JUMP Investors is a Los Angeles-based venture capital and private equity firm that today functions as a family office and investment firm. Since its formation in 1999, JUMP has invested in a variety of real estate companies, private equity funds, hedge funds, and more than 40 early-stage technology companies including Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Avamar Technologies (acquired by EMC), Business.com (acquired by R.H. Donnelley), Community Connect (acquired by Radio One), Google (GOOG), GSX Group (acquired by Open Text) L90 (acquired by Intermix), Postini (acquired by Google), Seagate (STX), UrgentRx, and ViaFone (acquired by Extended Systems).