 | Ignition
Ignition, headquartered in Bellevue, WA, is a premier
venture capital firm focused on investments in software and
communications technology, with a particular emphasis in enterprise and
consumer facing software and services, telecommunications, and network
infrastructure. Ignition brings together an unparalleled combination of
domain focus, technical expertise, and operational experience.
Ignition's partners are proven business leaders who
have built some of the world's most successful businesses of the last
two decades, including Microsoft Windows, McCaw Cellular Communications,
AT&T Wireless, and Microsoft's enterprise business. The VC's
founders are also credited with leading McCaw's entry into wireless
and Microsoft's Internet
turnaround.
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 | Second Avenue Partners
Second Avenue Partners is a Seattle-based
provider of management, strategy, and capital for early stage companies.
The firm's venture fund is directed at emerging Internet businesses
in the high-tech field. The Second Avenue Partners investment approach
is to make early stage investments in promising ventures and build
long-term relationships, actively assisting its portfolio companies in
becoming market leaders.
The firm seeks strong
entrepreneurial teams, innovative concepts with market-disruptive
opportunities, and models that take advantage of cutting-edge
technologies. They also bring with them a new attitude towards investing
that includes a mentoring relationship with portfolio companies. To
date, Second Avenue Partners has funded such companies as Bocada,
Revenue Science, Insitu Group, Hablador, WaveMarket, Terabeam, Publish
One, Digimine, and
Housevalues.
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