Summa VentureWorks
Summa VentureWorks is a unique equity financing partner for early-stage
software companies. Summa VentureWorks leverages Summa's depth in
enterprise software to analyze business opportunities and help
early-stage companies bring great products to market. It helps turn
great business concepts into marketable solutions through application of
advanced technology.
Portfolio companies receive capital, technical development and
integration services in exchange for equity and use of the resulting
technology in our consulting engagements. This helps portfolio
companies reduce technology risk and can speed time-to-market. Summa
also provides solutions to customers based on technology provided by our
VentureWorks partners.
Summa VentureWorks was started as a subsidiary to Summa in
2000 and has made investments in the following portfolio companies:
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mSpoke :: mSpoke is the world's leading provider of next-generation personalization solutions for web content, online advertising and product recommendations. With mSpoke's proprietary mPower ADAPTIVE PERSONALIZATION ENGINE, online publishers, e-commerce sites and portals can finally deliver truly individualized content, advertising and product recommendations to their end-users, thereby increasing customer satisfaction and retention, while driving their top-line revenue.
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JumpStart Wireless :: JumpStart Wireless™ provides
BusinessSuite™, a wireless application platform that extends
existing key corporate applications to mobile workers in a
cost-effective, easy-to-use, totally customizable and easy to
integrate package.
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QuickStart Wireless :: QuickStart Wireless™ provides
WASP™, a forms-based platform technology for federal, state and
local government that allows users to automatically generate
custom dynamic forms and reports and send them to end users on
platforms as diverse as 2-way pagers, cell phones, converged PDA
devices and tablet PCs.
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WorldDealer ::
WorldDealer™ provides MyInventory™, a web-based application
for automobile dealers that allows dealers to analyze their
inventory in real-time