# Cordova Ventures

> Cordova Ventures is a VC fund in Alpharetta backing Software and Internet. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Alpharetta, United States
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Sep 2007
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.cordovaventures.com

Cordova Ventures is an investment firm that finances privately-held companies during all stages of development. The firm invests in a wide variety of companies, including early-stage, later-stage growth, and small to medium size buyouts.Cordova Ventures specializes in the areas of information technology, communications, industrial technologies,healthcare services, telecommunications, financial services, and real estate development equity financing.It is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 21% |
| Internet | 3 | 16% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 16% |
| Video | 2 | 11% |
| Analytics | 2 | 11% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 26% |
| Series A | 4 | 21% |
| Series C | 4 | 21% |
| Series D | 2 | 11% |
| Seed | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charles E. Adair | Partner | 0 | — |
| Ed Wilson, P.E. | Member | 0 | — |
| Gerald F. Schmidt | Founder and Managing Director | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quellan | Quellan, Inc. designs, develops, and markets analog signal processing and radio frequency noise cancellation integrated circuits (IC) for application in automotive, computing, data center, storage, consumer electronics, and wireless markets. The company’s products include noise cancellers that sense unwanted noise and then apply an oppositesignal to the receive path; system developer kits for mobile television applications and GPS applications; quad lane extenders ICs, which deliver analog signal integrity to data center equipment and interconnects; single lane extenders ICs; evaluation boards and kits; cable modules and active cables; and cable module kits. Its products are used in various data center applications, such as active cable, linecard, and backplane; and wireless applications, including global positioning systems and mobile television. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. As of August 6, 2009, Quellan, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Intersil Corp. | $20M | Series C | Sep 27, 2007 |  |
| Servigistics | Servigistics is the world's leading enterprise software solution provider for Service Lifecycle Management (SLM). As the recognized leader in SLM, Servigistics’ main goal is to help their clients transform their service business operations to achieve new sources of revenue, profits, competitive differentiation and customer loyalty. AtServigistics, their mission is to consistently deliver beyond their client expectations so they can consistently deliver beyond their customer expectations. | $5M | Series D | May 31, 2007 |  |
| iVivity | iVivity develops and markets storage network processor silicon, custom storage adapters, and motherboards to system manufacturers. Its products include iDiSX 2000, a single integrated storage server-on-chip silicon, which is used in current and new storage infrastructure product domains, including intelligent storage network switches, appliances,routers, gateways, array products, and blade server products; and iDiSX ASIC Evaluation Platform, which connects to Ethernet and fiber channel MACs. The company also offers custom board systems, including system board, custom adapter board, custom line card, and blade server switch module. In addition, it provides various services, including integration of custom or third-party software stacks for data protection, data management, information life cycle management, and disaster recovery. | $10M | Series C | Sep 27, 2006 |  |
| Nexidia | Nexidia has delivered a platform that unlocks the untapped value inside the massive amounts of unstructured audio and video content by making it searchable and enabling you to achieve competitive advantages, operational efficiencies, and new business opportunities. | $5.5M | Series D | Apr 22, 2005 |  |
| DemandPoint | DemandPoint, Inc. provides management consulting, training, and technology services. It offers fulfillment systems and architecture, supply chains, manufacturing capability, operational excellence, information technology and systems architecture, and organizational and change management assessment services. The company also provides training andeducation, consulting and process design, and technology solutions. Its clients include medical devices, consumer products, pharmaceutical, logistics, aerospace/defense, contract manufacturing, and high tech/capital equipment industries. DemandPoint, Inc. was founded as Pelion Systems, Inc. in 1996 and changed its name to DemandPoint, Inc. in March 2007. The company is based in Englewood, Colorado. |  |  | Feb 09, 2005 |  |
| DemandPoint | DemandPoint, Inc. provides management consulting, training, and technology services. It offers fulfillment systems and architecture, supply chains, manufacturing capability, operational excellence, information technology and systems architecture, and organizational and change management assessment services. The company also provides training andeducation, consulting and process design, and technology solutions. Its clients include medical devices, consumer products, pharmaceutical, logistics, aerospace/defense, contract manufacturing, and high tech/capital equipment industries. DemandPoint, Inc. was founded as Pelion Systems, Inc. in 1996 and changed its name to DemandPoint, Inc. in March 2007. The company is based in Englewood, Colorado. | $5M | Series A | Aug 31, 2004 |  |
| iVivity | iVivity develops and markets storage network processor silicon, custom storage adapters, and motherboards to system manufacturers. Its products include iDiSX 2000, a single integrated storage server-on-chip silicon, which is used in current and new storage infrastructure product domains, including intelligent storage network switches, appliances,routers, gateways, array products, and blade server products; and iDiSX ASIC Evaluation Platform, which connects to Ethernet and fiber channel MACs. The company also offers custom board systems, including system board, custom adapter board, custom line card, and blade server switch module. In addition, it provides various services, including integration of custom or third-party software stacks for data protection, data management, information life cycle management, and disaster recovery. | $26M | Series C | May 18, 2004 |  |
| Nexidia | Nexidia has delivered a platform that unlocks the untapped value inside the massive amounts of unstructured audio and video content by making it searchable and enabling you to achieve competitive advantages, operational efficiencies, and new business opportunities. | $7.5M | Series C | Dec 02, 2003 |  |
| iVivity | iVivity develops and markets storage network processor silicon, custom storage adapters, and motherboards to system manufacturers. Its products include iDiSX 2000, a single integrated storage server-on-chip silicon, which is used in current and new storage infrastructure product domains, including intelligent storage network switches, appliances,routers, gateways, array products, and blade server products; and iDiSX ASIC Evaluation Platform, which connects to Ethernet and fiber channel MACs. The company also offers custom board systems, including system board, custom adapter board, custom line card, and blade server switch module. In addition, it provides various services, including integration of custom or third-party software stacks for data protection, data management, information life cycle management, and disaster recovery. | $13M | Series B | Jul 07, 2003 |  |
| Zoom Culture | Zoom Culture, a media company focusing on the creation and distribution of digital video content. | $2.5M | Series C | Jul 01, 2002 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Cordova Ventures invest in?

Cordova Ventures invests primarily in Software, Internet and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 19 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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### Who are the partners at Cordova Ventures?

The team at Cordova Ventures includes Charles E. Adair (Partner), Ed Wilson, P.E. (Member) and Gerald F. Schmidt (Founder and Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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