InnoCal Venture Capital

InnoCal Venture Capital is a private venture capital firm located in Costa Mesa, California, founded in 1993. The firm focuses on investments in technology companies, targeting various stages of development, including seed, early stage, later stage, and expansion investments. InnoCal Venture Capital has a particular emphasis on the information technology sector, aiming to support innovative companies and help them grow within the competitive landscape of the tech industry.

Daniel Bassett

Partner

Harry Lambert

Managing Director

31 past transactions

Mojix

Series D in 2015
Mojix is a global leader in item-level intelligence solutions, specializing in manufacturing, supply chain, and retail sectors. Founded in 2004, the company offers a high-security, cloud-hosted SaaS platform that enables item-level traceability through advanced serialization technologies, including RFID, NFC, and print-based marking systems. Mojix's platform provides real-time visibility into critical business functions such as operational performance, location monitoring, traceability, authenticity, consumer engagement, and compliance. By tracking billions of unique identities throughout their lifecycles, Mojix helps businesses enhance sales, improve operational efficiency, mitigate risks, and elevate customer experience. With offices in the United States, Latin America, and Europe, Mojix has established itself as an expert in end-to-end track and trace solutions, product authentication, and automated inventory management.

SynergEyes

Series C in 2009
SynergEyes, Inc. is a technology-driven company specializing in the development and manufacturing of hybrid contact lenses designed to enhance vision and improve quality of life for patients. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California, SynergEyes offers innovative products that combine the visual acuity of rigid gas permeable lenses with the comfort of soft lenses. Their hybrid lenses cater to a range of eye conditions, including astigmatism, presbyopia, myopia, hyperopia, and keratoconus, utilizing advanced high-Dk materials and vision-optimized designs. The company distributes its products both domestically and internationally, emphasizing a commitment to improving eye health and transforming vision for eye care professionals and their patients.

Aktino

Series C in 2008
Aktino, Inc. was established in 2003 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of telecommunications equipment tailored for critical service applications. It focuses on providing networking and broadband management solutions to the information technology and telecommunications sectors. Aktino's products are aimed at enhancing broadband connectivity and facilitating efficient system networking services. In 2009, the company was acquired by Positron Inc. and subsequently rebranded as Positron Access Solutions, operating as a subsidiary.

ITM Software

Venture Round in 2007
ITM Software is a provider of IT Business Management solutions that focuses on delivering an integrated approach to enhance visibility, coordination, and control across various IT functions. The company offers the ITM Business Suite, a comprehensive software solution comprising multiple modules that address critical areas such as human resources, processes, vendors, assets, financials, projects, and regulatory compliance. Founded in 2001 by former CIOs and IT leaders, ITM Software aims to bridge the traditional silos of IT information, facilitating increased transparency and better decision-making for its clients. The company serves IT organizations within Fortune 2000 corporations, government agencies, and universities, delivering both software products and best-practice expertise to help clients define their business objectives and implement effective strategies. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, ITM Software is privately held and focuses on improving business alignment and reducing IT costs for enterprises.

Mojix

Series B in 2007
Mojix is a global leader in item-level intelligence solutions, specializing in manufacturing, supply chain, and retail sectors. Founded in 2004, the company offers a high-security, cloud-hosted SaaS platform that enables item-level traceability through advanced serialization technologies, including RFID, NFC, and print-based marking systems. Mojix's platform provides real-time visibility into critical business functions such as operational performance, location monitoring, traceability, authenticity, consumer engagement, and compliance. By tracking billions of unique identities throughout their lifecycles, Mojix helps businesses enhance sales, improve operational efficiency, mitigate risks, and elevate customer experience. With offices in the United States, Latin America, and Europe, Mojix has established itself as an expert in end-to-end track and trace solutions, product authentication, and automated inventory management.

Vativ Technologies

Venture Round in 2007
Vativ Technologies, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company, focused on providing innovative, high-bandwidth, cost-effective, copper interconnect solutions for LAN, WAN, and SAN applications. Incorporating proprietary system architecture and DSP algorithms, Vativ's approach to physical layer interconnect diverges radically from typical analog designs used in devices today. Vativ's novel technology has resulted in several patents filed in both the U.S. and internationally. Their advanced architecture enables increased throughput while providing greater robustness and higher performance margins needed to allow the use of low-cost media interconnects.

Vativ Technologies

Series C in 2006
Vativ Technologies, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company, focused on providing innovative, high-bandwidth, cost-effective, copper interconnect solutions for LAN, WAN, and SAN applications. Incorporating proprietary system architecture and DSP algorithms, Vativ's approach to physical layer interconnect diverges radically from typical analog designs used in devices today. Vativ's novel technology has resulted in several patents filed in both the U.S. and internationally. Their advanced architecture enables increased throughput while providing greater robustness and higher performance margins needed to allow the use of low-cost media interconnects.

Mojix

Venture Round in 2006
Mojix is a global leader in item-level intelligence solutions, specializing in manufacturing, supply chain, and retail sectors. Founded in 2004, the company offers a high-security, cloud-hosted SaaS platform that enables item-level traceability through advanced serialization technologies, including RFID, NFC, and print-based marking systems. Mojix's platform provides real-time visibility into critical business functions such as operational performance, location monitoring, traceability, authenticity, consumer engagement, and compliance. By tracking billions of unique identities throughout their lifecycles, Mojix helps businesses enhance sales, improve operational efficiency, mitigate risks, and elevate customer experience. With offices in the United States, Latin America, and Europe, Mojix has established itself as an expert in end-to-end track and trace solutions, product authentication, and automated inventory management.

Mojix

Series A in 2006
Mojix is a global leader in item-level intelligence solutions, specializing in manufacturing, supply chain, and retail sectors. Founded in 2004, the company offers a high-security, cloud-hosted SaaS platform that enables item-level traceability through advanced serialization technologies, including RFID, NFC, and print-based marking systems. Mojix's platform provides real-time visibility into critical business functions such as operational performance, location monitoring, traceability, authenticity, consumer engagement, and compliance. By tracking billions of unique identities throughout their lifecycles, Mojix helps businesses enhance sales, improve operational efficiency, mitigate risks, and elevate customer experience. With offices in the United States, Latin America, and Europe, Mojix has established itself as an expert in end-to-end track and trace solutions, product authentication, and automated inventory management.

SynergEyes

Series B in 2006
SynergEyes, Inc. is a technology-driven company specializing in the development and manufacturing of hybrid contact lenses designed to enhance vision and improve quality of life for patients. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California, SynergEyes offers innovative products that combine the visual acuity of rigid gas permeable lenses with the comfort of soft lenses. Their hybrid lenses cater to a range of eye conditions, including astigmatism, presbyopia, myopia, hyperopia, and keratoconus, utilizing advanced high-Dk materials and vision-optimized designs. The company distributes its products both domestically and internationally, emphasizing a commitment to improving eye health and transforming vision for eye care professionals and their patients.

DispenseSource

Venture Round in 2006
DispenseSource is a company dominated by energy, industry experience and a commitment to building lasting solutions for their customers' supply management challenges. Their technology and team combine to provide solutions that help businesses gain control of their supply spending. They do this by providing information so that their customers can collaborate with their supply chain partners, vendors and distributors. They provide additional value by creating efficiencies in the way customers track and manage supplies in their organization.

MarginPoint

Series E in 2006
MarginPoint Inc. is a provider of cloud-based indirect materials management solutions tailored for the industrial market. Founded in 1999 and based in Lake Forest, California, the company offers a range of software solutions, including MarginPoint 8 for comprehensive indirect materials management, and MarginPoint Storeroom for inventory management in storeroom environments. Their offerings also include MarginPoint Mobile Storeroom and Vendor Managed Inventory, which allow users to manage inventory via mobile devices, and Customer Managed Inventory for automating replenishment processes. MarginPoint's platform enhances visibility of inventory needs, streamlines procurement, and minimizes costs through automated systems and industrial vending solutions. The company serves a diverse clientele across industries such as construction, automotive, defense, and healthcare, and distributes its solutions directly as well as through strategic partners. MarginPoint was previously known as Nexiant Inc. and rebranded in 2013.

Aktino

Series B in 2005
Aktino, Inc. was established in 2003 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of telecommunications equipment tailored for critical service applications. It focuses on providing networking and broadband management solutions to the information technology and telecommunications sectors. Aktino's products are aimed at enhancing broadband connectivity and facilitating efficient system networking services. In 2009, the company was acquired by Positron Inc. and subsequently rebranded as Positron Access Solutions, operating as a subsidiary.

Vativ Technologies

Series B in 2005
Vativ Technologies, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company, focused on providing innovative, high-bandwidth, cost-effective, copper interconnect solutions for LAN, WAN, and SAN applications. Incorporating proprietary system architecture and DSP algorithms, Vativ's approach to physical layer interconnect diverges radically from typical analog designs used in devices today. Vativ's novel technology has resulted in several patents filed in both the U.S. and internationally. Their advanced architecture enables increased throughput while providing greater robustness and higher performance margins needed to allow the use of low-cost media interconnects.

ITM Software

Venture Round in 2005
ITM Software is a provider of IT Business Management solutions that focuses on delivering an integrated approach to enhance visibility, coordination, and control across various IT functions. The company offers the ITM Business Suite, a comprehensive software solution comprising multiple modules that address critical areas such as human resources, processes, vendors, assets, financials, projects, and regulatory compliance. Founded in 2001 by former CIOs and IT leaders, ITM Software aims to bridge the traditional silos of IT information, facilitating increased transparency and better decision-making for its clients. The company serves IT organizations within Fortune 2000 corporations, government agencies, and universities, delivering both software products and best-practice expertise to help clients define their business objectives and implement effective strategies. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, ITM Software is privately held and focuses on improving business alignment and reducing IT costs for enterprises.

ITM Software

Series B in 2003
ITM Software is a provider of IT Business Management solutions that focuses on delivering an integrated approach to enhance visibility, coordination, and control across various IT functions. The company offers the ITM Business Suite, a comprehensive software solution comprising multiple modules that address critical areas such as human resources, processes, vendors, assets, financials, projects, and regulatory compliance. Founded in 2001 by former CIOs and IT leaders, ITM Software aims to bridge the traditional silos of IT information, facilitating increased transparency and better decision-making for its clients. The company serves IT organizations within Fortune 2000 corporations, government agencies, and universities, delivering both software products and best-practice expertise to help clients define their business objectives and implement effective strategies. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, ITM Software is privately held and focuses on improving business alignment and reducing IT costs for enterprises.

Confluent Photonics

Series B in 2003
Confluent Photonics Corporation is developing passive and active DWDM optical components for the telecommunications industry based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor fabrication techniques. The use of SOI along with the CMOS fabrication infrastructure developed to process SOI enables cost-effective high volume optical telecom component solutions for the access, metropolitan and long haul telecom markets. The compatibility of Confluent optical designs and manufacturing techniques with CMOS fabrication also provides a pathway for the future integration of optics and electronics on the same telecommunications chip. Current optical telecommunication product technologies and designs result in miniaturized optical lab benches lacking thermal and mechanical robustness. In contrast, Confluent is designing and fabricating Telcordia-compliant optical chip components for the automated manufacture of integrated optical circuits. These components are designed to be insensitive to their environment. Using semiconductor-manufacturing techniques provides built in optical alignment, high volume production and low cost.

Arzoon

Venture Round in 2003
Arzoon, founded in September 1999 by Farid Dibachi, is a provider of integrated logistics and global trade management technology. The company quickly assembled a team of over 100 experts in transportation and technology and secured $34 million in funding from various investors. Arzoon's Transportation Management Trading Network™ automates and synchronizes the entire lifecycle of transportation processes, including procurement, execution, tracking, and reporting. Its platform facilitates collaboration among shippers, carriers, customers, and suppliers, creating a networked community that enhances communication and business interactions across international borders and various IT systems. This standardized approach improves efficiency, speed, and productivity for all trading partners in the transportation sector.

DispenseSource

Series B in 2002
DispenseSource is a company dominated by energy, industry experience and a commitment to building lasting solutions for their customers' supply management challenges. Their technology and team combine to provide solutions that help businesses gain control of their supply spending. They do this by providing information so that their customers can collaborate with their supply chain partners, vendors and distributors. They provide additional value by creating efficiencies in the way customers track and manage supplies in their organization.

MarginPoint

Series B in 2002
MarginPoint Inc. is a provider of cloud-based indirect materials management solutions tailored for the industrial market. Founded in 1999 and based in Lake Forest, California, the company offers a range of software solutions, including MarginPoint 8 for comprehensive indirect materials management, and MarginPoint Storeroom for inventory management in storeroom environments. Their offerings also include MarginPoint Mobile Storeroom and Vendor Managed Inventory, which allow users to manage inventory via mobile devices, and Customer Managed Inventory for automating replenishment processes. MarginPoint's platform enhances visibility of inventory needs, streamlines procurement, and minimizes costs through automated systems and industrial vending solutions. The company serves a diverse clientele across industries such as construction, automotive, defense, and healthcare, and distributes its solutions directly as well as through strategic partners. MarginPoint was previously known as Nexiant Inc. and rebranded in 2013.

Accruent

Venture Round in 2001
Accruent is a global software company specializing in physical resource management, offering innovative cloud-based solutions that optimize real estate, facilities, and asset management. With over two decades of experience, Accruent has developed an integrated software-as-a-service platform that supports organizations through all stages of capital planning, operations, and IoT-based monitoring. The company's services are designed to maximize the performance of the built environment, helping clients manage physical resources effectively while extending asset lifecycles, ensuring compliance, and minimizing risks. Accruent serves a diverse range of industries and has established a strong presence with over 7,000 customers across 149 countries. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company is dedicated to driving efficiency and supporting the missions of organizations worldwide.

Northstar Photonics

Series B in 2001
Northstar Photonics, Inc. develops, manufactures, and supplies photonic components. The company offers first generation laser and amplifier products for telecommunications optical networks. It offers pumped optical waveguide rare earth (POWRE) technology provides a platform for developing and producing enhanced performance laser, amplifier, and integrated optical component products.

Confluent Photonics

Series A in 2001
Confluent Photonics Corporation is developing passive and active DWDM optical components for the telecommunications industry based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor fabrication techniques. The use of SOI along with the CMOS fabrication infrastructure developed to process SOI enables cost-effective high volume optical telecom component solutions for the access, metropolitan and long haul telecom markets. The compatibility of Confluent optical designs and manufacturing techniques with CMOS fabrication also provides a pathway for the future integration of optics and electronics on the same telecommunications chip. Current optical telecommunication product technologies and designs result in miniaturized optical lab benches lacking thermal and mechanical robustness. In contrast, Confluent is designing and fabricating Telcordia-compliant optical chip components for the automated manufacture of integrated optical circuits. These components are designed to be insensitive to their environment. Using semiconductor-manufacturing techniques provides built in optical alignment, high volume production and low cost.

Archive

Venture Round in 2000
Archive is a technology company specializing in automating digital marketing workflows for e-commerce businesses. It offers two main products: Archive App and Archive Communities. The Archive App serves as a digital asset manager designed for contemporary digital marketers, automating the collection and metadata labeling of various social media content, including ephemeral stories. This product streamlines the process of converting and distributing content as optimized advertising creatives across multiple marketing and media platforms. Archive Communities focuses on automating influencer seeding programs, which helps brands increase impressions and generate affiliate relationships. By leveraging community-driven content and creativity, Archive aims to enhance the cost-effectiveness of digital marketing strategies.

Northstar Photonics

Series A in 2000
Northstar Photonics, Inc. develops, manufactures, and supplies photonic components. The company offers first generation laser and amplifier products for telecommunications optical networks. It offers pumped optical waveguide rare earth (POWRE) technology provides a platform for developing and producing enhanced performance laser, amplifier, and integrated optical component products.

IPNet Solutions

Series C in 2000
IPNet Solutions specializes in providing secure data exchange software, focusing on supply chain management. The company serves various industries, including automotive, consumer packaged goods, retail, electronics, financial services, healthcare, petrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. IPNet is known for its innovative Internet EDI technologies and has developed the award-winning BizManager line of connectivity solutions. These solutions offer flexibility in connecting with trading partners through multiple options such as FTP, AS1, and AS2, and can scale across various platforms and document types.

Thinque Systems

Series B in 2000
Thinque Systems is a developer of mobile enterprise applications and has a history of supplying solutions for Global 2000 companies. Thinque develops and markets mobile enterprise applications for sales force automation and field force automation that reduce field expenses, decrease day's sales outstanding, increase worker efficiency, an drive top line revenue while building customer loyalty. Thinque Systems customers include Colgate-Palmolive, Maybelline, Pepsi Americas and Revlon.

Imagicast

Series C in 2000
Imagicast, Inc. specializes in strategic merchandising solutions tailored for the retail sector. The company offers a one-to-one merchandising platform that integrates marketing, e-commerce, and business intelligence functionalities. This platform empowers retailers and brand manufacturers to create engaging in-store product demonstrations and personalized promotions. Additionally, it enables the collection of valuable insights into customer shopping and purchasing behaviors, helping clients enhance their ability to convert shoppers into buyers.

Again Technologies

Venture Round in 2000
Motiva, Inc. is the technology leader for global enterprise incentive management (EIM) software and services, enabling companies to create and manage flexible, highly targeted incentive programs that drive top-line and bottom-line results across the extended enterprise. The Motiva software solution allows businesses to rapidly align performance with strategic objectives for sales, services, channels, customers and suppliers. Founded in 1996, Motiva is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.

IPNet Solutions

Venture Round in 1998
IPNet Solutions specializes in providing secure data exchange software, focusing on supply chain management. The company serves various industries, including automotive, consumer packaged goods, retail, electronics, financial services, healthcare, petrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. IPNet is known for its innovative Internet EDI technologies and has developed the award-winning BizManager line of connectivity solutions. These solutions offer flexibility in connecting with trading partners through multiple options such as FTP, AS1, and AS2, and can scale across various platforms and document types.

Thinque Systems

Series A in 1997
Thinque Systems is a developer of mobile enterprise applications and has a history of supplying solutions for Global 2000 companies. Thinque develops and markets mobile enterprise applications for sales force automation and field force automation that reduce field expenses, decrease day's sales outstanding, increase worker efficiency, an drive top line revenue while building customer loyalty. Thinque Systems customers include Colgate-Palmolive, Maybelline, Pepsi Americas and Revlon.
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