Threshold Ventures

Founded in 2014, Threshold Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm invests in early-stage technology companies across software, consumer, enterprise, and healthcare sectors, focusing on high-conviction investments.

Brian Akin

Associate

William (Bill) Bryant

General Partner

Chirag Chotalia

Partner

Rob Ciechowski

Associate

Katie Evans

Associate

Randall Glein

Co-Founder and Partner

Mohammad Islam

General Partner

Justin Kao

Partner

Megan Kelly

Principal

Emily Melton

Managing Partner

Arpit Mittal

Principal

William Morrison

Principal

Heidi Roizen

Partner

Chris Shanahan

Principal

Sam Shapiro

Principal

Andreas Stavropoulos

Partner

Josh Stein

Managing Partner

Kevin Tu

Principal

Ramin Sayar

Venture Partner

Past deals in California

Cellares

Series C in 2023
Cellares Corporation, founded in 2019 and based in South San Francisco, California, specializes in the development of cell therapies for cancer treatment. The company addresses significant manufacturing challenges associated with these therapies, which are often produced on a per-patient basis, leading to high costs and limited availability. Cellares is pioneering the Cell Shuttle, an automated, closed end-to-end manufacturing solution designed to enhance the scalability and efficiency of cell therapy production. This innovative system allows for the simultaneous production of ten times more patient doses compared to traditional manual methods, while also reducing process failure rates by three-fold and lowering manufacturing costs by up to 70 percent. By providing flexible and scalable manufacturing options, Cellares aims to accelerate the delivery of life-saving therapies to patients in need and support the broader biopharmaceutical industry in meeting global demand for these treatments.

Forward Networks

Series D in 2023
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

Vannevar Labs

Series B in 2023
Founded in 2019, Vannevar Labs develops advanced machine learning products focused on critical national security challenges. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company combines expertise from technologists and former defense/intelligence officers to create cutting-edge computer vision and natural language processing solutions for military branches and allied governments.

Elation Health

Series D in 2022
Elation Health, Inc. is a technology company that focuses on enhancing the physician-patient relationship through its provider-centric clinical electronic health records platform. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, the company offers independent primary care practices a comprehensive solution to manage their operations while minimizing administrative burdens. Elation Health's secure application facilitates communication between patients and their doctors, allowing patients to manage their health effectively. By delivering clinical-first solutions, Elation Health supports primary care providers in delivering high-quality, personalized care, enabling them to thrive in a changing healthcare environment. The company was previously known as ElationEMR Inc. until it rebranded in August 2016.

Viz

Series D in 2022
Viz.ai, Inc. specializes in healthcare imaging software designed to enhance stroke care through the use of artificial intelligence. The company's flagship technology synchronizes treatment by reducing delays in patient care, enabling rapid identification of large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes using advanced deep learning algorithms. Key offerings include Viz LVO, which alerts on-call stroke teams based on CT angiogram images, and Viz CTP, which analyzes CT perfusion images and generates critical parametric data. Additionally, Viz HUB facilitates communication among clinical teams to coordinate care efficiently, while Viz VIEW allows healthcare professionals to view imaging data on mobile devices. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company aims to transform healthcare delivery by improving the speed and accessibility of treatment for stroke patients.

Brightline

Series C in 2022
Brightline, Inc. is a pediatric behavioral health care provider that focuses on supporting children and their families through innovative technology and integrated care. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Brightline offers a range of services including behavioral therapy, psychiatry, medication support, speech-language therapy, and occupational therapy. The company emphasizes virtual behavioral health services and a collaborative care team to address the diverse needs of children at various developmental stages. Originally named Emilio Health, Inc., the company rebranded to Brightline in May 2020, reflecting its commitment to delivering accessible and comprehensive behavioral health solutions.

Salt Security

Series D in 2022
Salt Security, Inc. is an API security company based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in protecting application programming interfaces from attacks. Founded in 2015 and originally named SECful, Inc., the company rebranded to Salt Security in June 2018. Its platform leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to automatically and continuously identify and protect APIs, allowing it to detect abnormal activities and prevent zero-day breaches. The technology learns the specific behavior of a company's APIs without requiring configuration or customization, thereby enabling rapid deployment and effective attack mitigation. Led by co-founder and CEO Roey Eliyahu and co-founder and COO Michael Nicosia, Salt Security aims to safeguard the core of modern applications against evolving cyber threats.

Elementary Robotics

Series B in 2021
Elementary Robotics, Inc. is a Pasadena, California-based company that specializes in the manufacture of robots designed to assist humans in various industrial applications. Founded in 2017, Elementary Robotics focuses on automating quality assurance and traceability processes within AI-assisted manufacturing. Their robots are utilized to monitor and track the stages of assembly along production lines, serving diverse sectors such as electronics, automotive, medical, consumer packaged goods, and logistics. The company combines hardware and software to create a robust platform that leverages machine learning and computer vision, enabling intelligent automation of workflows. By providing easy-to-use software and deep learning AI, Elementary Robotics aims to enhance efficiency and productivity in repetitive tasks across various industries.

Sysdig

Series G in 2021
Sysdig develops real-time cloud security platforms that instantly detect and mitigate risks without hindering business operations. Its platform combines runtime insights, AI architecture, and integrations to uncover hidden attack paths, enabling security teams to prioritize critical threats effectively.

Tia

Series B in 2021
Tia, Inc. is a health advisory platform focused on providing personalized and data-driven healthcare solutions for women. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, with an additional location in San Francisco, Tia offers a mobile application that features a range of services including birth control recommendations, sexual health advice, symptom tracking, and doctor locators. The platform empowers women to make informed decisions about their health by facilitating access to both in-office appointments and virtual care. Recognizing that traditional healthcare systems often overlook women's needs, Tia aims to create a distinctly female-centered model of care that addresses the unique healthcare challenges women face.

Cohesity

Venture Round in 2021
Cohesity develops hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that consolidate, protect, and share non-mission-critical data assets of large organizations. Its platform, Cohesity DataPlatform, converges data protection infrastructure including backup, replication, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, it offers Cohesity Helios, a SaaS-based management solution for monitoring and managing secondary data and applications.

Sanity

Series B in 2021
Sanity develops a collaboration platform for software developers. Its core product is a content management system that enables real-time collaboration, live multi-user editing, and change tracking. Sanity's platform supports GraphQL and JavaScript APIs, allowing teams to build hosted content infrastructure for various applications such as e-commerce sites, mobile apps, and marketing platforms. Founded in Norway, the company operates offices in Oslo and San Francisco.

Brightline

Series B in 2021
Brightline, Inc. is a pediatric behavioral health care provider that focuses on supporting children and their families through innovative technology and integrated care. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Brightline offers a range of services including behavioral therapy, psychiatry, medication support, speech-language therapy, and occupational therapy. The company emphasizes virtual behavioral health services and a collaborative care team to address the diverse needs of children at various developmental stages. Originally named Emilio Health, Inc., the company rebranded to Brightline in May 2020, reflecting its commitment to delivering accessible and comprehensive behavioral health solutions.

Salt Security

Series C in 2021
Salt Security, Inc. is an API security company based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in protecting application programming interfaces from attacks. Founded in 2015 and originally named SECful, Inc., the company rebranded to Salt Security in June 2018. Its platform leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to automatically and continuously identify and protect APIs, allowing it to detect abnormal activities and prevent zero-day breaches. The technology learns the specific behavior of a company's APIs without requiring configuration or customization, thereby enabling rapid deployment and effective attack mitigation. Led by co-founder and CEO Roey Eliyahu and co-founder and COO Michael Nicosia, Salt Security aims to safeguard the core of modern applications against evolving cyber threats.

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.

Collective Health

Series F in 2021
Collective Health is a health benefits platform that integrates various medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy services into a cohesive solution aimed at simplifying healthcare for employees and their families. The company’s cloud-based platform streamlines the administration of health plans through a single portal, offering clear guidance, live concierge support, and digital tools for managing care. By reducing the administrative burden associated with health benefits, Collective Health enhances the member experience and aids organizations in controlling costs while improving health outcomes. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company also has offices in Chicago, Illinois, and Lehi, Utah.

Sysdig

Series F in 2021
Sysdig develops real-time cloud security platforms that instantly detect and mitigate risks without hindering business operations. Its platform combines runtime insights, AI architecture, and integrations to uncover hidden attack paths, enabling security teams to prioritize critical threats effectively.

CrowdAI

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2016, CrowdAI develops an AI-as-a-service platform that enables users to create custom machine learning models for analyzing imagery and video without requiring data science background or coding. Its solutions are used to identify features in satellite imagery and track moving obstacles for autonomous vehicles and drones.

Patreon

Series F in 2021
Patreon operates a platform that connects content creators and artists with their patrons. It enables creators to fund their work through recurring payments from patrons, who gain access to exclusive content and benefits in return.

Viz

Series C in 2021
Viz.ai, Inc. specializes in healthcare imaging software designed to enhance stroke care through the use of artificial intelligence. The company's flagship technology synchronizes treatment by reducing delays in patient care, enabling rapid identification of large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes using advanced deep learning algorithms. Key offerings include Viz LVO, which alerts on-call stroke teams based on CT angiogram images, and Viz CTP, which analyzes CT perfusion images and generates critical parametric data. Additionally, Viz HUB facilitates communication among clinical teams to coordinate care efficiently, while Viz VIEW allows healthcare professionals to view imaging data on mobile devices. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company aims to transform healthcare delivery by improving the speed and accessibility of treatment for stroke patients.

BetterUp

Series D in 2021
BetterUp Inc. is a leadership development company that offers an innovative online platform aimed at enhancing the personal and professional growth of individuals and organizations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, BetterUp specializes in virtual coaching, providing users with personalized guidance through one-on-one sessions with a network of over 3,000 coaches available in 46 languages across more than 90 countries. The platform focuses on fostering mental fitness, career and leadership development, and social connection, thereby enabling employees to develop new behaviors and skills that promote high performance in a rapidly changing work environment. With a client base that includes prominent organizations such as NASA, Google, and Hilton, BetterUp has established itself as a leader in the field of mental health and coaching. The company is supported by a distinguished Science Board composed of experts in positive psychology and human performance, further enhancing its credibility and impact in the industry.

Elation Health

Series C in 2020
Elation Health, Inc. is a technology company that focuses on enhancing the physician-patient relationship through its provider-centric clinical electronic health records platform. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, the company offers independent primary care practices a comprehensive solution to manage their operations while minimizing administrative burdens. Elation Health's secure application facilitates communication between patients and their doctors, allowing patients to manage their health effectively. By delivering clinical-first solutions, Elation Health supports primary care providers in delivering high-quality, personalized care, enabling them to thrive in a changing healthcare environment. The company was previously known as ElationEMR Inc. until it rebranded in August 2016.

EdgeQ

Series A in 2020
EdgeQ Inc., established in 2018 with headquarters in Santa Clara, California, develops and manufactures open and programmable 5G system-on-a-chip (SoC). The company specializes in converged connectivity and AI, offering fully software-customizable solutions. EdgeQ serves a diverse range of industries including manufacturing, construction, energy, automotive, warehousing, surveillance, and telecommunications. Its products enable collaborative robotics, automated guided vehicles, autonomous driving, traffic management, digital twins, and private networking for innovative applications across various sectors.

Sanity

Series A in 2020
Sanity develops a collaboration platform for software developers. Its core product is a content management system that enables real-time collaboration, live multi-user editing, and change tracking. Sanity's platform supports GraphQL and JavaScript APIs, allowing teams to build hosted content infrastructure for various applications such as e-commerce sites, mobile apps, and marketing platforms. Founded in Norway, the company operates offices in Oslo and San Francisco.

Vineti

Series C in 2020
Vineti, Inc. is a technology company focused on advancing the development and delivery of personalized therapies, particularly in the realm of cell and gene treatments for serious conditions like cancer. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Vineti offers a cloud-based platform known as the Personalized Therapy Management (PTM) platform. This platform integrates various aspects of the therapeutic supply chain, including operations, manufacturing, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance, to streamline and automate processes. It addresses critical challenges faced by patients, healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, and regulatory bodies in the commercialization of personalized medicine. By enhancing supply chain orchestration and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, Vineti aims to expand patient access to innovative therapies. The company also maintains regional offices in Bethesda, Maryland, and Yerevan, Armenia.

Brightline

Series A in 2020
Brightline, Inc. is a pediatric behavioral health care provider that focuses on supporting children and their families through innovative technology and integrated care. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Brightline offers a range of services including behavioral therapy, psychiatry, medication support, speech-language therapy, and occupational therapy. The company emphasizes virtual behavioral health services and a collaborative care team to address the diverse needs of children at various developmental stages. Originally named Emilio Health, Inc., the company rebranded to Brightline in May 2020, reflecting its commitment to delivering accessible and comprehensive behavioral health solutions.

Talkdesk

Series C in 2020
Talkdesk Inc., founded in 2011 by Cristina Fonseca and Tiago Paiva, specializes in browser-based cloud contact center software for small businesses. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices across Europe and North America, Talkdesk offers an end-to-end solution that optimizes customer engagement, workforce management, and analytics. Its platform enables users to identify callers before answering, provides comprehensive customer insights from various sources, monitors call performance in real-time, and offers intelligent customer self-service data for agents. With over 1,400 enterprise clients worldwide, including IBM and Acxiom, Talkdesk helps businesses enhance customer satisfaction, productivity, and cost savings through its adaptable platform.

Innovium

Series F in 2020
Innovium, Inc. is a technology company that develops and deploys advanced switching silicon solutions tailored for cloud, enterprise, and edge data centers globally. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with an additional location in Bengaluru, India, Innovium focuses on addressing the critical challenges faced by modern data centers. The company offers its TERALYNX product line, including TERALYNX 7 for large-scale public and private clouds and TERALYNX 5 for top-of-rack, enterprise, edge, and 5G data centers. Additionally, Innovium provides a cloud-based network operating system, open-source standard APIs, and a software development kit to enhance networking capabilities. By emphasizing scalability, low latency, and advanced telemetry, Innovium aims to deliver high-performance, feature-rich networking solutions that meet the evolving demands of its clients.

Elementary Robotics

Series A in 2020
Elementary Robotics, Inc. is a Pasadena, California-based company that specializes in the manufacture of robots designed to assist humans in various industrial applications. Founded in 2017, Elementary Robotics focuses on automating quality assurance and traceability processes within AI-assisted manufacturing. Their robots are utilized to monitor and track the stages of assembly along production lines, serving diverse sectors such as electronics, automotive, medical, consumer packaged goods, and logistics. The company combines hardware and software to create a robust platform that leverages machine learning and computer vision, enabling intelligent automation of workflows. By providing easy-to-use software and deep learning AI, Elementary Robotics aims to enhance efficiency and productivity in repetitive tasks across various industries.

Tia

Series A in 2020
Tia, Inc. is a health advisory platform focused on providing personalized and data-driven healthcare solutions for women. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, with an additional location in San Francisco, Tia offers a mobile application that features a range of services including birth control recommendations, sexual health advice, symptom tracking, and doctor locators. The platform empowers women to make informed decisions about their health by facilitating access to both in-office appointments and virtual care. Recognizing that traditional healthcare systems often overlook women's needs, Tia aims to create a distinctly female-centered model of care that addresses the unique healthcare challenges women face.

Cohesity

Series E in 2020
Cohesity develops hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that consolidate, protect, and share non-mission-critical data assets of large organizations. Its platform, Cohesity DataPlatform, converges data protection infrastructure including backup, replication, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, it offers Cohesity Helios, a SaaS-based management solution for monitoring and managing secondary data and applications.

Vineti

Series C in 2020
Vineti, Inc. is a technology company focused on advancing the development and delivery of personalized therapies, particularly in the realm of cell and gene treatments for serious conditions like cancer. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Vineti offers a cloud-based platform known as the Personalized Therapy Management (PTM) platform. This platform integrates various aspects of the therapeutic supply chain, including operations, manufacturing, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance, to streamline and automate processes. It addresses critical challenges faced by patients, healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, and regulatory bodies in the commercialization of personalized medicine. By enhancing supply chain orchestration and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, Vineti aims to expand patient access to innovative therapies. The company also maintains regional offices in Bethesda, Maryland, and Yerevan, Armenia.

UPSIDE Foods

Series B in 2020
UPSIDE Foods, formerly known as Memphis Meats, is a cultivated meat company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berkeley, California. The company specializes in producing real meat, poultry, and seafood directly from animal cells, eliminating the need to raise and slaughter animals. This innovative approach significantly reduces the resource consumption associated with traditional meat production, requiring less water, land, and energy. UPSIDE Foods aims to offer consumers clean, humane, and sustainable meat products, such as beef meatballs, chicken, and duck, all grown in controlled environments. The company is led by Dr. Uma Valeti, who is committed to transforming the food industry with healthier and environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional meat.

Diamanti

Series C in 2019
Diamanti, Inc. is a technology company specializing in an integrated enterprise Kubernetes platform that addresses the network and storage challenges associated with cloud-native applications. Founded in 2010 and based in San Jose, California, Diamanti offers a platform designed for infrastructure architects, IT operations, and application owners, enabling them to efficiently run stateful containerized applications in production. The company's flagship product, Diamanti Spektra, unifies control and data planes, providing users with enhanced performance and enterprise features. By focusing on bare-metal container infrastructure, Diamanti delivers the speed, simplicity, and control necessary for modern cloud environments, supporting various applications in container networking, storage, databases, and cloud-native DevOps. The company distributes its products through resellers and was previously known as DataWise Systems, Inc. before rebranding in April 2016.

Viz

Series B in 2019
Viz.ai, Inc. specializes in healthcare imaging software designed to enhance stroke care through the use of artificial intelligence. The company's flagship technology synchronizes treatment by reducing delays in patient care, enabling rapid identification of large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes using advanced deep learning algorithms. Key offerings include Viz LVO, which alerts on-call stroke teams based on CT angiogram images, and Viz CTP, which analyzes CT perfusion images and generates critical parametric data. Additionally, Viz HUB facilitates communication among clinical teams to coordinate care efficiently, while Viz VIEW allows healthcare professionals to view imaging data on mobile devices. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company aims to transform healthcare delivery by improving the speed and accessibility of treatment for stroke patients.

Forward Networks

Series C in 2019
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

CircleCI

Series D in 2019
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.

Patreon

Series D in 2019
Patreon operates a platform that connects content creators and artists with their patrons. It enables creators to fund their work through recurring payments from patrons, who gain access to exclusive content and benefits in return.

Aera Technology

Series C in 2019
Aera Technology is a decision intelligence company that provides a cloud platform, Aera Decision Cloud, to integrate with existing systems and data sources and enable real-time decision making at scale across enterprise operations. The platform supports cognitive automation, data modeling, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, and lets organizations automate processes and build digital skills that connect disparate data sources. It is used for functions such as demand planning in supply chains by harmonizing data from ERP, CRM, sales, marketing, trends, and social feeds. The company serves pharma, manufacturing, retail, wholesale, and consumer packaged goods. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Aera Technology operates globally.

Collective Health

Series E in 2019
Collective Health is a health benefits platform that integrates various medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy services into a cohesive solution aimed at simplifying healthcare for employees and their families. The company’s cloud-based platform streamlines the administration of health plans through a single portal, offering clear guidance, live concierge support, and digital tools for managing care. By reducing the administrative burden associated with health benefits, Collective Health enhances the member experience and aids organizations in controlling costs while improving health outcomes. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company also has offices in Chicago, Illinois, and Lehi, Utah.

BetterUp

Series C in 2019
BetterUp Inc. is a leadership development company that offers an innovative online platform aimed at enhancing the personal and professional growth of individuals and organizations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, BetterUp specializes in virtual coaching, providing users with personalized guidance through one-on-one sessions with a network of over 3,000 coaches available in 46 languages across more than 90 countries. The platform focuses on fostering mental fitness, career and leadership development, and social connection, thereby enabling employees to develop new behaviors and skills that promote high performance in a rapidly changing work environment. With a client base that includes prominent organizations such as NASA, Google, and Hilton, BetterUp has established itself as a leader in the field of mental health and coaching. The company is supported by a distinguished Science Board composed of experts in positive psychology and human performance, further enhancing its credibility and impact in the industry.

Mythic

Series B in 2019
Founded in 2012, Mythic specializes in designing and manufacturing AI-driven silicon chips and inference processors. Its innovative technology brings desktop GPU compute capabilities and neural networks to compact, energy-efficient devices, enabling AI deployment across various industries such as consumer electronics, wearables, and autonomous systems.

Polarr

Series A in 2019
Polarr, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing and operating photo-editing software, both online and offline. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Polarr combines artificial intelligence with photography and video to create tools that empower developers and users alike. The company provides a robust platform that includes an in-browser photo editor capable of handling raw image files, making photo editing accessible and efficient across major platforms and operating systems. Polarr's innovative approach aims to inspire creativity by offering resources that facilitate the creation of visually appealing content at scale.

Pro.com

Series B in 2019
Pro.com is a full-service remodeling general contractor operating in Seattle, Portland, the San Francisco Bay Area, Denver, and Phoenix. The company focuses on enhancing the residential construction experience by combining the expertise of its construction professionals with advanced technology. Pro.com offers a smart pricing software that utilizes a comprehensive database and algorithms to generate accurate, detailed quotes with fixed pricing. This platform also provides mobile-friendly estimates and project management tools, allowing both Pro.com staff and homeowners to monitor project progress. By connecting homeowners with service professionals, Pro.com facilitates the booking and scheduling of home improvement services, ensuring a streamlined process for managing home renovation projects.

Zymergen

Series C in 2018
Zymergen, Inc. is a biotechnology company that focuses on researching, developing, and manufacturing microbes for various industries, including agriculture, chemicals, materials, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and personal care. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, Zymergen employs a platform that integrates automation, machine learning, and genomics to enhance the efficiency of microbial strain optimization and production processes. This technology enables the company to improve existing manufacturing strains and facilitates the development of new products by engineering novel molecules from microbes. With additional offices in Boise, Idaho; Medford, Massachusetts; Seattle, Washington; and Tokyo, Japan, Zymergen aims to partner with nature to create innovative materials and products that deliver significant value across multiple sectors.

Divvy Homes

Series A in 2018
Divvy Homes is a San Francisco-based tech-enabled real estate platform that enables rent-to-own paths to homeownership. Founded in 2017, the company identifies homes on the market, purchases them for the renter, and leases the property, allowing renters to build monthly savings toward ownership; it operates and leases homes in San Francisco, Atlanta, Cleveland, and Seattle. Renters can buy the home when ready or walk away and cash out their savings.

Talkdesk

Series B in 2018
Talkdesk Inc., founded in 2011 by Cristina Fonseca and Tiago Paiva, specializes in browser-based cloud contact center software for small businesses. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices across Europe and North America, Talkdesk offers an end-to-end solution that optimizes customer engagement, workforce management, and analytics. Its platform enables users to identify callers before answering, provides comprehensive customer insights from various sources, monitors call performance in real-time, and offers intelligent customer self-service data for agents. With over 1,400 enterprise clients worldwide, including IBM and Acxiom, Talkdesk helps businesses enhance customer satisfaction, productivity, and cost savings through its adaptable platform.

OODA Health

Series A in 2018
OODA Health, Inc., founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, offers innovative payment administration solutions for the healthcare sector. The company aims to transform healthcare by reducing waste and enhancing the delivery of affordable, high-quality care. OODA Health has developed a cloud-based technology platform that leverages artificial intelligence and real-time data-sharing to streamline payment interactions among service providers, payers, and patients. By eliminating friction and delays in the payment process, the platform enables users to save time and money on administrative tasks, allowing patients to focus on their recovery rather than navigating complex medical billing.

Unity Technologies

Series D in 2018
Unity Technologies specializes in providing multiplatform tools and services for developers of interactive content. Founded in 2004, they offer a comprehensive suite of products including game engines, asset stores, cloud-based development tools, empowering users to create, operate, and monetize real-time 3D experiences across various industries.

Ambiq Micro

Venture Round in 2018
Ambiq Micro, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in the development of ultra-low power integrated circuits tailored for power-sensitive applications. Founded in 2010, the company utilizes innovative subthreshold power optimized technology to create real-time clock and microcontroller products designed for wearables, smart cards, wireless sensors, and Internet-of-Things devices. By focusing on ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions, Ambiq Micro aims to enhance the efficiency of wireless electronics, facilitating the creation of devices that either minimize or eliminate battery use while maximizing design flexibility. The company also provides technical support services and operates additional offices in San Jose, California, as well as in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Taiwan.

Vineti

Series B in 2018
Vineti, Inc. is a technology company focused on advancing the development and delivery of personalized therapies, particularly in the realm of cell and gene treatments for serious conditions like cancer. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Vineti offers a cloud-based platform known as the Personalized Therapy Management (PTM) platform. This platform integrates various aspects of the therapeutic supply chain, including operations, manufacturing, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance, to streamline and automate processes. It addresses critical challenges faced by patients, healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, and regulatory bodies in the commercialization of personalized medicine. By enhancing supply chain orchestration and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, Vineti aims to expand patient access to innovative therapies. The company also maintains regional offices in Bethesda, Maryland, and Yerevan, Armenia.

Livongo

Series E in 2018
Livongo Health, Inc. is a consumer digital health company that specializes in providing an integrated suite of solutions for individuals managing chronic conditions, particularly diabetes. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Livongo utilizes real-time data capture and analytics to promote health behavior change through its platform, which includes cellular-connected devices, supplies, coaching, and insights driven by data science. Its product offerings encompass Livongo for diabetes, hypertension, prediabetes and weight management, and behavioral health through its myStrength platform. The company serves a diverse client base, including employers, health plans, government entities, and labor unions, primarily within the United States. Livongo aims to enhance the experience of individuals with chronic conditions by providing timely, personalized support and information, ultimately leading to improved health outcomes. In 2020, Livongo became a subsidiary of Teladoc Health, Inc.

BetterUp

Series B in 2018
BetterUp Inc. is a leadership development company that offers an innovative online platform aimed at enhancing the personal and professional growth of individuals and organizations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, BetterUp specializes in virtual coaching, providing users with personalized guidance through one-on-one sessions with a network of over 3,000 coaches available in 46 languages across more than 90 countries. The platform focuses on fostering mental fitness, career and leadership development, and social connection, thereby enabling employees to develop new behaviors and skills that promote high performance in a rapidly changing work environment. With a client base that includes prominent organizations such as NASA, Google, and Hilton, BetterUp has established itself as a leader in the field of mental health and coaching. The company is supported by a distinguished Science Board composed of experts in positive psychology and human performance, further enhancing its credibility and impact in the industry.

Mythic

Series B in 2018
Founded in 2012, Mythic specializes in designing and manufacturing AI-driven silicon chips and inference processors. Its innovative technology brings desktop GPU compute capabilities and neural networks to compact, energy-efficient devices, enabling AI deployment across various industries such as consumer electronics, wearables, and autonomous systems.

Atomwise

Series A in 2018
Atomwise, Inc. is a biotechnology company specializing in deep learning artificial intelligence technology for small molecule drug discovery. Based in San Francisco and founded in 2012, the company has developed AtomNet, a pioneering AI platform that facilitates virtual screening of molecules by predicting the binding of small molecules to proteins through a statistical analysis of experimental affinity measurements and protein structures. Atomwise is focused on addressing over 600 unique disease targets and has established collaborations with over 250 partners, including prominent pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms. By leveraging its advanced technology, Atomwise aims to revolutionize the drug discovery process and advance a pipeline of small-molecule drug candidates into preclinical studies. The company was previously known as Chematria, Inc. and rebranded to Atomwise, Inc. in 2015.

Divvy Homes

Seed Round in 2018
Divvy Homes is a San Francisco-based tech-enabled real estate platform that enables rent-to-own paths to homeownership. Founded in 2017, the company identifies homes on the market, purchases them for the renter, and leases the property, allowing renters to build monthly savings toward ownership; it operates and leases homes in San Francisco, Atlanta, Cleveland, and Seattle. Renters can buy the home when ready or walk away and cash out their savings.

CircleCI

Series C in 2018
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.

Patreon

Series C in 2017
Patreon operates a platform that connects content creators and artists with their patrons. It enables creators to fund their work through recurring payments from patrons, who gain access to exclusive content and benefits in return.

UPSIDE Foods

Series A in 2017
UPSIDE Foods, formerly known as Memphis Meats, is a cultivated meat company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berkeley, California. The company specializes in producing real meat, poultry, and seafood directly from animal cells, eliminating the need to raise and slaughter animals. This innovative approach significantly reduces the resource consumption associated with traditional meat production, requiring less water, land, and energy. UPSIDE Foods aims to offer consumers clean, humane, and sustainable meat products, such as beef meatballs, chicken, and duck, all grown in controlled environments. The company is led by Dr. Uma Valeti, who is committed to transforming the food industry with healthier and environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional meat.

Lumity

Series B in 2017
Lumity, Inc., operating as Lumity Insurance Services, Inc., is a benefits consultant and health insurance brokerage based in San Mateo, California. Founded in 2013, the company specializes in providing a data-driven benefits platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Lumity's platform simplifies the decision-making process for health plans by offering a comprehensive dashboard that allows users to control and measure their plan's design. It provides access to various insurance options, including medical, dental, and vision plans from national carriers, while delivering real-time insights and recommendations tailored to the specific needs of each organization. By optimizing healthcare costs and enhancing transparency, Lumity empowers employers to make informed decisions regarding employee benefits.

Forward Networks

Series B in 2017
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

Pro.com

Venture Round in 2017
Pro.com is a full-service remodeling general contractor operating in Seattle, Portland, the San Francisco Bay Area, Denver, and Phoenix. The company focuses on enhancing the residential construction experience by combining the expertise of its construction professionals with advanced technology. Pro.com offers a smart pricing software that utilizes a comprehensive database and algorithms to generate accurate, detailed quotes with fixed pricing. This platform also provides mobile-friendly estimates and project management tools, allowing both Pro.com staff and homeowners to monitor project progress. By connecting homeowners with service professionals, Pro.com facilitates the booking and scheduling of home improvement services, ensuring a streamlined process for managing home renovation projects.

Sumo Logic

Series F in 2017
Sumo Logic, Inc. is a cloud-native software-as-a-service company that specializes in machine data analytics, enabling organizations to harness the power of their data for operational, security, and business intelligence. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Sumo Logic provides a platform that automates the collection, ingestion, and analysis of various data types, including application, infrastructure, security, and Internet of Things (IoT) data. The platform supports real-time log management and analytics, delivering actionable insights across the entire application lifecycle. With over 2,000 global customers, Sumo Logic assists organizations in troubleshooting and securing their applications, helping them to embrace digital transformation and improve their competitive advantage. Its multi-tenant service model fosters continuous innovation, thereby enhancing business value and growth for its clients.

Vineti

Series A in 2017
Vineti, Inc. is a technology company focused on advancing the development and delivery of personalized therapies, particularly in the realm of cell and gene treatments for serious conditions like cancer. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Vineti offers a cloud-based platform known as the Personalized Therapy Management (PTM) platform. This platform integrates various aspects of the therapeutic supply chain, including operations, manufacturing, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance, to streamline and automate processes. It addresses critical challenges faced by patients, healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, and regulatory bodies in the commercialization of personalized medicine. By enhancing supply chain orchestration and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, Vineti aims to expand patient access to innovative therapies. The company also maintains regional offices in Bethesda, Maryland, and Yerevan, Armenia.

Mythic

Series A in 2017
Founded in 2012, Mythic specializes in designing and manufacturing AI-driven silicon chips and inference processors. Its innovative technology brings desktop GPU compute capabilities and neural networks to compact, energy-efficient devices, enabling AI deployment across various industries such as consumer electronics, wearables, and autonomous systems.

Katerra

Series C in 2017
Katerra is a technology company that optimizes building development, design, and construction. It manufactures prefabricated structural components, offers comprehensive services including design and assembly, specializing in commercial buildings, retail, healthcare, hospitality, and housing solutions. The company operates globally with offices, factories, and building projects across the United States and internationally.

Livongo

Series D in 2017
Livongo Health, Inc. is a consumer digital health company that specializes in providing an integrated suite of solutions for individuals managing chronic conditions, particularly diabetes. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Livongo utilizes real-time data capture and analytics to promote health behavior change through its platform, which includes cellular-connected devices, supplies, coaching, and insights driven by data science. Its product offerings encompass Livongo for diabetes, hypertension, prediabetes and weight management, and behavioral health through its myStrength platform. The company serves a diverse client base, including employers, health plans, government entities, and labor unions, primarily within the United States. Livongo aims to enhance the experience of individuals with chronic conditions by providing timely, personalized support and information, ultimately leading to improved health outcomes. In 2020, Livongo became a subsidiary of Teladoc Health, Inc.

Diamanti

Series B in 2017
Diamanti, Inc. is a technology company specializing in an integrated enterprise Kubernetes platform that addresses the network and storage challenges associated with cloud-native applications. Founded in 2010 and based in San Jose, California, Diamanti offers a platform designed for infrastructure architects, IT operations, and application owners, enabling them to efficiently run stateful containerized applications in production. The company's flagship product, Diamanti Spektra, unifies control and data planes, providing users with enhanced performance and enterprise features. By focusing on bare-metal container infrastructure, Diamanti delivers the speed, simplicity, and control necessary for modern cloud environments, supporting various applications in container networking, storage, databases, and cloud-native DevOps. The company distributes its products through resellers and was previously known as DataWise Systems, Inc. before rebranding in April 2016.

Ring

Series D in 2017
Ring is a home security company based in Santa Monica, California, established in 2012. It specializes in outdoor security solutions, offering a range of smart home products designed to enhance safety and reduce crime in neighborhoods. The company's product lineup includes the Ring Video Doorbell, Ring Video Doorbell Pro, Ring Stick Up Cam, and Ring Floodlight Cam, all of which feature advanced capabilities such as wide-angle lenses, built-in microphones, and speakers that allow users to see, hear, and communicate with visitors. By integrating these devices, Ring aims to empower homeowners and foster community vigilance, effectively creating a modern neighborhood watch system that helps prevent burglaries and enhance residential security worldwide.

Mythic

Series A in 2016
Founded in 2012, Mythic specializes in designing and manufacturing AI-driven silicon chips and inference processors. Its innovative technology brings desktop GPU compute capabilities and neural networks to compact, energy-efficient devices, enabling AI deployment across various industries such as consumer electronics, wearables, and autonomous systems.

BetterUp

Series A in 2016
BetterUp Inc. is a leadership development company that offers an innovative online platform aimed at enhancing the personal and professional growth of individuals and organizations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, BetterUp specializes in virtual coaching, providing users with personalized guidance through one-on-one sessions with a network of over 3,000 coaches available in 46 languages across more than 90 countries. The platform focuses on fostering mental fitness, career and leadership development, and social connection, thereby enabling employees to develop new behaviors and skills that promote high performance in a rapidly changing work environment. With a client base that includes prominent organizations such as NASA, Google, and Hilton, BetterUp has established itself as a leader in the field of mental health and coaching. The company is supported by a distinguished Science Board composed of experts in positive psychology and human performance, further enhancing its credibility and impact in the industry.

Periscope Data

Series B in 2016
Periscope Data Inc. is a data analytics and visualization company founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in developing data caching technology that integrates directly with databases, allowing users to conduct analyses, create dashboards, and share insights without the need for complex markup languages or extensive upfront modeling. Periscope Data's platform is designed to provide rapid insights, enabling users to ingest, store, analyze, and visualize data from a single connected source. The company serves over 1,000 clients, including notable names such as Adobe and EY, and is recognized for its high customer retention rates and user engagement, with customers reportedly spending significant time on the platform weekly. In May 2019, Periscope Data became a subsidiary of Sisense Inc., further enhancing its capabilities in the business intelligence space.

Zymergen

Series B in 2016
Zymergen, Inc. is a biotechnology company that focuses on researching, developing, and manufacturing microbes for various industries, including agriculture, chemicals, materials, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and personal care. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, Zymergen employs a platform that integrates automation, machine learning, and genomics to enhance the efficiency of microbial strain optimization and production processes. This technology enables the company to improve existing manufacturing strains and facilitates the development of new products by engineering novel molecules from microbes. With additional offices in Boise, Idaho; Medford, Massachusetts; Seattle, Washington; and Tokyo, Japan, Zymergen aims to partner with nature to create innovative materials and products that deliver significant value across multiple sectors.

Zoox

Series A in 2016
Zoox Inc. is a California-based robotics company focused on designing and developing self-driving vehicles. Founded in 2014 by Tim Kentley-Klay and Dr. Jesse Levinson, Zoox aims to create advanced autonomous mobility solutions that address the future needs of urban transportation. The company employs a multidisciplinary approach, integrating design, computer science, and electro-mechanical engineering to innovate in the field of mobility. In addition to vehicle development, Zoox manages a fleet of cars and offers vehicle rental services. Since September 2020, Zoox has operated as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., enhancing its resources and capabilities in the evolving landscape of autonomous transportation.

Elation Health

Series B in 2016
Elation Health, Inc. is a technology company that focuses on enhancing the physician-patient relationship through its provider-centric clinical electronic health records platform. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, the company offers independent primary care practices a comprehensive solution to manage their operations while minimizing administrative burdens. Elation Health's secure application facilitates communication between patients and their doctors, allowing patients to manage their health effectively. By delivering clinical-first solutions, Elation Health supports primary care providers in delivering high-quality, personalized care, enabling them to thrive in a changing healthcare environment. The company was previously known as ElationEMR Inc. until it rebranded in August 2016.

Unity Technologies

Series C in 2016
Unity Technologies specializes in providing multiplatform tools and services for developers of interactive content. Founded in 2004, they offer a comprehensive suite of products including game engines, asset stores, cloud-based development tools, empowering users to create, operate, and monetize real-time 3D experiences across various industries.

Cylance

Series D in 2016
Cylance Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in artificial intelligence-driven security solutions designed to predict and prevent advanced threats and malware. Founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California, Cylance employs a unique mathematical approach and machine learning to rapidly identify potential threats, differentiating itself by focusing on proactive security measures rather than traditional blacklist methods. The company's offerings include protection against various attack vectors such as malware, ransomware, and fileless malware, as well as services like threat hunting, incident response, and consulting. Cylance's solutions are utilized across multiple industries, including critical infrastructure, healthcare, finance, and education, aiming to enhance the security posture of businesses and government entities. In 2019, Cylance became a subsidiary of BlackBerry Limited, further expanding its capabilities in the cybersecurity landscape.

CircleCI

Series B in 2016
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.

Diamanti

Series A in 2016
Diamanti, Inc. is a technology company specializing in an integrated enterprise Kubernetes platform that addresses the network and storage challenges associated with cloud-native applications. Founded in 2010 and based in San Jose, California, Diamanti offers a platform designed for infrastructure architects, IT operations, and application owners, enabling them to efficiently run stateful containerized applications in production. The company's flagship product, Diamanti Spektra, unifies control and data planes, providing users with enhanced performance and enterprise features. By focusing on bare-metal container infrastructure, Diamanti delivers the speed, simplicity, and control necessary for modern cloud environments, supporting various applications in container networking, storage, databases, and cloud-native DevOps. The company distributes its products through resellers and was previously known as DataWise Systems, Inc. before rebranding in April 2016.

Lawnmower

Seed Round in 2016
Lawnmower, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in January 2015 that focuses on developing a mobile application designed to help users invest in bitcoin by converting spare change from everyday purchases. The app enables users to round up their credit and debit card transactions, automatically converting the accumulated change into bitcoin. In addition to this primary function, Lawnmower provides market information, investment tools, real-time price quotes, and account analytics, allowing customers to track and compare their portfolios' performance in blockchain assets. This user-friendly platform is geared toward retail investors looking to engage with and invest in cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-based assets.

Livongo

Series C in 2016
Livongo Health, Inc. is a consumer digital health company that specializes in providing an integrated suite of solutions for individuals managing chronic conditions, particularly diabetes. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Livongo utilizes real-time data capture and analytics to promote health behavior change through its platform, which includes cellular-connected devices, supplies, coaching, and insights driven by data science. Its product offerings encompass Livongo for diabetes, hypertension, prediabetes and weight management, and behavioral health through its myStrength platform. The company serves a diverse client base, including employers, health plans, government entities, and labor unions, primarily within the United States. Livongo aims to enhance the experience of individuals with chronic conditions by providing timely, personalized support and information, ultimately leading to improved health outcomes. In 2020, Livongo became a subsidiary of Teladoc Health, Inc.

Human Longevity

Series B in 2016
Founded in 2013, Human Longevity is a genomic-based health intelligence company headquartered in San Diego, California. It combines the largest database of genomic and phenotypic data with machine learning to drive discoveries and empower proactive healthcare. The company's core offerings include the HLI Health Nucleus, which uses whole-genome sequence analysis and advanced clinical imaging to deliver comprehensive personal health insights.

Mindshow

Series A in 2016
Mindshow is a virtual production platform that revolutionizes the animation creation process by simplifying complex pipeline steps into a real-time experience. The company offers an enterprise software solution that allows entertainment brands to produce studio-quality animation quickly, significantly reducing production time while preserving creative control. Its unified platform includes advanced voice technology, virtual studio cameras, motion capture, and asset management tools, which have been instrumental for major clients like Mattel, ESPN, Netflix, and Pepsi. Mindshow operates a three-dimensional animation studio that enables users to create animated movies in virtual reality, bringing characters to life through voice and body movements while allowing for action recordings from multiple angles. Based in Los Angeles, Mindshow comprises a team of over 40 experts from various fields, including technology, gaming, VFX, and media, dedicated to empowering entertainment brands with innovative technology that enhances storytelling efficiency.

Enlighted

Series D in 2016
Enlighted develops and supplies integrated lighting and environmental control solutions for commercial buildings. Its sensor platform collects occupancy, ambient light, temperature, and energy usage data, which is aggregated by the Gateway and visualized through the Energy Manager web interface. The company also offers a wall‑mounted Room Control device that lets occupants adjust lighting levels and configurations. Enlighted’s analytics help clients reduce energy consumption—often by up to 70%—while improving workspace comfort and operational efficiency. Since its founding in 2009, the company has installed sensors in more than 70,000 square feet of Fortune 1000 premises, including AT&T and Oracle. Enlighted is headquartered in Sunnyvale and operates as a subsidiary of Siemens Industry.

Anaplan

Series E in 2016
Anaplan, Inc. offers a cloud-based connected planning platform that enables organizations to unify disparate data structures across various business functions, including finance, sales, supply chain, marketing, human resources, and operations. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, Anaplan provides its services through a subscription model, allowing users to access its platform over the Internet. The company focuses on enhancing decision-making and collaboration within organizations by delivering business planning and performance management solutions from a single hub. In addition to its core platform, Anaplan offers professional services, including consulting, implementation, training, and planning transformation advisory services. With operations in multiple countries and a network of expert partners, Anaplan supports large and fast-growing organizations in streamlining their planning processes and making informed decisions.

Foursquare

Series E in 2016
Foursquare Labs, Inc. is a location technology platform that provides a range of business solutions and consumer products focused on leveraging location intelligence. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in San Francisco and London, Foursquare offers tools such as Pinpoint for data-driven media planning, Placed for offline attribution, and the Pilgrim SDK for integrating location awareness into mobile applications. Its services also include Places, which provides access to detailed firmographic data and community-generated content on businesses worldwide, as well as analytics solutions that offer insights into consumer behavior and competitive dynamics. Foursquare's consumer apps, Foursquare and Swarm, enable users to track and share their favorite locations, while City Guide helps users discover the best places to visit in various cities. Overall, Foursquare's platform empowers brands to analyze customer trends, optimize advertising strategies, and enhance user engagement through advanced location-based insights.

HELIX

Series B in 2015
HELIX, originally known as Flux, is a pioneering company based in Oakland, California, that focuses on simplifying the complexities of building digitization. Initially launched as a project within Google X, HELIX shifted its business model in 2019 to develop the HELIX Creator platform. This platform empowers architects, engineers, builders, and owner-operators to utilize LiDAR and photogrammetry technologies for capturing precise building geometry, facilitating the creation of usable plans and models. By providing accurate 2D and 3D data along with essential documents, HELIX enables users to assess building potential, plan renovations, and document structures for disaster preparedness. The company emphasizes that for Digital Twins to be effective, the underlying data must be accurate, easily accessible, and regularly updated.

Periscope Data

Series A in 2015
Periscope Data Inc. is a data analytics and visualization company founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in developing data caching technology that integrates directly with databases, allowing users to conduct analyses, create dashboards, and share insights without the need for complex markup languages or extensive upfront modeling. Periscope Data's platform is designed to provide rapid insights, enabling users to ingest, store, analyze, and visualize data from a single connected source. The company serves over 1,000 clients, including notable names such as Adobe and EY, and is recognized for its high customer retention rates and user engagement, with customers reportedly spending significant time on the platform weekly. In May 2019, Periscope Data became a subsidiary of Sisense Inc., further enhancing its capabilities in the business intelligence space.

Talkdesk

Series A in 2015
Talkdesk Inc., founded in 2011 by Cristina Fonseca and Tiago Paiva, specializes in browser-based cloud contact center software for small businesses. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices across Europe and North America, Talkdesk offers an end-to-end solution that optimizes customer engagement, workforce management, and analytics. Its platform enables users to identify callers before answering, provides comprehensive customer insights from various sources, monitors call performance in real-time, and offers intelligent customer self-service data for agents. With over 1,400 enterprise clients worldwide, including IBM and Acxiom, Talkdesk helps businesses enhance customer satisfaction, productivity, and cost savings through its adaptable platform.

Renovate America

Private Equity Round in 2015
Renovate America, Inc. is a financing solutions provider based in San Diego, California, focused on enhancing energy and water efficiency in homes and communities across the United States. Founded in 2008 and originally known as PowerHouse Service, Inc., the company offers the HERO financing program and PACE financing solution, which are designed to facilitate energy-efficient home improvements. By partnering with municipalities, Renovate America implements scalable programs that yield benefits such as energy savings, reduced utility costs, lower emissions, job creation, and local economic growth. The company also utilizes a tech-enabled platform to provide point-of-sale financing for home improvement projects, ensuring that property owners, contractors, and community leaders have access to custom tools that support their initiatives. Despite facing financial challenges that led to a Chapter 11 reorganization in December 2020, Renovate America continues to strive towards making homes and communities more sustainable.

Avant

Series E in 2015
Avant, LLC is a financial technology company that operates an online marketplace lending platform, providing consumers access to personal loans for purposes such as debt consolidation, medical expenses, and family vacations. Founded in 2012, Avant utilizes big data and machine-learning algorithms to streamline credit options and offer a tailored approach to lending. The company partners with banks and financial institutions to facilitate loan processing and verification, ensuring compliance with credit policies while minimizing fraud and risk. Additionally, Avant operates an institutional marketplace that allows investors to purchase loans generated through its technology. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Avant also maintains offices in Los Angeles, California, and London, United Kingdom, serving customers both domestically and internationally.

Cylance

Series C in 2015
Cylance Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in artificial intelligence-driven security solutions designed to predict and prevent advanced threats and malware. Founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California, Cylance employs a unique mathematical approach and machine learning to rapidly identify potential threats, differentiating itself by focusing on proactive security measures rather than traditional blacklist methods. The company's offerings include protection against various attack vectors such as malware, ransomware, and fileless malware, as well as services like threat hunting, incident response, and consulting. Cylance's solutions are utilized across multiple industries, including critical infrastructure, healthcare, finance, and education, aiming to enhance the security posture of businesses and government entities. In 2019, Cylance became a subsidiary of BlackBerry Limited, further expanding its capabilities in the cybersecurity landscape.

Zoox

Seed Round in 2015
Zoox Inc. is a California-based robotics company focused on designing and developing self-driving vehicles. Founded in 2014 by Tim Kentley-Klay and Dr. Jesse Levinson, Zoox aims to create advanced autonomous mobility solutions that address the future needs of urban transportation. The company employs a multidisciplinary approach, integrating design, computer science, and electro-mechanical engineering to innovate in the field of mobility. In addition to vehicle development, Zoox manages a fleet of cars and offers vehicle rental services. Since September 2020, Zoox has operated as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., enhancing its resources and capabilities in the evolving landscape of autonomous transportation.

Zymergen

Series A in 2015
Zymergen, Inc. is a biotechnology company that focuses on researching, developing, and manufacturing microbes for various industries, including agriculture, chemicals, materials, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and personal care. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, Zymergen employs a platform that integrates automation, machine learning, and genomics to enhance the efficiency of microbial strain optimization and production processes. This technology enables the company to improve existing manufacturing strains and facilitates the development of new products by engineering novel molecules from microbes. With additional offices in Boise, Idaho; Medford, Massachusetts; Seattle, Washington; and Tokyo, Japan, Zymergen aims to partner with nature to create innovative materials and products that deliver significant value across multiple sectors.

Talkdesk

Series A in 2015
Talkdesk Inc., founded in 2011 by Cristina Fonseca and Tiago Paiva, specializes in browser-based cloud contact center software for small businesses. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices across Europe and North America, Talkdesk offers an end-to-end solution that optimizes customer engagement, workforce management, and analytics. Its platform enables users to identify callers before answering, provides comprehensive customer insights from various sources, monitors call performance in real-time, and offers intelligent customer self-service data for agents. With over 1,400 enterprise clients worldwide, including IBM and Acxiom, Talkdesk helps businesses enhance customer satisfaction, productivity, and cost savings through its adaptable platform.

Nervana

Series A in 2015
Nervana is a technology company founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Diego, California. It specializes in machine learning and artificial intelligence, offering a software-as-a-service platform that enables businesses to develop custom deep learning applications. The company's flagship product, Nervana Cloud, provides a comprehensive software solution that utilizes deep learning techniques to facilitate the creation of intelligent applications. Founded by experts in various fields, including machine learning, neuroscience, and chip design, Nervana aims to simplify and scale the use of brain-inspired algorithms in technology development.

Atomwise

Seed Round in 2015
Atomwise, Inc. is a biotechnology company specializing in deep learning artificial intelligence technology for small molecule drug discovery. Based in San Francisco and founded in 2012, the company has developed AtomNet, a pioneering AI platform that facilitates virtual screening of molecules by predicting the binding of small molecules to proteins through a statistical analysis of experimental affinity measurements and protein structures. Atomwise is focused on addressing over 600 unique disease targets and has established collaborations with over 250 partners, including prominent pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms. By leveraging its advanced technology, Atomwise aims to revolutionize the drug discovery process and advance a pipeline of small-molecule drug candidates into preclinical studies. The company was previously known as Chematria, Inc. and rebranded to Atomwise, Inc. in 2015.

Sumo Logic

Series E in 2015
Sumo Logic, Inc. is a cloud-native software-as-a-service company that specializes in machine data analytics, enabling organizations to harness the power of their data for operational, security, and business intelligence. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Sumo Logic provides a platform that automates the collection, ingestion, and analysis of various data types, including application, infrastructure, security, and Internet of Things (IoT) data. The platform supports real-time log management and analytics, delivering actionable insights across the entire application lifecycle. With over 2,000 global customers, Sumo Logic assists organizations in troubleshooting and securing their applications, helping them to embrace digital transformation and improve their competitive advantage. Its multi-tenant service model fosters continuous innovation, thereby enhancing business value and growth for its clients.

NeuroVigil

Series B in 2015
NeuroVigil develops non-invasive brain monitoring technology, notably the iBrain device. This platform enables remote, non-invasive tracking of various neuropathologies like Alzheimer's, autism, and epilepsy. It also facilitates drug response monitoring in clinical trials.

Livongo

Series B in 2015
Livongo Health, Inc. is a consumer digital health company that specializes in providing an integrated suite of solutions for individuals managing chronic conditions, particularly diabetes. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Livongo utilizes real-time data capture and analytics to promote health behavior change through its platform, which includes cellular-connected devices, supplies, coaching, and insights driven by data science. Its product offerings encompass Livongo for diabetes, hypertension, prediabetes and weight management, and behavioral health through its myStrength platform. The company serves a diverse client base, including employers, health plans, government entities, and labor unions, primarily within the United States. Livongo aims to enhance the experience of individuals with chronic conditions by providing timely, personalized support and information, ultimately leading to improved health outcomes. In 2020, Livongo became a subsidiary of Teladoc Health, Inc.
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