Gold Hill Capital

Gold Hill Capital is an independent private financing firm based in San Jose, California, with an additional office in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm specializes in providing debt and equity investments to established companies in the technology and life science sectors across the United States. Capitalized by leading institutional investors, Gold Hill has approximately $1 billion in investment capital managed through two funds. The firm’s dedicated team possesses extensive financial experience in areas such as investment banking, venture capital, and mezzanine finance, allowing them to deliver tailored financing solutions for expansion-stage companies.

David Fischer

Partner

Dave Fischer

Partner

Daniel Goldman

Managing Partner

Rob Helm

Founding Member & Partner

Sean Lynden

Partner

Glenn Marasigan

Associate

Tim Waterson

Co-Founder and Partner

28 past transactions

MomentFeed

Seed Round in 2013
MomentFeed, Inc. is a company that specializes in mobile customer experience management software tailored for various industries, including automotive, banking, restaurants, retail, telecommunications, and travel. Founded in 2010 and based in Santa Monica, California, MomentFeed offers a comprehensive platform that helps multi-location brands optimize their visibility in local search results. Its services include tools for managing social media engagement, executing national and multi-market advertising campaigns, and maintaining digital reputation. Additionally, MomentFeed provides solutions for aligning and cleaning location data, as well as enhancing digital presence through location-specific marketing strategies. The platform is designed to automate local-mobile search triggers, thereby increasing customer engagement and driving foot traffic to physical locations, ultimately contributing to revenue growth for brands.

NetPlenish

Seed Round in 2012
NetPlenish offers a mobile shopping service that provides users with the lowest prices on the products and services listed on a website. NetPlenish is the creator of a mobile-shopping app that finds the best prices on everyday items like toothpaste and toilet paper.

SugarCRM

Venture Round in 2012
SugarCRM Inc. provides customer relationship management (CRM) solutions tailored for both small businesses and large enterprises across various sectors, including manufacturing, financial services, and insurance. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, the company has additional offices in major cities such as New York, London, and Sydney, and operates in numerous countries across Europe and Latin America. SugarCRM's platform is designed to enhance customer interactions by offering a suite of applications that facilitate sales, marketing, and customer support. With over 1.5 million users in 120 countries, the company emphasizes an individualized and intuitive user experience that combines simplicity and mobility with effective business process management. This approach allows organizations to optimize their customer engagement and decision-making capabilities.

High Street Partners

Series C in 2011
HSP simplifies the management and control of international operations and empowers customers to capitalize on their growth opportunities overseas. There unique approach has helped over 300 organizations in over 80 countries.

Boston Technologies

Debt Financing in 2011
Boston Technologies is an innovative leading provider of software, solutions, services and trading platforms to institutional and retail brokerage firms in the foreign exchange, CFD (contracts for difference), commodities, futures and options marketplace. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, BT specializes in inter-exchange connectivity which allows our clients to focus on their core trading activities while we provide mission critical IT services that are tailored to fit your specific requirements. Over the past five years advancements in technology have continued to push the envelope, often taking conventional wisdom by surprise when the impossible becomes reality. During this same time period the popularity of foreign exchange trading has been running a nearly parallel, upward course. The vision of Boston Technologies is to harness the expansion of these two rapidly growing sectors of the economy and take them to the next level. Boston Technologies’ innovative bridge technology serves as an excellent example of the fusion of technology on the one hand and foreign exchange on the other. Prior to the availability of a “software bridge” it was challenging for foreign exchange brokerages using MetaTrader –a trading platform very popular in the foreign exchange market – to offset risk and manage certain trades. Through the development of provided by Boston Technologies’ bridge, brokerages now have the ability to employ a wildly popular, riskless trade execution model known as Straight Through Processing (STP). This bridge is simply one of the many software solutions Boston Technologies hopes will redefine the trading industry. To date BT’s early success has been based on the continuous refinement of three core principles: 1. Client Focus 2. Team Development 3. Dynamic Innovation By focusing on these principles on a 24/7 basis, BT has been able to consistently grow its customer base while providing tremendous opportunities to our employees as well as our key business partners. Client Focus At BT, clients come first and our mission is to deliver best of class products, services, and solutions by creating long lasting partnerships. By working in a collaborative mode to address specific client needs, BT continues to exceed expectations by providing solutions to complex technical issues. Team Development As with any organization, one of the most critical success factors is the ability to attract and retain team members who understand and more importantly believe in our core principles. BT is committed to maintaining and inspiring a culture which encourages cross-functional collaboration in addition to an environment where everyone “has a seat at the table,” an environment where all team members take pride in and participate in the success of the company. Dynamic Innovation Above all, this key principle allows BT to consistently exceed the expectations of all stakeholders. By adopting the philosophy “we don’t take no for an answer”, we have been able to help our clients evolve and meet the ever-changing demands of the marketplace.

PlumChoice

Debt Financing in 2011
PlumChoice, Inc. provides white-label technical services for cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) companies. Its cloud enablement, IoT, and IT help desk services include 24/7 support; pre-purchase consultation; installation, configuration, and onboarding; product integration and interoperability; migration, adoption, and activation; problem resolution and ongoing usage; cross-sell, up-sell, and renewals; and white-label or co-branded. The company also serves small businesses and individual consumers. PlumChoice, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts. PlumChoice, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of SquareTrade, Inc.

Giftiki

Series A in 2011
Giftiki is defining a new social commerce platform with the development of its collaborative gifting engine. It allows users to send small amounts of money that contributes to a collective fund, empowering the recipient to buy something they actually want. Giftiki's services expand beyond birthdays to any gifting situation- holidays, graduations, fundraising and weddings and baby showers.

Pixtronix

Venture Round in 2009
Pixtronix is an emerging company that develops display technologies optimized for multimedia devices. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts and led by experts in the fields of displays, optics and MEMS, Pixtronix’s mission is to develop and market the perfect display for today’s multimedia lifestyle. Our PerfectLight Displays combine the world’s highest optical performance with the lowest power consumption and are designed to scale from mobile devices to desktop displays through HD televisions.

Approva

Series E in 2009
Approva is a leading provider of continuous controls monitoring software, recognized as the industry standard by three of the five largest audit and advisory firms. The company specializes in automating IT and financial controls across major business applications such as Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP. By implementing Approva's software, organizations can effectively reduce risk, prevent fraud, lower compliance costs, and identify opportunities for operational improvements. This solution helps businesses meet their governance, risk, and compliance requirements, ensuring a more secure and efficient operational framework.

Lending Club

Venture Round in 2009
Lending Club is an online financial community that brings together creditworthy borrowers and savvy investors so that both can benefit financially. They replace the high cost and complexity of bank lending with a faster, smarter way to borrow and invest. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

MetricStream

Debt Financing in 2009
MetricStream, Inc. is a provider of governance, risk, and compliance software solutions, offering both cloud-based and on-premise applications. The company's product portfolio includes tools for audit management, regulatory compliance, quality management, and risk management, serving various industries such as pharmaceuticals, healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing. MetricStream's Enterprise Compliance Platform is designed to help organizations manage compliance with quality standards and industry regulations effectively. The company also offers specialized solutions for food safety, environmental health, and safety management, as well as healthcare accreditation and third-party risk management. In addition to its software offerings, MetricStream provides implementation, training, and customer support services to enhance user experience and ensure optimal utilization of its solutions. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, MetricStream has established a strategic alliance with Tech Mahindra Limited and maintains a global presence with offices in multiple countries.

BlackDuck

Series D in 2009
Black Duck secures and manages open source software worldwide, eliminating open source security vulnerabilities and license compliance pain. With the rapid, widespread adoption of open-source software, Black Duck is a key component of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Platform, the most comprehensive solution for integrating security into the SDLC and software supply chain. Black Duck was established in 2002 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.

BlackDuck

Debt Financing in 2009
Black Duck secures and manages open source software worldwide, eliminating open source security vulnerabilities and license compliance pain. With the rapid, widespread adoption of open-source software, Black Duck is a key component of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Platform, the most comprehensive solution for integrating security into the SDLC and software supply chain. Black Duck was established in 2002 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.

BA Systems

Venture Round in 2009
Fast growing companies add and upgrade their mission critical software at two to three times the rate of conventional companies. Keeping up with the software advances usually means investing in new network hardware. BA Systems offers enterprises an efficient alternative to endless box buying with a one stop connectivity solution for complex networks. BA Systems has developed the industry's first cost effective network product designed for fast growing companies. Leveraging a combination of new packet processing software and embedded management utilities, BA's products empower IT managers to align network resources to applications thereby reduce significantly both CAPEX and OPEX for multi-site deployments.

CodeRyte

Series D in 2008
CodeRyte is the premier provider of computer-assisted coding and clinical data extraction solutions for the healthcare industry. Their sophisticated technology streamlines the coding process and identifies clinically relevant information from medical records. Their clients secure their rightful reimbursement, enhance compliance and efficiency through computer-assisted coding. CodeRyte's data extraction solutions analyze the language of physician narratives and elevate previously undiscovered data for critical treatment and business decisions. Many of the nation's top physician practices, billing companies and academic medical centers rely on CodeRyte as the centerpiece of their coding and data mining operations.

Aprius

Series B in 2008
Aprius is a privately held, venture funded company in Silicon Valley developing top-of-rack I/O Gateway systems, that provide the enterprise data center with new levels of resource sharing, I/O virtualization and low-latency clustering messaging.

Panther Express

Series B in 2008
Panther Express, Inc. offers a content delivery network that enables content loading performance to Internet site visitors worldwide. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

iRise

Series C in 2008
iRise, Inc. develops prototyping tool inline requirements management software that allows real-time collaboration for remote teams. It offers responsive prototyping, webpage importer services, collaboration solutions, integrations, and audit trail services. The company also provides prototyping services, re-usable asset development services, and express prototyping services. Additionally, it operates an enterprise grade platform that offers enterprise grade security, deployment, cloud security, single sign-on and multi-factor authentication, company-wide administration, automated backups and revisions, monitor progress and powerful analytics, live customer service and support, and professional service. The company was formerly known as IntraSolv Consulting, Inc. and changed its name to iRise, Inc. in April 2000. iRise, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in El Segundo, California.

Dash Navigation

Series C in 2008
Dash Navigation has plans to change your automotive GPS units for good by bringing maps mashups as well as internet capability. Unlike today's car GPS units which necessitate extra downloads to update map changes, add features or otherwise, Dash Navigation updates and extra features will all come via web connection in real time. The device will be connected through a cellular data network and will also sport WiFi connectivity. The device will collect data about traffic conditions from all other Dash drivers, and estimates how long alternative routes will take on any given day. All sorts of geo-tagged information can be pushed to the device and combined with the on-board maps. Everything from restaurants and open houses to concerts, gas, and golf courses could be sent to the Dash and appear there on your screen. Owners will be able to manage which mashups they receive through Dash's Website. There, they will be able to drag feeds from sites like [Platial](http://crunchbase.com/organization/platial), where they can create a Google Map of dog runs in San Francisco or yoga schools in LA. Link it to [Zillow](http://crunchbase.com/organization/zillow), and you will be able to get data on houses as you are driving around the neighborhood. Create a feed at Upcoming.org about all the rock concerts in your city or one of open houses from Craigslist, and you will be able to get the info in your car, along with how far away each place is. You will also be able to do a Yahoo Local search on the device for restaurants and it will return nearby results with ratings. The company is backed by both VC powerhouses, Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins as well as a slew of others.

Element Labs

Series A in 2007
Element Labs combines our state-of- the-art technology with know-how and daring to create the world’s most advanced LED video systems. If you aspire for originality, impact, and allure, Element Labs shares your vision. We can help you make it a reality. We specialize in the design and delivery of customized solutions for any application you imagine. Our experienced project management team provides individualized, comprehensive guidance from conception to completion. Versatile and robust, Element Labs’products enable limitless application—from concerts and TV and film productions to architectural displays, interactive signage, and special events.

KAYAK

Series D in 2007
KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast. In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories. KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO) a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO) a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.

Copan Systems

Series D in 2007
COPAN Systems, Inc. specializes in providing storage solutions that focus on managing and protecting long-term persistent data. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Longmont, Colorado, the company offers a range of products including virtual tape libraries for backup and disaster recovery, as well as archive solutions designed to retain digital assets with efficient file-level storage and retrieval. Its offerings encompass data protection, tiered storage, and energy-efficient power and cooling systems. COPAN Systems serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including education, finance, government, healthcare, technology, media, and service providers.

FlowCardia

Series C in 2007
FlowCardia, Inc. is a medical device company founded in 2002 to design and develop a portfolio of innovative, catheter-based technologies to facilitate guidewire crossing of totally occluded coronary and peripheral arteries. Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs) are considered one of the last major clinical challenges in interventional therapy. The historic absence of safe and effective CTO recanalization devices is a major reason a large number of patients are still referred to coronary and peripheral bypass surgery and lower limb amputation.

Pixtronix

Venture Round in 2007
Pixtronix is an emerging company that develops display technologies optimized for multimedia devices. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts and led by experts in the fields of displays, optics and MEMS, Pixtronix’s mission is to develop and market the perfect display for today’s multimedia lifestyle. Our PerfectLight Displays combine the world’s highest optical performance with the lowest power consumption and are designed to scale from mobile devices to desktop displays through HD televisions.

Dash Navigation

Series B in 2007
Dash Navigation has plans to change your automotive GPS units for good by bringing maps mashups as well as internet capability. Unlike today's car GPS units which necessitate extra downloads to update map changes, add features or otherwise, Dash Navigation updates and extra features will all come via web connection in real time. The device will be connected through a cellular data network and will also sport WiFi connectivity. The device will collect data about traffic conditions from all other Dash drivers, and estimates how long alternative routes will take on any given day. All sorts of geo-tagged information can be pushed to the device and combined with the on-board maps. Everything from restaurants and open houses to concerts, gas, and golf courses could be sent to the Dash and appear there on your screen. Owners will be able to manage which mashups they receive through Dash's Website. There, they will be able to drag feeds from sites like [Platial](http://crunchbase.com/organization/platial), where they can create a Google Map of dog runs in San Francisco or yoga schools in LA. Link it to [Zillow](http://crunchbase.com/organization/zillow), and you will be able to get data on houses as you are driving around the neighborhood. Create a feed at Upcoming.org about all the rock concerts in your city or one of open houses from Craigslist, and you will be able to get the info in your car, along with how far away each place is. You will also be able to do a Yahoo Local search on the device for restaurants and it will return nearby results with ratings. The company is backed by both VC powerhouses, Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins as well as a slew of others.

Exavio

Series C in 2006
Exavio manufactures IP video-smart network devices for digital media distribution throughout broadcast and post production facilities. The company also offers IP-based streaming devices for streaming media services, such as cable VOD, nPVR, and business communications solutions. Its products include ExaMax media server platform that provides digital media distribution and interoperates in dissimilar file structures and operating systems. Exavio, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It has engineering offices in Beijing.

Approva

Venture Round in 2005
Approva is a leading provider of continuous controls monitoring software, recognized as the industry standard by three of the five largest audit and advisory firms. The company specializes in automating IT and financial controls across major business applications such as Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP. By implementing Approva's software, organizations can effectively reduce risk, prevent fraud, lower compliance costs, and identify opportunities for operational improvements. This solution helps businesses meet their governance, risk, and compliance requirements, ensuring a more secure and efficient operational framework.

Autonomic Networks

Series C in 2002
Autonomic Networks focuses on enhancing network security and compliance through innovative technology that automates the learning, auditing, and management of user access to sensitive data and applications within enterprise networks. Its patent-pending risk-weighted clustering and profiling methods effectively identify critical incidents among numerous potential security threats, allowing organizations to prioritize their response. The company offers risk-managed policy overrides that facilitate on-demand access to essential resources while ensuring continuous monitoring of that access for security and compliance purposes. Additionally, Autonomic Networks’ devices are designed for deep stream inspection with minimal latency, eliminating the need for extensive data integration or infrastructure modifications. Overall, Autonomic Networks provides adaptive access controls that empower security professionals to balance business needs with security risks, regulatory compliance, and protection against fraud and theft.