Point is a home equity platform that helps homeowners access equity financing in exchange for a fractional share of the future value of their homes. With a Home Equity Investment, homeowners can eliminate debt, get through periods of financial hardship, and diversify their wealth. For investors, Point provides access to a previously untapped asset class in the residential real estate space.
Pavilion Data Systems is redefining storage to put real-time performance at scale within reach of all. Pavilion provides unmatched storage performance and density, without the cost and complexity of legacy all flash arrays (AFAs). Pavilion provides consistent, predictable performance across the fabric with ultra-low latency and linear scalability. Pavilion has disrupted the enterprise storage landscape with its innovative architecture and software and is pulling the industry into a new category of storage appliances: Hyperparallel Flash Arrays. Hyperparallel Flash Arrays utilize multiple controllers within a single system and leverage the parallelism of flash to go beyond the limitations of legacy, dual controller AFAs, delivering breakthrough performance and value. Pavilion is the leader of this new “Third wave” of storage with the largest deployments and most deployments because the customer need for ever-increasing data throughput continues to expand. Pavilion Data Systems brings together experienced technology professionals with expertise in storage system architecture, network switch design, dense micro-server architectures, and solid-state storage technology to deliver a ground-breaking storage system design that is purpose-built to take advantage of memory-class media available both today and in the future.
Algolia is the search-as-a-service platform that enables companies of all sizes to deliver fast and relevant digital experiences that drive real results. With Algolia, consumers can easily find and discover what they want across the web, mobile, and voice. Algolia allows developers and business teams to build and optimize delightful search and discovery experiences that increase online engagement, conversion rates, and revenue.
Vectra AI develops an AI-driven integrated attack signal for threat detection and response. It empowers hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises to see and stop advanced attacks before they become breaches. The company assists SOC analysts in turning the tables on attackers by applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to the problem of finding attack signals.
Rec Room is an augmented and virtual reality software company that operates in the technology industry. They share a passion for VR, AR, social, and multiplayer experiences.
Innovium was founded with a focus on developing and deploying advanced technology that successfully addresses the most challenging issues facing data centers. As a technology-driven company, they pride themselves on creating leading-edge innovation that aims to shatter generally accepted limits, delivering breakthrough results for their customers. The company is backed by leading venture capital firms including Greylock Partners, Walden Riverwood, Capricorn Investment Group, Qualcomm Ventures, S-Cubed Capital, and Redline Capital.
Algolia is the search-as-a-service platform that enables companies of all sizes to deliver fast and relevant digital experiences that drive real results. With Algolia, consumers can easily find and discover what they want across the web, mobile, and voice. Algolia allows developers and business teams to build and optimize delightful search and discovery experiences that increase online engagement, conversion rates, and revenue.
Pavilion Data Systems is redefining storage to put real-time performance at scale within reach of all. Pavilion provides unmatched storage performance and density, without the cost and complexity of legacy all flash arrays (AFAs). Pavilion provides consistent, predictable performance across the fabric with ultra-low latency and linear scalability. Pavilion has disrupted the enterprise storage landscape with its innovative architecture and software and is pulling the industry into a new category of storage appliances: Hyperparallel Flash Arrays. Hyperparallel Flash Arrays utilize multiple controllers within a single system and leverage the parallelism of flash to go beyond the limitations of legacy, dual controller AFAs, delivering breakthrough performance and value. Pavilion is the leader of this new “Third wave” of storage with the largest deployments and most deployments because the customer need for ever-increasing data throughput continues to expand. Pavilion Data Systems brings together experienced technology professionals with expertise in storage system architecture, network switch design, dense micro-server architectures, and solid-state storage technology to deliver a ground-breaking storage system design that is purpose-built to take advantage of memory-class media available both today and in the future.
TrustArc specializes in privacy compliance and data protection. They focus on building and maturing privacy programs and enabling continuous compliance, information governance, and data security. Their solutions include customer consent, preference, privacy strategy and operations, privacy insights, and managed services.
Rec Room is an augmented and virtual reality software company that operates in the technology industry. They share a passion for VR, AR, social, and multiplayer experiences.
Drop is a product company that uniquely uses data and insights from enthusiasts to create and curate innovative products that fuel passion. With new, diverse products featured every day, Drop empowers people across the globe to find and follow their interests, learn, share, shop, and participate in product development. Popular Drop categories include audio, tech, apparel, outdoors, and cooking. Founded in 2012, Drop is home to 7 million members. Drop is available on Drop.com and the Drop app.
Point is a home equity platform that helps homeowners access equity financing in exchange for a fractional share of the future value of their homes. With a Home Equity Investment, homeowners can eliminate debt, get through periods of financial hardship, and diversify their wealth. For investors, Point provides access to a previously untapped asset class in the residential real estate space.
The crew is a communications app that keeps everyone on the same page about everything work-related. The crew gives companies and frontline employees a new way to communicate, stay engaged, and be more successful. Unlike collaboration software that has evolved around the needs of office workers, Crew is the first communications app designed specifically for the millions of workers who don’t have ready access to effective communication technology on the job. From store clerks, restaurant managers, coaches, to pharmacists, nurses, and first responders, thousands of teams across every industry use Crew to help their businesses and organizations run more smoothly.
Wonolo (Work Now Locally) is an on-demand staffing platform that is changing the way businesses find talent for their immediate labor needs. Founded in 2014, Wonolo's mission is to help people find consistent work. Through our two-sided tech marketplace, we connect hundreds of businesses in need of front-line workers with 1 million underemployed workers in local markets across the United States, within minutes. Wonolo empowers the in-demand workforce by democratizing access to flexible work, opportunities to learn new skills, a living wage, and comprehensive portable benefits and perks. Backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, DAG Ventures, PivotNorth, Base 10, AMN Healthcare, Wonolo is a rapidly growing tech startup with great traction and growth opportunities. If you are passionate about truly impacting people's lives, building an amazing community of people who want to change the status quo of making work flexible, and disrupting a $140B+ market (contingent labor), we are interested in talking to you! We value hard work, accountability, humility, initiative, and transparency. We live by these values and hire accordingly. Wonolo is a Great Place to Work-Certified company for delivering a consistently high-trust experience for all employees. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We provide equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. Wonolo is a remote-first company with 180+ full-time employees, and quickly scaling our team within the United States and Canada.
Trusted by leading brands, including 12 Fortune 500 enterprises, Numerify's System of Intelligence helps IT organizations plan, build, and run the systems that power more than $500B of commerce and achieve measurable ROI by becoming more efficient and agile while reducing risk and disruptions.
Avi Networks specializes in cloud application services platforms. They provide software load balancers, web applications, and API security solutions. They complete enterprises’ digital transformation with their application services. They also provide automation and insights across data centers and clouds.
ClearStory Data's solution offers a new way for business users to easily discover, analyze and consume data at scale from corporate, web and premium data sources for combined and up-to-date insights. Data sources include relational databases, Hadoop, Web and social application interfaces, and third-party data providers. ClearStory Data's platform modernizes data analysis by introducing a new user model for big data analysis. The platform simplifies access to disparate data sources, automatically manages data harmonization, and enables interactive analysis at scale. With ClearStory's solution, organizations can easily converge data from corporate and third-party sources to make business decisions faster and across distributed teams in ways never before possible.
Vectra AI develops an AI-driven integrated attack signal for threat detection and response. It empowers hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises to see and stop advanced attacks before they become breaches. The company assists SOC analysts in turning the tables on attackers by applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to the problem of finding attack signals.
Wealthfront integrates investing and saving products to help young professionals build long-term wealth in any market condition. Through the power of software, the company delivers high-yield saving, diversified investing, and low-cost loans to help both sophisticated and new investors learn, lower costs, and grow wealth. Wealthfront is one of the highest rated financial apps in the Apple App Store and has been named Best Automated Investment App, Best Overall Robo-Advisor, and Best Robo-Advisor for Goal Planning by Investopedia (2022), Best Cash Management Account and Best Investing App by Bankrate (2023), Best Robo-Advisor for Portfolio Options by NerdWallet (2023), and Best Robo-Advisor for DIY Financial Planning by Forbes (2023). The company currently oversees more than $30 billion for over 500,000 clients in the US.
Provider of on demand drug delivery platform intended to create a better experience for patients at a lower price. Nimble partners with pharmacies nationwide to provide prescription delivery, as well as a mobile app for patients to manage and review prescriptions/orders from their phone.
At Plays.tv, They believe there's a pro in every gamer. They all have highlight-reel moments every time they play — now there's a place for them. See favorite clips shared by your friends and the best players, and relive their most thrilling moments right alongside them.
ClearStory Data's solution offers a new way for business users to easily discover, analyze and consume data at scale from corporate, web and premium data sources for combined and up-to-date insights. Data sources include relational databases, Hadoop, Web and social application interfaces, and third-party data providers. ClearStory Data's platform modernizes data analysis by introducing a new user model for big data analysis. The platform simplifies access to disparate data sources, automatically manages data harmonization, and enables interactive analysis at scale. With ClearStory's solution, organizations can easily converge data from corporate and third-party sources to make business decisions faster and across distributed teams in ways never before possible.
Brighter’s mission is to use technology and consumerism to reinvent health insurance by transforming passive patients into active health care consumers. The Brighter platform seamlessly connects patients, providers and payers to reduce administrative and claims costs while providing members with a powerful, transparent and engaging online and mobile experience. Brighter delivers consumer-driven dental benefits experience for the employees of self-insured companies as well as licenses its Member and Provider Engagement Platforms to large carriers to use within their existing fully-insured and ASO books of business. Brighter has created a new and more empowering approach to health insurance. It transforms patients into smarter consumers of health care by providing them with the fully-integrated online and mobile experience that they have come to expect in every other aspect of their lives - while reducing costs by using technology to leverage transparent, market-driven interactions among plan members and participating providers. Brighter was founded in 2010 by Jake Winebaum and an experienced team of executives from health insurance, enterprise software, and consumer Internet backgrounds. Venture capital firms Benchmark and Mayfield back the company. The teams’ and its Board of Directors’ experience spans UnitedHealth, GE, Uber, OpenTable, and the Walt Disney Company.
ClearStory Data's solution offers a new way for business users to easily discover, analyze and consume data at scale from corporate, web and premium data sources for combined and up-to-date insights. Data sources include relational databases, Hadoop, Web and social application interfaces, and third-party data providers. ClearStory Data's platform modernizes data analysis by introducing a new user model for big data analysis. The platform simplifies access to disparate data sources, automatically manages data harmonization, and enables interactive analysis at scale. With ClearStory's solution, organizations can easily converge data from corporate and third-party sources to make business decisions faster and across distributed teams in ways never before possible.
ARMO Biosciences is a biotechnology company that develops immune modulatory biologic therapeutics. The company is based in Redwood City, California.
Avi Networks specializes in cloud application services platforms. They provide software load balancers, web applications, and API security solutions. They complete enterprises’ digital transformation with their application services. They also provide automation and insights across data centers and clouds.
Vectra AI develops an AI-driven integrated attack signal for threat detection and response. It empowers hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises to see and stop advanced attacks before they become breaches. The company assists SOC analysts in turning the tables on attackers by applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to the problem of finding attack signals.
Origami Logic is a marketing analytics company that helps teams master their marketing performance by letting them see what’s working and what’s not, so they can optimize their efforts. Thousands of marketers and global brands like P&G, HP, JCPenney, Intel, and Omni Hotels, trust Origami Logic to help them unify and refine their vast array of marketing data, across every channel and platform, and let them search and organize it in real-time, in whatever way makes sense to them, so they can better understand their marketing efforts and improve their overall impact. Origami is funded by top-tier investors Accel Partners, Icon Ventures, NextWorld Capital, DAG Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Agrivida creates an enzyme solution to improve poultry and swine nutrition. GRAINZYME technology from Agrivida is an innovative platform that produces enzymes inside a corn kernel. By simply replacing a small amount of corn, it is a natural, convenient, and profitable way to introduce beneficial enzymes such as phytase, glucanase, and other enzymes into animal diets.
Beamreach Solar is developing high-efficiency, low-cost, crystalline silicon solar cells and modules for photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation.
GreenRoad, a global leader in driver behavior technology, provides highly effective fleet driver safety and compliance solutions. Currently used by more than 100,000 drivers, the GreenRoad solution employs advanced real-time, in-vehicle feedback and change management methodologies to promote meaningful, lasting change in driver behavior. In addition, GreenRoad’s data-based predictive analytics give fleet managers the information they need to optimize overall fleet management. As proven by deployments with hundreds of customers in the bus & fleet, utilities, logistics, oil & gas, construction and other industries, the GreenRoad solution improves safety, minimizes operational costs, reduces risk and enhances compliance.
Birst is the world’s most advanced networked business analytics platform. Organizations can now achieve a new level of trusted insight and decision making by connecting their data and people via a network of analytics services. Birst scales from individuals to the enterprise in a manner that is smarter, more connected, and more scalable than any previous analytics and business intelligence platform. Learn more at www.birst.com and join the conversation @BirstBI.
Bloom Energy is changing the way the world generates and consumes energy. Their unique on-site power generation systems utilize an innovative new fuel cell technology with roots in NASA's Mars program. Derived from a common sand-like powder, and leveraging breakthrough advances in materials science, Their technology is able to produce clean, reliable, affordable power,... practically anywhere,... from a wide range of renewable or traditional fuels. Their Energy Servers™ are among the most efficient energy generators on the planet; providing for significantly reduced electricity costs and dramatically lower greenhouse gas emissions. By generating power on-site, where it is consumed, Bloom Energy offers increased electrical reliability and improved energy security, providing a clear path to energy independence. Founded in 2001, Bloom Energy is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Agrivida creates an enzyme solution to improve poultry and swine nutrition. GRAINZYME technology from Agrivida is an innovative platform that produces enzymes inside a corn kernel. By simply replacing a small amount of corn, it is a natural, convenient, and profitable way to introduce beneficial enzymes such as phytase, glucanase, and other enzymes into animal diets.
Quantenna specializes in providing Wi-Fi solutions. Founded in 2006, Quantenna has demonstrated its leadership in Wi-Fi technologies with many industry firsts in the market. Quantenna continues to innovate with the mission to perfect Wi-Fi by establishing benchmarks for speed, range, efficiency, and reliability. Quantenna takes a multidimensional approach, from silicon, a system to software for Wi-Fi networks, and provides solutions for OEMs and service providers worldwide.
DogVacay is an online community that connects pet parents with over 20,000 pet sitters across North America, ready to care for your dog like a member of their family. It's a safe, convenient and affordable way to make sure your best friend is in a loving home while you're away. All reservations include pet insurance, 24/7 customer support, and daily photo updates of your pooch enjoying a "vacay" of his own. With thousands of 5-star reviews and prices that average half the local kennel, you can finally travel with peace of mind.
Gigya's Customer Identity Management Platform helps companies build better customer relationships by turning unknown visitors into known, loyal and engaged customers. With Gigya’s technology, businesses increase registrations and identify customers across devices, consolidate data into rich customer profiles, and provide better service, products and experiences by integrating data into marketing and service applications. Gigya's platform was designed from the ground up for social identities, mobile devices, consumer privacy and modern marketing. Gigya provides developers with the APIs they need to easily build and maintain secure and scalable registration, authentication, profile management, data analytics and third-party integrations. More than 700 of the world’s leading businesses such as Fox, Forbes, and Verizon rely on Gigya to build identity-driven relationships and to provide scalable, secure Customer Identity Management.
Visible Measures is a provider of independent third-party measurement solutions for Internet video publishers and advertisers. Their services help users measure video content consumption and viral distribution. It was established in 2005 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Wealthfront integrates investing and saving products to help young professionals build long-term wealth in any market condition. Through the power of software, the company delivers high-yield saving, diversified investing, and low-cost loans to help both sophisticated and new investors learn, lower costs, and grow wealth. Wealthfront is one of the highest rated financial apps in the Apple App Store and has been named Best Automated Investment App, Best Overall Robo-Advisor, and Best Robo-Advisor for Goal Planning by Investopedia (2022), Best Cash Management Account and Best Investing App by Bankrate (2023), Best Robo-Advisor for Portfolio Options by NerdWallet (2023), and Best Robo-Advisor for DIY Financial Planning by Forbes (2023). The company currently oversees more than $30 billion for over 500,000 clients in the US.
Taulia is a FinTech startup that provides working capital management and electronic invoicing services for supply chain companies. Its platform helps businesses to turn every invoice into a revenue opportunity using their cash or third-party cash to fund early payments, lower the barriers for e-invoicing participation by accepting all forms of electronic invoices without having to charge suppliers, and empower suppliers to be self-sufficient by giving them access to free self-service and management tool.
Beamreach Solar is developing high-efficiency, low-cost, crystalline silicon solar cells and modules for photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation.
mCube is the provider of the world’s smallest MEMS motion sensors, key enablers for the new Internet of Moving Things. As a technology leader, mCube aspires to put a MEMS motion sensor on anything that moves, improving the way consumers live and interact with technology.
ARMO Biosciences is a biotechnology company that develops immune modulatory biologic therapeutics. The company is based in Redwood City, California.
MustBin Inc. operates in the technology sector. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Waban, Massachusetts.
Clarizen is a global leader in collaborative work management software, bringing together cross-company project management, configurable workflow automation, in-context collaboration, and a tailored, role-based experience, all built on a secure, scalable enterprise platform. Clarizen simplifies work, reduces communication overload, and provides extensive visibility at any level of the enterprise, so everyone can work more effectively, adapt to changes, and achieve their objectives.
Private Equity Round in 2014
Amazon One Medical is a members-only technology platform offering an array of concierge medical services. The integration of these elements allows a seamless experience that not only saves the patients time and money but also leads to better health outcomes and happier lives. The company attracts the highest caliber team of healthcare providers, allowing them to practice medicine the way it should be. It makes access to care frictionless with face-to-face virtual video visits available anytime. It allows practicing medicine the way it should be practiced, focusing on improving the patient experience and challenging the healthcare status quo.
Avvo is an online legal marketplace connecting consumers and lawyers. The lawyer directory provides Avvo-rated profiles, client reviews, and peer endorsements for 97% of all lawyers in the U.S., so consumers can find the lawyer who’s right for the needs. Avvo also helps lawyers grow businesses with marketing tools and services including Avvo Ignite, a cloud-based marketing platform designed specifically for attorneys. Avvo was launched in 2007 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.
ClearStory Data's solution offers a new way for business users to easily discover, analyze and consume data at scale from corporate, web and premium data sources for combined and up-to-date insights. Data sources include relational databases, Hadoop, Web and social application interfaces, and third-party data providers. ClearStory Data's platform modernizes data analysis by introducing a new user model for big data analysis. The platform simplifies access to disparate data sources, automatically manages data harmonization, and enables interactive analysis at scale. With ClearStory's solution, organizations can easily converge data from corporate and third-party sources to make business decisions faster and across distributed teams in ways never before possible.
Oorja Fuel Cells (Oorja Protonics) is a global energy company working to enable the methanol economy. It designs, develops, and commercializes Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs) ranging in power from 0.5 to 100 kilowatts that have a wide range of applications across several industries such as telecommunications, vehicles and transportation, distributed energy, and microgrid. The company was founded in 2004 in Silicon Valley and is funded by leading global investors such as Sequoia Capital, Dag Ventures, Artis Capital Management, McKenna Ventures Management, and Mingxin China Growth Fund.
SuVolta, Inc. develops and licenses CMOS semiconductor technologies that significantly reduce the power consumption of integrated circuits (ICs). Excessive power consumption is generally regarded as the biggest challenge in semiconductors today, affecting all product categories – from high-performance servers to mobile phones to portable consumer electronics. The PowerShrink™ platform enables semiconductor companies to cut chip power in half without sacrificing performance, losing functionality, or having to migrate to more advanced – and costly – semiconductor process node.
Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (@Atarabio) is an off-the-shelf, allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy company developing novel treatments for patients with cancer, autoimmune, and viral diseases. Atara’s technology platform leverages research collaborations with leading academic institutions with the Company’s scientific, clinical, regulatory, and manufacturing expertise. Atara’s pipeline includes tab-cel® (tabelecleucel), which is in Phase 3 development for patients with Epstein-Barr virus-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (EBV+ PTLD) as well as in earlier stage development for other EBV-associated hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC); T-cell immunotherapies targeting EBV antigens believed to be important for the potential treatment of multiple sclerosis; and next-generation chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) immunotherapies. The company was founded in 2012 and is co-located in South San Francisco and Southern California. Our Southern California hub is anchored by the state-of-the-art Atara T-cell Operations and Manufacturing (ATOM) facility in Thousand Oaks, California. For additional information about the company, please visit atarabio.com.
Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (@Atarabio) is an off-the-shelf, allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy company developing novel treatments for patients with cancer, autoimmune, and viral diseases. Atara’s technology platform leverages research collaborations with leading academic institutions with the Company’s scientific, clinical, regulatory, and manufacturing expertise. Atara’s pipeline includes tab-cel® (tabelecleucel), which is in Phase 3 development for patients with Epstein-Barr virus-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (EBV+ PTLD) as well as in earlier stage development for other EBV-associated hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC); T-cell immunotherapies targeting EBV antigens believed to be important for the potential treatment of multiple sclerosis; and next-generation chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) immunotherapies. The company was founded in 2012 and is co-located in South San Francisco and Southern California. Our Southern California hub is anchored by the state-of-the-art Atara T-cell Operations and Manufacturing (ATOM) facility in Thousand Oaks, California. For additional information about the company, please visit atarabio.com.
Glassdoor is a job and recruiting sites that operates online jobs and career community. It helps employees, job seekers, employers, and recruiters in finding and sharing information about the companies and jobs that include company reviews, interview questions and reviews, office photos, salary details, and information to make career decisions. Rich Barton, Robert Hohman, and Tim Besse founded June 2007, with its headquarters in Mill Valley in California. Glassdoor operates worldwide.
ARMO Biosciences is a biotechnology company that develops immune modulatory biologic therapeutics. The company is based in Redwood City, California.
Yub is the world’s first offline affiliate network. Yub enables retailers and restaurants to effortlessly track consumers from online clicks through to actual purchases, harnessing the power of the online affiliate model to drive in-store purchases on a massive scale. With no integration or upgrades needed from merchants and simple and easy to use offers for consumers, Yub is on the way to revolutionize the way brick-and-mortar stores reach more shoppers!
MustBin Inc. operates in the technology sector. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Waban, Massachusetts.
Ador is a Seattle-based company that operates a social commerce platform designed for consumers aged 13 to 30. It connects millions of members across 195 countries, enabling them to engage in social networking, entertainment, and shopping while earning rewards in the form of PTZ® points. These points can be redeemed for discounts on various products, including fashion, beauty, home decor, electronics, and entertainment available in the Ador Store. Founded by former technology and retail executive Kathy Savitt, Ador seeks to transform how products and content are discovered and consumed. The company has received backing from notable investors, including Liberty Media Corporation, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures, and Live Nation Entertainment.
DogVacay is an online community that connects pet parents with over 20,000 pet sitters across North America, ready to care for your dog like a member of their family. It's a safe, convenient and affordable way to make sure your best friend is in a loving home while you're away. All reservations include pet insurance, 24/7 customer support, and daily photo updates of your pooch enjoying a "vacay" of his own. With thousands of 5-star reviews and prices that average half the local kennel, you can finally travel with peace of mind.
Gigya's Customer Identity Management Platform helps companies build better customer relationships by turning unknown visitors into known, loyal and engaged customers. With Gigya’s technology, businesses increase registrations and identify customers across devices, consolidate data into rich customer profiles, and provide better service, products and experiences by integrating data into marketing and service applications. Gigya's platform was designed from the ground up for social identities, mobile devices, consumer privacy and modern marketing. Gigya provides developers with the APIs they need to easily build and maintain secure and scalable registration, authentication, profile management, data analytics and third-party integrations. More than 700 of the world’s leading businesses such as Fox, Forbes, and Verizon rely on Gigya to build identity-driven relationships and to provide scalable, secure Customer Identity Management.
Hatch Loyalty is a simple, adaptable platform designed to help retailers and brands build stronger relationships with their customers. More than a loyalty company, Hatch makes insights actionable, enabling a more personalized and meaningful customer experience for retailers of all sizes. The world’s largest retailers and brands have access to the Hatch platform’s full configurability, while small- to medium-sized businesses can access Hatch’s off-the-shelf marketing solution, Belly, which is already an industry-leading solution. Hatch Loyalty is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and received funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Lightbank, NEA, and DAG Ventures.
They are thrilled to announce our new company name: Hatch Loyalty. They believe Hatch represents the evolution, growth and innovation of our company. Belly will continue to thrive as our small business product and support our company mission to empower retailers to build more meaningful relationships with their customers.
Taulia is a FinTech startup that provides working capital management and electronic invoicing services for supply chain companies. Its platform helps businesses to turn every invoice into a revenue opportunity using their cash or third-party cash to fund early payments, lower the barriers for e-invoicing participation by accepting all forms of electronic invoices without having to charge suppliers, and empower suppliers to be self-sufficient by giving them access to free self-service and management tool.
Beamreach Solar is developing high-efficiency, low-cost, crystalline silicon solar cells and modules for photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation.
Birst is the world’s most advanced networked business analytics platform. Organizations can now achieve a new level of trusted insight and decision making by connecting their data and people via a network of analytics services. Birst scales from individuals to the enterprise in a manner that is smarter, more connected, and more scalable than any previous analytics and business intelligence platform. Learn more at www.birst.com and join the conversation @BirstBI.
OptiMedica Corporation is a Silicon Valley-based global ophthalmic device company dedicated to developing performance-driven technologies that improve patient outcomes. The company was founded in 2004 with the vision of bringing innovative new technologies to ophthalmologists and transforming existing standards of care. Since its founding, OptiMedica has been developing a reproducible, noninvasive technique to replace the inconsistent manual steps in cataract surgery with femtosecond laser technology. The system has been designed to deliver new levels of precision, control, performance, and efficacy to cataract surgeons and their patients. OptiMedica has completed clinical trials of its Catalysâ„¢ Precision Laser System, with very promising results reported across these measures. While the Catalys Precision Laser System is not currently for sale in the United States, OptiMedica expects to launch the system in U.S. and international markets in 2011.
Booyah is the market leader in real-world & location–based gaming. The company is founded on the premise that "where you play matters" and creates compelling, innovative mass-market games and entertainment products that have been enjoyed by tens of millions of worldwide. By integrating real-world signals into its portfolio of products, Booyah is more than a games company…literally changing how people play and delivering more personal, more social & more meaningful ways for gamers of all ages to play & interact with their friends & the world around them. Booyah has partnered with leading consumer brands including H&M, Pantene, Olay, Paul Frank, Disney, Subway, Adidas, MTV and others to connect engaged gamers with the products they love. To learn more about advertising & sponsorship opportunities, click here. The company draws its creativity and inspiration from the mobile, consumer web, social and traditional gaming space with a leadership team drawn from the world’s top interactive companies including Electronic Arts, Blizzard Entertainment, Glu Mobile, Crowdstar, LucasArts, Kabam and Insomniac Games. Booyah is financed by Accel Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers’ iFund.
Amazon One Medical is a members-only technology platform offering an array of concierge medical services. The integration of these elements allows a seamless experience that not only saves the patients time and money but also leads to better health outcomes and happier lives. The company attracts the highest caliber team of healthcare providers, allowing them to practice medicine the way it should be. It makes access to care frictionless with face-to-face virtual video visits available anytime. It allows practicing medicine the way it should be practiced, focusing on improving the patient experience and challenging the healthcare status quo.
Nextdoor connects neighbors and to everything nearby: Local businesses, services, news updates, recommendations, and stuff for sale from the people down the block. It believes that bringing neighbors together can cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on. Building connections in the real world is a universal human need. That truth, and the reality that neighborhoods are among the most important communities in our lives, have been guiding principles for Nextdoor since the beginning. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor to tap into their neighborhoods worldwide, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, and Canada, with many more to come. Nextdoor is a privately-held company based in San Francisco with backing from prominent investors including Benchmark, Shasta Ventures, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Riverwood Capital, Bond, Axel Springer, Comcast Ventures, and others. For additional information and images: nextdoor.com/newsroom.
Avnera is a fabless semiconductor firm making highly-integrated application targeted ICs for consumer audio and voice applications. Avnera has deep analog and mixed-signal circuit design expertise, including the know-how to integrate diverse circuit types onto single pieces of silicon. As such, Avnera IC's integrate RF, power management, audio data converters, host interfaces, & programmable DSPs onto low-cost CMOS, enabling very high performance at low total system cost. Avnera IC products target applications in PC accessory audio, iPod accessory audio, home theater, and consumer & enterprise voice. Avnera's list of customers includes names such as Logitech, Creative, Rocketfish, Panasonic, iHome, Vizio, Sanyo, Onkyo, Acoustic Research, Audioengine, Polycom, et al.
Convertro provides clients with actionable spend recommendations that empower them to confidently reallocate marketing from unprofitable sources to more profitable ones. Convertro accomplishes this by means of its algorithmic attribution models that meld marketing cost and conversion data, including in-store, with customer marketing exposures captured at the most granular level. This regression-based system, combined with other proprietary technologies developed in-house, affords extreme flexibility and enables Convertro to generate spend optimizations for all marketing channels that a client may leverage, whether online (PPC, SEO, display, affiliate and social, for example) or offline (such as TV, radio and direct mail). Convertro is based in Santa Monica (California), and maintains offices in New York and Israel.
FireEye is a cyber security company that combines the automation of technology with unparalleled frontline human expertise, including industry-recognized services and nation-state grade threat intelligence. On the front lines of cyber attacks every day, FireEye has unrivaled real-time knowledge of the global threat landscape spanning more than two decades, gathered by hundreds of highly experienced threat researchers, platform engineers, malware analysts, intelligence analysts, and investigators, as well as a global network of best-in-class business partners. This unique understanding of how organizations combat cyber attacks guides the products FireEye builds. Working as a seamless, scalable extension of customer security operations, FireEye offers a unified platform called Helix that integrates and analyzes the data from security assets to offer real answers about the threats that matter. With innovative security technologies, nation-state grade threat intelligence, and world-renowned Mandiant consultants, FireEye eliminates the complexity and burden of cyber security for organizations struggling to prepare for, respond to, and remediate cyber attacks.
Kovio Inc., a privately held Silicon Valley company, is developing a new category of semiconductor products using printed silicon electronics and thin film technology. This new manufacturing technology combines the low cost of graphics printing with the power and functionality of silicon-based semiconductors. The company was founded in the MIT Media Laboratory.
Glassdoor is a job and recruiting sites that operates online jobs and career community. It helps employees, job seekers, employers, and recruiters in finding and sharing information about the companies and jobs that include company reviews, interview questions and reviews, office photos, salary details, and information to make career decisions. Rich Barton, Robert Hohman, and Tim Besse founded June 2007, with its headquarters in Mill Valley in California. Glassdoor operates worldwide.
Built from an open source heritage, Pentaho’s unified data integration and analytics platform is comprehensive, completely embeddable and delivers governed analytics with any data in any environment. Our mission is to help organizations across multiple industries harness the value from all their data, including big data, allowing them to find new revenue streams, operate more efficiently, deliver outstanding service and minimize risk. Over 1,200 Enterprise customers such as Luftansa, Halliburton, NASDAQ, ABN-Amro Marketo, and EMC turn to Pentaho for analytics that work. For a free evaluation, download Pentaho Business Analytics at pentaho.com/get-started. * Recognized leader in big data, business analytics & data integration * Subscription-based business model * Critical mass achieved: * Over 1,200 commercial customers * Over 10,000 production deployments * Over 185 countries * Stewardship of most important open source analytics projects such as Kettle, Weka and Mondrian
Ador is a Seattle-based company that operates a social commerce platform designed for consumers aged 13 to 30. It connects millions of members across 195 countries, enabling them to engage in social networking, entertainment, and shopping while earning rewards in the form of PTZ® points. These points can be redeemed for discounts on various products, including fashion, beauty, home decor, electronics, and entertainment available in the Ador Store. Founded by former technology and retail executive Kathy Savitt, Ador seeks to transform how products and content are discovered and consumed. The company has received backing from notable investors, including Liberty Media Corporation, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures, and Live Nation Entertainment.
Agrivida creates an enzyme solution to improve poultry and swine nutrition. GRAINZYME technology from Agrivida is an innovative platform that produces enzymes inside a corn kernel. By simply replacing a small amount of corn, it is a natural, convenient, and profitable way to introduce beneficial enzymes such as phytase, glucanase, and other enzymes into animal diets.
DisplayLink develops hardware and software solutions to enable easy connectivity between monitors, virtual reality HMDs and computing devices over standard interfaces such as USB, Ethernet, and wireless networks. DisplayLink’s enterprise technology increases productivity and ease-of-use in the multi-display workspace and is deployed to millions of users through globally branded PC products. DisplayLink’s XR solution enables a fully immersive, cable-free experience for virtual reality users.
Private Equity Round in 2012
CardioDx is a cardiovascular genomic diagnostics company located in Palo Alto, CA. CardioDx develops clinically validated genomic tests to aid in assessing and tailoring care of individuals with cardiovascular disease, including coronary artery disease (CAD), cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failures.
AOptix Technologies, Inc. develops free space optical communications and iris biometrics based identification solutions for government and commercial markets. It offers advanced biometric iris recognition systems and ultra-high bandwidth laser communication solutions. Its products are used in advanced biometrics applications, such as border security, national and regional ID cards, aviation security, governmental and commercial access control, and law enforcement; defense applications, including network-centric operation and ground and air nodes; and commercial applications comprising outdoor sporting event remotes, wireless ad-hoc networks, and wireless breakthrough delivers uncompressed HD video.
Visible Measures is a provider of independent third-party measurement solutions for Internet video publishers and advertisers. Their services help users measure video content consumption and viral distribution. It was established in 2005 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Picarro's singular mission is to produce the world's highest performance and easiest to use gas analyzers. Our analyzers serve a wide variety of markets including atmospheric science, greenhouse gas measurement, air quality, food safety, hydrology, biomaterials testing, ecology, environmental justice, semi-conductor, industrial process gas measurement, and landfill gas measurement. With ppt sensitivity to %-level measurements, months or years of calibration-free operation, and a quick and easy set-up, this incredibly rare combination of attributes enables our customers to make the highest quality measurements both in the modern lab and in the most remote locations imaginable. Every possible source of industrial and municipal emissions are subject to increasing regulation either for worker safety, to improve air quality, or as part of larger state, national and international greenhouse gas reduction strategies and protocols. Regardless of whether the customer is an expert scientist who values performance foremost, an engineer who demands quality and uptime from a solution, or a field technician who values simple installation and little maintenance, Picarro analyzers are the emerging standard. Based on technology originally licensed from Stanford University and further strengthened by 9 additional Picarro patents, our CRDS analyzers offer unprecedented sensitivity, selectivity and stability all in an elegantly simple, turnkey design. All Picarro products are produced through a world-class manufacturing process that ensures rock-solid reliability. Picarro is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Inspirato is an innovative luxury travel subscription company that provides affluent travellers access to a managed and controlled portfolio of hand-selected vacation options, delivered through a subscription model to ensure the service and certainty that affluent customers demand. The Inspirato Collection includes branded luxury vacation homes available exclusively to subscribers and guests, accommodations at five-star hotel and resort partners, and custom travel experiences. In 2019, Inspirato improved travel by introducing the Inspirato Pass, a luxury travel subscription inclusive of nightly rates, taxes, and fees.
Gigya's Customer Identity Management Platform helps companies build better customer relationships by turning unknown visitors into known, loyal and engaged customers. With Gigya’s technology, businesses increase registrations and identify customers across devices, consolidate data into rich customer profiles, and provide better service, products and experiences by integrating data into marketing and service applications. Gigya's platform was designed from the ground up for social identities, mobile devices, consumer privacy and modern marketing. Gigya provides developers with the APIs they need to easily build and maintain secure and scalable registration, authentication, profile management, data analytics and third-party integrations. More than 700 of the world’s leading businesses such as Fox, Forbes, and Verizon rely on Gigya to build identity-driven relationships and to provide scalable, secure Customer Identity Management.
Clarizen is a global leader in collaborative work management software, bringing together cross-company project management, configurable workflow automation, in-context collaboration, and a tailored, role-based experience, all built on a secure, scalable enterprise platform. Clarizen simplifies work, reduces communication overload, and provides extensive visibility at any level of the enterprise, so everyone can work more effectively, adapt to changes, and achieve their objectives.
Birst is the world’s most advanced networked business analytics platform. Organizations can now achieve a new level of trusted insight and decision making by connecting their data and people via a network of analytics services. Birst scales from individuals to the enterprise in a manner that is smarter, more connected, and more scalable than any previous analytics and business intelligence platform. Learn more at www.birst.com and join the conversation @BirstBI.
Private Equity Round in 2012
Quantenna specializes in providing Wi-Fi solutions. Founded in 2006, Quantenna has demonstrated its leadership in Wi-Fi technologies with many industry firsts in the market. Quantenna continues to innovate with the mission to perfect Wi-Fi by establishing benchmarks for speed, range, efficiency, and reliability. Quantenna takes a multidimensional approach, from silicon, a system to software for Wi-Fi networks, and provides solutions for OEMs and service providers worldwide.
Harvest enables communities to produce renewable energy and high-value soil, mulch and organic fertilizer products from organic materials. The company harnesses the full potential of organic materials by recycling energy and nutrients back into local communities through its energy gardens and its production of nutrient-rich soils, mulches and fertilizers. Harvest owns and operates facilities throughout North America in British Columbia, Ontario, California and throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest states and Northeastern US.
Boku Identity is the industry's end-to-end identity verification solution. By combining identity verification and authentication capabilities with the Boku Platform, which aggregates and harmonizes mobile network operator systems across 58 countries worldwide, Boku Identity helps global enterprises across multiple industries effectively reduce identity fraud, drive conversions, ensure compliance, and deliver a superior customer experience. Boku Identity’s privacy-by-design and tokenized identity architecture enables these businesses to onboard and service their customers worldwide while maintaining security and preserving user privacy.
Pinger makes texting and talking free. Their market-leading communications products have been downloaded by millions of iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android users around the world. Pinger is loaded with inventive people who enjoy creating consumer products and services that make a difference in people's lives. Pinger has a proven management team and is funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and DAG Ventures. They are located in downtown San Jose. For more information, visit [www.pinger.com](http://www.pinger.com).
Marin Software’s (NASDAQ: MRIN) mission is to give digital advertisers and agencies the power to optimize their paid marketing programs. MarinOne provides a unified platform for search, social, and eCommerce advertising. We help digital marketers convert precise audiences, win new customers, and make better decisions. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices worldwide, Marin Software’s platform powers marketing campaigns around the globe. For more information about us, please visit www.marinsoftware.com.
TrialPay enables customers to pay for one item by trying or buying something else. Their system is used by merchants like Skype to provide users with free trials in exchange for participating in deals from their advertising partners.
TrustArc specializes in privacy compliance and data protection. They focus on building and maturing privacy programs and enabling continuous compliance, information governance, and data security. Their solutions include customer consent, preference, privacy strategy and operations, privacy insights, and managed services.
Polyvore is a shopping site and app where you can give and get styling ideas from one of the world's largest style community. Polyvore's global community has created over 150 million collage-like “sets” that are shared across the web. Polyvore disrupts the traditional e-commerce model by giving everyone everywhere a voice in shaping today's trends and influencing purchases. Polyvore's savvy community is ahead of the curve, predicting trends before they hit the mainstream. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Polyvore is funded by Benchmark Capital, Matrix Partners, DAG Ventures, Goldman Sachs and NV Investments (Vivi Nevo).
Lithium builds trusted relationships between the world’s best brands and their customers, helping people get answers and share their experiences. Brands like Microsoft, HP, Sephora, Virgin and Barclaycard and customers in more than 34 countries rely on Lithium to help them connect, engage, and understand their total community. With more than 100 million monthly visits over all Lithium communities and 750 million online profiles scored by Klout, Lithium has one of the largest digital footprints in the world. Using that data and the company’s software, Lithium customers boost sales, reduce service costs, spark innovation, and build long-term brand loyalty and advocacy.
SuVolta, Inc. develops and licenses CMOS semiconductor technologies that significantly reduce the power consumption of integrated circuits (ICs). Excessive power consumption is generally regarded as the biggest challenge in semiconductors today, affecting all product categories – from high-performance servers to mobile phones to portable consumer electronics. The PowerShrink™ platform enables semiconductor companies to cut chip power in half without sacrificing performance, losing functionality, or having to migrate to more advanced – and costly – semiconductor process node.
New Relic is a digital intelligence company that delivers full-stack visibility and analytics with more than 14,000 paid business accounts. The New Relic digital intelligence platform provides actionable insights to drive digital business results. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
DisplayLink develops hardware and software solutions to enable easy connectivity between monitors, virtual reality HMDs and computing devices over standard interfaces such as USB, Ethernet, and wireless networks. DisplayLink’s enterprise technology increases productivity and ease-of-use in the multi-display workspace and is deployed to millions of users through globally branded PC products. DisplayLink’s XR solution enables a fully immersive, cable-free experience for virtual reality users.
Visible Measures is a provider of independent third-party measurement solutions for Internet video publishers and advertisers. Their services help users measure video content consumption and viral distribution. It was established in 2005 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Grubhub is an online platform that allows users to find and order food from local restaurants for delivery or pickup. It provides a wide variety of meal options, including snacks and groceries, while offering tools for restaurant owners to reach more customers.
Bloom Energy is changing the way the world generates and consumes energy. Their unique on-site power generation systems utilize an innovative new fuel cell technology with roots in NASA's Mars program. Derived from a common sand-like powder, and leveraging breakthrough advances in materials science, Their technology is able to produce clean, reliable, affordable power,... practically anywhere,... from a wide range of renewable or traditional fuels. Their Energy Servers™ are among the most efficient energy generators on the planet; providing for significantly reduced electricity costs and dramatically lower greenhouse gas emissions. By generating power on-site, where it is consumed, Bloom Energy offers increased electrical reliability and improved energy security, providing a clear path to energy independence. Founded in 2001, Bloom Energy is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.