Ignition Partners

Ignition Partners is a venture capital firm based in Bellevue, Washington, founded in 1999. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, particularly targeting seed and series A rounds in enterprise software companies across the United States. With over $2 billion under management, Ignition Partners leverages its extensive domain knowledge, technical expertise, and global operational experience to support entrepreneurs in transforming their ideas into successful businesses. The partners at Ignition consist of experienced business leaders who have previously contributed to the success of notable companies. Ignition's approach includes providing strategic guidance, industry insights, and essential connections to help entrepreneurs build their teams and grow their businesses effectively.

John Connors

Managing Partner

Richard Fade

Partner Prior fund

Robert Headley

Partner

Steve Hooper

Partner

Cameron Myhrvold

General Partner

Balaji Rajagopalan

Partner

Jonathan Roberts

Managing Director

Past deals in Seattle, WA

Carbon Robotics

Series C in 2023
Carbon Robotics, formerly known as Maka Autonomous Robotic Systems, Inc., is a company that designs and develops mobile robots for agricultural applications, specifically targeting weed control. Founded by Paul Mikesell in 2018 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company utilizes robotics, autonomous technology, and deep learning to effectively eliminate weeds and unwanted plants. This innovative approach allows cultivators to enhance crop yield by optimizing their weed management processes.

Carbon Robotics

Series B in 2021
Carbon Robotics, formerly known as Maka Autonomous Robotic Systems, Inc., is a company that designs and develops mobile robots for agricultural applications, specifically targeting weed control. Founded by Paul Mikesell in 2018 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company utilizes robotics, autonomous technology, and deep learning to effectively eliminate weeds and unwanted plants. This innovative approach allows cultivators to enhance crop yield by optimizing their weed management processes.

Carbon Robotics

Venture Round in 2019
Carbon Robotics, formerly known as Maka Autonomous Robotic Systems, Inc., is a company that designs and develops mobile robots for agricultural applications, specifically targeting weed control. Founded by Paul Mikesell in 2018 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company utilizes robotics, autonomous technology, and deep learning to effectively eliminate weeds and unwanted plants. This innovative approach allows cultivators to enhance crop yield by optimizing their weed management processes.

Shyft Technologies

Series A in 2018
Shyft Technologies Inc. develops a mobile application that enables employees to swap shifts and share schedules. It serves retail, supply chain, food service, and grocery industries. Shyft Technologies Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Seattle, Washington with an additional office in Los Angeles, California.

Amplero

Series B in 2017
Amplero is a customer lifetime value management platform that enables marketers to achieve what’s not humanly possible by leveraging machine learning and multi-armed bandit experimentation to automatically optimize every customer interaction and maximize customer lifetime value and loyalty. Unlike traditional rules-based marketing automation, Amplero’s controlled experimentation and machine learning platform dynamically tests 1000’s of permutations to decide and execute the optimal marketing interaction based upon each unique customer and context. Using Amplero, marketers in industries like telecom, banking, and software-as-a-service have seen more than 3% incremental growth in customer revenue and 5x retention benefit, often touching their customers less frequently while delivering great omni-channel customer experiences.

Azuqua

Series B in 2017
Azuqua, Inc. operates a digital automation platform designed to integrate various software as a service (SaaS) applications. The platform features a user-friendly, drag-and-drop interface that allows users to create custom integrations without coding, making it accessible for both business and IT professionals. Azuqua provides a comprehensive library of logic functions, security features, and error handling capabilities, enabling organizations to automate complex business processes efficiently. Its solutions address a range of needs, including customer experience, sales, human resources, and marketing. Azuqua serves both start-ups and established enterprises by enhancing productivity and improving employee and customer experiences through seamless application integration. Founded in 2010 and based in Seattle, Washington, Azuqua operates as a subsidiary of Okta, Inc. since 2019.

FORWARD Platform

Series A in 2017
LiveStories drives outreach and better decisions using civic data—how communities live, learn, work, and play. Its all-in-one data platform makes it easy to analyze local data, get benchmarks, and create interactive stories. Its customers span government, public health, and business, including the AARP, Gates Foundation, Americans for Non-Smokers' Rights, California Health and Human Services Agency, Maricopa County, and many local health departments.

Spoken

Venture Round in 2017
Spoken Communications specializes in providing a cloud-based contact center platform designed to enhance performance and customer outcomes. Their flagship product, Spoken ConversationCenter, is an AI-enabled solution that manages and analyzes various digital conversations, including voice interactions through their patented TrueMeaning technology. This platform allows service providers to efficiently meet the evolving demands of modern consumers by optimizing service delivery costs through the use of AI and Big Data. Spoken's system supports omnichannel communications, intelligent skills-based routing, and real-time transcription, which help improve agent performance and customer satisfaction. By enabling continuous improvement in contact center operations, Spoken Communications aims to redefine the customer experience while reducing the need for costly agent transfers.

Glympse

Series C in 2016
Glympse Inc., founded in 2008 and based in Seattle, Washington, specializes in location communication technology through its mobile application. This application allows users to share their real-time location via a web-based map for a specified period, improving communication and reducing anxiety during product and service delivery. Glympse's platform integrates various service, marketing, and commerce capabilities, catering to Fortune 1000 companies and enhancing customer satisfaction. Its services encompass a range of delivery options, including grocery delivery, curbside and in-store pickups, and roadside assistance. Many prominent brands rely on Glympse to provide an efficient and effective location-sharing experience, thereby streamlining the delivery process and enhancing overall customer engagement.

SignalSense

Seed Round in 2016
Enterprises are struggling with more IT security challenges than ever—and the pace of change has increased exponentially in the last few years. More sophisticated threats. The explosion of agile development. The move to the public cloud. The distribution of applications across varied environments. New challenges demand a new approach—and a new platform.

Integris Software

Venture Round in 2016
Integris Software, Inc. specializes in data privacy automation software that assists enterprises in discovering, mapping, monitoring, and controlling sensitive data. Its flagship platform enables organizations to fulfill data subject requests, comply with regulations such as CCPA and GDPR, and secure data within environments like Hadoop data lakes. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with an additional office in Vancouver, Canada, Integris Software leverages artificial intelligence to provide visibility into the location of personal information across organizations. This capability not only helps companies meet stringent compliance mandates but also facilitates strategic decision-making by bridging the gap between legal, business, and technology sectors. As of June 2020, Integris Software operates as a subsidiary of OneTrust, LLC.

Talent Sonar

Series A in 2015
TalentSonar merged with TalVista which helps companies manage unconscious bias for improved diversity hiring with redacted resume review, job description optimization, and structured interviews.

Chef, Inc.

Series E in 2015
Chef, Inc. provides cloud-based infrastructure automation solutions. It offers configuration management, a solution to manage complex infrastructure; cloud management that enables users to manage and scale cloud infrastructure with no downtime or interruptions, as well as build, destroy, and rebuild servers on public or private cloud; and DevOps, a solution for collaboration between development and operations. The company also provides Enterprise Chef that automates user infrastructure that accelerates time to market, helps users to manage scale and complexity, and safeguards their systems; and professional services that include planning, training and skill development, and project-based services. Chef, Inc. was formerly known as Chef, Inc. and changed its name to Opscode, Inc. in December 2013. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of October 5, 2020, Chef, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Progress Software Corporation.

Spoken

Series D in 2015
Spoken Communications specializes in providing a cloud-based contact center platform designed to enhance performance and customer outcomes. Their flagship product, Spoken ConversationCenter, is an AI-enabled solution that manages and analyzes various digital conversations, including voice interactions through their patented TrueMeaning technology. This platform allows service providers to efficiently meet the evolving demands of modern consumers by optimizing service delivery costs through the use of AI and Big Data. Spoken's system supports omnichannel communications, intelligent skills-based routing, and real-time transcription, which help improve agent performance and customer satisfaction. By enabling continuous improvement in contact center operations, Spoken Communications aims to redefine the customer experience while reducing the need for costly agent transfers.

Azuqua

Series A in 2014
Azuqua, Inc. operates a digital automation platform designed to integrate various software as a service (SaaS) applications. The platform features a user-friendly, drag-and-drop interface that allows users to create custom integrations without coding, making it accessible for both business and IT professionals. Azuqua provides a comprehensive library of logic functions, security features, and error handling capabilities, enabling organizations to automate complex business processes efficiently. Its solutions address a range of needs, including customer experience, sales, human resources, and marketing. Azuqua serves both start-ups and established enterprises by enhancing productivity and improving employee and customer experiences through seamless application integration. Founded in 2010 and based in Seattle, Washington, Azuqua operates as a subsidiary of Okta, Inc. since 2019.

Glympse

Series C in 2014
Glympse Inc., founded in 2008 and based in Seattle, Washington, specializes in location communication technology through its mobile application. This application allows users to share their real-time location via a web-based map for a specified period, improving communication and reducing anxiety during product and service delivery. Glympse's platform integrates various service, marketing, and commerce capabilities, catering to Fortune 1000 companies and enhancing customer satisfaction. Its services encompass a range of delivery options, including grocery delivery, curbside and in-store pickups, and roadside assistance. Many prominent brands rely on Glympse to provide an efficient and effective location-sharing experience, thereby streamlining the delivery process and enhancing overall customer engagement.

Avvo

Series D in 2014
Avvo, Inc. is an online legal marketplace based in Seattle, Washington, that connects consumers with lawyers across the United States. It features a comprehensive lawyer directory that includes client reviews, peer endorsements, and Avvo ratings for a significant majority of U.S. attorneys. The platform also hosts a Q&A forum where consumers can receive free legal advice from participating lawyers, as well as access previously asked questions and answers. Additionally, Avvo provides marketing solutions for lawyers through tools such as Avvo Ignite, a cloud-based platform designed to help attorneys grow their practices. The company offers resources for various legal areas, including criminal defense, family law, personal injury, immigration, and more. Founded in 2006, Avvo was previously known as LegalRev, Inc. and has been operating as a subsidiary of Internet Brands, Inc. since early 2018.

Chef, Inc.

Series D in 2013
Chef, Inc. provides cloud-based infrastructure automation solutions. It offers configuration management, a solution to manage complex infrastructure; cloud management that enables users to manage and scale cloud infrastructure with no downtime or interruptions, as well as build, destroy, and rebuild servers on public or private cloud; and DevOps, a solution for collaboration between development and operations. The company also provides Enterprise Chef that automates user infrastructure that accelerates time to market, helps users to manage scale and complexity, and safeguards their systems; and professional services that include planning, training and skill development, and project-based services. Chef, Inc. was formerly known as Chef, Inc. and changed its name to Opscode, Inc. in December 2013. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of October 5, 2020, Chef, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Progress Software Corporation.

Korrio

Series B in 2012
Korrio, founded in January 2009, is the developer of Playflow, a 21st-century youth sports automation platform. Korrio has a singular focus on kids and sports. The company's mission is to transform the sports experience and elevate the level at which sports are played by automating the things that get in the way — like registration/payment, team formation, rosters, scheduling, communication, and web hosting. Korrio is easy, safe, integrated, and mobile. Visit us online at korrio.com and watch our Korrio video to learn how to elevate your game.

Prosodic

Seed Round in 2012
Prosodic, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in social media predictive analytics. Founded in 2011, it offers a platform designed to assist brands, agencies, and publishers in enhancing their social media engagement and performance. The Prosodic software provides real-time analytics and insights, enabling users to optimize content and effectively target audience segments. By analyzing online behavior, Prosodic helps brands improve their interactions and conversions, thus enhancing the overall economics of social media marketing.

Moz

Series B in 2012
Moz provides analytics software to track all of a website's inbound marketing efforts—search marketing, link building, social media, and brand mentions—on one platform. Moz Analytics tracks each effort with beautiful data visualizations, insights into competitors' data, and actionable recommendations to improve each effort's performance. Dedicated to helping people do better marketing, Moz creates easy-to-use tools, tutorials, and educational resources for learning inbound marketing—and fosters the web’s most vibrant online marketing community. With offices in Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, Moz supports over 20,000 customers and 300,000 community members worldwide. The company received an A round of financing from Ignition Partners and Curious Office in September 2007 to build their Linkscape web index.

Chef, Inc.

Series C in 2012
Chef, Inc. provides cloud-based infrastructure automation solutions. It offers configuration management, a solution to manage complex infrastructure; cloud management that enables users to manage and scale cloud infrastructure with no downtime or interruptions, as well as build, destroy, and rebuild servers on public or private cloud; and DevOps, a solution for collaboration between development and operations. The company also provides Enterprise Chef that automates user infrastructure that accelerates time to market, helps users to manage scale and complexity, and safeguards their systems; and professional services that include planning, training and skill development, and project-based services. Chef, Inc. was formerly known as Chef, Inc. and changed its name to Opscode, Inc. in December 2013. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of October 5, 2020, Chef, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Progress Software Corporation.

Spoken

Series B in 2012
Spoken Communications specializes in providing a cloud-based contact center platform designed to enhance performance and customer outcomes. Their flagship product, Spoken ConversationCenter, is an AI-enabled solution that manages and analyzes various digital conversations, including voice interactions through their patented TrueMeaning technology. This platform allows service providers to efficiently meet the evolving demands of modern consumers by optimizing service delivery costs through the use of AI and Big Data. Spoken's system supports omnichannel communications, intelligent skills-based routing, and real-time transcription, which help improve agent performance and customer satisfaction. By enabling continuous improvement in contact center operations, Spoken Communications aims to redefine the customer experience while reducing the need for costly agent transfers.

Swype

Series C in 2011
Swype specializes in text input technology that allows users to create words using a single continuous finger motion across an on-screen keyboard. This patented interface offers a faster and more efficient method of writing by integrating single-tap, multi-tap, predictive, and "swype" motions for both stylus and finger input. The application is versatile, functioning on various devices, including smartphones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, and virtual screens. Founded in 2003 in Seattle by Cliff Kushler and Randy Marsden, Swype leverages the expertise of its founders, with Kushler being a co-inventor of the widely used T9 predictive text technology and Marsden having developed the onscreen keyboard for Windows, which has a vast installed base.

Glympse

Series B in 2011
Glympse Inc., founded in 2008 and based in Seattle, Washington, specializes in location communication technology through its mobile application. This application allows users to share their real-time location via a web-based map for a specified period, improving communication and reducing anxiety during product and service delivery. Glympse's platform integrates various service, marketing, and commerce capabilities, catering to Fortune 1000 companies and enhancing customer satisfaction. Its services encompass a range of delivery options, including grocery delivery, curbside and in-store pickups, and roadside assistance. Many prominent brands rely on Glympse to provide an efficient and effective location-sharing experience, thereby streamlining the delivery process and enhancing overall customer engagement.

Swype

Series C in 2011
Swype specializes in text input technology that allows users to create words using a single continuous finger motion across an on-screen keyboard. This patented interface offers a faster and more efficient method of writing by integrating single-tap, multi-tap, predictive, and "swype" motions for both stylus and finger input. The application is versatile, functioning on various devices, including smartphones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, and virtual screens. Founded in 2003 in Seattle by Cliff Kushler and Randy Marsden, Swype leverages the expertise of its founders, with Kushler being a co-inventor of the widely used T9 predictive text technology and Marsden having developed the onscreen keyboard for Windows, which has a vast installed base.

Korrio

Series A in 2011
Korrio, founded in January 2009, is the developer of Playflow, a 21st-century youth sports automation platform. Korrio has a singular focus on kids and sports. The company's mission is to transform the sports experience and elevate the level at which sports are played by automating the things that get in the way — like registration/payment, team formation, rosters, scheduling, communication, and web hosting. Korrio is easy, safe, integrated, and mobile. Visit us online at korrio.com and watch our Korrio video to learn how to elevate your game.

Bonanza

Venture Round in 2010
Bonanza, Inc. operates an online marketplace for buying and selling various products. It enables its users to buy and sell antiques, books, clothing, shoes and accessories, coins and paper money, collectibles, crafts, DVDs and movies, entertainment memorabilia, jewelry and watches, pottery and glass, stamps, toys and hobbies, and cards and fan shop; and art, health and beauty, home and garden, and sports related products. The company was formerly known as Bonanzle and changed its name to Bonanza, Inc. in September 2010. Bonanza, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Avvo

Series C in 2010
Avvo, Inc. is an online legal marketplace based in Seattle, Washington, that connects consumers with lawyers across the United States. It features a comprehensive lawyer directory that includes client reviews, peer endorsements, and Avvo ratings for a significant majority of U.S. attorneys. The platform also hosts a Q&A forum where consumers can receive free legal advice from participating lawyers, as well as access previously asked questions and answers. Additionally, Avvo provides marketing solutions for lawyers through tools such as Avvo Ignite, a cloud-based platform designed to help attorneys grow their practices. The company offers resources for various legal areas, including criminal defense, family law, personal injury, immigration, and more. Founded in 2006, Avvo was previously known as LegalRev, Inc. and has been operating as a subsidiary of Internet Brands, Inc. since early 2018.

Appature

Series A in 2009
Appature, Inc. was acquired by IMS Health in March 2013. It's a Seattle-based technology company that provides cloud-based marketing software platform, now branded as Nexxus Marketing, designed exclusively for healthcare and life sciences companies. Nexxus Marketing combines a big data marketing database, campaign management engine, and insights for campaign optimization and data visualization.

Onehub

Series A in 2009
Onehub Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in providing secure online sharing and collaboration solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in 2007, Onehub offers a cloud-based file storage and sharing service that includes features such as granular sharing permissions, white label branding, and collaborative tools like task assignments and comments. The company also provides a secure client portal and an alternative to traditional FTP services. In addition to its primary offerings, Onehub developed Marshal, a free data loss prevention tool that helps businesses identify exposed sensitive data in their cloud accounts. With over 1.6 million business users, Onehub is committed to delivering effective tools for data security and collaboration.

AdXpose

Series B in 2008
AdXpose is the leader in digital advertising analytics solutions. The company's SaaS technology provides advertisers and publishers with greater transparency and confidence in the quality, safety, and performance of their digital advertising campaigns. The actionable optimization metrics captured by AdXpose solutions help its customers realize increased ROI, more profitable margins, and measurable ad effectiveness. AdXpose is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with offices in New York City, and is backed by Draper Fischer Jurvetson and Ignition Partners

Entellium

Series C in 2008
Entellium provides customer relationship management (CRM) software for businesses.

Entellium

Venture Round in 2008
Entellium provides customer relationship management (CRM) software for businesses.

Lockdown Networks

Series B in 2007
Lockdown Networks, Inc. specializes in network access control solutions designed to ensure compliance with security and IT policies across various users and devices. The company offers a range of products, including Lockdown Enforcer, which safeguards devices from exploits while maintaining network productivity, and Lockdown Commander, which provides an overview of policy compliance and device health. Additionally, Lockdown Sentry focuses on access control for smaller, remote facilities, and Lockdown Agent is a software tool for device health assessment. The company's intelligent network access control architecture integrates with external security and infrastructure systems. Lockdown Networks also operates an iNAC partner program that facilitates collaboration among third-party solution providers to enhance network and endpoint security. The company serves a diverse clientele across sectors such as healthcare, education, finance, retail, technology, manufacturing, and government, with operations in North America, Europe, and Japan. Founded in 2001 and based in Seattle, Washington, Lockdown Networks became a subsidiary of McAfee, Inc. in 2008.

Azaleos

Series C in 2007
Azaleos Corporation specializes in providing hosted email and collaboration services tailored for organizations that require their data to remain on-premise. The company offers managed services for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, Active Directory, and BlackBerry Enterprise Server, ensuring that information stays secure and under the control of the organization's IT department. Azaleos provides 24/7 remote management, allowing clients to benefit from expert maintenance, support, and high uptime through its network operations centers. With flexible deployment options, including private cloud, on-premise, and mixed architectures, Azaleos enables organizations to maintain control over their data while leveraging professional management services.

Melodeo

Series C in 2007
Melodeo is a leader in delivering music and other media to the Web and mobile devices. Through products such as nuTsie and Mobilcast, Melodeo combines powerful content, a simple user interface and access from any device, making it easy to enjoy and share entertainment anytime and anyplace. Melodeo reaches more than 50 million wireless customers through distribution deals and customer relationships with Alltel, Apple, AT&T, Handmark, Handango, Thumbplay, Danger, Motorola, Nokia, Rogers, 3, China Unicom, Sony BMG Music Entertainment & Warner Music Group in China, TDC in Denmark and Korean Telecom Freetel (KTF). Melodeo's mobile entertainment services are compatible with the majority of mobile handsets on the market.

Moz

Series A in 2007
Moz provides analytics software to track all of a website's inbound marketing efforts—search marketing, link building, social media, and brand mentions—on one platform. Moz Analytics tracks each effort with beautiful data visualizations, insights into competitors' data, and actionable recommendations to improve each effort's performance. Dedicated to helping people do better marketing, Moz creates easy-to-use tools, tutorials, and educational resources for learning inbound marketing—and fosters the web’s most vibrant online marketing community. With offices in Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, Moz supports over 20,000 customers and 300,000 community members worldwide. The company received an A round of financing from Ignition Partners and Curious Office in September 2007 to build their Linkscape web index.

SeaMobile

Venture Round in 2007
SeaMobile, Inc. provides at-sea and remote location communications, connectivity, and content services. Its services include remote access for Internet, fixed and mobile phones, fax, television, on-board newspapers, special events and news, ATM banking access, and direct payroll deposit. The company also provides voice/data/wireless, inbound calling, audio and video conferencing, stored value calling cards, and collect calling services. SeaMobile serves oil and gas, government and military, yachts, casino boats, ferries, commercial shipping, cruise lines, and offshore platforms. SeaMobile, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with additional offices in Miramar, Florida; Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Athens, Greece.

Avvo

Series B in 2007
Avvo, Inc. is an online legal marketplace based in Seattle, Washington, that connects consumers with lawyers across the United States. It features a comprehensive lawyer directory that includes client reviews, peer endorsements, and Avvo ratings for a significant majority of U.S. attorneys. The platform also hosts a Q&A forum where consumers can receive free legal advice from participating lawyers, as well as access previously asked questions and answers. Additionally, Avvo provides marketing solutions for lawyers through tools such as Avvo Ignite, a cloud-based platform designed to help attorneys grow their practices. The company offers resources for various legal areas, including criminal defense, family law, personal injury, immigration, and more. Founded in 2006, Avvo was previously known as LegalRev, Inc. and has been operating as a subsidiary of Internet Brands, Inc. since early 2018.

AdXpose

Series A in 2007
AdXpose is the leader in digital advertising analytics solutions. The company's SaaS technology provides advertisers and publishers with greater transparency and confidence in the quality, safety, and performance of their digital advertising campaigns. The actionable optimization metrics captured by AdXpose solutions help its customers realize increased ROI, more profitable margins, and measurable ad effectiveness. AdXpose is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with offices in New York City, and is backed by Draper Fischer Jurvetson and Ignition Partners

HyperQuality

Series B in 2007
At HyperQuality, they focus on improving customer experience 24/7. they accomplish this through their proven and innovative methodology for evaluations and surveys, reliable and valid data, and quality assurance software resulting in specific recommendations from the agent to the company–wide level.

Entellium

Series B in 2007
Entellium provides customer relationship management (CRM) software for businesses.

SourceLabs

Venture Round in 2006
SourceLabs is a provider of a set of tools and services used to support open source software like Linux. The company sells subscriptions for enterprise support, maintenance, and upgrades for open source software, including SASH, offers a proprietary Open Source Management System and is also behind the wiki website SWiK, a community project that documents open source software.

Pure Networks

Series B in 2006
Equipment management, content and digital services to individuals and companies

Teranode

Series B in 2005
Teranode develops software and services aimed at enhancing research and development decision-making in the life sciences sector. The company's platform facilitates real-time business intelligence by integrating structured and unstructured data from various internal and external sources. This technology automates experiment workflows, manages biological data, and provides tailored data views to improve product life cycles. Additionally, Teranode’s software aids in compliance by automatically reviewing internal documents to identify and rectify deviations from regulatory policies. Overall, Teranode's solutions support executives and researchers by streamlining collaboration and laboratory automation, enabling them to access critical insights and effectively manage actions and alerts relevant to their work.

Azaleos

Series B in 2005
Azaleos Corporation specializes in providing hosted email and collaboration services tailored for organizations that require their data to remain on-premise. The company offers managed services for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, Active Directory, and BlackBerry Enterprise Server, ensuring that information stays secure and under the control of the organization's IT department. Azaleos provides 24/7 remote management, allowing clients to benefit from expert maintenance, support, and high uptime through its network operations centers. With flexible deployment options, including private cloud, on-premise, and mixed architectures, Azaleos enables organizations to maintain control over their data while leveraging professional management services.

Entellium

Series A in 2005
Entellium provides customer relationship management (CRM) software for businesses.

Lockdown Networks

Series B in 2005
Lockdown Networks, Inc. specializes in network access control solutions designed to ensure compliance with security and IT policies across various users and devices. The company offers a range of products, including Lockdown Enforcer, which safeguards devices from exploits while maintaining network productivity, and Lockdown Commander, which provides an overview of policy compliance and device health. Additionally, Lockdown Sentry focuses on access control for smaller, remote facilities, and Lockdown Agent is a software tool for device health assessment. The company's intelligent network access control architecture integrates with external security and infrastructure systems. Lockdown Networks also operates an iNAC partner program that facilitates collaboration among third-party solution providers to enhance network and endpoint security. The company serves a diverse clientele across sectors such as healthcare, education, finance, retail, technology, manufacturing, and government, with operations in North America, Europe, and Japan. Founded in 2001 and based in Seattle, Washington, Lockdown Networks became a subsidiary of McAfee, Inc. in 2008.

Melodeo

Series B in 2004
Melodeo is a leader in delivering music and other media to the Web and mobile devices. Through products such as nuTsie and Mobilcast, Melodeo combines powerful content, a simple user interface and access from any device, making it easy to enjoy and share entertainment anytime and anyplace. Melodeo reaches more than 50 million wireless customers through distribution deals and customer relationships with Alltel, Apple, AT&T, Handmark, Handango, Thumbplay, Danger, Motorola, Nokia, Rogers, 3, China Unicom, Sony BMG Music Entertainment & Warner Music Group in China, TDC in Denmark and Korean Telecom Freetel (KTF). Melodeo's mobile entertainment services are compatible with the majority of mobile handsets on the market.

SourceLabs

Series A in 2004
SourceLabs is a provider of a set of tools and services used to support open source software like Linux. The company sells subscriptions for enterprise support, maintenance, and upgrades for open source software, including SASH, offers a proprietary Open Source Management System and is also behind the wiki website SWiK, a community project that documents open source software.

Judys Book

Series A in 2004
Judy's Book, Inc. operates an online social search platform that connects users with local businesses through reviews, recommendations, and deals. Founded in 2004 and based in Seattle, Washington, the platform allows users to discover information across a variety of categories, including dining, beauty, education, and more. Users can create profiles to post, track, and enhance reviews and deal information for local and online stores. Small businesses can also submit their deals for visibility on the site. Judy's Book serves household decision-makers, advertisers, and local merchants, facilitating a marketplace where consumers can share insights and find valuable offers. The company has expanded its reach to several major cities across the United States, positioning itself as a resourceful tool for both consumers and businesses.

Pure Networks

Series A in 2004
Equipment management, content and digital services to individuals and companies

Entellium

Series A in 2004
Entellium provides customer relationship management (CRM) software for businesses.

Melodeo

Series A in 2004
Melodeo is a leader in delivering music and other media to the Web and mobile devices. Through products such as nuTsie and Mobilcast, Melodeo combines powerful content, a simple user interface and access from any device, making it easy to enjoy and share entertainment anytime and anyplace. Melodeo reaches more than 50 million wireless customers through distribution deals and customer relationships with Alltel, Apple, AT&T, Handmark, Handango, Thumbplay, Danger, Motorola, Nokia, Rogers, 3, China Unicom, Sony BMG Music Entertainment & Warner Music Group in China, TDC in Denmark and Korean Telecom Freetel (KTF). Melodeo's mobile entertainment services are compatible with the majority of mobile handsets on the market.

Pure Networks

Series A in 2003
Equipment management, content and digital services to individuals and companies
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