The company was founded in 1997 by a group of accomplished communication industry executives for the purpose of investing in promising communications, advanced technology and Internet-related companies. A criterion of their investments is that at least one of those executives has expertise in the industry and that they actively participate in the development of the company. The HLMB partners have over 50 years of telecommunication experience and currently each occupies a very senior position in publicly traded company. These companies range from multi-billion dollar enterprises to exciting next-generation communication start-ups.

This highly experienced team of telecommunications veterans has the knowledge and foresight to help guide emerging companies through their planning and development stages as well as through mergers ,acquisitions or I.P.O.