Windspeed Ventures

Windspeed Ventures is a private investment firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Concord, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Lexington, Massachusetts. The firm specializes in making direct investments across a variety of sectors, including media, internet software, infrastructure services, application software, security software, home entertainment software, network security, and telecommunication services. Windspeed Ventures engages in distressed and vulture investments, private equity buyouts, and venture capital investments, focusing on seed, startup, and early-stage companies, as well as growth capital and buyout transactions. The firm primarily seeks investment opportunities in the Northeast region of the United States.

John Bullock

Managing Partner

15 past transactions

Lola.com

Seed Round in 2016
Lola.com is an easy-to-use travel management tool that helps companies book, report, and save on business travel. Life becomes simpler with employee friendly business travel policies, fun travel tracking tools, and transparent spend reporting for business travel managers. For the business travelers, it enables easy flight and hotel booking, team destination sharing, loyalty points from the actual hotels and airlines, and 24/7 agent support. Its book on behalf feature lets executive assistants, easily book travel like a boss. Founded on 2015, Lola.com works for both employers and employees. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Lineage Labs

Seed Round in 2015
We are inventors, marketers, consumers, photo buffs, friends, and co-workers. We are dedicated to helping you tell your family's stories. Whether it’s a picture from a day at the beach, or a video of the dog chasing a squirrel, there exists a special, unique story behind all of these images. But too often, due to our busy lives, these stories remain locked away on our digital devices, rarely finding the right way or the right time to be shared and enjoyed.

Trilio

Seed Round in 2014
Trilio specializes in cloud-native data protection, focusing on environments such as Kubernetes, OpenStack, and Red Hat Virtualization. Its flagship technology, TrilioVault, is designed for backup and recovery, workload migration, and application mobility. The platform allows users to restore entire workloads on-demand, providing critical business assurance services for organizations in sectors like telecommunications, defense, automotive, and financial services. TrilioVault supports data protection and migration across various cloud setups, including private, public, and hybrid clouds. This flexibility enables IT organizations and cloud service providers to manage application workloads effectively, ensuring resilience and operational continuity in the face of potential disruptions.

JumpCloud

Seed Round in 2012
JumpCloud, Inc. operates a Directory-as-a-Service platform that simplifies identity management and securely connects users to their systems, applications, files, and networks. The platform enables organizations to manage user accounts, permissions, and device access while automating critical server management tasks such as security, compliance, and configuration. With its cloud-based directory, JumpCloud provides a single solution for IT and security teams to authenticate and manage user identities across diverse environments, applying Zero Trust principles to enhance security. The company serves over 100,000 organizations globally, including notable clients like Cars.com and GoFundMe. Founded in 2010 and based in Louisville, Colorado, JumpCloud was initially known as SafeInstance, Inc. before rebranding in 2013.

Zipit Wireless

Convertible Note in 2012
Zipit Wireless, Inc. is a technology company based in Greenville, South Carolina, specializing in critical messaging and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Founded in 2007, the company provides instant communication services designed for critical situations, catering to various sectors such as healthcare, education, government, and hospitality. Its Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution enables two-way communication for organizations, enhancing operational efficiency during emergencies. Additionally, Zipit offers cloud-based software and cellular services that support the management of connected devices, including wireless trail cameras and medication adherence devices. The company's subscription platform facilitates cellular activation and provides comprehensive business reports, allowing enterprises to streamline their operations and manage mobile workers effectively. Zipit Wireless markets its innovative software and services on a global scale, helping clients navigate the complexities of IoT connectivity.

Bradford Networks

Venture Round in 2012
Bradford Networks, Inc. specializes in providing policy-based secure access automation and orchestration solutions designed to address security challenges in various sectors, including healthcare, education, financial services, manufacturing, government, retail, and technology. Founded in 1999 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company offers agentless assessments of devices accessing enterprise networks, including Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and automatically contains non-compliant devices in real time. By developing innovative network access control products, Bradford Networks aims to enhance network security, reduce downtime, enforce enterprise policies, and limit unauthorized access, all while leveraging existing network infrastructure. Their solutions integrate seamlessly with endpoint security, firewalls, and threat detection systems, providing businesses with improved control and contextual awareness of security events. Bradford Networks operates as a subsidiary of Fortinet, Inc. as of June 2018.

Zipit Wireless

Series C in 2010
Zipit Wireless, Inc. is a technology company based in Greenville, South Carolina, specializing in critical messaging and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Founded in 2007, the company provides instant communication services designed for critical situations, catering to various sectors such as healthcare, education, government, and hospitality. Its Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution enables two-way communication for organizations, enhancing operational efficiency during emergencies. Additionally, Zipit offers cloud-based software and cellular services that support the management of connected devices, including wireless trail cameras and medication adherence devices. The company's subscription platform facilitates cellular activation and provides comprehensive business reports, allowing enterprises to streamline their operations and manage mobile workers effectively. Zipit Wireless markets its innovative software and services on a global scale, helping clients navigate the complexities of IoT connectivity.

Zipit Wireless

Series B in 2008
Zipit Wireless, Inc. is a technology company based in Greenville, South Carolina, specializing in critical messaging and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Founded in 2007, the company provides instant communication services designed for critical situations, catering to various sectors such as healthcare, education, government, and hospitality. Its Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution enables two-way communication for organizations, enhancing operational efficiency during emergencies. Additionally, Zipit offers cloud-based software and cellular services that support the management of connected devices, including wireless trail cameras and medication adherence devices. The company's subscription platform facilitates cellular activation and provides comprehensive business reports, allowing enterprises to streamline their operations and manage mobile workers effectively. Zipit Wireless markets its innovative software and services on a global scale, helping clients navigate the complexities of IoT connectivity.

Zipit Wireless

Series A in 2007
Zipit Wireless, Inc. is a technology company based in Greenville, South Carolina, specializing in critical messaging and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Founded in 2007, the company provides instant communication services designed for critical situations, catering to various sectors such as healthcare, education, government, and hospitality. Its Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution enables two-way communication for organizations, enhancing operational efficiency during emergencies. Additionally, Zipit offers cloud-based software and cellular services that support the management of connected devices, including wireless trail cameras and medication adherence devices. The company's subscription platform facilitates cellular activation and provides comprehensive business reports, allowing enterprises to streamline their operations and manage mobile workers effectively. Zipit Wireless markets its innovative software and services on a global scale, helping clients navigate the complexities of IoT connectivity.

Bradford Networks

Series A in 2006
Bradford Networks, Inc. specializes in providing policy-based secure access automation and orchestration solutions designed to address security challenges in various sectors, including healthcare, education, financial services, manufacturing, government, retail, and technology. Founded in 1999 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company offers agentless assessments of devices accessing enterprise networks, including Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and automatically contains non-compliant devices in real time. By developing innovative network access control products, Bradford Networks aims to enhance network security, reduce downtime, enforce enterprise policies, and limit unauthorized access, all while leveraging existing network infrastructure. Their solutions integrate seamlessly with endpoint security, firewalls, and threat detection systems, providing businesses with improved control and contextual awareness of security events. Bradford Networks operates as a subsidiary of Fortinet, Inc. as of June 2018.

Sixth Sense Media

Venture Round in 2002
Sixth Sense Media, founded in 1999 by a team of PhD-level software architects and engineers, specializes in mobile marketing solutions that enhance customer lifecycle engagement. The company offers a platform that enables businesses to create and execute personalized, interactive marketing campaigns tailored to real-time location and consumer behavior. Its Real-time Lifecycle Marketing (RLM) capabilities allow marketing teams to deploy campaigns across various mobile messaging channels, fostering customer loyalty through points and partnership programs. With a robust library of campaign templates informed by global deployments, Sixth Sense Media aims to deliver measurable revenue growth while ensuring a quick time-to-market and low total cost of ownership for its clients.

TrueAdvantage

Series A in 2000
As of November 26, 2007, TrueAdvantage, Inc. was acquired by InsideView, Inc. TrueAdvantage, Inc. provides trigger-based technology-enabled lead generation solutions in the United States. It offers SmartTrigger, which automatically mines the Internet and business information sources; and TrueAdvantage, which provides stream leads that match target profile and territory. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Southboro, Massachusetts.

Integral Development Corp

Seed Round in 2000
Integral to leading the SaaS revolution. We built our cloud technology before the world knew what cloud was. Our SaaS platform, subscription-based model, and transformational transactional network are already trusted by the world’s most innovative and influential organizations – where payments, pricing, trading and investing are integral to your ambitions and success.
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