Cliff Friedman
Managing Director & Founding Partner @ Constellation Technology Ventures
New York, United States
Cliff Friedman is a Series A investor at Constellation Technology Ventures in New York focused on Software and Music. Mr. Friedman is a Managing Director of HPS. Prior to joining HPS in 2008, Mr. Friedman was a Senior Managing Director with Bear Stearns and the founding partner of the Growth Equity Business. Mr. Friedman brings over 30 years of private equity, venture capital, investment, financial, technical and media expertise to the Growth EquityBusiness. Mr. Friedman currently serves as a director to Net Insight AB, Verance Corp., Wasserman Media Group and supports HPS’ media-based investments, including Digital Cinema Implementation Partners. Additionally, Mr. Friedman has served as a director, chairman of, and/or advisor to the following companies: Hibernia Atlantic, Widevine Technology, SAVVIS Communications, MTM Technologies, CSTV, TV One, Gospel Music Channel, Geary Interactive, Capital IQ, Active Health Management, The Street.com, Network 24, Origin Digital, Vivid Logic, TV Azteca (Mexico’s second largest broadcast network), Netscape and InterTrust. Previously, Mr. Friedman was a Senior Vice President at Universal Studios and a Vice President of Strategic Development at NBC. He began his career as a Senior Engineer at Hazeltine Corporation. Mr. Friedman published “New Age Media--The Merging of Media, Communications, Computing and Consumer Electronics” in 1993 and a follow-on publication, “New Age Media II,” in 1994. He has been awarded two patents in the field of communications and has been published in various international technical and financial journals. Mr. Friedman serves on the board of trustees of Huntington Hospital and is a past recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Mr. Friedman has an MBA in Finance and Investments from Adelphi University and an MS in Electrophysics and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Polytechnic Institute of New York.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Cliff Friedman invests in
Stages Cliff Friedman invests in
Countries Cliff Friedman invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (67%)
- Music 1 (33%)
- Video 1 (33%)
- Digital Media 1 (33%)
- Manufacturing 1 (33%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (67%)
- Funding Round 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Vivid Logic
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VividLogic is the world's leading provider of Home Entertainment infrastructure and applications for HDTV and HD STB. The company’s tru2way™ software for HDTV and Cable STB has been licensed by premium CE and STB manufacturers. VividLogic’s FireBus IEEE 1394 networking software runs in over 60% of high end HDTV and over 50% of HD STB inthe US.VividLogic software infrastructure is also deployed in the US, Japanese and Korean HDTV and STB, VividLogic has licensed its ATSC, UDC and tru2way™ software infrastructure to Leading CE and STB companies. | $3M / Series A / Nov 17, 2005 | |
Widevine Technologies
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Widevine offfers a multiplatform, multiformat DRM and video optimization solution that content owners, intenet video providers, retailers and video operators can use to deliver a branded, high quality entertainment offering to internet-connected entertainment platforms.Widevine enables you to provide customers all of their digital entertainmentneeds, for life. Manage, deliver and monetize a consumer’s total access to payTV, Internet digital media, music and more. | $13M / Feb 01, 2004 | |
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Widevine Technologies
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Widevine offfers a multiplatform, multiformat DRM and video optimization solution that content owners, intenet video providers, retailers and video operators can use to deliver a branded, high quality entertainment offering to internet-connected entertainment platforms.Widevine enables you to provide customers all of their digital entertainmentneeds, for life. Manage, deliver and monetize a consumer’s total access to payTV, Internet digital media, music and more. | $7.8M / Series A / Jun 01, 2003 |
About Constellation Technology Ventures
Constellation Technology Ventures (CTV) is the venture investing organization within Exelon Corporation, the nation’s leading competitive energy provider. CTV invests in companies representing innovative energy technologies and business models, building a portfolio that represents a broad range of development stages and technology types. CTVcatalyzes growth for its portfolio companies by providing equity capital, management expertise and connectivity to the broad and diverse Exelon commercial enterprise.
Constellation Technology Ventures Contacts
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Bryan Rubin
VP
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Cliff Friedman
Managing Director & Founding Partner
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Jorge Acevedo
Senior Vice President
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Lars M. Berg
Operating Partner- Europe
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Scott Dupcak
Managing Director
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What does Cliff Friedman invest in?
Cliff Friedman invests primarily in Software, Music and Video startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Cliff Friedman last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Cliff Friedman closed in Nov 2005. 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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