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About AdAstra
AdAstra is a Munich-based independent venture capital firm with ¤ 50 m under management. Founded in 2000, AdAstra is targeting later stage high-growth and technology-oriented companies in the IT, telecommunication and high-tech industries. As a sparring partner to its portfolio companies, AdAstra provides permanent support through its experienced and inter-disciplinary management team. Investments include Asknet (IPO in 2006), ASK S.A., Baeurer (acquired by Sage plc), Gomez Inc., SuSE Linux (acquired by Novell) and Trados Inc. (acquired by SDL plc).
About ABS Ventures
ABS Ventures has helped outstanding entrepreneurs build industry leading companies since 1982 when the first ABS Fund was formed in association with Alex Brown & Sons. ABS Ventures has managed and invested over $1 billion in capital during the last two decades. Principal areas of investment have been Information Technology and Health Care, with particular focus on software, data communications and medical devices. In 1999, ABS began investing on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG, which has backed Gomez since the company’s 2003 acquisition of WebPerform.
About Dolphin Equity Partners
Dolphin Equity Partners, L.P. specializes in investments in emerging communications and related information technology companies operating in the U.S. and abroad. Located in New York, Dolphin currently manages over $340 million in capital. Dolphin seeks to obtain significant equity positions in expansion stage companies with the potential for substantial growth in communications technologies, software and services.
About Doughty Hanson & Co
Doughty Hanson & Co is one of Europe’s largest independent private equity fund managers, with funds focused on private equity, European real estate and technology ventures. Headquartered in London, the firm has offices throughout Europe as well as in the United States. Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures provides early-stage venture capital financing to technology companies throughout Europe, focusing on software, communications technologies and semiconductors.
About Harbinger/Aurora Ventures, LLC
Harbinger/Aurora Ventures, Research Triangle Park, NC, is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage life science and information technology companies based primarily in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States.
