Current Portfolio
Please view our current portfolio of companies listed according to market segment:
Wireless Components and Devices
Arteris provides Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect IP, NoC Generation and verification tools to improve performance of system-on-chip (SoC) architectures for multimedia, mobile, telecom, and other applications. www.arteris.com
Discera is a fabless semiconductor company focusing on ultra-miniaturized solutions for the wireless industry utilizing MEMS technologies. The company’s PureSilicon Resonator™ technology, for frequency and timing applications, dramatically shrinks wireless architectures by miniaturizing and consolidating passive components in circuitry. www.discera.com
InvenSense is a leading provider of MEMs based motion sensing solutions for mobile applications. The company’s motion sensing technology addresses emerging mass-market applications such as image stabilization, mobile navigation, location-based services and smart user interfaces that use hand motion and gesture-based commands. www.InvenSense.com
Modu is a mobile platform company based in Israel. Modu attempts to split a mobile phone into an essential communications module (MODU) and an accompanying hardware module (Jackets). Splitting the phone enables various form factors by changing Jackets and also brings interesting connectivity options for consumer electronic goods. www.modumobile.com
Validity develops the world's most durable, flexible and highest performing biometric fingerprint sensor for communication and information devices. Validity's biometric security products enable a wide range of convenient features including password replacement, identity verification, secure wireless transactions & physical access control. www.validityinc.com
Siimpel specializes in the design and MEMs fabrication of Integrated Optical Microsystems. Their products are uniquely designed to improve camera phone performance and fit within the tight industrial design constraints of mobile device manufactures. www.siimpel.com
Tessolve is an independent engineering services company offering cutting-edge solutions in DFT, test engineering, test hardware development, failure analysis, assembly and package analysis for semiconductor devices. Located in Bangalore, India, Tessolve has an extensive portfolio of design and analysis tools and automated test equipment covering requirements across various industry verticals. www.tessolve.com
Enabling Technology
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) is a leading Asia-based semiconductor equipment company with a portfolio of proprietary wafer fabrication solutions designed to advance technology, increase productivity and reduce manufacturing costs for leading global semiconductor manufacturers. www.amec-inc.com
A123 Systems uses nanoscale science to create the next generation of Lithium Ion batteries. A123Systems has developed a new generation of Lithium-Ion batteries that uses proprietary nanoscale electrode technology to achieve unprecedented levels of power, safety and life. www.a123systems.com
Avaak develops and sells an ultra low power integrated wireless video sensor platform that enables consumers to quickly and effortless deploy video cameras within their homes and businesses. Avaak's wireless cameras are small, require no PC or software configuration and can be placed virtually anywhere. www.avaak.com
INSIDE Contactless is the global leader in open-standard contactless payment and Near Field Communication (NFC) semiconductors and software that power the next generation of payment, transit, identity and access control applications. www.insidecontactless.com
Sotera Wireless is an early stage medical device manufacturer that is focusing on a new generation of cable free sensors and advanced wireless telemetry. The company was founded in 2004 and is currently developing wireless solutions that address the burgeoning vital sign monitoring needs of clinics, hospitals and remote home monitoring programs. www.soterawireless.com
Tela Innovations offers a next-generation solution for designing advanced semiconductors in the ‘sub wavelength,’ low k 1 era – 45nm and beyond. The Tela solution uses on-grid, straight line, one dimensional layout structures to produce a lithography-optimized layout. www.tele-inc.com
Zeebo is a San Diego-based company developing a wireless home entertainment and gaming system, along with content & services, based on Qualcomm chips and the BREW infrastructure. The Zeebo system is aimed at the estimated 800 million emerging middle-class consumers in developing nations. Zeebo employs a highly capital-efficient franchise model whereby working capital and marketing are leveraged through local partners. www.zeeboinc.com
Infrastructure
Aicent provides data network, messaging and roaming solutions to more than 100 mobile operators worldwide. Aicent enables interoperability between its customers and other carriers by operating one of world's largest GRX networks. Through extensive direct connections and peering arrangements, the Aicent network reaches nearly all 2.5G/3G operators across the globe. www.aicent.net
Novarra provides a unique client/server solution that enables a fully functional web experience for mass-market handsets unable to run a full web browser. Available for Java, BREW and C++ handsets, the micro-browser can be scaled, with a footprint as small as 64KB, and customized for a feature set that meets the needs of the operator and handset manufacturer. www.novarra.com
Arieso is a leading provider of capital planning and automated network optimization solutions for the wireless industry. Founded in 2002,, Arieso's solutions and expertise deliver significant cost savings to the operator community as well as a vastly improved mobile user experience. At a time when most network operators are looking at driving cost out of their business, Arieso’s optimization solutions can offer significant savings on network capex and operating expenditures. www.arieso.com
ip.access is a leading manufacturer of cost effective picocell and femtocell infrastructure solutions for 2G & 3G networks. Their solutions bring IP and cellular technologies together and solve in-building access problems for mobile operators, opening up new revenue streams while defending existing business. ip.access developed the award-winning Oyster 3G(TM) femtocell, which creates a personal 3G mobile phone signal inside the home, as well as the nanoGSM(R) picocell, which improves coverage and capacity in offices, shops and other hard-to-reach places for more than 35 mobile network operators around the world. www.ipaccess.com
Applications, Software and Services
Bedo provide an LBS application and service that enables users to take real-time location-based information and display it in context of a consumer's online social network. Enables local search, friend-finder, geo-tagging mobile blogs and location aware IM. www.bedo.cn
Buzzd is a location-sensitive entertainment listings service with branded editorial and real-time user generated content on the mobile device. "Your city, in real-time," buzzd allows consumers to know what's happening at any venue right now, rate events, and connect with friends and people in the area. www.buzzd.com
GoTV Networks is the first and largest made-for-mobile television network. GoTV’s team of Emmy® 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 programming is accessible on a broad range of wireless devices via monthly subscription through AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Alltel, Sprint Nextel, Helio, and Boost Mobile. www.gotvnetworks.com
Great Wall Software Technologies is a leading software developer of wireless applications located in Chengdu, China. The company is focusing on BREW and gpsOne (LBS) based applications. Leveraging its unique GIS platform, the company offers wireless applications such as dating and messaging, location based points of interest, and travel assistance and reservation. www.gwsoft.com.cn
MapmyIndia is India’s leader in premium quality digital map data and consumer navigation services. The company has built its proprietary MapmyIndia Maps, the most comprehensive, accurate, robust and reliable navigable map dataset for all India. MapmyIndia is driving the Indian navigation industry by providing internet, mobile and in-car navigation products and services. www.mapmyindia.com
Obopay is a pioneering service provider for payments over mobile phones. Obopay delivers instant and effortless payment solutions that allow consumers, merchants, banks and carriers to easily embrace the power and convenience of instant mobile payments. www.obopay.com
Streamezzo is a leading provider of embedded rich media solutions for mobile devices. The company designs, develops and markets tools that make mobile phone content more appealing and more interactive. Streamezzo is unique in that they provide a solution that enables clients to roll out services using a single player for Unicast (3G and HSDPA) as well as Broadcast (MediaFLO, DVB-H, and S-DMB) platforms. www.streamezzo.com
Visage Mobility is a Software-as-a-Service enterprise application that helps businesses manage their wireless spend, establish mobile policies, monitor usage, track device inventory and reduce overall costs on wireless and smartphone deployments. www.visagemobile.com
Wavemarket is a world leader in mobile location-based search and services, offering a software product suite that includes both white-label solutions and mobile platform components. WaveMarket's customers include top tier North American carriers Sprint Nextel, Cingular, Bell Mobility of Canada, and SK Telecom of Korea. www.wavemarket.com
Kirusa is a leading developer of value added mobile services that provide the freedom of multimodality. Kirusa’s solutions include the hugely successful KV.SMS™, the world’s most advanced “Voice SMS” solution, which allows mobile users to send and reply to SMS messages with voice, and works on all handsets and on all networks. www.kirusa.com
PixSense provides digital media management and rich-media messaging services for mobile subscribers. The company has patent-pending, on-device media compression technology and network optimization technology that ensure fast transfers, and significantly reduces costs to both end users and wireless operators. www.pixsense.com
