Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz and based in Menlo Park, California. It funds startups across the entire lifecycle, from seed to growth, with a broad focus on software and technology-enabled businesses. The firm backs companies in software, cloud infrastructure, digital platforms, data storage, and mobile and Internet services, as well as sectors at the intersection of technology with life sciences, such as bio healthcare and computational medicine. Its investments span artificial intelligence, fintech, consumer and enterprise software, crypto and blockchain, cybersecurity, and related infrastructure. Through strategic guidance and a hands-on approach, the firm aims to help portfolio companies scale and innovate.

Leila Abu-Sharr

Partner, Market Development

Anish Acharya

General Partner

Vineeta Agarwala

General Partner

Eric Alby

Partner

Ryan Allen

Partner

Past deals in Networking

LayerZero

Funding Round in 2025
LayerZero develops a blockchain interoperability platform that enables data exchange between disparate blockchains. Its platform achieves speed and security by validating as an on-chain light node, allowing companies to build cross-chain applications using a low-level communication primitive.

Starcloud

Seed Round in 2024
Starcloud is focused on developing megawatt-scale data centers in space, with plans for scalable expansion to gigawatt capacity. The company designs power and cooling systems that leverage reduced launch costs to capitalize on the abundant energy and passive cooling available in the space environment. By providing high-speed connectivity, Starcloud aims to create cost-competitive, sustainable, and rapidly scalable data centers that support critical infrastructure needs for the future.

Quantinium

Seed Round in 2024
Quantinium develops pioneering blockchain infrastructure, setting industry benchmarks in speed, security, and reliability. It incorporates decentralization, scalability, sustainability, and cybersecurity, facilitating Quantum Wi-Fi, a decentralized global Software-defined Wireless Network (SDWN). This technology transforms isolated Wi-Fi networks into interconnected ecosystems, enabling users to share surplus internet capacity.

Fly.io

Series C in 2023
Fly.io is a company that provides an Application Delivery Network (ADN) designed to connect website owners with their customers effectively. Its platform allows users to build application servers using JavaScript, enabling them to write, test, and run code locally before deploying it. By utilizing a network of servers, Fly.io accepts visitor traffic, processes requests through middleware, and routes them to backend applications. This infrastructure allows website owners to direct their visitors securely and efficiently, ensuring that applications can scale and operate close to end users.

Forward Networks

Series D in 2023
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

Isovalent

Series B in 2022
Isovalent develops open-source software and enterprise solutions for cloud-native networking, security, and observability. Its flagship product, Cilium, enables enterprises to connect, monitor, and secure workloads in modern environments. Isovalent serves leading global organizations and has offices in Cupertino, CA and Zurich, Switzerland.

Fly.io

Series B in 2022
Fly.io is a company that provides an Application Delivery Network (ADN) designed to connect website owners with their customers effectively. Its platform allows users to build application servers using JavaScript, enabling them to write, test, and run code locally before deploying it. By utilizing a network of servers, Fly.io accepts visitor traffic, processes requests through middleware, and routes them to backend applications. This infrastructure allows website owners to direct their visitors securely and efficiently, ensuring that applications can scale and operate close to end users.

Linera

Seed Round in 2022
Linera is a multi-chain infrastructure company focused on enhancing the scalability of web3 applications. By developing a blockchain protocol that integrates microchains, Linera enables parallel operation of these chains within a shared set of validators. This innovative approach aims to bring web2-level performance to web3, providing users with low latency and improved network efficiency. Through its solutions, Linera seeks to redefine the landscape of blockchain technology, making it more accessible and effective for developers and end-users alike.

NYM Technologies SA

Series A in 2021
NYM Technologies SA is a Swiss company based in Neuchâtel that specializes in designing and developing private Internet infrastructure. The company focuses on creating solutions that utilize anonymous authentication credentials, which facilitate privacy-enhanced data transfer and support decentralized identity management. By addressing the vulnerabilities of existing Internet protocols that expose sensitive data at both the network and application levels, NYM Technologies aims to prevent data leakage and enhance user privacy, offering individuals a more secure online experience.

Mem Protocol

Seed Round in 2021
Mem Protocol is a company focused on enhancing social media services through decentralized architectures. It develops a human-centric tool that securely stores information about network participants, including their social media history and professional experience, in cryptographically protected vaults. The platform allows users to engage by asking and answering questions on a wide range of topics, facilitating access to important articles and providing a personalized feed of insightful responses. By prioritizing user control and privacy, Mem Protocol aims to create a more meaningful social layer for the web3 ecosystem.

Netography

Series A in 2021
Netography, Inc. is a cybersecurity company founded in 2018 and based in Annapolis, Maryland. It specializes in providing cloud-based network security solutions tailored for organizations operating in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The company's flagship offering, Netography Fusion, is a cloud-native Network Defense Platform that enhances security operations by enabling organizations to monitor and respond to network anomalies and threats from a unified console. By utilizing existing network device data and advanced algorithms, Netography's platform detects early indicators of attacks and facilitates automated responses, allowing clients to prevent network threats proactively. This approach eliminates the need for traditional sensors, agents, or taps, thereby streamlining security operations and improving the effectiveness of security, network, and cloud teams.

Helium

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Helium Systems Inc. develops Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology, focusing on sensor devices that monitor environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, motion, and light. These sensors are utilized in various applications, including facility monitoring and quality control for medical products, energy management, air quality assessment, and refrigeration temperature regulation. The company offers a web and mobile dashboard for users to manage and access sensor data. Additionally, Helium operates a decentralized wireless network that enables low-power IoT devices to connect to the internet. This network incentivizes individuals to become network operators, rewarding them with a cryptocurrency for validating network transactions and contributing to the network's integrity. Incorporated in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Helium Systems continues to innovate within the IoT landscape, enhancing the ability to gather insights from smart devices.

BeReal.

Series A in 2021
BeReal is a photo-sharing application that aims to foster genuine connections among users. The app operates by sending a simultaneous notification to all users on a selected list at a random time, prompting them to capture and share a photo within a limited timeframe. This unique approach encourages users to present authentic moments from their daily lives, distinguishing BeReal from traditional social media platforms that often emphasize curated content. By focusing on spontaneity and realism, BeReal seeks to enhance interpersonal relationships and provide a fresh perspective on friendship in the digital age.

Clubhouse

Series C in 2021
Clubhouse is an audio-based social media platform that facilitates casual conversations and connection-building among users. It is designed for live, audio-only interactions where individuals can join group chats, engage in discussions, and discover new topics and people through their networks. Users can drop into conversations with friends or others they follow, providing a space for spontaneous dialogues and connection. The platform emphasizes the value of authentic communication, enabling individuals to connect with both familiar and new voices in an informal setting.

Formation

Seed Round in 2021
Formation is a remote fellowship program designed for aspiring software engineers who aim to pursue impactful careers at leading technological firms. The program connects fellows with senior engineers from esteemed companies, enabling them to engage in meaningful software development projects, including feature creation and production debugging. Formation emphasizes core computer science principles, equipping participants with the essential skills to tackle complex challenges in the tech industry. Additionally, the fellowship is characterized by its personalized education approach, offering customized training plans that evolve based on individual performance. By fostering a community of high-caliber engineers, Formation consistently achieves exceptional career outcomes for its participants, with many securing positions at top-tier companies.

Clubhouse

Series B in 2021
Clubhouse is an audio-based social media platform that facilitates casual conversations and connection-building among users. It is designed for live, audio-only interactions where individuals can join group chats, engage in discussions, and discover new topics and people through their networks. Users can drop into conversations with friends or others they follow, providing a space for spontaneous dialogues and connection. The platform emphasizes the value of authentic communication, enabling individuals to connect with both familiar and new voices in an informal setting.

Isovalent

Series A in 2020
Isovalent develops open-source software and enterprise solutions for cloud-native networking, security, and observability. Its flagship product, Cilium, enables enterprises to connect, monitor, and secure workloads in modern environments. Isovalent serves leading global organizations and has offices in Cupertino, CA and Zurich, Switzerland.

PatientPing

Series C in 2020
PatientPing, Inc. is a health technology company that has developed a national care coordination network aimed at enhancing communication among healthcare providers. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company offers real-time notifications and care guidelines to various healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, case managers, and care coordinators. This network spans hospitals, emergency departments, accountable care organizations, physician practices, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, and payers. PatientPing's platform includes a tool called Spotlights, which leverages real-time data to analyze utilization and performance trends in patient care. By improving information sharing among care teams, PatientPing facilitates higher quality, cost-effective care, ultimately aiming to enhance patient outcomes and experiences. The company also maintains a strategic partnership with MedAllies, Inc. and operates as a subsidiary of SVB Leerink Holdings LLC.

Run The World

Series A in 2020
Run The World, Inc. is a digital platform that specializes in facilitating live online events, enabling users to plan, host, and attend engaging virtual gatherings. Founded in 2019 and based in Mountain View, California, the company provides a variety of customizable event templates that allow organizers to easily create and manage events. Its platform promotes interaction among attendees through features such as attendee lists, fireside chats, and networking opportunities, creating a space for meaningful conversations and collaboration. Run The World aims to help professional organizations conduct more frequent meetings and engage members effectively, all while minimizing financial and time constraints. By leveraging proprietary technology, the platform offers innovative formats that enhance the online event experience, making it accessible to a global audience.

Clubhouse

Series A in 2020
Clubhouse is an audio-based social media platform that facilitates casual conversations and connection-building among users. It is designed for live, audio-only interactions where individuals can join group chats, engage in discussions, and discover new topics and people through their networks. Users can drop into conversations with friends or others they follow, providing a space for spontaneous dialogues and connection. The platform emphasizes the value of authentic communication, enabling individuals to connect with both familiar and new voices in an informal setting.

Run The World

Seed Round in 2020
Run The World, Inc. is a digital platform that specializes in facilitating live online events, enabling users to plan, host, and attend engaging virtual gatherings. Founded in 2019 and based in Mountain View, California, the company provides a variety of customizable event templates that allow organizers to easily create and manage events. Its platform promotes interaction among attendees through features such as attendee lists, fireside chats, and networking opportunities, creating a space for meaningful conversations and collaboration. Run The World aims to help professional organizations conduct more frequent meetings and engage members effectively, all while minimizing financial and time constraints. By leveraging proprietary technology, the platform offers innovative formats that enhance the online event experience, making it accessible to a global audience.

Forward Networks

Series C in 2019
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

Lunchclub

Seed Round in 2019
Lunchclub is an AI-driven platform founded in 2018 by Vladimir Novakovski, Hayley Leibson, and Scott Wu, headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in facilitating introductions for one-on-one meetings, whether for lunch, coffee, or video calls. Its service aims to connect individuals seeking future business partners, team members, or investors, enabling users to make strategic connections that can help them achieve their professional goals. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Lunchclub enhances networking opportunities, allowing clients to support one another in their endeavors.

Netography

Seed Round in 2019
Netography, Inc. is a cybersecurity company founded in 2018 and based in Annapolis, Maryland. It specializes in providing cloud-based network security solutions tailored for organizations operating in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The company's flagship offering, Netography Fusion, is a cloud-native Network Defense Platform that enhances security operations by enabling organizations to monitor and respond to network anomalies and threats from a unified console. By utilizing existing network device data and advanced algorithms, Netography's platform detects early indicators of attacks and facilitates automated responses, allowing clients to prevent network threats proactively. This approach eliminates the need for traditional sensors, agents, or taps, thereby streamlining security operations and improving the effectiveness of security, network, and cloud teams.

Cumulus Networks

Series D in 2018
Cumulus Networks, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems for networking hardware applications. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in San Francisco and Cary, North Carolina, the company aims to simplify data center operations through its innovative solutions. Cumulus Linux, its flagship product, facilitates the disaggregation of top-of-rack data center switching, while Cumulus VX serves as a virtual appliance for testing its technology in various environments. Additionally, Cumulus Networks offers the Rack Management Platform for out-of-band management and NetQ, a telemetry-based system for fabric validation. The company provides a range of networking solutions, including cloud orchestration, data center automation, and network virtualization, catering to diverse customers from large web-scale operations to small businesses across multiple industries. As of June 2020, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

Jopwell

Series A in 2017
Jopwell, Inc. is a career platform founded in 2015 by former Goldman Sachs employees Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams, based in New York. The company focuses on connecting Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American professionals and students with a variety of employers across multiple industries, including technology, finance, education, management consulting, and medicine. Jopwell aims to facilitate career advancement at all stages, providing a streamlined pathway for underrepresented candidates to access job opportunities. By partnering with companies seeking to diversify their workforce, Jopwell not only helps fill roles from internships to experienced positions but also fosters a national dialogue about workplace diversity. The company has received recognition for its innovative approach and commitment to leveraging technology to enhance access to career opportunities.

Forward Networks

Series B in 2017
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

Protocol Labs

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Protocol Labs is a lab dedicated to developing and deploying network protocols. It focuses on creating software systems that address significant challenges through innovative technology, user-centered design, and open-source methodologies.

Illumio

Series D in 2017
Illumio, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2012. It specializes in providing cloud-based security solutions designed to protect organizations from cyber threats and breaches. The company's primary offering is the Adaptive Security Platform, which includes several tools such as Illumination for application traffic mapping, Enforcement for application nano-segmentation, and SecureConnect for data protection. Illumio's Zero Trust Segmentation Platform enhances security by visualizing traffic flows and automatically enforcing segmentation policies, minimizing lateral movement within multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures. This approach safeguards critical resources and mitigates the risk of cyber attacks, thereby helping organizations maintain operational resilience. The company's clientele includes notable names such as Plantronics, Yahoo, and the Creative Artists Agency.

Axoni

Series A in 2016
Axoni is a technology company specializing in real-time data replication solutions tailored for the financial industry. Established in 2017, it focuses on serving major financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and market infrastructure firms worldwide, with offices located in New York and London. The company's platform facilitates the rapid and reliable deployment of critical financial networks, ensuring automated, real-time data replication among market participants. Additionally, Axoni develops distributed ledger software that integrates traditional financial technologies with blockchain capabilities, enhancing market information, trend analysis, and communication networks. This innovative approach allows financial entities to modernize their systems related to legal records, lifecycle events, and cash flow calculations, thereby improving operational efficiency and data management.

PatientPing

Series B in 2016
PatientPing, Inc. is a health technology company that has developed a national care coordination network aimed at enhancing communication among healthcare providers. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company offers real-time notifications and care guidelines to various healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, case managers, and care coordinators. This network spans hospitals, emergency departments, accountable care organizations, physician practices, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, and payers. PatientPing's platform includes a tool called Spotlights, which leverages real-time data to analyze utilization and performance trends in patient care. By improving information sharing among care teams, PatientPing facilitates higher quality, cost-effective care, ultimately aiming to enhance patient outcomes and experiences. The company also maintains a strategic partnership with MedAllies, Inc. and operates as a subsidiary of SVB Leerink Holdings LLC.

Luma

Series A in 2016
Luma Home Inc. is a company based in Atlanta, Georgia, that specializes in designing and manufacturing Wi-Fi routers tailored for household networks. Founded by Dr. Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse, Luma leverages their extensive experience in addressing complex networking and security challenges to meet the demands of the modern connected home. As households increasingly rely on numerous devices, Luma's mission is to provide a fast, simple, secure, and reliable home network solution that caters to current and future technology needs. In addition to its core Wi-Fi routers, the company also offers related products such as power cords, cables, and wireless router accessories. Luma Home Inc. operates as a subsidiary of First Alert, Inc.

Barefoot Networks

Series C in 2016
Barefoot Networks designs programmable Ethernet switch chips and related software for high-performance networks. Founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company focuses on programmable network switches with features such as scalable load balancing, advanced telemetry, and enhanced switching and routing, enabling enterprises, data centers, and telecom providers to add new functions without sacrificing performance. In 2017 the company was acquired by Intel and operates as part of Intel, expanding its network hardware and programmable networking capabilities.

Jopwell

Seed Round in 2016
Jopwell, Inc. is a career platform founded in 2015 by former Goldman Sachs employees Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams, based in New York. The company focuses on connecting Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American professionals and students with a variety of employers across multiple industries, including technology, finance, education, management consulting, and medicine. Jopwell aims to facilitate career advancement at all stages, providing a streamlined pathway for underrepresented candidates to access job opportunities. By partnering with companies seeking to diversify their workforce, Jopwell not only helps fill roles from internships to experienced positions but also fosters a national dialogue about workplace diversity. The company has received recognition for its innovative approach and commitment to leveraging technology to enhance access to career opportunities.

Cumulus Networks

Series C in 2016
Cumulus Networks, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems for networking hardware applications. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in San Francisco and Cary, North Carolina, the company aims to simplify data center operations through its innovative solutions. Cumulus Linux, its flagship product, facilitates the disaggregation of top-of-rack data center switching, while Cumulus VX serves as a virtual appliance for testing its technology in various environments. Additionally, Cumulus Networks offers the Rack Management Platform for out-of-band management and NetQ, a telemetry-based system for fabric validation. The company provides a range of networking solutions, including cloud orchestration, data center automation, and network virtualization, catering to diverse customers from large web-scale operations to small businesses across multiple industries. As of June 2020, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

Barefoot Networks

Series B in 2015
Barefoot Networks designs programmable Ethernet switch chips and related software for high-performance networks. Founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company focuses on programmable network switches with features such as scalable load balancing, advanced telemetry, and enhanced switching and routing, enabling enterprises, data centers, and telecom providers to add new functions without sacrificing performance. In 2017 the company was acquired by Intel and operates as part of Intel, expanding its network hardware and programmable networking capabilities.

Coho Data

Series C in 2015
Coho Data, Inc. is a technology company specializing in web-scale storage architecture designed for cloud environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Vancouver, Sunnyvale, Cambridge, and Bengaluru, Coho Data develops a data-centric storage platform that integrates hybrid and all-flash storage arrays. This platform is engineered to manage various hardware types and generations, providing high performance for applications such as server virtualization, virtual desktops, disaster recovery, and big data. The Coho DataStream platform offers an innovative infrastructure solution that combines storage, network, and compute resources at the rack level, enabling enterprises to achieve operational simplicity and scale-out storage performance. By leveraging software-defined networking and storage, Coho Data facilitates secure multi-tenancy and a significant reduction in total cost of ownership, allowing organizations to enhance their data center operations while maintaining the efficiency and flexibility typically associated with public cloud environments.

Illumio

Series C in 2015
Illumio, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2012. It specializes in providing cloud-based security solutions designed to protect organizations from cyber threats and breaches. The company's primary offering is the Adaptive Security Platform, which includes several tools such as Illumination for application traffic mapping, Enforcement for application nano-segmentation, and SecureConnect for data protection. Illumio's Zero Trust Segmentation Platform enhances security by visualizing traffic flows and automatically enforcing segmentation policies, minimizing lateral movement within multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures. This approach safeguards critical resources and mitigates the risk of cyber attacks, thereby helping organizations maintain operational resilience. The company's clientele includes notable names such as Plantronics, Yahoo, and the Creative Artists Agency.

Forward Networks

Series A in 2014
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

Barefoot Networks

Series A in 2014
Barefoot Networks designs programmable Ethernet switch chips and related software for high-performance networks. Founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company focuses on programmable network switches with features such as scalable load balancing, advanced telemetry, and enhanced switching and routing, enabling enterprises, data centers, and telecom providers to add new functions without sacrificing performance. In 2017 the company was acquired by Intel and operates as part of Intel, expanding its network hardware and programmable networking capabilities.

mkgoups

Series A in 2014
Imgur, Inc. is an online platform that specializes in image hosting and sharing services, founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California. The platform allows users to share a variety of visual content, including photos, memes, GIFs, and visual stories, fostering engagement with social networks and online communities. Imgur's services are designed to entertain and inspire users, providing an endless stream of humorous, informative, and creative images from around the globe. The company focuses on delivering a user-friendly experience that promotes visual storytelling and community interaction.

Gainspeed

Series B in 2014
Gainspeed, Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in a virtual Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP). Founded in 2012 and previously known as Cohere Networks, Gainspeed provides innovative solutions that allow cable operators to address increasing capacity demands driven by the shift from QAM video to IP video. The company's virtual CCAP architecture facilitates a seamless transition to a software-driven, all-IP network, enabling operators to efficiently deploy new services and adapt to evolving market conditions. As of 2016, Gainspeed operates as a subsidiary of Nokia Corporation, further enhancing its capabilities in delivering advanced networking solutions.

Cumulus Networks

Series B in 2014
Cumulus Networks, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems for networking hardware applications. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in San Francisco and Cary, North Carolina, the company aims to simplify data center operations through its innovative solutions. Cumulus Linux, its flagship product, facilitates the disaggregation of top-of-rack data center switching, while Cumulus VX serves as a virtual appliance for testing its technology in various environments. Additionally, Cumulus Networks offers the Rack Management Platform for out-of-band management and NetQ, a telemetry-based system for fabric validation. The company provides a range of networking solutions, including cloud orchestration, data center automation, and network virtualization, catering to diverse customers from large web-scale operations to small businesses across multiple industries. As of June 2020, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

Coho Data

Series B in 2013
Coho Data, Inc. is a technology company specializing in web-scale storage architecture designed for cloud environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Vancouver, Sunnyvale, Cambridge, and Bengaluru, Coho Data develops a data-centric storage platform that integrates hybrid and all-flash storage arrays. This platform is engineered to manage various hardware types and generations, providing high performance for applications such as server virtualization, virtual desktops, disaster recovery, and big data. The Coho DataStream platform offers an innovative infrastructure solution that combines storage, network, and compute resources at the rack level, enabling enterprises to achieve operational simplicity and scale-out storage performance. By leveraging software-defined networking and storage, Coho Data facilitates secure multi-tenancy and a significant reduction in total cost of ownership, allowing organizations to enhance their data center operations while maintaining the efficiency and flexibility typically associated with public cloud environments.

Illumio

Series B in 2013
Illumio, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2012. It specializes in providing cloud-based security solutions designed to protect organizations from cyber threats and breaches. The company's primary offering is the Adaptive Security Platform, which includes several tools such as Illumination for application traffic mapping, Enforcement for application nano-segmentation, and SecureConnect for data protection. Illumio's Zero Trust Segmentation Platform enhances security by visualizing traffic flows and automatically enforcing segmentation policies, minimizing lateral movement within multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures. This approach safeguards critical resources and mitigates the risk of cyber attacks, thereby helping organizations maintain operational resilience. The company's clientele includes notable names such as Plantronics, Yahoo, and the Creative Artists Agency.

Cumulus Networks

Series A in 2013
Cumulus Networks, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems for networking hardware applications. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in San Francisco and Cary, North Carolina, the company aims to simplify data center operations through its innovative solutions. Cumulus Linux, its flagship product, facilitates the disaggregation of top-of-rack data center switching, while Cumulus VX serves as a virtual appliance for testing its technology in various environments. Additionally, Cumulus Networks offers the Rack Management Platform for out-of-band management and NetQ, a telemetry-based system for fabric validation. The company provides a range of networking solutions, including cloud orchestration, data center automation, and network virtualization, catering to diverse customers from large web-scale operations to small businesses across multiple industries. As of June 2020, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

Tomfoolery

Seed Round in 2013
Tomfoolery is a mobile app lab founded by ex-Yahoo and AOL execs committed to making enterprise solutions more consumer-friendly. Its debut app is the conversation platform Anchor. Anchor allows users to share files from Box.com and Dropbox, syncs with Evernote, and lets companies create company directories on the platform — a listing of all employees who are on Anchor — which can be used to find email and phone details, as well as link for chatting.

Illumio

Series A in 2013
Illumio, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2012. It specializes in providing cloud-based security solutions designed to protect organizations from cyber threats and breaches. The company's primary offering is the Adaptive Security Platform, which includes several tools such as Illumination for application traffic mapping, Enforcement for application nano-segmentation, and SecureConnect for data protection. Illumio's Zero Trust Segmentation Platform enhances security by visualizing traffic flows and automatically enforcing segmentation policies, minimizing lateral movement within multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures. This approach safeguards critical resources and mitigates the risk of cyber attacks, thereby helping organizations maintain operational resilience. The company's clientele includes notable names such as Plantronics, Yahoo, and the Creative Artists Agency.

Gainspeed

Series A in 2013
Gainspeed, Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in a virtual Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP). Founded in 2012 and previously known as Cohere Networks, Gainspeed provides innovative solutions that allow cable operators to address increasing capacity demands driven by the shift from QAM video to IP video. The company's virtual CCAP architecture facilitates a seamless transition to a software-driven, all-IP network, enabling operators to efficiently deploy new services and adapt to evolving market conditions. As of 2016, Gainspeed operates as a subsidiary of Nokia Corporation, further enhancing its capabilities in delivering advanced networking solutions.

Coho Data

Series A in 2012
Coho Data, Inc. is a technology company specializing in web-scale storage architecture designed for cloud environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Vancouver, Sunnyvale, Cambridge, and Bengaluru, Coho Data develops a data-centric storage platform that integrates hybrid and all-flash storage arrays. This platform is engineered to manage various hardware types and generations, providing high performance for applications such as server virtualization, virtual desktops, disaster recovery, and big data. The Coho DataStream platform offers an innovative infrastructure solution that combines storage, network, and compute resources at the rack level, enabling enterprises to achieve operational simplicity and scale-out storage performance. By leveraging software-defined networking and storage, Coho Data facilitates secure multi-tenancy and a significant reduction in total cost of ownership, allowing organizations to enhance their data center operations while maintaining the efficiency and flexibility typically associated with public cloud environments.

Coho Data

Private Equity Round in 2012
Coho Data, Inc. is a technology company specializing in web-scale storage architecture designed for cloud environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Vancouver, Sunnyvale, Cambridge, and Bengaluru, Coho Data develops a data-centric storage platform that integrates hybrid and all-flash storage arrays. This platform is engineered to manage various hardware types and generations, providing high performance for applications such as server virtualization, virtual desktops, disaster recovery, and big data. The Coho DataStream platform offers an innovative infrastructure solution that combines storage, network, and compute resources at the rack level, enabling enterprises to achieve operational simplicity and scale-out storage performance. By leveraging software-defined networking and storage, Coho Data facilitates secure multi-tenancy and a significant reduction in total cost of ownership, allowing organizations to enhance their data center operations while maintaining the efficiency and flexibility typically associated with public cloud environments.

Airtime

Series B in 2012
Airtime is a social platform designed to foster genuine online interactions, aiming to create a welcoming environment for users. Founded by Sean Parker, the platform offers various virtual "rooms" where individuals can engage in live conversations about diverse interests, from music to art and comedy. Unlike traditional social networks that often promote isolation, Airtime encourages community building and real-time engagement. The company is supported by prominent investors, including Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, and Google Ventures, and operates with a dedicated team of over 100 employees across three locations. Airtime focuses on enhancing the quality of online social experiences through its innovative video conversation features.

Circle

Series A in 2011
Circle is the app that answers the question, "Who’s Around You?" Know when your friends & networks are nearby, wherever you are, no matter where you go. Circle tells you when your friends, or people from your networks (college, work, hometown, professional group, etc.), are near you. You'll be magically notified whenever they're around. Circle is an award-winning app, featured by Apple in over 50 countries and many of the top press publications.

Nicira Networks

Series C in 2011
Nicira Networks specializes in software solutions that facilitate the transition of data centers to cloud infrastructure by virtualizing networking capabilities. Founded by leading researchers from Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley, the company aims to accelerate the adoption of elastic, scale-out data centers. Nicira's flagship product, the Network Hypervisor, transforms traditional data center networks by reproducing the network service model in a logical environment, enabling better control and management of logical networks. With a leadership team comprised of experienced entrepreneurs in networking, security, and virtualization, Nicira Networks is positioned to drive innovation in the field of cloud infrastructure.

Nicira Networks

Series B in 2010
Nicira Networks specializes in software solutions that facilitate the transition of data centers to cloud infrastructure by virtualizing networking capabilities. Founded by leading researchers from Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley, the company aims to accelerate the adoption of elastic, scale-out data centers. Nicira's flagship product, the Network Hypervisor, transforms traditional data center networks by reproducing the network service model in a logical environment, enabling better control and management of logical networks. With a leadership team comprised of experienced entrepreneurs in networking, security, and virtualization, Nicira Networks is positioned to drive innovation in the field of cloud infrastructure.

Top Prospect

Seed Round in 2010
Top Prospect, Inc. is a social recruiting platform based in San Francisco, California, designed to facilitate job referrals among users. The platform allows individuals to connect through LinkedIn and Facebook, enabling them to recommend friends for various job opportunities. When a referral leads to a successful hire, the individual who made the introduction is rewarded with a referral bonus, fostering a culture of recognition for effective networking. By making the referral process transparent and accessible, Top Prospect enhances the reach of both employers and job seekers. The company has established partnerships with several organizations, including notable names such as Asana and Path, and continues to expand its network with new collaborations.
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