Aligned Partners

Aligned Partners is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2011 by Jodi Sherman Jahic and Susan Mason. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in information technology companies that have shown initial product traction and a commitment to capital efficiency. Aligned Partners typically acts as the lead investor and emphasizes a hands-on approach, encouraging portfolio companies to maintain low capital requirements throughout their growth. This strategy allows startups to retain greater ownership and flexibility, supporting their long-term success. The firm primarily invests in mobile and cloud-delivered software and services tailored for enterprise customers, rather than consumer-focused solutions.

Susan Mason

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

14 past transactions

SavvyFi

Series A in 2022
Developer of a digital investment platform designed to empower employees to save for college and pay off student debt. The company's platform focuses on taking the guesswork out of setting up a savings plan and other financial functions to create a better future, enabling students and employees to access tools that help them achieve their financial goals and pay off their debts.

FRESHSOUND

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Freshsound is a music licensing platform that caters to professional storytellers and agencies by providing access to original music. The company combines artificial intelligence with human creativity to ensure that content creators can find the most suitable music for their visual projects. By offering a streamlined approach to music licensing, Freshsound empowers users to enhance their storytelling with high-quality soundtracks, facilitating a more engaging experience for audiences.

Bit Discovery

Venture Round in 2021
Bit Discovery, Inc. specializes in developing and operating a platform designed for website asset inventory and portfolio management. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company offers tools that enable clients to create and manage portfolios of their web assets. The platform includes features such as Auto Search, which continuously monitors and notifies users of changes to existing assets and the discovery of new ones; Advanced Filtering, which provides comprehensive information about web assets; Email Alerts for notifications; and Auth0 Single Sign On for seamless access using existing credentials.

AnChain.AI

Seed Round in 2020
AnChain.ai Inc. specializes in blockchain data analytics and cryptocurrency transaction monitoring, providing solutions for public and private blockchain networks. Its offerings include Blockchain Ecosystem Intelligence, which connects wallet addresses and transactions to real-world entities, ensuring compliance with KYC and AML regulations while quantifying risk. The Transaction Analytics Platform delivers insights for day-to-day operations, featuring automated alerts, anomaly detection, and user profiling. Additionally, the company offers a Smart Contract Auditing Sandbox to assess the security of Solidity-based contracts and a Crypto Ransom Response service to track adversaries and mitigate financial losses from theft. AnChain.ai caters to a diverse clientele, including blockchain exchanges, custodians, financial institutions, and enterprises involved in cybersecurity and innovation. Founded in 2018, the company is headquartered in Milpitas, California, and is recognized by leading blockchain firms and industry committees for its contributions to security and trust in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Accrualify

Series A in 2018
Accrualify, Inc. operates an online service vendor management platform for enterprise-level accounting teams that function on the accrual method of accounting. The company provides accounts payable outsourcing, such as vendor management, purchase order management, and payment management services. It offers procure-to-pay solutions for purchasers and service vendors. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Quivers

Series A in 2018
Quivers Inc. develops an omnichannel e-commerce platform that enables brand manufacturers to collaborate with their authorized retailers for online sales, thereby minimizing channel conflict. The company's primary offering, the Order Flow Controller, allows manufacturers to manage how, when, and which retailers fulfill orders placed on their websites. This system supports consumers in shopping for products directly from their preferred manufacturers while ensuring that authorized retailers can claim these orders for fulfillment. Quivers also provides a syndicated product information management service, enhancing the overall customer experience by allowing specialty brands to utilize their existing retailer networks. Founded in 2012 and based in Millcreek, Utah, Quivers aims to deliver a more personalized shopping experience through its innovative platform.

TrueData

Series B in 2018
TrueData enhances the mobile ecosystem by connecting those who need data with those who have it. Contributors to our mobile data cooperative gain steady revenue plus insights about their users, while data clients gain a way to connect existing targeting info to real user profiles.

CloudLex

Series B in 2018
CloudLex, Inc. operates a cloud based legal platform for trial lawyers in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Its platform provides proactive matter management, firm level calendaring, document management and storage, conflict checks, management reports and dashboard, email communication, firm-wide task allocation and tracking, and internal firm conversation applications. CloudLex, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

TrueData

Series A in 2017
TrueData enhances the mobile ecosystem by connecting those who need data with those who have it. Contributors to our mobile data cooperative gain steady revenue plus insights about their users, while data clients gain a way to connect existing targeting info to real user profiles.

CloudLex

Series A in 2016
CloudLex, Inc. operates a cloud based legal platform for trial lawyers in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Its platform provides proactive matter management, firm level calendaring, document management and storage, conflict checks, management reports and dashboard, email communication, firm-wide task allocation and tracking, and internal firm conversation applications. CloudLex, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Full Circle Insights

Series B in 2015
Full Circle Insights operates a marketing performance management platform designed to provide marketers with comprehensive solutions for attributing deals to the appropriate campaigns, thereby ensuring accurate return on investment (ROI). The platform centralizes marketing data, enabling users to access crucial insights and answers to their marketing inquiries efficiently. Built entirely on Salesforce.com, it integrates seamlessly with leading marketing automation tools, enhancing its usability. Founded by experienced professionals from Salesforce and the marketing automation sector, the company focuses on empowering marketers with the necessary information to make informed decisions and drive revenue growth. Through its platform, Full Circle Insights facilitates a data-driven approach to marketing, offering complete funnel metrics that support effective planning and strategy development.

Zumigo

Series B in 2014
Zumigo, Inc. specializes in providing mobile location and identity services globally. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with an office in Pune, India, the company offers a range of solutions designed to enhance security and convenience for financial transactions and identity verification. Its products include Zumigo Assure Mobile Extract for capturing mobile numbers during user interactions, Zumigo Assure Identity for utilizing real-time billing and account information to prevent fraud, and Zumigo Assure Radius for mobile location services. Zumigo's platform is device-agnostic and operates across various carriers, allowing businesses to access critical identity and financial information from mobile devices efficiently. Its clientele includes banks, employers, consumer reporting agencies, and retail merchants, all benefiting from enhanced fraud prevention and compliance capabilities.

BrightPoint Security

Series A in 2014
BrightPoint Security offers an automation and collaboration platform designed to help organizations manage and respond to cyber threats and fraud. Its BrightPoint Sentinel tool addresses the challenge of overwhelming data analysis faced by security and fraud prevention teams by automating the collection, analysis, correlation, and sharing of information on current and emerging threats. This platform enhances operational efficiency, enabling organizations to quickly determine if they have been breached by correlating threat information with network infrastructure data. By facilitating secure and anonymous collaboration, BrightPoint Security ensures that sensitive data remains within the user's controlled environment, allowing for timely incident response while maintaining privacy. The platform leverages STIX/TAXII messaging for information transfer, minimizing discovery and remediation times while providing early warnings of potential cyber threats, ultimately reducing overall risk for businesses.

SA Ignite

Series A in 2012
SA Ignite’s compliance management and predictive analytics platform that simplifies the complexities of evolving value-based initiatives, optimizing quality scores through actionable insights that help healthcare organizations improve revenue and reputation. It was founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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