True Ventures

True Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2005. The firm specializes in early-stage technology investments, focusing on seed and Series A funding for startups across various sectors, including consumer internet, software, hardware, health, and emerging technologies. True Ventures manages over $2.8 billion in capital and has supported more than 300 companies, contributing to the creation of over 25,000 jobs globally. The firm's investment strategy typically involves contributions ranging from $0.25 million to $3 million, aiming for ownership stakes between 20 and 25 percent. True Ventures is recognized for its commitment to fostering entrepreneurship and providing a supportive environment for founders, emphasizing personal and professional growth through its True Platform. The firm has achieved notable exits, including investments in companies that have been acquired by major corporations or gone public.

Dave Balter

Venture Partner

Phil Black

Co-Founder

Jon Callaghan

Managing Partner

Caroline Ciaramitaro

Associate

Gus Coldebella

Partner

Tony Conrad

Partner

Ann Crady Weiss

Venture Partner

Sahiti Enjeti

Analyst

Amy Errett

Partner

Ulrike Kellmereit

CFO

Om Malik

Partner

Fiona McCarthy

Principal

Michael Montano

Venture Partner

John O'Connell

Senior Associate

Natasha Sharma

Principal

Rohit Sharma

Partner

Jim Stewart

COO

James Stewart

COO and Partner

Priscilla Tyler

Vice President

Ann Weiss

Partner

Ariel Winton

Principal

Past deals in Developer Tools

Manifest

Seed Round in 2023
Manifest is a cybersecurity firm dedicated to helping businesses secure their software supply chains. The company is developing an all-in-one Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) management platform that allows organizations to effectively manage their entire SBOM processes. By providing tools to view all third-party and open-source software libraries and dependencies across an enterprise, Manifest enables organizations to identify vulnerabilities and address issues within third-party software. This comprehensive approach aims to enhance the security and integrity of software supply chains for its clients.

Moderne

Series A in 2023
Developer of a code refactoring platform designed to make authoring custom source code transformations. The company's platform repairs security defects in code and infrastructure-as-code to improve visibility into the source code running on production infrastructure, as well as eliminates vulnerable patterns, helping clients to automatically fix, upgrade, and secure code.

Fairing

Seed Round in 2022
Attribution Survey Platform

Feroot

Seed Round in 2022
Feroot, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing a client-side risk management platform aimed at protecting web applications from various cybersecurity threats and compliance violations. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of features, including attack surface monitoring, real-time notifications, security access analysis, and asset discovery. It is designed to safeguard sensitive data, such as credit card information and login credentials, while also addressing risks associated with client-side JavaScript code. Feroot's solutions help businesses predict risks, mitigate potential penalties, and ensure compliance with privacy regulations by managing data-use restrictions effectively.

Gradle Inc.

Series C in 2021
Gradle, Inc. is a developer of open-source build automation software that aims to transform the software development process. The Gradle Build Tool is widely recognized as the most popular build tool for open-source JVM projects, averaging over 19 million downloads monthly and being utilized by notable projects such as Spring Boot and JUnit. Gradle Enterprise complements this by providing a software build performance acceleration and analytics platform, designed to enhance productivity for software development teams. This self-hosted solution utilizes advanced acceleration technologies to reduce build times significantly and employs data analytics for efficient troubleshooting. Gradle Enterprise supports the discipline of Developer Productivity Engineering, enhancing the build and test processes within both Gradle and Maven environments. By unifying and automating build processes, Gradle, Inc. enables enterprises to improve their software delivery capabilities effectively.

Solo.io

Series C in 2021
Solo.io, Inc. is a developer of open-source and enterprise software aimed at assisting organizations in adopting and managing cloud-native technologies. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Solo.io offers a range of tools including Gloo, a cloud-native API gateway and ingress controller that facilitates secure traffic management across application services. The company's other offerings include Mesh Hub, a dashboard for managing service meshes, and WebAssembly tools for enhancing projects with Wasm extensions. Additionally, Solo.io provides Squash, a debugger for microservices, and Unik, a platform for building unikernels. Their solutions enable enterprises to connect traditional applications with modern microservices and service mesh architectures, allowing for gradual transformation without the need for extensive overhauls of legacy systems.

Moderne

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a code refactoring platform designed to make authoring custom source code transformations. The company's platform repairs security defects in code and infrastructure-as-code to improve visibility into the source code running on production infrastructure, as well as eliminates vulnerable patterns, helping clients to automatically fix, upgrade, and secure code.

Solo.io

Series B in 2020
Solo.io, Inc. is a developer of open-source and enterprise software aimed at assisting organizations in adopting and managing cloud-native technologies. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Solo.io offers a range of tools including Gloo, a cloud-native API gateway and ingress controller that facilitates secure traffic management across application services. The company's other offerings include Mesh Hub, a dashboard for managing service meshes, and WebAssembly tools for enhancing projects with Wasm extensions. Additionally, Solo.io provides Squash, a debugger for microservices, and Unik, a platform for building unikernels. Their solutions enable enterprises to connect traditional applications with modern microservices and service mesh architectures, allowing for gradual transformation without the need for extensive overhauls of legacy systems.

Solo.io

Series A in 2018
Solo.io, Inc. is a developer of open-source and enterprise software aimed at assisting organizations in adopting and managing cloud-native technologies. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Solo.io offers a range of tools including Gloo, a cloud-native API gateway and ingress controller that facilitates secure traffic management across application services. The company's other offerings include Mesh Hub, a dashboard for managing service meshes, and WebAssembly tools for enhancing projects with Wasm extensions. Additionally, Solo.io provides Squash, a debugger for microservices, and Unik, a platform for building unikernels. Their solutions enable enterprises to connect traditional applications with modern microservices and service mesh architectures, allowing for gradual transformation without the need for extensive overhauls of legacy systems.

Solo.io

Series A in 2018
Solo.io, Inc. is a developer of open-source and enterprise software aimed at assisting organizations in adopting and managing cloud-native technologies. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Solo.io offers a range of tools including Gloo, a cloud-native API gateway and ingress controller that facilitates secure traffic management across application services. The company's other offerings include Mesh Hub, a dashboard for managing service meshes, and WebAssembly tools for enhancing projects with Wasm extensions. Additionally, Solo.io provides Squash, a debugger for microservices, and Unik, a platform for building unikernels. Their solutions enable enterprises to connect traditional applications with modern microservices and service mesh architectures, allowing for gradual transformation without the need for extensive overhauls of legacy systems.

Gradle Inc.

Series B in 2018
Gradle, Inc. is a developer of open-source build automation software that aims to transform the software development process. The Gradle Build Tool is widely recognized as the most popular build tool for open-source JVM projects, averaging over 19 million downloads monthly and being utilized by notable projects such as Spring Boot and JUnit. Gradle Enterprise complements this by providing a software build performance acceleration and analytics platform, designed to enhance productivity for software development teams. This self-hosted solution utilizes advanced acceleration technologies to reduce build times significantly and employs data analytics for efficient troubleshooting. Gradle Enterprise supports the discipline of Developer Productivity Engineering, enhancing the build and test processes within both Gradle and Maven environments. By unifying and automating build processes, Gradle, Inc. enables enterprises to improve their software delivery capabilities effectively.

OpenZeppelin

Venture Round in 2017
OpenZeppelin builds developer tools and performs security audits for distributed systems that power multimillion-dollar economies. At OpenZeppelin, we have built the world’s leading Open Source library for smart contract development. OpenZeppelin Contracts powers over 3,000 public projects, with over 7,000 stars on Github and maintained by a community of 180+ contributors. We also conduct security audits for the Ethereum Foundation, Coinbase, and other leading organizations in the space. With the success of our product, our security audits work, and our educational efforts, we have set industry standards for building secure systems in a fast-growing industry. We are now excited to offer a development platform that will help the growing number of developers working on top of decentralized protocols build the applications that will reach mass adoption.

Gradle Inc.

Series A in 2016
Gradle, Inc. is a developer of open-source build automation software that aims to transform the software development process. The Gradle Build Tool is widely recognized as the most popular build tool for open-source JVM projects, averaging over 19 million downloads monthly and being utilized by notable projects such as Spring Boot and JUnit. Gradle Enterprise complements this by providing a software build performance acceleration and analytics platform, designed to enhance productivity for software development teams. This self-hosted solution utilizes advanced acceleration technologies to reduce build times significantly and employs data analytics for efficient troubleshooting. Gradle Enterprise supports the discipline of Developer Productivity Engineering, enhancing the build and test processes within both Gradle and Maven environments. By unifying and automating build processes, Gradle, Inc. enables enterprises to improve their software delivery capabilities effectively.

Chameleon

Seed Round in 2016
Chameleon Intelligent Tech Inc. has developed an online platform that facilitates the creation and optimization of product tours for web applications without the need for coding. Established in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Chameleon aims to enhance user onboarding by providing designers, product managers, marketers, and customer success managers with greater control over user experiences. The platform allows teams to quickly build, test, and deploy in-product tours through a user-friendly WYSIWYG editor. Its implementation is straightforward, requiring only a few lines of code, and it automatically gathers analytics, enabling a data-driven approach to refining user onboarding processes.

Gradle Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
Gradle, Inc. is a developer of open-source build automation software that aims to transform the software development process. The Gradle Build Tool is widely recognized as the most popular build tool for open-source JVM projects, averaging over 19 million downloads monthly and being utilized by notable projects such as Spring Boot and JUnit. Gradle Enterprise complements this by providing a software build performance acceleration and analytics platform, designed to enhance productivity for software development teams. This self-hosted solution utilizes advanced acceleration technologies to reduce build times significantly and employs data analytics for efficient troubleshooting. Gradle Enterprise supports the discipline of Developer Productivity Engineering, enhancing the build and test processes within both Gradle and Maven environments. By unifying and automating build processes, Gradle, Inc. enables enterprises to improve their software delivery capabilities effectively.

UXPin

Series A in 2015
UXPin Sp. z o.o. is a product design platform based in Gdynia, Poland, that provides tools for UX designers globally. The platform enables product and design teams to create, collaborate on, and present both high- and low-fidelity interactive wireframes and prototypes. It offers features such as version control, rapid prototyping, and collaborative functionalities, allowing users to incorporate existing design work from various applications, including Photoshop and Sketch. UXPin also provides specialized tools like Mobile UX Kits for touch-driven prototyping and online wireframing applications. The platform supports the entire design process, facilitating seamless communication among team members, developers, and clients, and includes capabilities for conducting live usability tests with end-users.

Operable

Seed Round in 2015
Operable helps engineers respond to incidents, collaborate to fix them quickly, and learn from them.

Runscope

Series A in 2014
Runscope Inc. develops tools to support the application development lifecycle. The company provides API monitoring, API testing, real-time traffic monitoring, and traffic logging and debugging solutions. It offers solutions for developers to monitor and manage APIs consumed in their mobile and web applications. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of September 28, 2017, Runscope Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CA, Inc.

Tessel Project

Seed Round in 2013
Technical Machine, Inc. is a company that develops and manufactures physical, Internet-enabled devices aimed at software developers. Founded in 2013 and based in Needham, Massachusetts, it offers products like Tessel, a programmable microcontroller equipped with a built-in WiFi chip and designed to be programmed in JavaScript. Tessel supports various modules, including accelerometers, Bluetooth, RFID, and audio, allowing users to create and test innovative devices. The company emphasizes an open platform that enables users to integrate and remix its solutions, facilitating the transition from prototype to manufacturing for the next generation of connected devices.

Runscope

Seed Round in 2013
Runscope Inc. develops tools to support the application development lifecycle. The company provides API monitoring, API testing, real-time traffic monitoring, and traffic logging and debugging solutions. It offers solutions for developers to monitor and manage APIs consumed in their mobile and web applications. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of September 28, 2017, Runscope Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CA, Inc.
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