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These Indians have the golden touch
February 6, 2009
Arjun Gupta
Rank: 32
Company: Telesoft Partners
Designation: Founder and managing partner
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Gupta has over 20 years of experience working with technology companies in venture capital, consulting and design engineering roles. At TeleSoft, he manages capital commitments of $625+ million. In 2001, he started a family foundation that supports community projects in education, medical research, performing arts and other community ventures in America, India and South Africa.
Over the last 13 years, he has overseen investments in and 61 private companies, resulting in 32 mergers & acquisitions and IPOs to date with a combined current market equity valuation or cash equivalent of $18 billion (post bubble).
Investments include
Fiber optic cross-connection systems provider Calient Networks
Telecommunications equipment supplier Calix
Scientific and technological research company CoSine
Storage automation products manufacturer CreekPath Systems
Semiconductor and broadband software products provider Ikanos Communications
Educational software maker Knowledge Adventure
Log data management and intelligence platform manufacturer LogLogic
Digital maps and dynamic content provider Tele Atlas NV
Broadband fixed wireless access network products maker Triton
Biometric fingerprint sensor manufacturer Validity Sensors
Phone application server company VoiceObjects
Earlier investments
Cellular services provider Bombay Cellular, acquired by Hutchison Max Telecom
Integrated services provider Catamaran, acquired by Infineon
Integrated circuits manufacturer Cerent, acquired by Cisco
ICT service and solution company ConvergeNet, acquired by Dell
Optical networking firm Internet Photonics, acquired by Ciena
Wire speed packet processing solutions provider Lara Networks, acquired by Cypress
3D memory maker Matrix Semiconductor, acquired by Sandisk
Wireless communication technology and products maker Omnipoint, acquired by VoiceStream
OSS software provider Objective Systems Integrators, acquired by Agilent
DSL platform developer Promatory, acquired by Nortel
Multiservice broadband access communication equipment developer Vina Technologies, acquired by Verilink
VoP product manufacturer VxTel, acquired by Intel
Customer relationship management solutions provider Salesforce.com
Place and route solutions.provider Sierra Design Automation, acquired by Mentor Graphics
Records management provider Zantaz, acquired by Autonomy
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