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Company type | Private ownership |
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Industry | Private equity |
Predecessor | Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. |
Founded | 1996 |
Founder | Craig Burr, William P. Egan |
Headquarters |
28 State Street Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Products | Venture capital |
Website | altacomm.com |
Alta Communications is an American private equity firm primarily working with media and the communication sector.
Their equity funds are invested in about 100 companies with a total market capitalization approximately $1.5 billion.
Alta Communications is no longer related to Alta Partners, based in San Francisco. [1]
Alta Communications was formed in late 1996 as part of the dissolution of Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO), [2] an early venture capital firm that had been founded in 1979. [3]
The firm was founded by Craig Burr and William P. Egan who also co-founded Alta’s predecessor firm, Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co., in 1979. Alta traces its origins to TA Associates, where Burr and Egan were formerly partners.
Alta Communications invests primarily in later-stage opportunities in the traditional media and telecommunications sectors and has a portfolio of investments in the following sectors:
Since its founding in 1996, Alta Communications has raised four venture capital funds focusing on late stage opportunities with nearly $1.5 billion of investor commitments.
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Company type | Private ownership |
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Industry | Private equity |
Predecessor | Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. |
Founded | 1996 |
Founder | Craig Burr, William P. Egan |
Headquarters |
28 State Street Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Products | Venture capital |
Website | altacomm.com |
Alta Communications is an American private equity firm primarily working with media and the communication sector.
Their equity funds are invested in about 100 companies with a total market capitalization approximately $1.5 billion.
Alta Communications is no longer related to Alta Partners, based in San Francisco. [1]
Alta Communications was formed in late 1996 as part of the dissolution of Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO), [2] an early venture capital firm that had been founded in 1979. [3]
The firm was founded by Craig Burr and William P. Egan who also co-founded Alta’s predecessor firm, Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co., in 1979. Alta traces its origins to TA Associates, where Burr and Egan were formerly partners.
Alta Communications invests primarily in later-stage opportunities in the traditional media and telecommunications sectors and has a portfolio of investments in the following sectors:
Since its founding in 1996, Alta Communications has raised four venture capital funds focusing on late stage opportunities with nearly $1.5 billion of investor commitments.