Alta Communications was an American private equity firm primarily working with media and the communication sector.

Their equity funds are invested in about 100 companies.

Alta Communications is no longer related to Alta Partners, based in San Francisco.

History

Alta Communications was formed in late 1996 as part of the dissolution of Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO), an early venture capital firm that had been founded in 1979.

See also

• Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co.

• Alta Partners

• Polaris Venture Partners

References

• Alta Communications and Mackler & Fisher Acquire HMP Communications (August 20, 2007)

• A Generation Gap in Venture Capital

• Gupta, Udayan. Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories, 2000

External links

• Alta Communications corporate website