Ace Metrix
Series C in 2014
Ace Metrix, Inc. specializes in video creative assessment solutions, delivering detailed analytics and insights for television and video advertisements. Founded in 2007 and based in El Segundo, California, the company provides a suite of services including Ace Metrix PRE for ad pre-testing, Ace Metrix LIVE for real-time analytics of digital ads, Ace Metrix POLITICS for evaluating campaign advertisements, and Ace Metrix VIVA for assessing Spanish language ads among U.S. Hispanic consumers. These tools offer brands, creative agencies, and publishers qualitative and quantitative data, competitive insights, and metrics to analyze the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns, facilitating real-time optimization.
Damballa specializes in advanced threat protection, focusing on the detection of active threats that evade traditional security measures. The company employs innovative solutions that leverage data science and machine learning to identify successful infections and assess the risk posed by compromised devices, regardless of their type or operating system. Damballa's technology is designed to uncover threats without needing prior knowledge of their existence, making it effective across various threat vectors. The firm provides security for nearly a billion endpoints globally, serving enterprises across multiple sectors, as well as major internet service providers and telecommunications companies. By addressing issues such as botnet formation, Damballa plays a critical role in enhancing internet security and safeguarding businesses from evolving cyber threats.
Predixion
Series C in 2013
Predixion is a provider of predictive analytics services, founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, California, with development offices in Redmond, Washington. The company offers a self-service predictive analytics platform called Predixion Insight™, which simplifies the predictive process for business analysts and non-technical users, while still maintaining the flexibility and power needed by data scientists. This platform allows customers to analyze large volumes of data and make actionable decisions, facilitating the integration of predictions into everyday business operations. Predixion also focuses on enhancing the deployment of analytics, ensuring that valuable insights reach the right people promptly for immediate action. More than 200 companies utilize Predixion's services to improve their decision-making processes.
Ace Metrix
Series C in 2012
Ace Metrix, Inc. specializes in video creative assessment solutions, delivering detailed analytics and insights for television and video advertisements. Founded in 2007 and based in El Segundo, California, the company provides a suite of services including Ace Metrix PRE for ad pre-testing, Ace Metrix LIVE for real-time analytics of digital ads, Ace Metrix POLITICS for evaluating campaign advertisements, and Ace Metrix VIVA for assessing Spanish language ads among U.S. Hispanic consumers. These tools offer brands, creative agencies, and publishers qualitative and quantitative data, competitive insights, and metrics to analyze the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns, facilitating real-time optimization.
Predixion
Series B in 2011
Predixion is a provider of predictive analytics services, founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, California, with development offices in Redmond, Washington. The company offers a self-service predictive analytics platform called Predixion Insight™, which simplifies the predictive process for business analysts and non-technical users, while still maintaining the flexibility and power needed by data scientists. This platform allows customers to analyze large volumes of data and make actionable decisions, facilitating the integration of predictions into everyday business operations. Predixion also focuses on enhancing the deployment of analytics, ensuring that valuable insights reach the right people promptly for immediate action. More than 200 companies utilize Predixion's services to improve their decision-making processes.
MyBuys is a leading provider of cross-channel personalization solutions for retailers, based in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in enhancing marketing effectiveness by analyzing individual shopper preferences and delivering tailored recommendations across various platforms, including e-commerce sites, email, display ads, mobile devices, and social media. With a robust cross-channel platform, MyBuys provides web recommendations and personalized alerts that leverage a patented portfolio of algorithms for real-time optimization. This allows businesses to engage customers effectively through acquisition, re-targeting, and reactivation strategies. More than 300 companies, including a significant number from the Internet Retailer Top 500, utilize MyBuys' services to drive sales and improve customer engagement.
Damballa specializes in advanced threat protection, focusing on the detection of active threats that evade traditional security measures. The company employs innovative solutions that leverage data science and machine learning to identify successful infections and assess the risk posed by compromised devices, regardless of their type or operating system. Damballa's technology is designed to uncover threats without needing prior knowledge of their existence, making it effective across various threat vectors. The firm provides security for nearly a billion endpoints globally, serving enterprises across multiple sectors, as well as major internet service providers and telecommunications companies. By addressing issues such as botnet formation, Damballa plays a critical role in enhancing internet security and safeguarding businesses from evolving cyber threats.
Bubbly Inc. operates a social voice application that enables users to connect globally through voice messaging. Originally founded as Bubble Motion in 2003, the company is headquartered in Singapore and has expanded its offerings to include a mobile social network that allows users to share audio updates with friends, family, and followers. The application supports both feature phones and smartphones, making it accessible across diverse devices. Users can follow celebrities and influencers to receive updates in their authentic voices, as well as enhance their own recordings with various audio effects and filters. Bubbly has garnered a user base of over 30 million, particularly in Asia, and is now expanding its reach with a smartphone app available globally. The platform is often likened to "Twitter with a voice," and has been described as the "Instagram of voice" due to its focus on creative audio sharing. Bubbly is backed by notable investors and has operations in multiple countries, including the United States, India, and several Southeast Asian nations.
Biscotti Inc. is a consumer electronics company based in Plano, Texas, that specializes in designing, building, and marketing high-definition video calling cameras for various markets, including home, office, healthcare, and consumer applications. The company offers a range of cloud-based services that facilitate 1-on-1 video calls, firewall traversal, network testing, and live video streaming, among others. Its flagship product, the Biscotti TV Phone, allows users to make unlimited free calls, enabling real-time interactions from the comfort of their living rooms. This innovative device is designed to be user-friendly for all ages and aims to bridge distances between family and friends. Biscotti Inc. was founded in 2008 and was previously known as Wham!, Inc. before rebranding in 2012. The company is privately held and backed by Palomar Ventures.
CoreObjects Software
Venture Round in 2010
CoreObjects Software, Inc. is a development partner that specializes in creating commercially deployable products for various markets. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the company offers a range of services including strategy and blue printing, product engineering, research and prototyping, user-centered design, as well as production deployment and security assessment. CoreObjects focuses on both consumer and enterprise applications, as well as embedded products, thereby addressing diverse technological needs. As of September 2010, it operates as a subsidiary of Symphony Service Corp.
Voxify
Venture Round in 2010
Voxify specializes in providing speech recognition technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of contact centers by enabling self-service for customer phone calls. The company's Automated Agents utilize industry-specific templates and patented conversational models, allowing callers to interact naturally, which improves customer service outcomes. These speech applications are capable of managing various tasks such as call steering and routing, reservations, flight information, cancellations, and check-ins. Voxify offers both managed services for hosted and premise-based deployments, ensuring a low-risk implementation and a swift return on investment for organizations seeking to optimize their customer interaction processes.
Damballa specializes in advanced threat protection, focusing on the detection of active threats that evade traditional security measures. The company employs innovative solutions that leverage data science and machine learning to identify successful infections and assess the risk posed by compromised devices, regardless of their type or operating system. Damballa's technology is designed to uncover threats without needing prior knowledge of their existence, making it effective across various threat vectors. The firm provides security for nearly a billion endpoints globally, serving enterprises across multiple sectors, as well as major internet service providers and telecommunications companies. By addressing issues such as botnet formation, Damballa plays a critical role in enhancing internet security and safeguarding businesses from evolving cyber threats.
ExteNet Systems
Venture Round in 2010
ExteNet Systems is a provider of advanced connectivity solutions, specializing in mobile network infrastructure for various clients, including mobile network operators, real estate owners, enterprises, municipalities, and rural carriers. The company designs and deploys outdoor small cell and distributed antenna systems (DAS) to enhance wireless communication in diverse environments such as sports venues, convention centers, commercial buildings, college campuses, healthcare facilities, hotels, and transit systems. By offering mobility and fiber connectivity that supports multiple carriers and standards-based technologies, ExteNet enables clients to achieve reliable geographic coverage in areas where traditional implementation may be challenging or expensive.
Ace Metrix
Series B in 2009
Ace Metrix, Inc. specializes in video creative assessment solutions, delivering detailed analytics and insights for television and video advertisements. Founded in 2007 and based in El Segundo, California, the company provides a suite of services including Ace Metrix PRE for ad pre-testing, Ace Metrix LIVE for real-time analytics of digital ads, Ace Metrix POLITICS for evaluating campaign advertisements, and Ace Metrix VIVA for assessing Spanish language ads among U.S. Hispanic consumers. These tools offer brands, creative agencies, and publishers qualitative and quantitative data, competitive insights, and metrics to analyze the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns, facilitating real-time optimization.
Bigfoot Networks
Series B in 2009
Bigfoot Networks is a prominent technology company specializing in networking solutions tailored for online gaming. The company develops both hardware and software that enhance network performance, ensuring a superior experience for gamers and users of real-time applications. Its product lineup includes gaming network cards designed specifically for online gaming and voice chat, which facilitate improved connectivity and reduced latency. By focusing on the needs of gamers and mass-market consumers, Bigfoot Networks aims to elevate the overall quality of online gaming experiences.
Paymetric
Series B in 2009
Paymetric, Inc. specializes in providing Software-as-a-Service solutions for secure electronic payment acceptance and data security. The company offers a range of integrated payment solutions, including XiPay for transaction security, XiOptimize for managing interchange rates, and XiUpdater for cardholder account updates. Paymetric also delivers comprehensive data security solutions such as XiSecure and XiIntercept, which protect sensitive information and prevent unauthorized access. Additional offerings include XiRecon for credit card settlement reporting, XiAnalytics for trend analysis, and automated invoice clearing through XiReceivables. Established in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Paymetric serves a diverse array of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services, by enabling efficient payment processes and reducing compliance burdens. As a subsidiary of Worldpay, Paymetric is recognized for its innovative, processor-agnostic approach to payment solutions and its commitment to customer support.
Bubbly Inc. operates a social voice application that enables users to connect globally through voice messaging. Originally founded as Bubble Motion in 2003, the company is headquartered in Singapore and has expanded its offerings to include a mobile social network that allows users to share audio updates with friends, family, and followers. The application supports both feature phones and smartphones, making it accessible across diverse devices. Users can follow celebrities and influencers to receive updates in their authentic voices, as well as enhance their own recordings with various audio effects and filters. Bubbly has garnered a user base of over 30 million, particularly in Asia, and is now expanding its reach with a smartphone app available globally. The platform is often likened to "Twitter with a voice," and has been described as the "Instagram of voice" due to its focus on creative audio sharing. Bubbly is backed by notable investors and has operations in multiple countries, including the United States, India, and several Southeast Asian nations.
Ravenflow
Venture Round in 2009
Ravenflow specializes in business requirements definition software that accelerates the application development process for enterprises. Its flagship product, RAVEN, facilitates requirements elicitation and definition, enabling stakeholders to reach consensus more quickly and reducing approval times for specifications. By minimizing developer rework caused by requirements errors, RAVEN integrates seamlessly with various application lifecycle management platforms, enhancing the overall efficiency of project delivery. The software helps business analysts visualize and validate requirements, produce specifications for business process workflows and use cases, and address specific application needs. Additionally, Ravenflow offers training and professional services to support its clients across multiple sectors, including finance, banking, insurance, government, telecommunications, technology, healthcare, education, and independent software vendors.
Ace Metrix
Series A in 2008
Ace Metrix, Inc. specializes in video creative assessment solutions, delivering detailed analytics and insights for television and video advertisements. Founded in 2007 and based in El Segundo, California, the company provides a suite of services including Ace Metrix PRE for ad pre-testing, Ace Metrix LIVE for real-time analytics of digital ads, Ace Metrix POLITICS for evaluating campaign advertisements, and Ace Metrix VIVA for assessing Spanish language ads among U.S. Hispanic consumers. These tools offer brands, creative agencies, and publishers qualitative and quantitative data, competitive insights, and metrics to analyze the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns, facilitating real-time optimization.
DATAllegro
Series D in 2008
DATAllegro provides integrated data warehousing services.
Zannel makes the mobile industry's first Instant Media Network(TM), which allows people to instantly and visually communicate what's happening now across mobile and the web, including all major social networks. Zannel won a Webby for Best Mobile Social Network in 2008, serves million of unique visitors per month, has over 50 partnerships with leading operators, media companies, and brands. Founded by the team that built the first large-scale mobile media storefronts in the US, Zannel combines the best of mobile messaging, media sharing, and social networking into an intuitive, compelling user experience. Located in San Francisco, Zannel is backed by USVP, Alloy, and Palomar Ventures.
ExteNet Systems
Debt Financing in 2008
ExteNet Systems is a provider of advanced connectivity solutions, specializing in mobile network infrastructure for various clients, including mobile network operators, real estate owners, enterprises, municipalities, and rural carriers. The company designs and deploys outdoor small cell and distributed antenna systems (DAS) to enhance wireless communication in diverse environments such as sports venues, convention centers, commercial buildings, college campuses, healthcare facilities, hotels, and transit systems. By offering mobility and fiber connectivity that supports multiple carriers and standards-based technologies, ExteNet enables clients to achieve reliable geographic coverage in areas where traditional implementation may be challenging or expensive.
Fulcrum Microsystems
Series E in 2008
Fulcrum Microsystems, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Calabasas, California, specializing in interconnect devices for storage, computing, and networking applications. Founded in 2000, the company offers a range of products including FocalPoint, which features Ethernet switch and router chips, and the ControlPoint Software Suite, which encompasses software modules for Ethernet bridging, switching, and routing. Additionally, Fulcrum Microsystems provides the PivotPoint SPI-4.2 Interconnect Chip, designed to facilitate interconnection packet and protocol processing on line cards. Its products primarily serve original equipment manufacturers, both in the United States and internationally.
Bigfoot Networks
Series A in 2008
Bigfoot Networks is a prominent technology company specializing in networking solutions tailored for online gaming. The company develops both hardware and software that enhance network performance, ensuring a superior experience for gamers and users of real-time applications. Its product lineup includes gaming network cards designed specifically for online gaming and voice chat, which facilitate improved connectivity and reduced latency. By focusing on the needs of gamers and mass-market consumers, Bigfoot Networks aims to elevate the overall quality of online gaming experiences.
Ravenflow
Venture Round in 2008
Ravenflow specializes in business requirements definition software that accelerates the application development process for enterprises. Its flagship product, RAVEN, facilitates requirements elicitation and definition, enabling stakeholders to reach consensus more quickly and reducing approval times for specifications. By minimizing developer rework caused by requirements errors, RAVEN integrates seamlessly with various application lifecycle management platforms, enhancing the overall efficiency of project delivery. The software helps business analysts visualize and validate requirements, produce specifications for business process workflows and use cases, and address specific application needs. Additionally, Ravenflow offers training and professional services to support its clients across multiple sectors, including finance, banking, insurance, government, telecommunications, technology, healthcare, education, and independent software vendors.
Voxify specializes in providing speech recognition technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of contact centers by enabling self-service for customer phone calls. The company's Automated Agents utilize industry-specific templates and patented conversational models, allowing callers to interact naturally, which improves customer service outcomes. These speech applications are capable of managing various tasks such as call steering and routing, reservations, flight information, cancellations, and check-ins. Voxify offers both managed services for hosted and premise-based deployments, ensuring a low-risk implementation and a swift return on investment for organizations seeking to optimize their customer interaction processes.
Edgewater Networks
Venture Round in 2008
Edgewater Networks Inc. specializes in manufacturing managed services platforms for the delivery of IP-based voice, video, and data services tailored for service providers, small businesses, and large enterprises. Its offerings include the EdgeView Service Control Center, which addresses network impairments affecting VoIP call quality, and Intelligent Edge solutions that facilitate VoIP and video interoperability, active line testing, call monitoring, and quality management. The Network Edge Orchestration platform integrates these solutions for enhanced performance. Additionally, the company provides QuickConnect interoperability certification services and professional services for network planning and operation. With over 600,000 deployed sites globally, Edgewater Networks is recognized for simplifying customer premises configurations and accelerating deployment timelines. Founded in 2002, the company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and operates as a subsidiary of Ribbon Communications Inc.
MyBuys is a leading provider of cross-channel personalization solutions for retailers, based in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in enhancing marketing effectiveness by analyzing individual shopper preferences and delivering tailored recommendations across various platforms, including e-commerce sites, email, display ads, mobile devices, and social media. With a robust cross-channel platform, MyBuys provides web recommendations and personalized alerts that leverage a patented portfolio of algorithms for real-time optimization. This allows businesses to engage customers effectively through acquisition, re-targeting, and reactivation strategies. More than 300 companies, including a significant number from the Internet Retailer Top 500, utilize MyBuys' services to drive sales and improve customer engagement.
Silver Creek Systems
Series C in 2007
Silver Creek Systems, Inc. specializes in automated data mastering solutions, focusing on data consolidation and management. The company's primary offering is the DataLens System, which standardizes, enriches, matches, and repurposes product data from various sources. Additionally, Silver Creek develops data service applications that streamline data integration tasks, employing a semantics-based approach to identify key information. Their solutions cater to a wide range of industries, including retail, distribution, manufacturing, healthcare, and telecommunications, by providing automation for information supply chains and enhancing data quality and governance. The DataLens System supports various applications, such as service-oriented architecture (SOA), product information management (PIM), and master data management (MDM), while also facilitating data migration and business intelligence efforts. Founded in 1997 and based in Westminster, Colorado, Silver Creek Systems operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corp. since 2009.
Woven Systems
Series B in 2007
Woven Systems is a network infrastructure provider specializing in the design and construction of scalable Ethernet fabric switching solutions tailored for enterprise and Internet data centers. The company is recognized for its innovative approach, particularly through its unique Dynamic Congestion Avoidance technology, which automatically balances network traffic to achieve optimal performance and minimal latency. Woven Systems' products are delivered in energy-efficient chassis, reflecting a commitment to both high performance and sustainability in network solutions.
SkyeTek, Inc. specializes in developing and deploying radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions across various sectors, including government, hospitality, manufacturing, healthcare, oil and gas, and retail. The company provides a range of products, including embedded and standalone RFID reader modules, which are utilized for applications such as access control, asset tracking, inventory management, patient safety, and product authentication. In addition to its RFID hardware offerings, SkyeTek delivers a comprehensive suite of services, including integration support, regulatory certification, security consulting, and customization for software and hardware. The firm is known for its MetaFi application, which enables real-time management of inventory and resources, thereby enhancing efficiency and productivity for its clients. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, SkyeTek operates globally with sales in North America, Europe, and Asia. As of December 2015, it operates as a subsidiary of JADAK Technologies, Inc.
WiQuest Communications
Series C in 2007
WiQuest Communications is a fabless semiconductor company designing and developing complete WiMedia-based ultrawideband (UWB) solutions focused on ultra high speed, short range applications. WiQuest’s complete solution offering includes chipset, software and reference designs. WiQuest’s technology enables a new class of applications for wireless connectivity to PC, consumer electronics and mobile systems – enabling The New Frontier of Wireless™. WiQuest Communications closed operation on 2008 Oct.
Storspeed
Series A in 2007
StorSpeed Inc. develops products that increase network storage performance. StorSpeed Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Austin, Texas.
Lombardi Software
Series D in 2007
Lombardi Software, Inc. is a provider of business process management (BPM) software and services based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1999, the company offers a range of products including Teamworks 6, a BPM software suite designed to support process improvement applications, and Blueprint, a software-as-a-service solution that helps organizations map business processes, identify issues, and prioritize improvements. Additionally, Lombardi Software provides process documentation and workflow diagramming tools, as well as a variety of services such as process definition, deployment, on-demand assistance, and education. Their offerings also extend to on-site services, including process design, project management, and service-oriented architecture integration reviews. The company's clientele spans various sectors, including financial services, government, healthcare, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications.
Fulcrum Microsystems
Series D in 2007
Fulcrum Microsystems, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Calabasas, California, specializing in interconnect devices for storage, computing, and networking applications. Founded in 2000, the company offers a range of products including FocalPoint, which features Ethernet switch and router chips, and the ControlPoint Software Suite, which encompasses software modules for Ethernet bridging, switching, and routing. Additionally, Fulcrum Microsystems provides the PivotPoint SPI-4.2 Interconnect Chip, designed to facilitate interconnection packet and protocol processing on line cards. Its products primarily serve original equipment manufacturers, both in the United States and internationally.
MyBuys is a leading provider of cross-channel personalization solutions for retailers, based in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in enhancing marketing effectiveness by analyzing individual shopper preferences and delivering tailored recommendations across various platforms, including e-commerce sites, email, display ads, mobile devices, and social media. With a robust cross-channel platform, MyBuys provides web recommendations and personalized alerts that leverage a patented portfolio of algorithms for real-time optimization. This allows businesses to engage customers effectively through acquisition, re-targeting, and reactivation strategies. More than 300 companies, including a significant number from the Internet Retailer Top 500, utilize MyBuys' services to drive sales and improve customer engagement.
AlterPoint
Series C in 2006
AlterPoint specializes in network governance software, providing solutions for managing network assets, configurations, and changes through its NetworkAuthority product suite. This includes a vendor-independent Configuration Management Database (CMDB), analytics for security and compliance, and services for vulnerability assessment and remediation. The company also offers consulting, technical support, and educational services to help clients implement these solutions effectively. AlterPoint's offerings cater to a diverse range of sectors, including banking, education, government, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, retail, technology, and media. Its tools are particularly useful for organizations merging networks, launching new services, and adhering to regulatory requirements, promoting best practices in network management.
KnowNow
Venture Round in 2006
KnowNow specializes in providing live information management solutions, primarily through RSS services, to large enterprises. The company's offerings are tailored to enhance productivity, efficiency, and profitability for organizations globally. By leveraging real-time information, KnowNow aims to improve decision-making processes and streamline operations, thereby helping businesses to optimize their performance in an increasingly data-driven environment.
Strix Systems
Series G in 2006
Strix Systems Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing wireless mesh networking solutions. The company offers a range of products, including modular mesh systems, outdoor and indoor wireless network equipment, and mobile wireless systems. Its software platform, Manager/One, allows for comprehensive control and management of network configurations. Strix Systems serves various sectors, including public safety, government, energy, transportation, education, and healthcare, providing solutions for both fixed and mobile applications. In addition to its products, the company offers technical support, training, and certification services to assist with deployments. Strix Systems markets its offerings through distributors, service providers, resellers, and systems integrators globally. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in Ventura, California, with additional offices in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, India.
Zannel makes the mobile industry's first Instant Media Network(TM), which allows people to instantly and visually communicate what's happening now across mobile and the web, including all major social networks. Zannel won a Webby for Best Mobile Social Network in 2008, serves million of unique visitors per month, has over 50 partnerships with leading operators, media companies, and brands. Founded by the team that built the first large-scale mobile media storefronts in the US, Zannel combines the best of mobile messaging, media sharing, and social networking into an intuitive, compelling user experience. Located in San Francisco, Zannel is backed by USVP, Alloy, and Palomar Ventures.
DATAllegro
Series C in 2006
DATAllegro provides integrated data warehousing services.
Voxify specializes in providing speech recognition technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of contact centers by enabling self-service for customer phone calls. The company's Automated Agents utilize industry-specific templates and patented conversational models, allowing callers to interact naturally, which improves customer service outcomes. These speech applications are capable of managing various tasks such as call steering and routing, reservations, flight information, cancellations, and check-ins. Voxify offers both managed services for hosted and premise-based deployments, ensuring a low-risk implementation and a swift return on investment for organizations seeking to optimize their customer interaction processes.
Incuity Software
Series A in 2006
Incuity Software, Inc., founded in 2004 and based in Mission Viejo, California, specializes in business intelligence software tailored for manufacturing enterprises. The company focuses on the design, development, and marketing of industrial automation database solutions and data analysis software. With a team that has extensive experience in the field, Incuity Software aims to empower manufacturers with tools that enhance operational efficiency and data-driven decision-making.
Encryptanet
Series A in 2006
Encryptanet was one of the world's first commercial blockchains. The company built a lightweight, content control and access cloud service for monetizing digital content called Paycloud. Encryptanet was not a micropayments vendor nor a cryptocurrency per se, but It was the very first micropayments partner for PayPal. The product provided a software-less solution for granting self-expiring, micro-access to digital content as small as a link or an image embedded in a page or for as short as seconds allowing customers to blend premium content with ad supported content to maximize revenues. The solution was unique in that it flipped the user model on its head: content looked and behaved like a free site to premium users without registration, signing in, or browser cookies. Customers included Forbes and several dozen digital content vendors. The company was funded by Palomar Ventures, Sevin Rosen, and friends and family.
RealOps, Inc., an information technology management company, provides run book automation and information technology process automation software solutions that streamline and execute critical operational service functions. It offers AutoPilot solutions for problem, change, and service management that automate the repetitive manual tasks that its staff performs every day; and RealOps Automation Management Platform that identifies, performs triage, analyzes, prioritizes, and manages information technology service functions automatically orchestrating interaction with various auxiliary tools and systems to minimize time-consuming and costly manual operational processes. The company also offers assessment and deployment, training and development, and professional services. Its customers include service providers and enterprises global information technology operations environments. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Herndon, Virginia. RealOps, Inc. is a subsidiary of BMC Software, Inc.
Network Physics
Venture Round in 2006
As of October 19, 2007, Network Physics, Inc. was acquired by OPNET Technologies Inc. (NasdaqNM:OPNT). Network Physics, Inc. provides real-time performance management solutions for converged networks. Its NetSensory appliances monitor the performance, integrity, and security of the applications infrastructure and enables IT staff to align operations with business priorities; NetSensory Enterprise Architecture, a network application management solution; NetSensory Solution Insight for VoIP delivers real-time and integrated management of voice and data applications; and NetSensory Business Reporter is a software option for the NP-Director platform. It offers solutions for the financial, health care, manufacturing, media, and retail sectors. Network Physics was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California with an additional office in the United Kingdom.
WiQuest Communications
Series B in 2006
WiQuest Communications is a fabless semiconductor company designing and developing complete WiMedia-based ultrawideband (UWB) solutions focused on ultra high speed, short range applications. WiQuest’s complete solution offering includes chipset, software and reference designs. WiQuest’s technology enables a new class of applications for wireless connectivity to PC, consumer electronics and mobile systems – enabling The New Frontier of Wireless™. WiQuest Communications closed operation on 2008 Oct.
Lombardi Software
Series C in 2006
Lombardi Software, Inc. is a provider of business process management (BPM) software and services based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1999, the company offers a range of products including Teamworks 6, a BPM software suite designed to support process improvement applications, and Blueprint, a software-as-a-service solution that helps organizations map business processes, identify issues, and prioritize improvements. Additionally, Lombardi Software provides process documentation and workflow diagramming tools, as well as a variety of services such as process definition, deployment, on-demand assistance, and education. Their offerings also extend to on-site services, including process design, project management, and service-oriented architecture integration reviews. The company's clientele spans various sectors, including financial services, government, healthcare, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications.
Ravenflow
Series A in 2005
Ravenflow specializes in business requirements definition software that accelerates the application development process for enterprises. Its flagship product, RAVEN, facilitates requirements elicitation and definition, enabling stakeholders to reach consensus more quickly and reducing approval times for specifications. By minimizing developer rework caused by requirements errors, RAVEN integrates seamlessly with various application lifecycle management platforms, enhancing the overall efficiency of project delivery. The software helps business analysts visualize and validate requirements, produce specifications for business process workflows and use cases, and address specific application needs. Additionally, Ravenflow offers training and professional services to support its clients across multiple sectors, including finance, banking, insurance, government, telecommunications, technology, healthcare, education, and independent software vendors.
Woven Systems
Series A in 2005
Woven Systems is a network infrastructure provider specializing in the design and construction of scalable Ethernet fabric switching solutions tailored for enterprise and Internet data centers. The company is recognized for its innovative approach, particularly through its unique Dynamic Congestion Avoidance technology, which automatically balances network traffic to achieve optimal performance and minimal latency. Woven Systems' products are delivered in energy-efficient chassis, reflecting a commitment to both high performance and sustainability in network solutions.
NTT Global Networks
Series D in 2005
NTT Global Networks provides telecommunications services. They offer a cloud framework to automatically activate and configure virtualized IT cloud services for branch offices.
Netcontinuum
Venture Round in 2005
NetContinuum, Inc. provides application controllers to deploy, secure, and manage enterprise Web applications. Its products include Web application firewalls that enable data center teams to secure existing enterprise applications; and Web application gateways, which provide application security, load balancing, content switching, connection pooling, caching, and GZIP compression to enable deployment of new enterprise applications. The company's controllers are used for managing business risk, DMZ consolidation, application deployment, instant PCI compliance, failed audit recovery, lowering DMZ TCO, and securing FTP. It also offers on-site installation, training, support, and other on-site custom engagements. NetContinuum serves the financial services, government, e-business, media and communications, ASP/software, healthcare, and education sectors. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. As of July 2007, NetContinuum, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Edgewater Networks
Series B in 2005
Edgewater Networks Inc. specializes in manufacturing managed services platforms for the delivery of IP-based voice, video, and data services tailored for service providers, small businesses, and large enterprises. Its offerings include the EdgeView Service Control Center, which addresses network impairments affecting VoIP call quality, and Intelligent Edge solutions that facilitate VoIP and video interoperability, active line testing, call monitoring, and quality management. The Network Edge Orchestration platform integrates these solutions for enhanced performance. Additionally, the company provides QuickConnect interoperability certification services and professional services for network planning and operation. With over 600,000 deployed sites globally, Edgewater Networks is recognized for simplifying customer premises configurations and accelerating deployment timelines. Founded in 2002, the company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and operates as a subsidiary of Ribbon Communications Inc.
SkyeTek, Inc. specializes in developing and deploying radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions across various sectors, including government, hospitality, manufacturing, healthcare, oil and gas, and retail. The company provides a range of products, including embedded and standalone RFID reader modules, which are utilized for applications such as access control, asset tracking, inventory management, patient safety, and product authentication. In addition to its RFID hardware offerings, SkyeTek delivers a comprehensive suite of services, including integration support, regulatory certification, security consulting, and customization for software and hardware. The firm is known for its MetaFi application, which enables real-time management of inventory and resources, thereby enhancing efficiency and productivity for its clients. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, SkyeTek operates globally with sales in North America, Europe, and Asia. As of December 2015, it operates as a subsidiary of JADAK Technologies, Inc.
Silver Creek Systems
Series C in 2005
Silver Creek Systems, Inc. specializes in automated data mastering solutions, focusing on data consolidation and management. The company's primary offering is the DataLens System, which standardizes, enriches, matches, and repurposes product data from various sources. Additionally, Silver Creek develops data service applications that streamline data integration tasks, employing a semantics-based approach to identify key information. Their solutions cater to a wide range of industries, including retail, distribution, manufacturing, healthcare, and telecommunications, by providing automation for information supply chains and enhancing data quality and governance. The DataLens System supports various applications, such as service-oriented architecture (SOA), product information management (PIM), and master data management (MDM), while also facilitating data migration and business intelligence efforts. Founded in 1997 and based in Westminster, Colorado, Silver Creek Systems operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corp. since 2009.
Strix Systems
Series E in 2005
Strix Systems Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing wireless mesh networking solutions. The company offers a range of products, including modular mesh systems, outdoor and indoor wireless network equipment, and mobile wireless systems. Its software platform, Manager/One, allows for comprehensive control and management of network configurations. Strix Systems serves various sectors, including public safety, government, energy, transportation, education, and healthcare, providing solutions for both fixed and mobile applications. In addition to its products, the company offers technical support, training, and certification services to assist with deployments. Strix Systems markets its offerings through distributors, service providers, resellers, and systems integrators globally. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in Ventura, California, with additional offices in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, India.
Fulcrum Microsystems
Series C in 2005
Fulcrum Microsystems, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Calabasas, California, specializing in interconnect devices for storage, computing, and networking applications. Founded in 2000, the company offers a range of products including FocalPoint, which features Ethernet switch and router chips, and the ControlPoint Software Suite, which encompasses software modules for Ethernet bridging, switching, and routing. Additionally, Fulcrum Microsystems provides the PivotPoint SPI-4.2 Interconnect Chip, designed to facilitate interconnection packet and protocol processing on line cards. Its products primarily serve original equipment manufacturers, both in the United States and internationally.
Dedicated Devices
Series B in 2005
Dedicated Devices is a leading manufacturer of reliable whole home media systems. The company was founded in 2003 by former employees of Micron Electronics, Inc. and the company is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.
Voxify specializes in providing speech recognition technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of contact centers by enabling self-service for customer phone calls. The company's Automated Agents utilize industry-specific templates and patented conversational models, allowing callers to interact naturally, which improves customer service outcomes. These speech applications are capable of managing various tasks such as call steering and routing, reservations, flight information, cancellations, and check-ins. Voxify offers both managed services for hosted and premise-based deployments, ensuring a low-risk implementation and a swift return on investment for organizations seeking to optimize their customer interaction processes.
Gamma Enterprise Technologies
Series A in 2005
Gamma Enterprise Technologies, Inc. specializes in application data management software tailored for companies utilizing SAP applications. The company's solutions include the InfoShuttle suite, which automates and secures the replication of SAP production data in non-production environments, facilitating the creation and updating of client data, accelerating testing processes, and securing data for development and training purposes. Additionally, Gamma offers archiving solutions that enable the storage, management, and retrieval of SAP application data. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Woodland Hills, California, the company serves a diverse clientele across North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. In 2008, Gamma Enterprise Technologies was acquired by Applimation, Inc.
Syntricity
Venture Round in 2005
Syntricity, Inc. specializes in developing web-based enterprise yield management solutions tailored for the semiconductor industry, serving a diverse clientele that includes semiconductor manufacturers, test vendors, and wafer foundries. The company's flagship product, dataConductor, is a hosted software solution that aggregates data from various manufacturing systems into a centralized warehouse, facilitating efficient management of yields throughout the semiconductor product life cycle. In addition to dataConductor, Syntricity offers a suite of interactive analysis tools, customizable applications, and engineering databases that enhance product characterization, qualification studies, and production analysis. The company provides comprehensive consulting and support services, focusing on best practices implementation, yield analysis, and system integration, among others. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in La Jolla, California, Syntricity has established itself as a key player in the semiconductor sector, helping clients optimize their operations through robust data management and analytical capabilities.
AlterPoint
Series C in 2005
AlterPoint specializes in network governance software, providing solutions for managing network assets, configurations, and changes through its NetworkAuthority product suite. This includes a vendor-independent Configuration Management Database (CMDB), analytics for security and compliance, and services for vulnerability assessment and remediation. The company also offers consulting, technical support, and educational services to help clients implement these solutions effectively. AlterPoint's offerings cater to a diverse range of sectors, including banking, education, government, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, retail, technology, and media. Its tools are particularly useful for organizations merging networks, launching new services, and adhering to regulatory requirements, promoting best practices in network management.
WiQuest Communications
Series A in 2004
WiQuest Communications is a fabless semiconductor company designing and developing complete WiMedia-based ultrawideband (UWB) solutions focused on ultra high speed, short range applications. WiQuest’s complete solution offering includes chipset, software and reference designs. WiQuest’s technology enables a new class of applications for wireless connectivity to PC, consumer electronics and mobile systems – enabling The New Frontier of Wireless™. WiQuest Communications closed operation on 2008 Oct.
Voxify specializes in providing speech recognition technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of contact centers by enabling self-service for customer phone calls. The company's Automated Agents utilize industry-specific templates and patented conversational models, allowing callers to interact naturally, which improves customer service outcomes. These speech applications are capable of managing various tasks such as call steering and routing, reservations, flight information, cancellations, and check-ins. Voxify offers both managed services for hosted and premise-based deployments, ensuring a low-risk implementation and a swift return on investment for organizations seeking to optimize their customer interaction processes.
Continuous Computing
Venture Round in 2004
Continuous Computing specializes in integrated platform solutions designed to assist network equipment providers in addressing the challenges of mobile broadband capacity. With over two decades of experience in telecommunications innovation, the company enables clients to enhance their return on investment by allowing them to concentrate on differentiating their offerings in areas such as 3G, LTE, Femtocell, and Deep Packet Inspection applications. Continuous Computing distinguishes itself through its combination of advanced ATCA platforms and renowned Trillium protocol software, resulting in optimized and proven products for wireless and packet processing. The company is actively involved in various industry organizations, including 3GPP, ETSI, and the Femto Forum, further solidifying its commitment to advancing telecommunications technology.
Dedicated Devices
Series A in 2004
Dedicated Devices is a leading manufacturer of reliable whole home media systems. The company was founded in 2003 by former employees of Micron Electronics, Inc. and the company is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.
Lombardi Software
Venture Round in 2004
Lombardi Software, Inc. is a provider of business process management (BPM) software and services based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1999, the company offers a range of products including Teamworks 6, a BPM software suite designed to support process improvement applications, and Blueprint, a software-as-a-service solution that helps organizations map business processes, identify issues, and prioritize improvements. Additionally, Lombardi Software provides process documentation and workflow diagramming tools, as well as a variety of services such as process definition, deployment, on-demand assistance, and education. Their offerings also extend to on-site services, including process design, project management, and service-oriented architecture integration reviews. The company's clientele spans various sectors, including financial services, government, healthcare, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications.
Gluecode Software
Series A in 2004
Gluecode Software is an open source application infrastructure company based in El Segundo, California, founded in 2000. The company specializes in providing software and support services that facilitate the development and delivery of distributed enterprise applications. Its flagship product, Gluecode JOE Standard Edition, is a comprehensive Java application platform that includes an application server, JSP and servlet container, portal framework, and database management system. By utilizing a managed open source model, Gluecode Software ensures enterprise readiness through source code access, technical support, and service-level agreements, streamlining the application development process for businesses.
Cerebra, Inc has develops and commercializes web-based enterprise data management products.
Inovys, a Pleasanton, Calif. company that makes software and hardware for structural testing of semiconductors, was founded in 1999.
AlterPoint
Series B in 2004
AlterPoint specializes in network governance software, providing solutions for managing network assets, configurations, and changes through its NetworkAuthority product suite. This includes a vendor-independent Configuration Management Database (CMDB), analytics for security and compliance, and services for vulnerability assessment and remediation. The company also offers consulting, technical support, and educational services to help clients implement these solutions effectively. AlterPoint's offerings cater to a diverse range of sectors, including banking, education, government, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, retail, technology, and media. Its tools are particularly useful for organizations merging networks, launching new services, and adhering to regulatory requirements, promoting best practices in network management.
Akonix Systems
Series B in 2003
Akonix Systems specializes in developing software solutions that enhance online communication and community engagement for major organizations. The company's flagship product, Akonix CommuniWare Enterprise, is a fully integrated platform designed to facilitate seamless connections among users with shared interests. This scalable and customizable solution stands apart from traditional CRM or single-purpose software by effectively increasing customer acquisition, retention, brand association, and revenue generation. In addition to its communication platform, Akonix Systems also offers software services focused on instant messaging management security and risk management products, further addressing the diverse needs of its clients.
Composite Software
Series B in 2003
Composite Software LLC specializes in data virtualization software solutions for organizations in the United States and globally. The company offers a Data Virtualization Platform that integrates data from diverse sources, enabling insights and supporting analytics and business intelligence needs. Their Information Server facilitates querying and delivering data on demand, while CIS Adapters enhance access to various data sources, including enterprise applications and big data stores. Composite Software also provides a range of analytics and business intelligence solutions, data integration services, and business applications that cater to sectors such as financial services, government, life sciences, and retail. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Composite Software operates as a subsidiary of TIBCO Software Inc. since November 2017.
KnowNow specializes in providing live information management solutions, primarily through RSS services, to large enterprises. The company's offerings are tailored to enhance productivity, efficiency, and profitability for organizations globally. By leveraging real-time information, KnowNow aims to improve decision-making processes and streamline operations, thereby helping businesses to optimize their performance in an increasingly data-driven environment.
Entone specializes in hybrid television and media hub solutions, enabling seamless integration of broadcast television with advanced digital video recording and web media services. Founded in 1999 by a team that played a key role in launching one of the first large-scale commercial IPTV services, the company offers a range of MPEG-4 customer premise equipment. This includes a compact single-stream IPTV digital video recorder, an IPTV video gateway for delivering multiple interactive streams, a dual-stream media hub for live HDTV and web services, and a media player for hybrid TV and streaming media. Entone's technology allows service operators to provide comprehensive IP-based video and broadband services utilizing existing in-home wiring, supporting modern connected home experiences.
Network Physics
Venture Round in 2003
As of October 19, 2007, Network Physics, Inc. was acquired by OPNET Technologies Inc. (NasdaqNM:OPNT). Network Physics, Inc. provides real-time performance management solutions for converged networks. Its NetSensory appliances monitor the performance, integrity, and security of the applications infrastructure and enables IT staff to align operations with business priorities; NetSensory Enterprise Architecture, a network application management solution; NetSensory Solution Insight for VoIP delivers real-time and integrated management of voice and data applications; and NetSensory Business Reporter is a software option for the NP-Director platform. It offers solutions for the financial, health care, manufacturing, media, and retail sectors. Network Physics was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California with an additional office in the United Kingdom.
Strix Systems
Series D in 2003
Strix Systems Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing wireless mesh networking solutions. The company offers a range of products, including modular mesh systems, outdoor and indoor wireless network equipment, and mobile wireless systems. Its software platform, Manager/One, allows for comprehensive control and management of network configurations. Strix Systems serves various sectors, including public safety, government, energy, transportation, education, and healthcare, providing solutions for both fixed and mobile applications. In addition to its products, the company offers technical support, training, and certification services to assist with deployments. Strix Systems markets its offerings through distributors, service providers, resellers, and systems integrators globally. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in Ventura, California, with additional offices in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, India.
Attensity
Series B in 2003
Attensity is a provider of corporate insight solutions that focuses on omni-channel customer communications and data contextualization for Global 1000 companies. As a pioneer in natural language processing and sentiment analysis, the company employs advanced semantic technologies to extract relevant and accurate information from various multi-channel data sources. Attensity's integrated solutions enable enterprises to interpret vast amounts of both structured and unstructured data, thereby enhancing customer experience, managing brand equity, increasing revenue, mitigating business risks, and informing strategic decision-making. Through its text analytics software applications, Attensity specializes in social customer relationship management by identifying facts, relationships, and sentiments from unstructured data.
Voxify specializes in providing speech recognition technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of contact centers by enabling self-service for customer phone calls. The company's Automated Agents utilize industry-specific templates and patented conversational models, allowing callers to interact naturally, which improves customer service outcomes. These speech applications are capable of managing various tasks such as call steering and routing, reservations, flight information, cancellations, and check-ins. Voxify offers both managed services for hosted and premise-based deployments, ensuring a low-risk implementation and a swift return on investment for organizations seeking to optimize their customer interaction processes.
StoneFly is a technology company based in Hayward, California, specializing in Internet Protocol (IP) storage solutions. Founded in 1996 and recognized for pioneering the iSCSI storage protocol, StoneFly has established itself as a leader in the storage industry, offering a wide array of products and services. These include physical and virtual storage appliances, cloud services, backup and disaster recovery solutions, and enterprise managed services. The company's offerings are powered by StoneFusion, an intelligent operating system that enhances the performance of data-dependent applications. StoneFly is dedicated to providing simple, affordable, and secure enterprise-class storage solutions, making it a key player in the evolution of data storage technologies. As a subsidiary of Dynamic Network Factory, Inc., StoneFly also benefits from its parent company's expertise in security and consulting services.
Fulcrum Microsystems
Venture Round in 2003
Fulcrum Microsystems, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Calabasas, California, specializing in interconnect devices for storage, computing, and networking applications. Founded in 2000, the company offers a range of products including FocalPoint, which features Ethernet switch and router chips, and the ControlPoint Software Suite, which encompasses software modules for Ethernet bridging, switching, and routing. Additionally, Fulcrum Microsystems provides the PivotPoint SPI-4.2 Interconnect Chip, designed to facilitate interconnection packet and protocol processing on line cards. Its products primarily serve original equipment manufacturers, both in the United States and internationally.
Composite Software
Series A in 2003
Composite Software LLC specializes in data virtualization software solutions for organizations in the United States and globally. The company offers a Data Virtualization Platform that integrates data from diverse sources, enabling insights and supporting analytics and business intelligence needs. Their Information Server facilitates querying and delivering data on demand, while CIS Adapters enhance access to various data sources, including enterprise applications and big data stores. Composite Software also provides a range of analytics and business intelligence solutions, data integration services, and business applications that cater to sectors such as financial services, government, life sciences, and retail. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Composite Software operates as a subsidiary of TIBCO Software Inc. since November 2017.
Netcontinuum
Series C in 2003
NetContinuum, Inc. provides application controllers to deploy, secure, and manage enterprise Web applications. Its products include Web application firewalls that enable data center teams to secure existing enterprise applications; and Web application gateways, which provide application security, load balancing, content switching, connection pooling, caching, and GZIP compression to enable deployment of new enterprise applications. The company's controllers are used for managing business risk, DMZ consolidation, application deployment, instant PCI compliance, failed audit recovery, lowering DMZ TCO, and securing FTP. It also offers on-site installation, training, support, and other on-site custom engagements. NetContinuum serves the financial services, government, e-business, media and communications, ASP/software, healthcare, and education sectors. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. As of July 2007, NetContinuum, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Barracuda Networks, Inc.
NTT Global Networks
Series C in 2003
NTT Global Networks provides telecommunications services. They offer a cloud framework to automatically activate and configure virtualized IT cloud services for branch offices.
Lombardi Software
Series C in 2003
Lombardi Software, Inc. is a provider of business process management (BPM) software and services based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1999, the company offers a range of products including Teamworks 6, a BPM software suite designed to support process improvement applications, and Blueprint, a software-as-a-service solution that helps organizations map business processes, identify issues, and prioritize improvements. Additionally, Lombardi Software provides process documentation and workflow diagramming tools, as well as a variety of services such as process definition, deployment, on-demand assistance, and education. Their offerings also extend to on-site services, including process design, project management, and service-oriented architecture integration reviews. The company's clientele spans various sectors, including financial services, government, healthcare, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications.
AlterPoint
Series A in 2003
AlterPoint specializes in network governance software, providing solutions for managing network assets, configurations, and changes through its NetworkAuthority product suite. This includes a vendor-independent Configuration Management Database (CMDB), analytics for security and compliance, and services for vulnerability assessment and remediation. The company also offers consulting, technical support, and educational services to help clients implement these solutions effectively. AlterPoint's offerings cater to a diverse range of sectors, including banking, education, government, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, retail, technology, and media. Its tools are particularly useful for organizations merging networks, launching new services, and adhering to regulatory requirements, promoting best practices in network management.
Again Technologies
Series D in 2002
Motiva, Inc. is the technology leader for global enterprise incentive management (EIM) software and services, enabling companies to create and manage flexible, highly targeted incentive programs that drive top-line and bottom-line results across the extended enterprise. The Motiva software solution allows businesses to rapidly align performance with strategic objectives for sales, services, channels, customers and suppliers. Founded in 1996, Motiva is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Composite Software
Series A in 2002
Composite Software LLC specializes in data virtualization software solutions for organizations in the United States and globally. The company offers a Data Virtualization Platform that integrates data from diverse sources, enabling insights and supporting analytics and business intelligence needs. Their Information Server facilitates querying and delivering data on demand, while CIS Adapters enhance access to various data sources, including enterprise applications and big data stores. Composite Software also provides a range of analytics and business intelligence solutions, data integration services, and business applications that cater to sectors such as financial services, government, life sciences, and retail. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Composite Software operates as a subsidiary of TIBCO Software Inc. since November 2017.
Again Technologies
Series C in 2001
Motiva, Inc. is the technology leader for global enterprise incentive management (EIM) software and services, enabling companies to create and manage flexible, highly targeted incentive programs that drive top-line and bottom-line results across the extended enterprise. The Motiva software solution allows businesses to rapidly align performance with strategic objectives for sales, services, channels, customers and suppliers. Founded in 1996, Motiva is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
NTT Global Networks
Series B in 2001
NTT Global Networks provides telecommunications services. They offer a cloud framework to automatically activate and configure virtualized IT cloud services for branch offices.
KnowNow specializes in providing live information management solutions, primarily through RSS services, to large enterprises. The company's offerings are tailored to enhance productivity, efficiency, and profitability for organizations globally. By leveraging real-time information, KnowNow aims to improve decision-making processes and streamline operations, thereby helping businesses to optimize their performance in an increasingly data-driven environment.
Intersperse
Series B in 2001
Intersperse is a provider of management solutions for service-oriented enterprise applications. Intersperse Manager is designed to help master the rapidly growing complexity of SOA business systems. It gives developers, operators, and analysts a comprehensive view of all relevant tiers, the ability to proactively monitor and analyze system performance in business contexts, and the control to automatically or directly corrects problems in the production environment. Users can visualize not only application services, but also the ways in which those services are expected to perform, ensuring compliance with established service-level commitments.
Continuous Computing
Venture Round in 2001
Continuous Computing specializes in integrated platform solutions designed to assist network equipment providers in addressing the challenges of mobile broadband capacity. With over two decades of experience in telecommunications innovation, the company enables clients to enhance their return on investment by allowing them to concentrate on differentiating their offerings in areas such as 3G, LTE, Femtocell, and Deep Packet Inspection applications. Continuous Computing distinguishes itself through its combination of advanced ATCA platforms and renowned Trillium protocol software, resulting in optimized and proven products for wireless and packet processing. The company is actively involved in various industry organizations, including 3GPP, ETSI, and the Femto Forum, further solidifying its commitment to advancing telecommunications technology.
Dorado Corporation
Series C in 2001
Dorado Corporation is a provider of collaborative cloud computing applications and architecture to the financial services industry. The company offers fully automated on-demand solutions for managing and tracking complex integrations and data-intensive transactions for financial institutions. The company’s marquee Enterprise Lending System encompasses the ChannelMaster(TM) mortgage loan origination system and PriceMaster(TM) pricing engine, enabling financial institutions to run and centrally monitor the consumer lending process from lead generation through post-close. Along with the benefits of cloud computing applications—increased functionality and dependability with minimal capital costs, flexible configurations, rapid deployment and agile performance—Dorado’s customers also gain competitive advantage via production workflow enhancements, better control over the product mix and built-in compliance. The company’s pay-for-performance model also provides a more predictably priced alternative to single-point solutions, closed systems and internal development. The company was named a “Hot Banking Technology Company to Watch†by a major research firm in 2009, and has been a Top 50 Mortgage Technology Provider since 2005. Dorado’s customers include tier-one mortgage lenders, leading regional banks and growing financial institutions in the U.S. and Canada.
Syntricity
Series B in 2000
Syntricity, Inc. specializes in developing web-based enterprise yield management solutions tailored for the semiconductor industry, serving a diverse clientele that includes semiconductor manufacturers, test vendors, and wafer foundries. The company's flagship product, dataConductor, is a hosted software solution that aggregates data from various manufacturing systems into a centralized warehouse, facilitating efficient management of yields throughout the semiconductor product life cycle. In addition to dataConductor, Syntricity offers a suite of interactive analysis tools, customizable applications, and engineering databases that enhance product characterization, qualification studies, and production analysis. The company provides comprehensive consulting and support services, focusing on best practices implementation, yield analysis, and system integration, among others. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in La Jolla, California, Syntricity has established itself as a key player in the semiconductor sector, helping clients optimize their operations through robust data management and analytical capabilities.
Dorado Corporation
Series B in 2000
Dorado Corporation is a provider of collaborative cloud computing applications and architecture to the financial services industry. The company offers fully automated on-demand solutions for managing and tracking complex integrations and data-intensive transactions for financial institutions. The company’s marquee Enterprise Lending System encompasses the ChannelMaster(TM) mortgage loan origination system and PriceMaster(TM) pricing engine, enabling financial institutions to run and centrally monitor the consumer lending process from lead generation through post-close. Along with the benefits of cloud computing applications—increased functionality and dependability with minimal capital costs, flexible configurations, rapid deployment and agile performance—Dorado’s customers also gain competitive advantage via production workflow enhancements, better control over the product mix and built-in compliance. The company’s pay-for-performance model also provides a more predictably priced alternative to single-point solutions, closed systems and internal development. The company was named a “Hot Banking Technology Company to Watch†by a major research firm in 2009, and has been a Top 50 Mortgage Technology Provider since 2005. Dorado’s customers include tier-one mortgage lenders, leading regional banks and growing financial institutions in the U.S. and Canada.