Company Performance Metrics
Carol Deslandes: Owner
Campbell B. Lanier: Senior DirectorPast Role: Powertel, founding investor and Chairman
Kinetic Ventures is a leading venture capital investor in high growth, industry defining communications, information and power/clean technology companies. For over two decades they have partnered with outstanding entrepreneurs to build world-class enterprises. Kinetic is gratified to be partners with many remarkable entrepreneurs in the
creation of industry defining companies like Ciena, VerticalOne, Corvis, Cerent, Peace Software, Broadware, APX, Calix, Altierre and SmartSynch.
Kinetic Ventures VIII, capitalized by corporate pension, endowment and family office investors primarily invests in early stage companies. They also selectively invest in seed and growth stage opportunities. Areas of focus for the fund include:
- Communications. Solutions that bring greater speed, functionality, usability or accessibility to voice, data and video networks.
- Information Technology. Solutions that deliver greater efficiency, collaboration, security and functionality to users.
- Power/Clean Technology. Solutions for the power and related industries that take advantage of the ongoing and rapid evolution in communications, information and energy technologies.
