How We Invest
At Globespan, we invest in information technology and cleantech markets that we know exceptionally well through our years of operational, technical and investment experience. As founders of technology start-ups ourselves, we know first-hand how valuable the investor relationship can be for building a successful business. As investors, we work collaboratively with inspired entrepreneurs to create value in four sectors of the information technology marketplace:
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Cleantech
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Communications
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Internet/Infrastructure
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Software
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Systems and Peripherals
Globespan invests across investment stages -- in early-, middle- and later-stage opportunities. We lead the financings in which we participate and serve on the boards of companies where we have invested. We also build strong investment syndicates with other leading venture capitalists.
Our commitment to fund a company marks the beginning of a long term relationship. At Globespan, we operate as a team with our entrepreneurs and put all of the firm’s collective expertise and resources to work for the benefit of each of our portfolio companies. Through our US and Japanese offices, we have perspective on the fast-changing technology marketplace. Our Asian Business Development program gives us an understanding of the global landscape as well and gives us access to opportunities abroad. Our extensive network around the world enables us to tap into a wide range of strategic opportunities on behalf of our entrepreneurs.
Our investment approach and thorough understanding of the competition and technologies in our sectors have led us to successful investments Airgate PCS (NASDAQ:PCSA), Aptis (acquired by Nortel Networks), Argon (acquired by Siemens Corporation), Brocade (NASDAQ:BRCD), CDS (acquired by Maxtor), Cerulean (acquired by Aether Systems), Digital Island (NASDAQ:ISLD), edocs (acquired by Siebel Systems), enCommerce (acquired by Entrust Technologies), FlexiInternational (NASDAQ:FLXI), Lightspan (NASDAQ:LSPN), Net Perception (NASDAQ:NETP), Obsidian (acquired by Applied Materials), Ocular (acquired by Tellabs), Philsar (acquired by Conexant Systems), Pirus (acquired by Sun Microsystems), Sentient (acquired by Cisco Systems) and Silknet (NASDAQ:SILK). We have also successfully incubated start-ups including; Avanex (NASDAQ:AVNX), Monterey Networks (acquired by Cisco) and Trigo Technologies(acquired by IBM).
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