SAS Investors

SAS Investors was a venture capital firm based in New York City, established in January 2001, that specialized in seed and early-stage investments primarily in technology companies located in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the United States. The firm focused on states such as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Typically, SAS Investors made initial investments of up to $1.25 million, with a total commitment of up to $3 million over the life cycle of a portfolio company. It preferred to be the first institutional investor in its target companies and often sought co-investment opportunities. The firm aimed to support unique and defensible technology ventures by leveraging its resources and experience to assist portfolio companies in developing effective go-to-market strategies, understanding industry dynamics, and maximizing the potential of their intellectual property. SAS Investors, backed by notable venture capital firms, positioned itself as a leading supporter of core technology companies in its targeted regions. However, it is no longer actively investing.

George Abraham

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

25 past transactions

VisibleGains

Venture Round in 2009
VisibleGains Inc. is a company that specializes in developing applications aimed at enhancing communication between businesses and their customers. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, the company offers two primary products: Postwire, which allows users to create private web pages for clients to share videos, photos, web links, and documents, and VideoApps, which provides interactive video landing pages. VisibleGains also focuses on integrating its solutions with various marketing automation platforms and tools, enabling better performance tracking and reporting for traditional marketing campaigns. Originally known as PermissionTV, Inc., the company rebranded to VisibleGains in 2009 to reflect its commitment to improving customer engagement through innovative marketing technology.

Enpirion

Series E in 2009
Enpirion is a manufacturer specializing in integrated power management chipsets, particularly known for its innovative line of Switch-mode DC-DC converters that incorporate an integrated inductor. This design minimizes issues related to power integrated circuit failures, reduces footprint and part count, and lowers noise in power conversion processes. Enpirion's products cater to a variety of applications, including high-volume consumer electronics such as mobile phones, portable gaming devices, and personal media players, as well as in sectors like data networking, telecommunications, and computing. The company's focus on high-frequency, high-efficiency voltage conversion solutions enables businesses to meet stringent power requirements while enhancing the performance and stability of their electronic systems.

Motionbox

Series C in 2009
Motionbox is a video sharing service that offers a range of features designed to enhance the user experience in video editing and sharing. Users can upload full video files, which the platform transcodes to reduce file size while retaining the original files for download or DVD purchase. Motionbox's editing capabilities allow users to manipulate videos extensively, including linking multiple files and creating mashups with public or shared videos. The service supports deep tagging, enabling users to tag specific portions of their videos for easier navigation. Since March 2008, Motionbox has supported high-definition video, and it offers a subscription-based Premium service that includes HD playback, unlimited storage, and download options. Additionally, it provides a Professional video hosting solution tailored for small businesses and organizations.

Motionbox

Series B in 2007
Motionbox is a video sharing service that offers a range of features designed to enhance the user experience in video editing and sharing. Users can upload full video files, which the platform transcodes to reduce file size while retaining the original files for download or DVD purchase. Motionbox's editing capabilities allow users to manipulate videos extensively, including linking multiple files and creating mashups with public or shared videos. The service supports deep tagging, enabling users to tag specific portions of their videos for easier navigation. Since March 2008, Motionbox has supported high-definition video, and it offers a subscription-based Premium service that includes HD playback, unlimited storage, and download options. Additionally, it provides a Professional video hosting solution tailored for small businesses and organizations.

VisibleGains

Series C in 2007
VisibleGains Inc. is a company that specializes in developing applications aimed at enhancing communication between businesses and their customers. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, the company offers two primary products: Postwire, which allows users to create private web pages for clients to share videos, photos, web links, and documents, and VideoApps, which provides interactive video landing pages. VisibleGains also focuses on integrating its solutions with various marketing automation platforms and tools, enabling better performance tracking and reporting for traditional marketing campaigns. Originally known as PermissionTV, Inc., the company rebranded to VisibleGains in 2009 to reflect its commitment to improving customer engagement through innovative marketing technology.

PermissionTV

Series C in 2007
PermissionTV provides a flexible online video platform for brand marketers and advertisers, media companies and publishers, as well as their agencies, content producers, and technology providers.

Backfence

Venture Round in 2006
Backfence, Inc. is a company that specializes in building and operating hyperlocal community websites supported by advertising. Founded in 2004 and based in McLean, Virginia, Backfence enables its members to generate virtual content, including blogs, wikis, calendars, and photo galleries, along with various do-it-yourself advertising tools. By utilizing a media self-publishing model, the company provides local information to communities across the United States. Its websites prominently feature advertisements, online classifieds, and yellow pages listings, fostering engagement and connectivity within local areas.

Motionbox

Series A in 2006
Motionbox is a video sharing service that offers a range of features designed to enhance the user experience in video editing and sharing. Users can upload full video files, which the platform transcodes to reduce file size while retaining the original files for download or DVD purchase. Motionbox's editing capabilities allow users to manipulate videos extensively, including linking multiple files and creating mashups with public or shared videos. The service supports deep tagging, enabling users to tag specific portions of their videos for easier navigation. Since March 2008, Motionbox has supported high-definition video, and it offers a subscription-based Premium service that includes HD playback, unlimited storage, and download options. Additionally, it provides a Professional video hosting solution tailored for small businesses and organizations.

CebaTech

Series C in 2006
CebaTech, Inc. designs, develops, and licenses high-value silicon intellectual property (IP) cores. The company focuses on delivering hardware solutions that accelerate data and storage networking applications. Its products include CebaRIP cores, such as a family of advanced encryption standard IP cores that provide hardware encryption and decryption to meet data security needs; data deflate cores; and LZRW3, MD5, and SHA-1 cores, which are direct hardware embodiment of original software implementations that enable FPGA or ASIC solutions for data compression and decompression, and cryptographic hash functions. The company also provides software models for virtual prototyping cards and cores, as well as for early pre-hardware integration, test, performance analysis, and low-end performance application code. In addition, the company provides custom IP services, such as customer-specified features for CebaIP Cores; customer-specified IP development; and select turnkey FPGA or ASIC development services. Further, the company develops tunable silicon IP cores to accelerate the realization of software algorithms in silicon to boost the productivity of engineering teams focused on advanced SoC, ASIC, and FPGA systems design. CebaTech, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Eatontown, New Jersey.

Enpirion

Series C in 2006
Enpirion is a manufacturer specializing in integrated power management chipsets, particularly known for its innovative line of Switch-mode DC-DC converters that incorporate an integrated inductor. This design minimizes issues related to power integrated circuit failures, reduces footprint and part count, and lowers noise in power conversion processes. Enpirion's products cater to a variety of applications, including high-volume consumer electronics such as mobile phones, portable gaming devices, and personal media players, as well as in sectors like data networking, telecommunications, and computing. The company's focus on high-frequency, high-efficiency voltage conversion solutions enables businesses to meet stringent power requirements while enhancing the performance and stability of their electronic systems.

Lightspeed Audio Labs

Seed Round in 2006
Lightspeed Audio Labs, Inc. is a company based in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, specializing in the development of a media collaboration platform. This platform enables musicians to collaborate and create audio content online in real-time, facilitating seamless interaction and creativity regardless of geographical barriers. By leveraging internet technology, Lightspeed Audio Labs aims to enhance the music-making process, allowing artists to work together more effectively.

Multispectral Imaging

Series B in 2005
Multispectral Imaging, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and supplies infrared imaging detectors and arrays. The company provides technologies for night vision and thermal-imaging products. Its solutions include infrared imaging array detector modules that use microelectromechanical sensor and ROIC technologies to produce detectors with sensitivities; and microcantilever detector technologies, which enable detector sensitivities to the infrared detection approach. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Parsippany, New Jersey with a branch office in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. As of April 4, 2008, Multispectral Imaging, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Agiltron, Inc.

VisibleGains

Series B in 2005
VisibleGains Inc. is a company that specializes in developing applications aimed at enhancing communication between businesses and their customers. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, the company offers two primary products: Postwire, which allows users to create private web pages for clients to share videos, photos, web links, and documents, and VideoApps, which provides interactive video landing pages. VisibleGains also focuses on integrating its solutions with various marketing automation platforms and tools, enabling better performance tracking and reporting for traditional marketing campaigns. Originally known as PermissionTV, Inc., the company rebranded to VisibleGains in 2009 to reflect its commitment to improving customer engagement through innovative marketing technology.

Textronics

Series A in 2005
Textronics, Inc. is a company that specializes in the development, manufacturing, and sale of wearable textile sensor components and related clothing designed for fitness and health monitoring. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Textronics produces soft textile sensors capable of detecting the electrical activity of the body, along with elastic yarns that serve as foundational fibers for weaving conductive fabrics. The company also offers innovative products such as nano-composite elastomeric polymers with variable electrical conductivity, elastic conductive ribbons for electronic connections, and heart-sensing sports bras. Additionally, Textronics provides a developer's kit featuring textile electrodes for designers and researchers to create interactive wearable prototypes. Its technology is applicable across various sectors, including sports and fitness, health and wellness, military and public safety, home textiles, personal electronics, and industrial markets. As of November 2008, Textronics operates as a subsidiary of Adidas International B.V.

Protonex Technology

Series C in 2005
Protonex Technology is a developer and manufacturer of intelligent power management and portable fuel cell products tailored for military and commercial markets. The company focuses on revolutionizing portable power solutions, offering advantages over traditional batteries and generators. By providing mission-critical equipment, Protonex enhances energy efficiency and operational flexibility for military applications, addressing the evolving power needs of its users.

PermissionTV

Series B in 2005
PermissionTV provides a flexible online video platform for brand marketers and advertisers, media companies and publishers, as well as their agencies, content producers, and technology providers.

Velox Semiconductor

Series A in 2005
Velox Semiconductor Corporation manufactures gallium nitride power semiconductors. The company offers gallium nitride transistors and diodes; and schottky rectifiers, which are used in power factor correction, switch mode power supplies, and freewheeling diode applications. It serves the power supply industry, as well as automotive, industrial, computer, and telecom markets. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Somerset, New Jersey.

Tacit Networks

Series C in 2005
Tacit Networks, Inc. is a provider of wide area file services and network optimization solutions, catering primarily to branch offices and remote users. Established in 2000 and headquartered in South Plainfield, New Jersey, the company specializes in its IShared product line, which assists businesses in consolidating, accelerating, and managing information. Tacit Networks offers a range of services including file management, exchange, networking, web, and print services. Its products are available both directly to clients and through a network of integrated reseller partners. In 2006, Tacit Networks was acquired by Packeteer, Inc.

CebaTech

Series B in 2005
CebaTech, Inc. designs, develops, and licenses high-value silicon intellectual property (IP) cores. The company focuses on delivering hardware solutions that accelerate data and storage networking applications. Its products include CebaRIP cores, such as a family of advanced encryption standard IP cores that provide hardware encryption and decryption to meet data security needs; data deflate cores; and LZRW3, MD5, and SHA-1 cores, which are direct hardware embodiment of original software implementations that enable FPGA or ASIC solutions for data compression and decompression, and cryptographic hash functions. The company also provides software models for virtual prototyping cards and cores, as well as for early pre-hardware integration, test, performance analysis, and low-end performance application code. In addition, the company provides custom IP services, such as customer-specified features for CebaIP Cores; customer-specified IP development; and select turnkey FPGA or ASIC development services. Further, the company develops tunable silicon IP cores to accelerate the realization of software algorithms in silicon to boost the productivity of engineering teams focused on advanced SoC, ASIC, and FPGA systems design. CebaTech, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Eatontown, New Jersey.

Protonex Technology

Series B in 2005
Protonex Technology is a developer and manufacturer of intelligent power management and portable fuel cell products tailored for military and commercial markets. The company focuses on revolutionizing portable power solutions, offering advantages over traditional batteries and generators. By providing mission-critical equipment, Protonex enhances energy efficiency and operational flexibility for military applications, addressing the evolving power needs of its users.

Enpirion

Series B in 2004
Enpirion is a manufacturer specializing in integrated power management chipsets, particularly known for its innovative line of Switch-mode DC-DC converters that incorporate an integrated inductor. This design minimizes issues related to power integrated circuit failures, reduces footprint and part count, and lowers noise in power conversion processes. Enpirion's products cater to a variety of applications, including high-volume consumer electronics such as mobile phones, portable gaming devices, and personal media players, as well as in sectors like data networking, telecommunications, and computing. The company's focus on high-frequency, high-efficiency voltage conversion solutions enables businesses to meet stringent power requirements while enhancing the performance and stability of their electronic systems.

PermissionTV

Series A in 2004
PermissionTV provides a flexible online video platform for brand marketers and advertisers, media companies and publishers, as well as their agencies, content producers, and technology providers.

Protonex Technology

Series A in 2004
Protonex Technology is a developer and manufacturer of intelligent power management and portable fuel cell products tailored for military and commercial markets. The company focuses on revolutionizing portable power solutions, offering advantages over traditional batteries and generators. By providing mission-critical equipment, Protonex enhances energy efficiency and operational flexibility for military applications, addressing the evolving power needs of its users.

HydroGlobe

Series A in 2003
HydroGlobe is an innovative environmental company specializing in the development of advanced water filtration products designed to remove heavy metals and contaminants such as arsenic from drinking and groundwater. With a focus on affordability and efficiency, HydroGlobe offers patent-pending technologies that significantly reduce the costs associated with current filtration methods. The company serves a diverse range of needs, addressing high concentrations of heavy metals in process wastewater and groundwater, ensuring clean and safe water solutions for its clients.

Tacit Networks

Series A in 2002
Tacit Networks, Inc. is a provider of wide area file services and network optimization solutions, catering primarily to branch offices and remote users. Established in 2000 and headquartered in South Plainfield, New Jersey, the company specializes in its IShared product line, which assists businesses in consolidating, accelerating, and managing information. Tacit Networks offers a range of services including file management, exchange, networking, web, and print services. Its products are available both directly to clients and through a network of integrated reseller partners. In 2006, Tacit Networks was acquired by Packeteer, Inc.
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