Top Exits

LinkedIn operates the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with more than 135 million members in over 200 countries and territories.  The company went public in May 2011.

A global, peer-to-peer, Internet-communications service.

Invented the office-superstore concept; today, the largest operator of office superstores in the world.

Operates more than 130 stores in more than 25 states, mostly in the eastern US.

Provider of market research and recommendations on IT and telecommunications products, along with consulting services.

Pioneering online retailer of diamonds and fine jewelry. Blue Nile has grown to become the largest online retailer of certified diamonds and fine jewelry. Internet Retailer Magazine reports Blue Nile is bigger than the next three largest online jewelers combined.  The company went public in...

Ciena Corporation offers leading network infrastructure solutions, intelligent software and a comprehensive services practice.

Diapers.com is a leading Internet retailer of baby products. The company is operated by Quidsi which was acquired by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) in April 2011.

The leading provider of trusted infrastructure services to Web-site owners, enterprises, service providers and individuals.

OLX operates a global online classifieds and auction service focused primarily on non-US markets. In August 2010, it was purchased by Naspers.

Playdom wants to entertain everyone, everywhere, through the world's best social games. Acquired by Disnesy in 2010.

Provides email security and management for the enterprise. Google bought the company for $750m in 2007.

The first on-line, job-search and human-resources management service.

Software providing a secure, easy-to-use interface for systems administrators to meet the demands of increasingly complex system infrastructures while reducing server downtime. BladeLogic went public in 2007 (NASDAQ: BLOG) and was acquired by BMC in 2008.

Innovative search and navigation platform for online data exploration.  In December 2011, Endeca was acquired by Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL).

Broadsoft is the leading provider of service-delivery and creation systems for next-generation communication networks. In June 2010, it went public (NASDAQ: BSFT).

Developed carrier-class, voice-infrastructure products for the public network.

First major toy retailer on the Internet; carried over 275 brands, as well as unique and obscure toys made by specialty manufacturers.

Pioneered the concept of a superstore for sporting goods; became the largest full-line sporting goods retailer in the United States.

Allscripts provides innovative solutions such as Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) that empower all stakeholders across the healthcare continuum to deliver world-class outcomes. The company went public in July 1999 (NASDAQ:MDRX).

Develops non-systemic, protein therapeutics to treat metabolic and inflammatory diseases. In 2010 it was acquired by Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY).

Vertica is a revolutionary database system that dramatically improves query performance for data warehouse applications. In March 2011, it was acquired by Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ).

Provides digital-music and media infrastructure technology to software developers and consumer-electronics manufacturers. Acquired by Sony.

Developer of flexible processors for the communications industry.

Developed a low-cost, low-latency, high-speed wireless data access network for broadband wireless Internet access - acquired by Qualcomm in 2006.

Traffix developed the first Diameter Signaling Controller for balancing the signaling loads on mobile networks  In 2012, Traffix Systems was acquired by F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV).

A biopharmaceutical firm developing enzymes that activate our natural defenses against disease.

Designed some of the first linear and mixed-signal circuits that connected the real  and digital worlds by detecting, measuring and converting natural signals like temperature, pressure or sound into digital signals.  

The trusted partner for health and human services' largest connected community of providers and payers, Netsmart provides comprehensive financial, clinical and management solutions for healthcare delivery organizations. In June 2010 it was acquired by Genstar Capital.

Storwize provides a unique, transparent, real-time storage compression solution that dramatically boosts available storage space. It was purchased by IBM in August 2010.

Quidsi owns and operates Diapers.com (baby care), Soap.com (health, beauty and household essentials), BeautyBar.com (prestige beauty), Wag.com (pet products) and YoYo.com (toys). In April 2011, it was acquired by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN).

A large-format, do-it-yourself home improvement store.

Pioneering maker of mechanical computer-aided design software that speeds complex product design.

Leading supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet connectivity solutions and services for servers and storage. In 2007, Mellanox completed its IPO on NASDAQ (MLNX).

Largest pan-African wireless cellphone operator.

Creator of enterprise-software solutions for product-information management. Founded by current Bessemer partner Byron Deeter who joined BVP a year after selling the company to IBM.

Developed storage-management and software-quality tools for use in open systems.

Provided total solutions for Web-advertising campaign management.

Made high-temperature, metal/ceramic composite superconductor wire--a near-perfect conductor of electricity.

Developed distributed network architecture for cellular systems, designed to scale across areas with varying subscriber density.

The first venture-backed Internet Service Provider.

Developed the first successful wide-area communications switch for video-conferencing among different platforms and encoding methods.

Designs the digital-signal processors (DSPs) and related speech-compression software that convert speech and other audio data into digital values for consumer electronics.

One of the pioneering developers of metropolitan-area, optical-networking equipment.

Isis is the leader in antisense drug development with a broad pipeline of drugs that are applicable to many different disease targets.

A leading hospice care provider.

IPC is the nation's leading national physician group practice focused on the delivery of hospital medicine and related facility-based services.

Leading player in the anti-fraud space, specializing in financial institutions. Specializes in fraud related to the Internet, such as online banking fraud, e-commerce fraud and phishing.

Provider of Internet-performance data and diagnostic services.

Pioneer of Virtual Private Network (VPN) communications equipment. In 2000, it was acquired by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO).

Developer of WDM (Wavelength-Division Multiplexing) laser-based  components and subsystems for high speed communications equipment. In 2001, it was acquired by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC).

Supplier of high-performance, MIPS-based micro-processors for applications in the communications industry. In 2000, it was acquired by PMC-Sierra (NASDAQ: PMCS).

Developed high-performance, programmable communications processors (and related software) for ATM and Internet Protocol data, voice, and video networks. In 2000, it was acquired by Conexant Systems.

Developed the first fast-packet switching technology for ATM and frame- relay networks.

Manufactured and marketed specialty paper products..

TravCorps provides healthcare professionals for temporary and permanent assignments. Today, TravCorps provides registered nurses to more than 2,500 healthcare facilities across the U.S. and the Caribbean.

Pioneered local-area networking .