PASSION FOR IDEAS
semiconductor & hardware: current investments*
 Media Lario Technologies
Supplier of high-precision reflective optical components and systems using a unique electroforming process.
 NEXX Systems
Advanced packaging solutions for semiconductor and opto-electronics.
 Sequans Communications
NYSE:SQNS - 4G chipmaker, supplying LTE and WiMAX chipsWiMax wireless broadband chipsets and software solutions
 Tagsys
TAGSYS provides complete, reliable, high performance RFID infrastructure systems for item-level tracking in a variety of industries.
 Veebeam
Veebeam is the easiest, most affordable, way to wirelessly stream anything from your laptop to your TV




semiconductor & hardware: previous investments*
 Altitun
Tunable lasers for telecom networks. Sold to ADC Telecommunications (ADCT) in May 2000.
 Avalon Photonics
Optical components, vertical cavity lasers 'VCSEL' for datacom and sensing applications. Sold to Bookham (BKHM) in March 2006.
 Chipidea Microelectronica
CMOS analog semiconductor chipset, IP and services. The company was acquired by MIPS Technologies on Aug 27, 2007.
 Covadis
Multifactor authentication and identification solutions combining biometrics, PKI, smart cards and pin code.
 Digilens
Optical Components (Dynamic Gain Equalized, Dynamic Add/Drop Multiplexor) based in a unique polymer dispersed liquid crystal process.
 Dolphin Interconnect
High performance interconnection bus. Sold participation in November 1996.
 Massana
Gigabit Ethernet chipset. Sold to Agere (AGRA) in November 2003.
 Metorex
Analytical Instrumentation
 NanoMuscle
Advance motion technology to build linear actuators that are silent, low cost and low consumption.
 Sandisk
Flash memory semiconductor and products. Nasdaq IPO in November 1995.
 SCM Microsystems
Conditional access security systems for encryption, payment and data storage. SCM went public at end-1997 in a dual listing on the Nasdaq and the Neuer Markt.
 Seatex
GPS System for mapping, shipping and offshore undustry. IPO on the Olslo Exchange in January 1994.
 Straatum
Real-time fault detection and classification solutions for the semiconductor industry
 Syntune
Tunable lasers for telecom and sensing applications. Acquired by Ignis in April 2009.
 Transec
Powerline signal transmission solution.
 Valtronic
Electronic miniaturization contract manufacturing for the medical industry.
 Virata
High performance semiconductor and integrated comminication software for DSL networks. Nasdaq IPO in November 1999.
 Wesco
Automotive parts. Reg S, sold participation in October 1993.




*) includes investment advised by Endeavour, Vision & Genevest
partner of the European Tech Tour "Endeavour Vision is a different type of VC. Once my company was funded by Vision, we immediately became part of a great network and had the support of a wide range of people within their extensive reach, including the European Tech Tour. I always felt that they had a strong ethos, capable of working with their entrepreneurs through good times and bad."
Paul Costigan, co-Founder and CEO, Massana