Columbia Capital

Founded in 1989, Columbia Capital is an investment firm based in Alexandria, Virginia. It focuses on growth-stage technology companies operating in enterprise information technology, digital infrastructure, and mobility sectors across North America and Western Europe.

Jason Booma

Partner

Jim Fleming

Partner

Austin Goode

Senior Associate

Arun Gupta

Partner

Patrick Hendy

Partner

Past deals in TMT

Omnispace

Venture Round in 2021
Omnispace, LLC is a telecommunications company based in Tysons, Virginia, founded in 2012 by experienced professionals in the satellite and telecommunications industries. The company specializes in providing connectivity and communication solutions through a hybrid satellite wireless platform that integrates non-geostationary satellite constellations with mobile networks. By utilizing advanced 5G technologies, Omnispace aims to deliver a unified network that enhances mobile voice and data communications for users and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices globally. Its services cater to various sectors, including small businesses, industrial applications, public healthcare and safety, and education, positioning Omnispace as a key player in redefining mobile connectivity for the modern era.

Telarus

Private Equity Round in 2020
Telarus is a technology and infrastructure brokerage firm specializing in the telecommunications industry. The company offers a comprehensive range of services, including cloud voice, contact center solutions, cybersecurity, mobility, and Internet of Things (IoT) offerings. By integrating real-time carrier pricing with advanced research tools, Telarus enables advisors to effectively source and sell these services. Their approach allows clients to identify the most suitable solutions tailored to their needs, enhancing the overall efficiency of the telecommunications market.

Omnispace

Series A in 2019
Omnispace, LLC is a telecommunications company based in Tysons, Virginia, founded in 2012 by experienced professionals in the satellite and telecommunications industries. The company specializes in providing connectivity and communication solutions through a hybrid satellite wireless platform that integrates non-geostationary satellite constellations with mobile networks. By utilizing advanced 5G technologies, Omnispace aims to deliver a unified network that enhances mobile voice and data communications for users and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices globally. Its services cater to various sectors, including small businesses, industrial applications, public healthcare and safety, and education, positioning Omnispace as a key player in redefining mobile connectivity for the modern era.

Omnispace

Series A in 2017
Omnispace, LLC is a telecommunications company based in Tysons, Virginia, founded in 2012 by experienced professionals in the satellite and telecommunications industries. The company specializes in providing connectivity and communication solutions through a hybrid satellite wireless platform that integrates non-geostationary satellite constellations with mobile networks. By utilizing advanced 5G technologies, Omnispace aims to deliver a unified network that enhances mobile voice and data communications for users and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices globally. Its services cater to various sectors, including small businesses, industrial applications, public healthcare and safety, and education, positioning Omnispace as a key player in redefining mobile connectivity for the modern era.

Omnispace

Venture Round in 2016
Omnispace, LLC is a telecommunications company based in Tysons, Virginia, founded in 2012 by experienced professionals in the satellite and telecommunications industries. The company specializes in providing connectivity and communication solutions through a hybrid satellite wireless platform that integrates non-geostationary satellite constellations with mobile networks. By utilizing advanced 5G technologies, Omnispace aims to deliver a unified network that enhances mobile voice and data communications for users and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices globally. Its services cater to various sectors, including small businesses, industrial applications, public healthcare and safety, and education, positioning Omnispace as a key player in redefining mobile connectivity for the modern era.

Benestra

Venture Round in 2014
Benestra is a national telecommunications operator that specializes in providing B2B services. The company offers a wide range of telecommunication infrastructure services, including voice, data, internet, and hosting solutions. Benestra is committed to delivering high-quality services backed by contractual guarantees, ensuring reliability and performance for its clients.

Mandalay Sports Media

Private Equity Round in 2013
Founded in 2012, Mandalay Sports Media is a diversified sports content and media company that develops and produces projects for major television, digital, sports, and feature film entities. It creates, acquires, and invests in businesses and assets across the media landscape, focusing on scripted, documentary, unscripted series, digital, and commercial content.

Mobile Posse

Series C in 2012
Mobile Posse, Inc. is a company based in Arlington, Virginia, specializing in mobile content discovery solutions that empower wireless carriers and device manufacturers to enhance their mobile advertising strategies. Founded in 2005, Mobile Posse offers the Firstly Mobile content discovery platform, which provides users with engaging curated content seamlessly, eliminating the need for swipes or searches. This frictionless experience not only improves user engagement but also helps carriers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) increase their advertising revenues. The company also provides a customer relationship management (CRM) solution for direct outreach to customers and a web portal that transforms default home pages into profitable assets. Mobile Posse operates as a subsidiary of Digital Turbine Media, Inc. as of February 2020.

euNetworks

Post in 2011
euNetworks is a European provider of broadband infrastructure services. It specializes in offering scalable, fiber-based products such as dark fiber, metro wavelength, Ethernet, and colocation services to clients primarily in the wholesale, content, media, mobile, and finance industries.

Millennial Media

Series D in 2011
Millennial Media Inc. is a prominent provider of mobile advertising solutions, catering to advertisers and developers in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, the company offers a range of services that enable advertisers to effectively reach and engage their target audiences across various mobile devices. Its offerings include a demand-side platform for direct inventory access, a premium mobile advertising exchange, and tools for designing advertisements. Millennial Media also supports developers with software development kits for various ad formats, ad serving capabilities, and mediation tools that optimize ad requests from multiple sources. Additionally, the company operates MYDAS, a mobile advertising technology that identifies unique users and tailors ad delivery based on interests and behaviors. Millennial Media serves a significant portion of leading advertisers and is recognized for providing an attractive monetization platform for app developers and publishers.

Teranetics

Venture Round in 2010
Teranetics is a prominent mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) company specializing in the development of silicon products tailored for advanced communication applications. The company boasts a core development team with a proven history of successful product innovations in both advanced communication systems and silicon technology. Teranetics is supported by a consortium of venture investors who possess extensive experience and achievements in the semiconductor and communication sectors.

ExteNet Systems

Venture Round in 2010
ExteNet Systems is a provider of advanced connectivity solutions, specializing in mobile network infrastructure for various clients, including mobile network operators, real estate owners, enterprises, municipalities, and rural carriers. The company designs and deploys outdoor small cell and distributed antenna systems (DAS) to enhance wireless communication in diverse environments such as sports venues, convention centers, commercial buildings, college campuses, healthcare facilities, hotels, and transit systems. By offering mobility and fiber connectivity that supports multiple carriers and standards-based technologies, ExteNet enables clients to achieve reliable geographic coverage in areas where traditional implementation may be challenging or expensive.

Millennial Media

Series C in 2009
Millennial Media Inc. is a prominent provider of mobile advertising solutions, catering to advertisers and developers in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, the company offers a range of services that enable advertisers to effectively reach and engage their target audiences across various mobile devices. Its offerings include a demand-side platform for direct inventory access, a premium mobile advertising exchange, and tools for designing advertisements. Millennial Media also supports developers with software development kits for various ad formats, ad serving capabilities, and mediation tools that optimize ad requests from multiple sources. Additionally, the company operates MYDAS, a mobile advertising technology that identifies unique users and tailors ad delivery based on interests and behaviors. Millennial Media serves a significant portion of leading advertisers and is recognized for providing an attractive monetization platform for app developers and publishers.

Teliris

Venture Round in 2009
Teliris is a provider of visual collaboration services and products that enhance communication and collaboration across various environments, from boardrooms to desktops. Utilizing its lightweight Lentaris platform, the company offers end-to-end managed services and immersive video solutions. Teliris specializes in telepresence and videoconferencing software, facilitating seamless connectivity and interoperability in cloud-based settings. Its solutions are designed to drive value across customers' video estates, ensuring effective collaboration for organizations worldwide.

ExteNet Systems

Debt Financing in 2008
ExteNet Systems is a provider of advanced connectivity solutions, specializing in mobile network infrastructure for various clients, including mobile network operators, real estate owners, enterprises, municipalities, and rural carriers. The company designs and deploys outdoor small cell and distributed antenna systems (DAS) to enhance wireless communication in diverse environments such as sports venues, convention centers, commercial buildings, college campuses, healthcare facilities, hotels, and transit systems. By offering mobility and fiber connectivity that supports multiple carriers and standards-based technologies, ExteNet enables clients to achieve reliable geographic coverage in areas where traditional implementation may be challenging or expensive.

Turbine

Series C in 2008
Turbine creates and operates online games. It is one of the largest privately-held online gaming studios in North America. Turbine's online games include The Lord of the Rings Online, Shadows of Angmar, Dungeons & Dragons Online, Stormreach and Asheron's Call.

Teranetics

Series D in 2008
Teranetics is a prominent mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) company specializing in the development of silicon products tailored for advanced communication applications. The company boasts a core development team with a proven history of successful product innovations in both advanced communication systems and silicon technology. Teranetics is supported by a consortium of venture investors who possess extensive experience and achievements in the semiconductor and communication sectors.

GTS Central Europe

Private Equity Round in 2008
GTS Central Europe, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, is a prominent telecommunications service provider in Central and Eastern Europe. With two decades of experience, the company serves approximately 35,000 businesses, carriers, and government institutions, focusing on delivering high-quality, secure, and reliable telecommunications solutions. GTS offers a comprehensive range of integrated services, including fixed voice, data, internet protocol, multiprotocol label switching, and broadband, primarily targeting business customers and other telecommunications entities. By adapting to technological advancements, GTS Central Europe ensures that its clients can effectively meet their communications needs and concentrate on business growth.

Mobile Posse

Series B in 2007
Mobile Posse, Inc. is a company based in Arlington, Virginia, specializing in mobile content discovery solutions that empower wireless carriers and device manufacturers to enhance their mobile advertising strategies. Founded in 2005, Mobile Posse offers the Firstly Mobile content discovery platform, which provides users with engaging curated content seamlessly, eliminating the need for swipes or searches. This frictionless experience not only improves user engagement but also helps carriers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) increase their advertising revenues. The company also provides a customer relationship management (CRM) solution for direct outreach to customers and a web portal that transforms default home pages into profitable assets. Mobile Posse operates as a subsidiary of Digital Turbine Media, Inc. as of February 2020.

Millennial Media

Series B in 2007
Millennial Media Inc. is a prominent provider of mobile advertising solutions, catering to advertisers and developers in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, the company offers a range of services that enable advertisers to effectively reach and engage their target audiences across various mobile devices. Its offerings include a demand-side platform for direct inventory access, a premium mobile advertising exchange, and tools for designing advertisements. Millennial Media also supports developers with software development kits for various ad formats, ad serving capabilities, and mediation tools that optimize ad requests from multiple sources. Additionally, the company operates MYDAS, a mobile advertising technology that identifies unique users and tailors ad delivery based on interests and behaviors. Millennial Media serves a significant portion of leading advertisers and is recognized for providing an attractive monetization platform for app developers and publishers.

Zayo

Venture Round in 2007
Zayo specializes in providing bandwidth infrastructure services across diverse markets. It offers lit services and dark fiber products, supporting wireline and wireless customers, data centers, and government agencies with a robust network infrastructure. Additionally, Zayo provides carrier-neutral colocation facilities to enhance connectivity options.

BroadSoft

Series D in 2007
BroadSoft develops software and services that enable telecommunications service providers to deliver cloud‑based unified communications to enterprise customers worldwide. Its portfolio includes UC‑One, a cloud communication platform that integrates voice, messaging, video conferencing, screen sharing, file sharing and virtual meeting rooms; Team‑One, a collaboration tool for chat, notes, file sharing and project organization; BroadSoft Hub, a cloud service that fuses real‑time communications with cloud applications and contextual intelligence; and CC‑One, a contact‑center solution that supports omni‑channel interactions and collaboration between agents and back‑office staff. The company also supplies the BroadWorks application server and the BroadCloud SaaS platform, and offers professional support, consulting, training and lifecycle services. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, BroadSoft serves more than 500 telecommunications carriers, including 18 of the world’s largest, across more than 70 countries and in 25 languages. Since 2018 it operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems.

Teliris

Series A in 2007
Teliris is a provider of visual collaboration services and products that enhance communication and collaboration across various environments, from boardrooms to desktops. Utilizing its lightweight Lentaris platform, the company offers end-to-end managed services and immersive video solutions. Teliris specializes in telepresence and videoconferencing software, facilitating seamless connectivity and interoperability in cloud-based settings. Its solutions are designed to drive value across customers' video estates, ensuring effective collaboration for organizations worldwide.

Millennial Media

Series A in 2007
Millennial Media Inc. is a prominent provider of mobile advertising solutions, catering to advertisers and developers in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, the company offers a range of services that enable advertisers to effectively reach and engage their target audiences across various mobile devices. Its offerings include a demand-side platform for direct inventory access, a premium mobile advertising exchange, and tools for designing advertisements. Millennial Media also supports developers with software development kits for various ad formats, ad serving capabilities, and mediation tools that optimize ad requests from multiple sources. Additionally, the company operates MYDAS, a mobile advertising technology that identifies unique users and tailors ad delivery based on interests and behaviors. Millennial Media serves a significant portion of leading advertisers and is recognized for providing an attractive monetization platform for app developers and publishers.

Teranetics

Series C in 2006
Teranetics is a prominent mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) company specializing in the development of silicon products tailored for advanced communication applications. The company boasts a core development team with a proven history of successful product innovations in both advanced communication systems and silicon technology. Teranetics is supported by a consortium of venture investors who possess extensive experience and achievements in the semiconductor and communication sectors.

Optasite

Series B in 2005
Optasite engages in the acquisition and development of telecommunications tower sites in the United States. It offers wireless consulting services. The company's services also include site leasing and colocation, tower acquisition, and site development. It serves broadband wireless providers, including wireless carriers, as well as other customers in the telecommunications industry, such as the FCC licensed carriers, government agencies, public safety organizations, private enterprises, and two-way radio services. Optasite, Inc. was formerly known as Pinnacle Site Development, Inc

Teranetics

Series B in 2005
Teranetics is a prominent mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) company specializing in the development of silicon products tailored for advanced communication applications. The company boasts a core development team with a proven history of successful product innovations in both advanced communication systems and silicon technology. Teranetics is supported by a consortium of venture investors who possess extensive experience and achievements in the semiconductor and communication sectors.

Turbine

Series B in 2005
Turbine creates and operates online games. It is one of the largest privately-held online gaming studios in North America. Turbine's online games include The Lord of the Rings Online, Shadows of Angmar, Dungeons & Dragons Online, Stormreach and Asheron's Call.

Optasite

Series B in 2004
Optasite engages in the acquisition and development of telecommunications tower sites in the United States. It offers wireless consulting services. The company's services also include site leasing and colocation, tower acquisition, and site development. It serves broadband wireless providers, including wireless carriers, as well as other customers in the telecommunications industry, such as the FCC licensed carriers, government agencies, public safety organizations, private enterprises, and two-way radio services. Optasite, Inc. was formerly known as Pinnacle Site Development, Inc

Mobile Satellite Ventures

Venture Round in 2004
Mobile Satellite Ventures is a privately held company involved in the provision of telecommunication services. It is based in Reston, Virginia.

Optasite

Series A in 2004
Optasite engages in the acquisition and development of telecommunications tower sites in the United States. It offers wireless consulting services. The company's services also include site leasing and colocation, tower acquisition, and site development. It serves broadband wireless providers, including wireless carriers, as well as other customers in the telecommunications industry, such as the FCC licensed carriers, government agencies, public safety organizations, private enterprises, and two-way radio services. Optasite, Inc. was formerly known as Pinnacle Site Development, Inc

Teranetics

Series A in 2004
Teranetics is a prominent mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) company specializing in the development of silicon products tailored for advanced communication applications. The company boasts a core development team with a proven history of successful product innovations in both advanced communication systems and silicon technology. Teranetics is supported by a consortium of venture investors who possess extensive experience and achievements in the semiconductor and communication sectors.

BroadSoft

Series C in 2004
BroadSoft develops software and services that enable telecommunications service providers to deliver cloud‑based unified communications to enterprise customers worldwide. Its portfolio includes UC‑One, a cloud communication platform that integrates voice, messaging, video conferencing, screen sharing, file sharing and virtual meeting rooms; Team‑One, a collaboration tool for chat, notes, file sharing and project organization; BroadSoft Hub, a cloud service that fuses real‑time communications with cloud applications and contextual intelligence; and CC‑One, a contact‑center solution that supports omni‑channel interactions and collaboration between agents and back‑office staff. The company also supplies the BroadWorks application server and the BroadCloud SaaS platform, and offers professional support, consulting, training and lifecycle services. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, BroadSoft serves more than 500 telecommunications carriers, including 18 of the world’s largest, across more than 70 countries and in 25 languages. Since 2018 it operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems.

Taqua Systems

Series B in 2003
Taqua Systems, established in 1998, specializes in providing converged switching, gateway, and media processing solutions for wireline, cable, and wireless carriers. Its product portfolio includes the Virtual Mobile Core, enabling rapid deployment of mobile voice and messaging services, and the T7000 Intelligent Switching System, an end-office soft-switch and IP multimedia processing engine. Taqua also offers professional services such as project management, installation, and training, along with business services like hosted PBX and call center solutions. The company has strategic partnerships with industry leaders like BroadSoft and Cisco, and operates globally with headquarters in Richardson, Texas, and R&D facilities in the US and Canada.

BroadSoft

Series C in 2002
BroadSoft develops software and services that enable telecommunications service providers to deliver cloud‑based unified communications to enterprise customers worldwide. Its portfolio includes UC‑One, a cloud communication platform that integrates voice, messaging, video conferencing, screen sharing, file sharing and virtual meeting rooms; Team‑One, a collaboration tool for chat, notes, file sharing and project organization; BroadSoft Hub, a cloud service that fuses real‑time communications with cloud applications and contextual intelligence; and CC‑One, a contact‑center solution that supports omni‑channel interactions and collaboration between agents and back‑office staff. The company also supplies the BroadWorks application server and the BroadCloud SaaS platform, and offers professional support, consulting, training and lifecycle services. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, BroadSoft serves more than 500 telecommunications carriers, including 18 of the world’s largest, across more than 70 countries and in 25 languages. Since 2018 it operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems.

Taqua Systems

Series B in 2001
Taqua Systems, established in 1998, specializes in providing converged switching, gateway, and media processing solutions for wireline, cable, and wireless carriers. Its product portfolio includes the Virtual Mobile Core, enabling rapid deployment of mobile voice and messaging services, and the T7000 Intelligent Switching System, an end-office soft-switch and IP multimedia processing engine. Taqua also offers professional services such as project management, installation, and training, along with business services like hosted PBX and call center solutions. The company has strategic partnerships with industry leaders like BroadSoft and Cisco, and operates globally with headquarters in Richardson, Texas, and R&D facilities in the US and Canada.

Coriolis Networks

Series C in 2001
Coriolis Networks, headquartered in Boxborough, Mass., began in mid 1999 with a mission to develop a comprehensive approach to the needs of carriers for reliable and scalable optical network solutions. From the beginning, Coriolis Networks realized that success in this market would be based on providing customers with a solution that was compatible with existing SONET network architectures but dramatically improved on the data service delivery capability with new lower price points. Coriolis' target market is the network service provider community on a global basis. Our target customers include competitive and incumbent local exchange carriers, Internet service providers, and wholesale carriers that are building out their fiber-optic facilities to meet their end-user demands for more high-speed data services as well as traditional metro services.

Coriolis Networks

Series B in 2000
Coriolis Networks, headquartered in Boxborough, Mass., began in mid 1999 with a mission to develop a comprehensive approach to the needs of carriers for reliable and scalable optical network solutions. From the beginning, Coriolis Networks realized that success in this market would be based on providing customers with a solution that was compatible with existing SONET network architectures but dramatically improved on the data service delivery capability with new lower price points. Coriolis' target market is the network service provider community on a global basis. Our target customers include competitive and incumbent local exchange carriers, Internet service providers, and wholesale carriers that are building out their fiber-optic facilities to meet their end-user demands for more high-speed data services as well as traditional metro services.

BroadSoft

Series B in 2000
BroadSoft develops software and services that enable telecommunications service providers to deliver cloud‑based unified communications to enterprise customers worldwide. Its portfolio includes UC‑One, a cloud communication platform that integrates voice, messaging, video conferencing, screen sharing, file sharing and virtual meeting rooms; Team‑One, a collaboration tool for chat, notes, file sharing and project organization; BroadSoft Hub, a cloud service that fuses real‑time communications with cloud applications and contextual intelligence; and CC‑One, a contact‑center solution that supports omni‑channel interactions and collaboration between agents and back‑office staff. The company also supplies the BroadWorks application server and the BroadCloud SaaS platform, and offers professional support, consulting, training and lifecycle services. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, BroadSoft serves more than 500 telecommunications carriers, including 18 of the world’s largest, across more than 70 countries and in 25 languages. Since 2018 it operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems.

New World Communications

Venture Round in 2000
NewWorld Communications is an information technology and communications consulting firm that enables midsize businesses and enterprises to implement network, mobility, and cloud solutions. It also offers contract negotiation, strategic planning and design, project management and implementation, and support services. NewWorld Communications was acquired by Nextel Communications in January 2003. NewWorld Communications was founded in 1999 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

BroadSoft

Series A in 1999
BroadSoft develops software and services that enable telecommunications service providers to deliver cloud‑based unified communications to enterprise customers worldwide. Its portfolio includes UC‑One, a cloud communication platform that integrates voice, messaging, video conferencing, screen sharing, file sharing and virtual meeting rooms; Team‑One, a collaboration tool for chat, notes, file sharing and project organization; BroadSoft Hub, a cloud service that fuses real‑time communications with cloud applications and contextual intelligence; and CC‑One, a contact‑center solution that supports omni‑channel interactions and collaboration between agents and back‑office staff. The company also supplies the BroadWorks application server and the BroadCloud SaaS platform, and offers professional support, consulting, training and lifecycle services. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, BroadSoft serves more than 500 telecommunications carriers, including 18 of the world’s largest, across more than 70 countries and in 25 languages. Since 2018 it operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems.

Call Technologies

Series B in 1998
Call Technologies specializes in developing software solutions for service providers, focusing on Unified Messaging (UM) and Operational Systems and Support (OSS). Their UM technology enables users to access various types of messages—voice, fax, email, and digital—from any network using devices such as traditional telephones, wireless handsets, PCs, or personal digital assistants. The OSS solutions offer carriers automated management of service delivery and back-office processes, enhancing operational efficiency.
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