El Dorado Ventures

El Dorado Ventures, established in 1986, is a prominent early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. The company invests in disruptive technologies and innovative business models across various sectors, including software, technology-enabled services, communications, and emerging technologies. With over $750 million in assets under management, El Dorado has a proven track record of successful early-stage technology investments, with numerous portfolio companies going public or being acquired by major tech corporations. The firm's investment team, comprising cycle-tested professionals, is known for being accessible and easy to work with, providing entrepreneurs with rapid feedback during the investment decision process. El Dorado Ventures typically invests at the early stage, with seed round investments ranging from $250,000 to $1 million and Series A financings ranging from $3 million to $5 million. The firm focuses primarily on the tech sector in California, Minnesota, and Texas.

Gary Kalbach

Founder

122 past transactions

HiveIO

Series B in 2017
HiveIO Inc., established in 2015 and headquartered in Dover, Delaware, specializes in providing public cloud-like solutions tailored for enterprises and small-to-medium businesses (SMBs). The company's core offering is a cloud compute service that encompasses provisioning, lifecycle management, security, and remote management. HiveIO's unique zero-layer architecture integrates built-in security and eliminates the need for proprietary hardware, enabling clients to leverage commodity computing at half the cost and twice the performance of traditional methods. Their platform, HiveIO Fabric™, is designed to replace expensive hardware and complex licensing with streamlined Swarm-based nodes that predictively scale and auto heal. This allows organizations of all sizes to implement an easy-to-use end-to-end stack for computing at significantly reduced costs. The company's solutions cater to diverse workload types such as VDI, VSI, Grid Compute, and Hadoop environments across multiple verticals.

Beckon

Venture Round in 2016
Beckon, Inc. is a software company specializing in omnichannel analytics for marketers, founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. It offers a software-as-a-service platform that integrates marketing data to provide performance analytics and visualization solutions. Beckon's software delivers real-time marketing intelligence through automated data management, allowing marketers to gain total visibility into cross-channel performance. The platform features pre-built dashboards, scorecards, and key performance indicators, enabling users to make informed decisions swiftly and maximize return on investment. As of November 2018, Beckon operates as a subsidiary of Aclate, Inc. Its goal is to aid marketers in organizing complex data and effectively demonstrating the impact of marketing efforts on business outcomes.

Coupa

Series G in 2015
Coupa Software is an information technology company founded in 2006 by Dave Stephens, specializing in procurement, finance, and cloud-based financial applications. The company offers a cloud spend management (CSM) platform that provides businesses with visibility and control over their indirect spending, procurement, invoicing, and expense management. By leveraging this technology, clients can optimize their supplier networks, enhance supply chain efficiency, and improve liquidity management, ultimately leading to significant cost savings. Coupa Software's solutions are designed to help organizations better understand their spending patterns and make informed financial decisions.

Beckon

Series B in 2015
Beckon, Inc. is a software company specializing in omnichannel analytics for marketers, founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. It offers a software-as-a-service platform that integrates marketing data to provide performance analytics and visualization solutions. Beckon's software delivers real-time marketing intelligence through automated data management, allowing marketers to gain total visibility into cross-channel performance. The platform features pre-built dashboards, scorecards, and key performance indicators, enabling users to make informed decisions swiftly and maximize return on investment. As of November 2018, Beckon operates as a subsidiary of Aclate, Inc. Its goal is to aid marketers in organizing complex data and effectively demonstrating the impact of marketing efforts on business outcomes.

Joyent

Series E in 2014
Joyent, Inc. is a cloud software company that specializes in providing public and private cloud solutions for web and mobile applications. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Joyent offers a range of services including the Triton Elastic Container Service, which caters to industries such as mobile, social media, and e-commerce. The company also provides the Triton Elastic Container Infrastructure, a private cloud management platform, and the Manta Storage Service, a distributed object storage service that integrates compute capabilities. Joyent's infrastructure allows users to combine public and private cloud resources, delivering enhanced control and cost efficiency. Additionally, as the steward of Node.js, Joyent offers specialized support and tools for enterprises looking to optimize their Node.js applications. With data centers in Singapore and South Korea, Joyent operates as a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics America, Inc., focusing on enabling modern, cloud-native application management across multiple environments.

InsideTrack

Venture Round in 2014
InsideTrack, Inc. is a company that specializes in coaching, consulting, technology, and data analytics services tailored for educational institutions in the United States. Founded in 2001 and based in Portland, Oregon, with an additional office in Nashville, Tennessee, InsideTrack focuses on enhancing student retention and graduation rates. The company offers a range of services, including coaching programs designed for diverse student populations such as traditional, distance, community college, military, and adult learners. Additionally, InsideTrack provides change management, training, strategic planning, and capacity-building services to assist institutions in developing effective student coaching programs. Its proprietary platform, uCoach, leverages predictive modeling and behavioral analysis to optimize student engagement and provide insights into the student experience. Through its innovative approach, InsideTrack aims to empower both students and educational institutions to achieve their goals.

Coupa

Series F in 2014
Coupa Software is an information technology company founded in 2006 by Dave Stephens, specializing in procurement, finance, and cloud-based financial applications. The company offers a cloud spend management (CSM) platform that provides businesses with visibility and control over their indirect spending, procurement, invoicing, and expense management. By leveraging this technology, clients can optimize their supplier networks, enhance supply chain efficiency, and improve liquidity management, ultimately leading to significant cost savings. Coupa Software's solutions are designed to help organizations better understand their spending patterns and make informed financial decisions.

Beckon

Series A in 2014
Beckon, Inc. is a software company specializing in omnichannel analytics for marketers, founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. It offers a software-as-a-service platform that integrates marketing data to provide performance analytics and visualization solutions. Beckon's software delivers real-time marketing intelligence through automated data management, allowing marketers to gain total visibility into cross-channel performance. The platform features pre-built dashboards, scorecards, and key performance indicators, enabling users to make informed decisions swiftly and maximize return on investment. As of November 2018, Beckon operates as a subsidiary of Aclate, Inc. Its goal is to aid marketers in organizing complex data and effectively demonstrating the impact of marketing efforts on business outcomes.

Tower Cloud

Venture Round in 2013
Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers. The company builds and operates fiber optic and wireless networks to connect cellular towers to the wireless carriers' mobile switching centers. Wireless carriers utilize Ethernet and Sonet T-1 broadband capacity provided by Tower Cloud to manage the exploding volume of voice and data traffic on their cellular networks. Tower Cloud currently operates backhaul networks in the greater Orlando, FL and Miami, FL markets and is in the process of constructing a new network in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Atlantis Computing

Series D in 2013
Atlantis Computing is a privately-held company based in Mountain View, California, with offices in Europe. Founded with a mission to revolutionize datacenter storage economics, Atlantis offers Atlantis USX, a software-defined storage platform that enhances virtualized workload performance by up to 10x and increases effective storage capacity by up to 10x. This solution outperforms all-flash arrays at half the cost of traditional SAN, utilizing any class of enterprise storage. With awards from VMworld and Citrix Synergy, Atlantis USX has been deployed globally across hundreds of mission-critical environments, managing tens of Petabytes for over 800,000 VMs. The company is backed by investors including Adams Street Partners, Cisco Systems, El Dorado Ventures, and Partech Ventures.

SportsEngine

Series C in 2013
SportsEngine, Inc. is a leading provider of web and mobile application software for managing youth, amateur, and professional sports. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the company offers a comprehensive suite of management tools designed to assist over 500,000 sports teams, leagues, clubs, and associations. Its product offerings include SportsEngine for team and tournament management, TeamUnify for swim team administration, GoMotion for class-based sports, Trackwrestling for wrestling event management, Tourney Machine for tournament organization, and RallyMe for fundraising. These tools help sports organizations streamline operations and improve communication among various stakeholders, including athletes, parents, coaches, and officials, thereby reducing administrative burdens and enhancing engagement in the sports community.

Lockpath

Series B in 2012
LockPath, Inc. is a provider of software solutions focused on corporate governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, and information security. The company offers the Keylight platform, an integrated suite of applications designed to manage various aspects of compliance and risk, including IT and operational risk management, vendor oversight, audit management, and business continuity planning. Keylight features a Dynamic Content Framework that enables customization, as well as tools for incident reporting, performance analytics, and streamlined workflows. The platform is designed to cater to organizations of all sizes, from small and midsize businesses to Fortune 10 enterprises, across diverse industries. LockPath emphasizes ease of use with a multilingual interface and provides various editions tailored for smaller enterprises. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, LockPath operates as a subsidiary of NAVEX Global, Inc.

Tower Cloud

Venture Round in 2012
Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers. The company builds and operates fiber optic and wireless networks to connect cellular towers to the wireless carriers' mobile switching centers. Wireless carriers utilize Ethernet and Sonet T-1 broadband capacity provided by Tower Cloud to manage the exploding volume of voice and data traffic on their cellular networks. Tower Cloud currently operates backhaul networks in the greater Orlando, FL and Miami, FL markets and is in the process of constructing a new network in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Badgeville

Series C in 2012
Badgeville is a prominent business gamification company founded in 2010 and based in Redwood City, California. It specializes in providing gamification services that enhance user engagement across various platforms within enterprises. By integrating a gamification layer into popular systems, Badgeville motivates and manages deeper adoption and usage, enabling businesses to achieve their objectives. The company's offerings include tools for modernizing performance management, driving learning and development, and improving security and compliance. With a team comprised of experts from leading technology firms, Badgeville has established itself as a key player in the gamification sector, serving hundreds of global brand customers.

Coupa

Series E in 2012
Coupa Software is an information technology company founded in 2006 by Dave Stephens, specializing in procurement, finance, and cloud-based financial applications. The company offers a cloud spend management (CSM) platform that provides businesses with visibility and control over their indirect spending, procurement, invoicing, and expense management. By leveraging this technology, clients can optimize their supplier networks, enhance supply chain efficiency, and improve liquidity management, ultimately leading to significant cost savings. Coupa Software's solutions are designed to help organizations better understand their spending patterns and make informed financial decisions.

Joyent

Series D in 2012
Joyent, Inc. is a cloud software company that specializes in providing public and private cloud solutions for web and mobile applications. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Joyent offers a range of services including the Triton Elastic Container Service, which caters to industries such as mobile, social media, and e-commerce. The company also provides the Triton Elastic Container Infrastructure, a private cloud management platform, and the Manta Storage Service, a distributed object storage service that integrates compute capabilities. Joyent's infrastructure allows users to combine public and private cloud resources, delivering enhanced control and cost efficiency. Additionally, as the steward of Node.js, Joyent offers specialized support and tools for enterprises looking to optimize their Node.js applications. With data centers in Singapore and South Korea, Joyent operates as a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics America, Inc., focusing on enabling modern, cloud-native application management across multiple environments.

Catalog Spree

Series A in 2011
Catalog Spree is the personal digital mall that lets consumers browse catalogs and lookbooks, discover new brands and share products and trends. The award-winning iOS app brings the fun of window shopping to the iPad and iPhone, connecting consumers with the brands they love in a personalized, one-stop mobile shopping experience. Catalog Spree’s visually engaging, full-page lookbooks allow consumers to quickly and easily flip through pages to browse and shop fashion and products on an iPad or iPhone (also available on the web). The app features more than 350 catalogs and lookbooks from top-tier brands including Fab, Forever 21, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Stella & Dot, Target, The Land of Nod, and TOMS Shoes. Catalog Spree works with retailers to publish digital versions of print catalogs, create custom lookbooks with its all-digital publishing platform and distribute content to over 100 million targeted shoppers on the web through its partnership with Google.

Enstratius

Series A in 2011
Enstratius(Formerly Enstratus) provides cloud infrastructure management for public, private, and hybrid cloud operations aligned with enterprise governance and security needs. Enstratius provides users with a single access-controlled view across all corporate cloud resources. Users with the appropriate access rights may directly provision virtual machines across multiple clouds or they can deploy fully-automated applications from a cloud-independent service catalog. Features of Enstratius include: self-service provisioning/de-provisioning of cloud resources, multi-currency cost/chargeback tracking, customizable role-based access controls, single login to manage all cloud resources, support for enterprise authentication systems including SAML 2.0 and OpenID, automated encryption of all cloud data in transit and at rest with all keys stored outside of the cloud, full application automation including auto-scaling, auto-recovery, cloud bursting, and disaster recovery, and a service catalog of pre-configured applications with the ability to publish your own. Enstratius supports the following public clouds: Amazon Web Services, AT&T Synaptic Storage, Bluelock, Cloud Central, CloudSigma, GoGrid, Google Storage, IBM, Microsoft Azure Storage, NTT, Rackspace, and Terremark. Enstratius supports the following private cloud platforms: Atmos Storage, Citrix/Cloud.com, [Eucalyptus], [Nimbula], OpenStack, and Zimory.

BridgeLux

Venture Round in 2011
Bridgelux, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of solid-state lighting technologies headquartered in Fremont, California. Founded in 2002, the company specializes in high-power, energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) solutions. Its product portfolio includes LED arrays, chips, subsystems, and surface mounts, catering to various applications such as retail, hospitality, healthcare, and outdoor lighting. Bridgelux aims to replace traditional lighting technologies, like incandescent and fluorescent lamps, with advanced solid-state products that offer enhanced performance and significant energy savings. The company also provides testing, application engineering, and reference design services to support its customers in implementing these technologies. With strategic partnerships with industry leaders, Bridgelux is committed to driving innovation and contributing to global clean energy initiatives.

Beckon

Seed Round in 2011
Beckon, Inc. is a software company specializing in omnichannel analytics for marketers, founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. It offers a software-as-a-service platform that integrates marketing data to provide performance analytics and visualization solutions. Beckon's software delivers real-time marketing intelligence through automated data management, allowing marketers to gain total visibility into cross-channel performance. The platform features pre-built dashboards, scorecards, and key performance indicators, enabling users to make informed decisions swiftly and maximize return on investment. As of November 2018, Beckon operates as a subsidiary of Aclate, Inc. Its goal is to aid marketers in organizing complex data and effectively demonstrating the impact of marketing efforts on business outcomes.

SportsEngine

Series B in 2011
SportsEngine, Inc. is a leading provider of web and mobile application software for managing youth, amateur, and professional sports. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the company offers a comprehensive suite of management tools designed to assist over 500,000 sports teams, leagues, clubs, and associations. Its product offerings include SportsEngine for team and tournament management, TeamUnify for swim team administration, GoMotion for class-based sports, Trackwrestling for wrestling event management, Tourney Machine for tournament organization, and RallyMe for fundraising. These tools help sports organizations streamline operations and improve communication among various stakeholders, including athletes, parents, coaches, and officials, thereby reducing administrative burdens and enhancing engagement in the sports community.

Tower Cloud

Venture Round in 2011
Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers. The company builds and operates fiber optic and wireless networks to connect cellular towers to the wireless carriers' mobile switching centers. Wireless carriers utilize Ethernet and Sonet T-1 broadband capacity provided by Tower Cloud to manage the exploding volume of voice and data traffic on their cellular networks. Tower Cloud currently operates backhaul networks in the greater Orlando, FL and Miami, FL markets and is in the process of constructing a new network in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Badgeville

Series B in 2011
Badgeville is a prominent business gamification company founded in 2010 and based in Redwood City, California. It specializes in providing gamification services that enhance user engagement across various platforms within enterprises. By integrating a gamification layer into popular systems, Badgeville motivates and manages deeper adoption and usage, enabling businesses to achieve their objectives. The company's offerings include tools for modernizing performance management, driving learning and development, and improving security and compliance. With a team comprised of experts from leading technology firms, Badgeville has established itself as a key player in the gamification sector, serving hundreds of global brand customers.

MaritzCX

Series B in 2011
MaritzCX specializes in customer experience management for large organizations, focusing on enhancing customer retention and lifetime value through comprehensive CX programs. The company employs a cloud-based voice of customer and enterprise feedback management system that collects and analyzes feedback from customers and employees across various channels, including email, web, print, and phone. By integrating customer experience-driven insights into business operations, MaritzCX aims to continuously improve the overall customer experience. Their unique offerings combine CX software, data analysis, and research expertise with managed program services, positioning MaritzCX as a full-service provider dedicated to fostering meaningful connections between enterprises and their customers, employees, prospects, and partners.

Lockpath

Series A in 2011
LockPath, Inc. is a provider of software solutions focused on corporate governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, and information security. The company offers the Keylight platform, an integrated suite of applications designed to manage various aspects of compliance and risk, including IT and operational risk management, vendor oversight, audit management, and business continuity planning. Keylight features a Dynamic Content Framework that enables customization, as well as tools for incident reporting, performance analytics, and streamlined workflows. The platform is designed to cater to organizations of all sizes, from small and midsize businesses to Fortune 10 enterprises, across diverse industries. LockPath emphasizes ease of use with a multilingual interface and provides various editions tailored for smaller enterprises. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, LockPath operates as a subsidiary of NAVEX Global, Inc.

Catalog Spree

Seed Round in 2011
Catalog Spree is the personal digital mall that lets consumers browse catalogs and lookbooks, discover new brands and share products and trends. The award-winning iOS app brings the fun of window shopping to the iPad and iPhone, connecting consumers with the brands they love in a personalized, one-stop mobile shopping experience. Catalog Spree’s visually engaging, full-page lookbooks allow consumers to quickly and easily flip through pages to browse and shop fashion and products on an iPad or iPhone (also available on the web). The app features more than 350 catalogs and lookbooks from top-tier brands including Fab, Forever 21, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Stella & Dot, Target, The Land of Nod, and TOMS Shoes. Catalog Spree works with retailers to publish digital versions of print catalogs, create custom lookbooks with its all-digital publishing platform and distribute content to over 100 million targeted shoppers on the web through its partnership with Google.

Coupa

Series D in 2011
Coupa Software is an information technology company founded in 2006 by Dave Stephens, specializing in procurement, finance, and cloud-based financial applications. The company offers a cloud spend management (CSM) platform that provides businesses with visibility and control over their indirect spending, procurement, invoicing, and expense management. By leveraging this technology, clients can optimize their supplier networks, enhance supply chain efficiency, and improve liquidity management, ultimately leading to significant cost savings. Coupa Software's solutions are designed to help organizations better understand their spending patterns and make informed financial decisions.

Badgeville

Series A in 2010
Badgeville is a prominent business gamification company founded in 2010 and based in Redwood City, California. It specializes in providing gamification services that enhance user engagement across various platforms within enterprises. By integrating a gamification layer into popular systems, Badgeville motivates and manages deeper adoption and usage, enabling businesses to achieve their objectives. The company's offerings include tools for modernizing performance management, driving learning and development, and improving security and compliance. With a team comprised of experts from leading technology firms, Badgeville has established itself as a key player in the gamification sector, serving hundreds of global brand customers.

Atlantis Computing

Series C in 2010
Atlantis Computing is a privately-held company based in Mountain View, California, with offices in Europe. Founded with a mission to revolutionize datacenter storage economics, Atlantis offers Atlantis USX, a software-defined storage platform that enhances virtualized workload performance by up to 10x and increases effective storage capacity by up to 10x. This solution outperforms all-flash arrays at half the cost of traditional SAN, utilizing any class of enterprise storage. With awards from VMworld and Citrix Synergy, Atlantis USX has been deployed globally across hundreds of mission-critical environments, managing tens of Petabytes for over 800,000 VMs. The company is backed by investors including Adams Street Partners, Cisco Systems, El Dorado Ventures, and Partech Ventures.

Voxify

Venture Round in 2010
Voxify specializes in speech recognition technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of contact centers by enabling self-service capabilities for customer phone calls. The company offers Automated Agents that utilize patented conversational models and industry-specific templates, allowing callers to interact naturally and effectively. These speech applications handle various functions, including call steering and routing, reservation management, flight information, and cancellations. By providing both hosted and premise-based deployment options, Voxify aims to deliver a low-risk solution with a rapid return on investment, ultimately improving customer service experiences in the call center industry.

BridgeLux

Series D in 2010
Bridgelux, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of solid-state lighting technologies headquartered in Fremont, California. Founded in 2002, the company specializes in high-power, energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) solutions. Its product portfolio includes LED arrays, chips, subsystems, and surface mounts, catering to various applications such as retail, hospitality, healthcare, and outdoor lighting. Bridgelux aims to replace traditional lighting technologies, like incandescent and fluorescent lamps, with advanced solid-state products that offer enhanced performance and significant energy savings. The company also provides testing, application engineering, and reference design services to support its customers in implementing these technologies. With strategic partnerships with industry leaders, Bridgelux is committed to driving innovation and contributing to global clean energy initiatives.

Ampulse

Series A in 2009
Ampulse was founded in 2007 by Innovation Valley Partners and Battelle Ventures, an independent venture fund formed by the Battelle Memorial Institute, the world's largest non-profit research and development organization, manager of seven National and four major private laboratories in the United States. Ampulse is leveraging proprietary technology developed over the past ten years at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and National Renewal Energy Laboratory (NREL), focused on flexible thin-film photovoltaic technologies.

Tower Cloud

Venture Round in 2009
Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers. The company builds and operates fiber optic and wireless networks to connect cellular towers to the wireless carriers' mobile switching centers. Wireless carriers utilize Ethernet and Sonet T-1 broadband capacity provided by Tower Cloud to manage the exploding volume of voice and data traffic on their cellular networks. Tower Cloud currently operates backhaul networks in the greater Orlando, FL and Miami, FL markets and is in the process of constructing a new network in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Scout Labs

Venture Round in 2009
Scout Labs is a web-based application designed to help organizations enhance product development and strengthen customer relationships by identifying key insights from social media conversations. Founded in 2006 and based in San Francisco, the company distinguishes itself through its cutting-edge technology and user-friendly platform that enables businesses to monitor customer sentiments and engage proactively. Users can create searches to track various brand mentions across the internet, allowing them to analyze discussions around products, slogans, and logos. Scout Labs' software evaluates the sentiment of each mention, categorizing it as positive, negative, or neutral, and ranks the sources based on their influence. With a team of over 20 professionals, primarily consisting of senior engineers skilled in search technology, natural language processing, and machine learning, Scout Labs offers a streamlined interface that empowers brand managers to respond effectively to customer feedback and derive actionable insights for marketing and product innovation.

Coupa

Series C in 2009
Coupa Software is an information technology company founded in 2006 by Dave Stephens, specializing in procurement, finance, and cloud-based financial applications. The company offers a cloud spend management (CSM) platform that provides businesses with visibility and control over their indirect spending, procurement, invoicing, and expense management. By leveraging this technology, clients can optimize their supplier networks, enhance supply chain efficiency, and improve liquidity management, ultimately leading to significant cost savings. Coupa Software's solutions are designed to help organizations better understand their spending patterns and make informed financial decisions.

RipCode

Series C in 2009
RipCode is a provider of real-time transcoding software designed for video clips and streaming. The company specializes in live mobile video and on-demand transcoding, catering to both mobile and user-generated content applications. RipCode's technology allows for the simultaneous processing of multiple transcode paths, which enhances concurrency and efficiency. This capability enables the dynamic transcoding of video, allowing content to be delivered to customers in various formats suited to different screen sizes as requested. By optimizing video delivery, RipCode not only expands content choices for viewers but also significantly reduces the hardware, storage, and energy requirements for operators.

Grain Management

Venture Round in 2008
Grain Management, established in 2007 and headquartered in Washington D.C. with an additional office in Florida, is a private equity firm specializing in investments within the communications sector across North America. The firm, with over 100 years of collective experience, focuses on wireless communications assets and technologies, offering deep market insight and operational expertise to its investment decisions. Grain Management also actively engages in acquiring, building, owning, and operating communications towers and related wireless infrastructure assets, providing innovative and cost-efficient solutions to both government and commercial clients. The firm's portfolio includes tower deployments for leading wireless carriers and various government agencies across the United States.

CrossLoop

Series B in 2008
CrossLoop is an internet company that provides a platform for remote desktop sharing, allowing users to connect to another PC using a peer-to-peer downloadable application. The service is designed for consumers and small businesses seeking assistance from independent service providers and technology professionals. In addition to facilitating remote connections, CrossLoop enables users to build reputations through customizable profiles where others can leave comments and ratings. This social networking aspect is particularly beneficial for IT consultants who use the platform to offer training and technical support. Users can also create widgets to display key information from their profiles on personal websites or blogs, enhancing their visibility and credibility in the technology sector.

SoftSwitching Technologies

Series E in 2008
SoftSwitching Technologies specializes in power quality and monitoring solutions tailored for industries such as semiconductor, food, beverage, and automotive. The company provides a comprehensive range of products, including battery-free DySC systems, intelligent I-Sense sensors that accurately detect and measure the duration of voltage sags, and a unique global notification network called Grid Alert, which reports power events. These products are designed to identify and rectify brief power disruptions, enhancing operational uptime and efficiency in manufacturing processes. By offering affordable and scalable solutions, SoftSwitching Technologies aims to improve power management for its clients across various sectors.

BlueRoads

Series E in 2008
BlueRoads, founded in 2001 by Axel Schultze, Steve DeWindt, and Marita Roebkes, specializes in providing technology vendors and their reseller partners with innovative indirect channel sales strategies. The company offers enterprise partner opportunity management software solutions designed to streamline the distribution, management, and monitoring of business opportunities and sales leads on a global scale. By pioneering the Active Participation Network model, BlueRoads fosters collaboration between vendors and individual partner sales representatives, enhancing opportunity conversion rates, revenue, and market share. Its software includes capabilities for deal registration, lead management, renewal management, account registration, and lead referral management, all structured to facilitate efficient partner participation. This partner-centric approach not only automates traditional partner management tasks but also ensures that both vendors and partners benefit equally from the platform, thereby increasing adoption of vendor programs and processes.

Ecast

Series D in 2008
Ecast is the leader in place-based interactive media. Their hospitality network delivers digital music, games, entertainment, information and interactive advertising to more than 10,000 bars and nightclubs across the United States. Leveraging the personal impact of touch combined with the interactivity and targeting of the Internet, Ecast brings unsurpassed consumer engagement to out-of-home markets and is redefining the way consumers are entertained, informed and engaged.

InsideTrack

Venture Round in 2008
InsideTrack, Inc. is a company that specializes in coaching, consulting, technology, and data analytics services tailored for educational institutions in the United States. Founded in 2001 and based in Portland, Oregon, with an additional office in Nashville, Tennessee, InsideTrack focuses on enhancing student retention and graduation rates. The company offers a range of services, including coaching programs designed for diverse student populations such as traditional, distance, community college, military, and adult learners. Additionally, InsideTrack provides change management, training, strategic planning, and capacity-building services to assist institutions in developing effective student coaching programs. Its proprietary platform, uCoach, leverages predictive modeling and behavioral analysis to optimize student engagement and provide insights into the student experience. Through its innovative approach, InsideTrack aims to empower both students and educational institutions to achieve their goals.

BridgeLux

Series D in 2008
Bridgelux, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of solid-state lighting technologies headquartered in Fremont, California. Founded in 2002, the company specializes in high-power, energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) solutions. Its product portfolio includes LED arrays, chips, subsystems, and surface mounts, catering to various applications such as retail, hospitality, healthcare, and outdoor lighting. Bridgelux aims to replace traditional lighting technologies, like incandescent and fluorescent lamps, with advanced solid-state products that offer enhanced performance and significant energy savings. The company also provides testing, application engineering, and reference design services to support its customers in implementing these technologies. With strategic partnerships with industry leaders, Bridgelux is committed to driving innovation and contributing to global clean energy initiatives.

FusionOne

Series A in 2008
FusionOne is a technology company specializing in mobile content portability, enabling users to transfer and synchronize information between mobile devices. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with an additional office in Tallinn, Estonia, FusionOne's software allows subscribers to store, manage, and transfer various types of mobile content, including contacts, photos, messages, and purchased items. The company's solutions support millions of users across major carriers worldwide, facilitating the organization of address books through a unified interface and promoting sharing across different social networks.

Voxify

Series D in 2008
Voxify specializes in speech recognition technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of contact centers by enabling self-service capabilities for customer phone calls. The company offers Automated Agents that utilize patented conversational models and industry-specific templates, allowing callers to interact naturally and effectively. These speech applications handle various functions, including call steering and routing, reservation management, flight information, and cancellations. By providing both hosted and premise-based deployment options, Voxify aims to deliver a low-risk solution with a rapid return on investment, ultimately improving customer service experiences in the call center industry.

Edgewater Networks

Venture Round in 2008
Edgewater Networks Inc. is a manufacturer of managed services platforms designed for the delivery of IP-based voice, video, and data services to service providers, small businesses, and large enterprises. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company offers a range of solutions, including the EdgeView Service Control Center, which detects and resolves network impairments affecting VoIP call quality, and Intelligent Edge solutions that facilitate interoperability among various VoIP and video devices. Additionally, Edgewater provides a hybrid cloud and edge solution known as Network Edge Orchestration, which integrates its EdgeView Service Control Center with EdgeMarc Intelligent Edge solutions. The company also offers interoperability certification services for PBX systems and various professional services related to network planning, building, and operation. With over 600,000 deployed sites globally, Edgewater Networks serves its clients through authorized distributors both in the United States and internationally.

CrossLoop

Series A in 2007
CrossLoop is an internet company that provides a platform for remote desktop sharing, allowing users to connect to another PC using a peer-to-peer downloadable application. The service is designed for consumers and small businesses seeking assistance from independent service providers and technology professionals. In addition to facilitating remote connections, CrossLoop enables users to build reputations through customizable profiles where others can leave comments and ratings. This social networking aspect is particularly beneficial for IT consultants who use the platform to offer training and technical support. Users can also create widgets to display key information from their profiles on personal websites or blogs, enhancing their visibility and credibility in the technology sector.

Big Bear Entertainment

Series A in 2007
Big Bear Entertainment creator of animated music videos.

InsideTrack

Venture Round in 2007
InsideTrack, Inc. is a company that specializes in coaching, consulting, technology, and data analytics services tailored for educational institutions in the United States. Founded in 2001 and based in Portland, Oregon, with an additional office in Nashville, Tennessee, InsideTrack focuses on enhancing student retention and graduation rates. The company offers a range of services, including coaching programs designed for diverse student populations such as traditional, distance, community college, military, and adult learners. Additionally, InsideTrack provides change management, training, strategic planning, and capacity-building services to assist institutions in developing effective student coaching programs. Its proprietary platform, uCoach, leverages predictive modeling and behavioral analysis to optimize student engagement and provide insights into the student experience. Through its innovative approach, InsideTrack aims to empower both students and educational institutions to achieve their goals.

BlueRoads

Series C in 2007
BlueRoads, founded in 2001 by Axel Schultze, Steve DeWindt, and Marita Roebkes, specializes in providing technology vendors and their reseller partners with innovative indirect channel sales strategies. The company offers enterprise partner opportunity management software solutions designed to streamline the distribution, management, and monitoring of business opportunities and sales leads on a global scale. By pioneering the Active Participation Network model, BlueRoads fosters collaboration between vendors and individual partner sales representatives, enhancing opportunity conversion rates, revenue, and market share. Its software includes capabilities for deal registration, lead management, renewal management, account registration, and lead referral management, all structured to facilitate efficient partner participation. This partner-centric approach not only automates traditional partner management tasks but also ensures that both vendors and partners benefit equally from the platform, thereby increasing adoption of vendor programs and processes.

BridgeLux

Series C in 2007
Bridgelux, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of solid-state lighting technologies headquartered in Fremont, California. Founded in 2002, the company specializes in high-power, energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) solutions. Its product portfolio includes LED arrays, chips, subsystems, and surface mounts, catering to various applications such as retail, hospitality, healthcare, and outdoor lighting. Bridgelux aims to replace traditional lighting technologies, like incandescent and fluorescent lamps, with advanced solid-state products that offer enhanced performance and significant energy savings. The company also provides testing, application engineering, and reference design services to support its customers in implementing these technologies. With strategic partnerships with industry leaders, Bridgelux is committed to driving innovation and contributing to global clean energy initiatives.

RipCode

Series B in 2007
RipCode is a provider of real-time transcoding software designed for video clips and streaming. The company specializes in live mobile video and on-demand transcoding, catering to both mobile and user-generated content applications. RipCode's technology allows for the simultaneous processing of multiple transcode paths, which enhances concurrency and efficiency. This capability enables the dynamic transcoding of video, allowing content to be delivered to customers in various formats suited to different screen sizes as requested. By optimizing video delivery, RipCode not only expands content choices for viewers but also significantly reduces the hardware, storage, and energy requirements for operators.

Storspeed

Series A in 2007
StorSpeed Inc. develops products that increase network storage performance. StorSpeed Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Convio

Series E in 2007
Convio, Inc. is a provider of on-demand software and services tailored for nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in North America. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company offers the Constituent360 platform, an online constituent relationship management (eCRM) solution that facilitates fundraising, advocacy, email marketing, and web content management. This platform enables NPOs to track constituent behavior by monitoring online activities such as donations, event registrations, and advocacy efforts. It includes tools for query and reporting, allowing clients to analyze data for effective online campaign design. Additionally, Convio offers DataSync software to synchronize constituent information between its platform and clients' offline donor databases. The company also provides fee-based Internet strategy and interactive services, including account management, deployment, and client support. Founded in 1999, Convio was previously known as ShowSupport.com, Inc.

TriActive

Venture Round in 2007
TriActive is a company that provides innovative Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions designed to help businesses of all sizes reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of their IT infrastructure. Focusing on secure management of distributed and mobile IT assets, TriActive offers a flexible subscription model that allows customers to pay only for what they use, with options for pre-paid models to further decrease costs. Their web-hosted applications facilitate enterprise desktop and server system management, encompassing desktop and server configuration, as well as asset and service management through custom web-based portals. TriActive emphasizes customer control and satisfaction, striving to earn their clients' business every day.

Sana Security

Series E in 2007
Sana Security is a behavioral security software company based in San Mateo, California, specializing in enterprise security solutions. Founded in 2000 as Company 51 and renamed in December 2002, the company focuses on developing software that autonomously adapts to changing environments and emerging threats. Its flagship products include Primary Response SafeConnect, which protects against a wide range of known and unknown threats such as spyware, adware, and rootkits, and Primary Response Memory Shield Server, designed to safeguard servers from buffer overflow vulnerabilities. As of January 2009, Sana Security operates as a subsidiary of AVG Technologies.

Xponent

Series C in 2007
Xponent Photonics, Inc. manufactures surface mount photonic components for optical assemblies. It offers triplexers and diplexers for single-fiber applications, including PON, point-to-point, and bidirectional radio frequency (RF) systems. Xponent Photonics serves optical systems vendors, transceiver suppliers, and optical subsystem suppliers. The company was formerly known as cQuint Communications Corporation and changed its name to Xponent Photonics, Inc. in March 2002.

Coghead

Series B in 2007
Coghead is a database driven application service aimed at enabling non-developers to solve problems traditionally requiring programming knowledge.

Blaze DFM

Series B in 2007
Blaze DFM, Inc. develops and delivers electrical DFM solutions for integrated device manufacturers, fabless semiconductor companies, and silicon foundries. The company offers BLAZE MO software that performs leakage power optimization on chips; and BLAZE IF software, which meets foundry CMP requirements for density and smoothness. Blaze DFM, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. As of February 23, 2009, Blaze DFM, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Tela Innovations, Inc.

Zolo Technologies

Series D in 2007
Zolo Technologies, Inc. specializes in the design, development, manufacture, installation, and servicing of laser-based and multiplexed combustion monitoring systems. Founded in 1999 and based in Boulder, Colorado, the company serves various industrial sectors, including power generation, steel production, and petrochemical refining. Zolo Technologies offers tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy instruments that measure vital constituents such as oxygen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and temperature in demanding combustion environments. Its product applications include steam methane reformers, ethylene cracking, electric arc furnaces, and glass furnaces. The company markets its innovative solutions under the ZoloBOSS, Zolographics, and SensAlign brand names, enabling clients to optimize processes and improve product quality through enhanced monitoring and diagnostics.

RipCode

Series A in 2006
RipCode is a provider of real-time transcoding software designed for video clips and streaming. The company specializes in live mobile video and on-demand transcoding, catering to both mobile and user-generated content applications. RipCode's technology allows for the simultaneous processing of multiple transcode paths, which enhances concurrency and efficiency. This capability enables the dynamic transcoding of video, allowing content to be delivered to customers in various formats suited to different screen sizes as requested. By optimizing video delivery, RipCode not only expands content choices for viewers but also significantly reduces the hardware, storage, and energy requirements for operators.

Strix Systems

Series G in 2006
Strix Systems Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing wireless mesh networking solutions that enhance connectivity and productivity for various sectors. The company offers a range of products, including modular mesh systems, outdoor wireless equipment, edge systems, indoor solutions, and mobile systems. Its Manager/One software platform allows for comprehensive control and configuration of the network, ensuring efficient management. Strix Systems' technology is utilized in diverse applications such as public safety, government, energy, manufacturing, transportation, hospitality, education, healthcare, and residential services. The company markets its products through a network of distributors, service providers, resellers, and systems integrators globally. Founded in 2000, Strix Systems is headquartered in Ventura, California, with additional offices in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, India.

Compellent Technologies

Venture Round in 2006
Compellent Technologies specializes in developing and providing enterprise storage solutions, focusing on both software and hardware. Their offerings include Fluid Data Storage, an enterprise storage platform, and Fluid Data Architecture, a network storage solution that manages data at a granular level. Additionally, they provide Storage Center 5.4, which helps enterprises adapt to changing business requirements. The company's solutions are designed to automate the movement and management of data, lower capital expenditures, and ensure continuous data availability and storage virtualization through their Storage Area Network (SAN).

Cortina Systems

Series D in 2006
Cortina Systems is a prominent supplier of intelligent communication solutions, specializing in advanced port processing and connectivity across various market segments, including Core, Metro, Access, and Enterprise. The company focuses on delivering high-speed analog-digital integration through a diverse range of products that cater to the performance, density, and flexibility needs of its customers. By emphasizing collaboration with clients to understand their system requirements, Cortina Systems aims to anticipate future needs and foster the development of new generations of services. Its innovative semiconductor technology enables effective network connectivity and bandwidth delivery from core networks to home networks, facilitating faster market entry and enhancing revenue opportunities for its clients.

Ecast

Series C in 2006
Ecast is the leader in place-based interactive media. Their hospitality network delivers digital music, games, entertainment, information and interactive advertising to more than 10,000 bars and nightclubs across the United States. Leveraging the personal impact of touch combined with the interactivity and targeting of the Internet, Ecast brings unsurpassed consumer engagement to out-of-home markets and is redefining the way consumers are entertained, informed and engaged.

Voxify

Series C in 2006
Voxify specializes in speech recognition technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of contact centers by enabling self-service capabilities for customer phone calls. The company offers Automated Agents that utilize patented conversational models and industry-specific templates, allowing callers to interact naturally and effectively. These speech applications handle various functions, including call steering and routing, reservation management, flight information, and cancellations. By providing both hosted and premise-based deployment options, Voxify aims to deliver a low-risk solution with a rapid return on investment, ultimately improving customer service experiences in the call center industry.

DVDPlay

Venture Round in 2006
DVDPlay is a company specializing in the development and manufacture of automated DVD rental kiosks. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Campbell, California, DVDPlay's kiosks are designed for high-traffic locations such as grocery stores, convenience stores, and restaurants across the United States and Canada. These machines feature a compact design and allow customers to rent DVDs using credit or debit cards, making the process simple and secure. The kiosks are equipped with advanced software that facilitates pricing, promotions, inventory management, and advertising, while also capturing key retail business metrics. As of December 2009, DVDPlay operates as a subsidiary of NCR Corp.

ClickShift

Series A in 2006
ClickShift, Inc. provides a Web based software solution that monitors, measures, and tunes online advertising campaigns in multiple online channels. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in San Bruno, California. As of December 4, 2006, ClickShift, Inc. is a subsidiary of WebTrends Corporation.

PhotoTLC

Series A in 2006
PhotoTLC is a provider of personalized photo gifts and digital photo restorations to America's largest retailers. PhotoTLC provides its products in partnership with over 15,000 brick-and-mortar retail locations, as well as online merchants.

Nextance

Series E in 2006
Nextance, Inc. is an enterprise software company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2000. It specializes in contract and proposal management solutions that help organizations enhance the standardization, visibility, and control of their critical business documents. The company’s software products cater to various functions, including sales operations, procurement, and intellectual property management. Key features of its offerings include contract and commitment management, automatic notifications, contract status tracking, and contract reviews. In addition to software solutions, Nextance provides a range of services such as business impact assessments, business process consulting, data migration, implementation, training, technical support, and customer program services. As of September 2007, Nextance operates as a subsidiary of Versata Inc.

BridgeLux

Venture Round in 2006
Bridgelux, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of solid-state lighting technologies headquartered in Fremont, California. Founded in 2002, the company specializes in high-power, energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) solutions. Its product portfolio includes LED arrays, chips, subsystems, and surface mounts, catering to various applications such as retail, hospitality, healthcare, and outdoor lighting. Bridgelux aims to replace traditional lighting technologies, like incandescent and fluorescent lamps, with advanced solid-state products that offer enhanced performance and significant energy savings. The company also provides testing, application engineering, and reference design services to support its customers in implementing these technologies. With strategic partnerships with industry leaders, Bridgelux is committed to driving innovation and contributing to global clean energy initiatives.

Coghead

Series A in 2006
Coghead is a database driven application service aimed at enabling non-developers to solve problems traditionally requiring programming knowledge.

Jigsaw

Series C in 2006
Jigsaw is a prominent provider of business information and data services, utilizing user-generated content from its extensive network of 1.5 million members. The platform offers access to contact information for 24 million business professionals and profiles of 4 million companies, making it a valuable resource for sales, marketing, recruiting, and customer service. Founded in 2004 and based in San Mateo, California, Jigsaw also provides a suite of cloud-based data acquisition and management services, as well as APIs and toolkits that enable developers to integrate company profiles and contact data into their web, desktop, or mobile applications.

InsideTrack

Venture Round in 2006
InsideTrack, Inc. is a company that specializes in coaching, consulting, technology, and data analytics services tailored for educational institutions in the United States. Founded in 2001 and based in Portland, Oregon, with an additional office in Nashville, Tennessee, InsideTrack focuses on enhancing student retention and graduation rates. The company offers a range of services, including coaching programs designed for diverse student populations such as traditional, distance, community college, military, and adult learners. Additionally, InsideTrack provides change management, training, strategic planning, and capacity-building services to assist institutions in developing effective student coaching programs. Its proprietary platform, uCoach, leverages predictive modeling and behavioral analysis to optimize student engagement and provide insights into the student experience. Through its innovative approach, InsideTrack aims to empower both students and educational institutions to achieve their goals.

OurStory

Series A in 2006
OurStory, formerly known as Wisdom Ark, is a consumer web service that enables users to document and share their life stories through a collaborative online platform. The application allows users to create interactive timelines enriched with photos, videos, and other digital media. Each time a user adds new content to their timeline, notifications are sent to family and friends, inviting them to contribute their own stories or media. The platform also features an automated photo search that curates relevant images from the web to enhance users' narratives. Additionally, OurStory offers the option to print these digital timelines as hardcover books, providing a tangible keepsake of personal histories. The premium version of the service allows for the creation of multiple timelines, catering to users who wish to document various aspects of their lives. With its focus on collaborative storytelling and user-generated content, OurStory stands out in the digital storytelling space.

PhotoTLC

Series A in 2005
PhotoTLC is a provider of personalized photo gifts and digital photo restorations to America's largest retailers. PhotoTLC provides its products in partnership with over 15,000 brick-and-mortar retail locations, as well as online merchants.

InsideTrack

Venture Round in 2005
InsideTrack, Inc. is a company that specializes in coaching, consulting, technology, and data analytics services tailored for educational institutions in the United States. Founded in 2001 and based in Portland, Oregon, with an additional office in Nashville, Tennessee, InsideTrack focuses on enhancing student retention and graduation rates. The company offers a range of services, including coaching programs designed for diverse student populations such as traditional, distance, community college, military, and adult learners. Additionally, InsideTrack provides change management, training, strategic planning, and capacity-building services to assist institutions in developing effective student coaching programs. Its proprietary platform, uCoach, leverages predictive modeling and behavioral analysis to optimize student engagement and provide insights into the student experience. Through its innovative approach, InsideTrack aims to empower both students and educational institutions to achieve their goals.

Edgewater Networks

Series B in 2005
Edgewater Networks Inc. is a manufacturer of managed services platforms designed for the delivery of IP-based voice, video, and data services to service providers, small businesses, and large enterprises. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company offers a range of solutions, including the EdgeView Service Control Center, which detects and resolves network impairments affecting VoIP call quality, and Intelligent Edge solutions that facilitate interoperability among various VoIP and video devices. Additionally, Edgewater provides a hybrid cloud and edge solution known as Network Edge Orchestration, which integrates its EdgeView Service Control Center with EdgeMarc Intelligent Edge solutions. The company also offers interoperability certification services for PBX systems and various professional services related to network planning, building, and operation. With over 600,000 deployed sites globally, Edgewater Networks serves its clients through authorized distributors both in the United States and internationally.

Skytide

Series A in 2005
Skytide is a privately held company that specializes in online video analytics and reporting solutions for content delivery networks, IPTV providers, and digital media companies. Founded in 2004 and based in Oakland, California, Skytide's patented platform processes large volumes of diverse data to deliver actionable insights that enhance the performance of streaming video businesses. Its applications include Skytide Insight for Content Delivery Networks, which utilizes server-side log data to provide in-depth analysis of streaming media performance, and Skytide for Video Players, which captures client-side log data to evaluate quality of service and viewer engagement metrics. Its customer base features notable companies, including British Telecom, Cisco, Clear Channel Communications, and IBM, highlighting its relevance in the digital media landscape.

Cortina Systems

Series C in 2005
Cortina Systems is a prominent supplier of intelligent communication solutions, specializing in advanced port processing and connectivity across various market segments, including Core, Metro, Access, and Enterprise. The company focuses on delivering high-speed analog-digital integration through a diverse range of products that cater to the performance, density, and flexibility needs of its customers. By emphasizing collaboration with clients to understand their system requirements, Cortina Systems aims to anticipate future needs and foster the development of new generations of services. Its innovative semiconductor technology enables effective network connectivity and bandwidth delivery from core networks to home networks, facilitating faster market entry and enhancing revenue opportunities for its clients.

Strix Systems

Series E in 2005
Strix Systems Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing wireless mesh networking solutions that enhance connectivity and productivity for various sectors. The company offers a range of products, including modular mesh systems, outdoor wireless equipment, edge systems, indoor solutions, and mobile systems. Its Manager/One software platform allows for comprehensive control and configuration of the network, ensuring efficient management. Strix Systems' technology is utilized in diverse applications such as public safety, government, energy, manufacturing, transportation, hospitality, education, healthcare, and residential services. The company markets its products through a network of distributors, service providers, resellers, and systems integrators globally. Founded in 2000, Strix Systems is headquartered in Ventura, California, with additional offices in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, India.

Entrisphere

Series C in 2005
Entrisphere, Inc. is a provider of access network equipment designed for broadband service providers. Founded in 2000 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company develops products like the BLM 1500, a multi-service access platform that supports various communication interfaces such as voice over packet, IPTV, DSL, and both B-PON and GPON technologies. Entrisphere also offers a range of optical network terminals (ONTs) and optical network units (ONUs) suitable for different deployment scenarios, including single-family homes and multi-tenant buildings, along with OSP cabinets that facilitate voice, data, and video services over both copper and fiber connections. In addition to hardware solutions, Entrisphere provides essential support services such as network planning, installation, and maintenance, ensuring efficient operation for telecommunications carriers. As of February 2007, Entrisphere, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of LM Ericsson Telephone Co.

Sana Security

Series D in 2005
Sana Security is a behavioral security software company based in San Mateo, California, specializing in enterprise security solutions. Founded in 2000 as Company 51 and renamed in December 2002, the company focuses on developing software that autonomously adapts to changing environments and emerging threats. Its flagship products include Primary Response SafeConnect, which protects against a wide range of known and unknown threats such as spyware, adware, and rootkits, and Primary Response Memory Shield Server, designed to safeguard servers from buffer overflow vulnerabilities. As of January 2009, Sana Security operates as a subsidiary of AVG Technologies.

Voxify

Series C in 2005
Voxify specializes in speech recognition technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of contact centers by enabling self-service capabilities for customer phone calls. The company offers Automated Agents that utilize patented conversational models and industry-specific templates, allowing callers to interact naturally and effectively. These speech applications handle various functions, including call steering and routing, reservation management, flight information, and cancellations. By providing both hosted and premise-based deployment options, Voxify aims to deliver a low-risk solution with a rapid return on investment, ultimately improving customer service experiences in the call center industry.

Nextance

Series D in 2004
Nextance, Inc. is an enterprise software company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2000. It specializes in contract and proposal management solutions that help organizations enhance the standardization, visibility, and control of their critical business documents. The company’s software products cater to various functions, including sales operations, procurement, and intellectual property management. Key features of its offerings include contract and commitment management, automatic notifications, contract status tracking, and contract reviews. In addition to software solutions, Nextance provides a range of services such as business impact assessments, business process consulting, data migration, implementation, training, technical support, and customer program services. As of September 2007, Nextance operates as a subsidiary of Versata Inc.

Aperio Technologies

Series B in 2004
Aperio Technologies is a prominent provider of digital pathology solutions, serving hospitals, reference laboratories, and pharmaceutical and research institutions globally. The company offers a comprehensive product portfolio designed to enhance patient care through improved quality assurance and more efficient workflows. Its offerings include ScanScope scanners, Spectrum image management software, the SecondSlide slide sharing service, and various image analysis tools and services. Aperio's products are FDA cleared for specific clinical applications and are also intended for research and educational purposes in other areas. By focusing on accessibility and educational support for pathologists, Aperio aims to facilitate access to new and targeted therapies while enhancing the overall quality of pathology services.

Voxify

Series B in 2004
Voxify specializes in speech recognition technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of contact centers by enabling self-service capabilities for customer phone calls. The company offers Automated Agents that utilize patented conversational models and industry-specific templates, allowing callers to interact naturally and effectively. These speech applications handle various functions, including call steering and routing, reservation management, flight information, and cancellations. By providing both hosted and premise-based deployment options, Voxify aims to deliver a low-risk solution with a rapid return on investment, ultimately improving customer service experiences in the call center industry.

GetActive Software

Series C in 2004
GetActive Software is a company specializing in the development of online communication tools tailored for membership organizations. Founded in April 2000 by Tom Krackeler and based in Berkeley, California, the company offers a suite of solutions that enable public-interest and charitable organizations to effectively recruit, engage, and retain their constituents. Its services include an integrated online constituent database, email messaging tools, online fundraising capabilities, dues collection, grassroots advocacy, events management, community building, and website management. Through these offerings, GetActive Software aims to enhance relationship management for organizations focused on public service and community engagement.

InsideTrack

Venture Round in 2004
InsideTrack, Inc. is a company that specializes in coaching, consulting, technology, and data analytics services tailored for educational institutions in the United States. Founded in 2001 and based in Portland, Oregon, with an additional office in Nashville, Tennessee, InsideTrack focuses on enhancing student retention and graduation rates. The company offers a range of services, including coaching programs designed for diverse student populations such as traditional, distance, community college, military, and adult learners. Additionally, InsideTrack provides change management, training, strategic planning, and capacity-building services to assist institutions in developing effective student coaching programs. Its proprietary platform, uCoach, leverages predictive modeling and behavioral analysis to optimize student engagement and provide insights into the student experience. Through its innovative approach, InsideTrack aims to empower both students and educational institutions to achieve their goals.

BlueRoads

Series B in 2004
BlueRoads, founded in 2001 by Axel Schultze, Steve DeWindt, and Marita Roebkes, specializes in providing technology vendors and their reseller partners with innovative indirect channel sales strategies. The company offers enterprise partner opportunity management software solutions designed to streamline the distribution, management, and monitoring of business opportunities and sales leads on a global scale. By pioneering the Active Participation Network model, BlueRoads fosters collaboration between vendors and individual partner sales representatives, enhancing opportunity conversion rates, revenue, and market share. Its software includes capabilities for deal registration, lead management, renewal management, account registration, and lead referral management, all structured to facilitate efficient partner participation. This partner-centric approach not only automates traditional partner management tasks but also ensures that both vendors and partners benefit equally from the platform, thereby increasing adoption of vendor programs and processes.

Sana Security

Series D in 2004
Sana Security is a behavioral security software company based in San Mateo, California, specializing in enterprise security solutions. Founded in 2000 as Company 51 and renamed in December 2002, the company focuses on developing software that autonomously adapts to changing environments and emerging threats. Its flagship products include Primary Response SafeConnect, which protects against a wide range of known and unknown threats such as spyware, adware, and rootkits, and Primary Response Memory Shield Server, designed to safeguard servers from buffer overflow vulnerabilities. As of January 2009, Sana Security operates as a subsidiary of AVG Technologies.

Xponent

Series C in 2003
Xponent Photonics, Inc. manufactures surface mount photonic components for optical assemblies. It offers triplexers and diplexers for single-fiber applications, including PON, point-to-point, and bidirectional radio frequency (RF) systems. Xponent Photonics serves optical systems vendors, transceiver suppliers, and optical subsystem suppliers. The company was formerly known as cQuint Communications Corporation and changed its name to Xponent Photonics, Inc. in March 2002.

Nextance

Series D in 2003
Nextance, Inc. is an enterprise software company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2000. It specializes in contract and proposal management solutions that help organizations enhance the standardization, visibility, and control of their critical business documents. The company’s software products cater to various functions, including sales operations, procurement, and intellectual property management. Key features of its offerings include contract and commitment management, automatic notifications, contract status tracking, and contract reviews. In addition to software solutions, Nextance provides a range of services such as business impact assessments, business process consulting, data migration, implementation, training, technical support, and customer program services. As of September 2007, Nextance operates as a subsidiary of Versata Inc.

Strix Systems

Series D in 2003
Strix Systems Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing wireless mesh networking solutions that enhance connectivity and productivity for various sectors. The company offers a range of products, including modular mesh systems, outdoor wireless equipment, edge systems, indoor solutions, and mobile systems. Its Manager/One software platform allows for comprehensive control and configuration of the network, ensuring efficient management. Strix Systems' technology is utilized in diverse applications such as public safety, government, energy, manufacturing, transportation, hospitality, education, healthcare, and residential services. The company markets its products through a network of distributors, service providers, resellers, and systems integrators globally. Founded in 2000, Strix Systems is headquartered in Ventura, California, with additional offices in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, India.

Voxify

Series B in 2003
Voxify specializes in speech recognition technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of contact centers by enabling self-service capabilities for customer phone calls. The company offers Automated Agents that utilize patented conversational models and industry-specific templates, allowing callers to interact naturally and effectively. These speech applications handle various functions, including call steering and routing, reservation management, flight information, and cancellations. By providing both hosted and premise-based deployment options, Voxify aims to deliver a low-risk solution with a rapid return on investment, ultimately improving customer service experiences in the call center industry.

Compellent Technologies

Series A in 2003
Compellent Technologies specializes in developing and providing enterprise storage solutions, focusing on both software and hardware. Their offerings include Fluid Data Storage, an enterprise storage platform, and Fluid Data Architecture, a network storage solution that manages data at a granular level. Additionally, they provide Storage Center 5.4, which helps enterprises adapt to changing business requirements. The company's solutions are designed to automate the movement and management of data, lower capital expenditures, and ensure continuous data availability and storage virtualization through their Storage Area Network (SAN).

Ecast

Venture Round in 2002
Ecast is the leader in place-based interactive media. Their hospitality network delivers digital music, games, entertainment, information and interactive advertising to more than 10,000 bars and nightclubs across the United States. Leveraging the personal impact of touch combined with the interactivity and targeting of the Internet, Ecast brings unsurpassed consumer engagement to out-of-home markets and is redefining the way consumers are entertained, informed and engaged.

MediaQ

Series D in 2002
MediaQ is a company that specializes in the development of integrated semiconductors and software tailored for mobile, wireless, and handheld devices. Its products enhance visual display capabilities, improve connectivity, and reduce power consumption across various applications. The company's offerings target key segments of the mobile market, including personal digital assistants, Internet appliances, web terminals, and smartphones. Through its innovative technology, MediaQ aims to provide efficient solutions that meet the growing demands of modern mobile applications.

Nextance

Series B in 2002
Nextance, Inc. is an enterprise software company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2000. It specializes in contract and proposal management solutions that help organizations enhance the standardization, visibility, and control of their critical business documents. The company’s software products cater to various functions, including sales operations, procurement, and intellectual property management. Key features of its offerings include contract and commitment management, automatic notifications, contract status tracking, and contract reviews. In addition to software solutions, Nextance provides a range of services such as business impact assessments, business process consulting, data migration, implementation, training, technical support, and customer program services. As of September 2007, Nextance operates as a subsidiary of Versata Inc.

Sana Security

Series A in 2002
Sana Security is a behavioral security software company based in San Mateo, California, specializing in enterprise security solutions. Founded in 2000 as Company 51 and renamed in December 2002, the company focuses on developing software that autonomously adapts to changing environments and emerging threats. Its flagship products include Primary Response SafeConnect, which protects against a wide range of known and unknown threats such as spyware, adware, and rootkits, and Primary Response Memory Shield Server, designed to safeguard servers from buffer overflow vulnerabilities. As of January 2009, Sana Security operates as a subsidiary of AVG Technologies.
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