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New Venture Partners Lead $8M Investment in Intelleflex
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Intelleflex Corporation, the leader in Extended Capability RFID, today
announced that it has received $8M in funding in the initial close of an
investment round led by New Venture Partners. Earlier round investors
Arcapita Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures and The Woodside Fund also
participated.
"We believe that Intelleflex is ideally positioned for compelling
success," said Ketan Patel of New Venture Partners, who will be joining
the company's Board. "The Extended Capability RFID category they've
pioneered, with its rich feature set, robust performance, platform
flexibility and excellent value, has created leadership opportunities in
attractive segments including cold supply chain, reusable transport item
management, personnel tracking and more."
Intelleflex President and CEO Peter Mehring added, "We're delighted to
secure this financing, and that New Venture Partners will be joining the
team. We'll use proceeds toward completion and launch of our next
generation product set, scheduled for introduction early next year, and
to fund ongoing operations and expansion beyond."
About New Venture Partners
New Venture Partners LLC, the global venture capital firm dedicated to
corporate technology spinouts, has over $700 million under management.
New Venture Partners provides a bridge between technology corporations
and traditional venture capital. Through its unique, hands-on approach,
the firm offers a systematic process for commercializing innovations and
provides an alternative path to market for corporate technologies. The
New Venture Partners team has completed over 50 spinouts from the R&D
labs and business units of global technology corporations including
Lucent/Bell Labs, British Telecom, Philips Electronics, Agere, Boeing,
Freescale Semiconductor, Intel, Telstra, and others, and has become the
benchmark for corporate spinout venturing. www.nvpllc.com
About Intelleflex
Intelleflex is the leader in Extended Capability RFID solutions,
products, and technologies. Its Intelligent RFID Platform, comprising
high performance multi-protocol tags and readers, enables solutions for
asset tracking, vehicle / yard management, manufacturing WIP control,
supply chain automation, parts maintenance, access control, and other
applications. It features range, reliability, memory capacity, and
security far beyond standard passive RFID, and at a fraction of the cost
of active RFID solutions. For more information, please visit www.intelleflex.com.
Intelleflex Corporation
Tom Reese, 408-200-6523
Director,
Business Development
treese@intelleflex.com
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