Centerview Capital

Centerview Capital, established in 2006, is a private equity firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm specializes in upper mid-market investments, focusing on technology and consumer goods companies across the United States. Centerview Capital Technology, founded in 2013, concentrates on the technology sector, partnering with management teams of high-potential midsize companies to accelerate growth through operational transformation. They provide operational expertise, sector knowledge, and industry relationships to expand customer opportunities, optimize business models, and develop relevant ecosystems. Centerview is known for its "active" capital approach, investing tens of millions over the course of a company's growth path. The firm's consumer-focused sister fund, Centerview Capital Consumer, invests in similar strategies within the consumer industries. Both funds are registered as Investment Advisers.

Dave Dorman

Partner

James Kilts

Founding Partner

Brian Ratzan

Partner

David West

Partner

Sangeen Zeb

Senior Associate

Tony Zhang

Investor

13 past transactions

Affirmed Networks

Venture Round in 2019
Affirmed Networks, Inc. specializes in mobile content cloud solutions, offering a range of services aimed at enhancing mobile data networks for customers globally. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts, the company provides virtualization and network functions that include a cloud-based virtual mobile network, service creation tools, and critical data communication services for the telecommunications sector. Its key offerings include the Affirmed Service Automation Platform, which helps mobile operators reduce time-to-market and operational costs for new services, as well as the Affirmed UnityCloud 5G core, a cloud-native solution designed to facilitate the deployment of 5G networks. By integrating advanced technologies like network slicing and optimized IoT access, Affirmed Networks enables communication service providers to scale efficiently while minimizing capital and operational expenditures associated with complex network infrastructures.

Infoworks.io

Series C in 2018
Infoworks.io, Inc. is an enterprise software company that specializes in automated data management solutions for organizations managing large-scale data environments. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, the company offers DataFoundry, a tool designed to streamline data operations and orchestration. This platform facilitates the discovery, loading, organization, and management of data on Hadoop, enabling enterprises to consolidate their data and manage workflows efficiently from ingestion to analytics. Infoworks' solutions encompass various aspects of data management, including ingestion, synchronization, preparation, and orchestration, which significantly accelerate cloud migration and modernize data operations. By automating these processes, Infoworks enables organizations to unlock the value of their data while improving delivery speed for AI, machine learning, and analytics applications.

Infoworks.io

Series B in 2017
Infoworks.io, Inc. is an enterprise software company that specializes in automated data management solutions for organizations managing large-scale data environments. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, the company offers DataFoundry, a tool designed to streamline data operations and orchestration. This platform facilitates the discovery, loading, organization, and management of data on Hadoop, enabling enterprises to consolidate their data and manage workflows efficiently from ingestion to analytics. Infoworks' solutions encompass various aspects of data management, including ingestion, synchronization, preparation, and orchestration, which significantly accelerate cloud migration and modernize data operations. By automating these processes, Infoworks enables organizations to unlock the value of their data while improving delivery speed for AI, machine learning, and analytics applications.

Sauce Labs

Venture Round in 2016
Sauce Labs Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based testing solutions for mobile and web applications, headquartered in San Francisco, California, with a data center in Frankfurt, Germany. Founded in 2008, the company offers a comprehensive testing platform that includes automated browser testing, mobile testing, and various testing services for different programming environments. Its flagship product, the Sauce Continuous Testing Cloud, has facilitated over 3 billion tests, enabling businesses to ensure their applications perform optimally across various browsers, operating systems, and devices. By delivering insights into the user experience, Sauce Labs helps organizations enhance software quality, protect their brand reputation, and speed up product delivery. Co-founded by the original creator of Selenium, Sauce Labs maintains strong ties to the open-source community, providing a unique blend of expertise and customer support in the automated testing space.

Luma

Series A in 2016
Luma Home Inc. is a company based in Atlanta, Georgia, that specializes in designing and manufacturing Wi-Fi routers tailored for household networks. Founded by Dr. Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse, Luma leverages their extensive experience in addressing complex networking and security challenges to meet the demands of the modern connected home. As households increasingly rely on numerous devices, Luma's mission is to provide a fast, simple, secure, and reliable home network solution that caters to current and future technology needs. In addition to its core Wi-Fi routers, the company also offers related products such as power cords, cables, and wireless router accessories. Luma Home Inc. operates as a subsidiary of First Alert, Inc.

Acquia

Series G in 2015
Acquia Inc., established in 2007, is a technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Pune, India. It specializes in developing and operating a cloud-based platform that empowers organizations to create, manage, and optimize digital experiences. Acquia's platform offers a range of solutions, including commerce, content, community, and contextual services, catering to diverse industries such as government, consumer brands, higher education, and more. Key products include Acquia Cloud, a Platform-as-a-Service for Drupal website creation and management; Acquia Lift for site templating; Acquia Content Hub for multi-channel content distribution; and Acquia Journey for data-driven customer journey creation. Acquia also provides web content management, security, commerce solutions, and technical support services. The company's platform enables organizations to accelerate time to market, enhance customer engagement, and deliver contextually relevant digital experiences across various channels.

SecureWorks

Venture Round in 2015
SecureWorks is a cybersecurity provider dedicated to delivering technology-driven solutions that protect organizations from evolving threats. The company specializes in information security, offering a range of services, including software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, managed security services, and professional services such as incident response and adversarial support. Its advanced offerings include Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Extended Detection and Response (XDR), Threat Hunting, Log Management, Next-Generation Antivirus (NGAV), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), and Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS). SecureWorks leverages a security information and event management (SIEM) platform, enhanced by applied security research and a team of fully certified experts, to help clients strengthen their cyber defenses, detect malicious activities in real-time, and effectively respond to security incidents. The company has been recognized in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Managed Security Services Providers, underscoring its commitment to staying ahead of adversaries in the cybersecurity landscape.

SymphonyAI Sensa

Series C in 2015
SymphonyAI Sensa specializes in advanced crime detection services tailored for financial institutions globally. Utilizing a unique blend of artificial intelligence and machine learning, Sensa identifies criminal activities that traditional detection systems often overlook. Customers have reported significant improvements, including an 81-fold enhancement in risk-to-alert ratios, a 263% increase in Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), and a 77% reduction in false positives. The platform not only provides predictive insights but also streamlines operations by accurately pinpointing genuine anomalies within existing data. Sensa is designed to be user-friendly and offers fully explainable results, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

Quantenna Communications

Venture Round in 2014
Quantenna Communications specializes in designing, developing, and marketing advanced wireless communication solutions for local area networking. The company’s product portfolio includes high-performance radio frequency chips and digital baseband chips that support various Wi-Fi standards, such as 802.11n, 802.11ac, and the draft Wi-Fi 6 standard. Additionally, Quantenna offers Qdock, a software framework that facilitates the integration of third-party applications with its Wi-Fi solutions. The company's products cater to a wide range of applications, including home networking, retail, outdoor, small and medium businesses, enterprise, industrial, and consumer electronics. Quantenna sells its solutions directly to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and third-party distributors, primarily generating revenue from the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Quantenna has established itself as a leader in Wi-Fi technologies and continues to innovate to enhance speed, range, efficiency, and reliability. As of June 2019, Quantenna operates as a subsidiary of ON Semiconductor Corporation.

Planful

Series E in 2014
Planful, Inc. is a financial planning and analysis platform that provides cloud-based enterprise performance management software. Its solutions facilitate financial planning, consolidation, reporting, and analytics, with features that support cash flow forecasting, annual operating planning, workforce planning, and monthly financial closing. The platform aims to streamline processes, enhance collaboration, and improve workflow efficiency for organizations across various industries, including education, energy, food, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, non-profit, retail, and transportation. Planful enables users to reduce manual efforts, accelerate cycle times, and enhance the accuracy of financial reporting. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Hyderabad, India, Planful was previously known as Host Analytics, Inc. The company serves over 1,000 clients globally, including well-known brands such as the Boston Red Sox and 23andMe.

RichRelevance

Series G in 2014
RichRelevance, Inc. is a leading provider of omnichannel personalization solutions, enabling multinational companies to enhance customer experiences across various platforms, including web, mobile, and in-store environments. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a comprehensive personalization platform known as Relevance Cloud, which includes tools such as RichRelevance Discover for personalized search and browsing, RichRelevance Engage for targeted marketing campaigns, and RichRelevance Recommend for data-driven product suggestions. Additionally, RichRelevance provides API-based tools through RichRelevance Build and strategic decision-making support with RichRelevance Xen AI. The firm serves over 240 clients worldwide, driving significant sales and daily decision-making processes. It has a global presence with offices in major cities, including New York, Seattle, London, and Paris, and operates as a subsidiary of Manthan Software Services Pvt. Ltd. RichRelevance's capabilities and services are designed to create differentiated customer experiences in an integrated retail landscape.

Smartvue

Series A in 2014
Smartvue Corporation specializes in cloud-based security camera solutions that enable remote monitoring via computers, smartphones, and tablets. The company offers a range of services, including Cloudvue for video management, Cloudrive for video storage, Sharevue for sharing clips, and Commandvue for enterprise management of CCTV systems. Additionally, Smartvue provides various server options for HD video surveillance, catering to diverse markets such as airports, banking, healthcare, and government. The Smartvue platform supports connected devices requiring video capture, management, and storage, delivering these services efficiently and cost-effectively. With a robust portfolio of utility patents, the company has established partnerships to enhance its offerings. Founded in 1996 and based in Nashville, Tennessee, Smartvue became a subsidiary of Johnson Controls in 2018, further expanding its reach and capabilities in the security and surveillance industry.

RichRelevance

Series F in 2013
RichRelevance, Inc. is a leading provider of omnichannel personalization solutions, enabling multinational companies to enhance customer experiences across various platforms, including web, mobile, and in-store environments. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a comprehensive personalization platform known as Relevance Cloud, which includes tools such as RichRelevance Discover for personalized search and browsing, RichRelevance Engage for targeted marketing campaigns, and RichRelevance Recommend for data-driven product suggestions. Additionally, RichRelevance provides API-based tools through RichRelevance Build and strategic decision-making support with RichRelevance Xen AI. The firm serves over 240 clients worldwide, driving significant sales and daily decision-making processes. It has a global presence with offices in major cities, including New York, Seattle, London, and Paris, and operates as a subsidiary of Manthan Software Services Pvt. Ltd. RichRelevance's capabilities and services are designed to create differentiated customer experiences in an integrated retail landscape.
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