AboveNet

AboveNet was an internet service provider organized with superior physical facilities to provide reliable internet services wholesale to resellers and directly to Fortune 1000 end users.

Jerry Engel led a series B investment on behalf of Kline Hawkes in June of 1998.

AboveNet leveraged $21 million of private equity to achieve a successful IPO with a subsequent acquisition by a major competitor for over $1.5 billion.