Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital, founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California, is a prominent venture capital firm that invests in early to growth stage companies across various sectors, including technology, healthcare, financial services, and consumer services. The firm specializes in supporting startups and emerging growth companies, typically investing between $100,000 and $1 million in seed companies, $1 million to $10 million in early ventures, and $10 million to $100 million in growth investments. Sequoia Capital operates globally, with a presence in regions such as Israel, China, and Southeast Asia, and has built a diverse portfolio that includes notable companies like Airbnb, Alibaba, and JD.com. The firm emphasizes a partnership approach with entrepreneurs, leveraging decades of experience to guide them from initial concept through to public offering and beyond.

Audrey Adeline

Analyst

Rohit Agarwal

Vice President / Principal

Rajan Anandan

Managing Director

Michelle Bailhe

Partner

Sumaiya Balbale

COO and Operating Partner

Anas Biad

Partner

Isaiah Boone

Partner

Roelof Botha

Partner

Romie Boyd

Partner

Rosemarie Boyd

Partner

Konstantine Buhler

Partner

David Cahn

Partner

Xi Cao

Partner, China

Vipin Chamakkala

Director, Customer Partnerships

Jiazhen Chen

Investor

Luzhou Chen

Investor

Josephine Chen

Partner

Sakshi Chopra

Managing Director

W. M. Coughran

Founder's Coach and Partner

Charlie Curnin

Partner

Long Do

Analyst

Joe Dobrenski

Partner of Human Capital

Helen Fan

Vice President

Shirley Feng

Managing Director

James Flynn

Partner

Caroline Fu

Vice President

Xiang Gao

Associate

Stacey Gerber

VP, Operations and Experiences

Mike Goguen

Partner

Christopher Graff

Partner, Global Equities

Wayne Guo

Managing Director

Kirstie Irmana

Analyst

Amit Jain

Managing Director

Pushpak Kedia

Associate

Pieter Kemps

Principal

Kais Khimji

Partner

Sunint Khurana

Analyst

Marie Klemchuk

Global CFO

Jess Lee

Partner

Jess Lee

Partner

Teng Lei

Associate

Douglas Leone

Global Managing Partner

Mei Li

Associate

Angie Shuyan Liu

Analyst

Luciana Lixandru

Partner

Xiaobo Lu

Partner, China

Alyssa Maharani

Analyst

Cornelius Menke

Partner

Dean Meyer

Partner

Ishaan Mittal

Managing Director

Abhishek Mohan

Principal

Che Pinjue

Partner, China

GV Ravishankar

Managing Director - India

Antara Raychaudhury

Analyst

Andrew Reed

General Partner

Lauren Reeder

Partner

George Robson

Partner

Haim Sadger

Partner, Israel

Bryan Schreier

Partner

Yoav Shaked

Partner, Israel

Prateek Sharma

VP

Neil Shen

Managing Partner

Shailendra Singh

Managing Director

Thomas Stephenson

Partner

Sam Sun

Partner

Glen Sun

Vice President, China

Johan Surani

Vice President

Jessica H. Tan

Analyst

Vedant Trivedi

Analyst

Aradhita Tuli

Analyst

Mike Vernal

Partner

Pavel Vyhnalek

Operating Partner

Jeff Wang

Managing Partner

Fred Wang

Managing Director

Cen Wang

Partner

Rock Wang

Managing Director

Kai Wang

Managing Director

Michael Xiong

Investor

Lynn Yang

Managing Director, China

Yu Yao

Managing Director

Stephanie Zhan

Partner

Skee Zhang

Managing Director

Qingsheng Zheng

Partner, China

Guo Zhenwei

Managing Director

Jiajia Zou

Managing Director

Past deals in Virtualization

Vanta

Series B in 2022
Vanta offers a comprehensive security and compliance automation software designed for technology companies. Its solutions encompass a wide range of security practices, from managing laptops to overseeing infrastructure. By providing a suite of user-friendly tools, Vanta enables businesses to effectively scale their security measures and automate compliance with critical industry standards and privacy frameworks. This approach helps organizations establish credible security programs and achieve necessary compliance certifications, ultimately ensuring the safety of consumer data.

Island

Series B in 2022
We are excited to announce the founding of a new Enterprise Software Company, Zero Abstraction. Each year the cost and complexity of cyber security increases disproportionately to security posture. It’s time to rethink our design -- this is our mission. We can’t wait to share our passion with the world at the appropriate time.

Island

Series A in 2022
We are excited to announce the founding of a new Enterprise Software Company, Zero Abstraction. Each year the cost and complexity of cyber security increases disproportionately to security posture. It’s time to rethink our design -- this is our mission. We can’t wait to share our passion with the world at the appropriate time.

Vland

Series A in 2021
Vland is a social interactive cloud platform that provides real-time audio, game, and video technology to create virtual space as a service.

Silk

Series B in 2021
Silk's Cloud Data Platform enhances cloud efficiency by optimizing performance and reducing costs for organizations. It allows businesses to achieve up to ten times the performance from their existing cloud data while simultaneously decreasing expenditures by 30%. The platform integrates seamlessly between the application stack and cloud infrastructure, ensuring that operations run more effectively without requiring any changes to existing systems. Key features include real-time data reduction, thin provisioning, and continuous resource optimization, which collectively ensure that cloud spending aligns with actual data requirements at all times. This innovative approach enables organizations to maximize their cloud capabilities while minimizing unnecessary costs.

Versa Networks

Series D in 2021
Versa Networks, Inc. is a technology company specializing in software-defined networking solutions, particularly within the realms of virtualized network functions and services. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, Versa offers an end-to-end Cloud IP Platform that simplifies and secures wide area networks (WAN) and branch office networks. The platform is entirely software-based, enabling enterprises and service providers to build agile and secure networks while achieving significant cost savings and operational efficiency. Versa's innovative approach in the SD-WAN and SD-Security markets is designed to transform traditional network infrastructures, providing unmatched agility and flexibility compared to conventional hardware solutions. The company has attracted investment from notable venture capital firms, reflecting its position as a leader in the networking industry.

Vanta

Series A in 2021
Vanta offers a comprehensive security and compliance automation software designed for technology companies. Its solutions encompass a wide range of security practices, from managing laptops to overseeing infrastructure. By providing a suite of user-friendly tools, Vanta enables businesses to effectively scale their security measures and automate compliance with critical industry standards and privacy frameworks. This approach helps organizations establish credible security programs and achieve necessary compliance certifications, ultimately ensuring the safety of consumer data.

Evervault

Series A in 2020
Evervault Ltd. is a company that specializes in privacy-preserving cloud infrastructure. Established in 2017 and based in Dublin, Ireland, Evervault provides a solution that enables users to encrypt data at its source and process it in a secure environment known as a Cage. This approach ensures that information remains encrypted at all times and is never stored in an unencrypted format. By deploying applications within hardware-secured cages, Evervault prioritizes data security and privacy, offering a reliable option for businesses that require stringent protection of sensitive information.

Limbix

Series A in 2020
Virtual is a developer of prescription digital therapeutics platform intended to help mental health treatment. The company's tool adheres to strict compliance with FDA quality management standards and also is put through rigorous research trials and in certain cases is paired with existing pharmacological treatments, as well as uses virtual reality to administer VR exposure therapy, assign CBT assessments or exercises and track patient progress, enabling patients to overcome anxiety, phobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder easily.

Evervault

Seed Round in 2019
Evervault Ltd. is a company that specializes in privacy-preserving cloud infrastructure. Established in 2017 and based in Dublin, Ireland, Evervault provides a solution that enables users to encrypt data at its source and process it in a secure environment known as a Cage. This approach ensures that information remains encrypted at all times and is never stored in an unencrypted format. By deploying applications within hardware-secured cages, Evervault prioritizes data security and privacy, offering a reliable option for businesses that require stringent protection of sensitive information.

Silk

Corporate Round in 2018
Silk's Cloud Data Platform enhances cloud efficiency by optimizing performance and reducing costs for organizations. It allows businesses to achieve up to ten times the performance from their existing cloud data while simultaneously decreasing expenditures by 30%. The platform integrates seamlessly between the application stack and cloud infrastructure, ensuring that operations run more effectively without requiring any changes to existing systems. Key features include real-time data reduction, thin provisioning, and continuous resource optimization, which collectively ensure that cloud spending aligns with actual data requirements at all times. This innovative approach enables organizations to maximize their cloud capabilities while minimizing unnecessary costs.

Cumulus Networks

Series D in 2018
Cumulus Networks, Inc. specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems designed for networking hardware, aiming to simplify data center operations. Their flagship product, Cumulus Linux, enables the disaggregation of top-of-rack data center switching, allowing organizations to utilize standard Ethernet switches and existing management tools for improved efficiency. The company also offers Cumulus VX, a virtual appliance for testing their technology, as well as Cumulus RMP, which focuses on out-of-band management solutions. Additionally, Cumulus Networks provides NetQ, a telemetry-based fabric validation system, along with various networking solutions that encompass big data, cloud orchestration, and data center automation. Founded by experienced networking engineers, the company serves a diverse range of customers from web-scale enterprises to small businesses across multiple industries. Incorporated in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

Silk

Series F in 2017
Silk's Cloud Data Platform enhances cloud efficiency by optimizing performance and reducing costs for organizations. It allows businesses to achieve up to ten times the performance from their existing cloud data while simultaneously decreasing expenditures by 30%. The platform integrates seamlessly between the application stack and cloud infrastructure, ensuring that operations run more effectively without requiring any changes to existing systems. Key features include real-time data reduction, thin provisioning, and continuous resource optimization, which collectively ensure that cloud spending aligns with actual data requirements at all times. This innovative approach enables organizations to maximize their cloud capabilities while minimizing unnecessary costs.

Versa Networks

Series C in 2016
Versa Networks, Inc. is a technology company specializing in software-defined networking solutions, particularly within the realms of virtualized network functions and services. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, Versa offers an end-to-end Cloud IP Platform that simplifies and secures wide area networks (WAN) and branch office networks. The platform is entirely software-based, enabling enterprises and service providers to build agile and secure networks while achieving significant cost savings and operational efficiency. Versa's innovative approach in the SD-WAN and SD-Security markets is designed to transform traditional network infrastructures, providing unmatched agility and flexibility compared to conventional hardware solutions. The company has attracted investment from notable venture capital firms, reflecting its position as a leader in the networking industry.

Limbix

Seed Round in 2016
Virtual is a developer of prescription digital therapeutics platform intended to help mental health treatment. The company's tool adheres to strict compliance with FDA quality management standards and also is put through rigorous research trials and in certain cases is paired with existing pharmacological treatments, as well as uses virtual reality to administer VR exposure therapy, assign CBT assessments or exercises and track patient progress, enabling patients to overcome anxiety, phobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder easily.

Wavefront

Series B in 2016
Wavefront, Inc. operates a cloud-based analytics platform designed for managing data centers and enhancing customer experience. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Wavefront offers a hosted platform that allows users to ingest, store, visualize, and analyze time series data. Utilizing a stream processing approach, the platform enables engineers to perform advanced manipulations of data, providing real-time analytics across the production stack. Its observability and analytics tools help identify issues, prevent downtime, and deliver alerts, allowing users to address problems swiftly during crises. As of May 2017, Wavefront operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

Viptela

Series C in 2016
Viptela, Inc. specializes in software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) technology, enabling global companies to establish carrier-agnostic and policy-controlled WANs that are both secure and cost-effective. Their offerings include a cloud-based SD-WAN Controller for managing routing, security, and authentication across devices, as well as a centralized management system that provides real-time monitoring of network health. Viptela's technology also features vEdge Routers for secure data connectivity and a flexible platform called Viptela Fabric, which supports various applications such as cloud networking and Network-as-a-Service. The company has been adopted by numerous Fortune 500 enterprises and major carriers, highlighting its effectiveness in reducing WAN costs and improving network agility. Incorporated in 2012 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Viptela operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems and has received recognition from industry analysts, including being named a Gartner Cool Vendor.

Wavefront

Series A in 2016
Wavefront, Inc. operates a cloud-based analytics platform designed for managing data centers and enhancing customer experience. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Wavefront offers a hosted platform that allows users to ingest, store, visualize, and analyze time series data. Utilizing a stream processing approach, the platform enables engineers to perform advanced manipulations of data, providing real-time analytics across the production stack. Its observability and analytics tools help identify issues, prevent downtime, and deliver alerts, allowing users to address problems swiftly during crises. As of May 2017, Wavefront operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

Cumulus Networks

Series C in 2016
Cumulus Networks, Inc. specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems designed for networking hardware, aiming to simplify data center operations. Their flagship product, Cumulus Linux, enables the disaggregation of top-of-rack data center switching, allowing organizations to utilize standard Ethernet switches and existing management tools for improved efficiency. The company also offers Cumulus VX, a virtual appliance for testing their technology, as well as Cumulus RMP, which focuses on out-of-band management solutions. Additionally, Cumulus Networks provides NetQ, a telemetry-based fabric validation system, along with various networking solutions that encompass big data, cloud orchestration, and data center automation. Founded by experienced networking engineers, the company serves a diverse range of customers from web-scale enterprises to small businesses across multiple industries. Incorporated in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

UnitedStack

Series C in 2015
UnitedStack is an engineering-driven provider of open source cloud computing services, specializing in managed private cloud solutions based on OpenStack. Founded by veterans from the Internet and open source community, the company aims to transform traditional IT infrastructure by promoting equal access to technology, similar to the Internet. UnitedStack focuses on automating and intelligentizing manual operations, simplifying complex IT products to make them as user-friendly as consumer goods. Their commitment to open source principles underpins their mission to enhance the management of data center server clusters, thereby revolutionizing the IT industry through innovative technology and products.

Docker

Series D in 2015
Docker, Inc. is a company that develops an open platform designed for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. This platform enables developers and system administrators to create and manage applications as collections of containers, which can operate seamlessly across various environments, including laptops, data center virtual machines, and public cloud instances. Docker also provides an application runtime and packaging tool, along with a cloud service that facilitates application sharing and workflow automation. Originally founded in 2008 as dotCloud, the company rebranded to Docker in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Docker

Series D in 2015
Docker, Inc. is a company that develops an open platform designed for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. This platform enables developers and system administrators to create and manage applications as collections of containers, which can operate seamlessly across various environments, including laptops, data center virtual machines, and public cloud instances. Docker also provides an application runtime and packaging tool, along with a cloud service that facilitates application sharing and workflow automation. Originally founded in 2008 as dotCloud, the company rebranded to Docker in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Springpath

Venture Round in 2015
Springpath is a provider of a hyperconverged software platform designed for enterprise storage and data management. It introduces a software-defined data platform that caters to both virtualized and emerging container environments. Utilizing its patented Hardware Agnostic Log-structure Objects (HALO) architecture, the platform offers features such as elastic scaling and autonomous management, while operating on standard servers. This approach allows enterprises to maintain an independent IT infrastructure, fostering silo-free data center environments that enhance agility and responsiveness to market demands. By eliminating the need for traditional network storage and seamlessly integrating with existing management tools, Springpath maximizes operational efficiency, enabling customers to adapt their compute, caching, or capacity resources according to evolving business requirements.

Silk

Series E in 2015
Silk's Cloud Data Platform enhances cloud efficiency by optimizing performance and reducing costs for organizations. It allows businesses to achieve up to ten times the performance from their existing cloud data while simultaneously decreasing expenditures by 30%. The platform integrates seamlessly between the application stack and cloud infrastructure, ensuring that operations run more effectively without requiring any changes to existing systems. Key features include real-time data reduction, thin provisioning, and continuous resource optimization, which collectively ensure that cloud spending aligns with actual data requirements at all times. This innovative approach enables organizations to maximize their cloud capabilities while minimizing unnecessary costs.

Ravello Systems

Series C in 2015
Ravello Systems Inc. specializes in cloud-based virtualization software solutions, enabling enterprises to encapsulate and run multi-VM applications seamlessly across on-premise and cloud environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company offers a range of services, including the ability to develop and test VMware/KVM applications with complex networking in major public clouds such as AWS and Google Cloud. It provides virtual training for deploying multi-VM application environments, on-demand OpenStack labs for various purposes, and VMware ESXi lab environments for demos and testing. Ravello Systems is recognized as the first provider of a Cloud Application Hypervisor, allowing users to leverage the public cloud's resources effectively. As of March 2016, Ravello operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation and has received backing from prominent venture capital firms.

Silk

Series E in 2014
Silk's Cloud Data Platform enhances cloud efficiency by optimizing performance and reducing costs for organizations. It allows businesses to achieve up to ten times the performance from their existing cloud data while simultaneously decreasing expenditures by 30%. The platform integrates seamlessly between the application stack and cloud infrastructure, ensuring that operations run more effectively without requiring any changes to existing systems. Key features include real-time data reduction, thin provisioning, and continuous resource optimization, which collectively ensure that cloud spending aligns with actual data requirements at all times. This innovative approach enables organizations to maximize their cloud capabilities while minimizing unnecessary costs.

Versa Networks

Series B in 2014
Versa Networks, Inc. is a technology company specializing in software-defined networking solutions, particularly within the realms of virtualized network functions and services. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, Versa offers an end-to-end Cloud IP Platform that simplifies and secures wide area networks (WAN) and branch office networks. The platform is entirely software-based, enabling enterprises and service providers to build agile and secure networks while achieving significant cost savings and operational efficiency. Versa's innovative approach in the SD-WAN and SD-Security markets is designed to transform traditional network infrastructures, providing unmatched agility and flexibility compared to conventional hardware solutions. The company has attracted investment from notable venture capital firms, reflecting its position as a leader in the networking industry.

Docker

Series C in 2014
Docker, Inc. is a company that develops an open platform designed for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. This platform enables developers and system administrators to create and manage applications as collections of containers, which can operate seamlessly across various environments, including laptops, data center virtual machines, and public cloud instances. Docker also provides an application runtime and packaging tool, along with a cloud service that facilitates application sharing and workflow automation. Originally founded in 2008 as dotCloud, the company rebranded to Docker in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

UnitedStack

Series B in 2014
UnitedStack is an engineering-driven provider of open source cloud computing services, specializing in managed private cloud solutions based on OpenStack. Founded by veterans from the Internet and open source community, the company aims to transform traditional IT infrastructure by promoting equal access to technology, similar to the Internet. UnitedStack focuses on automating and intelligentizing manual operations, simplifying complex IT products to make them as user-friendly as consumer goods. Their commitment to open source principles underpins their mission to enhance the management of data center server clusters, thereby revolutionizing the IT industry through innovative technology and products.

Viptela

Venture Round in 2014
Viptela, Inc. specializes in software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) technology, enabling global companies to establish carrier-agnostic and policy-controlled WANs that are both secure and cost-effective. Their offerings include a cloud-based SD-WAN Controller for managing routing, security, and authentication across devices, as well as a centralized management system that provides real-time monitoring of network health. Viptela's technology also features vEdge Routers for secure data connectivity and a flexible platform called Viptela Fabric, which supports various applications such as cloud networking and Network-as-a-Service. The company has been adopted by numerous Fortune 500 enterprises and major carriers, highlighting its effectiveness in reducing WAN costs and improving network agility. Incorporated in 2012 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Viptela operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems and has received recognition from industry analysts, including being named a Gartner Cool Vendor.

Cumulus Networks

Series B in 2014
Cumulus Networks, Inc. specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems designed for networking hardware, aiming to simplify data center operations. Their flagship product, Cumulus Linux, enables the disaggregation of top-of-rack data center switching, allowing organizations to utilize standard Ethernet switches and existing management tools for improved efficiency. The company also offers Cumulus VX, a virtual appliance for testing their technology, as well as Cumulus RMP, which focuses on out-of-band management solutions. Additionally, Cumulus Networks provides NetQ, a telemetry-based fabric validation system, along with various networking solutions that encompass big data, cloud orchestration, and data center automation. Founded by experienced networking engineers, the company serves a diverse range of customers from web-scale enterprises to small businesses across multiple industries. Incorporated in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

Calm.io

Series A in 2013
Calm.io is building a new platform for automating DevOps in the age of Containers, Clouds and Microservices. With Calm, you can effortlessly deploy, manage and maintain distributed applications in private and public cloud environments. Supports Docker, VMs or binaries. Across any cloud or bare metal servers. Calm.io is funded by Sequoia Capital with offices in San Francisco, Bangalore, and Singapore.

Viptela

Series B in 2013
Viptela, Inc. specializes in software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) technology, enabling global companies to establish carrier-agnostic and policy-controlled WANs that are both secure and cost-effective. Their offerings include a cloud-based SD-WAN Controller for managing routing, security, and authentication across devices, as well as a centralized management system that provides real-time monitoring of network health. Viptela's technology also features vEdge Routers for secure data connectivity and a flexible platform called Viptela Fabric, which supports various applications such as cloud networking and Network-as-a-Service. The company has been adopted by numerous Fortune 500 enterprises and major carriers, highlighting its effectiveness in reducing WAN costs and improving network agility. Incorporated in 2012 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Viptela operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems and has received recognition from industry analysts, including being named a Gartner Cool Vendor.

Idc917

Venture Round in 2013
Jin Yun is IDC service provider focused on the research and development of high-tech, user-centered internet products and services that include host leasing, storage expansion, network acceleration, website foundations, database services and more. It also offers vertical cloud services for video cloud industries. Ji Yun’s core products include features such as customized services, elastic expansion, and more. In March 2013, Jin Yun declared to open beta version. The company is a public cloud platform developed by an independent R&D team after integrating the resources of Shaanixi Xipu Network. Shaanxi XiPu Internet Technology Company of Limited Liability was founded in 2008, with a registered capital of 10 million Yuan.

UnitedStack

Angel Round in 2013
UnitedStack is an engineering-driven provider of open source cloud computing services, specializing in managed private cloud solutions based on OpenStack. Founded by veterans from the Internet and open source community, the company aims to transform traditional IT infrastructure by promoting equal access to technology, similar to the Internet. UnitedStack focuses on automating and intelligentizing manual operations, simplifying complex IT products to make them as user-friendly as consumer goods. Their commitment to open source principles underpins their mission to enhance the management of data center server clusters, thereby revolutionizing the IT industry through innovative technology and products.

Ravello Systems

Series B in 2012
Ravello Systems Inc. specializes in cloud-based virtualization software solutions, enabling enterprises to encapsulate and run multi-VM applications seamlessly across on-premise and cloud environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company offers a range of services, including the ability to develop and test VMware/KVM applications with complex networking in major public clouds such as AWS and Google Cloud. It provides virtual training for deploying multi-VM application environments, on-demand OpenStack labs for various purposes, and VMware ESXi lab environments for demos and testing. Ravello Systems is recognized as the first provider of a Cloud Application Hypervisor, allowing users to leverage the public cloud's resources effectively. As of March 2016, Ravello operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation and has received backing from prominent venture capital firms.

Versa Networks

Series A in 2012
Versa Networks, Inc. is a technology company specializing in software-defined networking solutions, particularly within the realms of virtualized network functions and services. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, Versa offers an end-to-end Cloud IP Platform that simplifies and secures wide area networks (WAN) and branch office networks. The platform is entirely software-based, enabling enterprises and service providers to build agile and secure networks while achieving significant cost savings and operational efficiency. Versa's innovative approach in the SD-WAN and SD-Security markets is designed to transform traditional network infrastructures, providing unmatched agility and flexibility compared to conventional hardware solutions. The company has attracted investment from notable venture capital firms, reflecting its position as a leader in the networking industry.

Virident Systems

Series D in 2012
Virident Systems specializes in developing enterprise-class data storage solutions that leverage Storage Class Memory (SCM) technologies, including flash memory. The company addresses the performance, reliability, and serviceability challenges traditionally associated with these technologies. Its flagship product, the tachIOn solid-state disk, offers superior performance for data-intensive applications, delivering 4-10 times the predictable performance compared to competing storage products while maintaining enterprise-level reliability and serviceability. Founded by experienced professionals from leading tech companies, Virident Systems possesses extensive expertise in flash technologies, allowing it to create innovative hardware and software solutions tailored to the needs of modern data centers and cloud computing environments.

Viptela

Series A in 2012
Viptela, Inc. specializes in software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) technology, enabling global companies to establish carrier-agnostic and policy-controlled WANs that are both secure and cost-effective. Their offerings include a cloud-based SD-WAN Controller for managing routing, security, and authentication across devices, as well as a centralized management system that provides real-time monitoring of network health. Viptela's technology also features vEdge Routers for secure data connectivity and a flexible platform called Viptela Fabric, which supports various applications such as cloud networking and Network-as-a-Service. The company has been adopted by numerous Fortune 500 enterprises and major carriers, highlighting its effectiveness in reducing WAN costs and improving network agility. Incorporated in 2012 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Viptela operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems and has received recognition from industry analysts, including being named a Gartner Cool Vendor.

Virident Systems

Venture Round in 2012
Virident Systems specializes in developing enterprise-class data storage solutions that leverage Storage Class Memory (SCM) technologies, including flash memory. The company addresses the performance, reliability, and serviceability challenges traditionally associated with these technologies. Its flagship product, the tachIOn solid-state disk, offers superior performance for data-intensive applications, delivering 4-10 times the predictable performance compared to competing storage products while maintaining enterprise-level reliability and serviceability. Founded by experienced professionals from leading tech companies, Virident Systems possesses extensive expertise in flash technologies, allowing it to create innovative hardware and software solutions tailored to the needs of modern data centers and cloud computing environments.

Silk

Series D in 2012
Silk's Cloud Data Platform enhances cloud efficiency by optimizing performance and reducing costs for organizations. It allows businesses to achieve up to ten times the performance from their existing cloud data while simultaneously decreasing expenditures by 30%. The platform integrates seamlessly between the application stack and cloud infrastructure, ensuring that operations run more effectively without requiring any changes to existing systems. Key features include real-time data reduction, thin provisioning, and continuous resource optimization, which collectively ensure that cloud spending aligns with actual data requirements at all times. This innovative approach enables organizations to maximize their cloud capabilities while minimizing unnecessary costs.

Springpath

Series A in 2012
Springpath is a provider of a hyperconverged software platform designed for enterprise storage and data management. It introduces a software-defined data platform that caters to both virtualized and emerging container environments. Utilizing its patented Hardware Agnostic Log-structure Objects (HALO) architecture, the platform offers features such as elastic scaling and autonomous management, while operating on standard servers. This approach allows enterprises to maintain an independent IT infrastructure, fostering silo-free data center environments that enhance agility and responsiveness to market demands. By eliminating the need for traditional network storage and seamlessly integrating with existing management tools, Springpath maximizes operational efficiency, enabling customers to adapt their compute, caching, or capacity resources according to evolving business requirements.

Virident Systems

Series C in 2011
Virident Systems specializes in developing enterprise-class data storage solutions that leverage Storage Class Memory (SCM) technologies, including flash memory. The company addresses the performance, reliability, and serviceability challenges traditionally associated with these technologies. Its flagship product, the tachIOn solid-state disk, offers superior performance for data-intensive applications, delivering 4-10 times the predictable performance compared to competing storage products while maintaining enterprise-level reliability and serviceability. Founded by experienced professionals from leading tech companies, Virident Systems possesses extensive expertise in flash technologies, allowing it to create innovative hardware and software solutions tailored to the needs of modern data centers and cloud computing environments.

Ravello Systems

Series A in 2011
Ravello Systems Inc. specializes in cloud-based virtualization software solutions, enabling enterprises to encapsulate and run multi-VM applications seamlessly across on-premise and cloud environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company offers a range of services, including the ability to develop and test VMware/KVM applications with complex networking in major public clouds such as AWS and Google Cloud. It provides virtual training for deploying multi-VM application environments, on-demand OpenStack labs for various purposes, and VMware ESXi lab environments for demos and testing. Ravello Systems is recognized as the first provider of a Cloud Application Hypervisor, allowing users to leverage the public cloud's resources effectively. As of March 2016, Ravello operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation and has received backing from prominent venture capital firms.

CloudShare

Venture Round in 2011
CloudShare enables on-premise solutions and SaaS applications to use the cloud unchanged. The company's virtual IT lab solutions for training, sales enablement, support, and sandboxing enable software vendors to increase productivity, agility, and reach. Founded in 2007, CloudShare is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Silk

Series C in 2011
Silk's Cloud Data Platform enhances cloud efficiency by optimizing performance and reducing costs for organizations. It allows businesses to achieve up to ten times the performance from their existing cloud data while simultaneously decreasing expenditures by 30%. The platform integrates seamlessly between the application stack and cloud infrastructure, ensuring that operations run more effectively without requiring any changes to existing systems. Key features include real-time data reduction, thin provisioning, and continuous resource optimization, which collectively ensure that cloud spending aligns with actual data requirements at all times. This innovative approach enables organizations to maximize their cloud capabilities while minimizing unnecessary costs.

Virident Systems

Series B in 2010
Virident Systems specializes in developing enterprise-class data storage solutions that leverage Storage Class Memory (SCM) technologies, including flash memory. The company addresses the performance, reliability, and serviceability challenges traditionally associated with these technologies. Its flagship product, the tachIOn solid-state disk, offers superior performance for data-intensive applications, delivering 4-10 times the predictable performance compared to competing storage products while maintaining enterprise-level reliability and serviceability. Founded by experienced professionals from leading tech companies, Virident Systems possesses extensive expertise in flash technologies, allowing it to create innovative hardware and software solutions tailored to the needs of modern data centers and cloud computing environments.

Nimbula

Series B in 2010
Nimbula is a cloud infrastructure software company that specializes in enabling enterprises and service providers to create private, public, or hybrid clouds. Its flagship product, Nimbula Director, offers a scalable and highly automated solution that allows users to maintain complete control over their cloud environments. Founded by Chris Pinkham and Willem van Biljon, who previously developed Amazon EC2, Nimbula is supported by prominent investors, including Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital. The company has joined the OpenStack Foundation to contribute to the advancement of cloud software. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Nimbula also has a development team based in South Africa. It was recently acquired by Oracle Corporation.

Nimbula

Series A in 2010
Nimbula is a cloud infrastructure software company that specializes in enabling enterprises and service providers to create private, public, or hybrid clouds. Its flagship product, Nimbula Director, offers a scalable and highly automated solution that allows users to maintain complete control over their cloud environments. Founded by Chris Pinkham and Willem van Biljon, who previously developed Amazon EC2, Nimbula is supported by prominent investors, including Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital. The company has joined the OpenStack Foundation to contribute to the advancement of cloud software. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Nimbula also has a development team based in South Africa. It was recently acquired by Oracle Corporation.

Sanrad

Series D in 2010
SANRAD is an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) storage virtualization company. SANRAD specializes in high-availability disaster recovery, storage virtualization, management and disaster recovery.

CloudShare

Series B in 2009
CloudShare enables on-premise solutions and SaaS applications to use the cloud unchanged. The company's virtual IT lab solutions for training, sales enablement, support, and sandboxing enable software vendors to increase productivity, agility, and reach. Founded in 2007, CloudShare is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Unisfair

Venture Round in 2009
Unisfair specializes in providing virtual environments for businesses, offering solutions for virtual events, trade shows, conferences, and job fairs. Its platform enables companies to engage effectively with customers, partners, and employees. Notable clients include IBM, Intuit, ADP, EMC, and Novartis, who utilize Unisfair's technology for online marketing and lead generation. The company's offerings include tools like Position Manager, which allows employers to manage job postings within virtual booths or job centers. Unisfair has been recognized for its innovative approach to virtual engagement and was acquired by West Corp in March 2011, following investments from Sequoia Capital and Norwest Venture Partners.

ScaleMP

Series D in 2008
ScaleMP, Inc. specializes in virtualization solutions for high-end computing, focusing on creating efficient and cost-effective virtual symmetric multiprocessor systems. Its primary product, the vSMP architecture, aggregates multiple industry-standard x86 servers into a single virtual system, enabling users to efficiently handle intensive workloads. The company offers various solutions, including vSMP Foundation Free, vSMP Foundation, and the advanced platform, which cater to different computing needs such as large memory requirements for analytics and big data applications. ScaleMP also provides support for in-memory computing, shared-memory computing, and other advanced computing solutions. Its technology is applicable across several industries, including life sciences, manufacturing, higher education, energy discovery, and financial services. Founded in 2003 and based in Fort Lee, New Jersey, ScaleMP distributes its products through channel partners and regional sellers both in the United States and internationally.

Silk

Series A in 2008
Silk's Cloud Data Platform enhances cloud efficiency by optimizing performance and reducing costs for organizations. It allows businesses to achieve up to ten times the performance from their existing cloud data while simultaneously decreasing expenditures by 30%. The platform integrates seamlessly between the application stack and cloud infrastructure, ensuring that operations run more effectively without requiring any changes to existing systems. Key features include real-time data reduction, thin provisioning, and continuous resource optimization, which collectively ensure that cloud spending aligns with actual data requirements at all times. This innovative approach enables organizations to maximize their cloud capabilities while minimizing unnecessary costs.

Unisfair

Venture Round in 2008
Unisfair specializes in providing virtual environments for businesses, offering solutions for virtual events, trade shows, conferences, and job fairs. Its platform enables companies to engage effectively with customers, partners, and employees. Notable clients include IBM, Intuit, ADP, EMC, and Novartis, who utilize Unisfair's technology for online marketing and lead generation. The company's offerings include tools like Position Manager, which allows employers to manage job postings within virtual booths or job centers. Unisfair has been recognized for its innovative approach to virtual engagement and was acquired by West Corp in March 2011, following investments from Sequoia Capital and Norwest Venture Partners.

Unisfair

Venture Round in 2006
Unisfair specializes in providing virtual environments for businesses, offering solutions for virtual events, trade shows, conferences, and job fairs. Its platform enables companies to engage effectively with customers, partners, and employees. Notable clients include IBM, Intuit, ADP, EMC, and Novartis, who utilize Unisfair's technology for online marketing and lead generation. The company's offerings include tools like Position Manager, which allows employers to manage job postings within virtual booths or job centers. Unisfair has been recognized for its innovative approach to virtual engagement and was acquired by West Corp in March 2011, following investments from Sequoia Capital and Norwest Venture Partners.

Sanrad

Series D in 2006
SANRAD is an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) storage virtualization company. SANRAD specializes in high-availability disaster recovery, storage virtualization, management and disaster recovery.

Qumranet

Seed Round in 2005
Qumranet, Inc. is an enterprise software company that specializes in virtual computing solutions. Founded in 2005 and based in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Israel, Qumranet offers its flagship product, Solid ICE, which provides integrated desktop virtualization. This solution includes key components such as the Virtual Desktop Server, which hosts Windows virtual desktops, and the Virtual Desktop Controller, responsible for managing the virtual desktop environment. Additionally, Qumranet utilizes the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE), a remote connection protocol that enhances user access to virtual desktops hosted on servers within corporate data centers. In 2008, Qumranet became a subsidiary of Red Hat, Inc.

Sanrad

Series C in 2004
SANRAD is an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) storage virtualization company. SANRAD specializes in high-availability disaster recovery, storage virtualization, management and disaster recovery.

VxTel

Venture Round in 2000
VxTel specializes in providing silicon solutions designed for next-generation carrier networks. Founded in 1999 and based in Fremont, California, the company develops products that utilize a distinct signal-processing architecture tailored for voice, data, telecommunications, and multimedia applications. VxTel's technology is integral to carrier-class switches, facilitating the growth and adoption of packet-based networks for voice and advanced services. The company's primary focus is on supporting high-density voice-over-packet systems, capable of managing hundreds of thousands of channels across various voice processing applications.

VxTel

Venture Round in 2000
VxTel specializes in providing silicon solutions designed for next-generation carrier networks. Founded in 1999 and based in Fremont, California, the company develops products that utilize a distinct signal-processing architecture tailored for voice, data, telecommunications, and multimedia applications. VxTel's technology is integral to carrier-class switches, facilitating the growth and adoption of packet-based networks for voice and advanced services. The company's primary focus is on supporting high-density voice-over-packet systems, capable of managing hundreds of thousands of channels across various voice processing applications.

VA Linux Systems

Venture Round in 1998
VA Linux Systems was a software developer that owned the online retailer known as ThinkGeek. Prior to that, it operated as a systems-hardware business. The company acquired Andover.net, merging SourceForge.net, Linux.com, Slashdot, and other well-known Open Source Internet sites to form the Open Source Development Network (OSDN). It was established in 1993, based in Mountain View, California.
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