US Venture Capital Investments
Series A investment. IPO: $450 Million. Nasdaq:MERU
Meru Networks: Not just another WLAN controller. Not just another access point. But the only Wi-Fi system that enables the All-Wireless Enterprise. A WLAN architecture that the Gartner Group calls “the high end of the technology spectrum”. Meru Networks offers the only Wi-Fi certified WLAN system that delivers a single wireless infrastructure for business critical applications including toll-quality voice and high-capacity data. Combining centralized security and management with system-wide air traffic coordination and control, the Meru WLAN System overcomes the critical challenges involved in implementing and managing large scale wireless local area networks at enterprise headquarters and branch offices, across campuses, or in multi-tenant facilities. The Meru Wireless LAN solution is a scalable system comprised of three main product families: Meru Controllers, Meru Access Points, and Meru Radio Switches. The Meru Controller features System Director software – an extensible software platform that enforces and manages all traffic, security, QoS and deployment policies.
Incubation & Series-A investment. Acquired by Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) $112 Million
Mimosa systems is a leading player in email archiving for the enterprise. This is especially targeted to S&P500 companies. Numerous stakeholders across the enterprise have critical data management requirements: IT managers, business users, legal and compliance managers, and CXOs. Mimosa’s next-generation data management software solution, NearPoint, answers key needs for each of these stakeholders.
Series B investment. Partly Acquired by Trimble Navigation (Nasdaq: TRMB)
Novariant technology provides precision location and machine control solutions in applications that require a high level of accuracy, consistency, and availability. Our machine control solutions use Real-time Kinematic (RTK) Global Positioning System (GPS) technology and other patented technologies to automatically steer equipment, map terrain, and land aircraft. Our solutions include positioning infrastructure technologies to augment GPS coverage in areas where visibility of GPS satellites is obscured, unreliable or unavailable, thus enabling more accurate location-based services, dynamic indoor positioning, or mission-critical machine operations.
Advisor and early shareholder. Acquired HP (NYSE: HPQ) $300 Million.
Led and created the online Photosharing space. Launched in 1999 and acquired in 2004. Snapfish is a web-based photo sharing and photo printing service that is owned by Hewlett-Packard. Members can upload files for free, and are given unlimited photo storage.
Founder and CEO. Founded 2006. Acquired by Intelius 2009.
Spock is a search engine that helps you find and research people on the web. Every time you search, Spock will personalize your results to include information about friends and colleagues. You can enhance your search experience even further by establishing a trust relationship with others on Spock. By connecting with trusted contacts you will be able to search within their network to rediscover people you’ve lost touch with and make new acquaintances through friends. You can also add and modify information that Spock finds about you on the internet. This ensures that people who are searching for you can find you, and more importantly, that they can find the right information about you.
Series A investment. Growing rapidly.
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