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Innovation Valley Partners is a US venture capital firm for early-stage tech companies.
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Kef Kasdin
As a general partner of Battelle Ventures and Innovation Valley Partners, Kef focuses on investments in cleantech and communication technologies, working closely on identifying promising technologies, projects and synergies with the National Laboratories that sole limited partner Battelle Memorial Institute manages or co-manages for the U.S. Department of Energy around the country. Kef currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Aldis, Inc.; Ampulse Corp.; and Rajant Corp. She also is CEO of Proterro, Inc., and was named among “the top 100 people in bioenergy” for 2011-2012 by Biofuels Digest. Active in the venture community, besides sitting on the NASVF board, she also is a Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania board member, and is a coauthor of Inside the Minds: Green Venture Capital (Aspatore Books, Nov. 1, 2009). Kef has been involved in developing and executing strategy for high-technology companies for more than 20 years, including Sarnoff Corp. and 3Com Corp., where she was the company’s first Executive in Residence, Office of the Chairman. She became a technology-startup consultant in the late 1990s, a venture capitalist in 2000 and a founding member of the management team forming Battelle Ventures in 2003. Kef holds a B.S.E degree in operations research from Princeton University and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
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Battelle Ventures
Battelle Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies with innovative solutions to market problems.
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Kef Kasdin
As a general partner of Battelle Ventures and Innovation Valley Partners, Kef focuses on investments in cleantech and communication technologies, working closely on identifying promising technologies, projects and synergies with the National Laboratories that sole limited partner Battelle Memorial Institute manages or co-manages for the U.S. Department of Energy around the country. Kef currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Aldis, Inc.; Ampulse Corp.; and Rajant Corp. She also is CEO of Proterro, Inc., and was named among “the top 100 people in bioenergy” for 2011-2012 by Biofuels Digest. Active in the venture community, besides sitting on the NASVF board, she also is a Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania board member, and is a coauthor of Inside the Minds: Green Venture Capital (Aspatore Books, Nov. 1, 2009). Kef has been involved in developing and executing strategy for high-technology companies for more than 20 years, including Sarnoff Corp. and 3Com Corp., where she was the company’s first Executive in Residence, Office of the Chairman. She became a technology-startup consultant in the late 1990s, a venture capitalist in 2000 and a founding member of the management team forming Battelle Ventures in 2003. Kef holds a B.S.E degree in operations research from Princeton University and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
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Reios acquired by Rajant Corporation
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Reios Srl is an engineering services company that specializes in product innovation and energy management.
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Robert Schena
In 2002, Robert Schena co-founded Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and a Finalist for PACT's Emerging Technology Company of the Year. In 1999, Robert Schena co-founded Airclic, Inc., a wireless application and scanning company and raised $15 million from a group led by Goldman Sachs and Blue Capital Management. Motorola and Symbol Technologies forged a partnership to acquire Airclic and closed a $287 million financial round as well as the contribution of intellectual property in excess of $162 million. Also in 1999, Mr. Schena participated in the founding of World Wide Packets, a Gigabit Ethernet company. In 1996, Mr. Schena successfully obtained for his company an FCC license to provide an Open Video System, becoming the first one to do so. In 2004, he was successful in changing U.S. telecommunications regulations, resulting in obtaining the first FCC license for broadband services delivered in the U.S. from a Canadian satellite. In 1992, Schena founded FutureVision of America (FVA), forging a partnership with Bell Atlantic to commercially launch the first video dial tone and digital TV over television. FVA was successfully sold to Bell Atlantic. Prior to founding FVA, Schena served as the CFO, Treasurer, Vice President of Finance and Vice President of Marketing for Harron Communications. Mr. Schena was appointed to the State of Pennsylvania’s Ben Franklin Technology Board by Governor Ridge in 2001 and reappointed by Governor Rendell in 2004 and 2008. He serves on the Board of the Methodist Home for Children. In late 2010, Mr. Schena was named to Governor Corbett's Marcellus Shale Transition Team. Mr. Schena earned a BA in Business Administration from Temple University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has lectured extensively on broadband communications to professional and corporate organizations.
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Paul Hellhake
In 1984, Paul Hellhake founded ROI Computer Services, Inc., a technology integration firm which has worked for a prestigious list of clients. Next, he co-founded and was Managing Director of FutureVision of America Corp., which developed and deployed the nation's first commercial ATM, switched-digital, fiber-to-the-curb network and was sold to Bell Atlantic, Corp. in 1996. Mr. Hellhake also served as Chief Technology Officer of TelQuest Satellite Systems, LLC, a satellite uplink communications company, which was sold to MCI in 1999. Mr. Hellhake holds a U.S.A patent for his invention of an Interactive Broadband Multimedia System. He has been quoted as an expert in numerous publications including Interactive Week, Discover, Science and he has been interviewed on TV programs such as Nightline, CNN, Walter Cronkite's Universe and a PBS technology special. Mr. Hellhake holds a B.S. degree and an M.B.A. degree in Technology Management.
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