PORTFOLIO OUR COMPANIES
We are committed to helping our portfolio companies achieve their maximum potential. We value our relationship with our companies, not only because of the potential for generating investor returns, but also because of the energy and enjoyment we derive from working with entrepreneurs.
ARPU
ARPU helps companies selling online services acquire more subscribers. They do this by partnering with online portals and e-commerce companies and letting consumers buy a new service with a one-click purchase. An example would be when a consumer has just finished buying a product or service, and he is prompted to add another…
Washington, DC
ContextWeb
ContextWeb, Inc. provides high-precision, real-time contextual advertising solutions guaranteed to maximize the results and impact of online advertising. ContextWeb’s patent-pending technology is the industry’s only real-time and fully-automated solution that can serve contextually relevant advertisements to the mos…
New York, NY
Ember
Controlling the use of energy more intelligently is a key strategy to reduce energy cost and emissions, and improve supply security. Ember is the leading company producing wireless networking tools to extend energy control throughout commercial buildings and homes, with dominant market share of in-building networking “s…
Boston, MA
EveryScape
Everyscape creates a photorealistic representation of the real world online. Its services and software platform can allow a retail business (such as a restaurant, apparel store or hotel) to give online visitors a sense of what it’s like to be in the physical store. This has shown to convert more online visitors to actual buye…
Waltham, MA
Fashion Playtes
Fashion Playtes is an online custom clothing company dedicated to delivering both a fun and unique design experience and top quality garments to girls age 6-12. We offer girls the tools and a platform to create and design garments and accessories that can actually be produced to wear. The product line currently features t-shirt…
Salem, MA
fTrans
FTRANS provides a complete accounts receivable and credit management solution for businesses that want to increase their access to capital and reduce administrative burdens. For financial institutions, FTRANS offers a program to enable secured, monitored accounts receivable lines of credit for small businesses.
Atlanta, GA
GateRocket
Programmable logic devices are steadily growing in capability and in market share of custom logic chip designs. GateRocket fills a key hole in the tool set for design of complex circuits based on programmable devices verification and debug. It enables designers to accelerate from weeks to days the time required to debug comple…
Bedford, MA
GlobalLogic
Globallogic helps global software companies build their products faster and more economically by distributing the development work to global teams in lower-cost locations with abundant technical talent. Globallogic works with companies of all sizes in different arrangements that range from projects to a complete outsourcing of…
Vienna, VA
Image Space Media
Image Space Media is the leading provider of in-image advertising for the Internet. Image Space Media reaches more than 32 million unique users worldwide each month with its ad overlay solution. Image Space Media superimposes relevant advertisements over more than 7 million images across the Internet and serves hundreds of mill…
New York, NY
Koofers
Koofers.com is an interactive community that serves the academic needs of users through information sharing. The service provides users with vast amounts of information (instructor ratings, grade distributions, past exams, quizzes, and study guides) with the intention of facilitating collaboration and “leveling the playin…
Reston, VA
Liquid Machines
Liquid Machines provides Enterprise Rights Management (ERM) solutions that prevent the misuse, modification, loss or theft of intellectual property and sensitive information. It combines centrally-defined data access and information usage policies with its patented Policy Droplet™ control interface to simultaneously promote a c…
Waltham, MA
Lumidigm
Lumidigm helps us quickly and conveniently prove who we are. Their novel fingerprint imager uses polarized natural light to look beneath the skin and see a clear, unblemished view of the unique personal signature that is indelibly part of every one of us. It is used in theme parks, airports and border crossings to conveniently…
Albuquerque, NM
Luminus
Luminus has proprietary technology that enables it to produce light emitting diodes (LEDs) that are 2X brighter than a car headlamp and 5-10x brighter than competing products. Opportunities for super-bright LEDs exist in multiple large markets: projection displays, automotive, general and architectural lighting, and signage. Lu…
Billerica, MA
Maptuit
Maptuit is the nation’s first real time, two-way connected navigation service provider – currently addressing the needs of the commercial transportation industry. Maptuit delivers commercial and consumer based services that empower our customers and enable them to make smart decisions when reducing operating expense…
Burlington, MA
mplayit
The market for applications for mobile devices is growing very fast — both games and other applications. Consumers lack an effective way to find and try applications before buying or downloading them. Mplayit offers powerful tools for finding and learning about applications, including a game simulator that lets consumer…
Ashburn, VA
Nantero
Nantero has deep, proprietary technology for creating logic circuits on computer chips based on carbon nanotubes. Nantero¹s form of “Flash” memory (memory that retains information when power is off) has a unique ability to scale to smaller IC geometry (below 130 nm) and to be used as embedded memory in logic devices…
Woburn, MA
Pine Labs
PineLabs is an India-based spinout of Globallogic, another NAV portfolio company. It is a payment and loyalty solutions company targeting its products and services to Indian retailers that want to automate their operations while offering better services to consumers. Pine Labs started in the oil retail business by enabling el…
Noida, India
Pontiflex
Pontiflex is the first open and transparent cost per lead (CPL) market. Advertisers connect to interested consumers through Pontiflex and pay only for brand-specific marketing leads, not just clicks or impressions that might never convert. Pontiflex AdLeads offers publishers, advertisers and agencies a single point of connect…
Brooklyn, NY
Qliance
Qliance is a medical practice that specializes in comprehensive primary, preventive and wellness care. Qliance operates outside the insurance system. As a result, the practice does not bill insurance plans or receive payment from insurance carriers for the services provided. Instead, Qliance charges a monthly fee ($49 to $79)…
Seattle, WA
RemitPro
RemitPro, Inc. offers funds processing and risk management software solutions via secure web-based systems.
Omaha, NE
Secure Command
Secure Command has developed a patent-pending, revolutionary technology for protecting computer workstations from Internet attacks. The flagship product, Internet Cleanroom, is based on commercial virtualization technology and provides unparalleled protection against Internet threats.
Fairfax, VA
SepSensor
SepSensor offers a low cost, wireless sensor and remote monitoring service that enables restaurant facilities managers to efficiently solve their growing problem of grease interceptor maintenance.
Northborough, MA
Stitcher
Stitcher is bringing the digital revolution to the world of radio. Taking advantage of higher bandwidth in mobile networks and better functionality of newer smartphones, it allows users to access news and information radio programs that are tailored to their needs wherever and whenever they want. Users can listen to the conte…
San Francisco, CA
Tap 'n Tap
Tap ’n Tap is bringing the best of the web to the comfort of your home. Our software platform and design expertise enable OEMs and ODMs to quickly offer high quality home internet devices based on the Android operating system.
Cambridge, MA
TVU Networks
TVU Networks has created a global Internet TV network for professional broadcasters, using new P2P-like technology that allows broadcasters to reach large global audiences at a very low cost. The service is free to consumers and is supported via advertisements inserted seamlessly into the live broadcast video content. Viewers…
Mountain View, CA
Velox
High energy costs create strong demand for electronic components that enable smaller, cheaper, more efficient electric power supplies. Application markets are large: computers, wide-screen TVs, and hybrid and electric cars. The heart of a hybrid car is a sophisticated solid-state electrical power control unit. Velox has propri…
