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Belden

1 N Brentwood Blvd, 15th Floor, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States

Overview

Belden is a world-class manufacturer of signal transmission products - primarily for the entertainment, residential, industrial and security markets. Belden is one of the largest U.S.-based manufacturers of high-speed electronic cables and focuses on products for the specialty electronics and data networking markets, including connectivity.

Total investments
2
Lead investments
2
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
4

Sector focus

  • Industrial
  • Manufacturing
  • Network Hardware
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Investment portfolio

  • Litmus

    Led · Series B · Sep 2022

    Litmus develops a cloud platform that enables marketers, designers, and agencies to build, preview, and optimize email campaigns. The service delivers instant email previews and quality-assurance tools that flag issues such as broken links or missing images before a message is sent. Its analytics suite then tracks performance so users can refine future outreach. More than 250,000 professionals rely on the product, underscoring meaningful market penetration. In October 2015, Litmus rolled out a major redesign incorporating instant previews and an interactive checklist feature. With fresh capital, the company plans to accelerate engineering and sales hiring, expand internationally, and launch new training and education initiatives. Although headquartered in Cambridge, MA, Litmus was originally founded in London by CEO Paul Farnell, CTO Matthew Brindley, and Managing Director David Smalley.

  • Litmus Automation

    Led · Series B · Sep 2022

    Litmus delivers an industrial edge data platform that connects, collects, and analyzes data from manufacturing equipment, enabling centralized oversight and multi-site scalability. The software allows a customer to grow from a single facility to five or more factories in weeks, all managed through one dashboard. Its open architecture integrates with major cloud and infrastructure partners, including Microsoft, Google Cloud, AWS, Databricks, Oracle Cloud, and Dell Technologies. By bringing data processing to the edge, the platform aims to reduce latency and accelerate industrial analytics and automation projects. The company is led by CEO Vatsal Shah and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Proceeds from the latest investment will be used to expand operations and accelerate product development. No revenue, customer, or usage metrics were disclosed in the article.

Team

  • Joseph C. Belden

    Founder

  • Denis Blouin

    Product Line Manager,

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  • Erin Azar

    Director of Tech, Digital Transformation

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  • Olivier Bojarski

    EVP & Global President

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