The Entrepreneurs' Fund

The Entrepreneurs' Fund is a venture capital firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area, founded in 1989 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. It focuses on early-stage investments in artificial intelligence, cognitive computing, and machine learning, including cloud-based business-to-business software and related technologies.

Stephen Plume

Consulting Partner

Jeffrey Webber

Founder and Managing Director

43 past transactions

Owl Insights

Venture Round in 2020
Owl Insights, Inc., is the provider of precision-guided behavioral care management technology for behavioral health. Through its advanced platform, affectionately termed “The Owl,” the company offers a scalable strategy to integrate measurement-based care and clinical analytics into existing behavioral health treatment workflows covering all major behavioral health conditions. Owl Insights supports health systems and independent behavioral health organizations nationwide to expand access, improve quality care delivery, better manage costs, and support the preparation for value-based care.

ShiftOne

Seed Round in 2019
ShiftOne is a mobile application focused on enhancing employee engagement and reducing turnover among hourly workers and managers. The platform utilizes real-time performance data, often sourced from point-of-sale systems or guest review platforms, to facilitate competitions, foster communication, and promote recognition within teams. Additionally, it monitors key operational health indicators, such as attrition risk. ShiftOne is further enhanced by AI-driven analytical tools that provide leadership with insights and resources necessary to support and retain their teams effectively. By making work more enjoyable and rewarding, ShiftOne aims to increase employee tenure and drive incremental revenue for businesses.

Kogniz

Seed Round in 2018
Kogniz employs AI and computer vision to provide a leading proactive safety platform for enhancing workplace safety and security. Its flagship product, Kogniz AssureAI, can be implemented swiftly and integrates with existing infrastructure. Over three million employees rely on Kogniz for safer spaces, with solutions addressing occupational hazards, workplace violence, evacuations, personnel accountability, anomalous behavior detection, and vaccine management.

TruValue Labs

Series A in 2018
TruValue Labs, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in real-time sustainability data analytics for global investors, financial institutions, and corporations. Founded in 2013, the company utilizes advanced technologies such as natural language processing, cognitive computing, and machine learning to deliver actionable insights related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Its primary offerings include the INSIGHT360 APP, which provides comprehensive analyses of sustainability performance; INSIGHT360 ON EIKON, which identifies sustainability risks and opportunities within client portfolios; and the Insight360 ESG Data API, which delivers real-time data on sustainability metrics. TruValue Labs aims to enhance transparency in investment decision-making by helping analysts, portfolio managers, and sustainability professionals understand company performance through the lens of material sustainability data.

Condati

Series A in 2018
ConDati, Inc. is an AI-driven SaaS marketing platform based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2017. The company specializes in transforming vast amounts of customer, event, and transaction data into actionable insights through the application of data science and machine learning technologies. By integrating data from various marketing sources, ConDati creates a unified information asset that enables comprehensive analysis and provides real-time visibility. Its platform empowers marketing executives and practitioners with predictive models and science-based recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of marketing strategies, ultimately aiming to maximize the contribution of marketing to overall business success.

Condati

Series A in 2017
ConDati, Inc. is an AI-driven SaaS marketing platform based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2017. The company specializes in transforming vast amounts of customer, event, and transaction data into actionable insights through the application of data science and machine learning technologies. By integrating data from various marketing sources, ConDati creates a unified information asset that enables comprehensive analysis and provides real-time visibility. Its platform empowers marketing executives and practitioners with predictive models and science-based recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of marketing strategies, ultimately aiming to maximize the contribution of marketing to overall business success.

ShiftOne

Seed Round in 2017
ShiftOne is a mobile application focused on enhancing employee engagement and reducing turnover among hourly workers and managers. The platform utilizes real-time performance data, often sourced from point-of-sale systems or guest review platforms, to facilitate competitions, foster communication, and promote recognition within teams. Additionally, it monitors key operational health indicators, such as attrition risk. ShiftOne is further enhanced by AI-driven analytical tools that provide leadership with insights and resources necessary to support and retain their teams effectively. By making work more enjoyable and rewarding, ShiftOne aims to increase employee tenure and drive incremental revenue for businesses.

SparkCognition

Series A in 2016
Founded in 2013, SparkCognition develops AI systems for various industries. It offers solutions like SparkPredict for predictive maintenance, DeepArmor for cybersecurity, DeepNLP for document analysis, Darwin for automated data science, and serves sectors such as oil & gas, aviation, defense, and finance.

OptiNose

Series C in 2015
OptiNose is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on nasal drug delivery technologies and therapies for ear, nose, and throat conditions and related allergies. Its Exhalation Delivery System enables topically acting corticosteroids to reach the upper nasal cavity, supporting the commercial product XHANCE for chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps. The company is advancing OPN-300 for Prader-Willi syndrome and autism spectrum disorder. It has licensing agreements for Onzetra Xsail (sumatriptan nasal powder) to treat migraine in adults and collaborates with Inexia Limited to develop orexin receptor targeting medicines. Founded in 2010 and based in Yardley, Pennsylvania, OptiNose aims to broaden nasal delivery with reproducible dosing and reduced systemic exposure.

CognitiveScale

Seed Round in 2014
CognitiveScale, Inc. is a technology company specializing in augmented intelligence software tailored for the financial services, healthcare, and digital commerce sectors. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with additional offices in New York City, London, and Hyderabad, the company leverages its Cortex augmented intelligence platform to integrate artificial intelligence and blockchain technology into enterprise systems. CognitiveScale’s product offerings include Cortex 5 for developing AI systems, an AI marketplace for collaboration among business experts, and Cortex Certifai for managing risks in automated decision-making. Additionally, the platform supports tools such as ENGAGE for enhancing customer interactions and AMPLIFY for intelligent process automation. The company holds over 100 AI patents and has established strategic partnerships with industry leaders, including IBM and Microsoft. CognitiveScale is recognized for its commitment to responsible AI and has a significant impact on improving business processes and customer experiences for Global 500 clients worldwide.

Basket

Seed Round in 2014
Basket is a grocery platform designed to enhance the shopping experience by providing transparency in pricing and product availability across various retailers, both online and in-store. It aims to empower consumers to make informed decisions, ensuring they never overpay for groceries or everyday products. By leveraging a vast database of records and consumer interactions, Basket streamlines the purchasing process, allowing shoppers to efficiently compare prices and availability. The platform utilizes advanced technology and machine learning to deliver insights that were previously accessible only to major retailers and manufacturers. Basket's commitment to improving the grocery shopping experience helps consumers save both time and money while regaining control over their shopping choices.

Blue Tiger Labs

Venture Round in 2014
Blue Tiger Labs transforms how consumers and businesses shop, and how brands reach their buyers. It has developed a mobile application called PriceSpotting which enables shoppers to find the best prices for their favorite brands at local stores. The app works by using a smartphone’s global positioning technology (GPS) to help buyers find nearby supermarkets and grocery stores and compare the price of items. Blue Tiger Labs was founded by Neil Kataria in 2011 and is based in Washington DC.

Krux

Series B in 2014
Krux Digital Inc. develops a cloud-based data management platform designed for marketers, media companies, publishers, and agencies on a global scale. The platform consolidates consumer data from various sources and devices, analyzes individual preferences, and activates this data in real time across multiple channels, including desktop, mobile, social, and video. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, Krux operates additional offices in major cities worldwide. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including audience data management, identity management, and cross-channel frequency management. With its platform, Krux enables businesses to deliver tailored content, advertising, and shopping experiences, making it easier to engage audiences effectively. As of November 2016, Krux operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce.com.

Trusted Insight

Venture Round in 2013
Trusted Insight is an online investment network that connects institutional investors with curated information and resources related to alternative assets. Established in 2010 by Alex Bangash, the platform boasts over 140,000 members who manage more than $18 trillion in assets, with approximately 30,000 institutional investors interacting with the network weekly. Trusted Insight offers a range of services, including news updates, job listings, rankings, and both online and offline events, creating a forum for investment professionals to share insights and stay informed about trends in private equity, hedge funds, real estate, and private companies. With offices in New York City and San Francisco, Trusted Insight has become a rapidly growing and trusted source for alternative investment information.

MerchantAtlas

Angel Round in 2013
MerchantAtlas has evolved traditional sales by simulating and automating what good sales reps do all day. The MerchantAtlas platform leverages complex data and machine learning to target the right SMB with the best solution and creates tailor-made proposals that distribute through an intelligent learning engagement workflow.

Adept Cloud

Series A in 2012
Adept Cloud, Inc. is a venture-backed company that offers a cloud-managed private collaboration solution designed for secure and efficient internal and external business communication. Its flagship product, adeptCloud, allows organizations to collaborate seamlessly while ensuring data privacy and security typical of private cloud environments. Unlike traditional private collaboration tools, adeptCloud simplifies deployment and configuration, making it possible for businesses to set up their systems in minutes rather than months. The solution enables users to access documents from various devices, including desktops and mobile devices, through a web interface, thereby enhancing flexibility and usability in managing sensitive business files across complex networks. Founded in 2011, Adept Cloud is dedicated to transforming the way enterprises handle collaborative tasks while prioritizing security and control.

FactorLab

Seed Round in 2012
FactorLab, Inc. is a technology company based in Pleasanton, California, founded in 2010. The company specializes in developing a platform that enables employees to engage in effective practices that enhance team performance. FactorLab provides behavior-based sales analytics and focuses on creating innovative technology solutions to address complex challenges faced by organizations. The company adopts a laboratory approach, emphasizing open-mindedness and rapid testing to identify dynamic factors influencing performance. Its platform integrates applications that leverage data science, natural language processing, and machine learning to assess and improve organizational culture, leadership, and operational efficiency. By helping clients make informed decisions, FactorLab aims to drive improvements that lead to increased revenue and injury-free operations.

MerchantAtlas

Angel Round in 2011
MerchantAtlas has evolved traditional sales by simulating and automating what good sales reps do all day. The MerchantAtlas platform leverages complex data and machine learning to target the right SMB with the best solution and creates tailor-made proposals that distribute through an intelligent learning engagement workflow.

newBrandAnalytics

Series B in 2011
newBrandAnalytics, Inc. operates a social media intelligence platform designed to support service-focused industries by delivering tools that extract insights from online conversations. The company offers a range of products, including its flagship solution, nBA Insight, which helps organizations enhance customer satisfaction by analyzing guest feedback from social media and internal sources. Its platform includes tools for online reputation management, social engagement, and real-time customer feedback, enabling users to derive competitive intelligence from social reviews and connect directly with reviewers. Serving sectors such as hospitality, retail, and healthcare, as well as government agencies, newBrandAnalytics aims to facilitate operational improvements, marketing strategies, and revenue growth. Founded in 2010 and based in Washington, D.C., the company became a subsidiary of Sprinklr Inc. in 2015.

Eightfold Logic

Series C in 2011
Eightfold Logic (formerly Enquisite) is an inbound marketing innovator. Eightfold Logic's patented inbound marketing platform revolutionizes demand generation efforts by improving website findability for qualified buyers through search engine, social media, and cross-link optimization. The Eightfold Logic approach brings clarity to businesses around how their websites are performing today and simplifies marketing efforts to identify, prioritize and manage inbound marketing campaign opportunities to improve qualified website traffic. Eightfold Logic is a privately-held, San Francisco-based company and is venture backed by Rho Canada Ventures, Castile Ventures, Formative Ventures, Retro Venture Partners and The Entrepreneurs' Fund III.

Trusted Insight

Seed Round in 2010
Trusted Insight is an online investment network that connects institutional investors with curated information and resources related to alternative assets. Established in 2010 by Alex Bangash, the platform boasts over 140,000 members who manage more than $18 trillion in assets, with approximately 30,000 institutional investors interacting with the network weekly. Trusted Insight offers a range of services, including news updates, job listings, rankings, and both online and offline events, creating a forum for investment professionals to share insights and stay informed about trends in private equity, hedge funds, real estate, and private companies. With offices in New York City and San Francisco, Trusted Insight has become a rapidly growing and trusted source for alternative investment information.

Eightfold Logic

Venture Round in 2010
Eightfold Logic (formerly Enquisite) is an inbound marketing innovator. Eightfold Logic's patented inbound marketing platform revolutionizes demand generation efforts by improving website findability for qualified buyers through search engine, social media, and cross-link optimization. The Eightfold Logic approach brings clarity to businesses around how their websites are performing today and simplifies marketing efforts to identify, prioritize and manage inbound marketing campaign opportunities to improve qualified website traffic. Eightfold Logic is a privately-held, San Francisco-based company and is venture backed by Rho Canada Ventures, Castile Ventures, Formative Ventures, Retro Venture Partners and The Entrepreneurs' Fund III.

SecretBuilders

Venture Round in 2010
SecretBuilders Inc. is a company that creates an engaging virtual game world tailored for children aged 5 to 14. Founded in 2007 and based in Menlo Park, California, the company offers a platform where children can interact with fictional and historical characters while learning concepts from the arts and humanities. SecretBuilders provides a range of multiplayer games, including educational, action, puzzle, dress-up, and cooking games, allowing children to explore virtual lands, undertake quests, maintain virtual homes, nurture pets, and collaborate with friends. The platform also enables children to express their creativity by building their own virtual worlds and publishing their works, including writings, art, and videos. SecretBuilders operates as a subsidiary of Renaissance 2.0 Media, Inc.

SOASTA

Series C in 2009
SOASTA, Inc. is a performance analytics platform that specializes in cloud testing and monitoring solutions for web and mobile applications. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company provides comprehensive tools that help digital businesses analyze and optimize their performance in real-time. Its offerings include mPulse, a real user monitoring solution that correlates performance with business outcomes; CloudTest, a platform for load and performance testing; TouchTest, which focuses on mobile functional test automation; and the Digital Operations Center, which delivers insights into performance metrics. SOASTA has conducted over 10 million tests and measured more than 100 billion user experiences, serving a range of industry-leading clients. The company also offers a variety of support services, including testing consultation, training, and development assistance, ensuring that clients can effectively manage their digital performance strategies. As of 2017, SOASTA operates as a subsidiary of Akamai Technologies.

Accept Software

Series B in 2009
Accept helps companies increase the speed and certainty of new product success and turn product innovation into a competitive advantage. Accept SaaS innovation management solutions help companies engage communities, prioritize and manage new ideas, align products with company strategy, and unify execution across teams.

Eightfold Logic

Series B in 2009
Eightfold Logic (formerly Enquisite) is an inbound marketing innovator. Eightfold Logic's patented inbound marketing platform revolutionizes demand generation efforts by improving website findability for qualified buyers through search engine, social media, and cross-link optimization. The Eightfold Logic approach brings clarity to businesses around how their websites are performing today and simplifies marketing efforts to identify, prioritize and manage inbound marketing campaign opportunities to improve qualified website traffic. Eightfold Logic is a privately-held, San Francisco-based company and is venture backed by Rho Canada Ventures, Castile Ventures, Formative Ventures, Retro Venture Partners and The Entrepreneurs' Fund III.

SOASTA

Series B in 2008
SOASTA, Inc. is a performance analytics platform that specializes in cloud testing and monitoring solutions for web and mobile applications. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company provides comprehensive tools that help digital businesses analyze and optimize their performance in real-time. Its offerings include mPulse, a real user monitoring solution that correlates performance with business outcomes; CloudTest, a platform for load and performance testing; TouchTest, which focuses on mobile functional test automation; and the Digital Operations Center, which delivers insights into performance metrics. SOASTA has conducted over 10 million tests and measured more than 100 billion user experiences, serving a range of industry-leading clients. The company also offers a variety of support services, including testing consultation, training, and development assistance, ensuring that clients can effectively manage their digital performance strategies. As of 2017, SOASTA operates as a subsidiary of Akamai Technologies.

Eightfold Logic

Series A in 2008
Eightfold Logic (formerly Enquisite) is an inbound marketing innovator. Eightfold Logic's patented inbound marketing platform revolutionizes demand generation efforts by improving website findability for qualified buyers through search engine, social media, and cross-link optimization. The Eightfold Logic approach brings clarity to businesses around how their websites are performing today and simplifies marketing efforts to identify, prioritize and manage inbound marketing campaign opportunities to improve qualified website traffic. Eightfold Logic is a privately-held, San Francisco-based company and is venture backed by Rho Canada Ventures, Castile Ventures, Formative Ventures, Retro Venture Partners and The Entrepreneurs' Fund III.

TechTribe

Series A in 2007
TechTribe is a digital products development company that provides digital consulting, cms selection, IT roadmap, full-stack web development, and business portal services.

Visiprise

Series B in 2005
Visiprise, Inc. provides manufacturing planning, execution, and quality management solutions, services, and support to manufacturers for integrated manufacturing operations. Its manufacturing planning solution plans and defines the manufacturing and assembly process for the machining and fabrication of parts, subassemblies, final assemblies, and tooling. The company’s manufacturing execution solution manages and controls the shop floor and production/operation processes, and integrates business systems to the shop floor; and quality management solution provides closed-loop quality management, nonconformance, and corrective/preventative action features. It provides professional services, including premium project management, training and education, product consulting, and technology; technical services; and educational services. The company serves manufacturers in electronics, aerospace, defense, automotive, specialty vehicles, high tech, and medical devices industries. Visiprise, Inc. has strategic partnerships with SAP and DELMIA. The company was formerly known as NetVendor. Visiprise, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company has operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and South America.

Kasenna

Series D in 2004
Kasenna is a company that specializes in IPTV solutions, enabling broadband service providers to deliver multi-play offerings, including video-on-demand (VOD) content, to consumers. The company develops video delivery software designed for triple-play services on broadband networks, emphasizing open standards and robust management infrastructure. This allows service providers, enterprises, and other organizations to build and maintain commercial-grade IP video networks effectively. By focusing on innovative technology, Kasenna supports the evolving needs of the telecommunications industry.

Webify

Series B in 2004
As of August 2, 2006, Webify Solutions, Inc. was acquired by International Business Machines Corp. Webify Solutions, Inc. provides industry-specific SOA software and services. It develops and markets on demand industry solutions to offer business agility and measurable business value for healthcare and insurance companies. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Sana Security

Series D in 2004
Sana Security is a behavioral security software company based in San Mateo, California, specializing in enterprise security solutions. Founded in 2000 as Company 51 and renamed in December 2002, the company focuses on developing software that autonomously adapts to changing environments and emerging threats. Its flagship products include Primary Response SafeConnect, which protects against a wide range of known and unknown threats such as spyware, adware, and rootkits, and Primary Response Memory Shield Server, designed to safeguard servers from buffer overflow vulnerabilities. As of January 2009, Sana Security operates as a subsidiary of AVG Technologies.

Attensity

Series B in 2003
Attensity specializes in providing corporate insight solutions, leveraging advanced natural language processing and sentiment analysis. The company helps Global 1000 companies interpret and understand vast amounts of structured and unstructured data from diverse sources to improve customer experience, manage brand equity, enhance revenue, mitigate risk, and inform business strategies.

Refractec

Series D in 2003
Refractec is an ophthalmic medical device company that develops and markets an innovative and proprietary radiofrequency (RF) device called the ViewPoint® CK System. The ViewPoint CK System, used to perform the NearVisionSM CK® (Conductive Keratoplasty®) treatment, is the only FDA-approved technology that temporarily improves near vision for the 37 million presbyopic emmetropes and presbyopic hyperopes in the USA, and can be conveniently performed in-office in just a few minutes. NearVision CK was ranked the #1 non-laser refractive procedure in the USA, according to Market Scope's 2005 Annual Survey of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, and is an effective, safe and minimally-invasive alternative for the millions of conservative, plano presbyopic baby boomer patients who may be apprehensive about laser vision correction surgery, and are seeking to reduce their dependence on reading glasses and improve their near vision

Webify

Series A in 2002
As of August 2, 2006, Webify Solutions, Inc. was acquired by International Business Machines Corp. Webify Solutions, Inc. provides industry-specific SOA software and services. It develops and markets on demand industry solutions to offer business agility and measurable business value for healthcare and insurance companies. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Refractec

Venture Round in 2002
Refractec is an ophthalmic medical device company that develops and markets an innovative and proprietary radiofrequency (RF) device called the ViewPoint® CK System. The ViewPoint CK System, used to perform the NearVisionSM CK® (Conductive Keratoplasty®) treatment, is the only FDA-approved technology that temporarily improves near vision for the 37 million presbyopic emmetropes and presbyopic hyperopes in the USA, and can be conveniently performed in-office in just a few minutes. NearVision CK was ranked the #1 non-laser refractive procedure in the USA, according to Market Scope's 2005 Annual Survey of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, and is an effective, safe and minimally-invasive alternative for the millions of conservative, plano presbyopic baby boomer patients who may be apprehensive about laser vision correction surgery, and are seeking to reduce their dependence on reading glasses and improve their near vision

Kasenna

Series B in 2002
Kasenna is a company that specializes in IPTV solutions, enabling broadband service providers to deliver multi-play offerings, including video-on-demand (VOD) content, to consumers. The company develops video delivery software designed for triple-play services on broadband networks, emphasizing open standards and robust management infrastructure. This allows service providers, enterprises, and other organizations to build and maintain commercial-grade IP video networks effectively. By focusing on innovative technology, Kasenna supports the evolving needs of the telecommunications industry.

Sana Security

Seed Round in 2000
Sana Security is a behavioral security software company based in San Mateo, California, specializing in enterprise security solutions. Founded in 2000 as Company 51 and renamed in December 2002, the company focuses on developing software that autonomously adapts to changing environments and emerging threats. Its flagship products include Primary Response SafeConnect, which protects against a wide range of known and unknown threats such as spyware, adware, and rootkits, and Primary Response Memory Shield Server, designed to safeguard servers from buffer overflow vulnerabilities. As of January 2009, Sana Security operates as a subsidiary of AVG Technologies.

gForce Systems

Series C in 2000
gForce Systems is a versatile technology company that specializes in a broad range of services, including managed services, power solutions, and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The company develops e-learning content management and delivery applications, allowing organizations to create and manage educational resources effectively. gForce Systems also provides document management systems, business process outsourcing, call center services, and software development, including web applications. Additionally, the company offers machine-to-machine (M2M) technology solutions, enabling efficient communication and data exchange. With a focus on supporting geographically dispersed workforces and facilitating the distribution of critical information, gForce Systems is positioned as a comprehensive provider of technological and operational solutions.

enCommerce

Series D in 2000
enCommerce is an email marketing platform that provides its users with comprehensive managed email solutions. It helps individuals and businesses increase revenue. The platform offers campaign design, delivery monitoring, custom newsletter design, list management, blacklist monitoring, campaign optimization, dedicated servers and IPs, and many other services. enCommerce was launched in 1995 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

OnDemand

Series B in 2000
OnDemand's business-to-business portals deliver a comprehensive suite of e-business services to accelerate channel sales and maximize channel relationships for product vendors. They streamline access to information, deepen communication and loyalty between the channel and its customers, and enhance the impact of training and certification initiatives-all essential to driving success in each unique sales situation.

enCommerce

Series C in 1999
enCommerce is an email marketing platform that provides its users with comprehensive managed email solutions. It helps individuals and businesses increase revenue. The platform offers campaign design, delivery monitoring, custom newsletter design, list management, blacklist monitoring, campaign optimization, dedicated servers and IPs, and many other services. enCommerce was launched in 1995 and is based in Santa Clara, California.
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