Charles Rivers Ventures

Bringing leading internet services like Skype™ to mobile handsets around the world, delivering rich consumer experiences with minimal impact on operator networks.

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.

Meet the first company focused solely on advertising in social media.

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.

Meet thet nanotechnology company using carbon nanotubes for the development of next-generation semiconductor devices.

Discover new Internet browsing technology that delivers users an easier yet more productive surfing experience.

Meet the developer of the world’s premiere publisher-supported virtual marketplace.

Conduit Labs asks, “Why can’t we do more together online”? At Conduit, they’re bored of the same old social networks, virtual worlds, and MMOs. They’re taking what we all know, mixing it up, and creating something new. Check out their experiment.

Today’s world faces mounting pressure arising from the end of the era of low-cost oil that fueled global prosperity in the 20th century. Diminishing oil supplies, growing concentration of petroleum in the hands of unstable or hostile political regimes, and the mounting threat of climate change all point toward the need for new ways to produce fuels and other chemical products in the 21st century. To address this challenge, Diversa and Celunnol merged to create Verenium, a new biofuels industry leader for the green millennium.

Twitter is a service 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?

A group of former executives at PayPal, Yahoo! And Ebay decided to pick up where most social networks leave off—your family. Geni lets you create a family tree through a fun, simple interface. It lets you expand your tree by adding relatives’ email addresses who are then invited to join your tree and add other relatives. Your tree continues to grow as relatives invite other relatives. With more than 10 million profiles completed over the last year, Geni is on its way to building a family tree of the whole world.

Arlene Harris, 45-year veteran in wireless and creator of the highly regarded SOS emergency phone, and Martin Cooper, inventor of the first portable cellular phone, decided less is sometimes more when it comes to cell phones. So they created Jitterbug. Jitterbug is all about connecting people with family and friends when they are away from home with a simple phone and personalized services that work the way they want them to.

Boom, Boom, Boom. Have you heard it? It’s the beat of boomers who want to live the biggest life possible. And they are doing it collectively on Eons.com, first and largest social network for boomers created by Monster.com Founder Jeff Taylor.

Never text, search or download content on your mobile phone because you can’t stand the triple tapping? With Vlingo, you’ll forget you’re stuck with a small screen and twelve tiny buttons. Vlingo’s voice-powered interface lets you speak or type into any Vlingo-enabled text box on your mobile phone–giving you access to all the information, entertainment and communication made possible through today’s mobile services.