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词条 Alta Communications
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  1. History

  2. Investment strategy and funds

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

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| name = Alta Communications
| logo = Alta Comm logo.png
| type = Private ownership
| predecessor = Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co.
| foundation = 1996
| founder = Craig Burr, William P. Egan
| location = 28 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
| industry = Private equity
| products = Venture capital
| key_people =
| num_employees =
| homepage = www.altacomm.com
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Alta Communications is a Boston-based private equity firm specializing in equity investments in media and telecommunications companies.

Their equity funds are invested in about 100 companies with total market capitalization approximately $1.5 billion.

Alta Communications is no longer related to Alta Partners, based in San Francisco.

History

Alta Communications was formed in late 1996 as part of the dissolution of Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO), an early venture capital firm that had been founded in 1979.

The firm was founded by Craig Burr and William P. Egan who also co-founded Alta’s predecessor firm, Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co., in 1979. Alta traces its origins to TA Associates, where Burr and Egan were formerly partners.

Investment strategy and funds

Alta Communications invests primarily in later-stage opportunities in the traditional media and telecommunications sectors and has a portfolio of investments in the following sectors:

  • Broadcasting (Radio and Television)
  • Direct marketing services
  • B2B Media / Publishing
  • Content / Screen media
  • Digital media
  • Telecom services
  • Out-of-home advertising
  • Cable television

Since its founding in 1996, Alta Communications has raised four venture capital funds focusing on late stage opportunities with nearly $1.5 billion of investor commitments.

  • 1996 - $158m - Alta Communications VI
  • 1998 - $272m - Alta Communications VII
  • 2000 - $486m - Alta Communications VIII
  • 2003 - $500m - Alta Communications IX

See also

  • Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co.
  • Alta Partners
  • Polaris Venture Partners

References

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  • [https://www.drugs.com/news/mackler-fisher-alta-communications-acquire-hmp-communications-6717.html Alta Communications and Mackler & Fisher Acquire HMP Communications (August 20, 2007)]
  • [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/25/business/a-generation-gap-in-venture-capital.html A Generation Gap in Venture Capital]
  • Gupta, Udayan. [https://books.google.com/books?id=xU7f9Jtq-3UC&pg=PA269 Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories], 2000
{{refend}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081215165950/http://www.altacomm.com/ Alta Communications corporate website]
{{Venture capital firms}}

5 : Venture capital firms of the United States|Companies based in Boston|Media companies established in 1996|Telecommunications companies established in 1996|TA Associates

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