Genesis Partners
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Genesis Partners is a venture capital
firm that focuses on early stage investments in innovation driven companies serving markets that include enterprises, financial services, communications, consumer and consumers electronics, digital media, and energy. Founded in 1996, the firm is based in Herzliya Pituah
, Israel and has raised over $600 million of investor commitments since inception across four venture funds. The firm's general partners include: Eddy Shalev, Dr. Eyal Kishon, Yair Shoham, Gary Gannot, Jonathan Saacks, Hadar Kiriati and
Eden Shochat.
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
firm that focuses on early stage investments in innovation driven companies serving markets that include enterprises, financial services, communications, consumer and consumers electronics, digital media, and energy. Founded in 1996, the firm is based in Herzliya Pituah
Herzliya Pituah
Herzliya Pituach is an affluent beachfront district in western Herzliya, Israel, home to about 10,000 residents.Herzliya Pituach is known for its hotels, restaurants and high-tech industry.-Marina:...
, Israel and has raised over $600 million of investor commitments since inception across four venture funds. The firm's general partners include: Eddy Shalev, Dr. Eyal Kishon, Yair Shoham, Gary Gannot, Jonathan Saacks, Hadar Kiriati and
Eden Shochat.
Exits
| Company | Description | Initial Investment Date | Exit Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Associates (Israel) | Integrated processing equipment for the semiconductor industry | 1997 | Acquired by Steag AG in 1999 |
| Allot Communications | IP traffic management solutions | 1998 | IPO in 2006 |
| Appilog | Application mapping technologies | 2003 | Acquired by Mercury Mercury Interactive Mercury is now part of Hewlett-Packard. The combination of Mercury Interactive and HP OpenView formed HP Software Division, a global business unit within HP Enterprise Business... in 2004 |
| AudioCodes AudioCodes AudioCodes Ltd. designs, develops, and sells products for voice, data, and video over IP networks. The company is an early pioneer of the VoIP industry having shipped VoIP solutions as early as 1995.-Company history:... |
Voice-over-IP media gateways and processors | 1997 | IPO in 1999 |
| Butterfly VLSI | Computer-to-peripheral wireless communications | 1997 | Acquired by Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology... in 1999 |
| ClickSoftware Technologies ClickSoftware Technologies ClickSoftware Technologies is a publicly traded company, headquartered in Israel, that offers automated workforce management and optimization solutions for every size of service business. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market... |
Software tools for service organization optimization | 1997 | IPO in 2000 |
| ColBar LifeScience | Reconstructive medical applications | 1998 | Acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2006 |
| Compugen | Computational technologies for drug development | 1997 | IPO in 2000 |
| FilesX | Disk-based backup and recovery solutions | 2000 | Acquired by IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas... in 2008 |
| Fundtech | Software for payment, settlement and cash management | 1997 | IPO in 1998 |
| Kidaro | Desktop virtualization | 2005 | Acquired by Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... in 2008 |
| ModemArt | Programmable baseband for 3G mobile terminals | 1999 | Acquired by Agere Systems Agere Systems Agere Systems Inc. was an integrated circuit components company based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Spun out of Lucent Technologies in 2002, Agere was merged into LSI Corporation in 2007.... in 2005 |
| Netect | Network security assessment and real-time intrusion detection | 1997 | Acquired by Bindview in 1999 |
| Octalica | Home networking solutions over coaxial cable | 2003 | Acquired by Broadcom Corporation in 2007 |
| ProSight | Enterprise IT portfolio management software | 2002 | Acquired by Primavera Systems Primavera Systems Primavera Systems, Inc was founded in May 1983 by Joel Koppelman and Dick Faris. It was a private company based in Pennsylvania which developed software solutions for the Project Portfolio Management market... in 2006 |
| Scopus Video Networks | End-to-end digital video networking products | 2003 | IPO in 2005 |
| Security-7 (Software) | Anti-intrusion network security solution | 1997 | Acquired by CA in 1999 |
| StoreAge Networking Technologies | Software solutions for enterprise SAN management | 1999 | Acquired by LSI Logic in 2006 |
| Tescom | IT performance assurance and systems testing | 1998 | IPO in 2000 |
| Yedda | Social knowledge search community | 2007 | Acquired by AOL AOL AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services... in 2007 |
| Wintegra | Multiprotocol semiconductors for broadband access networks | 2000 | Acquired by PMC-Sierra, Inc. in 2010 |
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