Investors
Crescendo Ventures is a global venture capital firm that provides early-stage funding and growth resources to high-potential companies in the digital and enterprise infrastructure markets. By collaborating with entrepreneurial teams to grow market-leading companies, Crescendo Ventures uses its industry expertise, team-based development model and global network to help high-growth companies achieve their full potential. Founded in 1993, Crescendo Ventures manages more than $1 billion from its headquarters in Palo Alto, California. www.crescendoventures.com.
Dolphin Equity Partners, L.P. founded in 1998, specializes in investing in emerging media and marketing services, enterprise services, technology and communications. Dolphin helps shape the future of these emerging segments by investing in market-leading companies with world-class management teams. As a trusted advisor and partner, Dolphin looks to build sustainable value in its portfolio companies through the strategic and operational guidance it provides to management. Located in New York City, Dolphin currently manages over $340 million in capital. www.dolphinequity.com
Key Venture Partners invests growth equity and expansion capital in revenue generating companies with capital efficient business models. Our investment focus includes software, communications, information services and IT-enabled services sectors. Our investment criteria screen for companies that have products and services addressing proven markets and are already generating revenue, a stable business model, a rational competitor structure, a logical path to profitability or are already profitable, and a quantifiable value proposition to customers. KVP is based in Waltham, MA and currently has $175 million under management. www.keyvp.com.
M/C Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on the communications, media, and information technology sectors. The firm has invested over $1.8 billion into nearly 80 companies in those sectors. Companies the firm has backed include MetroPCS, Cavalier Telephone, TeleCorp PCS, Triad Cellular, Crowley Cellular, and Brooks Fiber. The firm has strong institutional backing from the nation’s leading pension funds and endowments as well as a long track record of success. M/C Venture Partners has offices in Boston and San Francisco. www.mcventurepartners.com.
Sevin Rosen Funds is a top-tier venture capital firm with a record of funding successful companies since 1981. The SRF partnership has consistently made early-stage investments in pioneering technologies and companies with the potential to create new markets. The partners’ broad range of venture and operating experiences in successful technology companies translates into a sustained commitment and contribution to the development of the ventures funded. The firm has offices in Dallas, Palo Alto and Austin. www.srfunds.com.
