Investments
43Portfolio Exits
8Funds
4About Gefinor Capital
Gefinor Capital provides capital flexibility to growth oriented, innovative companies. Its investment team has over 95 years of combined experience identifying investment opportunities and partnering with entrepreneurs. Gefinor Capital has capital under management through several funds, including two Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs). Its typical investment size is $2 million - $5 million per transaction, however, they have the ability to invest up to $10 million through our close network of co-investors.

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Latest Gefinor Capital News
Sep 5, 2017
Anokiwave Inc of San Diego, CA, USA – which provides highly integrated silicon core chips and III-V front-end integrated circuits for 5G communications, mobile satellite communications and aerospace & defense markets that require millimeter-wave (mmW) active antenna based solutions – has closed a Series C financing round led by new investor Gefinor Capital in conjunction with US Boston Capital Corp and its affiliate Pear Tree Partners, as well as other previous investors. Gefinor Capital partner Chris Davis will join Anokiwave’s board of directors. Following significant growth since the firm launched its first millimeter-wave active antenna silicon core IC family in 2015, the latest financing round is expected to drive continued growth in the 5G, SatCom and A&D markets. Anokiwave continues to see widespread and growing demand in its key markets from customers looking to industrialize planar active antennas at millimeter wavelengths via its all-silicon core ICs for commercial markets. “Anokiwave is the only company with a production-ready suite of silicon ICs for the nascent 5G telecom market,” notes Davis. “This leading position is directly attributable to great foresight from management, coupled with excellence in engineering and decades of team experience designing advanced communications antenna ICs,” he comments. “As the first 5G network deployments are starting in 2018, the urgency heightens to make millimeter-wave 5G technology commercially ready for consumers,” says Bill Umphrey, US Boston managing partner. “Anokiwave is continuing to make 5G a reality by leading the market with industrialized, production-ready products for millimeter-wave active antennas,” he adds. “With over 10 years of experience designing core ICs for millimeter waves, they are pushing this technology into prime-time for the 5G, SatCom, and A&D markets.” Anokiwave has developed a family of highly integrated millimeter-wave beam-steering silicon ICs. Silicon offers the ability to integrate RF, digital and analog functions on a single IC, the firm notes. This enables all of the requisite functions for the active antennas to be placed on the IC, which then resides within the radiating element lattice of the antenna, enabling low-profile, low-cost, low-weight planar (flat) solutions. “This latest funding round allows us to accelerate the introduction of our second generation of ICs, to develop the third generation of ICs, and to grow our teams worldwide,” says CEO Robert S. Donahue. See related items:
Gefinor Capital Investments
43 Investments
Gefinor Capital has made 43 investments. Their latest investment was in SocialFlow as part of their Series D on August 8, 2019.

Gefinor Capital Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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8/29/2019 | Series D | SocialFlow | $3.5M | No | 7 | |
8/28/2018 | Series D | Anokiwave | $14.85M | No | 1 | |
5/25/2017 | Series C | Anokiwave | $15.31M | Yes | Gefinor Capital, Pear Tree Partners, U.S. Boston Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | 3 |
4/4/2017 | Series C - II | |||||
10/9/2015 | Series B - II |
Date | 8/29/2019 | 8/28/2018 | 5/25/2017 | 4/4/2017 | 10/9/2015 |
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Round | Series D | Series D | Series C | Series C - II | Series B - II |
Company | SocialFlow | Anokiwave | Anokiwave | ||
Amount | $3.5M | $14.85M | $15.31M | ||
New? | No | No | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Gefinor Capital, Pear Tree Partners, U.S. Boston Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | ||||
Sources | 7 | 1 | 3 |
Gefinor Capital Portfolio Exits
8 Portfolio Exits
Gefinor Capital has 8 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was SocialFlow on February 10, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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2/10/2022 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Date | 2/10/2022 | ||||
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Exit | Acquired | ||||
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Sources | 2 |
Gefinor Capital Acquisitions
1 Acquisition
Gefinor Capital acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was Inman Ventures on January 11, 2002.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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1/11/2002 | Acquired |
Date | 1/11/2002 |
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Gefinor Capital Fund History
4 Fund Histories
Gefinor Capital has 4 funds, including Gefus SBIC II LP.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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7/19/2013 | Gefus SBIC II LP | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | $53M | 1 |
4/1/2001 | Gefus SBIC LP | ||||
12/31/1999 | Gefus Capital Partners I LP | ||||
12/1/1999 | Inman Ventures I LP |
Closing Date | 7/19/2013 | 4/1/2001 | 12/31/1999 | 12/1/1999 |
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Fund | Gefus SBIC II LP | Gefus SBIC LP | Gefus Capital Partners I LP | Inman Ventures I LP |
Fund Type | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | |||
Status | Closed | |||
Amount | $53M | |||
Sources | 1 |
Gefinor Capital Team
7 Team Members
Gefinor Capital has 7 team members, including , .
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Reza Akhavan | Founder | Current | |
Name | Reza Akhavan | ||||
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Title | Founder | ||||
Status | Current |