INVEST
Investing in Visionary Entrepreneurs
At CRV, our approach to investing is simple: we seek out visionary entrepreneurs, and give them the support they need to build great companies from the ground up.
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BUILD
Great Entrepreneurs Build Great Companies
We focus on highly charged industry sectors which we believe are rich in opportunity. Take a look at our current portfolio of companies—ones we believe will define the future of these market categories:
- Communication & Technology
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GreatCall
GreatCall was founded by Arlene Harris, a 45-year veteran in wireless and creator of the highly regarded SOS emergency phone, and Martin Cooper, the father of the first portable cellular phone. GreatCall’s vision is to connect people with family and friends when they are away from home by providing a simple phone and personalized service that works the way they want it to. The company’s support and systems are centered on simplicity, personalization and an emphasis on convenience and comfort. GreatCall is located in Del Mar, CA. For more information, please visit http://www.jitterbug.com.
06/24/2008
GreatCall, Inc. Secures $38 Million in Series C Funding more
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Carrier IQ
CarrierIQ develops analytic applications for wireless carriers and handset manufacturers that enables them to maximize service. Carrier IQ provides accurate, real-time data direct from the source—your customers’ handsets. Its powerful platform aggregates, analyzes and delivers that data via easy-to-use web applications that help wireless carriers make smart business decisions. The kind that can dramatically lower operating costs, increase customer satisfaction and reduce customer churn. Across every division—marketing, sales, development, customer service, operations, and executive management—and every business unit—device, network and application. Learn more at http://www.carrieriq.com.
05/02/2008
FierceWireless Names Carrier IQ as one of Its “Fierce 15’…more
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vlingo
Vlingo is a voice-powered user interface that unlocks access to mobile phone wireless data services. Vlingo allows users to speak or type into any vlingo-enabled text box and get accurate, easy and consistent access to all the information, entertainment and communication made possible through today’s mobile applications. By giving consumers control of the mobile Internet with the power of their voices, vlingo provides a quantum leap in usability for mobile data services that are currently restricted by limited user interfaces. Vlingo secured its venture capital financing from Charles River Ventures and Sigma Partners. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Why tap when you can talk? http://www.vlingo.com.
12/04/2008
Vlingo on CNET: Vlingo one-ups Google with a better voice-powered…more
09/26/2008
Vlingo in New York Times: Don’t Make Your Fingers Do…more
06/26/2008
VentureBeat: Vlingo’s voice recognition for Blackberry officially outcools the iPhone…more
06/13/2008
BusinessWeek demonstrates Yahoo’s oneSearch, a service powered by vlingo that…more
04/02/2008
Vlingo Secures $20 Million in Series B Financing Led more
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Cedar Point Communications
Cedar Point Communications’ totally integrated switching platforms enable the scalable, cost effective, less complex delivery of VoIP and multimedia for cable, telco, enterprise and WiMAX network operators. Designed to provide carrier-class performance and reliability, while increasing network integrity, security and privacy, Cedar Point’s SAFARI C³ Multimedia Switching System is a PacketCable™-qualified solution that supports legacy circuit, NCS and SIP-based voice services, as well as delivering core IMS capabilities. The company is based in Derry, NH. For more information, please visit http://www.cedarpointcom.com.
04/30/2007
ENTREPRENEURIAL TELECOM VETERAN MARK TUBINIS JOINS CEDAR POINT COMMUNICATIONS AS…more
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- Software & Services
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Progress Financial
Progress Financial Corporation is a consumer finance company that offers unsecured credit to Hispanics that lack established credit and banking relationships. Customers are hard working immigrants who have been in the US for 10 years and at the same job for 3.3 years. Under the brand name, Progreso Financiero, the company markets, sells and disburses $500 - $5000 loans in Spanish from a network of distribution points located inside large Hispanic supermarkets and high traffic malls. Currently locations are in the Bay Area, but the company has plans to expand rapidly to other parts of California and the United States. For more information, visit http://www.progressfin.com.
01/20/2010
Progress Financial in The Wall Street Journal: FDIC:Banks Not Regularly…more
01/20/2010
Progress Financial in San Francisco Chronicle: 25% of U.S. households…more
01/20/2010
Progress Financial in Bloomberg: Gutierrez Says Progreso Has Made Over…more
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Passport Corporation
Passport Corporation delivers mobile workforce management solutions that help companies enhance the productivity of front-line employees and the accountability of operations. Using Passport’s mobile software applications to track labor and manage jobs at the point of activity, companies gain accurate and timely information to improve costing, billing, payroll, compliance and resource management. Founded in 1990, Passport serves customers in manufacturing, logistics, energy, construction, facilities services and other industries with mobile or remote employees. For more information, visit http://www.passportcorp.com.
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Scribd
Scribd began with a simple observation – that there’s a writer in all of us. And that even more fundamental than our desire for self-expression is our need to learn and be inspired.
Today, Scribd is the place where you publish, discover and discuss original writings and documents. More than 50 million people each month are finding or sharing fun, functional or fantastical writings and documents on Scribd.com and tens of thousands of other websites that have embedded Scribd’s document reader.
We built a technology that’s broken all barriers to traditional publishing and in the process also built one of the largest readerships in the world.
01/19/2009
Scribd in TechCrunch: Scribd Raises $9 Million So You Can…more
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Optaros
Optaros, an international consulting and systems integration firm, assembles fully supported, Next Generation Internet (NGI) solutions for superior business performance. Optaros Assembly Methodology (OptAM) assembles solutions faster and more flexibly than traditional build, buy or rent options. Optaros serves over 70 clients including ABB, Biogen, Gtech, Movielink, Serono, Swisscom, Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, The New York Times, and many others. For more about Optaros, go to http://www.optaros.com.
06/30/2008
Optaros Closes $12 Million in Series C Financing Co-Led by…more
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- Media & Entertainment
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Geni
Geni is a tool for understanding and staying in touch with your family. Geni lets you create a family tree through our fun simple interface. You can expand your tree by adding relatives’ email addresses. They will be invited to join your tree and can add other relatives. Your tree will continue to grow as relatives invite other relatives.Each family member has a profile which can be viewed by clicking their name in the tree. This helps family members learn more about each other and stay in touch. Family members can also share photos and work together to build profiles for common ancestors. Geni was founded by former executives and early employees of PayPal, Yahoo! Groups, Ebay, and Tribe. It is backed by venture capital firms Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures. Learn more at http://www.geni.com.
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GoTV Networks
GoTV Networks (http://www.4gotv.com/) is the first and largest made-for-mobile television network. GoTV’s team of Emmy(R) award-winning producers and mobile technology experts produce a wide array of digital and licensed on-demand programming that connects consumers to what interests them the most. GoTV’s channel offerings include music: Hip Hop Official, Altitude, ES Música, and Sony Front Row; sports: Fantasy Sports Edge and College All Access; as well as Univision Movil and GoTV Superchannel, which combines a variety of news, entertainment and comedy. GoTV programming is accessible on a broad range of wireless devices via monthly subscription through Alltel, AT&T, Sprint Nextel, Boost Mobile and Verizon Wireless.
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Twitter
Twitter is a social utility for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected. Time Magazine says, “Twitter is well on its way to becoming the next killer app,” while the New York Times says, “It’s one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet.” Twitter is all about the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Find out more at http://www.twitter.com
09/28/2009
New York Times: Twitter Snags New Investment, Backers more
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Bruce Sachs
Izhar Armony
Saar Gur
Rick Burnes
Bill Tai
George ZacharyEMERGE
We Back Emerging Industry Leaders
- iSkoot
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SpotlightOn: iSkoot
Bringing leading internet services like Skype™ to mobile handsets around the world, delivering rich consumer experiences with minimal impact on operator networks.
- iControl
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SpotlightOn: iControl
Introducing the iControl Remote Home Monitoring System that helps people stay connected in real-time to what matters most—their family, property, home, and business—from anywhere in the world, anytime, day or night.
- SocialMedia
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SpotlightOn: SocialMedia
Meet the first company focused solely on advertising in social media.
- Progress Financial
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SpotlightOn: Progress Financial
Meet a progressive financial services company serving the needs of the growing Hispanic market, helping them build credit in the United States and gain access to better lives and mainstream financial services.
- Nantero
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SpotlightOn: Nantero
Meet thet nanotechnology company using carbon nanotubes for the development of next-generation semiconductor devices.
- Maxthon
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SpotlightOn: Maxthon
Discover new Internet browsing technology that delivers users an easier yet more productive surfing experience.
- LiveGamer
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SpotlightOn: LiveGamer
Meet the developer of the world’s premiere publisher-supported virtual marketplace.
INFORM
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02/03/2010
Blippy in TechCrunch: Stephen Colbert: Blippy Is More Exciting Than Going Through Old Receipts more
02/01/2010
RPX in BusinessWeek: Tech Giants’ New Way to Thwart Patent Suits more
01/25/2010
Blippy in TIME: Public Spending more
01/25/2010
Blippy in CNN: Blippy tells the world what you buy more
01/25/2010
Founder Dating: It’s Not What You Think more