doxo is an all-in-one bill pay service that facilitates secure payment to any biller with any payment method on any device. It currently serves over 4 million users who make payments to 75,000+ local and national businesses, making doxo the largest bill pay directory in the nation. Billers on the network get paid directly and consumers have complete bills pay independence over when and how they pay their bills.
The company more than doubled its customer base in 2018 and is expanding its team to further accelerate growth and change the bill pay landscape to focus on the customer. doxo investors include MDV, Sigma Partners, and Bezos Expeditions.
Webscale Networks, Inc. specializes in developing an integrated web application delivery solution that emphasizes scalability, performance, and security. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Boulder and Bengaluru, Webscale's platform leverages predictive analytics to proactively manage user traffic and resource allocation. This cloud-based solution features an auto-scaling web application layer and application delivery controller that adjusts resources based on anticipated demand, allowing businesses to optimize costs while enhancing user experience. Webscale supports multi-cloud strategies and provides tools for global web application management, including content optimization and security measures such as a web application firewall and DDoS attack mitigation. The company also offers tailored solutions for e-commerce applications, enabling easy deployment and resilience through its E-commerce Cloud Platform and Multi-Cloud Disaster Recovery services. With a focus on enhancing customer conversion and loyalty, Webscale is recognized for its expertise in various e-commerce platforms, including Magento.
Webscale Networks, Inc. specializes in developing an integrated web application delivery solution that emphasizes scalability, performance, and security. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Boulder and Bengaluru, Webscale's platform leverages predictive analytics to proactively manage user traffic and resource allocation. This cloud-based solution features an auto-scaling web application layer and application delivery controller that adjusts resources based on anticipated demand, allowing businesses to optimize costs while enhancing user experience. Webscale supports multi-cloud strategies and provides tools for global web application management, including content optimization and security measures such as a web application firewall and DDoS attack mitigation. The company also offers tailored solutions for e-commerce applications, enabling easy deployment and resilience through its E-commerce Cloud Platform and Multi-Cloud Disaster Recovery services. With a focus on enhancing customer conversion and loyalty, Webscale is recognized for its expertise in various e-commerce platforms, including Magento.
Kabbage, Inc. is a financial technology company that offers automated funding solutions to small businesses through its innovative online lending platform. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Kabbage simplifies the loan application process, allowing businesses to apply for lines of credit up to $250,000 online and receive approvals within minutes. The platform utilizes various business data, including revenue and transaction history, to assess creditworthiness. Kabbage also provides a mobile application for on-the-go access to accounts and funding, as well as the Kabbage Card, which enables businesses to make purchases directly from their credit lines at point-of-sale locations. Since expanding its services to all small businesses in 2014, Kabbage has gained recognition for its rapid growth and innovative approach to providing working capital. The company has raised substantial funding to support its operations and has formed strategic partnerships to enhance its lending capabilities.
BuildDirect Technologies Inc. owns and operates an online marketplace for home improvement products. The company offers BuildDirect Gateway, which is a global supply chain platform for heavyweight goods. It enables third party the ability to access BuildDirect’s advanced network of warehousing services, ground and ocean logistics for any part of the shipping journey, from point of manufacture through last-mile delivery. The company’s product categories include flooring, decking, building materials, outdoor, kitchen and bath, moldings and accessories, and doors. BuildDirect Technologies Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Vancouver, Canada with warehouses in North America.
Splice Machine is a data platform that offers offline, and batch analysis, and powers intelligent applications for operational workflows.
Splice Machine is disrupting the $30 billion traditional database world with the open-source dual-engine RDBMS for mixed operational and analytical workloads, powered by Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark. The Splice Machine RDBMS executes operational workloads on Apache HBase® and analytical workloads on Apache Spark.
Splice Machine makes it easy to develop and create modern, real-time, scalable applications, or to offload operational and analytical workloads from expensive Oracle, Teradata, and Netezza systems. Typical use cases are ETL, operational reporting, or real-time applications.
Tuition.io, Inc. operates a platform that allows users to manage their student loan portfolio. The company’s platform facilitates to view and manage federal family education loans, federal direct loans, and private loans from a variety of servicers. It also enables global companies to offer a benefit that their employees really need, while helping them attract, engage, and retain top talent. Tuition.io, Inc. was formerly known as Binksty and changed its name to Tuition.io, Inc. in July 2012. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Santa Monica, California.
OneSpot, Inc. is a content advertising company based in Austin, Texas, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. Founded in 2005, it specializes in a content marketing platform that personalizes branded content across various digital channels, including websites, email, mobile, and paid media. The platform leverages machine learning and natural language processing to analyze available content alongside users' behavioral data and contextual signals, delivering tailored brand experiences. This capability allows marketers to enhance brand engagement by providing relevant content that keeps users returning for more. OneSpot's clientele includes major brands such as Nestle, L'Oreal, Unilever, and Under Armour, demonstrating its effectiveness in fostering strong content-based relationships and driving measurable results.
WorkFusion, Inc. develops an intelligent automation cloud platform designed to streamline operations for various industries, including banking, finance, insurance, and healthcare. The company offers a suite of products such as RPA Express for robotic process automation, Smart Process Automation for broader process automation, Chatbots for automating service interactions, and SmartCrowd for workforce orchestration. Additionally, WorkFusion provides solutions for anti-money laundering and document processing, leveraging proprietary artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to enhance efficiency. Founded in 2010 and based in New York City, WorkFusion also has offices in multiple international locations, including Bengaluru, Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, Minsk, Munich, and Singapore.
EmployeeChannel is a leading provider of award-winning mobile apps for employee engagement and communication, enabling HR and Internal Communications teams to boost the impact and effectiveness of employee communication, to create a positive employee experience, and to drive cultural and business outcomes. The EmployeeChannel app extends the knowledge and reach of organizational experts to employees anytime, anywhere and is dedicated to the interactions between an organization and its employees. Employees can find and receive organizational information easier and faster, get personalized responses to requests, and react quickly to time-sensitive events. HR and Internal Communications teams can respond real-time to organizational imperatives and employee needs using behavioral insights from Voice of the Employee analytics. To learn more about the EmployeeChannel app and how it can be used to engage and communicate with employees, please visit www.employeechannelinc.com.
Pluribus Networks, Inc. specializes in network virtualization tailored for private and public cloud data centers. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company offers a range of products, including the Netvisor OS, a distributed operating system that supports bare-metal hardware programmability, and the Adaptive Cloud Fabric, which facilitates a software-defined network fabric. Their solutions are designed to simplify networking and enhance security across multi-site and distributed cloud environments. Pluribus Networks' offerings include various network computing appliances, analytics solutions, and open network virtualization tools, all of which leverage open networking hardware from partners. The company's technology is increasingly deployed in the infrastructure of major 5G service providers, demonstrating its relevance in modern networking challenges. Pluribus is also a founding member of the Linux Foundation's LF Edge organization.
Onclusive is the data science company for communications and PR. We empower marketing and communications professionals to shape outcomes by uncovering PR’s direct connection to business metrics. Powering the AirPR data-driven platform is the world’s largest collection of communications content that helps ensure marketing and public relations efforts receive full credit for driving business results. The company reveals which strategies drive actual brand engagement and deliver your most valuable content to your target audience, at scale. It makes communications the hero by combining reach and frequency with credibility.
Webscale Networks, Inc. specializes in developing an integrated web application delivery solution that emphasizes scalability, performance, and security. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Boulder and Bengaluru, Webscale's platform leverages predictive analytics to proactively manage user traffic and resource allocation. This cloud-based solution features an auto-scaling web application layer and application delivery controller that adjusts resources based on anticipated demand, allowing businesses to optimize costs while enhancing user experience. Webscale supports multi-cloud strategies and provides tools for global web application management, including content optimization and security measures such as a web application firewall and DDoS attack mitigation. The company also offers tailored solutions for e-commerce applications, enabling easy deployment and resilience through its E-commerce Cloud Platform and Multi-Cloud Disaster Recovery services. With a focus on enhancing customer conversion and loyalty, Webscale is recognized for its expertise in various e-commerce platforms, including Magento.
WorkFusion, Inc. develops an intelligent automation cloud platform designed to streamline operations for various industries, including banking, finance, insurance, and healthcare. The company offers a suite of products such as RPA Express for robotic process automation, Smart Process Automation for broader process automation, Chatbots for automating service interactions, and SmartCrowd for workforce orchestration. Additionally, WorkFusion provides solutions for anti-money laundering and document processing, leveraging proprietary artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to enhance efficiency. Founded in 2010 and based in New York City, WorkFusion also has offices in multiple international locations, including Bengaluru, Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, Minsk, Munich, and Singapore.
Ruby Ribbon is a new social commerce apparel company, supported by a nationwide network of independent personal Stylists . With cutting edge fabrics and forward thinking designs, the company has produced a unique line of fashionable wardrobe basics, sold exclusively through in-home Trunk Shows. Stylists, armed with mobile applications and other trending technologies, are able to build their own independent businesses while drawing inspiration from Ruby Ribbon's core beliefs: entrepreneurship, friendship and camaraderie. Founded in 2011 with an early stage investment from Trinity Partners, Ruby Ribbon is based in Burlingame, CA and New York City.
Tuition.io, Inc. operates a platform that allows users to manage their student loan portfolio. The company’s platform facilitates to view and manage federal family education loans, federal direct loans, and private loans from a variety of servicers. It also enables global companies to offer a benefit that their employees really need, while helping them attract, engage, and retain top talent. Tuition.io, Inc. was formerly known as Binksty and changed its name to Tuition.io, Inc. in July 2012. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Santa Monica, California.
Webscale Networks, Inc. specializes in developing an integrated web application delivery solution that emphasizes scalability, performance, and security. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Boulder and Bengaluru, Webscale's platform leverages predictive analytics to proactively manage user traffic and resource allocation. This cloud-based solution features an auto-scaling web application layer and application delivery controller that adjusts resources based on anticipated demand, allowing businesses to optimize costs while enhancing user experience. Webscale supports multi-cloud strategies and provides tools for global web application management, including content optimization and security measures such as a web application firewall and DDoS attack mitigation. The company also offers tailored solutions for e-commerce applications, enabling easy deployment and resilience through its E-commerce Cloud Platform and Multi-Cloud Disaster Recovery services. With a focus on enhancing customer conversion and loyalty, Webscale is recognized for its expertise in various e-commerce platforms, including Magento.
nLIGHT, Inc. is a technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures semiconductor and fiber lasers tailored for industrial, microfabrication, aerospace, and defense applications. Established in 2000 and headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, nLIGHT operates through two main segments: Laser Products, which encompasses semiconductor lasers, fiber lasers, and directed energy products, and Advanced Development, which focuses on revenue from research and development contracts. The company is recognized for its innovative, high-power continuous wave fiber lasers, which offer advantages in programmability and reliability over traditional options. nLIGHT markets its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers in the United States, China, South Korea, and Finland, utilizing a direct sales force as well as independent sales representatives and distributors in various regions of Asia and Europe. The firm emphasizes early customer engagement in the design process and employs a platform approach to product development to align its laser solutions with specific customer needs.
[Aryaka](http://www.aryaka.com)'s Global SD-WAN provides optimized, software-defined network connectivity and application acceleration to globally distributed enterprises. Aryaka’s services have over 10 million users across more than 4,000 sites. Leading brands such as Skullcandy, Air China, Freescale Semiconductor, and ThoughtWorks, as well as partners such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Intelisys, and SK Broadband, have all chosen Aryaka for their enterprise-grade networking needs.
Balance Therapeutics, Inc. develops pharmacological based therapeutics for addressing intellectual disability conditions that include Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. It focuses on the development of BTD-001 DS102, a placebo-controlled molecule product that can be administered orally for young adults and adolescents with Down syndrome. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in San Bruno, California. It has a subsidiary operation in Melbourne, Australia.
Pluribus Networks, Inc. specializes in network virtualization tailored for private and public cloud data centers. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company offers a range of products, including the Netvisor OS, a distributed operating system that supports bare-metal hardware programmability, and the Adaptive Cloud Fabric, which facilitates a software-defined network fabric. Their solutions are designed to simplify networking and enhance security across multi-site and distributed cloud environments. Pluribus Networks' offerings include various network computing appliances, analytics solutions, and open network virtualization tools, all of which leverage open networking hardware from partners. The company's technology is increasingly deployed in the infrastructure of major 5G service providers, demonstrating its relevance in modern networking challenges. Pluribus is also a founding member of the Linux Foundation's LF Edge organization.
Personalis combines expertise both in the technology of sequencing and in interpretation, with an extensive history of peer-reviewed publication and commercial success. Broad adoption of medical genome interpretation will require accuracy befitting regulatory approval, both invariant detection and interpretation.
The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Menlo Park, California.
Tuition.io, Inc. operates a platform that allows users to manage their student loan portfolio. The company’s platform facilitates to view and manage federal family education loans, federal direct loans, and private loans from a variety of servicers. It also enables global companies to offer a benefit that their employees really need, while helping them attract, engage, and retain top talent. Tuition.io, Inc. was formerly known as Binksty and changed its name to Tuition.io, Inc. in July 2012. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Santa Monica, California.
BuildDirect Technologies Inc. owns and operates an online marketplace for home improvement products. The company offers BuildDirect Gateway, which is a global supply chain platform for heavyweight goods. It enables third party the ability to access BuildDirect’s advanced network of warehousing services, ground and ocean logistics for any part of the shipping journey, from point of manufacture through last-mile delivery. The company’s product categories include flooring, decking, building materials, outdoor, kitchen and bath, moldings and accessories, and doors. BuildDirect Technologies Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Vancouver, Canada with warehouses in North America.
Sensity Systems capitalizes on conversions to LED lighting—a process that will affect 4 billion lights worldwide over the next few years—to create a high-speed, sensor-based, multiservice, open networking platform known as a Light Sensory Network (LSN). LSNs help lighting owners improve lighting control and energy efficiency, as well as business processes that go well beyond lighting.
By embedding networking technology and sensors within LED luminaires themselves, Sensity uses energy-efficient LED lighting as the foundation for its turnkey NetSense platform, the first Light Sensory Network implementation. By working closely with developers of software applications and services that run on the NetSense platform, Sensity enables facility and municipal lighting owners to link energy efficiency and cost savings to the improvement of business goals as diverse as public safety, parking control, asset management, and retail analytics.
Sensity is the first company that has assembled all the relevant technology expertise, process integration know-how, and strong partnerships required to make the Light Sensory Network a reality.
Privately held Sensity Systems, founded in 2010 and previously known as Xeralux Inc., is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company’s global customers include Fortune 500 businesses, commercial and industrial property owners, retail facilities, municipal and regional agencies, universities, school districts, hospitals, transportation authorities, warehousing and distribution facilities, and horticulture operations.
Visible Measures Corporation provides content advertising technology. The company enables brands to compete for consumer engagement by maximizing their share of attention relative to media spend in video content advertising; and collects and analyzes video performance data from major brands across new content advertisement campaigns launched every month. Its data management platform stores large scale user-level data used to produce custom audience segments for targeting content advertising. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. As of March 31, 2017, Visible Measures Corporation operates as a subsidiary of AcuityAds US Inc.
Navera is a provider of cloud-based applications designed to enhance real-time employee communications, particularly in the area of HR benefits and decision support. The company focuses on personalizing and streamlining communications for employees by integrating data from various sources, including HR applications and third-party systems. This approach allows employees to access both personal and company information easily through mobile and web-based platforms. By leveraging analytics that reflect employee feedback, Navera delivers user-friendly tools that mimic the functionality of leading consumer applications, ensuring that HR professionals can effectively communicate essential information and support to their workforce.
Splice Machine is a data platform that offers offline, and batch analysis, and powers intelligent applications for operational workflows.
Splice Machine is disrupting the $30 billion traditional database world with the open-source dual-engine RDBMS for mixed operational and analytical workloads, powered by Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark. The Splice Machine RDBMS executes operational workloads on Apache HBase® and analytical workloads on Apache Spark.
Splice Machine makes it easy to develop and create modern, real-time, scalable applications, or to offload operational and analytical workloads from expensive Oracle, Teradata, and Netezza systems. Typical use cases are ETL, operational reporting, or real-time applications.
Retention Science Inc. operates an automated SaaS marketing platform that specializes in retention marketing. The company enables users to profile and predict customer behavior by analyzing behavioral, transactional, and demographic data. This analysis helps businesses engage their customers effectively by delivering relevant and timely messaging across various channels, including email, onsite displays, and mobile platforms. Retention Science's technology allows clients to send targeted multi-channel marketing campaigns and incentives based on customer behavior and loyalty, ultimately aiming to boost revenue and foster customer advocacy. Founded in 2011 and based in Santa Monica, California, Retention Science has collaborated with notable brands such as Target and Neiman Marcus. As of August 2020, it operates as a subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings.
Neon Labs specializes in enhancing digital marketing effectiveness through innovative technology. The company utilizes a unique neuroscience-based machine learning system that predicts user engagement with images, helping marketers achieve higher click-through rates and improved audience interaction. Neon's enterprise-scale platform, Neon for Video, optimizes visual content in real-time, resulting in an average increase of 24% in video views. Additionally, Neon Open serves as an open-source platform that employs artificial intelligence to analyze advertising inventory, predicting which images and videos will generate greater engagement. This platform leverages deep learning models to assess the emotional impact of visual content, making it valuable for a diverse range of users, including journalists, artists, and non-profit organizations. Neon's collaborations with established deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow and Caffe further enhance its technological capabilities.
Earshot is a precision-based real-time marketing platform that helps brands discover and acquire new customers through social media. Earshot's patent pending Decibel Level is a real-time relevancy score that is unique to every brand or campaign. Decibel Level is customizable on the fly so customers can weight variables like location, bio, post content, even logo detection to find the social media posts that are most important in real time.
[Aryaka](http://www.aryaka.com)'s Global SD-WAN provides optimized, software-defined network connectivity and application acceleration to globally distributed enterprises. Aryaka’s services have over 10 million users across more than 4,000 sites. Leading brands such as Skullcandy, Air China, Freescale Semiconductor, and ThoughtWorks, as well as partners such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Intelisys, and SK Broadband, have all chosen Aryaka for their enterprise-grade networking needs.
Mustbin, Inc. develops a mobile application that helps users to capture and organize their vital information and treasured moments. The company offers Mustbin, a mobile application that guides users through capturing and organizing physical and digital information in secure bins that can be shared privately with family, friends, or advisors. Its solution also offers a bin sharing feature that allows users to share photos and documents with phone; and a messaging service. Mustbin, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. As of May 23, 2017, Mustbin, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of LifeSite, Inc.
OpenDNS is a provider of Internet security and Domain Name System services for homes and businesses. It also provides internet wide security network for web content filtering, anti phishing, Domain Name System infrastructure, and navigation services that enable consumers and administrators to protect networks from online threats and to enforce internet use policies.
Onclusive is the data science company for communications and PR. We empower marketing and communications professionals to shape outcomes by uncovering PR’s direct connection to business metrics. Powering the AirPR data-driven platform is the world’s largest collection of communications content that helps ensure marketing and public relations efforts receive full credit for driving business results. The company reveals which strategies drive actual brand engagement and deliver your most valuable content to your target audience, at scale. It makes communications the hero by combining reach and frequency with credibility.
Kabbage, Inc. is a financial technology company that offers automated funding solutions to small businesses through its innovative online lending platform. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Kabbage simplifies the loan application process, allowing businesses to apply for lines of credit up to $250,000 online and receive approvals within minutes. The platform utilizes various business data, including revenue and transaction history, to assess creditworthiness. Kabbage also provides a mobile application for on-the-go access to accounts and funding, as well as the Kabbage Card, which enables businesses to make purchases directly from their credit lines at point-of-sale locations. Since expanding its services to all small businesses in 2014, Kabbage has gained recognition for its rapid growth and innovative approach to providing working capital. The company has raised substantial funding to support its operations and has formed strategic partnerships to enhance its lending capabilities.
PunchTab, Inc. provides a Software-as-a-Service based consumer management platform for brands to build and optimize direct consumer relationships. It offers loyalty and engagement programs. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Palo Alto, California. As of September 22, 2015, PunchTab, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of WalmartLabs, Inc.
WorkFusion, Inc. develops an intelligent automation cloud platform designed to streamline operations for various industries, including banking, finance, insurance, and healthcare. The company offers a suite of products such as RPA Express for robotic process automation, Smart Process Automation for broader process automation, Chatbots for automating service interactions, and SmartCrowd for workforce orchestration. Additionally, WorkFusion provides solutions for anti-money laundering and document processing, leveraging proprietary artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to enhance efficiency. Founded in 2010 and based in New York City, WorkFusion also has offices in multiple international locations, including Bengaluru, Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, Minsk, Munich, and Singapore.
Tuition.io, Inc. operates a platform that allows users to manage their student loan portfolio. The company’s platform facilitates to view and manage federal family education loans, federal direct loans, and private loans from a variety of servicers. It also enables global companies to offer a benefit that their employees really need, while helping them attract, engage, and retain top talent. Tuition.io, Inc. was formerly known as Binksty and changed its name to Tuition.io, Inc. in July 2012. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Santa Monica, California.
Storefront, Inc. operates a prominent online marketplace that connects artists, designers, and brands with available retail spaces for short-term rental in major cities, notably San Francisco and New York, as well as in Canadian shopping centers. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, the platform offers a diverse range of spaces, from booths at street fairs to boutique interiors and entire storefronts. It facilitates opportunities for space owners, brokers, and landlords to monetize their properties while enabling brands and e-commerce businesses to create pop-up stores and host events. Since its inception, Storefront has established itself as a leading resource for short-term retail space rentals globally.
BandPage, Inc. operates a music-sharing platform designed to help musicians connect with fans and manage their online presence. Founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, the company enables artists to upload and update their profiles, bios, images, videos, tracks, and tour dates across multiple platforms, including social media and major music services. With over 500,000 musicians utilizing its services, BandPage facilitates engagement and sales to millions of fans across platforms such as Spotify, iHeartRadio, and VEVO. The company offers tools like BandPage Everywhere for managing content across various sites and BandPage Connect for integrating with different platforms. BandPage serves as a crucial infrastructure for artists, allowing them to display and sell their merchandise and other offerings in a targeted manner, adapting to the changing landscape of fan engagement in the music industry. As of February 2016, BandPage operates as a subsidiary of YouTube, LLC.
Coupa Software is an information technology company founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. It specializes in procurement, finance, and cloud-based financial applications, offering cloud spend management solutions that enable organizations to control and gain visibility into their indirect spending. By implementing Coupa's solutions, companies can achieve significant savings that contribute directly to their financial performance. In addition to its software offerings, Coupa Ventures invests in early- and growth-stage companies, partnering with other industry investors to provide portfolio companies with unique advantages and exposure. The focus of Coupa Ventures is on companies that are Series A or beyond, though it also has the capability to invest in seed rounds.
BuildDirect Technologies Inc. owns and operates an online marketplace for home improvement products. The company offers BuildDirect Gateway, which is a global supply chain platform for heavyweight goods. It enables third party the ability to access BuildDirect’s advanced network of warehousing services, ground and ocean logistics for any part of the shipping journey, from point of manufacture through last-mile delivery. The company’s product categories include flooring, decking, building materials, outdoor, kitchen and bath, moldings and accessories, and doors. BuildDirect Technologies Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Vancouver, Canada with warehouses in North America.
People Pattern Corporation is a software-as-a-service company based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in audience analytics and marketing solutions. Founded in 2013, the company develops an analytics platform that automates the collection and analysis of audience data from various enterprise sources, including CRM systems and social media streams. Through its proprietary user-classification algorithms, which leverage predictive analytics and natural language processing, People Pattern enables marketers to identify and engage high-value customer personas. By transforming extensive public data into actionable insights, the platform helps major brands understand and connect with both current and potential customers, enhancing their marketing strategies and overall customer engagement.
OneSpot, Inc. is a content advertising company based in Austin, Texas, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. Founded in 2005, it specializes in a content marketing platform that personalizes branded content across various digital channels, including websites, email, mobile, and paid media. The platform leverages machine learning and natural language processing to analyze available content alongside users' behavioral data and contextual signals, delivering tailored brand experiences. This capability allows marketers to enhance brand engagement by providing relevant content that keeps users returning for more. OneSpot's clientele includes major brands such as Nestle, L'Oreal, Unilever, and Under Armour, demonstrating its effectiveness in fostering strong content-based relationships and driving measurable results.
Mustbin, Inc. develops a mobile application that helps users to capture and organize their vital information and treasured moments. The company offers Mustbin, a mobile application that guides users through capturing and organizing physical and digital information in secure bins that can be shared privately with family, friends, or advisors. Its solution also offers a bin sharing feature that allows users to share photos and documents with phone; and a messaging service. Mustbin, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. As of May 23, 2017, Mustbin, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of LifeSite, Inc.
Personalis combines expertise both in the technology of sequencing and in interpretation, with an extensive history of peer-reviewed publication and commercial success. Broad adoption of medical genome interpretation will require accuracy befitting regulatory approval, both invariant detection and interpretation.
The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Menlo Park, California.
Retention Science Inc. operates an automated SaaS marketing platform that specializes in retention marketing. The company enables users to profile and predict customer behavior by analyzing behavioral, transactional, and demographic data. This analysis helps businesses engage their customers effectively by delivering relevant and timely messaging across various channels, including email, onsite displays, and mobile platforms. Retention Science's technology allows clients to send targeted multi-channel marketing campaigns and incentives based on customer behavior and loyalty, ultimately aiming to boost revenue and foster customer advocacy. Founded in 2011 and based in Santa Monica, California, Retention Science has collaborated with notable brands such as Target and Neiman Marcus. As of August 2020, it operates as a subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings.
Webscale Networks, Inc. specializes in developing an integrated web application delivery solution that emphasizes scalability, performance, and security. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Boulder and Bengaluru, Webscale's platform leverages predictive analytics to proactively manage user traffic and resource allocation. This cloud-based solution features an auto-scaling web application layer and application delivery controller that adjusts resources based on anticipated demand, allowing businesses to optimize costs while enhancing user experience. Webscale supports multi-cloud strategies and provides tools for global web application management, including content optimization and security measures such as a web application firewall and DDoS attack mitigation. The company also offers tailored solutions for e-commerce applications, enabling easy deployment and resilience through its E-commerce Cloud Platform and Multi-Cloud Disaster Recovery services. With a focus on enhancing customer conversion and loyalty, Webscale is recognized for its expertise in various e-commerce platforms, including Magento.
SIPX (pronounced “sip-ex”) is an exciting new company based in Palo Alto, California. Backed by the leading venture, corporate, and angel investors, our mission is to simplify the complex processes involved in legally accessing digital content for the higher education marketplace.
It was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
FIGS, Inc. is a healthcare apparel company that specializes in the design and production of high-quality scrubs and related medical apparel for both men and women. Founded in 2012 and based in Los Angeles, California, the company offers a variety of products including scrub tops, scrub pants, lab coats, underscrubs, outerwear, footwear, compression socks, and loungewear. FIGS markets and sells its products primarily through digital platforms, generating sales within the United States. The company is committed to providing premium medical apparel to healthcare professionals.
Sequenta is a venture funded biotech company dedicated to the discovery and development of clinical diagnostics based on a revolutionary new platform for understanding immune system status. A profound revolution in the cost of DNA sequencing has enabled the company to develop brand new approaches to measuring the most variable part of the human genome: the immune cell receptor genes. The incredible diversity created by these genes are at the heart of a large number of conditions critical to human health and disease allowing the company to be in a position to inform a large number of clinical decisions using a single powerful assay.
The company was founded in 2008 by entrepreneurs who previously founded ParaAllele BioScience, a successful startup company sold to Affymetrix in 2005.
Storefront, Inc. operates a prominent online marketplace that connects artists, designers, and brands with available retail spaces for short-term rental in major cities, notably San Francisco and New York, as well as in Canadian shopping centers. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, the platform offers a diverse range of spaces, from booths at street fairs to boutique interiors and entire storefronts. It facilitates opportunities for space owners, brokers, and landlords to monetize their properties while enabling brands and e-commerce businesses to create pop-up stores and host events. Since its inception, Storefront has established itself as a leading resource for short-term retail space rentals globally.
HealthTap is a healthcare technology company that aims to enhance the accessibility and quality of primary healthcare for patients and doctors. By utilizing a doctor-trained augmented intelligence system, HealthTap connects users with the care they need, facilitating immediate access to medical expertise. The platform is designed for various stakeholders, including employers, insurance companies, and health systems, serving a global audience. With a network of over 100,000 doctors and hundreds of millions of users across 170 countries, HealthTap is committed to providing timely healthcare solutions, improving both patient experiences and operational efficiency in the healthcare sector.
Ruby Ribbon is a new social commerce apparel company, supported by a nationwide network of independent personal Stylists . With cutting edge fabrics and forward thinking designs, the company has produced a unique line of fashionable wardrobe basics, sold exclusively through in-home Trunk Shows. Stylists, armed with mobile applications and other trending technologies, are able to build their own independent businesses while drawing inspiration from Ruby Ribbon's core beliefs: entrepreneurship, friendship and camaraderie. Founded in 2011 with an early stage investment from Trinity Partners, Ruby Ribbon is based in Burlingame, CA and New York City.
RainDance Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing genomic tools for non-invasive liquid biopsy applications, focusing on the research, early detection, and treatment of cancer and other diseases. The company offers a range of products, including the RainDrop digital polymerase chain reaction platform, which utilizes picoliter-sized droplets for the multiplex detection of various genetic materials such as DNA and RNA. Additionally, it provides the RainDrop Plus system for next-generation sequencing (NGS) amplicon enrichment and the ThunderStorm automated NGS content enrichment solution, which enhances the processing of samples and data quality. RainDance also offers targeted NGS panels like ThunderBolts, aimed at profiling cancer mutations and understanding myeloid disorders. The company serves major research institutions and laboratories globally through a network of sales representatives and distributors. Founded in 2004 and based in Billerica, Massachusetts, RainDance Technologies operates as a subsidiary of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Root3 Technologies Inc. specializes in energy analytics solutions that leverage cloud-based technology and big-data analytics to help organizations reduce energy costs by 10-30%. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional location in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the company offers a range of services, including DIAGNOSE for energy assessments, BALANCE for real-time operational improvements, and ELEVATE for strategic planning in energy management. Their patent-pending, no-install technology empowers energy plant managers in sectors such as manufacturing, hospitality, and healthcare to optimize decision-making and manage energy demands efficiently while minimizing fuel consumption. Root3 Technologies focuses on optimization, measurement, verification, market participation, rate analysis, demand management, and capital planning support, making it a valuable partner for organizations aiming to enhance their energy operations.
Neon Labs specializes in enhancing digital marketing effectiveness through innovative technology. The company utilizes a unique neuroscience-based machine learning system that predicts user engagement with images, helping marketers achieve higher click-through rates and improved audience interaction. Neon's enterprise-scale platform, Neon for Video, optimizes visual content in real-time, resulting in an average increase of 24% in video views. Additionally, Neon Open serves as an open-source platform that employs artificial intelligence to analyze advertising inventory, predicting which images and videos will generate greater engagement. This platform leverages deep learning models to assess the emotional impact of visual content, making it valuable for a diverse range of users, including journalists, artists, and non-profit organizations. Neon's collaborations with established deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow and Caffe further enhance its technological capabilities.
Sensity Systems capitalizes on conversions to LED lighting—a process that will affect 4 billion lights worldwide over the next few years—to create a high-speed, sensor-based, multiservice, open networking platform known as a Light Sensory Network (LSN). LSNs help lighting owners improve lighting control and energy efficiency, as well as business processes that go well beyond lighting.
By embedding networking technology and sensors within LED luminaires themselves, Sensity uses energy-efficient LED lighting as the foundation for its turnkey NetSense platform, the first Light Sensory Network implementation. By working closely with developers of software applications and services that run on the NetSense platform, Sensity enables facility and municipal lighting owners to link energy efficiency and cost savings to the improvement of business goals as diverse as public safety, parking control, asset management, and retail analytics.
Sensity is the first company that has assembled all the relevant technology expertise, process integration know-how, and strong partnerships required to make the Light Sensory Network a reality.
Privately held Sensity Systems, founded in 2010 and previously known as Xeralux Inc., is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company’s global customers include Fortune 500 businesses, commercial and industrial property owners, retail facilities, municipal and regional agencies, universities, school districts, hospitals, transportation authorities, warehousing and distribution facilities, and horticulture operations.
Tuition.io, Inc. operates a platform that allows users to manage their student loan portfolio. The company’s platform facilitates to view and manage federal family education loans, federal direct loans, and private loans from a variety of servicers. It also enables global companies to offer a benefit that their employees really need, while helping them attract, engage, and retain top talent. Tuition.io, Inc. was formerly known as Binksty and changed its name to Tuition.io, Inc. in July 2012. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Santa Monica, California.
Surprise and Delight! Celebrate your friends, reward your employees and appreciate your clients and prospects by sending them a thoughtful gift they pick up at a local shop, restaurant or spa. Yiftee gifts are instantly sent and received via desktop or smartphone. Yiftee provides unprecedented convenience for giftors, giftees, and merchants, and supports a healthy local and global community. Go to www.yiftee.com and start gifting. Send one or hundreds of gifts in minutes with a thoughtful message personalized to each. No IT, no monthly fees, no commitment, no plastic cards lost in a sock drawer.
Crescendo Bioscience, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing quantitative diagnostic tools aimed at assisting rheumatologists in the management of patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The firm offers a range of services, including diagnostic, prognostic, staging, therapy selection, and monitoring capabilities for healthcare providers. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, Crescendo Bioscience focuses on delivering clinical insights that enhance patient care in the field of molecular diagnostics.
Private Equity Round in 2013
Panasas, Inc. specializes in designing and delivering high-performance data storage systems tailored for various sectors, including life sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment, energy, government, and education. The company offers several products, such as ActiveStor Ultra, a high-performance computing storage solution featuring a parallel filesystem, and ActiveStor Prime, a network-attached storage appliance that combines flash and hard disk drive options. Additionally, Panasas provides support and professional services, including system installation, health assessments, and custom training courses at its facilities in Pittsburgh and Sunnyvale, as well as on-site at client locations. Established in 1999 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Panasas serves clients both domestically and internationally, with sales offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Karmasphere unlocks the business potential of Hadoop so companies can deliver more personalized and relevant products and experiences to their customers. The Karmasphere Collaborative Analytics Workspace brings the power of data science to business analysts using SQL and automated big data workflow including data ingestion, data cleansing, table provisioning and running and scheduling queries in a self-service model without reliance on IT. Its social, web-based interface allows everyone who works with big data to more easily collaborate and share resources. Open and based on Apache Hadoop standards, Karmasphere leverages existing analytic skills, integrates with traditional BI and existing applications and supports leading Hadoop distributions including: Amazon Elastic Map Reduce, Cloudera, HortonWorks, IBM and MapR Technologies. Learn more at http://www.karmasphere.com
Pluribus Networks, Inc. specializes in network virtualization tailored for private and public cloud data centers. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company offers a range of products, including the Netvisor OS, a distributed operating system that supports bare-metal hardware programmability, and the Adaptive Cloud Fabric, which facilitates a software-defined network fabric. Their solutions are designed to simplify networking and enhance security across multi-site and distributed cloud environments. Pluribus Networks' offerings include various network computing appliances, analytics solutions, and open network virtualization tools, all of which leverage open networking hardware from partners. The company's technology is increasingly deployed in the infrastructure of major 5G service providers, demonstrating its relevance in modern networking challenges. Pluribus is also a founding member of the Linux Foundation's LF Edge organization.
Wello is an online platform offering live fitness training over two-way video. It provides an affordable and easy way for its users to workout with a live fitness professional of their choice. Its first product called 1-on-1 personal training was launched in 2012. In 2013, Wello completed the program at Rock Health and became part of a prolific network of the best digital health companies in the country. It matches clients with the right Wello-vetted trainer and workout program for them, provides seamless scheduling and payment, and establishes the live video connection for the workout to take place.
Wello was launched in 2011 by Stanford MBA students Ann Scott Plante and Leslie Silverglide. It is based in San Francisco, C.A.
Splice Machine is a data platform that offers offline, and batch analysis, and powers intelligent applications for operational workflows.
Splice Machine is disrupting the $30 billion traditional database world with the open-source dual-engine RDBMS for mixed operational and analytical workloads, powered by Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark. The Splice Machine RDBMS executes operational workloads on Apache HBase® and analytical workloads on Apache Spark.
Splice Machine makes it easy to develop and create modern, real-time, scalable applications, or to offload operational and analytical workloads from expensive Oracle, Teradata, and Netezza systems. Typical use cases are ETL, operational reporting, or real-time applications.
Onclusive is the data science company for communications and PR. We empower marketing and communications professionals to shape outcomes by uncovering PR’s direct connection to business metrics. Powering the AirPR data-driven platform is the world’s largest collection of communications content that helps ensure marketing and public relations efforts receive full credit for driving business results. The company reveals which strategies drive actual brand engagement and deliver your most valuable content to your target audience, at scale. It makes communications the hero by combining reach and frequency with credibility.
SIPX (pronounced “sip-ex”) is an exciting new company based in Palo Alto, California. Backed by the leading venture, corporate, and angel investors, our mission is to simplify the complex processes involved in legally accessing digital content for the higher education marketplace.
It was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
Bluesight is a software tool developed by Kit Check, Inc. that focuses on substance tracking and drug diversion detection within hospital pharmacies. This platform is part of a broader suite of cloud-based solutions designed to enhance the efficiency of pharmacy operations, including medication tracking and kit automation. Kit Check, Inc. utilizes Internet of Things (IoT) technology to significantly reduce kit replenishment time while increasing accuracy and minimizing errors. The company serves hospitals and pharmacies throughout the United States and Canada, tracking a substantial volume of medication, which contributes to improved supply chain management and operational safety. Founded in 2011 and based in Washington, D.C., Kit Check continues to innovate in the healthcare technology sector.
Kabbage, Inc. is a financial technology company that offers automated funding solutions to small businesses through its innovative online lending platform. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Kabbage simplifies the loan application process, allowing businesses to apply for lines of credit up to $250,000 online and receive approvals within minutes. The platform utilizes various business data, including revenue and transaction history, to assess creditworthiness. Kabbage also provides a mobile application for on-the-go access to accounts and funding, as well as the Kabbage Card, which enables businesses to make purchases directly from their credit lines at point-of-sale locations. Since expanding its services to all small businesses in 2014, Kabbage has gained recognition for its rapid growth and innovative approach to providing working capital. The company has raised substantial funding to support its operations and has formed strategic partnerships to enhance its lending capabilities.
Honest Buildings, Inc. is a data-driven project management and procurement platform tailored for commercial real estate owners and managers in North America. Founded in 2011 and based in New York, the company offers a cloud-based solution that centralizes project cost tracking and procurement activities. This platform enhances transparency, automates bid management, and standardizes reporting, allowing users to effectively manage both existing and developing property portfolios, including office, retail, industrial, hospitality, and multifamily assets. Notable clients such as Brookfield, Beacon Capital Partners, and SL Green utilize Honest Buildings to streamline project management processes, improve project delivery speed, reduce costs, and enhance overall operational efficiency. Since 2019, Honest Buildings has operated as a subsidiary of Procore Technologies, further integrating its solutions within the industry.
Private Equity Round in 2012
CardioDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company, develops tests for coronary artery disease (CAD), cardiac arrhythmia, and heart failure. It develops Corus CAD, a blood test that helps primary care clinicians and cardiologists to assess whether or not non-diabetic patient’s chest discomfort or other symptoms are due to obstructive CAD. The company serves customers in the United States. CardioDx, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Redwood City, California.
Visible Measures Corporation provides content advertising technology. The company enables brands to compete for consumer engagement by maximizing their share of attention relative to media spend in video content advertising; and collects and analyzes video performance data from major brands across new content advertisement campaigns launched every month. Its data management platform stores large scale user-level data used to produce custom audience segments for targeting content advertising. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. As of March 31, 2017, Visible Measures Corporation operates as a subsidiary of AcuityAds US Inc.
Genomatica, Inc. delivers manufacturing processes to produce intermediate and basic chemicals from renewable feedstocks. The company’s proprietary biotechnology platform allows the company to create fermentation-based manufacturing processes and to engineer the enabling microorganisms that drive the conversion of renewable feedstocks into intermediate and basic chemicals. It is developing a pipeline of manufacturing processes for the production of 20 intermediate and basic chemicals, including butanediol and butadiene. The company intends to offer its chemical products to large consumer products or chemical companies. Genomatica, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Ticketfly, a subsidiary of Eventbrite, is a technology company reimagining the live event experience for promoters and fans. Its powerful ticketing, digital marketing, and analytics software helps promoters sell more tickets, streamline operations, and increase revenue per attendee, while its consumer tools make it easy for fans to find and purchase tickets to great events across North America. Since 2008, more than 1,200 leading venues and promoters have partnered with Ticketfly, including Merriweather Post Pavilion, the Brooklyn Bowl, Central Park SummerStage, Pitchfork Music Festival, and Burning Man. Ticketfly is led by Andrew Dreskin, co-founder of TicketWeb, the first company to ever sell tickets online. In 2014, Ticketfly crossed the $1B mark in transaction volume and in 2015 it was named one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Companies in Music." On October 7, 2015, Ticketfly announced its acquisition by music streaming service Pandora in a $335 million cash and stock deal. On June 9th, 2017, Pandora sold Ticketfly to its largest competitor, Eventbrite for $200 million.
Analyte Health is an integrated healthcare partner that connects patients and providers with laboratory testing services. We focus on creating an outstanding patient experience by making lab testing more convenient, accessible, and faster than traditional brick and mortar office visits. On average, we reduce the office visit and lab testing turnaround time from weeks to three days or less. Analyte Health has consistently achieved a Net Promoter Score of 70 or higher. To learn more, please visit www.analytehealth.com.
Liquibase, powered by open-source innovation, simplifies and automates database deployment and configuration for applications that eliminate risk from the deployment process. Its platform removes database deployments as a barrier and eliminates the security vulnerabilities, errors, data loss, and downtime associated with current database deployment methods that enable enterprises to shorten the time it takes to bring application innovation to the market.
[Aryaka](http://www.aryaka.com)'s Global SD-WAN provides optimized, software-defined network connectivity and application acceleration to globally distributed enterprises. Aryaka’s services have over 10 million users across more than 4,000 sites. Leading brands such as Skullcandy, Air China, Freescale Semiconductor, and ThoughtWorks, as well as partners such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Intelisys, and SK Broadband, have all chosen Aryaka for their enterprise-grade networking needs.
Private Equity Round in 2012
CardioDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company, develops tests for coronary artery disease (CAD), cardiac arrhythmia, and heart failure. It develops Corus CAD, a blood test that helps primary care clinicians and cardiologists to assess whether or not non-diabetic patient’s chest discomfort or other symptoms are due to obstructive CAD. The company serves customers in the United States. CardioDx, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Redwood City, California.
Rocket Fuel is a programmatic media-buying platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and big data to enhance marketing return on investment across various digital channels, including web, mobile, video, and social media. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Rocket Fuel offers a comprehensive digital marketing hub featuring capabilities in data management, programmatic media-buying, site optimization, and predictive analytics. The platform is designed to meet both brand and direct-response objectives for a diverse range of industries in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. It includes a demand-side platform that facilitates real-time optimization of advertising campaigns and a data management platform that helps marketers analyze and utilize audience data effectively. Rocket Fuel markets its solutions through direct sales teams targeting advertising agencies and advertisers, as well as through channel partners and resellers.
Private Equity Round in 2012
Nanosolar, Inc. is a manufacturer of solar electricity cells and panels, specializing in cost-efficient solar energy solutions. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company also has manufacturing facilities in Berlin, Germany. Nanosolar utilizes a proprietary printing process to produce CIGS (Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenium) solar cells and lightweight solar-electric cell foils, known as SolarPly, which can be customized to various sizes. This innovative approach minimizes reliance on expensive vacuum deposition equipment, allowing the company to leverage industrial printing techniques for high-speed production. Nanosolar's product line includes utility panels designed for large-scale power plants, making it a significant player in the solar energy sector.
Zebit UK LTD
Series D in 2012
Zebit UK LTD, owned by Global Analytics Holdings, was closed down in 2014, and was absorbed by Lending Stream, another GAH company. ---- Zebit is a short-term lender that offers loans with flexible repayment options. You can take out a loan of up to £800 for a month to 7 months; Zebit lets you choose your repayment on a weekly or monthly basis. Zebit runs an affordability analysis on all applications to evaluate whether you would be able to repay the loan in a sustainable manner. Upon approval, Zebit will send the money to your bank account within 4 minutes* with no transfer or application fees (the time that it takes for cash to appear in your account will depend on your bank’s policies and procedures). Zebit accepts applications 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even on bank holidays. Advantages 1. Upon approval, fund transfer initiated within 4 minutes* (the time that it takes for cash to appear in your account will depend on your bank’s policies and procedures). 2. Choose your repayment term – over 1 month up to 7 months. 3. Apply to borrow any amount, from £50 to £800. Disadvantages Lending of this type is an expensive form of credit that may be appropriate for short-term financial needs, but may not be appropriate for long-term borrowing - or if you are in financial difficulty. Terms and Conditions You need to be 18 years of age, or older, be in regular employment with a minimum monthly income of at least £400, and have a valid debit card and a working bank account. You should also be a UK resident. We currently do not lend to individuals who are self-employed. Costs, Rates & Fees Representative APR:1561.7% Representative Example:Annual Interest Rate: 314.7% (fixed).Total Amount of Credit: £100;Duration of Agreement:1 month; Total Cost of Credit: £25; Total Repayable: £ 125 on a loan of £100 for 1 month Extension:Not permitted **Please refer website to understand the fee structure and other details before you apply for a loan *Subject to loan approval, you will receive cash through Express Cash transfer option for free if supported by your bank. Zebit can initiate the transfer of funds into your account within 4 minutes after final approval of your loan subject to an assessment of affordability and creditworthiness.. The time that it takes for cash to appear in your account will depend on your bank’s policies and procedures
Coupa Software is an information technology company founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. It specializes in procurement, finance, and cloud-based financial applications, offering cloud spend management solutions that enable organizations to control and gain visibility into their indirect spending. By implementing Coupa's solutions, companies can achieve significant savings that contribute directly to their financial performance. In addition to its software offerings, Coupa Ventures invests in early- and growth-stage companies, partnering with other industry investors to provide portfolio companies with unique advantages and exposure. The focus of Coupa Ventures is on companies that are Series A or beyond, though it also has the capability to invest in seed rounds.
Private Equity Round in 2012
VirtuOz specializes in Digital Customer Relationships, focusing on providing Intelligent Virtual Agents for large and mid-market enterprises. These virtual agents enhance online marketing, sales, and support channels, delivering a high-quality user experience while optimizing operational performance. Recognized for its innovative solutions, VirtuOz has processed over 166 million conversations on behalf of its clients, including prominent companies like PayPal and Michelin. The company's approach combines advanced virtual agent technologies with industry best practices to ensure effective development, deployment, and optimization, enabling predictable and measurable results. As intelligent virtual agents are anticipated to become the standard for customer interaction, VirtuOz is positioned as a leader in this burgeoning market.
VitaPath Genetics is developing a family of DNA tests to help individuals reduce the risk of serious and life-threatening disease. Their first product is a genetic test to identify risk factors that are associated with a common birth defect called Spina Bifida and which can be safely corrected with low-risk vitamin supplementation under the care of a physician.
On-Q-ity is an innovative diagnostic company that is focused on providing physicians with the tools they need to make the best decision when treating individual cancer patients. There platform will enable better decision-making across multiple cancers: improving the quality of life for patients and ultimately increasing survival. Products currently in development are based on two core technologies: 1) DNA repair biomarkers that predict treatment response and 2) Microfluidic chip technology that enables capture, enumeration and characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the bloodstream.
ZeaChem is focused on developing sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based fuels and chemicals, utilizing renewable biomass sources such as wood chips, wheat straw, corn stover, and grasses. The company employs a proprietary fermentation process that converts all carbon in the sugars into end products, resulting in high yields and making its products competitive with traditional fossil fuels, even without subsidies. By targeting the $1 trillion chemicals and fuels markets, ZeaChem aims to provide high-margin solutions that address environmental concerns while maintaining economic viability.
Finsphere Corporation provides mobile identity-authentication services platform that enable financial institutions, retail payment networks, and mobile network operators to protect against fraud and enhance customer experiences. It offers solutions for wireless engineering and geospatial analysis, risk and authentication analytics, analytic models, real-time processing, identity and risk management, adaptive access, and loyalty and marketing offers. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.
Private Equity Round in 2012
GridIron Systems, established in 2007 and located in Sunnyvale, California, specializes in hardware and software solutions designed to enhance the performance of data-driven enterprises and service providers. The company focuses on eliminating performance bottlenecks within data storage infrastructures, thereby improving the response times of critical applications that drive business success. With a management team experienced in leading technology firms, GridIron Systems aims to empower organizations to optimize their data center operations and effectively manage the increasing demands of big data acceleration.
Private Equity Round in 2012
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. is a digital healthcare company focused on improving the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias in patients. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides innovative ambulatory electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring solutions, primarily through its flagship product, the Zio service. This service utilizes a lightweight, wire-free, patch-based biosensor that patients can wear for up to 14 days, allowing for continuous heart monitoring. The Zio system integrates cloud-based data analytics and machine-learning capabilities to transform extensive heartbeat data into actionable clinical insights. By streamlining the diagnostic process, iRhythm aims to enhance patient health outcomes and reduce unnecessary healthcare expenses. Additionally, the company collaborates with Verily Life Sciences to develop advanced atrial fibrillation screening and monitoring products. Established in 2006, iRhythm continues to lead in the digital healthcare space by redefining cardiac arrhythmia diagnosis.
Sequenta is a venture funded biotech company dedicated to the discovery and development of clinical diagnostics based on a revolutionary new platform for understanding immune system status. A profound revolution in the cost of DNA sequencing has enabled the company to develop brand new approaches to measuring the most variable part of the human genome: the immune cell receptor genes. The incredible diversity created by these genes are at the heart of a large number of conditions critical to human health and disease allowing the company to be in a position to inform a large number of clinical decisions using a single powerful assay.
The company was founded in 2008 by entrepreneurs who previously founded ParaAllele BioScience, a successful startup company sold to Affymetrix in 2005.
Xambala, Inc. provides electronic liquidity to capital markets. The company develops networking and computing technologies to improve liquidity and reduces transaction costs for large and small investors. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.
HealthTap is a healthcare technology company that aims to enhance the accessibility and quality of primary healthcare for patients and doctors. By utilizing a doctor-trained augmented intelligence system, HealthTap connects users with the care they need, facilitating immediate access to medical expertise. The platform is designed for various stakeholders, including employers, insurance companies, and health systems, serving a global audience. With a network of over 100,000 doctors and hundreds of millions of users across 170 countries, HealthTap is committed to providing timely healthcare solutions, improving both patient experiences and operational efficiency in the healthcare sector.
PunchTab, Inc. provides a Software-as-a-Service based consumer management platform for brands to build and optimize direct consumer relationships. It offers loyalty and engagement programs. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Palo Alto, California. As of September 22, 2015, PunchTab, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of WalmartLabs, Inc.
Visible Measures Corporation provides content advertising technology. The company enables brands to compete for consumer engagement by maximizing their share of attention relative to media spend in video content advertising; and collects and analyzes video performance data from major brands across new content advertisement campaigns launched every month. Its data management platform stores large scale user-level data used to produce custom audience segments for targeting content advertising. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. As of March 31, 2017, Visible Measures Corporation operates as a subsidiary of AcuityAds US Inc.
Crescendo Bioscience, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing quantitative diagnostic tools aimed at assisting rheumatologists in the management of patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The firm offers a range of services, including diagnostic, prognostic, staging, therapy selection, and monitoring capabilities for healthcare providers. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, Crescendo Bioscience focuses on delivering clinical insights that enhance patient care in the field of molecular diagnostics.
BandPage, Inc. operates a music-sharing platform designed to help musicians connect with fans and manage their online presence. Founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, the company enables artists to upload and update their profiles, bios, images, videos, tracks, and tour dates across multiple platforms, including social media and major music services. With over 500,000 musicians utilizing its services, BandPage facilitates engagement and sales to millions of fans across platforms such as Spotify, iHeartRadio, and VEVO. The company offers tools like BandPage Everywhere for managing content across various sites and BandPage Connect for integrating with different platforms. BandPage serves as a crucial infrastructure for artists, allowing them to display and sell their merchandise and other offerings in a targeted manner, adapting to the changing landscape of fan engagement in the music industry. As of February 2016, BandPage operates as a subsidiary of YouTube, LLC.
nLIGHT, Inc. is a technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures semiconductor and fiber lasers tailored for industrial, microfabrication, aerospace, and defense applications. Established in 2000 and headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, nLIGHT operates through two main segments: Laser Products, which encompasses semiconductor lasers, fiber lasers, and directed energy products, and Advanced Development, which focuses on revenue from research and development contracts. The company is recognized for its innovative, high-power continuous wave fiber lasers, which offer advantages in programmability and reliability over traditional options. nLIGHT markets its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers in the United States, China, South Korea, and Finland, utilizing a direct sales force as well as independent sales representatives and distributors in various regions of Asia and Europe. The firm emphasizes early customer engagement in the design process and employs a platform approach to product development to align its laser solutions with specific customer needs.
Kabbage, Inc. is a financial technology company that offers automated funding solutions to small businesses through its innovative online lending platform. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Kabbage simplifies the loan application process, allowing businesses to apply for lines of credit up to $250,000 online and receive approvals within minutes. The platform utilizes various business data, including revenue and transaction history, to assess creditworthiness. Kabbage also provides a mobile application for on-the-go access to accounts and funding, as well as the Kabbage Card, which enables businesses to make purchases directly from their credit lines at point-of-sale locations. Since expanding its services to all small businesses in 2014, Kabbage has gained recognition for its rapid growth and innovative approach to providing working capital. The company has raised substantial funding to support its operations and has formed strategic partnerships to enhance its lending capabilities.