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Noventi Ventures 
Type Private Industry Venture Capital Founded 2002 Founder(s) Giacomo Marini Headquarters Menlo Park, California, United States Key people Giacomo Marini (CEO) Products private equity funds Website www.noventivc.com Noventi Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2002[1] by Giacomo Marini and it was previously known as CIR Ventures.
The Noventi team includes: Giacomo Marini,[2] Masa Ishii, Pierluigi Zappacosta.
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Portfolio
Noventi Ventures provided venture capital and active support for the following companies:
Name First Invested Description Status Active Optical MEMS 2003 MEMS-based optical telecom components Acquired by Oclaro Aurora Algae 2006 Algae fuel biofuels production systems Private Bitfone 2003 Mobile and FOTA firmware-over-the-air devices management Acquired by Hewlett-Packard Celltick 2001 Mobile phones broadcast applications Private Easy Market 2000 Travel management solutions for agents and end-users Acquired by TUI Travel Ecrio 1999 Mobile middleware for handset manufacturers and operators Private Heliovolt 2007 CIGS-based photo voltaic panels Private Kasenna 2002 Video servers Acquired by Espial Iriscube 2002 Independent information systems service provider Acquired by Reply Lexy 2007 Innovative voice applications for mobile phones RIP M7 2003 Web applications development platform Acquired by BEA (now Oracle Corporation) Lumenergi 2008 Lighting controllers and management systems Private Minerva Networks 2003 IPTV and Connected TV middleware software Private Neato Robotics 2006 Robotic house cleaning devices Private Sygate 2001 Endpoint security for enterprise networks Acquired by Symantec Teltier 2001 Presence-based mobile phone services Acquired by dynamicsoft / Cisco Windspire Energy 2008 Small very efficient vertical wind turbines Private References
Notes
- "HelioVolt Secures $101 Million in Funding". Wireless News. 28-OCT-2007. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-33302306_ITM. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- "Noventi expects to close cleantech fund in summer". Private Equity Week. 26 March 2007. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-30284249_ITM. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- "VCs bail from IT to raise cleantech funds: VCs at three new funds hope cleantech angle will pique LP interest.(venture capitalists )". Private Equity Week. 25 SEP 2006. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-20051371_ITM. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
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- Companies established in 2002
- Venture capital firms
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