Our focus remains on high growth! Recent success of our portfolio companies has shown in a choppy economy strong results are more than possible.
CEO Summit
Edison Ventures kicked-off the season with the 1st Edison CEO Summit. 52 of our portfolio company CEOs gathered in Atlantic City, NJ for this 2-day event. Best-selling authors Josh Linkner, David Thomson and Mark Feldman shared thought provoking ideas. Topics covered by the authors included instilling a culture of innovation and creativity, characteristics of hyper growth companies and strategies for successful integration of acquisitions. All attendees benefited from the event’s seminars and relevant networking. Several portfolio companies are now working on partnerships facilitated by introduction at the CEO Summit.
Executive Roundtables, Networking and Best Practices
We include the entire executive team in our programming and value added events. Edison hosted our annual CFO Networking Meeting in our NJ HQ office. Portfolio Company CFOs shared best practices including preparing for acquisitions, developing financial dashboards and communicating financial information more effectively.
The Sales and Marketing Peer Group meeting featured Academy Award winning producer/writer, Jana Sue Memel’s The Hollywood Way (an interactive communication lesson using storytelling and imagery).
In addition to events focused on functional areas, Edison hosts industry and regional focused meetings. This fall we will host 7th Financial Technology Summit in NYC, Interactive Marketing Summit in Lawrenceville, NJ and Ohio Regional Sharing dinner in Cleveland. Visit our calendar for more information about our upcoming events and meetings.
Summer of '11 was not just about value-added events…it was a summer of continued results.
Exits
Our focus on guiding companies to successful exit has been on display over the last several quarters. Edison investment professionals have prioritized connecting with strategic buyers to ensure our portfolio companies are top of mind for partnerships and possible acquisitions. We capped the run of 12 exits in the last 12 months with Portico Systems being acquired by McKesson and Edison’s 16th IPO. Congratulations to Tangoe which successfully started trading on the NASDAQ (TNGO) at the end of July.
New Investments
Edison completed 7 new investments over the last 11 months! Read below about our latest portfolio addition, Salsa Labs.
Let’s Stay Connected…
We continue to develop our website, please see the expansion of our Community section. Edison’s team shares best practices and observations through our blog and visitors can post questions and comments via the Edison Community Forum.
September is quickly approaching and that means Edison’s Limited Partner Annual Meeting is just around the corner. This year marks Edison’s 25th Annual Meeting which will be held September 16th at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia.
Look forward to new and exciting announcements from Edison as we pick up the pace during the remainder of 2011 and into 2012.
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Edison News
Tangoe's 8.8M-Share IPO Prices Within Range At $10/Share by VentureWire staff reporters
07/27/11
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Chris Sugden Named Financier of the Year
06/13/11
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3 of our portcos made "Lead411 Boston Hot Company list" Congrats to Blue Cod, NetProspex, PlumChoice
06/08/11
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John Martinson Receives Honorary Doctorate from Rowan University
05/13/11
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Welcome! 50+ CEOs to 1st Edison CEO Summit! #11EDISONCEO
05/10/11
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