YAS Corporation - Ventures

Ventures

YAS Broadband Ventures provides industry's new entrepreneurs and founders with the means to enhance and successfully develop their visions into exciting and rewarding realities.

YAS Broadband Ventures:

Provides seed and first-round venture financing

Offers proven advice on the creation of a successful company

Immerses your company in the telecommunication industry

Emphasizes the key attributes of executive leadership

YAS professionals focus their expertise on creating successful start-up companies. YAS validates business strategies and provides seed financing that creates a solid corporate structure. In effect, together we equip visionary founders of start-up companies with outstanding technical strategy, world class market positioning and financial planning, resulting in a best-in-class roadmap from start up through intermediate funding rounds to a successful exit.

YAS focus and experience in seed and first-round financing enables entrepreneurs to accelerate the growth and success of their firm and to develop the optimal profile of strong financial returns for their team.

YAS is particularly interested in investing in companies participating in the convergence of voice, data and video services to address emerging telecommunication markets. YAS initiatives are further enhanced by its Consulting and Advisory arms for a full suite of professional entrepreneurial offerings.

Companies that YAS Broadband Ventures has been successful with:

Cellblock – Mobile application software - Active

Copanion – Accounting software - Active

Entropic – Home Networking silicon vendor – IPO

Endeca – Database software - Active

Broadband Access System – Acquired by ADC

Stargus – Network monitoring software – Acquired by C-Cor

Navic – Interactive advertising – Acquired by Microsoft

Sycamore – Optical networking – IPO

Sirocco – Optical networking – Acquired by Sycamore

LANcity – Cable modem & CMTS – Acquired by Bay Networks

Limited Partner with – North Bridge, Battery Venture, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Pilot House-2