Inventures Group

Inventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 1998. The firm specializes in seed and early-stage investments, focusing primarily on technology sector companies, particularly those involved in internet software and software-as-a-service (SaaS) models. Inventures Group does not invest in hardware companies or utilize external funds, relying solely on its own capital for investments. The firm typically invests between $0.025 million and $0.25 million in companies with an enterprise value of less than $5 million, often using convertible notes for pre-venture stage investments. While it primarily targets companies based in the Bay Area, it occasionally engages in consumer-facing projects. Inventures Group actively participates in its portfolio companies by taking board seats and co-investing with other venture capital firms, thereby providing a hands-on approach to support and guidance.

Kathy Beal

CFO

Eric Hahn

Founder

18 past transactions

BitGo

Series C in 2023
BitGo, Inc. is a digital asset financial services company specializing in security, custody, and liquidity solutions for cryptocurrency. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, BitGo provides a multi-signature security platform that caters to both individual users and institutions. Its offerings include an online Bitcoin wallet, a robust enterprise solution for corporations and financial institutions, and a Key Recovery Service for the secure management of private keys. The platform supports over 200 cryptocurrencies and facilitates secure transactions for exchanges, marketplaces, and e-commerce businesses. Additionally, BitGo launched BitGo Custody and the BitGo Trust Company, which serve as qualified custodians for digital assets. With a customer base spanning more than 50 countries and over $2 billion in assets under management, BitGo is positioned to help businesses integrate digital currencies into their financial systems effectively. The company also has custodial entities located in Switzerland and Germany.

Content Analytics

Series A in 2017
Content Analytics, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing and operating a digital analytics and content management platform tailored for e-commerce optimization. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, it provides a comprehensive suite of services that includes content management, analytics, and reporting. The platform employs machine-learning technology to offer retailers recommendations for optimizing their online presence, enabling them to enhance their visibility among a vast array of products. Key features include cloud storage, content syndication, performance metrics, and insights into content health and pricing intelligence. By leveraging data crawler technology, Content Analytics delivers essential insights that empower brands and retailers to compete effectively in the digital marketplace. The company operates as a subsidiary of Syndigo LLC, further enhancing its capabilities in the field of e-commerce analytics.

Prevoty

Series A in 2015
Prevoty, Inc. is a cloud-based security company specializing in web application security. Founded in 2013 and based in Los Angeles, California, the company offers a suite of products designed to protect organizations' internal and external web applications from various security threats, including those identified by OWASP. Its flagship product, Integri, serves as a web security-as-a-service toolbox, providing performance optimization, multi-source content protection, and in-application security development. Additionally, Prevoty offers application security monitoring technology to safeguard critical business applications against potential threats. The company emphasizes integrating security into agile software development practices, enabling developers to create applications with enhanced security features while minimizing risks and facilitating collaboration between security and development teams. Prevoty operates as a subsidiary of Imperva, Inc. and has established a strategic partnership with WhiteHat Security.

Imperva

Series A in 2015
Imperva, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Redwood Shores, California, that specializes in protecting critical business data and applications across cloud and on-premises environments. Founded in 2002, Imperva develops a range of security solutions, including its SecureSphere product line, which offers database, file, and web application security. The company’s services also include Incapsula, which provides cloud-based website security and distributed denial of service protection, as well as ThreatRadar for crowdsourced security intelligence. Additionally, CounterBreach safeguards enterprise data against loss from compromised users, and Imperva Camouflage Data Masking allows for the secure use of sensitive information in development and testing. Imperva serves various sectors, including finance, healthcare, retail, and telecommunications, through a network of distributors and resellers, while also offering ongoing support and professional services.

Breezeworks

Series A in 2014
Breezeworks Corporation is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that provides a mobile application designed to transform smartphones into comprehensive business management tools for independent service professionals. Founded in 2012, Breezeworks offers a platform that allows users to manage various aspects of their business from their smartphones, including scheduling appointments, updating arrival times, and sending reminders for follow-up work. The application also enables users to store job notes and photos, manage invoicing, and streamline communication with customers and suppliers. By integrating features such as navigation assistance and payment collection, Breezeworks aims to enhance operational efficiency and improve customer engagement for its users.

Wit.AI

Seed Round in 2014
Wit.AI, Inc. is a natural language solutions provider based in Palo Alto, California, incorporated in 2013. The company offers an application programming interface that enables developers to integrate natural language interfaces into their applications and devices. Wit.AI's platform facilitates the creation of voice interfaces that allow users to interact through speech or messages, transforming this input into actionable data. It employs machine learning to enhance its understanding of human language from each interaction, benefiting from contributions made by its community. In 2015, Wit.AI became a subsidiary of Facebook, Inc., further expanding its reach and capabilities in the field of natural language processing.

Stitch

Seed Round in 2014
Stitch helps salespeople close more deals and be more responsive. They are building the best mobile-first, sales productivity platform. Their first product is a mobile email application for salespeople. With Stitch, salespeople can communicate faster by having the right information, insights, and tools at their fingertips. In today’s highly competitive world, they believe it’s not only possible, it’s essential, to be as effective and responsive on the go as when sitting in front of a desk. In sales, being responsive means delivering immediate and complete answers to prospects’ questions. They enable salespeople to respond NOW, not later, to every mobile email.

ClearSlide

Series C in 2014
ClearSlide, Inc. is a sales engagement platform based in San Francisco, California, that offers web-based and mobile tools for sales management and online presentations. Founded in 2009, the company provides a comprehensive suite of products, including Live Pitch for screen sharing presentations, Email Pitch for tracking customer interactions with emailed content, and a centralized sales content hub known as ClearSlide Live Content. Additionally, it offers ClearSlide Analytics & Insights, which delivers visibility into sales activities. ClearSlide also includes mobile applications like ClearSlide Presenter and ClearSlide Mail, tailored for sales teams and email communications, respectively. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing systems such as CRM and CMS and is optimized to fit various sales and marketing processes. ClearSlide serves a diverse range of industries, including media, technology, education, and healthcare, enabling enterprise sales professionals to enhance customer interactions and achieve better business outcomes. As of December 2017, ClearSlide operates as a subsidiary of Corel Corporation.

Hall

Series A in 2013
Hall (formerly CompanyLine) helps teams and companies communicate in real-time. Our all-in-one unified communications app has everything your company needs to communicate and get things done. Hall was part of **[AngelPad](http://angelpad.org) #4** in 2012.

Prevoty

Seed Round in 2013
Prevoty, Inc. is a cloud-based security company specializing in web application security. Founded in 2013 and based in Los Angeles, California, the company offers a suite of products designed to protect organizations' internal and external web applications from various security threats, including those identified by OWASP. Its flagship product, Integri, serves as a web security-as-a-service toolbox, providing performance optimization, multi-source content protection, and in-application security development. Additionally, Prevoty offers application security monitoring technology to safeguard critical business applications against potential threats. The company emphasizes integrating security into agile software development practices, enabling developers to create applications with enhanced security features while minimizing risks and facilitating collaboration between security and development teams. Prevoty operates as a subsidiary of Imperva, Inc. and has established a strategic partnership with WhiteHat Security.

Layer0

Series B in 2013
Layer0 is a software development company specializing in creating advanced website frontends. It offers a SaaS platform that facilitates the development, deployment, and previewing of business domains, significantly enhancing the efficiency of the web development process. The platform is designed to achieve sub-second loading speeds for database-driven sites, thereby optimizing the user experience. Additionally, Layer0 provides tools that reduce delivery times for mobile sites and native applications, effectively increasing mobile conversion rates beyond market averages. By leveraging the collective intelligence of its network, Layer0 enables clients to deliver superior digital experiences quickly and efficiently.

VMware/ Bitnami

Seed Round in 2013
Bitnami is a library of popular server applications and development environments that can be installed with one click, either in your laptop, in a virtual machine or hosted in the cloud. They take care of compiling and configuring the applications and all of their dependencies (third-party libraries, language runtimes, databases) so they work out-of-the-box. The resulting packaged software (a 'stack') is then made available as native installers, virtual machines and cloud images. These Bitnami application packages provide a consistent, secure and optimized end-user experience when deploying any app, on any platform. Bitnami-packaged applications are deployed over a million times per month and Bitnami drove over 235 million hours of compute usage in 2015. Bitnami is the leading supplier of applications to the major cloud marketplaces: Amazon, Google, Oracle, Microsoft and VMware, among others.

VirtuOz

Venture Round in 2011
VirtuOz is a leading provider of Digital Customer Relationship solutions, specializing in Intelligent Virtual Agents designed for large and mid-market enterprises. The company enables clients to enhance their online marketing, sales, and support channels, thereby improving user experience and operational efficiency. VirtuOz's innovative virtual agents facilitate self-service customer interactions at a significantly lower cost compared to traditional methods. With a strong track record of success, the company has processed over 166 million conversations for its clients and boasts the highest number of deployed enterprise virtual agents among Global 2000 companies, including notable clients such as PayPal, Michelin, SFR, H&R Block, and Symantec. VirtuOz's solutions are recognized for their effectiveness, combining advanced technology with best practices in agent development and optimization to deliver measurable outcomes.

VirtuOz

Series B in 2009
VirtuOz is a leading provider of Digital Customer Relationship solutions, specializing in Intelligent Virtual Agents designed for large and mid-market enterprises. The company enables clients to enhance their online marketing, sales, and support channels, thereby improving user experience and operational efficiency. VirtuOz's innovative virtual agents facilitate self-service customer interactions at a significantly lower cost compared to traditional methods. With a strong track record of success, the company has processed over 166 million conversations for its clients and boasts the highest number of deployed enterprise virtual agents among Global 2000 companies, including notable clients such as PayPal, Michelin, SFR, H&R Block, and Symantec. VirtuOz's solutions are recognized for their effectiveness, combining advanced technology with best practices in agent development and optimization to deliver measurable outcomes.

Proofpoint

Series F in 2008
Proofpoint Inc. is a prominent cybersecurity and compliance company that specializes in cloud-based solutions designed to safeguard modern work environments. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Proofpoint offers a comprehensive suite of services, including email security, encryption, archiving, data loss prevention, and incident response. Its solutions are tailored for mid and large-sized organizations, enabling them to protect users from advanced threats across various channels such as email, social media, and mobile applications. With a client base that includes over 3,000 enterprise-level accounts, including global corporations, universities, and government agencies, Proofpoint aims to enhance organizational security and ensure regulatory compliance while facilitating secure communication and data governance.

Zimbra

Series C in 2006
Zimbra is a developer of open-source email and collaboration software, catering to service providers, enterprises, and government organizations. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Frisco, Texas, with additional offices in San Mateo, London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Pune, Zimbra offers solutions designed to enhance communication and data management. Its flagship product, Zimbra Collaboration Server, addresses the challenges posed by outdated communication infrastructures, providing integrated email, calendar, and collaboration capabilities. Additionally, Zimbra Desktop allows users to consolidate information from various accounts, including Zimbra, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, and Hotmail. By focusing on secure and private data management, Zimbra helps organizations effectively organize and control their communications and information.

Proofpoint

Series E in 2006
Proofpoint Inc. is a prominent cybersecurity and compliance company that specializes in cloud-based solutions designed to safeguard modern work environments. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Proofpoint offers a comprehensive suite of services, including email security, encryption, archiving, data loss prevention, and incident response. Its solutions are tailored for mid and large-sized organizations, enabling them to protect users from advanced threats across various channels such as email, social media, and mobile applications. With a client base that includes over 3,000 enterprise-level accounts, including global corporations, universities, and government agencies, Proofpoint aims to enhance organizational security and ensure regulatory compliance while facilitating secure communication and data governance.

Proofpoint

Series C in 2004
Proofpoint Inc. is a prominent cybersecurity and compliance company that specializes in cloud-based solutions designed to safeguard modern work environments. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Proofpoint offers a comprehensive suite of services, including email security, encryption, archiving, data loss prevention, and incident response. Its solutions are tailored for mid and large-sized organizations, enabling them to protect users from advanced threats across various channels such as email, social media, and mobile applications. With a client base that includes over 3,000 enterprise-level accounts, including global corporations, universities, and government agencies, Proofpoint aims to enhance organizational security and ensure regulatory compliance while facilitating secure communication and data governance.
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