Alta Communications
VC Fund
Boston, United States
Alta Communications is an investment firm that caters to the media and communications sectors. It provides broadcasting, digital media, direct marketing, telecommunications, B2B media and publishing, out-of-home-media, content, and cable services companies with equity funding.Alta Communications also provides consulting and support services inrecapitalizations, LBOs, and roll-ups.Alta Communications was founded in 1996 by Tim Dibble and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
Last updated:
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Industries Alta Communications invests in
Stages Alta Communications invests in
Countries Alta Communications invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Tim Dibble
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Chris Dias
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Eileen McCarthy Toti
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 3 (23%)
- Information Technology 3 (23%)
- SaaS 2 (15%)
- Software 2 (15%)
- Digital Media 2 (15%)
Stage
- Funding Round 4 (31%)
- Series B 3 (23%)
- Private Equity 3 (23%)
- Series A 2 (15%)
- Series C 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Tim Dibble
Founder and Managing General Partner
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Founder and Managing General Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
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Chris Dias
Vice President, General Partner
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Vice President, General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Eileen McCarthy Toti
General Partner/CFO
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General Partner/CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Suzy
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Headquartered in New York City, Suzy is a technology platform that harnesses collective insights from millions of consumers worldwide to deliver real-time intelligence. Suzy is the voice of consumers, helping companies validate critical assumptions so they can create compelling new products, develop effective marketing strategies, and validatedirect offers that increase conversion, improve path-to-purchase, and drive growth. The company is backed by Foundry Group Tribeca Venture Partners, and The Durant Company among others, and trusted by Fortune 500s and challenger brands alike - including Netflix, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Citibank, Verizon, Nintendo, and Nestle, among others. Millions of business decisions are made every day based on untested assumptions, Suzy gives companies an unprecedented direct line of communication to their customers on demand; helping them instantly validate anything, anytime, anywhere. | $5M / Series B / Mar 20, 2014 | |
Crowdtap
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Crowdtap harnesses collective insights from millions of consumers worldwide to deliver real-time intelligence. It was founded in 2009 and is based in New York. | $5M / Series B / Mar 20, 2014 | |
CombineNet
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CombineNet, Inc. is the advanced sourcing technology company, with over 10 years of delivering strong value to mid-sized and global organizations alike, across nearly all industries, as they make supplier and spend decisions on products and services. CombineNet's product ASAP (Advanced Sourcing Application Platform) is a web-basedsoftware-as-a-service solution that allows sourcing teams in any spend category to speed and simplify the creation, launch, and management of sourcing events of any size, scale, or complexity. | $2.1M / Jun 09, 2010 | |
Mr. Youth
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Based in New York City, Mr Youth is a new breed of agency that was founded in 2002 as the antidote to traditional media burnout. Since then, Mr Youth has worked with some of the world's leading brands to help them connect with the rapidly evolving and highly elusive consumer. Mr Youth develops strategies and delivers campaigns often centeredaround the modern media mix of word of mouth, social interactive, and experiential marketing, with a strong focus on creating campaigns that fully engage the audience. Mr Youth's RepNation word of mouth network of 135,000+ savvy consumers provides marketers a direct channel to conceive ideas, market with, and gain insights from their own consumers. Mr. Youth was recently awarded Mashable's 2009 Social Media Agency of the Year and listed as Fast Company's Top 10 Most Innovative Advertising and Marketing Agencies in the World. Current clients include: Pepsi, Crayola, Microsoft, Macy's, Nike, Pepperidge Farm, HP and P&G. Our web site: mryouth.com Our blog on how to connect with the new consumer: grownupthinking.com Our word of mouth network: repnation.com | $15M / Series A / Feb 01, 2009 | |
HMP Communications
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HMP Communications, LLC, is a leader in healthcare communications and education. The company publishes some of the nation's most well-respected medical journals across a wide spectrum of medical specialties. Additional core competencies within HMP include more than 20 years of meeting management/production expertise and over a decadeproducing cutting edge, online educational programs.HMP Communications is divided into three specialty areas: the Wound Care/Podiatry Division, the Cardiovascular Division and the Life Science Division. Within each of these specialties, HMP provides physicians, nurses and other allied healthcare professionals valuable scientific research and product information through medical journals, customized reports, conferences, expositions, symposiums, advisory boards, websites, podcasts, webcasts and teleconferences.HMP is dedicated to delivering vital information to clinicians that assists them in providing better outcomes to their patients. HMP works closely with thought leaders who are at the forefront of the latest evidence-based treatments, research and therapies in each specialty area it serves. | Private Equity / Apr 29, 2008 | |
Highwinds
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Highwinds is an established leader in multi-platform IP services, content replication, and delivery software and services. Since 2002, they have provided for the advancement of a wide range of technologies - including messaging bus architecture, network management, distributed file systems and advanced routing methods.While their technologyachievements are broad in scope, their mission is simple. They provide solutions that enable media companies and other content providers to satisfy the most demanding of today's - and tomorrow's - digital media consumers. That's a tall order. The soaring expectation of users for rich, engaging content, often with high levels of real-time interactivity and animation, requires continual breakthroughs in delivery infrastructure and services. | $55M / Mar 11, 2008 | |
Bustos Media
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Bustos Media Corp., a Sacramento, Calif.-based owner and operator of Spanish-language radio stations | $103M / Sep 24, 2004 | |
Telenisus
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Telenisus is a technology firm that provides e-commerce internet solutions to its clients. It was founded in 1999 and is based in Illinois. | $45M / Series C / Apr 03, 2001 | |
Global Metro Networks
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Global Metro focuses exclusively on building and operating dark fiber infrastructure in major metropolitan cities. Customers can "plug into" their existing network from virtually any point in the city. Ready access lets customers reduce start-up expenses and accelerate time-to-market.Global Metro's network infrastructure isdesigned to meet customer demands both today and tomorrow. Because they offer unlimited bandwidth, they're able to provide service that scales as each customer's needs expand. They also capitalize on the knowledge of local authorities by forging close working relationships with premier providers of construction, technical, legal and marketing services in each city. | $240M / Private Equity / Aug 08, 2000 | |
Arrival Communications
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Arrival Communications is building a facilities-based network for businesses in smaller cities throughout the Western United States. | $12.5M / Series A / Jun 01, 2000 | |
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Co-Investors
BancBoston Ventures
2 deals together
Foundry Group
2 deals together
Providence Equity Partners
2 deals together
The Mustang Group
2 deals together
Tribeca Venture Partners
2 deals together
ABN AMRO Fund
1 deal together
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What does Alta Communications invest in?
Alta Communications invests primarily in Internet, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Alta Communications includes Tim Dibble (Founder and Managing General Partner), Chris Dias (Vice President, General Partner) and Eileen McCarthy Toti (General Partner/CFO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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