# Dell

> Dell is a VC fund in Round Rock backing Software and Internet. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Round Rock, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dell
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Dell
- Website: https://www.dell.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dell

Dell is a VC fund in Round Rock focused on Software and Internet. Dell is transforming computing and providing high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Dell. Shizune tracks 12 team members at Dell. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/dell?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 43% |
| Internet | 5 | 36% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 29% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 21% |
| Telecommunications | 3 | 21% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 8 | 57% |
| Private Equity | 3 | 21% |
| Series C | 2 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 79% |
| China | 1 | 7% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kanwaljit S Bombra | Program Management Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kanwaljit-s-bombra |
| Timothy Griffin | CEO / VP & GM Dell UK | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-griffin-2 |
| Chris Higgins | Assurance Manager and Sales Engineer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-higgins-2 |
| Jeff Clarke | President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-w-clarke |
| Jeremy Burton | Chief Marketing Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-burton-3 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nscale | Nscale is an AI GPU cloud platform that provides scale computing to the generative AI market. It develops AI-ready data centers, deploys GPU infrastructure, and delivers AI cloud services. Its AI private cloud platform supports the entire generative AI lifecycle, enabling developers to run and train AI models. It also provides bare metal andvirtualized GPU nodes, Kubernetes-native services (NKS), AI workload scheduling empowered by SLURM, and advanced serverless and dedicated inferencing options. | $2B | Series C | Mar 09, 2026 |  |
| SiRF Technology | SiRF Technology develops semiconductor and software products that enable location-awareness. | $19.6M | Private Equity | Mar 11, 2002 |  |
| VMware | VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that help complex digital infrastructure. The company accelerates digital transformation by enabling unprecedented freedom and flexibility in how its customers build and evolve IT environments. Its software helps business users simply and securely access the apps and data theyneed, from anywhere, to do their best work. The company's software spans compute, cloud, networking and security, and digital workspace. | $20M |  | May 25, 2000 |  |
| Ubicom | Ubicom develops communications and media processor (CMP) and software platforms that address the unique demands of real-time interactive applications and multimedia content delivery in the digital home. The company provides optimized system-level solutions to OEMs for a wide range of products including wireless routers, access points, VoIPgateways, streaming media devices, print servers and other network devices. Ubicom's unique multithreaded processor design, real-time operating system, and application-level solutions combine to ensure a high-quality user experience with unprecedented ease of use. Ubicom is a venture-backed, privately held company with corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. | $42.1M |  | May 22, 2000 |  |
| 2nd Century | 2nd Century Communications, an open network application service provider. | $75M |  | May 16, 2000 |  |
| Blackboard | Blackboard designs learning and education software for enterprise/ school groups. Blackboard is a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day. Blackboard's solutions allow higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, andgovernment organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with their communities. Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. | $30M |  | May 12, 2000 |  |
| ibooks.com | ibooks.com is a mobile-based application that enables its users to download and read books on their iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. | $30M | Series B | Apr 11, 2000 |  |
| Asia Online Limited | Asia Online, Ltd. is a finance and holding company launched in late 1998 to build a pan-Asia Pacific network of Internet companies. The Company is dedicated to the facilitation of reliable communications for the development of Asian business and culture, worldwide.Asia Online offers a variety of Internet-related services including dial-upInternet access, leased lines, ISDN, roaming, Web development and hosting services, advertising and e-commerce capabilities. Through its technology partnerships, Asia Online plans to offer Internet-based communications solutions including voice-over-IP, Internet fax, and Web-based Intranets/Extranets to domestic and international customers.The company has taken a leading role as an applications service provider (ASP) targeting the broad range of small to medium sized enterprises (SME's), with focus on niche and vertical markets.Asia Online is credited with a number of Internet industry firsts. These milestones include being the first ISP to establish direct links to other Asian countries, the first to set up its own facility in the U.S. to better distribute Asian content to an American audience, and the first company in the world to license RealAudio for the Internet.The Company’s investors include SOFTBANK Technology Ventures, J.P. Morgan International Capital, Pequot Capital Management, Nexus Capital Partners, GE Capital Finance, Interliant and Concentric Network. | $100M | Private Equity | Mar 31, 2000 |  |
| CCC Network Systems | CCC Network Systems is the leading supplier of state-of-the-art Network Operation Centers and Internet/Corporate Data Centers. They provide a complete end-to-end solution - from design consultancy, through to installation and implementation, together with full project management services - from design conception to completion.CCC has thetechnology, services and experience to meet all your Network Operation and Data Center needs. That's why so many of the world's premier companies rely on us to meet their light-up and uptime targets, and lower their cost of ownership. | $16.5M |  | Mar 14, 2000 |  |
| Annuncio Software | Annuncio Software is an IT-based marketing company that provides customer interaction software and services. The company offers a suite of e-marketing applications that allows business users to define, automate, and, analyze personalized marketing campaigns and merchandising programs.Annuncio Software was founded by Maurizio Gianola and isheadquartered in Mountain View, California. | $15M |  | Mar 07, 2000 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Dell invest in?

Dell invests primarily in Software, Internet and Information Technology startups, most often at Funding Round and Private Equity stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Dell?

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### Who are the partners at Dell?

The team at Dell includes Kanwaljit S Bombra (Program Management Director), Timothy Griffin (CEO / VP & GM Dell UK) and Chris Higgins (Assurance Manager and Sales Engineer), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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