Austin Ventures

Austin Ventures, established in 1979 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, specializes in venture capital and private equity investments. The firm focuses on early-stage and middle-market companies, particularly in the technology, business services, industrial services, construction, energy, oilfield, food services, and digital media sectors. It seeks to partner with talented executives and entrepreneurs, primarily investing in businesses located in Texas, with a specific interest in the Austin and Houston areas. For early-stage investments, Austin Ventures typically commits between $0.5 million and $10 million initially, with total investments ranging from $10 million to $20 million. In contrast, its middle-market investments usually range from $25 million to $75 million, targeting companies with EBITDA between $10 million and $40 million. The firm prefers to take lead positions in its investments and aims for a board seat in most cases. Austin Ventures is recognized for its strategic approach to connecting emerging businesses with the necessary resources for growth.

Joe Aragona

Founder and General Partner

John Dirvin

Partner and COO

Josh Harding

Associate

Jim Kozlowski

Venture Partner

Kevin Kunz

CFO

Past deals in Austin, TX

Tasktop

Private Equity Round in 2021
Tasktop Technologies, Inc. specializes in automated integration technologies and value stream management solutions that enhance software development processes. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with additional offices in Austin, Boston, and London, Tasktop provides a range of tools designed to improve synchronization, reporting, and analytics for organizations. Its flagship offerings include Tasktop Sync for enterprise-scale synchronization of development tools, Tasktop Data for enhanced reporting capabilities, and Tasktop Dev, which supports time tracking and documentation. The platform enables enterprises to gain real-time visibility into their product value streams, facilitating better decision-making and alignment with business objectives. Tasktop’s solutions are utilized across various industries, including financial services, insurance, government, and manufacturing, leveraging existing tools to optimize workflows and foster collaboration among development, testing, and management teams.

Ambiq

Venture Round in 2018
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 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 automated integration technologies and value stream management solutions that enhance software development processes. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with additional offices in Austin, Boston, and London, Tasktop provides a range of tools designed to improve synchronization, reporting, and analytics for organizations. Its flagship offerings include Tasktop Sync for enterprise-scale synchronization of development tools, Tasktop Data for enhanced reporting capabilities, and Tasktop Dev, which supports time tracking and documentation. The platform enables enterprises to gain real-time visibility into their product value streams, facilitating better decision-making and alignment with business objectives. Tasktop’s solutions are utilized across various industries, including financial services, insurance, government, and manufacturing, leveraging existing tools to optimize workflows and foster collaboration among development, testing, and management teams.

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

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.

Khoros

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, Inc. is a technology company that provides a predictive analytics platform aimed at enhancing student success in higher education. The platform aggregates and analyzes disparate data sources to deliver actionable insights to administrators, faculty, advisors, and students. Key offerings include a student insights platform that provides a comprehensive view of the student journey, the illume application for historical and predictive student flow analysis, and Inspire for Faculty, which visualizes engagement patterns in real-time. Additionally, Civitas Learning offers Hoot.me, a crowd-sourced Q&A platform, and College Scheduler, a cloud-based solution designed to streamline the degree completion process. The company collaborates with 375 colleges and universities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Mexico, serving nearly 8 million students. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Civitas Learning aims to leverage data to help institutions improve outcomes and increase graduation rates.

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, Inc. is a technology company that provides a predictive analytics platform aimed at enhancing student success in higher education. The platform aggregates and analyzes disparate data sources to deliver actionable insights to administrators, faculty, advisors, and students. Key offerings include a student insights platform that provides a comprehensive view of the student journey, the illume application for historical and predictive student flow analysis, and Inspire for Faculty, which visualizes engagement patterns in real-time. Additionally, Civitas Learning offers Hoot.me, a crowd-sourced Q&A platform, and College Scheduler, a cloud-based solution designed to streamline the degree completion process. The company collaborates with 375 colleges and universities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Mexico, serving nearly 8 million students. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Civitas Learning aims to leverage data to help institutions improve outcomes and increase graduation rates.

Ambiq

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 automated integration technologies and value stream management solutions that enhance software development processes. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with additional offices in Austin, Boston, and London, Tasktop provides a range of tools designed to improve synchronization, reporting, and analytics for organizations. Its flagship offerings include Tasktop Sync for enterprise-scale synchronization of development tools, Tasktop Data for enhanced reporting capabilities, and Tasktop Dev, which supports time tracking and documentation. The platform enables enterprises to gain real-time visibility into their product value streams, facilitating better decision-making and alignment with business objectives. Tasktop’s solutions are utilized across various industries, including financial services, insurance, government, and manufacturing, leveraging existing tools to optimize workflows and foster collaboration among development, testing, and management teams.

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.

Khoros

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

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, Inc. is a technology company that provides a predictive analytics platform aimed at enhancing student success in higher education. The platform aggregates and analyzes disparate data sources to deliver actionable insights to administrators, faculty, advisors, and students. Key offerings include a student insights platform that provides a comprehensive view of the student journey, the illume application for historical and predictive student flow analysis, and Inspire for Faculty, which visualizes engagement patterns in real-time. Additionally, Civitas Learning offers Hoot.me, a crowd-sourced Q&A platform, and College Scheduler, a cloud-based solution designed to streamline the degree completion process. The company collaborates with 375 colleges and universities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Mexico, serving nearly 8 million students. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Civitas Learning aims to leverage data to help institutions improve outcomes and increase graduation rates.

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. is a company based in Austin, Texas, that provides a platform for sales teams to organize and share various types of content, such as presentations, whitepapers, case studies, and videos. Founded in 2012 and originally known as Handshakez, Inc., myDocket aims to reduce uncertainty in the sales process by allowing sales representatives to track which materials are viewed and when by their clients. This capability helps salespeople understand customer engagement and improve their follow-up strategies. The platform features an aesthetically pleasing gallery for content presentation, easy customer access, and instant notifications for content views, enhancing the overall sales experience. With its roots in companies like Jive Software, Salesforce.com, and Solarwinds, myDocket is designed to simplify the sales process and optimize communication between sales teams and their customers.

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.

Khoros

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, a Google company, specializes in enhancing marketing performance for top brands through its Marketing Intelligence Platform. This platform integrates and analyzes data from various channels, both online and offline, addressing the challenges marketers face in measuring and optimizing their efforts. By offering data-driven attribution, marketing mix modeling, and intelligent optimization recommendations, Adometry enables marketers to understand their true impact on customer journeys. This comprehensive approach allows for the generation of actionable insights, ultimately improving return on investment (ROI) for marketing campaigns. Additionally, the company provides audience verification and traffic quality management services, catering to online search and display advertisers, agencies, publishers, and advertisement networks.

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, Inc. is a marketing technology company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in marketing automation software for small and midsize businesses. The company offers the OutboundEngine Platform, a cloud-based solution that automates email marketing, social media posting, and content marketing. It also provides Harmony, a platform designed to unify marketing across franchise and agent networks. OutboundEngine serves a diverse range of sectors, including real estate, finance, insurance, legal, mortgage, and wellness, among others. Founded in 2010 and initially known as Promo Labs LLC, the company rebranded in 2012. With a client base exceeding 10,000 customers, OutboundEngine is recognized for simplifying online marketing, consistently ranking as a top workplace in Austin.

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 based in Austin, Texas, specializing in solutions for the wireless industry. Founded in 2005, the company develops analog and digital mixed-signal integrated circuits designed to enhance the performance of wireless applications. By leveraging its patented technology and industry expertise, Black Sand aims to deliver innovative products that improve performance while reducing costs and size. The company is supported by investors such as Austin Ventures and Northbridge Venture Partners, positioning it to drive advancements in future wireless devices.

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.

Khoros

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, Inc. is a technology company that provides a predictive analytics platform aimed at enhancing student success in higher education. The platform aggregates and analyzes disparate data sources to deliver actionable insights to administrators, faculty, advisors, and students. Key offerings include a student insights platform that provides a comprehensive view of the student journey, the illume application for historical and predictive student flow analysis, and Inspire for Faculty, which visualizes engagement patterns in real-time. Additionally, Civitas Learning offers Hoot.me, a crowd-sourced Q&A platform, and College Scheduler, a cloud-based solution designed to streamline the degree completion process. The company collaborates with 375 colleges and universities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Mexico, serving nearly 8 million students. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Civitas Learning aims to leverage data to help institutions improve outcomes and increase graduation rates.

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 serves businesses across various sectors. The company specializes in providing a wide range of branded merchandise, including awards, corporate gifts, tradeshow giveaways, uniforms, and direct mail kits. By connecting buyers within organizations, Boundless Network aims to create efficiencies of scale, thereby reducing costs associated with branded merchandise. Their offerings help clients enhance their brand image and effectively promote their businesses through tailored promotional solutions.

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 protect sensitive information in big data and cloud environments. The company offers services tailored for various sectors, including SaaS vendors, healthcare organizations, financial institutions, and public sector agencies, helping them achieve regulatory compliance and safeguard personally identifiable information. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Gazzang develops products that ensure data remains secure, available, and actionable in the cloud. Their technology secures big data applications and databases running on Linux, while also providing high-performance monitoring, alerting, and analysis of cloud environments. Additionally, Gazzang provides a universal key and secrets manager as a service to help organizations protect their most critical corporate data.

Silverback Enterprise

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, a Google company, specializes in enhancing marketing performance for top brands through its Marketing Intelligence Platform. This platform integrates and analyzes data from various channels, both online and offline, addressing the challenges marketers face in measuring and optimizing their efforts. By offering data-driven attribution, marketing mix modeling, and intelligent optimization recommendations, Adometry enables marketers to understand their true impact on customer journeys. This comprehensive approach allows for the generation of actionable insights, ultimately improving return on investment (ROI) for marketing campaigns. Additionally, the company provides audience verification and traffic quality management services, catering to online search and display advertisers, agencies, publishers, and advertisement networks.

Virtual Bridges

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

Khoros

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. is an online platform that hosts talent competitions and fosters a community for entrepreneurial musicians. Established in 2006 and located in Austin, Texas, FameCast allows music fans, corporations, and artists to engage in and vote for online contests that support marketing campaigns. The company specializes in organizing premium branded contests and digital entertainment properties, enhancing interaction between participants and audiences. Through its innovative approach, FameCast aims to revolutionize how music talent is showcased and marketed in a digital landscape.

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 serves businesses across various sectors. The company specializes in providing a wide range of branded merchandise, including awards, corporate gifts, tradeshow giveaways, uniforms, and direct mail kits. By connecting buyers within organizations, Boundless Network aims to create efficiencies of scale, thereby reducing costs associated with branded merchandise. Their offerings help clients enhance their brand image and effectively promote their businesses through tailored promotional solutions.

Black Sand Technologies

Series B in 2009
Black Sand Technologies, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in solutions for the wireless industry. Founded in 2005, the company develops analog and digital mixed-signal integrated circuits designed to enhance the performance of wireless applications. By leveraging its patented technology and industry expertise, Black Sand aims to deliver innovative products that improve performance while reducing costs and size. The company is supported by investors such as Austin Ventures and Northbridge Venture Partners, positioning it to drive advancements in future wireless devices.

Pyxis Technology

Series C in 2009
Pyxis Technology specializes in developing advanced analog routing engines tailored for the complexities of nanoscale integrated circuit (IC) designs. The company offers integrated circuit routing software for both full-custom and semi-custom IC designs, including products like NexusRoute-SoC, which focuses on yield-aware routing for system-on-chip applications, and NexusRoute-HPC, designed to give users control over routing constraints for hierarchical custom designs. Pyxis Technology enhances custom design automation by integrating analysis tools that allow for comprehensive "what-if" explorations in custom analog design. Additionally, the company is set to integrate its technology into Mentor’s IC Station, which will introduce advanced automated analog routing capabilities not currently available in the market.

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 and securing access to their digital identities across various environments, including on-premises, cloud, and mobile applications. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company offers a range of products, including IdentityIQ, a comprehensive on-premises identity governance solution, and IdentityNow, a cloud-based governance platform. Additionally, SailPoint provides IdentityAI, an AI-driven subscription service designed to identify potential security threats before they escalate. Its software integrates various functions such as role management, access request management, and compliance management, enabling enterprises to streamline IT compliance and mitigate fraud risks. SailPoint serves a diverse clientele, including commercial enterprises, financial institutions, and government entities, through direct sales and partnerships with system integrators and technology partners.

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 leveraging consumer-generated content to enhance marketing strategies for brands and retailers. The company offers a platform that allows clients to capture, manage, and showcase a variety of online content, including ratings, reviews, photos, and videos. This content can be integrated from various social media platforms, enabling brands to engage with consumers effectively and build branded communities. Bazaarvoice's solutions provide valuable customer insights that inform marketing, product development, and operational decisions, ultimately influencing purchase behavior. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including retail, consumer products, and technology, and operates in multiple countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Bazaarvoice helps clients create authentic customer experiences throughout the customer journey.

Adometry

Series B in 2008
Adometry, a Google company, specializes in enhancing marketing performance for top brands through its Marketing Intelligence Platform. This platform integrates and analyzes data from various channels, both online and offline, addressing the challenges marketers face in measuring and optimizing their efforts. By offering data-driven attribution, marketing mix modeling, and intelligent optimization recommendations, Adometry enables marketers to understand their true impact on customer journeys. This comprehensive approach allows for the generation of actionable insights, ultimately improving return on investment (ROI) for marketing campaigns. Additionally, the company provides audience verification and traffic quality management services, catering to online search and display advertisers, agencies, publishers, and advertisement networks.

Pyxis Technology

Series B in 2008
Pyxis Technology specializes in developing advanced analog routing engines tailored for the complexities of nanoscale integrated circuit (IC) designs. The company offers integrated circuit routing software for both full-custom and semi-custom IC designs, including products like NexusRoute-SoC, which focuses on yield-aware routing for system-on-chip applications, and NexusRoute-HPC, designed to give users control over routing constraints for hierarchical custom designs. Pyxis Technology enhances custom design automation by integrating analysis tools that allow for comprehensive "what-if" explorations in custom analog design. Additionally, the company is set to integrate its technology into Mentor’s IC Station, which will introduce advanced automated analog routing capabilities not currently available in the market.

Caringo

Venture Round in 2008
Caringo, Inc. is a software provider specializing in object storage solutions for unstructured data. The company's primary product, CAStor, enables users to create private cloud storage that enhances the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of content storage by allowing the establishment of scalable storage clusters without reliance on proprietary hardware. Additionally, Caringo offers various products such as the Content Router for automated data distribution, the FileFly platform for managing infrequently accessed data on Windows servers, and the Elastic Content Protection solution for flexible data safeguarding. Their CloudScaler product allows organizations to provide cloud storage as a service, while the Indexer delivers insights into stored data. With a client base that includes both small and mid-sized businesses as well as Fortune 500 companies, Caringo's approach emphasizes simplicity and customer-centric solutions, enabling effective data management and access. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Caringo continues to innovate in the field of data storage and management.

NetStreams

Series B in 2008
NetStreams is a leading provider of digital entertainment networks utilizing Internet Protocol (IP) technology. The company specializes in IP-based audio distribution systems and develops a range of products that include home theater, multi-room audio, video distribution, and control systems for lighting, heating, cooling, and security. Their innovative IP-controlled systems cater to both residential and commercial applications, allowing for the handling of various digital and analog sources while delivering uncompressed high-definition audio and video to numerous zones. By integrating content and control signals into a single data stream, NetStreams enhances affordability, simplicity, reliability, and expandability. This approach results in reduced installation, setup, and support costs, providing significant advantages for both installers and end-users.

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 leveraging consumer-generated content to enhance marketing strategies for brands and retailers. The company offers a platform that allows clients to capture, manage, and showcase a variety of online content, including ratings, reviews, photos, and videos. This content can be integrated from various social media platforms, enabling brands to engage with consumers effectively and build branded communities. Bazaarvoice's solutions provide valuable customer insights that inform marketing, product development, and operational decisions, ultimately influencing purchase behavior. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including retail, consumer products, and technology, and operates in multiple countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Bazaarvoice helps clients create authentic customer experiences throughout the customer journey.

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 based in Austin, Texas, specializing in solutions for the wireless industry. Founded in 2005, the company develops analog and digital mixed-signal integrated circuits designed to enhance the performance of wireless applications. By leveraging its patented technology and industry expertise, Black Sand aims to deliver innovative products that improve performance while reducing costs and size. The company is supported by investors such as Austin Ventures and Northbridge Venture Partners, positioning it to drive advancements in future wireless devices.

HomeAway

Series C in 2007
HomeAway is a prominent online vacation rental property marketplace that connects property owners and managers with travelers seeking rental accommodations. The company operates a diverse portfolio of vacation rental websites, including HomeAway.com, VRBO.com, and VacationRentals.com in the United States, along with various regional sites across Europe, Australia, and Brazil. HomeAway also manages travelmob.com for short-term rentals in the Asia Pacific and BedandBreakfast.com for bed and breakfast properties. As of December 31, 2014, HomeAway featured approximately one million paid listings in around 190 countries, supported by a network of 40 websites available in 22 languages. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, HomeAway has been a subsidiary of Expedia since 2015.

FameCast

Series A in 2007
FameCast, Inc. is an online platform that hosts talent competitions and fosters a community for entrepreneurial musicians. Established in 2006 and located in Austin, Texas, FameCast allows music fans, corporations, and artists to engage in and vote for online contests that support marketing campaigns. The company specializes in organizing premium branded contests and digital entertainment properties, enhancing interaction between participants and audiences. Through its innovative approach, FameCast aims to revolutionize how music talent is showcased and marketed in a digital landscape.

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

NetEffect Sytems

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 serves businesses across various sectors. The company specializes in providing a wide range of branded merchandise, including awards, corporate gifts, tradeshow giveaways, uniforms, and direct mail kits. By connecting buyers within organizations, Boundless Network aims to create efficiencies of scale, thereby reducing costs associated with branded merchandise. Their offerings help clients enhance their brand image and effectively promote their businesses through tailored promotional solutions.

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, a Google company, specializes in enhancing marketing performance for top brands through its Marketing Intelligence Platform. This platform integrates and analyzes data from various channels, both online and offline, addressing the challenges marketers face in measuring and optimizing their efforts. By offering data-driven attribution, marketing mix modeling, and intelligent optimization recommendations, Adometry enables marketers to understand their true impact on customer journeys. This comprehensive approach allows for the generation of actionable insights, ultimately improving return on investment (ROI) for marketing campaigns. Additionally, the company provides audience verification and traffic quality management services, catering to online search and display advertisers, agencies, publishers, and advertisement networks.

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 and securing access to their digital identities across various environments, including on-premises, cloud, and mobile applications. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company offers a range of products, including IdentityIQ, a comprehensive on-premises identity governance solution, and IdentityNow, a cloud-based governance platform. Additionally, SailPoint provides IdentityAI, an AI-driven subscription service designed to identify potential security threats before they escalate. Its software integrates various functions such as role management, access request management, and compliance management, enabling enterprises to streamline IT compliance and mitigate fraud risks. SailPoint serves a diverse clientele, including commercial enterprises, financial institutions, and government entities, through direct sales and partnerships with system integrators and technology partners.

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, product sales acceleration, and customer loyalty enhancement. The platform features a variety of community applications that can be utilized in different combinations, enabling users to rate and review products, engage in discussions through forums, and track unread posts. Additionally, Pluck provides tools for group creation, gamification elements like points and badges, and media sharing capabilities. The platform includes features such as one-click voting with Pluck Reactions, long-form content options with Pluck Narratives, and content discovery tools that enhance user engagement. Moreover, it offers social connectivity and community management services, and has established strategic technology partnerships to expand its offerings. Founded in 2003 and based in Austin, Texas, Pluck Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Sprinklr Inc.

HomeAway

Series B in 2006
HomeAway is a prominent online vacation rental property marketplace that connects property owners and managers with travelers seeking rental accommodations. The company operates a diverse portfolio of vacation rental websites, including HomeAway.com, VRBO.com, and VacationRentals.com in the United States, along with various regional sites across Europe, Australia, and Brazil. HomeAway also manages travelmob.com for short-term rentals in the Asia Pacific and BedandBreakfast.com for bed and breakfast properties. As of December 31, 2014, HomeAway featured approximately one million paid listings in around 190 countries, supported by a network of 40 websites available in 22 languages. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, HomeAway has been a subsidiary of Expedia since 2015.

AlterPoint

Series C in 2006
AlterPoint specializes in network governance software, providing solutions for managing network assets, configurations, and changes through its NetworkAuthority product suite. This includes a vendor-independent Configuration Management Database (CMDB), analytics for security and compliance, and services for vulnerability assessment and remediation. The company also offers consulting, technical support, and educational services to help clients implement these solutions effectively. AlterPoint's offerings cater to a diverse range of sectors, including banking, education, government, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, retail, technology, and media. Its tools are particularly useful for organizations merging networks, launching new services, and adhering to regulatory requirements, promoting best practices in network management.

LifeSize

Series D in 2006
LifeSize Communications Inc. specializes in cloud-based video conferencing and collaboration solutions tailored for businesses of all sizes, including small and medium enterprises and large corporations. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company offers a range of products such as Lifesize Cloud, which provides seamless video meeting connectivity, and Lifesize Icon Flex, designed for small meeting spaces. Their offerings also include Lifesize Share, a wireless content-sharing solution, and Lifesize Dash, a software platform for real-time collaboration. LifeSize has earned recognition for its customer satisfaction and technological innovation, notably being the first to offer 4K video conferencing solutions. The company serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including healthcare, legal, financial services, and government. LifeSize operates globally, with additional offices in multiple countries and is currently a subsidiary of Serenova, LLC.

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 specializes in developing advanced analog routing engines tailored for the complexities of nanoscale integrated circuit (IC) designs. The company offers integrated circuit routing software for both full-custom and semi-custom IC designs, including products like NexusRoute-SoC, which focuses on yield-aware routing for system-on-chip applications, and NexusRoute-HPC, designed to give users control over routing constraints for hierarchical custom designs. Pyxis Technology enhances custom design automation by integrating analysis tools that allow for comprehensive "what-if" explorations in custom analog design. Additionally, the company is set to integrate its technology into Mentor’s IC Station, which will introduce advanced automated analog routing capabilities not currently available in the market.

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.

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.
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