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Websiteoakinv.com
Phone(203) 226-8346
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Founded1978

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Westport
One Gorham Island
Westport , CT, 06880­
USA
Minneapolis
4550 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis , MN, 55402
USA
Palo Alto
525 University Avenue
Suite 1300
Palo Alto , CA, 94301
USA

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Oak Investment Partners

Oak Investment Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm with a total of $8.4 billion in committed capital. The primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in clean energy, communications, information technology, internet new media, financial services information technology, healthcare services and consumer retail. Over a 29-year history, Oak has achieved a strong track record as a stage-independent investor funding more than 435 companies at key points in their lifecycle. Oak has been involved in the formation of companies, funded spinouts of operating divisions and technology assets, and provided growth equity to mid- and late-stage private businesses and to public companies through PIPE investments.

Oak has helped innovators exploit new business opportunities and anticipate trends through long-term relationships that endure the changing economic landscape. Their accomplishments can be best recognized through the success of their companies and the ability to deliver consistent performance over time.­

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
BridgeWave 11/09Unattributed$2.4M13
Stretch 11/09Series C$10M3
Airspan 9/09Series C$10M1
Clarient 5/09Unattributed$40M1
nGenera CIM 5/09Series C$10M2
nLight 1/09Unattributed$10.7M3
Major League Gaming 1/09Series B$7.5M1
Boston Power 1/09Series D$55M5
Solarflare 12/08Unattributed$32M3
Huffington Post 12/08Series C$25M1
Staccato Communications 11/08Unattributed$20M11
Kineto Wireless 10/08Series D$15.5M4
NeoPhotonics 9/08Unattributed$30M3
GreenVolts 9/08Series B$30M1
Plastic Logic 8/08Series E$50M5
Solarflare 6/08Unattributed$26M4
Aurora Biofuels 6/08Series B$20M3
Ontela 5/08Series B$10M3
ReliOn 4/08Series E$5M6
eSolar 4/08Series B$130M3
Rearden Commerce 4/08Series E$100M4
Federated Media 4/08Series C$50M2
Stretch 3/08Series B$15M3
NextG Networks 1/08Unattributed$49.8M2
FirstRain 1/08Unattributed$13.6M3
Boston Power 1/08Series C$45M4
Kayak 12/07Series D$196M9
CDNetworks 12/07Unattributed$96.5M3
Demand Media 9/07Series C$100M5
Zayo Bandwidth 8/07Unattributed$225M5
Stretch 6/07Series B$12M3
LumaSense Technologies 5/07Unattributed$50M3
MyLife 4/07Series A$25M1
Aurora Biofuels 1/07Series A$5M3
Plastic Logic 1/07Series D$100M5
Ontela 11/06Series A$4.5M3
Visto 9/06Unattributed$51M7
Demand Media 9/06Series B$100M3
MobiTV 7/06Series C$70M5
Stretch 6/06Series A$10M3
Demand Media 5/06Series A$120M3
RazorGator 3/06Series B$22.8M4
SHOP.COM 10/05Series A$25M1
Rearden Commerce 9/05Series C$25M2
RazorGator 3/05Series A$26M3

Videos

Sources

  1. BridgeWave lands $2.4M for wireless backhauling (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  2. San Jose Business Journal (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  3. Airspan Announces $10 Million Preferred Stock Sale to Oak Investment Partners and 1-for-15 Reverse Split (marketwire.com) [edit]
  4. Clarient closes $40M for cancer diagnostics (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  5. Capital Report Index [edit]
  6. nLIGHT Adds $10.7 Million in Growth Capital (nlight.net) [edit]
  7. Video game league Major League Gaming raises $7.5M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  8. Boston-Power Adds $55 Million in Growth Capital (boston-power.com) [edit]
  9. Solarflare raises $32 million plus debt for high-speed networking chips (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  10. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. Capital Report Index [edit]
  12. Capital Report Index [edit]
  13. Cap funding Report [edit]
  14. GreenVolts Closes $30 Million From Oak Investment Partners in Series B Financing (greenvolts.com) [edit]
  15. Plastic Logic sees flexible, low-power displays coming with $50M funding (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  16. Solarflare Secures $26 Million in Private Funding (vmblog.com) [edit]
  17. vFinance (vfinance.com) [edit]
  18. Ontela claims $10M for mobile to computer photo transfers (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  19. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  20. eSolar, Google-Backed Startup, Picks Up Steam, $130 Million (huffingtonpost.com) [edit]
  21. techcrunch.com [edit]
  22. Rumor: Ad network Federated Media raises $50M from Oak Hill Capital Partners, at $200M valuation (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  23. Stretch Inc. Raises $15M in Funding (stretchinc.com) [edit]
  24. Distributed wireless-network co. NextG Networks beams in $50M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  25. FirstRain raises $13.6M for investment research (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  26. bizjournals.com [edit]
  27. techcrunch.com [edit]
  28. Citation Needed [add]
  29. pehub.com [edit]
  30. Zayo Bandwidth raises $225M for fiber-based networks (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  31. Stretch Inc (stretchinc.com) [edit]
  32. LumaSense raises more than $50M for rollup in sensor instrument sector (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  33. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  34. Aurora Biofuels raises Series A from Noventi, Gabriel, Oak and angels (toni.org) [edit]
  35. E-Paper Display Company Plastic Logic Receives $100 Million Funding (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  36. Mobile Imaging Company Ontela Gets $4.5 Million Series A Funding (moconews.net) [edit]
  37. Visto raises $51 million, as expected — now what? (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  38. venturebeat.com [edit]
  39. moconews.net [edit]
  40. Stretch Inc. (stretchinc.com) [edit]
  41. venturebeat.com [edit]
  42. hosting.mansellgroup.net [edit]
  43. Citation Needed [add]
  44. sanjose.bizjournals.com [edit]
  45. razorgator.com [edit]
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