GIV Venture Partners : Investing In Innovation

Portfolio

Apart from meeting us in person, the best way to get a sense for GIV is by reviewing some of our portfolio companies we have helped build.

Selected past and present investments by the GIV team include:

- Direct Investments
- Investments in other leading venture capital funds

Direct Investments

Acer
PC vendor

Advanced Decorative Systems
Global manufacturer of automotive appliques

Akamai
Digital operating environment for the Web

American Grid
Home energy management systems

Amperion
Powerline networking equipment

AOL
Global internet services company

Argo Gasification Technologies
Clean coal solution for retro-fitting existing coal fired power plants with state of the art gasification technologies

BioNetrix Systems
Leading provider of authentication management solutions for enterprise and Internet security

BPL Global
Broadband over powerline, smart grid technology

China Biznetwork
Leading Chinese Social Networking Site

Chinatron
Technology supply chain solutions for the telecommunication industry

Commercewave
(acquired by IXL Enterprises, Inc)
Commerce-oriented software products and services

Cvent
Event management and Web Surveys

Cybercash
Provider of electronic payment technologies and services

Digitalbridge Communications
Broadband wireless to underserved communities

e4e
IT Services & BPO for Health Care, Financial Serivces, and Technology Industries

Enterworks.com
Supply chain software

Everest Software
ERP software for Mid-markets

FireFly Mobile
Wireless products and services focused on "Tween" market

Kinzan.com
Network/Systems management tools

KnewCo
Knowledge discovery tools for life sciences

Lightningcast
(aquired by AOL)
Software platform for broadband advertising

Maxager Technologies
Enterprise profit optimization

Mshow.com
Web based event conferences that integrate streaming and interactive broadcasting

Nostix
Non-invasive glucose monitoring

Onmobile
Provider of multimodal wireless solutions worldwide

OSA Technologies
(aquired by Avocent SYM:AVCT)
Embedded manageability firmware and software using Intelligent Platform Management Interface

Paypal
Online payment software

Pipeline Trading Systems
Pipeline Trading Systems is a developer and marketer of a patent-pending networked solution for institutional block trading of equity securities

Prio
(aquired by InfoSpace)
E-Commerce enabler, sold to InfoSpace

Real-Share
Database and telecommunications company

Redleaf Group
Technology Holding Company

Sina.com
Internet portal

SP Industries Holdings
Specialty glassware to pharmaceutical industry

Strategic Weather Services
(aka/weatherplanner.com)
Business weather inteligence

Tarang
Payment Processing, e-Learning Enablement, IT Services & BPO, & Testing

Transaction Network Services
(acquired by PSINet)
Data communications services for transaction-orientated applications

TraceGains
Positively assured traceability solutions for Food, CPG, Pharma, & Retail Industries

Twinbays International
Shopping Websites that target the American and Chinese markets

Venture Infotek
India based financial transaction processing

Verifone
(acquired by Hewlett Packard)
Electronic payment systems

Way Systems
Mobile phone based POS solutions

Workshoplive
Platform for online music lessons

Yurie Systems

Investments in other leading venture capital funds

Argo Wireless
GIV sister fund focused on wireless communications and the Internet

Artemis Ventures
Seed stage venture capital fund

Capital Investors
Angel investing group based in Washington DC

Columbia Capital
A premier venture capital franchise in wireless, broadband, media, and enterprise information technology investing

FBR Technology Ventures
Venture investment arm for FBR

Global Technology Ventures
India based technology holding company

Industry Ventures
Leading secondary fund

Integral Capital Partners
Investing in expansion-stage private and growth-stage public companies in the information technology and life sciences

Mobius
An early-stage venture capital fund comprised of seasoned veterans and entrepreneurs from leading technology companies

Softbank Technology
Leading global venture capital fund investing in early-stage companies

Walker Investments
Leading Mid-Atlantic venture capital fund

 
 
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