Lightspeed Israel

Lightspeed Israel, established in 2006, is a venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It invests in seed, early, and later-stage companies across the information technology and TMT sectors. The firm focuses on supporting innovative Israeli startups, providing capital and strategic guidance to accelerate their growth. Lightspeed Israel typically invests between $2 million to $25 million per company, with a particular interest in enterprise, health, fintech, and consumer sectors. It manages multiple funds, including Lightspeed Venture Partners IX and Lightspeed India Partners I & II, to support its investment activities in Israel and India.

Shaurya Aggarwal

Partner

Vaibhav Agrawal

Venture Partner

James Alcorn

Partner

Saqib Awan

Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Partner and Head of Gaming

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Luke Beseda

Partner

Akshay Bhushan

Partner

Taggart Bonham

Partner

Guru Chahal

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Sun Daniel

Partner

Amish Desai

Partner

Sebastian Duesterhoeft

Partner

Barry Eggers

Co-Founder and Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

James Ephrati

Partner

Jack Fowler

Partner

Aaron Frank

Venture Partner

Adam Goldberg

Venture Partner

Globin Guo

Executive Director

Gaurav Gupta

Partner

David Gussarsky

Partner

Herry Han

Co-Founder and Partner

Lisa Han

Partner

Rob Horton JD

COO

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Galym Imanbayev MD

Partner

Nnamdi Iregbulem

Partner

Raviraj Jain

Partner

Arif Janmohamed

Partner

Julie Kainz

Partner

Ansaf Kareem

Partner

Alex Kayyal

Partner

Dev Khare

Partner

Issac Kim

Partner

Will Kohler

Partner

Harsha Kumar

Associate Partner

Pinn Lawjindakul

Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Will Leas

Partner

Jeremy Liew

Partner

Connor Love

Partner

John Luongo

Venture Partner

Natalie Luu

Partner

Naveed Matinfar

Partner

Ravi Mhatre

Co-Founder and Partner

James Mi

Founding Partner

Andrew Moley

Operating Partner and CFO

Tal Morgenstern

Partner

Peter Nieh

Partner and Co-Founder

Justin Overdorff

Partner

Zac Pan

Associate Partner

Apoorva Pandhi

Associate

Krish Parikh

Partner of Business Services

Nicole Quinn

Partner

Adrian Nicholas Radu

Partner

Christopher Schaepe

Co-Founder

Alexander Schmitt

Partner

Shan Shan

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Shuvi Shrivastava

Partner

Ishaan Preet Singh

Investor

Adam Smith

Partner

Bejul Somaia

Partner

Rahul Taneja

Partner

Alex Taussig

Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

Anoushka Vaswani

Partner

Rytis Vitkauskas

Partner

Jason Wang

Vice President

Nathan Wang

Vice President

Nathan Wu

Partner, Growth

Mark Xu

Partner

Cici Yang

Vice President

Jerry Ye

Partner, Data Platform

Haowei Zhai

Vice President

Issac Zhang

Vice President

Ju Zhang

Executive Director

Gavin Zhu

Partner

Hu Peipei

Investment Manager

Past deals in Storage Services

Grafana Labs

Series D in 2024
Grafana Labs is a company that specializes in providing an open and composable monitoring and observability stack centered around its flagship product, Grafana, an open-source technology for dashboards and data visualization. With over 3,000 customers, including major corporations like Bloomberg, Citigroup, and Salesforce, the company serves a global user base exceeding 20 million. Grafana Labs offers solutions that help organizations manage their observability strategies through its LGTM Stack, which can be deployed as a fully managed service via Grafana Cloud or as a self-managed option with Grafana Enterprise. Their offerings include scalable metrics management through Grafana Mimir, log aggregation with Grafana Loki, and distributed tracing via Grafana Tempo. These tools enable firms to unify data from various sources, enhancing their monitoring capabilities while avoiding vendor lock-in and high costs associated with proprietary solutions.

Zhejiang Lanneng

Venture Round in 2023
Zhejiang Lanneng is a proficient manufacturer of gas storage and transportation equipment combining R&D, production, sales, servicing, and system integration.

CommandK

Seed Round in 2023
CommandK offers a configuration management platform aimed at preventing data leaks and enhancing governance for businesses. The platform provides a unified control center that allows companies to manage configurations across diverse environments efficiently. It features a robust change management process that enables users to utilize a command line application for version control, facilitating updates, rollbacks, and formalized approvals. By focusing on the protection of sensitive data, CommandK supports organizations in maintaining compliance and security in their operations.

Grafana Labs

Series D in 2022
Grafana Labs is a company that specializes in providing an open and composable monitoring and observability stack centered around its flagship product, Grafana, an open-source technology for dashboards and data visualization. With over 3,000 customers, including major corporations like Bloomberg, Citigroup, and Salesforce, the company serves a global user base exceeding 20 million. Grafana Labs offers solutions that help organizations manage their observability strategies through its LGTM Stack, which can be deployed as a fully managed service via Grafana Cloud or as a self-managed option with Grafana Enterprise. Their offerings include scalable metrics management through Grafana Mimir, log aggregation with Grafana Loki, and distributed tracing via Grafana Tempo. These tools enable firms to unify data from various sources, enhancing their monitoring capabilities while avoiding vendor lock-in and high costs associated with proprietary solutions.

Grafana Labs

Series C in 2021
Grafana Labs is a company that specializes in providing an open and composable monitoring and observability stack centered around its flagship product, Grafana, an open-source technology for dashboards and data visualization. With over 3,000 customers, including major corporations like Bloomberg, Citigroup, and Salesforce, the company serves a global user base exceeding 20 million. Grafana Labs offers solutions that help organizations manage their observability strategies through its LGTM Stack, which can be deployed as a fully managed service via Grafana Cloud or as a self-managed option with Grafana Enterprise. Their offerings include scalable metrics management through Grafana Mimir, log aggregation with Grafana Loki, and distributed tracing via Grafana Tempo. These tools enable firms to unify data from various sources, enhancing their monitoring capabilities while avoiding vendor lock-in and high costs associated with proprietary solutions.

Grafana Labs

Series B in 2020
Grafana Labs is a company that specializes in providing an open and composable monitoring and observability stack centered around its flagship product, Grafana, an open-source technology for dashboards and data visualization. With over 3,000 customers, including major corporations like Bloomberg, Citigroup, and Salesforce, the company serves a global user base exceeding 20 million. Grafana Labs offers solutions that help organizations manage their observability strategies through its LGTM Stack, which can be deployed as a fully managed service via Grafana Cloud or as a self-managed option with Grafana Enterprise. Their offerings include scalable metrics management through Grafana Mimir, log aggregation with Grafana Loki, and distributed tracing via Grafana Tempo. These tools enable firms to unify data from various sources, enhancing their monitoring capabilities while avoiding vendor lock-in and high costs associated with proprietary solutions.

Grafana Labs

Series A in 2019
Grafana Labs is a company that specializes in providing an open and composable monitoring and observability stack centered around its flagship product, Grafana, an open-source technology for dashboards and data visualization. With over 3,000 customers, including major corporations like Bloomberg, Citigroup, and Salesforce, the company serves a global user base exceeding 20 million. Grafana Labs offers solutions that help organizations manage their observability strategies through its LGTM Stack, which can be deployed as a fully managed service via Grafana Cloud or as a self-managed option with Grafana Enterprise. Their offerings include scalable metrics management through Grafana Mimir, log aggregation with Grafana Loki, and distributed tracing via Grafana Tempo. These tools enable firms to unify data from various sources, enhancing their monitoring capabilities while avoiding vendor lock-in and high costs associated with proprietary solutions.

M3O

Seed Round in 2019
M3O is a cloud-native development platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaboration on microservices for developers. Founded in 1979 and based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the company aims to streamline the development process, allowing developers to concentrate on product innovation rather than infrastructure concerns. M3O's platform provides tools that simplify the complexities associated with microservices architecture, enabling teams to enhance their productivity and efficiency in building applications.

Datrium

Series D in 2018
Datrium, Inc. develops and manufactures server flash storage systems, focusing on simplifying the multi-cloud data lifecycle for enterprises. The company's flagship product, the Datrium DVX system, integrates hyperconverged infrastructure with advanced data management capabilities, including built-in cloud backup and disaster recovery orchestration. Datrium also offers a range of products such as Data Cloud for data management, Blanket Encryption for secure private cloud storage, and DVX Rackscale systems which allow for flexible configurations with third-party compute nodes. The company's solutions enhance performance and security while facilitating administration of hybrid cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Datrium operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc. as of July 2020.

Elastifile

Series C in 2017
Elastifile specializes in innovative data storage and management solutions that cater to the needs of enterprises operating in cloud and hybrid cloud environments. The company offers a distributed file system designed for scalability and high performance, which integrates object tiering to facilitate unified access to global data. By eliminating traditional storage silos, Elastifile empowers organizations to move applications seamlessly across various cloud platforms, enabling them to fully utilize cloud infrastructure for diverse data-driven workflows, such as analytics, DevOps, and high-performance computing. Its technology combines elements of cloud services, virtualization, and data communications to create a cohesive storage solution, helping clients adapt to and thrive in the evolving cloud landscape.

Avere Systems

Series E in 2017
Avere Systems, Inc. specializes in cloud file storage infrastructure, providing solutions that enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of data storage for enterprises. The company offers a range of products, including Virtual FXT Edge filers, CloudFusion, and FXT Edge Filers, which optimize network-attached storage (NAS) and facilitate cloud integration. Avere's storage management software, such as FlashMove and FlashMirror, assists with data migration and protection, while their cloud enablement solutions address various storage needs, including private object storage and NAS optimization. With a commitment to transforming the economics of data storage, Avere empowers organizations across diverse industries, including government, finance, media, life sciences, and energy, to manage their data with greater flexibility and security. Founded in 2008 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Avere Systems operates as a subsidiary of Microsoft Azure and maintains data centers worldwide.

Datrium

Series C in 2016
Datrium, Inc. develops and manufactures server flash storage systems, focusing on simplifying the multi-cloud data lifecycle for enterprises. The company's flagship product, the Datrium DVX system, integrates hyperconverged infrastructure with advanced data management capabilities, including built-in cloud backup and disaster recovery orchestration. Datrium also offers a range of products such as Data Cloud for data management, Blanket Encryption for secure private cloud storage, and DVX Rackscale systems which allow for flexible configurations with third-party compute nodes. The company's solutions enhance performance and security while facilitating administration of hybrid cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Datrium operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc. as of July 2020.

FangCloud

Series A in 2016
FangCloud Technology specializes in providing cloud-based enterprise file management services. The company's platform enables secure and convenient access, sharing, and collaboration on corporate files, facilitating seamless connections between employers, employees, and data. Key features include large file storage, multi-level user access control, and robust data security measures. By focusing on these aspects, FangCloud aims to help enterprises maximize the value of their core digital assets. The founding team has prior experience with a leading enterprise cloud storage provider, underscoring their commitment to delivering professional file management solutions.

Alooma

Series A in 2016
Alooma Ltd. is a data platform provider that enables users to build and manage data pipelines efficiently. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in California, the company allows data teams to integrate various data sources into a centralized data warehouse in real-time, primarily facilitating migration to Google Cloud services. Alooma supports numerous popular data sources and features a fault-tolerant, distributed architecture, providing users with visibility into their data pipelines, including monitoring of throughput, latency, and error rates. The platform also offers web and email notifications to alert users of any issues within their data pipelines, enhancing the overall data management and migration experience. As of March 2019, Alooma operates as a subsidiary of Google LLC.

Elastifile

Series B in 2016
Elastifile specializes in innovative data storage and management solutions that cater to the needs of enterprises operating in cloud and hybrid cloud environments. The company offers a distributed file system designed for scalability and high performance, which integrates object tiering to facilitate unified access to global data. By eliminating traditional storage silos, Elastifile empowers organizations to move applications seamlessly across various cloud platforms, enabling them to fully utilize cloud infrastructure for diverse data-driven workflows, such as analytics, DevOps, and high-performance computing. Its technology combines elements of cloud services, virtualization, and data communications to create a cohesive storage solution, helping clients adapt to and thrive in the evolving cloud landscape.

Datos IO

Series A in 2015
Datos IO is a developer of a cloud-scale, application-centric data management platform that simplifies data management across private, hybrid, and public cloud environments. The company's flagship product, RecoverX, offers scalable versioning and reliable recovery solutions to safeguard next-generation applications and distributed databases. By enabling organizations to protect, mobilize, and monetize their application data effectively, Datos IO addresses the complexities associated with hybrid cloud infrastructures. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company has received recognition from notable industry leaders, including being featured in Gartner's 2016 Hype Cycle for Storage Technologies and receiving the 2016 Product of the Year award from Storage Magazine. Datos IO is supported by notable venture capital firms, including Lightspeed Venture Partners and True Ventures.

Tintri

Series F in 2015
Tintri is an American information technology company that specializes in providing an enterprise cloud platform designed to integrate public cloud capabilities within private data centers. The platform combines cloud management software, web services, and all-flash storage systems, enabling organizations and cloud service providers to effectively manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Tintri's architecture allows customers to guarantee application performance, automate IT tasks through Open APIs, and troubleshoot infrastructure issues. This flexibility and scalability make it a trusted choice for leading enterprises and cloud service providers, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare, as they seek to modernize their data center operations.

Plexistor

Series A in 2014
Plexistor Ltd. specializes in Software Defined Memory (SDM), a technology that combines memory and storage to deliver high-speed data processing for in-memory applications. Founded in 2013 and based in Herzliya, Israel, with an additional office in Palo Alto, California, Plexistor's SDM platform enhances both on-premise and cloud-based infrastructures. It supports a variety of applications, including relational databases, NoSQL, and Big Data analytics, by providing persistent high-capacity storage that operates at near-memory speeds. This innovation addresses the limitations of traditional memory technologies, such as low capacity and volatility, allowing enterprises to efficiently manage large data sets and respond quickly to customer needs. Plexistor operates as a subsidiary of NetApp, Inc. since June 2017.

PernixData

Series C in 2014
PernixData is a technology company based in San Jose, California, focused on transforming storage design and operations in virtual data centers. Its primary product, PernixData FVP software, virtualizes server-side flash and RAM, allowing for enhanced storage performance that operates independently of storage capacity. This innovative approach requires no modifications to virtual machines, servers, or primary storage, ensuring optimal performance for all virtualized applications in a seamless, scalable, and cost-effective manner. Founded by industry experts Poojan Kumar and Satyam Vaghani, PernixData has garnered support from prominent venture capital firms and leaders in enterprise software.

Alooma

Seed Round in 2014
Alooma Ltd. is a data platform provider that enables users to build and manage data pipelines efficiently. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in California, the company allows data teams to integrate various data sources into a centralized data warehouse in real-time, primarily facilitating migration to Google Cloud services. Alooma supports numerous popular data sources and features a fault-tolerant, distributed architecture, providing users with visibility into their data pipelines, including monitoring of throughput, latency, and error rates. The platform also offers web and email notifications to alert users of any issues within their data pipelines, enhancing the overall data management and migration experience. As of March 2019, Alooma operates as a subsidiary of Google LLC.

Pivot3

Series E in 2014
Pivot3, based in Palo Alto, is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by unifying storage, compute, and network resources into streamlined solutions. Founded with the goal of reducing cost, risk, and complexity, Pivot3 has developed technologies that have enabled thousands of enterprises globally to achieve their IT and business objectives. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3's solutions deliver significant business benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, uninterrupted revenue generation, and improved customer satisfaction. With a diverse product portfolio optimized for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has successfully deployed over 16,000 systems in 53 countries, serving a wide range of industries including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail.

Avere Systems

Series D in 2014
Avere Systems, Inc. specializes in cloud file storage infrastructure, providing solutions that enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of data storage for enterprises. The company offers a range of products, including Virtual FXT Edge filers, CloudFusion, and FXT Edge Filers, which optimize network-attached storage (NAS) and facilitate cloud integration. Avere's storage management software, such as FlashMove and FlashMirror, assists with data migration and protection, while their cloud enablement solutions address various storage needs, including private object storage and NAS optimization. With a commitment to transforming the economics of data storage, Avere empowers organizations across diverse industries, including government, finance, media, life sciences, and energy, to manage their data with greater flexibility and security. Founded in 2008 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Avere Systems operates as a subsidiary of Microsoft Azure and maintains data centers worldwide.

Tintri

Series E in 2014
Tintri is an American information technology company that specializes in providing an enterprise cloud platform designed to integrate public cloud capabilities within private data centers. The platform combines cloud management software, web services, and all-flash storage systems, enabling organizations and cloud service providers to effectively manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Tintri's architecture allows customers to guarantee application performance, automate IT tasks through Open APIs, and troubleshoot infrastructure issues. This flexibility and scalability make it a trusted choice for leading enterprises and cloud service providers, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare, as they seek to modernize their data center operations.

Primary Data

Series B in 2014
Primary Data, founded in 2013 and based in Sandy, Utah, specializes in intelligence and automation software for enterprise data management, facilitating seamless integration between on-premises IT infrastructure and cloud environments. The company's flagship platform, DataSphere, utilizes metadata management and machine learning to optimize data movement within a global namespace. It enables organizations managing large data volumes to efficiently handle billions of files, automate data migration processes, and improve cloud integration while enhancing network-attached storage (NAS) performance. By ensuring that the right data is accessible to the right applications at the right time, Primary Data helps enterprises maximize the value of their infrastructure investments.

Nutanix

Series D in 2014
Nutanix, established in 2009, is a leading provider of cloud software. Its core offering, the Nutanix Cloud Platform, enables organizations to build and manage a hybrid multicloud infrastructure, running applications and managing data consistently across core data centers, edge locations, and public clouds. This platform supports various hypervisors and container platforms, providing a unified, agile solution. Nutanix also offers Beam, a multi-cloud optimization service that delivers deep visibility into cloud consumption patterns, automates cost optimization, and ensures security compliance. The company serves a wide range of industries and operates on a subscription-based business model, with key revenue generated from the United States.

Elastifile

Series A in 2014
Elastifile specializes in innovative data storage and management solutions that cater to the needs of enterprises operating in cloud and hybrid cloud environments. The company offers a distributed file system designed for scalability and high performance, which integrates object tiering to facilitate unified access to global data. By eliminating traditional storage silos, Elastifile empowers organizations to move applications seamlessly across various cloud platforms, enabling them to fully utilize cloud infrastructure for diverse data-driven workflows, such as analytics, DevOps, and high-performance computing. Its technology combines elements of cloud services, virtualization, and data communications to create a cohesive storage solution, helping clients adapt to and thrive in the evolving cloud landscape.

Infinio

Series B in 2013
Infinio Systems Inc. specializes in developing software solutions aimed at enhancing storage performance in virtual environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional office in New York, the company addresses a critical challenge faced by data center administrators: the need for improved storage performance rather than merely increasing hardware capacity. Infinio's software-only solution focuses on optimizing network-attached storage (NAS) performance, allowing businesses to improve their operational efficiency and customer experience without the high costs associated with additional storage hardware. The company is backed by prominent venture capital firms, which underscores its potential in the market.

Primary Data

Series B in 2013
Primary Data, founded in 2013 and based in Sandy, Utah, specializes in intelligence and automation software for enterprise data management, facilitating seamless integration between on-premises IT infrastructure and cloud environments. The company's flagship platform, DataSphere, utilizes metadata management and machine learning to optimize data movement within a global namespace. It enables organizations managing large data volumes to efficiently handle billions of files, automate data migration processes, and improve cloud integration while enhancing network-attached storage (NAS) performance. By ensuring that the right data is accessible to the right applications at the right time, Primary Data helps enterprises maximize the value of their infrastructure investments.

Pivot3

Venture Round in 2013
Pivot3, based in Palo Alto, is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by unifying storage, compute, and network resources into streamlined solutions. Founded with the goal of reducing cost, risk, and complexity, Pivot3 has developed technologies that have enabled thousands of enterprises globally to achieve their IT and business objectives. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3's solutions deliver significant business benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, uninterrupted revenue generation, and improved customer satisfaction. With a diverse product portfolio optimized for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has successfully deployed over 16,000 systems in 53 countries, serving a wide range of industries including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail.

PernixData

Series B in 2013
PernixData is a technology company based in San Jose, California, focused on transforming storage design and operations in virtual data centers. Its primary product, PernixData FVP software, virtualizes server-side flash and RAM, allowing for enhanced storage performance that operates independently of storage capacity. This innovative approach requires no modifications to virtual machines, servers, or primary storage, ensuring optimal performance for all virtualized applications in a seamless, scalable, and cost-effective manner. Founded by industry experts Poojan Kumar and Satyam Vaghani, PernixData has garnered support from prominent venture capital firms and leaders in enterprise software.

Nimble Storage

Series E in 2012
Nimble Storage, Inc. specializes in flash storage solutions, providing a range of products that include all-flash arrays, adaptive flash arrays, and multi-cloud storage services. The company's offerings are designed to enhance performance and simplify operations for various business applications, including databases, virtual servers, and data analytics. Nimble's patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture combines flash with high-capacity drives, enabling high performance at an affordable cost while improving disaster recovery and backup processes. Their predictive cloud platform, InfoSight, incorporates predictive analytics to optimize storage management across on-premises data centers and cloud environments. Nimble Cloud Volumes allow customers to run applications in leading cloud services like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The company distributes its products through a network of value-added resellers and integrators, serving diverse sectors including healthcare, finance, education, and technology. Founded in 2007 and based in San Jose, California, Nimble Storage operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

Nutanix

Series C in 2012
Nutanix, established in 2009, is a leading provider of cloud software. Its core offering, the Nutanix Cloud Platform, enables organizations to build and manage a hybrid multicloud infrastructure, running applications and managing data consistently across core data centers, edge locations, and public clouds. This platform supports various hypervisors and container platforms, providing a unified, agile solution. Nutanix also offers Beam, a multi-cloud optimization service that delivers deep visibility into cloud consumption patterns, automates cost optimization, and ensures security compliance. The company serves a wide range of industries and operates on a subscription-based business model, with key revenue generated from the United States.

Tintri

Series D in 2012
Tintri is an American information technology company that specializes in providing an enterprise cloud platform designed to integrate public cloud capabilities within private data centers. The platform combines cloud management software, web services, and all-flash storage systems, enabling organizations and cloud service providers to effectively manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Tintri's architecture allows customers to guarantee application performance, automate IT tasks through Open APIs, and troubleshoot infrastructure issues. This flexibility and scalability make it a trusted choice for leading enterprises and cloud service providers, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare, as they seek to modernize their data center operations.

Avere Systems

Series C in 2012
Avere Systems, Inc. specializes in cloud file storage infrastructure, providing solutions that enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of data storage for enterprises. The company offers a range of products, including Virtual FXT Edge filers, CloudFusion, and FXT Edge Filers, which optimize network-attached storage (NAS) and facilitate cloud integration. Avere's storage management software, such as FlashMove and FlashMirror, assists with data migration and protection, while their cloud enablement solutions address various storage needs, including private object storage and NAS optimization. With a commitment to transforming the economics of data storage, Avere empowers organizations across diverse industries, including government, finance, media, life sciences, and energy, to manage their data with greater flexibility and security. Founded in 2008 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Avere Systems operates as a subsidiary of Microsoft Azure and maintains data centers worldwide.

Pivot3

Venture Round in 2012
Pivot3, based in Palo Alto, is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by unifying storage, compute, and network resources into streamlined solutions. Founded with the goal of reducing cost, risk, and complexity, Pivot3 has developed technologies that have enabled thousands of enterprises globally to achieve their IT and business objectives. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3's solutions deliver significant business benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, uninterrupted revenue generation, and improved customer satisfaction. With a diverse product portfolio optimized for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has successfully deployed over 16,000 systems in 53 countries, serving a wide range of industries including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail.

PernixData

Series A in 2012
PernixData is a technology company based in San Jose, California, focused on transforming storage design and operations in virtual data centers. Its primary product, PernixData FVP software, virtualizes server-side flash and RAM, allowing for enhanced storage performance that operates independently of storage capacity. This innovative approach requires no modifications to virtual machines, servers, or primary storage, ensuring optimal performance for all virtualized applications in a seamless, scalable, and cost-effective manner. Founded by industry experts Poojan Kumar and Satyam Vaghani, PernixData has garnered support from prominent venture capital firms and leaders in enterprise software.

Infinio

Seed Round in 2012
Infinio Systems Inc. specializes in developing software solutions aimed at enhancing storage performance in virtual environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional office in New York, the company addresses a critical challenge faced by data center administrators: the need for improved storage performance rather than merely increasing hardware capacity. Infinio's software-only solution focuses on optimizing network-attached storage (NAS) performance, allowing businesses to improve their operational efficiency and customer experience without the high costs associated with additional storage hardware. The company is backed by prominent venture capital firms, which underscores its potential in the market.

XtremIO

Series B in 2011
XtremIO, based in Cupertino, California, and Herzelyia, Israel, specializes in developing next-generation storage solutions utilizing solid-state technology. The company offers all-flash, scale-out enterprise storage arrays that significantly enhance performance, accelerate applications, and manage higher workloads compared to traditional disk arrays. By deploying XtremIO’s systems in data centers, organizations can lower total ownership costs, reduce power consumption, and minimize physical space requirements. Their solutions simplify provisioning and eliminate the need for complex tuning across various applications, including virtual server and desktop infrastructure, database consolidation, and analytics. Founded in 2009, XtremIO has garnered support from several venture capital firms.

Nutanix

Series B in 2011
Nutanix, established in 2009, is a leading provider of cloud software. Its core offering, the Nutanix Cloud Platform, enables organizations to build and manage a hybrid multicloud infrastructure, running applications and managing data consistently across core data centers, edge locations, and public clouds. This platform supports various hypervisors and container platforms, providing a unified, agile solution. Nutanix also offers Beam, a multi-cloud optimization service that delivers deep visibility into cloud consumption patterns, automates cost optimization, and ensures security compliance. The company serves a wide range of industries and operates on a subscription-based business model, with key revenue generated from the United States.

Nimble Storage

Series D in 2011
Nimble Storage, Inc. specializes in flash storage solutions, providing a range of products that include all-flash arrays, adaptive flash arrays, and multi-cloud storage services. The company's offerings are designed to enhance performance and simplify operations for various business applications, including databases, virtual servers, and data analytics. Nimble's patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture combines flash with high-capacity drives, enabling high performance at an affordable cost while improving disaster recovery and backup processes. Their predictive cloud platform, InfoSight, incorporates predictive analytics to optimize storage management across on-premises data centers and cloud environments. Nimble Cloud Volumes allow customers to run applications in leading cloud services like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The company distributes its products through a network of value-added resellers and integrators, serving diverse sectors including healthcare, finance, education, and technology. Founded in 2007 and based in San Jose, California, Nimble Storage operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

Tintri

Series C in 2011
Tintri is an American information technology company that specializes in providing an enterprise cloud platform designed to integrate public cloud capabilities within private data centers. The platform combines cloud management software, web services, and all-flash storage systems, enabling organizations and cloud service providers to effectively manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Tintri's architecture allows customers to guarantee application performance, automate IT tasks through Open APIs, and troubleshoot infrastructure issues. This flexibility and scalability make it a trusted choice for leading enterprises and cloud service providers, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare, as they seek to modernize their data center operations.

Nutanix

Series A in 2011
Nutanix, established in 2009, is a leading provider of cloud software. Its core offering, the Nutanix Cloud Platform, enables organizations to build and manage a hybrid multicloud infrastructure, running applications and managing data consistently across core data centers, edge locations, and public clouds. This platform supports various hypervisors and container platforms, providing a unified, agile solution. Nutanix also offers Beam, a multi-cloud optimization service that delivers deep visibility into cloud consumption patterns, automates cost optimization, and ensures security compliance. The company serves a wide range of industries and operates on a subscription-based business model, with key revenue generated from the United States.

IO Turbine

Venture Round in 2011
IO Turbine, Inc. is an early-stage company based in San Jose, California, focused on developing innovative data storage software. The company aims to resolve input/output bottleneck issues by implementing Flash technology directly within VMware server environments. Through its software solution, IO Turbine enhances data processing efficiency, making it a valuable resource for organizations looking to optimize their storage systems and improve overall performance.

Tintri

Series B in 2011
Tintri is an American information technology company that specializes in providing an enterprise cloud platform designed to integrate public cloud capabilities within private data centers. The platform combines cloud management software, web services, and all-flash storage systems, enabling organizations and cloud service providers to effectively manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Tintri's architecture allows customers to guarantee application performance, automate IT tasks through Open APIs, and troubleshoot infrastructure issues. This flexibility and scalability make it a trusted choice for leading enterprises and cloud service providers, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare, as they seek to modernize their data center operations.

Cirtas Systems

Series B in 2011
Cirtas solves the challenges associated with storing data in the cloud, making cloud storage work just like on-site enterprise storage arrays. Deployed in the data center, Cirtas Bluejet Cloud Storage Controllers simplify storage management and vastly reduce storage TCO for medium to large enterprises. Founded in 2008, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California and is backed by NEA, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and Amazon.

Nimble Storage

Series C in 2010
Nimble Storage, Inc. specializes in flash storage solutions, providing a range of products that include all-flash arrays, adaptive flash arrays, and multi-cloud storage services. The company's offerings are designed to enhance performance and simplify operations for various business applications, including databases, virtual servers, and data analytics. Nimble's patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture combines flash with high-capacity drives, enabling high performance at an affordable cost while improving disaster recovery and backup processes. Their predictive cloud platform, InfoSight, incorporates predictive analytics to optimize storage management across on-premises data centers and cloud environments. Nimble Cloud Volumes allow customers to run applications in leading cloud services like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The company distributes its products through a network of value-added resellers and integrators, serving diverse sectors including healthcare, finance, education, and technology. Founded in 2007 and based in San Jose, California, Nimble Storage operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

Cirtas Systems

Series A in 2010
Cirtas solves the challenges associated with storing data in the cloud, making cloud storage work just like on-site enterprise storage arrays. Deployed in the data center, Cirtas Bluejet Cloud Storage Controllers simplify storage management and vastly reduce storage TCO for medium to large enterprises. Founded in 2008, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California and is backed by NEA, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and Amazon.

Fusion-io

Series C in 2010
Fusion-io specializes in enterprise storage architecture and I/O solutions that enhance data processing speeds. The company's core offerings include the ioDrive, a non-volatile solid-state storage device utilizing NAND technology, and the ioMemory virtual storage layer, which serves as a flash-optimized operating system subsystem for the enterprise flash sector. Additionally, Fusion-io provides the ioSphere platform, a software management solution designed for server-attached storage-class memory. Their technology is employed by a diverse range of clients, including e-commerce companies, social media firms, and Fortune Global 500 enterprises, all of which leverage Fusion-io's solutions to improve the performance and efficiency of their data centers, thereby accelerating critical applications essential to the information economy.

Pivot3

Series D in 2010
Pivot3, based in Palo Alto, is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by unifying storage, compute, and network resources into streamlined solutions. Founded with the goal of reducing cost, risk, and complexity, Pivot3 has developed technologies that have enabled thousands of enterprises globally to achieve their IT and business objectives. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3's solutions deliver significant business benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, uninterrupted revenue generation, and improved customer satisfaction. With a diverse product portfolio optimized for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has successfully deployed over 16,000 systems in 53 countries, serving a wide range of industries including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail.

Pliant Technology

Venture Round in 2010
Pliant Technology specializes in developing solid state drive storage devices tailored for the enterprise computing market, specifically through its Pliant Enterprise Flash Drives (EFDs). These drives are engineered to enhance the performance, reliability, energy efficiency, and total cost of ownership for enterprise data center storage systems. Pliant's EFDs cater to data-intensive applications such as financial transactions, video on demand, airline reservations, and e-commerce, providing significant improvements over traditional hard drives and consumer solid state devices. By allowing one EFD to replace over a hundred enterprise hard disk drives, the solution optimizes storage efficiency while reducing power consumption by up to 80%. The company's design incorporates advanced software architecture and proprietary ASIC technology, promoting a shift in storage system paradigms and supporting energy-efficient practices in data management. Founded by a team of industry veterans from leading companies like Fujitsu, Maxtor, and Seagate, Pliant Technology aims to redefine enterprise storage solutions.

Pivot3

Venture Round in 2009
Pivot3, based in Palo Alto, is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by unifying storage, compute, and network resources into streamlined solutions. Founded with the goal of reducing cost, risk, and complexity, Pivot3 has developed technologies that have enabled thousands of enterprises globally to achieve their IT and business objectives. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3's solutions deliver significant business benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, uninterrupted revenue generation, and improved customer satisfaction. With a diverse product portfolio optimized for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has successfully deployed over 16,000 systems in 53 countries, serving a wide range of industries including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail.

Unity Semiconductor

Series C in 2009
Unity Semiconductor specializes in the development and manufacturing of non-volatile storage-class memory products. The company utilizes multi-layer memory array architectures and advanced memory cell technology to create innovative data storage solutions. Its products, which are primarily based on NAND flash technology, are designed for various applications, including solid state drives (SSDs) for notebooks and netbooks, as well as high-performance enterprise SSDs. Unity Semiconductor also caters to manufacturers across a range of consumer electronics, such as digital media players, mobile phones, digital cameras, eBook readers, flash cards, USB drives, and embedded flash modules.

Fusion-io

Series B in 2009
Fusion-io specializes in enterprise storage architecture and I/O solutions that enhance data processing speeds. The company's core offerings include the ioDrive, a non-volatile solid-state storage device utilizing NAND technology, and the ioMemory virtual storage layer, which serves as a flash-optimized operating system subsystem for the enterprise flash sector. Additionally, Fusion-io provides the ioSphere platform, a software management solution designed for server-attached storage-class memory. Their technology is employed by a diverse range of clients, including e-commerce companies, social media firms, and Fortune Global 500 enterprises, all of which leverage Fusion-io's solutions to improve the performance and efficiency of their data centers, thereby accelerating critical applications essential to the information economy.

Pliant Technology

Series C in 2009
Pliant Technology specializes in developing solid state drive storage devices tailored for the enterprise computing market, specifically through its Pliant Enterprise Flash Drives (EFDs). These drives are engineered to enhance the performance, reliability, energy efficiency, and total cost of ownership for enterprise data center storage systems. Pliant's EFDs cater to data-intensive applications such as financial transactions, video on demand, airline reservations, and e-commerce, providing significant improvements over traditional hard drives and consumer solid state devices. By allowing one EFD to replace over a hundred enterprise hard disk drives, the solution optimizes storage efficiency while reducing power consumption by up to 80%. The company's design incorporates advanced software architecture and proprietary ASIC technology, promoting a shift in storage system paradigms and supporting energy-efficient practices in data management. Founded by a team of industry veterans from leading companies like Fujitsu, Maxtor, and Seagate, Pliant Technology aims to redefine enterprise storage solutions.

Pliant Technology

Series B in 2008
Pliant Technology specializes in developing solid state drive storage devices tailored for the enterprise computing market, specifically through its Pliant Enterprise Flash Drives (EFDs). These drives are engineered to enhance the performance, reliability, energy efficiency, and total cost of ownership for enterprise data center storage systems. Pliant's EFDs cater to data-intensive applications such as financial transactions, video on demand, airline reservations, and e-commerce, providing significant improvements over traditional hard drives and consumer solid state devices. By allowing one EFD to replace over a hundred enterprise hard disk drives, the solution optimizes storage efficiency while reducing power consumption by up to 80%. The company's design incorporates advanced software architecture and proprietary ASIC technology, promoting a shift in storage system paradigms and supporting energy-efficient practices in data management. Founded by a team of industry veterans from leading companies like Fujitsu, Maxtor, and Seagate, Pliant Technology aims to redefine enterprise storage solutions.

Pliant Technology

Series A in 2008
Pliant Technology specializes in developing solid state drive storage devices tailored for the enterprise computing market, specifically through its Pliant Enterprise Flash Drives (EFDs). These drives are engineered to enhance the performance, reliability, energy efficiency, and total cost of ownership for enterprise data center storage systems. Pliant's EFDs cater to data-intensive applications such as financial transactions, video on demand, airline reservations, and e-commerce, providing significant improvements over traditional hard drives and consumer solid state devices. By allowing one EFD to replace over a hundred enterprise hard disk drives, the solution optimizes storage efficiency while reducing power consumption by up to 80%. The company's design incorporates advanced software architecture and proprietary ASIC technology, promoting a shift in storage system paradigms and supporting energy-efficient practices in data management. Founded by a team of industry veterans from leading companies like Fujitsu, Maxtor, and Seagate, Pliant Technology aims to redefine enterprise storage solutions.

Pivot3

Series C in 2008
Pivot3, based in Palo Alto, is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by unifying storage, compute, and network resources into streamlined solutions. Founded with the goal of reducing cost, risk, and complexity, Pivot3 has developed technologies that have enabled thousands of enterprises globally to achieve their IT and business objectives. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3's solutions deliver significant business benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, uninterrupted revenue generation, and improved customer satisfaction. With a diverse product portfolio optimized for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has successfully deployed over 16,000 systems in 53 countries, serving a wide range of industries including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail.

Pivot3

Venture Round in 2007
Pivot3, based in Palo Alto, is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by unifying storage, compute, and network resources into streamlined solutions. Founded with the goal of reducing cost, risk, and complexity, Pivot3 has developed technologies that have enabled thousands of enterprises globally to achieve their IT and business objectives. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3's solutions deliver significant business benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, uninterrupted revenue generation, and improved customer satisfaction. With a diverse product portfolio optimized for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has successfully deployed over 16,000 systems in 53 countries, serving a wide range of industries including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail.

NeoScale Systems

Series F in 2007
As of December 11, 2007, NeoScale Systems, Inc. was acquired by Ncipher plc. NeoScale Systems, Inc. provides enterprise storage security solutions. Its solutions enable organizations to address security risks associated with offsite storage, tape media access, business continuity, consolidation, and privacy compliance. The company's products include CryptoStor Tape, a tape security appliance that compresses, encrypts, and digitally signs data; CryptoStor FC Disk, an enterprise-class storage security appliance, which provides wire-speed encryption, centralized policy management, storage firewall access control, and fabric transparent operation for storage transport and media privacy; and CryptoStor KeyVault, an automated and open enterprise-class appliance for data-at-rest encryption key management. NeoScale Systems serves companies in various sectors, including financial services, healthcare / health services, manufacturing, retail / wholesale, entertainment, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, domestic and foreign government, and small-medium enterprises. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Milpitas, California.

MonoSphere

Series B in 2006
MonoSphere is the creator of Storage Horizon storage capacity management software. Quest has also hired a substantial number of the former MonoSphere employees. The high quality of MonoSphere's team and technology, as well as the fit of its products within Quest's management offerings, were key factors in the decision to proceed with this acquisition.

MonoSphere

Venture Round in 2005
MonoSphere is the creator of Storage Horizon storage capacity management software. Quest has also hired a substantial number of the former MonoSphere employees. The high quality of MonoSphere's team and technology, as well as the fit of its products within Quest's management offerings, were key factors in the decision to proceed with this acquisition.

NeoScale Systems

Series D in 2005
As of December 11, 2007, NeoScale Systems, Inc. was acquired by Ncipher plc. NeoScale Systems, Inc. provides enterprise storage security solutions. Its solutions enable organizations to address security risks associated with offsite storage, tape media access, business continuity, consolidation, and privacy compliance. The company's products include CryptoStor Tape, a tape security appliance that compresses, encrypts, and digitally signs data; CryptoStor FC Disk, an enterprise-class storage security appliance, which provides wire-speed encryption, centralized policy management, storage firewall access control, and fabric transparent operation for storage transport and media privacy; and CryptoStor KeyVault, an automated and open enterprise-class appliance for data-at-rest encryption key management. NeoScale Systems serves companies in various sectors, including financial services, healthcare / health services, manufacturing, retail / wholesale, entertainment, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, domestic and foreign government, and small-medium enterprises. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Milpitas, California.

Pivot3

Series B in 2005
Pivot3, based in Palo Alto, is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by unifying storage, compute, and network resources into streamlined solutions. Founded with the goal of reducing cost, risk, and complexity, Pivot3 has developed technologies that have enabled thousands of enterprises globally to achieve their IT and business objectives. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3's solutions deliver significant business benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, uninterrupted revenue generation, and improved customer satisfaction. With a diverse product portfolio optimized for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has successfully deployed over 16,000 systems in 53 countries, serving a wide range of industries including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail.

NeoScale Systems

Series C in 2004
As of December 11, 2007, NeoScale Systems, Inc. was acquired by Ncipher plc. NeoScale Systems, Inc. provides enterprise storage security solutions. Its solutions enable organizations to address security risks associated with offsite storage, tape media access, business continuity, consolidation, and privacy compliance. The company's products include CryptoStor Tape, a tape security appliance that compresses, encrypts, and digitally signs data; CryptoStor FC Disk, an enterprise-class storage security appliance, which provides wire-speed encryption, centralized policy management, storage firewall access control, and fabric transparent operation for storage transport and media privacy; and CryptoStor KeyVault, an automated and open enterprise-class appliance for data-at-rest encryption key management. NeoScale Systems serves companies in various sectors, including financial services, healthcare / health services, manufacturing, retail / wholesale, entertainment, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, domestic and foreign government, and small-medium enterprises. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Milpitas, California.

MonoSphere

Series C in 2003
MonoSphere is the creator of Storage Horizon storage capacity management software. Quest has also hired a substantial number of the former MonoSphere employees. The high quality of MonoSphere's team and technology, as well as the fit of its products within Quest's management offerings, were key factors in the decision to proceed with this acquisition.

NeoScale Systems

Series A in 2002
As of December 11, 2007, NeoScale Systems, Inc. was acquired by Ncipher plc. NeoScale Systems, Inc. provides enterprise storage security solutions. Its solutions enable organizations to address security risks associated with offsite storage, tape media access, business continuity, consolidation, and privacy compliance. The company's products include CryptoStor Tape, a tape security appliance that compresses, encrypts, and digitally signs data; CryptoStor FC Disk, an enterprise-class storage security appliance, which provides wire-speed encryption, centralized policy management, storage firewall access control, and fabric transparent operation for storage transport and media privacy; and CryptoStor KeyVault, an automated and open enterprise-class appliance for data-at-rest encryption key management. NeoScale Systems serves companies in various sectors, including financial services, healthcare / health services, manufacturing, retail / wholesale, entertainment, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, domestic and foreign government, and small-medium enterprises. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Milpitas, California.

Storability Software

Series B in 2001
Storability Software specializes in enterprise storage resource management solutions designed to simplify and centralize the management of complex, multi-site, and multi-vendor storage infrastructures. Its flagship product, the Global Storage Manager, is an open standards-based solution that empowers customers to better understand, manage, and optimize their storage investments. By utilizing Storability Software's offerings, clients can achieve increased asset utilization, improved management efficiency, enhanced quality of service, and greater availability of their storage resources.

Storability Software

Series A in 2000
Storability Software specializes in enterprise storage resource management solutions designed to simplify and centralize the management of complex, multi-site, and multi-vendor storage infrastructures. Its flagship product, the Global Storage Manager, is an open standards-based solution that empowers customers to better understand, manage, and optimize their storage investments. By utilizing Storability Software's offerings, clients can achieve increased asset utilization, improved management efficiency, enhanced quality of service, and greater availability of their storage resources.
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