Altitun developed and manufactured tunable semiconductor lasers for use in optical networking applications. The company was acquired in May 2000 by ADC Telecommunications Inc (Nasdaq:ADCT) for $872 million.

Cramer Systems is a leading provider of operations and support systems software (OSS) to the global telecommunications industry. Cramer was acquired in August 2006 by Amdocs (NYSE: DOX) for $375 million cash consideration. See Case Study and Interview with founder Jon Craton.

Orchestream provided software to manage Internet protocol (IP) services across carrier and enterprise networks. The company went public in June 2000 on the LSE and NASDAQ and was subsequently acquired by Metasolv in January 2003, which is now part of Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL).

Chipidea is a leading provider of analog/mixed-signal semiconductor intellectual property and associated services. The company was acquired by MIPS Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: MIPS) for $147 million in August 2007. See Case Study.

Fluency Voice Technology supplies interactive speech recognition applications to large enterprise call centers. The company was acquired by Syntellect, a division of Enghouse Systems Limited (TSX: ESL), in June 2008.

Ubizen (Euronext: UBIZ) was a leading provider of managed security services to Fortune 500 companies. Kennet led the acquisition of Ubizen from the Euronext market in a take-private transaction with Apax Partners in early 2004. Ubizen was acquired in May 2004 by Betrusted Inc, which is now part of Verizon.