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1994
North Bridge Established
Veteran investors Ed Anderson and Richard D'Amore, along with CFO and healthcare investor Bill Geary, establish North Bridge on Wyman Street in Waltham, MA.
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1994
NBVP I $61 Million Fund Raised
Prominent limited partners back North Bridge's founding team.
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1996
Best Performing Vintage Year
In 1996, North Bridge raised NBVP II's $86 Million Fund, the #1 performing vintage year fund.
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1996
Successful M&A for a Communications portfolio company
Arris Networks, a developer of wide-area network access products, is purchased by Cascade Comm in late 1996.
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1997
3D company Solidworks sold
Solidworks, a developer and marketer of 3D CAD design software, is bought by Dassault in early 1996.
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1997
SQA sold to Rational Software
SQA developed, marketed and supported software tools that tested Windows Graphical User Interface applications.
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1998
New partners join North Bridge
Jamie Goldstein and Jeff McCarthy join North Bridge.
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1998
NBVP III $136 Million Fund Raised
As our portfolio of companies grew, fundraising broke the $100 million mark.
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1998
Office moves into Bay Colony
The Bay Colony Office Park in Waltham, MA becomes North Bridge's new home base.
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1998
New Oak bought by Bay Networks
New Oak made access products that provided users with a secure, authenticated tunnel to corporate data via the internet.
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1998
NetCore bought by Tellabs
NetCore Systems developed a highly integrated wire speed router and ATM switch for Internet Service Providers.
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1999
SilverStream IPO
SiverStream provided an extensive platform for developing, deploying and managing enterprise level Internet applications.
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1999
Sycamore Networks IPO
Sycamore Networks (NASDAQ: SCMR) is a developer of optical networking products for telecommunications service providers.
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1999
Redstone bought by Siemens
Redstone provided carrier class, wire speed edge routers enabling ISPs to support multiple service classes and service level agreements.
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1999
Excelligence Learning IPO
Excelligence Learning (NASDAQ: LRNS) is a developer of educational products to child care programs, schools, and consumers.
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1999
eBenX IPO
eBenX (NASDAQ: EBNX) provides software that assists employers in designing, operating and purchasing their health insurance online.
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1999
NBVP IV $510 Million Fund Raised
Fund IV nearly quadruples 1998's NBVP III.
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2000
Spring Tide Networks purchased
Communications giant Lucent purchases Spring Tide, developer of carrier-class network equipment for service providers.
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2000
FirstSense Software purchased
Concord Comm purchases FirstSense, provider of real-time applications performance management software.
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2000
ArrowPoint bought by Cisco
ArrowPoint Communications was a leading provider of content switches that sped up the transmission of web content.
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2000
Broadband Access Systems purchased
ADC purchases Broadband Access Systems, provider of communications equipment.
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2000
Sonus Networks IPO
Sonus Networks (NASDAQ: SONS) is a provider of voice infrastructure products for the new public network.
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2000
IP Mobile bought by Cisco
IP Mobile developed next generation data communications infrastructure equipment enabling wireless connection to the internet.
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2000
Centra Software IPO
Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA) enables groups to work faster and more effectively by automating learning and training initiatives online.
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2001
NBVP V $824 Million Fund Raised
At the start of the new millennium, North Bridge nearly doubled its prior fund.
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2002
Revit Technology sold
Revit, a developer of software tools for the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) markets is bought by Autodesk.
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2002
Michael Skok joins North Bridge
In late 2002, software veteran Michael Skok becomes a key member of the North Bridge team.
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2002
eRoom bought by Documentum/EMC
The successful enterprise wide Internet application for managing cross organizational projects is purchased by Documentum/EMC.
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2002
Matria Healthcare purchases LifeMetrix
LifeMetrix, an e-health company providing comprehensive support for chronic disease patients, their providers, and health plans is bought.
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2003
Motorola purchases Winphoria
The mobile giant snatches up Winphoria Networks, developer of next-generation Mobile Switching Center.
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2003
The Cricket Day tradition begins
North Bridge celebrates its first annual Cricket Day at Franklin Field in Boston.
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2004
Phase Forward IPO
Phase Forward (NASDAQ: PFWD), the leading provider of web-based solutions for clinical trial data management, goes public.
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2005
NBVP VI $500 Million Fund Raised
By mid 2005, another fund begins North Bridge's second decade.
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2005
Pharmetrics purchased by IMS
IMS buys the patient-level informational database supporting outcomes, claims and proprietary analytic solutions.
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2005
HP Buys AppIQ
Hewlett Packard snatches up AppIQ, the company behind seamless integrations of SAN management and storage resources management.
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2005
Communications veteran joins North Bridge
Paul Santinelli joins North Bridge in early 2005.
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2006
Two new faces join the North Bridge team
Digital media veterans Dayna Grayson and Cali Tran become part of the North Bridge family in July.
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2006
I-Logix bought by Telelogic
Telelogic purchased I-Logix, provider of Collaborative Model-Driven Development solutions for systems design and software development.
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2007
Archivas sold to Hitachi Data
Hitachi buys Archivas, a provider of online storage management solutions for long-term storage of fixed-content digital assets.
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2007
North Bridge Growth Equity $547 Million Fund Raised
The Growth Equity team raises its initial fund.
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2007
The Venture Team Grows
North Bridge gains materials veterans Basil Horangic and Carmichael Roberts.
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2007
Hello, San Mateo
During Winter, North Bridge opens its first west coast office stationed in San Mateo, California.
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2007
Cisco buys Cognio
Cognio provided spectrum analysis capabilities to wireless LAN networks.
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2007
Starent Networks IPO
The leading provider of infrastructure solutions enabling mobile operators to deliver multimedia services to subscribers goes public.
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2007
Growth Equity team formed in Waltham, MA
The North Bridge Growth Equity team is officially formed with veteran investors Doug Kingsley and Mike Pehl leading the way.
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2008
NBVP 7 $529 Million Fund Raised
North Bridge Venture Partners raises its latest fund in Summer 2008.
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2009
Jim Moran is welcomed
Seasoned software veteran Jim Moran joins the North Bridge team.
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2009
A123 Achieves $1 Billion IPO
A123 Systems, developer and manufacturer of advanced technology lithium-ion battery packs goes public.
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2009
Convergence purchased
Acme Packet buys Convergence, developer of the industry's first unified security solutions for services based on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).
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2009
Cisco buys Starent Networks
Cisco purchases the leading public provider of infrastructure solutions enabling mobile operators to deliver multimedia services to their subscribers.
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2010
A123 co-founder joins North Bridge
Ric Fulop, co-founder of A123 Systems and a materials veteran joins North Bridge.
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2010
8th Annual Cricket Day
North Bridge's™ eighth annual Cricket Day is a huge success, with 250+ attendees made up of portfolio company employees and families.
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2010
Tekelec buys Camiant
Camiant, a provider of a single multi-service platform for broadband services, is purchased by Tekelec in May.
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2012
Jonathan Heiliger joins North Bridge
Former Facebook VP, Jonathan Heiliger, Joins North Bridge as General Partner.
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2012
Hello, Palo Alto
Palo Alto is the new home of North Bridge's west coast office.