Alcatel
VC Fund
Paris, France
Alcatel is a VC fund in Paris focused on Software and Apps. Alcatel, formerly known as Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Générale d'Electricité is a telecommunications solutions provider for the 21st century. It has engaged in creating end-to-end networks that help people communicate smarter. The company has shed much of its traditional industrial base to make increasing inroads in the worldwide mobile andfixed telephony market, with a focus on ATM equipment and network integration, as well as a mobile telephone manufacturing operation.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Alcatel invests in
Stages Alcatel invests in
Countries Alcatel invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (67%)
- Apps 1 (33%)
- Wireless 1 (33%)
- Electronics 1 (33%)
- Enterprise Software 1 (33%)
Stage
- Series B 1 (33%)
- Series D 1 (33%)
- Funding Round 1 (33%)
Country
- Canada 1 (33%)
- United States 1 (33%)
- United Kingdom 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Tropic Networks
|
Tropic Networks, Inc. designs, develops, and markets regional and metro-area optical networking equipment for telephony, data, and cable applications. The company offers Wavelength Tracker, an optical transport solution that leverages SONET/SDH familiarity to deliver optical layer intelligence; and various services for Tropic Networks platformand its related products, including network design, planning and installation, operation and maintenance consulting, and evaluation and modeling of network architecture, as well as training and planned upgrades. It also provides Networks TRX-24000, a metro optical transport platform that delivers dense wavelength division multiplexing and optical add-drop multiplexing for a host of services in a package. The company offers metro-optimized network solution for carriers to plan, manage, and scale the MAN; and to address the need for bandwidth expansion, optical transport, wavelength identification, and wavelength management in regional and metropolitan-area optical networks. Its metro optical networking solution streamlines the underlying optical layer architecture of DWDM/ODAM networks. Tropic Networks, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. | $33M / Series D / Jul 28, 2004 | |
Ubiquity Software
|
Ubiquity Software is a developer of software applications using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) technology. | $42M / Aug 17, 2000 | |
WIDCOMM
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WIDCOMM provides Bluetooth software, systems, and designs.WIDCOMM is an international open standard for allowing intelligent devices to communicate with each other over short range wireless links. It allows any sort of electronic equipment - from computers and cell phones to keyboards and headphones. | $35M / Series B / Jun 13, 2000 |
Co-Investors
Celtic House Venture Partners
2 deals together
CapVest
1 deal together
Conexant Systems
1 deal together
Crescendo Ventures
1 deal together
CrossBridge Venture Partners
1 deal together
Dynamic Venture Opportunities Fund
1 deal together
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FAQ
What does Alcatel invest in?
Alcatel invests primarily in Software, Apps and Wireless startups, most often at Series B and Series D stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Alcatel last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Alcatel closed in Jul 2004. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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