IT/Telecomm Portfolio Companies


We invest in software, telecommunications, media, and internet companies.


Extreme Reach
Extreme Reach provides the first all-software video platform that enables advertisers and agencies to deliver, manage, and track their commercial messages across all three screens of video - TV, web, and mobile. Extreme Reach competes in a high growth market fueled by the expansion of HD advertising as well as increased video advertising on the web. The Company is led by industry veterans who built a previous company together in the same space.

www.extremereach.com

Lead Partner: Tripp Peake
Co-Investors: Greycroft, Village Ventures
Location: Needham, MA


Health Guru
Health Guru is an early stage digital media company focused on developing and deploying short-form video content for the internet. The Company's initial target markets are in health and wellness where they have launched a family of web sites under the "Health Guru" brand. Health Guru has grown to become the #2 health care video site in the country behind WebMD and the top site in its target demographic of 18-35 year olds.

www.healthguru.com

Lead Partner: Tripp Peake
Co-Investors: Village Ventures, Castile Ventures
Location: Williamstown, MA


Gate Rocket
GateRocket provides a unique set of solutions for verifying and debugging FPGA chip designs. As a result, developers can shave months off of their design process, reduce debugging costs, and catch design problems before they get out of the development environment. GateRocket's products are focused on the leading FPGA products, including Xilinx's Virtex-5 and Altera's Stratix IV.

www.gaterocket.com

Lead Partner: Tripp Peake
Co-Investors: New Atlantic Ventures, MTDC, Common Angels
Location: Bedford, MA


Optasite Acquired by SBA Communications (NASDAQ: SBAC) in 2008
Optasite is one of the country's largest and fastest growing cellular tower companies. 2008Led by CEO Jim Eisenstein, former co-founder of American Tower (NYSE: AMT), Optasite owned and operated over 600 towers at the time of the sale to SBA. Optasite became one of the largest and fastest growing private tower companies in the country having raised approximately $350MM in equity and debt commitments since completing a $1.6MM Series A round led by Long River Ventures in 2003.

www.optasite.com

Lead Partner: Tripp Peake
Co-Investors: Highland Capital Partners, Columbia Capital, Centennial Ventures, Babson Capital
Location: Westborough, MA


Profile SystemsNow part of Sterling Commerce, an ATT Company.
Profile Systems, which merged with Comergent Technologies and was acquired by Sterling Commerce in late 2006, provided enterprise class software that facilitated B2B transactions by synchronizing product data among manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and other partners. Profile's software also helped automate the ordering, inventory replenishment, and product exchange processes among trading partners.

www.comergent.com

Lead Partner: Tripp Peake
Co-Investors: Crosspoint Ventures, Mobius, Invesco, MTDC, US Boston, Berkshires Capital Investors
Location: West Springfield, MA


Reconda International Acquired by MQ Software
Reconda International, acquired by MQ Software in 2005, developed and marketed software solutions that enhance the management, performance, and security of the middleware layer of corporate enterprise IT systems. As a result, disparate hardware and software applications throughout large enterprises could communicate with each other more easily and more reliably.

www.mqsoftware.com

Lead Partner: Tripp Peake
Co-Investors: Conning Capital Partners, Fresh Tracks Capital
Location: Minneapolis, MN (formerly Greenwich, CT)