DNX Ventures

DNX Ventures is a San Mateo–based venture capital firm founded in 2011. It invests in Seed and Series A B2B startups, with activities in the United States and Japan and an office in Tokyo. The firm focuses on SaaS and cloud, cybersecurity, deep tech, sustainability, hardware, retail, and finance. It emphasizes helping early-stage companies validate product–market fit and secure their first customers by leveraging a CXO network and partnerships with Fortune 500 companies. DNX Ventures also provides strategic guidance and operational insight to portfolio companies as they grow. The organization operates as an investment adviser and supports founders through active involvement in building customer relationships and scaling business development.

Kris Harms

Principal

Deepak Jagannathan

Principal

Mitch Kitamura

Managing Partner

Yo Kurabayashi

Managing Partner

Q Motiwala

Managing Director

Eva Nahari

Principal

Yuma Tanaka

Investment Vice President and Associate

Past deals in Enterprise Software

CollaboGate

Seed Round in 2025
CollaboGate specializes in developing open-source tools for constructing comprehensive global data infrastructure, aiming to revolutionize various industries. Their flagship product, NodeX, pioneers machine-to-machine communication security and monitoring, serving prominent enterprises across sectors like offices, energy, and manufacturing. This enhances profitability, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction for adopters.

Knostic

Seed Round in 2025
Knostic is a developer of a risk management and governance platform specifically designed for enterprise large language models (LLMs). The company's software addresses the challenges associated with LLMs, particularly in managing their tendencies to generate excessive or inappropriate responses. Knostic provides essential access controls that enable enterprises to deploy LLMs effectively while ensuring security, safety, and the preservation of value. Through its knowledge-centric capabilities, Knostic facilitates AI-powered innovation, allowing organizations to harness the potential of LLMs in a responsible and efficient manner.

Miive

Venture Round in 2024
Miive is a company that specializes in developing an employee experience platform designed to enhance employee engagement. The platform integrates rewards with organizational culture and values, facilitating the creation and management of engagement opportunities. It also visualizes the contributions of team members, allowing organizations to foster mutual recognition and strengthen team dynamics. By focusing on these key elements, Miive aims to promote a positive workplace environment that encourages collaboration and celebrates individual achievements.

Quollio Technologies

Series A in 2024
Quollio Technologies specializes in corporate data governance, offering SaaS solutions for metadata management. Its platform enables enterprises to discover, understand, compare, and retrieve data efficiently, optimizing data collection and application.

Resilire

Venture Round in 2024
Resilire is a business specialising in supply chain risk management. It provides a platform that enables companies to centralise their supply chain data, site data, and risk data for effective mitigation of risks. The platform offers tools for collecting disaster-related information, establishing a control tower for oversight, visualising impact on maps, assessing disaster situations, and constructing business continuity management systems. This facilitates efficient organisation and sharing of corporate data internally.

Knostic

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Knostic is a developer of a risk management and governance platform specifically designed for enterprise large language models (LLMs). The company's software addresses the challenges associated with LLMs, particularly in managing their tendencies to generate excessive or inappropriate responses. Knostic provides essential access controls that enable enterprises to deploy LLMs effectively while ensuring security, safety, and the preservation of value. Through its knowledge-centric capabilities, Knostic facilitates AI-powered innovation, allowing organizations to harness the potential of LLMs in a responsible and efficient manner.

Enpay

Series B in 2023
Enpay is a fintech company that offers a software as a service platform for cashless, paperless collection operations. The platform enables the digital flow of money, bills, and payments, supporting the collection process from planning and development to operation and billing. It provides tools to collect, manage, and process payments electronically through computer and smartphone, reducing reliance on cash and paper and facilitating streamlined billing workflows.

YESOD

Series A in 2023
YESOD is a cloud-based service that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of management departments through its ID control platform. This platform is designed to facilitate seamless operations among various departments by integrating diverse personnel and organizational information. By automating account management processes, YESOD helps organizations overcome departmental barriers and manage their databases more effectively.

SecureNavi

Series A in 2023
SecureNavi specializes in automating information security management systems (ISMS). It streamlines conventional processes by replacing manual operations with its proprietary tools, enhancing efficiency and reducing reliance on Excel and Word.

Techtouch

Series B in 2023
Techtouch, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing an intuitive website user manual called TechTouch. The company's software enhances system education for employees, supports burden reduction, and promotes system utilization by overlaying explanation guidance on existing web systems. This is achieved through a plug-in introduced on the web browser side and JavaScript on the server-side. Techtouch's platform minimizes operational stress by displaying real-time navigation directly on the screen of running web systems, enabling businesses to handle complex operations accurately and efficiently.

CollaboGate

Seed Round in 2022
CollaboGate specializes in developing open-source tools for constructing comprehensive global data infrastructure, aiming to revolutionize various industries. Their flagship product, NodeX, pioneers machine-to-machine communication security and monitoring, serving prominent enterprises across sectors like offices, energy, and manufacturing. This enhances profitability, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction for adopters.

Ghost Security

Series A in 2022
Ghost Security specializes in cyber security software aimed at enhancing application security for modern enterprises. The company develops solutions that integrate at every layer of the application stack, from edge to workloads and operational tools. By doing so, Ghost Security enables organizations to obtain contextually relevant security insights, facilitating the secure deployment of applications at cloud scale and in alignment with DevOps practices. Their focus is on creating a new standard in application security that meets the evolving needs of businesses in a digital landscape.

Resilire

Seed Round in 2021
Resilire is a business specialising in supply chain risk management. It provides a platform that enables companies to centralise their supply chain data, site data, and risk data for effective mitigation of risks. The platform offers tools for collecting disaster-related information, establishing a control tower for oversight, visualising impact on maps, assessing disaster situations, and constructing business continuity management systems. This facilitates efficient organisation and sharing of corporate data internally.

Studist

Seed Round in 2021
Studist develops the Teachme Biz platform, enabling businesses to create and share standard operating procedure manuals using images and videos. Its mission is to minimize information loss during transmission within companies.

Enpay

Series A in 2021
Enpay is a fintech company that offers a software as a service platform for cashless, paperless collection operations. The platform enables the digital flow of money, bills, and payments, supporting the collection process from planning and development to operation and billing. It provides tools to collect, manage, and process payments electronically through computer and smartphone, reducing reliance on cash and paper and facilitating streamlined billing workflows.

Stock

Seed Round in 2020
Stock develops products that facilitate information sharing and task management for teams worldwide, aiming to enhance operational efficiency.

Fieldguide

Seed Round in 2020
Fieldguide, Inc. is an enterprise software company that specializes in automation and collaboration solutions for audit and advisory firms. Established in 2020 and based in Sacramento, California, Fieldguide's platform digitizes the entire project lifecycle, offering features such as secure data requests, work plan management, reporting automation, and resource planning. The software utilizes artificial intelligence to standardize templates and streamline data management, facilitating efficient report creation. By enhancing workflow processes, Fieldguide aims to help firms improve margins, attract new business, and strengthen client relationships, ultimately empowering productivity and revenue growth in the assurance and advisory sectors.

BeaTrust

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2020, BeaTrust develops a collaboration platform that enables employees to discover colleagues' skills, interests, and experiences, fostering connections across departments and driving innovation.

YESOD

Seed Round in 2020
YESOD is a cloud-based service that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of management departments through its ID control platform. This platform is designed to facilitate seamless operations among various departments by integrating diverse personnel and organizational information. By automating account management processes, YESOD helps organizations overcome departmental barriers and manage their databases more effectively.

Techtouch

Series A in 2020
Techtouch, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing an intuitive website user manual called TechTouch. The company's software enhances system education for employees, supports burden reduction, and promotes system utilization by overlaying explanation guidance on existing web systems. This is achieved through a plug-in introduced on the web browser side and JavaScript on the server-side. Techtouch's platform minimizes operational stress by displaying real-time navigation directly on the screen of running web systems, enabling businesses to handle complex operations accurately and efficiently.

CAST AI

Seed Round in 2020
CAST AI Group, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in multi-cloud management, particularly through its advanced Kubernetes automation platform. Founded in 2019 and based in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, CAST AI enables users to optimize their cloud infrastructure by dynamically adjusting compute capacity based on demand across multiple cloud providers. The platform employs machine learning algorithms to analyze and optimize clusters in real time, leading to significant cost reductions—often over 50%—for customers utilizing major cloud services such as AWS, Azure, and GCP. In addition to cost savings, CAST AI enhances performance, security, and overall productivity for DevOps and engineering teams by ensuring efficient resource allocation and application deployment across different cloud environments.

Tutorial

Series A in 2020
Tutorial Inc. is a company based in Chiyoda, Japan, specializing in robotic process automation (RPA) software solutions. Founded in 2014, Tutorial develops and operates a cloud-based RPA platform known as "Robotic Crowd," which can be accessed through a web browser. In addition to its software offerings, Tutorial provides consulting services to assist organizations in the successful implementation of RPA technology. The company's focus is on facilitating the automation of business processes to enhance efficiency and productivity for its clients.

SafeBreach

Series C in 2020
SafeBreach Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in breach and attack simulation (BAS). Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, SafeBreach offers a platform designed to enhance an organization's security posture by simulating real-world attack methods. The platform utilizes a comprehensive Hacker's Playbook, which includes a range of breach techniques derived from actual cyber incidents, to proactively identify vulnerabilities within an enterprise's network, cloud, and endpoints. By mimicking the tactics of cybercriminals, SafeBreach enables businesses to validate their security controls and improve the responsiveness of their security operations center (SOC) analysts. The platform can integrate with various security information and event management systems, ticketing solutions, and automation tools, providing continuous visibility into potential security threats and allowing organizations to address issues before they can be exploited by attackers.

Alp

Series A in 2020
Alp, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing technology solutions aimed at enhancing company monetization. The company offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform called Scalebase, designed specifically for recurring revenue businesses, including subscription and SaaS models. Scalebase enables users to efficiently manage various business operations, such as pricing design, product and customer management, contract and billing management, and financial analysis. By centralizing these functions, Alp's solutions help businesses reduce their workload, increase operational flexibility, and ultimately drive revenue growth.

Resily

Series A in 2020
Resily develops a cloud-based OKR (Objectives and Key Results) tool that helps businesses set strategies, plans, and track progress. Its platform facilitates communication and collaboration across teams by providing a mechanism for sharing actions towards achieving company goals.

Tribute

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Tribute Co. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in workplace mentorship solutions, primarily focused on supporting women. Founded in 2018, the company offers a peer-to-peer mentorship application that connects employees through shared life experiences and personal stories. Its enterprise SaaS platform is designed to facilitate corporate mentoring programs, making it easier for organizations to foster authentic connections between mentors and mentees. Tribute's innovative approach not only enhances team collaboration and productivity but also provides employers with valuable insights to track diversity and inclusion initiatives. By redefining mentorship, Tribute aims to create a more engaged and successful workforce.

Techtouch

Seed Round in 2019
Techtouch, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing an intuitive website user manual called TechTouch. The company's software enhances system education for employees, supports burden reduction, and promotes system utilization by overlaying explanation guidance on existing web systems. This is achieved through a plug-in introduced on the web browser side and JavaScript on the server-side. Techtouch's platform minimizes operational stress by displaying real-time navigation directly on the screen of running web systems, enabling businesses to handle complex operations accurately and efficiently.

HERP

Series A in 2019
Founded in 2017, HERP designs and develops a recruitment management platform that streamlines digital talent acquisition. Its platform, HERP ATS, enables on-site employees to engage in the recruitment process, facilitates communication with recruiting media, Slack, and Chatwork, manages interview scheduling, and optimizes talent pool management.

Fyde

Seed Round in 2019
Fyde helps companies with an increasingly distributed workforce to mitigate breach risk by enabling secure access to critical enterprise resources for their employees, partners, contractors, and outsourcers. Fyde’s flagship enterprise product provides granular access controls for your enterprise apps and workloads, continuously monitors access requests, improves the security posture of endpoints and protects user identities against phishing and account takeover attacks.

Hexabase

Seed Round in 2019
Hexabase specializes in developing IT services for corporations. They aim to leverage the latest technologies to solve business challenges. Their primary offerings include cloud services and Enterprise Backend as a Service (EBaaS), focusing on corporate system development.

Studist

Venture Round in 2019
Studist develops the Teachme Biz platform, enabling businesses to create and share standard operating procedure manuals using images and videos. Its mission is to minimize information loss during transmission within companies.

Alp

Seed Round in 2019
Alp, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing technology solutions aimed at enhancing company monetization. The company offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform called Scalebase, designed specifically for recurring revenue businesses, including subscription and SaaS models. Scalebase enables users to efficiently manage various business operations, such as pricing design, product and customer management, contract and billing management, and financial analysis. By centralizing these functions, Alp's solutions help businesses reduce their workload, increase operational flexibility, and ultimately drive revenue growth.

Resily

Seed Round in 2019
Resily develops a cloud-based OKR (Objectives and Key Results) tool that helps businesses set strategies, plans, and track progress. Its platform facilitates communication and collaboration across teams by providing a mechanism for sharing actions towards achieving company goals.

O:

Venture Round in 2019
O: is an information technology company focused on developing a health management tool that visualizes the human circadian clock through an innovative IoT device. This technology is designed to enhance sleep quality and productivity by calculating optimal sleep timing and analyzing various factors affecting mental health and productivity. By utilizing an acceleration sensor, O: provides personalized insights to users, allowing for tailored sleep coaching. Additionally, the platform offers human resources departments valuable tools to manage employee health data effectively, promoting overall well-being in the workplace.

Alphaus

Series B in 2018
Alphaus, Inc. is a technology company specializing in cloud application lifecycle management and automation solutions, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Originally known as Mobingi K.K., the company rebranded in September 2019. Alphaus develops a range of cloud-based products, including Wave, a management solution for AWS, Ripple, a billing management tool for managed service providers and resellers, and Ocean, an application for comprehensive lifecycle management. As an AWS Advanced Technology Partner, Alphaus provides financial management tools that assist enterprises in comprehending and optimizing their cloud expenditures across platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. The company's offerings aim to simplify complex cloud operations and empower users—including business teams and developers—by providing intuitive interfaces and effective resource allocation capabilities.

SafeBreach

Series B in 2018
SafeBreach Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in breach and attack simulation (BAS). Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, SafeBreach offers a platform designed to enhance an organization's security posture by simulating real-world attack methods. The platform utilizes a comprehensive Hacker's Playbook, which includes a range of breach techniques derived from actual cyber incidents, to proactively identify vulnerabilities within an enterprise's network, cloud, and endpoints. By mimicking the tactics of cybercriminals, SafeBreach enables businesses to validate their security controls and improve the responsiveness of their security operations center (SOC) analysts. The platform can integrate with various security information and event management systems, ticketing solutions, and automation tools, providing continuous visibility into potential security threats and allowing organizations to address issues before they can be exploited by attackers.

Fyde

Seed Round in 2018
Fyde helps companies with an increasingly distributed workforce to mitigate breach risk by enabling secure access to critical enterprise resources for their employees, partners, contractors, and outsourcers. Fyde’s flagship enterprise product provides granular access controls for your enterprise apps and workloads, continuously monitors access requests, improves the security posture of endpoints and protects user identities against phishing and account takeover attacks.

O:

Venture Round in 2017
O: is an information technology company focused on developing a health management tool that visualizes the human circadian clock through an innovative IoT device. This technology is designed to enhance sleep quality and productivity by calculating optimal sleep timing and analyzing various factors affecting mental health and productivity. By utilizing an acceleration sensor, O: provides personalized insights to users, allowing for tailored sleep coaching. Additionally, the platform offers human resources departments valuable tools to manage employee health data effectively, promoting overall well-being in the workplace.

Junify

Seed Round in 2017
Junify provides a cloud access security platform that simplifies shared account management and enhances user productivity. The solution enables secure access to cloud resources and virtual desktops for enterprise users, whether in the office or remote, by leveraging mobile device sensors for authorization. It addresses security and trust in modern, distributed work environments where employees access corporate systems from multiple locations and devices, helping organizations manage risks associated with cloud adoption and mobile work styles while giving employees flexible, faster access.

Alphaus

Series A in 2017
Alphaus, Inc. is a technology company specializing in cloud application lifecycle management and automation solutions, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Originally known as Mobingi K.K., the company rebranded in September 2019. Alphaus develops a range of cloud-based products, including Wave, a management solution for AWS, Ripple, a billing management tool for managed service providers and resellers, and Ocean, an application for comprehensive lifecycle management. As an AWS Advanced Technology Partner, Alphaus provides financial management tools that assist enterprises in comprehending and optimizing their cloud expenditures across platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. The company's offerings aim to simplify complex cloud operations and empower users—including business teams and developers—by providing intuitive interfaces and effective resource allocation capabilities.

Sight Machine

Series B in 2016
Sight Machine is a manufacturing analytics company that provides a data platform and AI-driven analytics for discrete and process manufacturing. The platform enables real-time visibility and actionable insights for every machine, line, and plant through a Plant Digital Twin and supports multi-factory IoT data ingestion via edge and cloud components, along with a Manufacturing Data Platform and vertical solutions for industries such as paper, packaging, and chemicals. It integrates data from historians, RDBMS, MES, ERP, inspection and quality equipment, PLC endpoints, and spreadsheets. Serving Global 500 manufacturers across aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, electronics, food and beverage, industrials, oil and gas, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals, Sight Machine was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Ann Arbor, Tokyo, and Taichung. The company uses AI and machine learning to continuously analyze assets, data sources, and processes from machine to enterprise to improve profitability, productivity, and sustainability.

Sight Machine

Series B in 2016
Sight Machine is a manufacturing analytics company that provides a data platform and AI-driven analytics for discrete and process manufacturing. The platform enables real-time visibility and actionable insights for every machine, line, and plant through a Plant Digital Twin and supports multi-factory IoT data ingestion via edge and cloud components, along with a Manufacturing Data Platform and vertical solutions for industries such as paper, packaging, and chemicals. It integrates data from historians, RDBMS, MES, ERP, inspection and quality equipment, PLC endpoints, and spreadsheets. Serving Global 500 manufacturers across aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, electronics, food and beverage, industrials, oil and gas, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals, Sight Machine was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Ann Arbor, Tokyo, and Taichung. The company uses AI and machine learning to continuously analyze assets, data sources, and processes from machine to enterprise to improve profitability, productivity, and sustainability.

Alphaus

Seed Round in 2015
Alphaus, Inc. is a technology company specializing in cloud application lifecycle management and automation solutions, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Originally known as Mobingi K.K., the company rebranded in September 2019. Alphaus develops a range of cloud-based products, including Wave, a management solution for AWS, Ripple, a billing management tool for managed service providers and resellers, and Ocean, an application for comprehensive lifecycle management. As an AWS Advanced Technology Partner, Alphaus provides financial management tools that assist enterprises in comprehending and optimizing their cloud expenditures across platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. The company's offerings aim to simplify complex cloud operations and empower users—including business teams and developers—by providing intuitive interfaces and effective resource allocation capabilities.

Appdome

Series A in 2015
Appdome Ltd. is a mobile application protection and integration solutions provider based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 2012, the company specializes in enhancing the security, compliance, and productivity of mobile applications across various industries, including finance, healthcare, and e-commerce. Its flagship product, the AppFusion platform, allows mobile developers and enterprise mobility professionals to seamlessly integrate third-party functionalities into existing apps without the need for coding. Appdome's Software-as-a-Service offerings encompass a range of solutions, including mobile app security, enterprise access, authentication, identity management, and threat defense. By enabling rapid integration and streamlining mobile development processes, Appdome aims to protect applications from cyber threats and data breaches while facilitating efficient enterprise mobility projects.

vArmour Networks

Series C in 2014
vArmour Networks provides software-defined security solutions for virtualized data centers worldwide. It offers SDSec, a network-based security enforcement layer for cloud computing environments, and a multi-cloud security architecture. The company separates the security control plane from the enforcement plane to enhance security in hybrid cloud infrastructure.

vArmour Networks

Series B in 2013
vArmour Networks provides software-defined security solutions for virtualized data centers worldwide. It offers SDSec, a network-based security enforcement layer for cloud computing environments, and a multi-cloud security architecture. The company separates the security control plane from the enforcement plane to enhance security in hybrid cloud infrastructure.

SimpliVity

Series C in 2013
SimpliVity Corporation is a provider of hyperconverged infrastructure solutions designed to enhance the deployment of resources and workloads in data centers. The company offers several products, including OmniCube, a 2U rack-mounted system that integrates server, storage, and networking services, thereby improving the management, protection, and performance of virtualized workloads. Additionally, its OmniCube Hyperconverged Infrastructure platform addresses data efficiency and global management needs in virtualized and cloud environments. SimpliVity's solutions also include OmniView, a web-based support dashboard featuring predictive analytics, and OmniStack Hyperconverged Infrastructure, which integrates with Cisco UCS to consolidate multiple core data center functions. The company's technology is utilized across various sectors, including energy, education, financial services, government, and telecommunications. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, SimpliVity has support centers in Cork, Ireland, and Raleigh, North Carolina. As of February 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

Remotium

Seed Round in 2013
Remotium, Inc. is a company specializing in mobile application security software, founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company is recognized for its innovative virtual mobile platform, which leverages patent-pending virtualization and advanced streaming technology to provide secure access to enterprise applications from various mobile devices. This platform addresses the security challenges faced by organizations, allowing corporate IT to maintain granular visibility and control over data while ensuring compliance with corporate policies. Remotium's solution enhances user experience by delivering applications that appear to run natively on mobile devices, thereby facilitating seamless adoption by employees. Additionally, the platform is designed for quick implementation, enabling organizations to transition to mobile access efficiently and effectively. As a subsidiary of AVAST Software s.r.o., Remotium continues to lead in mobile virtualization, transforming how enterprises approach mobility and data security.

LiveRamp

Series C in 2013
LiveRamp is a technology company that enables businesses to connect, control, and activate their data securely. It offers an enterprise data connectivity platform, providing identity resolution, onboarding, data network, and measurement solutions. Serving various industries, LiveRamp facilitates responsible data collaboration while prioritizing consumer privacy and trust.
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