Dawntreader Ventures

Dawntreader Ventures is a private equity and venture capital investment firm that specializes in seed and early-stage investments. Founded in 1998 by Ed Sim, the firm focuses on software, internet, and digital media companies, particularly those in emerging-market sectors. Based in Southport, Connecticut, Dawntreader Ventures seeks to take board representation in its portfolio companies to actively support their growth and development.

20 past transactions

Xora

Venture Round in 2009
Xora is a global leader in mobile business applications. Our flagship solution is a suite of configurable cloud-based apps that help mobile businesses and their field employees work faster and smarter. Our apps turn any mobile device into powerful productivity and data collection tools. Our management application processes and reports data that can be used to make decisions that improve field operations. All of our solutions can be integrated with back-office systems and other applications to automate business processes and eliminate manual paperwork. More than 16,000 organizations rely on Xora every day to save money and grow their businesses. For more information, visit us at http://www.xora.com.

Peer39

Series C in 2009
Peer39 Tech, LLC specializes in AI-driven contextual targeting, fraud detection, and reporting tools for digital advertising. Founded in 2006 and based in New York, the company harnesses natural language processing and machine learning to analyze web content, providing a comprehensive suite of page-level intelligence products that can be utilized across various demand-side platforms (DSPs). Peer39's offerings include intelligent page-level analysis, a keyword suggestion engine, and tools for category availability and volume prediction. Notably, the company has pioneered pre-bid, non-cookie-based data solutions, encompassing semantic contextual categories, brand safety, and page quality. By delivering relevant and reliable data, Peer39 enables brands and advertisers to enhance campaign performance and protect their media investments while ensuring the targeting of suitable and quality inventory.

Visible World

Series C in 2008
Visible World, Inc. specializes in cloud-based television advertising solutions, offering automated tools for targeting, selling, and managing impression-based ad campaigns. Its HighYield platform includes features such as automated creative versioning, a sales portal for proposal optimization, and ad allocation that maximizes relevant impressions according to campaign goals. The platform also facilitates household addressable campaigns and measures ad performance using data from smart TVs. Additionally, it provides services to tag advertisements with specific cable zone information and enables the buying and selling of TV ad inventory. Serving a diverse clientele that includes advertisers, marketers, agencies, and networks, Visible World enhances ad relevance and engagement by leveraging data-driven conditions like geography and programming. Founded in 2000 and based in New York, Visible World operates as a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Greenplum Software

Series C in 2008
Greenplum, Inc. is a data warehousing company that specializes in developing database software designed for business intelligence and data warehousing applications. The company's flagship product, Greenplum Database, is tailored to handle multi-terabyte data warehousing requirements, making it suitable for large-scale data operations. Additionally, Greenplum Network serves as a customer and partner portal, providing instant download access to its database products. The company primarily targets clients in the telecommunications and banking sectors, addressing their specific data management and analytics needs.

Peer39

Series B in 2007
Peer39 Tech, LLC specializes in AI-driven contextual targeting, fraud detection, and reporting tools for digital advertising. Founded in 2006 and based in New York, the company harnesses natural language processing and machine learning to analyze web content, providing a comprehensive suite of page-level intelligence products that can be utilized across various demand-side platforms (DSPs). Peer39's offerings include intelligent page-level analysis, a keyword suggestion engine, and tools for category availability and volume prediction. Notably, the company has pioneered pre-bid, non-cookie-based data solutions, encompassing semantic contextual categories, brand safety, and page quality. By delivering relevant and reliable data, Peer39 enables brands and advertisers to enhance campaign performance and protect their media investments while ensuring the targeting of suitable and quality inventory.

Greenplum Software

Series B in 2007
Greenplum, Inc. is a data warehousing company that specializes in developing database software designed for business intelligence and data warehousing applications. The company's flagship product, Greenplum Database, is tailored to handle multi-terabyte data warehousing requirements, making it suitable for large-scale data operations. Additionally, Greenplum Network serves as a customer and partner portal, providing instant download access to its database products. The company primarily targets clients in the telecommunications and banking sectors, addressing their specific data management and analytics needs.

Peer39

Series A in 2007
Peer39 Tech, LLC specializes in AI-driven contextual targeting, fraud detection, and reporting tools for digital advertising. Founded in 2006 and based in New York, the company harnesses natural language processing and machine learning to analyze web content, providing a comprehensive suite of page-level intelligence products that can be utilized across various demand-side platforms (DSPs). Peer39's offerings include intelligent page-level analysis, a keyword suggestion engine, and tools for category availability and volume prediction. Notably, the company has pioneered pre-bid, non-cookie-based data solutions, encompassing semantic contextual categories, brand safety, and page quality. By delivering relevant and reliable data, Peer39 enables brands and advertisers to enhance campaign performance and protect their media investments while ensuring the targeting of suitable and quality inventory.

Greenplum Software

Series A in 2006
Greenplum, Inc. is a data warehousing company that specializes in developing database software designed for business intelligence and data warehousing applications. The company's flagship product, Greenplum Database, is tailored to handle multi-terabyte data warehousing requirements, making it suitable for large-scale data operations. Additionally, Greenplum Network serves as a customer and partner portal, providing instant download access to its database products. The company primarily targets clients in the telecommunications and banking sectors, addressing their specific data management and analytics needs.

SIPphone

Venture Round in 2006
SIPphone is a San Diego based voice over IP (VOIP) that provides a free dial tone service for any SIP based software or hardware device complete with customizable voicemail. They provide free VOIP Gizmo Project software at http://gizmoproject.com for Macintosh, Microsoft Windows and Linux computers which enable high quality free calling and IM worldwide using any internet connected computer. SIPphone is a founding member of IM Federation (IMfederation.com) promoting interconnects with all networks and currently connects with Google's Google Talk and more than a hundred other networks.

Gizmofive

Series A in 2006
Gizmofive offers a VoIP application that enables its users to make multiple phone calls, message, and create chat groups through the internet. It is able to provide its customers with services of an answering machine and enables them to check their call history and missed calls. Gizmofive was founded in April 2003 and is based in San Diego, California.

Perfect Commerce

Venture Round in 2005
Perfect Commerce is a provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) spend management solutions and an open supplier network designed for small and medium-sized organizations. The company offers a range of solutions, including PerfectSource, which focuses on effective supply management; PerfectProcure, which manages the procure-to-pay process; and PerfectShop, which enhances visibility of approved goods and services. Additionally, Perfect Commerce features PerfectServices, a sourcing solution that identifies organizational needs and analyzes spending data to create tailored business solutions. The company also operates an Open Supplier Network, facilitating B2B transactions between buyers and suppliers. Its services cater to various industries, including chemicals, retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, food products, education, manufacturing, technology, and transportation.

Harbour Networks Holdings

Series C in 2005
Harbour Networks Holdings was acquired by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. The company provides Internet protocol-based networking equipment. The company offers Ethernet switches, IP core and edge routers, broadband access equipment, voice over Internet protocol products, optical transport platforms, and networking and services management software, as well as ADSL/VDSL broadband access equipment and NGN integrated access equipment. It serves telecom carriers, corporations, education and government institutions, government agencies, finance, power, and service industries in China, North America, Japan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Beijing, China. As of September 11, 2006, Harbour Networks Holdings Limited operates as a subsidiary of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

DeepNines Technologies

Venture Round in 2004
DeepNines Technologies specializes in integrated network security solutions aimed at mitigating Internet threats. The company offers a range of products, including the Edge Security Profiler for network monitoring, the Security Edge System for intrusion prevention, and the Security Edge Platform that consolidates various security functions into one unified system. Additionally, DeepNines provides iTrust, a content filtering system that helps administrators manage Internet traffic effectively, Infection Free Networking for network access control, and Internet Content Audit for assessing unwanted traffic on networks. The company's services cater to diverse sectors, including financial services, healthcare, energy, government, education, and small to medium enterprises. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, DeepNines Technologies focuses on delivering granular protection and control over network content, applications, and data.

Tutor.com

Series A in 2004
Tutor.com, Inc. is an online tutoring platform that specializes in providing live, on-demand learning solutions for K-12 and adult learners. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in New York, the company offers personalized, one-on-one tutoring sessions across a wide range of subjects, including math, science, English, social studies, and foreign languages, as well as test preparation for standardized exams like the SAT and ACT. Tutor.com also caters to various educational institutions, including public libraries, schools, community colleges, and U.S. military families, ensuring that its services are accessible to a diverse audience. With a team of over 2,500 professional experts, Tutor.com has delivered millions of tutoring sessions, aiming to enhance educational outcomes and support the academic success of students at all levels. The company operates as a subsidiary of The Princeton Review.

Hollywood Stock Exchange

Venture Round in 2000
Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX) is a site that allows you to trade movie and movie star stocks based on how you think their future performance will be.

Colloquis

Seed Round in 2000
Colloquis created conversation-based interactive customer service agents, distributed via instant messaging platforms. Creator of first bot on AOL Instant Messenger, SmarterChild.

Predict It

Venture Round in 1999
Predict It is the provider of a website that facilitates the prediction of future events. Their platform enables customers to predict appropriately, trade wisely, and make easy money by allowing them to look at the variety of markets that are available on which they can wager money, buy shares for or against an event taking place in various fields such as political and financial, and predict the outcome.

Answers Corporation

Series C in 1999
Answers’ mission is to connect businesses, organizations and consumers with the right answers. The Answers Platform comprises a suite of cloud-based solutions that enable companies to engage their customers throughout the entire customer lifecycle, helping both brands and consumers alike make better-informed decisions about products and services. The key components of the platform - content publisher, customer analytics and advertising solutions via the top-20 comScore site Answers.com - enable brands to engage their customers in dialogue at key moments of their decision-making journey, across multiple channels and devices.

LivePerson

Seed Round in 1999
LivePerson, Inc. is a leader in conversational commerce solutions, providing businesses with tools to engage consumers through its cloud-based platform, LiveEngage. The company operates in two main segments: Business and Consumer. The Business segment helps brands utilize LiveEngage to connect with consumers via an integrated suite of messaging technologies, enhancing customer interactions and experiences. The Consumer segment facilitates transactions between independent service providers and consumers seeking information through messaging. LivePerson serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and various organizations across multiple regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. In addition to its core offerings, the company provides professional services and business consulting. LivePerson also maintains strategic partnerships to innovate customer experience through digital engagement and AI-driven automation. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in New York, LivePerson is dedicated to transforming the way brands communicate with their customers.

iPrint

Series A in 1997
iPrint.com, established in 1996, is an online print shop catering to over one million customers with a wide variety of customizable printed products. The company specializes in business essentials, including address labels, business cards, brochures, invitations, and promotional items, among others. By leveraging advanced technology, iPrint.com enhances the purchasing experience for custom printing, providing customers with convenience and cost-effective solutions for their printing needs.
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