Cisco Investments

Cisco Investments serves as the corporate investment arm of Cisco Systems, focusing on direct and fund of funds investments primarily within the technology sector. Founded in 1993 and based in San Jose, California, with an additional office in Moscow, the firm targets a diverse range of areas including big data and analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud technologies, cybersecurity, and data center solutions. Cisco Investments actively participates in venture capital, investing in start-ups, early-stage, later-stage, and pre-IPO companies, particularly in key markets such as China, India, Israel, and various regions in Europe. In India, the firm emphasizes early-stage and growth-stage investments in next-generation technologies, including smart city initiatives and financial services. The firm typically invests between $0.5 million and $15 million, aiming for ownership stakes of 5 percent to 20 percent in its portfolio companies. Cisco Investments has a robust portfolio, with over 80 direct investments and substantial Limited Partner positions in various funds globally.

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164 past transactions

Tidelift

Series C in 2022
Tidelift enhances the effectiveness of open source software by providing a subscription service that offers managed open source components along with professional assurances. The company collaborates directly with maintainers to ensure that these components are reliable and well-supported. By focusing on the needs of both developers and maintainers, Tidelift aims to foster the growth of open source projects, enabling the rapid creation of high-quality software.

oak9

Series A in 2022
Developer of a cloud security platform designed to accelerate delivery and provide comprehensive security. The company's platform has the unique ability to analyze infrastructure-as-code and build security into cloud-native applications for security and compliant design, enabling businesses to simplify application security with pre-built building blocks that support any architecture on any cloud provider.

HYCU

Series B in 2022
HYCU specializes in application-focused data protection and monitoring software designed for hyperconverged data centers and multi-cloud environments. The company offers cloud data backup and recovery solutions that ensure robust data protection, migration, and disaster recovery for both on-premises and cloud-native applications. By simplifying the data monitoring and protection process, HYCU enables organizations to achieve reliable recovery of their applications and data across various cloud infrastructures.

JupiterOne

Series C in 2022
JupiterOne, Inc. develops cloud-based cybersecurity asset management and automation software aimed at enhancing the security and compliance of organizations' cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, with additional offices in Charlotte, Salt Lake City, and Seattle, the company provides tools for chief information security officers and security operations teams to automate asset discovery, visibility, and compliance. Its primary offering, the JupiterOne software, facilitates risk analysis, vulnerability management, threat hunting, and incident response through continuous data aggregation and relationship modeling of cyber assets. Additionally, the JupiterOne Insights application allows users to create customized reporting dashboards and visualizations for monitoring code commits and repository activities. JupiterOne operates as a subsidiary of LifeOmic Security, LLC.

Theta Lake

Series B in 2022
Theta Lake, Inc. develops an artificial intelligence-driven compliance application designed for video, audio, and unified digital communications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company offers The Theta Lake Platform, which employs AI and deep learning to identify compliance risks across various communication channels. This platform enables enterprises to effectively manage compliance, data exposure, security, and acceptable use risks related to interactions in collaboration tools such as Cisco Webex, Zoom, RingCentral, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and BlueJeans. By focusing on what is shared, shown, spoken, and typed during these communications, Theta Lake aims to enhance security and ensure adherence to regulatory standards.

Hunters

Series C in 2022
Hunters is a cybersecurity company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2018. It specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based software solution designed to detect and prevent cyberattacks. The company's flagship platform, Hunters.AI, autonomously identifies threats that may evade traditional security measures, enhancing threat detection and response across various IT environments, including cloud and network infrastructures. By ingesting extensive security telemetry and intelligence from diverse data sources, the platform enriches threat signals with detailed attack intelligence. It employs machine learning and cloud-based analytics to correlate threat patterns and generate actionable visualized attack narratives, ultimately optimizing response times for cybersecurity teams.

Dremio

Series E in 2022
Dremio Corporation, founded in 2015 and based in Santa Clara, California, develops a structured query language query engine software that enhances data accessibility and analytical processing. The company's flagship product, a data lake engine, allows users to perform queries directly against data lake storage, significantly improving query speed and enabling a self-service semantic layer. Dremio empowers business users to curate data from various sources, facilitating greater self-sufficiency among data consumers, including data engineers, analysts, and scientists. By reimagining data lake services, Dremio eliminates the need for traditional data movement to proprietary warehouses, thus streamlining analytics and maximizing the value derived from data.

WEKA

Series C in 2022
WekaIO has built the world's fastest parallel file system, designed to solve the performance challenges in AI deep learning and technical computing. Matrix, WekaIO’s flagship product, leapfrogs legacy storage infrastructures by delivering the highest performance, lowest latency storage at a fraction of the cost or traditional NAS. WekaIO's software provides a seamless hybrid cloud solution between on-premises data centers and the public cloud. WekaIO has customers in several high performance markets including autonomous vehicle AI training, genomics, financial modeling, EDA, software development, satellite imaging and media and entertainment.

Corellium

Series A in 2021
Corellium specializes in ARM-based mobile device virtualization, providing a unique platform that supports both on-site and cloud environments. The company develops security research software aimed at enhancing mobile security research, mobile app testing, and IoT device modeling. Its offerings feature native performance combined with the convenience of cloud access, equipping developers with advanced tools to foster scalability, efficiency, and innovation in the creation of ARM-based devices. By focusing on these capabilities, Corellium plays a crucial role in the evolving landscape of mobile technology and security.

Mio

Series A in 2021
Mio, based in Austin, Texas, specializes in messaging interoperability solutions that facilitate collaboration across different communication platforms. Its flagship product, Mio Universal Channels, connects users on Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Webex Teams, allowing seamless interactions between employees from various organizations. Users can engage in chat, share files, and manage conversations through their preferred tools, enhancing productivity and teamwork. Founded by Tom Hadfield and James Cundle, Mio has secured $12 million in funding from notable investors, including Goldcrest Capital and Y Combinator. The company aims to streamline cross-platform communication, enabling efficient collaboration regardless of the chat application used.

Luma Health

Series C in 2021
Luma Health Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a patient engagement platform aimed at facilitating communication between healthcare providers and patients. Founded in 2015, the platform is designed to help healthcare systems and clinics efficiently manage patient appointments, including smart scheduling and referral management. It also offers features such as appointment reminders, mobile patient intake, care pathways, and EHR integrations, alongside analytics and insights. By connecting patients to care quickly and ensuring adherence to treatment plans, Luma Health enhances the overall patient experience and helps healthcare providers maintain a full schedule while improving treatment procedures.

Expel

Series E in 2021
Expel, Inc. is a managed security software company that specializes in providing SOC-as-a-service, which includes security monitoring and response for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. Founded in 2016 and based in Herndon, Virginia, Expel leverages existing security signals from its customers to enhance the value of their current security investments. By connecting to customer technology remotely via APIs rather than agents, Expel can initiate monitoring within hours, allowing internal teams to concentrate on their unique security priorities. The company aims to streamline and improve the security operations of organizations, enabling them to respond effectively to emerging threats.

Wabbi

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a development operations infrastructure platform designed to make security scalable across development pipelines. The company's platform offers various services such as policy management, project analysis, and automated governance to achieve control of security issues as part of development workflows to prevent bottlenecks and drag on the backlog, enabling clients to reduce risk and improve developer productivity.

Cogniac

Series B in 2021
Cogniac Corporation specializes in providing an enterprise platform for AI-driven visual observation, designed to automate various visual tasks for businesses. Founded in 2015 and based in San Jose, California, Cogniac enables users to connect multiple data sources, such as machine vision cameras, security cameras, and drone images. The platform allows enterprises to define specific use cases and objects of interest, monitor application performance through feedback, and receive real-time alerts. By leveraging advanced deep learning techniques, Cogniac's solutions facilitate the extraction of valuable information from extensive streams of video and image data, achieving superior performance in focused observation tasks. Its applications span across industrial, manufacturing, and safety and security sectors.

SeaLights

Series B in 2021
SeaLights Technologies Ltd. operates a cloud-based testing platform that focuses on quality governance in software development. Founded in 2015 and based in Arlington, Virginia, the company offers tools for test impact analysis, test gap analysis, and release quality analysis. Its platform helps organizations measure functional test code coverage, track build quality metrics, and monitor test statuses across various tools and environments. By continuously collecting telemetry data from the software delivery pipeline, SeaLights assesses and scores quality risks, allowing development and QA teams to prioritize testing efforts and ensure that only thoroughly tested code changes reach production. This approach aims to enhance the speed of software releases while maintaining high quality standards.

Qwilt

Series E in 2021
Qwilt Inc. specializes in online video delivery and open video caching solutions designed for cable, telecom, and mobile service providers. The company offers an Edge Cloud Platform that addresses the increasing demand for streaming media, enabling low-latency content delivery within service provider networks. Its Open Edge Cloud and Open Caching solutions facilitate a seamless streaming experience for consumers by integrating content delivery infrastructure into a global content delivery network while maintaining compatibility with existing network setups. Qwilt's products are designed to enhance video quality and user experience for fixed and mobile operators, as well as educational institutions. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Qwilt is supported by a team of industry veterans and has garnered backing from notable investors.

TriggerMesh

Seed Round in 2021
Triggermesh Inc. is a software company that specializes in serverless solutions, enabling developers to deploy and manage functions-as-a-service (FaaS) and serverless infrastructure. The company's offerings include EveryBridge, a serverless event bus that integrates applications through events from various sources, and TriggerMesh, a cloud and on-premise serverless platform based on Knative. Additionally, Triggermesh provides TriggerMesh Aktion, an open-source project that allows users to run GitHub Actions within Kubernetes clusters using Tekton pipelines and Knative. The company also offers TriggerMesh Knative Lambda Sources and Runtimes, which facilitate the migration of AWS Lambda functions to Knative-enabled clusters without requiring code modifications. Beyond its core products, Triggermesh provides open-source development services and expertise in Kubernetes and Knative projects. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, Triggermesh aims to simplify the deployment and orchestration of serverless workloads across multiple cloud environments.

Whatfix

Series D in 2021
Whatfix is a digital adoption platform that assists enterprises in enhancing their training and support initiatives by delivering contextual information in a user-friendly manner. The platform employs real-time interactive guidance technology to provide personalized, in-app user assistance, transforming traditional training and support methods. By offering just-in-time guidance, Whatfix enables users to complete tasks more efficiently across various applications, including web, desktop, and mobile. This approach fosters a unified digital workflow and self-help experience, leading to increased user adoption and productivity. Clients benefit from improved process compliance, reduced time for completing critical operations, and access to data-driven insights that support informed decision-making.

Styra

Series B in 2021
Styra, Inc. develops a clod tool for security and compliance. It offers Styra Declarative Authorization Service, a solution that provides context-based admission control policy to mitigate risks, reduce human errors, and accelerate Kubernetes deployments. The company’s solution is also used for policy design and validation, policy distribution, policy monitoring and auditing, Compliance-as-Code, and shift security. Its solutions include applications, multi-cloud, micro services, containers, databases, and servers. Styra, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Panaseer

Series B in 2021
Panaseer Limited develops a cloud-based cybersecurity intelligence platform that assists enterprise security teams in making informed risk decisions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with an office in New York, the company offers the Panaseer Security Data Lake, which provides real-time insights into an organization's assets, applications, users, and data sets. This platform identifies gaps in security controls and aligns them with industry standards while facilitating regulatory compliance. By ingesting data from various sources, both cloud-based and on-premises, Panaseer enables organizations to monitor and analyze their cybersecurity posture effectively. The platform automates reporting processes, tailoring insights for stakeholders at different levels, thereby enhancing decision-making across the organization. Security leaders utilize Panaseer’s capabilities to prioritize risks based on their potential impact on the business and optimize overall cyber hygiene practices.

Seeq

Series C in 2021
Seeq Corporation specializes in analytics software designed for processing industrial manufacturing data. The company's flagship application, Seeq, enables users to analyze time-series data, search and cleanse data, model information, identify patterns, and monitor assets while facilitating real-time collaboration. Seeq integrates data from various historians, such as OSIsoft PI, Honeywell PHD, and GE Proficy, as well as relational databases like SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL. The platform serves a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, and utilities, helping organizations derive actionable insights from their process data. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, Seeq aims to enhance business decision-making and operational performance through improved data analysis and collaboration.

SafeGuard Cyber

Funding Round in 2021
SafeGuard Cyber is a cloud-based technology company that specializes in protecting organizations' social assets from security threats and compliance risks. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, the company offers a comprehensive platform designed to detect, prevent, and respond to various digital threats, including malware, spam, and inappropriate conduct. SafeGuard Cyber automates the identification, remediation, and archiving of risky content across social media and internal collaboration tools, ensuring compliance with corporate governance standards and industry regulations. By leveraging machine learning, the platform provides real-time threat analytics, allowing enterprises to manage their digital risks effectively while embracing social media's potential. SafeGuard Cyber empowers businesses to innovate without fear of negative publicity or legal repercussions associated with social media use.

Securiti

Venture Round in 2021
Securiti Inc. specializes in AI-powered cybersecurity and data protection solutions. The company offers a comprehensive PrivacyOps platform, PRIVACI.ai, which automates essential functions for privacy compliance, enabling organizations to manage data subject requests, consent management, and vendor risk assessments efficiently. Securiti's suite includes tools for automating data requests, discovering personal data across various sources, and tracking assessments, all designed to assist enterprises in adhering to global privacy regulations while enhancing their brand reputation. Established in 2018 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Securiti aims to empower organizations to responsibly manage personal data and streamline compliance efforts through advanced automation and a user-friendly interface.

ThreatQuotient

Venture Round in 2021
ThreatQuotient, Inc. operates a threat intelligence platform that helps organizations manage and respond to cyber threats effectively. Founded in 2013 and based in Reston, Virginia, the company offers ThreatQ, which centralizes and correlates various external threat intelligence sources with internal security and analytics solutions. This platform provides contextual and operationalized intelligence, enabling security teams to identify, understand, and prioritize threats tailored to their specific infrastructure. ThreatQ features integrations with commercial and open-source intelligence feeds, as well as advanced threat solutions and security monitoring systems. This comprehensive approach enhances an organization's ability to respond to high-priority threats through automation and informed decision-making. Additionally, ThreatQuotient has operations in Germany and Australia, further extending its global reach in cybersecurity.

ThreatQuotient

Debt Financing in 2021
ThreatQuotient, Inc. operates a threat intelligence platform that helps organizations manage and respond to cyber threats effectively. Founded in 2013 and based in Reston, Virginia, the company offers ThreatQ, which centralizes and correlates various external threat intelligence sources with internal security and analytics solutions. This platform provides contextual and operationalized intelligence, enabling security teams to identify, understand, and prioritize threats tailored to their specific infrastructure. ThreatQ features integrations with commercial and open-source intelligence feeds, as well as advanced threat solutions and security monitoring systems. This comprehensive approach enhances an organization's ability to respond to high-priority threats through automation and informed decision-making. Additionally, ThreatQuotient has operations in Germany and Australia, further extending its global reach in cybersecurity.

Uniphore

Series D in 2021
Uniphore is a global technology company that specializes in multilingual speech recognition software for speech analytics, virtual assistance, and voice biometrics. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Chennai, India, with additional offices in the U.S., Philippines, UAE, and Singapore, Uniphore aims to enhance customer service through its integrated suite of software products. Its offerings include auMina, which provides conversational analytics to transform customer interactions; akeira, an AI-enabled conversational assistant designed to improve customer engagement; and amVoice, a solution focused on preventing fraud and identity theft. Uniphore serves various sectors, including banking, insurance, retail, healthcare, and education, helping businesses leverage AI and automation technologies to improve customer engagement, build loyalty, and achieve operational efficiencies.

Valtix

Series A in 2021
Valtix Inc., founded in 2018 and based in Santa Clara, California, specializes in developing software solutions aimed at securing cloud networks. The company offers a multi-cloud network security platform that integrates robust security features with an emphasis on simplicity for cloud-first environments. This platform supports various topologies and cloud architectures, including secure island models and centralized security frameworks, allowing cloud teams to effectively address stringent security requirements. Valtix's approach is designed to streamline security processes while adapting to the dynamic needs of modern cloud infrastructures.

Dremio

Series D in 2021
Dremio Corporation, founded in 2015 and based in Santa Clara, California, develops a structured query language query engine software that enhances data accessibility and analytical processing. The company's flagship product, a data lake engine, allows users to perform queries directly against data lake storage, significantly improving query speed and enabling a self-service semantic layer. Dremio empowers business users to curate data from various sources, facilitating greater self-sufficiency among data consumers, including data engineers, analysts, and scientists. By reimagining data lake services, Dremio eliminates the need for traditional data movement to proprietary warehouses, thus streamlining analytics and maximizing the value derived from data.

Voodle

Series A in 2020
Voodle, Inc. develops a cloud-based software that builds a virtual reality and augmented reality video processing and delivery platform for media and entertainment applications. It offers Voodle, an application that is used to capture business moments as they happen and share the knowledge that connects the team and drives action. The company’s application is available on App Store and Google Play. Voodle, Inc. was formerly known as Pixvana, Inc. and changed its name to Voodle, Inc. in March 2020. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Isovalent

Series A in 2020
Isovalent is a cloud-native networking company based in Mountain View, California. Founded by long-time leaders in Linux networking, Isovalent develops enterprise open source software and commercial products that enable operators and security professionals to provide networking, security, and observability in distributed infrastructure such as Kubernetes. It specializes in the fields of cloud security, cybersecurity, and information technology. It was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Theta Lake

Series A in 2020
Theta Lake, Inc. develops an artificial intelligence-driven compliance application designed for video, audio, and unified digital communications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company offers The Theta Lake Platform, which employs AI and deep learning to identify compliance risks across various communication channels. This platform enables enterprises to effectively manage compliance, data exposure, security, and acceptable use risks related to interactions in collaboration tools such as Cisco Webex, Zoom, RingCentral, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and BlueJeans. By focusing on what is shared, shown, spoken, and typed during these communications, Theta Lake aims to enhance security and ensure adherence to regulatory standards.

Seeq

Series B in 2020
Seeq Corporation specializes in analytics software designed for processing industrial manufacturing data. The company's flagship application, Seeq, enables users to analyze time-series data, search and cleanse data, model information, identify patterns, and monitor assets while facilitating real-time collaboration. Seeq integrates data from various historians, such as OSIsoft PI, Honeywell PHD, and GE Proficy, as well as relational databases like SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL. The platform serves a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, and utilities, helping organizations derive actionable insights from their process data. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, Seeq aims to enhance business decision-making and operational performance through improved data analysis and collaboration.

Parsable

Series D in 2020
Parsable empowers industrial workers with modern digital tools to improve productivity, quality and safety. The Parsable Connected Worker Platform transforms static, paper-based procedures into mobile and interactive work instructions, enabling workers to leverage multimedia formats and collaborate in real time. With Parsable, companies gain unprecedented insight into human work by capturing essential data to improve their operations at scale. A partner of the World Economic Forum, Parsable is trusted by top global companies in the manufacturing and energy industries including consumer packaged goods, resources and chemicals, packaging and building materials, and automotive and aerospace.

RangeForce

Series A in 2020
RangeForce delivers the most effective way to level-up and accurately assess the skills of your cybersecurity team through a scalable, interactive, on-demand cyber-skill training platform and integrated cyber range.

MemVerge

Series B in 2020
MemVerge specializes in memory storage convergence software that integrates memory and storage to enhance data processing capabilities. The company's innovative platform utilizes proprietary Distributed Memory Objects (DMO) technology, creating a logical convergence layer that leverages Intel's Optane DC persistent memory. This technology allows data-intensive workloads, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data analytics, and IoT applications, to operate at memory speed, ensuring data consistency across various systems. By enabling enterprises to manage both small and large files efficiently, MemVerge empowers organizations to extract insights from their data more effectively.

Cohesity

Series E in 2020
Cohesity, Inc. specializes in hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that help large organizations consolidate, protect, and manage non-mission-critical data. The company offers a web-scale platform known as DataPlatform, which eliminates secondary storage silos and streamlines data workflows. Its DataProtect solution integrates various data protection functions, including backup, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, Cohesity provides Cohesity Orion 5.0, a platform for end-to-end data protection and big data storage, alongside management tools like Cohesity Helios, which allows users to monitor and manage their secondary data efficiently. The company's offerings also encompass a range of services, including backup and recovery, long-term retention, and support for various data types and applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Cohesity operates globally, serving a diverse clientele that includes many Global 1000 companies.

Dremio

Series C in 2020
Dremio Corporation, founded in 2015 and based in Santa Clara, California, develops a structured query language query engine software that enhances data accessibility and analytical processing. The company's flagship product, a data lake engine, allows users to perform queries directly against data lake storage, significantly improving query speed and enabling a self-service semantic layer. Dremio empowers business users to curate data from various sources, facilitating greater self-sufficiency among data consumers, including data engineers, analysts, and scientists. By reimagining data lake services, Dremio eliminates the need for traditional data movement to proprietary warehouses, thus streamlining analytics and maximizing the value derived from data.

Mya Systems

Series C in 2020
Mya Systems Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing artificial intelligence solutions for the recruitment industry. Founded in 2011 and initially known as FirstJob, Mya Systems launched its flagship product, Mya, in 2016. This conversational AI platform automates communication and outreach with job candidates, addressing inefficiencies in the hiring process for both recruiters and applicants. Mya caters to enterprises and recruiting agencies, offering features that facilitate job searches, provide career advice, and enhance visibility for candidates seeking entry-level positions. The company has gained significant traction, securing partnerships with major global recruiting agencies and numerous Fortune 500 companies. Mya Systems has raised substantial venture funding to support its growth and innovation, and its team includes experts in machine learning, natural language processing, and data science. The company has received recognition for its contributions to the field, being highlighted in various industry awards and reports.

Whatfix

Series C in 2020
Whatfix is a digital adoption platform that assists enterprises in enhancing their training and support initiatives by delivering contextual information in a user-friendly manner. The platform employs real-time interactive guidance technology to provide personalized, in-app user assistance, transforming traditional training and support methods. By offering just-in-time guidance, Whatfix enables users to complete tasks more efficiently across various applications, including web, desktop, and mobile. This approach fosters a unified digital workflow and self-help experience, leading to increased user adoption and productivity. Clients benefit from improved process compliance, reduced time for completing critical operations, and access to data-driven insights that support informed decision-making.

Secure Code Warrior

Series B in 2019
Secure Code Warrior develops an online secure by making security visible and providing skills/tools to write secure code from start. It helps companies scale secure coding excellence as coders and development team build. The company empowers Developers to write secure code, achieving rapid improvements in security compliance and consistency, as well as a better quality and speed of code writing. Secure Code Warrior has developed the first gamified competitive Developer Quality Assurance platform that helps individual software developers build their own secure coding skills while providing organizations and executives with the visibility and metrics to understand the secure code skill strengths and weaknesses of their development teams and individual developers. It includes support for nearly 30 programming languages and frameworks and delivers more than 3,500 training modules that cover more than 140 different software weaknesses; including the all-important OWASP Top 10. Secure Code Warrior was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Gong

Series C in 2019
Gong.io, Inc. develops and markets a sales conversation intelligence platform designed to enhance the performance of remote sales teams. The platform captures, analyzes, and delivers insights from customer interactions, providing valuable deal and people intelligence. Its Revenue Intelligence solution supports various applications, including sales improvement, training, onboarding, strategy, engagement, enablement, and conversation analysis. The cloud-based platform employs artificial intelligence to automatically record and transcribe sales conversations, integrating results from audio sources and web-conferencing tools with customer relationship management systems. This functionality enables organizations to save time, improve win rates, enhance strategic decision-making, and ultimately drive revenue growth. Founded in 2015, Gong.io is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Luma Health

Series B in 2019
Luma Health Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a patient engagement platform aimed at facilitating communication between healthcare providers and patients. Founded in 2015, the platform is designed to help healthcare systems and clinics efficiently manage patient appointments, including smart scheduling and referral management. It also offers features such as appointment reminders, mobile patient intake, care pathways, and EHR integrations, alongside analytics and insights. By connecting patients to care quickly and ensuring adherence to treatment plans, Luma Health enhances the overall patient experience and helps healthcare providers maintain a full schedule while improving treatment procedures.

Theatro

Corporate Round in 2019
Theatro is a software company that specializes in developing business applications for wearable computing devices aimed at the indoor mobile workforce. Primarily serving the retail and hospitality sectors, Theatro offers a suite of productivity applications designed to enhance communication and management for in-store employees. Their solutions include cloud-based services, wearable computers, in-door location tracking, and analytics tools that integrate with existing technologies such as WiFi and business intelligence systems. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, Theatro aims to improve sales associate productivity, conversion rates, and overall store profitability through its innovative technology.

Rookout

Series A in 2019
Rookout Ltd. develops a production debugging platform that enables developers to collect real-time data from applications running in production environments. Founded in 2017 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an office in Palo Alto, California, Rookout's software allows users to click on specific lines of code to retrieve relevant bug data without the need for additional coding, redeployments, or restarts. This capability provides developers with instant access to critical code-level information, enhancing their ability to troubleshoot complex applications efficiently. By streamlining data access and improving productivity, Rookout aims to support development teams in navigating the challenges of modern software architecture.

Exabeam

Series E in 2019
Exabeam, Inc. develops a security management platform that enhances the detection and response to cyberattacks and insider threats through advanced user behavior analytics. By collecting and analyzing log data, Exabeam's platform connects user activities across various accounts, devices, and IP addresses to create comprehensive activity timelines. This allows security analysts to identify risky behaviors and respond promptly. The platform employs statistical analysis and baseline profiling to flag suspicious activities and streamline incident response. Exabeam's offerings include Threat Hunter, a security intelligence query tool; a cloud-based Threat Intelligence Service that aggregates threat indicators; and a security data lake for storing critical log data. Additionally, Exabeam Spectrum provides flexible deployment options for its cloud solutions. The company's technologies focus on improving security operations by prioritizing attacker behavior over evolving malware, thus reducing false positive alerts. Founded in 2013, Exabeam is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an additional office in Foster City, California.

PubNub

Series D in 2019
PubNub, Inc. is a provider of a Data Stream Network that enables developers to create real-time applications efficiently and at scale. Established in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a suite of solutions, including a Realtime Communication Platform and PubNub Chat, which allows users to manage chat functionalities. PubNub's technology supports various industries such as healthcare, gaming, social and entertainment, rideshare, taxi and food delivery, fleet tracking, e-learning, IoT, IT/DevOps, and marketplaces. With over 70 software development kits (SDKs) and rapid data transfer times, PubNub's infrastructure allows for seamless connectivity and management of real-time applications and IoT devices across the globe.

Voicea

Convertible Note in 2019
Voicea is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-based enterprise voice assistant software designed to enhance meeting productivity. Its flagship product, the Enterprise Voice Assistant (EVA), functions as an intelligent meeting facilitator by listening, taking notes, and identifying key decisions and action items during meetings. This capability allows users to make meetings searchable and ensures that discussions translate into actionable initiatives. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Voicea was formerly known as Voicera until its rebranding in December 2018. The company operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc., and is led by professionals with experience from major technology firms.

Kespry

Series D in 2019
Kespry Inc. specializes in touchless drone-based aerial intelligence solutions designed for various industrial applications. The company offers the Kespry Drone System, an automated unmanned aerial vehicle that autonomously collects aerial data and uploads it to the Kespry Cloud, an intelligence platform that simplifies reporting and converts data into actionable insights. Kespry's solutions are utilized across multiple sectors, including mining, construction, insurance, and pulp and paper, enabling organizations to measure stockpiles, survey sites, and inspect assets with greater efficiency. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Kespry serves clients globally, including notable companies such as John Deere and Fluor. Its integrated approach combines data capture with industry-specific analytics to enhance operational accuracy and decision-making processes.

Whatfix

Series B in 2019
Whatfix is a digital adoption platform that assists enterprises in enhancing their training and support initiatives by delivering contextual information in a user-friendly manner. The platform employs real-time interactive guidance technology to provide personalized, in-app user assistance, transforming traditional training and support methods. By offering just-in-time guidance, Whatfix enables users to complete tasks more efficiently across various applications, including web, desktop, and mobile. This approach fosters a unified digital workflow and self-help experience, leading to increased user adoption and productivity. Clients benefit from improved process compliance, reduced time for completing critical operations, and access to data-driven insights that support informed decision-making.

Gong

Series B in 2019
Gong.io, Inc. develops and markets a sales conversation intelligence platform designed to enhance the performance of remote sales teams. The platform captures, analyzes, and delivers insights from customer interactions, providing valuable deal and people intelligence. Its Revenue Intelligence solution supports various applications, including sales improvement, training, onboarding, strategy, engagement, enablement, and conversation analysis. The cloud-based platform employs artificial intelligence to automatically record and transcribe sales conversations, integrating results from audio sources and web-conferencing tools with customer relationship management systems. This functionality enables organizations to save time, improve win rates, enhance strategic decision-making, and ultimately drive revenue growth. Founded in 2015, Gong.io is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Gong

Series B in 2019
Gong.io, Inc. develops and markets a sales conversation intelligence platform designed to enhance the performance of remote sales teams. The platform captures, analyzes, and delivers insights from customer interactions, providing valuable deal and people intelligence. Its Revenue Intelligence solution supports various applications, including sales improvement, training, onboarding, strategy, engagement, enablement, and conversation analysis. The cloud-based platform employs artificial intelligence to automatically record and transcribe sales conversations, integrating results from audio sources and web-conferencing tools with customer relationship management systems. This functionality enables organizations to save time, improve win rates, enhance strategic decision-making, and ultimately drive revenue growth. Founded in 2015, Gong.io is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Kustomer

Series C in 2019
Kustomer, Inc. is a customer service software company that specializes in customer relationship management (CRM). Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York City, Kustomer offers an omnichannel platform that consolidates data from various sources, enabling businesses to manage customer inquiries efficiently. The software provides a unified view of customers' buying history and previous interactions, allowing service agents to address issues such as refund requests or recurring questions with greater context. Kustomer's platform is utilized by prominent brands, enhancing their customer service capabilities by delivering seamless support experiences. The company also has an office in Durham, North Carolina.

Deskera

Series A in 2018
Deskera Cloud ERP is a fully integrated Cloud ERP Suite designed to run your business on the cloud. Its solutions allow SMEs to track finances, manage customers, and hire and manage employees. Its modules include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Manufacture Resource Planning (MRP), Project Management (PM) and Human Capital Management (HCM). The application is a complete business suite that has all the features you will ever need to run your business. Deskera was founded in 2008 and is based in San Jose, California with offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India.

CloudCherry

Series A in 2018
CloudCherry is the next generation Experience Management platform that is disrupting the way organizations listen to the Voice of Customer. Through CloudCherry’s flexible, customizable, self-serve solution, businesses today can be present at every step of today’s complex customer journeys, and listen to customers through a variety of ways. Today, leading global organizations deploy and scale their experience management program with CloudCherry quicker than any other solution. The product offers out-of-the-box integrations with existing business applications, delivers predictive, prescriptive insights that enable business leaders to better understand customer needs, and derive tangible business outcomes that can help drive true ROI. CloudCherry is based out of Salt Lake City, with offices in Singapore, India & Dubai. The company is backed by Vertex Ventures, CISCO Investments & IDG Ventures India, The Chennai Angels & Capillary Technologies.

Exabeam

Series D in 2018
Exabeam, Inc. develops a security management platform that enhances the detection and response to cyberattacks and insider threats through advanced user behavior analytics. By collecting and analyzing log data, Exabeam's platform connects user activities across various accounts, devices, and IP addresses to create comprehensive activity timelines. This allows security analysts to identify risky behaviors and respond promptly. The platform employs statistical analysis and baseline profiling to flag suspicious activities and streamline incident response. Exabeam's offerings include Threat Hunter, a security intelligence query tool; a cloud-based Threat Intelligence Service that aggregates threat indicators; and a security data lake for storing critical log data. Additionally, Exabeam Spectrum provides flexible deployment options for its cloud solutions. The company's technologies focus on improving security operations by prioritizing attacker behavior over evolving malware, thus reducing false positive alerts. Founded in 2013, Exabeam is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an additional office in Foster City, California.

Dremio

Series B in 2018
Dremio Corporation, founded in 2015 and based in Santa Clara, California, develops a structured query language query engine software that enhances data accessibility and analytical processing. The company's flagship product, a data lake engine, allows users to perform queries directly against data lake storage, significantly improving query speed and enabling a self-service semantic layer. Dremio empowers business users to curate data from various sources, facilitating greater self-sufficiency among data consumers, including data engineers, analysts, and scientists. By reimagining data lake services, Dremio eliminates the need for traditional data movement to proprietary warehouses, thus streamlining analytics and maximizing the value derived from data.

Puppet

Series F in 2018
Puppet Labs Limited specializes in developing solutions for the software delivery cycle, focusing on infrastructure automation to enhance operational efficiency. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in London, the company offers a suite of products, including Puppet Remediate and Puppet Enterprise, which facilitate compliance, automate tasks, and support modern continuous delivery practices. Puppet's platform enables organizations to manage their infrastructure effectively, whether on-premises or in the cloud, and is designed to address challenges in application delivery, configuration management, and security. With over 40,000 clients, including a significant portion of the Global 5000, Puppet promotes business continuity, cost optimization, and the adoption of DevOps practices through its open-source and commercial solutions. Additionally, the company provides training, certification, support, custom consulting, and implementation services to further assist its clients in leveraging their automation capabilities.

Panaseer

Series A in 2018
Panaseer Limited develops a cloud-based cybersecurity intelligence platform that assists enterprise security teams in making informed risk decisions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with an office in New York, the company offers the Panaseer Security Data Lake, which provides real-time insights into an organization's assets, applications, users, and data sets. This platform identifies gaps in security controls and aligns them with industry standards while facilitating regulatory compliance. By ingesting data from various sources, both cloud-based and on-premises, Panaseer enables organizations to monitor and analyze their cybersecurity posture effectively. The platform automates reporting processes, tailoring insights for stakeholders at different levels, thereby enhancing decision-making across the organization. Security leaders utilize Panaseer’s capabilities to prioritize risks based on their potential impact on the business and optimize overall cyber hygiene practices.

Kustomer

Series B in 2018
Kustomer, Inc. is a customer service software company that specializes in customer relationship management (CRM). Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York City, Kustomer offers an omnichannel platform that consolidates data from various sources, enabling businesses to manage customer inquiries efficiently. The software provides a unified view of customers' buying history and previous interactions, allowing service agents to address issues such as refund requests or recurring questions with greater context. Kustomer's platform is utilized by prominent brands, enhancing their customer service capabilities by delivering seamless support experiences. The company also has an office in Durham, North Carolina.

Cohesity

Series D in 2018
Cohesity, Inc. specializes in hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that help large organizations consolidate, protect, and manage non-mission-critical data. The company offers a web-scale platform known as DataPlatform, which eliminates secondary storage silos and streamlines data workflows. Its DataProtect solution integrates various data protection functions, including backup, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, Cohesity provides Cohesity Orion 5.0, a platform for end-to-end data protection and big data storage, alongside management tools like Cohesity Helios, which allows users to monitor and manage their secondary data efficiently. The company's offerings also encompass a range of services, including backup and recovery, long-term retention, and support for various data types and applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Cohesity operates globally, serving a diverse clientele that includes many Global 1000 companies.

CNEX Labs

Series D in 2018
CNEX Labs, Inc. is a developer of semiconductor storage solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM/Open-Channel operations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company also has offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo. CNEX's products are designed for cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers, offering high performance, low and predictable latency, and flexibility for software-defined storage. The controllers facilitate enhanced capabilities in big data computing and analytics, allowing customers to create differentiated SSD solutions across various form factors such as M.2, U.2, and EDSFF. By partnering with solid-state storage manufacturers and systems customers, CNEX Labs aims to drive innovation in storage technologies necessary for modern data demands.

Tagnos

Venture Round in 2018
Tagnos, Inc. specializes in developing real-time smart location software that enhances operational efficiency in hospitals and clinics. Its suite of solutions includes tools for tracking patients through various stages of treatment, managing patient communication in compliance with HIPAA, and facilitating asset tracking for hospital equipment. The software also offers features for operating room readiness, bed and room management, and hand hygiene monitoring. Additionally, Tagnos provides staff locating and communication tools, enabling healthcare professionals to confirm operational readiness and improve response times. The company's analytics platform integrates data from multiple clinical systems to optimize staff and asset utilization, aiming to reduce bottlenecks and wait times while enhancing overall patient and staff satisfaction. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, with an office in Singapore, Tagnos continues to deliver innovative solutions for various healthcare settings, including emergency departments and specialty labs.

Avi Networks

Series D in 2018
Avi Networks, Inc. specializes in software-defined data center solutions, focusing on enhancing enterprises' digital transformation. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers the Avi Vantage Platform, which includes a Software Load Balancer, Intelligent Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Elastic Service Mesh. This platform is designed to be deployed across data centers and cloud environments, providing organizations with improved elasticity and intelligence in application delivery. Avi Networks enables customers to achieve significantly faster application rollouts, actionable analytics, and reduced costs, thus supporting efficient and scalable operations. As of July 31, 2019, Avi Networks operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

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.

RStor

Series A in 2018
RStor Inc., founded in 2016 and headquartered in Saratoga, California, develops a platform designed to aggregate and automate compute resources from both private data centers and public cloud providers. The RStor Multicloud Platform serves as a hyper-distributed solution that allows organizations to compute, connect, and operate above the cloud. This platform enables users to efficiently combine and manage their computing resources across various environments, including private data centers, public clouds, and trusted supercomputing centers, all while utilizing a next-generation networking fabric. Key features of the platform include secure connectivity and orchestration capabilities. The leadership team at RStor comprises experienced executives with a strong background in cloud computing and enterprise technology, having previously founded Rackable and built infrastructure for major companies such as Facebook, as well as establishing a successful data storage firm, Optical Archive Inc., which was later acquired by Sony.

Nantero

Series G in 2018
Nantero, Inc. is a nanotechnology company which develops semiconductor products using carbon nanotubes in the United States and internationally. It offers density nonvolatile random access memory chips, nanoelectromechanical switches, memory semiconductor products, logic semiconductor products, other semiconductor products, and microelectronic-grade carbon nanotubes. The company serves various applications, including cell phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, networking and enterprise systems, and more. Nantero, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Woburn, Massachusetts.

Voicea

Series A in 2018
Voicea is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-based enterprise voice assistant software designed to enhance meeting productivity. Its flagship product, the Enterprise Voice Assistant (EVA), functions as an intelligent meeting facilitator by listening, taking notes, and identifying key decisions and action items during meetings. This capability allows users to make meetings searchable and ensures that discussions translate into actionable initiatives. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Voicea was formerly known as Voicera until its rebranding in December 2018. The company operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc., and is led by professionals with experience from major technology firms.

Voicea

Series A in 2018
Voicea is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-based enterprise voice assistant software designed to enhance meeting productivity. Its flagship product, the Enterprise Voice Assistant (EVA), functions as an intelligent meeting facilitator by listening, taking notes, and identifying key decisions and action items during meetings. This capability allows users to make meetings searchable and ensures that discussions translate into actionable initiatives. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Voicea was formerly known as Voicera until its rebranding in December 2018. The company operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc., and is led by professionals with experience from major technology firms.

Upskill

Corporate Round in 2018
Upskill provides wearable technology to connect hands-on workers from the factory to the warehouse to the jobsite. Its robust platform, Skylight, connects the industrial workforce with the people, processes, information, and equipment they need to do their jobs with greater efficiency and fewer errors, leaving them hands free to focus on their tasks at hand, and their tools. For organizations in the competitive global market looking to increase productivity, improve quality, reduce costs, train new workers, retain tribal knowledge, and provide a strong foundation for further investments, the future starts with Upskill.

Gong

Series A in 2018
Gong.io, Inc. develops and markets a sales conversation intelligence platform designed to enhance the performance of remote sales teams. The platform captures, analyzes, and delivers insights from customer interactions, providing valuable deal and people intelligence. Its Revenue Intelligence solution supports various applications, including sales improvement, training, onboarding, strategy, engagement, enablement, and conversation analysis. The cloud-based platform employs artificial intelligence to automatically record and transcribe sales conversations, integrating results from audio sources and web-conferencing tools with customer relationship management systems. This functionality enables organizations to save time, improve win rates, enhance strategic decision-making, and ultimately drive revenue growth. Founded in 2015, Gong.io is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Dynamic Signal

Series E in 2018
Dynamic Signal Inc. is a company that offers an employee communication and engagement platform designed to enhance organizational effectiveness. Founded in 2010 and based in San Bruno, California, the platform facilitates employee advocacy by providing timely and relevant content across various channels and devices, thus increasing productivity and engagement. It enables organizations to connect their employees with localized news and essential information, allowing content managers to publish updates and shareable content through personalized newsfeeds. The company serves hundreds of enterprises, including 85 of the Fortune 500, across 21 countries. Dynamic Signal's services include influencer recruiting, collaboration support, and account management, ensuring that communications are effectively delivered and received by employees and their audiences. Notable clients include IBM, Salesforce, and Humana, reflecting the platform's capability to meet the needs of large-scale organizations.

BehavioSec

Series B in 2018
BehavioSec is a pioneer in behavioral biometrics, offering a platform that enables continuous user verification based on their unique interaction patterns with devices. Founded in 2008 from academic research, the company's Behavioral Biometrics as a Service (BBaaS) is utilized by Global 2000 companies to significantly reduce account fraud and data theft. The platform employs advanced machine learning algorithms to authenticate users in real-time, enhancing security while maintaining a seamless digital experience across web and mobile applications. With a global presence that includes operations in Europe and Asia Pacific, BehavioSec has established itself as a leader in enterprise-grade security solutions, safeguarding millions of users and billions of transactions. The company has garnered investment from notable firms, including Forgepoint Capital and Cisco, and continues to innovate in the field of digital identity verification.

AImotive

Series C in 2018
AImotive Informatikai Kft. specializes in artificial intelligence-driven self-driving technology designed for human drivers. Founded in 2015 and based in Budapest, Hungary, the company leverages camera-based solutions that replicate human visual capabilities. AImotive offers a suite of products, including aiDrive, which provides global self-driving functionalities across various weather conditions, and aiSim, which enables developers to test self-driving software effectively. Additionally, their aiWare product consists of AI-optimized hardware that is scalable for both embedded solutions and data centers. By combining expertise in artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, and 3D graphics, AImotive aims to support industry partners in achieving their autonomous driving objectives, fostering collaboration with its modular and hardware-agnostic solutions.

Kespry

Series C in 2017
Kespry Inc. specializes in touchless drone-based aerial intelligence solutions designed for various industrial applications. The company offers the Kespry Drone System, an automated unmanned aerial vehicle that autonomously collects aerial data and uploads it to the Kespry Cloud, an intelligence platform that simplifies reporting and converts data into actionable insights. Kespry's solutions are utilized across multiple sectors, including mining, construction, insurance, and pulp and paper, enabling organizations to measure stockpiles, survey sites, and inspect assets with greater efficiency. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Kespry serves clients globally, including notable companies such as John Deere and Fluor. Its integrated approach combines data capture with industry-specific analytics to enhance operational accuracy and decision-making processes.

Relayr

Series B in 2017
Relayr, Inc. specializes in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology, providing a middleware platform that connects diverse industrial equipment for data collection and analysis. The platform is designed to identify anomalies in operational readings and can be customized to fit various hardware setups. Relayr offers a range of services, including implementation, production line optimization, and IIoT starter programs, catering to sectors such as manufacturing, automotive, food processing, and power generation. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Chicago, the company also has offices in Germany, Italy, and Poland. As of late 2018, Relayr operates as a subsidiary of HSB Group, Inc. Through its innovative solutions, Relayr aims to empower businesses to leverage data insights for enhanced decision-making and new revenue opportunities.

Pixvana, Inc.

Series A in 2017
Pixvana is a Seattle-based software startup building a Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) video processing and delivery platform for media and entertainment applications. Pixvana’s founders have proven startup success in media technology and hail from senior product and engineering leadership positions at Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, and Lucasfilm.

ThreatQuotient

Series C in 2017
ThreatQuotient, Inc. operates a threat intelligence platform that helps organizations manage and respond to cyber threats effectively. Founded in 2013 and based in Reston, Virginia, the company offers ThreatQ, which centralizes and correlates various external threat intelligence sources with internal security and analytics solutions. This platform provides contextual and operationalized intelligence, enabling security teams to identify, understand, and prioritize threats tailored to their specific infrastructure. ThreatQ features integrations with commercial and open-source intelligence feeds, as well as advanced threat solutions and security monitoring systems. This comprehensive approach enhances an organization's ability to respond to high-priority threats through automation and informed decision-making. Additionally, ThreatQuotient has operations in Germany and Australia, further extending its global reach in cybersecurity.

Ascendify

Series A in 2017
Ascendify Corporation specializes in talent management through its Intelligent People Management platform, which enhances how organizations attract, develop, and retain employees. Based in San Francisco, the company provides a comprehensive cloud-based solution that integrates machine learning and predictive analytics to streamline recruitment and talent development. This platform assists businesses in identifying suitable candidates, assessing their skills, and determining necessary training and education. Ascendify's innovative approach is utilized by several prominent companies, including GE, Cisco, Panasonic, Disney, Deloitte, and Marriott, positioning it as a leader in transforming talent acquisition processes for global organizations.

Elastifile

Series C in 2017
Elastifile specializes in innovative data storage and management solutions that cater to the needs of enterprises operating in cloud and hybrid cloud environments. The company offers a distributed file system designed for scalability and high performance, which integrates object tiering to facilitate unified access to global data. By eliminating traditional storage silos, Elastifile empowers organizations to move applications seamlessly across various cloud platforms, enabling them to fully utilize cloud infrastructure for diverse data-driven workflows, such as analytics, DevOps, and high-performance computing. Its technology combines elements of cloud services, virtualization, and data communications to create a cohesive storage solution, helping clients adapt to and thrive in the evolving cloud landscape.

GuardiCore

Series B in 2017
GuardiCore Ltd. is a data center and cloud security company founded in 2013 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. The company specializes in providing solutions that enhance the protection of critical applications through improved visibility, micro-segmentation, and real-time threat detection and response. GuardiCore's technologies are designed to identify and mitigate advanced threats within data center networks, enabling enterprises to track and neutralize intruders effectively. By automating breach detection and implementing immediate mitigation measures, the company addresses security challenges in high-traffic virtual environments, ensuring organizations can respond swiftly to illicit activities within their data centers.

Prospera Technologies

Series B in 2017
Prospera Technologies Ltd. specializes in developing computer vision technologies that monitor and analyze plant health, development, and stress. Founded in 2014 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, the company captures various climate and visual data from agricultural fields. Its innovative technology provides growers with actionable insights through mobile and web platforms, enabling them to optimize irrigation and enhance crop health. By combining expertise in computer science, physics, and agronomy with seasoned agri-business leadership, Prospera Technologies aims to transform agricultural practices and improve food production efficiency.

Flashpoint

Series C in 2017
Flashpoint is a leader in risk intelligence, providing organizations with comprehensive coverage of threatening activities on the internet. The company develops actionable threat intelligence and automation software that draws critical data from the deep and dark web. This allows security teams to receive timely alerts when their organization, industry, or stakeholders face increased risks. By partnering with both commercial and government customers, Flashpoint helps them quickly identify and mitigate critical security threats, enhancing their cyber and physical security while addressing issues such as fraud and insider threats.

Worldsensing

Series B in 2017
Worldsensing is a market leader in Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The company has built on its expertise in low-power wireless sensing networks and has created comprehensive vertical solutions in sectors where IoT is making a measurable impact. The company focuses on two key markets: Mobility - a unique smart traffic management portfolio includes Bitcarrier, a real-time traffic flo management solution, and Fastprk, its market-leading smart parking system. Industrial Solutions - offers the LS-G6 platform to monitor key assets in remote or hard-to-access locations. Examples include bridges, tunnels, large public buildings and infrastructures, mines, power lines. Worldsensing raised its round of seed capital in 2010. A series A round was closed in 2013 with Fundación Jose Manuel Entrecanales (FJME) and IESE Business School's Finaves fund as investors. A series B round was completed in 2015, led by FJME, Kibo Ventures and Mitsui & Co. Cisco Ventures and Endeavor also participated in this round. Today, the company has offices in Barcelona and London and has a team of more than 40 professionals. Awards -Fastprk- has won two major awards: the Stockholm Smart City Living Labs Global Award 2011 and the IBM Smart Camp 2010 London Award. -Bitcarrier was IBM Smart Camp Winner (2011), and it has been recognised by Analyst Firm Gartner as "Cool Vendor 2013". -Ignasi Vilajosana, Worldsensing’s CEO, was named the first Spanish Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2014.

Near Pte.

Series C in 2017
Near Pte. Ltd. operates a location-based intelligence platform that delivers real-time insights on places, people, and products. It offers various data and analytical products designed to support data-driven decision-making, such as Allspark, a mobile-first audience cloud solution, and Carbon, which analyzes real-world consumer footprints. The platform processes data from over 1.6 billion monthly users across 44 countries, enabling brands to engage with audiences in a privacy-centric manner. Near serves diverse industries, including automobile, fast food, retail, FMCG, BFSI, technology, travel, and telecommunications. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Singapore, Near has expanded with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Bengaluru, Tokyo, and Sydney. The company collaborates with notable brands such as News Corp, MetLife, and Mastercard, enhancing their customer experiences through its suite of SaaS products.

Gainsight

Series E in 2017
Gainsight’s customer success technology helps businesses retain customers and drive company growth. Its innovative customer-centric technology is driving the future of customer success. The company’s customer cloud offers a powerful set of solutions focused on customer success, product experience, revenue optimization, customer experience, and customer data, that together enable businesses to put the customer at the center of everything they do. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Actility

Series D in 2017
Actility is an industry leader in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN). ThingPark by Actility offers a carrier-grade IoT platform, with a growing ecosystem of partners; low-power, long-range wireless networks for sensors and devices; an operating system and middleware that enables web applications to connect seamlessly with data from different sensors; and a B2B e-commerce market featuring tested and approved IoT device, connectivity, and application partners. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance™.

Cohesity

Series C in 2017
Cohesity, Inc. specializes in hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that help large organizations consolidate, protect, and manage non-mission-critical data. The company offers a web-scale platform known as DataPlatform, which eliminates secondary storage silos and streamlines data workflows. Its DataProtect solution integrates various data protection functions, including backup, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, Cohesity provides Cohesity Orion 5.0, a platform for end-to-end data protection and big data storage, alongside management tools like Cohesity Helios, which allows users to monitor and manage their secondary data efficiently. The company's offerings also encompass a range of services, including backup and recovery, long-term retention, and support for various data types and applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Cohesity operates globally, serving a diverse clientele that includes many Global 1000 companies.

VeloCloud

Series D in 2017
VeloCloud Networks, Inc. delivers cloud-based software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) solutions aimed at enhancing connectivity for enterprises. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of services, including the Cloud Services Edge appliance for secure connectivity, the VeloCloud Orchestrator for centralized management and real-time monitoring, and the Cloud Service Gateway for optimized access to various applications and data centers. VeloCloud's SD-WAN technology simplifies network deployment and improves performance over private and broadband Internet connections, making it suitable for distributed enterprises. The company's solutions support a variety of sectors, including retail and engineering, and are designed to enable policy-based access to cloud and data center applications. VeloCloud has established partnerships to enhance its offerings and operates as a subsidiary of VMware.

Exabeam

Series C in 2017
Exabeam, Inc. develops a security management platform that enhances the detection and response to cyberattacks and insider threats through advanced user behavior analytics. By collecting and analyzing log data, Exabeam's platform connects user activities across various accounts, devices, and IP addresses to create comprehensive activity timelines. This allows security analysts to identify risky behaviors and respond promptly. The platform employs statistical analysis and baseline profiling to flag suspicious activities and streamline incident response. Exabeam's offerings include Threat Hunter, a security intelligence query tool; a cloud-based Threat Intelligence Service that aggregates threat indicators; and a security data lake for storing critical log data. Additionally, Exabeam Spectrum provides flexible deployment options for its cloud solutions. The company's technologies focus on improving security operations by prioritizing attacker behavior over evolving malware, thus reducing false positive alerts. Founded in 2013, Exabeam is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an additional office in Foster City, California.

EVRYTHNG

Series B in 2017
EVRYTHNG Limited is a platform that connects consumer products to the Internet, enabling the management of real-time data to enhance applications and analytics throughout the product lifecycle. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in New York and San Francisco, the company offers a range of solutions including THNGHUB, a local cloud gateway software, and tools for consumer engagement, brand protection, inventory management, product registration, and reordering. These solutions allow consumer electronics and home appliance manufacturers to enable their products for mobile control and provide digital engagement through smart labels and packaging. By managing billions of intelligent identities in the cloud, EVRYTHNG empowers brands to deliver direct digital services to consumers, optimize supply chains with real-time insights, and integrate their products within a broader ecosystem of applications and services across various industries such as electronics, apparel, food and beverages, and health.

Altiostar

Venture Round in 2017
Altiostar Networks, Inc. specializes in designing and developing solutions for mobile network operators, focusing on enhancing LTE network coverage and capacity. The company offers a range of products, including macro iRRH radios suitable for various outdoor environments and small cell iRRHs aimed at improving network capacity in densely populated urban areas. Altiostar's innovative approach includes software that supports open interfaces and virtualizes baseband units, facilitating the creation of disaggregated, multi-vendor, cloud-native mobile networks. Founded in 2011 and based in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, Altiostar aims to enhance communication experiences while reducing technology costs for its clients.

Alchemist Accelerator

Venture Round in 2017
Alchemist Accelerator is a San Francisco-based accelerator that specializes in nurturing seed-stage startups focused primarily on enterprise solutions. Founded in 2013, it runs six-month programs that accept 13 startups every four months, providing seed funding typically around $36,000. The accelerator emphasizes teams with distinctive technical co-founders and offers a structured pathway for startups to gain traction, secure additional funding, and benefit from mentorship and community support. Alchemist Accelerator is known for its strong backing from prominent corporate and venture capital firms, including Cisco and Khosla Ventures, and it aims to accelerate around 75 enterprise-focused ventures each year. Notable alumni include companies like LaunchDarkly and Rigetti Quantum Computing.

Helpshift

Series B in 2016
Helpshift, Inc. is a provider of mobile customer service software that focuses on enhancing customer support for businesses in the mobile era. Established in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Helpshift offers a comprehensive support platform designed for both mobile and web applications. Its features include in-app FAQs, chat functionality, a CRM ticketing system, and tools for conducting in-app campaigns and surveys. The platform allows businesses to deliver a seamless in-app help experience, automating up to 90% of user inquiries through the use of bots, which enhances response times and reduces operational costs. Helpshift serves a significant number of leading brands, including Supercell, Tencent, and Microsoft, and is installed on two billion devices globally, reaching over 820 million active consumers each month. The company aims to bridge the gap between traditional customer service methods and the preferences of a mobile-first consumer base.

Paxata

Series D in 2016
Paxata, Inc. provides adaptive data preparation platform that delivers raw data to ready data for business analysts in the United States and internationally. Its platform enables users to connect, explore, transform, and combine data on their own or work with peers in a shared and transparent environment as they shape data for analytics. The company also provides Data Time Machine, a cloud-based data governance solution that provides security, versioning, and usage visibility; and Adaptive Information Platform, a self-service information platform for Microsoft Azure. Paxata, Inc. has a strategic relationship with Cisco. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California. As of December 12, 2019, Paxata, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of DataRobot, Inc.

Mist Systems

Series B in 2016
Mist Systems, Inc. specializes in transforming indoor Wi-Fi experiences through an AI-driven wireless platform. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, the company employs real-time data analytics, signal processing, and machine learning to enhance network performance. Its offerings include cloud-managed access points and various subscription services, such as Wi-Fi assurance, Marvis virtual assistant, user engagement, and asset visibility. Mist Systems serves multiple industries, including retail, education, digital workplaces, and healthcare, by enabling enterprises to deliver reliable and measurable wireless services without the need for battery-powered beacons. The company operates as a subsidiary of Juniper Networks, Inc. and has additional offices in Austin and San Francisco, Texas.

CloudCherry

Series A in 2016
CloudCherry is the next generation Experience Management platform that is disrupting the way organizations listen to the Voice of Customer. Through CloudCherry’s flexible, customizable, self-serve solution, businesses today can be present at every step of today’s complex customer journeys, and listen to customers through a variety of ways. Today, leading global organizations deploy and scale their experience management program with CloudCherry quicker than any other solution. The product offers out-of-the-box integrations with existing business applications, delivers predictive, prescriptive insights that enable business leaders to better understand customer needs, and derive tangible business outcomes that can help drive true ROI. CloudCherry is based out of Salt Lake City, with offices in Singapore, India & Dubai. The company is backed by Vertex Ventures, CISCO Investments & IDG Ventures India, The Chennai Angels & Capillary Technologies.

CTERA

Series C in 2016
CTERA Networks Ltd. specializes in providing a private cloud storage platform that enables organizations to manage their data securely and efficiently. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Petah Tikvah, Israel, the company offers a range of services including branch storage modernization, endpoint backup, cloud transformation, and ransomware recovery. Its Enterprise File Services Platform allows enterprises to store, sync, share, protect, and govern data across various endpoints and remote offices. CTERA's solutions, such as the CTERA Edge Filer and CTERA Drive, facilitate secure file access and collaboration, catering to industries like financial services, healthcare, and media. The company has established strategic partnerships with prominent technology firms, enhancing its service offerings. CTERA is recognized for its role in enabling modern remote work environments and is trusted by Fortune 100 companies and leading service providers worldwide.

PubNub

Venture Round in 2016
PubNub, Inc. is a provider of a Data Stream Network that enables developers to create real-time applications efficiently and at scale. Established in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a suite of solutions, including a Realtime Communication Platform and PubNub Chat, which allows users to manage chat functionalities. PubNub's technology supports various industries such as healthcare, gaming, social and entertainment, rideshare, taxi and food delivery, fleet tracking, e-learning, IoT, IT/DevOps, and marketplaces. With over 70 software development kits (SDKs) and rapid data transfer times, PubNub's infrastructure allows for seamless connectivity and management of real-time applications and IoT devices across the globe.
Customer Analytics Technologies Inc. specializes in the development of Cloudcherry, a cloud-based customer experience management and feedback software designed for both large enterprises and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The platform aims to enhance customer engagement by effectively mapping the customer journey across various touchpoints. It offers a suite of features, including customer delight measurement, omnichannel feedback capabilities, real-time notifications, Net Promoter Score (NPS) measurement, and an analytics dashboard. Users can create customizable questionnaires and access actionable insights, all while benefiting from role-based user management. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including banking, financial services, retail, hospitality, healthcare, and education. Founded in 2014, Customer Analytics Technologies Inc. is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, with additional offices in Bengaluru, India; Singapore; and Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

GuardiCore

Series B in 2016
GuardiCore Ltd. is a data center and cloud security company founded in 2013 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. The company specializes in providing solutions that enhance the protection of critical applications through improved visibility, micro-segmentation, and real-time threat detection and response. GuardiCore's technologies are designed to identify and mitigate advanced threats within data center networks, enabling enterprises to track and neutralize intruders effectively. By automating breach detection and implementing immediate mitigation measures, the company addresses security challenges in high-traffic virtual environments, ensuring organizations can respond swiftly to illicit activities within their data centers.
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