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Ultimately, venture capital firms are judged by the success of their portfolio companies. We are very proud of the unique and diverse group of companies in the Granite portfolio.

Actional Corporation

Software infrastructure management platform

Sector Software Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Status Public Initial investment November 1, 2001
Acquired by Progress Software  NASDAQ:PRGS 

Agilence, Inc.

Video Auditing Solutions and Services

Sector Software Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Current Location Camden, New Jersey, United States
Status Private Initial investment September 1, 2008

AirTight Networks, Inc.

WiFi Security and Cloud Access

Sector Software Partners Eric Zimits
Ownership Current Location Mountain View, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment May 1, 2004

AlterEgo Networks, Inc.

Content delivery infrastructure.

Sector Communications, Services Partners -
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Private Initial investment September 1, 2000
Acquired by Macromedia   

Arcot Systems, Inc.

Authentication solutions

Sector Software Partners Chris McKay
Ownership Previous Location Sunnyvale, California, United States
Status Public Initial investment January 1, 2005
Acquired by CA Technologies  NASDAQ:CA 

Aspen Avionics, Inc.

Avionic displays

Sector Communications, Systems Partners -
Ownership Current Location Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Status Private Initial investment December 1, 2005

Attensity, Inc.

Business Intelligence and Data Analysis Software

Sector Software Partners Tom Furlong
Ownership Current Location Palo Alto, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment April 1, 2010

Auditude

Video management platform

Sector Digital Media Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Current Location Palo Alto, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment December 29, 2010
Acquired by Adobe Systems   

Avail Systems Corporation

Hierarchical storage management software for pc client/server environments

Sector Software Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Private Initial investment September 1, 1992
Acquired by Wang Labs   

AvantGo, Inc.

Mobile computing software

Sector Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Public Initial investment May 1, 1998
Acquired by Sybase  NYSE:SY 

Bellamax, Inc.

Photo enhancement

Sector Digital Media, Software Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location San Francisco, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment March 1, 2003

BidClerk, Inc.

Provider of information services to the construction industry

Sector Services, Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Current Location Chicago, Illinois, United States
Status Private Initial investment April 1, 2002

Biz360, Inc.

Market intelligence software for the enterprise

Sector Software Partners Tom Furlong
Ownership Previous Location Redwood City, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment September 1, 2000
Acquired by Attensity   

Bunchball Inc.

Online marketing platform

Sector Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Current Location San Jose, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment September 1, 2006

Cardiff Software, Inc.

Automated business processes solutions

Sector Software Partners Chris McKay
Ownership Previous Location San Diego, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment October 1, 2000

CBF Networks

Intelligent Wireless Networking

Sector Systems Partners Eric Zimits
Ownership Current Location San Jose, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment May 2, 2011

Connected Corporation

Online business services to personal computer users

Sector Services Partners Chris McKay
Ownership Previous Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Status Public Initial investment June 1, 1999
Acquired by Iron Mountain  NYSE:IRM 

Convio, Inc.

Membership relationship management

Sector Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Current Location Austin, Texas, United States
Status Private Initial investment March 1, 2001

Cooligy, Inc.

Thermal management technology for dissipating heat generated by integrated circuits.

Sector Energy Technology Partners -
Ownership Previous Location Mountain View, California, United States
Status Public Initial investment June 1, 2002
Acquired by Emerson Electric  NYSE:EMR 

Creativepro.com, Inc.

Plug-in software products to enhance graphics and desktop apps

Sector Digital Media Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Public Initial investment February 1, 1996
Acquired by ImageX.com  NASDAQ:IMX 

Crowd Science, Inc.

Demographic analytics and online market research

Sector Software Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Current Location Mountain View, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment December 1, 2007

Daemonic Labs

Social Networks

Sector Communications Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Current Location San Francisco, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment April 1, 2011

DecisionView, Inc.

Analytic software for the pharmaceutical industry

Sector Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Current Location San Francisco, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment March 1, 2004

Digimarc Corporation

Secure media solutions for wide range of security, identification and digital media content applications

Sector Digital Media Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Previous Location Beaverton, Oregon, United States
Status Public Initial investment July 1, 1996
  NASDAQ:DMRC 

Digital Fountain, Inc.

Error correction technology enabling reliable data transmission

Sector Software Partners Tom Furlong
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Public Initial investment July 1, 1999
Acquired by Qualcomm  NASDAQ:QCOM 

DigitaThink, Inc.

E-learning solutions developer

Sector Digital Media Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Previous Location Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Status Private Initial investment August 1, 1996
Acquired by Convergys   

Direct Medical Knowledge, Inc.

Provider of medical and health information to consumers

Sector Services Partners -
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Public Initial investment July 1, 1997
Acquired by WebMD  NASDAQ:HLTH 

Encore Career Institute

Online Education

Sector Services Partners Eric Zimits
Ownership Current Location Los Gatos, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment June 1, 2011

Entropic Communications, Inc.

Semiconductors for digital home entertainment

Sector Components, Semiconductor Partners Eric Zimits
Ownership Previous Location San Diego, California, United States
Status Public Initial investment May 1, 2001
  NASDAQ:ENTR 

Episodic, Inc.

Online video content management

Sector Digital Media Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Previous Location California, United States
Status Private Initial investment June 1, 2007
Acquired by Google   

Five Across, Inc.

Social networking platform developer

Sector Software Partners
Standish O'Grady
Tom Furlong
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Public Initial investment April 1, 2004
Acquired by Cisco Systems  NASDAQ:CSCO 

FlexiInternational Software, Inc.

Client/server accounting software

Sector Software Partners -
Ownership Previous Location Shelton, Conneticut, United States
Status Public Initial investment January 1, 1997
  NASDAQ:FLXI 

Fractal Design Corporation

Next generation design, paint and image-editing software for graphic artists

Sector Digital Media Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Private Initial investment July 1, 1995
Acquired by MetaTools   

Fulcrum Microsystems, Inc.

Ethernet switching integrated circuits

Sector Components, Semiconductor Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Previous Location Calabasas, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment April 1, 2005
Acquired by Intel   

GigaNet, Inc.

Datacenter networking solutions

Sector Systems Partners -
Ownership Previous Location Costa Mesa, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment February 1, 1997
Acquired by Emulex   

GoingOn Networks, Inc.

Social networking platform for higher education.

Sector Software Partners Tom Furlong
Ownership Current Location San Francisco, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment January 1, 2011

Grid2Home, Inc.

Smart energy and home automation technology

Sector Energy Technology Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Current Location San Diego, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment October 1, 2009

HAHT Commerce, Inc./GXS Corporation

Self-side e-commerce

Sector Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Current Location Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
Status Private Initial investment December 1, 1997

HireVue

Online video interviewing and decision management solution

Sector Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Current Location Draper, Utah, United States
Status Private Initial investment July 1, 2010

HyTrust, Inc.

Compliance for virtualized infrastructure

Sector Software Partners -
Ownership Current Location Mountain View, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment December 1, 2009

iBiquity Digital Corporation

Digital audio broadcasting system

Sector Digital Media Partners -
Ownership Current Location Auburn Hills, Basking Ridge, Michigan, New Jersey, United States
Status Private Initial investment January 1, 2000

Indicee, Inc.

Business intelligence applications

Sector Software Partners Tom Furlong
Ownership Current Location Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Status Private Initial investment June 1, 2009

InfoGear Technology Corporation

Online information and services to information appliances

Sector Communications, Components, Systems Partners -
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Public Initial investment January 1, 1999
Acquired by Cisco Systems  NASDAQ:CSCO 

Internap Network Services Corporation

Internet connectivity services

Sector Services Partners Eric Zimits
Ownership Previous Location Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Status Public Initial investment October 1, 1997
  NASDAQ:INAP 

Kinecta Corporation

Software infrastructure for content distribution

Sector Software Partners Tom Furlong
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Public Initial investment December 1, 2000
Acquired by Stellent  NASDAQ:STEL 

Kontiki, Inc.

Content delivery solution

Sector Digital Media Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location Sunnyvale, California, United States
Status Public Initial investment September 1, 2002
Acquired by VeriSign  NASDAQ:VRSN 

Liquent, Inc.

Regulatory software solutions, products and related services for the life science industry

Sector Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Previous Location Pennsylvania, United States
Status Private Initial investment July 1, 1994
Acquired by Information Holdings   

Localmind

Mobile Applications

Sector Digital Media Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Current Location San Francisco, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment June 1, 2011

LSSi corporation

Nationwide directory assistance service provider

Sector Services Partners -
Ownership Previous Location Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States
Status Public Initial investment May 1, 1996
Acquired by Volt Information Services  NYSE:VOL 

Lucid Imagination, Inc.

Commercial Open Source Search Engine

Sector Software Partners Chris McKay
Ownership Current Location San Mateo, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment September 1, 2008

Lumedx Corporation

Software and services for management of care delivery and operations at the clinical level.

Sector Software Partners -
Ownership Previous Location Oakland, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment March 1, 1996

Managing Editor, Inc.

Software targeted at the newspaper and magazine production process

Sector Software Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location Jenkitown, Pennsylvania, United States
Status Private Initial investment December 1, 1994

Marqeta

Loyalty Solution for Retailers

Sector Services Partners Chris McKay
Ownership Current Location San Francisco, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment June 1, 2011

Martini Media

Vertical Ad Network

Sector Digital Media Partners Chris McKay
Ownership Current Location San Francisco, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment May 3, 2010

MediaBridge Technologies, Inc.

Electronic pre-press software solutions.

Sector Software Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location Beverly Hills, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment July 1, 1994
Acquired by Engage   

Mixamo, Inc.

Online platform for generation 3D character animation

Sector Digital Media Partners Tom Furlong
Ownership Current Location San Francisco, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment July 1, 2008

Movaris, Inc.

Enterprise software application directed at SOX compliance

Sector Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Previous Location Addison, Texas, United States
Status Public Initial investment February 1, 2005
Acquired by Trintech Group  NASDAQ:TTPA 

Navini Networks, Inc.

Broadband wireless access systems

Sector Systems Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Previous Location California, United States
Status Public Initial investment August 1, 2001
Acquired by Cisco Systems  NASDAQ:CSCO 

NetBoost, Inc.

Network computing platform

Sector Systems Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Previous Location Santa Clara, California, United States
Status Public Initial investment August 1, 1997
Acquired by Intel  NASDAQ:INTC 

NetEffect, Inc.

10 Gigabit Ethernet interface cards

Sector Components, Semiconductor Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Previous Location Santa Clara, California, United States
Status Public Initial investment April 1, 2004
Acquired by Intel  NASDAQ:INTC 

Nexabit Networks, Inc.

Multi-terabit core routers

Sector Systems Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Previous Location Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States
Status Public Initial investment March 1, 1998
Acquired by Lucent Technologies  NYSE:LU 

Oversight Systems, Inc.

Financial error and fraud detection software

Sector Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Current Location Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Status Private Initial investment July 29, 2004

Ozmo, Inc.

WiFi Personal Area Networks

Sector Energy Technology Partners -
Ownership Current Location Palo Alto, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment December 1, 2005

Pacific Microsonics, Inc.

Digital audio technology licensing company

Sector Digital Media Partners -
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Public Initial investment April 1, 1998
Acquired by Microsoft   

Paragon Networks International, Inc.

Networking equipment

Sector Systems Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Private Initial investment April 1, 1997
Acquired by Carrier Access, Inc.   

Pelican Imaging Corporation

Computational Cameras

Sector Software Partners Eric Zimits
Ownership Current Location Mountain View, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment July 24, 2009

Percello, Ltd.

Femtocell processor

Sector Components, Semiconductor Partners Eric Zimits
Ownership Current Location Raanana, Israel
Status Private Initial investment July 1, 2008

Plumtree Software, Inc.

Corporate portal

Sector Software Partners -
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Public Initial investment June 1, 1998
Acquired by BEA Systems   

PowerGenix Systems, Inc.

Nickel-Zinc batteries

Sector Energy Technology Partners -
Ownership Current Location San Diego, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment May 1, 2003

PSS Systems, Inc.

Document lifecycle managment

Sector Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Private Initial investment July 1, 2002
Acquired by IBM   

Purisma Incorporated

Customer data management application

Sector Software Partners Chris McKay
Ownership Previous Location San Mateo, California, United States
Status Public Initial investment August 1, 2003
Acquired by Dun & Bradstreet  NYSE:DNB 

Quantance, Inc.

Power Management for Mobile Devices

Sector Energy Technology Partners Eric Zimits
Ownership Current Location San Mateo, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment December 1, 2005

RGB Networks

IP Video Solutions

Sector Digital Media Partners Eric Zimits
Ownership Current Location Sunnyvale, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment June 1, 2010

Salon Internet, Inc.

Online magazine publisher

Sector Digital Media Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location San Francisco, California, United States
Status Public Initial investment December 1, 1995
  NASDAQ:SLNM 

SellPoint, Inc.

Rich media product marketing

Sector Digital Media Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Current Location San Ramon, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment February 1, 2008

Sendmail, Inc.

Standards-based internet email platform

Sector Software Partners Chris McKay
Ownership Current Location Emeryville, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment February 1, 2000

Shutterfly, Inc.

Online photo printing service

Sector Services Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location Redwood City, California, United States
Status Public Initial investment February 1, 2000
  NASDAQ:SFLY 

Siebel Systems, Inc.

Customer relationship management applications

Sector Software Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location Redwood Shores, San Mateo, California, United States
Status Public Initial investment March 1, 1995
Acquired by Oracle  NASDAQ:ORCL 

Sierra Wireless, Inc.

Wide area wireless data modems and connectivity software for mobile computing devices

Sector Systems Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Previous Location Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Status Public Initial investment April 1, 1997

Skytide, Inc.

Media performance analytics

Sector Digital Media Partners Tom Furlong
Ownership Current Location Oakland, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment August 1, 2005

Smule, Inc.

Mobile applications

Sector Digital Media Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Current Location Menlo Park, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment February 1, 2009

SnapTrack, Inc.

Mobile positioning systems

Sector Software Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Public Initial investment May 1, 1998
Acquired by Qualcomm  NASDAQ:QCOM 

Speakeasy, Inc.

Premium broadband services provider

Sector Services Partners Eric Zimits
Ownership Previous Location Seattle, Washington, United States
Status Public Initial investment May 1, 2000
Acquired by Best Buy  NYSE:BBY 

StepUp Commerce, Inc.

Local purchasing for online shopping

Sector Services Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Public Initial investment November 1, 2005
Acquired by Intuit  NASDAQ:INTU 

Symplified, Inc.

On demand identity and access management

Sector Software Partners Chris McKay
Ownership Current Location Boulder, Colorado, United States
Status Private Initial investment September 1, 2007

Telltale Incorporated

Online casual video games

Sector Digital Media Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Current Location San Rafael, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment May 1, 2007

Trovix, Inc.

Next generation intelligent search company

Sector Software Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location Mountain View, California, United States
Status Public Initial investment June 1, 2006
Acquired by Monster Worldwide  NYSE:MWW 

Tumbleweed Communications Corp.

Secure Internet message software products

Sector Software Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Status Public Initial investment August 1, 1997
Acquired by Axway   

TuVox Incorporated

Enterprise voice applications

Sector Software Partners Tom Furlong
Ownership Previous Location San Jose, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment April 1, 2002
Acquired by West Interactive   

Venturi Wireless, Inc.

Wireless network optimization server

Sector Software Partners Sam Kingsland
Ownership Current Location Milpitas, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment October 1, 2007

Vignette Corporation

E-business applications for building on-line businesses

Sector Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Previous Location Austin, Texas, United States
Status Public Initial investment July 1, 1997
  NASDAQ:VIGN 

Virage, Inc.

Searchable and interactive video solutions.

Sector Software Partners Standish O'Grady
Ownership Previous Location San Francisco, California, United States
Status Public Initial investment March 1, 1998
Acquired by Autonomy   

Virtualis Systems, Inc.

Web site and commerce hosting services.

Sector Services Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Private Initial investment July 1, 1999
Acquired by Allegiance Telecom   

Xalted Networks, Inc.

Broadband access systems

Sector Systems Partners Eric Zimits
Ownership Previous Location Mountain View, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment October 1, 2000

XtremeSpectrum, Inc.

Broadband wireless radios optimized for short distance communications

Sector Components, Semiconductor Partners -
Ownership Previous Location United States
Status Public Initial investment April 1, 2000
Acquired by Motorola   

YottaMark, Inc.

Unit-Level Brand Security & Marketing Solutions

Sector Software Partners Chris Hollenbeck
Ownership Current Location Redwood City, California, United States
Status Private Initial investment July 1, 2008
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