Historical Investments

Alaska Native Wireless
CATALYST INVESTORS, LP – ACQUIRED: 2001
Joint venture with AT&T Wireless to develop wireless systems and to purchase C and F block PCS licenses auctioned by the FCC. Sold to AT&T in 2002.
TranActivity-ALASKA-NATIVE
 
Aloha Partners
CATALYST INVESTORS, LP – ACQUIRED: 2003
Nation-wide footprint of 700 MHz wireless spectrum licenses. Sold to AT&T for $2.5 billion in February 2008.
TranActivity-ALOHA
 
American Cellular
TD Capital (USA) – ACQUIRED: 1998
Wireless communication systems operator in rural markets in several states. Sold to for $2.3 billion to AT&T and Dobson Communications in February 2000.
TranActivity-AMCELLULAR
 
Aplus.net
CATALYST INVESTORS II, LP – ACQUIRED: 2006
Provider of shared / dedicated hosting, domain registration and web design services. Aplus was sold to Deluxe in 2009.
TranActivity-APLUS
 
CellNet Data Systems
TD Capital (USA) – ACQUIRED: 1994
Developed, commercialized and managed a proprietary system used principally for the automation of electric meter reading. Completed an IPO in 1997.
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Charter Communications
TD Capital (USA) – ACQUIRED: 1994
Owned and operated cable television systems. Sold to Vulcan Ventures in 1998.
TranActivity-CHARTER
 
Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR)
CATALYST INVESTORS, LP – ACQUIRED: 2004
Builder and operator of wireless broadband networks that enable Internet communications.
TranActivity-CLEARWIRE
 
Denali Spectrum Manager
CATALYST INVESTORS II, LP – ACQUIRED: 2006
Wireless spectrum owner covering the Great Lakes region (Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, etc.) in partnership with Leap Wireless International (“Leap”).
TranActivity-DENALI
 
Falcon Cable Media
TD Capital (USA) – ACQUIRED: 1998
Basic cable provider to nearly 350,000 subscribers in 21 states. Sold to Charter Communications in November 1999.
TranActivity-FALCON
 
General Communication (NASDAQ: GNCMA)
TD Capital (USA) – ACQUIRED: 1999
Alaska-based publicly traded provider of video, local, long-distance, internet, satellite and fiber based telecommunications services.
TranActivity-GCI
 
Global TeleSystems
TD Capital (USA) – ACQUIRED: 1996
Pan-European fiber owner and operator, which sold its services to carriers and large customers throughout Europe. Completed IPO in 1998.
TranActivity-GTS
 
Intermedia Partners
TD Capital (USA) – ACQUIRED: 1996
Cable multiple system operator (“MSO”) that served customers in Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee. Sold to TCI in 1999.
TranActivity-INTERMEDIA
 
Luxury Media
TD Capital (USA) – ACQUIRED: 1997
Publisher of The Robb Report, an award-winning magazine focused on the “luxury lifestyle,” among other lifestyle titles.
TranActivity-LUXURY
 
MessageLabs Group

CATALYST INVESTORS, LP – ACQUIRED: 2000

E-mail security services that protect corporate and governmental users from viruses, spam, and other undesirable content. Sold to Symantec for $695 million in October 2008.
TranActivity-MESSAGELABS
 
Nassau Broadcasting Partners
TD Capital (USA) – ACQUIRED: 1999
Radio operator with 21 stations in New Jersey and contiguous areas in New York and Pennsylvania.
TranActivity-NASSAU
 
Nine Systems
CATALYST INVESTORS, LP – ACQUIRED: 2000
Streaming media provider. Sold to Akamai for $160 million in December 2006.
TranActivity-NINE-new
 

Oneida Broadband

CATALYST INVESTORS II, LP – ACQUIRED: 2006

4G broadband wireless services provider in the United States on the BRS/EBS spectrum band.  Acquired by Sprint Nextel in March 2008.
TranActivity-ONEIDA

 

 

TCP Communications LLC

CATALYST INVESTORS, LP – ACQUIRED: 2002

Owner, developer and operator of over 200 wireless communications towers strategically located in the Eastern and Central United States.  Acquired by Global Tower Partners in March 2006.
TranActivity-TCP
 
Telemundo
CATALYST INVESTORS, LP – ACQUIRED: 2000
Second largest television broadcasting network in the United States targeting the Hispanic market.  Telemundo was acquired in April 2003 by NBC Broadcasting.
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