Stereo Capital

STCAP is a venture capital firm established in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California. The firm specializes in growth and late-stage investments, focusing on sectors such as software infrastructure, data storage, networking, the Internet of Things, cloud management, virtualization, security, big data, analytics, and applications. STCAP targets both consumer and enterprise markets, investing in industries including financial services, transportation, sales and marketing, retail and social, as well as healthcare and wellness. Through its strategic investments, STCAP aims to support innovative companies that leverage mobile and cloud technologies to drive growth and efficiency in their respective fields.

Dmitry Dakhnovsky

Managing Partner

Jim Smith

Managing Partner

18 past transactions

HomeLight

Series D in 2024
HomeLight, Inc. is a real estate platform based in San Francisco, California, that connects homebuyers and sellers with real estate agents using data and agent reviews. Founded in 2011, the company offers a suite of innovative products designed to simplify the real estate transaction process. These products enable clients to make all-cash offers, purchase new homes before selling their current properties, and navigate a modern closing process. HomeLight's platform aims to enhance the overall experience for homebuyers and sellers by providing certainty and efficiency throughout their real estate journey.

HomeLight

Series D in 2021
HomeLight, Inc. is a real estate platform based in San Francisco, California, that connects homebuyers and sellers with real estate agents using data and agent reviews. Founded in 2011, the company offers a suite of innovative products designed to simplify the real estate transaction process. These products enable clients to make all-cash offers, purchase new homes before selling their current properties, and navigate a modern closing process. HomeLight's platform aims to enhance the overall experience for homebuyers and sellers by providing certainty and efficiency throughout their real estate journey.

Prime Trust

Series A in 2021
Prime Trust was founded in 2016 on the belief that the future of finance is digital. Through a full suite of APIs, we help financial institutions and fintech companies build seamlessly, launch quickly, and scale securely. As an independent, regulated trust company, we work with clients such as crypto exchanges and payment platforms, who rely on our trusted, secure ecosystem and institutional grade blockchain technology. Prime Trust solutions are at the center of a quickly-evolving crypto industry, providing the infrastructure that merges digital assets with traditional finance. For fintech businesses in the US and around the world, Prime Trust makes it possible to securely and compliantly access the digital economy. The company is recognized by Forbes as America’s Best Startup Employer 2022 and is also Great Place to Work-Certified™ 2022. Prime Trust has also been named to CB Insights Blockchain 50 for 2022. Visit us at www.primetrust.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.

Trulioo

Series D in 2021
Trulioo is a global leader in identity verification, offering an electronic platform that enables businesses to instantly verify identities, documents, and corporate credentials online. The company's services facilitate compliance with cross-border anti-money laundering and know-your-customer regulations by assessing the risks associated with digital identities. Trulioo combines traditional methods of identity confirmation with social networking technologies to provide a robust solution for verifying identities in the online environment. Through its digital identity network, Trulioo helps businesses mitigate risks while ensuring secure transactions and accurate identity verification.

Webscale Networks

Series C in 2021
Webscale Networks, Inc., established in 2012, specializes in developing Webscale, an integrated solution for delivering web applications. Its cloud-based platform offers auto-scaling capabilities driven by predictive analytics and big data, ensuring optimal resource allocation. Key features include application delivery controller (ADC) layer scaling, RESTful API configuration, simplified integration with new providers, content optimization, security, load balancing, caching, self-healing, DNS management, visibility, mobile optimization, and a Web Application Firewall. Additionally, the company provides tailored solutions for e-commerce applications, including a customizable global deployment platform, multi-cloud disaster recovery, bot management, and enterprise solutions. Webscale operates globally with offices in Sunnyvale (California), Boulder (Colorado), and Bengaluru (India).

PerimeterX

Series D in 2021
PerimeterX, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing solutions to prevent automated attacks and malicious web behavior. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional locations in London, Miami, and a subsidiary in Tel Aviv, the company offers a suite of products aimed at protecting web infrastructure. Its flagship solutions, known as PerimeterX Bot Defender, provide real-time defenses against various types of bot attacks, including those targeting websites, mobile applications, and APIs. By leveraging behavioral analytics and advanced threat detection techniques, PerimeterX helps organizations in sectors such as e-commerce, travel, and media safeguard their digital assets from account abuse, web scraping, and marketing fraud. The company's innovative approach has garnered recognition, including being listed among the top cybersecurity startups and promising artificial intelligence firms.

Scalefast

Series B in 2020
Scalefast is a global e-commerce platform that empowers brands in entertainment, consumer goods, and fashion sectors. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, with offices in Madrid and Paris, the company offers a comprehensive suite of tools and services to simplify and enhance online shopping experiences. Scalefast's platform provides business infrastructure, e-commerce operations, internationalization, fulfillment, fraud protection, and customer engagement features such as social sign-on, local currency and languages, checkout cross-selling, exclusive bundling, subscriptions, and loyalty programs. By leveraging artificial intelligence and e-commerce expertise, Scalefast enables brands to scale quickly, increase revenue, and better understand and retain customers.

Nylas

Series B in 2020
Nylas Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, develops a communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) that facilitates seamless connectivity between applications and email, calendar, and contact services. The company's flagship product, Nylas, enables businesses worldwide to automate manual tasks, create personalized experiences, and gain insights from communication data. It offers bi-directional sync with major providers like Gmail, Outlook.com, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, and IMAP, supporting embedded calendar features and recurring events. Nylas operates additional locations in New York and Denver.

Arctic Wolf

Series D in 2020
Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc., established in 2012 and headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, specializes in providing comprehensive cybersecurity solutions to businesses. The company offers a suite of services including Managed Detection and Response, Managed Risk, and Managed Cloud Monitoring, delivered through its unique concierge security team model. This approach extends the capabilities of clients' internal teams, offering tailored threat detection, response, and ongoing risk management. Arctic Wolf's platform employs continuous vulnerability assessment, real-time monitoring, and machine learning to provide actionable insights and alerts, enabling businesses to proactively combat cyber threats without needing to invest in their own security operations center. The company serves a diverse range of industries, with a particular focus on financial services, healthcare, legal enterprises, and other mid-to-large sized organizations.

Lendio

Series E in 2020
Lendio, Inc. operates an online lending marketplace that connects small business owners in the United States with various lenders, including banks and credit unions. Founded in 2005 and based in Lehi, Utah, Lendio provides a platform where business owners can compare and access a diverse range of financing options, such as short-term loans, long-term traditional loans, business lines of credit, startup loans, and equipment financing, among others. In addition to facilitating access to capital, Lendio also offers tools and resources to help small businesses manage their cash flow and improve their credit ratings. The company is committed to supporting low-income entrepreneurs globally by donating a portion of its funds to foster their growth. Previously known as Funding Universe, Inc., Lendio rebranded in February 2011 to reflect its focus on the lending marketplace.

Iterable

Series D in 2019
Iterable, Inc. operates a consumer growth marketing and user engagement platform tailored for mid-market and enterprise B2C companies. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, the company provides tools that allow marketers to communicate with users across multiple channels, including email, mobile, social media, and web. Its platform features capabilities such as real-time segmentation, automation, customization, and A/B testing. Additionally, Iterable supports engineers in triggering campaigns, managing user event data, and exporting campaign metrics. The company also offers specialized solutions for e-commerce, political marketing, and media companies, helping clients execute campaigns ranging from shopping cart abandonment notifications to transactional messages. By leveraging artificial intelligence and behavior-driven data, Iterable enables organizations to engage customers effectively throughout their lifecycle, enhancing customer interactions and driving growth.

HomeLight

Debt Financing in 2019
HomeLight, Inc. is a real estate platform based in San Francisco, California, that connects homebuyers and sellers with real estate agents using data and agent reviews. Founded in 2011, the company offers a suite of innovative products designed to simplify the real estate transaction process. These products enable clients to make all-cash offers, purchase new homes before selling their current properties, and navigate a modern closing process. HomeLight's platform aims to enhance the overall experience for homebuyers and sellers by providing certainty and efficiency throughout their real estate journey.

HomeLight

Series C in 2019
HomeLight, Inc. is a real estate platform based in San Francisco, California, that connects homebuyers and sellers with real estate agents using data and agent reviews. Founded in 2011, the company offers a suite of innovative products designed to simplify the real estate transaction process. These products enable clients to make all-cash offers, purchase new homes before selling their current properties, and navigate a modern closing process. HomeLight's platform aims to enhance the overall experience for homebuyers and sellers by providing certainty and efficiency throughout their real estate journey.

Weave

Series D in 2019
Weave is the all-in-one customer communication and engagement platform for small business. From the first phone call to the final invoice and every touchpoint in between, Weave connects the entire customer journey. Weave’s software solutions transform how local businesses attract, communicate with and engage customers to grow their business. The first Utah company to join Y Combinator, Weave has set the bar for Utah startup achievement & work culture. In the past year, Weave has been included in the Forbes Cloud 100, Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies in America, and Glassdoor Best Places to Work. To learn more, visit www.getweave.com/newsroom/ With over 15,000 customers, Weave was the first Utah company to join Y Combinator and has received several renowned awards, including the Fortune 100 Best Companies 2019, Forbes 2019 Cloud 100 and Forbes 2020 Next Billion-Dollar Startups, the 2019 and 2020 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies in America, Glassdoor’s 2019 and 2020 Best Places to Work and 2019 Top CEOs.

Iterable

Series C in 2019
Iterable, Inc. operates a consumer growth marketing and user engagement platform tailored for mid-market and enterprise B2C companies. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, the company provides tools that allow marketers to communicate with users across multiple channels, including email, mobile, social media, and web. Its platform features capabilities such as real-time segmentation, automation, customization, and A/B testing. Additionally, Iterable supports engineers in triggering campaigns, managing user event data, and exporting campaign metrics. The company also offers specialized solutions for e-commerce, political marketing, and media companies, helping clients execute campaigns ranging from shopping cart abandonment notifications to transactional messages. By leveraging artificial intelligence and behavior-driven data, Iterable enables organizations to engage customers effectively throughout their lifecycle, enhancing customer interactions and driving growth.

Zumper

Series C in 2018
Zumper, Inc. is an online and mobile platform that facilitates the search for rental properties in the United States, including apartments, houses, and condos. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Zumper aims to simplify the renting process, making it as convenient as booking a hotel. The platform provides real-time apartment listings that can be filtered by various criteria such as location, price, and amenities. In addition to listing properties, Zumper offers leasing tools for landlords and agents, as well as a digital leasing solution called Instarent, which streamlines the rental application process for users. With over 125 million site visits annually, Zumper has established itself as the largest privately owned rental platform in North America, boasting a significant user base and a commitment to enhancing the rental experience.

Fastly

Series F in 2018
Fastly, Inc., established in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, operates an edge cloud platform. This platform enables businesses to process, serve, and secure their applications at the edge of the internet, enhancing digital experiences for users. It serves a diverse range of industries, including digital publishing, media, technology, and finance. Unlike traditional content delivery networks, Fastly focuses on fewer, strategically located data centers, allowing customers to program on its platform for dynamic content delivery and edge computing. As of 2019, its edge network spans 68 points-of-presence worldwide.

Lendio

Series D in 2016
Lendio, Inc. operates an online lending marketplace that connects small business owners in the United States with various lenders, including banks and credit unions. Founded in 2005 and based in Lehi, Utah, Lendio provides a platform where business owners can compare and access a diverse range of financing options, such as short-term loans, long-term traditional loans, business lines of credit, startup loans, and equipment financing, among others. In addition to facilitating access to capital, Lendio also offers tools and resources to help small businesses manage their cash flow and improve their credit ratings. The company is committed to supporting low-income entrepreneurs globally by donating a portion of its funds to foster their growth. Previously known as Funding Universe, Inc., Lendio rebranded in February 2011 to reflect its focus on the lending marketplace.
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