Led · Equity · May 2023

IQ Fiber is a local residential ISP founded in August 2021 and led by founder and CEO Ted Schremp. The company operates a 100% fiber-optic-to-the-home (FTTH) network and emphasizes no contracts, hidden fees, or data caps. Its network is supported by live, local customer service from its Jacksonville headquarters. IQ Fiber is deploying service across Duval, Nassau, St. Johns and Clay Counties with availability in San Marco, Mandarin, Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, Orange Park, and Neptune Beach. The company employs over 75 people at its Jacksonville HQ. Recent equity funding will support continued network deployment and customer growth.

Led · Equity · Apr 2019

Tilson provides network deployment and information system professional services, offering real-estate entitlement, engineering, construction and operational capabilities to telecom, construction, utility and government clients. The company focuses on nationwide network infrastructure design-build services and supports large-scale projects such as national 5G rollouts and IoT deployments. Tilson is spinning out and capitalizing an asset ownership affiliate, SQF, LLC, which owns and develops telecommunications assets in public rights-of-way and operates as a pole owner and solutions provider for 5G. SQF is supported by Tilson’s capabilities to provide options from single-site design-build to fully outsourced deployment and nationwide management. The company has over 550 employees across 23 offices and has been recognized eight consecutive years on the Inc. 5000. The recent investment from SDC will be used to drive Tilson’s expansion and scale its small cell infrastructure development and related services. Tilson Technology is an IT-services firm that builds telecommunications networks and deploys information-technology software. Under CEO Joshua Broder (appointed 2009) the company expanded from 10 employees to 360 across 14 offices worldwide, with 65 employees in Portland. The company reported $37 million in 2016 revenue and projected roughly $45 million for 2017, a 21.6% increase. Tilson has secured an additional $100 million in recently awarded contracts and is using new funding to finance growth tied to those contracts. The company has committed to a new five-story Portland headquarters on Middle Street. Tilson has appeared on Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies for six consecutive years. Tilson Technology Management is a provider of information technology professional services and network construction solutions. The company operates in two capacity-constrained service markets: telecommunications facilities development for cellular, smart grid and government, and consulting, software development and information systems deployment specializing in construction applications. It is led by CEO and majority owner Joshua Broder. Tilson raised $2.2M in funding to support growth. The company intends to use the proceeds to expand into new markets organically and through acquisitions of adjacent businesses. It is based in Portland, ME.