Communications & Software

Beverly, MA

Envista offers an innovative, patent-pending software solution for the management of built infrastructure assets to address the need for an integrated, enterprise-wide, best-practices approach. Co-investors with Egan-Managed Capital and Borealis Ventures.

Waltham, MA

Fidelis provides solutions for data leakage challenges including protecting intellectual property and identity information, assuring compliance with government and industry privacy regulations, and managing insider use of the internet. Co-investors with Tudor Ventures, Ascent Venture Partners, and Inflection Point Ventures.

Kansas City, MO (Prior Investment)

Handmark is a developer and distributor of mobile media for a wide range of devices including Blackberry, Palm Treo, Symbian OS, Windows Mobile devices, and the Apple iPhone.

Westborough, MA

Optasite's business is based on a simple philosophy—build a tower portfolio with the locations to expand wireless service providers' needs. As a result, Optasite is one of the fastest growing tower acquisition and development companies in the U.S. Co-investors with Columbia Capital, Centennial Ventures, Highland Capital, and Key Venture Partners.  Optasite was acquired by SBA Communications (NASDAQ: SBAC) in September 2008.

Salt Lake City, UT (Prior Investment)

SnapGear is an information security company that developed a firewall/VPN appliance targeted at small to midsized enterprises.  The company was acquired by Secure Computing (NASDAQ: SCUR) in 2003.

Hyannis, MA & Richardson, TX

Telecommunications company offering Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECS) with a state-of-the-art Next Generation Class 5 switching platform. Co-investors with RRE Ventures, Columbia Capital, InvestCorp, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Court Square Ventures. Taqua was acquired in by Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC) April 2004.

Providence, RI (Prior Investment)

Tower Ventures was a developer of wireless tower assets. The company was acquired by American Tower (NYSE: AMT) in 2000.

Boston, MA

Vaultus delivers powerful, proven mobile solutions that help companies securely mobilize business critical applications, processes and people. Vaultus’ pre-packaged and custom solutions are built around the Vaultus Mobile Application Platform (VMAP). Co-investors with Susquehanna Investment Group, IDG Ventures SF, and Investcorp.