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. offers an integrated web application delivery solution designed to enhance performance, security, and scalability for e-commerce and other web applications. The platform utilizes predictive analytics to monitor user traffic and dynamically allocate resources, allowing for proactive scaling of both the application layer and the application delivery controller (ADC) to meet demand without over-provisioning. This capability is complemented by features such as a web application firewall, load balancing, caching, and DNS management. Webscale’s technology supports multi-cloud environments and integrates seamlessly with leading cloud providers and content delivery networks. Additionally, the company provides specialized solutions like the Webscale E-commerce Cloud Platform and Cloud Bot Manager, focused on delivering high performance and security for online businesses. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Boulder, Colorado, and Bengaluru, India, Webscale is recognized for its expertise in e-commerce platforms, particularly Magento, helping businesses improve revenue and customer engagement.
Webscale Networks, Inc. offers an integrated web application delivery solution designed to enhance performance, security, and scalability for e-commerce and other web applications. The platform utilizes predictive analytics to monitor user traffic and dynamically allocate resources, allowing for proactive scaling of both the application layer and the application delivery controller (ADC) to meet demand without over-provisioning. This capability is complemented by features such as a web application firewall, load balancing, caching, and DNS management. Webscale’s technology supports multi-cloud environments and integrates seamlessly with leading cloud providers and content delivery networks. Additionally, the company provides specialized solutions like the Webscale E-commerce Cloud Platform and Cloud Bot Manager, focused on delivering high performance and security for online businesses. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Boulder, Colorado, and Bengaluru, India, Webscale is recognized for its expertise in e-commerce platforms, particularly Magento, helping businesses improve revenue and customer engagement.
Kabbage, Inc. is a financial technology company that offers small businesses automated access to funding through its online lending platform. Founded in 2008 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, Kabbage simplifies the loan application process by allowing businesses to submit their financial data online, enabling rapid approval and funding, often within minutes. The platform assesses business health using various data sources, including revenue and transaction history, to determine credit lines that can reach up to $250,000. Kabbage also provides tools like the Kabbage card, which allows users to make purchases directly from their credit lines at point-of-sale locations, and a mobile app for convenient account access. The company has evolved its services since initially catering to online merchants, extending its offerings to all small businesses by 2014. Kabbage has garnered recognition for its innovative approach and has secured significant funding to support its growth and technological advancements in the lending industry.
BuildDirect Technologies Inc. operates an online marketplace specializing in home improvement products, directly connecting consumers and contractors with suppliers and manufacturers. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, the company offers a diverse range of product categories including flooring, decking, building materials, kitchen and bath items, and doors. BuildDirect is recognized for creating the first open network for heavyweight goods and launched the BuildDirect Home Marketplace, which is the largest online platform for these products, enabling suppliers to manage their sales and distribution effectively. In 2017, the company expanded its services by introducing the Gateway Supply Chain, which allows third parties to access its logistics network, including warehousing and transportation services, enhancing the efficiency of product delivery from manufacturing to end consumers. With warehouses located across North America, BuildDirect continues to innovate in the home improvement sector.
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 designed to assist users in managing their student loan portfolios, including federal family education loans, federal direct loans, and private loans from various servicers. The platform enables employers to provide a valuable benefit that directly contributes to employees' student loan debt, enhancing their ability to attract, engage, and retain top talent. In addition to facilitating loan management, Tuition.io offers objective financial wellness education to help employees optimize their student debt. Founded in 2011 and based in Santa Monica, California, the company was previously known as Binksty before rebranding in July 2012.
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. specializes in developing an intelligent automation cloud platform aimed at streamlining operations for various industries, including banking, finance, insurance, and healthcare. The company provides a suite of products such as RPA Express for robotic process automation, Smart Process Automation for broader process automation, and Chatbots for automating service interactions. Additionally, WorkFusion offers SmartCrowd, which focuses on workforce orchestration, along with intelligent automation solutions for anti-money laundering and document processing. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York City, WorkFusion has expanded its presence with offices in multiple countries across Europe and Asia, aiming to enhance productivity, reduce operational costs, and facilitate the transition to more meaningful work through its advanced artificial intelligence and analytics capabilities.
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. focuses on network virtualization for both private and public cloud data centers. Founded in 2010 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company offers a range of products, including the Linux-based Netvisor OS, which is a distributed network operating system designed for programmability and simplified networking. Its Adaptive Cloud Fabric provides a controllerless software-defined networking architecture that enhances operational efficiency and security across multi-site and distributed cloud environments. Pluribus Networks also supplies various hardware solutions, such as the E28Q and F64 network computing appliances, and collaborates with industry partners to leverage open networking hardware. Additionally, the company is involved in Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVi) and contributes to initiatives like the Linux Foundation's LF Edge. Through its innovative solutions, Pluribus Networks aims to improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of modern network infrastructures.
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. offers an integrated web application delivery solution designed to enhance performance, security, and scalability for e-commerce and other web applications. The platform utilizes predictive analytics to monitor user traffic and dynamically allocate resources, allowing for proactive scaling of both the application layer and the application delivery controller (ADC) to meet demand without over-provisioning. This capability is complemented by features such as a web application firewall, load balancing, caching, and DNS management. Webscale’s technology supports multi-cloud environments and integrates seamlessly with leading cloud providers and content delivery networks. Additionally, the company provides specialized solutions like the Webscale E-commerce Cloud Platform and Cloud Bot Manager, focused on delivering high performance and security for online businesses. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Boulder, Colorado, and Bengaluru, India, Webscale is recognized for its expertise in e-commerce platforms, particularly Magento, helping businesses improve revenue and customer engagement.
WorkFusion, Inc. specializes in developing an intelligent automation cloud platform aimed at streamlining operations for various industries, including banking, finance, insurance, and healthcare. The company provides a suite of products such as RPA Express for robotic process automation, Smart Process Automation for broader process automation, and Chatbots for automating service interactions. Additionally, WorkFusion offers SmartCrowd, which focuses on workforce orchestration, along with intelligent automation solutions for anti-money laundering and document processing. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York City, WorkFusion has expanded its presence with offices in multiple countries across Europe and Asia, aiming to enhance productivity, reduce operational costs, and facilitate the transition to more meaningful work through its advanced artificial intelligence and analytics capabilities.
Ruby Ribbon, Inc. is a women’s apparel company that designs, manufactures, and sells a variety of clothing, including shapewear, fashion layers, swimwear, and accessories, as well as essential wardrobe items like T-shirts, leggings, and skirts. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, Ruby Ribbon operates through a network of independent personal stylists who host pop-up events in homes, offices, and salons, in addition to selling products online to customers across the United States. The company focuses on providing comfortable and stylish apparel that caters to women of all body types, promoting a positive body image and confidence. Ruby Ribbon emphasizes entrepreneurship and community among its stylists, who utilize modern technology to manage their businesses and connect with customers.
Tuition.io, Inc. operates a platform designed to assist users in managing their student loan portfolios, including federal family education loans, federal direct loans, and private loans from various servicers. The platform enables employers to provide a valuable benefit that directly contributes to employees' student loan debt, enhancing their ability to attract, engage, and retain top talent. In addition to facilitating loan management, Tuition.io offers objective financial wellness education to help employees optimize their student debt. Founded in 2011 and based in Santa Monica, California, the company was previously known as Binksty before rebranding in July 2012.
Webscale Networks, Inc. offers an integrated web application delivery solution designed to enhance performance, security, and scalability for e-commerce and other web applications. The platform utilizes predictive analytics to monitor user traffic and dynamically allocate resources, allowing for proactive scaling of both the application layer and the application delivery controller (ADC) to meet demand without over-provisioning. This capability is complemented by features such as a web application firewall, load balancing, caching, and DNS management. Webscale’s technology supports multi-cloud environments and integrates seamlessly with leading cloud providers and content delivery networks. Additionally, the company provides specialized solutions like the Webscale E-commerce Cloud Platform and Cloud Bot Manager, focused on delivering high performance and security for online businesses. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Boulder, Colorado, and Bengaluru, India, Webscale is recognized for its expertise in e-commerce platforms, particularly Magento, helping businesses improve revenue and customer engagement.
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. is a research and development company dedicated to creating pharmacological therapies for intellectual disabilities, particularly focusing on Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. The company is developing BTD-001 DS102, an oral, placebo-controlled treatment aimed at young adults and adolescents with Down syndrome. This innovative approach is based on technology licensed from Stanford University and has shown promise in animal models for addressing cognitive deficits associated with these conditions. Currently, clinical trials for BTD-001 DS102 are underway. Founded in 2009, Balance Therapeutics is headquartered in San Bruno, California, and has a wholly-owned subsidiary in Melbourne, Australia.
Pluribus Networks, Inc. focuses on network virtualization for both private and public cloud data centers. Founded in 2010 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company offers a range of products, including the Linux-based Netvisor OS, which is a distributed network operating system designed for programmability and simplified networking. Its Adaptive Cloud Fabric provides a controllerless software-defined networking architecture that enhances operational efficiency and security across multi-site and distributed cloud environments. Pluribus Networks also supplies various hardware solutions, such as the E28Q and F64 network computing appliances, and collaborates with industry partners to leverage open networking hardware. Additionally, the company is involved in Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVi) and contributes to initiatives like the Linux Foundation's LF Edge. Through its innovative solutions, Pluribus Networks aims to improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of modern network infrastructures.
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 designed to assist users in managing their student loan portfolios, including federal family education loans, federal direct loans, and private loans from various servicers. The platform enables employers to provide a valuable benefit that directly contributes to employees' student loan debt, enhancing their ability to attract, engage, and retain top talent. In addition to facilitating loan management, Tuition.io offers objective financial wellness education to help employees optimize their student debt. Founded in 2011 and based in Santa Monica, California, the company was previously known as Binksty before rebranding in July 2012.
BuildDirect Technologies Inc. operates an online marketplace specializing in home improvement products, directly connecting consumers and contractors with suppliers and manufacturers. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, the company offers a diverse range of product categories including flooring, decking, building materials, kitchen and bath items, and doors. BuildDirect is recognized for creating the first open network for heavyweight goods and launched the BuildDirect Home Marketplace, which is the largest online platform for these products, enabling suppliers to manage their sales and distribution effectively. In 2017, the company expanded its services by introducing the Gateway Supply Chain, which allows third parties to access its logistics network, including warehousing and transportation services, enhancing the efficiency of product delivery from manufacturing to end consumers. With warehouses located across North America, BuildDirect continues to innovate in the home improvement sector.
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 is a Boston-based company established in 2005 that specializes in content advertising technology. The company offers independent measurement solutions for internet video publishers and advertisers, enabling them to measure video content consumption and its viral distribution. Through its data management platform, Visible Measures collects and analyzes performance data from major brands, facilitating the creation of custom audience segments for targeted advertising. One of its key products, VisibleSuite, provides insights into audience interactions with video content, allowing brands to enhance their competitive edge by maximizing their share of attention relative to media spending. As of 2017, Visible Measures 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 software-as-a-service (SaaS) marketing platform that specializes in retention marketing. The platform allows users to profile and predict customer behavior by analyzing behavioral, transactional, and demographic data. By delivering relevant and timely messaging, Retention Science helps clients keep their customers engaged and encourage repeat purchases. The platform supports targeted multi-channel marketing campaigns through various channels, including email, onsite displays, mobile, and call centers, delivering tailored incentives based on customer behavior and loyalty. Founded in 2011 and based in Santa Monica, California, Retention Science serves notable clients such as Target and Neiman Marcus. The company simplifies sophisticated data science and marketing automation, making it accessible for all marketing teams. As of August 2020, Retention Science 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. is a technology company that specializes in a mobile application designed for capturing and organizing vital personal information and cherished moments. Founded in 2012 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the application allows users to store both physical and digital information in secure, shareable bins. It features cloud-based storage, enabling users to capture images of important documents and keep them in an encrypted file network accessible on demand. Additionally, Mustbin offers a messaging service and a bin sharing feature, facilitating the private sharing of photos and documents with family, friends, or advisors. As of 2017, Mustbin 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 small businesses automated access to funding through its online lending platform. Founded in 2008 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, Kabbage simplifies the loan application process by allowing businesses to submit their financial data online, enabling rapid approval and funding, often within minutes. The platform assesses business health using various data sources, including revenue and transaction history, to determine credit lines that can reach up to $250,000. Kabbage also provides tools like the Kabbage card, which allows users to make purchases directly from their credit lines at point-of-sale locations, and a mobile app for convenient account access. The company has evolved its services since initially catering to online merchants, extending its offerings to all small businesses by 2014. Kabbage has garnered recognition for its innovative approach and has secured significant funding to support its growth and technological advancements in the lending industry.
PunchTab, Inc. offers a Software-as-a-Service consumer management platform designed to help brands cultivate and enhance direct relationships with their consumers. Established in 2010 and located in Palo Alto, California, PunchTab specializes in loyalty and engagement programs that enable brands to deepen audience interaction, increase brand awareness, and achieve a comprehensive understanding of consumer behavior. Its cloud-based solution is utilized by notable companies, including The Yankee Candle Company and ConAgra, to create customizable, white-labeled engagement programs with minimal implementation effort. As of September 2015, PunchTab operates as a subsidiary of WalmartLabs, Inc. and is backed by several investors, including Mohr Davidow Ventures and The Social+Capital Partnership.
WorkFusion, Inc. specializes in developing an intelligent automation cloud platform aimed at streamlining operations for various industries, including banking, finance, insurance, and healthcare. The company provides a suite of products such as RPA Express for robotic process automation, Smart Process Automation for broader process automation, and Chatbots for automating service interactions. Additionally, WorkFusion offers SmartCrowd, which focuses on workforce orchestration, along with intelligent automation solutions for anti-money laundering and document processing. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York City, WorkFusion has expanded its presence with offices in multiple countries across Europe and Asia, aiming to enhance productivity, reduce operational costs, and facilitate the transition to more meaningful work through its advanced artificial intelligence and analytics capabilities.
Tuition.io, Inc. operates a platform designed to assist users in managing their student loan portfolios, including federal family education loans, federal direct loans, and private loans from various servicers. The platform enables employers to provide a valuable benefit that directly contributes to employees' student loan debt, enhancing their ability to attract, engage, and retain top talent. In addition to facilitating loan management, Tuition.io offers objective financial wellness education to help employees optimize their student debt. Founded in 2011 and based in Santa Monica, California, the company was previously known as Binksty before rebranding in July 2012.
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. operates an online marketplace specializing in home improvement products, directly connecting consumers and contractors with suppliers and manufacturers. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, the company offers a diverse range of product categories including flooring, decking, building materials, kitchen and bath items, and doors. BuildDirect is recognized for creating the first open network for heavyweight goods and launched the BuildDirect Home Marketplace, which is the largest online platform for these products, enabling suppliers to manage their sales and distribution effectively. In 2017, the company expanded its services by introducing the Gateway Supply Chain, which allows third parties to access its logistics network, including warehousing and transportation services, enhancing the efficiency of product delivery from manufacturing to end consumers. With warehouses located across North America, BuildDirect continues to innovate in the home improvement sector.
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. is a technology company that specializes in a mobile application designed for capturing and organizing vital personal information and cherished moments. Founded in 2012 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the application allows users to store both physical and digital information in secure, shareable bins. It features cloud-based storage, enabling users to capture images of important documents and keep them in an encrypted file network accessible on demand. Additionally, Mustbin offers a messaging service and a bin sharing feature, facilitating the private sharing of photos and documents with family, friends, or advisors. As of 2017, Mustbin 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 software-as-a-service (SaaS) marketing platform that specializes in retention marketing. The platform allows users to profile and predict customer behavior by analyzing behavioral, transactional, and demographic data. By delivering relevant and timely messaging, Retention Science helps clients keep their customers engaged and encourage repeat purchases. The platform supports targeted multi-channel marketing campaigns through various channels, including email, onsite displays, mobile, and call centers, delivering tailored incentives based on customer behavior and loyalty. Founded in 2011 and based in Santa Monica, California, Retention Science serves notable clients such as Target and Neiman Marcus. The company simplifies sophisticated data science and marketing automation, making it accessible for all marketing teams. As of August 2020, Retention Science operates as a subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings.
Webscale Networks, Inc. offers an integrated web application delivery solution designed to enhance performance, security, and scalability for e-commerce and other web applications. The platform utilizes predictive analytics to monitor user traffic and dynamically allocate resources, allowing for proactive scaling of both the application layer and the application delivery controller (ADC) to meet demand without over-provisioning. This capability is complemented by features such as a web application firewall, load balancing, caching, and DNS management. Webscale’s technology supports multi-cloud environments and integrates seamlessly with leading cloud providers and content delivery networks. Additionally, the company provides specialized solutions like the Webscale E-commerce Cloud Platform and Cloud Bot Manager, focused on delivering high performance and security for online businesses. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Boulder, Colorado, and Bengaluru, India, Webscale is recognized for its expertise in e-commerce platforms, particularly Magento, helping businesses improve revenue and customer engagement.
SIPX, Inc. is a web-based service aimed at the higher education marketplace, facilitating the management of copyrights and the delivery of digital documents. Founded in 2012 and based in Palo Alto, California, SIPX allows copyright owners to register their content, set access restrictions, and establish pricing rules. University libraries can integrate their institutional holdings, enabling professors to search for articles through a keyword system and providing students access to digital content for reading and printing. The platform also empowers content owners to monetize article requests from institutions with limited budgets and offers publishers insights into how their material is utilized in academic settings. SIPX enhances the educational experience by enabling professors to create digital reading lists while simplifying the process of legally accessing digital content. As of 2015, SIPX operates as a subsidiary of ProQuest LLC.
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 biotech company focused on the discovery and development of clinical diagnostics that leverage a novel platform for understanding immune system status. The advancements in DNA sequencing technology have enabled Sequenta to create innovative methods for measuring the immune cell receptor genes, which exhibit significant variability and play a crucial role in numerous health conditions. This capability positions the company to inform a wide range of clinical decisions through a single, powerful assay. Founded in 2008 by entrepreneurs with previous experience in the biotech sector, Sequenta aims to enhance the understanding of the immune system and improve diagnostic approaches in healthcare.
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 virtual primary care platform focused on providing accessible and affordable healthcare. The company connects users with a network of U.S. doctors through various services, including text messaging, video appointments, and urgent care options. With more than 100,000 doctors and hundreds of millions of users across 170 countries, HealthTap enables patients to receive immediate assistance and guidance for their health concerns. Its augmented intelligence system helps users navigate their healthcare needs effectively, while also allowing them to choose and maintain a long-term relationship with their primary care physician. By collaborating with employers, insurance companies, and health systems, HealthTap aims to enhance the healthcare experience for both patients and providers, ultimately reducing costs and saving time in the process.
Ruby Ribbon, Inc. is a women’s apparel company that designs, manufactures, and sells a variety of clothing, including shapewear, fashion layers, swimwear, and accessories, as well as essential wardrobe items like T-shirts, leggings, and skirts. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, Ruby Ribbon operates through a network of independent personal stylists who host pop-up events in homes, offices, and salons, in addition to selling products online to customers across the United States. The company focuses on providing comfortable and stylish apparel that caters to women of all body types, promoting a positive body image and confidence. Ruby Ribbon emphasizes entrepreneurship and community among its stylists, who utilize modern technology to manage their businesses and connect with customers.
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 designed to assist users in managing their student loan portfolios, including federal family education loans, federal direct loans, and private loans from various servicers. The platform enables employers to provide a valuable benefit that directly contributes to employees' student loan debt, enhancing their ability to attract, engage, and retain top talent. In addition to facilitating loan management, Tuition.io offers objective financial wellness education to help employees optimize their student debt. Founded in 2011 and based in Santa Monica, California, the company was previously known as Binksty before rebranding in July 2012.
Yiftee is an online platform that facilitates the giving of e-gift cards and rewards for local businesses. It allows users to send thoughtful gifts that recipients can redeem at nearby shops, restaurants, and spas. The service enables individuals and organizations to easily purchase and send personalized gifts via email, text, or print, without the need for complicated IT setups or recurring fees. Yiftee emphasizes convenience for both gift givers and recipients while promoting support for local economies. The platform caters to a wide range of gifting needs, from rewarding employees to celebrating special occasions, making it simple to send one or multiple gifts quickly.
Crescendo Bioscience, Inc. is a molecular diagnostics company based in South San Francisco, California, specializing in the development of quantitative blood tests for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, particularly rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Established in 2002, the company offers diagnostic, prognostic, staging, therapy selection, and monitoring tools designed to assist rheumatologists in managing patient care. One of its key products is Vectra DA, a standardized multi-biomarker blood test validated to evaluate disease activity in RA. By providing objective and quantitative molecular tests, Crescendo Bioscience aims to enhance clinical insights for rheumatologists and improve patient outcomes.
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 specializes in business analytics software that leverages the capabilities of Apache Hadoop to enhance data-driven decision-making for companies. Its Collaborative Analytics Workspace empowers business analysts by providing tools for SQL-based querying and automated workflows, which include data ingestion, cleansing, and scheduling, all within a self-service framework that minimizes the need for IT support. The platform features a social, web-based interface that facilitates collaboration and resource sharing among users working with big data. Karmasphere's solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly with traditional business intelligence applications and are compatible with major Hadoop distributions, allowing organizations to harness the insights from their large datasets effectively.
Pluribus Networks, Inc. focuses on network virtualization for both private and public cloud data centers. Founded in 2010 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company offers a range of products, including the Linux-based Netvisor OS, which is a distributed network operating system designed for programmability and simplified networking. Its Adaptive Cloud Fabric provides a controllerless software-defined networking architecture that enhances operational efficiency and security across multi-site and distributed cloud environments. Pluribus Networks also supplies various hardware solutions, such as the E28Q and F64 network computing appliances, and collaborates with industry partners to leverage open networking hardware. Additionally, the company is involved in Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVi) and contributes to initiatives like the Linux Foundation's LF Edge. Through its innovative solutions, Pluribus Networks aims to improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of modern network infrastructures.
Wello is an online platform that facilitates live fitness training through two-way video, offering users an accessible and cost-effective way to engage with fitness professionals. Launched in 2011 by Stanford MBA graduates Ann Scott Plante and Leslie Silverglide, Wello's initial product, 1-on-1 personal training, debuted in 2012. The platform connects clients with vetted trainers tailored to their specific fitness needs, ensuring a personalized experience. It simplifies the process of scheduling and payment while establishing a live video connection for workouts. In 2013, Wello participated in the Rock Health program, integrating itself into a prominent network of digital health companies. Based in San Francisco, Wello continues to provide innovative solutions for those seeking flexible and interactive fitness options.
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.
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.
SIPX, Inc. is a web-based service aimed at the higher education marketplace, facilitating the management of copyrights and the delivery of digital documents. Founded in 2012 and based in Palo Alto, California, SIPX allows copyright owners to register their content, set access restrictions, and establish pricing rules. University libraries can integrate their institutional holdings, enabling professors to search for articles through a keyword system and providing students access to digital content for reading and printing. The platform also empowers content owners to monetize article requests from institutions with limited budgets and offers publishers insights into how their material is utilized in academic settings. SIPX enhances the educational experience by enabling professors to create digital reading lists while simplifying the process of legally accessing digital content. As of 2015, SIPX operates as a subsidiary of ProQuest LLC.
Kabbage, Inc. is a financial technology company that offers small businesses automated access to funding through its online lending platform. Founded in 2008 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, Kabbage simplifies the loan application process by allowing businesses to submit their financial data online, enabling rapid approval and funding, often within minutes. The platform assesses business health using various data sources, including revenue and transaction history, to determine credit lines that can reach up to $250,000. Kabbage also provides tools like the Kabbage card, which allows users to make purchases directly from their credit lines at point-of-sale locations, and a mobile app for convenient account access. The company has evolved its services since initially catering to online merchants, extending its offerings to all small businesses by 2014. Kabbage has garnered recognition for its innovative approach and has secured significant funding to support its growth and technological advancements in the lending industry.
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. is a molecular diagnostics company based in Redwood City, California, focused on developing genomic tests for cardiovascular diseases. The company specializes in assessing conditions such as coronary artery disease (CAD), cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure. Its flagship product, the Corus CAD test, is a blood-based gene expression test designed to help healthcare providers evaluate whether chest discomfort in non-diabetic patients is due to obstructive CAD. The company's innovations aim to improve treatment decisions, enhance patient outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs by providing actionable genomic information to clinicians. Established in 2003, CardioDx primarily serves customers across the United States.
Visible Measures Corporation is a Boston-based company established in 2005 that specializes in content advertising technology. The company offers independent measurement solutions for internet video publishers and advertisers, enabling them to measure video content consumption and its viral distribution. Through its data management platform, Visible Measures collects and analyzes performance data from major brands, facilitating the creation of custom audience segments for targeted advertising. One of its key products, VisibleSuite, provides insights into audience interactions with video content, allowing brands to enhance their competitive edge by maximizing their share of attention relative to media spending. As of 2017, Visible Measures operates as a subsidiary of AcuityAds US Inc.
Genomatica, Inc. specializes in developing innovative manufacturing processes that convert renewable feedstocks into intermediate and basic chemicals. Utilizing its proprietary biotechnology platform, the company engineers microorganisms to facilitate fermentation-based production, focusing on a pipeline of 20 key chemicals, including butanediol and butadiene. Genomatica has established itself as a leader in bioengineering, aiming to foster a transition to sustainable materials. Its technology has gained recognition for commercializing processes for butanediol, used in biodegradable plastics and apparel, and butylene glycol, which is important in cosmetics and personal care products. The company is also advancing research in bio-nylon. Genomatica's achievements have been acknowledged through several awards, including the Kirkpatrick Award for outstanding chemical engineering technology and the ICIS Innovation Award for its Brontide butylene glycol. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Genomatica focuses on enhancing the economics, sustainability, and performance of chemical production.
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 a digital healthcare delivery platform that connects patients and providers with laboratory testing services. The company aims to enhance the patient experience by offering convenient and accessible lab testing that significantly reduces turnaround times, typically completing the process in three days or less compared to traditional methods. Analyte Health's platform consolidates patient information, facilitating increased transparency and improved communication among healthcare professionals, laboratories, and patients. This integrated approach not only streamlines the testing process but also fosters high levels of patient satisfaction, as evidenced by a consistently high Net Promoter Score.
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. is a molecular diagnostics company based in Redwood City, California, focused on developing genomic tests for cardiovascular diseases. The company specializes in assessing conditions such as coronary artery disease (CAD), cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure. Its flagship product, the Corus CAD test, is a blood-based gene expression test designed to help healthcare providers evaluate whether chest discomfort in non-diabetic patients is due to obstructive CAD. The company's innovations aim to improve treatment decisions, enhance patient outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs by providing actionable genomic information to clinicians. Established in 2003, CardioDx primarily serves customers across the United States.
Rocket Fuel Inc. is a technology company specializing in digital advertising solutions across various regions, including North America and Europe. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, it operates as a subsidiary of Sizmek Inc. The company offers a programmatic media-buying platform that leverages artificial intelligence and big data to optimize marketing return on investment across web, mobile, video, and social channels. Rocket Fuel's services include a demand-side platform that enables highly automated advertising campaigns tailored to meet both direct response and brand objectives. Additionally, it provides a data management platform for marketers to analyze and segment audience data, as well as a multi-modal advertising optimization platform for executing programmatic campaigns. The company's solutions are marketed through direct sales teams, resellers, and channel partners, focusing on advertising agencies and direct advertisers.
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.
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.
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.
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 biotech company focused on the discovery and development of clinical diagnostics that leverage a novel platform for understanding immune system status. The advancements in DNA sequencing technology have enabled Sequenta to create innovative methods for measuring the immune cell receptor genes, which exhibit significant variability and play a crucial role in numerous health conditions. This capability positions the company to inform a wide range of clinical decisions through a single, powerful assay. Founded in 2008 by entrepreneurs with previous experience in the biotech sector, Sequenta aims to enhance the understanding of the immune system and improve diagnostic approaches in healthcare.
Xambala, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing electronic liquidity to capital markets through advanced networking and computing technologies. Established in 2001 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Xambala focuses on developing innovative solutions that enable both large and small investors to access improved liquidity and lower transaction costs. The company offers a message stream processing subsystem tailored for the financial market, allowing clients to respond swiftly to market fluctuations and obtain competitive quotes. Additionally, Xambala has a development center located in Chennai, India, further supporting its technological advancements and service offerings.
HealthTap is a virtual primary care platform focused on providing accessible and affordable healthcare. The company connects users with a network of U.S. doctors through various services, including text messaging, video appointments, and urgent care options. With more than 100,000 doctors and hundreds of millions of users across 170 countries, HealthTap enables patients to receive immediate assistance and guidance for their health concerns. Its augmented intelligence system helps users navigate their healthcare needs effectively, while also allowing them to choose and maintain a long-term relationship with their primary care physician. By collaborating with employers, insurance companies, and health systems, HealthTap aims to enhance the healthcare experience for both patients and providers, ultimately reducing costs and saving time in the process.
PunchTab, Inc. offers a Software-as-a-Service consumer management platform designed to help brands cultivate and enhance direct relationships with their consumers. Established in 2010 and located in Palo Alto, California, PunchTab specializes in loyalty and engagement programs that enable brands to deepen audience interaction, increase brand awareness, and achieve a comprehensive understanding of consumer behavior. Its cloud-based solution is utilized by notable companies, including The Yankee Candle Company and ConAgra, to create customizable, white-labeled engagement programs with minimal implementation effort. As of September 2015, PunchTab operates as a subsidiary of WalmartLabs, Inc. and is backed by several investors, including Mohr Davidow Ventures and The Social+Capital Partnership.
Visible Measures Corporation is a Boston-based company established in 2005 that specializes in content advertising technology. The company offers independent measurement solutions for internet video publishers and advertisers, enabling them to measure video content consumption and its viral distribution. Through its data management platform, Visible Measures collects and analyzes performance data from major brands, facilitating the creation of custom audience segments for targeted advertising. One of its key products, VisibleSuite, provides insights into audience interactions with video content, allowing brands to enhance their competitive edge by maximizing their share of attention relative to media spending. As of 2017, Visible Measures operates as a subsidiary of AcuityAds US Inc.
Crescendo Bioscience, Inc. is a molecular diagnostics company based in South San Francisco, California, specializing in the development of quantitative blood tests for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, particularly rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Established in 2002, the company offers diagnostic, prognostic, staging, therapy selection, and monitoring tools designed to assist rheumatologists in managing patient care. One of its key products is Vectra DA, a standardized multi-biomarker blood test validated to evaluate disease activity in RA. By providing objective and quantitative molecular tests, Crescendo Bioscience aims to enhance clinical insights for rheumatologists and improve patient outcomes.
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 small businesses automated access to funding through its online lending platform. Founded in 2008 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, Kabbage simplifies the loan application process by allowing businesses to submit their financial data online, enabling rapid approval and funding, often within minutes. The platform assesses business health using various data sources, including revenue and transaction history, to determine credit lines that can reach up to $250,000. Kabbage also provides tools like the Kabbage card, which allows users to make purchases directly from their credit lines at point-of-sale locations, and a mobile app for convenient account access. The company has evolved its services since initially catering to online merchants, extending its offerings to all small businesses by 2014. Kabbage has garnered recognition for its innovative approach and has secured significant funding to support its growth and technological advancements in the lending industry.