Noventi

Noventi Ventures

Noventi
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.noventivc.com

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

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

Portfolio

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

Name	First Invested	Description	Status
Active Optical MEMS	2003	MEMS-based optical telecom components	Acquired by Oclaro
Aurora Algae	2006	Algae fuel biofuels production systems	Private
Bitfone	2003	Mobile and FOTA firmware-over-the-air devices management	Acquired by Hewlett-Packard
Celltick	2001	Mobile phones broadcast applications	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	Private
Heliovolt	2007	CIGS-based photo voltaic panels	Private
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	RIP
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	Private
Neato Robotics	2006	Home robots	Private
Sygate	2001	Endpoint security for enterprise networks	Acquired by Symantec
Teltier	2001	Presence-based mobile phone services	Acquired by dynamicsoft / Cisco
Windspire Energy	2008	Small very efficient vertical wind turbines	RIP

External links

• Noventi Ventures website
• Noventi Ventures at CrunchBase