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| Atlas Ventures |
Atlas Venture is the leading international early-stage venture capital firm, investing in communications, information technology and life sciences companies. With investing offices in Boston, London, Munich and Paris, Atlas Venture divides its investments between the United States and Europe.
Founded in 1980, Atlas Venture has organised six international funds, and currently manages $2.1 billion in committed capital. The Atlas Venture investment team is comprised of seasoned operating executives and career venture capitalists that have been deeply involved in the formation and development of more than 300 companies worldwide.
http://www.atlasventure.com
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| iGlobe Partners |
iGlobe Partners is a global venture capital fund with a team of partners in North America, Europe and Asia who work together to help young companies become global market leaders. iGlobe looks for technology-driven companies that are led by passionate management and have globally scaleable business models. The fund's investment focus is information technology, with particular interest in the telecommunications, storage, multimedia, semiconductor, and enterprise markets.
With its global scope, iGlobe evaluates investment opportunities on international "best of breed" criteria, and facilitates the worldwide expansion of portfolio companies through its substantial knowledge of the major world regions in which the firm operates and far-reaching network of investors, industry experts, and advisors.
http://www.iglobepartners.com/
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| JAFCO |
JAFCO has been in the venture capital investment business since its establishment in 1973, and now operates on a global scale. As of the end of March 2003, JAFCO had invested in a total of 2,612 companies, including 493 overseas companies. Of these, 550 domestic companies and 139 overseas companies have been listed on stock markets. The total investment balance as of the same date stood at JPY168.4 billion, of which JPY125.1 billion had been invested in unlisted companies excluding buyouts. JAFCO is establishing a full-line investment structure to respond to all of the growth stages of unlisted companies in Japan with the emphasis on early-stage and technology investment. JAFCO also provides a wide range of management support services. Another important feature of operations is a focus on the involvement with overseas portfolio companies, including arrangement of business alliances in Japan. This is the key to the achievement of excellent deal flow at the local level and to being a first-tier VC firm throughout each region.
http://www.jafco.com/
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| Arqiva |
Arqiva, an operating division of NTL Incorporated, is the leading provider of broadcast transmission
and other media services in the UK. It is an important player in the wireless communications marketplace
where it provides transmission services for mobile phone operators and other users of private radio networks.
The Public Safety group provides integrated telecommunications, maintenance and managed services for the UK
police, fire, ambulance and other emergency services.
Arqiva's philosophy is to design, build and own the infrastructure on which it provides long-term
'mission-critical' services. Its media customers are terrestrial broadcasters like ITV, Channel 4
and Five, Digital 3 & 4, SDN and satellite direct-to-home services such as Discovery, CNN and QVC.
Arqiva also broadcast's the UK's national commercial digital radio service and the majority of the
country's independent radio stations.
http://www.arqiva.com/
http://www.ntl.com/
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| Psion PLC |
Psion PLC is a world leader in mobile computing and wireless networking and has a well-earned reputation for innovation and technological leadership. Psion was founded in 1980 by its Chairman David Potter and is now one of the UK's foremost technology companies with a proud history of pioneering new markets for digital products. After three years as a publisher and developer of software for the first home computers, Psion began development of its first hardware product. With the Psion Organiser in 1984, Psion launched the world's first volume-produced handheld computer, inventing and defining the product category.
http://www.psion.com/
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| Royal Bank Ventures |
Royal Bank Ventures is a fund managed by Royal Bank of Scotland Equity Finance. The Equity Finance team has a portfolio of companies ranging from early stage venture deals to asset-backed leveraged buyouts. Equity Finance has deal teams in London and Edinburgh.
http://www.rbs.co.uk
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| Scottish Equity Partners |
Scottish Equity Partners is Scotland's leading independent venture capital company, and specialises in investments between $2 and $30m in technology companies throughout the UK and Ireland. With over 40 current portfolio companies and four partnerships currently under management, the team at SEP has over 60 years of venture capital experience and one of the longest track records in the UK.
SEP has a number of sector teams who invest in businesses operating in growth markets in IT, Energy, as well as Biotechnology and Healthcare.
Scottish Equity Partners is currently investing from an $180m million venture capital fund backed by leading UK and European institutions.
http://www.sep.co.uk
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| Texas Instruments Incorporated |
Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. Texas Instruments is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries.
Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN.
http://www.ti.com.
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| Yasuda Enterprise Development |
Yasuda Enterprise Development is a leading Japanese venture capital firm based in Tokyo, with sub-offices in Osaka, Palo Alto in California, USA, and Taipei in the ROC. Managed capital of JPY 40,000M (approx. US$350M) is in insurance firms, commercial banks and corporate investors. The firm invests in the early and expansion stages of information and communication technology, electronics devices, and life science sectors in Asia, Europe, and the United States. Yasuda Enterprise Development has achieved over 200 exits of portfolio companies through IPO in the Japanese OTC market, NASDAQ, OTC market in Taiwan, other stock exchanges, as well as M&A.
http://www.yedvc.co.jp/
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