marketing services; technology enabled businesses and services; process control automation; specialty retail; media; education; clean technology; fintech, communications infrastructure; analytical instrumentation for laboratory applications; advanced technology; security; communication services; and infrastructure technologies focusing in the areas of big data, cloud computing infrastructure, open source, data center management, networking including networking for virtualized and cloud environment, virtualization, storage, disaster recovery, and semiconductors. For private equity investments, the firm focuses on companies operating in cleantech, software; financial services; technology enabled businesses; IT services and outsourcing; communications components, systems, and services; and industrial technology sectors. It also invests in, cable infrastructure; network and wireless infrastructure; security software and services; computing and storage infrastructure; application software; e-commerce products and services and retail; consumer technology; energy; and materials industries. The firm seeks to invest in companies globally and specifically based in United States; Canada; China; Europe; North America; India (focused on the, consumer finance; consumer internet; mobile; software; technology enabled services; BPO / ITES; components, infrastructure and communications services; and clean technology sectors); and Israel (focused on the, advanced materials and clean technology; communications services and infrastructure; financial services and technology enabled businesses; and semiconductors and components sectors). It seeks to make investments globally. It primarily invests between $5 million and $50 million over the life of the investment and has the ability to invest up to $100 million. The firm invests between $0.05 million and $50 million in seed and early stage investments or more in late stage or expansion investments. In case of private equity and buyout investments the firm can invest over $100 million equity in companies with revenues between $5 million and $200 million with an EBITDA from negative to $25 million. In case of investments in India, the firm invests $1 million to $10 million in early stage investments and between $20 million and $100 million in growth stage investments. It primarily acts as the lead institutional investor in its investments and also syndicates investments. The firm seeks to take board membership in its portfolio companies. It usually takes a minority or majority stake in its companies. It also invests private equity in undervalued companies. The firm invests about 20 percent of its funds to private equity. Battery Ventures was founded in 1983 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in Boston, Menlo Park, California; Herzliya, Israel; London, United Kingdom; Mumbai, India; New York City, New York and San Francisco, California.