August Capital

August Capital, founded in 1995 and based in San Francisco, is an early-stage venture capital firm that specializes in investing in companies distinguished by technical innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. With a team of six active investment professionals, August Capital manages approximately $2.5 billion and has invested in hundreds of companies across the technology landscape. The firm's portfolio spans various sectors within information technology, including IT infrastructure, data center technologies, security, and financial technology. August Capital has a successful track record, with the companies it has backed achieving an aggregate market capitalization exceeding $250 billion and generating over $75 billion in annual revenue. The firm aims to support entrepreneurs in building long-term value and has a preference for leading investments and securing board representation in its portfolio companies.

Eric Carlborg

General Partner

Stella Daire

Vivek Mehra's Executive Assistant

Howard Hartenbaum

General Partner

David Hornik

General Partner

Jenna Lorenzano

David Hornik and Tripp Jones's Executive Assistant

David F. Marquardt

Founding Partner

Vivek Mehra

Partner Emeritus

Leila Parrott

David Marquardt and Eric Carlborg's Executive Assistant

Kirstin Welch

Howard Hartenbaum and Villi Iltchev's Executive Assistant

313 past transactions

Insight Engines

Series A in 2017
Insight Engines, Inc. develops cybersecurity product using natural language understanding. It provides Insight Engines Cyber Security Investigator for Splunk, a natural language search assistant that enables security investigation and hunting teams to mitigate serious cyber threats. The company’s product enables analysts to search data in Splunk using English to quickly detect, investigate, and visualize cyber threats. It serves healthcare providers, security software vendors, and financial institutions. Insight Engines, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California. Insight Engines, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Mr Buzz Inc, LLC.

FourKites

Series D in 2021
FourKites, Inc. develops software platform for freight brokers and shippers to streamline their operations. It offers a real-time tracking platform for shippers, carriers, third party logistics companies, and freight brokers; BackHaul Management, a solution that identifies details about the window in which deadhead miles could potentially occur; and CarrierLink, a solution that helps brokers and owner-operators sync up in real time. FourKites, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Architizer

Series A in 2016
Architizer Inc. provides an online platform for architects and designers to showcase their work, and innovation in services related to the built environment. Its platform allows residential, commercial, and institutional architects to search work of architecture firms, and source products. The company’s platform also showcases products that include accessories, building items, equipment, finishing products, furniture, lighting items, plumbing products, and raw materials. Architizer Inc. has strategic partnerships with Flipboard, Google FieldTrip, Kickstarter, Skillshare, The Webby Awards, WSJ, and Huffington Post & Gawker. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.

TZero Technologies

Series C in 2008
TZero Technologies designs and develops ultra wideband semiconductors for video distribution. The company offers wirelessly connects devices and ultra wideband chipsets, which connect audiovisual components, such as televisions, set-top boxes, and digital video recorders. It serves consumer electronics, service providers, and computer manufacturers. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Iridigm has developed a revolutionary new reflective color flat panel display for the mobile device market. The company's iMoD Matrix, based on MEMS technology, yields ultra-low power displays viewable in any lighting condition. Iridigm's display technology offers the potential to optimize the wireless platform for rich media interactivity. Iridigm was acquired by Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) in September, 2004.

Wove

Series A in 2018
Wove envisions a world where brands grow together. To support this vision, Wove is building the world’s largest network for marketing partnerships, where trusted brands reach each other’s loyal customers and make them their own - all while protecting consumer privacy. With backing from August Capital, Partech, and Origin Ventures, Wove enables brands to transform their marketing efforts by unlocking the power of other brands'​ data.

TurboLinux

Series C in 2000
Turbolinux from its founding in 1995, the foundation of the development capabilities of open source software (OSS), the development and support of the Linux OS, and middleware / application development and delivery of, such as the SI business, expand the business by utilizing the OSS doing. In addition, in order to promote the use of OSS in the business market, we are promoting a wide range of alliances with partner companies.

Avant

Series A in 2013
Avant operates an online marketplace that provides users with access to personal loans to consolidate debt, pay unexpected medical expenses, and for family vacations. Through the use of big data and machine-learning algorithms, the company offers a customized approach to streamline credit options. The company caters to consumers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Avant was founded in November 2012.

Kin

Series D in 2022
Kin Insurance, Inc., an insurance agency, provides insurance products and services. It offers insurance products and services in the areas of homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, manufactured home, landlord, umbrella, hurricane, wildfire, and second home insurance. Kin Insurance, Inc. was formerly known as Bright Policy, Inc. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida. It has payment processing offices in Palatine and Chicago, Illinois.

CommonBond

Series D in 2018
CommonBond, Inc. provides online lending services to students to pay for higher education in the United States. It refinances and finances undergraduate and graduate student loans, parent PLUS loans, and MBA student loans. The company enables students to gain access to fixed and variable rate student loan products for refinancing existing student loans after graduation or to finance an MBA while in school; and offers SmartSave, a product that enables customers to move the monthly savings from their student loan refinancing into a compound wealth generating cash account. In addition, it enables businesses to manage their student loan debt of its employees. CommonBond, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

Ditto

Venture Round in 2014
Ditto Technologies, Inc. designs and develops an eyewear recommendation and virtual try-on technology platform for retailers, brands, and eye care professionals internationally. The company’s platform captures a precise map of each customer's face and their personal style preferences to make insightful recommendations, determine precise fit and style, and visualize it all with vivid realism. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Oakland, California.

New Engen

Series A in 2017
New Engen is revolutionizing the way business acquire new customers. They are relentlessly focused on growing your new customer base.

SAY Media

Series B in 2006
Say Media is a digital publishing company. Through its award-winning Tempest publishing platform and media services, Say Media enables its portfolio of independent content creators to build passionate communities around key consumer interest areas such as Style, Living, Food and Tech. The company provides simple and accountable ways for the world’s top brands to engage with these passionate audiences, at scale, with a reach of more than 400 million people around the world. Say Media is headquartered in San Francisco and New York, with offices across North America, in the UK and Australia.

Luminate

Series A in 2009
Luminate, Inc. (previously known as Pixazza, Inc.) is the worldwide leader in making images interactive serving more than 150 million users each month and 30 billion image views per year. Founded in 2008, with the vision to make ever image interactive on the web, Luminate offers the world’s first platform for image applications. Developed by technologists from Netscape and LiveOps, Luminate’s platform combines Internet and crowdsourcing technology to deliver the optimal content relevant to online images. Luminate is a private company funded by August Capital, CMEA Capital, Google Ventures and Shasta Ventures, with headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

Memolane

Series A in 2010
Memolane is your digital memory - your tool to rediscover your social life on the Internet. Memolane is a digital platform collecting and connecting your thoughts, pictures, messages and music yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Splunk

Series A in 2004
Splunk is the market leader in analyzing machine data to deliver Operational Intelligence for security, IT and the business. Splunk® software provides the enterprise machine data fabric that drives digital transformation. More than 12,000 customers in over 110 countries use Splunk solutions in the cloud and on-premises.

Avant

Series D in 2014
Avant operates an online marketplace that provides users with access to personal loans to consolidate debt, pay unexpected medical expenses, and for family vacations. Through the use of big data and machine-learning algorithms, the company offers a customized approach to streamline credit options. The company caters to consumers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Avant was founded in November 2012.
BroadLogic Network Technologies, Inc. designs and supplies video-processing mixed signal semiconductors for broadband network operators. It offers video-on-demand, digital-video, voice, and high-speed data services to consumers. Its products include TeraPIX, a multi-channel video processor that decodes digital video streams and generates analog and digital service tier, including an analog channel lineup, which enables cable-ready devices, such as televisions, DVRs, and personal computers with tuner cards to view programs. The company also provides Wideband Receiver for new subscriber devices. BroadLogic Network Technologies offers solutions for system operators and manufacturers. It has strategic partnerships with Comcast Interactive Capital, Advance/Newhouse Communications, Cisco, Intel, and Time Warner Investments. BroadLogic Network Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in San Jose, California. It has a development center in Beijing, China.

MaintainX

Series B in 2021
MaintainX is mobile-first work order and procedure digitization software enabling frontline transparency and efficiency. It helps track reactive maintenance, preventive maintenance, and control the daily operations of the business such as safety inspections, quality inspections, and operating checklists all with a digital audit trail. They allow plant managers to become more efficient operators by delivering real-time business insights from the field. MaintainX helps businesses manage work orders and employee productivity through the automation of digital forms. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

PayCycle

Series B in 2001
PayCycle is a Palo Alto, California-based provider of online payroll services. The company is largely known for its service to small businesses, but its products are utilized in large businesses alike.

Kentik

Series C in 2021
Kentik is a network intelligence platform that provides visibility, performance, and security services to digital enterprises. It helps businesses eliminate the visibility and intelligence gaps associated with running dynamic and complex networks and achieve greater network performance, reliability, and security. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

DataTorrent

Series A in 2013
DataTorrent provides stream processing platform to help companies extract value from their big data in real-time. It enables its users to build and deploy production applications easily and rapidly while extracting relevant insights to make real-time decisions. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Jose, California.

Griddable

Private Placement in 2018
Griddable Inc. designs and develops a SaaS platform griddable.io, which synchronizes data across platforms. It enables synchronized data integration across topology, cloud, or data platform. The company's product is available on Amazon Web Services, Google Compute Engine, and VMware Cloud. It allows to create policies and topologies without writing any code. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Jose, California. As of February 4, 2019, Griddable Inc. operates as a subsidiary of salesforce.com, inc.

Brilliant

Series B in 2021
Brilliant Home Technology, Inc. develops smart home devices, such as smart home controls, smart dimmer switches, smart plugs, and other accessories that provides users with the ability to control lights, music, climate, security, and doorbells. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Fastly

Series E in 2017
Fastly helps the world’s most popular digital businesses keep pace with their customer expectations by delivering fast, secure, and scalable online experiences. Businesses trust the Fastly edge cloud platform to accelerate the pace of technical innovation, mitigate evolving threats, and scale on demand. The company's edge cloud platform enables the best of the web to thrive and helps to deliver better online experiences. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

WePay

Series B in 2012
WePay is a payment provider focused solely on meeting the needs of online platforms that need to settle money between their users. Founded in 2008, it provides everything an online marketplace or cloud software provider needs to provide integrated payments from within their app while maintaining trust and safety. This includes not just credit card processing, but also complete solutions for managing fraud risk, regulatory compliance, and customer support provided at no extra cost. WePay is venture-backed with more than $74.15 million and was named to the Inc. 500 list in 2015 as 62nd fastest-growing private company in the US.

WePay

Series A in 2009
WePay is a payment provider focused solely on meeting the needs of online platforms that need to settle money between their users. Founded in 2008, it provides everything an online marketplace or cloud software provider needs to provide integrated payments from within their app while maintaining trust and safety. This includes not just credit card processing, but also complete solutions for managing fraud risk, regulatory compliance, and customer support provided at no extra cost. WePay is venture-backed with more than $74.15 million and was named to the Inc. 500 list in 2015 as 62nd fastest-growing private company in the US.

Hipcamp

Private Placement in 2019
Hipcamp unlocks access to private land for camping and outdoor recreation. It is a mission-driven marketplace where people can list, discover, and book campsites and accommodations on private and public land. Whether it’s finding a scenic spot to pitch a tent or planning a nature-filled getaway, Hipcamp is the go-to guide to getting outside. Hipcamp creates new revenue streams for landowners such as farmers, ranchers, and vintners, which supports them to conserve their land and keep it wild. By unlocking access and simplifying the camping experience, Hipcamp is democratizing, and enhancing the experience of getting outside, inspiring more people to enjoy and protect our world. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

RetailNext

Series B in 2011
RetailNext, Inc. provides real-time analytics that enable retailers, shopping centers, and manufacturers to collect, analyze, and visualize in-store data. It offers traffic counting and conversion, staffing optimization, window and display effectiveness, shopper engagement, shopper path analytics, shopper insights, loss prevention, and store execution compliance solutions. The company’s SaaS platform integrates with various store data sources, including promotional calendars, staffing systems, and weather services to analyze how various factors impact shopping behavior. It serves customers in the United States and internationally. The company has a strategic partnership with YOOBIC. RetailNext, Inc. was formerly known as BVI Networks, Inc. and changed its name to RetailNext, Inc. in December 2011. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in San Jose, California.

HiHello

Series A in 2021
HiHello, Inc. designs and develops a software solution that allows users to share their contact details. The application allows users to share their contact with clients and friends separately via a code, a text message, or an email. HiHello, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Rocketmiles

Series A in 2014
Rocketmiles is a startup that lets travelers earn frequent flier miles in major airline programs when booking hotel stays through its site. It was built with the sole purpose of helping people travel more and travel farther. They feature a premium, hand-picked hotels in each city that have been screened by their staff of experts.

TurboLinux

Series B in 2000
Turbolinux from its founding in 1995, the foundation of the development capabilities of open source software (OSS), the development and support of the Linux OS, and middleware / application development and delivery of, such as the SI business, expand the business by utilizing the OSS doing. In addition, in order to promote the use of OSS in the business market, we are promoting a wide range of alliances with partner companies.

SunBasket

Series D in 2018
Sun Basket, Inc. engages in the online retail of organic ingredients and food recipes. It delivers lean and clean meals; and ingredients in gluten-free, paleo, and vegetarian options. The company was formerly known as Ospoto, Inc. Sun Basket, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California with a distribution center in Westampton, New Jersey.

NeoPath Networks

Series C in 2006
NeoPath Networks, Inc. provides file storage management solutions. It provides File Director, a network appliance that resides in-band between file servers and clients, and provides file storage management capabilities, including namespace virtualization and globalization, safe and non-disruptive file migrations, real-time file characterization and analysis, and policy-based file management; and SMARTtouch, a file storage software solution that allows its clients to balance and utilize existing file storage capacity. The company's products simplify and advance file storage management for networked attached storage and other file servers, and increase storage utilization. It serves financial services, government, hosted services, aerospace, manufacturing, healthcare, and education industries. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. As of April 3, 2007, NeoPath Networks, Inc. is a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Spring Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Spring Labs is the company building out the spring protocol, a network designed to allow network participants, such as financial institutions, to share information about data, such as credit and identity data, without needing to share the underlying data itself. They allow institutions to directly share information among themselves to verify identities and reduce fraud - all while protecting consumer data. Spring Labs uses an attestation-based approach reducing the risk and severity of data breaches for financial institutions and consumers. The Spring Protocol separates data ownership from data value, allowing competitively-sensitive parties to exchange information directly and in a fundamentally new way. Spring Labs was founded in 2017 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California, United States.

Celect

Series B in 2017
Celect is a cloud-based predictive analytics SaaS platform that helps retailers optimize their overall inventory portfolios in stores and across the supply chain, resulting in double-digit percentage revenue increases. The company specializes in the fields of assortment optimization, predictive personalization, and markdown optimization. Celect was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Spring Labs

Series B in 2021
Spring Labs is the company building out the spring protocol, a network designed to allow network participants, such as financial institutions, to share information about data, such as credit and identity data, without needing to share the underlying data itself. They allow institutions to directly share information among themselves to verify identities and reduce fraud - all while protecting consumer data. Spring Labs uses an attestation-based approach reducing the risk and severity of data breaches for financial institutions and consumers. The Spring Protocol separates data ownership from data value, allowing competitively-sensitive parties to exchange information directly and in a fundamentally new way. Spring Labs was founded in 2017 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California, United States.

Kin

Convertible Note in 2019
Kin Insurance, Inc., an insurance agency, provides insurance products and services. It offers insurance products and services in the areas of homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, manufactured home, landlord, umbrella, hurricane, wildfire, and second home insurance. Kin Insurance, Inc. was formerly known as Bright Policy, Inc. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida. It has payment processing offices in Palatine and Chicago, Illinois.

Avant

Series B in 2013
Avant operates an online marketplace that provides users with access to personal loans to consolidate debt, pay unexpected medical expenses, and for family vacations. Through the use of big data and machine-learning algorithms, the company offers a customized approach to streamline credit options. The company caters to consumers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Avant was founded in November 2012.

Compology

Series A in 2016
Compology Inc. develops a dynamic routing system for the waste management industry. It offers WasteOS, a Software-as-a-Service and cloud-based solution that includes a sensor, which tracks the fullness of front-load and roll-off containers, and performance metrics. The company’s solution enables waste-management companies to manage their routes and allow vehicles frequently visit areas that produce more waste. It serves haulers, generators, and municipalities in the United States. Compology Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Luxtera

Series D in 2008
Luxtera, Inc., designs and builds front panel and embedded optical modules based on its silicon photonics technology for data centers and mobile infrastructure. Its products include faceplate pluggable optical transceivers and embedded optical transceiver. Luxtera, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Carlsbad, California. As of February 6, 2019, Luxtera, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

NeoPath Networks

Series B in 2004
NeoPath Networks, Inc. provides file storage management solutions. It provides File Director, a network appliance that resides in-band between file servers and clients, and provides file storage management capabilities, including namespace virtualization and globalization, safe and non-disruptive file migrations, real-time file characterization and analysis, and policy-based file management; and SMARTtouch, a file storage software solution that allows its clients to balance and utilize existing file storage capacity. The company's products simplify and advance file storage management for networked attached storage and other file servers, and increase storage utilization. It serves financial services, government, hosted services, aerospace, manufacturing, healthcare, and education industries. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. As of April 3, 2007, NeoPath Networks, Inc. is a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Enuvis

Venture Round in 2002
Enuvis, Inc. is a provider of novel assisted GPS technology for mobile devices. Enuvis was acquired by SiRF Inc in 2002, which was later acquired by CSR Ltd.

Ubicom

Series C in 2006
Ubicom develops communications and media processor (CMP) and software platforms that address the unique demands of real-time interactive applications and multimedia content delivery in the digital home. The company provides optimized system-level solutions to OEMs for a wide range of products including wireless routers, access points, VoIP gateways, streaming media devices, print servers and other network devices. Ubicom's unique multithreaded processor design, real-time operating system, and application-level solutions combine to ensure a high-quality user experience with unprecedented ease of use. Ubicom is a venture-backed, privately held company with corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.

Kin

Private Placement in 2018
Kin Insurance, Inc., an insurance agency, provides insurance products and services. It offers insurance products and services in the areas of homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, manufactured home, landlord, umbrella, hurricane, wildfire, and second home insurance. Kin Insurance, Inc. was formerly known as Bright Policy, Inc. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida. It has payment processing offices in Palatine and Chicago, Illinois.

Reputation

Venture Round in 2017
Reputation.com UK Ltd. offer industry leading online reputation management services. Our clients benefit from our range of innovative services. We bury negative online news, forums, blog and customer review site content allowing businesses to regain control of the most valuable asset they have: reputation. Other services: Online Reputation and Brand Monitoring Reputation Management Online PR and PR services. Specialties Reputation Management, Online Defamation, Online Reputation Management, ORM, Hebrew Reputation Management, Swedish Reputation Management, Spanish Reputation Management

Reelgood

Seed Round in 2016
Reelgood provides a complete guide to online streaming content. It enables users to browse, search, and watch TV and movies from over 150 services. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

SunBasket

Series E in 2019
Sun Basket, Inc. engages in the online retail of organic ingredients and food recipes. It delivers lean and clean meals; and ingredients in gluten-free, paleo, and vegetarian options. The company was formerly known as Ospoto, Inc. Sun Basket, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California with a distribution center in Westampton, New Jersey.

PacketTrap Networks

Series A in 2007
Network and application management software solutions

Spring Labs

Series A in 2019
Spring Labs is the company building out the spring protocol, a network designed to allow network participants, such as financial institutions, to share information about data, such as credit and identity data, without needing to share the underlying data itself. They allow institutions to directly share information among themselves to verify identities and reduce fraud - all while protecting consumer data. Spring Labs uses an attestation-based approach reducing the risk and severity of data breaches for financial institutions and consumers. The Spring Protocol separates data ownership from data value, allowing competitively-sensitive parties to exchange information directly and in a fundamentally new way. Spring Labs was founded in 2017 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California, United States.

INRIX

Series D in 2011
INRIX, Inc. offers real-time, historical, and predictive traffic information solutions. It offers services, such as INRIX Connected Services, a suite of content services providing navigation OEMs and location-based service application developers with private label and go-to-market solutions for in-vehicle, PND, wireless phone, and other connected devices; INRIX Total Fusion, a traffic data service that combines real-time, predictive, and historical traffic information; INRIX Real-Time Flow that helps to develop real-time traffic data and traffic speed maps; and INRIX Nationwide Traffic Alerts that provides real-time congestion alerts for freeways, highways, and arterials. The company also provides INRIX Real-Time Incidents that provides real-time reporting of traffic incidents, including accidents, construction, and events, such as sports games. In addition, it offers traffic information technology for arterials, city streets, and secondary roads. The company offers solutions for automotive, Internet, mobile, portable navigation devices, transportation and logistics, and public sectors. Inrix, Inc. has strategic partnerships with ARC Transistance, Clear Channel, deCarta, Microsoft, OPIS, Tele Atlas, TNO, and ITIS Holdings, PLC. INRIX, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.

Quandl

Series A in 2014
Quandl offers essential core financial and economic data alongside a suite of unique, alpha-generating alternative data. With an unrivaled delivery system -- whether through API or popular analytic tools, such as R, Python and Excel -- Quandl has cemented a reputation for understanding and providing what professional quantitative analysts need and want. The Quandl user base includes analysts from the world’s top hedge funds, asset managers and investment banks. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Virsto Software

Series A in 2009
Virsto was founded in late 2007 by a team of storage and virtualization experts who saw that the old ways of doing storage were not working in the virtual server era. We believe we are building a visionary storage software platform that will fundamentally transform the data center – decoupling storage from the physical world once and for all to save organizations time and money. Virsto's solutions address the growing need for cost-effective and efficient storage for virtual servers and desktops. Companies around the world use Virsto to achieve increases in performance, reduce storage capital and operating costs, and streamline provisioning and data management for virtual computing.

Sendbird

Series B in 2019
At SendBird, they are building the most scalable and powerful chat API in the world. They have customers from over 150 countries around the world serving a truly wide-range of use cases across communities, marketplaces, on-demand services, games, and live-video streaming.

PayNearMe

Series A in 2010
PayNearMe is a provider of web and mobile-based cash payments platform designed to facilitate online purchases and bill payments. The company's platform helps users to pay with cash for a range of goods and services from companies in e-commerce, property management, consumer finance, and transportation, enabling businesses, government agencies, and retail stores to digitize their cash collection process, reduce the headache of traditional cash and money order acceptance. PayNearMe's technology provides a simple way for lenders to collect payments through an intuitive, consistent experience for their customers. In addition, payment reminders and mobile wallet integration drive more on-time payments. PayNearMe was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA.

Gravity

Series B in 2012
Gravity is the world’s most advanced personalization company. When you use a website or application powered by Gravity, it adapts to create a better experience just for you. Using its proprietary Interest Graph, Gravity semantically understands each user’s individual interests, calculates the strength of those attachments over time and returns recommendations designed to optimize engagement and user experience.

Hipcamp

Seed Round in 2016
Hipcamp unlocks access to private land for camping and outdoor recreation. It is a mission-driven marketplace where people can list, discover, and book campsites and accommodations on private and public land. Whether it’s finding a scenic spot to pitch a tent or planning a nature-filled getaway, Hipcamp is the go-to guide to getting outside. Hipcamp creates new revenue streams for landowners such as farmers, ranchers, and vintners, which supports them to conserve their land and keep it wild. By unlocking access and simplifying the camping experience, Hipcamp is democratizing, and enhancing the experience of getting outside, inspiring more people to enjoy and protect our world. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Kentik

Private Placement in 2020
Kentik is a network intelligence platform that provides visibility, performance, and security services to digital enterprises. It helps businesses eliminate the visibility and intelligence gaps associated with running dynamic and complex networks and achieve greater network performance, reliability, and security. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Six Apart

Series B in 2004
Six Apart was formed in 2001 as a blog solution provider in the US. In 2003 the company founded Six Apart KK, a Japanese legal entity. In November 2010, Six Apart joined forces with VideoEgg to create a new company called SAY Media. In January 2011, Six Apart KK was wholly acquired by Infocom, a Japanese IT company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Six Apart KK has assumed responsibility over all intellectual property and business operations of Movable Type, as well as trademark rights of Six Apart. The new Six Apart, a Japanese corporation formerly known as Six Apart KK, currently develops, markets and supports Movable Type for a global user base, and also operates the [company's website] (www.sixapart.com). TypePad and blogs.com are now available from SAY Media. For information on these services, please visit [SAY Media](http://www.saymedia.com/)'s website.

Wove

Private Placement in 2018
Wove envisions a world where brands grow together. To support this vision, Wove is building the world’s largest network for marketing partnerships, where trusted brands reach each other’s loyal customers and make them their own - all while protecting consumer privacy. With backing from August Capital, Partech, and Origin Ventures, Wove enables brands to transform their marketing efforts by unlocking the power of other brands'​ data.

zulily

Series B in 2010
zulily is retailer focused on delivering customers special finds every day—all at incredible prices. zulily features an always-fresh curated collection of products for the whole family, including clothing, home decor, toys, gifts and more. zulily was launched in 2010 by Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon and today, millions of people discover something new on zulily every day. zulily is headquartered in Seattle with offices in Nevada and Ohio. zulily’s shares are traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ZU.

ADARA

Venture Round in 2012
Adara, the global leader in permissioned data and verified identity, combines the power of global data consortiums to inform its 1 billion digital identities with over 22 billion data elements across 130 countries and serving Global 2,000 customers. Whether informing digital marketing, programmatic advertising, search, identity and verification, or stopping fraud, Adara provides you with more customers, less friction, and better outcomes. For more information, visit us at www.ADARA.com.

Alta Devices

Private Equity Round in 2011
Alta Devices, Inc. manufactures single junction solar technology. It offers thin and flexible mobile power technology for use in unmanned systems, consumer electronics, sensors, automotive, remote exploration/power, wearables, and Internet of things applications. Alta Devices, Inc. was formerly known as Hanergy Acquisition Sub Inc. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Sunnyvale, California. As of February 15, 2015, Alta Devices, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Hanergy Hi-Tech Power (HK) Limited.

ThreatMetrix

Series E in 2014
ThreatMetrix®, a LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Company, empowers the global economy to grow profitably and securely without compromise. With deep insight into 1.4 billion anonymized user identities, ThreatMetrix ID™ delivers the intelligence behind 100 million daily authentication and trust decisions, to differentiate legitimate customers from fraudsters in real time. ThreatMetrix is recognized as the sole Leader in the 2017 Forrester Wave™ for risk-based authentication. Learn more at www.threatmetrix.com.

Embrace Networks

Series A in 2001
Embrace Networks, Inc. is a developer of solutions to enable the integration of network-based devices and Internet service provider applications.

Spacious

Series A in 2018
Spacious Technologies, Inc. operates in the technology industry. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in New York, New York. Spacious Inc. provides a service that enables the users to use restaurants that are closed during the day as a network of co-working spaces. Its service is an alternative to an office that enables users to work and meet at various urban spaces in New York. Spacious Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in New York, New York. As of August 27, 2019, Spacious Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of WeWork Companies Inc.

Griddable

Series A in 2018
Griddable Inc. designs and develops a SaaS platform griddable.io, which synchronizes data across platforms. It enables synchronized data integration across topology, cloud, or data platform. The company's product is available on Amazon Web Services, Google Compute Engine, and VMware Cloud. It allows to create policies and topologies without writing any code. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Jose, California. As of February 4, 2019, Griddable Inc. operates as a subsidiary of salesforce.com, inc.

AppFormix

Series A in 2015
AppFormix Inc. develops a software solution that automatically detects and eliminates resource contention among applications on shared infrastructure. Its software enables operators and developers to collect data across server, storage, and networking in a single dashboard; identify and eliminate resource contention; and set policy-based controls for how applications consume resources. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Jose, California. As of December 3, 2016, AppFormix Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Juniper Networks, Inc.

Trumba

Series B in 2005
Trumba Corporation is a Seattle-based developer of innovative event calendar publishing technology that helps businesses and organizations more effectively publish, promote, and communicate their events online. Trumba enables customers—from small businesses to large organizations—to connect key audiences with their events, transforming those events into unique and highly valued marketing and communication opportunities.

Devicescape

Series A in 2003
Devicescape offers Wi-Fi software solutions that makes mobile devices easy to set up, easy to use, and effortlessly connect to any Wi-Fi network. Unlike piecemeal technologies and clumsy reference software, Devicescape's Easy Wi-Fi product is comprehensive, easy to integrate and backed by industry veterans and a world-class team of software experts and support staff. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, the company is privately held and backed by leading venture capital companies including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, August Capital, Enterprise Partners, and JAFCO.

SunBasket

Private Placement in 2017
Sun Basket, Inc. engages in the online retail of organic ingredients and food recipes. It delivers lean and clean meals; and ingredients in gluten-free, paleo, and vegetarian options. The company was formerly known as Ospoto, Inc. Sun Basket, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California with a distribution center in Westampton, New Jersey.

Reputation

Series D in 2011
Reputation.com UK Ltd. offer industry leading online reputation management services. Our clients benefit from our range of innovative services. We bury negative online news, forums, blog and customer review site content allowing businesses to regain control of the most valuable asset they have: reputation. Other services: Online Reputation and Brand Monitoring Reputation Management Online PR and PR services. Specialties Reputation Management, Online Defamation, Online Reputation Management, ORM, Hebrew Reputation Management, Swedish Reputation Management, Spanish Reputation Management

Magnum Semiconductor

Series D in 2007
Chips, software and platforms for consumer entertainment systems and professional broadcast infrastructure

BILL

Series D in 2011
Bill.com is a provider of cloud-based software that simplifies, digitizes, and automates complex, back-office financial operations for small and midsize businesses. The company’s platform is enabled by artificial intelligence and creates connections between businesses and their suppliers and clients, in order to help businesses manage their cash inflows and outflows. The company partners with several of the largest U.S. financial institutions, including the majority of the top 100 U.S. accounting firms and accounting software providers, and is endorsed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). The recipient of more than 70 awards, Bill.com in 2018 was named as one of San Francisco Business Times’ Best Places to Work and CEO Rene Lacerte was named on the San Francisco Business Times' Upstart 50.

Virsto Software

Series B in 2011
Virsto was founded in late 2007 by a team of storage and virtualization experts who saw that the old ways of doing storage were not working in the virtual server era. We believe we are building a visionary storage software platform that will fundamentally transform the data center – decoupling storage from the physical world once and for all to save organizations time and money. Virsto's solutions address the growing need for cost-effective and efficient storage for virtual servers and desktops. Companies around the world use Virsto to achieve increases in performance, reduce storage capital and operating costs, and streamline provisioning and data management for virtual computing.

Netpulse

Series D in 2014
Netpulse is the largest provider of branded mobile club apps that engage members, drive revenue, and integrate deeply with the club's most important technology solutions. Industry leaders such as Gold's Gym, Retro Fitness and Equinox leverage Netpulse's mobile solutions in clubs all over the world. A complete mobile experience is delivered by partnering with top technology solutions, including ABC Financial, Club Comm and Perkville. Founded in 2001, by Bryan Arp and Intuit co-founder Tom Proulx, Netpulse has since raised $40M in funding and is headquartered in San Francisco.

Rockets of Awesome

Series C in 2019
Rockets of Awesome is a direct-to-consumer kids' apparel brand, designing and selling over-the-top clothes. Rockets of Awesome is reinventing the way parents shop for kids by leveraging technology, data, brand, personalization, and exceptional merchandise.

Alibre

Series B in 2000
Alibre specializes in providing affordable complete engineering solutions. It seeks to change the landscape of 3D mechanical CAD software. The company is driven by a mission to maximize the access of professional design solutions to today's world-changers, educators, and entrepreneurs through affordability, simplicity, and service.

PayCycle

Series C in 2002
PayCycle is a Palo Alto, California-based provider of online payroll services. The company is largely known for its service to small businesses, but its products are utilized in large businesses alike.

RetailNext

Series C in 2013
RetailNext, Inc. provides real-time analytics that enable retailers, shopping centers, and manufacturers to collect, analyze, and visualize in-store data. It offers traffic counting and conversion, staffing optimization, window and display effectiveness, shopper engagement, shopper path analytics, shopper insights, loss prevention, and store execution compliance solutions. The company’s SaaS platform integrates with various store data sources, including promotional calendars, staffing systems, and weather services to analyze how various factors impact shopping behavior. It serves customers in the United States and internationally. The company has a strategic partnership with YOOBIC. RetailNext, Inc. was formerly known as BVI Networks, Inc. and changed its name to RetailNext, Inc. in December 2011. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in San Jose, California.

StumbleUpon

Series A in 2009
StumbleUpon is the easiest way to discover new and interesting things from across the Web. More than 25 million people turn to StumbleUpon to be informed, entertained and surprised by content and information recommended just for them. In addition, more than 80,000 brands, publishers and other marketers have used StumbleUpon’s Paid Discovery platform to tell their stories and promote their products and services. Explore more at www.stumbleupon.com.

Beckon

Seed Round in 2011
Beckon, Inc. provides omnichannel analytics software for marketers. It provides performance analytics, visualization, and reporting solutions. The company’s software-as-a-service platform integrates marketing data and delivers dashboards and scorecards for cross-channel marketing intelligence. Beckon, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in San Mateo, California. As of November 19, 2018, Beckon, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Aclate, Inc..

Hipcamp

Series B in 2019
Hipcamp unlocks access to private land for camping and outdoor recreation. It is a mission-driven marketplace where people can list, discover, and book campsites and accommodations on private and public land. Whether it’s finding a scenic spot to pitch a tent or planning a nature-filled getaway, Hipcamp is the go-to guide to getting outside. Hipcamp creates new revenue streams for landowners such as farmers, ranchers, and vintners, which supports them to conserve their land and keep it wild. By unlocking access and simplifying the camping experience, Hipcamp is democratizing, and enhancing the experience of getting outside, inspiring more people to enjoy and protect our world. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Adchemy

Series B in 2005
Saas-based software that helps marketers optimize their paid ad campaigns

EAT Club

Series C in 2017
EAT Club is a food technology company that's democratizing good food. Office workers can order lunch from great local restaurants via mobile or web and get it delivered by 12:30pm. Meals start at $8.95, and there are no minimum orders or additional tips or fees. EAT Club is based in Palo Alto and currently serves most of Silicon Valley.

Airphrame

Series A in 2014
Airphrame, Inc. provides geospatial data and aerial imagery solutions on demand. The company offers Airphrame, a turnkey data service that allows users to obtain aerial data without having to be concerned about vehicle specifications or operations. It controls a network of remote sensing devices that are able to operate over developed rural and urban land in the United States. The company serves engineering, insurance, geospatial, volumetric, agriculture, urban planning, infrastructure, catastrophe response, appraisal, inspection, and modeling industries. Airphrame, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Adchemy

Series C in 2008
Saas-based software that helps marketers optimize their paid ad campaigns

UpGuard

Series B in 2016
UpGuard's proprietary technology tests an organization's IT infrastructure both internally and externally and calculates the potential risk for future intrusions and outages. Upon evaluating the ongoing configuration state of every server and network device, companies are given an easy-to-understand score called CSTAR — a single number which indicates to IT staff as well as their executives their risk level for data breaches. An organization's CSTAR score can even be used by corporate insurers in creating a cybersecurity insurance policy. Thousands of companies, including ADP, E*TRADE, and Cisco Systems, use UpGuard to validate infrastructure, continuously detect risks, and procure cybersecurity insurance. UpGuard is headquartered in Mountain View, California with offices in Portland, Oregon.

FactoryFour

Private Placement in 2018
Manufacturing execution system rebuilt around a modern technology stack. No more inflexible systems, endless implementations, and ridiculous fees for bad software. Experience highly customizable, simple to use, and quick to deploy manufacturing management solutions that increase predictability, productivity, and profit.

Marvell Software Solutions Israel

Series B in 2001
Marvell Software Solutions Israel is a provider of enterprise networking software. Marvell Software develops networking infrastructure software. The company offers software routing core technologies, enabling its partners to design feature-rich, cost-effective routing solutions.

RetailNext

Series D in 2014
RetailNext, Inc. provides real-time analytics that enable retailers, shopping centers, and manufacturers to collect, analyze, and visualize in-store data. It offers traffic counting and conversion, staffing optimization, window and display effectiveness, shopper engagement, shopper path analytics, shopper insights, loss prevention, and store execution compliance solutions. The company’s SaaS platform integrates with various store data sources, including promotional calendars, staffing systems, and weather services to analyze how various factors impact shopping behavior. It serves customers in the United States and internationally. The company has a strategic partnership with YOOBIC. RetailNext, Inc. was formerly known as BVI Networks, Inc. and changed its name to RetailNext, Inc. in December 2011. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in San Jose, California.

Grand Junction Networks

Series A in 1992
Grand Junction Networks designs and manufactures high-speed LANs for workgroups. Its solutions are designed to connect server farms or power workgroups with fiber-optic backbones. Grand Junction Networks was founded in 1992 and is based in Fremont, California.