NetFortris is a provider of Unified Communications as a service (“UCaaS”) and managed IT network solutions to small and medium-sized businesses and enterprises (“SMBs” and “SMEs”). The Company’s offerings include hosted Voice-over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) telecommunications services through its proprietary Software-as-a-Service UCaaS platform, managed access, MPLS and SD-WAN services, and other value-added services including managed firewalls and security solutions. NetFortris serves over 6,000 customers, including major corporations as well as SMEs and SMBs operating in a variety of sectors including retail, financial services, technology, and healthcare. NetFortris delivers its security, communications and other IT services through a national network, with both an internal sales team and a host of channel partners. The Company’s private network provides access to all U.S. markets through regional points-of-presence in 8 key markets, such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, and New York. The Company has approximately 250 employees located primarily in Seattle, WA, Plano, TX, Los Angeles, CA, and the Philippines.
Spire Capital invested in Tarpon Towers in February 2010. Tarpon operated wireless communication towers throughout the United States. Under Spire Capital’s management, Tarpon grew its tower portfolio through a multi-part strategy consisting of both tower acquisitions and new tower development. Spire Capital exited the investment in Tarpon in October 2014 to American Towers.
Spire Capital began its investment in Ariston Global in April 2006 followed by add-on acquisitions. Ariston Global provided technology and software solutions to numerous enterprises for their communications infrastructure. Solutions included online CRM applications, customer self-service applications, network management tools, data analytics applications and other data integration/network focused tools. Ariston Global operated under two divisions, Ventraq and NetPlus. Ventraq was partially sold to GENBAND in July 2013 and remaining product set to NetBoss in July 2014. NetPlus was sold to BIA in August 2014.
Spire Capital invested in Vivax, Inc. in March 2001. Vivax provided cable television services in tier II and tier III markets in Brazil. Under Spire Capital management, Vivax offered pay-TV video services and a broadband Internet product providing service in excess of 300,000 unique customers. Vivax in February 2006 underwent an IPO process.
Spire Capital invested in Inflow, Inc. in June 2000. Under Spire Capital’s management, Inflow provided equipment colocation and value-added services for mission-critical e-business and data communications applications through secure, redundant, carrier-neutral data network exchange facilities. The Company’s focus was on small and medium-sized businesses with complex networking needs. The Inflow colocation strategy was to 1) target Tier II Internet cities which are less competitive; 2) build smaller sized data centers which accelerates speed to market; and 3) focus on smaller enterprise and e-commerce companies which may have a higher need for Inflow’s value-added services. The Company provided high-performance, reliable network connections to maximize the performance of its customers’ applications which they, in turn, provide for their business partners and customers. Services provided included server equipment colocation, direct high-speed connections, redundant power, fire suppression and security systems. In addition, Inflow offered value-added services such as redundant multi-carrier Internet access, application monitoring, managed firewall services, web-site load balancing, content distribution, intelligent routing and data storage services. Spire Capital exited the investment in Inflow in January 2005 to SunGuard.
Spire Capital invested in iNNERHOST, Inc. in June 2000. iNNERHOST provided shared and complex web hosting services to small and medium-sized businesses. In August 2002, Spire Capital aquired a significant equity holding in Interland due to the acquisition made by Interland for iNNERHOST. Interland provided web-hosting services to small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) concentrated in the United States. Interland’s products and services included shared, dedicated, and clustered-hosting services, database services, domain name registration services, back-up storage, and other application hosting services. Spire Capital liquidated its holdings during 2003.