Alta Berkeley
42 Berkeley Square, London, W1J 5AW, United Kingdom
Overview
Alta Berkeley Venture Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed and startup and early stage. The firm also provides bridge financing. It targets its investments in communication and computing technology and medical technology sectors. Within communication and computing technology sectors, the firm focuses on semiconductor, components, system, and software level of integration. Within medical technology, it focuses on medical devices, bio-chips, and bio informatics. The firm primarily invests in Europe and Israel. It initially invests between $1.5 million and $3 million and then average investment goes up to between $4 million and $8 million. The firm prefers to take a lead role in its investments. However in syndicates, it acts as both a lead investor and a co-investor. The firm prefers to invest for a period between four and seven years and seeks to exit its investment through public offerings, acquisitions, and trade sales in the United States and Europe. Alta Berkeley Venture Partners was founded in 1982 and is based in London, United Kingdom with an additional office in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Polatis
Participated · Equity · Feb 2012
Polatis is a developer and self-described world leader in all-optical switch technology. Founded in 2005 through the merger of leading optical technology companies from Cambridge, Massachusetts and Cambridge, UK, the company is based in Andover, MA. Its core products are all-optical switches for modern fiber-based networks, targeting growth markets such as datacenter interconnect, carrier networking and government systems. Polatis said it will use the $2.7M in venture capital to accelerate new product development, further ramp in-house manufacturing capability, and expand business development resources. The funding was provided by the company's existing investors. Investors named include Flagship Ventures, JK&B Capital, DFJ Esprit, Encore Ventures, Alta-Berkeley Ventures, Massachusetts Technology Development Corp., Prism VentureWorks and Gainesborough Investments.
- AirWalk Communications
Participated · Series B · Feb 2011
AirWalk Communications develops small cell radio access network solutions, including femtocells, enterprise femtocells, picocells, metrocells and microcells. The company uses a flat IP architecture to enable operators to extend coverage and capacity in high-density areas and off-load macro networks. AirWalk has launched products such as the EdgePoint PRO enterprise femtocell, the EdgePoint consumer femtocell, and the AW100 picocell. It plans to use the investment to expand its small cell product portfolio, enhance existing CDMA products and launch LTE solutions. Established in 2002 and based in Richardson, Texas, AirWalk is privately held and serves a worldwide customer base. The company positions its technology to address surging data and video traffic and the resulting network congestion in hotspots and buildings.
Team
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