Woodside Fund
Woodside Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, seed, early stage, and late stage investments. It typically invests in technology companies with a focus on semiconductors, networking and communications infrastructure, and applications and infrastructure software, and enterprise software companies. The firm primarily invests in companies located on West Coast of United States. It typically invests between $5 million to $10 million with an initial investment of $2 million to $5 million in companies. The firm can also co-invest. It seeks to invest for a period of three years to five years and exits its investment through mergers and acquisitions and IPO. Woodside Fund was founded in 1983 and is based in Redwood Shores, California with additional offices at Woodside, California; Pleasanton, California; and San Antonio, Texas.
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50 past transactions
Intelligent Markets, Inc.
Series B in 2001
Intelligent Markets, Inc. designs, develops, markets, installs, and maintains order management software to broker dealers. It provides ALTA, an order management system for convertible bonds, and provides sell-side convertible bond trading desks. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in New York, New York.
Intalio
Series C in 2004
Intalio combines cutting-edge technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, NLP and Cognitive Services to collect, clean and analyze unstructured data. Our solutions are developed on a Blockchain platform to offer intelligent, secure and profitable solutions.
Intalio Content Services revolutionizes processes such as content capture, information management, storage, and analytics to provide a comprehensive and reliable ECM platform and to ensure optimal information governance.
Intalio Process Services provides an end-to-end solution to streamline enterprises’ internal workflows while enhancing their incoming and outgoing communications through a new generation of Case Management solution integrating features such as Digital Signature, Digital Mailroom and Correspondence Tracking.
Zest Labs
Venture Round in 2007
Zest Labs provides on-demand, data visibility solutions for cold chain and asset management. Its industry-leading XC3 Extended Capability RFID products and technologies enable a range of solutions for perishable food and pharmaceutical temperature monitoring, asset tracking for construction and other remote worksites, vehicle/yard management, security and access control, and other applications. These solutions deliver real-time monitoring that can help organizations reduce shrink or loss, more closely track and manage assets, reduce their cost of operations, and increase profitability.
Nusym Technology
Series A in 2005
Nusym Technology, Inc. is pioneering an "intelligent" functional verification approach that enables rapid verification closure. This approach requires little change in current verification methodologies and takes advantage of testbenches and reference models. However, unlike current methods which treat the design as a "blackbox", Nusym uses design understanding to provide targeted test generation.
Intalio
Series D in 2012
Intalio combines cutting-edge technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, NLP and Cognitive Services to collect, clean and analyze unstructured data. Our solutions are developed on a Blockchain platform to offer intelligent, secure and profitable solutions.
Intalio Content Services revolutionizes processes such as content capture, information management, storage, and analytics to provide a comprehensive and reliable ECM platform and to ensure optimal information governance.
Intalio Process Services provides an end-to-end solution to streamline enterprises’ internal workflows while enhancing their incoming and outgoing communications through a new generation of Case Management solution integrating features such as Digital Signature, Digital Mailroom and Correspondence Tracking.
Berkeley Design Automation
Series B in 2006
Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. is the recognized leader in nanometer circuit verification for analog, mixed-signal, RF, and custom digital verification. Over100 semiconductor worldwide companies rely on BDA to break down traditional barriers in the verification of their complex IC products.
BDA’s customers include the world’s leading suppliers of consumer electronics, mobile communications platforms, application processors, server chips, network processors, image sensors, and automotive ICs.
Berkeley Design Automation has received numerous industry awards and is widely recognized for its technology leadership and contributions to the electronics industry. The company is privately held and backed by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Panasonic Corp., NTT Corp., IT-Farm, and MUFJ Capital.
Sybase
Series F in 1989
Sybase has a rich 20-year history as a technology leader. Celebrating 20 years of innovation, Sybase has created technology that enables the Unwired Enterprise for our customers and partners by delivering enterprise and mobile infrastructure, development and integration software solutions. The world's most critical data in commerce, finance, government, healthcare and defense runs on Sybase. Below is a brief history of selected accomplishments spanning two decades as a leading technology company.
SS8 Networks
Series B in 2010
SS8, the network intelligence company, provides solutions to help customers quickly identify, track and investigate suspects and devices of interest. By generating, storing and analyzing months, and even years, of high-definition records extracted from network packets, SS8 customers gain unprecedented intelligence for investigating what matter most. SS8 is trusted by six of the largest intelligence agencies, eight of the 14 largest communications providers and five of the largest systems integrators.
Analogix Semiconductor
Series A in 2002
Analogix Semiconductor designs and manufactures high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for the Digital Media market. Analogix is a leader in providing semiconductor solutions for DisplayPort, the next-generation digital interconnect for the Personal Computer. Analogix also provides a full suite of HDMI 1.3 and 1.2 transmitter and receiver solutions for the distribution of high-definition video and audio in consumer electronics.
Analogix is based in Santa Clara, Calif., with offices in Beijing, China, Taipei, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan.
Zest Labs
Series A in 2011
Zest Labs provides on-demand, data visibility solutions for cold chain and asset management. Its industry-leading XC3 Extended Capability RFID products and technologies enable a range of solutions for perishable food and pharmaceutical temperature monitoring, asset tracking for construction and other remote worksites, vehicle/yard management, security and access control, and other applications. These solutions deliver real-time monitoring that can help organizations reduce shrink or loss, more closely track and manage assets, reduce their cost of operations, and increase profitability.
Yieldex
Series C in 2011
Yieldex is the leading provider of digital ad forecasting, analytic pricing and marketplace tools for publishers and advertisers. The world’s most successful publishers rely on Yieldex Analytics for forward-looking insights that help them save time, close more deals and increase revenue.
Both advertisers and publishers use Yieldex’s programmatic marketplace, YieldexDirect, to buy and sell targeted, guaranteed inventory in one convenient location. Leading media companies such as The New York Times, Scripps, CBS, Comcast, Viacom, ESPN, Fox, The Wall Street Journal, Pandora, The Weather Channel, and dozens of others use Yieldex to get more value from their digital advertising strategies.
Tacit Knowledge
Series A in 2004
Tacit Knowledge is the digital commerce consultancy that delivers Silicon Valley innovation to retail organizations around the world. Founded in 1997 by a group of software engineers, Tacit implements packaged applications and builds custom software for globally recognized multichannel organizations, including some of Internet Retailer's Top 25. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, London, Guadalajara, and Chisinau.
SS8 Networks
Venture Round in 2000
SS8, the network intelligence company, provides solutions to help customers quickly identify, track and investigate suspects and devices of interest. By generating, storing and analyzing months, and even years, of high-definition records extracted from network packets, SS8 customers gain unprecedented intelligence for investigating what matter most. SS8 is trusted by six of the largest intelligence agencies, eight of the 14 largest communications providers and five of the largest systems integrators.
USBuild.com
Venture Round in 2000
USBuild.com, a company creating a supply chain for production homebuilding
Zenverge
Series D in 2011
Semiconductor company developing content networking ICs that connect broadcast content with IP enabled devices
PowerReviews
Venture Round in 2011
PowerReviews, Inc. develops a Software-as-a-Service platform that enables users to generate reviews and insights, social answers, loyalties, and seller ratings to engage with their customers. Its solutions include ratings and reviews, product sampling, store experience feedback, and UGC analytics The company serves brands and retailers customers worldwide. PowerReviews, Inc. was formerly known as Wavetable Labs, Inc. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. As of July 2, 2014, PowerReviews, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Viewpoints, LLC.
SS8 Networks
Venture Round in 2009
SS8, the network intelligence company, provides solutions to help customers quickly identify, track and investigate suspects and devices of interest. By generating, storing and analyzing months, and even years, of high-definition records extracted from network packets, SS8 customers gain unprecedented intelligence for investigating what matter most. SS8 is trusted by six of the largest intelligence agencies, eight of the 14 largest communications providers and five of the largest systems integrators.
Aristos Logic
Series D in 2004
Aristos Logic Corporation provides RAID solutions for the data storage industry for original equipment manufacturer suppliers of storage systems and servers. It offers RAID storage processors and software for storage systems.
The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California.
As of September 3, 2008, Aristos Logic Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Adaptec, Inc.
TrueSAN Networks
Series B in 2001
Founded in 1999, the company delivers enterprise storage networking systems, software and services for building scalable, intelligent, and universally accessible storage infrastructures. TrueSAN's next-generation storage solutions are designed to meet the unrelenting and unpredictable demand to store endless amounts of data. TrueSAN's technology provides unparalleled scalability, versatility, ease of use, as well as lower cost.
HotRail
Series C in 2000
HotRail is an internet infrastructure company that develops interconnect technologies for its clients.
HotRail was founded in 1993 and is based in California.
Athena Design Systems
Series B in 2007
Athena Design Systems, Inc. develops electronic design automation software. It focuses on addressing the physical implementation challenges of IC design. The company’s design optimization system enables designers to address the spectrum of timing, signal integrity, power, and other effects resulting from manufacturing processes of nanometer and finer geometries.
Athena Design Systems, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Santa Clara, California.
Zest Labs
Venture Round in 2009
Zest Labs provides on-demand, data visibility solutions for cold chain and asset management. Its industry-leading XC3 Extended Capability RFID products and technologies enable a range of solutions for perishable food and pharmaceutical temperature monitoring, asset tracking for construction and other remote worksites, vehicle/yard management, security and access control, and other applications. These solutions deliver real-time monitoring that can help organizations reduce shrink or loss, more closely track and manage assets, reduce their cost of operations, and increase profitability.
New Edge Networks
Series C in 2000
New Edge Networks is a provider of wholesale DSL services in small and mid-sized markets.
Analogix Semiconductor
Series B in 2009
Analogix Semiconductor designs and manufactures high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for the Digital Media market. Analogix is a leader in providing semiconductor solutions for DisplayPort, the next-generation digital interconnect for the Personal Computer. Analogix also provides a full suite of HDMI 1.3 and 1.2 transmitter and receiver solutions for the distribution of high-definition video and audio in consumer electronics.
Analogix is based in Santa Clara, Calif., with offices in Beijing, China, Taipei, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan.
Intalio
Venture Round in 2007
Intalio combines cutting-edge technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, NLP and Cognitive Services to collect, clean and analyze unstructured data. Our solutions are developed on a Blockchain platform to offer intelligent, secure and profitable solutions.
Intalio Content Services revolutionizes processes such as content capture, information management, storage, and analytics to provide a comprehensive and reliable ECM platform and to ensure optimal information governance.
Intalio Process Services provides an end-to-end solution to streamline enterprises’ internal workflows while enhancing their incoming and outgoing communications through a new generation of Case Management solution integrating features such as Digital Signature, Digital Mailroom and Correspondence Tracking.
Stream Processors
Venture Round in 2006
Stream Processors, Inc. (SPI) is a privately held fabless semiconductor company developing an innovative stream processing architecture that that will help consumer and industrial companies accelerate time to market for their products, while greatly reducing system development costs. SPI was founded in 2004 in the recognition that the new era of compute-intensive applications requires radically increased levels of processor performance and efficiency. The company's technology and products improve application productivity by making parallel processing easier to program and use.
Nusym Technology
Series B in 2008
Nusym Technology, Inc. is pioneering an "intelligent" functional verification approach that enables rapid verification closure. This approach requires little change in current verification methodologies and takes advantage of testbenches and reference models. However, unlike current methods which treat the design as a "blackbox", Nusym uses design understanding to provide targeted test generation.
Analogix Semiconductor
Series B in 2005
Analogix Semiconductor designs and manufactures high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for the Digital Media market. Analogix is a leader in providing semiconductor solutions for DisplayPort, the next-generation digital interconnect for the Personal Computer. Analogix also provides a full suite of HDMI 1.3 and 1.2 transmitter and receiver solutions for the distribution of high-definition video and audio in consumer electronics.
Analogix is based in Santa Clara, Calif., with offices in Beijing, China, Taipei, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan.
Zenverge
Series E in 2013
Semiconductor company developing content networking ICs that connect broadcast content with IP enabled devices
VeriWave
Series C in 2006
Testing with VeriWave ensures maximum performance for mobile networks, devices and applications in the real world. From development through deployment and beyond, VeriWave helps leading manufacturers, service providers and users measure, analyze and improve speed, quality, interoperability, compliance and other pivotal aspects of mobile performance.
Azaire Networks
Series C in 2006
Azaire Networks, Inc. provides multi-access network solutions for mobile operators and service providers in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company develops wireless local area network based solutions that enable the deployment of multi-access networks to offer mobile broadband services to consumers and business users. Its solutions also enable the users to roam between cellular, metropolitan access, and enterprise access networks. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California with additional offices in Germany, India, and the Netherlands. As of June 10, 2008, Azaire Networks, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of IntelliNet Technologies, Inc.
Intalio
Series B in 2001
Intalio combines cutting-edge technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, NLP and Cognitive Services to collect, clean and analyze unstructured data. Our solutions are developed on a Blockchain platform to offer intelligent, secure and profitable solutions.
Intalio Content Services revolutionizes processes such as content capture, information management, storage, and analytics to provide a comprehensive and reliable ECM platform and to ensure optimal information governance.
Intalio Process Services provides an end-to-end solution to streamline enterprises’ internal workflows while enhancing their incoming and outgoing communications through a new generation of Case Management solution integrating features such as Digital Signature, Digital Mailroom and Correspondence Tracking.
VeriWave
Series B in 2005
Testing with VeriWave ensures maximum performance for mobile networks, devices and applications in the real world. From development through deployment and beyond, VeriWave helps leading manufacturers, service providers and users measure, analyze and improve speed, quality, interoperability, compliance and other pivotal aspects of mobile performance.
OsteoBiologics
Venture Round in 2003
OsteoBiologics is a biotechnology company. It engages in the development and manufacture of bio-absorbable polymeric scaffolds, films, and related instrumentations for the repair and replacement of bone, soft tissue, and articular cartilage. It provides ACTAEON, a tissue evaluation system, which determines the degree and scope of articular cartilage degeneration. It also manufactures custom parts.
OsteoBiologics was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
Matisse Networks
Series C in 2007
Matisse Networks, Inc. provides optical burst switching solutions for metro Ethernet optical transport networks. The company offers EtherBurst, a packet WDM system for scaling metro and campus networks. Its EtherBurst comprises SX-1000 Ethernet service nodes that serve as a local Ethernet switch and on-ramp to the packet WDM photonic layer; PX-1000 photonic nodes that are deployed in a metro ring and provide an automated optical layer; and MatisseView management system that provides access to optical and packet service management software. The company’s products enable solutions for service providers, enterprises, and government agencies.
Matisse Networks, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Aristos Logic
Series G in 2007
Aristos Logic Corporation provides RAID solutions for the data storage industry for original equipment manufacturer suppliers of storage systems and servers. It offers RAID storage processors and software for storage systems.
The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California.
As of September 3, 2008, Aristos Logic Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Adaptec, Inc.
APX, Inc.
Series C in 2000
APX has continuously provided innovative technology and service solutions for the energy and environmental markets. Their business experience spans transaction management, registries, scheduling, settlements, demand-side management, asset control, analytics, operations, exchanges, clearing, and brokerage. They continue to leverage their deep domain and technological expertise, providing focused solutions for their clients in the energy and environmental markets. This depth and breadth of knowledge makes the APX team uniquely qualified to provide leading-edge market solutions that deliver trust, integrity, and experience.
Tacit Software
Venture Round in 2004
Tacit Software is a provider of collaboration and knowledge management software and the company behind illumio (www.illumio.com), a productivity tool for monitoring news, blogs, and wikis and connecting with others to share knowledge and expertise. illumio is used by individuals and organizations to more effectively discover and share information by delivering to users only what's important to them. Tacit's enterprise customers include some of the world's leading Fortune 500 companies including Lockheed Martin, Morgan Stanley, and Northrop Grumman.
StreetFusion
Series A in 2000
StreetFusion offers financial services to corporations and investors, enabling them the distribution of time sensitive and critical information. It links approximately 6200 public companies, individual investors, and more. The company also provides webcasting services to 700 public companies for earnings conference calls and other investor events.
APX, Inc.
Series C in 2000
APX has continuously provided innovative technology and service solutions for the energy and environmental markets. Their business experience spans transaction management, registries, scheduling, settlements, demand-side management, asset control, analytics, operations, exchanges, clearing, and brokerage. They continue to leverage their deep domain and technological expertise, providing focused solutions for their clients in the energy and environmental markets. This depth and breadth of knowledge makes the APX team uniquely qualified to provide leading-edge market solutions that deliver trust, integrity, and experience.
CenterBoard
Series A in 2003
CenterBoard is a privately held company that is breaking new ground in combining network and database technologies to lead the emerging market for Enterprise Information Integration. CenterBoard's technology enables right-time access to distributed information regardless of how and where the data is stored. The company has built a strong management team with expertise across both the database and networking fields. As early employees of other successful start-ups, including Red Brick Systems, Cloudscape, CopperCom, Auspex and Portal, the management team has a depth of experience in growing early-stage companies to become market leaders.
SS8 Networks
Series A in 2006
SS8, the network intelligence company, provides solutions to help customers quickly identify, track and investigate suspects and devices of interest. By generating, storing and analyzing months, and even years, of high-definition records extracted from network packets, SS8 customers gain unprecedented intelligence for investigating what matter most. SS8 is trusted by six of the largest intelligence agencies, eight of the 14 largest communications providers and five of the largest systems integrators.
Analogix Semiconductor
Series B in 2007
Analogix Semiconductor designs and manufactures high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for the Digital Media market. Analogix is a leader in providing semiconductor solutions for DisplayPort, the next-generation digital interconnect for the Personal Computer. Analogix also provides a full suite of HDMI 1.3 and 1.2 transmitter and receiver solutions for the distribution of high-definition video and audio in consumer electronics.
Analogix is based in Santa Clara, Calif., with offices in Beijing, China, Taipei, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan.
Sharing Technologies
Series C in 2000
Sharing Technologies, a provider of knowledge management solutions.
Aristos Logic
Series C in 2003
Aristos Logic Corporation provides RAID solutions for the data storage industry for original equipment manufacturer suppliers of storage systems and servers. It offers RAID storage processors and software for storage systems.
The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California.
As of September 3, 2008, Aristos Logic Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Adaptec, Inc.
Azaire Networks
Series B in 2004
Azaire Networks, Inc. provides multi-access network solutions for mobile operators and service providers in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company develops wireless local area network based solutions that enable the deployment of multi-access networks to offer mobile broadband services to consumers and business users. Its solutions also enable the users to roam between cellular, metropolitan access, and enterprise access networks. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California with additional offices in Germany, India, and the Netherlands. As of June 10, 2008, Azaire Networks, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of IntelliNet Technologies, Inc.
New Edge Networks
Series B in 2000
New Edge Networks is a provider of wholesale DSL services in small and mid-sized markets.
Brightware
Series D in 1999
Brightware, Inc. is a provider of automated, self-service assistance to customers through the Internet.
Matisse Networks
Series B in 2006
Matisse Networks, Inc. provides optical burst switching solutions for metro Ethernet optical transport networks. The company offers EtherBurst, a packet WDM system for scaling metro and campus networks. Its EtherBurst comprises SX-1000 Ethernet service nodes that serve as a local Ethernet switch and on-ramp to the packet WDM photonic layer; PX-1000 photonic nodes that are deployed in a metro ring and provide an automated optical layer; and MatisseView management system that provides access to optical and packet service management software. The company’s products enable solutions for service providers, enterprises, and government agencies.
Matisse Networks, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Aristos Logic
Series F in 2006
Aristos Logic Corporation provides RAID solutions for the data storage industry for original equipment manufacturer suppliers of storage systems and servers. It offers RAID storage processors and software for storage systems.
The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California.
As of September 3, 2008, Aristos Logic Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Adaptec, Inc.