Redpoint Ventures, established in 1999, is a leading venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. With over $4 billion under management across multiple funds, the firm invests in technology-focused startups across various stages, from seed to growth. Redpoint partners with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones, targeting sectors such as software, consumer, financial technology, healthcare, and infrastructure. Additionally, Redpoint Ventures China, founded in 2016, focuses on early-stage investments in the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors in Mainland China.
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Kwesi Acquay
Principal
Alex Bard
Managing Director
Urvashi Barooah
Principal
Logan Bartlett
Managing Director
Erica Brescia
Managing Director
Travis Bryant
Operating Partner
Patrick Chase
Principal
Satish Dharmaraj
Managing Director
Jacob Effron
Vice President, Principal
Tim Haley
Co-Founder and Partner, Managing Director
Annie Kadavy
Partner
Adele Li
Investor
Kyle Liu
Vice President
Louis Lv
Managing Director
Chris Moore
Partner
Lars Pedersen
Partner and CFO
Grace Ping
Partner
Vivek Ramaswami
Vice President
Ryan Sarver
Partner
Jordan Segall
Partner
Sai Senthilkumar
Principal
Nancy Shi
Partner and CFO
John Walecka
Partner and Founder
Yuan Wenda
Founding and Managing Partner
Geoffrey Yang
Co-Founder and Partner
David Yuan
Partner and Head of Redpoint China
Han Zhang
Partner
Past deals in Developer Tools
LiveKit
Series B in 2025
LiveKit is a developer of a real-time cloud platform that specializes in voice and video applications. The company offers an online video conferencing and streaming solution that operates directly in web browsers, eliminating the need for additional applications or plugins. Utilizing open-source web real-time communication technology, LiveKit provides a scalable, multi-user conferencing experience through WebRTC. Their platform includes first-party software development kits (SDKs) for all major software platforms, enabling developers to integrate live audio and video functionalities into mobile applications, games, or websites, thereby enhancing user engagement and interaction.
Semgrep
Series D in 2025
Semgrep is a static code analysis tool that focuses on improving software security and reliability. The platform empowers developers to write secure code by automatically examining and evaluating code across the software ecosystem. It identifies vulnerabilities, questionable practices, and exemplary coding patterns from both leading technology companies and open-source projects. This functionality allows developers, security teams, and researchers to assess the safety of open-source initiatives and enhance their understanding of secure coding practices. Semgrep aims to streamline the security process in software development, ensuring that it supports rather than hinders rapid development efforts.
Coder
Series B in 2024
Coder is an information technology company that provides open-source tools and an enterprise platform that makes it easier to configure, secure and scale development environments. The company aims to build the best products available for developers. It was founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas.
LiveKit
Venture Round in 2024
LiveKit is a developer of a real-time cloud platform that specializes in voice and video applications. The company offers an online video conferencing and streaming solution that operates directly in web browsers, eliminating the need for additional applications or plugins. Utilizing open-source web real-time communication technology, LiveKit provides a scalable, multi-user conferencing experience through WebRTC. Their platform includes first-party software development kits (SDKs) for all major software platforms, enabling developers to integrate live audio and video functionalities into mobile applications, games, or websites, thereby enhancing user engagement and interaction.
Modal Labs
Series A in 2023
Modal Labs is a technology company that specializes in machine learning software designed to facilitate code execution in the cloud. Its platform allows users to deploy machine learning models, run massively parallel compute jobs, manage task queues, and host web applications. By utilizing containers, Modal's software automates the provisioning of compute instances, hardware accelerators, and cloud storage. This enables data science teams to concentrate on developing their models and applications without the burden of managing intricate infrastructure, thereby enhancing efficiency and performance in cloud-based computing environments.
Semgrep
Series C in 2023
Semgrep is a static code analysis tool that focuses on improving software security and reliability. The platform empowers developers to write secure code by automatically examining and evaluating code across the software ecosystem. It identifies vulnerabilities, questionable practices, and exemplary coding patterns from both leading technology companies and open-source projects. This functionality allows developers, security teams, and researchers to assess the safety of open-source initiatives and enhance their understanding of secure coding practices. Semgrep aims to streamline the security process in software development, ensuring that it supports rather than hinders rapid development efforts.
Zed Industries
Series A in 2023
Zed Industries is a dedicated team focused on developing a high-performance desktop code editor that emphasizes clean design and seamless collaboration. With over a decade of experience in creating tools for developers, the company is known for its innovative products, including the hackable text editor Atom and the Electron software framework, which has transformed desktop application development. Zed Industries also created Tree-sitter, a sophisticated syntax parsing system used in many of the world's leading text editors. By providing an integrated development environment, Zed Industries enables software developers to collaborate in real-time and asynchronously, enhancing their ability to write better and faster code.
MetaTrust Labs
Seed Round in 2023
MetaTrust offers a builder-first web3 security platform for web3 application security scanning. MetaTrust employs a developer-centric approach, combining multiple security scanning engines into a single platform with unprecedented speed and accuracy, securing applications beyond the smart contract layer. MetaTrust evaluates the health of project source code and development events, reviews process quality for contract deployment, and analyzes transaction and token holder distribution using on-chain data from web3 projects.
Railway
Series A in 2022
Railway is a startup that builds and develops software deployment platforms tailored for engineers. Railway is a small, remote team working on interesting problems at the edge of computing, distributed systems, languages, and compilers.
Dagger
Series A in 2022
Dagger is a developer-focused platform that enables users to streamline their software projects by replacing traditional scripts with a modern API and a cross-language scripting engine. It allows developers to encapsulate their project's tasks and workflows into simple Dagger Functions, which can be written in their preferred programming language. These functions can be executed from the command line, a language interpreter, or a custom HTTP client. Dagger also facilitates the packaging of these functions into reusable modules, which can be shared within the community or imported into new projects. By integrating existing build, continuous integration, infrastructure management, and deployment tools, Dagger provides a customizable solution that simplifies the deployment process for developers, enabling them to focus on their code rather than the complexities of software delivery.
Signadot
Seed Round in 2022
Signadot is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2020. It specializes in a Kubernetes-native platform that enhances the development of microservices-based applications. The company's software enables developers to detect performance anomalies without relying on hardcoded rules, thereby automating the monitoring process. By providing a fast feedback loop, Signadot allows developers to test code changes in both staging and production environments, improving productivity and creativity. The platform's ability to identify patterns in data helps drive efficiency and reduces the need for maintenance, ultimately supporting developers in building scalable software solutions.
Mysten Labs
Series A in 2021
Mysten Labs is a web3 infrastructure company committed to facilitating the mass adoption of decentralized technologies. The company develops essential tools and foundational infrastructure that enhance the security and usability of web3 applications. By improving interoperability across multiple blockchain networks, Mysten Labs enables developers to concentrate on delivering superior user experiences rather than navigating the complexities of lower-level blockchain integrations. Through its innovative solutions, the company aims to accelerate the development and adoption of decentralized services, positioning itself as a key player in the evolution of the web3 ecosystem.
Alchemy
Series C in 2021
Alchemy is a web3 developer platform that helps companies to build reliable decentralized applications. Its mission is to provide developers with the fundamental building blocks they need to create the future of technology without the hassle of managing blockchain infrastructure in-house.
Solo.io
Series C in 2021
Solo.io, Inc. is a software company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in open-source and enterprise solutions for cloud-native technologies. The company offers a range of products, including Gloo, a cloud-native API gateway that facilitates secure traffic management across application services, and Mesh Hub, which provides a unified dashboard for managing service meshes. Solo.io also features tools such as Squash, a debugger for microservices applications, and Unik, a platform for building unikernels. The company's offerings are designed to assist organizations in transitioning from traditional monolithic architectures to modern microservices. Its solutions are widely adopted by various industries, catering to both established Fortune 2000 companies and emerging cloud-native disruptors. All products are built on open-source technologies, ensuring flexibility and innovation in application development and management.
LaunchDarkly
Series D in 2021
LaunchDarkly is a software company that provides a feature management platform designed to enhance collaboration between development teams and business stakeholders. Its core product enables DevOps teams to safely deploy new features incrementally, targeting specific user segments across various platforms. This controlled rollout process facilitates standardized releases at scale, accelerates cloud migration, and improves overall software delivery efficiency.
Semgrep
Series B in 2021
Semgrep is a static code analysis tool that focuses on improving software security and reliability. The platform empowers developers to write secure code by automatically examining and evaluating code across the software ecosystem. It identifies vulnerabilities, questionable practices, and exemplary coding patterns from both leading technology companies and open-source projects. This functionality allows developers, security teams, and researchers to assess the safety of open-source initiatives and enhance their understanding of secure coding practices. Semgrep aims to streamline the security process in software development, ensuring that it supports rather than hinders rapid development efforts.
Semgrep
Series A in 2020
Semgrep is a static code analysis tool that focuses on improving software security and reliability. The platform empowers developers to write secure code by automatically examining and evaluating code across the software ecosystem. It identifies vulnerabilities, questionable practices, and exemplary coding patterns from both leading technology companies and open-source projects. This functionality allows developers, security teams, and researchers to assess the safety of open-source initiatives and enhance their understanding of secure coding practices. Semgrep aims to streamline the security process in software development, ensuring that it supports rather than hinders rapid development efforts.
Solo.io
Series B in 2020
Solo.io, Inc. is a software company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in open-source and enterprise solutions for cloud-native technologies. The company offers a range of products, including Gloo, a cloud-native API gateway that facilitates secure traffic management across application services, and Mesh Hub, which provides a unified dashboard for managing service meshes. Solo.io also features tools such as Squash, a debugger for microservices applications, and Unik, a platform for building unikernels. The company's offerings are designed to assist organizations in transitioning from traditional monolithic architectures to modern microservices. Its solutions are widely adopted by various industries, catering to both established Fortune 2000 companies and emerging cloud-native disruptors. All products are built on open-source technologies, ensuring flexibility and innovation in application development and management.
Xcalibyte
Series A in 2020
Xcalibyte is a software company based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, founded in 2017. It specializes in static analysis tools that assist developers in creating reliable and secure code. The company offers xcalscan, a vulnerability scanning tool that enhances the speed and accuracy of code audits, evaluations, and defect detection. Xcalibyte's software is designed to identify potential code quality and security issues, enabling developers to build and deploy software more efficiently and safely. By providing accurate and user-friendly tools, Xcalibyte aims to significantly improve developer productivity.
Coder
Series B in 2020
Coder is an information technology company that provides open-source tools and an enterprise platform that makes it easier to configure, secure and scale development environments. The company aims to build the best products available for developers. It was founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas.
Sourcegraph
Series B in 2020
Sourcegraph, Inc. is a company that develops a universal code search tool designed to enhance code discovery, code intelligence, and code change management. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Sourcegraph provides developers with the ability to quickly locate, understand, and manage code across growing codebases and diverse repositories. Its platform enables seamless navigation of code in any repository and branch through a web browser, allowing developers to maintain local context while working. This capability improves productivity, facilitates efficient code reviews and onboarding for new hires, and automates large-scale code changes. Sourcegraph serves a wide range of users, including startups, enterprises, developers, DevOps teams, site reliability engineers, and engineering leaders, thereby empowering them to focus on solving problems rather than struggling with code search.
LaunchDarkly
Venture Round in 2020
LaunchDarkly is a software company that provides a feature management platform designed to enhance collaboration between development teams and business stakeholders. Its core product enables DevOps teams to safely deploy new features incrementally, targeting specific user segments across various platforms. This controlled rollout process facilitates standardized releases at scale, accelerates cloud migration, and improves overall software delivery efficiency.
Button
Series C in 2019
Button, Inc. is a mobile commerce technology company that provides a platform for brands to establish partnerships that enhance commerce. Its offerings include DeepLink Commerce, which extends application functionalities across a network of complementary apps, and the Button SDK, which facilitates cross-application features. The Button API enables developers to foster user engagement through loyalty initiatives and enhances acquisition and re-engagement strategies. Additionally, Button offers tools to model user loyalty, adjust shopping carts at checkout, and optimize mobile partnerships for travel companies. Since its founding in 2014, Button has driven over $3 billion in spending and has raised over $64 million in venture capital, positioning itself as a leader in mobile commerce enablement. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.
Coder
Series A in 2019
Coder is an information technology company that provides open-source tools and an enterprise platform that makes it easier to configure, secure and scale development environments. The company aims to build the best products available for developers. It was founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas.
LaunchDarkly
Series C in 2019
LaunchDarkly is a software company that provides a feature management platform designed to enhance collaboration between development teams and business stakeholders. Its core product enables DevOps teams to safely deploy new features incrementally, targeting specific user segments across various platforms. This controlled rollout process facilitates standardized releases at scale, accelerates cloud migration, and improves overall software delivery efficiency.
Solo.io
Series A in 2018
Solo.io, Inc. is a software company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in open-source and enterprise solutions for cloud-native technologies. The company offers a range of products, including Gloo, a cloud-native API gateway that facilitates secure traffic management across application services, and Mesh Hub, which provides a unified dashboard for managing service meshes. Solo.io also features tools such as Squash, a debugger for microservices applications, and Unik, a platform for building unikernels. The company's offerings are designed to assist organizations in transitioning from traditional monolithic architectures to modern microservices. Its solutions are widely adopted by various industries, catering to both established Fortune 2000 companies and emerging cloud-native disruptors. All products are built on open-source technologies, ensuring flexibility and innovation in application development and management.
Solo.io
Series A in 2018
Solo.io, Inc. is a software company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in open-source and enterprise solutions for cloud-native technologies. The company offers a range of products, including Gloo, a cloud-native API gateway that facilitates secure traffic management across application services, and Mesh Hub, which provides a unified dashboard for managing service meshes. Solo.io also features tools such as Squash, a debugger for microservices applications, and Unik, a platform for building unikernels. The company's offerings are designed to assist organizations in transitioning from traditional monolithic architectures to modern microservices. Its solutions are widely adopted by various industries, catering to both established Fortune 2000 companies and emerging cloud-native disruptors. All products are built on open-source technologies, ensuring flexibility and innovation in application development and management.
Coder
Seed Round in 2018
Coder is an information technology company that provides open-source tools and an enterprise platform that makes it easier to configure, secure and scale development environments. The company aims to build the best products available for developers. It was founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas.
LaunchDarkly
Series B in 2017
LaunchDarkly is a software company that provides a feature management platform designed to enhance collaboration between development teams and business stakeholders. Its core product enables DevOps teams to safely deploy new features incrementally, targeting specific user segments across various platforms. This controlled rollout process facilitates standardized releases at scale, accelerates cloud migration, and improves overall software delivery efficiency.
Sourcegraph
Series A in 2017
Sourcegraph, Inc. is a company that develops a universal code search tool designed to enhance code discovery, code intelligence, and code change management. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Sourcegraph provides developers with the ability to quickly locate, understand, and manage code across growing codebases and diverse repositories. Its platform enables seamless navigation of code in any repository and branch through a web browser, allowing developers to maintain local context while working. This capability improves productivity, facilitates efficient code reviews and onboarding for new hires, and automates large-scale code changes. Sourcegraph serves a wide range of users, including startups, enterprises, developers, DevOps teams, site reliability engineers, and engineering leaders, thereby empowering them to focus on solving problems rather than struggling with code search.
Gigster
Series B in 2017
Gigster is a San Francisco-based company offering on-demand software development services. It connects clients such as IBM with its team of developers, designers, and product managers to build applications and websites efficiently. Gigster's platform improves project management by enabling businesses to recruit and manage distributed teams, enhancing efficiency by up to 30%, reducing risk by 60%, and increasing satisfaction levels significantly.
Button
Series B in 2017
Button, Inc. is a mobile commerce technology company that provides a platform for brands to establish partnerships that enhance commerce. Its offerings include DeepLink Commerce, which extends application functionalities across a network of complementary apps, and the Button SDK, which facilitates cross-application features. The Button API enables developers to foster user engagement through loyalty initiatives and enhances acquisition and re-engagement strategies. Additionally, Button offers tools to model user loyalty, adjust shopping carts at checkout, and optimize mobile partnerships for travel companies. Since its founding in 2014, Button has driven over $3 billion in spending and has raised over $64 million in venture capital, positioning itself as a leader in mobile commerce enablement. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.
Button
Series A in 2015
Button, Inc. is a mobile commerce technology company that provides a platform for brands to establish partnerships that enhance commerce. Its offerings include DeepLink Commerce, which extends application functionalities across a network of complementary apps, and the Button SDK, which facilitates cross-application features. The Button API enables developers to foster user engagement through loyalty initiatives and enhances acquisition and re-engagement strategies. Additionally, Button offers tools to model user loyalty, adjust shopping carts at checkout, and optimize mobile partnerships for travel companies. Since its founding in 2014, Button has driven over $3 billion in spending and has raised over $64 million in venture capital, positioning itself as a leader in mobile commerce enablement. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.
Twilio
Series D in 2013
Twilio is a cloud-based communications company that empowers developers and businesses to build and integrate voice, video, messaging, and authentication into their applications via a robust set of APIs. By merging cloud computing, web services, and telecommunications, Twilio is transforming traditional telecom, enabling more contextual and personalized customer interactions. The company's Super Network ensures fast, cost-effective communication across the globe.
Heavybit
Seed Round in 2013
Heavybit, established in 2012 and based in San Francisco, is a venture capital firm specializing in early and later-stage investments in software companies. It focuses on developer tools, cloud-native infrastructure, and open-source sectors. The firm's success lies in its unique approach of partnering with technical founders and leveraging a community of over 600 domain experts to nurture developer-first startups.
Srch2
Venture Round in 2013
SRCH2 Inc. is a provider of enterprise search software tailored for data-driven applications. Founded in 2013 by Stanford PhDs and former Google employees, the company focuses on addressing the search needs of modern applications across various platforms, including mobile and e-commerce. Its flagship product offers an in-memory search engine that leverages advanced indexing techniques and algorithms, delivering high performance and efficiency at scale. SRCH2's software supports RESTful API functionalities, allowing users to perform search queries, and manage documents effectively. The company offers various deployment options, including licensed, platform, and hosted configurations, which can function as standalone solutions or as enhancements to existing search infrastructures. Headquartered in Irvine, California, SRCH2 aims to streamline information retrieval through its innovative search technology.
Realm
Seed Round in 2011
Realm ApS is a mobile database company that provides a robust alternative to SQLite and Core Data, facilitating faster application development for users on Android, iOS, and OSX platforms. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with an additional office in San Francisco, Realm specializes in offering a memory-efficient database that includes features like querying, relationships, graphs, and thread safety. This innovative platform significantly reduces the amount of code developers need to write, effectively saving them time and enabling the creation of enhanced user experiences. As of May 2019, Realm operates as a subsidiary of MongoDB, Inc.
Heroku
Series B in 2010
Heroku is a cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) that facilitates modern application deployment, management, and scaling. Built on container technology, Heroku allows developers to focus on their core products by alleviating the need for server maintenance, hardware management, and infrastructure concerns. The platform supports multi-language applications and provides tools for developers to deploy, scale, and manage their applications effectively. Additionally, it enables users to share, collaborate, and manipulate code seamlessly, promoting a streamlined development process.
Heroku
Series A in 2008
Heroku is a cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) that facilitates modern application deployment, management, and scaling. Built on container technology, Heroku allows developers to focus on their core products by alleviating the need for server maintenance, hardware management, and infrastructure concerns. The platform supports multi-language applications and provides tools for developers to deploy, scale, and manage their applications effectively. Additionally, it enables users to share, collaborate, and manipulate code seamlessly, promoting a streamlined development process.
Fanfare Group
Series C in 2007
Fanfare Group, Inc. specializes in automated system and device testing solutions aimed at service providers, equipment manufacturers, and enterprises. Founded in 2004 and based in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of products, including iTest, an automated testing tool designed to enhance the efficiency of quality assurance processes. Its product line includes iTest Personal for manual testers, iTest Team for feature testers and engineers familiar with scripting, and iTest Enterprise, which equips automation engineers with essential tools for their work. Additionally, Fanfare Group provides professional services, training, and acceleration services to support its clients in streamlining their testing workflows and improving product quality.
Fanfare Group
Series B in 2005
Fanfare Group, Inc. specializes in automated system and device testing solutions aimed at service providers, equipment manufacturers, and enterprises. Founded in 2004 and based in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of products, including iTest, an automated testing tool designed to enhance the efficiency of quality assurance processes. Its product line includes iTest Personal for manual testers, iTest Team for feature testers and engineers familiar with scripting, and iTest Enterprise, which equips automation engineers with essential tools for their work. Additionally, Fanfare Group provides professional services, training, and acceleration services to support its clients in streamlining their testing workflows and improving product quality.
Fanfare Group
Series A in 2004
Fanfare Group, Inc. specializes in automated system and device testing solutions aimed at service providers, equipment manufacturers, and enterprises. Founded in 2004 and based in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of products, including iTest, an automated testing tool designed to enhance the efficiency of quality assurance processes. Its product line includes iTest Personal for manual testers, iTest Team for feature testers and engineers familiar with scripting, and iTest Enterprise, which equips automation engineers with essential tools for their work. Additionally, Fanfare Group provides professional services, training, and acceleration services to support its clients in streamlining their testing workflows and improving product quality.
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