"Prior to investing, the team at Azure takes a highly disciplined and analytical investment approach... post-investment, Azure can be relied upon to provide well informed, practical guidance to management and the board. I view Azure as a key asset - because smart money is so much better than just money."

Andy Vought - Former CEO, Broadlight


 

"eBay Buys Three Companies For $1.35 Billion, Lays Off 1,000."
10/06/08 | VentureBeat
Portfolio Company: Bill Me Later
"Online Video On Every Device."
09/25/08 | San Francisco Chronicle
Portfolio Company: Rooftop Comedy
“My Top 10 iPhone Apps: Currently Using and Desired.”
07/11/08 | Mashable.com
Portfolio Company: Limbo
“iPhone Application Overview And Demo Videos.”
07/10/08 | TechCrunch
Portfolio Company: Limbo
“Amazon Says You Can Buy Now, Pay Later.”
07/08/08 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Portfolio Company: Bill Me Later
“Medsphere Embraces Open Source Model.”
07/01/08 | HealthDataManagement
Portfolio Company: Medsphere
"TravelMuse launches a good looking vacation recommendations site"
06/19/08 | VentureBeat
Portfolio Company: TravelMuse
“Calix Promises More Bandwidth And Flexibility.”
06/10/08 | Telephony Online
Portfolio Company: Calix
“Phanfare Announces New iPhone Application For Sharing Photos.”
06/09/08 | VentureBeat
Portfolio Company: Phanfare
“TravelMuse May Be The Undecided Traveler’s Dream Come True.”
06/09/08 | TechCrunch
Portfolio Company: TravelMuse
“Movers & Shakers Interview With Chris Lyman, CEO, Fonality.”
05/22/08 | Frost & Sullivan
Portfolio Company: Fonality
“Virtual Worlds For Pre-schoolers? They're Here.”
05/11/08 | CNET
Portfolio Company: Knowledge Adventure
“Lab Test: VoIP Phone Systems Walk The Talk.”
04/29/08 | InfoWorld
Portfolio Company: Fonality
“Patti Lee Reports on Rising Interest in New OQO Handheld Computer.”
04/21/08 | KTVU
Portfolio Company: OQO
“Ditch Your Laptop For These Gadgets.”
04/18/08 | Forbes.com
Portfolio Company: OQO
Perfect Review for JumpStart World
03/17/08 | The Toy Man
Portfolio Company: Knowledge Adventure
“A complete EMR system for half the money.”
03/12/08 | ZDNet
Portfolio Company: Medsphere
“Ciena Completes Acquisition of World Wide Packets for $300M.”
03/03/08
Portfolio Company: World Wide Packets
“College comedians are raising the Rooftop.”
03/01/08 | USA Today
Portfolio Company: Rooftop Comedy
“Limp charged with growing Limbo as new COO.”
02/15/08 | Mobile Marketer
Portfolio Company: Limbo
"Ciena Announces Intent to Acquire World Wide Packets"
01/22/08
Portfolio Company: World Wide Packets
“Fonality, Dell hook up to bring VoIP to the masses.”
01/22/08 | CNET
Portfolio Company: Fonality
“Amazon.com Enhances Payment Options with Bill Me Later.”
12/11/07
Portfolio Company: Bill Me Later
“Best 2007 video games for kids.”
12/07/07
Portfolio Company: Knowledge Adventure
“Major Carrier in Dominican Republic Deploys Calix Platform to Expand Broadband Services.”
11/28/07
Portfolio Company: Calix
“Medsphere Welcomes New Chief Marketing Officer.”
11/27/07
Portfolio Company: Medsphere
“OQO's Railway Rollout Marks New Era for UMPCs.”
11/20/07 | InformationWeek
Portfolio Company: OQO
“Retailers Explore New Ways of Being Paid.”
11/19/07 | The New York Times
Portfolio Company: Bill Me Later
“Virgin America Selects EzRez Software to Create Travel Booking Microsite for North American Flights.”
11/14/07
Portfolio Company: EzRez Software
“OQO Wins Japan’s 2007 Good Design Award.”
11/13/07
Portfolio Company: OQO
“City of Clarksville Selects World Wide Packets Carrier Ethernet Solution to Build True “Broadband Community.”
11/05/07
Portfolio Company: World Wide Packets
“Fonality acquires Insightful to tightly integrate SugarCRM with VoIP.”
11/04/07 | CNET
Portfolio Company: Fonality
“EzRez Technology Powers American Airlines Vacations Revamped Online Packaging Site.”
11/01/07
Portfolio Company: EzRez Software
“Born to Build, Not to Play: an Entrepreneur’s ‘Curse’.”
10/28/07 | The New York Times
Portfolio Company: Fonality
“TelcoTV: Calix, Microsoft team on IPTV.”
10/24/07 | Telephony Online
Portfolio Company: Calix
“Interview With New Medsphere CEO Michael Doyle.”
10/15/07 | LinuxMedNews
Portfolio Company: Medsphere
“Nokia adds new content partners to Nokia Video Center.”
10/02/07
Portfolio Company: Rooftop Comedy
“Broadband Properties Recognizes World Wide Packets For Third Straight Year as a Top Company to Watch.”
08/27/07
Portfolio Company: World Wide Packets
“I4Commerce changes name to Bill Me Later.”
08/16/07 | Baltimore Business Journal
Portfolio Company: Bill Me Later
“Fonality Wins PC Magazine Editors’ Choice Award.”
08/09/07 | StartUp Beat
Portfolio Company: Fonality
“Small Firms Sign Up for Internet Calling.”
08/07/07 | The Wall Street Journal
Portfolio Company: Fonality
“JetBlue Adopts Bill Me Later Payment Option.”
07/31/07 | Payments News
Portfolio Company: Bill Me Later
“JumpStart's world worth every penny.”
07/23/07 | Houston Chronicle
Portfolio Company: Knowledge Adventure
“Trying to turn a profit from education.”
07/02/07 | CNET.com
Portfolio Company: Education.com
“Entrepreneurs Betting On Education.com.”
06/21/07 | CBS News
Portfolio Company: Education.com
“Play and Learn: Virtual Worlds for Kids.”
06/20/07 | abcNEWS
Portfolio Company: Knowledge Adventure
"The Next Big Silicon Valley IPO."
05/31/07 | Fortune
Portfolio Company: VMware
“Breaking National Barriers”
05/22/07 | advanceNEWSMAGAZINES
Portfolio Company: Medsphere
“OQO Model 02 - My Biggest "Wow" in a While!”
05/18/07 | GottaBeMobile.com
Portfolio Company: OQO
“Former Nortel Subsidiary Select Fonality’s PBXtra over Nortel.”
05/17/07
Portfolio Company: Fonality
“Zend CTO Andi Gutmans: Pumping Up PHP.”
05/17/07 | TechNewsWorld
Portfolio Company: Zend
“OQO 02 Review.”
05/14/07 | DataStrongHold.com
Portfolio Company: OQO
“Fonality’s PBXtra Garners Product of the Year Award.”
05/09/07
Portfolio Company: Fonality
“IBM System i Community Galvanizes Around PHP.”
04/30/07
Portfolio Company: Zend
“Are Credit Cards About To Be Dethroned?”
04/23/07 | StorefrontBacktalk
Portfolio Company: Bill Me Later
“Having Some Fun and Learning at the Same Time.”
04/19/07 | The New York Times
Portfolio Company: Knowledge Adventure
“E-Commerce Credit Card Alternatives Take Off.”
04/13/07 | E-Week
Portfolio Company: Bill Me Later
“Fonality Trixbox Appliance: Telephony is Fun Again!”
03/23/07 | CrunchGear
Portfolio Company: Fonality
“Verizon Creates Wireless Game Show.”
03/22/07 | IMedia Connection
Portfolio Company: Limbo
“Fonality Takes An Unconventional Approach To Telephony.”
03/19/07 | VARBusiness
Portfolio Company: Fonality
FOX8 On Your Side: Limbo 41414
02/15/07 | FOX8 WGHP
Portfolio Company: Limbo
“Using EHRs to extract data on adverse drug events.”
02/12/07 | Modern Healthcare
Portfolio Company: Medsphere
“Intel's Chips Are on VoIP.”
02/07/07 | Business Week
Portfolio Company: Fonality
Books by You Awarded IParenting Media Award for 2007 Best Software Product.
02/06/07 | iParenting
Portfolio Company: Knowledge Adventure
“K2.net's 'BlackPearl' Targets Developers and Business Users.”
02/01/07 | Redmond Developer News
Portfolio Company: SourceCode
“In Limbo, Bidders Asked, 'How Low Can You Go?”
01/31/07 | Wall St. Journal
Portfolio Company: Limbo
“It's Small, But Benefits Are Big.”
01/18/07 | USA Today
Portfolio Company: OQO
“Ready to Convert.”
01/15/07 | AdvanceWeb
Portfolio Company: Medsphere
“Holiday E-Commerce Recap: Rising Tide, but Some Leaky Ships.”
01/09/07 | E-Commerce Times
Portfolio Company: Bill Me Later
“A Personal Computer To Carry In a Pocket.”
01/08/07 | New York Times
Portfolio Company: OQO
“It Gets Angry When You Drop It.”
01/08/07 | New York Times
Portfolio Company: OQO
“OQO on CNBC.”
01/08/07 | The Wall Street Journal
Portfolio Company: OQO
“Open Source in the Post-telephony Era.”
01/04/07 | ZDNet Blog
Portfolio Company: Fonality

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Communications
BroadLight
Calix
Cyan Optics
Fonality
NeoNova
Personeta
Sylantro Systems
Vapps
World Wide Packets

Consumer
Bill Me Later
Cooking.com
Education.com
Knowledge Adventure
Limbo
OQO
Phanfare
Rooftop Comedy
TravelMuse

Enterprise
EzRez Software
Luminate
Medsphere
OQO
PSS Systems
ROME Corporation
SilkRoad technology
SourceCode
TopTier Software
VMware
Zend