The Battery Charger: An Industry Newsletter From Battery Ventures
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Red Herring named IP Unity and CipherTrust to their “Top 100 North America” list, and Tejas Networks to their “Top 100 Asia” list.

Congratulations to CipherTrust, Netezza and Veraz Networks, who were all named to the AlwaysOn “AO100 Top Private Companies” list.

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Events

Interop New York

December 13, 2005
New York, NY

Carl Stjernfeldt, a partner in Battery’s Wellesley office, will join a distinguished panel of executives from Cisco, Foundry and Citrix, for a discussion entitled “The Road to Application Networks.”

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Is Clean Energy Finally Ready for Prime Time?

by Jason Matlof

With growing media attention around rapidly rising energy costs, growing demand for greenhouse gas emissions controls (Kyoto protocol), and growing volumes of capital flowing into clean energy, a key question is being asked in investor corridors: Is it finally time for clean energy?

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Seeing Through the Muddle: Video Grows up on the Web, but Where is the Mainstream Content?

by Kara Nortman

It is fair to say video is growing up on the web, but most of the content today is user generated or developed specifically for the web. While some types of content thrive, it remains difficult to access mass market studio content. This article examines the trends in online video and evaluates the factors that are driving and shaping new business models.

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The Curme-udgeon Column: Has the Tipping Point Arrived?

by Ollie Curme

A look at everyone’s economics favorite — the “twin deficits” — and some perspective on what they might (or might not) portend for the state of the US economy.

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Welcome to The Battery Charger, our newsletter covering the latest developments in the industry, at our firm, and with our portfolio companies. We aim to provide insight into the markets, trends and companies that we have found interesting in the past few months. Contact us to learn more or to discuss any of the information covered.

 
 

General Partners:
Tom Crotty
Ollie Curme
Rick Frisbie

 

Morgan Jones
Ken Lawler
Roger Lee

 

Mark Sherman
Dave Tabors
Scott Tobin

 
 

Partners:
Neeraj Agrawal
Michael Brown

Sunil Dhaliwal
Carl Stjernfeldt
   
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