Acero Capital

Acero Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 and based in Menlo Park, California. It specializes in late-stage, mid-stage, and growth equity investments, primarily focusing on the cleantech, clean energy, and information technology sectors. Acero Capital typically invests between $7 million and $15 million in each company, pursuing stage-agnostic opportunities across various subsectors. The firm seeks to identify innovative approaches to established markets, prioritize management teams with exceptional foresight, and emphasize capital-efficient business models that provide a competitive advantage.

Rami Elkhatib

Founder and General Partner

Elisa del Gaudio

Operating Partner

Charles Ho

Venture Partner

17 past transactions

Contrast Security

Series E in 2021
Contrast Security, Inc. specializes in developing security software that empowers applications to defend themselves against cyberattacks. Founded in 2014 and based in Los Altos, California, the company offers a suite of solutions designed to enhance application security. These include Contrast Assess, which identifies security flaws through vulnerability assessments, and Contrast Protect, a runtime self-protection solution that provides insights into attack behavior. The technology incorporates deep security instrumentation for continuous and accurate analysis of applications without the need for disruptive scanning or extensive security expertise. By integrating with development environments, Contrast Security enables development teams to create secure applications while maintaining productivity. Recognized as a leader in the field, Contrast Security has received accolades such as being named a "Visionary" by Gartner and winning the SC Awards 2017 Rookie Security Company of the Year.

Contrast Security

Series D in 2019
Contrast Security, Inc. specializes in developing security software that empowers applications to defend themselves against cyberattacks. Founded in 2014 and based in Los Altos, California, the company offers a suite of solutions designed to enhance application security. These include Contrast Assess, which identifies security flaws through vulnerability assessments, and Contrast Protect, a runtime self-protection solution that provides insights into attack behavior. The technology incorporates deep security instrumentation for continuous and accurate analysis of applications without the need for disruptive scanning or extensive security expertise. By integrating with development environments, Contrast Security enables development teams to create secure applications while maintaining productivity. Recognized as a leader in the field, Contrast Security has received accolades such as being named a "Visionary" by Gartner and winning the SC Awards 2017 Rookie Security Company of the Year.

Contrast Security

Series C in 2017
Contrast Security, Inc. specializes in developing security software that empowers applications to defend themselves against cyberattacks. Founded in 2014 and based in Los Altos, California, the company offers a suite of solutions designed to enhance application security. These include Contrast Assess, which identifies security flaws through vulnerability assessments, and Contrast Protect, a runtime self-protection solution that provides insights into attack behavior. The technology incorporates deep security instrumentation for continuous and accurate analysis of applications without the need for disruptive scanning or extensive security expertise. By integrating with development environments, Contrast Security enables development teams to create secure applications while maintaining productivity. Recognized as a leader in the field, Contrast Security has received accolades such as being named a "Visionary" by Gartner and winning the SC Awards 2017 Rookie Security Company of the Year.

HyperGrid

Seed Round in 2017
HyperCloud enables businesses to embrace public clouds and drive their digital transformation via the broadest set of functionalities to discover and plan cloud migrations, optimize costs, secure resource and scale operations in the public cloud. HyperCloud has a unique app-centric, modular approach that enables businesses to scale their cloud management capabilities within a common framework that provides centralized control and management of all private and public clouds and eliminates the need for ongoing training. HyperCloud analytics is powered by its massive database of more than 400 million data points across the major public clouds enabling instantaneous recommendations for optimizing new and existing applications using multi-dimensional analysis of factors such as cost, performance, and compliance. HyperCloud also analyzes past cloud usage to understand customer needs and speed service delivery by eliminating manual processes. As a result, enterprise IT and MSPs can deliver customized services across any private or public cloud, improving business performance while minimizing cloud management complexities.

Contrast Security

Series B in 2016
Contrast Security, Inc. specializes in developing security software that empowers applications to defend themselves against cyberattacks. Founded in 2014 and based in Los Altos, California, the company offers a suite of solutions designed to enhance application security. These include Contrast Assess, which identifies security flaws through vulnerability assessments, and Contrast Protect, a runtime self-protection solution that provides insights into attack behavior. The technology incorporates deep security instrumentation for continuous and accurate analysis of applications without the need for disruptive scanning or extensive security expertise. By integrating with development environments, Contrast Security enables development teams to create secure applications while maintaining productivity. Recognized as a leader in the field, Contrast Security has received accolades such as being named a "Visionary" by Gartner and winning the SC Awards 2017 Rookie Security Company of the Year.

Siva Power

Series D in 2016
Siva Power, Inc. is a manufacturer of solar modules and panels, specializing in third-generation thin-film photovoltaic technologies. Founded in 2006 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company focuses on enhancing solar cell efficiency while significantly reducing manufacturing costs. Siva Power's innovative approach employs co-evaporated copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) and monolithic integration glass architecture, which streamlines production processes through automated laser scribes. This technology enables the reduction of manufacturing steps, making it easier for companies to establish solar plants and generate electricity at competitive rates, independent of government subsidies. Siva Power aims to contribute to the commercialization of affordable solar energy solutions.

Gridstore

Series B in 2016
Gridstore™ is the leader in HyperConverged All-Flash Infrastructure for the Microsoft Cloud-Inspired Data Center. Our customers gain a 10X performance improvement over traditional storage as we put all-flash as close to the workload as possible. They realize 4X lower TCO by consolidation of three layers of infrastructure into one scalable layer built on X86 hardware and 10X less management effort due to less management points and less infrastructure to manage. Gridstore's HyperConverged Appliances include both compute and storage in a single system, and provide external storage and work with any Windows servers and the HyperConverged Appliance, all driven by Gridstore's patented software. Gridstore software architecture delivers native Windows integration, per-VM I/O control, and elastic and independent scaling of resources. Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. and its products and services are available through a global network of value-added resellers.

Swrve

Series C in 2015
Swrve Inc. is a prominent developer of mobile marketing automation and customer relationship management solutions, aimed at enhancing engagement and monetization for enterprises. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Swrve offers an integrated platform that encompasses mobile engagement, retention, and monetization strategies. The platform automates the collection and analysis of engagement metrics, enabling businesses to perform conversion and funnel analysis, retention studies, and monetization assessments. Key features include push and SMS messaging, in-app messaging, email notifications, and advanced analytics, which allow businesses to optimize user interactions through A/B testing and segmentation. Swrve serves a diverse range of industries, including airlines, hospitality, media, finance, gaming, telecom, e-commerce, and retail. With additional offices in Dublin, London, Irvine, and Sydney, Swrve continues to establish itself as a leader in the fast-growing mobile engagement marketing sector.

Siva Power

Series D in 2015
Siva Power, Inc. is a manufacturer of solar modules and panels, specializing in third-generation thin-film photovoltaic technologies. Founded in 2006 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company focuses on enhancing solar cell efficiency while significantly reducing manufacturing costs. Siva Power's innovative approach employs co-evaporated copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) and monolithic integration glass architecture, which streamlines production processes through automated laser scribes. This technology enables the reduction of manufacturing steps, making it easier for companies to establish solar plants and generate electricity at competitive rates, independent of government subsidies. Siva Power aims to contribute to the commercialization of affordable solar energy solutions.

Swrve

Series B in 2014
Swrve Inc. is a prominent developer of mobile marketing automation and customer relationship management solutions, aimed at enhancing engagement and monetization for enterprises. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Swrve offers an integrated platform that encompasses mobile engagement, retention, and monetization strategies. The platform automates the collection and analysis of engagement metrics, enabling businesses to perform conversion and funnel analysis, retention studies, and monetization assessments. Key features include push and SMS messaging, in-app messaging, email notifications, and advanced analytics, which allow businesses to optimize user interactions through A/B testing and segmentation. Swrve serves a diverse range of industries, including airlines, hospitality, media, finance, gaming, telecom, e-commerce, and retail. With additional offices in Dublin, London, Irvine, and Sydney, Swrve continues to establish itself as a leader in the fast-growing mobile engagement marketing sector.

Contrast Security

Series A in 2014
Contrast Security, Inc. specializes in developing security software that empowers applications to defend themselves against cyberattacks. Founded in 2014 and based in Los Altos, California, the company offers a suite of solutions designed to enhance application security. These include Contrast Assess, which identifies security flaws through vulnerability assessments, and Contrast Protect, a runtime self-protection solution that provides insights into attack behavior. The technology incorporates deep security instrumentation for continuous and accurate analysis of applications without the need for disruptive scanning or extensive security expertise. By integrating with development environments, Contrast Security enables development teams to create secure applications while maintaining productivity. Recognized as a leader in the field, Contrast Security has received accolades such as being named a "Visionary" by Gartner and winning the SC Awards 2017 Rookie Security Company of the Year.

Siva Power

Venture Round in 2014
Siva Power, Inc. is a manufacturer of solar modules and panels, specializing in third-generation thin-film photovoltaic technologies. Founded in 2006 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company focuses on enhancing solar cell efficiency while significantly reducing manufacturing costs. Siva Power's innovative approach employs co-evaporated copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) and monolithic integration glass architecture, which streamlines production processes through automated laser scribes. This technology enables the reduction of manufacturing steps, making it easier for companies to establish solar plants and generate electricity at competitive rates, independent of government subsidies. Siva Power aims to contribute to the commercialization of affordable solar energy solutions.

Gridstore

Series B in 2013
Gridstore™ is the leader in HyperConverged All-Flash Infrastructure for the Microsoft Cloud-Inspired Data Center. Our customers gain a 10X performance improvement over traditional storage as we put all-flash as close to the workload as possible. They realize 4X lower TCO by consolidation of three layers of infrastructure into one scalable layer built on X86 hardware and 10X less management effort due to less management points and less infrastructure to manage. Gridstore's HyperConverged Appliances include both compute and storage in a single system, and provide external storage and work with any Windows servers and the HyperConverged Appliance, all driven by Gridstore's patented software. Gridstore software architecture delivers native Windows integration, per-VM I/O control, and elastic and independent scaling of resources. Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. and its products and services are available through a global network of value-added resellers.

Argyle Data

Series C in 2013
Argyle Data, Inc. specializes in real-time big data analytics, offering a platform designed for processing and analyzing time-sensitive data. Its primary product, Xmp, supports big data applications that require simultaneous transaction processing and intelligent decision-making using machine learning on large data volumes. This platform enables organizations to derive actionable insights from real-time data, improving business outcomes. Additionally, the company provides Xmx, a module that simplifies data extraction from enterprise systems by monitoring network traffic and employing deep packet inspection to analyze protocols and extract information from packet headers and payloads. Argyle Data is utilized by leading mobile operators to identify fraud and revenue threats, which collectively cost the industry $38 billion annually. With its advanced Hadoop application suite, the company leverages machine learning to provide a comprehensive view of user activities, allowing for the detection of previously hidden revenue threats and attack patterns. Founded in 2007 and based in San Mateo, California, Argyle Data operates as a subsidiary of Mavenir Systems.

LiveHive, Inc.

Venture Round in 2012
LiveHive, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that specializes in a cloud-based sales acceleration platform designed to enhance business operations and drive sales growth. Founded in 2011, the company provides professionals and organizations with tools to capture, organize, share, and collaborate on digital content across various devices and web browsers. LiveHive combines advanced sales force automation and buyer engagement analytics to streamline sales processes and optimize revenue generation. Its platform integrates seamlessly with leading sales tools, enabling organizations to improve efficiency and provide sales teams with more time to focus on selling while offering management real-time insights to monitor sales performance and achieve revenue objectives.

Siva Power

Venture Round in 2012
Siva Power, Inc. is a manufacturer of solar modules and panels, specializing in third-generation thin-film photovoltaic technologies. Founded in 2006 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company focuses on enhancing solar cell efficiency while significantly reducing manufacturing costs. Siva Power's innovative approach employs co-evaporated copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) and monolithic integration glass architecture, which streamlines production processes through automated laser scribes. This technology enables the reduction of manufacturing steps, making it easier for companies to establish solar plants and generate electricity at competitive rates, independent of government subsidies. Siva Power aims to contribute to the commercialization of affordable solar energy solutions.

Bitzer Mobile

Series A in 2011
Bitzer Mobile, Inc. specializes in developing infrastructure software tailored for enterprise mobility management. Founded in 2010 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers solutions that enable organizations to securely extend access to corporate applications and data on mobile devices. Its technology supports the trend of consumerization by allowing employees to utilize their personal devices within the enterprise framework. Key products include the Enterprise Virtualized Mobility platform, which facilitates the prototyping, deployment, and support of multi-platform native applications, and the Mobile Virtualization Layer, which enhances mobile data transportation, offline synchronization, and user authentication. Additionally, Bitzer provides an Admin Control Panel for effective management of mobile users and devices.
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