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Kinetic Ventures

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Kinetic Ventures is a leading venture capital investor in high growth, industry defining communications, information and power/clean technology companies. For over two decades they have partnered with outstanding entrepreneurs to build world-class enterprises. Kinetic is gratified to be partners with many remarkable entrepreneurs in the creation of industry defining companies like Ciena, VerticalOne, Corvis, Cerent, Peace Software, Broadware, APX, Calix, Altierre and SmartSynch.

Kinetic Ventures VIII, capitalized by corporate pension, endowment and family office investors primarily invests in early stage companies. They also selectively invest in seed and growth stage opportunities. Areas of focus for the fund include:

• Communications. Solutions that bring greater speed, functionality, usability or accessibility to voice, data and video networks.
• Information Technology. Solutions that deliver greater efficiency, collaboration, security and functionality to users.
• Power/Clean Technology. Solutions for the power and related industries that take advantage of the ongoing and rapid evolution in communications, information and energy technologies.

Recent Milestones

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  Kinetic Ventures invested in Kwarter. (1/14/13)
  Posted 1/14/13 at 7:17pm via techcrunch.com
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in SwiftTest. (9/25/12)
  Posted 9/25/12 at 9:03pm via yahoo.com
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in AnyPresence. (8/8/12)
  Posted 8/9/12 at 3:37am via techcrunch.com
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in Tower Cloud. (6/25/12)
  Posted 6/25/12 at 7:25pm via finsmes.com
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in Tower Cloud. (10/4/11)
  Posted 10/4/11 at 8:09pm via finsmes.com
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in Cardlytics. (8/13/10)
  Posted 8/16/10 at 5:38am via blogspot.com
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in Tower Cloud. (10/19/09)
  Posted 10/4/11 at 8:09pm via towercloud.com
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in Altierre. (5/1/08)
  Posted 12/20/08 at 3:56am via venturebeat.com
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in Altierre. (4/11/07)
  Posted 1/13/09 at 8:42am via venturebeat.com
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in Pathfire. (1/3/07)
  Posted 4/20/10 at 1:05am
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in SmartSynch. (10/17/05)
  Posted 10/5/10 at 7:40am via thefreelibrary.com
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in Caymas Systems. (10/13/05)
  Posted 8/6/10 at 6:03pm via highbeam.com
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in Ample Communications. (1/1/05)
  Posted 9/13/10 at 9:02pm
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  Kinetic Ventures invested in Altierre. (1/1/05)
  Posted 8/30/10 at 1:29am via altierre.com

Investments

Videos

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1. Social TV Startup Kwarter Raises $4 Million To Help Broadcasters And Brands Build Second-Screen Apps (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. SwiftTest Raises $7.25 Million in Series B Funding (news.yahoo.com) [edit]
3. Former Oracle, SAP Execs Land $5.5M For DIY App Development Platform AnyPresence (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Tower Cloud Closes $17M Equity Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
5. Tower Cloud Secures $49M (finsmes.com) [edit]
6. Marketer Cardlytics raises $18M (pindebit.blogspot.com) [edit]
7. Tower Cloud Raises $20 million in Preferred Equity Funding to Expand Fast Growing Wireless Backhaul Services (towercloud.com) [edit]
8. Altierre raises $8 million more on top of previous round (venturebeat.com) [edit]
9. Altierre raises $17M to push wireless infrastructure for retailers (venturebeat.com) [edit]
10. EDGAR [edit]
11. Battelle Ventures Joins $12-million Series C Financing of SmartSynch, a Leader in Wireless Smart Metering Technology; Marks the Fund's Second Investment in the Energy Sector. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
12. Caymas Systems Announces $13M Expansion Round (highbeam.com) [edit]
13. EDGAR [edit]
14. Altierre Secures $17 Million in Oversubscribed Series B Round Led By the D. E. Shaw Group (altierre.com) [edit]