Portfolio Companies

It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellow-men to have an interest in your enterprise. — Henry David Thoreau

For Former Portfolio Companies:

sold = Companies that were sold

= All Stars

closed = No longer in business

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Acumenta | (formerly Timeblaster) Personal knowledge retrieval for drug discovery and disease research professionals. Sold to management

ACT Medical | Engineering/manufacturing services for medical device companies. Sold to MedSource Technologies (now Accellent).

Adesso Systems | (formerly Thinking Bytes) Software platform for mobile/enterprise applications.

Autogenomics | Film-based microarray for proteomic and genomic analysis.

American Fantasy Sports | Fantasy sports platform.

Big Trail | Web-based design of custom Lucchese cowboy boots.

Bitpipe | In-depth IT content including white papers, product literature, webcasts, analyst reports, and case studies. Sold to TechTarget

Blue Water | Bringing professional management to septic tank maintenance.

Boston Micromachines | Deformable mirrors, spatial light modulators, adaptive optics systems, and other optical MEMS devices.

Bungo | Collaboration software (The Connected Workspace)

Citysquares |Hyper-local search – connecting people to local businesses.

CoalTek | Proprietary process for clean, efficient burning of coal.

Cambria Pharmaceuticals | Drug discovery for neurological disorders.

Coffee Connection | Retail Coffee Stores. Sold to Starbucks

Cognika | Cognitive Computing for data analytics and intelligent search.

Collego | Catalog software for the extended enterprise. Sold to mro software (Sold to IBM)

Colonial Mills | Braided-texture rugs

Colorado MedTech | OEM Manufacturer of medical instrumentation.

Constant Contact | Self-service e-mail marketing for small businesses.

Campus Fundraiser | Fundraising programs for campus-based organizations.

Design2Launch | Web-based Digital Asset Management and Package Design tools.

Desktone | Enterprise-class virtual desktop.

Ednets | Serving local school districts with advanced web technology and fundraising programs.

Emo Labs | Thin Film Audio™ speakers. Turns computer and cellphone screens into speakers.

Gaterocket | Technology to accelerate development of FPGA designs

Gazelle Systems | CRM systems for the restaurant and hospitality industry. Aggregates detailed transaction data from restaurant POS systems for marketing and operational use.

General Analysis Corp | Instrumentation for the beverage industry and the industrial hygiene market. Sold to OI Analytical.

Granitar | eBusiness strategy, planning and implementation

Elantix | CRM for indirect channels

Haymarket Bank | Sold to Century Bank.

HistoRx | Customized biomarker assays and reagents.

Holometrix | Instruments for Thermal Properties measurement. Merged with Metrisa.

Hubspot | Internet marketing software, for maximizing effectiveness of web-based marketing initiatives.

Iconics | Process control software.

Image Fortress | Archiving of digital records.

Integrated Fuel Cell Technologies | Novel approach to the design and manufacturing of fuel cells.

Interactive Supercomputing | Enables software to run on LINUX clusters, providing parallel processing that is transparent to the user.

Jodange | Sentiment Analytics to help knowledge workers know the opinions of thought leaders.

Lab Connections | Instruments and software for chemical analysis. Sold to Mocon.

Ladies Golf.com | Devoted to enhancing the golfing experience for women golfers.

The Laser Company | High power diode lasers.

Laser Science | OEM and industrial lasers. Sold to Thermo Scientific.

Linkstorm | Advanced technology to create more powerful online advertising, using their patent-pending Portable Universal Profile ™

Manifold Products | Product Design and Development company.

Measurement Technologies | Network caching technology

MedSafe | Regulatory compliance for the healthcare Industry.

Metrisa Inc. | Analytical Instrumentation for the chemical, petrochemical, water and waste water markets. Sold to Galvanic Applied Sciences.

MicroE Systems | Encoders and precision positioning systems. Sold to GSI.

Nametre Company | Instruments for monitoring viscosity. Sold to Holometrix, Inc.

Nantero | High density non-volatile random access memory chips using carbon nanotubes (NRAMTM)

Net Marquee | Online direct marketing. Sold to Circle.com

Nimbit | Helps professional musicians turn artistic excellence into business success.

Org Supply | eProcurement for colleges and universities

OwnerIQ | Helps consumers locate hard-to-find user manuals, helps manufacturers reduce support costs, and provides advertisers with highly targeted prospects.

Permessa | (formerly DYS Analytics) Unified Communications solutions.

Permission TV | (formerly NetCable TV) A platform for delivering video on demand using a highly secure peer-to-peer technology.

Pizzeria Regina | Italian Restaurants and Food Court pizza kiosks. Sold to private equity firm.

PLC Medical Systems | Medical Laser systems (pioneers in TMR - Transmyocardial Revascularisation).

Polnox | High performance antioxidants to improve performance and shelf life of a variety of materials.

Punchbowl | Event and party planning via the web.

QD Vision | Flat panel displays using Quantum Dot technology.

Qiave Technologies | Intrusion prevention, content protection for web servers. Sold to WatchGuard

The Reference | Software and consulting for financial services companies. Sold to ...

Salience Associates | Sales and marketing consulting and outsourcing of sales forces.

Sand Video | Fabless semiconductor company with video compression technology. Sold to Broadcom.

Scalable Display Technologies | Systems for creating large, high performance multi-projector displays.

SensArray Infrared | Infrared detector arrays

Skyhook Wireless | Location-based services using a database of known Wi-Fi access points to calculate the position of any wi-fi enabled device.

SiCortex | High performance computers for scientific applications, using a proprietary cluster network design.

SofCheck | Software analysis and verification.

Softrax | Provider of revenue management solutions.

Softricity | Pioneers of application virtualization software. Sold to Microsoft.

Telekos Systems | Large scale optical cross-connect systems using MEMS technology.

Texterity | Systems and services for the creation, delivery, and tracking of digital editions of magazines.

Third Screen Media | Enables advertising for mobile phones and wireless devices. Sold to AOL.

TimeTrade | Web-based scheduling and calendaring for service organizations.

Traction Software | Weblogging for the enterprise. Improves the way information from disparate sources is captured, shared, acted upon, and published.

Tizor | Patent-pending approach to automating internal auditing and security.

Tytronics, Inc. | Instruments for the chemical, petrochemical, and water industries. Merged with Metrisa.

Vela Systems | Mobile software that streamlines field administration processes in the construction industry.

Wwwhoosh | Accelerator for downloading web pages quickly and with minimum use of bandwidth.

x+1 | (formerly Poindexter Systems) x+1 uses sophisticated statistical modeling technology to leverage traditional direct marketing techniques online.

Zentox | Water treatment systems. Recapitalized by management and lead investor.

Zoove | Ad delivery to mobile phones using a novel (patented) alternative to short codes.

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