TeleSoft Partners

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TeleSoft Partners
Private company
Industry Venture Capital
Founded 1996
Founder Arjun Gupta
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
Website www.telesoftvc.com

TeleSoft Partners is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco, California.

The firm

TeleSoft Partners provides capital to high-tech and energy value chain companies specializing in the internet, wireless, software, systems, applications, and services industries.[1] TeleSoft typically invests $1-$15 million per company and is stage agnostic, including investments across companies in the early, development & expansion, and late stages of their development life cycle. The firm has raised capital commitments of $625 million and focuses on approximately 25-30 investments per fund.[2]

TeleSoft was founded in 1996 by Arjun Gupta (Venture Capitalist), a member of the investment group that purchased the Sacramento Kings in 2013.[3]

Investments

TeleSoft has been an investor in 61 technology companies, resulting in over 40 acquisitions to date.[4] Notable investments include: Salesforce.com,[5] Skype Qik,[6] LiteScape Technologies,[7] Calix Inc.,[8] Validity Sensors,[9] Ikanos Communications,[10] VoiceObjects,[11] Nexant,[12] Lara Networks,[13] Zantaz,[14] Cerent Corporation,[15] Tele Atlas,[16] and Loglogic.[17]

References

  1. Harber, Aaron. "The Aaron Harber Show". harbertv.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. "Company Overview of Telesoft Partners". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. Bizjak, Tony (May 16, 2013). "Maloof family and Sacramento investors reach deal for Kings". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. Sharma, Rachita (April 1, 2013). "Arjun Gupta: 5 Decades Of Venturing and Adventuring!". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. "Forbes Midas List #51 - Arjun Gupta". www.forbes.com.
  6. Andrews, Robert (April 9, 2008). "Qik Confirms $3 Million Round, Parent Name Change; Unveils WorldTV Broadcast Integration". Washington Post. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  7. Marshall, Matt. "LiteScape Technologies raises $11.2M for VoIP-in-business applications service". www.venturebeat.com.
  8. Takahashi, Dean. "Calix raises $100 million for rural broadband communications equipment". www.venturebeat.com.
  9. Empson, Rip. "Validity Sensors Raising $20M From Qualcomm, TeleSoft To Bring Fingerprint Security To Mobile Payments". www.techcrunch.com.
  10. Staff, EDN. "Ikanos Receives Funding Support from Intel, TSMC". www.edn.com.
  11. Marshall, Matt (October 6, 2005). "Another company sucked into Silicon Valley: VoiceObjects". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  12. "TeleSoft Portfolio Company, Nexant, Expands Presence in India". www.bloomberg.com.
  13. "Lara Networks secures $40 million in second round of funding". www.expressindia.com.
  14. Preimesberger, Chris. "Autonomy Acquires Zantaz for $375 Million". www.eweek.com.
  15. Thurm, Scott. "Cisco to Acquire Cerent For $6.9 Billion in Stock". www.wsj.com.
  16. Hesseldahl, Arik. "TomTom Ups its Bid for TeleAtlas". www.businessweek.com.
  17. Savitz, Eric. "Tibco Buys LogLogic For $130M". www.forbes.com.

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