Sapphire Ventures

Sapphire Ventures is a global software-focused venture capital firm with teams across Austin, London, Menlo Park and San Francisco. It partners with visionary management teams and venture funds to back companies that can become category leaders and has backed hundreds of companies worldwide, generating a track record of public listings and acquisitions. The firm operates a multi-pronged platform—Sapphire Ventures, Sapphire Partners and Sapphire Sport—that combines growth and early-stage investing with a portfolio-growth team providing strategic resources and operational support to help portfolio companies scale. Sapphire Sport is an early-stage investment vehicle focused on the intersection of sport, media and entertainment technology, while the broader platform targets software, cloud, cybersecurity, AI and other technology-enabled sectors.

Steve Abbott

Partner

Jason Brooke

Vice President

Hillary Cook

Senior Associate

Jai Das

President

Georgie Davies

Tech Investor

Past deals in PaaS

Reservoir

Series A in 2025
Reservoir is a developer platform that enables next-generation NFT products to be delivered to market.

Upvest

Series C in 2024
Upvest provides an investment API and blockchain wallet infrastructure that enables businesses and financial institutions to offer investment products and wallet experiences within their apps. Its modular, scalable platform supports portfolios, savings plans and micro-investing features such as roundups, while offering the digital infrastructure needed for licenses, vendor management, and back- and middle-office operations. The API also connects to blockchain networks and tokenized platforms, enabling DApps and exchanges to build wallet-enabled experiences for end users and allowing cross-border, secure access to investment products.

Creatio

Venture Round in 2024
Creatio is a global provider of a no-code platform designed to automate workflows and customer relationship management (CRM) processes. The company enables businesses to create applications and streamline operations without requiring programming expertise. Its comprehensive CRM solutions cover marketing, sales, and service automation, helping organizations enhance customer relationships and improve overall customer experience. In addition to CRM capabilities, Creatio offers robust business process management tools that allow users to design, execute, monitor, and optimize workflows effectively. By combining CRM and business process management features within a user-friendly no-code environment, Creatio aims to empower organizations to accelerate their operational efficiency and adapt to changing market demands.

Defense Unicorns

Series A in 2024
Defense Unicorns develops software and infrastructure solutions that enable national security capabilities through open-source continuous delivery tooling, with technology that supports deployments in air-gapped environments disconnected from the internet and across cloud, on-premises, and tactical edge settings. It offers an open-source and infrastructure-agnostic platform that helps organizations buy, accredit, and integrate software through an end-to-end service for continuous software integration, delivering programs across the Department of Defense and the broader federal market and accelerating software acquisition and delivery while enhancing security and operational readiness for digital defense initiatives.

Blockdaemon

Series C in 2022
Blockdaemon facilitates blockchain deployment by offering a node management platform that supports over 30 protocols. It empowers businesses and developers to quickly launch and manage blockchain applications, with tools for exchanges, custodians, and financial institutions.

PubNub

Series E in 2021
PubNub develops a global Data Stream Network for real-time applications. Its platform enables secure, scalable, and manageable communication across various industries such as healthcare, gaming, IoT, and more. Founded in 2009, PubNub is headquartered in San Francisco.

Yugabyte

Series C in 2021
Yugabyte, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. Its flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, featuring low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built with innovative technologies such as auto sharding and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. The company offers various deployment options, including the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed database-as-a-service solution suitable for public, private, or hybrid cloud environments, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed service available on major cloud platforms. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Yugabyte aims to empower developers to build scalable, resilient applications with its open-source offerings.

Blockdaemon

Series B in 2021
Blockdaemon facilitates blockchain deployment by offering a node management platform that supports over 30 protocols. It empowers businesses and developers to quickly launch and manage blockchain applications, with tools for exchanges, custodians, and financial institutions.

Own Company

Series E in 2021
Own Company is a software enterprise that specializes in cloud data protection solutions. It provides a comprehensive data platform designed to safeguard and activate Software as a Service (SaaS) data, facilitating operational transformation for businesses. The platform features a cloud-to-cloud backup and restore system that ensures automated and daily backups of SaaS and Platform as a Service (PaaS) data. Additionally, it includes tools for data comparison and restoration, allowing organizations to effectively manage data loss and corruption crises. By prioritizing the security of critical cloud data, Own Company helps businesses optimize their disaster recovery processes.

Yapily

Series B in 2021
Yapily is a fintech company that provides an open finance platform enabling access to financial data and payment capabilities. The company connects businesses to thousands of banks through a secure open API, handling the complexity of integrations to save time and money. By supporting data retrieval and payment initiation, Yapily's platform enables applications across banking, lending, payments, accounting, and money management to improve customer experiences. As the industry moves toward an open economy, Yapily aims to power innovative financial solutions by facilitating secure data sharing and streamlined payment infrastructure for organizations worldwide.

CircleCI

Series F in 2021
CircleCI provides a continuous integration and delivery platform that automates build, test, and deploy processes to help software teams release code rapidly and with confidence. The platform supports version control integration, automated testing frameworks, and containerization, enabling developers to scale workflows, detect and fix defects early, and reduce deployment risk. Notable customers include Facebook, Spotify, Kickstarter, and Shyp, reflecting wide adoption across tech companies. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco with a global remote workforce, CircleCI is backed by venture firms Scale Venture Partners, DFJ, Baseline Ventures, and Harrison Metal Capital.

Tetrate

Series B in 2021
Tetrate.io, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in application management for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The company provides an enterprise-ready service mesh platform that simplifies the management of complex application infrastructures for DevOps, security, and network administrators. Tetrate's platform enables organizations to run and manage microservices effectively, facilitating the modernization of applications and accelerating the adoption of public cloud solutions. By partnering with enterprises on their app modernization journeys, Tetrate supports businesses in navigating the intricacies of modern cloud infrastructures.

Own Company

Series D in 2021
Own Company is a software enterprise that specializes in cloud data protection solutions. It provides a comprehensive data platform designed to safeguard and activate Software as a Service (SaaS) data, facilitating operational transformation for businesses. The platform features a cloud-to-cloud backup and restore system that ensures automated and daily backups of SaaS and Platform as a Service (PaaS) data. Additionally, it includes tools for data comparison and restoration, allowing organizations to effectively manage data loss and corruption crises. By prioritizing the security of critical cloud data, Own Company helps businesses optimize their disaster recovery processes.

DataRobot

Series F in 2020
DataRobot develops an automated machine learning platform that enables users across various industries to build predictive models. Its cloud-based solution, DataRobot Cloud, offers a project-based curriculum for gaining insights from data scientists. The company also provides DataRobot MLOps for deploying and managing machine learning models, along with enterprise features like flexible deployment and governance in its DataRobot Enterprise solution.

Contentful

Series E in 2020
Contentful is a cloud-based content platform that unifies and structures content in a single hub for web and mobile applications, enabling digital experiences at scale across multiple channels. It provides an extensible framework with open APIs that allow seamless integration with hundreds of tools, supporting developers in building and reusing content components, templates, and design elements across properties. The platform is used by digital-first businesses and a diverse set of brands to accelerate content delivery and maintain on-brand experiences. Contentful was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Berlin, with offices in San Francisco and Denver.

CircleCI

Series E in 2020
CircleCI provides a continuous integration and delivery platform that automates build, test, and deploy processes to help software teams release code rapidly and with confidence. The platform supports version control integration, automated testing frameworks, and containerization, enabling developers to scale workflows, detect and fix defects early, and reduce deployment risk. Notable customers include Facebook, Spotify, Kickstarter, and Shyp, reflecting wide adoption across tech companies. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco with a global remote workforce, CircleCI is backed by venture firms Scale Venture Partners, DFJ, Baseline Ventures, and Harrison Metal Capital.

Manticore Games

Series B in 2019
Manticore Games, Inc. is a game development company founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in creating Core, a comprehensive platform that allows users to build, share, and play online games. It serves as an accessible game construction kit and social gaming environment, designed to empower individuals with little to no coding experience to create and publish their own games quickly. Manticore Games aims to foster a vibrant community of game makers and players, providing an endless universe of interactive experiences for users to explore. The team comprises industry veterans with extensive backgrounds in PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality gaming.

PlayVS

Series C in 2019
PlayVS operates a platform that organizes and facilitates online esports tournaments and wagers for cash prizes among high school students. It enables teen gamers to form teams, compete with other schools, and vie for state championship titles.

DataRobot

Series E in 2019
DataRobot develops an automated machine learning platform that enables users across various industries to build predictive models. Its cloud-based solution, DataRobot Cloud, offers a project-based curriculum for gaining insights from data scientists. The company also provides DataRobot MLOps for deploying and managing machine learning models, along with enterprise features like flexible deployment and governance in its DataRobot Enterprise solution.

Monday.com

Series D in 2019
Monday.com is a global technology company that develops and markets a customizable work management platform, known as the monday.com Work OS. This platform enables organizations across diverse industries to build and tailor software tools to fit their specific needs, fostering transparency and efficiency. With teams worldwide, monday.com serves over 152,000 customers in more than 200 countries, supporting various use cases and business verticals.

PubNub

Series D in 2019
PubNub develops a global Data Stream Network for real-time applications. Its platform enables secure, scalable, and manageable communication across various industries such as healthcare, gaming, IoT, and more. Founded in 2009, PubNub is headquartered in San Francisco.

Portworx

Series C in 2019
Portworx Inc., founded in 2014 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, specializes in cloud-native storage solutions for modern enterprises. The company offers Portworx PWX, a software-defined infrastructure that provides scalable block storage to containerized applications. Its solution enables stateful persistence, fluid scheduling across machines and clouds, rapid deployment, and scaling of enterprise applications. Portworx also provides a Kubernetes storage platform for running, scaling, backing up, and recovering mission-critical applications. As of September 30, 2020, Portworx operates as a subsidiary of Pure Storage, Inc., serving clients across multiple clouds and on-premises environments.

Contentful

Series D in 2018
Contentful is a cloud-based content platform that unifies and structures content in a single hub for web and mobile applications, enabling digital experiences at scale across multiple channels. It provides an extensible framework with open APIs that allow seamless integration with hundreds of tools, supporting developers in building and reusing content components, templates, and design elements across properties. The platform is used by digital-first businesses and a diverse set of brands to accelerate content delivery and maintain on-brand experiences. Contentful was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Berlin, with offices in San Francisco and Denver.

DataRobot

Series D in 2018
DataRobot develops an automated machine learning platform that enables users across various industries to build predictive models. Its cloud-based solution, DataRobot Cloud, offers a project-based curriculum for gaining insights from data scientists. The company also provides DataRobot MLOps for deploying and managing machine learning models, along with enterprise features like flexible deployment and governance in its DataRobot Enterprise solution.

CloudHealth Technologies

Series D in 2017
CloudHealth Technologies, Inc. is a Boston-based company specializing in IT service management solutions for cloud environments. Founded in 2012, the company offers a cloud analytics platform called CloudHealth that aggregates and analyzes data from various cloud providers, helping organizations align their cloud operations with business objectives. This platform enables users to assess costs, usage, and performance trends, while also supporting cloud governance and optimization. Additionally, CloudHealth provides automation tools to streamline day-to-day cloud management operations. The company serves enterprises and technology firms on a subscription basis, facilitating improved decision-making and operational efficiency in managing cloud resources. In 2013, CloudHealth Technologies changed its name from CloudPercept, and as of October 2018, it operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

Portworx

Series B in 2017
Portworx Inc., founded in 2014 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, specializes in cloud-native storage solutions for modern enterprises. The company offers Portworx PWX, a software-defined infrastructure that provides scalable block storage to containerized applications. Its solution enables stateful persistence, fluid scheduling across machines and clouds, rapid deployment, and scaling of enterprise applications. Portworx also provides a Kubernetes storage platform for running, scaling, backing up, and recovering mission-critical applications. As of September 30, 2020, Portworx operates as a subsidiary of Pure Storage, Inc., serving clients across multiple clouds and on-premises environments.

CloudHealth Technologies

Series C in 2016
CloudHealth Technologies, Inc. is a Boston-based company specializing in IT service management solutions for cloud environments. Founded in 2012, the company offers a cloud analytics platform called CloudHealth that aggregates and analyzes data from various cloud providers, helping organizations align their cloud operations with business objectives. This platform enables users to assess costs, usage, and performance trends, while also supporting cloud governance and optimization. Additionally, CloudHealth provides automation tools to streamline day-to-day cloud management operations. The company serves enterprises and technology firms on a subscription basis, facilitating improved decision-making and operational efficiency in managing cloud resources. In 2013, CloudHealth Technologies changed its name from CloudPercept, and as of October 2018, it operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

PubNub

Series C in 2015
PubNub develops a global Data Stream Network for real-time applications. Its platform enables secure, scalable, and manageable communication across various industries such as healthcare, gaming, IoT, and more. Founded in 2009, PubNub is headquartered in San Francisco.

Mirantis

Series B in 2015
Mirantis is a technology company that provides software, services, and training to help organizations build and operate production-grade open source cloud environments. It offers OpenStack distribution software, container technologies, and a cloud platform that enables on-premises, public, and edge deployments with a unified experience. Its solutions include a container management and orchestration platform, a cloud-native platform for Kubernetes workloads, and tools that automate configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management across clouds. The company emphasizes eliminating infrastructure complexity, supporting both legacy and modern workloads, and enabling developers and operators with self-service capabilities. It provides turnkey OpenStack appliances, Dev/Test and training services, and professional services for assessment, migration, and driver development. Mirantis also focuses on hybrid cloud integration, edge cloud use cases, and CSP networks with NFV, along with guided training such as Spinnaker Fundamentals to support cloud-native continuous delivery. Overall, Mirantis aims to help organizations ship code faster and operate consistently across data centers, public clouds, and the edge through an integrated cloud experience.

MuleSoft

Series G in 2015
MuleSoft provides a software platform called Anypoint Platform that enables organizations to connect applications, data, and devices through API-led connectivity, creating application networks that integrate SaaS, on-premises, cloud, mobile, and data sources. Using APIs as the digital glue, the platform supports reusable building blocks to compose applications and facilitate secure data sharing across environments. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, MuleSoft operates as part of Salesforce and has alliances with strategic partners such as IQVIA. The company helps re-architect legacy and proprietary systems to improve agility and enable rapid integration across enterprise ecosystems.

Mirantis

Series B in 2014
Mirantis is a technology company that provides software, services, and training to help organizations build and operate production-grade open source cloud environments. It offers OpenStack distribution software, container technologies, and a cloud platform that enables on-premises, public, and edge deployments with a unified experience. Its solutions include a container management and orchestration platform, a cloud-native platform for Kubernetes workloads, and tools that automate configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management across clouds. The company emphasizes eliminating infrastructure complexity, supporting both legacy and modern workloads, and enabling developers and operators with self-service capabilities. It provides turnkey OpenStack appliances, Dev/Test and training services, and professional services for assessment, migration, and driver development. Mirantis also focuses on hybrid cloud integration, edge cloud use cases, and CSP networks with NFV, along with guided training such as Spinnaker Fundamentals to support cloud-native continuous delivery. Overall, Mirantis aims to help organizations ship code faster and operate consistently across data centers, public clouds, and the edge through an integrated cloud experience.

MuleSoft

Series F in 2014
MuleSoft provides a software platform called Anypoint Platform that enables organizations to connect applications, data, and devices through API-led connectivity, creating application networks that integrate SaaS, on-premises, cloud, mobile, and data sources. Using APIs as the digital glue, the platform supports reusable building blocks to compose applications and facilitate secure data sharing across environments. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, MuleSoft operates as part of Salesforce and has alliances with strategic partners such as IQVIA. The company helps re-architect legacy and proprietary systems to improve agility and enable rapid integration across enterprise ecosystems.

Nutanix

Series D in 2014
Nutanix specializes in cloud software, offering organizations a single platform for running apps and data across clouds. Its flagship product is the Nutanix Cloud Platform, designed to enable hybrid multicloud infrastructure with a consistent operating model. The company serves customers across various industries worldwide.

Mirantis

Series A in 2013
Mirantis is a technology company that provides software, services, and training to help organizations build and operate production-grade open source cloud environments. It offers OpenStack distribution software, container technologies, and a cloud platform that enables on-premises, public, and edge deployments with a unified experience. Its solutions include a container management and orchestration platform, a cloud-native platform for Kubernetes workloads, and tools that automate configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management across clouds. The company emphasizes eliminating infrastructure complexity, supporting both legacy and modern workloads, and enabling developers and operators with self-service capabilities. It provides turnkey OpenStack appliances, Dev/Test and training services, and professional services for assessment, migration, and driver development. Mirantis also focuses on hybrid cloud integration, edge cloud use cases, and CSP networks with NFV, along with guided training such as Spinnaker Fundamentals to support cloud-native continuous delivery. Overall, Mirantis aims to help organizations ship code faster and operate consistently across data centers, public clouds, and the edge through an integrated cloud experience.

MuleSoft

Series E in 2013
MuleSoft provides a software platform called Anypoint Platform that enables organizations to connect applications, data, and devices through API-led connectivity, creating application networks that integrate SaaS, on-premises, cloud, mobile, and data sources. Using APIs as the digital glue, the platform supports reusable building blocks to compose applications and facilitate secure data sharing across environments. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, MuleSoft operates as part of Salesforce and has alliances with strategic partners such as IQVIA. The company helps re-architect legacy and proprietary systems to improve agility and enable rapid integration across enterprise ecosystems.

MuleSoft

Series D in 2012
MuleSoft provides a software platform called Anypoint Platform that enables organizations to connect applications, data, and devices through API-led connectivity, creating application networks that integrate SaaS, on-premises, cloud, mobile, and data sources. Using APIs as the digital glue, the platform supports reusable building blocks to compose applications and facilitate secure data sharing across environments. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, MuleSoft operates as part of Salesforce and has alliances with strategic partners such as IQVIA. The company helps re-architect legacy and proprietary systems to improve agility and enable rapid integration across enterprise ecosystems.

MuleSoft

Series C in 2010
MuleSoft provides a software platform called Anypoint Platform that enables organizations to connect applications, data, and devices through API-led connectivity, creating application networks that integrate SaaS, on-premises, cloud, mobile, and data sources. Using APIs as the digital glue, the platform supports reusable building blocks to compose applications and facilitate secure data sharing across environments. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, MuleSoft operates as part of Salesforce and has alliances with strategic partners such as IQVIA. The company helps re-architect legacy and proprietary systems to improve agility and enable rapid integration across enterprise ecosystems.

Coghead

Series B in 2007
Coghead is a database driven application service aimed at enabling non-developers to solve problems traditionally requiring programming knowledge.

BuildPoint

Series B in 2000
BuildPoint is a company that specializes in e-commerce solutions tailored for the commercial construction industry. Founded in 1999 and based in Redwood Shores, California, BuildPoint offers a cloud-based platform designed to streamline the bidding process for general contractors. Its services facilitate online communication, negotiation, and transactions between buyers and sellers of construction products and services. Key offerings include online bid solicitation management, lead generation, materials procurement, and financial management applications related to insurance and lending. By centralizing subcontractor data and standardizing pre-qualification and performance assessments, BuildPoint helps clients reduce costs, mitigate risks, and secure more profitable contracts. The company was acquired by Construction Software Technologies in June 2004.
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