Investment

GENEVA VENTURE PARTNERS is a capital equity fund which invests directly in disruptive technology start-ups, founders and their vision in seeking to create new markets and disrupt existing ones.  We focus on early-stage investing and take a value creation, service-oriented approach in markets where we have direct expertise. These include Cloud computing, Software-As-A-Service, software tools and services, security software, financial services, biometrics, green technologies, digital media, mobility, social networks and solutions that address homeland defense needs. 

Business challenges require more than capital. Companies require an experienced partner capable of guiding an enterprise to its full value potential.  We are known for our deep expertise, extensive network, track record and seasoned team of investment professionals. No one has all the answers, particularly when traversing unexplored territory.  We invest in people who have a demonstrated brilliance, high integrity, creativity and who possess enough self-confidence and determination to navigate through difficult situations.

We have finalized and fully distributed our second, fully invested fund, Geneva Venture Partners II.  We invest from our own balance sheet as well as on behalf of third-party Family Office investors through funds that we either manage or act as Advisors.

“I’ve always preferred to structure the cleanest possible financing deal, focusing everything in the valuation.  Paying a higher price for a deal and offsetting it with convoluted legal terms is simply counter-productive.  I believe it’s always better to keep the price fair, the terms reasonable and the deal as straight-forward as possible.  In the long term, it works out far better for all parties, especially as future funding rounds occur. While I like to avoid deals that are dependent on fads, feature enhancements, small market share gains or strategic customers to realize value, I do strive to see a logical path to value creation and liquidity.  We are committed to creating significant value while achieving this in a reasonable time frame.”

Igor Sill, Geneva Venture Partners.

Portfolio investments of Geneva Venture Partners I, II and GenevaGroup include:

AdAuction(acquired by Media Passage)
Adforce (acquired by CMGi)
Biz360 (acquired by Attensity)
BusinessSignatures (acquired by Entrust)
Callixa (acquired by SAP)
CampSix
Coupa
Encirq (acquired by Ubiquitous)
Extricity (acquired by Peregrine Systems)
GigaNet (acquired by Emulex)
Jaspersoft
iWitness (acquired by Zantaz)
KarnaTechnologies
NetGravity (acquired by DoubleClick)
NetObjects (acquired by IBM)
Network Chemistry (acquired by Aruba Networks)
Red Hat Software (RHT)
Salesforce.com
Santa Cruz Networks
Sapiens (SPNS)
Softcoin (acquired by You Technology)
Software As Service (acquired by Salesforce.com)
Threatmetrix
Tradec (acquired by Agile Software)
TrueChoice Solutions
Tumbleweed (acquired by Axway)
WebLogic (acquired by BEA Systems – now Oracle)
Zantaz (acquired by Autonomy)

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