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| + | Earlybird was founded in 1997 by the investment partners Hendrik Brandis, Christian Nagel, Roland Manger and Rolf Mathies. | ||
| + | The Earlybird Venture Capital firm recently moved its headquarters from Hamburg to Berlin[4] in support of the expanding innovative network of start-ups in Germany’s capital city. Parallel to their geographical transition towards Berlin, they have recently closed a €150M fund focused entirely on early-stage investments in disruptive global consumer and enterprise businesses across Europe. Additionally Earlybird has further offices in Munich and Istanbul. | ||
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==<b>Fiber Industry - FTTX Network </b>== | ==<b>Fiber Industry - FTTX Network </b>== | ||
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About Earlybird
Earlybird is one of the most experienced and successful venture investors in Europe. As a top tier European Venture Capital firm it manages around €650M in assets for an international investor base and is currently in its fourth fund generation, focusing mainly on the technology and health technology sector.
Founders
Raf Meersman
- Chief Executive Officer of Comsof
- Chief Technology Officer of Comsof
- Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Master in Electrotechnical Engineer & Telecommunications
Luc De Heyn
- Business Development Engineer of Comsof
- Master in Photonics Engineering
History
Earlybird was founded in 1997 by the investment partners Hendrik Brandis, Christian Nagel, Roland Manger and Rolf Mathies.
The Earlybird Venture Capital firm recently moved its headquarters from Hamburg to Berlin[4] in support of the expanding innovative network of start-ups in Germany’s capital city. Parallel to their geographical transition towards Berlin, they have recently closed a €150M fund focused entirely on early-stage investments in disruptive global consumer and enterprise businesses across Europe. Additionally Earlybird has further offices in Munich and Istanbul.
Fiber Industry - FTTX Network
Fiber to the x (FTTX) is a generic term for any broadband network architecture using optical fiber to provide all or part of the local loop used for last mile telecommunications.
Most common FTTX configurations are FTTB (fiber-to-the-building) FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) FTTD (fiber-to-the-desktop)
Products
Comsof only has two products: one is FiberPlanIT and the other one is INCA.
FiberPlanIT
FiberPlanIT is a powerful software to simplify the planning of FTTX networks and optimize the network performance. Use FiberPlanIT’s unrivaled flexibility to quickly evaluate different scenarios, selecting between numerous technologies and components. Users can therefore quantify the impact of your design choices on deployment and operational costs, selecting the most effective design strategy.
INCA
INCA simplifies the cost modelling for telecom operators and regulators. It is to simulate the cost modeling to reduce the cost of implementing fiber networks.
Customers
- Local authorities
- National network operators
- International equipment vendors
- Engineering companies
Company Culture
- Interesting and challenging teamwork
- Flexible and variety of work
- Involvement in many aspects of the business
References
Comsof Website
You can download our Comsof Company Presentation Slides here.
