GreenRoad
World leader in driver safety and efficiency
www.greenroad.com
LEAP Capital Assignment: First VC Financing Round
GreenRoad (formerly DriveDiagnostics) is a global pioneer in improving driving behavior, empowering drivers and fleets to reduce crashes, improve fuel economy and reduce overall vehicle operating costs. The GreenRoad service focuses on prevention and is driver-friendly while still ensuring accountability for driver behavior. It acts as a personalized driving coach providing immediate feedback to help measure, improve and sustain safe and fuel-efficient driving behavior. Commercial customers include industry leading fleets in trucking, public transit, telecommunications, service delivery and public safety. Publicly announced customers include Ryder Logistics, LeFleur Transportation, Ericsson and the UK Ministry of Defence.
GreenRoad has raised several rounds of venture capital financing totaling more than $45 million from investors including Benchmark Capital, Virgin Green Fund, Amadeus, Balderton Capital, DAG Ventures and Generation Investment Management LLP.
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CellGuide
Integrated GPS Solutions
www.cell-guide.com
LEAP Capital Assignment: First VC Financing Round
CellGuide designs and manufactures high-performance, integrated GPS (GNSS) solutions for mobile devices. CellGuide’s product lines of integrated IC and IP Core set a new price / performance standard compared to conventional GPS chips, making on-board GNSS possible for more mobile phones and consumer products than ever before.
CellGuide has raised more than $8 million from investors led by Giza Venture Capital.
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Servicesoft Technologies
Internet customer service
LEAP Capital Assignment: First VC Financing Round
Servicesoft redefined Internet customer service with the industry’s only complete end-to-end solution, consisting of Web self-service, e-mail response, live interaction and knowledgebase technologies. Major companies worldwide, such as Xerox, Wang Global, GTE, Intel, Cisco Systems, Motorola, Verio and NB Tel used the company’s award-winning offerings.
Servicesoft was acquired for $631 million by Broadbase Software, which later merged with KANA Software Inc.
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Answers Corporation
Online answer engine
www.answers.com
LEAP Capital Assignment: First VC Financing Round
Answers Corporation owns and operates Answers.com, the leading Q&A site, which includes WikiAnswers and ReferenceAnswers. WikiAnswers is a community-generated social knowledge Q&A platform, leveraging wiki-based technologies. Through the contributions of its large and growing community, answers are improved and updated over time. The award-winning ReferenceAnswers includes content on millions of topics from over 250 licensed dictionaries and encyclopedias from leading publishers, including Houghton Mifflin, Barron's and Encyclopedia Britannica.
Answers Corporation went public on Nasdaq and was later acquired for $127 million in April 2011 by AFCV Holdings, a portfolio company of Summit Partners.