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Noventi Ventures

Company type| Private
Industry| Venture Capital
Founded| 2002
Founder| Giacomo Marini
Headquarters| Menlo Park, California, United States

Key people

| Giacomo Marini (CEO)
Products| private equity funds
Website| www.noventi.net

Noventi Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2002[1] by Giacomo Marini and it was previously known as CIR Ventures.

The Noventi team includes: Giacomo Marini,[2] Masa Ishii, Pierluigi Zappacosta.

The Investment Advisory Committee of Noventi includes Rodolfo De Benedetti, Claudio Stabon, Pierluigi Ferrero.

## Portfolio[edit]

Noventi Ventures has provided venture capital and active support to the following companies:

Name  | First Invested  | Description  | Status

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Active Optical MEMS  | 2003  | MEMS-based optical telecom components  | Acquired by Oclaro
Aurora Algae  | 2006  | Algae fuel biofuels production systems  | Acquired by Reliance Industries
Bitfone  | 2003  | Mobile and FOTA firmware-over-the-air devices management  | Acquired by Hewlett-Packard
Celltick | 2001  | Mobile phones broadcast applications  | Private
Dishcraft  | 2015  | Robotic dish washing for institutions  | Private
Easy Market  | 2000  | Travel management solutions for agents and end-users  | Acquired by TUI Travel
Ecrio  | 1999  | Mobile middleware for handset manufacturers and operators  | Management buyout
Heliovolt | 2007  | CIGS-based photo voltaic panels  | Defunct
Kasenna | 2002  | Video servers  | Acquired by Espial
Iriscube  | 2002  | Independent information systems service provider  | Acquired by Reply
Lexy  | 2007  | Innovative voice applications for mobile phones  | Defunct
M7  | 2003  | Web applications development platform  | Acquired by BEA Systems (now Oracle Corporation)
Lumenergi  | 2008  | Lighting controllers and management systems  | Acquired by Fulham
Minerva Networks | 2003  | IPTV and Connected TV middleware software  | Management buyout
Neato Robotics | 2006  | Home robots  | Acquired by Vorwerk (company)
Sygate | 2001  | Endpoint security for enterprise networks  | Acquired by Symantec
Teltier  | 2001  | Presence-based mobile phone services  | Acquired by dynamicsoft / Cisco
Velomat  | 2012  | Assembly automation and robotics  | Acquired by Sacmi
Windspire Energy  | 2008  | Small very efficient vertical wind turbines  | Defunct

## Notes[edit]

* "HelioVolt Secures $101 Million in Funding". Wireless News. 28 Oct 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
* "Noventi expects to close cleantech fund in summer". Private Equity Week. 26 March 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
* "VCs bail from IT to raise cleantech funds: VCs at three new funds hope cleantech angle will pique LP interest.(venture capitalists )". Private Equity Week. 25 Sep 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

## References[edit]

1. ^ About
2. ^ Hoovers Profile

## External links[edit]

* Noventi Ventures website

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Private equity and venture capital investment firms

Investment strategy|

* Venture
* Growth
* Mezzanine
* Secondaries
* Leveraged buyout

History|

* History of private equity and venture capital
* Early history of private equity
* Private equity in the 1980s
* Private equity in the 1990s
* Private equity in the 2000s

Investors|

* Angel investor
* Commercial bank
* Corporate venture capital
* Crowdfunding
* Family office
* Endowment
* Fund of funds
* High-net-worth individual
* Institutional investor
* Insurance company
* Investment bank
* Merchant bank
* Pension fund
* Sovereign wealth fund

* Private equity firms
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* Portfolio companies

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