Newbury Ventures started their own venture in 1992 with the goal of building a company known for its insight, integrity and global approach to the business of venture capital. And they achieved it. Newbury Ventures raised and managed investments of over $500 million in venture capital from institutional investors throughout the world. Newbury Ventures has been involved with 100-plus investments including such stellar performers as Oracle, Cadence, Altera, Cirrus Logic, Atmel, PMC/Sierra, Broderbund, Nellcor, Acuson, Jacada, Fundtech Ltd., Netro, ACC, Precise, Corvis, Terayon, nCipher and Highwave Optical.

Advent Ventures is one of the most experienced technology venture capital firms in Europe. Established in 1981 in the UK, it invests in both the Information and Communications Technology (“ICT”) and Life Sciences sectors. Advent Ventures has over £500 million under management from institutional investors across Europe and the USA. ICT investments include UbiquiSys (fixed-mobile convergence technology), Snell & Wilcox (leading digital media infrastructure technology supplier), BridgeCo (Silicon for digital media home networking) and Qype (local search and user-generated city guide).