Nexit Ventures
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Nexit Ventures is a Nordic-US venture capital firm that invests in growth companies in the mobile and wireless segments.
Nexit Ventures was founded in 1999 and it has raised two investment funds totaling €152 Million. The firm has offices in Helsinki, Finland, Saratoga, CA, and Stockholm, Sweden. The general partners of the firm are Michel Wendell, Artturi Tarjanne, Pekka Salonoja, and Michael Mandahl.
Nexit invests primarily in the Nordic Countries and the US West Coast. Its investments include Aava Mobile, Bitfone (acquired by Hewlett-Packard), Ekahau, Futuremark
, Hantro (acquired by On2 and subsequently by Google), Hybrid Graphics
(acquired by nVidia), Mobile365 (acquired by Sybase), and Octoshape
.
Nexit Ventures was founded in 1999 and it has raised two investment funds totaling €152 Million. The firm has offices in Helsinki, Finland, Saratoga, CA, and Stockholm, Sweden. The general partners of the firm are Michel Wendell, Artturi Tarjanne, Pekka Salonoja, and Michael Mandahl.
Nexit invests primarily in the Nordic Countries and the US West Coast. Its investments include Aava Mobile, Bitfone (acquired by Hewlett-Packard), Ekahau, Futuremark
Futuremark
Futuremark Oy is a Finnish software development company, that produces computer benchmark applications for home users and businesses. Company headquarters and R&D department are located in Espoo, Finland...
, Hantro (acquired by On2 and subsequently by Google), Hybrid Graphics
Hybrid Graphics
Hybrid Graphics Ltd., often "Hybrid", was a graphics software technology company active from 1994 to 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. Acquired by NVIDIA in 2006, Hybrid Graphics is now NVIDIA Corporation's Helsinki office.- Company history :...
(acquired by nVidia), Mobile365 (acquired by Sybase), and Octoshape
Octoshape
Octoshape is a proprietary streaming media platform. It uses throughput optimization technology to deliver HD quality streams and to break through congestion in the last mile to provide more resilient delivery...
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