Battery Ventures

Battery Ventures, established in 1983 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, is a technology-focused private equity and venture capital firm. It invests in early and growth-stage companies across various technology sectors, including application software, IT infrastructure, consumer internet, mobile services, and industrial technologies. The firm's investment strategy is global, targeting companies primarily in the United States, Europe, and Israel. Battery Ventures is registered as an Investment Adviser.

Roland Anderson

Principal

Dallin Bills

Principal

Sudheendra Chilappagari

Vice President, Investments

Danel Dayan

Venture Investor

Zak Ewen

Partner

Zakary Ewen

Partner

Cornel J. Faucher

Partner

Russell Fleischer

General Partner

Duncan Gills

Principal

Brandon Gleklen

Principal

Barak Schoster

Partner

Luis-Luca de Haas

Analyst, Investments

Satoshi Harris-Koizumi

Partner

Margaret Hendren

Analyst

Olivia Henkoff

Venture Capital Investor

Dillon Joyce

Principal

Max-Julian Kaye

Principal

Lior Mallul

Vice President, Investments

Thomas Marchioni

Analyst, Investments

Victoria Mayzlish

Analyst, Investments

Paul Morrissey

Principal

Elena Painter

Associate

Itzik Parnafes

General Partner

Matt Penney

Vice President, Information Technology

Aaron Rinberg

Vice President

Justin Rosner

Principal

Chris Schiavo

CFO

Collier Searle

Principal

Tate Searle

Analyst

Shiran Shalev

Partner

Zachary Smotherman

General Partner

Zack Smotherman

Partner and Private Equity Investor

Gavin Tasker

Associate, Investments

Estelle Tessaro

Analyst, Private Equity

Dharmesh Thakker

General Partner

Scott Tobin

Managing Partner

Chandler Ward

Analyst

Enzo Wiener

Associate, Investments

Peter Winans

Associate, Investments

Past deals in Open Source

Nexthop AI

Series A in 2025
Nexthop AI develops AI infrastructure and custom networking solutions for large cloud operators, focusing on enhancing operational efficiency and connectivity within complex network environments. The company offers a range of services, including network automation, data management, and analytics, enabling clients to optimize their network performance and streamline their operations. Through its innovative solutions, Nexthop AI addresses the challenges faced by cloud operators, providing tools that facilitate seamless integration and scalability in dynamic computing environments. Additionally, Nexthop AI emphasizes compatibility with open-source network operating systems, allowing clients to leverage existing technologies while implementing advanced networking strategies.

ZeroTier

Series A in 2024
ZeroTier is a provider of software-defined networking solutions that facilitate the creation of private networks connecting devices globally. Its platform supports direct, peer-to-peer connections while ensuring data privacy through end-to-end encryption. Designed for compatibility with various operating systems, ZeroTier offers an open-source hybrid cloud platform that operates on servers, cloud virtual machines, desktops, laptops, and mobile devices. This versatile solution is accessible to a wide range of users, from casual individuals to gamers and large enterprises, enabling seamless and secure connectivity for wired or wireless devices and applications. The user-friendly dashboard simplifies network management, making it suitable for both casual users and managed service providers.

Weaviate

Series B in 2023
Weaviate is a developer of an open-source AI platform that specializes in creating search and recommendation systems. The company's hybrid SaaS platform features a powerful AI vector search engine, which is designed to handle various use cases, including semantic search. It also includes plugins for integration into different applications and a user-friendly console for data management. Weaviate's architecture allows for efficient scaling, supporting the deployment of machine learning models and handling billions of data objects. This capability enables clients to leverage advanced search functionalities and enhance their applications with effective recommendation systems.

Bitwarden

Series B in 2022
Bitwarden is an open-source password management solution founded in 2015 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. The company offers a platform that allows individuals, teams, and organizations to securely store, share, and sync sensitive data across various devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. By encrypting all data before it leaves the user's device, Bitwarden enhances security and privacy, enabling clients to manage their passwords effectively and improve productivity online from any location. With a globally distributed team, Bitwarden aims to provide a reliable and accessible password management service.

Code Ocean

Series B in 2022
Code Ocean, Inc. operates a cloud-based platform that facilitates the sharing, discovery, and execution of code and data in academic research. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, the platform supports researchers and developers by offering an open access environment where published software code can be easily accessed and run without the need for local installations. This end-to-end workflow solution enhances reproducibility by allowing users to compile all necessary code, data, and dependencies into a single self-contained compute capsule. The platform is designed to promote collaboration, enabling researchers to document their methodologies and ensure transparency in their computational processes. By providing tools that streamline research from inception to publication, Code Ocean empowers users across various fields, particularly bioinformatics and biology, to reproduce and build upon existing research findings.

Voltron Data

Series A in 2022
Voltron Data is a company that specializes in creating advanced tools for data access and memory computing, aimed at enhancing the data analytics ecosystem. It offers an open-source platform designed to integrate various components of the data analytics landscape by connecting data, hardware, and developers. This platform supports multi-language tools that facilitate faster data interchange and in-memory processing. By focusing on modular and composable analytics building blocks, Voltron Data enables developers, data scientists, and data engineers to streamline their workflows and improve interoperability standards in areas such as data access, preparation, cleaning, analytics, and feature engineering.

Styra

Series B in 2021
Styra, Inc. is a technology company based in Redwood City, California, founded in 2015. It specializes in developing a cloud-native authorization platform that enables organizations to enforce and monitor authorization policies across their applications and infrastructure. The Styra platform utilizes an Open Policy Agent to provide a comprehensive solution for managing security and compliance risks. Its features include context-based admission control, policy design and validation, policy distribution, and monitoring and auditing capabilities. By implementing authorization policy-as-code, Styra allows businesses to pre-validate policy changes, thereby mitigating risks before deployment. The platform also supports a range of environments, including multi-cloud, microservices, containers, and databases, ensuring that security policies can be defined and enforced consistently across various namespaces and clusters.

Code Ocean

Series A in 2021
Code Ocean, Inc. operates a cloud-based platform that facilitates the sharing, discovery, and execution of code and data in academic research. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, the platform supports researchers and developers by offering an open access environment where published software code can be easily accessed and run without the need for local installations. This end-to-end workflow solution enhances reproducibility by allowing users to compile all necessary code, data, and dependencies into a single self-contained compute capsule. The platform is designed to promote collaboration, enabling researchers to document their methodologies and ensure transparency in their computational processes. By providing tools that streamline research from inception to publication, Code Ocean empowers users across various fields, particularly bioinformatics and biology, to reproduce and build upon existing research findings.

Cypress.io

Series B in 2020
Cypress.io, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing front-end testing tools for software applications, catering to both developers and QA engineers. Founded in 2014 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, Cypress.io provides an automated end-to-end and component testing solution designed for web applications. Its core offering, the open-source Cypress App, integrates various testing tools with a user-friendly graphical interface to facilitate monitoring and debugging of tests. Additionally, the company offers Cypress Cloud, a hosted service that enhances continuous integration (CI) processes by leveraging insights from previous test runs to improve debugging workflows, test suite analytics, and CI orchestration. With over 3,700 customers across 78 countries and 65 industries, Cypress has facilitated the execution of more than 5 billion tests, significantly improving developer efficiency while managing CI costs.

Mattermost

Series B in 2019
Mattermost, Inc. is a provider of enterprise-grade messaging software solutions, specializing in secure and configurable collaboration tools for the software development lifecycle. Founded in 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company offers an open-source platform that enhances team communication, task and project management, and workflow orchestration. Mattermost serves over 800 customers, including notable organizations such as the European Parliament, NASA, and the United States Air Force, and is supported by a community of over 4,000 contributors. The platform is designed to facilitate collaboration across various devices, incorporating features like archiving, search capabilities, and deep integration with in-house systems, thereby enabling businesses to maintain security and data privacy while streamlining their workflows.

Bitwarden

Series A in 2019
Bitwarden is an open-source password management solution founded in 2015 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. The company offers a platform that allows individuals, teams, and organizations to securely store, share, and sync sensitive data across various devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. By encrypting all data before it leaves the user's device, Bitwarden enhances security and privacy, enabling clients to manage their passwords effectively and improve productivity online from any location. With a globally distributed team, Bitwarden aims to provide a reliable and accessible password management service.

Sensu

Series A in 2018
Sensu is a monitoring platform designed for dynamic operating environments, helping organizations maintain operational visibility. It offers a comprehensive solution that enables IT, development, and operations teams to monitor and collect data on critical applications, thus consolidating existing monitoring tools while ensuring complete visibility across various systems and protocols. Sensu emphasizes open-source principles and focuses on addressing the unique challenges posed by public, private, and hybrid cloud computing, as well as container-based environments. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Sensu has a globally distributed workforce committed to innovating in the field of full-stack monitoring.

Cask

Series B in 2015
Cask is an open-source software company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in simplifying the development and management of big data solutions. The company offers a unified integration platform that significantly reduces the time required to deploy data applications and data lakes by up to 80%. Cask's platform combines data integration and application development capabilities, allowing customers to accelerate their development processes in both public and private cloud environments. It is supported by notable investors, including Battery Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and Ignition Partners.

Chef Software

Series E in 2015
Chef Software is a leading provider of Continuous Automation software based in Seattle, Washington. Renowned for its role in the DevOps movement, Chef collaborates with over a thousand innovative companies globally to facilitate digital transformation. Its flagship product, Chef Automate, integrates infrastructure and application management, enabling enterprises to swiftly and securely build, deploy, and manage applications across various environments. Additionally, Chef's Habitat product enhances application automation, supporting diverse release scenarios and modernization initiatives. The InSpec tool aids organizations in maintaining compliance and security during cloud migration through a 'Detect, Correct, Automate' strategy. Chef's open-source solutions allow users to define infrastructure as code, ensuring configurations are flexible, version-controlled, and easily readable. By continuously evaluating and correcting configuration states, Chef ensures consistent application management, thus empowering development, operations, and security teams to enhance their software delivery processes effectively.

Chef Software

Series D in 2013
Chef Software is a leading provider of Continuous Automation software based in Seattle, Washington. Renowned for its role in the DevOps movement, Chef collaborates with over a thousand innovative companies globally to facilitate digital transformation. Its flagship product, Chef Automate, integrates infrastructure and application management, enabling enterprises to swiftly and securely build, deploy, and manage applications across various environments. Additionally, Chef's Habitat product enhances application automation, supporting diverse release scenarios and modernization initiatives. The InSpec tool aids organizations in maintaining compliance and security during cloud migration through a 'Detect, Correct, Automate' strategy. Chef's open-source solutions allow users to define infrastructure as code, ensuring configurations are flexible, version-controlled, and easily readable. By continuously evaluating and correcting configuration states, Chef ensures consistent application management, thus empowering development, operations, and security teams to enhance their software delivery processes effectively.

Cask

Series A in 2012
Cask is an open-source software company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in simplifying the development and management of big data solutions. The company offers a unified integration platform that significantly reduces the time required to deploy data applications and data lakes by up to 80%. Cask's platform combines data integration and application development capabilities, allowing customers to accelerate their development processes in both public and private cloud environments. It is supported by notable investors, including Battery Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and Ignition Partners.

Chef Software

Series C in 2012
Chef Software is a leading provider of Continuous Automation software based in Seattle, Washington. Renowned for its role in the DevOps movement, Chef collaborates with over a thousand innovative companies globally to facilitate digital transformation. Its flagship product, Chef Automate, integrates infrastructure and application management, enabling enterprises to swiftly and securely build, deploy, and manage applications across various environments. Additionally, Chef's Habitat product enhances application automation, supporting diverse release scenarios and modernization initiatives. The InSpec tool aids organizations in maintaining compliance and security during cloud migration through a 'Detect, Correct, Automate' strategy. Chef's open-source solutions allow users to define infrastructure as code, ensuring configurations are flexible, version-controlled, and easily readable. By continuously evaluating and correcting configuration states, Chef ensures consistent application management, thus empowering development, operations, and security teams to enhance their software delivery processes effectively.

Cask

Seed Round in 2012
Cask is an open-source software company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in simplifying the development and management of big data solutions. The company offers a unified integration platform that significantly reduces the time required to deploy data applications and data lakes by up to 80%. Cask's platform combines data integration and application development capabilities, allowing customers to accelerate their development processes in both public and private cloud environments. It is supported by notable investors, including Battery Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and Ignition Partners.

Chef Software

Series B in 2010
Chef Software is a leading provider of Continuous Automation software based in Seattle, Washington. Renowned for its role in the DevOps movement, Chef collaborates with over a thousand innovative companies globally to facilitate digital transformation. Its flagship product, Chef Automate, integrates infrastructure and application management, enabling enterprises to swiftly and securely build, deploy, and manage applications across various environments. Additionally, Chef's Habitat product enhances application automation, supporting diverse release scenarios and modernization initiatives. The InSpec tool aids organizations in maintaining compliance and security during cloud migration through a 'Detect, Correct, Automate' strategy. Chef's open-source solutions allow users to define infrastructure as code, ensuring configurations are flexible, version-controlled, and easily readable. By continuously evaluating and correcting configuration states, Chef ensures consistent application management, thus empowering development, operations, and security teams to enhance their software delivery processes effectively.

Neocleus

Series B in 2008
Neocleus specializes in endpoint virtualization technology designed for enterprise IT departments. The company offers NeoSphere, an extensible client virtualization platform that integrates existing PC management systems with advanced visualization capabilities. Neocleus' solutions address critical endpoint concerns by operating IT resources outside of a Windows environment while maintaining full access to the underlying hardware. This innovative approach provides IT departments with a manageable virtual environment, allowing users secure access to essential corporate assets from any endpoint, regardless of its location or security status. By enhancing the Xen Open Source hypervisor to create an endpoint-oriented version, Neocleus contributes to the open source community, fostering an ecosystem of endpoint virtualization partners and enabling developers to focus on building high-performance applications without the complexities of the underlying architecture.

Neocleus

Series A in 2007
Neocleus specializes in endpoint virtualization technology designed for enterprise IT departments. The company offers NeoSphere, an extensible client virtualization platform that integrates existing PC management systems with advanced visualization capabilities. Neocleus' solutions address critical endpoint concerns by operating IT resources outside of a Windows environment while maintaining full access to the underlying hardware. This innovative approach provides IT departments with a manageable virtual environment, allowing users secure access to essential corporate assets from any endpoint, regardless of its location or security status. By enhancing the Xen Open Source hypervisor to create an endpoint-oriented version, Neocleus contributes to the open source community, fostering an ecosystem of endpoint virtualization partners and enabling developers to focus on building high-performance applications without the complexities of the underlying architecture.

Storability Software

Series D in 2003
Storability Software specializes in enterprise storage resource management solutions designed to simplify and centralize the management of complex, multi-site, and multi-vendor storage infrastructures. Its flagship product, the Global Storage Manager, is an open standards-based solution that empowers customers to better understand, manage, and optimize their storage investments. By utilizing Storability Software's offerings, clients can achieve increased asset utilization, improved management efficiency, enhanced quality of service, and greater availability of their storage resources.

Storability Software

Series C in 2002
Storability Software specializes in enterprise storage resource management solutions designed to simplify and centralize the management of complex, multi-site, and multi-vendor storage infrastructures. Its flagship product, the Global Storage Manager, is an open standards-based solution that empowers customers to better understand, manage, and optimize their storage investments. By utilizing Storability Software's offerings, clients can achieve increased asset utilization, improved management efficiency, enhanced quality of service, and greater availability of their storage resources.

Storability Software

Series B in 2001
Storability Software specializes in enterprise storage resource management solutions designed to simplify and centralize the management of complex, multi-site, and multi-vendor storage infrastructures. Its flagship product, the Global Storage Manager, is an open standards-based solution that empowers customers to better understand, manage, and optimize their storage investments. By utilizing Storability Software's offerings, clients can achieve increased asset utilization, improved management efficiency, enhanced quality of service, and greater availability of their storage resources.

Opencola

Series B in 2001
OpenCola, Ltd. went out of business. OpenCola, Ltd. operates as a peer-to-peer software company. The company is an open-source development shop working in the area of distributed computing and peer-to-peer exchange. Its flagship application is openCOLA, an autonomous and collaborative agent that collects, analyzes, and delivers content. The application links customers who are searching for certain information with expert groups that are knowledgeable about a particular topic. Inputs can be set to cull the Web, Usenet, your e-mail, and other Internet information resources. Outputs can be set to post relevant results to the Web, Wireless devices, and PDAs, among others. A beta release of openCOLA is scheduled for fall release. OpenCola, Ltd. was founded in 1999 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Storability Software

Series A in 2000
Storability Software specializes in enterprise storage resource management solutions designed to simplify and centralize the management of complex, multi-site, and multi-vendor storage infrastructures. Its flagship product, the Global Storage Manager, is an open standards-based solution that empowers customers to better understand, manage, and optimize their storage investments. By utilizing Storability Software's offerings, clients can achieve increased asset utilization, improved management efficiency, enhanced quality of service, and greater availability of their storage resources.
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