HOME ABOUT US OUR TEAM PORTFOLIO NEWS & EVENTS CONTACT US LP REPORTING Wireless Technologies and Services Colubris Networks, Waltham, MA / Montreal, Canada Colubris Networks is a leading global provider of wireless LAN (WLAN) access solutions to enterprise and service provider customers. The award winning products from Colubris deliver seamless, secure access to broadband services and applications while integrating into existing network infrastructure, security and management systems. Colubris is the market share leader in the hospitality and aerospace segments and has equipment deployed by more than 1,500 organizations worldwide. Investment Date: January 2004 Sold to Hewlett-Packard, October 2008 GrandBanks Board Representative: Charles R. Lax Co-investors: Business Development Bank of Canada, Prism VentureWorks, Mid-Atlantic Venture Association, DCM-Doll Capital Management, Technology Development Fund Ember, Boston, MA Ember is a wireless semiconductor company and the leading provider of 802.15.4 and ZigBee networking systems, focused on the home automation, building automation and automated meter reading industries. Its technology makes possible new kinds of wireless sensor networks in which devices in buildings and homes, like lights, switches, HVAC controls and other everyday appliances and equipment can communicate with each other and work together. Investment Date: January 2002 Sold to Silicon Laboratories, July 2012 GrandBanks Board Representative: Charles R. Lax Co-investors: Polaris Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, DFJ New England, DFJ ePlanet, Vulcan Capital, STMicroelectronics, WestAM, Stata Venture Partners, ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures, Hitachi Ltd Enpocket, Boston, MA Enpocket is a global mobile media company that provides integrated entertainment and marketing services to build and retain mobile audiences. Enpocket’s mobile community and content applications empower leading mobile operators, handset makers and media companies to realize deeper consumer relationships and new revenues. Investment Date: June 2002 Sold to Nokia Corporation, October 2007 Co-investors: BlueRun Ventures, Dolphin Equity Partners, Bru Venture Capital Nexage, Waltham, MA Nexage develops mobile advertising solutions that enable companies to maximize ad revenue from their mobile properties. Investment Date: June 2009 Sold to Millenial Media, December 2014 GrandBanks Board Representative: Tim Wright Co-Investors: Relay Ventures, SingTel, Hearst Interactive Media WHERE, Boston, MA WHERE (formerly known as uLocate Communications) is the leading publisher of mobile location based service (LBS) applications. In 2007, uLocate launched WHERE, the world’s first mobile GPS widget platform. uLocate was incubated at GrandBanks Capital’s offices. Investment Date: December 2003 Sold to eBay, April 2011 Co-investors: Kodiak Ventures Partners, Venrock [Back to Portfolio] RECENT NEWS Creative Automation Company Celtra Announces Majority Investment by Symphony Technology Group (STG) OpenExchange Announces Intent to Acquire Veracast, Further Enhancing Virtual Event Product Offering FactSet Acquires Cobalt Software, Inc. OpenExchange Ranks #183 on Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies in America OpenExchange Raises $23 Million to Support Complementary Acquisitions, Continued Organic Growth SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER Subscribe © 2021 GrandBanks Capital, all rights reserved. 1150 Great Plains Avenue, #920315 Needham, MA 02492 Tel: 781.997.4300 Fax: 781.997.4301 About This Site