Kindred Partners | Portfolio | Communications and Networking

Fonality
Cloud-based business phone systems
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): Azure Capital Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Intel Capital

ooma
VoIP home telephone service
Position: Vice President, Engineering & Operations
Investor(s): Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Richards L.P., Founders Fund, WI Harper Group, Worldview Technology Partners

Mformation Technologies
Mobile device management software
Position: Chief Financial Officer
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): Battery Ventures, Carmel Ventures, Intel Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners, QuestMark Partners

Vocera Communications
Wireless communication systems
Position: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): Avalon Ventures, Cisco Systems, GGV Capital, RRE Ventures, Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, Venrock , Vanguard Ventures

OpenPeak
Ecosystem to control digital systems in homes and offices
Position: Chief Financial Officer
Position: Vice President, Operations & Supply Chain
Position: Vice President, Marketing
Position: Vice President, Business Development
Investor(s): GMG Capital Partners, Millennium Technology Ventures

BigBand Networks
Broadband multimedia infrastructure
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: BBND
Position: Senior Vice President & General Manager, Product Operations
Investor(s): Cedar Fund, Charles River Ventures, Eastward Capital Partners, Evergreen Investments, Lauder Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Pilot House Ventures Group, Redpoint Ventures, STAR Ventures

Bionic Harvest
Producer of kinetic energy microgenerators
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): Mohr Davidow Ventures

Tello
Converged real time messaging platform
Position: Chief Marketing Officer
Investor(s): Eagle River Holdings, Evercore Ventures, Intel Capital, Rho Capital Partners

SkyeTek
RFID software and services
Position: Senior Vice President, Sales & Business Development
Investor(s): Appian Ventures, Palomar Ventures, Sequel Venture Partners

Good Technology - (Acquired by Motorola, Inc.)
Enterprise mobile computing software, services, and handhelds
Publicly traded: NYSE: MOT
Position: Vice President, Business Process Engineering
Position: Chief Information Officer
Position: Chief Financial Officer
Position: Vice President, Corporate Sales
Position: Director, Server Software
Position: Vice President, Engineering
Position: Vice President, Channel Sales
Position: Vice President, Marketing
Position: President, Field Operations
Investor(s): Bank of America Venture Partners, Benchmark Capital, Broadview Capital Partners, Crosslink Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Tatara Systems
Service delivery platforms for communications service providers
Position: Vice President, Sales
Investor(s): Highland Capital Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners

Tellme Networks - (Acquired by Microsoft Corporation)
Enterprise voice solutions
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: MSFT
Position: Vice President, Product Development
Position: Chief Financial Officer
Investor(s): Benchmark Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Ceon
OSS solutions for broadband service providers
Position: President
Investor(s): Accel Partners, Needham Capital Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures

Cognio - (Acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc.)
Intelligent spectrum management solutions for WLANs
Publicly traded: NADAQ: CSCO
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): ABS Ventures, Avansis Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners

Isensix
Wireless monitoring solutions for hospitals, clinical labs, and blood banks
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): Baradaran Ventures, rb Venture Capital, Shelter Capital Partners

Trapeze Networks - (Acquired by Belden, Inc.)
Wireless LAN mobility solutions for the enterprise
Publicly traded: NYSE: BDC
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): Accel Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Redpoint Ventures

Net6 - (Acquired by Citrix Systems)
Network-based application delivery for wired & wireless devices
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: CTXS
Position: Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Investor(s): BA Venture Partners, OVP Venture Partners, Sierra Ventures

VeriSign
Digital trust services
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: VRSN
Position: Executive Vice President, Telecommunications Services Group
Position: Senior Vice President, Communications

Danger - (Acquired by Microsoft Corporation)
Mobile applications platform
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: MSFT
Position: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): Diamond Ventures, inOvate Communications Group, Mobius Venture Capital, Orange Ventures, Redpoint Ventures

LongBoard
VoIP infrastructure software for service providers & equipment makers
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): ABS Ventures, Charter Venture Capital, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, InterWest Partners , Storm Ventures

Wireless Facilities
Wireless network deployment, management, and outsourcing
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: WFII
Position: Executive Vice President, Outsourcing
Investor(s): Oak Investment Partners, Meritech Capital Partners

Atrica - (Acquired by Nokia Siemens Networks B.V.)
Optical ethernet solutions for metropolitan networks
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital

Nexsi Systems - (Acquired by Juniper Networks)
Mission-critical network systems and services
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: JNPR
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): Amerindo Investment Advisors, Raza Ventures, Sequoia Capital

inCode Telecom Group - (Acquired by VeriSign, Inc.)
Consulting to wireless carriers and equipment manufacturers
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: VRSN
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Position: Chief Financial Officer
Position: Vice President, Sales
Investor(s): inOvate Communications Group, Sequoia Capital

Tellium - (Acquired by Zhone Technologies)
High-speed, high-capacity, intelligent optical solutions
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: ZHNE
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Position: Vice President, Sales
Investor(s): Accel Partners, Oak Investment Partners

Netigy - (Acquired by ThruPoint)
Networking consulting solutions for the enterprise market
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Position: President, Service Provider Business
Position: Chief Financial Officer
Position: Chief Marketing Officer
Investor(s): Benchmark Capital, Cisco Systems, Trinity Ventures

Equinix
Core Internet exchange services
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: EQIX
Position: Vice President, Sales
Position: Vice President, Marketing
Investor(s): Benchmark Capital, Cisco Systems, Microsoft Corporation

CAIS Internet - (Acquired by Cisco Sytems, Inc.)
Comprehensive high-speed Internet solutions
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: CSCO
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): Apax Partners

Ditech Communications
Telecommunications equipment for voice and optical networks
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: DITC
Position: Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Investor(s): Summit Partners

Shiva - (Acquired by Intel)
Remote access connectivity solutions
Publicly traded: NASDAQ: INTC
Position: Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales

Metawave Communications
Smart antenna solutions for wireless services providers
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Investor(s): Oak Investment Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds, Venrock