Critical Path
VC Fund
San Mateo, United States
Critical Path is a VC fund in San Mateo focused on Semiconductor and Network Security. Critical Path was acquired by Openwave Messaging on December 4, 2013. Critical Path offers consumer and enterprise solutions for online and mobile communication. The portfolio spans web and mobile messaging, social media messaging, security and archiving. They also own the award-winning "ShoZu" service which connects millions ofsubscribers around the world to their favourite social sites and feeds.Critical Path’s Memova suite of applications and services are chosen by leading service providers and enterprises around the world to enable millions of people to communicate, connect, share and organize while providing industry-leading safety and assurance. With offices around the globe, Critical Path supports companies with their deployments of Memova solutions to drive revenue, boost loyalty, streamline operations and reduce costs. In November 2010 it merged with Mirapoint who are a global leader in the mail server appliance market. By combining email security expertise with extensive messaging appliance experience, Mirapoint offers the industry’s only integrated email security, archiving and mailbox appliances with a dramatically lower total cost of ownership (TCO), as well as security, simplicity and peace of mind. Their mail server appliances and messaging appliances intelligently serve, secure and manage more than 120 million mailboxes worldwide, from large enterprises and service providers to educational institutions and government entities.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Critical Path invests in
Stages Critical Path invests in
Countries Critical Path invests in
Contacts
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Franchon Smithson
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Gerald Ma Lai Chee
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Mark Ferrer
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Simon James
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Semiconductor 1 (100%)
- Network Security 1 (100%)
- Artificial Intelligence 1 (100%)
- Communications Infrastructure 1 (100%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Franchon Smithson
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Gerald Ma Lai Chee
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Mark Ferrer
Chairman
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Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Simon James
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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VSORA
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VSORA is an IP provider for chipmakers designing the latest generations of digital communications systems, like 5G. Our powerful multi-core DSP architecture eliminates the need for DSP co-processors to provide a level of flexibility achievable only with software programming. A new DSP development flow allows signal processing engineers and softwareengineers to share the same environment and source code, dramatically accelerating time-to-market. Their mission is to meet the technical challenges by providing a state-of-the-art DSP design process and boosting the DSP computing power while simultaneously optimizing power consumption and system performance, and reducing the silicon footprint. Based in France, the company was founded in 2015 by a team of highly qualified and accomplished DSP engineers with combined experience of more than 70 years. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 01, 2026 |
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What does Critical Path invest in?
Critical Path invests primarily in Semiconductor, Network Security and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Critical Path?
The team at Critical Path includes Franchon Smithson (Director), Gerald Ma Lai Chee (Director) and Mark Ferrer (Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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