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Some U.S.  VC firms we worked with since 2002 

St Paul Venture Capital (Boston) - advised the partners of the firm on the wireless industry directions, what sub markets to invest in, the technology / business implications, help with various portfolio companies, introductions to key operators / partners.
Vesbridge Ventures (Boston)  - advised the partners of the firm on due diligence for new investments, for exits of portfolio companies, and help with various industry introductions
Bessemer (Boston & New York) - advised the partners of the firm on the due diligence of investing in a spin-off from a major wireless manufacturer
Flagship Ventures (Boston) - advised / educated the partners of the firm on the wireless investment environment, what sub markets to focus on, development of investment criteria for the wireless sector; also assisted with some portfolio companies
Highland Capital (Boston) - advised the partners of the firm on the wireless operators' perspectives; what it takes for their portfolio companies to succeed with operators; also assisted with some of their portfolio companies
Incucomm (Dallas) - Assisted the executives of this start-up incubation house by providing strategic advise on their wireless portfolio companies as well as some due diligence on potential investments.
Atlas Venture (Boston) - Assisted the partners of the firm with several wireless investments and due diligence on  several start-ups.
Kodiak Ventures (Boston) - advised the partners of the firm on the due diligence of investing in a start-up company.
Hunt Ventures (Dallas)  - advised the partner of the firm and others on how to recover on particular portfolio company, as wll as a due diligence on potential investment in a new start-up company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Some Clients We Worked with at Cartagena Capital

Valimo (Helsinki) - Provided strategic advice on the selling of Valimo to Gemalto
Sensitive Object (Paris) - Provided strategic advice in fundraising and subsequently selling to Tyco International
Middle Eastern Investor Group (Dubai) - Provided strategic advice in global buy-side project related to Cellular & Wimax operators
Siemens (Munich) - Provided strategic advice in identifying and prioritizing acquisition candidates around the globe
First Hop (Helsinki) - Provided strategic advice to this mobile app company and assisted with their corporate development choices
Visual Wireless (Stockholm) - Provided strategic advice on the sale of this revenue assurance company to Martin Dawes
Swapcom (Lyon, France) - Provided strategic advice on the sale of this device management company to Sicap, a subsidiary of Swisscom.
Coronis Systems (Montpellier, France) - Provided strategic advice on the sale of this M2M platform company to Elster Group, a German multinational
Openbit (Helsinki) - Provided strategic advice on the sale of this on-device payment company to Tanla, an Indian company
Appium (Malmo, Sweden) - Provided strategic advice on the merger of this SIP app server company to Aepona, an Irish company
UDcast (Nice, France) - Provided strategic advice to identify and prioritize coprporate development choices to this IP-broadcast & wireless company
Zandan (Paris) - Provided strategic advice on the sale of this  testing system company to Keynote Systems
Open Plug (Nice, France) - Provided strategic advice to identify and prioritize corporate development choices for this app development environment company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Some TMT Companies We Worked with, since 2002

Handmark (Kansas City) - Providing strategic advise to this mobile media developer and distributor, for corporate & business development, including acqusitions & fundraising; still on Advisory Board
Texas Instruments (Dallas) - Provided major strategic advice on new product evaluations, market developments and potential acquisitions for the wireless terminal business unit
Comverse (Israel) - Assisted this global Israeli billing & messaging company with messaging strategy as well as account entry strategy in Europe
NexTone (Washington DC) - Major assistance with this Session Border Controller company; provided strategic and corporate development advice; merged with ReefPoint, and sold to GenBand
FirstHand (Ottawa) - Assisted this mobile VoIP client start-up, with strategic advise, partnerships, fundraising; sold to CounterPath
Radvision (Israel) - Assisted this video platform company with major partnerships in the wireless sector and for entry into the US market.
Kajeet (Washington DC) - Major strategic assistance from early days of this kids focused MVNO, including a large round of initial fundraising
Chantry Networks (Toronto) - Provided strategic advice on the development of this Wi-Fi start-up from Day 1; helped with two rounds of fund raising, both in Canada and in the U.S., provided various industry introductions, business development assistance in the enterprise market; was finally sold to Siemens Enterprise group.
Cognima (London) - Assisted this mobile content back-up start-up in the UK, with strategic advice, fundraising; is now called Shazam
MetraTech (Boston) -  Assisted this billing systems company with the business development of solutions for the wireless sector, in particular for the Wi-Fi service providers; also helped with various partnerships.
Bridgeport Networks (Chicago) - Assisted this mobility server platform company for strategic and business development directions, various market introductions, standards engagements and fundraising; was ultimately sold to CounterPath
Netrake (Dallas) - Major assistance to this Session Border Controller start-up, with strategic advice & business development; sold to Audiocode
Roundbox (New Jersey) - Major strategic assistance from early days of this mobile broadcast solutions start-up, provided strategic advice, business development and 2 rounds of fundraising
mBlox  (London and Silicon Valley) -  Provided major assistance to the CEO with the merger of Mobilesys and mBlox, with fundraising, and with growth strategy involving new market definitions and entries.
Mobile Wisdom (Boston)  - Provided strategic advice as board member, for corporate development and fundraising
AirCell  (Denver) - Assisted this air-to-ground communication company with strategic advise, partnerships and spectrum auction preparations; recently got the spectrum & started service
Redbend (Israel) - Assisted this mobile device management start-up with strategic partnerships and account entry strategies.
Teltier Technologies (New Jersey)  - Assisted this "presence platform" company with strategy, with fundraising  as well as with thier merger with Dynamicsoft, which in turn was sold to Cisco.
Bitfone (San Diego) -  Assisted this mobile device management start-up with strategic and corporate development; acquired Mobile Diagnostix, and was finally sold to HP
Tatara Systems (Boston) - Assisted this Wi-Fi management company with strategic advise, business and product development.
ProQuent (Boston) - Major assistance was provided to this mobile data platform company for strategic direction, 2 rounds of fundraising, various market and business development; finally sold to ByteMobile
Taral Networks (Ottawa)  - Major strategic assistance to this mobile messaging platform company with two rounds of fundraising, new business an market developments an preparations for the merger, that is now called Airwide
Visage Mobile (Silicon Valley) - Assisted this MVNO enabler with strategic decisions in its early days, also helped with business development and first major fundraising
Megisto (Washington DC) - Assisted this mobile data platform start-up with strategic advice, new business development as well as new account entries.
Lemur Networks (New Jersey) - Assisted this provisioning system start-up with wireless market entry strategy and fundraising
OpenCell (Nashua, NH) - Assisted this base-station start-up with strategic advice and market development; ultimately sold to ADC
Context Connect (Boston) - Major assistance to this wireless directory service start-up with strategic advice, business development, partnerships as well as fundraising
Snowshore Networks (Boston) - Assisted this video servers company with corporate and strategic development; sold to Cantata, which in turn sold to Dialogic
InfoClarus (Boston) - Assisted this mobile handset client start-up with strategic advise, business development and fundraising