Lightspeed Europe

Lightspeed Europe is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage and growth investments across various sectors, including consumer, health, and fintech. With its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, and regional offices in Europe, Israel, India, and China, Lightspeed aims to identify and support innovative companies that can disrupt traditional markets. The firm invests in a wide range of industries, such as enterprise technology, e-commerce, software, and biotechnology, providing both equity and debt financing. Lightspeed has a particular interest in technology-led businesses, as well as opportunities in advertising, media, healthcare, education, and retail. Its investment strategy emphasizes the provision of capital along with ongoing consulting and advisory services to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses effectively.

Shaurya Aggarwal

Partner

Vaibhav Agrawal

Associate Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Partner and Head of Gaming

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Akshay Bhushan

Venture Partner

Taggart Bonham

Partner

Ashley Brasier

Partner

Guru Chahal

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Amish Desai

Partner

Barry Eggers

Founder and Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

James Ephrati

Partner

Faraz Fatemi

Partner, Consumer

Jack Fowler

Partner

Aaron Frank

Venture Partner

Vivek Gambhir

Venture Partner

Gaurav Gupta

Partner

David Gussarsky

Partner

Lisa Han

Partner

Dat Han

Senior Associate

Rob Horton JD

COO

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Nnamdi Iregbulem

Partner

Raviraj Jain

Partner

Arif Janmohamed

Partner

Ansaf Kareem

Partner

Issac Kim

Partner

Harsha Kumar

Associate Partner

Pinn Lawjindakul

Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Jeremy Liew

Partner

Connor Love

Partner

John Luongo

Venture Partner

Natalie Luu

Partner

Naveed Matinfar

Partner

Arsham Memarzadeh

Partner

Michael Mignano

Partner, Consumer

Hemant Mohapatra

Partner

Andrew Moley

Operating Partner and CFO

Tal Morgenstern

Partner

Antoine Moyroud

Partner

Eric O'Brien

Affiliated Partner

Justin Overdorff

Partner

Apoorva Pandhi

Associate

Nicole Quinn

General Partner

Adrian Radu

Partner

Alexander Schmitt

Partner

Shan Shan

Partner

Aditya Sharma

Partner, Growth Equity - India and Asia-Pacific

Justin Shen

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Alex Taussig

Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

Anoushka Vaswani

Partner

Nathan Wu

Partner, Growth

Mark Xu

Partner

Mark Xu

Partner

Jerry Ye

Partner, Data Platform

Past deals in Virtualization

Normalyze

Series A in 2022
Normalyze is a provider of cloud data security solutions that focuses on protecting data, applications, identities, and infrastructure in public cloud environments. The company has developed an agentless scanning platform that prioritizes data security by enabling the discovery of sensitive data and its access routes across various cloud resources. This platform allows security teams to visualize their cloud data attack surface quickly and gain real-time insights into their security posture, including access controls, configurations, and sensitive data management. By offering these capabilities, Normalyze enhances the ability of organizations to analyze, prioritize, and respond to data threats, effectively preventing sensitive data leakage at scale across public clouds.

Varada

Series A in 2020
Varada Ltd. is a Tel Aviv-based company that specializes in cloud-based data warehousing as a service (DWaaS) designed for big data analytics. Established in 2016, Varada's platform enables data architects to enhance and optimize workloads through dynamic analysis and adaptive indexing, providing significant control over performance and costs. Its solution is tailored to support a wide range of analytical use cases at scale, positioning it as a competitor to major cloud platforms in the data warehousing space. Varada's technology leverages advanced system architecture and cost-effective pricing, incorporating flash and NVMe technologies, to facilitate interactive analytics on a petabyte scale, making it accessible for any SQL consumer to query various data sources efficiently.

MemVerge

Series B in 2020
MemVerge specializes in memory storage convergence software that integrates memory and storage to enhance data processing capabilities. The company's innovative platform utilizes proprietary Distributed Memory Objects (DMO) technology, creating a logical convergence layer that leverages Intel's Optane DC persistent memory. This technology allows data-intensive workloads, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data analytics, and IoT applications, to operate at memory speed, ensuring data consistency across various systems. By enabling enterprises to manage both small and large files efficiently, MemVerge empowers organizations to extract insights from their data more effectively.

MemVerge

Series A in 2019
MemVerge specializes in memory storage convergence software that integrates memory and storage to enhance data processing capabilities. The company's innovative platform utilizes proprietary Distributed Memory Objects (DMO) technology, creating a logical convergence layer that leverages Intel's Optane DC persistent memory. This technology allows data-intensive workloads, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data analytics, and IoT applications, to operate at memory speed, ensuring data consistency across various systems. By enabling enterprises to manage both small and large files efficiently, MemVerge empowers organizations to extract insights from their data more effectively.

Varada

Seed Round in 2019
Varada Ltd. is a Tel Aviv-based company that specializes in cloud-based data warehousing as a service (DWaaS) designed for big data analytics. Established in 2016, Varada's platform enables data architects to enhance and optimize workloads through dynamic analysis and adaptive indexing, providing significant control over performance and costs. Its solution is tailored to support a wide range of analytical use cases at scale, positioning it as a competitor to major cloud platforms in the data warehousing space. Varada's technology leverages advanced system architecture and cost-effective pricing, incorporating flash and NVMe technologies, to facilitate interactive analytics on a petabyte scale, making it accessible for any SQL consumer to query various data sources efficiently.

Datrium

Series D in 2018
Datrium is the leader in tier 1 hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) for hybrid clouds. Datrium converges tier 1 HCI, scale-out backup and cloud disaster recovery for vastly simpler administration, protection of hybrid cloud infrastructure, and higher IO performance than available with traditional HCI alternatives. Founded in 2012, Datrium is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States.

Avi Networks

Series D in 2018
Avi Networks, Inc. specializes in software-defined data center solutions, focusing on enhancing enterprises' digital transformation. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers the Avi Vantage Platform, which includes a Software Load Balancer, Intelligent Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Elastic Service Mesh. This platform is designed to be deployed across data centers and cloud environments, providing organizations with improved elasticity and intelligence in application delivery. Avi Networks enables customers to achieve significantly faster application rollouts, actionable analytics, and reduced costs, thus supporting efficient and scalable operations. As of July 31, 2019, Avi Networks operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

Vexata

Funding Round in 2017
Vexata, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of real-time enterprise storage systems, headquartered in San Jose, California. Founded in 2013, the company offers a data storage infrastructure platform that enhances the performance of various database and analytics applications, including Oracle and SQL Server. Vexata's solutions integrate distributed data management software with advanced networking principles to meet the demands of data-driven applications. This active data fabric allows businesses to manage large active data sets efficiently without the need for application rewrites or complex infrastructure changes. As of July 2019, Vexata operates as a subsidiary of StorCentric, Inc.

Datrium

Series C in 2016
Datrium is the leader in tier 1 hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) for hybrid clouds. Datrium converges tier 1 HCI, scale-out backup and cloud disaster recovery for vastly simpler administration, protection of hybrid cloud infrastructure, and higher IO performance than available with traditional HCI alternatives. Founded in 2012, Datrium is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States.

Bromium

Series D in 2016
Bromium Inc. specializes in micro-virtualization technology aimed at enhancing enterprise security by protecting end users from advanced malware threats. The company offers its flagship product, Bromium vSentry, which safeguards Windows PCs by isolating potential threats before they can compromise the system. This solution allows organizations to safely navigate risks associated with mobility and remote access, enabling users to engage with cloud applications and open potentially harmful documents without jeopardizing enterprise data. Bromium vSentry incorporates features such as Live Attack Visualization and Analysis (LAVA), which generates signatures for new attacks, enhancing the organization's ability to defend against emerging threats. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including energy, finance, government, healthcare, high technology, and retail. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, Bromium operates as a subsidiary of HP Inc., with a research and development center located in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Avi Networks

Series C in 2016
Avi Networks, Inc. specializes in software-defined data center solutions, focusing on enhancing enterprises' digital transformation. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers the Avi Vantage Platform, which includes a Software Load Balancer, Intelligent Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Elastic Service Mesh. This platform is designed to be deployed across data centers and cloud environments, providing organizations with improved elasticity and intelligence in application delivery. Avi Networks enables customers to achieve significantly faster application rollouts, actionable analytics, and reduced costs, thus supporting efficient and scalable operations. As of July 31, 2019, Avi Networks operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

CloudPassage

Series D in 2015
CloudPassage® Halo® is the world’s leading agile security platform that provides instant visibility and continuous protection for servers in any combination of data centers, private clouds and public clouds. The Halo platform is delivered as a service, so it deploys in minutes and scales on-demand. Halo uses minimal system resources; so layered security can be deployed where it counts, right at every workload – servers, instances and containers. Leading enterprises like Citrix, Salesforce.com and Adobe use CloudPassage today to enhance their security and compliance posture, while at the same time enabling business agility. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, CloudPassage is backed by Benchmark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Tenaya Capital, Shasta Ventures, Musea Ventures and other leading investors.

Tintri

Series F in 2015
Tintri’s all-flash architecture uses building blocks similar to the public cloud to simply manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Customers guarantee the performance of their applications, automate common IT tasks via Open APIs, troubleshoot across their infrastructure, and predict an organization’s needs to scale the underpinnings of a modern data center. That’s why leading cloud service providers and enterprises, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare trust Tintri with enterprise cloud.

Delphix

Series D in 2015
Delphix Corp. provides Data as a Service solutions that support enterprises in managing and accelerating various application projects, including ERP rollouts and cloud migrations. The company offers a software platform that creates secure virtual copies of databases, applications, and file systems, thereby streamlining test data management and facilitating advanced DevOps practices. Its products, including specialized solutions for SAP and Oracle EBS, significantly reduce the time and cost associated with system upgrades and ongoing ownership. Delphix's platform integrates with a wide range of systems, from mainframes to cloud environments, enabling organizations to overcome data-related bottlenecks and enhance operational efficiency. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Delphix has established strategic partnerships with major firms, contributing to its global reach and ability to support diverse industries, including financial services, telecommunications, and manufacturing. The company also has a research and development center in Delhi, India, enabling further innovation in data management solutions.

StacksWare

Seed Round in 2015
StacksWare, Inc. specializes in agentless software asset management solutions tailored for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and virtualized servers. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a virtual appliance that aggregates software usage data, allowing IT administrators to monitor software assets within their VMware environments through an intuitive dashboard. This solution enables organizations to identify and eliminate unused software licenses, significantly reducing licensing costs without the need for installed agents. StacksWare's platform also facilitates the deployment and removal of software, monitoring of critical applications, and internal security audits, all achievable within minutes of installation. As of September 2017, StacksWare operates as a subsidiary of Avi Networks, Inc.

Docker

Series D in 2015
Docker, Inc. is a company that develops an open platform designed for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. This platform enables developers and system administrators to create and manage applications as collections of containers, which can operate seamlessly across various environments, including laptops, data center virtual machines, and public cloud instances. Docker also provides an application runtime and packaging tool, along with a cloud service that facilitates application sharing and workflow automation. Originally founded in 2008 as dotCloud, the company rebranded to Docker in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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.

Pivot3

Series E in 2014
Pivot3 is a provider of software infrastructure services aimed at simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays that optimize resource utilization, ensure high availability, and support mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technologies help organizations lower their IT infrastructure costs, enhance revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. With a diverse portfolio tailored for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has established a significant global presence, deploying over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage solutions across 53 countries. Its client base spans mid-sized firms to major corporations in sectors including energy, aerospace, logistics, telecommunications, and retail. Through partnerships with technology and system integration firms, Pivot3 is committed to advancing smart IT infrastructures that pave the way for the future of software-defined data centers.

Avi Networks

Series B in 2014
Avi Networks, Inc. specializes in software-defined data center solutions, focusing on enhancing enterprises' digital transformation. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers the Avi Vantage Platform, which includes a Software Load Balancer, Intelligent Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Elastic Service Mesh. This platform is designed to be deployed across data centers and cloud environments, providing organizations with improved elasticity and intelligence in application delivery. Avi Networks enables customers to achieve significantly faster application rollouts, actionable analytics, and reduced costs, thus supporting efficient and scalable operations. As of July 31, 2019, Avi Networks operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

Embrane

Series C in 2014
Embrane is a software company based in Santa Clara, California, founded in 2009. It specializes in designing and developing solutions for the delivery and management of network services within data centers. Embrane's offerings include application-centric network services such as firewalls, virtual private networks (VPNs), load balancers, and SSL offload engines. The company's solutions aim to simplify the adoption of virtualization and cloud computing for both service providers and enterprise customers.

Tintri

Series E in 2014
Tintri’s all-flash architecture uses building blocks similar to the public cloud to simply manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Customers guarantee the performance of their applications, automate common IT tasks via Open APIs, troubleshoot across their infrastructure, and predict an organization’s needs to scale the underpinnings of a modern data center. That’s why leading cloud service providers and enterprises, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare trust Tintri with enterprise cloud.

Nutanix

Series D in 2014
Nutanix is a cloud software company that provides a comprehensive enterprise cloud platform, enabling organizations to build and manage hybrid multi-cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix offers a range of solutions, including Acropolis for virtualization and storage, Nutanix Prism for management and analytics, and Nutanix Calm for application lifecycle automation. The company's services also encompass software-defined storage solutions, cloud-native environment management, and disaster recovery services. Notably, Nutanix Beam, a multi-cloud optimization service, enhances cloud cost efficiency by delivering insights into consumption patterns and automating security compliance. Serving diverse industries such as healthcare, finance, and technology, Nutanix aims to simplify IT operations, allowing businesses to focus on innovation while efficiently managing their data and applications across various environments.

Infinio

Series B in 2013
Infinio addresses the most expensive bottleneck in virtual environments: storage performance. Data center administrators buy more storage hardware when what they really want is better storage performance. Infinio offers a software-only solution instead. Infinio has strong financial backing from tier-one venture capitalists including Highland Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Osage University Partners.

Pivot3

Venture Round in 2013
Pivot3 is a provider of software infrastructure services aimed at simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays that optimize resource utilization, ensure high availability, and support mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technologies help organizations lower their IT infrastructure costs, enhance revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. With a diverse portfolio tailored for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has established a significant global presence, deploying over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage solutions across 53 countries. Its client base spans mid-sized firms to major corporations in sectors including energy, aerospace, logistics, telecommunications, and retail. Through partnerships with technology and system integration firms, Pivot3 is committed to advancing smart IT infrastructures that pave the way for the future of software-defined data centers.

Affirmed Networks

Series C in 2013
Affirmed Networks, Inc. specializes in providing mobile content cloud solutions globally, focusing on virtualization and network functions. Founded in 2010 and based in Acton, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of services including the Affirmed Service Automation Platform, which helps mobile operators streamline service introduction and reduce operational costs. Their solutions encompass a cloud-based virtual network for Internet of Things services, critical data communications for telecommunications, and virtualized Evolved Packet Core solutions for live traffic management. Additionally, Affirmed Networks has developed UnityCloud 5G core, a cloud-native platform designed to facilitate the deployment of 5G networks for mobile operators. The company's innovative approach aims to enhance intelligence and efficiency in mobile data networks.

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.

Affirmed Networks

Series B in 2012
Affirmed Networks, Inc. specializes in providing mobile content cloud solutions globally, focusing on virtualization and network functions. Founded in 2010 and based in Acton, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of services including the Affirmed Service Automation Platform, which helps mobile operators streamline service introduction and reduce operational costs. Their solutions encompass a cloud-based virtual network for Internet of Things services, critical data communications for telecommunications, and virtualized Evolved Packet Core solutions for live traffic management. Additionally, Affirmed Networks has developed UnityCloud 5G core, a cloud-native platform designed to facilitate the deployment of 5G networks for mobile operators. The company's innovative approach aims to enhance intelligence and efficiency in mobile data networks.

Avi Networks

Series A in 2012
Avi Networks, Inc. specializes in software-defined data center solutions, focusing on enhancing enterprises' digital transformation. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers the Avi Vantage Platform, which includes a Software Load Balancer, Intelligent Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Elastic Service Mesh. This platform is designed to be deployed across data centers and cloud environments, providing organizations with improved elasticity and intelligence in application delivery. Avi Networks enables customers to achieve significantly faster application rollouts, actionable analytics, and reduced costs, thus supporting efficient and scalable operations. As of July 31, 2019, Avi Networks operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

Virtual Instruments

Series D in 2012
Virtual Instruments is the leader in IT Infrastructure Performance Management for the physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments. Virtual Instruments is a dynamic, fast-growing technology company with a performance driven culture. Founded in June 2008 we are headquartered in the heart of the Silicon Valley, led by an industry-proven executive team, and backed by a group of highly experienced and successful investors. As a company, we are focused on delivering unparalleled value to our customers through a truly innovative combination of disruptive technology and revolutionary services. Our customers represent industry leading brands in every major vertical market, all of whom have some of the most performance sensitive and complex IT environments in the world. Our unwavering commitment to our customers' success, ensuring the performance and availability of their mission critical application workload as they migrate from physical to virtual and cloud computing environments, is what has fueled our record growth and is driving the ongoing development of our award winning Infrastructure Performance Management platform, VirtualWisdom.

Nutanix

Series C in 2012
Nutanix is a cloud software company that provides a comprehensive enterprise cloud platform, enabling organizations to build and manage hybrid multi-cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix offers a range of solutions, including Acropolis for virtualization and storage, Nutanix Prism for management and analytics, and Nutanix Calm for application lifecycle automation. The company's services also encompass software-defined storage solutions, cloud-native environment management, and disaster recovery services. Notably, Nutanix Beam, a multi-cloud optimization service, enhances cloud cost efficiency by delivering insights into consumption patterns and automating security compliance. Serving diverse industries such as healthcare, finance, and technology, Nutanix aims to simplify IT operations, allowing businesses to focus on innovation while efficiently managing their data and applications across various environments.

Tintri

Series D in 2012
Tintri’s all-flash architecture uses building blocks similar to the public cloud to simply manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Customers guarantee the performance of their applications, automate common IT tasks via Open APIs, troubleshoot across their infrastructure, and predict an organization’s needs to scale the underpinnings of a modern data center. That’s why leading cloud service providers and enterprises, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare trust Tintri with enterprise cloud.

Delphix

Series C in 2012
Delphix Corp. provides Data as a Service solutions that support enterprises in managing and accelerating various application projects, including ERP rollouts and cloud migrations. The company offers a software platform that creates secure virtual copies of databases, applications, and file systems, thereby streamlining test data management and facilitating advanced DevOps practices. Its products, including specialized solutions for SAP and Oracle EBS, significantly reduce the time and cost associated with system upgrades and ongoing ownership. Delphix's platform integrates with a wide range of systems, from mainframes to cloud environments, enabling organizations to overcome data-related bottlenecks and enhance operational efficiency. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Delphix has established strategic partnerships with major firms, contributing to its global reach and ability to support diverse industries, including financial services, telecommunications, and manufacturing. The company also has a research and development center in Delhi, India, enabling further innovation in data management solutions.

Pivot3

Venture Round in 2012
Pivot3 is a provider of software infrastructure services aimed at simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays that optimize resource utilization, ensure high availability, and support mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technologies help organizations lower their IT infrastructure costs, enhance revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. With a diverse portfolio tailored for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has established a significant global presence, deploying over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage solutions across 53 countries. Its client base spans mid-sized firms to major corporations in sectors including energy, aerospace, logistics, telecommunications, and retail. Through partnerships with technology and system integration firms, Pivot3 is committed to advancing smart IT infrastructures that pave the way for the future of software-defined data centers.

Infinio

Seed Round in 2012
Infinio addresses the most expensive bottleneck in virtual environments: storage performance. Data center administrators buy more storage hardware when what they really want is better storage performance. Infinio offers a software-only solution instead. Infinio has strong financial backing from tier-one venture capitalists including Highland Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Osage University Partners.

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.

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 is a cloud software company that provides a comprehensive enterprise cloud platform, enabling organizations to build and manage hybrid multi-cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix offers a range of solutions, including Acropolis for virtualization and storage, Nutanix Prism for management and analytics, and Nutanix Calm for application lifecycle automation. The company's services also encompass software-defined storage solutions, cloud-native environment management, and disaster recovery services. Notably, Nutanix Beam, a multi-cloud optimization service, enhances cloud cost efficiency by delivering insights into consumption patterns and automating security compliance. Serving diverse industries such as healthcare, finance, and technology, Nutanix aims to simplify IT operations, allowing businesses to focus on innovation while efficiently managing their data and applications across various environments.

Embrane

Series B in 2011
Embrane is a software company based in Santa Clara, California, founded in 2009. It specializes in designing and developing solutions for the delivery and management of network services within data centers. Embrane's offerings include application-centric network services such as firewalls, virtual private networks (VPNs), load balancers, and SSL offload engines. The company's solutions aim to simplify the adoption of virtualization and cloud computing for both service providers and enterprise customers.

Bromium

Series A in 2011
Bromium Inc. specializes in micro-virtualization technology aimed at enhancing enterprise security by protecting end users from advanced malware threats. The company offers its flagship product, Bromium vSentry, which safeguards Windows PCs by isolating potential threats before they can compromise the system. This solution allows organizations to safely navigate risks associated with mobility and remote access, enabling users to engage with cloud applications and open potentially harmful documents without jeopardizing enterprise data. Bromium vSentry incorporates features such as Live Attack Visualization and Analysis (LAVA), which generates signatures for new attacks, enhancing the organization's ability to defend against emerging threats. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including energy, finance, government, healthcare, high technology, and retail. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, Bromium operates as a subsidiary of HP Inc., with a research and development center located in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Tintri

Series C in 2011
Tintri’s all-flash architecture uses building blocks similar to the public cloud to simply manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Customers guarantee the performance of their applications, automate common IT tasks via Open APIs, troubleshoot across their infrastructure, and predict an organization’s needs to scale the underpinnings of a modern data center. That’s why leading cloud service providers and enterprises, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare trust Tintri with enterprise cloud.

IO Turbine

Venture Round in 2011
IO Turbine, Inc., a San Jose, CA-based early-stage company developing a software solution to address I/O bottleneck issues by using Flash technology directly in VMware server environments.

Nutanix

Series A in 2011
Nutanix is a cloud software company that provides a comprehensive enterprise cloud platform, enabling organizations to build and manage hybrid multi-cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix offers a range of solutions, including Acropolis for virtualization and storage, Nutanix Prism for management and analytics, and Nutanix Calm for application lifecycle automation. The company's services also encompass software-defined storage solutions, cloud-native environment management, and disaster recovery services. Notably, Nutanix Beam, a multi-cloud optimization service, enhances cloud cost efficiency by delivering insights into consumption patterns and automating security compliance. Serving diverse industries such as healthcare, finance, and technology, Nutanix aims to simplify IT operations, allowing businesses to focus on innovation while efficiently managing their data and applications across various environments.

Tintri

Series B in 2011
Tintri’s all-flash architecture uses building blocks similar to the public cloud to simply manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Customers guarantee the performance of their applications, automate common IT tasks via Open APIs, troubleshoot across their infrastructure, and predict an organization’s needs to scale the underpinnings of a modern data center. That’s why leading cloud service providers and enterprises, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare trust Tintri with enterprise cloud.

Nicira Networks

Series C in 2011
Nicira Networks specializes in software solutions that facilitate the virtualization of networks, aimed at enhancing the transition to cloud infrastructure. Founded by leading researchers in networking from Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley, the company focuses on enabling elastic, scale-out data centers. Its primary product, the Network Hypervisor, transforms traditional data center networks by reproducing the network service model in a logical space, which allows for better control and management of logical networks. Led by experienced entrepreneurs in the fields of networking, security, and virtualization, Nicira Networks is at the forefront of innovation in cloud infrastructure.

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.

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 delivers the world's data faster. The Fusion ioMemory platform and software defined storage solutions accelerate virtualization, databases, cloud computing, big data and performance applications. From e-commerce retailers to the world's social media leaders and Fortune Global 500 companies, customers are improving the performance and efficiency of their data centers with Fusion-io technology to accelerate the critical applications of the information economy.

Delphix

Series B in 2010
Delphix Corp. provides Data as a Service solutions that support enterprises in managing and accelerating various application projects, including ERP rollouts and cloud migrations. The company offers a software platform that creates secure virtual copies of databases, applications, and file systems, thereby streamlining test data management and facilitating advanced DevOps practices. Its products, including specialized solutions for SAP and Oracle EBS, significantly reduce the time and cost associated with system upgrades and ongoing ownership. Delphix's platform integrates with a wide range of systems, from mainframes to cloud environments, enabling organizations to overcome data-related bottlenecks and enhance operational efficiency. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Delphix has established strategic partnerships with major firms, contributing to its global reach and ability to support diverse industries, including financial services, telecommunications, and manufacturing. The company also has a research and development center in Delhi, India, enabling further innovation in data management solutions.

Pivot3

Series D in 2010
Pivot3 is a provider of software infrastructure services aimed at simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays that optimize resource utilization, ensure high availability, and support mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technologies help organizations lower their IT infrastructure costs, enhance revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. With a diverse portfolio tailored for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has established a significant global presence, deploying over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage solutions across 53 countries. Its client base spans mid-sized firms to major corporations in sectors including energy, aerospace, logistics, telecommunications, and retail. Through partnerships with technology and system integration firms, Pivot3 is committed to advancing smart IT infrastructures that pave the way for the future of software-defined data centers.

Pivot3

Venture Round in 2009
Pivot3 is a provider of software infrastructure services aimed at simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays that optimize resource utilization, ensure high availability, and support mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technologies help organizations lower their IT infrastructure costs, enhance revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. With a diverse portfolio tailored for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has established a significant global presence, deploying over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage solutions across 53 countries. Its client base spans mid-sized firms to major corporations in sectors including energy, aerospace, logistics, telecommunications, and retail. Through partnerships with technology and system integration firms, Pivot3 is committed to advancing smart IT infrastructures that pave the way for the future of software-defined data centers.

Fusion-io

Series B in 2009
Fusion-io delivers the world's data faster. The Fusion ioMemory platform and software defined storage solutions accelerate virtualization, databases, cloud computing, big data and performance applications. From e-commerce retailers to the world's social media leaders and Fortune Global 500 companies, customers are improving the performance and efficiency of their data centers with Fusion-io technology to accelerate the critical applications of the information economy.

Delphix

Series A in 2009
Delphix Corp. provides Data as a Service solutions that support enterprises in managing and accelerating various application projects, including ERP rollouts and cloud migrations. The company offers a software platform that creates secure virtual copies of databases, applications, and file systems, thereby streamlining test data management and facilitating advanced DevOps practices. Its products, including specialized solutions for SAP and Oracle EBS, significantly reduce the time and cost associated with system upgrades and ongoing ownership. Delphix's platform integrates with a wide range of systems, from mainframes to cloud environments, enabling organizations to overcome data-related bottlenecks and enhance operational efficiency. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Delphix has established strategic partnerships with major firms, contributing to its global reach and ability to support diverse industries, including financial services, telecommunications, and manufacturing. The company also has a research and development center in Delhi, India, enabling further innovation in data management solutions.

Aprius

Series B in 2008
Aprius is a privately held, venture funded company in Silicon Valley developing top-of-rack I/O Gateway systems, that provide the enterprise data center with new levels of resource sharing, I/O virtualization and low-latency clustering messaging.

ScaleMP

Series D in 2008
ScaleMP, Inc. specializes in virtualization solutions for high-end computing, focusing on creating efficient and cost-effective virtual symmetric multiprocessor systems. Its primary product, the vSMP architecture, aggregates multiple industry-standard x86 servers into a single virtual system, enabling users to efficiently handle intensive workloads. The company offers various solutions, including vSMP Foundation Free, vSMP Foundation, and the advanced platform, which cater to different computing needs such as large memory requirements for analytics and big data applications. ScaleMP also provides support for in-memory computing, shared-memory computing, and other advanced computing solutions. Its technology is applicable across several industries, including life sciences, manufacturing, higher education, energy discovery, and financial services. Founded in 2003 and based in Fort Lee, New Jersey, ScaleMP distributes its products through channel partners and regional sellers both in the United States and internationally.

Pivot3

Series C in 2008
Pivot3 is a provider of software infrastructure services aimed at simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays that optimize resource utilization, ensure high availability, and support mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technologies help organizations lower their IT infrastructure costs, enhance revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. With a diverse portfolio tailored for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has established a significant global presence, deploying over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage solutions across 53 countries. Its client base spans mid-sized firms to major corporations in sectors including energy, aerospace, logistics, telecommunications, and retail. Through partnerships with technology and system integration firms, Pivot3 is committed to advancing smart IT infrastructures that pave the way for the future of software-defined data centers.

Pivot3

Venture Round in 2007
Pivot3 is a provider of software infrastructure services aimed at simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays that optimize resource utilization, ensure high availability, and support mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technologies help organizations lower their IT infrastructure costs, enhance revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. With a diverse portfolio tailored for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has established a significant global presence, deploying over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage solutions across 53 countries. Its client base spans mid-sized firms to major corporations in sectors including energy, aerospace, logistics, telecommunications, and retail. Through partnerships with technology and system integration firms, Pivot3 is committed to advancing smart IT infrastructures that pave the way for the future of software-defined data centers.

Aprius

Series A in 2007
Aprius is a privately held, venture funded company in Silicon Valley developing top-of-rack I/O Gateway systems, that provide the enterprise data center with new levels of resource sharing, I/O virtualization and low-latency clustering messaging.

Calista Technologies

Series A in 2007
Calista Technologies does desktop virtualization and focuses on low user cost and normal desktop feel.

Aprius

Series A in 2006
Aprius is a privately held, venture funded company in Silicon Valley developing top-of-rack I/O Gateway systems, that provide the enterprise data center with new levels of resource sharing, I/O virtualization and low-latency clustering messaging.

Pivot3

Series B in 2005
Pivot3 is a provider of software infrastructure services aimed at simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays that optimize resource utilization, ensure high availability, and support mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technologies help organizations lower their IT infrastructure costs, enhance revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. With a diverse portfolio tailored for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has established a significant global presence, deploying over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage solutions across 53 countries. Its client base spans mid-sized firms to major corporations in sectors including energy, aerospace, logistics, telecommunications, and retail. Through partnerships with technology and system integration firms, Pivot3 is committed to advancing smart IT infrastructures that pave the way for the future of software-defined data centers.

Avamar Technologies

Venture Round in 2004
Avamar Technologies develops enterprise data protection software solutions for corporations, medium to large-sized businesses, and multinational enterprises. The company offers Axion, a disk backup and recovery solution that allows corporations to move, store, and leverage data on a server. It also provides business continuity and disaster recovery, data security and encryption, remote office protection, and legal discovery and support for regulatory compliance solutions. The company, formerly known as Undoo.com, was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, California with sales offices in San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, and New York.

Virsa Systems

Series A in 2004
Virsa Systems Inc. is the developer of the only real-time, 24/7, security and controls compliance software for SAP systems. Purpose-built to maintain continuous compliance with stringent regulatory mandates such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Virsa's solutions automate risk assessment, eliminate false positives and deliver real-time simulation and remediation capabilities. By offering the world's largest library of built-in, best practice rules on segregation of duties, Virsa delivers accelerated implementation and faster remediation with the lowest cost of implementation. The acknowledged market leader, Virsa has the sector's largest installed base of enterprise customers and the preferred solutions for security, controls and corporate governance.

Avamar Technologies

Series C in 2002
Avamar Technologies develops enterprise data protection software solutions for corporations, medium to large-sized businesses, and multinational enterprises. The company offers Axion, a disk backup and recovery solution that allows corporations to move, store, and leverage data on a server. It also provides business continuity and disaster recovery, data security and encryption, remote office protection, and legal discovery and support for regulatory compliance solutions. The company, formerly known as Undoo.com, was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, California with sales offices in San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, and New York.

Marathon Technologies

Venture Round in 2000
Marathon Technologies Corporation provides fault-tolerant and disaster recovery software solutions for physical and virtual servers. The company offers everRun VM software that prevents outages and data loss in Citrix virtual server infrastructure; everRun HA, a software for component-level fault tolerant servers to protect Windows server applications; and everRun FT, a software for system-level fault tolerant servers for high-availability of Windows server applications. It also provides everRun SplitSite to provide geographic fault tolerance, as well as to prevent outages from localized power failures, building-wide disasters, and site-wide disasters; and everRun CDP & DR, a disaster recovery planning software to provide protection from catastrophic failure by capturing and replicating application data. In addition, the company provides consulting, training, and technical support services. It serves broadcast networks, corporate organizations, pharmaceutical companies, casino properties, and midsized companies. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Littleton, Massachusetts.
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