Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, established in 1989 and located in San Francisco, California, is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing exclusively in early-stage enterprise software companies. Pioneering a model focused solely on software, the firm has consistently adapted to technological shifts, from the transition away from mainframes to the rise of cloud computing. With a team composed of former engineers and programmers, Hummer Winblad possesses a profound understanding of the challenges faced by technology startups. This background enables them to effectively support entrepreneurs through various stages of growth, including product launches, sales team development, and fundraising. Their commitment to fostering innovation in the software industry has positioned them as a key player in driving the success of disruptive technology companies.

John Hummer

Founding Partner

Lars Leckie

Managing Director

Maria Mulcahy

CFO

Ann Winblad

Founding Partner

229 past transactions

StepFunction.ai

Seed Round in 2022
StepFunction is a market leader in revenue growth solutions for SaaS. Based on a data-driven, real-time understanding of customer intent, it assists leading SaaS companies in significantly increasing the amount and predictability of their subscription revenues. By applying advanced analytics to customer behavior signals and operational data, the company hopes to turn SaaS operations into a science. The StepFunction Customer Intent Engine uses machine learning to provide SaaS clients with data-driven, real-time, and actionable insights for customer retention and upsell. With bullseye targeting, SaaS clients can achieve top-line growth through increased customer retention, reduced churn, and targeted upselling, as well as bottom-line growth by lowering customer acquisition costs.

Klue

Series B in 2021
Klue is a B2B SaaS company that specializes in market and competitive intelligence, founded in 2015 by Jason Smith and Sarathy Naicker, and is based in Vancouver, Canada. The company offers a competitive enablement platform that assists sales and revenue teams in utilizing competitive intelligence to enhance their business outcomes. Klue's platform aggregates and organizes intelligence from various internal and external sources, providing actionable insights that help organizations navigate competitive environments effectively. By leveraging this curated intelligence, businesses can make informed decisions and improve their competitive positioning in the market.

Amberdata

Series A in 2021
Amberdata Inc. is a provider of a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform focused on monitoring, analyzing, and securing both public and private blockchains. Established in 2017 and headquartered in West New York, New Jersey, Amberdata offers a comprehensive suite of tools, APIs, and SDKs designed for traders, investors, wallets, and developers. Their platform integrates validated blockchain and cryptocurrency market data from major exchanges, allowing clients to build data-driven applications that enhance competitive advantage. Furthermore, Amberdata's services support a range of functions, including research, trading, risk assessment, analytics, reporting, and compliance, thereby equipping financial institutions with the necessary infrastructure to engage in digital asset markets effectively.

Oomnitza

Series C in 2021
Oomnitza, Inc. is an enterprise software company that specializes in IT asset management solutions. The company's cloud-based platform enables users to track both traditional and IT-related assets throughout their lifecycle, from procurement to end-of-life. Oomnitza's solution supports management tasks such as inventorying new assets, modifying existing assets, and creating service requests for maintenance. It integrates with various help desk and accounting systems, allowing organizations to streamline workflows and improve data accuracy. Serving sectors including finance, retail, technology, education, healthcare, construction, and government, Oomnitza aims to enhance technology data hygiene and audit readiness while reducing manual tasks and associated risks. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Minsk, Belarus, and Los Altos, California.

ScreenMeet

Venture Round in 2021
ScreenMeet is a cloud-native remote support solution that integrates seamlessly with existing CRM, CSM, and ITSM systems, including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics, and Zendesk. The platform enables businesses to address and resolve enterprise issues in real-time, enhancing customer and employee experiences across sales, service, and support. It allows users to take control of and fix any PC, Mac, or mobile device directly from a ticket or case. By facilitating faster connections and offering reliable voice and video calls, chat, co-browsing, and remote support, ScreenMeet improves first call resolution rates, lowers service costs, and reduces average handling times. All interactions and data are recorded back into the CRM system for auditing, analytics, and reporting purposes.

Clarify Health Solutions

Series C in 2021
Clarify Health Solutions, Inc. operates a data-driven platform designed to enhance patient care by facilitating real-time engagement among patients, clinicians, and care teams. The platform, known as Clarify Episode, utilizes real-time data to optimize care workflows, stratify patients based on various characteristics, and identify potential complications early on. Key components of the platform include Care Pilot, which empowers patients in their healthcare journey; Care Connect, which allows clinicians to monitor and intervene as needed; and Care Prism, which provides management with essential business analytics. By leveraging machine learning and data analytics, Clarify Health offers solutions that improve transparency, personalization, and engagement for patients while streamlining tasks for healthcare professionals. The company, founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, has formed a strategic alliance with Leidos to further enhance its offerings.

Marquee Equity

Venture Round in 2021
Marquee Equity is a company that offers deal management and capital raising services aimed at assisting startups and organizations in securing investments. It focuses on connecting private capital market opportunities with potential investors. The company specializes in various funding avenues, including startup financing, fund funding, deal origination, and mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, Marquee Equity provides documentation management services across multiple sectors, including fintech, edtech, telecom, healthcare, insurance, blockchain, retail, travel, eCommerce, biotech, cleantech, and software industries. By facilitating introductions and streamlining the investment process, Marquee Equity plays a crucial role in helping businesses access the capital they need to grow and succeed.

Vendia

Series A in 2021
Vendia, Inc. is a technology company that provides a cloud and blockchain-based platform designed for serverless and distributed data sharing. Its flagship product, Vendia Share, enables real-time data and code sharing among multiple parties while maintaining control and governance. The platform supports various applications, including multi-party collaborations, cross-cloud interactions, and autonomous supply chain management, allowing organizations to forecast supply and demand effectively. Since its incorporation in 2020 and based in San Francisco, Vendia has attracted notable clients such as BMW, Delta Airlines, and Fannie Mae, who utilize its services to automate data flows and achieve a unified, accurate view of information. With a focus on enhancing speed and innovation while reducing costs, Vendia is positioned as a leader in collective data intelligence.

NeuVector

Series A in 2020
NeuVector Inc. specializes in full lifecycle container security, offering a comprehensive cloud-native Kubernetes security platform. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company provides end-to-end vulnerability management, which helps organizations assess risks from known threats. Its innovative container firewall technology safeguards infrastructure against both known and unknown threats. NeuVector's solutions cater to various industries, including government, financial services, healthcare, and transportation. The platform is designed for security, DevOps, and infrastructure teams, enhancing data protection from the development pipeline through to production. It enforces compliance and offers significant visibility and automated controls, which enable clients to efficiently deploy or scale containers while maintaining robust security.

Klue

Series A in 2020
Klue is a B2B SaaS company that specializes in market and competitive intelligence, founded in 2015 by Jason Smith and Sarathy Naicker, and is based in Vancouver, Canada. The company offers a competitive enablement platform that assists sales and revenue teams in utilizing competitive intelligence to enhance their business outcomes. Klue's platform aggregates and organizes intelligence from various internal and external sources, providing actionable insights that help organizations navigate competitive environments effectively. By leveraging this curated intelligence, businesses can make informed decisions and improve their competitive positioning in the market.

Jamm

Seed Round in 2020
Jamm is a lightweight, spontaneous voice and video collaboration app for remote teams. The app enables day-to-day interactions through video so teams can brainstorm, spontaneously huddle, and provide team updates no matter where they are.

Vendia

Seed Round in 2020
Vendia, Inc. is a technology company that provides a cloud and blockchain-based platform designed for serverless and distributed data sharing. Its flagship product, Vendia Share, enables real-time data and code sharing among multiple parties while maintaining control and governance. The platform supports various applications, including multi-party collaborations, cross-cloud interactions, and autonomous supply chain management, allowing organizations to forecast supply and demand effectively. Since its incorporation in 2020 and based in San Francisco, Vendia has attracted notable clients such as BMW, Delta Airlines, and Fannie Mae, who utilize its services to automate data flows and achieve a unified, accurate view of information. With a focus on enhancing speed and innovation while reducing costs, Vendia is positioned as a leader in collective data intelligence.

StepFunction.ai

Seed Round in 2020
StepFunction is a market leader in revenue growth solutions for SaaS. Based on a data-driven, real-time understanding of customer intent, it assists leading SaaS companies in significantly increasing the amount and predictability of their subscription revenues. By applying advanced analytics to customer behavior signals and operational data, the company hopes to turn SaaS operations into a science. The StepFunction Customer Intent Engine uses machine learning to provide SaaS clients with data-driven, real-time, and actionable insights for customer retention and upsell. With bullseye targeting, SaaS clients can achieve top-line growth through increased customer retention, reduced churn, and targeted upselling, as well as bottom-line growth by lowering customer acquisition costs.

Smart Access

Convertible Note in 2019
Smart Access Inc. is a company that specializes in designing and developing knowledge-based system software aimed at enhancing workforce efficiency in retail and warehouse environments. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, the company offers a mobile performance support platform that facilitates the training and reskilling of workers through location-aware technology. Its software services include onboarding, user management, content management, mobile experience building, and operational intelligence. By providing intuitive access to essential information, Smart Access enables employers to gain insights into workforce performance, ultimately accelerating operational competence and efficiency.

Graffiti

Seed Round in 2019
Reinventing online commenting by bringing digital markup tools (think Snapchat) to the Internet. Create Graffiti directly on top of any website, no constraints and no publisher provided text-based commenting platforms needed, and have your Graffiti discovered by other users visiting the same website. Over 700M people use digital markup tools every day to add captions, filters, emojis, drawings, etc. on top of digital content before they share with friends. Graffiti allows the digital markup generation to fully express themselves online and cannot be blocked by publishers or governments.

Symbium

Seed Round in 2019
Symbium Corp. is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in mechanizing legal analysis through web services. Founded in 2018, Symbium offers a suite of tools designed to simplify the permitting process for homeowners, contractors, and municipal staff. Its Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) service helps users identify where ADUs are permitted and understand relevant development standards and requirements. The business zoning check service allows users to determine whether a specific location is suitable for their business. Additionally, Symbium provides a web permitting service that streamlines the submission, approval, and tracking of permit applications across various departments, facilitating instant permit issuance through integrated regulatory checks. The company’s Citizen's Dashboard enables users to visualize property possibilities and manage permits and rebates effectively. Symbium's proprietary Complaw® technology translates zoning laws into computer code, creating a user-friendly interface for navigating complex regulations and ensuring compliance with local rules.

NuoDB

Venture Round in 2018
NuoDB, Inc. specializes in developing a cloud-based relational database solution tailored for global applications. Its platform utilizes a memory-centric architecture that optimizes storage and replication, ensuring ACID consistency and transactional integrity across distributed databases located in multiple data centers worldwide. NuoDB's features include on-demand scalability, redundancy, policy-driven automation, and support for flexible schemas, making it suitable for various applications such as cloud migration, elastic scalability, and hybrid workloads. The database solution can be deployed on-premises, in containers, or across public, private, and hybrid clouds. NuoDB primarily serves industries such as mobile telecommunications, financial services, and interactive entertainment, along with application providers and independent software vendors. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, NuoDB also has offices in Dublin, London, and Sofia. It operates as a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes SE.

Aria Systems

Private Equity Round in 2018
Aria Systems provides a cloud-based monetization platform designed to assist subscription and usage-based businesses in effectively managing their revenue streams. The company offers an agile billing system that enables enterprises to capitalize on customer-driven events, referred to as revenue moments. By facilitating active customer engagement and the rapid development of new products and services, Aria's comprehensive platform allows global brands to enter the market more quickly and diversify their offerings. The platform also includes on-demand billing software, marketing intelligence tools, and customer lifecycle management services tailored for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, game developers, and telecommunications providers. Through these capabilities, Aria Systems aims to support long-term business growth and enhance customer satisfaction, retention, and lifetime value.

TidalScale

Series B in 2018
TidalScale has developed a scale-up compute and resource architecture. It specializes in the fields of analytics, cloud infrastructure, information technology, software and data mining. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Campbell, California.

Sonatype

Private Equity Round in 2018
Sonatype, Inc. specializes in software supply chain automation, providing solutions that enable organizations to effectively manage their development lifecycles, including third-party and first-party code, infrastructure as code, and containerized applications. The company's flagship products include Nexus Lifecycle, which governs the flow of software components and enforces policies; Nexus Firewall, which prevents risky components from entering the supply chain; Nexus Auditor, for continuous monitoring of applications in production; and Nexus Repository, which organizes and distributes software components. Sonatype serves diverse industries such as finance, government, technology, insurance, healthcare, and manufacturing, supporting a significant portion of Fortune 100 companies. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Fulton, Maryland, the company also has offices in McLean, Virginia; London, United Kingdom; and Sydney, Australia. Sonatype is recognized for its commitment to innovation and has received accolades for its workplace culture and growth.

Blissfully

Seed Round in 2018
Blissfully is a company that specializes in helping organizations discover, integrate, and manage their technology needs through a cloud-based SaaS management platform. Founded in 2016 by experienced entrepreneurs, Blissfully offers hands-on IT as a Service and complementary software solutions. The platform enables businesses to accurately track and report their SaaS spending across various teams and applications, streamlining the management process by reducing manual tasks. Additionally, Blissfully alerts users to upcoming renewals and other relevant information, allowing organizations to improve their forecasting and gain better control over their technology usage and expenses.

Stackery

Venture Round in 2018
Stackery, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source tools for managing cloud infrastructure, particularly for serverless applications. Founded in 2016 and based in Portland, Oregon, Stackery offers a comprehensive platform that allows developers to design, deploy, monitor, and scale their applications without needing to focus on the underlying infrastructure. Its Serverless Operations Console provides automation and operational control, enabling users to connect and configure various components, such as Docker clusters and virtual networks, through a user-friendly interface. By streamlining the deployment process and ensuring secure and efficient management of resources, Stackery facilitates a more straightforward development experience for its users while adhering to operational best practices. The company is supported by notable investors, including Techstars, Voyager Capital, and HWVP.

NeuVector

Series A in 2017
NeuVector Inc. specializes in full lifecycle container security, offering a comprehensive cloud-native Kubernetes security platform. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company provides end-to-end vulnerability management, which helps organizations assess risks from known threats. Its innovative container firewall technology safeguards infrastructure against both known and unknown threats. NeuVector's solutions cater to various industries, including government, financial services, healthcare, and transportation. The platform is designed for security, DevOps, and infrastructure teams, enhancing data protection from the development pipeline through to production. It enforces compliance and offers significant visibility and automated controls, which enable clients to efficiently deploy or scale containers while maintaining robust security.

Amberdata

Seed Round in 2017
Amberdata Inc. is a provider of a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform focused on monitoring, analyzing, and securing both public and private blockchains. Established in 2017 and headquartered in West New York, New Jersey, Amberdata offers a comprehensive suite of tools, APIs, and SDKs designed for traders, investors, wallets, and developers. Their platform integrates validated blockchain and cryptocurrency market data from major exchanges, allowing clients to build data-driven applications that enhance competitive advantage. Furthermore, Amberdata's services support a range of functions, including research, trading, risk assessment, analytics, reporting, and compliance, thereby equipping financial institutions with the necessary infrastructure to engage in digital asset markets effectively.

Aria Systems

Series F in 2017
Aria Systems provides a cloud-based monetization platform designed to assist subscription and usage-based businesses in effectively managing their revenue streams. The company offers an agile billing system that enables enterprises to capitalize on customer-driven events, referred to as revenue moments. By facilitating active customer engagement and the rapid development of new products and services, Aria's comprehensive platform allows global brands to enter the market more quickly and diversify their offerings. The platform also includes on-demand billing software, marketing intelligence tools, and customer lifecycle management services tailored for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, game developers, and telecommunications providers. Through these capabilities, Aria Systems aims to support long-term business growth and enhance customer satisfaction, retention, and lifetime value.

AlphaRank

Seed Round in 2017
AlphaRank is a bank technology company specializing in a behavioral commerce platform that analyzes and ranks customer data. Founded in 2015 by Brian Ley in Redwood City, California, the platform profiles consumers based on their purchasing patterns and utilizes social contagion science to generate insights from historical transaction data. By identifying customer influences and preferences, AlphaRank enables businesses, particularly banks and credit unions, to effectively engage and retain their customers through targeted strategies and detailed event tracking information.

NuoDB

Series B in 2016
NuoDB, Inc. specializes in developing a cloud-based relational database solution tailored for global applications. Its platform utilizes a memory-centric architecture that optimizes storage and replication, ensuring ACID consistency and transactional integrity across distributed databases located in multiple data centers worldwide. NuoDB's features include on-demand scalability, redundancy, policy-driven automation, and support for flexible schemas, making it suitable for various applications such as cloud migration, elastic scalability, and hybrid workloads. The database solution can be deployed on-premises, in containers, or across public, private, and hybrid clouds. NuoDB primarily serves industries such as mobile telecommunications, financial services, and interactive entertainment, along with application providers and independent software vendors. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, NuoDB also has offices in Dublin, London, and Sofia. It operates as a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes SE.

Aria Systems

Series E in 2016
Aria Systems provides a cloud-based monetization platform designed to assist subscription and usage-based businesses in effectively managing their revenue streams. The company offers an agile billing system that enables enterprises to capitalize on customer-driven events, referred to as revenue moments. By facilitating active customer engagement and the rapid development of new products and services, Aria's comprehensive platform allows global brands to enter the market more quickly and diversify their offerings. The platform also includes on-demand billing software, marketing intelligence tools, and customer lifecycle management services tailored for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, game developers, and telecommunications providers. Through these capabilities, Aria Systems aims to support long-term business growth and enhance customer satisfaction, retention, and lifetime value.

Influitive

Series B in 2015
Influitive Corporation specializes in advocate marketing software solutions for business-to-business (B2B) software and technology firms globally. Its flagship product, AdvocateHub, facilitates the creation of advocate communities where customers, partners, and employees engage in activities such as referrals, reference calls, and product reviews. This platform enhances marketing and sales efforts by harnessing customer enthusiasm and integrating with Salesforce to track participants' activities. In addition to its software, Influitive offers consulting services that provide coaching and training for organizations looking to implement or enhance their advocate marketing strategies. The AdvocateHub software can be accessed via a web portal, integrated into client websites, or used on mobile through the Maven app. Founded in 2010 and based in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Menlo Park, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, Influitive aims to help companies build trust and commitment across various communication channels.

Influitive

Series B in 2015
Influitive Corporation specializes in advocate marketing software solutions for business-to-business (B2B) software and technology firms globally. Its flagship product, AdvocateHub, facilitates the creation of advocate communities where customers, partners, and employees engage in activities such as referrals, reference calls, and product reviews. This platform enhances marketing and sales efforts by harnessing customer enthusiasm and integrating with Salesforce to track participants' activities. In addition to its software, Influitive offers consulting services that provide coaching and training for organizations looking to implement or enhance their advocate marketing strategies. The AdvocateHub software can be accessed via a web portal, integrated into client websites, or used on mobile through the Maven app. Founded in 2010 and based in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Menlo Park, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, Influitive aims to help companies build trust and commitment across various communication channels.

MuleSoft

Series G in 2015
MuleSoft, Inc. is a provider of the Anypoint Platform, a cloud-based application integration solution that enables organizations to connect their applications, data, and devices. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, MuleSoft's platform facilitates the creation of application networks by leveraging APIs, which serve as the essential connection points for data exchange among various systems. This integration software suite allows businesses to connect both cloud-based and on-premises applications, regardless of format or source, promoting operational agility and competitive advantage. MuleSoft's offerings include self-serve infrastructure through reusable building blocks, empowering customers to efficiently compose applications tailored to their needs. The company operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce and maintains a strategic alliance with IQVIA to enhance its service offerings.

Birst

Series F in 2015
Birst, Inc. specializes in cloud-based business intelligence and analytics solutions for organizations and software vendors globally. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Birst provides a platform that unifies and refines data across enterprises, catering to decentralized business users and centralized BI teams. The company's offerings include a networked business analytics platform that enhances decision-making by connecting data and personnel through a shared analytical framework. Birst's solutions are applicable across various functions such as sales, marketing, finance, supply chain, and operations. Additionally, the company offers education services and facilitates a community for customers and partners to engage in discussions. Birst operates as a subsidiary of Infor, Inc. since 2017.

NuoDB

Series B in 2015
NuoDB, Inc. specializes in developing a cloud-based relational database solution tailored for global applications. Its platform utilizes a memory-centric architecture that optimizes storage and replication, ensuring ACID consistency and transactional integrity across distributed databases located in multiple data centers worldwide. NuoDB's features include on-demand scalability, redundancy, policy-driven automation, and support for flexible schemas, making it suitable for various applications such as cloud migration, elastic scalability, and hybrid workloads. The database solution can be deployed on-premises, in containers, or across public, private, and hybrid clouds. NuoDB primarily serves industries such as mobile telecommunications, financial services, and interactive entertainment, along with application providers and independent software vendors. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, NuoDB also has offices in Dublin, London, and Sofia. It operates as a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes SE.

OptiMine

Series C in 2015
OptiMine Software, Inc. specializes in cloud-based omni-channel marketing analytics and optimization solutions, catering to various industries including retail, financial services, telecommunications, travel, and hospitality. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and Taiwan, OptiMine offers two primary products: OptiMine Insight, an agile marketing measurement platform that evaluates cross-channel performance, and OptiMine Impact, a bid optimization tool tailored to specific business objectives such as revenue growth and cost efficiency. The company is recognized for its privacy-forward approach, employing machine learning to provide rapid attribution and marketing mix modeling solutions without relying on cookies or personal identifiable information. By delivering actionable insights across both digital and traditional marketing channels, OptiMine supports marketers in enhancing performance and achieving substantial returns on their advertising investments. The firm has garnered accolades for its innovative solutions, positioning itself as a leader in the marketing measurement landscape.

TidalScale

Series A in 2014
TidalScale has developed a scale-up compute and resource architecture. It specializes in the fields of analytics, cloud infrastructure, information technology, software and data mining. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Campbell, California.

Ace Metrix

Series C in 2014
Ace Metrix, Inc. specializes in video creative assessment solutions, delivering detailed analytics and insights for television and video advertisements. Founded in 2007 and based in El Segundo, California, the company provides a suite of services including Ace Metrix PRE for ad pre-testing, Ace Metrix LIVE for real-time analytics of digital ads, Ace Metrix POLITICS for evaluating campaign advertisements, and Ace Metrix VIVA for assessing Spanish language ads among U.S. Hispanic consumers. These tools offer brands, creative agencies, and publishers qualitative and quantitative data, competitive insights, and metrics to analyze the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns, facilitating real-time optimization.

Peerlyst

Seed Round in 2014
Peerlyst, Inc. is a social media platform based in San Francisco, California, that serves as a vendor-independent community for IT professionals and information security officers. Established in 2010, Peerlyst connects over half a million users, providing a space for networking, discussions, and sharing expertise. The platform features a wealth of resources, including approximately 100,000 contributions related to career development in the critical field of cybersecurity. Users can access reviews, technical content from vendors, and a variety of articles, files, and videos. By fostering a collaborative environment, Peerlyst enables security professionals to exchange insights, ask questions, and work together to enhance their careers and organizations.

Kiip

Series B in 2014
Kiip, Inc. is a rewards network and mobile application that provides a moments-targeting platform, allowing brands to deliver automated rewards to consumers at relevant moments within their own applications and across social media platforms. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Kiip offers rewards for virtual achievements, enhancing consumer engagement with brands. The company has raised a total of $15.4 million in funding from various investors, including Relay Ventures, Interpublic Group, and American Express Ventures, among others. Co-founded by Brian Wong, Courtney Guertin, and Amadeus Demarzi, Kiip focuses on creating meaningful interactions between brands and consumers through its innovative rewards system.

Flite

Venture Round in 2014
Flite is a creative management platform that powers creatives and marketers from top-tier brands, agencies, and publishers. Its platform gives creative professionals the power to design visually stunning ads on live, interactive canvases, while giving marketers the ability to launch, manage, measure and optimize digital ad campaigns in real-time, at scale, all in one seamless experience. Founded in 2006, Flite builds innovative technology to power creativity. Flite is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York City and Chicago and is backed by Sequoia Capital, HWVP, General Catalyst Venture Partners, Conde Nast, Iris Capital, and Harrison Metal.

MuleSoft

Series F in 2014
MuleSoft, Inc. is a provider of the Anypoint Platform, a cloud-based application integration solution that enables organizations to connect their applications, data, and devices. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, MuleSoft's platform facilitates the creation of application networks by leveraging APIs, which serve as the essential connection points for data exchange among various systems. This integration software suite allows businesses to connect both cloud-based and on-premises applications, regardless of format or source, promoting operational agility and competitive advantage. MuleSoft's offerings include self-serve infrastructure through reusable building blocks, empowering customers to efficiently compose applications tailored to their needs. The company operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce and maintains a strategic alliance with IQVIA to enhance its service offerings.

NuoDB

Series B in 2014
NuoDB, Inc. specializes in developing a cloud-based relational database solution tailored for global applications. Its platform utilizes a memory-centric architecture that optimizes storage and replication, ensuring ACID consistency and transactional integrity across distributed databases located in multiple data centers worldwide. NuoDB's features include on-demand scalability, redundancy, policy-driven automation, and support for flexible schemas, making it suitable for various applications such as cloud migration, elastic scalability, and hybrid workloads. The database solution can be deployed on-premises, in containers, or across public, private, and hybrid clouds. NuoDB primarily serves industries such as mobile telecommunications, financial services, and interactive entertainment, along with application providers and independent software vendors. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, NuoDB also has offices in Dublin, London, and Sofia. It operates as a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes SE.

Domo

Series C in 2014
Domo, Inc. operates a cloud-based platform that connects all levels of an organization, from executives to frontline employees, facilitating access to real-time data and insights. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in American Fork, Utah, Domo enables users to manage their business operations via smartphones. The platform is offered as a subscription-based service, allowing users to receive notifications and respond promptly, with the capability to write back to the original systems of record. In addition to its core platform, Domo provides a Programmatic Revenue Solution that integrates complex data from ad servers and sell-side platforms into user-friendly dashboards. The company's revenue primarily comes from subscriptions to its platform and related professional services.

PLUMgrid

Series B in 2014
PLUMgrid is pioneering new innovations in virtual networking and SDN/NFV to deliver cloud infrastructure solutions that transform businesses everywhere. Recognized by multiple industry awards for best for shows and Top 100 in the data center and cloud categories, PLUMgrid is one of the hottest start-ups in Silicon Valley with thought-leading R&D, marketing, and sales talent. Founded in 2011 by industry veterans in networking, software, and semi-conductor, PLUMgrid is privately held and headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA with locations in the US, Europe, and Asia. Backed by top-tier venture capital firms, PLUMgrid is growing rapidly and expanding its global presence.

Piston Cloud Computing

Series B in 2014
Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. specializes in Piston OpenStack, a software solution designed to automate the orchestration of private cloud environments on commodity servers. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers additional services including planning, systems integration, operations design, software updates, and tailored training for application developers and cloud operators. Piston OpenStack is particularly beneficial for organizations developing web, mobile, and big data applications, as it enhances data center efficiency by managing servers as a unified pool of scalable computing resources. This capability allows companies to accelerate their application development processes and bring products to market more quickly. Piston is also recognized for its contributions to the OpenStack project, providing thought leadership and support to the community, thereby reinforcing its commitment to making OpenStack the industry standard in cloud computing. As of June 2015, Piston Cloud Computing operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

OptiMine

Series B in 2014
OptiMine Software, Inc. specializes in cloud-based omni-channel marketing analytics and optimization solutions, catering to various industries including retail, financial services, telecommunications, travel, and hospitality. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and Taiwan, OptiMine offers two primary products: OptiMine Insight, an agile marketing measurement platform that evaluates cross-channel performance, and OptiMine Impact, a bid optimization tool tailored to specific business objectives such as revenue growth and cost efficiency. The company is recognized for its privacy-forward approach, employing machine learning to provide rapid attribution and marketing mix modeling solutions without relying on cookies or personal identifiable information. By delivering actionable insights across both digital and traditional marketing channels, OptiMine supports marketers in enhancing performance and achieving substantial returns on their advertising investments. The firm has garnered accolades for its innovative solutions, positioning itself as a leader in the marketing measurement landscape.

PLUMgrid

Venture Round in 2013
PLUMgrid is pioneering new innovations in virtual networking and SDN/NFV to deliver cloud infrastructure solutions that transform businesses everywhere. Recognized by multiple industry awards for best for shows and Top 100 in the data center and cloud categories, PLUMgrid is one of the hottest start-ups in Silicon Valley with thought-leading R&D, marketing, and sales talent. Founded in 2011 by industry veterans in networking, software, and semi-conductor, PLUMgrid is privately held and headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA with locations in the US, Europe, and Asia. Backed by top-tier venture capital firms, PLUMgrid is growing rapidly and expanding its global presence.

Aria Systems

Series D in 2013
Aria Systems provides a cloud-based monetization platform designed to assist subscription and usage-based businesses in effectively managing their revenue streams. The company offers an agile billing system that enables enterprises to capitalize on customer-driven events, referred to as revenue moments. By facilitating active customer engagement and the rapid development of new products and services, Aria's comprehensive platform allows global brands to enter the market more quickly and diversify their offerings. The platform also includes on-demand billing software, marketing intelligence tools, and customer lifecycle management services tailored for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, game developers, and telecommunications providers. Through these capabilities, Aria Systems aims to support long-term business growth and enhance customer satisfaction, retention, and lifetime value.

Aria Systems

Venture Round in 2013
Aria Systems provides a cloud-based monetization platform designed to assist subscription and usage-based businesses in effectively managing their revenue streams. The company offers an agile billing system that enables enterprises to capitalize on customer-driven events, referred to as revenue moments. By facilitating active customer engagement and the rapid development of new products and services, Aria's comprehensive platform allows global brands to enter the market more quickly and diversify their offerings. The platform also includes on-demand billing software, marketing intelligence tools, and customer lifecycle management services tailored for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, game developers, and telecommunications providers. Through these capabilities, Aria Systems aims to support long-term business growth and enhance customer satisfaction, retention, and lifetime value.

TidalScale

Seed Round in 2013
TidalScale has developed a scale-up compute and resource architecture. It specializes in the fields of analytics, cloud infrastructure, information technology, software and data mining. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Campbell, California.

Karmasphere

Series C in 2013
Karmasphere unlocks the business potential of Hadoop so companies can deliver more personalized and relevant products and experiences to their customers. The Karmasphere Collaborative Analytics Workspace brings the power of data science to business analysts using SQL and automated big data workflow including data ingestion, data cleansing, table provisioning and running and scheduling queries in a self-service model without reliance on IT. Its social, web-based interface allows everyone who works with big data to more easily collaborate and share resources. Open and based on Apache Hadoop standards, Karmasphere leverages existing analytic skills, integrates with traditional BI and existing applications and supports leading Hadoop distributions including: Amazon Elastic Map Reduce, Cloudera, HortonWorks, IBM and MapR Technologies. Learn more at http://www.karmasphere.com

Birst

Series E in 2013
Birst, Inc. specializes in cloud-based business intelligence and analytics solutions for organizations and software vendors globally. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Birst provides a platform that unifies and refines data across enterprises, catering to decentralized business users and centralized BI teams. The company's offerings include a networked business analytics platform that enhances decision-making by connecting data and personnel through a shared analytical framework. Birst's solutions are applicable across various functions such as sales, marketing, finance, supply chain, and operations. Additionally, the company offers education services and facilitates a community for customers and partners to engage in discussions. Birst operates as a subsidiary of Infor, Inc. since 2017.

Five9

Series D in 2013
Five9, Inc. is a provider of cloud software specifically designed for contact centers, operating in both the United States and internationally. The company offers a virtual contact center platform that integrates various applications to facilitate customer service, sales, and marketing functions. This platform allows businesses to manage customer interactions across multiple channels, including voice, chat, email, social media, and mobile, all within a unified architecture. Five9's solutions enhance customer experiences and increase agent productivity through features such as digital self-service, agent assist technology, and workforce optimization tools. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including banking, healthcare, and technology, and is headquartered in San Ramon, California. Five9 has also established partnerships, including an alliance with Deloitte Digital, to advance its cloud contact center offerings.

Innovative Leisure

Series A in 2013
Innovative Leisure is a mobile gaming company founded by Seamus Blackley and his partner Van Burnham, focusing on developing games for iOS devices. The company has assembled a talented team of veteran game designers who were instrumental during the golden age of Atari in the 1970s and 1980s. This includes notable creators such as Ed Rotberg, Owen Rubin, Rich Adam, Ed Logg, Dennis Koble, Tim Skelly, and Bruce Merrit, who are known for iconic games like Battlezone, Major Havoc, and Asteroids. In addition to game development, Innovative Leisure operates an online platform that offers mobile games and accessories, allowing customers to easily purchase various gaming-related products, including music and game CDs, merchandise, and vinyl.

6connect

Series A in 2013
6connect is the leader in software defined network control. ProVision, 6connect's unique Dynamic Network ProVisioning (DNP) platform enables the discovery, configuration, and control of physical and virtual devices across distributed and mobile networks, cloud platforms, web-hosting platforms and data centers. Innovative customers like PCCW, CrownCastle, Zayo, ViaWest, Swisscom, iLand Cloud Infrastructure, and CyrusOne utilize DNP to accelerate service delivery time, accurately provision complex network protocols, and dramatically reduce network complexity and costs, while achieving industry change management and compliance requirements. 6connect ProVision dynamically and holistically provisions SDN and physical network control factors needed to initiate and operate network and data center elements, including IP addresses, DNS zones, DNSSEC signatures, DHCP pools, VLAN and device level information. Available as either a highly scalable cloud or on-premise solution, ProVision automatically controls these factors across distributed and separate physical networks in order to reduce errors that can crash networks, cause compliance errors, and delay the creation of new services.

MuleSoft

Series E in 2013
MuleSoft, Inc. is a provider of the Anypoint Platform, a cloud-based application integration solution that enables organizations to connect their applications, data, and devices. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, MuleSoft's platform facilitates the creation of application networks by leveraging APIs, which serve as the essential connection points for data exchange among various systems. This integration software suite allows businesses to connect both cloud-based and on-premises applications, regardless of format or source, promoting operational agility and competitive advantage. MuleSoft's offerings include self-serve infrastructure through reusable building blocks, empowering customers to efficiently compose applications tailored to their needs. The company operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce and maintains a strategic alliance with IQVIA to enhance its service offerings.

Piston Cloud Computing

Series B in 2013
Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. specializes in Piston OpenStack, a software solution designed to automate the orchestration of private cloud environments on commodity servers. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers additional services including planning, systems integration, operations design, software updates, and tailored training for application developers and cloud operators. Piston OpenStack is particularly beneficial for organizations developing web, mobile, and big data applications, as it enhances data center efficiency by managing servers as a unified pool of scalable computing resources. This capability allows companies to accelerate their application development processes and bring products to market more quickly. Piston is also recognized for its contributions to the OpenStack project, providing thought leadership and support to the community, thereby reinforcing its commitment to making OpenStack the industry standard in cloud computing. As of June 2015, Piston Cloud Computing operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Influitive

Series A in 2012
Influitive Corporation specializes in advocate marketing software solutions for business-to-business (B2B) software and technology firms globally. Its flagship product, AdvocateHub, facilitates the creation of advocate communities where customers, partners, and employees engage in activities such as referrals, reference calls, and product reviews. This platform enhances marketing and sales efforts by harnessing customer enthusiasm and integrating with Salesforce to track participants' activities. In addition to its software, Influitive offers consulting services that provide coaching and training for organizations looking to implement or enhance their advocate marketing strategies. The AdvocateHub software can be accessed via a web portal, integrated into client websites, or used on mobile through the Maven app. Founded in 2010 and based in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Menlo Park, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, Influitive aims to help companies build trust and commitment across various communication channels.

Influitive

Series A in 2012
Influitive Corporation specializes in advocate marketing software solutions for business-to-business (B2B) software and technology firms globally. Its flagship product, AdvocateHub, facilitates the creation of advocate communities where customers, partners, and employees engage in activities such as referrals, reference calls, and product reviews. This platform enhances marketing and sales efforts by harnessing customer enthusiasm and integrating with Salesforce to track participants' activities. In addition to its software, Influitive offers consulting services that provide coaching and training for organizations looking to implement or enhance their advocate marketing strategies. The AdvocateHub software can be accessed via a web portal, integrated into client websites, or used on mobile through the Maven app. Founded in 2010 and based in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Menlo Park, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, Influitive aims to help companies build trust and commitment across various communication channels.

Karmasphere

Series C in 2012
Karmasphere unlocks the business potential of Hadoop so companies can deliver more personalized and relevant products and experiences to their customers. The Karmasphere Collaborative Analytics Workspace brings the power of data science to business analysts using SQL and automated big data workflow including data ingestion, data cleansing, table provisioning and running and scheduling queries in a self-service model without reliance on IT. Its social, web-based interface allows everyone who works with big data to more easily collaborate and share resources. Open and based on Apache Hadoop standards, Karmasphere leverages existing analytic skills, integrates with traditional BI and existing applications and supports leading Hadoop distributions including: Amazon Elastic Map Reduce, Cloudera, HortonWorks, IBM and MapR Technologies. Learn more at http://www.karmasphere.com

PLUMgrid

Series A in 2012
PLUMgrid is pioneering new innovations in virtual networking and SDN/NFV to deliver cloud infrastructure solutions that transform businesses everywhere. Recognized by multiple industry awards for best for shows and Top 100 in the data center and cloud categories, PLUMgrid is one of the hottest start-ups in Silicon Valley with thought-leading R&D, marketing, and sales talent. Founded in 2011 by industry veterans in networking, software, and semi-conductor, PLUMgrid is privately held and headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA with locations in the US, Europe, and Asia. Backed by top-tier venture capital firms, PLUMgrid is growing rapidly and expanding its global presence.

Innovative Leisure

Series A in 2012
Innovative Leisure is a mobile gaming company founded by Seamus Blackley and his partner Van Burnham, focusing on developing games for iOS devices. The company has assembled a talented team of veteran game designers who were instrumental during the golden age of Atari in the 1970s and 1980s. This includes notable creators such as Ed Rotberg, Owen Rubin, Rich Adam, Ed Logg, Dennis Koble, Tim Skelly, and Bruce Merrit, who are known for iconic games like Battlezone, Major Havoc, and Asteroids. In addition to game development, Innovative Leisure operates an online platform that offers mobile games and accessories, allowing customers to easily purchase various gaming-related products, including music and game CDs, merchandise, and vinyl.

Kiip

Series B in 2012
Kiip, Inc. is a rewards network and mobile application that provides a moments-targeting platform, allowing brands to deliver automated rewards to consumers at relevant moments within their own applications and across social media platforms. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Kiip offers rewards for virtual achievements, enhancing consumer engagement with brands. The company has raised a total of $15.4 million in funding from various investors, including Relay Ventures, Interpublic Group, and American Express Ventures, among others. Co-founded by Brian Wong, Courtney Guertin, and Amadeus Demarzi, Kiip focuses on creating meaningful interactions between brands and consumers through its innovative rewards system.

Sonatype

Series C in 2012
Sonatype, Inc. specializes in software supply chain automation, providing solutions that enable organizations to effectively manage their development lifecycles, including third-party and first-party code, infrastructure as code, and containerized applications. The company's flagship products include Nexus Lifecycle, which governs the flow of software components and enforces policies; Nexus Firewall, which prevents risky components from entering the supply chain; Nexus Auditor, for continuous monitoring of applications in production; and Nexus Repository, which organizes and distributes software components. Sonatype serves diverse industries such as finance, government, technology, insurance, healthcare, and manufacturing, supporting a significant portion of Fortune 100 companies. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Fulton, Maryland, the company also has offices in McLean, Virginia; London, United Kingdom; and Sydney, Australia. Sonatype is recognized for its commitment to innovation and has received accolades for its workplace culture and growth.

Flite

Venture Round in 2012
Flite is a creative management platform that powers creatives and marketers from top-tier brands, agencies, and publishers. Its platform gives creative professionals the power to design visually stunning ads on live, interactive canvases, while giving marketers the ability to launch, manage, measure and optimize digital ad campaigns in real-time, at scale, all in one seamless experience. Founded in 2006, Flite builds innovative technology to power creativity. Flite is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York City and Chicago and is backed by Sequoia Capital, HWVP, General Catalyst Venture Partners, Conde Nast, Iris Capital, and Harrison Metal.

NuoDB

Series B in 2012
NuoDB, Inc. specializes in developing a cloud-based relational database solution tailored for global applications. Its platform utilizes a memory-centric architecture that optimizes storage and replication, ensuring ACID consistency and transactional integrity across distributed databases located in multiple data centers worldwide. NuoDB's features include on-demand scalability, redundancy, policy-driven automation, and support for flexible schemas, making it suitable for various applications such as cloud migration, elastic scalability, and hybrid workloads. The database solution can be deployed on-premises, in containers, or across public, private, and hybrid clouds. NuoDB primarily serves industries such as mobile telecommunications, financial services, and interactive entertainment, along with application providers and independent software vendors. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, NuoDB also has offices in Dublin, London, and Sofia. It operates as a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes SE.

Ace Metrix

Series C in 2012
Ace Metrix, Inc. specializes in video creative assessment solutions, delivering detailed analytics and insights for television and video advertisements. Founded in 2007 and based in El Segundo, California, the company provides a suite of services including Ace Metrix PRE for ad pre-testing, Ace Metrix LIVE for real-time analytics of digital ads, Ace Metrix POLITICS for evaluating campaign advertisements, and Ace Metrix VIVA for assessing Spanish language ads among U.S. Hispanic consumers. These tools offer brands, creative agencies, and publishers qualitative and quantitative data, competitive insights, and metrics to analyze the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns, facilitating real-time optimization.

MuleSoft

Series D in 2012
MuleSoft, Inc. is a provider of the Anypoint Platform, a cloud-based application integration solution that enables organizations to connect their applications, data, and devices. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, MuleSoft's platform facilitates the creation of application networks by leveraging APIs, which serve as the essential connection points for data exchange among various systems. This integration software suite allows businesses to connect both cloud-based and on-premises applications, regardless of format or source, promoting operational agility and competitive advantage. MuleSoft's offerings include self-serve infrastructure through reusable building blocks, empowering customers to efficiently compose applications tailored to their needs. The company operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce and maintains a strategic alliance with IQVIA to enhance its service offerings.

Birst

Series D in 2012
Birst, Inc. specializes in cloud-based business intelligence and analytics solutions for organizations and software vendors globally. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Birst provides a platform that unifies and refines data across enterprises, catering to decentralized business users and centralized BI teams. The company's offerings include a networked business analytics platform that enhances decision-making by connecting data and personnel through a shared analytical framework. Birst's solutions are applicable across various functions such as sales, marketing, finance, supply chain, and operations. Additionally, the company offers education services and facilitates a community for customers and partners to engage in discussions. Birst operates as a subsidiary of Infor, Inc. since 2017.

Five9

Venture Round in 2012
Five9, Inc. is a provider of cloud software specifically designed for contact centers, operating in both the United States and internationally. The company offers a virtual contact center platform that integrates various applications to facilitate customer service, sales, and marketing functions. This platform allows businesses to manage customer interactions across multiple channels, including voice, chat, email, social media, and mobile, all within a unified architecture. Five9's solutions enhance customer experiences and increase agent productivity through features such as digital self-service, agent assist technology, and workforce optimization tools. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including banking, healthcare, and technology, and is headquartered in San Ramon, California. Five9 has also established partnerships, including an alliance with Deloitte Digital, to advance its cloud contact center offerings.

Domo

Series A in 2012
Domo, Inc. operates a cloud-based platform that connects all levels of an organization, from executives to frontline employees, facilitating access to real-time data and insights. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in American Fork, Utah, Domo enables users to manage their business operations via smartphones. The platform is offered as a subscription-based service, allowing users to receive notifications and respond promptly, with the capability to write back to the original systems of record. In addition to its core platform, Domo provides a Programmatic Revenue Solution that integrates complex data from ad servers and sell-side platforms into user-friendly dashboards. The company's revenue primarily comes from subscriptions to its platform and related professional services.

OptiMine

Series B in 2011
OptiMine Software, Inc. specializes in cloud-based omni-channel marketing analytics and optimization solutions, catering to various industries including retail, financial services, telecommunications, travel, and hospitality. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and Taiwan, OptiMine offers two primary products: OptiMine Insight, an agile marketing measurement platform that evaluates cross-channel performance, and OptiMine Impact, a bid optimization tool tailored to specific business objectives such as revenue growth and cost efficiency. The company is recognized for its privacy-forward approach, employing machine learning to provide rapid attribution and marketing mix modeling solutions without relying on cookies or personal identifiable information. By delivering actionable insights across both digital and traditional marketing channels, OptiMine supports marketers in enhancing performance and achieving substantial returns on their advertising investments. The firm has garnered accolades for its innovative solutions, positioning itself as a leader in the marketing measurement landscape.

Karmasphere

Series B in 2011
Karmasphere unlocks the business potential of Hadoop so companies can deliver more personalized and relevant products and experiences to their customers. The Karmasphere Collaborative Analytics Workspace brings the power of data science to business analysts using SQL and automated big data workflow including data ingestion, data cleansing, table provisioning and running and scheduling queries in a self-service model without reliance on IT. Its social, web-based interface allows everyone who works with big data to more easily collaborate and share resources. Open and based on Apache Hadoop standards, Karmasphere leverages existing analytic skills, integrates with traditional BI and existing applications and supports leading Hadoop distributions including: Amazon Elastic Map Reduce, Cloudera, HortonWorks, IBM and MapR Technologies. Learn more at http://www.karmasphere.com

6connect

Series A in 2011
6connect is the leader in software defined network control. ProVision, 6connect's unique Dynamic Network ProVisioning (DNP) platform enables the discovery, configuration, and control of physical and virtual devices across distributed and mobile networks, cloud platforms, web-hosting platforms and data centers. Innovative customers like PCCW, CrownCastle, Zayo, ViaWest, Swisscom, iLand Cloud Infrastructure, and CyrusOne utilize DNP to accelerate service delivery time, accurately provision complex network protocols, and dramatically reduce network complexity and costs, while achieving industry change management and compliance requirements. 6connect ProVision dynamically and holistically provisions SDN and physical network control factors needed to initiate and operate network and data center elements, including IP addresses, DNS zones, DNSSEC signatures, DHCP pools, VLAN and device level information. Available as either a highly scalable cloud or on-premise solution, ProVision automatically controls these factors across distributed and separate physical networks in order to reduce errors that can crash networks, cause compliance errors, and delay the creation of new services.

Piston Cloud Computing

Series A in 2011
Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. specializes in Piston OpenStack, a software solution designed to automate the orchestration of private cloud environments on commodity servers. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers additional services including planning, systems integration, operations design, software updates, and tailored training for application developers and cloud operators. Piston OpenStack is particularly beneficial for organizations developing web, mobile, and big data applications, as it enhances data center efficiency by managing servers as a unified pool of scalable computing resources. This capability allows companies to accelerate their application development processes and bring products to market more quickly. Piston is also recognized for its contributions to the OpenStack project, providing thought leadership and support to the community, thereby reinforcing its commitment to making OpenStack the industry standard in cloud computing. As of June 2015, Piston Cloud Computing operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Kiip

Series A in 2011
Kiip, Inc. is a rewards network and mobile application that provides a moments-targeting platform, allowing brands to deliver automated rewards to consumers at relevant moments within their own applications and across social media platforms. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Kiip offers rewards for virtual achievements, enhancing consumer engagement with brands. The company has raised a total of $15.4 million in funding from various investors, including Relay Ventures, Interpublic Group, and American Express Ventures, among others. Co-founded by Brian Wong, Courtney Guertin, and Amadeus Demarzi, Kiip focuses on creating meaningful interactions between brands and consumers through its innovative rewards system.

Flite

Series C in 2011
Flite is a creative management platform that powers creatives and marketers from top-tier brands, agencies, and publishers. Its platform gives creative professionals the power to design visually stunning ads on live, interactive canvases, while giving marketers the ability to launch, manage, measure and optimize digital ad campaigns in real-time, at scale, all in one seamless experience. Founded in 2006, Flite builds innovative technology to power creativity. Flite is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York City and Chicago and is backed by Sequoia Capital, HWVP, General Catalyst Venture Partners, Conde Nast, Iris Capital, and Harrison Metal.

Aria Systems

Series C in 2011
Aria Systems provides a cloud-based monetization platform designed to assist subscription and usage-based businesses in effectively managing their revenue streams. The company offers an agile billing system that enables enterprises to capitalize on customer-driven events, referred to as revenue moments. By facilitating active customer engagement and the rapid development of new products and services, Aria's comprehensive platform allows global brands to enter the market more quickly and diversify their offerings. The platform also includes on-demand billing software, marketing intelligence tools, and customer lifecycle management services tailored for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, game developers, and telecommunications providers. Through these capabilities, Aria Systems aims to support long-term business growth and enhance customer satisfaction, retention, and lifetime value.

Crowd Factory

Series A in 2011
Crowd Factory is a social marketing platform designed to enhance the effectiveness of marketing initiatives for companies. It offers a suite of social marketing applications, including CrowdShare Widgets, social sweepstakes, polls, and group offers, aimed at driving customer acquisition and engagement. The platform also features robust analytics and dashboards that allow businesses to monitor the performance of their marketing campaigns, enabling them to test, measure, and refine their strategies effectively. Additionally, Crowd Factory maintains a Social Database that collects data from interactions between influencers and their networks. The platform's capabilities extend across various online channels, including social media, email, and display ads, and it caters to a diverse clientele, including major brands in both B2B and B2C sectors.

Five9

Series C in 2011
Five9, Inc. is a provider of cloud software specifically designed for contact centers, operating in both the United States and internationally. The company offers a virtual contact center platform that integrates various applications to facilitate customer service, sales, and marketing functions. This platform allows businesses to manage customer interactions across multiple channels, including voice, chat, email, social media, and mobile, all within a unified architecture. Five9's solutions enhance customer experiences and increase agent productivity through features such as digital self-service, agent assist technology, and workforce optimization tools. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including banking, healthcare, and technology, and is headquartered in San Ramon, California. Five9 has also established partnerships, including an alliance with Deloitte Digital, to advance its cloud contact center offerings.

Strobe

Series A in 2010
Strobe Inc. provides software and cloud services for touch-centric applications on the web. Based on a blend of technologies, like native, HTML5 and SproutCore, Strobe apps offer a high-quality native-style user experience across devices.

NuoDB

Series A in 2010
NuoDB, Inc. specializes in developing a cloud-based relational database solution tailored for global applications. Its platform utilizes a memory-centric architecture that optimizes storage and replication, ensuring ACID consistency and transactional integrity across distributed databases located in multiple data centers worldwide. NuoDB's features include on-demand scalability, redundancy, policy-driven automation, and support for flexible schemas, making it suitable for various applications such as cloud migration, elastic scalability, and hybrid workloads. The database solution can be deployed on-premises, in containers, or across public, private, and hybrid clouds. NuoDB primarily serves industries such as mobile telecommunications, financial services, and interactive entertainment, along with application providers and independent software vendors. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, NuoDB also has offices in Dublin, London, and Sofia. It operates as a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes SE.

Sonatype

Series B in 2010
Sonatype, Inc. specializes in software supply chain automation, providing solutions that enable organizations to effectively manage their development lifecycles, including third-party and first-party code, infrastructure as code, and containerized applications. The company's flagship products include Nexus Lifecycle, which governs the flow of software components and enforces policies; Nexus Firewall, which prevents risky components from entering the supply chain; Nexus Auditor, for continuous monitoring of applications in production; and Nexus Repository, which organizes and distributes software components. Sonatype serves diverse industries such as finance, government, technology, insurance, healthcare, and manufacturing, supporting a significant portion of Fortune 100 companies. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Fulton, Maryland, the company also has offices in McLean, Virginia; London, United Kingdom; and Sydney, Australia. Sonatype is recognized for its commitment to innovation and has received accolades for its workplace culture and growth.

Ace Metrix

Venture Round in 2010
Ace Metrix, Inc. specializes in video creative assessment solutions, delivering detailed analytics and insights for television and video advertisements. Founded in 2007 and based in El Segundo, California, the company provides a suite of services including Ace Metrix PRE for ad pre-testing, Ace Metrix LIVE for real-time analytics of digital ads, Ace Metrix POLITICS for evaluating campaign advertisements, and Ace Metrix VIVA for assessing Spanish language ads among U.S. Hispanic consumers. These tools offer brands, creative agencies, and publishers qualitative and quantitative data, competitive insights, and metrics to analyze the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns, facilitating real-time optimization.

MuleSoft

Series C in 2010
MuleSoft, Inc. is a provider of the Anypoint Platform, a cloud-based application integration solution that enables organizations to connect their applications, data, and devices. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, MuleSoft's platform facilitates the creation of application networks by leveraging APIs, which serve as the essential connection points for data exchange among various systems. This integration software suite allows businesses to connect both cloud-based and on-premises applications, regardless of format or source, promoting operational agility and competitive advantage. MuleSoft's offerings include self-serve infrastructure through reusable building blocks, empowering customers to efficiently compose applications tailored to their needs. The company operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce and maintains a strategic alliance with IQVIA to enhance its service offerings.

Karmasphere

Series A in 2010
Karmasphere unlocks the business potential of Hadoop so companies can deliver more personalized and relevant products and experiences to their customers. The Karmasphere Collaborative Analytics Workspace brings the power of data science to business analysts using SQL and automated big data workflow including data ingestion, data cleansing, table provisioning and running and scheduling queries in a self-service model without reliance on IT. Its social, web-based interface allows everyone who works with big data to more easily collaborate and share resources. Open and based on Apache Hadoop standards, Karmasphere leverages existing analytic skills, integrates with traditional BI and existing applications and supports leading Hadoop distributions including: Amazon Elastic Map Reduce, Cloudera, HortonWorks, IBM and MapR Technologies. Learn more at http://www.karmasphere.com

Evostor

Series A in 2010
EvoStor is pioneering development of a new generation of storage systems purpose-built for the challenging requirements of virtual infrastructure. Storage vendors have tried to add capabilities to legacy products to address the challenges introduced by virtualization. Just adding features is not enough. EvoStor delivers innovative new technology to fully integrate with virtualization systems and management tools so they are simple to deploy and manage while providing enterprise class functionality.

Ace Metrix

Series B in 2009
Ace Metrix, Inc. specializes in video creative assessment solutions, delivering detailed analytics and insights for television and video advertisements. Founded in 2007 and based in El Segundo, California, the company provides a suite of services including Ace Metrix PRE for ad pre-testing, Ace Metrix LIVE for real-time analytics of digital ads, Ace Metrix POLITICS for evaluating campaign advertisements, and Ace Metrix VIVA for assessing Spanish language ads among U.S. Hispanic consumers. These tools offer brands, creative agencies, and publishers qualitative and quantitative data, competitive insights, and metrics to analyze the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns, facilitating real-time optimization.

Pancetera

Series A in 2009
Pancetera is a company that specializes in system and storage management solutions for virtualized server environments. It aims to simplify the complexities and reduce the costs associated with data protection and management in these environments. By leveraging its virtual appliance, Pancetera enhances performance, decreases resource contention, and lowers the cost per virtual machine. The company comprises a team of experienced professionals, including former executives from Data Domain, Legato, and Thinstall, who bring valuable expertise to its innovative offerings.

Sonatype

Series A in 2009
Sonatype, Inc. specializes in software supply chain automation, providing solutions that enable organizations to effectively manage their development lifecycles, including third-party and first-party code, infrastructure as code, and containerized applications. The company's flagship products include Nexus Lifecycle, which governs the flow of software components and enforces policies; Nexus Firewall, which prevents risky components from entering the supply chain; Nexus Auditor, for continuous monitoring of applications in production; and Nexus Repository, which organizes and distributes software components. Sonatype serves diverse industries such as finance, government, technology, insurance, healthcare, and manufacturing, supporting a significant portion of Fortune 100 companies. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Fulton, Maryland, the company also has offices in McLean, Virginia; London, United Kingdom; and Sydney, Australia. Sonatype is recognized for its commitment to innovation and has received accolades for its workplace culture and growth.

SlideRocket

Series B in 2009
SlideRocket is an online presentation software provider that streamlines the entire presentation lifecycle through a rich internet application. Founded in 2007, the company offers a comprehensive platform where users can create visually appealing presentations, manage a library of slides and assets, and collaborate with colleagues. The software operates on a software-as-a-service model, enabling secure sharing of presentations both in-person and remotely while also providing tools for measuring engagement and effectiveness. SlideRocket distinguishes itself from competitors by being web-based, user-friendly, and feature-rich. Additionally, it includes an online marketplace where users can buy, trade, or access free content and services related to presentation development. The platform also features a Sales & Marketing Edition designed for enterprises, enhancing collaboration among sales and marketing teams with advanced sharing, permissions, and analytics capabilities.

VKernel

Series B in 2009
VKernel Corporation, founded in 2007 and acquired by Quest Software in 2011, is now part of Dell. It specializes in performance and capacity management solutions for virtualized infrastructures, specifically targeting VMware and Microsoft environments. The company offers virtual appliances that monitor and track resources across virtual server environments, reporting on critical metrics such as CPU, network, memory, and storage usage. VKernel's products are designed to simplify the planning and prediction of capacity utilization and performance bottlenecks, enabling over 50,000 system administrators to maximize capacity, reduce virtualization costs, and enhance application performance. With operations in the United States and Europe, VKernel distributes its solutions directly and through a global network of partners, addressing the increasing demand for effective management solutions in virtualized and cloud environments.

Aria Systems

Series B in 2008
Aria Systems provides a cloud-based monetization platform designed to assist subscription and usage-based businesses in effectively managing their revenue streams. The company offers an agile billing system that enables enterprises to capitalize on customer-driven events, referred to as revenue moments. By facilitating active customer engagement and the rapid development of new products and services, Aria's comprehensive platform allows global brands to enter the market more quickly and diversify their offerings. The platform also includes on-demand billing software, marketing intelligence tools, and customer lifecycle management services tailored for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, game developers, and telecommunications providers. Through these capabilities, Aria Systems aims to support long-term business growth and enhance customer satisfaction, retention, and lifetime value.

Crowd Factory

Series A in 2008
Crowd Factory is a social marketing platform designed to enhance the effectiveness of marketing initiatives for companies. It offers a suite of social marketing applications, including CrowdShare Widgets, social sweepstakes, polls, and group offers, aimed at driving customer acquisition and engagement. The platform also features robust analytics and dashboards that allow businesses to monitor the performance of their marketing campaigns, enabling them to test, measure, and refine their strategies effectively. Additionally, Crowd Factory maintains a Social Database that collects data from interactions between influencers and their networks. The platform's capabilities extend across various online channels, including social media, email, and display ads, and it caters to a diverse clientele, including major brands in both B2B and B2C sectors.
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