CURRENT INVESTMENTS


Zave Networks (Acquired by Google 9/2/11. Learn more...)

Zave Networks

Zave Networks offers a revolutionary technology point-of-sale platform that for the first time ever connects digital marketing and advertising with physical in-store sales, delivering on the promise of "clicks to bricks." Zave's unique platform enables marketers, retailers, and product manufacturers to create, distribute, and process digital coupons, promotions, and incentives real-time at the point of sale in a way that's convenient and simple for consumers. Retailers and manufacturers are able to measure, in real-time, the effectiveness of their efforts, including which of their promotions is leading to actual retail sales. Zave Networks is the first solution that closes the redemption loop, allowing for unprecedented marketing insights and optimization.


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eRecyclingCorps

eRecyclingCorps

ERC is transforming the wireless device ecosystem. Through the establishment of large-scale wireless phone buy-back programs, ERC is providing consumers rich and immediate incentives for trading in old devices when a new device is purchased is the most effective way to begin to reduce the growing number of handsets accumulating in our homes and offices (1-billion in the US alone). Rewarding, reusing, and recycling forms the foundation of the carrier grade, carrier scale process ERC is implementing in wireless carrier retail locations worldwide. 

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GoGo In-Flight Internet

GoGo In-Flight Internet

Gogo, turns a commercial airplane into a Wi-Fi hotspot with true inflight Internet access. Passengers with Wi-Fi enabled devices, such as laptops, smartphones and PDAs, can surf the Web, check e-mail, instant message, access a corporate VPN and more. Gogo Inflight Internet is available on all AirTran Airways and Virgin America flights, and select Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways flights.

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Farmlink

Farmlink

A subsidiary of MachineryLink, owner of the largest fleet of combines in the United States, Farmlink delivers a breakthrough online tool that helps America's farmers harness the power of sophisticated wireless technology and gain the information they need to better manage their harvest each season. Farmlink's web center will help farmers optimize the in-field harvest performance of their combine, ensuring they get the most from their field by using wireless technology to track critical data points across their fleet during harvest in real-time.

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E Band

E Band

E-Band Communications helps solve one of the biggest problems facing the wireless industry - the need to access to alternative backhaul solutions. E-Band manufactures the highest performance multi-gigabit capacity wireless backhaul systems based on 70-80 GHz millimeter-wave technology. Customers around the world use E-Band radios in applications such as 3G, 4G, WiMAX, LTE, mobile backhaul and private networks for enterprises and businesses.

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Zettics

As mobile data usage proliferates, carriers are faced with a key challenge: how to extract revenue from mobile data usage. Lack of visibility into what mobile users are doing with data, which applications are being consumed and how usage correlates with user demographics and location have made it impossible to build actionable user profiles. Mobile Intelligence Solutions (a merger between Ground Truth and Umber systems) provides the first, intelligent monitoring and analytics solution that works across applications, devices, networks and locations. It provides a clear, accurate and ongoing picture of mobile data usage.

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Leap2

Leap2

First the web gave us 'Surf', then 'Search', and now 'Leap2' - a mobile revolution for leaping to the web. Leap2 creates direct-to-web results for your mobile search. It provides instant tabbed browsing, related terms and a wheel of category filters. Basically, it gets you where you want to go faster and helps you discover the best of the web on the way.

Gift Card Impressions

Gift Card Impressions

Gift Card Impressions (GCI) is the leading Gift Card packaging and merchandising solutions provider. They build customized solutions to deliver strategically focused; brand-differentiating concepts that drive incremental gift card sales by making your products stand out at 3rd party point-of-purchase, in your stores and online. GCI’s solutions make the gift-giving occasion more memorable and personalized using the latest technologies to appeal to all five senses! They provide the most strategic, innovative and cost-effective solutions to achieve your specific objectives. Gift Card Impressions…where innovation meets gifting.


Spectrum Five

E Band

Increasing market demands caused by HDTV, online video, mobile distribution and high-speed downloads are putting enormous pressure on providers to continue to offer a high quality user experience despite finite spectrum availability.

Spectrum Five is creating the DBS satellite infrastructure of the future by offering increased capacity at much lower capital costs thus enabling new services compatible with mobility and the evolving terrestrial wireless infrastructure. Spectrum Five is the largest holder of DBS spectrum with full U.S. coverage and one of the largest total spectrum holders (4000 MHz).

InSequent

Insequent

InSequent provides a SaaS mobile marketing solution for Local/SMBs. The platform converts existing desktop websites into mobile optimized versions in under 1 minute just by entering your URL. The included Content Management System contains simple-to-use tools to edit your content with little to no technical skill necessary. Along with total website management there is a complete SMS suite for customer engagement, keywords, short codes, QR Codes, Mobile Coupons, opt-in widgets and much more. A truly turn-key platform designed for local business to quickly and easily get mobile and engage with customers on the largest channel there is. InSequent sells direct and through channel partners such as ReachLocal, McClatchy, Digital First Media and others.


GreenLight Connectivity Solutions

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Wireless connectivity solutions are revolutionizing the way we live and the way we drive with tools such as navigation and mapping, safety and traffic info, remote diagnostics and more. GreenLight Connectivity Solutions was launched to capture those opportunities. The company offers deep management experience in wireless and retail marketing operations along with premier product and service development capabilities, which uniquely positions it to service new connectivity solutions in the vehicle including mobile broadband, telematics and Usage Based Auto Insurance. With more than 150,000,000 compatible automobiles operating in the United States, the connected car represents a significant opportunity for GreenLight.

AgLocal

AgLocal

AgLocal is an exchange platform for meat producers and buyers which provides wholesale buyers/distributors access to the aggregate supply on animal farms, facilitating large purchases that can be resold on AgLocal to the grocers and restaurants in their networks.

Power to the Meat Lover!