American venture capital firm
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TeleSoft Partners is a venture capital firm located in Aspen, Colorado .
The firm
TeleSoft Partners provides capital to high-tech and energy value chain companies specializing on the internet, wireless , software , systems, applications , and services industries .[ 1] early, development & expansion, and late stages of their development life cycle. The firm has raised capital commitments of $625 million and focuses on approximately 25-30 investments per fund.[ 2]
TeleSoft was founded in 1996 by Arjun Gupta, a member of the investment group that purchased the Sacramento Kings in 2013.[ 3]
Investments
Investments include: Salesforce.com ,[ 4] Skype Qik ,[ 5] [ 6] Calix Inc. ,[ 7] Validity Sensors ,[ 8] Ikanos Communications ,[ 9] VoiceObjects ,[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] Zantaz ,[ 13] Cerent Corporation ,[ 14] Tele Atlas ,[ 15] Loglogic .[ 16]
References
^ Harber, Aaron. "The Aaron Harber Show" . harbertv.com . Retrieved 27 July 2015 . ^ "Company Overview of Telesoft Partners" . Bloomberg.com . Retrieved 23 July 2015 .^ Bizjak, Tony (16 May 2013). "Maloof family and Sacramento investors reach deal for Kings" . Retrieved 23 July 2015 . ^ "Forbes Midas List #51 - Arjun Gupta" . www.forbes.com .^ Andrews, Robert (9 April 2008). "Qik Confirms $3 Million Round, Parent Name Change; Unveils WorldTV Broadcast Integration" . The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 July 2015 . ^ Marshall, Matt (9 May 2007). "LiteScape Technologies raises $11.2M for VoIP-in-business applications service" . www.venturebeat.com . ^ Takahashi, Dean (31 August 2009). "Calix raises $100 million for rural broadband communications equipment" . www.venturebeat.com . ^ Empson, Rip (18 October 2012). "Validity Sensors Raising $20M From Qualcomm, TeleSoft To Bring Fingerprint Security To Mobile Payments" . www.techcrunch.com . ^ Staff, EDN. "Ikanos Receives Funding Support from Intel, TSMC" . www.edn.com . ^ Marshall, Matt (6 October 2005). "Another company sucked into Silicon Valley: VoiceObjects" . Retrieved 23 July 2015 . ^ "TeleSoft Portfolio Company, Nexant, Expands Presence in India" . www.bloomberg.com .^ "Lara Networks secures $40 million in second round of funding" . www.expressindia.com .^ Preimesberger, Chris (3 July 2007). "Autonomy Acquires Zantaz for $375 Million" . www.eweek.com . ^ Thurm, Scott (26 August 1999). "Cisco to Acquire Cerent For $6.9 Billion in Stock" . Wall Street Journal . ^ Hesseldahl, Arik (8 November 2007). "TomTom Ups its Bid for TeleAtlas" . Bloomberg.com . ^ Savitz, Eric. "Tibco Buys LogLogic For $130M" . www.forbes.com .
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