Broadband
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Broadsoft
Gaithersburg, MD | www.broadsoft.com
Communications Software for VOIP Applications
Broadsoft is a communications software company providing next-generation voice applications and servers to telecom service providers. Broadsoft’s industry-leading products enable service providers to deliver basic and enhanced telephony services such as voice mail, call forwarding, unified messaging, and conferencing to their enterprise customers on an open, independent software platform. Other significant investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Comdisco Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, Grotech Capital Group, RRE Ventures, and Tekelec.
Investment Team Phil Herget
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euNetworks Group Limited
London, UK | www.eunetworks.com
Broadband
euNetworks Group Limited (SGX: H23:SI) is a bandwidth infrastructure provider and owns 15 fibre-based metropolitan networks across Europe connected with a high capacity intercity backbone. The company offers a portfolio of metro and longhaul Ethernet and Internet Protocol services including dark fibre, dedicated fibre, wavelength, Ethernet, and Internet. Enterprise and carrier customers benefit from euNetworks’ unique inventory of fibre and duct-based assets that are tailored to fulfill their high bandwidth needs.
Investment Team John Siegel, Jim Fleming, Jason Booma
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FDN Communications
Maitland, FL | www.fdncommunications.com
Telecom Services - CLEC
FDN is a facilities-based Competitive Local Exchange Carrier providing integrated communication services to small and medium enterprises throughout Florida and central Georgia. FDN delivers a wide range of integrated communications products and services, including local voice and data services; domestic and international long distance services; dedicated and dial-up high-speed Internet access; virtual private networks; web hosting; domain name services; and other advanced data services. Columbia co-led the second tranche of FDN’s Series A recapitalization. Other significant investors include M/C Venture Partners and Centennial Ventures. FDN merged with NuVox Communications in June of 2007
Investment Team John Siegel, Jim Fleming
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GTS Central European Group
Central Europe | www.gtsce.com
Broadband
GTS CE is a full service provider of integrated solutions to five countries in Central and Eastern Europe: Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. The Company provides service through an extensive fiber network in the region that supports both national and local metropolitan footprints.
Investment Team John Siegel, Jim Fleming
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Hatteras Communications
Durham, NC | www.hatterasnetworks.com
Broadband Access Equipment
Hatteras is developing new last-mile access products that enable carriers to fully leverage their copper infrastructure to deliver high-margin, high-bandwidth data services. Its IP-centric, purpose-built carrier-class access products are optimized for high-density copper access to enable telecom service providers to broadly meet business demand for service-rich, Ethernet-based access services. Columbia co-led the Hatteras’ Series A and Series B rounds of financing, and other significant investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, ComVentures, and Grotech Capital Group.
Investment Team Phil Herget
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New Global Telecom
Golden, CO | www.ngt.com
Managed VoIP Services
New Global Telecom (NGT) is a leading provider of wholesale hosted and trunk-based VoIP solutions. NGT offers a comprehensive solution, including VoIP applications, network monitoring, training, operations support systems, billing, and customer premise equipment management and fulfillment through its IP Telephone Services line of business. NGT’s scaleable and integrated network platform enables it to provision, support, and bill communications service providers and their end-users in an efficient, cost effective manner, removing the technology obsolescence risk to service provider customers.
Investment Team John Siegel
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NuVox Communications
Greenville, SC | www.nuvox.com
Telecom Services - CLEC
NuVox is a facilities-based integrated communications provider delivering broadband services and customer care in 48 markets in 13 contiguous mid-western and southeastern states. NuVox offers businesses and other end-users advanced integrated voice, data and Internet products and services including dedicated and dial-up high-speed Internet access; Web page design, development, and hosting; "traditional" local and long distance telephone services; and unified voice, e-mail, and fax messaging as well as advanced data services. NuVox's growing product portfolio also includes LAN and WAN management, virtual private networks, audio conferencing, and remote access. Other significant investors include KKR, Quadrangle, Goldman Sachs & Co., Whitney & Co., J.P. Morgan Partners, Wachovia, and M/C Ventures In June of 2007, NuVox Communications merged with FDN Communications..
Investment Team Jim Fleming, Jeff Patterson, Patrick Hendy
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Teranetics
Santa Clara, CA | www.teranetics.com
Semiconductors for Telecom
Teranetics is a fabless semiconductor company that is developing silicon solutions for 10 Gigabit Ethernet over copper. The Company specializes in physical layer solutions that enable significantly higher data rates over structured copper cabling than are currently available. Teranetics’ products enable data centers and enterprise networks to cost effectively scale up their networking bandwidth. Other significant investors include US Venture Partners, Global Catalyst Partners, Portview Communications Partners, Granite Global Ventures.
Investment Team Phil Herget
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Tilera
Santa Clara, CA | www.tilera.com
Semiconductor - Telecom
Tilera is a fables semiconductor company that has developed a novel approach to deliver silicon solutions that combine the wire-speed performance of an ASIC with programming flexibility that exceeds that of FPGAs. The novel architecture that Tilera has developed yields a combination of performance and programmability that is unmatched in the industry. Columbia Capital led the Series B financing of Tilera. Other investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, and Walden Venture Capital.
Investment Team Phil Herget
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Wells-CTI
Vancouver, WA | www.wellscti.com
Semiconductor Test Equipment
Wells-CTI is a leading provider of semiconductor test consumables, resulting from the merger of privately-held UMD and Antares ConTech, a spin-out from Kulicke & Soffa. The Company offers a wide range of package test and burn-in solutions to the global semiconductor market. Other significant investors include Investcorp.
Investment Team
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Communication Infrastructure Investments, LLC (dba Zayo Group)
Louisville, CO | www.zayo.com/
Broadband Services
Zayo Group was created as a platform holding company to acquire unique fiber assets. The Company is a provider of Telecom and Internet Infrastructure services and operates across 141 markets and 23 states. To date, the Company has acquired and successfully integrated 13 separate properties and operates as four distinct businesses: (1) Zayo Bandwidth (2) zColo (3) Zayo Enterprise Networks and (4) Onvoy Voice Services.
Investment Team John Siegel, Jim Fleming, Jason Booma
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Altiga
Franklin, MA | www.altiga.com
Broadband VPN Technology
Altiga Networks is a pioneer of next-generation Virtual Private Networking equipment for carrier and enterprise customers. Altiga's suite of VPN products enable enterprises to build secure connections over the Internet for thousands of remote users. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) acquired Altiga Networks in March 2000.
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Call Technologies
Reston, VA | www.3com.com
Broadband Telco OSS and enhanced service applications
Call Technologies is a provider of hardware-independent, value-added enhanced services software, such as comprehensive messaging and provisioning and verification and notification systems, and operational support systems to communications service providers. 3COM Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) acquired Call Technologies in March 2000.
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DSL.net
New Haven, CT | www.dsl.net
DSL Service Provider to Small and Midsize Business Market
DSL.net, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSLN) provides broadband data solutions to 33,000 small and medium-sized businesses. The Company offers nationwide coverage of DSL and T1-based services over its own collocation (COs) footprint predominately located in the eastern half of the United States and through a reselling partnership with Covad Communications for a nationwide footprint of 1,700 Covad operated COs. DSL.net also provides value added services such as web hosting, Internet access, and content delivery. Columbia led DSL.net’s Series Y financing in late 2001 and successfully exited this investment in early 2004.
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ICG
Englewood, CO | www.icgcom.com
Telecom Services - CLEC
ICG Communications, Inc. is a communications provider with a robust data and voice network, operating in more than 15 major metropolitan areas. As an integrated voice and data company, ICG provides access and bandwidth to thousands of customers including interexchange carriers, Internet service providers, and corporate customers with small to medium-sized businesses. Signature products include VoicePipe and other converged services, special access, Dedicated Internet Access (DIA), Primary Rate Interface (PRI), digital trunks and other voice solutions. In 2006, Level 3 Communications acquired ICG for $163M. (NASDAQ: LVLT)
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Luna
Blacksburg, VA | www.lunatechnologies.com
Optical Network Test and Measurement Equipment
Luna Technologies provides advanced optical component test and measurement systems that enable optical networking vendors to measure critical performance parameters of next-generation optical components and systems. Columbia led both the Series A and Series B rounds of financing for Luna, and other significant investors include Envest Ventures, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, and SoundView Technology. Luna Communications (NASDAQ: LUNA) went public in 2006.
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Ocular Networks
Reston, VA | www.ocularnetworks.com
Optical network equipment
Ocular Networks is an emerging provider of next-generation optical networking technologies that enable carriers to open new revenue streams from Ethernet over SONET (synchronous optical network), and dramatically reduce capital and operating costs. Tellabs (NASDAQ: TLAB) acquired Ocular Networks in January 2002 for $355M, one of the largest venture-backed M&A exits of the year.
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Taqua
Centerville, MA | www.taqua.com
Network Equipment
Taqua is a leading provider of Class 5 alternative switching systems with integrated softswitch functionality. Taqua was acquired by Tekelec Corporation (NASDAQ: TKLC) in early 2004.
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Torrent
Silver Spring, MD | www.torrentnet.com
Network Equipment
Torrent Networking Technologies is a leading pioneer of next-generation Internet-class routing solutions that deliver powerful new service management capabilities to Internet backbones. Torrent Networking Technologies was acquired by Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERICY) in June 1999.