Adobe

Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions. Its tools and services allow its customers to create ground-breaking digital content, deploy it across media and devices, measure and optimize it over time, and achieve greater business success. The company helps its customers make, manage, measure, and monetize their content across every channel and screen. Its main products include Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Freehand, InDesign, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, and many others. Adobe is the global leader in digital marketing and digital media solutions. Their tools and services allow their customers to create groundbreaking digital content, deploy it across media and devices, measure and optimize it over time, and achieve greater business success. Adobe helps their customers make, manage, measure, and monetize their content across every channel and screen. Adobe was founded on January 1, 1982 in California, United States.

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Digital Fountain

Venture Round in 2000
As experts in broadcast and real-time data transport, Digital Fountain software optimizes the delivery of digital media over any network. Their technology eliminates the common limitations associated with digital media distribution solutions over both private and public networks, maximizing their customers' existing infrastructure investments, and enabling expanded revenue opportunities.

Gigya

Series F in 2014
Gigya's Customer Identity Management Platform helps companies build better customer relationships by turning unknown visitors into known, loyal and engaged customers. With Gigya’s technology, businesses increase registrations and identify customers across devices, consolidate data into rich customer profiles, and provide better service, products and experiences by integrating data into marketing and service applications. Gigya's platform was designed from the ground up for social identities, mobile devices, consumer privacy and modern marketing. Gigya provides developers with the APIs they need to easily build and maintain secure and scalable registration, authentication, profile management, data analytics and third-party integrations. More than 700 of the world’s leading businesses such as Fox, Forbes, and Verizon rely on Gigya to build identity-driven relationships and to provide scalable, secure Customer Identity Management.

Allegorithmic

Acquisition in 2019
Allegorithmic is the first company to propose a professional toolset for compression, authoring and on-the-fly rendering of smart textures. Based on the patented concept of FX-maps released by the company in 2003, Substance allows content developers to produce texture assets twice as fast as usual, while Substance Air and Substance description files are typically 500-1000 times smaller than regular textures. Allegorithmic's new product range Substance is poised to redefine the development and distribution of rich content for the next generation of online and retail games. Allegorithmic is currently partnering with the most innovative companies of the field to provide industry innovators with the most advanced packages for content production.

Biz360

Series B in 2001
Biz360, Inc. is an information-services company focused on transforming information to help businesses make better decisions. They use technology to aggregate, measure and analyze news media and consumer opinion information from a vast amount of traditional and social media sources (i.e. print, broadcast, websites, blogs and message boards) to yield invaluable insights which enable marketing and media executives to better understand, reach and motivate their target audiences. Biz360 is distinguished by its broad, global network of content sources, superior leading-edge analytical expertise and outstanding service & support — which enables us to deliver to their clients the most accurate, relevant and insightful information/metrics in the most flexible, consumable formats.

YaWah

Acquisition in 2008
YaWah is an Adobe Group Company and its products are now part of the Adobe Scene7 product family. YaWah provided imaging software.
Datalogics was founded in 1967 in Chicago. They started early in the “document technology” business, developing one of the first computerized typesetting systems, and building editing workstations and software to drive them (ask us what “working under DURESS” really means). In the early 80’s they participated in the ISO committee to standardize SGML, the forerunner of XML and HTML, and applied this knowledge in developing their DL Pager and DL Composer publishing systems. In 1993 Datalogics was purchased by Frame Technology Corporation; and two years later Frame was purchased by Adobe Systems. Shortly thereafter, Adobe spun us back off as a privately-held independent company, retaining partial interest as an Adobe Ventures Company. Since 1998 they have been working with Adobe, acting as the key channel for several of their PDF toolkits including the Adobe PDF Library, Adobe Normalizer, Adobe PDF Print Engine, Adobe InDesign Server and the Adobe Reader Mobile SDK. Today their business focuses on providing these technologies to software developers and enabling them to bring their products to market faster and with superior eBook and PDF capabilities. From their downtown offices in the West Loop, they support hundreds of customers worldwide who are using their technology in diverse mission-critical applications. Over the past forty years, technology has changed dramatically, but their core values haven’t: they remain deeply committed to supporting their customers and staying technically-focused to provide them the best possible products and services.

introNetworks

Series A in 2007
[introNetworks](http://www.intronetworks.com/index.html) builds social networks for businesses that can be molded to suit the needs of any type of community, including large-scale open communities and small, private ones. Corporations, organizations, event planners, trade associations, and publishers can create an innovative online community for a product launch, a user group, an annual sales meeting, or a special event to bring together customers and employees.

Above All Software, Inc.

Above All Software, Inc. provides business integration software that allows customers to use service oriented architectures. It offers Above All composite application platform, which includes Above All Studio, an integrated environment for creating and refining business services and assembling new composite applications; Above All SOA Repository, a metadata repository to store and manage the assets in service oriented architecture; Above All Knowledge Packs, a software that mines existing information assets; and Above All Multi-channel Deployment, which enables the Above All created composite applications and services to be deployed to the business and users environments. Above All Software, Inc. was formerly known as BAM Software, Inc. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Redwood City, California.

By Humankind

Seed Round in 2019
by Humankind is a direct-to-consumer personal care brand dedicated to reducing our global dependence on single-use plastic in the products we use every day. Offering revolutionary products that take a more responsible approach to your body and our planet, the brand’s refillable deodorant, mouthwash tablets, and shampoo bar offer clean-ingredient, scientifically advanced solutions to reduce single-use plastic waste by 90 percent or more when compared to current market offerings. The brand’s refill model is designed to measure the collective impact of the by Humankind community over time, making one small step for you, one giant step by Humankind.
Design Barn, Inc. designs and develops online platform for testing, collaborating, and discovering animations. It provides an online animation file format-shipping platform. The company offers animation community portal and software. It offers COVID-19 animations, and animated stickers. It serves to animators, designers, developers, and engineers. Design Barn, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Pleasanton, California.

Kinecta

Series C in 2001
Kinecta Corporation was a content syndication company.

Marketo

Acquisition in 2018
Marketing automation software

CAGE

Venture Round in 2019
Based in Oklahoma City, Cage is a media collaboration and visual project management platform that empowers creative teams and improves digital workflows. Cage’s cloud-based platform powers the visual collaboration and streamlines team communication, task management, collaborative media reviews, asset management and faster approvals for freelancers, designers, creative teams, marketers, vfx studios, filmmakers, agencies, and post production teams around the world. Cage’s current enterprise customers include innovative brands such as Sapient, CMT, The Foundry, Best Buy, Crayola, Intel, Leo Burnett, Jim Henson Company and Lego

Zeroheight

Series A in 2021
We're building the future of designer collaboration. Like developers, designers need advanced tools to match their increasingly collaborative and complex workflows. But unlike developer tools, designer tools for collaboration simply haven’t kept up with the industry. Thanks to a strong engineering background and backing from world-class investors, we're able to finally give designers the sophisticated infrastructure they need to work together at scale. Our mission is to empower design teams of all shapes and sizes to create truly amazing user experiences by working together more closely.

Magento, Inc.

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Magento is a modern cloud commerce platform with an open-source ecosystem. Flexible for B2C, B2B, and hybrid solutions, Magento extends beyond the shopping cart for every shoppable experience, including email, mobile, in-store, shipping, and marketplaces. Recognized as the leading commerce platform to the 2015 Internet Retailer Top 1000, B2B 300, and Europe 500 lists, Magento works hand-in-hand with the world’s biggest retailers, brands, and branded manufacturers across B2C and B2B industries.

scanR, Inc.

scanR, Inc. offers solutions that enable to scan, print, and fax from phone. The company offers scanR, a digital scanner and fax that enables to capture documents, forms, books, receipts, business cards, notes, and whiteboards through autofocus camera phones, as well as turn them into digital files that can be stored and shared, and sent via fax. It also allows users to store and view digital scans online, as well as download them as a PDF, text file, or image. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Marketo

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Marketing automation software

Aldus Corp

Acquisition in 1994
Aldus Corporation, named after the 15th-century Venetian printer Aldus Manutius, was the inventor of the groundbreaking PageMaker software, a program that is generally credited with creating the desktop publishing (DTP) field. The company was founded by Jeremy Jaech, Mark Sundstrom, Mike Templeman, Dave Walter, and chairman Paul Brainerd.[1] Aldus Corporation was based in Seattle, Washington.

PlayJam

Series A in 2011
PlayJam's core mission is to bring affordable gaming to the big screen. To that end, they have developed and operate a built-for-TV games platform that currently powers casual games on over 90 million Smart TV devices worldwide. In doing so, they have created one of the largest, most vibrant casual game network around. In 2013, PlayJam announced support for Android and launched GameStick - the world's most portable TV game console. Working with leading TV and STB manufacturers, the company is licensing its underlying technology that will afford every household access to rich, affordable games the whole family can enjoy.

Efficient Frontier

Acquisition in 2011
An online performance and social media marketing platform, manages social media campaigns for advertisers and agencies

CoVia Technologies

Venture Round in 2000
CoVia Technologies is a pioneer of business-to-business Internet workplace solutions.

LottieFiles

Series A in 2021
LottieFiles is a micro animation design company that features a mobile-based platform that enables designers to share, test, and iterate micro animations. Its software platform specializes in digital art, motion graphics, web design, and app design. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Bunchball

Series B in 2008
Bunchball is the market leader and visionary in gamification. Bunchball enables organizations to improve business performance throughout their ecosystem by creating highly active and loyal customers, employees, and partners. Bunchball’s comprehensive suite of innovative cloud-based solutions empowers companies to engage and motivate, leading to improved employee productivity, customer loyalty, audience engagement, and ROI. Bunchball’s world-class customers include Adobe, HP, Cisco, MTV, Comcast, LiveOps, VMware and Hasbro. Based in Silicon Valley, Bunchball's investors include Granite Ventures, Triangle Peak Partners, Northport Investments, and Correlation Ventures. For more information, visit www.bunchball.com, our blog at www.gamification.com, or follow @bunchball.

Movaris

Series C in 2006
Solutions that integrate and manage financial close and other governance, risk and compliance processes

Zeroheight

Seed Round in 2019
We're building the future of designer collaboration. Like developers, designers need advanced tools to match their increasingly collaborative and complex workflows. But unlike developer tools, designer tools for collaboration simply haven’t kept up with the industry. Thanks to a strong engineering background and backing from world-class investors, we're able to finally give designers the sophisticated infrastructure they need to work together at scale. Our mission is to empower design teams of all shapes and sizes to create truly amazing user experiences by working together more closely.
PlayJam's core mission is to bring affordable gaming to the big screen. To that end, they have developed and operate a built-for-TV games platform that currently powers casual games on over 90 million Smart TV devices worldwide. In doing so, they have created one of the largest, most vibrant casual game network around. In 2013, PlayJam announced support for Android and launched GameStick - the world's most portable TV game console. Working with leading TV and STB manufacturers, the company is licensing its underlying technology that will afford every household access to rich, affordable games the whole family can enjoy.
Validar Inc. develops and provides event campaign and marketing software solutions to business-to-business (B2B) event marketers. The company owns and operates EventHub, an attendee behavior tracking solution for tradeshows. It offers event registration, attendee tracking, lead retrieval, event survey, and data collection solutions for corporate events and trade shows. The company also provides event marketing and lead management technical support services. It serves corporations worldwide. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Demdex

Acquisition in 2011
Demdex provides Audience Management solutions for powering dynamic, multi-channel data strategies online. Having pioneered the SaaS Audience Management market since 2008, Demdex's services are continually being embraced by some of the world's most recognized brands across diverse industries. As the best alternative to homegrown systems which are expensive to build, operate and maintain, Demdex's enterprise-level technology provides the scale, reliability, insight and performance necessary for businesses to succeed online.

TubeMogul

Acquisition in 2016
TubeMogul is the leading enterprise software company for digital branding. The world’s largest brands and agencies unify their video advertising on TubeMogul’s programmatic platform. By using a single, integrated solution, TubeMogul’s clients gain control over their video spend, simplify their workflow and verify the success of their campaigns. Founded in 2006, TubeMogul is based in Emeryville, California with offices across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Veoh

Series D in 2008
Watch Movies Online For Free | Your #1 Online Movie Experience | Veoh

HyWay Ferranti

Acquisition in 1997
HyWay Ferranti is a company that was acquired by Adobe Systems in 1997.

Sayspring

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Sayspring, Inc. develops software to create voice interfaces for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York. As of April 16, 2018, Sayspring, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Adobe Inc.

Scene7

Acquisition in 2007
Adobe [acquired](http://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/8df47bafeccc8db6c9830dc69df1e5a3) Scene7 in May 2007 and now offers Scene7 as one of its products. Scene7 – provider of the leading on-demand rich media platform – enables companies to grow revenues, enhance customer experience and cut production costs. With Scene7, businesses can improve the entire selling and marketing cycle – from attracting customers, to guiding them to the right products and services, to successfully converting them into loyal buyers. The company offers rich media solutions built on a robust, integrated technology platform – for unrivaled breadth, depth, scalability and ease of ongoing rich media use. Adobe acquired Scene7 in May 2007.

Neolane

Acquisition in 2013
Neolane, Inc. is a conversational marketing technology provider, which develops marketing automation and cross-channel campaign management software and services for business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketers. In 2012, Neolane recorded $58 million in revenue representing 40% year-over-year growth. In 2013, Neolane was named #64 on the Forbes list of America's Most Promising companies. Neolane provides the only conversational marketing technology that empowers organizations to build and sustain one-to-one lifetime dialogues, dramatically increasing revenue and marketing efficiency. Neolane has a track record of enabling its customers to adapt to new customer engagement challenges and exploit opportunities more quickly than their competition. Neolane is used by more than 400 of the world's leading companies including Alcatel Lucent, barnesandnoble.com, Orange, Sears Canada, Sephora Europe, and Sony Music.

Oversight

Series C in 2015
Founded in 2003, Oversight Systems, Inc. is a privately-held, Atlanta-based software company whose continuous transaction monitoring solutions help Fortune 500 companies in a variety of industries solve problems related to governance, risk and compliance. Oversight Systems is anchored by a team of professionals who have helped to commercialize network and operating system security; who have secured the largest financial networks in the world; and who have helped to audit some of the most sensitive and mission-critical applications in the world. The Oversight team has revolutionized the way Management, Boards, Auditors, and Shareholders approach ongoing regulatory compliance and the underlying costs and benefits.

Cascade Systems

Venture Round in 1999
Cascade Systems is a provider of e-Merchandising solutions.

Trade and Technologies France

Acquisition in 2006
Trade and Technologies France is a company that was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2006.

Livefyre

Series D in 2015
Livefyre helps companies engage consumers through a combination of real-time content, conversation and social curation

LucidLink

Series A in 2021
Lucid provides a cloud-backed distributed file service allowing instant access to an unlimited, shared, and secure file space in the cloud. It believes cloud object storage has the power to transform the way individuals and businesses store and access their files. LucidLink aims to change that with universal distributed file system that streams data from cloud object storage. It purpose built it to integrate with object storage through high latency environments, and address the source of the challenge, not the symptom. Simply stated, LucidLink provides the ability to mount an object store in the cloud and use it as local storage.

Amicima

Acquisition in 2006
Amicima, Inc. was a software company headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, United States, developing new network protocols for client-server and peer-to-peer communication over the Internet and applications using the new protocols. Amicima was purchased by [Adobe](/organization/adobe-systems).

Skillshare

Private Placement in 2020
Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. The company's community offers classes on any type of skill, from baking cupcakes to raising startup capital to varying fields in design, business, and technology, enabling members to harness their creative power and learn skills in an enhanced way. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York.
MEI delivers software and services that help creative teams collaborate more effectively and publish content faster—everywhere they are.
Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. The company's community offers classes on any type of skill, from baking cupcakes to raising startup capital to varying fields in design, business, and technology, enabling members to harness their creative power and learn skills in an enhanced way. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York.

BluePoint Technologies

Acquisition in 1990
BluePoint Technologies is a provider of Computer chips.

Digital Fountain

Series C in 2000
As experts in broadcast and real-time data transport, Digital Fountain software optimizes the delivery of digital media over any network. Their technology eliminates the common limitations associated with digital media distribution solutions over both private and public networks, maximizing their customers' existing infrastructure investments, and enabling expanded revenue opportunities.

RedPaper, LLC

RedPaper, LLC operates as a collaborative newspaper on the Internet with articles for sale written by various people worldwide. It enables users to have their own column, post articles, name their story price, and sell their work to potential readers. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Fotiva

Acquisition in 2001
Fotiva provides software and information that enables consumers to use digital cameras.

Digital Fountain

Series D in 2001
As experts in broadcast and real-time data transport, Digital Fountain software optimizes the delivery of digital media over any network. Their technology eliminates the common limitations associated with digital media distribution solutions over both private and public networks, maximizing their customers' existing infrastructure investments, and enabling expanded revenue opportunities.

LottieFiles

Seed Round in 2020
LottieFiles is a micro animation design company that features a mobile-based platform that enables designers to share, test, and iterate micro animations. Its software platform specializes in digital art, motion graphics, web design, and app design. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
[introNetworks](http://www.intronetworks.com/index.html) builds social networks for businesses that can be molded to suit the needs of any type of community, including large-scale open communities and small, private ones. Corporations, organizations, event planners, trade associations, and publishers can create an innovative online community for a product launch, a user group, an annual sales meeting, or a special event to bring together customers and employees.

Demandbase

Series D in 2013
Demandbase specializes in account-based marketing offering AI-enabled ABM platform. It is dedicated to helping B2B marketers achieve greater business impact. The company pioneered the ABM category nearly a decade ago, and today it operates as an indispensable part of the B2B tech stack. Demandbase offers the only end-to-end ABM platform that helps B2B companies identify, win, and grow the accounts that matter most.

CloudApp

Venture Round in 2017
CloudApp is the all-in-one visual sharing platform that lets you record, host, and share short videos, GIFs, and visuals (images, annotated screenshots) to make team and customer conversations faster and more succinct. Enhancing conversations visually means that messages don't get lost in translation! With CloudApp, team collaboration is a breeze.

Syntrillium Software

Acquisition in 2003
Syntrillium Software Corporation designs and develops computer software products for sound and visual effects. The company’s products include Cool Edit 2000, which records, edits, and mixes music, Cool Edit Pro, Loop CD Sets, and Red Rover. Syntrillium was founded in 1995 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

FORA.tv

Seed Round in 2007
FORA.tv helps users find, enjoy, and share videos about the people, issues, and ideas changing the world. FORA.tv presents the web's largest collection of videos drawn from live events, lectures, interviews, and debates going on all the time at top universities, public forums, think tanks and conferences. FORA.tv has partnered with hundreds of organizations to bring provocative and compelling video content for free, and pay-per-view, to audiences around the world. FORA.tv was founded in 2005 and is funded by a select group of investors including William R. Hearst III and Adobe Ventures.

Oculus

Acquisition in 2019
Oculus Medium is a virtual reality sculpting tool that used in video games and filmmaking. It is used to create and paint digital sculptures. Medium works only on Oculus Rift. The tool works with virtual reality headsets and 6DoF motion controllers. Oculus Medium enables users to sculpt, model and paint in an immersive environment to easily create characters, objects, environments, expressive works of art and more. The integration of Medium’s tools and technology will greatly contribute to our 3D and immersive strategy. Oculus Medium's versatile and intuitive toolkit is designed for 3D modeling speed and fluidity. Oculus Medium was released on December 5, 2016.

Day Software

Acquisition in 2010
Day was founded in Basel, Switzerland, in 1993 to design web applications and manage content for global companies. Day Software allows customers to deploy global, multi-lingual internet initiatives. Day markets and delivers its software through partnerships with system integrators and consultants, as well as its own direct sales team.

Skillshare

Series D in 2020
Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. The company's community offers classes on any type of skill, from baking cupcakes to raising startup capital to varying fields in design, business, and technology, enabling members to harness their creative power and learn skills in an enhanced way. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York.

Demandbase

Series B in 2008
Demandbase specializes in account-based marketing offering AI-enabled ABM platform. It is dedicated to helping B2B marketers achieve greater business impact. The company pioneered the ABM category nearly a decade ago, and today it operates as an indispensable part of the B2B tech stack. Demandbase offers the only end-to-end ABM platform that helps B2B companies identify, win, and grow the accounts that matter most.

Mettle

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
Mettle is a 360/VR production studio and software developer. Their core advantage is that they are designers as well as developers. Their software is born from real workflow/production conditions that they test theirselves. They must be 100% reliable, efficient, speed up workflow, and make artists happy. Chris Bobotis is a Founding Partner and 360/VR Software Architect at mettle. He is Head Developer for the SkyBox software products, which offer the most complete set of 360/VR production tools available for Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro. He has 25+ years experience in advertising, motion graphics, 3D animation, and developing software,

Digital Analytix

Acquisition in 2015
Digital Analytix Enterprise combines the best of analytics and audience demographics to give you unparalleled data access and visibility into the characteristics of your entire user base. Access data in raw form for the real-time insights needed to help your business compete—and thrive. Digital Analytix Enterprise provides the platform and tools to help you discover, analyze and communicate key business insights. With access to the full spectrum of features, Enterprise is your solution to unlock your data and find the most granular insights to maximize the value of your digital investments.

Accelio Corporation

Acquisition in 2002
Accelio Corporation Formerly known as Jetform Corporation. The principal activity of the Company are development and distribution of web based software solutions. The Company operates in three business segments: Products, consulting services and customer support. The products segment licenses the Company's software products. The consulting segment configures, implements, integrates and customizes products and designs automated processes to meet the customers specific needs. This segment also provides necessary training to the customers. The customer support segment provides after sale support for software products as well as providing software upgrades and support programs. Software and license accounted for 61% of fiscal 2001 revenues; consulting, 11% and customer support, 28%.

Above All Software

Series A in 2002
Above All Software (formerly BAM Software) is pioneering point-and-click software that enables the rapid assembly of composite applications that are based on existing information resources such as enterprise applications, legacy systems and database procedures. With no programming and no changes to existing systems, both business and technical users can assemble solutions that integrate critical business functions like sales, finance and manufacturing.

Serious Magic

Acquisition in 2006
Developer of video and communication software. The company's products provide functionalities like - improving the quality of footage on location while capturing directly to a PC; creating realistic background composites; bringing broadcast quality effects and transitions to PowerPoint presentations; creating video blogs and assisting in video production.
Objectivity, Inc. is the leading provider of distributed, real-time, SOA-enabled database management solutions for mission-critical applications. The company's flagship product, Objectivity/DB, is used by government, security, complex manufacturing, commercial services, science, and engineering organizations to increase speed, precision and productivity. Objectivity works directly with customers to build customized programs, find solutions to complicated challenges, and seamlessly integrate technology across multiple platforms and languages.

OCR Systems

Acquisition in 1992
OCR Systems is a company that was acquired by Adobe Systems in 1992.

TubeMogul

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
TubeMogul is the leading enterprise software company for digital branding. The world’s largest brands and agencies unify their video advertising on TubeMogul’s programmatic platform. By using a single, integrated solution, TubeMogul’s clients gain control over their video spend, simplify their workflow and verify the success of their campaigns. Founded in 2006, TubeMogul is based in Emeryville, California with offices across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
FORA.tv helps users find, enjoy, and share videos about the people, issues, and ideas changing the world. FORA.tv presents the web's largest collection of videos drawn from live events, lectures, interviews, and debates going on all the time at top universities, public forums, think tanks and conferences. FORA.tv has partnered with hundreds of organizations to bring provocative and compelling video content for free, and pay-per-view, to audiences around the world. FORA.tv was founded in 2005 and is funded by a select group of investors including William R. Hearst III and Adobe Ventures.

TuVox

Series B in 2003
Speech application solutions and contact center solutions for inbound and outbound calls

Adobe Sign

Acquisition in 2011
Previously known as EchoSign, Adobe Sign services brings trusted e-signatures to your organization and makes 100% digital workflows a reality. It integrates with the entire Adobe Document Cloud portfolio of solutions. And it’s the only e-sign solution that lets you create secure digital document processes across your entire organization — while partnering with a single vendor. The company is a direct competitor to [DocuSign](http://crunchbase.com/organization/docusign) which took a substantial round of financing in the summer of 2007. EchoSign fired back with a second round of $6 million and partnerships with CRM powerhouse Salesforce.com, NetSuite, SAP, WebEx and [Zoho](http://crunchbase.com/organization/zoho). Salesforce.com named EchoSign to the "Best Apps of 2012, "Best Apps of 2011", "Best Apps of 2010", "Best Apps of 2009" and "Best Apps of 2008", as well as a three-time AppExchange Essential. Adobe Sign's signature process requires users to email documents through its system which takes care of the signing process on the other side. The recipients can e-sign instantly in any browser, an iPhone or a Blackberry, or via a widget on any website. Or if desired, recipients can sign by fax using a toll-free fax gateway. Adobe Sign also offers full integration with Google Apps / Google Docs, NetSuite, SAP Sourcing, Oracle CRM On Demand, eFax, DropBox, Evernote, Box.net, SugarCRM, Xobni and [SpringCM](http://crunchbase.com/organization/springcm). In July 2011, EchoSign was acquired by Adobe. https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/documents/esignatures.html

Opulence Images

Seed Round in 2021
Opulence Images specialize in creating organic lifestyle images that tell the story of your brand & Integrates the product seamlessly.

Demandbase

Series G in 2015
Demandbase specializes in account-based marketing offering AI-enabled ABM platform. It is dedicated to helping B2B marketers achieve greater business impact. The company pioneered the ABM category nearly a decade ago, and today it operates as an indispensable part of the B2B tech stack. Demandbase offers the only end-to-end ABM platform that helps B2B companies identify, win, and grow the accounts that matter most.

KyleBrush.com

Acquisition in 2017
KyleBrush.com is a service that offers digital brushes for Adobe’s Creative Cloud tools.

Pixmantec

Acquisition in 2006
Pixmantec develops digital imaging software.

AvantGo

Venture Round in 2000
AvantGo, Inc. provides software and services that enable and enhance the use of Internet-based content and corporate intranets to mobile devices, including personal digital assistants and Internet-enabled phones. The company licenses its AvantGo M-Business Server products and AvantGo mobile applications products to help its customers provide their employees, customers, suppliers, and business affiliates with easy access to business information. The AvantGo Mobile Internet service allows individuals to access Internet-based content and applications, and gives content providers and other businesses a new medium for reaching and interacting with new and existing customers. In February 2002, AvantGo was chosen by Microsoft for the participation in the Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council. AvantGo provides solutions for the Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC 2002.

Uru

Acquisition in 2018
Uru, Inc. develops content-aware video advertising solutions. The company’s SaaS lets creators and publishers to identify the objects, themes, and monetization opportunities inside a video, as well as makes pairing them with brand graphics; and API lets video player platforms to empower their users to monetize and video publishers consumer Uru directly from inside their content management system. It serves publishers and creators, and brands. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Truepic

Series B in 2021
Truepic is the trust authority for visual media. Our mission is to speed up business, foster healthy civil societies, and push back against disinformation. We do this by bolstering the value of authentic photos and videos, while leading the fight against deceptive ones. Truepic pioneered "controlled capture" technology for a new breed of visual media: photos and videos that have verifiable origin, contents, and metadata. For traditional photos and videos, Truepic uses industry-leading image forensics to help customers evaluate their trustworthiness. Our promise is simple, yet profound: photos and videos you can trust.

Navisware

Acquisition in 2005
Navisware engages in connecting computer aided design data and enterprise intelligence. Its enterprise connection framework enables computer aided design application instances to collaborate within the department, throughout the enterprise, and around the world. Navisware is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 1984 by James Wicker. The company was acquired by Adobe Systems on December 16, 2005.

Demandbase

Series C in 2011
Demandbase specializes in account-based marketing offering AI-enabled ABM platform. It is dedicated to helping B2B marketers achieve greater business impact. The company pioneered the ABM category nearly a decade ago, and today it operates as an indispensable part of the B2B tech stack. Demandbase offers the only end-to-end ABM platform that helps B2B companies identify, win, and grow the accounts that matter most.

Bellamax, Inc.

Bellamax, Inc. develops UpShot, a photo-editing software solution for Windows. Its portfolio includes Bellamax Pro, a software solution used in professional labs and portrait studios for automated image enhancement; and Bellamax Gold, an automated, unattended image-enhancement processing solution that enhances consumer pictures primarily for mini labs and kiosks. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Aviary

Acquisition in 2014
Photo-editing platform for ios, android, windows and html5

Q-Link Technologies

Acquisition in 2004
Q-Link is an innovator in business process management software. It provides a pure J2EE component based workflow architecture that enables developers to visually assemble complete applications faster than traditional application development. From workflow to forms, UI design, rules, web services, integration and Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), Q-Link offers a fully unified solution to easily build process-driven applications.

Demandbase

Series H in 2017
Demandbase specializes in account-based marketing offering AI-enabled ABM platform. It is dedicated to helping B2B marketers achieve greater business impact. The company pioneered the ABM category nearly a decade ago, and today it operates as an indispensable part of the B2B tech stack. Demandbase offers the only end-to-end ABM platform that helps B2B companies identify, win, and grow the accounts that matter most.

Macromedia

Acquisition in 2005
Macromedia was a North American graphics and Web development software house headquartered in San Francisco, California producing such products as Macromedia Flash. The line of Macromedia products is now controlled by its former rival, Adobe Systems, which acquired Macromedia on December 3, 2005.

TuVox

Series D in 2007
Speech application solutions and contact center solutions for inbound and outbound calls

CloudPlus, Inc.

Private Placement in 2018
CloudPlus, Inc. develops a video and image sharing platform for professionals. It offers CloudApp, a platform that allows users to capture and embed videos, graphics interchange formats, screen casts, and marked up images throughout their business workflows. The company’s solutions include designers, developers, executives, marketing, product, sales, and support CloudPlus, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Digimarc

Series B in 1998
Digimarc Corporation provides media identification and management solutions to government and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. The company offers Digimarc Platform for the identification, discovery, and verification of digitally-enhanced media, which includes Digimarc Barcode, an imperceptible data carrier for identifying the object; Digimarc Discover, a software for relevant devices to discover objects, such as decode data from that carrier; and Digimarc Verify, a suite of verification and quality control tools used to assess signal quality and validate data at critical stages of production. Its solutions are used in various media identification and management products and solutions, such as retail point of sale transaction processing; track and trace of products within the supply chain; quality control in manufacturing processes; inventory management and planogram compliance; sorting of consumer packaged goods in recycling streams; counterfeiting and piracy deterrence; online e-publication piracy protection; content identification and media management; authentication and monitoring; linking to networks and providing access to information; and enhanced services in support of mobile commerce. The company provides its solutions directly and through its business partners. Digimarc Corporation was founded in 2008 and is based in Beaverton, Oregon.
Scrybe Inc. develops web-based productivity application solutions. The company offers Convo, an application that provides a place for people to communicate with others in their work, school, or community networks in real time. Its clients include tech firms, news publishing houses, ad agencies, and designers. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Oversight

Venture Round in 2009
Founded in 2003, Oversight Systems, Inc. is a privately-held, Atlanta-based software company whose continuous transaction monitoring solutions help Fortune 500 companies in a variety of industries solve problems related to governance, risk and compliance. Oversight Systems is anchored by a team of professionals who have helped to commercialize network and operating system security; who have secured the largest financial networks in the world; and who have helped to audit some of the most sensitive and mission-critical applications in the world. The Oversight team has revolutionized the way Management, Boards, Auditors, and Shareholders approach ongoing regulatory compliance and the underlying costs and benefits.

Demandbase

Series F in 2014
Demandbase specializes in account-based marketing offering AI-enabled ABM platform. It is dedicated to helping B2B marketers achieve greater business impact. The company pioneered the ABM category nearly a decade ago, and today it operates as an indispensable part of the B2B tech stack. Demandbase offers the only end-to-end ABM platform that helps B2B companies identify, win, and grow the accounts that matter most.

MobiTV

Series C in 2006
MobiTV delivers live and on-demand video to any screen, connecting media reliably and securely anytime, anywhere, on any device. The company’s end-to-end platform delivers a true TV everywhere experience that helps service providers reduce time to market and control costs associated with the deployment and operation of high concurrency, multiple platform services. MobiTV’s connected media solutions solve the complexity of delivering video across networks, operating systems, and devices while managing associated rights. The company efficiently optimizes for network conditions to deliver multiscreen media services that center on empowering the viewer. MobiTV’s connected media solutions are tailored for IPTV operators, as well as mobile TV and over-the-top customers including AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Sprint, T-Mobile, TELUS, US Cellular, and Verizon among others.

Fotolia

Acquisition in 2014
Fotolia is an image bank that offers a crowdsourced library, which includes royalty-free images, vectors, illustrations and video footage clips. It is a community of artists, graphic designers, and a list of well-known agencies that provide content for this image bank. It maintains an international team of moderators who validates the submitted content and ensures the quality of the images, vectors, illustrations, and video clips. The contributing artists receive a commission when the images, vectors, illustrations, and videos are purchased. All images offered on Fotolia are royalty-free and can be used for any design project or document with no time limits. Fotolia provides its services across the span of the globe with websites in 15 languages and in 23 regions. It was founded in 2005, based in New York City, U.S.

Cortex

Seed Round in 2021
Cortex is a software platform that manages and operates microservices. The platform enables users to explore, understand, and operate their microservices. It improves user's incident response, it helps with documentation searches, audits service health, and prevents user's next outage. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Antepo

Acquisition in 2006
Antepo, Inc. provides enterprise instant messaging (EIM) and presence technology solutions. It offers Open Presence Network (OPN) System that enables real-time communication and collaboration between employees, customers, suppliers, and partners. OPN System supports interoperability between EIM solutions based on the XMPP or SIP/SIMPLE protocols.

Slam Dunk Networks, Inc.

Slam Dunk Networks, Inc. provides Internet-based managed communication network services for the delivery and tracking of business transactions between applications. It serves investment banks, brokers, and financial institutions, as well as corporations in various industries. Slam Dunk Networks, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Sayspring

Acquisition in 2018
Sayspring, Inc. develops software to create voice interfaces for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York. As of April 16, 2018, Sayspring, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Adobe Inc.

Oculus Medium of Facebook Technologies, LLC

Merger/Acquisition in 2019
As of December 6, 2019, Oculus Medium of Facebook Technologies, LLC was acquired by Adobe Inc. Oculus Medium of Facebook Technologies, LLC comprises a 3D virtual reality sculpting tool for creatives. The asset is located in the United States.

Sandcastle

Acquisition in 1997
Sandcastle was founded in 1995 by Bob Sands and it was acquired by Adobe Systems on March 14, 1997.

Arcot Systems

Series A in 2005
Arcot Systems, Inc. offers authentication and digital signing solutions to protect and verify digital identity. The company offers TransFort for Issuers that enables authentication for card holders and merchants; TransFort for Merchants, which enables authentication of cardholders that enroll in 3-D secure; RiskFort that blocks fraud in real-time; WebFort and ArcotID software-only authentication solutions; A-OK On-Demand that provides security for authentication process; and SignFort, which enables organizations to replace ‘print and sign’ methods with streamlined process for signing and approving documents. The company provides solutions for consumer portal protection, FFIEC compliance, identity management, Internet threat protection, SAFE biopharmaceutical compliance, and VPN authentication. It helps financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and e-shopping sites to prevent online fraud and identity theft. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with a technology center in Bangalore, India.

Tumri, Inc.

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
As of April 29, 2015, Tumri, Inc. was acquired by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Tumri, Inc. develops and operates online display advertising solutions for advertisers and agencies. The company’s solutions include Dynamic Media that integrates and optimizes media selection and acquisition within user marketing campaigns; Dynamic Messaging, which transforms display media into real time marketing channel to personalize and optimize marketing performance; Dynamic Response, a post-click response solution for landing page optimization; Dynamic Insight, a real-time marketing analytics solution that simplifies campaign launch and reduces time-to-value for common types of dynamic creative marketing campaigns; and Tumri Ensemble, a self-serve platform for dynamic creative and offer optimization. Tumri, Inc. serves advertisers, creative and media buying agencies, and publishers. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in San Mateo, California. It has additional offices in New York, New York and Bengaluru, India.