# Media Technology Ventures

> Media Technology Ventures is a VC fund in Dallas backing Software and Internet. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dallas, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jul 2010
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.mediatechventures.com

Media Technology Ventures is a VC fund in Dallas focused on Software and Internet. Media Technology Ventures, a private equity firm, invests in radio and television spectrum, media technologies, and software development.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 44% |
| Internet | 3 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 22% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 22% |
| CRM | 1 | 11% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 33% |
| Series B | 2 | 22% |
| Series C | 2 | 22% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peter H. Gardner | Team Members | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-h-gardner |
| Robert Ackerman | General Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-ackerman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Axcient | Designed for today's always-on business, Axcient replaces legacy backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery software and hardware, and reduces the amount of expensivecopy data in an organization by as much as 80%.By mirroring an entire business in the cloud, Axcient makes it simple to access and restore data from any device, failover IT systems, and virtualize your entire office with a click - all from a single deduplicated copy.Trusted by thousands of businesses to store and protect more than 10 billion files and applications, Axcient maximizes productivity, reduces cost, and eliminates risk. | $10M | Series B | Jul 14, 2010 |  |
| DotComix | Dotcomia designs and builds business websites, supported via digital marketing, SEO, and PPC campaigns. They provide web hosting, website development, website revamping, professional emails, and website maintenance services. | $8.5M | Series C | Jul 13, 2000 |  |
| IdeaForest | IdeaForest is a total web solution provider that offers hosting services that follows trends in self-service technology and a mail server that employs the latest technologies in eliminating e-mail spam and viruses. Its objective is to make web presence for our clients as complete and hassle-free as possible.IdeaForest also provides Manilahosting services and Apache private domain hosting plan for its users. Its servers are located in a facility boasting redundant connections to the internet, redundant power backup and generators, controlled climate, on-call technicians, and full security with camera surveillance.IdeaForest was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in El Segundo, I.L. | $21M | Series B | May 31, 2000 |  |
| Imagicast | Imagicast, Inc. provides strategic merchandising solutions for retailers. | $13M | Series C | Apr 12, 2000 |  |
| TrueSpectra | TrueSpectra had pioneered object-oriented resolution-independent render engines and related desktop, platform, and server-based dynamic imaging solutions including Phoito>Graphics, Netgraphica, and the TrueSpectra Image Server. The TrueSpectra Image Server is able to streamline image publishing and maintenance processes.TrueSpectra’scustomers included Lowe's, Kinko's, the Ohio State University, and Macy. And it is partnered with Speedera, Macromedia, Oracle, and Blue Martini Software.TrueSpectra was founded in January 1990 by Stephen Sutherland who also spearheaded its R&D/patent portfolio. It merged with Scene7 and then the platform was acquired by Adobe to form the core foundation of its Experience Manager and other products which are a $B business today. | $21M |  | Apr 06, 2000 |  |
| BIGWORDS.com | BIGWORDS.com, the No. 1 online textbook retailer and ecommercedestination for college students, launched the ecommerce revolutionfor college students everywhere in August 1998. Dedicated to givingstudents the best online ecommerce customer experience, BIGWORDS.comis all about not having to &uot;check your backpack at the door.&uot;As part of the company's mission to provide students thisone-of-a-kind experience, BIGWORDS.com has built the first and onlyintegrated distribution model for textbooks. Offering a uniqueadvantage of having all the textbooks that students need ready to shipfrom its 80,000 sq. foot distribution center, BIGWORDS.com can reachvirtually every student in America with great value, free delivery andthe widest selection of available titles in the textbook business.During this winter's on-campus &uot;RISE&uot; guerilla campaign, theBIGWORDS.com campus network of more than 8,000 representatives willreach more than four million college students. BIGWORDS.com haspartnerships with MTV Online, Den.net, United Airlines, MP3.com,Yahoo! and Rolling Stone. BIGWORDS.com is a privately held company headquartered in SanFrancisco with funding from 21st Century Internet Partners, GeoCapitalPartners, Media Technology Ventures Ltd., Attractor InvestorManagement, Trans Cosmos USA, Inc. and St. Paul Venture Capital. | $30M | Series C | Jan 20, 2000 |  |
| Virage | Virage is the leading provider of software products and application services that enable media and entertainment companies, enterprises, and consumers to publish, manage and distribute their video content over the Internet or intranets. Our products and services enable Internet users to find and use the video content they want, and then to interactwith it in a way that is familiar and comfortable to them. Additionally, we increase the value of video to content owners by transforming their video assets into engaging web experiences that incorporate on-demand viewing, targeted advertising, community building and e-commerce. | $20M |  | Dec 01, 1999 |  |
| Medscape | Medscape provides integrated medical information and educational tools online for primary care physicians and other health care professionals. It offers information in the areas of allergy and clinical immunology, anesthesiology, cardiology, critical care, dermatology, diabetes and endocrinology, emergency medicine, family medicine,gastroenterology, general surgery, hematology-oncology, HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, internal medicine, lab medicine, nephrology, neurology, nursing, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pathology, pediatrics, pharmacists, plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine, psychiatry and mental health, public health and prevention, pulmonary medicine, radiology, rheumatology, surgery, transplantation, urology, and women’s health.The company was founded in 1996 and is based in New York, United States. | $21M |  | Mar 18, 1999 |  |
| InfoGear Technology | InfoGear produces software and ASICs for the low-cost Internet Appliance market. The initial product, iPHONE, is a smart telephone with a touch screen for simple access to on-line services and the Internet/Intranet. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Redwood City, California. | $6.6M | Series A | Jan 10, 1997 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [NeoCarta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neocarta-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Trinity Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trinity-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Weston Presidio Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/weston-presidio-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [21st Century Internet Group. Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/21st-century-internet-group-inc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Adobe Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adobe-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AllegisCyber](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allegis-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Media Technology Ventures invest in?

Media Technology Ventures invests primarily in Software, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 9 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 Media Technology Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Media Technology Ventures?

The team at Media Technology Ventures includes Peter H. Gardner (Team Members) and Robert Ackerman (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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