1NCE
Venture Round in 2025
1NCE is a global IoT connectivity provider that delivers secure cellular connectivity and related software services for Internet of Things applications. It offers a flat-rate model across 140 countries, designed to simplify budgeting for IoT deployments. The company provides a one-off payment option for a ten-year service period, enabling affordable, long-term connection for devices used in utilities, asset tracking, vehicle telematics and other sectors. In addition to connectivity, 1NCE supplies software services and lifecycle device management to support secure data collection, deployment, monitoring and decommissioning of connected devices. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany, 1NCE serves a worldwide set of customers with scalable IoT solutions.
1NCE
Venture Round in 2022
1NCE is a global IoT connectivity provider that delivers secure cellular connectivity and related software services for Internet of Things applications. It offers a flat-rate model across 140 countries, designed to simplify budgeting for IoT deployments. The company provides a one-off payment option for a ten-year service period, enabling affordable, long-term connection for devices used in utilities, asset tracking, vehicle telematics and other sectors. In addition to connectivity, 1NCE supplies software services and lifecycle device management to support secure data collection, deployment, monitoring and decommissioning of connected devices. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany, 1NCE serves a worldwide set of customers with scalable IoT solutions.
bloXroute Labs
Series B in 2022
bloXroute Labs, Inc. is a company focused on providing blockchain scalability solutions that enable cryptocurrencies and blockchains to process thousands of transactions per second without requiring protocol changes. Established in 2018 and based in Evanston, Illinois, the company operates a blockchain distribution network that enhances the efficiency of data propagation across all blockchains. By utilizing a global network of servers optimized for performance through advanced techniques like compression and encryption, bloXroute Labs ensures that all nodes can maintain consensus even as transaction volumes soar. This provably neutral platform supports a wide range of blockchains, facilitating improved transaction throughput and addressing scalability challenges at the network layer.
Plume Design
Series F in 2021
Plume Design, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in adaptive home Wi-Fi solutions and the manufacture of Wi-Fi devices. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Plume provides a software-as-a-service platform designed for communications service providers. This platform facilitates the delivery of enhanced services for connected homes, including features such as optimal Wi-Fi performance, parental controls, and motion sensing capabilities. Plume's mobile application allows users to customize and manage their Wi-Fi networks, including controlling device access and managing passwords. The company's focus is on enhancing the smart home experience while supporting service providers with backend applications.
1NCE
Funding Round in 2021
1NCE is a global IoT connectivity provider that delivers secure cellular connectivity and related software services for Internet of Things applications. It offers a flat-rate model across 140 countries, designed to simplify budgeting for IoT deployments. The company provides a one-off payment option for a ten-year service period, enabling affordable, long-term connection for devices used in utilities, asset tracking, vehicle telematics and other sectors. In addition to connectivity, 1NCE supplies software services and lifecycle device management to support secure data collection, deployment, monitoring and decommissioning of connected devices. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany, 1NCE serves a worldwide set of customers with scalable IoT solutions.
Airspan Networks
Post in 2021
Airspan Networks is a global provider of 4G broadband wireless systems and solutions. Established in 1992, the company delivers high-speed data, voice, and multimedia services to operators and vertical markets worldwide, serving over 500 operators across licensed and unlicensed frequency bands up to 6GHz. Its comprehensive product range includes indoor/outdoor small cells, open RAN base stations, fixed wireless access solutions, and related design services.
Arrcus
Venture Round in 2021
Arrcus, Inc. is a company that specializes in designing and developing closed-source operating systems for networking hardware, such as switches and routers. Founded in 2016 and based in San Jose, California, Arrcus offers a range of products including ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform that provides real-time insights for network management. Additionally, the company provides the Arrcus VDR routing platform, the IP/EVPN Clos solution, and a multi-cloud networking platform. Arrcus focuses on enabling organizations to build scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments, simplifying network operations and enhancing connectivity among people, machines, and data.
Valence Community
Series A in 2020
Valence Community operates an online platform dedicated to connecting, showcasing, and empowering the global black professional community. Founded in 2019 and based in Los Angeles, the platform facilitates career opportunities and venture creation by linking users with companies and resources. Valence also offers mentorship options, enabling members to serve as coaches for one another, thereby fostering a supportive environment for professional development. Through inspirational storytelling and structured community engagement, Valence aims to demystify advancement pathways and promote economic and social progress among black professionals worldwide.
Packet is a cloud hosting provider that specializes in automated bare metal infrastructure, serving enterprises, SaaS companies, and software innovators. The company's platform enables automation of physical servers and networks, offering a seamless experience without relying on virtualization or multi-tenancy. Packet operates over 20 global public cloud locations and facilitates more than 60,000 deployments each month across its extensive network of data centers and private sites. This flexibility allows customers to manage custom hardware both on-premises and at edge locations, making it suitable for a wide range of workloads, from traditional applications to cloud-native solutions. By providing reliable and scalable infrastructure, Packet empowers organizations to leverage technology as a competitive advantage.
remote.it (pronounced remote it)
Series A in 2018
remote.it (pronounced remote 'it') is unleashing private networks from legacy dependencies including hardware dependence, open ports on the Internet, on-premise configuration, and one-by-one management of individual networked devices. Founded by networking experts who's previous company invented hardware TCP/IP (acquired by NVIDIA) the companies cloud service allows for secure management of network assets from anywhere. Popular use cases include: managing cloud instances, IoT devices, remote access, remote work, and allowing legacy networking equipment to be managed from the cloud. The remote.it service is used by tens of thousands of businesses to managed devices in over 180 countries across the globe.
Packet is a cloud hosting provider that specializes in automated bare metal infrastructure, serving enterprises, SaaS companies, and software innovators. The company's platform enables automation of physical servers and networks, offering a seamless experience without relying on virtualization or multi-tenancy. Packet operates over 20 global public cloud locations and facilitates more than 60,000 deployments each month across its extensive network of data centers and private sites. This flexibility allows customers to manage custom hardware both on-premises and at edge locations, making it suitable for a wide range of workloads, from traditional applications to cloud-native solutions. By providing reliable and scalable infrastructure, Packet empowers organizations to leverage technology as a competitive advantage.
Sprint
Acquisition in 2012
Sprint Corporation was an American telecommunications company that provided a wide range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumers, businesses, and government entities. It was known for its innovative technologies, which included two wireless networks that served nearly 49 million customers at the end of the second quarter of 2009. Sprint offered industry-leading mobile data services, instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities, and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. On April 1, 2020, Sprint merged with T-Mobile US, marking a significant consolidation in the telecommunications industry.
Soma Networks
Series E in 2008
SOMA Networks was the first broadband wireless access company to offer fully converged, all-IP solutions for world-class service providers. SOMA’s FlexMAX Mobile WiMAX System and SoftAir Multimedia Application System provide standards-based, leading-edge technology that enables service providers to:
Differentiate themselves with simultaneous multi-megabit and multimedia services
Drive revenue using value-added applications to increase average revenue per user (ARPU)
Deliver wireline performance over a broadband wireless infrastructure.
Revenue-quality voice over IP (VoIP) with fax support, broadband data and video applications are key components of SOMA solutions, as are the company’s award-winning macro base stations and subscriber gateways. SOMA’s all-IP architecture also makes it easy for service providers to integrate their offerings with other IP-based application servers that streamline billing and provisioning.
SOMA is a principal member of the WiMAX Forum, and its FlexMAX Mobile WiMAX System supports the 802.16e-2005 Mobile WiMAX standard. With a strong partner ecosystem and world-class investors, SOMA Networks leads the industry in technology, performance, applications and value.
Founded in 1999, SOMA Networks is privately held. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Delhi, Ottawa, Singapore and Toronto.
SyncVoice Communications
Series B in 2007
SyncVoice Communications offers true lifecycle management solutions regardless of convergence level, vendor device or network topology. The company is based in Costa Mesa, California.
Communicado
Series B in 2007
Communicado specializes in software platforms and services designed to manage converged voice and data communication networks for businesses. Their offerings include VXTracker, a tool that integrates network management to meet enterprise standards, and Streamline, which optimizes real-time business communications.
Asita Technologies
Series B in 2001
Asita Technologies, Inc. provides high-speed Virtual Private Networking (VPN) solutions that integrate a high-performance VPN, firewalling, networking, policy routing, load balancing and a network management system into a single network device. The asita LineSpeed product range features hardware based encryption that ensures true wire speak performance and delivers the highest level of security for international standards (IPSec using 3DES-CBC mode). The asita LineSpeed is scalable and flexible while being easy to configure and manage.
Adir Technologies
Series B in 2001
Adir Technologies develops and markets network management software for VoIP and other packet-based multimedia networks. It provides software solutions for telecommunications, internet, wireless, and broadband service providers and enterprises.
Adir Technologies is acquired by NetSpeak Corporation in August 2001.
Adir Technologies was founded in 1995 and is based in Newark, New Jersey.
Asia-Net
Venture Round in 2000
Asia-Net K.K. is an internet-based recruitment firm based in Tokyo, Japan, established in 1994. Originally founded as Japan-Net, the company specializes in connecting bilingual and internationally-minded professionals with job opportunities across the Asia-Pacific region. It serves a diverse community of over 140,000 professionals, including Asian nationals and individuals of Asian heritage, as well as those with professional interests in the region. Asia-Net facilitates the recruitment process by posting job advertisements on its website and accepting resumes via email, providing a premier online service for both job seekers and employers in the Asia-Pacific business landscape.
United NL
Venture Round in 2000
United NL is a collocation and web hosting service provider. It also provides SeedBuilding, a network building service, which provides xDSL-based broadband services for family and business use.
Terabeam is an American company that designs and manufactures free-space optical transceivers for internet access in downtown areas.
Terabeam was founded in 1997 and is located in Kirkland, Washington. As of August 29, 2008, the company operates as subsidiary of Renaissance Electronics & Communications LLC.
VeriSign operates the global infrastructure of the domain name system as the sole authorized registry for major generic top-level domains, including .com and .net, and also supports other TLDs such as .tv, .cc, .name, .jobs, .edu and .gov. It maintains critical DNS infrastructure, including two root servers (A and J), and processes about 121 million domain names and over 77 billion DNS queries each day. The company focuses on registry services and DNS infrastructure to ensure the availability and reliability of the internet's naming system, having divested its Security Services business in 2018 to concentrate on core registry operations.