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. provides enterprise manufacturing execution and quality management software solutions worldwide. The company offers Camstar Quality, a compliance-focused quality management system that enables organizations to focus on product quality with compliance achieved automatically as a by-product; and Camstar Manufacturing, which includes a manufacturing execution system, and process design and modeling capabilities to define the executable manufacturing process. It also provides Camstar SigmaSure, an on-demand supply chain quality solution that enables organizations to collaborate with globally dispersed sites, component suppliers, and contract manufacturers; Camstar Intelligence, a reporting, dashboard, and analysis engine; Camstar Interoperability, a services-driven infrastructure that enables enterprise-wide standards-based integration in existing systems environment; and New Product Introduction Accelerator, a cloud-based solution that provides anywhere access to critical-to-quality data during product design and prototype stages, enabling professionals to avoid delays and risks associated with data from varied sources. In addition, the company offers implementation, education, documentation, and support services for its software solutions. It provides its solutions as on-premise software or software-as-a-service solutions. It serves manufacturers in biotechnology, electronics, industrial, medical devices, metal, semiconductor, and solar industries, as well as outsourced manufacturing operations. Camstar Systems, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It has operations in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

InterSense

Series C in 2000
InterSense, founded in 1996 by Eric Foxlin, evolved from research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology into a prominent technology supplier specializing in inertial and hybrid motion tracking systems. Acquired by Gentex Corporation in 2011 and later by Thales in 2012, InterSense's products, including ultra-miniature sensors and the NavChip, the world's smallest inertial measurement unit (IMU), are integral to high-performance tracking, navigation, visualization, and stabilization applications across various industries. Their technology is utilized in aerospace, robotics, agriculture, oil and mining, and visual production, contributing to enhanced safety, productivity, and resource conservation. InterSense serves an extensive customer base that includes major companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Sony Entertainment, and collaborates with a global network of software partners and systems integrators to deliver customized solutions.

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 Seattle-based provider of sales intelligence and research services focused on the business-to-government (B2G) marketplace. As a subsidiary of Project Diamond Intermediate Holdings Corporation, Onvia specializes in curating data related to government procurement activities, including contracts, agencies, decision-makers, vendors, and market trends. Its B2G Intelligence System (B2GIS) offers clients access to valuable insights that enhance their ability to identify new market opportunities, analyze trends, and improve procurement efficiency. By leveraging advanced technologies and domain expertise, Onvia aims to resolve complexities in the multi-trillion-dollar B2G marketplace, creating value for private companies, public agencies, and society as a whole.

InterSense

Series A in 1998
InterSense, founded in 1996 by Eric Foxlin, evolved from research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology into a prominent technology supplier specializing in inertial and hybrid motion tracking systems. Acquired by Gentex Corporation in 2011 and later by Thales in 2012, InterSense's products, including ultra-miniature sensors and the NavChip, the world's smallest inertial measurement unit (IMU), are integral to high-performance tracking, navigation, visualization, and stabilization applications across various industries. Their technology is utilized in aerospace, robotics, agriculture, oil and mining, and visual production, contributing to enhanced safety, productivity, and resource conservation. InterSense serves an extensive customer base that includes major companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Sony Entertainment, and collaborates with a global network of software partners and systems integrators to deliver customized solutions.
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