Brookline Venture Partners

Brookline Venture Partners, founded in 2004, is an investment firm focused on early-stage companies. The founders, Ken Levine and Mark Goodman, leverage their operational, financial, and sales expertise to provide strategic guidance to their portfolio companies. With a hands-on approach, BVP aims to support management teams in overcoming the challenges that come with running a start-up.

Mark Goodman

Co-Founder and Partner

13 past transactions

Digital Guardian

Venture Round in 2019
Digital Guardian, Inc. specializes in data security solutions aimed at preventing data theft from both insider and external threats. The company offers a comprehensive data protection platform that operates across corporate networks, traditional endpoints, and cloud applications, providing deep data visibility and real-time analytics. Its solutions include data loss prevention, application control, data classification, encryption, and malware protection, tailored for various sectors such as energy, finance, government, healthcare, and technology. Digital Guardian also features a channel program to assist partners and resellers in enhancing sales cycles for data protection needs. The company, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, also provides professional services for implementing threat protection and training. It supports various deployment models, including on-premises, managed services, and hybrid solutions, ensuring organizations can protect their critical assets without hindering operational efficiency.

Cole Information Services

Acquisition in 2017
Cole Information Services, Inc. is a provider of lead generation tools and cross-reference directories designed for various sectors, including real estate, insurance, credit collections, and home services. Established in 1947 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, the company offers services that help clients identify prospects for life insurance, homeowners insurance, and retirement planning. It supplies consumer and business databases to support business-to-business marketing efforts and operates platforms that facilitate access to real estate listings and related information. Additionally, Cole Information provides marketing and customer acquisition services for small and medium-sized enterprises, utilizing various online channels to assist clients in generating leads and expanding their customer base. The company also has a former association with MetroGroup Marketing Services, Inc.

Digital Guardian

Venture Round in 2015
Digital Guardian, Inc. specializes in data security solutions aimed at preventing data theft from both insider and external threats. The company offers a comprehensive data protection platform that operates across corporate networks, traditional endpoints, and cloud applications, providing deep data visibility and real-time analytics. Its solutions include data loss prevention, application control, data classification, encryption, and malware protection, tailored for various sectors such as energy, finance, government, healthcare, and technology. Digital Guardian also features a channel program to assist partners and resellers in enhancing sales cycles for data protection needs. The company, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, also provides professional services for implementing threat protection and training. It supports various deployment models, including on-premises, managed services, and hybrid solutions, ensuring organizations can protect their critical assets without hindering operational efficiency.

TRACON Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2014
TRACON Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in San Diego, California, specializing in the development and commercialization of targeted therapies for cancer and wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Its lead product, envafolimab, is a PD-L1 single-domain antibody under investigation for soft tissue sarcoma, while other clinical candidates include TRC102, a small molecule in Phase II trials for lung cancer, and TJ004309, a CD73 antibody in Phase I development for advanced solid tumors. TRACON's development pipeline also features TRC253, which is being studied for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. The company employs a capital-efficient, CRO-independent product development platform and actively seeks partnerships with companies outside the U.S. for regulatory and clinical development, as well as commercialization in the U.S. TRACON was founded in 2004 and was previously known as Lexington Pharmaceuticals until its rebranding in 2005.

Digital Guardian

Venture Round in 2014
Digital Guardian, Inc. specializes in data security solutions aimed at preventing data theft from both insider and external threats. The company offers a comprehensive data protection platform that operates across corporate networks, traditional endpoints, and cloud applications, providing deep data visibility and real-time analytics. Its solutions include data loss prevention, application control, data classification, encryption, and malware protection, tailored for various sectors such as energy, finance, government, healthcare, and technology. Digital Guardian also features a channel program to assist partners and resellers in enhancing sales cycles for data protection needs. The company, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, also provides professional services for implementing threat protection and training. It supports various deployment models, including on-premises, managed services, and hybrid solutions, ensuring organizations can protect their critical assets without hindering operational efficiency.

Ionic Security

Series A in 2013
Ionic Security, a data security platform, provides access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management. Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) enables the use of cloud services by protecting sensitive data anywhere it travels and wherever it resides, whether on the corporate network, in the cloud or on mobile devices. The first unified data security platform of its kind, Ionic Security takes a comprehensive approach to secure data in today’s borderless enterprise by providing access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management, without proxies or gateways or changes in user behavior. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is backed by leading venture firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, TechOperators, and ff VC as well as industry experts Christopher Klaus, Ken Levine, Phil Dunkelberger, and Dr. Paul Judge.

TRACON Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2011
TRACON Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in San Diego, California, specializing in the development and commercialization of targeted therapies for cancer and wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Its lead product, envafolimab, is a PD-L1 single-domain antibody under investigation for soft tissue sarcoma, while other clinical candidates include TRC102, a small molecule in Phase II trials for lung cancer, and TJ004309, a CD73 antibody in Phase I development for advanced solid tumors. TRACON's development pipeline also features TRC253, which is being studied for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. The company employs a capital-efficient, CRO-independent product development platform and actively seeks partnerships with companies outside the U.S. for regulatory and clinical development, as well as commercialization in the U.S. TRACON was founded in 2004 and was previously known as Lexington Pharmaceuticals until its rebranding in 2005.

NitroSecurity

Venture Round in 2010
NitroSecurity is a supplier of Unified Information Security solutions that provide Edge-to-Core network security for enterprises across many vertical markets, including healthcare, education, financial services, government, retail, hospitality, and managed services. Leveraging patented data management technology, NitroSecurity delivers an integrated, cost effective network security product suite for security information & event management, log management, database activity monitoring, network analysis and intrusion prevention.

NitroSecurity

Series D in 2008
NitroSecurity is a supplier of Unified Information Security solutions that provide Edge-to-Core network security for enterprises across many vertical markets, including healthcare, education, financial services, government, retail, hospitality, and managed services. Leveraging patented data management technology, NitroSecurity delivers an integrated, cost effective network security product suite for security information & event management, log management, database activity monitoring, network analysis and intrusion prevention.

Volicon

Series B in 2007
Volicon, Inc. specializes in enterprise media intelligence solutions tailored for broadcasters, networks, cable operators, and government entities globally. The company offers the Observer Media Intelligence Platform, which includes applications for content creation, compliance monitoring, advertising verification, and quality of service monitoring. Its tools enable users to efficiently create and repurpose content for various platforms, including social media and video-on-demand services. Additionally, Volicon provides remote program monitoring to identify and address operational issues, alongside a multi-channel video monitoring system that captures and indexes broadcast content. The company also supports compliance logging and competitive analysis, serving industries such as broadcasting, cable, IPTV, and online media. Founded in 2004 and based in Burlington, Massachusetts, Volicon operates as a subsidiary of Verizon Digital Media Services, having announced its acquisition in 2016.

NitroSecurity

Series C in 2006
NitroSecurity is a supplier of Unified Information Security solutions that provide Edge-to-Core network security for enterprises across many vertical markets, including healthcare, education, financial services, government, retail, hospitality, and managed services. Leveraging patented data management technology, NitroSecurity delivers an integrated, cost effective network security product suite for security information & event management, log management, database activity monitoring, network analysis and intrusion prevention.

NitroSecurity

Series B in 2005
NitroSecurity is a supplier of Unified Information Security solutions that provide Edge-to-Core network security for enterprises across many vertical markets, including healthcare, education, financial services, government, retail, hospitality, and managed services. Leveraging patented data management technology, NitroSecurity delivers an integrated, cost effective network security product suite for security information & event management, log management, database activity monitoring, network analysis and intrusion prevention.

NitroSecurity

Series A in 2004
NitroSecurity is a supplier of Unified Information Security solutions that provide Edge-to-Core network security for enterprises across many vertical markets, including healthcare, education, financial services, government, retail, hospitality, and managed services. Leveraging patented data management technology, NitroSecurity delivers an integrated, cost effective network security product suite for security information & event management, log management, database activity monitoring, network analysis and intrusion prevention.
Spot something off? Help us improve by flagging any incorrect or outdated information. Just email us at support@teaserclub.com. Your feedback is most welcome.