Austin Ventures

Austin Ventures, founded in 1979 and based in Austin, Texas, was a venture capital and private equity firm that specialized in a wide range of investment stages, including seed, early-stage, growth capital, and middle market investments. The firm primarily focused on sectors such as enterprise information technology, internet, digital media, business services, and energy services. For early-stage investments, it typically made initial investments ranging from $0.5 million to $10 million, while growth and expansion stage investments ranged from $1 million to $40 million. In middle market investments, the firm sought to invest between $25 million and $75 million in companies with EBITDA between $10 million and $40 million. Austin Ventures aimed to partner with talented executives and entrepreneurs, often seeking a board seat in more than 90 percent of its investments. Although it has ceased active investments, the firm played a significant role in supporting businesses primarily located in Texas, particularly in the Austin and Houston areas.

Joe Aragona

General Partner

David Benton

CIO and VP of Technology

Kenneth DeAngelis

General Partner

John Dirvin

Partner / Chief Operating Officer

Scott Donaldson

Partner

Michael Hathaway

Venture Partner

Kevin Kunz

Chief Financial Officer

Donald Park

Senior Associate

Past deals in Austin, TX

Tasktop

Private Equity Round in 2021
Tasktop Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing automated integration technologies tailored for software development organizations. Their offerings include Tasktop Sync, which facilitates enterprise-scale synchronization among various development tools, and Tasktop Data, enhancing reporting and analytics capabilities. Additionally, they provide Tasktop Dev Pro for time tracking and desktop document management, as well as Tasktop Dev Enterprise, which includes technical support for enterprise tools. Tasktop's solutions cater to developers, testers, business analysts, and professionals in service desks, software security, and portfolio management. The company's value stream management platform enables enterprises to gain real-time visibility into their product value streams, helping them make informed decisions and align with business objectives. Tasktop's technology integrates with existing tools to support the daily practice of value stream management. Founded in 2007, Tasktop is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with additional offices in Austin, Boston, and London, serving industries such as financial services, insurance, government, and manufacturing through authorized resellers.

Vyze

Series C in 2017
Vyze, Inc. is a financial technology company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2008. It offers a platform that connects retailers with multiple lenders, providing various consumer financing options such as bankcards, revolving credit, loans, and lease purchase products. The platform supports diverse sales channels, including point of sale, web portals, self-service kiosks, tablets, and e-commerce solutions. Vyze's services are utilized by Fortune 500 companies and retailers across several industries, including furniture, jewelry, home improvement, electronics, and general consumer goods. The company's focus is on enhancing the consumer financing experience while enabling retailers to implement innovative lending programs that drive sales and provide greater control over their financing options. In April 2016, Vyze changed its name from NewComLink, Inc., and as of April 2019, it operates as a subsidiary of Mastercard Incorporated.

Tasktop

Series B in 2017
Tasktop Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing automated integration technologies tailored for software development organizations. Their offerings include Tasktop Sync, which facilitates enterprise-scale synchronization among various development tools, and Tasktop Data, enhancing reporting and analytics capabilities. Additionally, they provide Tasktop Dev Pro for time tracking and desktop document management, as well as Tasktop Dev Enterprise, which includes technical support for enterprise tools. Tasktop's solutions cater to developers, testers, business analysts, and professionals in service desks, software security, and portfolio management. The company's value stream management platform enables enterprises to gain real-time visibility into their product value streams, helping them make informed decisions and align with business objectives. Tasktop's technology integrates with existing tools to support the daily practice of value stream management. Founded in 2007, Tasktop is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with additional offices in Austin, Boston, and London, serving industries such as financial services, insurance, government, and manufacturing through authorized resellers.

FLASH

Venture Round in 2016
FlashParking is the total simple approach to parking with their integrated suite of hardware and subscription solutions for parking operators and asset owners to manage their gated, parking lot, and valet operations. With their award-winning parking solutions, FlashParking's customers can take control of their revenue.

Onit

Venture Round in 2016
Onit, Inc. specializes in developing legal project management and workflow automation software designed to enhance productivity and streamline operations across various business departments. The company's offerings include Enterprise Legal Management, Matter Management, Legal Spend Management, Contract Lifecycle Management, and Legal Holds, which collectively facilitate the efficient handling of legal matters and spending. Additionally, Onit provides a self-service portal for Legal Service Requests and tools like Apptitude for workflow automation and Precedent, an artificial intelligence platform. By allowing users to create custom applications without reliance on IT support, Onit simplifies business processes that are typically manual and cumbersome. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, with additional offices in Austin, Auckland, and Pune, Onit serves a diverse range of industries, including technology, insurance, healthcare, and finance, helping clients to automate processes, reduce costs, and maximize productivity.

Ambiq Micro

Series C in 2016
Ambiq Micro is an early-stage fabless semiconductor company that is developing ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions for a new generation of wireless electronics. Ambiq Micro was founded in 2010 on the simple yet powerful notion that extremely low power semiconductors are the key to the future of electronics. Through the use of their pioneering ultra-low-power technology, they help innovative companies around the world develop differentiated solutions that reduce or eliminate the need for batteries, lower overall system power, and maximize industrial design flexibility.

Vyze

Series B in 2016
Vyze, Inc. is a financial technology company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2008. It offers a platform that connects retailers with multiple lenders, providing various consumer financing options such as bankcards, revolving credit, loans, and lease purchase products. The platform supports diverse sales channels, including point of sale, web portals, self-service kiosks, tablets, and e-commerce solutions. Vyze's services are utilized by Fortune 500 companies and retailers across several industries, including furniture, jewelry, home improvement, electronics, and general consumer goods. The company's focus is on enhancing the consumer financing experience while enabling retailers to implement innovative lending programs that drive sales and provide greater control over their financing options. In April 2016, Vyze changed its name from NewComLink, Inc., and as of April 2019, it operates as a subsidiary of Mastercard Incorporated.

Khoros

Series F in 2016
Khoros is a software company that specializes in customer engagement solutions, providing a centralized cloud-based platform designed to enhance digital customer experiences. Its platform allows businesses to manage social media, monitor customer interactions, and scale their social marketing and customer service efforts. By facilitating millions of conversations, Khoros helps brands make informed decisions through data insights. The company aims to turn isolated knowledge into valuable enterprise insights, fostering stronger connections between businesses and their customers while anticipating customer needs to drive sales, loyalty, and innovation.

Spredfast

Series F in 2016
Spredfast, Inc. provides a social relationship platform that allows enterprise brands and organizations to manage, monitor, and measure their social media programs in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Social Agency, Inc. and changed its name to Spredfast, Inc. in January 2010. Spredfast, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Austin, Texas with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. As of October 2, 2018, Spredfast, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Lithium Technologies Inc.

Bloomfire

Series B in 2016
Bloomfire, Inc. is a knowledge-sharing platform that facilitates the discovery and sharing of information among employees. Founded in 2010 and based in Austin, Texas, Bloomfire provides a cloud-based solution that allows users to capture, display, and share various types of content, thereby connecting individuals with knowledge to those who require it. The platform enhances social learning, supports customer service initiatives, and aligns sales and marketing efforts by uncovering valuable insights that may be overlooked in traditional communication methods. It empowers organizations to manage and distribute research insights effectively, streamlining information access and improving overall team performance. Bloomfire serves a diverse range of industries both in the United States and internationally, while also providing help desk services to further support its users.

Liquibase

Series B in 2016
Liquibase, powered by open-source innovation, simplifies and automates database deployment and configuration for applications that eliminate risk from the deployment process. Its platform removes database deployments as a barrier and eliminates the security vulnerabilities, errors, data loss, and downtime associated with current database deployment methods that enable enterprises to shorten the time it takes to bring application innovation to the market.

Civitas Learning

Series D in 2015
Civitas Learning’s student success intelligence platform leverages each institution’s unique data to help them chart the best course to improved outcomes for students. The platform is grounded in unparalleled work in data science, built into workflows with integrated applications, and implemented on-site with seasoned strategic service teams. Today, Civitas Learning works with 375 colleges and universities, serving nearly 8 million students. Together with their growing community of customers, Civitas Learning is making the most of the world’s learning data to help graduate a million more students per year by 2025.

Liquibase

Series A in 2015
Liquibase, powered by open-source innovation, simplifies and automates database deployment and configuration for applications that eliminate risk from the deployment process. Its platform removes database deployments as a barrier and eliminates the security vulnerabilities, errors, data loss, and downtime associated with current database deployment methods that enable enterprises to shorten the time it takes to bring application innovation to the market.

Civitas Learning

Series C in 2015
Civitas Learning’s student success intelligence platform leverages each institution’s unique data to help them chart the best course to improved outcomes for students. The platform is grounded in unparalleled work in data science, built into workflows with integrated applications, and implemented on-site with seasoned strategic service teams. Today, Civitas Learning works with 375 colleges and universities, serving nearly 8 million students. Together with their growing community of customers, Civitas Learning is making the most of the world’s learning data to help graduate a million more students per year by 2025.

Ambiq Micro

Series C in 2014
Ambiq Micro is an early-stage fabless semiconductor company that is developing ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions for a new generation of wireless electronics. Ambiq Micro was founded in 2010 on the simple yet powerful notion that extremely low power semiconductors are the key to the future of electronics. Through the use of their pioneering ultra-low-power technology, they help innovative companies around the world develop differentiated solutions that reduce or eliminate the need for batteries, lower overall system power, and maximize industrial design flexibility.

Eagle Eye Networks

Series B in 2014
Eagle Eye Networks, Inc. specializes in cloud-based video surveillance solutions that incorporate both cloud and on-premise recording. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company provides a range of products, including a video management system (VMS) that enables secure recording, camera management, mobile viewing, and alerts. Its offerings include Eagle Eye Cloud Security Camera VMS, Eagle Eye Cloud-Premise Flex Storage for cloud storage, and Eagle Eye Complete Privacy Encryption for data security. The company also features advanced analytics, including AI and Big Data tools, to optimize business operations and enhance security measures. Additionally, Eagle Eye Networks provides an open API for seamless integration of video data with other business processes. Its services cater to various sectors, including education, retail, government, and commercial enterprises. The company collaborates with resellers and offers consultation, system design, and support services to ensure effective implementation and management of its solutions.

Tasktop

Series A in 2014
Tasktop Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing automated integration technologies tailored for software development organizations. Their offerings include Tasktop Sync, which facilitates enterprise-scale synchronization among various development tools, and Tasktop Data, enhancing reporting and analytics capabilities. Additionally, they provide Tasktop Dev Pro for time tracking and desktop document management, as well as Tasktop Dev Enterprise, which includes technical support for enterprise tools. Tasktop's solutions cater to developers, testers, business analysts, and professionals in service desks, software security, and portfolio management. The company's value stream management platform enables enterprises to gain real-time visibility into their product value streams, helping them make informed decisions and align with business objectives. Tasktop's technology integrates with existing tools to support the daily practice of value stream management. Founded in 2007, Tasktop is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with additional offices in Austin, Boston, and London, serving industries such as financial services, insurance, government, and manufacturing through authorized resellers.

Edgecase

Series B in 2014
Edgecase is a company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in shopping software that enhances online clothing discovery by mimicking the experience of window shopping. Founded in 2012 and originally known as Compare Metrics, Edgecase offers an Adaptive Experience Platform that features product discovery tools, personalized navigation, and human-driven content curation. This platform allows retailers to provide tailored shopping experiences that adapt to individual customer preferences and styles. By integrating advanced machine learning and merchandising data, Edgecase helps retailers engage with consumers more effectively, ultimately improving user experience and driving revenue. The company serves a range of retailers and operates as a subsidiary of GroupBy Inc., having undergone a name change in August 2014.

SAM

Venture Round in 2014
Founded in 1994, SAM, Inc. is a leading provider of complete geospatial data solutions using advanced surveying and mapping technologies. We’re one of the largest geospatial companies in North America. With more than 100 field crews, we’ve become a market leader in services for oil and gas, electric, rail, transportation, telecommunications, and public sector clients. Our wholly owned subsidiary, SAM-Construction Services, Inc. (SAM-CS, Inc.), also delivers a wide range of construction phase services. We’ve invested heavily in technology across the enterprise and continue to advance our geospatial technology expertise.

Innography

Series B in 2014
Innography delivers a correlation, visualization, and collaboration analytics software platform that enables companies to fully manage, protect, and exploit patent portfolios. It focuses on answering IP questions more quickly, more accurately, and more insightfully than was possible before. Every feature and visualization is designed to solve a business need, not just present pretty graphs or list out reams of data. Innography was launched on 2006 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Khoros

Series D in 2014
Khoros is a software company that specializes in customer engagement solutions, providing a centralized cloud-based platform designed to enhance digital customer experiences. Its platform allows businesses to manage social media, monitor customer interactions, and scale their social marketing and customer service efforts. By facilitating millions of conversations, Khoros helps brands make informed decisions through data insights. The company aims to turn isolated knowledge into valuable enterprise insights, fostering stronger connections between businesses and their customers while anticipating customer needs to drive sales, loyalty, and innovation.

Spredfast

Series D in 2014
Spredfast, Inc. provides a social relationship platform that allows enterprise brands and organizations to manage, monitor, and measure their social media programs in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Social Agency, Inc. and changed its name to Spredfast, Inc. in January 2010. Spredfast, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Austin, Texas with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. As of October 2, 2018, Spredfast, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Lithium Technologies Inc.

Liquibase

Series A in 2013
Liquibase, powered by open-source innovation, simplifies and automates database deployment and configuration for applications that eliminate risk from the deployment process. Its platform removes database deployments as a barrier and eliminates the security vulnerabilities, errors, data loss, and downtime associated with current database deployment methods that enable enterprises to shorten the time it takes to bring application innovation to the market.

Lynx Laboratories

Seed Round in 2013
Lynx Laboratories, Inc. specializes in developing software applications and hardware for 3D imaging, catering to various sectors including 3D printing, surveying, engineering, design, biometrics, and construction measurements. The company is known for its mobile structural capture device, which effectively captures the shape and motion of environments. Based in Austin, Texas, Lynx Laboratories boasts a team with over twenty years of combined experience in machine learning, contributing to numerous publications and several patents. The company has garnered recognition through various awards, including 1st Place in both the Idea2Product Texas and Global competitions, as well as accolades as one of the Top 10 Dell Innovators. Additionally, Lynx has benefited from National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research funding, underscoring its innovative capabilities in the field.

Ambiq Micro

Series B in 2013
Ambiq Micro is an early-stage fabless semiconductor company that is developing ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions for a new generation of wireless electronics. Ambiq Micro was founded in 2010 on the simple yet powerful notion that extremely low power semiconductors are the key to the future of electronics. Through the use of their pioneering ultra-low-power technology, they help innovative companies around the world develop differentiated solutions that reduce or eliminate the need for batteries, lower overall system power, and maximize industrial design flexibility.

Civitas Learning

Series B in 2013
Civitas Learning’s student success intelligence platform leverages each institution’s unique data to help them chart the best course to improved outcomes for students. The platform is grounded in unparalleled work in data science, built into workflows with integrated applications, and implemented on-site with seasoned strategic service teams. Today, Civitas Learning works with 375 colleges and universities, serving nearly 8 million students. Together with their growing community of customers, Civitas Learning is making the most of the world’s learning data to help graduate a million more students per year by 2025.

Edgecase

Series A in 2013
Edgecase is a company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in shopping software that enhances online clothing discovery by mimicking the experience of window shopping. Founded in 2012 and originally known as Compare Metrics, Edgecase offers an Adaptive Experience Platform that features product discovery tools, personalized navigation, and human-driven content curation. This platform allows retailers to provide tailored shopping experiences that adapt to individual customer preferences and styles. By integrating advanced machine learning and merchandising data, Edgecase helps retailers engage with consumers more effectively, ultimately improving user experience and driving revenue. The company serves a range of retailers and operates as a subsidiary of GroupBy Inc., having undergone a name change in August 2014.

Bloomfire

Series A in 2013
Bloomfire, Inc. is a knowledge-sharing platform that facilitates the discovery and sharing of information among employees. Founded in 2010 and based in Austin, Texas, Bloomfire provides a cloud-based solution that allows users to capture, display, and share various types of content, thereby connecting individuals with knowledge to those who require it. The platform enhances social learning, supports customer service initiatives, and aligns sales and marketing efforts by uncovering valuable insights that may be overlooked in traditional communication methods. It empowers organizations to manage and distribute research insights effectively, streamlining information access and improving overall team performance. Bloomfire serves a diverse range of industries both in the United States and internationally, while also providing help desk services to further support its users.

myDocket

Series A in 2013
myDocket, Inc. operates a site that enables sales teams to organize and share presentations, whitepapers, case studies, videos, and more with their customers. Its features include Email and collateral tracking; content viewing; and viewing, sending, and managing collateral. myDocket, Inc. was formerly known as Handshakez, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Khoros

Series C in 2013
Khoros is a software company that specializes in customer engagement solutions, providing a centralized cloud-based platform designed to enhance digital customer experiences. Its platform allows businesses to manage social media, monitor customer interactions, and scale their social marketing and customer service efforts. By facilitating millions of conversations, Khoros helps brands make informed decisions through data insights. The company aims to turn isolated knowledge into valuable enterprise insights, fostering stronger connections between businesses and their customers while anticipating customer needs to drive sales, loyalty, and innovation.

Spredfast

Series C in 2013
Spredfast, Inc. provides a social relationship platform that allows enterprise brands and organizations to manage, monitor, and measure their social media programs in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Social Agency, Inc. and changed its name to Spredfast, Inc. in January 2010. Spredfast, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Austin, Texas with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. As of October 2, 2018, Spredfast, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Lithium Technologies Inc.

Adometry

Series D in 2012
Adometry by Google transforms the way the world’s top brands improve marketing performance. Acting as marketing's “system of record,” Adometry solves the complex challenge of integrating, measuring, and optimizing marketing performance across all channels―both online and offline. Combining and interpreting previously silo’d sources of data; the Adometry Marketing Intelligence Platform provides data-driven attribution, marketing mix modeling, and intelligent optimization recommendations across and within channels. As a result, marketers are able to identify their true impact on the customer journey and generate actionable insights that improve ROI.

Calxeda

Series C in 2012
Calxeda provides revolutionary efficiency to the data center. Leveraging ultra-low power technology from ARM, servers built on Calxeda’s silicon and software platform consume a fraction of the power and space of today’s best-in-class servers, enabling data centers to realize significant reduction in capital and operating expenses. The Calxeda platform scales efficiently to thousands of server nodes, with unique network and storage acceleration, and is enhanced with management technology to deliver true “energy-proportional” computing. The result is a stunning breakthrough in performance efficiency, density, and scalability.

Flash Valet

Series A in 2012
Flash Valet, an Austin, TX-based developer of a cloud-based mobile management system for the valet parking industry. Led by Alex Broeker, chairman of the board, Flash Valet provides cloud-based software that streamlines operations for parking providers who have the opportunity to operate away from cash registers and paper tickets by channeling communications and payment through mobile phones. They can track vehicles in real time to control and boost their revenue, manage employee time and attendance (including payroll integration), accept credit cards at the curb and through mobile payments, etc.

OutboundEngine

Series A in 2012
OutboundEngine is an Austin, TX-based marketing technology company that helps businesses grow by making online marketing simple. The company’s SaaS platform automates email marketing, social media posting, online review collection and more for over 10,000 customers. Founded in 2012, OutboundEngine is ranked No. 95 on the Inc. 5000 and has been consistently named a top workplace in Austin. For more information, please visit www.outboundengine.com

Liquibase

Seed Round in 2012
Liquibase, powered by open-source innovation, simplifies and automates database deployment and configuration for applications that eliminate risk from the deployment process. Its platform removes database deployments as a barrier and eliminates the security vulnerabilities, errors, data loss, and downtime associated with current database deployment methods that enable enterprises to shorten the time it takes to bring application innovation to the market.

Mass Relevance

Series A in 2012
Mass Relevance develops and offers cloud-based software for media and entertainment sectors. Its software enables social media content aggregation, filtration, and integration. The company's clientele includes [CISCO](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cisco), GolfDigest, [MSNBC](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/msnbc), NBC Sports, and Pepsi. It was formerly known as TweetRiver and changed its name to Mass Relevance Inc. in December, 2010. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Austin, Texas. In April 2014, Mass Relevance merged with Spredfast, forming a comprehensive social marketing company.

Umbel

Venture Round in 2012
Umbel Corp., founded in 2010 and based in Austin, Texas, specializes in cloud-based customer data software solutions aimed at sports and entertainment companies. The company offers a data management platform that helps organizations unify and access their customer data, facilitating engagement and enhancing audience insights. Its suite of tools includes audience activators for collecting identity data, Digital Genome for audience analysis, and a CRM Acquisition Tool for gathering first-party data. Umbel's intelligent segmenting solutions allow users to analyze their audience based on various demographics and behaviors, thereby driving revenue and increasing fan loyalty. The company serves a diverse clientele that includes brands, retailers, teams, and venues, and it has established a strategic partnership with R/GA. In February 2018, Umbel was acquired by MVPindex, Inc.

Bloomfire

Series A in 2012
Bloomfire, Inc. is a knowledge-sharing platform that facilitates the discovery and sharing of information among employees. Founded in 2010 and based in Austin, Texas, Bloomfire provides a cloud-based solution that allows users to capture, display, and share various types of content, thereby connecting individuals with knowledge to those who require it. The platform enhances social learning, supports customer service initiatives, and aligns sales and marketing efforts by uncovering valuable insights that may be overlooked in traditional communication methods. It empowers organizations to manage and distribute research insights effectively, streamlining information access and improving overall team performance. Bloomfire serves a diverse range of industries both in the United States and internationally, while also providing help desk services to further support its users.

Black Sand Technologies

Series C in 2012
Black Sand Technologies, Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company dedicated to building solutions for the wireless industry by combining sensitive analog and powerful digital circuits in silicon. Black Sand’s unique combination of patented mixed-signal technology and industry experience will lead the way to new levels of cost and performance in wireless products of the future. Based in Austin, Texas, Black Sand is funded by Austin Ventures and Northbridge Venture Partners. Black Sand's innovative technology will enable wireless devices in the future to achieve higher performance while at the same time reducing total cost and size. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Onit

Series B in 2012
Onit, Inc. specializes in developing legal project management and workflow automation software designed to enhance productivity and streamline operations across various business departments. The company's offerings include Enterprise Legal Management, Matter Management, Legal Spend Management, Contract Lifecycle Management, and Legal Holds, which collectively facilitate the efficient handling of legal matters and spending. Additionally, Onit provides a self-service portal for Legal Service Requests and tools like Apptitude for workflow automation and Precedent, an artificial intelligence platform. By allowing users to create custom applications without reliance on IT support, Onit simplifies business processes that are typically manual and cumbersome. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, with additional offices in Austin, Auckland, and Pune, Onit serves a diverse range of industries, including technology, insurance, healthcare, and finance, helping clients to automate processes, reduce costs, and maximize productivity.

Spredfast

Series B in 2011
Spredfast, Inc. provides a social relationship platform that allows enterprise brands and organizations to manage, monitor, and measure their social media programs in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Social Agency, Inc. and changed its name to Spredfast, Inc. in January 2010. Spredfast, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Austin, Texas with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. As of October 2, 2018, Spredfast, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Lithium Technologies Inc.

Khoros

Series B in 2011
Khoros is a software company that specializes in customer engagement solutions, providing a centralized cloud-based platform designed to enhance digital customer experiences. Its platform allows businesses to manage social media, monitor customer interactions, and scale their social marketing and customer service efforts. By facilitating millions of conversations, Khoros helps brands make informed decisions through data insights. The company aims to turn isolated knowledge into valuable enterprise insights, fostering stronger connections between businesses and their customers while anticipating customer needs to drive sales, loyalty, and innovation.

Vyze

Series B in 2011
Vyze, Inc. is a financial technology company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2008. It offers a platform that connects retailers with multiple lenders, providing various consumer financing options such as bankcards, revolving credit, loans, and lease purchase products. The platform supports diverse sales channels, including point of sale, web portals, self-service kiosks, tablets, and e-commerce solutions. Vyze's services are utilized by Fortune 500 companies and retailers across several industries, including furniture, jewelry, home improvement, electronics, and general consumer goods. The company's focus is on enhancing the consumer financing experience while enabling retailers to implement innovative lending programs that drive sales and provide greater control over their financing options. In April 2016, Vyze changed its name from NewComLink, Inc., and as of April 2019, it operates as a subsidiary of Mastercard Incorporated.

Civitas Learning

Series A in 2011
Civitas Learning’s student success intelligence platform leverages each institution’s unique data to help them chart the best course to improved outcomes for students. The platform is grounded in unparalleled work in data science, built into workflows with integrated applications, and implemented on-site with seasoned strategic service teams. Today, Civitas Learning works with 375 colleges and universities, serving nearly 8 million students. Together with their growing community of customers, Civitas Learning is making the most of the world’s learning data to help graduate a million more students per year by 2025.

Spiceworks

Series D in 2011
Spiceworks is the marketplace that connects the IT industry to help tech buyers and sellers get their jobs done, every day. The company helps people in the world’s businesses find, adopt, and manage the latest technologies while also helping IT brands build, market, and support better products and services. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Spiceworks empowers people to use technology to make their organizations, their communities, and the world better.

Boundless Network

Venture Round in 2011
Boundless Network is a full-service promotional products company that connects buyers across organizations to create efficiencies of scale and reduce the cost of branded merchandise.

Solar Power Technologies

Series A in 2011
Solar Power Technologies provides intelligent power optimization, monitoring and control systems for commercial and utility scale solar power sites. The Clarityâ„¢ optimization and monitoring system is a complete site performance optimization and management solution built around an innovative combination of advanced power control technology, wireless communications and web based data management. The company aims to maximize energy harvest potential, while allowing maximum flexibility for [large scale, solar PV array] site designers and owners. By adapting to any solar panel type, inverter, storage element or wiring topology, the Clarityâ„¢ optimization and monitoring system can be deployed in any new solar design, as well as bringing instant energy and financial performance benefits to existing sites.

Mass Relevance

Seed Round in 2010
Mass Relevance develops and offers cloud-based software for media and entertainment sectors. Its software enables social media content aggregation, filtration, and integration. The company's clientele includes [CISCO](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cisco), GolfDigest, [MSNBC](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/msnbc), NBC Sports, and Pepsi. It was formerly known as TweetRiver and changed its name to Mass Relevance Inc. in December, 2010. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Austin, Texas. In April 2014, Mass Relevance merged with Spredfast, forming a comprehensive social marketing company.

Gazzang

Series A in 2010
Gazzang specializes in data security solutions designed to help enterprises safeguard sensitive information while maintaining performance in big data and cloud environments. The company's technology is utilized by various sectors, including SaaS vendors, healthcare organizations, financial institutions, and public sector agencies, to achieve regulatory compliance, protect personally identifiable information, and prevent unauthorized access to critical data and systems. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Gazzang focuses on creating products that ensure data remains secure, accessible, and actionable in cloud settings. Their offerings include security solutions for big data applications and databases running on Linux, along with high-performance monitoring, alerting, and analysis capabilities for cloud environments. Additionally, Gazzang provides a universal key and secrets management service to safeguard essential corporate information.

Silverback Enterprise Group

Seed Round in 2010
Silverback Enterprise Group, based in Austin, Texas, specializes in acquiring and optimizing enterprise software businesses that create cloud-based mission-critical products for enterprise clients. Founded in 2010, the company focuses on consolidating smaller, subscale software companies to enhance their value and capabilities. Through its strategic acquisitions and development efforts, Silverback aims to provide comprehensive, long-term solutions to its customers, thereby fostering growth within the enterprise software sector. The company was previously known as Silverback Acquisition Corporation before rebranding in 2011.

Workstreamer

Series A in 2010
Workstreamer was created with the idea that business professionals need a way to receive relevant company news, social media conversations, contact updates and other related business information happening on the web. Actively listening to myriads of sources such as news sites, blogs, Twitter and LinkedIn, workstreamer filters, processes, ranks and streams only relevant pieces of business information related to a users role in an organization.

Zilliant

Venture Round in 2010
Zilliant, Inc. provides price optimization and price management software for manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, and industrial service companies. The company’s pricing software enables manufacturers and distributors to adopt an approach to price analysis, optimization, price list management, quoting, and negotiation. It offers Zilliant Precision Pricing Suite (ZPPS), an enterprise software that combines price segmentation and price optimization science with analytics and process automation software for price management; ZPPS Analytics, which provides segment-specific metrics and KPIs to deliver a view of pricing performance and uncover opportunities to improve; ZPPS Price Optimization that produces price and deal envelope recommendations for various price segment; and ZPPS Price List Manager, which administers price lists and policies, as well as other price instruments, such as discount and markup schedules. The company also provides ZPPS Deal Manager and Deal Manager for Agreements, and ZPPS Price Campaign Manager that provides inline analytics and KPIs for scoring deals against peer group benchmarks and enforces corporate price policies; and ZPPS Pricing Information Manager, which manages product mix and selection in various deals. In addition, Zilliant, Inc. offers deployment strategy and planning, and implementation methodology, as well as Zilliant education services for business and technical users. The company has a strategic alliance with Advanous. Zilliant, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Adometry

Series C in 2010
Adometry by Google transforms the way the world’s top brands improve marketing performance. Acting as marketing's “system of record,” Adometry solves the complex challenge of integrating, measuring, and optimizing marketing performance across all channels―both online and offline. Combining and interpreting previously silo’d sources of data; the Adometry Marketing Intelligence Platform provides data-driven attribution, marketing mix modeling, and intelligent optimization recommendations across and within channels. As a result, marketers are able to identify their true impact on the customer journey and generate actionable insights that improve ROI.

Virtual Bridges

Venture Round in 2010
Virtual Bridges provide desktop virtualization for private, public and hybrid cloud environments.

Spredfast

Series A in 2010
Spredfast, Inc. provides a social relationship platform that allows enterprise brands and organizations to manage, monitor, and measure their social media programs in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Social Agency, Inc. and changed its name to Spredfast, Inc. in January 2010. Spredfast, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Austin, Texas with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. As of October 2, 2018, Spredfast, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Lithium Technologies Inc.

Khoros

Series A in 2010
Khoros is a software company that specializes in customer engagement solutions, providing a centralized cloud-based platform designed to enhance digital customer experiences. Its platform allows businesses to manage social media, monitor customer interactions, and scale their social marketing and customer service efforts. By facilitating millions of conversations, Khoros helps brands make informed decisions through data insights. The company aims to turn isolated knowledge into valuable enterprise insights, fostering stronger connections between businesses and their customers while anticipating customer needs to drive sales, loyalty, and innovation.

FameCast

Venture Round in 2010
FameCast, Inc. operates an online talent competition and community for the entrepreneurial musicians. Its platform enables music fans, corporations, and artists to participate and vote in online contests for driving marketing campaigns. The company organize premium branded contests, entertainment properties, and digital campaigns. FameCast, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Innography

Series B in 2010
Innography delivers a correlation, visualization, and collaboration analytics software platform that enables companies to fully manage, protect, and exploit patent portfolios. It focuses on answering IP questions more quickly, more accurately, and more insightfully than was possible before. Every feature and visualization is designed to solve a business need, not just present pretty graphs or list out reams of data. Innography was launched on 2006 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Verde

Series A in 2010
Verde is an award-winning desktop management and provisioning solution that leverages virtualization to deliver desktops either on-premises or in the cloud. VERDE helps enterprises transform TCO by simplifying desktop management, improving security and compliance, and increasing the organizational agility across both Windows and Linux environments. Offering multiple display protocols and unparalleled support for disconnected users (including from a portable drive), VERDE delivers a high-fidelity desktop experience to end users on any client machine both online and offline. With on-premise or VERDE hosted in the public cloud powered by companies like Savvis or Rackspace, Virtual Bridges sets a new standard for the ease of deployment and management for administrators. Virtual Bridges is headquartered in Austin.

Spiceworks

Series C in 2010
Spiceworks is the marketplace that connects the IT industry to help tech buyers and sellers get their jobs done, every day. The company helps people in the world’s businesses find, adopt, and manage the latest technologies while also helping IT brands build, market, and support better products and services. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Spiceworks empowers people to use technology to make their organizations, their communities, and the world better.

Boundless Network

Venture Round in 2009
Boundless Network is a full-service promotional products company that connects buyers across organizations to create efficiencies of scale and reduce the cost of branded merchandise.

Black Sand Technologies

Series B in 2009
Black Sand Technologies, Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company dedicated to building solutions for the wireless industry by combining sensitive analog and powerful digital circuits in silicon. Black Sand’s unique combination of patented mixed-signal technology and industry experience will lead the way to new levels of cost and performance in wireless products of the future. Based in Austin, Texas, Black Sand is funded by Austin Ventures and Northbridge Venture Partners. Black Sand's innovative technology will enable wireless devices in the future to achieve higher performance while at the same time reducing total cost and size. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Pyxis Technology

Series C in 2009
Pyxis Technology has created advanced analog routing engines specifically designed to handle the complexities and capacity of nanoscale IC designs. Pyxis Technology enables assisted custom design automation with integrated analysis for a true "what-if" exploration of custom analog design, and fast, high-capacity automated routing to complete IC layout. Pyxis technology will soon be integrated into Mentor’s custom IC solution, IC Station, providing advanced automated analog routing functionalities not currently available in the market today.

Workstreamer

Seed Round in 2009
Workstreamer was created with the idea that business professionals need a way to receive relevant company news, social media conversations, contact updates and other related business information happening on the web. Actively listening to myriads of sources such as news sites, blogs, Twitter and LinkedIn, workstreamer filters, processes, ranks and streams only relevant pieces of business information related to a users role in an organization.

Vyze

Series A in 2008
Vyze, Inc. is a financial technology company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2008. It offers a platform that connects retailers with multiple lenders, providing various consumer financing options such as bankcards, revolving credit, loans, and lease purchase products. The platform supports diverse sales channels, including point of sale, web portals, self-service kiosks, tablets, and e-commerce solutions. Vyze's services are utilized by Fortune 500 companies and retailers across several industries, including furniture, jewelry, home improvement, electronics, and general consumer goods. The company's focus is on enhancing the consumer financing experience while enabling retailers to implement innovative lending programs that drive sales and provide greater control over their financing options. In April 2016, Vyze changed its name from NewComLink, Inc., and as of April 2019, it operates as a subsidiary of Mastercard Incorporated.

SailPoint

Series C in 2008
SailPoint Technologies develops identity governance software solutions that assist organizations in managing digital identities and access rights across various environments, including on-premises, cloud, and mobile applications. Their offerings include IdentityIQ, a comprehensive on-premises identity governance tool that provides visibility and control over user access; IdentityNow, a cloud-based governance platform; and IdentityAI, which utilizes artificial intelligence to identify potential security threats. Additionally, SailPoint's products feature functionalities for role management, access request management, and compliance management, aimed at streamlining IT compliance processes and mitigating fraud risks. The company serves a diverse clientele, including commercial enterprises, financial institutions, and government entities, through direct sales and partnerships with system integrators and technology resellers. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, SailPoint has established itself as a leader in the identity governance space.

Innography

Series A in 2008
Innography delivers a correlation, visualization, and collaboration analytics software platform that enables companies to fully manage, protect, and exploit patent portfolios. It focuses on answering IP questions more quickly, more accurately, and more insightfully than was possible before. Every feature and visualization is designed to solve a business need, not just present pretty graphs or list out reams of data. Innography was launched on 2006 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Bazaarvoice

Series C in 2008
Bazaarvoice, Inc. is a software as a service (SaaS) company that specializes in helping brands and retailers understand consumer sentiment through customer-generated content. The Bazaarvoice platform allows clients to capture, manage, and display a variety of content types, including ratings, reviews, photos, and videos. Additionally, it integrates content from social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, enabling businesses to enhance their online presence. The platform supports the creation of branded communities to foster engagement and gather valuable insights for product launches. Clients utilize this content across multiple channels, including websites, mobile applications, and in-store displays, to influence purchasing decisions and enhance marketing strategies. Bazaarvoice serves a diverse range of industries such as retail, technology, and healthcare, and operates in several countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Bazaarvoice has established partnerships to further enhance its offerings and continues to leverage customer intelligence to drive business decisions.

Adometry

Series B in 2008
Adometry by Google transforms the way the world’s top brands improve marketing performance. Acting as marketing's “system of record,” Adometry solves the complex challenge of integrating, measuring, and optimizing marketing performance across all channels―both online and offline. Combining and interpreting previously silo’d sources of data; the Adometry Marketing Intelligence Platform provides data-driven attribution, marketing mix modeling, and intelligent optimization recommendations across and within channels. As a result, marketers are able to identify their true impact on the customer journey and generate actionable insights that improve ROI.

Pyxis Technology

Series B in 2008
Pyxis Technology has created advanced analog routing engines specifically designed to handle the complexities and capacity of nanoscale IC designs. Pyxis Technology enables assisted custom design automation with integrated analysis for a true "what-if" exploration of custom analog design, and fast, high-capacity automated routing to complete IC layout. Pyxis technology will soon be integrated into Mentor’s custom IC solution, IC Station, providing advanced automated analog routing functionalities not currently available in the market today.

Caringo

Venture Round in 2008
Caringo Inc. is an innovative software provider focused on delivering the most advanced object-based technology for accessing, storing and distributing unstructured or file-based data. Its flagship product, CAStor, enables private cloud storage that dramatically improves the scope and economics of storing content by enabling customers to implement robust storage clusters without being locked into proprietary hardware. Founded on the operating principle that things should be made as simple as possible and a customer-first focus, Caringo makes content and file storage affordable, scalable, fast and easy.

NetStreams

Series B in 2008
NetStreams is an undisputed world leader in digital entertainment networks based on Internet protocol (IP) technology. NetStreams' IP-Based & IP-controlled systems, designed for residential and commercial use, handle any number of digital or analog sources and deliver uncompressed content, including high definition audio and video, to an unlimited number of zones. By combining content and control signals in one data stream, NetStreams systems offer new levels of affordability, simplicity, reliability, and expandability, benefiting both installers and end-users with lower costs for installation, set-up, and support.

LabNow

Series B in 2007
LabNow, Inc. is a company specializing in point-of-care diagnostic. It uses a lab-on-a-chip sensor technology that is capable of automating complex fluid analysis quickly, easily, and accurately. This technology converges the main advances in nanochemistry, microfluids, imaging analysis, and digital fluorescence microscopy. Certain specific functions will soon be applied to HIV/AIDS care and other pertinent diseases.

Zilliant

Series F in 2007
Zilliant, Inc. provides price optimization and price management software for manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, and industrial service companies. The company’s pricing software enables manufacturers and distributors to adopt an approach to price analysis, optimization, price list management, quoting, and negotiation. It offers Zilliant Precision Pricing Suite (ZPPS), an enterprise software that combines price segmentation and price optimization science with analytics and process automation software for price management; ZPPS Analytics, which provides segment-specific metrics and KPIs to deliver a view of pricing performance and uncover opportunities to improve; ZPPS Price Optimization that produces price and deal envelope recommendations for various price segment; and ZPPS Price List Manager, which administers price lists and policies, as well as other price instruments, such as discount and markup schedules. The company also provides ZPPS Deal Manager and Deal Manager for Agreements, and ZPPS Price Campaign Manager that provides inline analytics and KPIs for scoring deals against peer group benchmarks and enforces corporate price policies; and ZPPS Pricing Information Manager, which manages product mix and selection in various deals. In addition, Zilliant, Inc. offers deployment strategy and planning, and implementation methodology, as well as Zilliant education services for business and technical users. The company has a strategic alliance with Advanous. Zilliant, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

BreakingPoint Systems

Series C in 2007
BreakingPoint unleashes Internet-scale cyber war in a controlled environment to measure the resiliency—performance, security and stability—of network and data center infrastructures, conduct repeatable experiments, and train cyber warriors. Powered by a patented innovation in network processors, a single BreakingPoint Cyber Tomography Machine™ replaces a complex, multi-million dollar cyber range with an easy-to-use, comprehensive, and low maintenance solution that includes a scientific Resiliency Score™ methodology.

FiveRuns

Series B in 2007
FiveRuns specializes in monitoring products designed for Rails and related open source and commercial systems. Their offerings are built on the Rails framework and delivered as a hosted service, enabling users to effectively manage the complete lifecycle of Rails applications, from installation through to production.

Bazaarvoice

Series B in 2007
Bazaarvoice, Inc. is a software as a service (SaaS) company that specializes in helping brands and retailers understand consumer sentiment through customer-generated content. The Bazaarvoice platform allows clients to capture, manage, and display a variety of content types, including ratings, reviews, photos, and videos. Additionally, it integrates content from social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, enabling businesses to enhance their online presence. The platform supports the creation of branded communities to foster engagement and gather valuable insights for product launches. Clients utilize this content across multiple channels, including websites, mobile applications, and in-store displays, to influence purchasing decisions and enhance marketing strategies. Bazaarvoice serves a diverse range of industries such as retail, technology, and healthcare, and operates in several countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Bazaarvoice has established partnerships to further enhance its offerings and continues to leverage customer intelligence to drive business decisions.

Spiceworks

Series B in 2007
Spiceworks is the marketplace that connects the IT industry to help tech buyers and sellers get their jobs done, every day. The company helps people in the world’s businesses find, adopt, and manage the latest technologies while also helping IT brands build, market, and support better products and services. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Spiceworks empowers people to use technology to make their organizations, their communities, and the world better.

Black Sand Technologies

Series A in 2007
Black Sand Technologies, Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company dedicated to building solutions for the wireless industry by combining sensitive analog and powerful digital circuits in silicon. Black Sand’s unique combination of patented mixed-signal technology and industry experience will lead the way to new levels of cost and performance in wireless products of the future. Based in Austin, Texas, Black Sand is funded by Austin Ventures and Northbridge Venture Partners. Black Sand's innovative technology will enable wireless devices in the future to achieve higher performance while at the same time reducing total cost and size. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Austin, Texas.

HomeAway

Series C in 2007
HomeAway online vacation rental services in the United States and global sectors.

FameCast

Series A in 2007
FameCast, Inc. operates an online talent competition and community for the entrepreneurial musicians. Its platform enables music fans, corporations, and artists to participate and vote in online contests for driving marketing campaigns. The company organize premium branded contests, entertainment properties, and digital campaigns. FameCast, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Thoof

Seed Round in 2007
Thoof is a late entry to the personalized/social news arena. As many Digg clones and alternative models are failing or have failed to take hold of a substantial user base, Thoof brings a slightly new take on getting your daily stories which it hopes will attract more than a niche audience. Thoof is an automated news recommender of sorts. It works similarly to many music recommendation engines such as [Last.fm](http://crunchbase.com/organization/last.fm) and [Pandora](http://crunchbase.com/organization/pandora), by displaying articles you might like based upon your past reading history. Readers submit articles in a Digg-like fashion, but don't vote to get the articles on the front page. Founder Ian Clarke, formerly of video site [Revver](http://crunchbase.com/organization/revver), claims that with video as well as news, many people may read articles but few will vote on them. Clarke hints that the passivity of news and video consumption may ultimately weed out news aggregators that cannot automatically deliver customized news. However, Thoof users are allowed to edit the news by suggesting alternative links. If link changes are to stand they must get enough votes from the rest of the community. Thoof has many web 2.0 elements including article tagging, wiki features and aforementioned recommendation engine. It isn't an exact clone of any one social news site, but can be considered a competitor to sites like [Digg](http://crunchbase.com/organization/digg), [Netscape](http://crunchbase.com/organization/netscape) and [Y Combinator](http://crunchbase.com/organization/y-combinator) company [Reddit](http://crunchbase.com/organization/reddit).

Convio

Series E in 2007
Software and services enabling non-profit organizations to raise funds, influence public policy and support their processes

Net Effect Systems

Series C in 2007
NetEffect, Inc. operates as a network connectivity solutions company. The company develops and provides multi-gigabit Ethernet products. It offers iWARP Ethernet Channel Adapters, which simplify datacenter management by enabling a single, consolidated fabric for networking, storage, and clustering applications. The company's products implement IETF for Ethernet, while maintaining with existing Ethernet infrastructure in data center. It also provides data networking, cluster computing, and storage networking solutions. The company has strategic partnerships with ABAQUS; Blade.org; Ciara Technologies; Critical Software; Evergrid; Force10 Networks; Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.; Fulcrum Microsystems; HP BladeSystem Solution Builder; Quadrics; VMware; and Woven Systems. The company was formerly known as Banderacom, Inc. and changed its name to NetEffect, Inc. in 2004. NetEffect, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Austin, Texas. On August 27, 2008, NetEffect Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. As of October 14, 2008, NetEffect, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Intel Corporation.

Boundless Network

Series B in 2007
Boundless Network is a full-service promotional products company that connects buyers across organizations to create efficiencies of scale and reduce the cost of branded merchandise.

Lombardi Software

Series D in 2007
Lombardi Software, Inc. is a provider of business process management (BPM) software and services based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1999, the company offers a range of products including Teamworks 6, a BPM software suite designed to support process improvement applications, and Blueprint, a software-as-a-service solution that helps organizations map business processes, identify issues, and prioritize improvements. Additionally, Lombardi Software provides process documentation and workflow diagramming tools, as well as a variety of services such as process definition, deployment, on-demand assistance, and education. Their offerings also extend to on-site services, including process design, project management, and service-oriented architecture integration reviews. The company's clientele spans various sectors, including financial services, government, healthcare, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications.

Adometry

Series A in 2007
Adometry by Google transforms the way the world’s top brands improve marketing performance. Acting as marketing's “system of record,” Adometry solves the complex challenge of integrating, measuring, and optimizing marketing performance across all channels―both online and offline. Combining and interpreting previously silo’d sources of data; the Adometry Marketing Intelligence Platform provides data-driven attribution, marketing mix modeling, and intelligent optimization recommendations across and within channels. As a result, marketers are able to identify their true impact on the customer journey and generate actionable insights that improve ROI.

SolarWinds

Private Equity Round in 2007
SolarWinds Corporation provides information technology (IT) infrastructure management software products in the United States and internationally. It offers products to monitor and manage network, system, desktop, application, storage, and database and website infrastructures, whether on-premise, in the public or private cloud, or in a hybrid IT infrastructure. The company provides a suite of network management software that provides real-time visibility into network utilization and bandwidth, as well as the ability to detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems; and a suite of infrastructure management products, which monitor and analyze the performance of applications and their supporting infrastructure. It offers suite of application performance management software that enable visibility into log data, cloud infrastructure metrics, applications, tracing, and Web performance management; and AppOptics, which integrates application performance, server infrastructure monitoring, and custom metrics into one unified cloud-based solution, as well as provides service management software. In addition, the company provides IT service management solutions to enable managed service providers (MSPs) to deliver outsourced IT services and manage their own businesses. Its remote monitoring and management software, which monitors desktops, laptops, servers, and mobile devices across operating systems and platforms. Further, it offers an email protection and archiving platform on a standalone basis that protects businesses from phishing, malware, and other email-borne threats. The company markets and sells its products directly to network and systems engineers, database administrators, storage administrators, DevOps professionals, and managed service providers. The company was formerly known as SolarWinds Parent, Inc. and changed its name to SolarWinds Corporation in May 2018. SolarWinds Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

SailPoint

Series B in 2007
SailPoint Technologies develops identity governance software solutions that assist organizations in managing digital identities and access rights across various environments, including on-premises, cloud, and mobile applications. Their offerings include IdentityIQ, a comprehensive on-premises identity governance tool that provides visibility and control over user access; IdentityNow, a cloud-based governance platform; and IdentityAI, which utilizes artificial intelligence to identify potential security threats. Additionally, SailPoint's products feature functionalities for role management, access request management, and compliance management, aimed at streamlining IT compliance processes and mitigating fraud risks. The company serves a diverse clientele, including commercial enterprises, financial institutions, and government entities, through direct sales and partnerships with system integrators and technology resellers. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, SailPoint has established itself as a leader in the identity governance space.

BreakingPoint Systems

Series B in 2006
BreakingPoint unleashes Internet-scale cyber war in a controlled environment to measure the resiliency—performance, security and stability—of network and data center infrastructures, conduct repeatable experiments, and train cyber warriors. Powered by a patented innovation in network processors, a single BreakingPoint Cyber Tomography Machine™ replaces a complex, multi-million dollar cyber range with an easy-to-use, comprehensive, and low maintenance solution that includes a scientific Resiliency Score™ methodology.

Pluck

Series C in 2006
Pluck Corporation offers an integrated community platform designed for retailers, brands, and publishers, facilitating audience growth, enhanced product sales, and customer loyalty. The platform features a variety of community applications, allowing users to rate and review products, engage in discussions through Pluck Forums, and utilize Q&A configurations. Users can create groups, participate in games that reward interaction, and share media through Pluck galleries. Additionally, the platform supports social connectivity and integrates various customization options. Key tools include Pluck Reactions for quick consumer feedback, Pluck Narratives for long-form content, and Pluck Discovery for content navigation. The company, founded in 2003 and based in Austin, Texas, has strategic partnerships with technology firms such as IBM. As of 2015, Pluck operates as a subsidiary of Sprinklr Inc.

HomeAway

Series B in 2006
HomeAway online vacation rental services in the United States and global sectors.

AlterPoint

Series C in 2006
AlterPoint provides network governance software. It offers NetworkAuthority CMDB that stores inventory of various network assets, configurations, and changes in a vendor-independent database; NetworkAuthority Analytics that includes portals for network security, compliance, and asset lifecycle management; and NetworkAuthority Vulnerability Defense and Compliance Service that offers vulnerability assessment and recommended remediation. The company also provides support, consulting, and education services. It serves banking/finance, education, government, healthcare/pharmaceutical, hospitality/entertainment/recreation, insurance/real estate/legal, manufacturing, retail/distribution, service providers, technology manufacturers, and media sectors.

Lifesize

Series D in 2006
Lifesize is a global innovator of video conferencing, collaboration, and meeting productivity solutions. It combines best-in-class, cloud-based video conferencing services with integrated equipment to help present the business in the best light. Recognized as Frost and Sullivan’s Cloud Video Conferencing Vendor of the Year, Lifesize leads the industry in customer satisfaction with the world’s first 4K video conferencing solution and 4K service architecture. Together with a full suite of integrations and offerings designed for businesses of any size, Lifesize sets a new standard for workplace communication and productivity on a global scale. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Surgient

Series C in 2006
Surgient, Inc. offers self-service virtualization automation and lab management solutions. The company offers Virtual Automation Platform, a software automation and management platform that helps enterprise IT organizations to provide self-service computing resources to users. Its virtualization solutions are used for software QA/test, training, sales, and marketing applications. The company’s Surgient Cloud Express combines cloud computing technology and implementation services to help organizations deploy on-premise clouds. Surgient also provides services, such as solution design and architecture, capacity and infrastructure planning, image and lab configuration planning, software installation and configuration, setup of initial images and lab configurations, software customization and integration, training for administrators and end-users, and custom reporting and analytics. The company serves hotels/hospitality, pharmaceutical, aerospace, insurance, software, financial services, healthcare, telecom, and hardware markets. Surgient, Inc. was formerly known as Surgient Networks, Inc. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Pyxis Technology

Series B in 2006
Pyxis Technology has created advanced analog routing engines specifically designed to handle the complexities and capacity of nanoscale IC designs. Pyxis Technology enables assisted custom design automation with integrated analysis for a true "what-if" exploration of custom analog design, and fast, high-capacity automated routing to complete IC layout. Pyxis technology will soon be integrated into Mentor’s custom IC solution, IC Station, providing advanced automated analog routing functionalities not currently available in the market today.

Pulsewave RF

Series C in 2006
PulseWave RF(TM) is a fabless semiconductor company that has developed the industry's first digital high-efficiency RF power amplifier module for wireless infrastructure. The company's proprietary Class M Power technology is a digital MCPA module that simultaneously sets new industry benchmarks for cost, size and efficiency.

PWRF

Series C in 2006
PWRF is a fabless semiconductor company that continues to commercialize the industry's first digital RF power amplifier module for wireless infrastructure. The company's proprietary Class M technology is a digital MCPA module that simultaneously sets new industry benchmarks for cost, size and efficiency. Based in Austin, Texas, PWRF is a privately held company.

Spiceworks

Series A in 2006
Spiceworks is the marketplace that connects the IT industry to help tech buyers and sellers get their jobs done, every day. The company helps people in the world’s businesses find, adopt, and manage the latest technologies while also helping IT brands build, market, and support better products and services. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Spiceworks empowers people to use technology to make their organizations, their communities, and the world better.