Liqid Inc. is an IT company founded in 2013 and headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, that specializes in developing a hardware and software platform for composable infrastructure solutions. The company's platform allows users to manage, scale, and configure physical bare-metal server systems within data centers efficiently. It offers a range of products, including composable infrastructure solutions such as composable vSAN, high-memory systems, and AI platforms, as well as composable storage products. Liqid's Command Center software facilitates dynamic resource allocation, enabling users to reconfigure IT resources on-the-fly to meet changing business needs. This capability is supported by an intuitive graphical user interface, REST API, and command-line interface, allowing users to create servers rapidly from resource pools and deploy applications as required.
Liqid Inc. is an IT company founded in 2013 and headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, that specializes in developing a hardware and software platform for composable infrastructure solutions. The company's platform allows users to manage, scale, and configure physical bare-metal server systems within data centers efficiently. It offers a range of products, including composable infrastructure solutions such as composable vSAN, high-memory systems, and AI platforms, as well as composable storage products. Liqid's Command Center software facilitates dynamic resource allocation, enabling users to reconfigure IT resources on-the-fly to meet changing business needs. This capability is supported by an intuitive graphical user interface, REST API, and command-line interface, allowing users to create servers rapidly from resource pools and deploy applications as required.
Forge Global is a private securities marketplace that serves the complex and emerging needs of the private market ecosystem by forging new connections through its technology, data, and expertise. Founded in 2014, the firm empowers investors and shareholders by facilitating liquidity in the private markets.
Forge is backed by top Silicon Valley investors and large, global institutions including Deutsche Börse, Temasek, Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, FT Partners, Draper Associates, Peter Thiel, Munich Re Ventures, and LUN Partners Group.
Alterra Home Loans
Private Equity Round in 2016
Alterra Home Loans is a rapidly growing mortgage banking company focused on providing home loan services to prospective property owners. Established as a leader among lenders in Nevada, Alterra specializes in offering both government and conventional loans, facilitating a streamlined process for borrowers to secure financing for home purchases. The company emphasizes innovation and technology, employing a state-of-the-art platform that supports its sales, management, and operations divisions. This technological infrastructure enables Alterra to deliver end-to-end solutions and respond effectively to market demands, ensuring that the needs of homebuyers and real estate professionals are met efficiently. With a commitment to client service and employee collaboration, Alterra continues to enhance its position in the mortgage industry.
SpringCM
Venture Round in 2016
SpringCM Inc. is a cloud-based document and contract management platform based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2005. The company provides solutions that streamline the contract lifecycle, encompassing contract creation, negotiation, approval, signature, archiving, and renewal. Additionally, it offers a digital asset management system that automates processes related to content management, sharing, and collaboration. SpringCM's software enables organizations to efficiently store, organize, and search for documents while facilitating collaboration both internally and externally. The platform is delivered as Software-as-a-Service and includes a mobile application for enhanced accessibility. SpringCM serves various sectors, including legal, IT, operations, sales, human resources, public sector, procurement, and finance. The company also provides consulting, training, and support services to its clients. In 2018, SpringCM became a subsidiary of DocuSign, Inc., and has established a strategic partnership with Salesforce to enhance its service offerings.
HeartFlow
Series D in 2016
HeartFlow specializes in precision heart care, offering a non-invasive solution for diagnosing coronary artery disease. Its proprietary HeartFlow FFRCT Analysis uses artificial intelligence to create a personalized 3D model of the heart, enabling clinicians to evaluate blood flow and determine optimal treatment. Commercially available in the United States, UK, Canada, Europe, and Japan.
SpringCM
Venture Round in 2016
SpringCM Inc. is a cloud-based document and contract management platform based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2005. The company provides solutions that streamline the contract lifecycle, encompassing contract creation, negotiation, approval, signature, archiving, and renewal. Additionally, it offers a digital asset management system that automates processes related to content management, sharing, and collaboration. SpringCM's software enables organizations to efficiently store, organize, and search for documents while facilitating collaboration both internally and externally. The platform is delivered as Software-as-a-Service and includes a mobile application for enhanced accessibility. SpringCM serves various sectors, including legal, IT, operations, sales, human resources, public sector, procurement, and finance. The company also provides consulting, training, and support services to its clients. In 2018, SpringCM became a subsidiary of DocuSign, Inc., and has established a strategic partnership with Salesforce to enhance its service offerings.
Eat Fit Go
Venture Round in 2016
Eat Fit Go provides a simple solution to eating healthy on the go.
Eat Fit Go's chef-driven meals are made fresh daily, never frozen, free of preservatives or artificial ingredients. The company's meals are high in protein, low in sodium and allergy-friendly.
Striim provides a unified platform for real-time data streaming and integration. Founded in 2012, it enables continuous ingestion, processing, and delivery of high-volume data from diverse sources like databases, logs, messaging systems, and sensors to various targets with sub-second latency, facilitating real-time operations and analytics.
MadVapes
Venture Round in 2015
MadVapes LLC, founded in 2009 in Huntersville, NC, started as a small home operation and has since grown into a thriving business with a 10,000 sq foot warehouse. Specializing in vaping products, MadVapes has built a reputation for quality and customer service in the industry. With its humble beginnings and rapid expansion, MadVapes continues to provide a wide range of vaping supplies to customers nationwide.
ROBUR
Venture Round in 2015
ROBUR is a company focused on providing high-end industrial services that address the challenges of digital transformation and ecological change. Aiming to establish itself as a leading player in the Mittelstand sector, ROBUR concentrates on delivering essential technical services that enhance industrial performance. The company strategically bundles resources within specific subsectors, ensuring that it offers industry-leading services primarily in German-speaking countries. ROBUR seeks to provide an alternative solution for business owners and stakeholders who desire a stable, long-term home for their companies, allowing them to maintain their entrepreneurial roots and cultural values. This approach not only offers a competitive edge in the market but also fosters an environment where all stakeholders are motivated to contribute their best efforts. By operating as a partnership of companies, ROBUR combines the advantages of a large organization with the agility and responsiveness characteristic of Mittelstand firms.
Zenefits is an all-in-one digital HR platform tailored for small and medium businesses. It serves as a single source of truth for managing modern workforces, offering integrated applications like HR, Benefits, Time, Payroll, and Compliance. Zenefits empowers employees, facilitates change management, and ensures compliance.
Midwest Medical Transport
Venture Round in 2015
Midwest Medical Transport Company is private ambulance service. They provide quality, reliable transportation services throughout the region. Their growing fleet of state-of-the-art ambulances, medical helicopters, and para-transit wheelchair vans are ready at a moment’s notice. They have maintained a steadfast focus on two key components, quality patient care, and customer service. Their providers are courteous, compassionate, and empathetic to their patients and their families. They also focus on providing quality service to the healthcare facilities that call upon us to transport their patients.
Porch Group
Series B in 2015
Porch.com, Inc. operates an online platform designed to connect homeowners with local home repair services and facilitate the arrangement of installation services for products purchased through e-commerce channels. Founded in 2011 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company provides a range of services to enhance the homeownership experience. Its offerings include a moving concierge service that assists homebuyers in navigating essential services such as insurance, security, and internet services, thereby streamlining the moving process. Furthermore, Porch provides software solutions tailored for home service providers, including tools for inspections and mortgage services, supporting various aspects of home management and improvement. The company also maintains a strategic partnership with Cinch Home Services Inc., enhancing its service offerings in the home services sector.
Pacific Premier Trust
Debt Financing in 2014
Pensco Trust Company, founded in 1989 and based in the United States, specializes in managing retirement accounts for clients. As an alternative asset custodian, it has extensive experience in holding various investment types, including private equity and real estate. The company provides investment advisory services tailored for registered investment advisors, financial planners, and investment sponsors, as well as crowdfunding platforms. Pensco Trust aims to help clients navigate the complexities of alternative assets, ensuring optimal returns on their investments through a reliable custodial framework.
PeerIQ, Inc. is a financial information services company based in New York that specializes in the peer-to-peer lending sector. The company provides institutional investors with a comprehensive analytics platform that aggregates detailed loan data from various online marketplaces. This platform offers credit risk analytics and benchmarks, allowing clients to assess loan performance, generate cash flows, develop investment strategies, price credit instruments, and manage loan portfolios effectively. Additionally, PeerIQ offers a Consumer Credit Suite, which integrates consumer credit datasets with its risk analytics tools, helping clients optimize their loan portfolios and make informed investment and origination decisions. Established in 2001, PeerIQ aims to enhance transparency and efficiency in the lending markets, ultimately supporting better investment decision-making for its clients.
Banyan Finance
Debt Financing in 2014
Banyan Finance, LLC is a healthcare finance company based in Boca Raton, Florida, founded in 2007. It specializes in providing casualty medical plans tailored for physicians and medical service providers, including MRI facilities, outpatient surgery centers, and hospitals. The company focuses on facilitating medical treatment for uninsured and under-insured accident victims by offering customized financing solutions that enhance cash flow for healthcare providers. Banyan Finance's offerings include traditional insurance contracts and factoring relationships, which enable medical caregivers to receive guaranteed minimum reimbursement while ensuring that patients receive necessary care. Through its innovative financial products, Banyan Finance serves as a crucial resource in the casualty medical plan segment, supporting both providers and patients in the healthcare system.
Lending Club
Venture Round in 2014
LendingClub Corporation is an online lending marketplace based in San Francisco, California, that connects creditworthy borrowers with investors. Founded in 2006, the platform offers a variety of unsecured personal loan products, including options for education, patient finance, auto refinancing, and small business loans. By facilitating direct investment in these loans, LendingClub provides investors access to an asset class that has traditionally been limited to institutional investors. The company generates most of its revenue through transaction fees from its role in processing loan applications and working with bank partners to enable loan originations. This approach aims to simplify and accelerate the lending process, making it more accessible for consumers and beneficial for investors.
ElectraVapor
Venture Round in 2014
ElectraVapor is a North Carolina-based company that specializes in the electronic cigarette industry. The company offers a variety of products, including flavors that allow users to customize their vaping experience. In addition to e-liquids, ElectraVapor provides essential accessories such as atomizers, cartridges, chargers, and dual coil cartomizers. Their product range includes both pre-filled and refillable cartridges, catering to a diverse consumer base seeking options that align with their personal preferences.
Pacific Premier Trust
Venture Round in 2014
Pensco Trust Company, founded in 1989 and based in the United States, specializes in managing retirement accounts for clients. As an alternative asset custodian, it has extensive experience in holding various investment types, including private equity and real estate. The company provides investment advisory services tailored for registered investment advisors, financial planners, and investment sponsors, as well as crowdfunding platforms. Pensco Trust aims to help clients navigate the complexities of alternative assets, ensuring optimal returns on their investments through a reliable custodial framework.
Mode Analytics
Seed Round in 2014
Mode Analytics, Inc. is a developer of a collaborative analytics platform designed to facilitate data-informed decision-making. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, the company provides a comprehensive analytics solution that enables data analysts and data scientists to analyze, visualize, and share data effectively. Its platform hosts a central repository of analytical work, allowing users to access real-time insights and address issues without the need to recreate previous efforts. Mode Analytics serves various industries, including consumer packaged goods, finance, healthcare, retail, media, and software as a service, offering tailored solutions that encompass data across finance, operations, product, and sales and marketing.
iCapital Network
Series B in 2014
iCapital Network is a fintech platform for alternative investments and investors. It has transformed the way the wealth management, banking, and asset management industries facilitate access to private markets investments for their high-net-worth clients by providing intuitive, end-to-end technology and service solutions. Wealth management firms use iCapital’s solutions to provide clients with quality funds at lower minimums and simplified digital workflows. Asset managers, RIAs, and banks leverage iCapital’s technology to streamline and scale their alternative investments operational infrastructure. Additionally, the iCapital ‘flagship’ platform offers wealth advisors and their high-net-worth client's access to a curated menu of private equity, private credit, hedge funds, structured investments, and other alternatives to help meet their investing needs for return and diversification. iCapital’s research and diligence team offers robust analysis alongside the firm’s extensive suite of advisor education, compliance, portfolio management, and portfolio analytics tools and services.
iCapital has been recognized on the Forbes FinTech 50 list each year from 2018 through 2002, the Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers in 2021 and 2022, and MMI/Barron’s Industry Awards as Solutions Provider of the Year in 2020 and 2021. As of May 31, 2022, iCapital services more than US$130 billion in global client assets, of which more than US$30 billion are from international investors (non-US Domestic), across more than 1,035 funds. Employing more than 800 people globally, iCapital is headquartered in NYC and has offices worldwide including in Zurich, London, Lisbon, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Toronto.
Coupang
Venture Round in 2014
Coupang is South Korea's largest e-commerce platform, offering a wide range of products including electronics, fashion, food, and furniture. It operates primarily in South Korea and Taiwan, with an extensive logistics network ensuring timely delivery.
Addepar is a software and data platform for professional wealth, investment and asset management firms that consolidates portfolios, market data and client information to enable data-driven investment decisions and client reporting. The platform aggregates data from financial accounts to provide a unified view, supports data reconciliation, investment analysis and reporting, and offers onboarding and ongoing support services. It includes Addepar Open API for programmatic access and integration with more than 100 software, data and service partners, enabling developers to build applications on the platform and connect data across systems. The company serves family offices, wealth advisors, financial institutions, endowments and foundations, with a client base spanning multiple countries and assets under management exceeding $4 trillion across platforms.
Klarna
Venture Round in 2014
Klarna is a technology-driven payments company that provides a platform for connecting consumers and merchants with flexible payment options for online and offline shopping. It offers direct payments, pay-after-delivery options, and installment plans, supported by a mobile app that enhances the shopping experience with flexible payment options and cashback rewards. The company operates across multiple countries and serves merchants with payment solutions and tailored advertising services, including messaging and insights features. Klarna is known for its buy now, pay later model, enabling interest-free financing for purchases divided into installments.
AUTO1 Group
Seed Round in 2013
AUTO1 Group GmbH is a Berlin-based technology platform that specializes in the buying and selling of used cars. Founded in 2012, the company connects individual customers and professional car dealers through its digital marketplace, facilitating seamless transactions without the need for negotiation. AUTO1 Group sources used vehicles from various channels, including original equipment manufacturers and dealerships, and offers a certified and diverse inventory through its brands, such as AUTO1.com and Autohero.com. Operating in nearly 30 countries across Europe and North America, Auto1 Group serves both the retail market for private customers and the merchant segment for commercial car dealers. Its services include auction fees and logistics, ensuring a streamlined and transparent process in the used car trade.