Brix Networks is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Castile Ventures, Charles River Ventures, ComVentures, Fidelity Ventures, Partech International, STAR Ventures, and TELUS Ventures.

		Castile Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm providing financial backing and strategic guidance to help exceptional entrepreneurs build successful businesses founded on fundamental innovations in technology. Distinguished by the deep business and technology experience of its partners, Castile often leads or co-leads investment syndicates and plays an active role in guiding and advising its portfolio companies.
		Founded in 1970, and with offices in Waltham, Mass. and Menlo Park, Calif., Charles River Ventures is one of the oldest and most successful venture capital firms. Companies like Cascade, CIENA, Chipcom, NetGenesis, Parametric Technology, Sonus, Speechworks, Stratus Computer, Sybase, Vignette and dozens more have gone from idea to reality with the financial, managerial, and visionary backing of CRV. The firm's values are rooted in respect and support for the entrepreneurs who bring winning visions forward, and its investment returns are consistently among the highest of venture capital firms.
		ComVentures is a venture capital firm whose partners all have hands-on experience in the communications industry. ComVentures has consistently uncovered ground-breaking communications technologies, helped lead and grow its portfolio companies, and assisted these companies in deploying new technologies in an ever-changing marketplace. The firm's partners impart deep technical knowledge into the three sectors of communications in which ComVentures invests: network infrastructure, software, and services. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., ComVentures currently manages more than $1.2 billion in capital.
		Fidelity Ventures is the venture capital arm of Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest providers of financial services. Fidelity Ventures has actively invested in early-stage companies for more than 30 years, and many of the Fidelity Ventures-backed companies have gone on to become, or have been acquired by, industry leaders. Fidelity Ventures invests in emerging companies in the software, networking, and telecommunications industries, and has offices in Boston and London.
		Founded in 1982, Partech International is a venture capital firm that provides financing for start-up and emerging growth companies in the United States and abroad from its offices in San Francisco and Paris. The firm manages approximately $850 million in early stage venture, late stage venture, and public investments. For 20 years, Partech has built a successful track record of assisting entrepreneurs grow companies domestically and establish them as worldwide competitors.
		STAR Ventures is a venture capital group that invests in early stage, high-tech companies in the United States, Europe, and Israel. The firm focuses on companies that are already active internationally, or intend to establish international business activities. STAR currently holds close to $1 billion under management, and has invested in more than 150 companies. The firm operates from offices in Munich, Germany; Herzelia, Israel; and Dallas, Texas.
		TELUS Ventures is the strategic venture capital arm of TELUS Corporation, a long time Brix customer and one of the leading telecommunications companies in Canada. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, TELUS Ventures actively invests in high-potential companies, start-up businesses, and emerging technologies to accelerate TELUS' strategy of exploiting the convergence of data, voice, IP, and wireless. With $7.8 billion in annual revenue, 4.8 million network access lines, and four million wireless customers, TELUS is the largest telecommunications company in Western Canada and the second largest in the country.