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Successful Partnerships
Geocapital is proud of the successful partnerships we have with our portfolio companies. We invite you to review our portfolio company testimonials and case studies.
Case Studies
  

Testimonials
Business Marketing Services
"Catalina benefited from the knowledge, honesty and judgment that Geocapital brought to each board meeting."
-Mike O'Brien, Chairman Emeritus, Catalina Marketing
(NYSE: POS)
Catalina Marketing (NYSE: POS) provides a wide range of strategic, targeted electronic marketing solutions for consumer goods companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers and their respective retailers.
"Geocapital has provided MemberWorks with invaluable insight into managing our explosive growth."
-Gary Johnson, CEO, MemberWorks
(Nasdaq: MBRS)
MemberWorks (Nasdaq: MBRS) is a leader in bringing value to consumers by designing innovative membership programs that offer services and discounts on everyday needs in healthcare, personal finance, insurance, travel, entertainment, computing, fashion, and personal security.
Communications and Networking
"Geocapital was a remarkably perceptive contributor to the Axon Board's marketing and customer decisions. I believe this derives from their own market oriented business model."
-Peter Palmer, President, Axon Networks
Axon Networks provides local area network and wide area network monitoring and management solutions for OEMs and end users. It was acquired by 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS).
"Geocapital Partners provided critical Board level leadership to our company as we experienced rapid growth and success."
-David Garrison, CEO, Netcom On-line Communication Services
(Nasdaq: ELNK)
Netcom (Nasdaq: NETC) was one of the first ISPs, providing internet access services for individuals and businesses. Since its IPO, Netcom was acquired by Earthlink (Nasdaq: ELNK), the 2nd largest ISP.
"We are extremely pleased to have Geocapital as a partner in our quest to build a major telecommunications company. Their industry knowledge, strategic vision, and capital resources will help us to expand our service offerings and distribution channels, as well as to continue the development of our worldwide network. For a fast moving company like ours, we could not have selected a better partner than Geocapital."
-Jason Chon, Founder & CEO, Locus Telecommunications
Locus is an integrated telecommunications carrier providing products and services including VoIP (voice over IP), prepaid calling cards and prepaid cellular phones in both the national and international ethnic markets.
Electronic Commerce
“Geocapital has played an essential part in StepStone’s success. Their willingness to jump on a plane on short notice to interview potential candidates and their excellent judgment of character based on years of experience has been hugely contributory in building the strong management team which I am extremely proud to lead.”
-Giles Clarke, CEO, StepStone
(LSE:SSO; OSE:STP.OL)
StepStone (LSE:SSO; OSE:STP.OL) is Europe's leading online portal for recruiting and career services.
"One of the successful things I've done as the Chairman of StepStone was to get Geocapital on the deal. From meeting with potential acquisition targets, to selling top management candidates, to corporate strategy, Geocapital has been a key to kickstarting StepStone to market leadership."
-Bjorn Stray, Director and former Chairman, StepStone
(LSE:SSO; OSE:STP.OL)
StepStone (LSE:SSO; OSE:STP.OL) is Europe's leading online portal for recruiting and career services.
"Geocapital has the proven capability of supporting Internet companies expanding across Europe and into the USA, which was unique in our experience. Their keiretsu of contacts in the business marketing services sector is invaluable to us; they previously backed billion dollar public companies such as Catalina Marketing Inc. and MemberWorks Inc. During my 12 years of being an entrepreneur and having gone through 10 rounds of financing at three companies, I have never before experienced a better or more supportive relationship than the one I have with Geocapital. They are by far the best partnership I have ever been involved with.”
-Seif Saghri, Founder & CEO, Motivano (formerly Perks4u)
Motivano is the leading provider of online employee benefits packages, combining traditional and e-business approaches to deliver innovative benefits, communication tools and HR solutions to corporations at a lower cost per customer.
“Geocapital has a fantastic record of turning leadership into world dominance and there is no question – that’s our goal. What impressed us most about Geocapital was the level of intellectual capital, which combined with their financial capability and Internet investment experience made them a perfect fit for us.”
-Richard Downs, CEO, Iglu.com
Iglu.com is Europe’s leading ski and snowboard e-commerce website, providing online, real-time booking for over 12,000 chalets, apartments and packages in over 300 resorts worldwide.
Enterprise Applications Solutions and Services
"Expanding into the US was no small task… new market, different business culture, no infrastructure and few resources. But Geocapital’s resources and contacts in the US and Europe, their knowledge of both markets, and most importantly, their willingness to be ‘hands on’ makes them the most valuable partner for the transatlantic expansion of our company.”
-David Hallden, Founder and Former CEO, Establish
Establish is a transatlantic Internet and supply chain consultancy with focused expertise in the manufacturing, distribution and pharmaceuticals industries.
"Our investment partnership with Geocapital provides us with the resources and experience needed to fully implement our growth strategy and to expand our market leadership both internationally and on the Internet. Geocapital shares our vision for the future, not only within the Help Authoring market, but also for other markets, such as the Internet, which we intend to enter with new product offerings. We are pleased to have them aboard as an active partner in our strategic development."
-Jorgen Lien, CEO, eHelp Corporation (formerly Blue Sky Software)
eHelp provides innovative online user assistance solutions - focusing on improving the usability of Web-based applications.
“We are very excited about the new partnership we have formed with Geocapital. The IT experience that the company’s partners bring, their dedication to making Halogen grow further… will ensure that we maintain our emerging status as Europe’s leading strategic e-Business solutions provider.”
-Franco Fedeli, Chairman, Halogen
Halogen is a premier European e-business services company providing both strategy and IT consulting. Halogen has a strong vertical expertise in Financial Services and Telecom.
"We have gained great value from the contacts we have made through Geocapital. Geocapital’s accessibility and willingness to introduce us to key professionals to work with in important areas such as marketing, sales, recruitment and international development have had an incredible effect on our ability to grow qarana…”
-Agustin Cuenca, CEO, qarana...
qarana... is a recognized leader in e-commerce solutions for banking, insurance and broadband communications in Europe.
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