GV

GV Management Company, LLC, formerly known as Google Ventures, serves as the venture capital arm of Alphabet Inc., established in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in Boston, New York, Cambridge, and London. The firm specializes in growth capital investments across various stages, including seed, early, mid, and late stages, focusing on sectors such as life sciences, healthcare, artificial intelligence, robotics, cyber security, and agriculture. GV has invested in over 300 companies, seeking to support startups that aim to innovate and transform industries. The firm typically invests up to $50 million, with smaller amounts allocated to early-stage ventures. GV provides its portfolio companies with exceptional support by connecting them with Google's resources and talent, leveraging a team of experts in engineering, design, science, and marketing to enhance their growth potential.

Karthik Ardhanareeswaran

Principal

Brian Bendett

Partner

Scott Biller

Venture Partner

Brendan Bulik-Sullivan

General Partner

A Marty Cannon

Founder and Managing Member

Sherry Chao

Principal

Tyson Clark

General Partner

Frederique Dame

Partner

Scott Davis

Venture Partner

Karim Faris

General Partner

Catherine J. Friedman

Executive Venture Partner

Cathy Friedman

Venture Partner

Anika Gupta

Principal

Han Hua

Principal

Crystal Huang

Partner

Tom Hulme

General Partner and Head of Europe

Rosana Kapeller

Investor

John Lyman

Partner

Michael Margolis

Partner

Laura Melahn

Partner

Dave Munichiello

Managing Partner

Erik Nordlander

General Partner

Sridhar Ramaswamy

Venture Partner

Leena Rao

Content Partner

David Reshef

Venture Partner

Ben Robbins

General Partner

Issi Rozen

Venture Partner

Elena Sakach

Investment Partner

Luna Schmid

Partner

Vidu Shanmugarajah

Partner

M.G. Siegler

General Partner

Graham Spencer

Managing Partner

Jon Stritar

Partner

Andy Wheeler

General Partner

Jeremy Whelchel

Partner

Sangeen Zeb

General Partner

Past deals in PaaS

Jetpack

Seed Round in 2023
Jetpack creates scalable cloud backend software for engineers to help them with coding and cloud services. The platform develops software that builds scalable web backends for the cloud and creates images and configurations directly from annotated python code.

Ahana

Series A in 2022
Ahana, founded in 2020 and located in San Mateo, California, specializes in PrestoDB-based ad hoc analytics solutions. As the first company to focus on bringing these offerings to market, Ahana aims to simplify ad hoc analytics for organizations of various sizes. The company's mission includes fostering growth and supporting the Presto community, which is already in extensive use by major internet companies. Ahana operates as a fully remote organization, reflecting its commitment to flexibility and modern workplace practices.

Stackblitz

Seed Round in 2022
StackBlitz is a developer of software that provides essential tools for computer programmers engaged in software development. Its platform includes a source code editor, build automation tools, and a debugger, facilitating the creation and sharing of live projects. This allows users to initiate Angular or React projects without the complexity of installing dependencies. Additionally, StackBlitz supports offline editing and real-time application tweaking, enabling developers to maintain application state without requiring page refreshes. The company's offerings enhance the efficiency of web development, making it easier for programmers to focus on their projects.

Redpanda

Series B in 2022
Redpanda is a queue for people who deal with massive data streams.

Lacework

Venture Round in 2022
Lacework, Inc. is a provider of a cloud security platform that ensures comprehensive security and compliance across various cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and private clouds. Founded in 2014 and based in Mountain View, California, the company offers its flagship solution, Polygraph, which secures customer accounts, workloads, and data while detecting anomalies and delivering actionable insights for incident remediation. Lacework's platform automates critical security functions such as configuration assessment, behavior monitoring, threat detection, and incident investigation, offering continuous monitoring of all cloud components, including workloads, applications, and containers. This unified approach enables organizations to innovate rapidly while maintaining a secure and compliant cloud infrastructure.

Pecan

Series C in 2022
Pecan is an AI-based predictive analytics platform that streamlines the creation and deployment of predictive models for various business applications, including customer lifetime value, churn prediction, and market segmentation. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, Pecan eliminates the need for data preparation or engineering by directly connecting to raw data. The platform features a low-code interface and pre-built models that automate the predictive process, allowing organizations to generate and implement AI models within days, without requiring data science expertise. This comprehensive approach enables businesses to make informed decisions by predicting future outcomes and identifying actionable insights efficiently.

Upbound

Series B in 2021
Upbound, Inc. is a technology company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in providing a multi-cloud platform which allows organizations to manage and optimize services across various public and private cloud environments. Founded in 2017, Upbound offers solutions that enable automation, cost optimization, and policy enforcement, facilitating scalable deployments and application management. Its platform empowers organizations to treat multiple disparate cloud environments as a single cohesive unit, enhancing efficiency and reducing operational costs while ensuring portability and failover capabilities.

Vercel

Series D in 2021
Vercel Inc. is a cloud platform that specializes in on-demand deployment, hosting, and sharing services for frontend applications. Founded in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, the company provides automated deployment solutions integrated with GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, allowing projects to be deployed seamlessly from pull requests and merge requests. Vercel's platform is designed to enhance the development and deployment experience for frontend teams by hosting static websites and serverless functions that align with the Jamstack deployment model. This model ensures that web pages are pre-rendered and can be efficiently served by a content delivery network, delivering optimal performance for developers. Vercel was formerly known as ZEIT, Inc. before rebranding in April 2020.

Ahana

Series A in 2021
Ahana, founded in 2020 and located in San Mateo, California, specializes in PrestoDB-based ad hoc analytics solutions. As the first company to focus on bringing these offerings to market, Ahana aims to simplify ad hoc analytics for organizations of various sizes. The company's mission includes fostering growth and supporting the Presto community, which is already in extensive use by major internet companies. Ahana operates as a fully remote organization, reflecting its commitment to flexibility and modern workplace practices.

Vercel

Series C in 2021
Vercel Inc. is a cloud platform that specializes in on-demand deployment, hosting, and sharing services for frontend applications. Founded in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, the company provides automated deployment solutions integrated with GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, allowing projects to be deployed seamlessly from pull requests and merge requests. Vercel's platform is designed to enhance the development and deployment experience for frontend teams by hosting static websites and serverless functions that align with the Jamstack deployment model. This model ensures that web pages are pre-rendered and can be efficiently served by a content delivery network, delivering optimal performance for developers. Vercel was formerly known as ZEIT, Inc. before rebranding in April 2020.

Redpanda

Series A in 2021
Redpanda is a queue for people who deal with massive data streams.

Vercel

Series B in 2020
Vercel Inc. is a cloud platform that specializes in on-demand deployment, hosting, and sharing services for frontend applications. Founded in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, the company provides automated deployment solutions integrated with GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, allowing projects to be deployed seamlessly from pull requests and merge requests. Vercel's platform is designed to enhance the development and deployment experience for frontend teams by hosting static websites and serverless functions that align with the Jamstack deployment model. This model ensures that web pages are pre-rendered and can be efficiently served by a content delivery network, delivering optimal performance for developers. Vercel was formerly known as ZEIT, Inc. before rebranding in April 2020.

Weaveworks

Venture Round in 2020
Weaveworks Limited is a software company founded in 2014, based in London with an additional office in San Francisco. The company specializes in developing open-source software that simplifies the operation of Kubernetes workloads and enhances the management of containerized applications. Its key products include Weave Net, which provides a portable software-defined networking solution; Weave Scope, enabling real-time visualization and interaction with distributed applications; Weave Flux, which automates request routing to facilitate microservices; and Weave Cloud, a Software-as-a-Service platform that supports DevOps teams in connecting, monitoring, and deploying containers and microservices. Weaveworks is recognized for its contributions to various open-source projects and aims to streamline the development and deployment processes for developers and operations teams, ultimately accelerating the delivery of cloud-native applications while minimizing operational complexity.

Pixie Labs

Series A in 2020
Pixie Labs is a digital product incubator located in Shoreditch, London. Within its initial six months, the company developed two applications, three prototypes, and several one-day projects known as "Friday hacks." The firm has provided consulting services to prominent brands including The Times of London and HomeServe Plc. Among its notable creations are Tagstar V8, a tool designed for managing Instagram marketing campaigns; BitFriends, which facilitates Bitcoin trading among friends; Echelon, a corporate solution for handling multiple Twitter accounts; WhisperKey, a secure browser-based messaging service; and an Energy Bill Calculator aimed at helping users monitor gas and electricity consumption to lower their monthly expenses. The founder's responsibilities encompass hiring, sales, fundraising, business management, and overseeing technical product direction.

Pixie

Series A in 2020
Pixie Labs Inc. specializes in developing tools that enhance application management within Kubernetes environments. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a zero-touch, unsampled edge monitoring system that enables developers to instantly debug applications without altering code or manually configuring dashboards. Its platform seamlessly integrates with any Kubernetes environment through a single command, automatically collecting baseline performance data and presenting it in pre-configured live views. This functionality allows developers to efficiently explore, monitor, secure, and manage their applications, providing essential insights into production environments.

Ahana

Seed Round in 2020
Ahana, founded in 2020 and located in San Mateo, California, specializes in PrestoDB-based ad hoc analytics solutions. As the first company to focus on bringing these offerings to market, Ahana aims to simplify ad hoc analytics for organizations of various sizes. The company's mission includes fostering growth and supporting the Presto community, which is already in extensive use by major internet companies. Ahana operates as a fully remote organization, reflecting its commitment to flexibility and modern workplace practices.

Fauna

Series A in 2020
Fauna, Inc. offers a cloud-based data application programming interface (API) designed for serverless applications, primarily through its product, FaunaDB. This NoSQL database combines a distributed transactional query engine with robust scalability and policy-based security features. FaunaDB provides a web-native GraphQL API that can be accessed from browsers, mobile clients, or serverless functions, while its serverless query language (FQL) enhances development by allowing complex queries that integrate various data types. The platform supports a wide array of programming languages and frameworks, including JavaScript, Python, and Ruby, facilitating seamless connections for developers. Fauna's database solutions emphasize unified capabilities across relational, temporal, and graph data, ensuring consistent performance and strong security measures. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Fauna has garnered trust from notable clients like Nextdoor and NVIDIA and is supported by prominent venture capital investors.

Ahana

Seed Round in 2020
Ahana, founded in 2020 and located in San Mateo, California, specializes in PrestoDB-based ad hoc analytics solutions. As the first company to focus on bringing these offerings to market, Ahana aims to simplify ad hoc analytics for organizations of various sizes. The company's mission includes fostering growth and supporting the Presto community, which is already in extensive use by major internet companies. Ahana operates as a fully remote organization, reflecting its commitment to flexibility and modern workplace practices.

Podium

Series C in 2020
Podium, Inc. is a software company that provides a customer communication platform aimed at enhancing interactions between businesses and their local customers. Founded in 2013 and based in Provo, Utah, Podium's platform facilitates the collection and management of online reviews from various sites, including Google and Facebook. It enables businesses to engage with customers at critical moments, such as during transactions, allowing for immediate posting of reviews via mobile devices. In addition to managing online reputation, Podium's platform offers comprehensive reporting, instant alerts, and tools for responding to reviews. By aggregating and analyzing customer feedback, Podium helps businesses improve their visibility and influence purchasing decisions through user-generated content.

Harness

Series B in 2019
Harness, Inc. is a technology company that offers a Continuous Delivery-as-a-Service platform designed to simplify the process of deploying code from artifact to production. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, Harness utilizes machine learning to automate the continuous delivery process, thereby enhancing efficiency and security for engineering and DevOps teams. Its platform features a variety of tools including a pipeline builder, workflow wizard, continuous verification, automated rollback, secrets management, audit trails, and real-time delivery analytics. This comprehensive approach aims to streamline application releases while providing robust protection against deployment failures.

PeerSpace

Series B in 2018
PeerSpace, Inc. operates a marketplace that connects companies and individuals with short-term workspaces. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the platform allows users to search, message, and book a diverse range of spaces, including corporate and private event venues, photo studios, conference rooms, and unique locations like converted warehouses and sports car museums. The service caters to a broad clientele across major U.S. cities, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Austin, and Chicago. By streamlining the booking process, PeerSpace enables clients to easily access various locations for purposes such as off-site meetings, film and photography shoots, or social events, while providing hosts the opportunity to monetize their under-utilized properties.

Podium

Series B in 2018
Podium, Inc. is a software company that provides a customer communication platform aimed at enhancing interactions between businesses and their local customers. Founded in 2013 and based in Provo, Utah, Podium's platform facilitates the collection and management of online reviews from various sites, including Google and Facebook. It enables businesses to engage with customers at critical moments, such as during transactions, allowing for immediate posting of reviews via mobile devices. In addition to managing online reputation, Podium's platform offers comprehensive reporting, instant alerts, and tools for responding to reviews. By aggregating and analyzing customer feedback, Podium helps businesses improve their visibility and influence purchasing decisions through user-generated content.

Upbound

Series A in 2018
Upbound, Inc. is a technology company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in providing a multi-cloud platform which allows organizations to manage and optimize services across various public and private cloud environments. Founded in 2017, Upbound offers solutions that enable automation, cost optimization, and policy enforcement, facilitating scalable deployments and application management. Its platform empowers organizations to treat multiple disparate cloud environments as a single cohesive unit, enhancing efficiency and reducing operational costs while ensuring portability and failover capabilities.

ClassPass

Series C in 2017
ClassPass Inc. provides an online fitness class booking service. It offers an online subscription service that provides access to a network of boutique fitness studios and gyms, including cycling, Pilates, yoga, strength training, dance, martial arts, and more. ClassPass Inc. was formerly known as Classtivity Inc. and changed its name to ClassPass Inc. in March 2014. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in New York, New York. It has locations in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Oceania.

ClassPass

Series C in 2017
ClassPass Inc. provides an online fitness class booking service. It offers an online subscription service that provides access to a network of boutique fitness studios and gyms, including cycling, Pilates, yoga, strength training, dance, martial arts, and more. ClassPass Inc. was formerly known as Classtivity Inc. and changed its name to ClassPass Inc. in March 2014. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in New York, New York. It has locations in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Oceania.

Packagd

Series A in 2017
Packagd Corp. is a technology company that specializes in mobile shopping applications. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company has developed an app called Unboxed, which enhances the shopping experience by curating a collection of unboxing and product review videos from creators on platforms like YouTube. This app allows users to view video reviews, engage in live chats with hosts and other viewers, and make secure purchases through Apple Pay. The concept behind Packagd mimics the live video programming style popularized by QVC, offering a modern twist on shopping by integrating interactive video content. The company was established by Eric Feng, a notable entrepreneur and former CTO of prominent companies such as Hulu and Flipboard.

Podium

Series A in 2017
Podium, Inc. is a software company that provides a customer communication platform aimed at enhancing interactions between businesses and their local customers. Founded in 2013 and based in Provo, Utah, Podium's platform facilitates the collection and management of online reviews from various sites, including Google and Facebook. It enables businesses to engage with customers at critical moments, such as during transactions, allowing for immediate posting of reviews via mobile devices. In addition to managing online reputation, Podium's platform offers comprehensive reporting, instant alerts, and tools for responding to reviews. By aggregating and analyzing customer feedback, Podium helps businesses improve their visibility and influence purchasing decisions through user-generated content.

Fauna

Series A in 2017
Fauna, Inc. offers a cloud-based data application programming interface (API) designed for serverless applications, primarily through its product, FaunaDB. This NoSQL database combines a distributed transactional query engine with robust scalability and policy-based security features. FaunaDB provides a web-native GraphQL API that can be accessed from browsers, mobile clients, or serverless functions, while its serverless query language (FQL) enhances development by allowing complex queries that integrate various data types. The platform supports a wide array of programming languages and frameworks, including JavaScript, Python, and Ruby, facilitating seamless connections for developers. Fauna's database solutions emphasize unified capabilities across relational, temporal, and graph data, ensuring consistent performance and strong security measures. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Fauna has garnered trust from notable clients like Nextdoor and NVIDIA and is supported by prominent venture capital investors.

Evident.IO

Series C in 2017
As of March 26, 2018, Evident.io, Inc. was acquired by Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Evident.io, Inc. develops and offers a software platform for enterprise security management. The company offers cloud security services, including resource visibility, vulnerability assessment, and notifications and alerting; risk and compliance services; and Amazon Web services. Evident.io, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Pleasanton, California.

Upthere

Venture Round in 2016
Upthere, Inc. is a cloud computing company based in Palo Alto, California, incorporated in 2011. It specializes in providing a consumer cloud-storage platform designed to serve as a central repository for personal data, including photos, videos, music, and documents. The platform allows users to save, view, search, organize, and share their content, ensuring that important and meaningful information is stored safely and privately. As of August 2017, Upthere operates as a subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation, enhancing its capabilities in cloud services.

Plaid

Series B in 2016
Plaid Inc. is a technology platform that enables users to connect their bank accounts to various financial applications, facilitating a more modern and digitally-enabled financial system. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a suite of APIs that allows developers to create innovative financial products. Its offerings include tools for accessing transaction histories, authenticating bank accounts, verifying user identities, confirming real-time account balances, and assessing borrowers' assets and income. Plaid's solutions cater to a wide range of financial activities, including personal finances, consumer payments, lending, and business transactions. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 50 companies, and aims to democratize financial services by providing the necessary infrastructure for both small startups and large financial institutions to enhance their service offerings.

Weaveworks

Series B in 2016
Weaveworks Limited is a software company founded in 2014, based in London with an additional office in San Francisco. The company specializes in developing open-source software that simplifies the operation of Kubernetes workloads and enhances the management of containerized applications. Its key products include Weave Net, which provides a portable software-defined networking solution; Weave Scope, enabling real-time visualization and interaction with distributed applications; Weave Flux, which automates request routing to facilitate microservices; and Weave Cloud, a Software-as-a-Service platform that supports DevOps teams in connecting, monitoring, and deploying containers and microservices. Weaveworks is recognized for its contributions to various open-source projects and aims to streamline the development and deployment processes for developers and operations teams, ultimately accelerating the delivery of cloud-native applications while minimizing operational complexity.

Percolata

Venture Round in 2016
Percolata is a Palo Alto-based startup that provides an integrated hardware and software solution designed to assist retailers in predicting in-store customer traffic. Utilizing video, audio, and mobile fingerprinting technologies, the platform employs artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to forecast sales and foot traffic hourly at each location. This capability enables retailers to optimize staffing levels, ensuring that employees are available when customers require assistance, while also reducing the costs associated with over- and understaffing. Percolata's innovative approach has the potential to enhance sales performance by up to 30%, making it a valuable tool for retail operations and marketing strategies. The company has garnered support from prominent investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, Foundation Capital, and Google Ventures.

Skyport Systems

Series C in 2016
Skyport Systems specializes in developing Hyper-Secured Infrastructure (HSI) designed to protect mission-critical IT and corporate assets. The company offers an integrated solution known as the SkySecure System, which combines engineered hardware, software, and service components into a single turn-key system. This platform ensures continuous protection and integrity verification for application workloads, consolidating compute, virtualization, networking, and storage without compromising security or performance. By simplifying and securing enterprise IT infrastructure, Skyport Systems enables organizations to streamline operations, saving time and resources while empowering application owners with greater control over their infrastructure.

Plexxi

Venture Round in 2016
Plexxi Inc. specializes in developing affinity-driven networking solutions that enhance application performance. The company provides converged, application-defined network infrastructure designed for software-defined data centers and public or private clouds. Its offerings include a comprehensive suite of building blocks, ranging from hardware to management and application integrations, that enable cloud builders to create efficient private, public, or hybrid cloud networks. By delivering optimized network systems, Plexxi helps organizations achieve better application performance and operational speed. Incorporated in 2010 and based in Nashua, New Hampshire, Plexxi operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company as of June 2018.

Oration

Series A in 2015
Oration PBC is a cloud-based platform that offers prescription savings services to individuals and organizations across the United States. The platform facilitates the management of prescription transactions and provides users with pricing information for their medications. Additionally, it analyzes prescription claims from companies, delivering solutions that help both businesses and employees reduce their prescription expenses. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Foster City, California, Oration PBC has gained significant traction in the healthcare sector, analyzing over one billion dollars in healthcare transactions in collaboration with major corporations. The company aims to address the complexities of the American healthcare system by creating impactful solutions for its users.

PlanGrid

Series B in 2015
PlanGrid, Inc. offers a cloud-based construction document collaboration platform that facilitates the sharing of plans, markups, photos, and reports among all stakeholders in a construction project. This platform enables contractors and architects to collaborate seamlessly from both desktop and mobile devices, managing project plans, specifications, RFIs, and punchlists in real-time. Used by major construction firms, PlanGrid enhances construction productivity by providing updates and synchronizing files over Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Founded in 2011 in San Francisco, California, by Kenny Stone, Ralph Gootee, Ryan Sutton-Gee, and Tracy Young, PlanGrid was originally known as Loupe, Inc. and operates as a subsidiary of Autodesk, Inc.

ClassPass

Venture Round in 2015
ClassPass Inc. provides an online fitness class booking service. It offers an online subscription service that provides access to a network of boutique fitness studios and gyms, including cycling, Pilates, yoga, strength training, dance, martial arts, and more. ClassPass Inc. was formerly known as Classtivity Inc. and changed its name to ClassPass Inc. in March 2014. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in New York, New York. It has locations in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Oceania.

PayRange

Series A in 2015
PayRange Inc. is a company that specializes in mobile payment solutions for automated retail, particularly in vending machines, laundries, and amusement devices. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, PayRange offers a device called BluKey, which can be easily installed in machines to enable mobile payment via Bluetooth. The installation process requires no tools and can be completed in under a minute, making it accessible for operators. The system consists of low-cost hardware, a free mobile application, and back-end services that facilitate seamless payment processing. Designed to simplify transactions for consumers, the PayRange platform allows users to make payments using their smartphones while ensuring that credit card processing is managed by a PCI compliant provider.

Cliqr

Series C in 2015
CliQr Technologies, Inc. develops a single platform for modeling, deploying, and managing applications across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It offers CliQr CloudCenter, an application-defined management platform that provides infrastructure resources and deploys application components and data across datacenter, private, and public cloud environments. The also provides solutions for application migration, IT-as-a-Service, capacity augmentation, DevOps automation, and service providers. It offers its solutions through reseller partners worldwide. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Jose, California. As of April 15, 2016, CliQr Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Insieme Networks, Inc.

Gusto

Series B in 2015
Gusto is a company that provides a cloud-based platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses to manage payroll, benefits, and human resources. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Denver, Gusto offers an array of services including payroll processing, health benefits, workers' compensation, and time tracking. The platform allows employers and employees to access payroll information from various devices, enabling features such as browsing pay stubs, reviewing tax forms, and verifying personal details. Gusto caters to a diverse clientele, including startups, coffee shops, medical practices, creative agencies, and law firms, aiming to simplify the administrative tasks associated with employee management.

Percolata

Seed Round in 2015
Percolata is a Palo Alto-based startup that provides an integrated hardware and software solution designed to assist retailers in predicting in-store customer traffic. Utilizing video, audio, and mobile fingerprinting technologies, the platform employs artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to forecast sales and foot traffic hourly at each location. This capability enables retailers to optimize staffing levels, ensuring that employees are available when customers require assistance, while also reducing the costs associated with over- and understaffing. Percolata's innovative approach has the potential to enhance sales performance by up to 30%, making it a valuable tool for retail operations and marketing strategies. The company has garnered support from prominent investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, Foundation Capital, and Google Ventures.

Poynt

Series A in 2014
Poynt Co. operates a payment terminal and open commerce platform that aims to enhance the commerce infrastructure for merchants globally. Founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, Poynt offers the Poynt Smart Terminal, which incorporates basic register functionality and runs on PoyntOS, allowing developers to create applications tailored for merchants. The company also provides Poynt 5, a mobile solution suitable for various environments such as festivals and conferences. Poynt's platform facilitates a new app economy, enabling developers to distribute applications widely while maintaining high standards of security and reliability. With a focus on innovation, Poynt is supported by leading venture capital firms and fintech companies, and operates additional offices in India and Singapore, positioning itself for rapid global growth.

Bowery

Seed Round in 2014
Bowery makes web development easier. Bowery aims to save programmers time-intensive, repetitive tasks such as setting up coding environments so they more quickly begin working. Although virtualization software enables developers to skip some steps by mirroring developer environments of a team across multiple desktops.

Parsable

Seed Round in 2014
Parsable empowers industrial workers with modern digital tools to improve productivity, quality and safety. The Parsable Connected Worker Platform transforms static, paper-based procedures into mobile and interactive work instructions, enabling workers to leverage multimedia formats and collaborate in real time. With Parsable, companies gain unprecedented insight into human work by capturing essential data to improve their operations at scale. A partner of the World Economic Forum, Parsable is trusted by top global companies in the manufacturing and energy industries including consumer packaged goods, resources and chemicals, packaging and building materials, and automotive and aerospace.

PayRange

Seed Round in 2014
PayRange Inc. is a company that specializes in mobile payment solutions for automated retail, particularly in vending machines, laundries, and amusement devices. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, PayRange offers a device called BluKey, which can be easily installed in machines to enable mobile payment via Bluetooth. The installation process requires no tools and can be completed in under a minute, making it accessible for operators. The system consists of low-cost hardware, a free mobile application, and back-end services that facilitate seamless payment processing. Designed to simplify transactions for consumers, the PayRange platform allows users to make payments using their smartphones while ensuring that credit card processing is managed by a PCI compliant provider.

Appurify

Venture Round in 2014
Appurify provides mobile test automation on real devices. Mobile development teams at some of the world’s most prominent companies turn to Appurify’s platform to automate testing, debug and optimize the performance of their applications. The results are better apps, faster launch cycles and improved app store reviews. Appurify is based in San Francisco with backing from Google Ventures and other leading investors. For more information, visit http://www.appurify.com.

Premise

Series B in 2014
Premise Data Corporation develops a data and analytics platform that provides real-time, actionable intelligence to organizations globally. The Premise Ground Truth Platform facilitates comprehensive data collection, quality assurance, and analysis across various applications. Key features include price monitoring to track economic indicators, location discovery for verifying and identifying sites, retail audits for visibility into global retailers, and inspections to monitor conditions in public spaces and facilities. The platform also analyzes movement patterns, logistics, and risk factors, such as disease spread and food shortages, while gathering sentiment through targeted surveys. Additionally, Premise utilizes geospatial mapping to assess infrastructure investment impacts and correlate demographic data with infrastructure patterns. Incorporated in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Premise is supported by notable venture capital firms and operates internationally to assist organizations in making informed investment and policy decisions.

Apportable

Seed Round in 2014
Apportable Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in porting iOS games to Android automatically. Founded in 2010, the company has developed a software engine that enables iOS developers to convert their applications to Android without the need to rewrite their original Objective-C or C++ code. This streamlined process eliminates the hassle of maintaining separate code bases, allowing developers to focus on creating their games. Apportable also offers SpriteBuilder, a development environment for creating native cross-platform 2D games using Objective-C or Swift. The effectiveness of Apportable's platform is evident in the success of the apps it powers, which have consistently performed well in various app stores, garnering widespread user satisfaction.

Cliqr

Series B in 2014
CliQr Technologies, Inc. develops a single platform for modeling, deploying, and managing applications across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It offers CliQr CloudCenter, an application-defined management platform that provides infrastructure resources and deploys application components and data across datacenter, private, and public cloud environments. The also provides solutions for application migration, IT-as-a-Service, capacity augmentation, DevOps automation, and service providers. It offers its solutions through reseller partners worldwide. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Jose, California. As of April 15, 2016, CliQr Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Insieme Networks, Inc.

EasyPost

Seed Round in 2014
EasyPost is a technology company that specializes in developing a shipping API, which enables users to purchase postage labels, check shipping rates, verify addresses, and track shipments across various carriers, including USPS, UPS, and FedEx. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, EasyPost caters to a diverse clientele, ranging from large public companies to small and medium-sized businesses. The company provides a streamlined solution that simplifies the shipping process for its users, allowing for efficient management of logistics and enhancing overall shipping operations both domestically and internationally.

Plaid

Seed Round in 2013
Plaid Inc. is a technology platform that enables users to connect their bank accounts to various financial applications, facilitating a more modern and digitally-enabled financial system. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a suite of APIs that allows developers to create innovative financial products. Its offerings include tools for accessing transaction histories, authenticating bank accounts, verifying user identities, confirming real-time account balances, and assessing borrowers' assets and income. Plaid's solutions cater to a wide range of financial activities, including personal finances, consumer payments, lending, and business transactions. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 50 companies, and aims to democratize financial services by providing the necessary infrastructure for both small startups and large financial institutions to enhance their service offerings.

Percolata

Convertible Note in 2013
Percolata is a Palo Alto-based startup that provides an integrated hardware and software solution designed to assist retailers in predicting in-store customer traffic. Utilizing video, audio, and mobile fingerprinting technologies, the platform employs artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to forecast sales and foot traffic hourly at each location. This capability enables retailers to optimize staffing levels, ensuring that employees are available when customers require assistance, while also reducing the costs associated with over- and understaffing. Percolata's innovative approach has the potential to enhance sales performance by up to 30%, making it a valuable tool for retail operations and marketing strategies. The company has garnered support from prominent investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, Foundation Capital, and Google Ventures.

Apportable

Venture Round in 2013
Apportable Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in porting iOS games to Android automatically. Founded in 2010, the company has developed a software engine that enables iOS developers to convert their applications to Android without the need to rewrite their original Objective-C or C++ code. This streamlined process eliminates the hassle of maintaining separate code bases, allowing developers to focus on creating their games. Apportable also offers SpriteBuilder, a development environment for creating native cross-platform 2D games using Objective-C or Swift. The effectiveness of Apportable's platform is evident in the success of the apps it powers, which have consistently performed well in various app stores, garnering widespread user satisfaction.

Premise

Series A in 2013
Premise Data Corporation develops a data and analytics platform that provides real-time, actionable intelligence to organizations globally. The Premise Ground Truth Platform facilitates comprehensive data collection, quality assurance, and analysis across various applications. Key features include price monitoring to track economic indicators, location discovery for verifying and identifying sites, retail audits for visibility into global retailers, and inspections to monitor conditions in public spaces and facilities. The platform also analyzes movement patterns, logistics, and risk factors, such as disease spread and food shortages, while gathering sentiment through targeted surveys. Additionally, Premise utilizes geospatial mapping to assess infrastructure investment impacts and correlate demographic data with infrastructure patterns. Incorporated in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Premise is supported by notable venture capital firms and operates internationally to assist organizations in making informed investment and policy decisions.

Appurify

Series A in 2013
Appurify provides mobile test automation on real devices. Mobile development teams at some of the world’s most prominent companies turn to Appurify’s platform to automate testing, debug and optimize the performance of their applications. The results are better apps, faster launch cycles and improved app store reviews. Appurify is based in San Francisco with backing from Google Ventures and other leading investors. For more information, visit http://www.appurify.com.

Puddle

Seed Round in 2013
Puddle is a San Francisco-based credit creation application that provides an innovative peer-to-peer lending marketplace. It allows individuals to pool their resources, set interest rates, and borrow funds based on trust rather than traditional credit scores. This platform enables users to access credit on demand, fostering a community-oriented approach to financial lending. By connecting members who are willing to lend and borrow within a trusted network, Puddle creates an accessible and flexible financial solution for those in need of funds.

Datapad

Seed Round in 2013
Datapad is a collaborative platform designed for teams to monitor and track key performance indicators (KPIs) through a comprehensive dashboarding system. It enables users to consolidate various metrics, charts, and analyses in one accessible location, ensuring that all team members can easily access and share vital data from any device. Datapad focuses on promoting data democracy within small and medium enterprises by providing intuitive visual analytics tools that streamline the integration of local and cloud data. This approach fosters collaboration and enhances decision-making by keeping everyone informed and aligned with their core metrics.

Space Monkey

Seed Round in 2012
Space Monkey is an affordable subscription-based data storage solution that is taking the cloud out of the datacenter, creating a faster and more durable way to store data from any device. Space Monkey combines the benefits of local hardware storage and cloud storage by providing a device that stores one terabyte of online storage. Space Monkey provides central access and sharing from anywhere in the world, and from any device including iOS and Android mobile devices, Windows, Mac and Linux clients, as well as any other web browser enabled technology. Founded by entrepreneurs, Clint Gordon-Carroll and Alen Peacock in July 2011, Space Monkey is headquartered in Midvale, UT, a suburb of Salt Lake City. For more information, please visit: www.spacemonkey.com

Cliqr

Series A in 2012
CliQr Technologies, Inc. develops a single platform for modeling, deploying, and managing applications across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It offers CliQr CloudCenter, an application-defined management platform that provides infrastructure resources and deploys application components and data across datacenter, private, and public cloud environments. The also provides solutions for application migration, IT-as-a-Service, capacity augmentation, DevOps automation, and service providers. It offers its solutions through reseller partners worldwide. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Jose, California. As of April 15, 2016, CliQr Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Insieme Networks, Inc.

Appurify

Seed Round in 2012
Appurify provides mobile test automation on real devices. Mobile development teams at some of the world’s most prominent companies turn to Appurify’s platform to automate testing, debug and optimize the performance of their applications. The results are better apps, faster launch cycles and improved app store reviews. Appurify is based in San Francisco with backing from Google Ventures and other leading investors. For more information, visit http://www.appurify.com.

AppStack

Seed Round in 2012
AppStack is a mobile and web ad optimization company and is also a reseller of Google ads. It collects granular network data in order to better target customers and campaigns. It was acquired by Acquisio in 2013.

Tracelytics

Series A in 2012
Tracelytics is the SaaS-based application performance solution that understands scalable web architectures. Erase the boundaries between applications, layers, and machines; start tracing.

Backplane

Series A in 2012
Backplane is a platform designed to facilitate connections among individuals who share common interests. Its initial community, LittleMonsters.com, centered around Lady Gaga, has grown to nearly one million members. The company emphasizes the importance of meaningful interactions between consumers and brands, aiming to foster authentic communities. Backplane advocates for the development of niche social networks that serve specific purposes, rather than a singular, overarching network. By partnering with leading brands, Backplane seeks to create environments where members can engage more deeply and purposefully.

Puppet

Series C in 2011
Puppet Labs Limited specializes in developing solutions for the software delivery cycle, focusing on infrastructure automation to enhance operational efficiency. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in London, the company offers a suite of products, including Puppet Remediate and Puppet Enterprise, which facilitate compliance, automate tasks, and support modern continuous delivery practices. Puppet's platform enables organizations to manage their infrastructure effectively, whether on-premises or in the cloud, and is designed to address challenges in application delivery, configuration management, and security. With over 40,000 clients, including a significant portion of the Global 5000, Puppet promotes business continuity, cost optimization, and the adoption of DevOps practices through its open-source and commercial solutions. Additionally, the company provides training, certification, support, custom consulting, and implementation services to further assist its clients in leveraging their automation capabilities.

Tracelytics

Seed Round in 2011
Tracelytics is the SaaS-based application performance solution that understands scalable web architectures. Erase the boundaries between applications, layers, and machines; start tracing.

SweetLabs

Series C in 2011
SweetLabs helps developers reach millions of new users, and enables device manufacturers to better monetize and differentiate their products through app install services. With SweetLabs’ App Install Platform, Android and Windows OEMs can increase per-unit margins while improving customer satisfaction, by replacing the old app preload model with services that optimize delivery of apps in real-time. SweetLabs drives over 1 million daily app installs and powers distribution for partners like Lenovo, Amazon, and Zynga. Based in San Diego and Seattle, SweetLabs is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Google Ventures, and Intel Capital. Visit http://www.sweetlabs.com for more information.

Backplane

Angel Round in 2011
Backplane is a platform designed to facilitate connections among individuals who share common interests. Its initial community, LittleMonsters.com, centered around Lady Gaga, has grown to nearly one million members. The company emphasizes the importance of meaningful interactions between consumers and brands, aiming to foster authentic communities. Backplane advocates for the development of niche social networks that serve specific purposes, rather than a singular, overarching network. By partnering with leading brands, Backplane seeks to create environments where members can engage more deeply and purposefully.

Parse

Seed Round in 2011
Parse is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in cloud-based software developer kits designed for app development across desktop, mobile, and embedded devices. Its product offerings include Parse Core, which allows users to save data in the cloud, integrate social features, run custom code, and manage tasks such as sending engagement emails and updating data. Additionally, Parse provides Parse Push, a tool for creating and scheduling push notifications, and Parse Analytics, which helps developers identify and resolve crashes, measure app usage, and optimize push campaigns. As a subsidiary of Facebook, Parse continues to support app developers with its comprehensive suite of tools.

SweetLabs

Series B in 2010
SweetLabs helps developers reach millions of new users, and enables device manufacturers to better monetize and differentiate their products through app install services. With SweetLabs’ App Install Platform, Android and Windows OEMs can increase per-unit margins while improving customer satisfaction, by replacing the old app preload model with services that optimize delivery of apps in real-time. SweetLabs drives over 1 million daily app installs and powers distribution for partners like Lenovo, Amazon, and Zynga. Based in San Diego and Seattle, SweetLabs is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Google Ventures, and Intel Capital. Visit http://www.sweetlabs.com for more information.
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