Dominion Ventures

Dominion Ventures, Inc. was a principal investment firm based in Walnut Creek, California, co-founded by Michael K. Lee in 1985. The firm specialized in investments in early-stage, emerging, and mature technology companies, particularly within the communications, software, and services sectors. It typically made initial investments ranging from $2 million to $4 million, with total investment sizes between $3 million and $10 million distributed across several funding rounds. Dominion Ventures sought to secure board seats in its portfolio companies and often acquired minority interests in co-invested companies. The firm ceased its operations on April 19, 2023.

Randy Werner

General Partner

12 past transactions

ManageStar

Venture Round in 2004
ManageStar provides the only truly comprehensive software solution for anyone managing or servicing properties, facilities and assets. The heart of the manageStar software is Harmony™ — a powerful and customizable Professional Services Automation (PSA) platform. Harmony's PSA streamlines service delivery from the point of request through to fulfillment and beyond, pulling together and drawing critical information from Human Resource (HR), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Financial and other applications.

ManageStar

Venture Round in 2003
ManageStar provides the only truly comprehensive software solution for anyone managing or servicing properties, facilities and assets. The heart of the manageStar software is Harmony™ — a powerful and customizable Professional Services Automation (PSA) platform. Harmony's PSA streamlines service delivery from the point of request through to fulfillment and beyond, pulling together and drawing critical information from Human Resource (HR), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Financial and other applications.

NextPage

Venture Round in 2001
NextPage, a leading innovator in Compliance and Information Risk Solutions, delivers the only Information Tracking Platform that mitigates enterprise risk, increases document policy compliance and reduces the cost of eDiscovery by tracking and managing documents no matter where they are located – hard drives, USBs, servers, or email attachments. With patent pending technology, NextPage Digital Thread™ software, NextPage proactively tackles the risk by tracking, classifying, executing policy, and reporting on the compliance of all documents across the enterprise.

Camstar Systems

Venture Round in 2000
Camstar Systems, Inc. specializes in providing enterprise manufacturing execution and quality management software solutions on a global scale. The company offers a range of products, including Camstar Quality, a compliance-focused quality management system, and Camstar Manufacturing, which features manufacturing execution systems along with process design and modeling capabilities. Additionally, Camstar SigmaSure facilitates collaboration across globally dispersed sites and suppliers, while Camstar Intelligence provides reporting and analysis tools. The company also offers Camstar Interoperability for standards-based integration within existing systems and the New Product Introduction Accelerator, a cloud-based solution that ensures access to critical data during product design. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Camstar serves various sectors, including biotechnology, electronics, medical devices, and semiconductor industries, as well as outsourced manufacturing operations. The company provides its software solutions both as on-premise installations and software-as-a-service models, along with implementation and support services. Camstar has operations in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

InterSense

Series C in 2000
Founded in 1996 by Eric Foxlin, InterSense began as a commercial extension of Eric’s pioneering research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has grown into a leading technology supplier with a consistent track-record of innovation and a portfolio of patented products. In 2011, InterSense was acquired by Gentex Corporation. And in 2012, Thales acquired Visionix and InterSense Business Units from Gentex Corporation. Industry leading InterSense trackers and sensors are now part of Thales Visionix, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thales Defense & Security, Inc. InterSense line of products include ultra-miniature, low-power sensors and flexible software and the groundbreaking NavChip, the world’s smallest IMU. These solutions are used worldwide to deploy high performance tracking, navigation, visualization and stabilization applications that save lives, improve productivity and conserve resources. InterSense trackers, sensors and IMUs are used in a wide range of industries from aerospace, robotics, and agriculture to oil/mining, research/engineering and visualization/visual production industries. In addition to a marquis customer base including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, L-3 Communications, Rockwell Collins, Procter & Gamble, Ford, Sony Entertainment, Pixar, Blizzard Entertainment, QinetiQ, and iRobot, InterSense trackers and sensors also works with a global network of software partners, systems integrators, value added resellers and OEM hardware partners to deliver solutions tailored to meet customer needs.

Communispace

Series A in 2000
Communispace Corporation develops, manages, and facilities private online communities for organizations in the United States and internationally. The company's online customer community site delivers the voice of the customer and enables businesses to generate continuous insights, drive faster innovation, and drive revenue. It serves consumer packaged goods, financial services, food and beverage, footwear, health and beauty, healthcare, hospitality, household cleaning, media and entertainment, pharmaceuticals, retail, technology, telecommunications, and toys industries. Communispace Corporation was formerly known as Cambridge Learning Design Corp. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts with additional offices in Atlanta; Austin; Chicago; London; New York; San Francisco; and San Remo, Italy.

Engenia Software

Series C in 2000
Engenia Software, developer of an XML-based, Web-enabled, out-of-the-box "Intelligent Dashboard" for the computer desktop.

NetDecide

Venture Round in 2000
netDecide is a leading provider of enterprise-wide wealth management software. Leading financial services firms use netDecide's award-winning technology to collaborate with their clients, increase assets under management, and deliver advice profitably.

BUYandHOLD

Series B in 2000
BUYandHOLD, Inc. is a financial services company that specializes in online investing, particularly for long-term equity investment strategies. Founded in 1999 and based in Edison, New Jersey, it provides investors with essential business and financial information about stocks, including news, charts, SEC filings, and analyst ratings across various sectors such as consumer goods, energy, finance, healthcare, and technology. The company emphasizes the "Buy and Hold" investment philosophy, enabling investors to purchase and retain securities to maximize their returns over time. Through its online brokerage subsidiary, it also offers dollar-based investing and fractional share ownership, catering specifically to the needs of long-term investors. As of early 2015, BUYandHOLD operates as a subsidiary of FOLIOfn Investments, Inc.

PointClick.com

Venture Round in 2000
PointClick.com at one point said it generated more page views weekly than even Lycos.com and Hotbot.com. PCDataOnline ranked the company the No. 1 site on the entire Internet for the number of page views. Last year, the company was among those honored at the Utah Valley's Entrepreneurial Forum when it won the Most Innovative Product Award.

Onvia

Debt Financing in 1999
Onvia is a business information and research service provider based in Seattle, Washington, specializing in the business-to-government (B2G) marketplace. The company utilizes advanced technologies and domain expertise to curate comprehensive data on government contracts, agencies, decision makers, vendors, projects, investment plans, and market trends. Its B2G Intelligence System (B2GIS) offers clients quality leads and strategic insights, helping companies of all sizes to enhance their public sector operations while enabling government agencies to improve procurement efficiency. By addressing the complexities of the multi-trillion-dollar B2G market, Onvia fosters mutual value for businesses, government entities, and society as a whole.

InterSense

Series A in 1998
Founded in 1996 by Eric Foxlin, InterSense began as a commercial extension of Eric’s pioneering research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has grown into a leading technology supplier with a consistent track-record of innovation and a portfolio of patented products. In 2011, InterSense was acquired by Gentex Corporation. And in 2012, Thales acquired Visionix and InterSense Business Units from Gentex Corporation. Industry leading InterSense trackers and sensors are now part of Thales Visionix, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thales Defense & Security, Inc. InterSense line of products include ultra-miniature, low-power sensors and flexible software and the groundbreaking NavChip, the world’s smallest IMU. These solutions are used worldwide to deploy high performance tracking, navigation, visualization and stabilization applications that save lives, improve productivity and conserve resources. InterSense trackers, sensors and IMUs are used in a wide range of industries from aerospace, robotics, and agriculture to oil/mining, research/engineering and visualization/visual production industries. In addition to a marquis customer base including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, L-3 Communications, Rockwell Collins, Procter & Gamble, Ford, Sony Entertainment, Pixar, Blizzard Entertainment, QinetiQ, and iRobot, InterSense trackers and sensors also works with a global network of software partners, systems integrators, value added resellers and OEM hardware partners to deliver solutions tailored to meet customer needs.
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