Founded in 2000., Eastven Venture Partners was a venture capital firm based in Darien, Connecticut. The firm focused primarily on the communications technology in European and North American companies that have proprietary technology. The firm specialized in the seed, early-stage, and later-stage investments with a focus on the communications technology market and in applications, network infrastructure, software, semiconductor, and enabling technology companies. This firm was formerly known as Ericsson Venture Partners, the corporate venture capital arm of Ericsson.