Entrepia Ventures
5201 Great America Pkwy Ste 456, Santa Clara, CA, 95054, United States
Overview
Entrepia Ventures manages VC funds that invest in early-to expansion-stage, technology-based, private companies. After investing, we actively support business development initiatives of our portfolio companies in Japan and other Asian markets. Leveraging Entrepia's relationships, many of our portfolio companies benefit from distribution arrangements, joint-ventures, partnerships and alliances with Japanese companies resulting in incremental revenues as well as additional financing sources. Entrepia's distinctive approach to delivering value goes well beyond making introductions to prospective customers and partners. Based on the many years of hands-on experience of its team with distribution, manufacturing and service companies in Japan, we help leverage management's time and assemble/manage the right set of resources in Asian markets that are often high-growth and attractive yet difficult to efficiently access. Entrepia's office in Tokyo plays a key role in our effort. On-the-ground presence of Entrepia's well-connected and experienced staff enables portfolio companies to be positioned optimally, to work the system from the inside, to read and respond to changes rapidly and to avoid pitfalls, thereby maximizing the likelihood of success. Besides supporting Entrepia Ventures' portfolio companies, Entrepia Japan also invests in Japanese start-ups and seeds businesses that can take advantage of Entrepia's cross-border operations.
- Total investments
- 5
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Business Development
- Security
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Vantrix
Participated · Series D · Dec 2012
Vantrix develops software platforms that optimize video and message traffic for carriers, ISPs and enterprises, enabling dynamic adjustment of video to meet network constraints while maintaining end-user quality. Its solutions combine bandwidth optimization, deep network traffic intelligence, and granular policy enforcement to reduce congestion from video, web content, and internet audio. Vantrix positions its technology to help operators monetize growing video traffic and balance user experience with cost-effective network usage. The company reports deployments to more than one billion subscribers across 75+ mobile networks on five continents. Vantrix will use growth capital from the financing to fund strategic growth initiatives and pursue near-term profitability goals. The company is backed by investors including Summerhill Venture Partners, Tudor Growth Equity, BDC Capital and JK&B Capital. Vantrix provides policy-controlled content optimization and delivery solutions for mobile network operators, focused on video and image transcoding, network and messaging optimization, and content traffic intelligence. Its flagship offering, Vantrix Bandwidth Optimizer, delivers configurable control and traffic insight to address congestion, quality of experience, cost savings, and revenue growth. The company says its solutions are configurable, scalable, and were developed to address video challenges beyond first-generation mobile optimization platforms. Vantrix reports deployments in over 75 networks, serving over 1 billion subscribers worldwide, and lists customers including Bell Canada, Sprint, Orange, Telefonica and T-Mobile. The company is headquartered in Montreal with offices in the United States and London. It plans to use proceeds from the recent funding to meet demand from its growing global presence in network optimization and content delivery. Vantrix Corporation is a Montreal-based provider of mobile video optimization and delivery solutions. Led by President and CEO Allan Benchetrit, the company's technology is designed to ensure content is delivered cost-effectively and with the best possible user experience across services, devices, and networks. Its solutions are deployed in over 70 networks and customers include Sprint, Orange, Telefonica, T-Mobile, TeliaSonera, MTS, Etisalat, Saudi Telecom Company and Tata Telecom. Vantrix has offices in London, Hong Kong, and Dubai. Financially, the company received a $3M venture debt financing from Wellington Financial LP. The proceeds are intended to help the company expand into new markets worldwide. Vantrix provides mobile video optimization and delivery solutions for streaming, browsing and messaging through its Mediadvance platform. The platform is currently used by major carriers including Sprint, Orange, Telefonica, T-Mobile, TeliaSonera, MTS, Etisalat, Saudi Telecom Company and Tata Telecom. The company completed a US$14m Series C financing to support its expansion strategies. The round was led by Tudor Ventures with participation from existing investors. In conjunction with the funding, Dan MacKeigan of Tudor Ventures joined Vantrix’s board. Vantrix is based in Montreal and also operates offices in London, Hong Kong and Dubai. Vantrix offers a mobile-focused rich media delivery platform and delivery tools that allow video to be easily viewed on cellphones. The platform helps content providers and carriers overcome device, screen size, codec, content format, media player and network fragmentation. Vantrix positions itself as an online platform delivery specialist for rich media on mobile. The company emphasizes removing technical barriers so carriers and providers can deliver ubiquitous and compelling new mobile services. Vantrix plans to use recent funding to expand operations globally and to invest in infrastructure and R&D to support its growing customer base. The company announced a $12 million Series B financing led by JK&B Capital as part of its current financial update.
- Achronix Semiconductor
Participated · Equity · Oct 2008
Achronix Semiconductor Corporation is a Santa Clara, California–based provider of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The company held an over $40m first close of a $45m Series C mezzanine financing. The round was led by a syndicate of financial and strategic investors and all of Achronix’s existing investors participated in the financing. The additional $5m will be closed in the next 60 days. The company intends to use the proceeds of the financing to accelerate investments in Speedster22i FPGAs and future products. Achronix’s Speedster22i devices, based on Intel’s 22nm process technology, offer cost-effective production of high performance, high density, IP-rich FPGAs, and the company operates sales offices and representatives in the United States, Europe, China, Japan, and Korea, with research and design offices in Ithaca, N.Y., and Bangalore, India. Achronix Semiconductor is a San Jose, Calif. company that develops the Speedster family of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Its Speedster models are designed to deliver faster and generally better performance for computer applications, with operating speeds up to 1.5GHz, according to PE Hub. The company recently closed $43 million of a still-open $52 million second round of financing. Argonaut Private Equity led the tranche, which also included Battery Ventures, New Science Ventures, Easton Capital Investment Group and Entrepia Ventures. Achronix previously raised $25.4 million in its first round last January. It plans to use the new funds to develop a new generation of products, and coverage described the round as one of the largest recent semiconductor financings. Achronix Semiconductor is a San Jose company developing multi-GHz Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology. The company targets the high-performance segment of global ASIC/ASSP/FPGA markets, which it says represents a $20 billion-plus opportunity. Achronix completed a $25.4 million first round of venture backing. The financing was led by New Science Ventures (of New York) and Battery Ventures, with Entrepia Ventures and Easton Capital Investment Group participating. The article includes the company's full statement on the raise.
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