Eastven Venture Partners, formerly Ericsson Venture Partners, is a venture capital firm, focusing on communications technology which is a substantial portion of the IT sector. Eastven benefits from its heritage as the exclusive venture capital vehicle for Ericsson for Europe and North America. Ericsson is the leading wireless network equipment provider and a significant player across all of the communications technology industry. Today, as an independent venture capital firm, Eastven leverages deep industry experience and its relationships with Ericsson, Sony-Ericsson, enterprises such as Merrill Lynch and operators around the world to add value to its portfolio companies and realize superior returns for its investors.