The Individuals Venture Fund

Superfish is a developer and provider of an innovative, next-generation visual discovery platform that’s out to transform the way images are searched, seen, utilized, and shared over the web. Through its cutting-edge, patented technology and pioneering vision, Superfish has developed a cunningly intuitive visual search engine that analyzes images algorithmically, without the need for text tags or human intervention. The company is reinventing image search and focusing on empowering consumers and businesses to experience new ways to engage with and search visual content. Founded in 2006 by Adi Pinhas and Michael Chertok, Superfish is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ).

Superfish is a developer and provider of an innovative, next-generation visual discovery platform that’s out to transform the way images are searched, seen, utilized, and shared over the web. Through its cutting-edge, patented technology and pioneering vision, Superfish has developed a cunningly intuitive visual search engine that analyzes images algorithmically, without the need for text tags or human intervention. The company is reinventing image search and focusing on empowering consumers and businesses to experience new ways to engage with and search visual content. Founded in 2006 by Adi Pinhas and Michael Chertok, Superfish is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ).

STEP Labs is an acoustic software company whose technology produces crystal-clear voice communications even in extreme noise environments. STEP's patented technology, based on the physics of sound wave propagation, enables such high quality voice signals that speech recognition, hands-free communication, voice identification, and voice control are now reliable interfaces for consumer electronics.

eXpresso is a SaaS provider of real-time document collaboration for Microsoft® Office. Its Asymmetric Collaboration™ service enables business users to share and collaborate on business documents from any location. Document owners may control an individual’s editing responsibilities by personalizing the visibility and rights for specific file elements. eXpresso Corp. was formerly known as SmartDB Corporation and changed its name to eXpresso Corp. in October 2007. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Zipidee, Inc. was an online digital marketplace that facilitated the buying and selling of various types of instructional and entertainment content, including video, music, eBooks, and mobile assets. Launched in 2007 and based in San Francisco, the platform provided tools for content creators, allowing them to establish storefronts and manage the distribution of their digital goods through customizable widgets. Zipidee enabled users to sell audio and video content directly from their websites, with options for pricing control and digital rights management. The service featured a comprehensive analytics dashboard to assist sellers in tracking sales performance and adjusting pricing strategies. Zipidee also engaged in the buying and selling of diverse video categories, catering to a wide range of audiences. However, the service has since shut down, and its website is no longer operational.

Sensory Networks specializes in software solutions for pattern matching and content processing acceleration, aimed primarily at network security equipment vendors. The company's technology enhances the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of platforms that handle resource-intensive applications, including Antivirus, Intrusion Prevention Systems, and Content Filtering. By improving the price/performance ratio of these security tools, Sensory Networks plays a vital role in helping vendors deliver more effective and competitive network security solutions.

Pintail Technologies, Inc. develops real-time adaptive test technology for semiconductor manufacturing companies. The company offers SwifTest, an on-line adaptive test modules that run directly on the automated test equipment (ATE), and capture and analyze data in real-time; and TestScape, an optional database system, which accepts data in real-time from SwifTest and supports various data management applications. Its solutions include TestScape-Charzilla that performs device characterization; TestScape-Aware, which provides a common dashboard for test results across multiple brands of testers and multiple test floors or subcons for issue identification and resolution; and TestScape-OPS that is used for on-line management of test floor and supports real-time overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and life cycle management functions. The company's solutions also comprise TestVision, which is used to analyze test data and apply sophisticated statistical process control techniques to their test processes; SwifTest-TTO that performs real-time statistical sampling to achieve significant reductions in test time; and SwifTest-MAX, which offers the user a variety of user programmable triggers and alerts that are used to perform complex monitoring and binning analysis on-the-fly. It also provides professional services, such as test engineering, software customization, and training services. The company serves integrated device manufacturers, fabless, test and assembly, and automated test equipment manufacturing companies. It sells its products in the United States, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, China, Korea, and Europe. Pintail Technologies has strategic alliances with Teradyne Inc. and Salland Engineering.