Second Front Systems
Series C in 2024
Second Front Systems develops software that facilitates government access to innovative commercial technologies for national security missions. Its flagship product, Atlas Fulcrum, enables identification, assessment, and secure deployment of these technologies. The company also offers program management services and High Technology Council, an enterprise consortium fostering collaboration between market players.
Augment Markets
Seed Round in 2024
Augment is a developer of a platform designed for confidential transactions and communications, specifically tailored for the private technology share market. The platform facilitates connections between buyers and sellers by providing an order book within a company's marketplace. Users can identify potential transaction partners, engage in secure communication, and finalize deals, streamlining the process for brokers, investors, and shareholders. This innovative approach allows participants in private market trades to efficiently manage their transactions while maintaining anonymity and confidentiality.
Second Front Systems
Venture Round in 2024
Second Front Systems develops software that facilitates government access to innovative commercial technologies for national security missions. Its flagship product, Atlas Fulcrum, enables identification, assessment, and secure deployment of these technologies. The company also offers program management services and High Technology Council, an enterprise consortium fostering collaboration between market players.
Second Front Systems
Series B in 2023
Second Front Systems develops software that facilitates government access to innovative commercial technologies for national security missions. Its flagship product, Atlas Fulcrum, enables identification, assessment, and secure deployment of these technologies. The company also offers program management services and High Technology Council, an enterprise consortium fostering collaboration between market players.
Workera is a precision upskilling platform that enables enterprises, governments, and individuals to enhance their technological capabilities in areas such as data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The platform utilizes AI-driven assessments and personalized learning plans to provide targeted mentorship and facilitate skill development. By offering an objective analysis of workforce skills, Workera helps organizations identify and mobilize talent effectively. Its approach includes measuring skills at a granular level, allowing for hyper-personalized learning experiences that drive measurable results. This capability equips organizations with actionable data, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding talent acquisition, mobility, coaching, and mentoring, ultimately addressing the critical skills gap in today's rapidly evolving technological landscape.
Cortina
Seed Round in 2023
Cortina is an e-commerce enablement company that provides a marketplace platform designed to help online retailers, brands, and marketplaces expand their product offerings without the burden of inventory risk. By facilitating direct sales of third-party products on their own websites, the platform allows brands to enhance their customer experience while offering complementary items. For marketplaces, Cortina streamlines operations and reduces inventory-related risks. The platform is compatible with various e-commerce and back-end technologies, enabling seamless integration of real-time inventory data, pricing, product descriptions, and images into partners' online storefronts. The Cortina team possesses extensive experience in retail and e-commerce, having worked with notable companies like Gap Inc, Saks, and Gilt Groupe. This expertise allows them to provide valuable support to clients, including best practices for marketplace operations, vendor agreements, and onboarding processes.
Merge simplifies secure data access by offering Unified APIs across key software categories like HRIS, accounting, CRM, and file storage. It handles the entire integration lifecycle, from initial build to maintenance, enabling thousands of companies to unblock sales, reduce churn, accelerate product launch, and save engineering resources.
Evident
Venture Round in 2022
Evident is a global leader in business credentialing, operating in over 100 countries. Its platform connects insurers, enterprises, and businesses, verifying credentials to meet compliance standards using advanced AI technology.
Belong Health
Series A in 2021
Belong Health collaborates with local health plans to deliver regionally tailored, personalized care to a growing community of individuals eligible for Medicare Advantage and dual-eligible special needs plans.
Merge simplifies secure data access by offering Unified APIs across key software categories like HRIS, accounting, CRM, and file storage. It handles the entire integration lifecycle, from initial build to maintenance, enabling thousands of companies to unblock sales, reduce churn, accelerate product launch, and save engineering resources.
Workera is a precision upskilling platform that enables enterprises, governments, and individuals to enhance their technological capabilities in areas such as data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The platform utilizes AI-driven assessments and personalized learning plans to provide targeted mentorship and facilitate skill development. By offering an objective analysis of workforce skills, Workera helps organizations identify and mobilize talent effectively. Its approach includes measuring skills at a granular level, allowing for hyper-personalized learning experiences that drive measurable results. This capability equips organizations with actionable data, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding talent acquisition, mobility, coaching, and mentoring, ultimately addressing the critical skills gap in today's rapidly evolving technological landscape.
Merge simplifies secure data access by offering Unified APIs across key software categories like HRIS, accounting, CRM, and file storage. It handles the entire integration lifecycle, from initial build to maintenance, enabling thousands of companies to unblock sales, reduce churn, accelerate product launch, and save engineering resources.
Node
Venture Round in 2019
Node, recently acquired by SugarCRM, fuels Sugar's time-aware CX platform to help businesses by automatically forecasting expected outcomes and highlighting previously unforeseen challenges and opportunities.
Extending Sugar’s time-aware CX platform, Node’s AI technology adds the most coveted element of time—the future. The combined solution offers wide-ranging capabilities for sales, marketing, and service teams.
Node enables users of business applications to see into the future. Powered by Artificial Intuition™ technology, Node is the first turnkey AI-as-a-service platform focused on powering predictable business outcomes, which enterprises can use to quickly and seamlessly build advanced AI into both customer-facing and internal applications without investing years and millions of dollars on risky AI experiments. Applications powered by Node can deliver predictions that enable users to make smarter connections and decisions about how to engage with customers, employees, investors, and partners. Node was founded by Google's youngest employee, Falon Fatemi, and it's renowned technology team includes the Godfather of Search, Louis Monier who created Alta Vista, and Michael Radovancevich former CTO of Taleo and OpenX. Node is backed by Mark Cuban, NEA, Avalon Ventures, and JetBlue Technology Ventures.
Evident is a global leader in business credentialing, operating in over 100 countries. Its platform connects insurers, enterprises, and businesses, verifying credentials to meet compliance standards using advanced AI technology.
Lyric Hospitality, Inc. is a technology-driven company that specializes in short-term rentals and hospitality services tailored for business travelers. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Lyric operates a booking platform designed to provide a professional and enjoyable experience that exceeds traditional vacation rentals. The company offers locally inspired rental properties that combine the comforts of home with the reliability of a hotel. Utilizing an application called Tidy, Lyric effectively manages room cleanings and ensures high standards of service. Additionally, the platform incorporates data analytics to optimize pricing strategies and enhance overall performance, catering to the evolving needs of modern travelers.
Gen.G esports
Series B in 2019
Gen.G esports is a prominent professional esports organization founded in 2017, with its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, and additional offices in Los Angeles and Shanghai. The organization is known for bridging the esports markets in the United States and Asia, operating top teams in renowned games like Overwatch and League of Legends, and featuring a celebrated all-female Fortnite team. Gen.G has achieved significant recognition, including being ranked among the world's most valuable esports companies. Its teams have won seven global championships, reflecting their competitive prowess. Beyond team management, Gen.G offers a range of services such as coaching, training, and business development, while also creating platforms for global brands to engage with gaming fans. The company is committed to fostering inclusivity in esports through initiatives like #TeamBumble and the Gen.G Elite Esports Academy, which integrates academic programs with esports training. Gen.G's mission emphasizes leveraging the power of gaming to empower both fans and athletes in their pursuits, establishing it as a leader in the evolving landscape of sports entertainment.
Lyric
Debt Financing in 2019
Lyric Hospitality, Inc. is a technology-driven company that specializes in short-term rentals and hospitality services tailored for business travelers. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Lyric operates a booking platform designed to provide a professional and enjoyable experience that exceeds traditional vacation rentals. The company offers locally inspired rental properties that combine the comforts of home with the reliability of a hotel. Utilizing an application called Tidy, Lyric effectively manages room cleanings and ensures high standards of service. Additionally, the platform incorporates data analytics to optimize pricing strategies and enhance overall performance, catering to the evolving needs of modern travelers.
The Wing is a network of work and community spaces designed specifically for women, with locations in New York, California, and Washington, D.C. The organization aims to foster the professional, civic, social, and economic advancement of women by providing a supportive environment. Its facilities include open-plan workspaces, meeting rooms, phone booths, and an extensive library curated for women. The Wing creates a community of professional women, facilitating connections and support among female founders, thereby inspiring and empowering them to grow their businesses and achieve their goals.
Lyric Hospitality, Inc. is a technology-driven company that specializes in short-term rentals and hospitality services tailored for business travelers. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Lyric operates a booking platform designed to provide a professional and enjoyable experience that exceeds traditional vacation rentals. The company offers locally inspired rental properties that combine the comforts of home with the reliability of a hotel. Utilizing an application called Tidy, Lyric effectively manages room cleanings and ensures high standards of service. Additionally, the platform incorporates data analytics to optimize pricing strategies and enhance overall performance, catering to the evolving needs of modern travelers.
The Wing is a network of work and community spaces designed specifically for women, with locations in New York, California, and Washington, D.C. The organization aims to foster the professional, civic, social, and economic advancement of women by providing a supportive environment. Its facilities include open-plan workspaces, meeting rooms, phone booths, and an extensive library curated for women. The Wing creates a community of professional women, facilitating connections and support among female founders, thereby inspiring and empowering them to grow their businesses and achieve their goals.
Reachify
Venture Round in 2017
Reachify Inc. is a software buying platform that assists enterprise brands in making informed decisions about software solutions, including website platforms, mobile applications, and web analytics. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company provides a comprehensive intelligence platform that allows brands to access vetted technology solutions, understand competitor usage, and gather market insights. Reachify's offerings include tools that help brands shortlist reliable software vendors and provide technology vendors with the ability to manage their listings and update their information. By combining robust data collection and industry expertise, Reachify aims to streamline the software evaluation process for enterprise brands and enhance the sales experience for technology vendors. The founder, Cindy Lincks, leveraged her extensive background in e-commerce and software evaluation challenges to create a solution that addresses the needs of both buyers and sellers in the enterprise software market.
Evident is a global leader in business credentialing, operating in over 100 countries. Its platform connects insurers, enterprises, and businesses, verifying credentials to meet compliance standards using advanced AI technology.
Node, recently acquired by SugarCRM, fuels Sugar's time-aware CX platform to help businesses by automatically forecasting expected outcomes and highlighting previously unforeseen challenges and opportunities.
Extending Sugar’s time-aware CX platform, Node’s AI technology adds the most coveted element of time—the future. The combined solution offers wide-ranging capabilities for sales, marketing, and service teams.
Node enables users of business applications to see into the future. Powered by Artificial Intuition™ technology, Node is the first turnkey AI-as-a-service platform focused on powering predictable business outcomes, which enterprises can use to quickly and seamlessly build advanced AI into both customer-facing and internal applications without investing years and millions of dollars on risky AI experiments. Applications powered by Node can deliver predictions that enable users to make smarter connections and decisions about how to engage with customers, employees, investors, and partners. Node was founded by Google's youngest employee, Falon Fatemi, and it's renowned technology team includes the Godfather of Search, Louis Monier who created Alta Vista, and Michael Radovancevich former CTO of Taleo and OpenX. Node is backed by Mark Cuban, NEA, Avalon Ventures, and JetBlue Technology Ventures.
The Wing is a network of work and community spaces designed specifically for women, with locations in New York, California, and Washington, D.C. The organization aims to foster the professional, civic, social, and economic advancement of women by providing a supportive environment. Its facilities include open-plan workspaces, meeting rooms, phone booths, and an extensive library curated for women. The Wing creates a community of professional women, facilitating connections and support among female founders, thereby inspiring and empowering them to grow their businesses and achieve their goals.
Placester
Series D in 2017
Placester is a comprehensive business platform designed for real estate professionals, offering a suite of tools including lead capturing websites, lead management, email marketing, marketing automation, analytics, and educational resources with 24/7 support. Founded in 2011 by Matthew Barba and Frederick Townes, the platform facilitates online and mobile business growth through seamless MLS integration, natural language search, and visually appealing designs. Placester provides a variety of apps and add-ons for high-impact email marketing, digital advertising campaigns, lead management, and task streamlining. The company serves a significant portion of real estate professionals in the U.S. and is a technology partner to leading real estate brands across North America, including being the sole website provider for the REALTOR Benefits® Program of the National Association of REALTORS®.
Shoptalk
Venture Round in 2017
Shoptalk is the largest global conference focused on retail and ecommerce. It serves as a pivotal platform for industry professionals to explore emerging technologies and trends that are reshaping the sector. By organizing annual events that include sessions, roundtables, dinners, and one-on-one meetings, Shoptalk facilitates connections among established retailers, direct-to-consumer brands, tech startups, venture capital investors, and other key stakeholders. This diverse gathering allows participants to engage with peers and potential partners, fostering opportunities for growth and collaboration within the retail and ecommerce landscape. Over its three years of operation, Shoptalk has established itself as a leader in defining the digital community of the industry.
Based in sunny Los Angeles, Ritual is a direct-to-consumer health brand that believes it’s crucial to know not just what you’re putting into your body, but why you need it in the first place.
We’re transparent about our ingredients, where they're sourced from, and have spent years conducting extensive research behind each of the premium nutrient forms we use. Our products are simple, effective, and backed by science. Our mission is simple: to empower people to feel their best by turning healthy habits into a ritual.
We have built a team of curious skeptics, world-class scientists, unconventional artists, expert marketers and analytical strategists that are on a mission to reinvent an entire industry. We’re well-funded, growing quickly, and committed to our mission. If you’re a team player who refuses to settle for the status quo, we want you. Welcome to your new daily Ritual.
Node, recently acquired by SugarCRM, fuels Sugar's time-aware CX platform to help businesses by automatically forecasting expected outcomes and highlighting previously unforeseen challenges and opportunities.
Extending Sugar’s time-aware CX platform, Node’s AI technology adds the most coveted element of time—the future. The combined solution offers wide-ranging capabilities for sales, marketing, and service teams.
Node enables users of business applications to see into the future. Powered by Artificial Intuition™ technology, Node is the first turnkey AI-as-a-service platform focused on powering predictable business outcomes, which enterprises can use to quickly and seamlessly build advanced AI into both customer-facing and internal applications without investing years and millions of dollars on risky AI experiments. Applications powered by Node can deliver predictions that enable users to make smarter connections and decisions about how to engage with customers, employees, investors, and partners. Node was founded by Google's youngest employee, Falon Fatemi, and it's renowned technology team includes the Godfather of Search, Louis Monier who created Alta Vista, and Michael Radovancevich former CTO of Taleo and OpenX. Node is backed by Mark Cuban, NEA, Avalon Ventures, and JetBlue Technology Ventures.
Placester
Series C in 2015
Placester is a comprehensive business platform designed for real estate professionals, offering a suite of tools including lead capturing websites, lead management, email marketing, marketing automation, analytics, and educational resources with 24/7 support. Founded in 2011 by Matthew Barba and Frederick Townes, the platform facilitates online and mobile business growth through seamless MLS integration, natural language search, and visually appealing designs. Placester provides a variety of apps and add-ons for high-impact email marketing, digital advertising campaigns, lead management, and task streamlining. The company serves a significant portion of real estate professionals in the U.S. and is a technology partner to leading real estate brands across North America, including being the sole website provider for the REALTOR Benefits® Program of the National Association of REALTORS®.
tegoushe.com
Series A in 2015
tegoushe.com is an electrical business community.
Placester
Series B in 2015
Placester is a comprehensive business platform designed for real estate professionals, offering a suite of tools including lead capturing websites, lead management, email marketing, marketing automation, analytics, and educational resources with 24/7 support. Founded in 2011 by Matthew Barba and Frederick Townes, the platform facilitates online and mobile business growth through seamless MLS integration, natural language search, and visually appealing designs. Placester provides a variety of apps and add-ons for high-impact email marketing, digital advertising campaigns, lead management, and task streamlining. The company serves a significant portion of real estate professionals in the U.S. and is a technology partner to leading real estate brands across North America, including being the sole website provider for the REALTOR Benefits® Program of the National Association of REALTORS®.
Kensho Technologies
Seed Round in 2014
Kensho Technologies, Inc. is a provider of advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data visualization systems tailored for global banks and investment institutions. The company develops Kensho Financial Analytics Software, which delivers scalable analytical solutions to enhance decision-making within commercial entities. Kensho's offerings also include the Kensho Applied Mind, a sophisticated AI software that enables natural language processing to address complex financial inquiries in plain English. Additionally, Kensho operates a national security division known as Koto. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Kensho has expanded its presence with offices in New York, McLean, and Pacific Palisades. As of April 2018, Kensho Technologies operates as a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc.
BenchPrep
Series B in 2012
BenchPrep is a developer of a learner success platform that aims to enhance engagement and outcomes for learners globally. The company partners with organizations involved in certification, credentialing, test preparation, and continuing education to provide tailored enterprise SaaS solutions. BenchPrep's platform is utilized by some of the largest assessment companies, enabling them to offer a personalized and integrated learning experience within a single ecosystem. The platform includes a variety of resources such as preparatory course bundles, practice questions, instructional videos, interactive flashcards, games, and full-length practice exams. By leveraging technology, data insights, and innovative instructional design, BenchPrep has improved the learning experience for over 3 million learners, helping organizations boost engagement, retention, and reduce dropout rates.
Spring Global
Series D in 2010
Spring Global develops an AI-powered sales force automation platform that enhances field sales efforts. It leverages big data analytics and artificial intelligence for informed decision-making, offering tools to improve customer service and facilitate team interactions.
Spring Global
Series C in 2008
Spring Global develops an AI-powered sales force automation platform that enhances field sales efforts. It leverages big data analytics and artificial intelligence for informed decision-making, offering tools to improve customer service and facilitate team interactions.
Uni-Power Group
Venture Round in 2008
Uni-Power Group (浙江中新力合担保有限公司) is a sino-foreign joint venture in financial assurance and services.
Established on May 18th, 2004, the company is a guarantor enterprise dedicated to building a comprehensive financial service platform in order to connect the financial industry chain and serve small and micro-businesses in emerging industries during the construction of a “three-type and six new looks” society. Having initiated "bridge and tunnel mode", UPG provides its clients with financing options and services by integrating resources configuration. Currently, the company’s registered capital is 284.98 million Yuan.
Technical Communities
Series D in 2006
Technical Communities, doing business as TestMart, provides marketing and distribution services focused on government markets. It helps organizations that sell to U.S. government agencies, prime federal contractors, state and local governments, and educational institutions by offering GSA contract management and consulting, sales and channel support, and direct marketing. The company operates online marketplaces and content sites to assist government and prime contractor buyers in locating products and managing procurement, and it acts as an advertising partner for lead generation, brand awareness, and market research. Leveraging a B2B and B2G track record and a proprietary database of millions of prospects, Technical Communities also offers resources for IT certification testing, training, and continuing education. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, the firm focuses on growing sales for customers in government-related markets.
Agitar Software
Series C in 2006
Agitar Software specializes in automated software testing solutions designed to enhance the efficiency of Java application releases for enterprises. The company focuses on reducing the cost associated with software bugs and facilitating the adaptation of both new and legacy applications to evolving business requirements. Through its AgitarOne product family, Agitar Software empowers software teams to create, utilize, and manage a comprehensive suite of unit tests, ensuring that their applications maintain high quality and performance standards.
Visual Edge Technology
Debt Financing in 2005
Visual Edge Technology is a holding company that specializes in acquiring companies within the print technology and managed IT services sectors. It seeks to enhance value for both local businesses and a national client base by partnering with leading technology and office solution providers. The company prioritizes strong local leadership teams capable of aligning with its vision, allowing each acquired entity to maintain its community involvement while benefiting from national resources. Visual Edge Technology's subsidiaries offer a wide range of products, including digital connected copiers, printers, multifunctional systems, and wide format solutions, serving various industries such as automotive, manufacturing, and architecture. Established in 1986 and headquartered in North Canton, Ohio, Visual Edge Technology distributes its products through a network of distributors across North America, focusing on increasing the market share and profitability of its operating companies.
Visual Edge Technology
Venture Round in 2005
Visual Edge Technology is a holding company that specializes in acquiring companies within the print technology and managed IT services sectors. It seeks to enhance value for both local businesses and a national client base by partnering with leading technology and office solution providers. The company prioritizes strong local leadership teams capable of aligning with its vision, allowing each acquired entity to maintain its community involvement while benefiting from national resources. Visual Edge Technology's subsidiaries offer a wide range of products, including digital connected copiers, printers, multifunctional systems, and wide format solutions, serving various industries such as automotive, manufacturing, and architecture. Established in 1986 and headquartered in North Canton, Ohio, Visual Edge Technology distributes its products through a network of distributors across North America, focusing on increasing the market share and profitability of its operating companies.
Innerworkings
Venture Round in 2005
InnerWorkings, Inc. is a prominent provider of global print management and promotional solutions for corporate clients across various industries. The company specializes in marketing supply-chain services, offering a range of products including advertising materials, branded merchandise, product packaging, and retail displays. With its proprietary technology and extensive supplier network, InnerWorkings efficiently procures, manages, and delivers printed materials as part of an outsourced enterprise solution. The company generates most of its revenue from its North America segment and operates in three geographical areas: North America, EMEA, and LATAM. Additionally, InnerWorkings runs an online business printing platform called Inkchaser.com and utilizes a software platform named VALO, which assists customers in sourcing, producing, monitoring, and analyzing their marketing plans. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, InnerWorkings maintains 35 offices across North America, South America, and Europe.
Agitar Software
Series B in 2004
Agitar Software specializes in automated software testing solutions designed to enhance the efficiency of Java application releases for enterprises. The company focuses on reducing the cost associated with software bugs and facilitating the adaptation of both new and legacy applications to evolving business requirements. Through its AgitarOne product family, Agitar Software empowers software teams to create, utilize, and manage a comprehensive suite of unit tests, ensuring that their applications maintain high quality and performance standards.
Tantivy Communications
Venture Round in 2003
Tantivy Communications offers business communication, documentation, and data communications consulting services. It also develops communication and telecommunications software solutions and equipment.
Tantivy Communications was acquired by InterDigital Communications in August 2003.
Tantivy Communications was founded in 1997 and is based in Melbourne, Florida.
NightFire Software
Series D in 2002
NightFire Software specializes in providing order management software designed to automate the telecommunications service supply chain. Their solutions streamline interactions between retailers and wholesalers of telecommunications services, enabling providers to deliver services efficiently and cost-effectively in a deregulated market. The company's flagship product, NetServ Express, automates the entire ordering process for competitive service providers, ensuring high-quality service at minimal cost while reducing management burdens on incumbent providers. Additionally, NightFire offers a range of support services including customer environment analysis, software installation, connectivity testing, and ongoing technical support to ensure seamless operations.
DataCore Software Corporation is an independent software vendor that specializes in storage virtualization and management solutions for information technology organizations globally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the company offers a range of products, including SANsymphony V10, which enhances IT infrastructure performance by virtualizing storage hardware, and DataCore Virtual Desktop Server, designed for virtual desktop infrastructure applications. Additionally, DataCore provides advanced solutions such as DataCore ONE, a cloud-based predictive analytics engine, and vFilO, a technology for managing and optimizing distributed data across on-premises and cloud environments. The company serves diverse industries, including aerospace, healthcare, finance, and education, and markets its offerings through authorized distributors and integration partners worldwide. DataCore has established strategic partnerships, including one with Huawei, and maintains support and training facilities in several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
Bizfinity
Series C in 2001
Bizfinity, Inc. is a California-based Application Service Provider that specializes in offering a Business Synchronization Platform tailored for small and growing businesses. Founded by a team with extensive experience in integrated business and financial applications, Bizfinity provides a comprehensive e-business suite designed to streamline various operational processes. Its hosted applications allow businesses to seamlessly create and manage web stores linked to online auctions, while also facilitating order management, inventory control, customer management, and accounting. This adaptability enables retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers to effectively digitize their operations. Bizfinity's services are accessible online, allowing for real-time back-office management from any location. The company markets its solutions directly and through partnerships with other firms, further expanding its reach in the business application sector.
MedSpecialists
Series A in 2000
MedSpecialists, Inc. is an e-Health company dedicated to addressing the clinical needs of medical specialists, including neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, and orthopedists. Recognizing that these highly mobile physicians often rely on various manual and computerized systems for medical decision-making, MedSpecialists aims to reduce the workflow inefficiencies caused by isolated systems and differing media formats. The company has developed a suite of specialty-specific clinical portals that leverage Internet technologies to provide specialists with streamlined access to essential information and clinical applications. This innovative approach enables medical specialists to deliver high-quality care in a more cost-effective and time-efficient manner. Founded by a group of physicians and healthcare management professionals, MedSpecialists is committed to improving patient care and enhancing the operational efficiency of specialty medicine practices.
Technical Communities
Series C in 2000
Technical Communities, doing business as TestMart, provides marketing and distribution services focused on government markets. It helps organizations that sell to U.S. government agencies, prime federal contractors, state and local governments, and educational institutions by offering GSA contract management and consulting, sales and channel support, and direct marketing. The company operates online marketplaces and content sites to assist government and prime contractor buyers in locating products and managing procurement, and it acts as an advertising partner for lead generation, brand awareness, and market research. Leveraging a B2B and B2G track record and a proprietary database of millions of prospects, Technical Communities also offers resources for IT certification testing, training, and continuing education. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, the firm focuses on growing sales for customers in government-related markets.
DataCore Software Corporation is an independent software vendor that specializes in storage virtualization and management solutions for information technology organizations globally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the company offers a range of products, including SANsymphony V10, which enhances IT infrastructure performance by virtualizing storage hardware, and DataCore Virtual Desktop Server, designed for virtual desktop infrastructure applications. Additionally, DataCore provides advanced solutions such as DataCore ONE, a cloud-based predictive analytics engine, and vFilO, a technology for managing and optimizing distributed data across on-premises and cloud environments. The company serves diverse industries, including aerospace, healthcare, finance, and education, and markets its offerings through authorized distributors and integration partners worldwide. DataCore has established strategic partnerships, including one with Huawei, and maintains support and training facilities in several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
Quantum Bridge Communications
Series C in 2000
Quantum Bridge Communications, established in 1998 and based in North Andover, Massachusetts, specializes in developing advanced Optical Access Networking equipment. This technology aims to resolve bandwidth limitations in the initial segment of public networks, enabling telecommunications service providers to offer high-bandwidth services efficiently to business customers. The company's product line is engineered to fulfill the network demands of service providers, facilitating the delivery of voice, video, and data services to both residential and business users.
BeyondWork
Venture Round in 2000
BeyondWork, Inc., established in 1999 and based in San Jose, California, specializes in providing outsourced employee benefits and retention solutions. It offers two primary services: GiftPass Rewards and Recognition, a digital currency system enabling companies to instantly incentivize employees with a wide range of premium merchant options, and Employee Discount Shopping, a 24/7 online platform offering lifestyle services and products from various brands at discounted prices. BeyondWork's solutions are designed to attract, motivate, and retain employees, serving Fortune 100 companies and other large enterprises through a combination of direct sales and strategic partnerships.
Demandline.com
Series A in 2000
Demandline.com is a company dedicated to empowering small and growing businesses by addressing the disparities they face compared to larger enterprises. Acknowledging that small companies, which comprise over 90% of U.S. businesses, often receive inadequate service and higher prices, Demandline.com aims to level the playing field. Using a patent-pending process, the company conducts private reverse auctions to help business owners secure competitively priced core services. By partnering with nationally-branded service providers, Demandline.com ensures that its clients benefit from both cost savings and quality, thereby amplifying the influence of small businesses in a market dominated by larger firms.
NightFire Software
Series B in 2000
NightFire Software specializes in providing order management software designed to automate the telecommunications service supply chain. Their solutions streamline interactions between retailers and wholesalers of telecommunications services, enabling providers to deliver services efficiently and cost-effectively in a deregulated market. The company's flagship product, NetServ Express, automates the entire ordering process for competitive service providers, ensuring high-quality service at minimal cost while reducing management burdens on incumbent providers. Additionally, NightFire offers a range of support services including customer environment analysis, software installation, connectivity testing, and ongoing technical support to ensure seamless operations.
ShortCycles
Venture Round in 1999
ShortCycles is a business-to-business e-service for the dynamic exchange of information.
Quantum Bridge Communications
Series B in 1999
Quantum Bridge Communications, established in 1998 and based in North Andover, Massachusetts, specializes in developing advanced Optical Access Networking equipment. This technology aims to resolve bandwidth limitations in the initial segment of public networks, enabling telecommunications service providers to offer high-bandwidth services efficiently to business customers. The company's product line is engineered to fulfill the network demands of service providers, facilitating the delivery of voice, video, and data services to both residential and business users.
Technical Communities
Series A in 1999
Technical Communities, doing business as TestMart, provides marketing and distribution services focused on government markets. It helps organizations that sell to U.S. government agencies, prime federal contractors, state and local governments, and educational institutions by offering GSA contract management and consulting, sales and channel support, and direct marketing. The company operates online marketplaces and content sites to assist government and prime contractor buyers in locating products and managing procurement, and it acts as an advertising partner for lead generation, brand awareness, and market research. Leveraging a B2B and B2G track record and a proprietary database of millions of prospects, Technical Communities also offers resources for IT certification testing, training, and continuing education. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, the firm focuses on growing sales for customers in government-related markets.
Trading Dynamics
Venture Round in 1999
Trading Dynamics is a business-to-business company based in Mountain View, California, founded in 1998 by Yoav Shoham. The company specializes in providing Internet trading applications that empower market makers and corporations to create and manage various dynamically priced market structures, including auctions, reverse auctions, and bid and ask exchanges. By offering these innovative tools, Trading Dynamics facilitates efficient trading processes for its clients, enhancing their ability to operate in a competitive marketplace.
Quantum Bridge Communications
Series A in 1998
Quantum Bridge Communications, established in 1998 and based in North Andover, Massachusetts, specializes in developing advanced Optical Access Networking equipment. This technology aims to resolve bandwidth limitations in the initial segment of public networks, enabling telecommunications service providers to offer high-bandwidth services efficiently to business customers. The company's product line is engineered to fulfill the network demands of service providers, facilitating the delivery of voice, video, and data services to both residential and business users.
COM21
Venture Round in 1994
Com21, Inc. designs, develops, markets and sells value-added, high-speed communications solutions for the broadband access market. The Company's ComUNITY Access system enables cable operators to provide high-speed, cost-effective Internet access to corporate telecommuter, small office/home office ("SOHO") and residential users in the U.S. and internationally, and enables them to address the distinct price, performance, security and other needs of these different end-user groups.
UUNET Technologies
Venture Round in 1993
Founded in 1987, UUNET Technologies is an American technology company based in Fairfax, Virginia. It offers internet access options and application and consultancy services.