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Applimation is the premier provider of applications-management software products for Oracle e-business applications. With more than 70 customers, ranging from large multi-national corporations to mid-sized and smaller companies, Applimation’s products allow companies to manage and make changes to their Oracle applications without programming or re-implementation.
Initial Investment: June 2001
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Arbor Photonics |
Arbor Photonics provides laser solutions that deliver unrivaled power levels which offers dramatic throughput and processing speed improvements in materials processing applications for microelectronics, solar cell and industrial customers. Arbor Photonics accomplishes this by providing highly reliable fiber lasers that feature an unmatched combination of beam quality and optical power. Arbor has a proprietary fiber platform technology that expands the limits of single-mode laser performance to hundreds of watts of average pulsed power and multi-kilowatts of continuous wave optical power.
Initial Investment: October 2007
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BountyJobs is a communication platform which streamlines a company's recruiting process, helping employers save time and money. The site eliminates recruiting inefficiencies for employers by enabling access to a network of thousands of professional headhunters and all of their extended candidate networks. BountyJobs works for companies of all sizes, from leading Fortune 500 brands to small businesses.
Initial Investment: August 2006
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DeepField helps some of the largest players in the industry solve massive new problems in cloud / content scale and management using breakthrough technology.
Initial investment: September 2011 |
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Eden Park Illumination is commercializing a novel source of lighting innovation based on Microcavity Plasma (or "microplasma") technology. Eden Park's lighting technology offers unique advantages over both traditional light sources, such as incandescent and fluorescent, and newer lighting technologies light emitting diodes and organic light emitting diodes. Microplasma lamps are mercury-free flat panel microcavity discharge devices that, by virtue of their unique structure, offer an ultrathin, lightweight, flexible, energy efficient and long-lasting lighting solution.
Initial Investment: July 2008
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Entropic Communications, Inc. is a leading fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets systems solutions to enable connected home entertainment. The company's technologies significantly change the way high-definition television-quality video and other multimedia content such as movies, music, games and photos are brought into and delivered throughout the home. Initial Investment: August 2004 |
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Giftly offers completely rethought gift cards and allows users to purchase customized e-gift card for any combination of three stores and restaurants. Its model merges online and offline commerce through social media, independent of merchant involvement.
Initial Investment: March 2011 |
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Glyde is a Consumer to Consumer marketplace focused on providing a simple and efficient method for consumers to buy and sell everyday commodity items that are generally out of use and sitting on the shelves of every household. For the seller, Glyde facilitates and simplifies every stage of the process (listing, pricing, and shipping) so that selling items is easier than throwing them out. For buyers, Glyde provides a smooth and pain free way to buy high quality used items at prices up to 80% off of retail. Glyde was founded by industry veterans from eBay, AOL, and Excite.
Initial Investment: February 2009 |
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JanRain is a leading provider of online identity management platforms, enabling website operators, service providers, and end users to seamlessly benefit from open standards such as OpenID, OAuth, Portable Contacts, Social Publishing, and technologies such as Facebook Connect, Sign in with Twitter, and Windows LiveID. JanRain's RPX software, which it hosts and delivers to its customers as an on-demand subscription service, enables websites to easily and quickly register and login users with a third party account, import their profile information and address books, and push activity stream data back to the social networks.
Initial Investment: November 2009 |
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Kabongo has created the industry's first virtual world targeted at Pre-K through 6th grade children where educational content drives the community's economy. The company's products embed scientifically based methods of cognitive processing instruction and explicit basic skill development in engaging, interactive programs inspired by video game design techniques. By harnessing the natural power of games in learning, children are engaged in "stealth learning". They work harder and longer and learn faster because they are immersed in activities that are fun, meaningful and highly effective.
Initial Investment: February 2008
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Mirror.me is an Internet social media platform that enables people and brands find relevancy in their social graph and to understand who they are online.
Initial Investment: September 2010 |
Acquired by IDT (Integrated Device Technology, Inc.) (NASDAQ: IDTI) |
Mobius Microsystems is an innovator in analog and mixed signal designs, and is the first to implement highly accurate frequency generators entirely in standard CMOS. This is a significant technical breakthrough in frequency generation, which up to now had been accomplished with quartz-based crystals and crystal oscillators. Mobius' patented Radio Frequency Temperature Compensated Harmonic Oscillator (RF-TCHO™) is produced on a single piece of silicon and enables system designers to create smaller, thinner, and more mechanically robust products.
Initial Investment: October 2003 |
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Mojo Motors is an online marketplace that takes the pain out of the traditionally harrowing experience of finding and buying a used car. It does this by simply and quickly connecting interested buyers directly with pre-approved car dealers. For consumers, Mojo Motors provides an anonymous and anxiety-free way to get competitive offers for used cars from multiple dealers in their local area. For dealers, Mojo Motors provides qualified local buyers in less time. Mojo Motors was founded by industry veterans from eBay, OnForce, Ford, and Dell.
Initial Investment: May 2010 |
Acquired by KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYSE:KAR) |
OPENLANE, Inc. is the leading online auction company in North America for automotive dealers to buy and sell wholesale vehicles. The company offers proven, end-to-end auto remarketing solutions to auto manufacturers; captive finance companies; lease and daily rental companies; financial institutions and wholesale auto auctions throughout the United States and Canada. OPENLANE powers successful online remarketing programs for American Honda Finance, Audi Financial Services, Avis Budget Group, Chase Auto Finance, Chrysler Financial Services, Ford Motor Credit, Porsche Financial Services, Volkswagen Credit, and several others. Since 1999, OPENLANE's products and services have enabled customers to reduce cycle times, costs and achieve greater profitability.
Initial Investment: October 2002
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Performix, Inc. is a manufacturing execution system (MES) software company based in Houston , Texas . The Company's suite of composite software applications, Performix xMES™, fills the gaps within enterprise systems and completes the MES solution by leveraging existing ERP and manufacturing system infrastructure. Performix offers products for the Pharmaceutical, Process, and Hi Tech manufacturing industry verticals. Performix' MES suite of products have been developed by software industry veterans with deep manufacturing industry knowledge.
Initial Investment: December 2006
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R4 Global Services delivers RFID-enabled solutions to clients in the retail, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and healthcare industries. Initial Investment: August 2004 |
Acquired by Allen Systems Group (ASG) |
RiverGlass develops software that merges multiple data streams from disparate sources and applies powerful, real-time data analysis and modeling techniques to help customers manage risks, solve critical problems and make informed decisions.
Initial Investment: December 2004 |
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ShareThis lets people easily share the things they find online, in the most convenient way possible. ShareThis consolidates address books and friend lists, so that anything can be shared immediately, without even leaving a webpage. ShareThis's exceptional management team comprises industry leaders with experience gained within international media, marketing and technology companies including: Advertising.com, AOL, and Nielsen Buzzmetrics.
Initial Investment: July 2005 |
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Social Finance's mission is to provide market based solutions that address significant social challenges. Recognizing the power of the social web and our connected world, Social Finance aims to restore the historical norms of community finance to help students meet their financial needs through alumni involvement.
Initial Investment: October 2011 |
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Symwave is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets a broad line of high-performance analog/mixed-signal IC’s targeting the PC/laptop, mobile-device and automotive-electronics markets. The company’s product strategy is driven by the ongoing digital convergence in these markets. Symwave’s current products include fingerprint-identification sensors and high-speed firewire/1394 interconnect IC’s.
Initial Investment: April 2004 |
Acquired by Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) |
Tetravitae Bioscience is devoted to developing and commercializing alternative fuels through biomass conversion. Our expertise in the fields of process engineering, synthetic biology, reaction management, and hyper-productive feedstocks will radically improve the economic viability of biofuel production, moving us toward environmentally responsible energy independence
Initial Investment: May 2007
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Wide Open Spaces delivers member only offers on the ultimate hunting, fishing and outdoor gear at up to 80% off retail prices.
Initial Investment: December 2011 |
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Xtime is the leading provider of scheduling solutions, providing electronic scheduling, resource optimization and demand management for service providers in the automotive, aviation and financial-services industries. Xtime's solutions increase customer satisfaction with convenient, 24x7 self-scheduling and customer-focused marketing features.
Initial Investment: August 2005 |
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