Voyager Capital

Voyager Capital LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 1997, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with additional offices in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Canada. The firm specializes in early-stage and growth-stage investments primarily in B2B technology companies, emphasizing sectors such as software, analytics, cloud infrastructure, big data applications, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Voyager Capital typically leads first venture round investments in the Pacific Northwest and California, deploying between $1 million and $3 million in initial rounds and between $5 million and $7 million in subsequent funding rounds. By leveraging its industry expertise and connections, Voyager aims to support entrepreneurs in building successful technology companies.

Diane Fraiman

Managing Director

Daniel Gallagher

Associate

Narendra K. Gupta

Member of Advisory Board

Austin Guyette

Partner

Jennifer Harris

Director Of Investor Relations and Operations

Bill Hughlett

Chief Financial Officer

Randall Lucas

Partner

William H. McAleer

Managing Director

Lesly Mohr

Vice President of Finance

James Newell

Managing Director

Meredith Powell

Venture Partner

176 past transactions

Cullgen

Series C in 2023
Cullgen is a drug discovery services intended to create new drugs for the treatment of diseases that currently lack effective therapies. The company's services use protein degradation technology that focuses on selective degradation of disease-causing proteins, novel treatment for cancer, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including targets previously considered undruggable, enabling scientists with new means to develop novel therapeutic approaches for various diseases.

Carbon Robotics

Series C in 2023
Maka Autonomous Robotic Systems, Inc. designs and develops mobile robots for weed control. The company’s products specialize in robotics, autonomous, and deep learning technologies focused on eliminating weeds and unwanted plants, enabling cultivators to optimize crop yield. Maka Autonomous Robotic Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Uplevel

Series A in 2022
Uplevel Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in software solutions designed to enhance the productivity of engineering teams through machine learning and organizational science. Founded in 2018, Uplevel provides data-driven insights that empower engineers and their managers to optimize performance and foster behavior change. The platform integrates seamlessly into daily workflows, utilizing data from commonly used tools such as calendar applications, GitHub, Jira, Slack, and engagement surveys. By championing best practices and actionable coaching, Uplevel aims to elevate the effectiveness of teams, enabling them to perform at their best.

Videon Labs

Venture Round in 2022
Videon develops products for audio/video applications in the Global AV, Aviation, and Automotive industries. With over 30 million devices using its streaming media, DVD, and Blu-ray technology, Videon is a partner to the world technology companies and AV product developers. Its holistic approach supports customers at any stage in product development, offering expertise during ideation, design, development, manufacturing, certification, and support. All of these are done in-house, simplifying, and streamlining the process. Since its founding, Videon has achieved a number of industry firsts, including the first universal Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD player and the first optical disc Google TV. Our Android app Avia was one of the first apps to be released with support for Google Chromecast, and for weeks Avia was the most popular Android app. It’s been downloaded over a million times. Videon continues to grow and expand into new industries, and we have made the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies four times.

FarmHQ

Seed Round in 2022
FarmHQ is a cellular-connected device that can be added to any irrigation pump, hose reel, traveler, and more. It is a mobile and web-based application that can be used on any smartphone, tablet, or computer. Its services include real-time monitoring, connecting equipment through user-defined automations, detecting equipment failures, controlling your pump from anywhere, and obtaining detailed record-keeping.

Pictory

Seed Round in 2022
Pictory uses the latest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to allow anyone to create videos on-demand. Videos have a higher user engagement than any other form of content. With Pictory, you can save enormous amounts of time and money in creating videos.

Field Day

Seed Round in 2021
Field Day is an online platform that streamlines individuals, organizations, coordination, and communication to discover and engage with local nonprofits through group volunteer events.

Ayla Networks

Venture Round in 2021
Ayla Networks Inc. offers an Internet of Things (IoT) platform designed for manufacturers and service providers. Its flagship product, the Agile IoT Platform, is a cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that facilitates device connectivity to cloud applications, allowing for the rapid adaptation of various devices and environments. The company also provides the Agile Mobile Application Platform (AMAP), which accelerates the development of mobile applications for managing IoT devices, as well as Ayla Insights, a business intelligence tool that delivers valuable insights into the usage of connected products. By simplifying the complexities of IoT, Ayla Networks enables manufacturers to enhance their products, transforming them into smart connected systems. The company has established strategic partnerships with entities such as Smartvue Corporation and Tata Elxsi, and it has a cooperation agreement with China Unicom. Founded in 2010, Ayla Networks is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Japan.

Groopit

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Groopit is the SaaS solution for collecting real-time data and organizing people who don’t work directly for you. Visit www.groopit.co to learn more. Groopit has a strong team, deep subject matter expertise, a product in-market and early customer traction. They closed a friends and family round in 2018 led by early LinkedIn, PayPal, 23&Me, and Microsoft investors. They are raising a pre-seed round now (August 2019).

Syndio

Series C in 2021
Syndio is a people analytics company that assists organizations in identifying and addressing critical issues affecting their employees and overall performance. Founded in 2009 and based in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in Seattle and New York, Syndio offers a range of solutions aimed at improving workplace dynamics. Its PayEQ tool focuses on analyzing and resolving pay equity issues, enabling organizations to attract and retain talent while mitigating legal risks. Additionally, the PeopleEQ solution provides insights into communication and resource flow within the organization, facilitating better decision-making regarding promotions and career development. By employing data science methodologies, Syndio promotes fairness and enhances engagement, diversity, and inclusion throughout the employee lifecycle. The company's services are designed to help multinational corporations manage their complex workforces effectively.

Carbon Robotics

Series B in 2021
Maka Autonomous Robotic Systems, Inc. designs and develops mobile robots for weed control. The company’s products specialize in robotics, autonomous, and deep learning technologies focused on eliminating weeds and unwanted plants, enabling cultivators to optimize crop yield. Maka Autonomous Robotic Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Videon Labs

Series A in 2021
Videon develops products for audio/video applications in the Global AV, Aviation, and Automotive industries. With over 30 million devices using its streaming media, DVD, and Blu-ray technology, Videon is a partner to the world technology companies and AV product developers. Its holistic approach supports customers at any stage in product development, offering expertise during ideation, design, development, manufacturing, certification, and support. All of these are done in-house, simplifying, and streamlining the process. Since its founding, Videon has achieved a number of industry firsts, including the first universal Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD player and the first optical disc Google TV. Our Android app Avia was one of the first apps to be released with support for Google Chromecast, and for weeks Avia was the most popular Android app. It’s been downloaded over a million times. Videon continues to grow and expand into new industries, and we have made the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies four times.

Videon Labs

Series A in 2021
Videon develops products for audio/video applications in the Global AV, Aviation, and Automotive industries. With over 30 million devices using its streaming media, DVD, and Blu-ray technology, Videon is a partner to the world technology companies and AV product developers. Its holistic approach supports customers at any stage in product development, offering expertise during ideation, design, development, manufacturing, certification, and support. All of these are done in-house, simplifying, and streamlining the process. Since its founding, Videon has achieved a number of industry firsts, including the first universal Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD player and the first optical disc Google TV. Our Android app Avia was one of the first apps to be released with support for Google Chromecast, and for weeks Avia was the most popular Android app. It’s been downloaded over a million times. Videon continues to grow and expand into new industries, and we have made the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies four times.

Candidate

Seed Round in 2021
Candidate, Inc. operates as an online staffing and recruiting company. The company operates an online marketplace that incentivizes every person to be a recruiter for their network. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Act-On Software

Venture Round in 2021
Act-On Software, Inc. develops a cloud-based marketing automation platform designed for small and mid-sized businesses. This platform enables marketers to manage various aspects of their marketing efforts, including email campaigns, lead generation, social media marketing, and analytics, all from a single dashboard. Act-On's solutions facilitate the creation of effective marketing campaigns that attract and convert leads, while also allowing for personalized web experiences. The company also provides professional consulting, support, and training services to enhance users' marketing capabilities. Act-On serves a diverse range of industries, including banking, insurance, technology, and manufacturing. Founded in 2006 and based in Portland, Oregon, with additional offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Reading, United Kingdom, Act-On was previously known as On-Demand Software, Inc. before its rebranding in 2006.

SoundCommerce

Funding Round in 2021
SoundCommerce equips consumer brands with advanced technology, enabling world-class shopper experiences that drive profitable growth. Our platform and services are driven by data science, a digital-native approach, and operating discipline grounded in unit economics — your most critical KPIs.

Taloflow

Venture Round in 2021
Taloflow (YC W21) is a buying insights platform for the tech stack. We help CTOs at digital-native companies pick the best cloud infrastructure and API products for their specific use case, saving them weeks of soul-sucking analysis and costly mistakes for every big decision they make.

Syndio

Series B in 2021
Syndio is a people analytics company that assists organizations in identifying and addressing critical issues affecting their employees and overall performance. Founded in 2009 and based in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in Seattle and New York, Syndio offers a range of solutions aimed at improving workplace dynamics. Its PayEQ tool focuses on analyzing and resolving pay equity issues, enabling organizations to attract and retain talent while mitigating legal risks. Additionally, the PeopleEQ solution provides insights into communication and resource flow within the organization, facilitating better decision-making regarding promotions and career development. By employing data science methodologies, Syndio promotes fairness and enhances engagement, diversity, and inclusion throughout the employee lifecycle. The company's services are designed to help multinational corporations manage their complex workforces effectively.

Markable Creators(Markable AI)

Convertible Note in 2020
BCG reported that 70% of Gen Z discover products through content platforms, not directly on a retailer website. Social commerce is NOW. The global fashion E-commerce digital advertising allocation is $200 billion. Mai is making social visual discovery shopping a reality on every photo and video across any social platforms or devices. Viewers can click and shop the clothing they see while watching videos, such as TV shows, movies, and other digital media. Mai bridges the gap between social content and e-commerce, through a fully-automated AI computer vision technology, a sophisticated e-commerce bidding system, and a user personalization system. At Mai, we have spent three years working with top computer vision AI scientists, AI engineers, and fashion experts that created the world’s 1st fully automated video fashion shopping solution. We are connected with numerous top global e-commerce platforms, with total 200M SKUs available, daily updated with an out-of-stock rate <3%. Moreover, Mai is already live with two of the biggest social content platforms in Asia, with more to come. Mai has won the No.1 winner of MIT AI Idol contest in Jul 2020, and also won the title of “Most fundable company by investment value” at the biggest Asia Internet Conference in Nov 2020.

FiscalNote

Venture Round in 2020
FiscalNote is a privately-held company that uses artificial intelligence and big data to deliver immediate predictive analytics of governmental action to pinpoint impact. FiscalNote's flagship platform provides real-time legislative predictive capabilities as well as enterprise collaboration and visualization tools for data on campaign finance, demographics, news, and open data to government relations professionals to help them make faster decisions.

ZeroWall

Seed Round in 2020
ZeroWall operates as an enterprise security company.

DeepSurface

Seed Round in 2020
DeepSurface Security is a cybersecurity company based in Portland, Oregon, specializing in automated Predictive Vulnerability Management. The firm provides a suite of tools designed to assist cybersecurity teams in identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing vulnerabilities based on their potential risk to enterprise networks. By utilizing advanced rules for comprehensive context gathering, DeepSurface predicts where attackers could inflict the most damage, thereby streamlining the vulnerability management process. Trusted by enterprise organizations, DeepSurface aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of cybersecurity efforts, enabling teams to focus on critical threats. The company is privately held and has received funding from Cascade Seed Fund, SeaChange Fund, and Voyager Capital.

Vega Cloud

Venture Round in 2020
Scale Cloud Management Platform. Use Vega to manage your AWS and Azure cloud effectively and efficiently.

Candidate

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Candidate, Inc. operates as an online staffing and recruiting company. The company operates an online marketplace that incentivizes every person to be a recruiter for their network. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Reflective

Seed Round in 2020
Reflective, Inc. develops an application to automate workflow. It offers Reflective, an application that guides and automates work; and manages the company's recurring processes. Reflective, Inc. was founded in 2020 and is based in Mercer Island, Washington.

ThoughtExchange

Series B in 2020
ThoughtExchange is a developer of enterprise crowdsourcing software that facilitates strategic discussions among stakeholders, whether in small groups or large communities. The platform allows leaders to pose open-ended questions and gather real-time responses, ensuring that all voices are heard, not just the most vocal. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, ThoughtExchange organizes insights and provides dynamic, data-rich reports that highlight results based on priority and urgency. This approach enables clients to analyze interactions among participants and make well-informed decisions. Founded in Rossland, British Columbia, the company operates with teams distributed across North America.

Syndio

Series A in 2020
Syndio is a people analytics company that assists organizations in identifying and addressing critical issues affecting their employees and overall performance. Founded in 2009 and based in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in Seattle and New York, Syndio offers a range of solutions aimed at improving workplace dynamics. Its PayEQ tool focuses on analyzing and resolving pay equity issues, enabling organizations to attract and retain talent while mitigating legal risks. Additionally, the PeopleEQ solution provides insights into communication and resource flow within the organization, facilitating better decision-making regarding promotions and career development. By employing data science methodologies, Syndio promotes fairness and enhances engagement, diversity, and inclusion throughout the employee lifecycle. The company's services are designed to help multinational corporations manage their complex workforces effectively.

Imperative

Venture Round in 2020
Imperative Group, Inc. specializes in developing assessment and learning systems that help individuals discover and apply their intrinsic motivations and purpose in their work. The company offers a platform that connects employees as peer coaches, fostering new mindsets and behaviors within organizations. Key offerings include the Certified Purpose Leaders program, which equips employees with training, tools, and resources to integrate purpose into talent strategies, and the Individual Purpose Profile, designed to help employees identify their personal purpose. Additionally, the Team Purpose Profile assesses dominant drivers within teams, while the Purpose Hiring Coach provides insights into candidate motivations. The platform facilitates career development, team building, talent acquisition, and diversity initiatives, while making coaching more accessible and cost-effective for a larger number of employees. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, Imperative serves a varied clientele, including companies like Sony Music, MetLife, Zillow, and Airbnb.

Kaskada

Series A in 2020
Kaskada is a machine learning company that empowers data scientists to collaborate on the feature engineering process and to achieve repeatable success with models running in production. Kaskada’s feature engineering platform provides a collaborative interface for data scientists and robust data infrastructure for computing, storing, and serving features in production.

ThoughtExchange

Series B in 2019
ThoughtExchange is a developer of enterprise crowdsourcing software that facilitates strategic discussions among stakeholders, whether in small groups or large communities. The platform allows leaders to pose open-ended questions and gather real-time responses, ensuring that all voices are heard, not just the most vocal. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, ThoughtExchange organizes insights and provides dynamic, data-rich reports that highlight results based on priority and urgency. This approach enables clients to analyze interactions among participants and make well-informed decisions. Founded in Rossland, British Columbia, the company operates with teams distributed across North America.

SheerID

Series C in 2019
SheerID is an enterprise verification platform that provides instant verification while minimizing friction and mitigating fraud. It redefines how enterprises create instant trust in the digital world. The SheerID digital verification platform instantly verifies the identity of any individual or business to ensure the integrity of exclusive offers and authenticated experiences. The company's solutions use authoritative data sources to verify credentials in real-time within an organization’s brand experience. All of these components enable enterprises to differentiate with exclusive offers and experiences that drive loyalty, reduce churn, and increase revenue over the lifetime of the customer. It was founded in 2011 and is based in Eugene, Oregon.

SoundCommerce

Seed Round in 2019
SoundCommerce equips consumer brands with advanced technology, enabling world-class shopper experiences that drive profitable growth. Our platform and services are driven by data science, a digital-native approach, and operating discipline grounded in unit economics — your most critical KPIs.

Lytics

Series C in 2019
Lytics helps companies orchestrate more relevant marketing through the only enterprise-grade Customer Data Platform (CDP). Nestle, General Mills, Atlassian, The Economist, Heineken, and other leading companies use Lytics to choreograph one-to-one interactions across marketing channels that their customers welcome. The Lytics Customer Data Platform (CDP), the company's flagship product, was launched in October 2014. The Lytics CDP connects a company's marketing data about customers and users from multiple sources (e.g., structured and unstructured data from tools, anonymous and known profiles, and other interactions and events from the marketing stack, sales, and support databases) and creates behavior-rich user-profiles and segments (e.g., likely to churn, most active on mobile, coupon lover). These customer profiles and segments then sync with a company's marketing tools (from website personalization and ad retargeting, to email marketing and content optimization) to improve marketing campaign results and reduce inefficiencies. Many marketing technology vendors claim to offer a "customer data platform." Lytics has the only customer data platform that is easy enough for a beginner marketer to use, but technically sophisticated enough to impress software developers and data scientists. Lytics builds a profile based on unifying any fragment of customer information using sophisticated data science and conducts probabilistic matching to merge identities. The result: a rich profile of a consumer that can power one-to-one marketing in third-party martech tools, APIs, and Lytics own native execution platform. Lytics is led by marketing-technology veterans who’ve held leadership positions at Webtrends, Urban Airship, Jive, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. We are headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Zipwhip

Series D in 2019
Zipwhip features software that helps people businesses have more effective conversations by text-enabling existing phone numbers. Zipwhip pairs direct network connectivity with easy out-of-the-box software, so businesses of any size can give customers the choice to “text or call” and handle two-way text conversations at scale. It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Uplevel

Seed Round in 2018
Uplevel Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in software solutions designed to enhance the productivity of engineering teams through machine learning and organizational science. Founded in 2018, Uplevel provides data-driven insights that empower engineers and their managers to optimize performance and foster behavior change. The platform integrates seamlessly into daily workflows, utilizing data from commonly used tools such as calendar applications, GitHub, Jira, Slack, and engagement surveys. By championing best practices and actionable coaching, Uplevel aims to elevate the effectiveness of teams, enabling them to perform at their best.

Kaskada

Seed Round in 2018
Kaskada is a machine learning company that empowers data scientists to collaborate on the feature engineering process and to achieve repeatable success with models running in production. Kaskada’s feature engineering platform provides a collaborative interface for data scientists and robust data infrastructure for computing, storing, and serving features in production.

Lytics

Series B in 2018
Lytics helps companies orchestrate more relevant marketing through the only enterprise-grade Customer Data Platform (CDP). Nestle, General Mills, Atlassian, The Economist, Heineken, and other leading companies use Lytics to choreograph one-to-one interactions across marketing channels that their customers welcome. The Lytics Customer Data Platform (CDP), the company's flagship product, was launched in October 2014. The Lytics CDP connects a company's marketing data about customers and users from multiple sources (e.g., structured and unstructured data from tools, anonymous and known profiles, and other interactions and events from the marketing stack, sales, and support databases) and creates behavior-rich user-profiles and segments (e.g., likely to churn, most active on mobile, coupon lover). These customer profiles and segments then sync with a company's marketing tools (from website personalization and ad retargeting, to email marketing and content optimization) to improve marketing campaign results and reduce inefficiencies. Many marketing technology vendors claim to offer a "customer data platform." Lytics has the only customer data platform that is easy enough for a beginner marketer to use, but technically sophisticated enough to impress software developers and data scientists. Lytics builds a profile based on unifying any fragment of customer information using sophisticated data science and conducts probabilistic matching to merge identities. The result: a rich profile of a consumer that can power one-to-one marketing in third-party martech tools, APIs, and Lytics own native execution platform. Lytics is led by marketing-technology veterans who’ve held leadership positions at Webtrends, Urban Airship, Jive, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. We are headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Stackery

Venture Round in 2018
Stackery, Inc. develops open source tools for developers to design, deploy, monitor, and scale cloud infrastructure. It offers Stackery, a tool to deploy and operate the entire stack, and the developer can focus on the applications. The company’s tool is also used to design stack by dragging in components, such as Docker clusters, virtual networks, and load balancers; and connect and configure services using operational practices for an error-proof deployment. Stackery, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

TurboPatent

Venture Round in 2018
TurboPatent offers A.I.-enhanced patent drafting services to engineer high-quality patent documents. It utilizes the power of the TurboPatent Machine to rapidly evaluate the quality and value of patent assets, creating quality reports for individual patent assets as well as entire portfolios. The TurboPatent Machine also allows our Patent Engineers to generate patent documents at a fraction of the time and cost of conventional methods and with significantly higher quality.

Shiftboard

Series A in 2018
Shiftboard, Inc. is a provider of Software-as-a-Service scheduling software that caters to business services, staffing companies, municipal governments, educational institutions, and non-profits globally. Founded in 2002 and based in Seattle, Washington, Shiftboard's platform integrates various functionalities, including group communication, employee database management, and web-based recruitment. The software allows organizations to post shifts, manage worker availability, and communicate effectively with teams. Additionally, it features tools for electronic timesheet submission, online clock-in/out, and tracking paid time off. Shiftboard also offers labor cost forecasting and compliance automation to assist businesses in adhering to labor and employment laws. The platform serves diverse industries such as call centers, event management, healthcare, and security, enabling organizations to streamline their scheduling and workforce management processes efficiently.

SheerID

Series B in 2018
SheerID is an enterprise verification platform that provides instant verification while minimizing friction and mitigating fraud. It redefines how enterprises create instant trust in the digital world. The SheerID digital verification platform instantly verifies the identity of any individual or business to ensure the integrity of exclusive offers and authenticated experiences. The company's solutions use authoritative data sources to verify credentials in real-time within an organization’s brand experience. All of these components enable enterprises to differentiate with exclusive offers and experiences that drive loyalty, reduce churn, and increase revenue over the lifetime of the customer. It was founded in 2011 and is based in Eugene, Oregon.

Pioneer Square Labs

Series B in 2018
Pioneer Square Labs is a venture capital firm and startup studio based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 2015. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, including pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, primarily targeting technology-oriented companies in the Pacific Northwest. Pioneer Square Labs collaborates with exceptional entrepreneurs to develop and launch innovative technology companies, providing them with the necessary resources, expertise, and capital to succeed. By fostering a supportive environment, the firm aims to transform promising ideas into fully-funded businesses with strong customer adoption.

Food.ee

Series A in 2017
Food.ee is a fun and simple service which delivers meals, snacks, cakes and alcohol to your office! All you need to do it 1. Pick a price point 2. Choose your food type 3. Build a menu. Its that easy.

Zipwhip

Series C in 2017
Zipwhip features software that helps people businesses have more effective conversations by text-enabling existing phone numbers. Zipwhip pairs direct network connectivity with easy out-of-the-box software, so businesses of any size can give customers the choice to “text or call” and handle two-way text conversations at scale. It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Make.TV

Venture Round in 2017
make.tv, inc. develops live video cloud platform for publishers and video creators. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Seattle, Washington. make.tv, inc. operates as a former subsidiary of SMT - Streaming Media Technologies GmbH. As per the transaction announced on September 9, 2019, make.tv, inc. operates as a subsidiary of LTN Global Communications, Inc.

Stackery

Venture Round in 2017
Stackery, Inc. develops open source tools for developers to design, deploy, monitor, and scale cloud infrastructure. It offers Stackery, a tool to deploy and operate the entire stack, and the developer can focus on the applications. The company’s tool is also used to design stack by dragging in components, such as Docker clusters, virtual networks, and load balancers; and connect and configure services using operational practices for an error-proof deployment. Stackery, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

SheerID

Venture Round in 2017
SheerID is an enterprise verification platform that provides instant verification while minimizing friction and mitigating fraud. It redefines how enterprises create instant trust in the digital world. The SheerID digital verification platform instantly verifies the identity of any individual or business to ensure the integrity of exclusive offers and authenticated experiences. The company's solutions use authoritative data sources to verify credentials in real-time within an organization’s brand experience. All of these components enable enterprises to differentiate with exclusive offers and experiences that drive loyalty, reduce churn, and increase revenue over the lifetime of the customer. It was founded in 2011 and is based in Eugene, Oregon.

AutoGraph

Series B in 2016
autoGraph Inc. develops personal data cloaking technology solution that allows users to control how your personal information is used online, without disclosing personal data. Its product includes autoGraph Connect, a web based solution that provides mobile operators with a way to manage personal data and privacy and find new ways to generate revenues from existing subscribers as they move to 5G networks. The company has a strategic partnership with Mastek. autoGraph Inc. was formerly known as nFluence Media, Inc. and changed its name in July, 2014. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.

Zipwhip

Series B in 2016
Zipwhip features software that helps people businesses have more effective conversations by text-enabling existing phone numbers. Zipwhip pairs direct network connectivity with easy out-of-the-box software, so businesses of any size can give customers the choice to “text or call” and handle two-way text conversations at scale. It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Ayla Networks

Series C in 2016
Ayla Networks Inc. offers an Internet of Things (IoT) platform designed for manufacturers and service providers. Its flagship product, the Agile IoT Platform, is a cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that facilitates device connectivity to cloud applications, allowing for the rapid adaptation of various devices and environments. The company also provides the Agile Mobile Application Platform (AMAP), which accelerates the development of mobile applications for managing IoT devices, as well as Ayla Insights, a business intelligence tool that delivers valuable insights into the usage of connected products. By simplifying the complexities of IoT, Ayla Networks enables manufacturers to enhance their products, transforming them into smart connected systems. The company has established strategic partnerships with entities such as Smartvue Corporation and Tata Elxsi, and it has a cooperation agreement with China Unicom. Founded in 2010, Ayla Networks is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Japan.

Ripl

Venture Round in 2016
Ripl was launched in October 2015 with the mission of helping small businesses and influencers succeed in the realm of digital marketing. A key part of finding that success is having the ability to create compelling visual and social media content. The application allows users to integrate their own photos into professionally-designed templates to create animated video posts. With simple customization options for text, colors, and music, Ripl makes it easy for users to create engaging posts on the go. In January 2016 the company introduced Ripl PRO, a premium plan for small businesses and other social media power users. The monthly PRO subscription unlocks access to the full library of animated post layout design templates and additional features such as custom brand integration, music track overlays, and content post scheduling. In 2017 the company released its Android mobile app. In 2018 the company launched its Web application for use on laptops and desktop computers.

Autogrid

Series C in 2016
AutoGrid Systems, Inc. specializes in developing software applications for the energy sector, focusing on the management of distributed energy resources (DERs). The company's flagship products, including AutoGrid Flex and AutoGrid Engage, utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize and control energy resources in real time. AutoGrid Flex features modules for demand response optimization, virtual power plants, and energy storage management, while AutoGrid Engage serves as a customer energy data platform. By leveraging extensive data from smart meters and sensors, AutoGrid's applications enable utilities and energy service providers to deliver affordable, clean, and reliable energy. Established in 2010 and based in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in India, Japan, and the Netherlands, AutoGrid collaborates with notable clients such as Shell, FPL, and Xcel Energy, employing advanced analytics to address pressing energy challenges.

Shiftboard

Venture Round in 2016
Shiftboard, Inc. is a provider of Software-as-a-Service scheduling software that caters to business services, staffing companies, municipal governments, educational institutions, and non-profits globally. Founded in 2002 and based in Seattle, Washington, Shiftboard's platform integrates various functionalities, including group communication, employee database management, and web-based recruitment. The software allows organizations to post shifts, manage worker availability, and communicate effectively with teams. Additionally, it features tools for electronic timesheet submission, online clock-in/out, and tracking paid time off. Shiftboard also offers labor cost forecasting and compliance automation to assist businesses in adhering to labor and employment laws. The platform serves diverse industries such as call centers, event management, healthcare, and security, enabling organizations to streamline their scheduling and workforce management processes efficiently.

LiquidPlanner

Series B in 2016
LiquidPlanner, Inc. specializes in developing project management software solutions tailored for technology teams globally. Founded in 2006 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company provides a priority-based, predictive online project management tool that enables users to adjust tasks according to changing priorities, automatically updating schedules across multiple projects. This software facilitates collaboration by allowing teams to post comments, share documents, and maintain visibility on critical projects from any location. With features such as flexible estimation methods, integrated timesheets, project analytics, and mobile app support, LiquidPlanner helps over 1,500 teams in more than 50 countries enhance productivity and manage project complexities effectively. The platform emphasizes real-time visibility for planning, prioritization, tracking, and collaboration, allowing users to optimize resource management and mitigate risks.

TurboPatent

Seed Round in 2015
TurboPatent offers A.I.-enhanced patent drafting services to engineer high-quality patent documents. It utilizes the power of the TurboPatent Machine to rapidly evaluate the quality and value of patent assets, creating quality reports for individual patent assets as well as entire portfolios. The TurboPatent Machine also allows our Patent Engineers to generate patent documents at a fraction of the time and cost of conventional methods and with significantly higher quality.

KodaCloud

Series A in 2015
KodaCloud Inc. is a provider of cloud-powered Wi-Fi services that utilizes artificial intelligence to monitor and troubleshoot network performance. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Campbell, California, with an additional office in Ontario, Canada, KodaCloud offers its services as a subscription, enabling enterprise customers to manage their network connectivity without the need for purchasing equipment. The company ships Wi-Fi access points directly to customer locations, allowing for quick installation and activation via a web-based dashboard or mobile app. This model eliminates the need for inventory management and enables businesses to optimize their performance in real-time through automated adjustments based on captured key performance indicators. KodaCloud's service is designed to provide a cost-effective solution, offering competitive profit margins for managed service providers through a recurring revenue structure.

Pioneer Square Labs

Series A in 2015
Pioneer Square Labs is a venture capital firm and startup studio based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 2015. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, including pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, primarily targeting technology-oriented companies in the Pacific Northwest. Pioneer Square Labs collaborates with exceptional entrepreneurs to develop and launch innovative technology companies, providing them with the necessary resources, expertise, and capital to succeed. By fostering a supportive environment, the firm aims to transform promising ideas into fully-funded businesses with strong customer adoption.

SheerID

Series A in 2015
SheerID is an enterprise verification platform that provides instant verification while minimizing friction and mitigating fraud. It redefines how enterprises create instant trust in the digital world. The SheerID digital verification platform instantly verifies the identity of any individual or business to ensure the integrity of exclusive offers and authenticated experiences. The company's solutions use authoritative data sources to verify credentials in real-time within an organization’s brand experience. All of these components enable enterprises to differentiate with exclusive offers and experiences that drive loyalty, reduce churn, and increase revenue over the lifetime of the customer. It was founded in 2011 and is based in Eugene, Oregon.

AnswerDash

Seed Round in 2015
AnswerDash, Inc. provides Website contextual answer services. It enables companies to provide selection-based, self-service, point-and-click contextual answers on their Websites, Web applications, and mobile experiences to their customers where they need them, whether on desktop or mobile platforms. AnswerDash, Inc. was formerly known as Qazzow, Inc. and changed its name to AnswerDash, Inc. in May 2014. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of June 23, 2020, AnswerDash, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CloudEngage, Inc.

Kaggle

Series A in 2015
Kaggle Inc. operates a leading platform for data prediction competitions and is recognized as the world's largest community of data scientists. Founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, California, Kaggle allows organizations to post their data for analysis by expert data scientists, thereby offering statistical and analytics outsourcing solutions. The platform facilitates competitions where data scientists apply advanced machine learning techniques to address complex problems, delivering valuable insights and business results. Kaggle serves a diverse clientele, including companies, governments, and researchers, with notable impacts across various industries such as energy, life sciences, financial services, aviation, information technology, and retail. In 2017, Kaggle became a subsidiary of Google, further enhancing its capabilities and reach in the data science field.

AutoGraph

Series A in 2015
autoGraph Inc. develops personal data cloaking technology solution that allows users to control how your personal information is used online, without disclosing personal data. Its product includes autoGraph Connect, a web based solution that provides mobile operators with a way to manage personal data and privacy and find new ways to generate revenues from existing subscribers as they move to 5G networks. The company has a strategic partnership with Mastek. autoGraph Inc. was formerly known as nFluence Media, Inc. and changed its name in July, 2014. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.

Skyward

Seed Round in 2015
Skyward offers an operations management solution for commercial drone businesses. The cloud-­based software integrates a drone airspace map with flight planning tools and a digital system of record. Skyward was founded by career pilots and computer science experts with a mission to ensure that the standards of safety and professionalism are carried into this new era of aviation.

Vidder

Series B in 2015
Vidder is a cybersecurity company based in Campbell, California, specializing in access control solutions that enhance network security. Established in 2009, Vidder's technology is centered around the Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP) standard, which aims to mitigate network-based attacks by rendering servers invisible to unauthorized users. The company's offerings include managed services that safeguard valuable networked assets while ensuring pre-authenticated, context-aware access to enterprise applications. By focusing on blocking connectivity from unknown devices, Vidder provides organizations with a robust defense against cyber threats, thereby reducing security risks associated with their digital infrastructure.

PipelineDeals

Series A in 2015
PipelineDeals is the simplest way to increase your sales team's productivity and grow your sales pipeline. With simple and easy to use CRM and Sales Enablement features, PipelineDeals enables salespeople to be more productive. PipelineDeals offers intuitive solutions to help businesses get organized around their business’s lifelines of future revenue. Part customer relationship management (CRM) software, part sales enablement, part sales productivity platform all wrapped into a simple interface. PipelineDeals was launched in 2006 in Pennsylvania, United States.

AWS Elemental

Series D in 2014
Elemental Technologies is the leading supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, the company pioneered the use of software-based video processing to distribute and monetize video over IP networks. Solutions from Elemental provide the flexibility, scalability and performance required to transform high quality video into new revenue streams via turnkey, cloud-based and virtualized deployment models. Powering video experiences for more than 600 leading media franchises worldwide, Elemental helps pay TV operators, content programmers, broadcasters and enterprise customers bring video to any screen, anytime – all at once. The company has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China, Russia, India and Brazil.

Coolr

Seed Round in 2014
Coolr, Inc was founded in 2014 to unlock the potential in individuals and teams to be more engaged with work in ways that will propel organizations forward. The company is currently in Preview with its service. Coolr is a privately held company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA. The company is backed by Trilogy Equity Partners.

Lytics

Series A in 2014
Lytics helps companies orchestrate more relevant marketing through the only enterprise-grade Customer Data Platform (CDP). Nestle, General Mills, Atlassian, The Economist, Heineken, and other leading companies use Lytics to choreograph one-to-one interactions across marketing channels that their customers welcome. The Lytics Customer Data Platform (CDP), the company's flagship product, was launched in October 2014. The Lytics CDP connects a company's marketing data about customers and users from multiple sources (e.g., structured and unstructured data from tools, anonymous and known profiles, and other interactions and events from the marketing stack, sales, and support databases) and creates behavior-rich user-profiles and segments (e.g., likely to churn, most active on mobile, coupon lover). These customer profiles and segments then sync with a company's marketing tools (from website personalization and ad retargeting, to email marketing and content optimization) to improve marketing campaign results and reduce inefficiencies. Many marketing technology vendors claim to offer a "customer data platform." Lytics has the only customer data platform that is easy enough for a beginner marketer to use, but technically sophisticated enough to impress software developers and data scientists. Lytics builds a profile based on unifying any fragment of customer information using sophisticated data science and conducts probabilistic matching to merge identities. The result: a rich profile of a consumer that can power one-to-one marketing in third-party martech tools, APIs, and Lytics own native execution platform. Lytics is led by marketing-technology veterans who’ve held leadership positions at Webtrends, Urban Airship, Jive, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. We are headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Blue Box

Series B in 2014
Blue Box Group, Inc. specializes in providing cloud hosting and managed services for open source applications, focusing on Private Cloud as a Service (PCaaS). The company offers a range of hybrid cloud solutions, including dedicated hardware options such as Blue Box Cloud Bare Metal, which caters to various needs like high I/O processing, heavy memory applications, and significant storage requirements. Their managed private cloud product is available in hosted and on-premise versions, powered by OpenStack. Blue Box serves a diverse clientele across multiple industries, including healthcare, financial services, digital media, gaming, technology, and retail. Founded in 2003 and based in Seattle, Washington, Blue Box operates as a subsidiary of International Business Machines Corporation.

Rio SEO

Venture Round in 2014
Rio SEO is a developer of an automated search engine optimization and analytic software to simplify complex local search marketing to convert searches into sales. It optimizes local listings and content across every major search engine on every device that enables enterprises to increase local site visibility and drive local revenue. It was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Skyward

Seed Round in 2014
Skyward offers an operations management solution for commercial drone businesses. The cloud-­based software integrates a drone airspace map with flight planning tools and a digital system of record. Skyward was founded by career pilots and computer science experts with a mission to ensure that the standards of safety and professionalism are carried into this new era of aviation.

ClearCare

Series B in 2014
ClearCare, Inc. develops a cloud-based platform for large and local homecare services companies to run their operations. The platform offers customer relationship management, marketing tools, hospitalization tracking, reporting and analytics, applicant tracking, caregiver portal, employment screening, work compensation insurance, caregiver training, deliver care and optimize operations, carefinder scheduling, billing and payroll, payment processing, human resources, overtime tools, and electronic claim services. The company helps marketers, schedulers, billers, caregivers, healthcare providers, care recipients, and recruiters. ClearCare, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of November 2, 2019, ClearCare, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of WellSky Corporation.

Ayla Networks

Series B in 2014
Ayla Networks Inc. offers an Internet of Things (IoT) platform designed for manufacturers and service providers. Its flagship product, the Agile IoT Platform, is a cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that facilitates device connectivity to cloud applications, allowing for the rapid adaptation of various devices and environments. The company also provides the Agile Mobile Application Platform (AMAP), which accelerates the development of mobile applications for managing IoT devices, as well as Ayla Insights, a business intelligence tool that delivers valuable insights into the usage of connected products. By simplifying the complexities of IoT, Ayla Networks enables manufacturers to enhance their products, transforming them into smart connected systems. The company has established strategic partnerships with entities such as Smartvue Corporation and Tata Elxsi, and it has a cooperation agreement with China Unicom. Founded in 2010, Ayla Networks is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Japan.

Act-On Software

Venture Round in 2014
Act-On Software, Inc. develops a cloud-based marketing automation platform designed for small and mid-sized businesses. This platform enables marketers to manage various aspects of their marketing efforts, including email campaigns, lead generation, social media marketing, and analytics, all from a single dashboard. Act-On's solutions facilitate the creation of effective marketing campaigns that attract and convert leads, while also allowing for personalized web experiences. The company also provides professional consulting, support, and training services to enhance users' marketing capabilities. Act-On serves a diverse range of industries, including banking, insurance, technology, and manufacturing. Founded in 2006 and based in Portland, Oregon, with additional offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Reading, United Kingdom, Act-On was previously known as On-Demand Software, Inc. before its rebranding in 2006.

Wise.io

Series A in 2014
Wise.io delivers better customer experience through machine learning. Leveraging cutting-edge data science and built on a powerful machine learning engine that learns from past patterns to predict future behavior, Wise.io applications help business users regain control over complex decision making in the face of ever-growing and increasingly diverse data. By maximizing existing investments and augmenting human decision making with predictive analytics, Wise.io enables enterprises to efficiently scale customer-facing operations while increasing the level of customer care. The company integrates its proprietary high-performance machine learning system with a customer’s SaaS-based business applications to automatically infer prior patterns in order to predict, optimize, and influence future behavior.

UBIX

Seed Round in 2014
Ubix is an AI-on-demand service that helps users of all skill levels develop and deploy big, fast data architecture and AI pipelines. Its patent-pending machine learning engine is trained by each input, interaction, and outcome; growing in knowledge and impact over time and creating an enterprise Supermind that improves productivity, creativity, eliminates error, mitigates “brain drain”, supports governance, and ultimately accelerates time to value. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, California.

Autogrid

Series C in 2014
AutoGrid Systems, Inc. specializes in developing software applications for the energy sector, focusing on the management of distributed energy resources (DERs). The company's flagship products, including AutoGrid Flex and AutoGrid Engage, utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize and control energy resources in real time. AutoGrid Flex features modules for demand response optimization, virtual power plants, and energy storage management, while AutoGrid Engage serves as a customer energy data platform. By leveraging extensive data from smart meters and sensors, AutoGrid's applications enable utilities and energy service providers to deliver affordable, clean, and reliable energy. Established in 2010 and based in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in India, Japan, and the Netherlands, AutoGrid collaborates with notable clients such as Shell, FPL, and Xcel Energy, employing advanced analytics to address pressing energy challenges.

AnswerDash

Series A in 2013
AnswerDash, Inc. provides Website contextual answer services. It enables companies to provide selection-based, self-service, point-and-click contextual answers on their Websites, Web applications, and mobile experiences to their customers where they need them, whether on desktop or mobile platforms. AnswerDash, Inc. was formerly known as Qazzow, Inc. and changed its name to AnswerDash, Inc. in May 2014. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of June 23, 2020, AnswerDash, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CloudEngage, Inc.

Blue Box

Series A in 2013
Blue Box Group, Inc. specializes in providing cloud hosting and managed services for open source applications, focusing on Private Cloud as a Service (PCaaS). The company offers a range of hybrid cloud solutions, including dedicated hardware options such as Blue Box Cloud Bare Metal, which caters to various needs like high I/O processing, heavy memory applications, and significant storage requirements. Their managed private cloud product is available in hosted and on-premise versions, powered by OpenStack. Blue Box serves a diverse clientele across multiple industries, including healthcare, financial services, digital media, gaming, technology, and retail. Founded in 2003 and based in Seattle, Washington, Blue Box operates as a subsidiary of International Business Machines Corporation.

Lytics

Seed Round in 2013
Lytics helps companies orchestrate more relevant marketing through the only enterprise-grade Customer Data Platform (CDP). Nestle, General Mills, Atlassian, The Economist, Heineken, and other leading companies use Lytics to choreograph one-to-one interactions across marketing channels that their customers welcome. The Lytics Customer Data Platform (CDP), the company's flagship product, was launched in October 2014. The Lytics CDP connects a company's marketing data about customers and users from multiple sources (e.g., structured and unstructured data from tools, anonymous and known profiles, and other interactions and events from the marketing stack, sales, and support databases) and creates behavior-rich user-profiles and segments (e.g., likely to churn, most active on mobile, coupon lover). These customer profiles and segments then sync with a company's marketing tools (from website personalization and ad retargeting, to email marketing and content optimization) to improve marketing campaign results and reduce inefficiencies. Many marketing technology vendors claim to offer a "customer data platform." Lytics has the only customer data platform that is easy enough for a beginner marketer to use, but technically sophisticated enough to impress software developers and data scientists. Lytics builds a profile based on unifying any fragment of customer information using sophisticated data science and conducts probabilistic matching to merge identities. The result: a rich profile of a consumer that can power one-to-one marketing in third-party martech tools, APIs, and Lytics own native execution platform. Lytics is led by marketing-technology veterans who’ve held leadership positions at Webtrends, Urban Airship, Jive, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. We are headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Zettics

Series D in 2013
Zettics delivers a 360° understanding of data usage, enabling operators to extract greater value from their subscriber relationships and networks while allowing the operator to fully comply with subscriber privacy policies. Zettics enables operators to monetize data with third parties, understand trends in data usage, enrich their CRM systems, identify network abuse, analyze pricing plans, enhance advertising offers, reduce churn, forecast network usage growth, and more. Zettics products deliver over 60 use cases that provide a significant return on investment to operators.

Versive

Series A in 2013
Versive finds the threats that matter inside the noise that doesn’t. The Versive Security Engine is the critical missing piece in a company’s security portfolio: it identifies bad actors who’ve breached or accessed the network by automatically understanding core activities they can’t avoid and linking them into readily actionable maps of unfolding adversary campaigns, before it’s too late. Regardless of whether your assets are on-premises, in the cloud, or both, VSE acts as your network’s last line of defense, detecting the most difficult, dangerous internal and external adversaries regardless of what new tools, tactics, or exploits they use.

Ayla Networks

Series A in 2013
Ayla Networks Inc. offers an Internet of Things (IoT) platform designed for manufacturers and service providers. Its flagship product, the Agile IoT Platform, is a cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that facilitates device connectivity to cloud applications, allowing for the rapid adaptation of various devices and environments. The company also provides the Agile Mobile Application Platform (AMAP), which accelerates the development of mobile applications for managing IoT devices, as well as Ayla Insights, a business intelligence tool that delivers valuable insights into the usage of connected products. By simplifying the complexities of IoT, Ayla Networks enables manufacturers to enhance their products, transforming them into smart connected systems. The company has established strategic partnerships with entities such as Smartvue Corporation and Tata Elxsi, and it has a cooperation agreement with China Unicom. Founded in 2010, Ayla Networks is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Japan.

Chirpify

Series A in 2013
Chirpify, Inc. operates a social media loyalty platform that provides engagement and loyalty solutions for marketers. The company’s platform enables brands to convert mobile and social media actions into rewards and brand loyalty. It offers engagement and loyalty solutions, such as consumer engagement loyalty programs, campaign activation, marketing chat bots, employee advocacy programs, event activation, and customer insights. Chirpify, Inc. was formerly known as Sell Simply LLC and changed its name to Chirpify, Inc. in November 2011. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

Blue Box

Seed Round in 2012
Blue Box Group, Inc. specializes in providing cloud hosting and managed services for open source applications, focusing on Private Cloud as a Service (PCaaS). The company offers a range of hybrid cloud solutions, including dedicated hardware options such as Blue Box Cloud Bare Metal, which caters to various needs like high I/O processing, heavy memory applications, and significant storage requirements. Their managed private cloud product is available in hosted and on-premise versions, powered by OpenStack. Blue Box serves a diverse clientele across multiple industries, including healthcare, financial services, digital media, gaming, technology, and retail. Founded in 2003 and based in Seattle, Washington, Blue Box operates as a subsidiary of International Business Machines Corporation.

Autogrid

Series B in 2012
AutoGrid Systems, Inc. specializes in developing software applications for the energy sector, focusing on the management of distributed energy resources (DERs). The company's flagship products, including AutoGrid Flex and AutoGrid Engage, utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize and control energy resources in real time. AutoGrid Flex features modules for demand response optimization, virtual power plants, and energy storage management, while AutoGrid Engage serves as a customer energy data platform. By leveraging extensive data from smart meters and sensors, AutoGrid's applications enable utilities and energy service providers to deliver affordable, clean, and reliable energy. Established in 2010 and based in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in India, Japan, and the Netherlands, AutoGrid collaborates with notable clients such as Shell, FPL, and Xcel Energy, employing advanced analytics to address pressing energy challenges.

ClearCare

Series A in 2012
ClearCare, Inc. develops a cloud-based platform for large and local homecare services companies to run their operations. The platform offers customer relationship management, marketing tools, hospitalization tracking, reporting and analytics, applicant tracking, caregiver portal, employment screening, work compensation insurance, caregiver training, deliver care and optimize operations, carefinder scheduling, billing and payroll, payment processing, human resources, overtime tools, and electronic claim services. The company helps marketers, schedulers, billers, caregivers, healthcare providers, care recipients, and recruiters. ClearCare, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of November 2, 2019, ClearCare, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of WellSky Corporation.

Act-On Software

Series D in 2012
Act-On Software, Inc. develops a cloud-based marketing automation platform designed for small and mid-sized businesses. This platform enables marketers to manage various aspects of their marketing efforts, including email campaigns, lead generation, social media marketing, and analytics, all from a single dashboard. Act-On's solutions facilitate the creation of effective marketing campaigns that attract and convert leads, while also allowing for personalized web experiences. The company also provides professional consulting, support, and training services to enhance users' marketing capabilities. Act-On serves a diverse range of industries, including banking, insurance, technology, and manufacturing. Founded in 2006 and based in Portland, Oregon, with additional offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Reading, United Kingdom, Act-On was previously known as On-Demand Software, Inc. before its rebranding in 2006.

AWS Elemental

Series C in 2012
Elemental Technologies is the leading supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, the company pioneered the use of software-based video processing to distribute and monetize video over IP networks. Solutions from Elemental provide the flexibility, scalability and performance required to transform high quality video into new revenue streams via turnkey, cloud-based and virtualized deployment models. Powering video experiences for more than 600 leading media franchises worldwide, Elemental helps pay TV operators, content programmers, broadcasters and enterprise customers bring video to any screen, anytime – all at once. The company has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China, Russia, India and Brazil.

Chirpify

Seed Round in 2012
Chirpify, Inc. operates a social media loyalty platform that provides engagement and loyalty solutions for marketers. The company’s platform enables brands to convert mobile and social media actions into rewards and brand loyalty. It offers engagement and loyalty solutions, such as consumer engagement loyalty programs, campaign activation, marketing chat bots, employee advocacy programs, event activation, and customer insights. Chirpify, Inc. was formerly known as Sell Simply LLC and changed its name to Chirpify, Inc. in November 2011. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

MindSumo

Seed Round in 2012
MindSumo, Inc. operates an online marketplace where students solve real-world corporate challenges. It offers MindSumo, which allows students to showcase their skills, win cash prizes, and prove themselves; and organizations to connect with a talent pool and view work-samples to identify recruits. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Palo Alto, California. As of September 29, 2020, MindSumo, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of MBO Partners, Inc.

DNA Response

Series A in 2012
DNA Response equips brand marketers to maximize online retail sales and take back control of their presence by providing enhanced visibility into online marketplaces, optimized listings that increase revenue and reflect your branding, and controlled pricing that protects your value proposition and relieves downward pressure on your wholesale prices. As an e-commerce channel partner, DNA Response collaborates with brands to provide turn-key sales solutions and services, enabling product marketers to engage over 200 million potential customers in the world’s largest online marketplaces. Backed by proprietary marketplace optimization and intelligence technologies, DNA is creating a new paradigm for how manufacturers engage their buying audiences online. The company is managed by industry veterans with business acumen in order management, e-commerce services, and online marketing, and is backed by investment firms including Benaroya Investments, iSherpa Capital, and successful angel investors. DNA Response is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with a wholly-owned subsidiary in India and strategic partners in Korea and China.

Walk Score

Series A in 2012
Walk Score is the world's leading measure of neighborhood walkability and helps people find places to live with short commutes and great nearby places. Walk Score data is used by over 30,000 real estate sites and over 13 million scores per day are viewed across this network. Walk Score products include an interactive Neighborhood Map, the Walk Score API, Public Transit API, and Travel Time API. Walk Score also provides data about walkability, public transit, biking, car sharing, and other neighborhood characteristics to analysts in the real estate, public health, and financial industries. An independent study by CEOs for Cities found that one point of Walk Score is worth up to $3,000 depending on the metro area. The Walk Score mission is to promote walkable neighborhoods for their environmental, health, and economic benefits. Walk Score currently supports the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Ayla Networks

Venture Round in 2012
Ayla Networks Inc. offers an Internet of Things (IoT) platform designed for manufacturers and service providers. Its flagship product, the Agile IoT Platform, is a cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that facilitates device connectivity to cloud applications, allowing for the rapid adaptation of various devices and environments. The company also provides the Agile Mobile Application Platform (AMAP), which accelerates the development of mobile applications for managing IoT devices, as well as Ayla Insights, a business intelligence tool that delivers valuable insights into the usage of connected products. By simplifying the complexities of IoT, Ayla Networks enables manufacturers to enhance their products, transforming them into smart connected systems. The company has established strategic partnerships with entities such as Smartvue Corporation and Tata Elxsi, and it has a cooperation agreement with China Unicom. Founded in 2010, Ayla Networks is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Japan.

Banyan Branch

Series A in 2011
Banyan Branch is a pure social media agency that is pioneering the way brands, companies, and movements can harness the power of social media for their benefit. In our approach, we seek to understand your business objectives, and define the social media strategy that delivers on those objectives.

Sensys Networks

Venture Round in 2011
Sensys Networks is the world's leading provider of wireless traffic detection and integrated traffic data systems. Enabling accurate data acquisition for transportation agencies on an unparalleled scale, Sensys Networks cost-effective wireless solutions provide a flexible, highly scalable unified platform with an unprecedented ease of implementation, deployment and use. With over 150 customers in 40 US states, and 10 countries, our award-winning wireless transportation solutions are delivering on a future of sustainable, effective, and economical mobility solutions on a global scale.

Hootsuite

Debt Financing in 2011
Hootsuite Media Inc. operates a leading social media management platform that enables organizations to manage their social media presence across various networks from a single, integrated dashboard. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Hootsuite serves over 15 million users, including more than 800 Fortune 1000 companies. The platform provides tools for scheduling posts, managing content, measuring performance, and organizing social streams, as well as offering educational resources and certification programs. Hootsuite features several plans tailored for different users, including a free option for personal use, a Pro plan for small businesses, and an Enterprise plan for larger organizations. The company also offers specific tools such as Hootlet for link shortening and Google My Business integration for managing customer interactions. Hootsuite caters to various industries, including finance, government, healthcare, and education, and has a global presence with offices in major cities around the world.

Medify

Series A in 2011
Medify is a Seattle-based provider of data-driven consumer health information, enabling patients to make informed decisions regarding their health. Under the leadership of CEO Derek Streat, the platform organizes essential information around a wide range of health issues, including thousands of conditions, available treatments, and insights from leading experts and institutions. Medify offers personalized health searches and helps users comprehend key research findings through interactive graphics. Patients, together with their caregivers, can leverage these medical insights to take actionable steps, continuously track updates, compare their health information with others, and engage their support networks effectively.