Baker Capital
VC Fund
New York, United States
Baker Capital is a New York-based private equity firm that is looking to capitalize on the opportunity in the communications industry created by deregulation, new technology, and growth of the internet.Baker Capital makes investments primarily in communications equipment, services and applications providers, and invests in both European andAmerican companies.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Baker Capital invests in
Stages Baker Capital invests in
Countries Baker Capital invests in
Contacts
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Edward Scott
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David C. Ruberg
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Jonathan I. Grabel
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (33%)
- Internet 4 (22%)
- Electronics 4 (22%)
- E-Commerce 3 (17%)
- Web Design 2 (11%)
Stage
- Funding Round 6 (33%)
- Series B 4 (22%)
- Series E 3 (17%)
- Series C 2 (11%)
- Series D 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 13 (72%)
- China 2 (11%)
- France 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Edward Scott
Founding Partner
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Founding Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
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David C. Ruberg
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
John Baker
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Jonathan I. Grabel
Team Member
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Team Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Joseph R. Saviano
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
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Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Open Source China
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Open Source China is a software open source technology community. The community has formed several major channel contents such as open source software libraries, code sharing, information, collaborative translation, discussion forums, and blogs. Users can discover, use, and exchange open source technologies through the community. It also providestechnical questions and answers, software information and other services. | Series C / Apr 10, 2026 | |
Xinke Datong
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Xinke Datong is an omni-channel multi-end store opening and marketing service provider, focusing on newly established brand planning, overall planning and design for corporate brands, and building a solid brand foundation. It has an APP "adult" under its umbrella. | $2.9M / Series C / Aug 27, 2022 | |
Wine.com
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Wine.com is an online wine retailer, offering selection, guidance, and convenience not found in brick and mortar stores. The company provides its customers access to the world’s largest wine store, with live chat wine experts available 7 days a week. With multiple distribution centers and the most sophisticated retail wine fulfillment network inthe United States, Wine.com delivers in 1-2 days to most addresses, offering date-certain delivery and the convenience of shipping to 11,000 FedEx Office, Walgreens, and affiliated local pick-up sites. The company’s popular StewardShip program provides unlimited wine delivery and exclusive access to new releases for $49 per year. Recently launched, the Wine.com iOS app allows users to scan, rate, and purchase wines on the go. Wine.com’s mission, to inspire the wine lifestyle through innovation, is captured in its brand manifesto video, viewable here. | $9M / Series E / Nov 19, 2018 | |
Blink
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Blink is a cordless, HD home monitoring and alert system. It has an integrated motion sensor that can trigger instant alerts when motion is detected. When events are detected and alerts are sent, users have the option of sounding the Blink Alarm. The Blink Alarm is a standalone unit that is purchased separately from the camera.Blink alerts can besent via email or push notification and are backed by a technology called “Instant On”. | $5.8M / Nov 16, 2015 | |
Verified Identity Pass
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The company's voluntary credentialing program, Clear, is the first and only privately run Registered Traveler program operating at a U.S. airport. | $44M / Aug 19, 2008 | |
Action Engine
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Accelerating businesses to a competitive advantage with actionable intelligence. Action Engine is agile software development, design, and data services agency. | $20M / Series E / Jul 01, 2007 | |
Turin Networks
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Turin Networks, Inc. is a leading global provider of Carrier Ethernet solutions for wireline and wireless network operators. The company's iConnectâ„¢ solutions pragmatically address the real-world challenges for network operators deploying networks for Wireless Backhaul, Carrier Ethernet and Converged Services. | $52.5M / Series B / May 11, 2007 | |
Voltaire
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Voltaire, Inc. designs and develops server and storage fabric switches and network virtualization software for mission-critical applications. It offers host communications adapters, multi-service switches, integrated gigabit Ethernet and fiber channel routers, and I/O virtualization gateways. The company's products comprise Grid DirectorSwitches, which provides computing fabrics for data centers, high performance computing, and cloud environments; server adapters that supports various host interfaces, InfiniBand rates, and upper-layer protocols; server software, which is used for high performance computing, clustered databases, server virtualization, low latency messaging, and database applications; and Unified Fabric Manager, a platform for managing scale-out computing environments. Voltaire offers solutions for financial services, media and entertainment, research and education, government, manufacturing, energy, life sciences industries. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts. Voltaire, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Voltaire Limited. | $10M / Series E / Feb 28, 2007 | |
RiverOne
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RiverOne, Inc. provides supply chain management software and services for trading partners across distributed electronics industry supply chains. The company’s INTERactive software suite enables companies to manage direct materials throughout the product lifecycle, including design review, sourcing, procurement, order lifecycle management,planning, and inventory management. It delivers its services through a WebTop user interface. The company was formerly known as Need2Buy Inc. and changed its name to RiverOne, Inc. in November 2001. RiverOne, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Irvine, California. As of February 21, 2006, RiverOne, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of I2 Technologies, Inc. | $6M / Jul 25, 2005 | |
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Voltaire
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Voltaire, Inc. designs and develops server and storage fabric switches and network virtualization software for mission-critical applications. It offers host communications adapters, multi-service switches, integrated gigabit Ethernet and fiber channel routers, and I/O virtualization gateways. The company's products comprise Grid DirectorSwitches, which provides computing fabrics for data centers, high performance computing, and cloud environments; server adapters that supports various host interfaces, InfiniBand rates, and upper-layer protocols; server software, which is used for high performance computing, clustered databases, server virtualization, low latency messaging, and database applications; and Unified Fabric Manager, a platform for managing scale-out computing environments. Voltaire offers solutions for financial services, media and entertainment, research and education, government, manufacturing, energy, life sciences industries. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts. Voltaire, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Voltaire Limited. | $28.5M / Series E / May 31, 2005 | |
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Co-Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners
3 deals together
Pitango VC
3 deals together
Platinum Venture Capital
3 deals together
Tamir Fishman
3 deals together
The Challenge Fund
3 deals together
Vertex Ventures
3 deals together
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What does Baker Capital invest in?
Baker Capital invests primarily in Software, Internet and Electronics startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 18 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 Baker Capital includes Edward Scott (Founding Partner), David C. Ruberg (Partner) and John Baker (Co-Founder), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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