- Investment Year
- 1977
- Exit
- 1983
- Sector
- Hardware
- Geography
- North America - West
Micro Peripherals, Inc. (acq. by CTS)
Early manufacturer of then-novel, 5.25-inch disk drives.
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CEO Jeff Lawson talks about Twilio's simple web service API that allows developers to build live telephony applications in minutes
Verastem: Christoph Westphal
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