Alnoor Shivji

Cerent was founded in 1997 and has 287 employees. Cerent's single system solution also makes it easier for service providers with limited space for equipment

Cinea, Inc. developed content-protection and anti-piracy solutions for the music industry. The company was founded by Robert Schumann and Jeffrey Segal and was headquartered in Herndon, VA.

WaferGen, Inc. develops novel products for cell biology and genetic analysis. The firm focuses on the development systems for gene expression, genotyping and stem cell research for the life science and pharmaceutical industries. The company was founded by Alnoor Shivji, Victor Joseph and Amjad Huda and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Involver, Inc. operates as a social marketing platform. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cyras Systems, founded in 1998, creates Next-Generation Optical Networking Platforms for the global telecommunications market. This Gear for the Optical GenerationO is a flexible, scalable and protocol-fluent optical platform that revitalizes carriers' Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) by providing relief from the surge of mixed-traffic congestion. On December 19, 2000, Ciena Corporation announced its intention to acquire Cyras in a stock-for-stock transaction. The proposed acquisition is expected to close by the end of 1Q2001

Global Asset Capital Inc is a private equity firm founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in London, Luxembourg, Seattle and New York.

VPSA SAS is a global private equity investment firm specialized in early-stage investing, and a subsidiary of the Californian venture capital firm GAC-Global Asset Capital, LLC. VPSA is headquartered in Paris with an American office in Silicon Valley and an Asian representation in Singapore. Previously named Viventures Partners, the firm was established in 1998 by Vivendi SA (XP: VIV), a leading French media conglomerate formerly known as Vivendi Universal. In 2003 VPSA was acquired by GAC in association with Hamilton Lane Advisors. VPSA manages international venture capital funds. Their clientele comprises financial institutions, high-net worth private individuals and blue-chip industrial corporations with a significant interest in technology. Their investors are in Europe, the US and Asia.

VPSA is private investment firm that makes venture capital and private equity investments. They are located in Palo Alto, California. Initiated by Vivendi Universal to be an ROI-based fund and not a corporate fund, VPSA was created with the launch of V1 in September 1998. Global Asset Capital (GAC), in association with Hamilton Lane Advisors, completed its acquisition of Viventures Partners (VPSA) in June, 2003