Alta Communications is an American
private equity firm
A private equity firm or private equity company (often described as a financial sponsor) is an investment management company that provides financial backing and makes investments in the private equity of a Startup company, startup or of an existin ...
primarily working with media and the communication sector.
Their
equity fund
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s are invested in about 100 companies.
Alta Communications is no longer related to
Alta Partners, based in San Francisco.
History
Alta Communications was formed in late 1996 as part of the dissolution of
Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO), an early
venture capital
Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to start-up company, startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that have been deemed to have high growth potential or that have demonstrated high growth in ...
firm that had been founded in 1979.
See also
*
Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co.
*
Alta Partners
*
Polaris Venture Partners
References
Alta Communications and Mackler & Fisher Acquire HMP Communications (August 20, 2007)
*Gupta, Udayan.
Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories
2000
External links
Alta Communications corporate website
{{Venture capital firms
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Venture capital firms of the United States
American companies established in 1996
Financial services companies established in 1996
Mass media companies established in 1996
Telecommunications companies established in 1996
Companies based in Boston