WHY GLOBESPAN

Why Globespan?

Every member of the Globespan team views the success of our entrepreneurs and their companies as his or her number one priority. Throughout our history, we have shown that this approach generates superior returns for our limited partners. We get tremendous gratification from helping our entrepreneurs build world-class companies. Globespan offers exceptional access into domestic and global markets, superior counsel grounded in a broad perspective, and a team based, collaborative approach to company building.

Exceptional Access

Globespan is a bi-coastal firm with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, Palo Alto, California and an office in Tokyo, Japan. Given our active presence in these technology hubs, our portfolio companies benefit from a complete market perspective and exceptional access to a wide network of prospective customers, staff, partners, and experts.

To help our portfolio companies with their global market ambitions, we have a dedicated Asian Business Development team. With an office in Tokyo and an Asian business development specialist in each of our domestic offices, Globespan offers an infrastructure, network, and proven process for penetrating Asian markets -- distinct capabilities unmatched in the marketplace.

Experienced Counsel

Globespan draws on more than 100 years of collective technology and operational experience from leading companies such as Akamai, Apple, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, Mitsubishi and Oracle. Combined with our experience as founders or early team members of 11 technology start-ups, we understand what it takes to build world-class companies.

We bring broad perspective to our portfolio companies from both inside and outside of our firm. For example, our CIO Advisory Board is a group of technology experts who offer us and our portfolio companies critical perspective from the vantage point of high level IT decision makers.

Collaborative Approach

Each of our portfolio companies benefits from the collective expertise and network of the entire Globespan team. Our dedication to a collaborative approach and our vested interest in each others’ success mean that our whole team is engaged to do everything they can to drive the success of each of our portfolio companies.

Over the years, we have helped our companies with strategic planning and priority setting, senior management recruitment, access to vital partners, structuring of strategic alliances, evaluation of follow on financing, and eventual sale or public offering of a company.