Charles River Ventures Expands Investment Team; Christopher Baldwin Joins CRV's Communications & Networking Investment Services Sector.WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1999-- Charles River Charles River River, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. The longest river wholly in the state, it flows into Boston Bay after a course of about 80 mi (130 km). Navigable for about 7 mi (11 km), its estuary separates the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Ventures (CRV CRV Curve CRV Crew Return Vehicle (NASA) CRV California Redemption Value CRV Cassa Di Risparmio Di Vignola (Italian bank) CRV Call Reference Value (telecommunications) ) today announced the addition of Christopher Baldwin Christopher Baldwin (born February 25,1973) is an American illustrator and author of several webcomics, the most significant being Bruno, a look at the life of an introspective young woman set in the real world. to its communications & networking investment services sector. One of the industry's leading communications sector investors, CRV has provided early-stage funding to market-leaders Cascade Communications Corp., CIENA Corp., Aptis Communications, Inc., Agile Networks, Inc., Omnia Communications Inc., Summa Four, Inc., Prominet Corp., American Internet Corp., and Concord Communications Corp., among others. "Baldwin's proven record within the communications industry underscores Charles River Ventures' commitment to supporting entrepreneurs with more than just capital infusion Capital infusion Often refers to the cross-subsidization of divisions within a firm. When one division is not doing well, it might benefit from an infusion of new funds from the more successful divisions. ," said Mike Zak, General Partner, CRV. "Baldwin's broad experience in growing successful start-up companies will serve as an invaluable asset to our portfolio companies." Baldwin most recently served as Vice President of Marketing for Argon argon (är`gŏn) [Gr.,=inert], gaseous chemical element; symbol Ar; at. no. 18; at. wt. 39.948; m.p. −189.2°C;; b.p. −185.7°C;; density 1.784 grams per liter at STP; valence 0. Networks where he set product direction and positioning, resulting in three major industry awards and leading editorial coverage for the GigaPacket Node IP:ATM platform. During his tenure at Cascade Communications, he provided the product definition and marketing leadership that grew the company's ATM business to more than $100M in less than three years. Baldwin started his professional career in R&D and engineering, developing Wavelength Division Multiplexing See WDM. (communications) wavelength division multiplexing - (WDM) Multiplexing several Optical Carrier n signals on a single optical fibre by using different wavelengths (colours) of laser light to carry different signals. technology for Polaroid Corporation and designing high-speed fiber-optic systems for Digital Equipment Corporation. A widely quoted source of networking technologies, trends and issues, Baldwin has also been a frequent speaker and contributing writer at industry events, such as Supercomm, ISPcon and ComNet, and publications such as Boardwatch, Network World, Telecommunications Magazine and X-Change. "Charles River Ventures has demonstrated visionary insight in funding the industry's leading communications technology companies," said Baldwin. "Joining the CRV team provides the opportunity to work with the foremost technologists and entrepreneurs to build the next generation of leadership companies." About Charles River Ventures Founded in 1970 and based in Boston, MA, Charles River Ventures is one of the nation's leading early-stage venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] . Focusing on high-potential start-up companies in the communications, software, and e-commerce and information services See Information Systems. industries, Charles River Ventures has organized nine funds totaling $565 million, funding more than 235 companies. The Firm's portfolio includes industry leaders such as Sybase, Inc., Flycast Communications Corp., Send.com, Excite Corp., Vignette Corp., Parametric Technology Corp., CIENA Corp., and Cascade Communications Corp. For more information please visit CRV's website at www.crv.com. |
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