ABS Ventures
ABS Ventures is a leading independent, early stage institutional venture capital firm with offices in Baltimore, Vienna VA, New York, and San Francisco. ABS has been actively investing in leading information technology companies since 1982. The firm has invested in more than 100 companies, generally as active lead investor. ABS invests throughout the United States in private technology companies developing products or services in the areas of communications and software.
GRP Partners
Founded in 1996, GRP Partners is a venture capital firm dedicated to financing solutions in outsourced business services, retail technology and financial services technology. With approximately $650 million under management, GRP Partners finances outstanding early-stage and late-stage companies that develop solutions meeting pressing customer needs. GRP's partners have over 90 years of combined private equity investment experience. This experience, combined with a proactive investment philosophy and industry knowledge, enables the firm to work closely with its portfolio companies to build successful businesses. To back new ventures effectively in a global economy, GRP's partners and investment professionals are based in Los Angeles and London.
Mercury Interactive
Mercury Interactive is the leading provider of enterprise testing and performance management solutions. The company's automated software and managed services help companies deliver and maintain high-performance applications. Customers worldwide use Mercury Interactive solutions across their application and technology infrastructures to minimize hardware and operational expenses, protect revenue streams, and enhance their competitive positions. Mercury Interactive was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company has over 1,400 employees with offices in more than 20 countries
Trident Capital
In 1993 Trident Capital was founded with a clear vision: to invest in information and business services companies. Trident revolves its business around understanding the markets, the movers, the technology, and the potential. Trident's focus on information and business services led it to become an early investor in Internet companies, including MapQuest and CSG Systems.
VeriSign
VeriSign delivers critical infrastructure services that make the Internet and telecommunications networks more intelligent, reliable and secure. Every day VeriSign helps thousands of businesses and millions of consumers connect, communicate and transact with confidence. VeriSign has established strategic relationships with industry leaders, such as AT&T, British Telecommunications, Check Point Technologies, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Netscape (AOL Time Warner), Network Associates, Network Solutions, RSA Security, and VISA to enable widespread utilization of digital certificate services and to assure interoperability with a variety of applications and networks.
