Impact Venture Partners

Impact Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. The firm focuses on investing in innovative companies that provide information technology products and services. Through its investments, Impact Venture Partners aims to support and foster the growth of startups in the technology sector.

Michael Rosenfelt

Partner

14 past transactions

MessageOne

Series C in 2004
MessageOne, Inc. specializes in email management and crisis communications products. Founded in 1998 and based in Austin, Texas, the company offers a software-as-a-service solution known as the Email Management System, which encompasses email management, continuity, archiving, security, and encryption services. Additionally, MessageOne provides AlertFind, a cloud-based tool designed for crisis communications that ensures timely emergency notifications and escalation procedures to safeguard employees during crises or disasters. This service allows organizations to communicate effectively with their workforce through various channels, including email, landline, mobile phone, and SMS text messages. As of 2015, MessageOne operates as a subsidiary of Versata, Inc., serving millions of users globally with its managed services.

MessageOne

Series C in 2002
MessageOne, Inc. specializes in email management and crisis communications products. Founded in 1998 and based in Austin, Texas, the company offers a software-as-a-service solution known as the Email Management System, which encompasses email management, continuity, archiving, security, and encryption services. Additionally, MessageOne provides AlertFind, a cloud-based tool designed for crisis communications that ensures timely emergency notifications and escalation procedures to safeguard employees during crises or disasters. This service allows organizations to communicate effectively with their workforce through various channels, including email, landline, mobile phone, and SMS text messages. As of 2015, MessageOne operates as a subsidiary of Versata, Inc., serving millions of users globally with its managed services.

Ingenio

Series C in 2000
Ingenio, LLC operates a knowledge exchange platform that facilitates real-time connections between advice-seekers and advisors. Founded in 1999 and based in San Francisco, California, Ingenio has established itself as a leader in the realm of phone, chat, and web-based personal advice, enabling over 30 million conversations to date. The platform employs community-based tools and proprietary technologies to support the exchange and monetization of information, allowing users to connect 24/7. Ingenio's innovative approach nurtures relationships between individuals, enhancing the sharing of knowledge and expertise in various fields. The company operates as a subsidiary of AT&T Inc.

OpenTable

Series C in 2000
OpenTable, founded in 1998 by Chuck Templeton in San Francisco, is the leading provider of online restaurant reservations, serving over 54,000 restaurants in 20 countries. The company offers a suite of websites and mobile applications that enable users to discover dining options and make reservations easily. With a workforce of around 1,200 employees, many of whom have backgrounds in the service industry, OpenTable is dedicated to enhancing the dining experience and supporting restaurant growth. Since its inception, OpenTable has seated over 2 billion diners, utilizing this extensive data to deliver personalized restaurant recommendations, ensuring that customers find the right dining venue every time.

Powered

Series B in 2000
Powered is a consultancy focused on social marketing, assisting companies in enhancing their engagement within the digital and connected landscape. Since its inception in 2000, it has supported a wide range of businesses by offering comprehensive services that span the entire social marketing spectrum. These services include strategy development, program planning and execution, content marketing, influencer activation, and community building. By leveraging effective practices and technologies, Powered enables brands and publishers to establish meaningful connections with their customers through online communities, fostering relationships that are essential in today's increasingly social world.

Buzzsaw.com

Series B in 2000
Buzzsaw is a company based in San Francisco, California, that offers online collaboration applications specifically designed for the building industry in the United States. Its software serves as a data management solution, providing tools for documentation and modeling in engineering and architecture projects. By facilitating effective communication and organization, Buzzsaw aims to help construction teams keep their projects on schedule and within budget. The company's focus on improving project management processes positions it as a valuable resource for professionals in the construction sector.

MobileSpring

Venture Round in 2000
MobileSpring is a communication solutions company. It develops messaging services that enable wireless carriers and other companies to profit from mobile messaging. The company's lead product- Metcalf Global Messaging- provides connectivity between disparate technologies and allows wireless carriers to capture the full revenue potential of mobile messaging. MobileSpring was founded by Anders Evju in 2000 and is headquartered in New York.

Solidify

Venture Round in 2000
Solidify offers (Cloud-based) software, marketing and web services, primarily to the B2B market. They are a complete digital agency that helps their clients from the origin of marketing to prospects to creating and optimizing their web presence to conducting online transactions through their software applications. One of their key differentiators is their true end-to-end digital offering. They work with their clients to take a holistic view of their digital strategy and create an online experience that best suits their clients and their audience. Beyond the strategy, marketing and website they take it to the next level by offering robust self-service software applications. These applications can be configured with your product content, business rules and sales channel structure and leveraged to create order management, lead processing, and quotation generation tools to automate and support sales, marketing and eCommerce functions.

Opus360

Venture Round in 2000
Opus360 offers a comprehensive suite of online services designed to assist organizations in managing both internal and vendor resources, as well as virtual workforces. The company specializes in project management, allowing users to organize project schedules and forecast potential resource shortages and surpluses. Additionally, Opus360 provides human capital management solutions through its FreeAgent platform, catering to the needs of organizations and independent contractors alike. By streamlining resource allocation and enhancing project oversight, Opus360 aims to improve operational efficiency for its clients.

CenterBeam

Series B in 2000
CenterBeam, a subsidiary of EarthLink Business, is a U.S.-based IT managed service provider focused on serving mid-sized businesses. Since its acquisition by EarthLink in 2013, CenterBeam has established a strong reputation for delivering cloud-based IT services, leveraging a subscription pricing model to provide clients with on-demand IT capacity. The company specializes in offering enterprise-class information technology management, services, and support, presenting executives with a viable alternative to traditional IT funding and operational methods, which often involve significant investments in personnel, equipment, and overhead costs.

OpenTable

Series B in 2000
OpenTable, founded in 1998 by Chuck Templeton in San Francisco, is the leading provider of online restaurant reservations, serving over 54,000 restaurants in 20 countries. The company offers a suite of websites and mobile applications that enable users to discover dining options and make reservations easily. With a workforce of around 1,200 employees, many of whom have backgrounds in the service industry, OpenTable is dedicated to enhancing the dining experience and supporting restaurant growth. Since its inception, OpenTable has seated over 2 billion diners, utilizing this extensive data to deliver personalized restaurant recommendations, ensuring that customers find the right dining venue every time.

National Transportation Exchange

Venture Round in 1999
The National Transportation Exchange, Inc. is an electronic commerce system allowing Members to improve their transportation functions. It provides a real-time, neutral platform for member shippers who tender loads, as well as the direct service carrier members, which tender the available space capacity of their moving trucks. The system is based on state of the art technology and software, which incorporate the dynamic elements of time, distance, and highly sophisticated lane specific transportation pricing models. These combinations allow NTE to capitalize on available transportation capacity as it moves from origin appointments to destination appointments in a real time environment.

CarsDirect.com

Venture Round in 1999
CarsDirect.com, Inc. provides online car buying services in the United States. It provides new and used automobiles, and related products and services. The company offers passenger cars, luxury cars, sports utility vehicles, trucks, and vans. It also offers auto loans, vehicle service contracts, anti-theft products, credit reports, VIN check, auto repair directory, and audio guide services. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in El Segundo, California. CarsDirect.com, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Internet Brands, Inc.

Internet Brands

Venture Round in 1999
Internet Brands, established in 1998 as CarsDirect.com, has evolved into a comprehensive online media and client services organization. It specializes in four key verticals: Automotive, Health, Legal, and Home/Travel. The company operates award-winning consumer websites that attract over 100 million visitors each month, positioning itself as a leader in these categories. Internet Brands also offers a wide range of web presence solutions, fostering strong, long-term relationships with both small and medium-sized businesses and enterprise clients. Its proprietary operating platform is designed for flexibility and scalability, supporting the company's ongoing growth and development in the digital landscape.
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