37°25′25″N 122°12′37″W / 37.4237°N 122.2103°W / 37.4237; -122.2103
Company type | Private company |
---|---|
Industry | Venture Capital |
Founded | 1996 |
Founder | Arjun Gupta |
Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
Website | www |
TeleSoft Partners is a venture capital firm located in Aspen, Colorado.
The firm
TeleSoft Partners provides capital to high-tech and energy value chain companies specializing on the internet, wireless, software, systems, applications, and services industries. TeleSoft typically invests $1-$15 million per company and is stage agnostic, including investments across companies in the early, development & expansion, and late stages of their development life cycle. The firm has raised capital commitments of $625 million and focuses on approximately 25-30 investments per fund.
TeleSoft was founded in 1996 by Arjun Gupta, a member of the investment group that purchased the Sacramento Kings in 2013.
Investments
Investments include: Salesforce.com, Skype Qik, LiteScape Technologies, Calix Inc., Validity Sensors, Ikanos Communications, VoiceObjects, Nexant, Lara Networks, Zantaz, Cerent Corporation, Tele Atlas, and Loglogic.
References
- Harber, Aaron. "The Aaron Harber Show". harbertv.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- "Company Overview of Telesoft Partners". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- Bizjak, Tony (16 May 2013). "Maloof family and Sacramento investors reach deal for Kings". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- "Forbes Midas List #51 - Arjun Gupta". www.forbes.com.
- Andrews, Robert (9 April 2008). "Qik Confirms $3 Million Round, Parent Name Change; Unveils WorldTV Broadcast Integration". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- Marshall, Matt (9 May 2007). "LiteScape Technologies raises $11.2M for VoIP-in-business applications service". www.venturebeat.com.
- Takahashi, Dean (31 August 2009). "Calix raises $100 million for rural broadband communications equipment". www.venturebeat.com.
- Empson, Rip (18 October 2012). "Validity Sensors Raising $20M From Qualcomm, TeleSoft To Bring Fingerprint Security To Mobile Payments". www.techcrunch.com.
- Staff, EDN. "Ikanos Receives Funding Support from Intel, TSMC". www.edn.com.
- Marshall, Matt (6 October 2005). "Another company sucked into Silicon Valley: VoiceObjects". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- "TeleSoft Portfolio Company, Nexant, Expands Presence in India". www.bloomberg.com.
- "Lara Networks secures $40 million in second round of funding". www.expressindia.com.
- Preimesberger, Chris (3 July 2007). "Autonomy Acquires Zantaz for $375 Million". www.eweek.com.
- Thurm, Scott (26 August 1999). "Cisco to Acquire Cerent For $6.9 Billion in Stock". Wall Street Journal.
- Hesseldahl, Arik (8 November 2007). "TomTom Ups its Bid for TeleAtlas". Bloomberg.com.
- Savitz, Eric. "Tibco Buys LogLogic For $130M". www.forbes.com.
External links
Private equity and venture capital | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Investment types | |||||||
History | |||||||
Terms and concepts |
| ||||||
Investors | |||||||
Related financial terms | |||||||