Frazier Technology Ventures

Frazier Technology Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in early-stage investments, particularly in Series A and Series B funding rounds. The firm targets sectors including software and web services, wireless and mobile technology, next-generation enterprise solutions, and networking and communications. While its primary focus is on the Pacific Northwest, Frazier Technology Ventures also extends its investment efforts to California. The firm aims to take a board seat in its portfolio companies to actively contribute to their growth and development.

Paul Bialek

General Partner

40 past transactions

Aprimo

Series C in 2000
Aprimo delivers technology and insight that accelerates marketing productivity and the ability of marketing to document performance. Aprimo provides an Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) product to leading marketing organizations around the world. Aprimo's software is built on its visionary Enterprise Marketing Backbone which uses a services oriented architecture (SOA) that eliminates marketing as an island of automation. Aprimo is the global leader in delivering technology and insight that accelerates marketing productivity and the ability of marketing to document effective performance. Aprimo provides an Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) product to leading marketing organizations around the world. Aprimo's software is built on its visionary Enterprise Marketing Backbone™ which uses a services oriented architecture (SOA) that eliminates marketing as an island of automation. Aprimo Marketing Studio offers an integrated, interactive marketing solution that enables to develop, implement and manage every aspect of online marketing activities. Aprimo Marketing Studio includes traffic generation features missing from nearly all existing marketing automation products. Marketing Studio is designed as a true Software-as-a-Service system to tap underserved market and establish a leadership position in the emerging Online Marketing Management space aimed at mid-size and larger companies.

Wetpaint

Series C in 2008
Wetpaint.com, Inc. operates as a media company primarily in North America and Europe. The company uses its proprietary technology to create a portfolio of media properties for social media and monetize audiences. It reports news stories; publishes information content covering television and music entertainment, and celebrity lifestyles; and operates media properties that attract approximately 12 million monthly users. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of December 16, 2013, Wetpaint.com, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Viggle Inc.

SNAPin Software

Series B in 2005
SNAPin Software, Inc. develops self-service software for mobile devices. The company's handset-based SelfService product suite repairs critical device and network settings, such as those required for roaming, messaging, or data networking. The SelfService product suite includes SelfService Campaign, which delivers interactive promotions and context-sensitive offers based on device usage; SelfService Care, which intercepts and resolves three out of four calls to customer care; SelfService Configure delivers an operator branded experience on mobile phones by installing and managing a custom set of applications and media elements on expanded memory SIM cards; and SelfService Server, which enables operators to centrally manage all facets of their subscribers' experience with SNAPin's handset-based products, such as SelfService Campaign and SelfService Care. SNAPin Software, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington with offices in London, the United Kingdom. As of October 1, 2008, SNAPin Software, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Nuance Communications, Inc.

MOBITRAC

Venture Round in 2005
As of September 18, 2006, MOBITRAC, Inc. was acquired by Fluensee, Inc. MOBITRAC, Inc. designs and develops software for delivery services. The company offers a database engine and industry standard APIs that enable the creation and deployment of location and time based mobile resource management services for fleet, mobile workforce, and mobile commerce applications. MOBITRAC also provides a graphical interface for dispatch and drivers. Its clients include trucking companies, package and delivery services, service fleets, and third-party logistics providers. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Aprimo

Series D in 2002
Aprimo delivers technology and insight that accelerates marketing productivity and the ability of marketing to document performance. Aprimo provides an Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) product to leading marketing organizations around the world. Aprimo's software is built on its visionary Enterprise Marketing Backbone which uses a services oriented architecture (SOA) that eliminates marketing as an island of automation. Aprimo is the global leader in delivering technology and insight that accelerates marketing productivity and the ability of marketing to document effective performance. Aprimo provides an Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) product to leading marketing organizations around the world. Aprimo's software is built on its visionary Enterprise Marketing Backbone™ which uses a services oriented architecture (SOA) that eliminates marketing as an island of automation. Aprimo Marketing Studio offers an integrated, interactive marketing solution that enables to develop, implement and manage every aspect of online marketing activities. Aprimo Marketing Studio includes traffic generation features missing from nearly all existing marketing automation products. Marketing Studio is designed as a true Software-as-a-Service system to tap underserved market and establish a leadership position in the emerging Online Marketing Management space aimed at mid-size and larger companies.

SNAPin Software

Series A in 2004
SNAPin Software, Inc. develops self-service software for mobile devices. The company's handset-based SelfService product suite repairs critical device and network settings, such as those required for roaming, messaging, or data networking. The SelfService product suite includes SelfService Campaign, which delivers interactive promotions and context-sensitive offers based on device usage; SelfService Care, which intercepts and resolves three out of four calls to customer care; SelfService Configure delivers an operator branded experience on mobile phones by installing and managing a custom set of applications and media elements on expanded memory SIM cards; and SelfService Server, which enables operators to centrally manage all facets of their subscribers' experience with SNAPin's handset-based products, such as SelfService Campaign and SelfService Care. SNAPin Software, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington with offices in London, the United Kingdom. As of October 1, 2008, SNAPin Software, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Nuance Communications, Inc.

DocuSign

Venture Round in 2005
DocuSign, Inc. provides cloud based transaction products and services in the United States. The company offers e-signature solution that enables businesses to digitally prepare, execute, and act on agreements. It serves large enterprises, sole proprietorships, small- to medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals. The company was 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Chimerix

Series C in 2004
Chimerix, Inc., a development-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on accelerating the advancement of various medicines that impact in the lives of patients living with cancer and other serious diseases. Its clinical stage development programs include dociparstat sodium (DSTAT), a potential first-in-class glycosaminoglycan compound derived from porcine heparin that has low anticoagulant activity but retains the ability to inhibit activities of key proteins implicated in the retention and viability of acute myeloid leukemia blasts and leukemic stem cells in the bone marrow during chemotherapy; and brincidofovir (BCV), an antiviral drug candidate in development as a medical countermeasure for smallpox. The company has license agreements with Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority for the development of brincidofovir for use in the treatment of smallpox; Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop and commercialize a glycosaminoglycan compound; SymBio Pharmaceuticals to develop, manufacture, and commercialize BCV for various human indications; and University of Michigan to research, develop, manufacture, and commercialize various products. Chimerix, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

SNAPin Software

Series C in 2006
SNAPin Software, Inc. develops self-service software for mobile devices. The company's handset-based SelfService product suite repairs critical device and network settings, such as those required for roaming, messaging, or data networking. The SelfService product suite includes SelfService Campaign, which delivers interactive promotions and context-sensitive offers based on device usage; SelfService Care, which intercepts and resolves three out of four calls to customer care; SelfService Configure delivers an operator branded experience on mobile phones by installing and managing a custom set of applications and media elements on expanded memory SIM cards; and SelfService Server, which enables operators to centrally manage all facets of their subscribers' experience with SNAPin's handset-based products, such as SelfService Campaign and SelfService Care. SNAPin Software, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington with offices in London, the United Kingdom. As of October 1, 2008, SNAPin Software, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Nuance Communications, Inc.

Finsphere

Venture Round in 2012
Finsphere Corporation provides mobile identity-authentication services platform that enable financial institutions, retail payment networks, and mobile network operators to protect against fraud and enhance customer experiences. It offers solutions for wireless engineering and geospatial analysis, risk and authentication analytics, analytic models, real-time processing, identity and risk management, adaptive access, and loyalty and marketing offers. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.

Wetpaint

Series B in 2007
Wetpaint.com, Inc. operates as a media company primarily in North America and Europe. The company uses its proprietary technology to create a portfolio of media properties for social media and monetize audiences. It reports news stories; publishes information content covering television and music entertainment, and celebrity lifestyles; and operates media properties that attract approximately 12 million monthly users. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of December 16, 2013, Wetpaint.com, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Viggle Inc.

DocuSign

Series B in 2009
DocuSign, Inc. provides cloud based transaction products and services in the United States. The company offers e-signature solution that enables businesses to digitally prepare, execute, and act on agreements. It serves large enterprises, sole proprietorships, small- to medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals. The company was 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Medio

Series B in 2006
Medio enables businesses to acquire, retain, and monetize their mobile customers. It leverages predictive models to present personalized recommendations and offers each month to mobile users by utilizing a cloud-based infrastructure for collecting and analyzing customer activity data. It works with several brands, including Rovio (Angry Birds), Verizon, and T-Mobile. Medio was founded in September 2004 and is headquartered in Washington, United States. It is privately held by Accel Partners, Trilogy Equity Partners, Frazier Technology Ventures, and Mohr Davidow Ventures.

OnRequest Images

Series B in 2005
OnRequest Images, Inc. provides photography production services and software. It offers ImageScore that helps users to better understand whether photography collections are building-or diminishing-brand value by evaluating and rating current photography; and ImageScan editors review photographs to highlight any duplicate use and recommend changes to photograph library. The company also provides Photography StyleGuide, which illustrates on-brand and off-brand photography examples with clear concise directives to capture the attributes; Image Manager, an asset management solution that delivers the brand-building power of custom photography creation; and OnSet, which enables clients to review and manage the composition and direction of images from their photo shoots internationally in real-time, without leaving the office. Its services and software simplifies the creation and management of brand-aligned photography enabled through workflow platform. The company’s solutions also manages various phases of shooting and production from planning shot lists to model casting and location scouting, as well as from photographer selection through critical production and post-production processing like image editing, retouching, and licensing. OnRequest Images, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Seattle, Washington with additional offices in the United States & Europe.

Control4

Venture Round in 2011
Personalized automation and control solutions that allow virtual control of any device in homes and businesses

DocuSign

Series C in 2010
DocuSign, Inc. provides cloud based transaction products and services in the United States. The company offers e-signature solution that enables businesses to digitally prepare, execute, and act on agreements. It serves large enterprises, sole proprietorships, small- to medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals. The company was 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Smilebox

Series B in 2007
Smilebox, a division of Perion Network (NASDAQ: PERI), provides interactive, animated online cards, invitations, and slideshows direct to consumers at smilebox.com and through creative SaaS solutions that connect eCommerce, marketing automation and CRM platforms to the Smilebox SDK.

DocuSign

Series B in 2007
DocuSign, Inc. provides cloud based transaction products and services in the United States. The company offers e-signature solution that enables businesses to digitally prepare, execute, and act on agreements. It serves large enterprises, sole proprietorships, small- to medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals. The company was 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Control4

Series C in 2005
Personalized automation and control solutions that allow virtual control of any device in homes and businesses

OnRequest Images

Series C in 2007
OnRequest Images, Inc. provides photography production services and software. It offers ImageScore that helps users to better understand whether photography collections are building-or diminishing-brand value by evaluating and rating current photography; and ImageScan editors review photographs to highlight any duplicate use and recommend changes to photograph library. The company also provides Photography StyleGuide, which illustrates on-brand and off-brand photography examples with clear concise directives to capture the attributes; Image Manager, an asset management solution that delivers the brand-building power of custom photography creation; and OnSet, which enables clients to review and manage the composition and direction of images from their photo shoots internationally in real-time, without leaving the office. Its services and software simplifies the creation and management of brand-aligned photography enabled through workflow platform. The company’s solutions also manages various phases of shooting and production from planning shot lists to model casting and location scouting, as well as from photographer selection through critical production and post-production processing like image editing, retouching, and licensing. OnRequest Images, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Seattle, Washington with additional offices in the United States & Europe.

Midstream Technologies

Series C in 2002
MidStream Technologies(TM) has developed the world's first dedicated streaming appliance. One box can deliver 16,000 simultaneous broadband streams with unprecedented scalability. A multiple box configuration provides built-in load balancing, failover reliability and the power to deliver millions of concurrent streams. MidStream servers can support every popular streaming format simultaneously & allow for software and appliance upgrades in the field, extending hardware longevity and promoting cost savings.

Finsphere

Series B in 2009
Finsphere Corporation provides mobile identity-authentication services platform that enable financial institutions, retail payment networks, and mobile network operators to protect against fraud and enhance customer experiences. It offers solutions for wireless engineering and geospatial analysis, risk and authentication analytics, analytic models, real-time processing, identity and risk management, adaptive access, and loyalty and marketing offers. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.

DocuSign

Series A in 2004
DocuSign, Inc. provides cloud based transaction products and services in the United States. The company offers e-signature solution that enables businesses to digitally prepare, execute, and act on agreements. It serves large enterprises, sole proprietorships, small- to medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals. The company was 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Socrata

Series B in 2013
Socrata is the market leader in making existing government data discoverable, usable, and actionable for government workers and the people they serve. Socrata provides a data-as-a-service data platform and cloud applications exclusively for city, county, state, and federal government organizations. Socrata delivers unprecedented, data-driven innovation and cost-savings by bringing together disparate systems and leveraging the cloud to dramatically enhance the effectiveness of government programs, to improve quality of life for residents, positively impact local economies, and achieve excellence in government operations. Socrata solutions are designed and developed to meet strict government standards. The technology is optimized on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector cloud and delivered using the exclusive Socrata Blueprint Methodology. Socrata has earned Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authority to Operate (ATO).

DocuSign

Series E in 2014
DocuSign, Inc. provides cloud based transaction products and services in the United States. The company offers e-signature solution that enables businesses to digitally prepare, execute, and act on agreements. It serves large enterprises, sole proprietorships, small- to medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals. The company was 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

DocuSign

Series B in 2006
DocuSign, Inc. provides cloud based transaction products and services in the United States. The company offers e-signature solution that enables businesses to digitally prepare, execute, and act on agreements. It serves large enterprises, sole proprietorships, small- to medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals. The company was 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Aprimo

Venture Round in 2005
Aprimo delivers technology and insight that accelerates marketing productivity and the ability of marketing to document performance. Aprimo provides an Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) product to leading marketing organizations around the world. Aprimo's software is built on its visionary Enterprise Marketing Backbone which uses a services oriented architecture (SOA) that eliminates marketing as an island of automation. Aprimo is the global leader in delivering technology and insight that accelerates marketing productivity and the ability of marketing to document effective performance. Aprimo provides an Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) product to leading marketing organizations around the world. Aprimo's software is built on its visionary Enterprise Marketing Backbone™ which uses a services oriented architecture (SOA) that eliminates marketing as an island of automation. Aprimo Marketing Studio offers an integrated, interactive marketing solution that enables to develop, implement and manage every aspect of online marketing activities. Aprimo Marketing Studio includes traffic generation features missing from nearly all existing marketing automation products. Marketing Studio is designed as a true Software-as-a-Service system to tap underserved market and establish a leadership position in the emerging Online Marketing Management space aimed at mid-size and larger companies.

Control4

Series F in 2008
Personalized automation and control solutions that allow virtual control of any device in homes and businesses

Smilebox

Series A in 2006
Smilebox, a division of Perion Network (NASDAQ: PERI), provides interactive, animated online cards, invitations, and slideshows direct to consumers at smilebox.com and through creative SaaS solutions that connect eCommerce, marketing automation and CRM platforms to the Smilebox SDK.

IceBreaker

Series A in 2007
IceBreaker connects people through mobile social networking software and services that are engaging and easy to use. With offices in Bellevue, Washington and Beijing, China, the company has an international network of vendors and partners who collectively serve our customers. IceBreaker is defining the next generation of mobile social networking communities. They enable partners to engage and monetize mobile data users across millions of daily page views and within multiple international markets. Their wireless social networking software and services are built on a robust, multi-platform technology and their executive team has deep consumer software development, wireless, marketing and entrepreneurial experience.

Socrata

Series A in 2008
Socrata is the market leader in making existing government data discoverable, usable, and actionable for government workers and the people they serve. Socrata provides a data-as-a-service data platform and cloud applications exclusively for city, county, state, and federal government organizations. Socrata delivers unprecedented, data-driven innovation and cost-savings by bringing together disparate systems and leveraging the cloud to dramatically enhance the effectiveness of government programs, to improve quality of life for residents, positively impact local economies, and achieve excellence in government operations. Socrata solutions are designed and developed to meet strict government standards. The technology is optimized on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector cloud and delivered using the exclusive Socrata Blueprint Methodology. Socrata has earned Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authority to Operate (ATO).

Calistoga Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2008
Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is the leader in developing innovative oral medicines targeting selected isoforms of the PI3 kinase pathway to improve the health of patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases. The PI3K pathway is a critical cellular pathway involved in cell survival and immune cell activation. Calistoga Pharmaceuticals' small-molecule therapeutic candidates inhibit specific isoforms of the PI3K pathway, providing a targeted treatment approach designed to maximize clinical outcome and limit unwanted side effects. Calistoga Pharmaceuticals' lead product, CAL-101, an oral delta-isoform selective PI3K inhibitor, has demonstrated promising clinical responses in patients with B-cell malignancies and is currently being evaluated in multiple clinical trials. In addition to CAL-101, Calistoga Pharmaceuticals' product development pipeline includes other selective PI3K inhibitors in early preclinical development or ready for initial clinical trials in patients with cancer or inflammatory diseases.

ECi Software Solutions

Series C in 2002
The ECi Software Solutions family of companies provides business and e-commerce solutions, offering on-premise and cloud-based technologies. For 30+ years, ECi companies have served the manufacturing, office equipment, office supplies, contract office furniture, lumber and building materials, hardware and jan/san sectors. We are industry experts supporting the entrepreneurial spirit and profitable growth of small and medium size enterprises.

Aveso

Series B in 2006
Aveso is the provider of flexible displays suitable for high volume, cost-sensitive mass consumer applications. The company's paper-thin, rugged display products are designed for applications where it has been impossible or impractical to integrate displays in the past, due to cost, form factor or scalability.

Control4

Series D in 2006
Personalized automation and control solutions that allow virtual control of any device in homes and businesses

IP Fabrics

Series A in 2003
IP Fabrics is a private, US-based and managed company that develops and supplies high-performance, intelligent IP intercept probes and stand-alone intercept systems for network surveillance. IP Fabrics has over 50 customers, including surveillance solution providers and integrators, service providers, law-enforcement agencies, and other government agencies.

Socrata

Series C in 2014
Socrata is the market leader in making existing government data discoverable, usable, and actionable for government workers and the people they serve. Socrata provides a data-as-a-service data platform and cloud applications exclusively for city, county, state, and federal government organizations. Socrata delivers unprecedented, data-driven innovation and cost-savings by bringing together disparate systems and leveraging the cloud to dramatically enhance the effectiveness of government programs, to improve quality of life for residents, positively impact local economies, and achieve excellence in government operations. Socrata solutions are designed and developed to meet strict government standards. The technology is optimized on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector cloud and delivered using the exclusive Socrata Blueprint Methodology. Socrata has earned Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authority to Operate (ATO).

Control4

Venture Round in 2009
Personalized automation and control solutions that allow virtual control of any device in homes and businesses