Diamondhead Ventures

Diamondhead Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Burlingame, California, founded in 2000. The firm focuses on investing in start-ups that are developing disruptive innovations across various sectors, including information security, enterprise solutions, computational biology, and software-as-a-service. By targeting these high-potential areas, Diamondhead Ventures aims to support and accelerate the growth of emerging companies that demonstrate significant technological advancements.

Raman Khanna

Founding Managing Director

31 past transactions

FirstRain

Venture Round in 2010
FirstRain, Inc. is a developer of a cloud-based business analytics platform headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in New York and Gurgaon, India. Founded in 2000, the company focuses on transforming how businesses make decisions by utilizing its advanced analytics technology to capture and analyze vast amounts of unstructured data from the web and social media. This platform is tailored for sales, marketing, and finance professionals, enabling them to identify new sales opportunities, generate leads, and assess business risks effectively. FirstRain's solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly with leading CRM and social enterprise platforms, enhancing the decision-making process for Fortune 1000 companies by providing insights that are aligned with their specific strategies and market needs. As of July 2017, FirstRain operates as a subsidiary of Ignite Technologies, Inc.

Cavium

Post in 2009
Cavium Networks is a developer of semiconductor processors focused on networking, communications, and storage solutions. The company designs, develops, and markets high-performance semiconductor products that facilitate intelligent and secure networking, allowing customers to create application-aware and content-aware equipment. These products are capable of securely processing voice, video, and data traffic at high speeds. Cavium sells its offerings directly and through contract manufacturing organizations and distributors, serving clients in various sectors, including networking, wireless, storage, and electronic equipment, primarily in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and China. The company has established collaborations with firms like Aricent Inc. to enhance LTE eNodeB solutions and has agreements with Atheros Communications Inc. and Design of Systems on Silicon S.A. to improve HD video transmission and distribution technologies for flat panel displays.

UPEK

Venture Round in 2009
UPEK, Inc., the global leader in biometric fingerprint security solutions, offers integrated end-to-end solutions including comprehensive design & integration services to the world’s leading consumer and industrial products companies. UPEK solutions enable the strongest fingerprint authentication security available and effortless user convenience. UPEK security solutions are easy to deploy and integrate with existing infrastructure and network architectures. UPEK biometric security products enable a wide range of applications including password replacement for PCs and applications, centralized management for corporate network security, secure mobile transactions, protection of portable data, identity verification for government and military applications, and physical access control. UPEK has been pioneering biometric fingerprint technology since 1996 and shipping product in volume since 1999. UPEK is headquartered near Berkeley, California with offices in Prague, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo.

Truviso

Venture Round in 2009
Truviso is a provider of data analytics software designed to offer network-driven businesses immediate insights into their operations through the continuous analysis of live production data. Its solutions address the limitations of traditional data warehouse and business intelligence systems, which often fail to deliver timely and actionable information in the face of rapidly increasing data volumes. Truviso's software enables users to combine current and historical data in real time, ensuring accurate visibility and actionable insights for marketing, sales, and operations teams, as well as for partners and customers. By facilitating visibility and action across diverse systems, Truviso empowers organizations to enhance their operational efficiency and decision-making processes.

FirstRain

Venture Round in 2008
FirstRain, Inc. is a developer of a cloud-based business analytics platform headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in New York and Gurgaon, India. Founded in 2000, the company focuses on transforming how businesses make decisions by utilizing its advanced analytics technology to capture and analyze vast amounts of unstructured data from the web and social media. This platform is tailored for sales, marketing, and finance professionals, enabling them to identify new sales opportunities, generate leads, and assess business risks effectively. FirstRain's solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly with leading CRM and social enterprise platforms, enhancing the decision-making process for Fortune 1000 companies by providing insights that are aligned with their specific strategies and market needs. As of July 2017, FirstRain operates as a subsidiary of Ignite Technologies, Inc.

Serus

Venture Round in 2008
Serus Corporation specializes in intelligent operations management solutions tailored for enterprises that outsource their manufacturing processes. Founded in 2000 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company provides a comprehensive suite of services designed to enhance business performance across various sectors, including semiconductor, consumer electronics, and original equipment manufacturing. Its offerings include transaction automation, operations planning, and business performance management solutions that facilitate the integration of business processes among trading partners. Key products encompass work-in-progress management for visibility and analysis, supply chain planning for modeling and material allocation, demand planning for forecasting, and purchase order management. Additionally, Serus provides fulfillment solutions, sales order management systems, and dashboard solutions for performance tracking. The company also supports its clients through subscription services, application hosting, trading partner management, and customer support, enabling effective collaboration and operational efficiency.

Serus

Series C in 2007
Serus Corporation specializes in intelligent operations management solutions tailored for enterprises that outsource their manufacturing processes. Founded in 2000 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company provides a comprehensive suite of services designed to enhance business performance across various sectors, including semiconductor, consumer electronics, and original equipment manufacturing. Its offerings include transaction automation, operations planning, and business performance management solutions that facilitate the integration of business processes among trading partners. Key products encompass work-in-progress management for visibility and analysis, supply chain planning for modeling and material allocation, demand planning for forecasting, and purchase order management. Additionally, Serus provides fulfillment solutions, sales order management systems, and dashboard solutions for performance tracking. The company also supports its clients through subscription services, application hosting, trading partner management, and customer support, enabling effective collaboration and operational efficiency.

Habeas

Venture Round in 2006
Habeas provides online reputation management services in the United States. Its sender's solutions include Habeas Audit, which helps commercial senders to evaluate their existing email practices in order to maintain or improve brand perception, email delivery rates, and campaign ROI; Habeas SafeList, allows safe listed senders receive significant delivery uplift to ISPs and corporations; Habeas Email Monitor, provides a set of business intelligence services for managing reputation information.

Availigent

Series B in 2006
Availigent, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, specializing in application service management software designed for Linux-based dynamic data centers. Founded in 1998 and formerly known as Eternal Systems, Inc., the company provides software solutions that enable data center professionals to effectively monitor, manage, and migrate mission-critical Linux applications. Its flagship product, Duration, aids organizations in optimizing application service levels, enhancing the utilization of commodity-based computing infrastructure, and reducing the costs and complexities associated with application deployment and system administration. Availigent's focus is on delivering reliable software that supports the operational needs of data centers, ensuring fault tolerance and efficient management of applications.

Cranite Systems

Series C in 2006
Cranite Systems, Inc. offers access solutions for SMBs, enterprises, and government markets. The company's products include SafeConnect, a remote access solution that enables enterprise connectivity from wireless hotspots and other public wireless, or wired locations; and WirelessWall, a software solution for securing wireless local area networks inside the enterprise. It delivers its products and services through a network of value-added resellers, integrators, and solution providers. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

Nitronex

Venture Round in 2006
Nitronex is a company specializing in the development and manufacturing of gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) RF power devices. Founded in 1999 by graduates from North Carolina State University's wide bandgap program, the company is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. Nitronex is recognized as a global leader in high-performance GaN-on-Si RF power devices, holding 21 patents with an additional 17 pending. The company's products are primarily aimed at wireless communications, solid-state lighting, and data storage applications, with a focus on wireless infrastructure, broadband, and military markets. Through its innovative technology, Nitronex provides RF power transistors that enhance the performance and efficiency of various electronic systems.

FirstRain

Venture Round in 2006
FirstRain, Inc. is a developer of a cloud-based business analytics platform headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in New York and Gurgaon, India. Founded in 2000, the company focuses on transforming how businesses make decisions by utilizing its advanced analytics technology to capture and analyze vast amounts of unstructured data from the web and social media. This platform is tailored for sales, marketing, and finance professionals, enabling them to identify new sales opportunities, generate leads, and assess business risks effectively. FirstRain's solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly with leading CRM and social enterprise platforms, enhancing the decision-making process for Fortune 1000 companies by providing insights that are aligned with their specific strategies and market needs. As of July 2017, FirstRain operates as a subsidiary of Ignite Technologies, Inc.

Reactivity

Venture Round in 2006
Reactivity was a technology company that specialized in securing, accelerating, and managing XML and Web service environments for enterprises. Founded in 1998 and based in Belmont, California, the company developed various products, including XML Infrastructure appliances that integrated hardware with an XML operating system. Its offerings included a Manager tool that allowed professionals to define policies and monitor compliance, Gateway-D, a desktop solution for developers and testers, and Gatekeeper, which provided security for XML Web services. Reactivity's innovative solutions aimed to enhance the reliability and performance of XML-based applications. In 2007, the company was acquired by Cisco.

Serus

Series B in 2005
Serus Corporation specializes in intelligent operations management solutions tailored for enterprises that outsource their manufacturing processes. Founded in 2000 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company provides a comprehensive suite of services designed to enhance business performance across various sectors, including semiconductor, consumer electronics, and original equipment manufacturing. Its offerings include transaction automation, operations planning, and business performance management solutions that facilitate the integration of business processes among trading partners. Key products encompass work-in-progress management for visibility and analysis, supply chain planning for modeling and material allocation, demand planning for forecasting, and purchase order management. Additionally, Serus provides fulfillment solutions, sales order management systems, and dashboard solutions for performance tracking. The company also supports its clients through subscription services, application hosting, trading partner management, and customer support, enabling effective collaboration and operational efficiency.

PassMark Security

Series B in 2005
As of April 24, 2006, PassMark Security, Inc. was acquired by RSA Security, Inc. PassMark Security, Inc. offers authentication solutions for online banking. It provides front-to-back system that includes real-time risk-based analytics, layered security, shared fraud data network, multi-model decision engine, and automated supplemental authentication. The company offers Two-Factor Two-Way Authentication to provide security without requiring end-users to install new software or carry anything they do not already have with them. It serves retail and small business users, financial institutions, banks, and e-commerce Web sites. PassMark Security, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Cavium

Series D in 2004
Cavium Networks is a developer of semiconductor processors focused on networking, communications, and storage solutions. The company designs, develops, and markets high-performance semiconductor products that facilitate intelligent and secure networking, allowing customers to create application-aware and content-aware equipment. These products are capable of securely processing voice, video, and data traffic at high speeds. Cavium sells its offerings directly and through contract manufacturing organizations and distributors, serving clients in various sectors, including networking, wireless, storage, and electronic equipment, primarily in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and China. The company has established collaborations with firms like Aricent Inc. to enhance LTE eNodeB solutions and has agreements with Atheros Communications Inc. and Design of Systems on Silicon S.A. to improve HD video transmission and distribution technologies for flat panel displays.

Orative Corporation

Series B in 2004
Orative Corporation develops mobile software solutions that improve voice communications for business mobile phone users. Its Orative Enterprise Software, a client-server solution, provides users to coordinate conversations, collaborate with colleagues, screen unwanted calls and interruptions, and access personal and corporate phone books. Orative was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. Orative Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

UPEK

Series A in 2004
UPEK, Inc., the global leader in biometric fingerprint security solutions, offers integrated end-to-end solutions including comprehensive design & integration services to the world’s leading consumer and industrial products companies. UPEK solutions enable the strongest fingerprint authentication security available and effortless user convenience. UPEK security solutions are easy to deploy and integrate with existing infrastructure and network architectures. UPEK biometric security products enable a wide range of applications including password replacement for PCs and applications, centralized management for corporate network security, secure mobile transactions, protection of portable data, identity verification for government and military applications, and physical access control. UPEK has been pioneering biometric fingerprint technology since 1996 and shipping product in volume since 1999. UPEK is headquartered near Berkeley, California with offices in Prague, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo.

Reactivity

Venture Round in 2003
Reactivity was a technology company that specialized in securing, accelerating, and managing XML and Web service environments for enterprises. Founded in 1998 and based in Belmont, California, the company developed various products, including XML Infrastructure appliances that integrated hardware with an XML operating system. Its offerings included a Manager tool that allowed professionals to define policies and monitor compliance, Gateway-D, a desktop solution for developers and testers, and Gatekeeper, which provided security for XML Web services. Reactivity's innovative solutions aimed to enhance the reliability and performance of XML-based applications. In 2007, the company was acquired by Cisco.

Teradiant Networks

Series A in 2003
Teradiant Networks, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that develops and markets semiconductors and platforms for developers of IP routers, multiservice switches, and metro and enterprise switches. The company designs and markets traffic management microchips under the brand name TeraPacket.

Cavium

Series C in 2003
Cavium Networks is a developer of semiconductor processors focused on networking, communications, and storage solutions. The company designs, develops, and markets high-performance semiconductor products that facilitate intelligent and secure networking, allowing customers to create application-aware and content-aware equipment. These products are capable of securely processing voice, video, and data traffic at high speeds. Cavium sells its offerings directly and through contract manufacturing organizations and distributors, serving clients in various sectors, including networking, wireless, storage, and electronic equipment, primarily in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and China. The company has established collaborations with firms like Aricent Inc. to enhance LTE eNodeB solutions and has agreements with Atheros Communications Inc. and Design of Systems on Silicon S.A. to improve HD video transmission and distribution technologies for flat panel displays.

FirstRain

Series B in 2003
FirstRain, Inc. is a developer of a cloud-based business analytics platform headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in New York and Gurgaon, India. Founded in 2000, the company focuses on transforming how businesses make decisions by utilizing its advanced analytics technology to capture and analyze vast amounts of unstructured data from the web and social media. This platform is tailored for sales, marketing, and finance professionals, enabling them to identify new sales opportunities, generate leads, and assess business risks effectively. FirstRain's solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly with leading CRM and social enterprise platforms, enhancing the decision-making process for Fortune 1000 companies by providing insights that are aligned with their specific strategies and market needs. As of July 2017, FirstRain operates as a subsidiary of Ignite Technologies, Inc.

Orative Corporation

Series A in 2003
Orative Corporation develops mobile software solutions that improve voice communications for business mobile phone users. Its Orative Enterprise Software, a client-server solution, provides users to coordinate conversations, collaborate with colleagues, screen unwanted calls and interruptions, and access personal and corporate phone books. Orative was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. Orative Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

BayPackets

Series C in 2003
BayPackets' software enables wireless, wireline and cable operators to rapidly bundle and deliver enhanced voice and data services tailored to the needs of their business and consumer customers. Local, long-distance and broadband service providers rely on BayPackets' solutions to profitably expand their market share by efficiently operating new and existing network infrastructure via a single point.

Cranite Systems

Series C in 2002
Cranite Systems, Inc. offers access solutions for SMBs, enterprises, and government markets. The company's products include SafeConnect, a remote access solution that enables enterprise connectivity from wireless hotspots and other public wireless, or wired locations; and WirelessWall, a software solution for securing wireless local area networks inside the enterprise. It delivers its products and services through a network of value-added resellers, integrators, and solution providers. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

Cavium

Series B in 2002
Cavium Networks is a developer of semiconductor processors focused on networking, communications, and storage solutions. The company designs, develops, and markets high-performance semiconductor products that facilitate intelligent and secure networking, allowing customers to create application-aware and content-aware equipment. These products are capable of securely processing voice, video, and data traffic at high speeds. Cavium sells its offerings directly and through contract manufacturing organizations and distributors, serving clients in various sectors, including networking, wireless, storage, and electronic equipment, primarily in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and China. The company has established collaborations with firms like Aricent Inc. to enhance LTE eNodeB solutions and has agreements with Atheros Communications Inc. and Design of Systems on Silicon S.A. to improve HD video transmission and distribution technologies for flat panel displays.

Cranite Systems

Series B in 2002
Cranite Systems, Inc. offers access solutions for SMBs, enterprises, and government markets. The company's products include SafeConnect, a remote access solution that enables enterprise connectivity from wireless hotspots and other public wireless, or wired locations; and WirelessWall, a software solution for securing wireless local area networks inside the enterprise. It delivers its products and services through a network of value-added resellers, integrators, and solution providers. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

FirstRain

Series A in 2001
FirstRain, Inc. is a developer of a cloud-based business analytics platform headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in New York and Gurgaon, India. Founded in 2000, the company focuses on transforming how businesses make decisions by utilizing its advanced analytics technology to capture and analyze vast amounts of unstructured data from the web and social media. This platform is tailored for sales, marketing, and finance professionals, enabling them to identify new sales opportunities, generate leads, and assess business risks effectively. FirstRain's solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly with leading CRM and social enterprise platforms, enhancing the decision-making process for Fortune 1000 companies by providing insights that are aligned with their specific strategies and market needs. As of July 2017, FirstRain operates as a subsidiary of Ignite Technologies, Inc.

Danger

Series B in 2001
Danger was a technology company that specialized in providing software platforms and hardware for mobile communication, most notably powering the T-Mobile Sidekick phone. The Sidekick, known for its youth-oriented design and messaging capabilities, facilitated significant user engagement, handling thousands of messages and pageviews monthly. In 2008, Danger was acquired by Microsoft, which led to significant developments in its service offerings. However, the company faced challenges, including a major data loss incident in 2009 when a server failure resulted in the loss of user data not stored locally. By 2011, T-Mobile and Microsoft discontinued the cloud data service for Danger-powered devices, marking the end of an era for the Sidekick. Despite these challenges, Danger was recognized for its role in enabling mobile operators to deliver integrated internet services and facilitate social interactions among users.

Cavium

Series A in 2001
Cavium Networks is a developer of semiconductor processors focused on networking, communications, and storage solutions. The company designs, develops, and markets high-performance semiconductor products that facilitate intelligent and secure networking, allowing customers to create application-aware and content-aware equipment. These products are capable of securely processing voice, video, and data traffic at high speeds. Cavium sells its offerings directly and through contract manufacturing organizations and distributors, serving clients in various sectors, including networking, wireless, storage, and electronic equipment, primarily in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and China. The company has established collaborations with firms like Aricent Inc. to enhance LTE eNodeB solutions and has agreements with Atheros Communications Inc. and Design of Systems on Silicon S.A. to improve HD video transmission and distribution technologies for flat panel displays.

BayPackets

Series A in 2000
BayPackets' software enables wireless, wireline and cable operators to rapidly bundle and deliver enhanced voice and data services tailored to the needs of their business and consumer customers. Local, long-distance and broadband service providers rely on BayPackets' solutions to profitably expand their market share by efficiently operating new and existing network infrastructure via a single point.
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