Lightspeed Europe

Lightspeed Europe is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage and growth investments across various sectors, including consumer, health, and fintech. With its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, and regional offices in Europe, Israel, India, and China, Lightspeed aims to identify and support innovative companies that can disrupt traditional markets. The firm invests in a wide range of industries, such as enterprise technology, e-commerce, software, and biotechnology, providing both equity and debt financing. Lightspeed has a particular interest in technology-led businesses, as well as opportunities in advertising, media, healthcare, education, and retail. Its investment strategy emphasizes the provision of capital along with ongoing consulting and advisory services to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses effectively.

Shaurya Aggarwal

Partner

Vaibhav Agrawal

Associate Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Partner and Head of Gaming

Mercedes Bent

Partner

Akshay Bhushan

Venture Partner

Taggart Bonham

Partner

Ashley Brasier

Partner

Guru Chahal

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Yoni Cheifetz

Partner

Amish Desai

Partner

Barry Eggers

Founder and Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

Sam Eisler

Partner

James Ephrati

Partner

Faraz Fatemi

Partner, Consumer

Jack Fowler

Partner

Aaron Frank

Venture Partner

Vivek Gambhir

Venture Partner

Gaurav Gupta

Partner

David Gussarsky

Partner

Lisa Han

Partner

Dat Han

Senior Associate

Rob Horton JD

COO

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Galym Imanbayev

Partner

Nnamdi Iregbulem

Partner

Raviraj Jain

Partner

Arif Janmohamed

Partner

Ansaf Kareem

Partner

Issac Kim

Partner

Harsha Kumar

Associate Partner

Pinn Lawjindakul

Partner

Pachara Lawjindakul

Partner

Jeremy Liew

Partner

Connor Love

Partner

John Luongo

Venture Partner

Natalie Luu

Partner

Naveed Matinfar

Partner

Arsham Memarzadeh

Partner

Michael Mignano

Partner, Consumer

Hemant Mohapatra

Partner

Andrew Moley

Operating Partner and CFO

Tal Morgenstern

Partner

Antoine Moyroud

Partner

Eric O'Brien

Affiliated Partner

Justin Overdorff

Partner

Apoorva Pandhi

Associate

Nicole Quinn

General Partner

Adrian Radu

Partner

Alexander Schmitt

Partner

Shan Shan

Partner

Aditya Sharma

Partner, Growth Equity - India and Asia-Pacific

Justin Shen

Partner

Justin Shen

Partner

Alex Taussig

Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

John Thompson

Venture Partner

Anoushka Vaswani

Partner

Nathan Wu

Partner, Growth

Mark Xu

Partner

Mark Xu

Partner

Jerry Ye

Partner, Data Platform

Past deals in Cloud Services

Normalyze

Series A in 2022
Normalyze is a provider of cloud data security solutions that focuses on protecting data, applications, identities, and infrastructure in public cloud environments. The company has developed an agentless scanning platform that prioritizes data security by enabling the discovery of sensitive data and its access routes across various cloud resources. This platform allows security teams to visualize their cloud data attack surface quickly and gain real-time insights into their security posture, including access controls, configurations, and sensitive data management. By offering these capabilities, Normalyze enhances the ability of organizations to analyze, prioritize, and respond to data threats, effectively preventing sensitive data leakage at scale across public clouds.

WorkOS

Series B in 2022
WorkOS, Inc. develops software solutions that enable enterprises to prepare their applications for business growth by providing essential pre-built features and integrations. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company offers APIs that simplify the implementation of critical enterprise functionalities, such as Single Sign-On (SSO), directory syncing, audit trails, and access control. By integrating these features, WorkOS allows startups and other businesses to quickly become enterprise-ready, facilitating their ability to serve enterprise customers with minimal coding effort.

Grafana Labs

Series D in 2022
Grafana Labs is a developer of a performance monitoring platform that assists organizations in achieving their monitoring, visualization, and observability objectives. The company offers an open and composable platform centered around Grafana, an open-source software designed for effective monitoring, metric analytics, and visualization. Grafana Labs provides commercial products such as Grafana Enterprise, which caters to the needs of large organizations with additional features and support, and Grafana Cloud, a hosted solution that integrates Prometheus and Graphite for metrics alongside Loki for log management. Additionally, the Grafana Accelerator Program fosters early-stage companies and projects within the Grafana ecosystem by offering resources such as free cloud accounts, subscriptions, cash grants, and access to core developers, thereby promoting innovation and collaboration in the field.

Celona

Series C in 2022
Celona, Inc. specializes in cloud-based networking solutions that integrate 5G technology with enterprise infrastructure. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, the company leverages artificial intelligence to streamline the deployment and operation of cellular wireless networks, eliminating the need for multiple separate products. Celona's architecture facilitates the use of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum in the United States, enabling enterprise IT organizations and managed service providers to automate and simplify the integration of cellular networks with existing IT systems. The company's innovative approach combines 5G radio technology, edge computing, and machine learning to address the connectivity needs of applications reliant on edge computing, thereby supporting organizations in their digital transformation efforts. The founding team brings extensive experience from leading technology companies, contributing to the development of products across various domains, including chipsets and cloud-based software.

Blink Ops

Series A in 2022
Blink is a cloud-native operations platform that allows SRE's, DevOps and Developers to easily manage, collaborate and automate operational tasks.

Scrut Automation

Seed Round in 2022
Scrut Automation automates a bulk of labor-intensive compliance tasks by integrating with cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools and automatically collecting hundreds of evidence artifacts, which would otherwise take weeks to collect.

Kumospace

Venture Round in 2021
Developer of a video chat and workspace platform intended to serve event organizers and remote businesses. The company's platform facilitates users to connect people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing and provides the security of video conferencing, enabling clients to host and participate in immersive virtual events and also bringing teams together to do their best work.

Yugabyte

Series C in 2021
Yugabyte, Inc. specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. The company's flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that facilitates the creation of global applications. It supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, offering low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built on advanced technologies such as document storage, auto sharding, and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. Yugabyte also provides the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed private database-as-a-service that can operate on any cloud infrastructure, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed database service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The company offers both a community edition for individual users and an enterprise edition for corporate clients. Founded in 2016, Yugabyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Cato Networks

Series F in 2021
Cato Networks Ltd. is a provider of a cloud-based network Security-as-a-Service platform, designed to offer secure, scalable connectivity for modern enterprises. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company delivers an integrated networking and security solution that connects various enterprise locations, users, and data. Its offerings include software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), WAN optimization, firewall services, secure web gateways, and threat protection. Cato's platform enables organizations to reduce costs associated with traditional MPLS networks, improve performance across global locations, and ensure secure internet access for mobile users and cloud applications. By converging networking and security into a cloud-native service, Cato Networks helps businesses streamline operations and enhance security in a distributed, mobile, and cloud-enabled environment. The company also has a presence in key global locations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia.

Grafana Labs

Series C in 2021
Grafana Labs is a developer of a performance monitoring platform that assists organizations in achieving their monitoring, visualization, and observability objectives. The company offers an open and composable platform centered around Grafana, an open-source software designed for effective monitoring, metric analytics, and visualization. Grafana Labs provides commercial products such as Grafana Enterprise, which caters to the needs of large organizations with additional features and support, and Grafana Cloud, a hosted solution that integrates Prometheus and Graphite for metrics alongside Loki for log management. Additionally, the Grafana Accelerator Program fosters early-stage companies and projects within the Grafana ecosystem by offering resources such as free cloud accounts, subscriptions, cash grants, and access to core developers, thereby promoting innovation and collaboration in the field.

Netskope

Venture Round in 2021
Netskope, Inc. is a software company specializing in cloud application analytics and security solutions designed to protect enterprise data and users globally. The company offers the Netskope Security Cloud, which provides real-time visibility and protection against data threats when accessing cloud services, websites, and private applications. Through its patented Cloud XD technology, Netskope enables organizations to gain insights into cloud usage and enforce policies such as data loss prevention, access control, and malware protection across various platforms. Additionally, the company’s NewEdge security network facilitates seamless security without compromising performance. Netskope also functions as a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), helping organizations manage cloud application usage and prevent data exfiltration. Its offerings extend to web security solutions that filter content, detect advanced threats, and control application usage. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Netskope serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, and retail, with a global presence supported by multiple data centers.

Osmos

Series A in 2021
Osmos is on a mission to make cross-company data collaboration a simple, secure, and delightful experience. Powered by real-time data transformations, embeddable uploaders, and intuitive no-code experience for end-users, Osmos takes the pain out of importing and sharing data with external parties and systems. Osmos’s real time data transformation engine takes care of the problematic data/schema discrepancies. Powered by program synthesis, Osmos automatically learns complex transforms such as conditional logic, multi-column joins, splits, string/numeric manipulations, and validations, without the need for valuable engineers to “wrangle data”. Companies of all sizes use Osmos to streamline and simplify their data relationships with customers, vendors, and partners.

Jetstream

Seed Round in 2021
Jetstream Africa Limited operates a cloud-based platform that provides cross-border marine logistics services to businesses across Africa. Founded in 2018 and based in Accra, Ghana, the company specializes in facilitating freight forwarding and global exports for African suppliers. Its platform offers features such as shipment booking, tracking, and consolidated shipping, which enhance access to international trade for small and medium-sized enterprises. By automating key aspects of the procurement process and leveraging a network of freight carriers, customs agents, and ground transporters, Jetstream aims to reduce inefficiencies and improve transparency in pricing, cargo tracking, and customs regulations.

YourBase

Seed Round in 2021
YourBase, Inc. is a software development platform based in Redmond, Washington, founded in 2017. The platform is designed to simplify and accelerate continuous integration (CI) and local development by eliminating redundancies and streamlining workflows. It achieves this by instrumenting system calls and language runtimes to create a build graph, which helps in executing safe incremental CI builds. YourBase enhances the development process by selecting the appropriate tests to run, thereby validating pull requests significantly faster. Additionally, it ensures consistency between local development and CI processes by utilizing the same build tools and methods. This approach allows developers to focus on their work without the distractions of inefficient build cycles.

Kumospace

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a video chat and workspace platform intended to serve event organizers and remote businesses. The company's platform facilitates users to connect people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing and provides the security of video conferencing, enabling clients to host and participate in immersive virtual events and also bringing teams together to do their best work.

Osmos

Series A in 2021
Osmos is on a mission to make cross-company data collaboration a simple, secure, and delightful experience. Powered by real-time data transformations, embeddable uploaders, and intuitive no-code experience for end-users, Osmos takes the pain out of importing and sharing data with external parties and systems. Osmos’s real time data transformation engine takes care of the problematic data/schema discrepancies. Powered by program synthesis, Osmos automatically learns complex transforms such as conditional logic, multi-column joins, splits, string/numeric manipulations, and validations, without the need for valuable engineers to “wrangle data”. Companies of all sizes use Osmos to streamline and simplify their data relationships with customers, vendors, and partners.

Yugabyte

Series B in 2021
Yugabyte, Inc. specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. The company's flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that facilitates the creation of global applications. It supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, offering low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built on advanced technologies such as document storage, auto sharding, and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. Yugabyte also provides the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed private database-as-a-service that can operate on any cloud infrastructure, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed database service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The company offers both a community edition for individual users and an enterprise edition for corporate clients. Founded in 2016, Yugabyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Cato Networks

Series E in 2020
Cato Networks Ltd. is a provider of a cloud-based network Security-as-a-Service platform, designed to offer secure, scalable connectivity for modern enterprises. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company delivers an integrated networking and security solution that connects various enterprise locations, users, and data. Its offerings include software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), WAN optimization, firewall services, secure web gateways, and threat protection. Cato's platform enables organizations to reduce costs associated with traditional MPLS networks, improve performance across global locations, and ensure secure internet access for mobile users and cloud applications. By converging networking and security into a cloud-native service, Cato Networks helps businesses streamline operations and enhance security in a distributed, mobile, and cloud-enabled environment. The company also has a presence in key global locations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia.

Infiot

Series A in 2020
Infiot Inc. develops and operates a cloud delivered architecture platform for Internet of things (IOT) industry. Its platform is used for data collection, delivery, and storage needed for commercial IoT services. The company remote users, IoT, branch/micro branch, education, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and financial services. Infiot Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in San Jose, California with an additional office in Chennai, India.

Varada

Series A in 2020
Varada Ltd. is a Tel Aviv-based company that specializes in cloud-based data warehousing as a service (DWaaS) designed for big data analytics. Established in 2016, Varada's platform enables data architects to enhance and optimize workloads through dynamic analysis and adaptive indexing, providing significant control over performance and costs. Its solution is tailored to support a wide range of analytical use cases at scale, positioning it as a competitor to major cloud platforms in the data warehousing space. Varada's technology leverages advanced system architecture and cost-effective pricing, incorporating flash and NVMe technologies, to facilitate interactive analytics on a petabyte scale, making it accessible for any SQL consumer to query various data sources efficiently.

Grafana Labs

Series B in 2020
Grafana Labs is a developer of a performance monitoring platform that assists organizations in achieving their monitoring, visualization, and observability objectives. The company offers an open and composable platform centered around Grafana, an open-source software designed for effective monitoring, metric analytics, and visualization. Grafana Labs provides commercial products such as Grafana Enterprise, which caters to the needs of large organizations with additional features and support, and Grafana Cloud, a hosted solution that integrates Prometheus and Graphite for metrics alongside Loki for log management. Additionally, the Grafana Accelerator Program fosters early-stage companies and projects within the Grafana ecosystem by offering resources such as free cloud accounts, subscriptions, cash grants, and access to core developers, thereby promoting innovation and collaboration in the field.

Yugabyte

Series B in 2020
Yugabyte, Inc. specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. The company's flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that facilitates the creation of global applications. It supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, offering low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built on advanced technologies such as document storage, auto sharding, and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. Yugabyte also provides the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed private database-as-a-service that can operate on any cloud infrastructure, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed database service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The company offers both a community edition for individual users and an enterprise edition for corporate clients. Founded in 2016, Yugabyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Magic

Seed Round in 2020
Get peace of mind with secure, extensible passwordless authentication that’s built to scale. All with a few lines of code.

Cato Networks

Series D in 2020
Cato Networks Ltd. is a provider of a cloud-based network Security-as-a-Service platform, designed to offer secure, scalable connectivity for modern enterprises. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company delivers an integrated networking and security solution that connects various enterprise locations, users, and data. Its offerings include software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), WAN optimization, firewall services, secure web gateways, and threat protection. Cato's platform enables organizations to reduce costs associated with traditional MPLS networks, improve performance across global locations, and ensure secure internet access for mobile users and cloud applications. By converging networking and security into a cloud-native service, Cato Networks helps businesses streamline operations and enhance security in a distributed, mobile, and cloud-enabled environment. The company also has a presence in key global locations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia.

WorkOS

Seed Round in 2020
WorkOS, Inc. develops software solutions that enable enterprises to prepare their applications for business growth by providing essential pre-built features and integrations. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company offers APIs that simplify the implementation of critical enterprise functionalities, such as Single Sign-On (SSO), directory syncing, audit trails, and access control. By integrating these features, WorkOS allows startups and other businesses to quickly become enterprise-ready, facilitating their ability to serve enterprise customers with minimal coding effort.

Celona

Series B in 2020
Celona, Inc. specializes in cloud-based networking solutions that integrate 5G technology with enterprise infrastructure. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, the company leverages artificial intelligence to streamline the deployment and operation of cellular wireless networks, eliminating the need for multiple separate products. Celona's architecture facilitates the use of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum in the United States, enabling enterprise IT organizations and managed service providers to automate and simplify the integration of cellular networks with existing IT systems. The company's innovative approach combines 5G radio technology, edge computing, and machine learning to address the connectivity needs of applications reliant on edge computing, thereby supporting organizations in their digital transformation efforts. The founding team brings extensive experience from leading technology companies, contributing to the development of products across various domains, including chipsets and cloud-based software.

Netskope

Series G in 2020
Netskope, Inc. is a software company specializing in cloud application analytics and security solutions designed to protect enterprise data and users globally. The company offers the Netskope Security Cloud, which provides real-time visibility and protection against data threats when accessing cloud services, websites, and private applications. Through its patented Cloud XD technology, Netskope enables organizations to gain insights into cloud usage and enforce policies such as data loss prevention, access control, and malware protection across various platforms. Additionally, the company’s NewEdge security network facilitates seamless security without compromising performance. Netskope also functions as a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), helping organizations manage cloud application usage and prevent data exfiltration. Its offerings extend to web security solutions that filter content, detect advanced threats, and control application usage. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Netskope serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, and retail, with a global presence supported by multiple data centers.

Grafana Labs

Series A in 2019
Grafana Labs is a developer of a performance monitoring platform that assists organizations in achieving their monitoring, visualization, and observability objectives. The company offers an open and composable platform centered around Grafana, an open-source software designed for effective monitoring, metric analytics, and visualization. Grafana Labs provides commercial products such as Grafana Enterprise, which caters to the needs of large organizations with additional features and support, and Grafana Cloud, a hosted solution that integrates Prometheus and Graphite for metrics alongside Loki for log management. Additionally, the Grafana Accelerator Program fosters early-stage companies and projects within the Grafana ecosystem by offering resources such as free cloud accounts, subscriptions, cash grants, and access to core developers, thereby promoting innovation and collaboration in the field.

Pensando

Series C in 2019
Pensando Systems, Inc. develops a distributed computing platform aimed at enhancing cloud, networking, storage, and security services. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, with an office in Bengaluru, India, the company focuses on transforming existing IT infrastructures into secure and efficient environments that meet the demands of next-generation applications. Its platform is designed to execute a comprehensive software stack that delivers services at cloud scale, facilitating rapid and secure operations. Pensando collaborates with leading firms in cloud, enterprise, storage, and telecommunications, and has formed partnerships with major industry players to further enhance its offerings.

Classplus

Venture Round in 2019
Classplus is a mobile first SaaS platform that enables private coaching institutes to streamline their video distribution, payments, communication and online assessments through a single platform.

Celona

Series A in 2019
Celona, Inc. specializes in cloud-based networking solutions that integrate 5G technology with enterprise infrastructure. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, the company leverages artificial intelligence to streamline the deployment and operation of cellular wireless networks, eliminating the need for multiple separate products. Celona's architecture facilitates the use of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum in the United States, enabling enterprise IT organizations and managed service providers to automate and simplify the integration of cellular networks with existing IT systems. The company's innovative approach combines 5G radio technology, edge computing, and machine learning to address the connectivity needs of applications reliant on edge computing, thereby supporting organizations in their digital transformation efforts. The founding team brings extensive experience from leading technology companies, contributing to the development of products across various domains, including chipsets and cloud-based software.

Osmos

Seed Round in 2019
Osmos is on a mission to make cross-company data collaboration a simple, secure, and delightful experience. Powered by real-time data transformations, embeddable uploaders, and intuitive no-code experience for end-users, Osmos takes the pain out of importing and sharing data with external parties and systems. Osmos’s real time data transformation engine takes care of the problematic data/schema discrepancies. Powered by program synthesis, Osmos automatically learns complex transforms such as conditional logic, multi-column joins, splits, string/numeric manipulations, and validations, without the need for valuable engineers to “wrangle data”. Companies of all sizes use Osmos to streamline and simplify their data relationships with customers, vendors, and partners.

M3O

Seed Round in 2019
M3O is a cloud-native development platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaboration on microservices for developers. Founded in 1979 and based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the company aims to streamline the development process, allowing developers to concentrate on product innovation rather than infrastructure concerns. M3O's platform provides tools that simplify the complexities associated with microservices architecture, enabling teams to enhance their productivity and efficiency in building applications.

Cato Networks

Series C in 2019
Cato Networks Ltd. is a provider of a cloud-based network Security-as-a-Service platform, designed to offer secure, scalable connectivity for modern enterprises. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company delivers an integrated networking and security solution that connects various enterprise locations, users, and data. Its offerings include software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), WAN optimization, firewall services, secure web gateways, and threat protection. Cato's platform enables organizations to reduce costs associated with traditional MPLS networks, improve performance across global locations, and ensure secure internet access for mobile users and cloud applications. By converging networking and security into a cloud-native service, Cato Networks helps businesses streamline operations and enhance security in a distributed, mobile, and cloud-enabled environment. The company also has a presence in key global locations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia.

Varada

Seed Round in 2019
Varada Ltd. is a Tel Aviv-based company that specializes in cloud-based data warehousing as a service (DWaaS) designed for big data analytics. Established in 2016, Varada's platform enables data architects to enhance and optimize workloads through dynamic analysis and adaptive indexing, providing significant control over performance and costs. Its solution is tailored to support a wide range of analytical use cases at scale, positioning it as a competitor to major cloud platforms in the data warehousing space. Varada's technology leverages advanced system architecture and cost-effective pricing, incorporating flash and NVMe technologies, to facilitate interactive analytics on a petabyte scale, making it accessible for any SQL consumer to query various data sources efficiently.

Rubrik

Series E in 2019
Rubrik is a data security solutions provider that caters to a diverse range of organizations, from large enterprises to mid-sized businesses. The company specializes in data management and recovery, offering a platform designed to enhance cyber resilience, which includes improving both cyber posture and recovery capabilities. By integrating enterprise data management with web-scale IT, Rubrik eliminates the need for traditional backup software, enabling businesses to efficiently manage increasing volumes of data across both private and public clouds. This innovative approach allows organizations to recover data swiftly and supports their digital transformation efforts, ultimately fostering greater business agility.

Rubrik

Series E in 2019
Rubrik is a data security solutions provider that caters to a diverse range of organizations, from large enterprises to mid-sized businesses. The company specializes in data management and recovery, offering a platform designed to enhance cyber resilience, which includes improving both cyber posture and recovery capabilities. By integrating enterprise data management with web-scale IT, Rubrik eliminates the need for traditional backup software, enabling businesses to efficiently manage increasing volumes of data across both private and public clouds. This innovative approach allows organizations to recover data swiftly and supports their digital transformation efforts, ultimately fostering greater business agility.

Netskope

Series F in 2018
Netskope, Inc. is a software company specializing in cloud application analytics and security solutions designed to protect enterprise data and users globally. The company offers the Netskope Security Cloud, which provides real-time visibility and protection against data threats when accessing cloud services, websites, and private applications. Through its patented Cloud XD technology, Netskope enables organizations to gain insights into cloud usage and enforce policies such as data loss prevention, access control, and malware protection across various platforms. Additionally, the company’s NewEdge security network facilitates seamless security without compromising performance. Netskope also functions as a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), helping organizations manage cloud application usage and prevent data exfiltration. Its offerings extend to web security solutions that filter content, detect advanced threats, and control application usage. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Netskope serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, and retail, with a global presence supported by multiple data centers.

Serverless

Series A in 2018
Serverless provides development framework for building serverless architectures. It offers Serverless Framework that enables users to build auto-scaling, pay-per-execution, and event-driven apps on AWS Lambda; and develop their own plugins. Serverless also provides an application structure for the management of code, resources, and events across large projects and teams. Austen Collins founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California.

CloudBees

Series E in 2018
CloudBees, Inc. is a provider of software solutions focused on enhancing the software delivery process for IT organizations. Founded in 2010, the company specializes in continuous integration and continuous delivery technologies, primarily built around the Jenkins platform. CloudBees offers a suite of products, including an open-source automation server, CloudBees CI for continuous integration, and CloudBees CD for continuous delivery. Their solutions cater to various deployment preferences, including on-premise and cloud-native, and address specific enterprise requirements for governance and developer flexibility. Additionally, CloudBees provides tools like CloudBees DevOptics, which aggregates data from software pipelines for better insights, and CloudBees Core for Kubernetes Continuous Delivery, aimed at managing cloud-native applications. With a focus on making software development more efficient and manageable, CloudBees enables organizations to accelerate the transformation of ideas into software, thereby enhancing overall business value. The company operates from multiple locations, including Delaware, California, North Carolina, Virginia, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Yugabyte

Series A in 2018
Yugabyte, Inc. specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. The company's flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that facilitates the creation of global applications. It supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, offering low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built on advanced technologies such as document storage, auto sharding, and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. Yugabyte also provides the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed private database-as-a-service that can operate on any cloud infrastructure, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed database service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The company offers both a community edition for individual users and an enterprise edition for corporate clients. Founded in 2016, Yugabyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Avi Networks

Series D in 2018
Avi Networks, Inc. specializes in software-defined data center solutions, focusing on enhancing enterprises' digital transformation. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers the Avi Vantage Platform, which includes a Software Load Balancer, Intelligent Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Elastic Service Mesh. This platform is designed to be deployed across data centers and cloud environments, providing organizations with improved elasticity and intelligence in application delivery. Avi Networks enables customers to achieve significantly faster application rollouts, actionable analytics, and reduced costs, thus supporting efficient and scalable operations. As of July 31, 2019, Avi Networks operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

Arctic Wolf

Series B in 2018
Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. specializes in providing security operations center-as-a-service to businesses, aiming to mitigate cyber risk. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, the company delivers a range of solutions including Managed Detection and Response, Managed Risk, and Managed Cloud Monitoring. These services are facilitated by a concierge security team that acts as an extension of a company's internal resources, offering tailored threat detection, response, and ongoing risk management. Arctic Wolf's platform incorporates cloud infrastructure monitoring, software application monitoring, dynamic asset identification, vulnerability assessments, and account takeover risk detection. Additionally, the company has developed the Arctic Wolf Agent, which collects actionable intelligence from IT environments. Arctic Wolf serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, and legal sectors, with additional offices located in Provo, Utah, and Waterloo, Canada.

Qubole

Series D in 2017
Qubole is a simple and secure data lake platform for machine learning, streaming, and ad-hoc analytics. With Qubole, data scientists can now spin up hundreds of clusters on their public cloud of choice and begin developing ad hoc and/or batch queries faster and have the system autoscale to the optimal compute levels as needed.

Binaris

Seed Round in 2017
Binaris Cloud Computing Ltd., founded in 2016 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializes in developing serverless computing applications. The company offers serverless functions that enable users to build applications rapidly, allowing them to concentrate on features rather than server management. Binaris distinguishes itself by providing serverless functions that are significantly faster and more cost-effective than existing solutions, being 15 times faster and up to 90% cheaper than alternatives. This efficiency makes Binaris suitable for a variety of applications, including APIs, backends, and real-time environments such as gaming and bidding engines. Users can deploy microservices as Binaris functions and integrate them seamlessly, ensuring a smooth user experience.

Elastifile

Series C in 2017
Elastifile specializes in innovative data storage and management solutions that cater to the needs of enterprises operating in cloud and hybrid cloud environments. The company offers a distributed file system designed for scalability and high performance, which integrates object tiering to facilitate unified access to global data. By eliminating traditional storage silos, Elastifile empowers organizations to move applications seamlessly across various cloud platforms, enabling them to fully utilize cloud infrastructure for diverse data-driven workflows, such as analytics, DevOps, and high-performance computing. Its technology combines elements of cloud services, virtualization, and data communications to create a cohesive storage solution, helping clients adapt to and thrive in the evolving cloud landscape.

MapR

Venture Round in 2017
MapR Technologies, a provider of the industry's next-generation data platform for AI and Analytics, enables enterprises to inject analytics into their business processes to increase revenue, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. MapR addresses the data complexities of high-scale and mission-critical distributed processing from the cloud to the edge, IoT analytics, and container persistence. Global 2000 enterprises trust the MapR Data Platform to help them solve their most complex AI and analytics challenges. Amazon, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, SAP, and other leading businesses are all part of the MapR ecosystem.

Netskope

Series E in 2017
Netskope, Inc. is a software company specializing in cloud application analytics and security solutions designed to protect enterprise data and users globally. The company offers the Netskope Security Cloud, which provides real-time visibility and protection against data threats when accessing cloud services, websites, and private applications. Through its patented Cloud XD technology, Netskope enables organizations to gain insights into cloud usage and enforce policies such as data loss prevention, access control, and malware protection across various platforms. Additionally, the company’s NewEdge security network facilitates seamless security without compromising performance. Netskope also functions as a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), helping organizations manage cloud application usage and prevent data exfiltration. Its offerings extend to web security solutions that filter content, detect advanced threats, and control application usage. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Netskope serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, and retail, with a global presence supported by multiple data centers.

Ascend.io

Series A in 2017
Ascend.io is a Palo Alto-based company that has developed an innovative platform for managing big data pipelines through its Autonomous Dataflow Service. This platform allows data engineers to create, scale, and operate Apache Spark-based data pipelines with significantly reduced coding requirements. It runs natively on major cloud services, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform. By utilizing a combination of declarative configurations and automation, Ascend.io streamlines cloud infrastructure management, optimizes data pipelines, and minimizes maintenance throughout the data lifecycle. The company's solutions enable business managers to initiate projects, integrate with applications, and make informed decisions with ease. Ascend.io is supported by prominent venture capital firms and notable industry advisors, enhancing its position in the big data analytics landscape.

Rubrik

Series D in 2017
Rubrik is a data security solutions provider that caters to a diverse range of organizations, from large enterprises to mid-sized businesses. The company specializes in data management and recovery, offering a platform designed to enhance cyber resilience, which includes improving both cyber posture and recovery capabilities. By integrating enterprise data management with web-scale IT, Rubrik eliminates the need for traditional backup software, enabling businesses to efficiently manage increasing volumes of data across both private and public clouds. This innovative approach allows organizations to recover data swiftly and supports their digital transformation efforts, ultimately fostering greater business agility.

Avere Systems

Series E in 2017
Avere Systems, Inc. specializes in cloud file storage infrastructure, focusing on hybrid cloud NAS architecture. The company provides a range of products, including Virtual FXT Edge filers, which serve as network-attached storage in the compute cloud, and CloudFusion, a cloud-based file system that streamlines file management by eliminating the use of isolated storage silos. Avere's offerings also include various software solutions for storage management, data migration, data protection, and cloud integration. These solutions enable enterprises to optimize storage performance while reducing complexity and costs associated with data storage. Avere serves multiple industries, including government, financial services, media and entertainment, life sciences, oil and gas, and software development. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Avere Systems operates as a subsidiary of Microsoft Azure, leveraging advanced storage technology to enhance data accessibility and security for its clients.

FangCloud

Series A in 2016
FangCloud Technology core founding team has assisted Box, the world's largest enterprise cloud storage service provider, to land on the New York Stock Exchange successfully.the company is committed to providing the most professional file management services, that is to achieve a seamless connection between employers, employees and data through a secure and convenient file access, sharing and collaboration, and to help enterprises maximize their value in "core digital assets".

Rubrik

Series C in 2016
Rubrik is a data security solutions provider that caters to a diverse range of organizations, from large enterprises to mid-sized businesses. The company specializes in data management and recovery, offering a platform designed to enhance cyber resilience, which includes improving both cyber posture and recovery capabilities. By integrating enterprise data management with web-scale IT, Rubrik eliminates the need for traditional backup software, enabling businesses to efficiently manage increasing volumes of data across both private and public clouds. This innovative approach allows organizations to recover data swiftly and supports their digital transformation efforts, ultimately fostering greater business agility.

MapR

Venture Round in 2016
MapR Technologies, a provider of the industry's next-generation data platform for AI and Analytics, enables enterprises to inject analytics into their business processes to increase revenue, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. MapR addresses the data complexities of high-scale and mission-critical distributed processing from the cloud to the edge, IoT analytics, and container persistence. Global 2000 enterprises trust the MapR Data Platform to help them solve their most complex AI and analytics challenges. Amazon, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, SAP, and other leading businesses are all part of the MapR ecosystem.

Yugabyte

Series A in 2016
Yugabyte, Inc. specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. The company's flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that facilitates the creation of global applications. It supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, offering low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built on advanced technologies such as document storage, auto sharding, and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. Yugabyte also provides the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed private database-as-a-service that can operate on any cloud infrastructure, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed database service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The company offers both a community edition for individual users and an enterprise edition for corporate clients. Founded in 2016, Yugabyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Qubole

Series C in 2016
Qubole is a simple and secure data lake platform for machine learning, streaming, and ad-hoc analytics. With Qubole, data scientists can now spin up hundreds of clusters on their public cloud of choice and begin developing ad hoc and/or batch queries faster and have the system autoscale to the optimal compute levels as needed.

Avi Networks

Series C in 2016
Avi Networks, Inc. specializes in software-defined data center solutions, focusing on enhancing enterprises' digital transformation. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers the Avi Vantage Platform, which includes a Software Load Balancer, Intelligent Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Elastic Service Mesh. This platform is designed to be deployed across data centers and cloud environments, providing organizations with improved elasticity and intelligence in application delivery. Avi Networks enables customers to achieve significantly faster application rollouts, actionable analytics, and reduced costs, thus supporting efficient and scalable operations. As of July 31, 2019, Avi Networks operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

Elastifile

Series B in 2016
Elastifile specializes in innovative data storage and management solutions that cater to the needs of enterprises operating in cloud and hybrid cloud environments. The company offers a distributed file system designed for scalability and high performance, which integrates object tiering to facilitate unified access to global data. By eliminating traditional storage silos, Elastifile empowers organizations to move applications seamlessly across various cloud platforms, enabling them to fully utilize cloud infrastructure for diverse data-driven workflows, such as analytics, DevOps, and high-performance computing. Its technology combines elements of cloud services, virtualization, and data communications to create a cohesive storage solution, helping clients adapt to and thrive in the evolving cloud landscape.

Ascend.io

Seed Round in 2015
Ascend.io is a Palo Alto-based company that has developed an innovative platform for managing big data pipelines through its Autonomous Dataflow Service. This platform allows data engineers to create, scale, and operate Apache Spark-based data pipelines with significantly reduced coding requirements. It runs natively on major cloud services, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform. By utilizing a combination of declarative configurations and automation, Ascend.io streamlines cloud infrastructure management, optimizes data pipelines, and minimizes maintenance throughout the data lifecycle. The company's solutions enable business managers to initiate projects, integrate with applications, and make informed decisions with ease. Ascend.io is supported by prominent venture capital firms and notable industry advisors, enhancing its position in the big data analytics landscape.

Datos IO

Series A in 2015
Datos IO provides the industry’s first cloud-scale, application-centric, data management platform enabling organizations to protect, mobilize, and monetize all their application data across private cloud, hybrid cloud and public cloud environments. Datos IO has been recognized by Gartner in their 2016 Hype Cycle for Storage Technologies and was more recently awarded 2016 Product of the Year by Storage Magazine. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and True Ventures, Datos IO is headquartered in San Jose, California. To learn more, please visit http://datos.io.

Plexxi

Series D in 2015
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.

Netskope

Series D in 2015
Netskope, Inc. is a software company specializing in cloud application analytics and security solutions designed to protect enterprise data and users globally. The company offers the Netskope Security Cloud, which provides real-time visibility and protection against data threats when accessing cloud services, websites, and private applications. Through its patented Cloud XD technology, Netskope enables organizations to gain insights into cloud usage and enforce policies such as data loss prevention, access control, and malware protection across various platforms. Additionally, the company’s NewEdge security network facilitates seamless security without compromising performance. Netskope also functions as a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), helping organizations manage cloud application usage and prevent data exfiltration. Its offerings extend to web security solutions that filter content, detect advanced threats, and control application usage. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Netskope serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, and retail, with a global presence supported by multiple data centers.

CloudPassage

Series D in 2015
CloudPassage® Halo® is the world’s leading agile security platform that provides instant visibility and continuous protection for servers in any combination of data centers, private clouds and public clouds. The Halo platform is delivered as a service, so it deploys in minutes and scales on-demand. Halo uses minimal system resources; so layered security can be deployed where it counts, right at every workload – servers, instances and containers. Leading enterprises like Citrix, Salesforce.com and Adobe use CloudPassage today to enhance their security and compliance posture, while at the same time enabling business agility. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, CloudPassage is backed by Benchmark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Tenaya Capital, Shasta Ventures, Musea Ventures and other leading investors.

Tintri

Series F in 2015
Tintri’s all-flash architecture uses building blocks similar to the public cloud to simply manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Customers guarantee the performance of their applications, automate common IT tasks via Open APIs, troubleshoot across their infrastructure, and predict an organization’s needs to scale the underpinnings of a modern data center. That’s why leading cloud service providers and enterprises, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare trust Tintri with enterprise cloud.

Zscaler

Series B in 2015
Zscaler is a leading provider of cloud-native cybersecurity solutions, specializing in Internet security through its innovative Security as a Service platform. The company serves over 5,000 organizations, including a significant number of Fortune 500 companies, and protects more than 13 million users globally from cyber threats and data breaches while ensuring compliance with various corporate and regulatory standards. Zscaler offers two main services: Zscaler Internet Access for secure external application access and Zscaler Private Access for secure internal application access. Its multi-tenant, distributed cloud security platform operates from over 100 data centers worldwide, delivering comprehensive internet security solutions such as next-generation firewalls, web security, data loss prevention, and threat intelligence without the need for on-premise hardware. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Zscaler continues to enable organizations to harness the benefits of cloud and mobile computing with robust security measures.

Delphix

Series D in 2015
Delphix Corp. provides Data as a Service solutions that support enterprises in managing and accelerating various application projects, including ERP rollouts and cloud migrations. The company offers a software platform that creates secure virtual copies of databases, applications, and file systems, thereby streamlining test data management and facilitating advanced DevOps practices. Its products, including specialized solutions for SAP and Oracle EBS, significantly reduce the time and cost associated with system upgrades and ongoing ownership. Delphix's platform integrates with a wide range of systems, from mainframes to cloud environments, enabling organizations to overcome data-related bottlenecks and enhance operational efficiency. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Delphix has established strategic partnerships with major firms, contributing to its global reach and ability to support diverse industries, including financial services, telecommunications, and manufacturing. The company also has a research and development center in Delhi, India, enabling further innovation in data management solutions.

StacksWare

Seed Round in 2015
StacksWare, Inc. specializes in agentless software asset management solutions tailored for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and virtualized servers. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a virtual appliance that aggregates software usage data, allowing IT administrators to monitor software assets within their VMware environments through an intuitive dashboard. This solution enables organizations to identify and eliminate unused software licenses, significantly reducing licensing costs without the need for installed agents. StacksWare's platform also facilitates the deployment and removal of software, monitoring of critical applications, and internal security audits, all achievable within minutes of installation. As of September 2017, StacksWare operates as a subsidiary of Avi Networks, Inc.

Rubrik

Series B in 2015
Rubrik is a data security solutions provider that caters to a diverse range of organizations, from large enterprises to mid-sized businesses. The company specializes in data management and recovery, offering a platform designed to enhance cyber resilience, which includes improving both cyber posture and recovery capabilities. By integrating enterprise data management with web-scale IT, Rubrik eliminates the need for traditional backup software, enabling businesses to efficiently manage increasing volumes of data across both private and public clouds. This innovative approach allows organizations to recover data swiftly and supports their digital transformation efforts, ultimately fostering greater business agility.

Rubrik

Series A in 2015
Rubrik is a data security solutions provider that caters to a diverse range of organizations, from large enterprises to mid-sized businesses. The company specializes in data management and recovery, offering a platform designed to enhance cyber resilience, which includes improving both cyber posture and recovery capabilities. By integrating enterprise data management with web-scale IT, Rubrik eliminates the need for traditional backup software, enabling businesses to efficiently manage increasing volumes of data across both private and public clouds. This innovative approach allows organizations to recover data swiftly and supports their digital transformation efforts, ultimately fostering greater business agility.

CODING

Series B in 2015
Coding.net is a cloud-based platform for software development collaboration, which has over 300,000 registered developers and more than 500,000 active projects. Adhering to the mission of “making development easier”, we integrate code development, project management, WebIDE and other development tools into the browser to simplify the deployment process, reduce the cost of developing and deploying, improve the efficiency of team collaboration and boost the productivity of software development, and therefore to ultimately realize our vision of “Coding Anytime Anywhere”.

CloudBees

Series D in 2015
CloudBees, Inc. is a provider of software solutions focused on enhancing the software delivery process for IT organizations. Founded in 2010, the company specializes in continuous integration and continuous delivery technologies, primarily built around the Jenkins platform. CloudBees offers a suite of products, including an open-source automation server, CloudBees CI for continuous integration, and CloudBees CD for continuous delivery. Their solutions cater to various deployment preferences, including on-premise and cloud-native, and address specific enterprise requirements for governance and developer flexibility. Additionally, CloudBees provides tools like CloudBees DevOptics, which aggregates data from software pipelines for better insights, and CloudBees Core for Kubernetes Continuous Delivery, aimed at managing cloud-native applications. With a focus on making software development more efficient and manageable, CloudBees enables organizations to accelerate the transformation of ideas into software, thereby enhancing overall business value. The company operates from multiple locations, including Delaware, California, North Carolina, Virginia, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Qubole

Series B in 2014
Qubole is a simple and secure data lake platform for machine learning, streaming, and ad-hoc analytics. With Qubole, data scientists can now spin up hundreds of clusters on their public cloud of choice and begin developing ad hoc and/or batch queries faster and have the system autoscale to the optimal compute levels as needed.

Plexistor

Series A in 2014
Plexistor Enables enterprises to process huge amounts of data at near-memory speed, and respond to customer needs with faster response time. Plexistor Software Defined Memory (SDM) provides persistent high capacity storage at near-memory speed for in-memory applications and middleware, overcoming the fundamental limitations of traditional memory technology such as low capacity, cost, and volatility. Plexistor enables both on premise and cloud-based infrastructures to support in-memory applications and middleware to process huge working data sets and achieve near-memory speed.

DataStax

Series E in 2014
DataStax, Inc. specializes in providing database software tailored for cloud applications, serving a diverse clientele that includes Fortune 100 companies globally. Its flagship product, DataStax Enterprise, enhances the capabilities of Apache Cassandra, offering fast performance and reliability for online applications. The company also features DataStax OpsCenter, a management and monitoring tool for database administrators, and K8ssandra, an open-source solution for deploying Cassandra on Kubernetes. Additionally, DataStax Astra offers a database-as-a-service platform that significantly accelerates deployment times, while DataStax Constellation streamlines the development and operation of modern applications. The company also provides training, support, and consulting services to ensure effective database management. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, DataStax maintains a global presence with offices in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Australia, and Ireland.

Pivot3

Series E in 2014
Pivot3 is a provider of software infrastructure services aimed at simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays that optimize resource utilization, ensure high availability, and support mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technologies help organizations lower their IT infrastructure costs, enhance revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. With a diverse portfolio tailored for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has established a significant global presence, deploying over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage solutions across 53 countries. Its client base spans mid-sized firms to major corporations in sectors including energy, aerospace, logistics, telecommunications, and retail. Through partnerships with technology and system integration firms, Pivot3 is committed to advancing smart IT infrastructures that pave the way for the future of software-defined data centers.

Avi Networks

Series B in 2014
Avi Networks, Inc. specializes in software-defined data center solutions, focusing on enhancing enterprises' digital transformation. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers the Avi Vantage Platform, which includes a Software Load Balancer, Intelligent Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Elastic Service Mesh. This platform is designed to be deployed across data centers and cloud environments, providing organizations with improved elasticity and intelligence in application delivery. Avi Networks enables customers to achieve significantly faster application rollouts, actionable analytics, and reduced costs, thus supporting efficient and scalable operations. As of July 31, 2019, Avi Networks operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

Avere Systems

Series D in 2014
Avere Systems, Inc. specializes in cloud file storage infrastructure, focusing on hybrid cloud NAS architecture. The company provides a range of products, including Virtual FXT Edge filers, which serve as network-attached storage in the compute cloud, and CloudFusion, a cloud-based file system that streamlines file management by eliminating the use of isolated storage silos. Avere's offerings also include various software solutions for storage management, data migration, data protection, and cloud integration. These solutions enable enterprises to optimize storage performance while reducing complexity and costs associated with data storage. Avere serves multiple industries, including government, financial services, media and entertainment, life sciences, oil and gas, and software development. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Avere Systems operates as a subsidiary of Microsoft Azure, leveraging advanced storage technology to enhance data accessibility and security for its clients.

MapR

Series D in 2014
MapR Technologies, a provider of the industry's next-generation data platform for AI and Analytics, enables enterprises to inject analytics into their business processes to increase revenue, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. MapR addresses the data complexities of high-scale and mission-critical distributed processing from the cloud to the edge, IoT analytics, and container persistence. Global 2000 enterprises trust the MapR Data Platform to help them solve their most complex AI and analytics challenges. Amazon, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, SAP, and other leading businesses are all part of the MapR ecosystem.

Netskope

Series C in 2014
Netskope, Inc. is a software company specializing in cloud application analytics and security solutions designed to protect enterprise data and users globally. The company offers the Netskope Security Cloud, which provides real-time visibility and protection against data threats when accessing cloud services, websites, and private applications. Through its patented Cloud XD technology, Netskope enables organizations to gain insights into cloud usage and enforce policies such as data loss prevention, access control, and malware protection across various platforms. Additionally, the company’s NewEdge security network facilitates seamless security without compromising performance. Netskope also functions as a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), helping organizations manage cloud application usage and prevent data exfiltration. Its offerings extend to web security solutions that filter content, detect advanced threats, and control application usage. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Netskope serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, and retail, with a global presence supported by multiple data centers.

CloudBees

Series C in 2014
CloudBees, Inc. is a provider of software solutions focused on enhancing the software delivery process for IT organizations. Founded in 2010, the company specializes in continuous integration and continuous delivery technologies, primarily built around the Jenkins platform. CloudBees offers a suite of products, including an open-source automation server, CloudBees CI for continuous integration, and CloudBees CD for continuous delivery. Their solutions cater to various deployment preferences, including on-premise and cloud-native, and address specific enterprise requirements for governance and developer flexibility. Additionally, CloudBees provides tools like CloudBees DevOptics, which aggregates data from software pipelines for better insights, and CloudBees Core for Kubernetes Continuous Delivery, aimed at managing cloud-native applications. With a focus on making software development more efficient and manageable, CloudBees enables organizations to accelerate the transformation of ideas into software, thereby enhancing overall business value. The company operates from multiple locations, including Delaware, California, North Carolina, Virginia, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Tintri

Series E in 2014
Tintri’s all-flash architecture uses building blocks similar to the public cloud to simply manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Customers guarantee the performance of their applications, automate common IT tasks via Open APIs, troubleshoot across their infrastructure, and predict an organization’s needs to scale the underpinnings of a modern data center. That’s why leading cloud service providers and enterprises, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare trust Tintri with enterprise cloud.

Primary Data

Series B in 2014
Primary Data, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Sandy, Utah, specializes in intelligence and automation software for enterprise data management. Its flagship product, the DataSphere platform, leverages metadata management and machine learning to optimize the movement of data across both on-premises IT infrastructure and cloud environments. This platform enables enterprises to manage vast amounts of data seamlessly, making heterogeneous data stores accessible to various applications without interrupting operations. By facilitating data migration, cloud integration, and enhancing NAS performance, DataSphere empowers organizations to efficiently handle petabyte-scale data and maximize the value of their infrastructure investments.

Elastifile

Series A in 2014
Elastifile specializes in innovative data storage and management solutions that cater to the needs of enterprises operating in cloud and hybrid cloud environments. The company offers a distributed file system designed for scalability and high performance, which integrates object tiering to facilitate unified access to global data. By eliminating traditional storage silos, Elastifile empowers organizations to move applications seamlessly across various cloud platforms, enabling them to fully utilize cloud infrastructure for diverse data-driven workflows, such as analytics, DevOps, and high-performance computing. Its technology combines elements of cloud services, virtualization, and data communications to create a cohesive storage solution, helping clients adapt to and thrive in the evolving cloud landscape.

Nutanix

Series D in 2014
Nutanix is a cloud software company that provides a comprehensive enterprise cloud platform, enabling organizations to build and manage hybrid multi-cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix offers a range of solutions, including Acropolis for virtualization and storage, Nutanix Prism for management and analytics, and Nutanix Calm for application lifecycle automation. The company's services also encompass software-defined storage solutions, cloud-native environment management, and disaster recovery services. Notably, Nutanix Beam, a multi-cloud optimization service, enhances cloud cost efficiency by delivering insights into consumption patterns and automating security compliance. Serving diverse industries such as healthcare, finance, and technology, Nutanix aims to simplify IT operations, allowing businesses to focus on innovation while efficiently managing their data and applications across various environments.

Primary Data

Series B in 2013
Primary Data, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Sandy, Utah, specializes in intelligence and automation software for enterprise data management. Its flagship product, the DataSphere platform, leverages metadata management and machine learning to optimize the movement of data across both on-premises IT infrastructure and cloud environments. This platform enables enterprises to manage vast amounts of data seamlessly, making heterogeneous data stores accessible to various applications without interrupting operations. By facilitating data migration, cloud integration, and enhancing NAS performance, DataSphere empowers organizations to efficiently handle petabyte-scale data and maximize the value of their infrastructure investments.

Pivot3

Venture Round in 2013
Pivot3 is a provider of software infrastructure services aimed at simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays that optimize resource utilization, ensure high availability, and support mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technologies help organizations lower their IT infrastructure costs, enhance revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. With a diverse portfolio tailored for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has established a significant global presence, deploying over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage solutions across 53 countries. Its client base spans mid-sized firms to major corporations in sectors including energy, aerospace, logistics, telecommunications, and retail. Through partnerships with technology and system integration firms, Pivot3 is committed to advancing smart IT infrastructures that pave the way for the future of software-defined data centers.

Netskope

Series B in 2013
Netskope, Inc. is a software company specializing in cloud application analytics and security solutions designed to protect enterprise data and users globally. The company offers the Netskope Security Cloud, which provides real-time visibility and protection against data threats when accessing cloud services, websites, and private applications. Through its patented Cloud XD technology, Netskope enables organizations to gain insights into cloud usage and enforce policies such as data loss prevention, access control, and malware protection across various platforms. Additionally, the company’s NewEdge security network facilitates seamless security without compromising performance. Netskope also functions as a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), helping organizations manage cloud application usage and prevent data exfiltration. Its offerings extend to web security solutions that filter content, detect advanced threats, and control application usage. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Netskope serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, and retail, with a global presence supported by multiple data centers.

MapR

Series C in 2013
MapR Technologies, a provider of the industry's next-generation data platform for AI and Analytics, enables enterprises to inject analytics into their business processes to increase revenue, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. MapR addresses the data complexities of high-scale and mission-critical distributed processing from the cloud to the edge, IoT analytics, and container persistence. Global 2000 enterprises trust the MapR Data Platform to help them solve their most complex AI and analytics challenges. Amazon, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, SAP, and other leading businesses are all part of the MapR ecosystem.

DataStax

Series D in 2013
DataStax, Inc. specializes in providing database software tailored for cloud applications, serving a diverse clientele that includes Fortune 100 companies globally. Its flagship product, DataStax Enterprise, enhances the capabilities of Apache Cassandra, offering fast performance and reliability for online applications. The company also features DataStax OpsCenter, a management and monitoring tool for database administrators, and K8ssandra, an open-source solution for deploying Cassandra on Kubernetes. Additionally, DataStax Astra offers a database-as-a-service platform that significantly accelerates deployment times, while DataStax Constellation streamlines the development and operation of modern applications. The company also provides training, support, and consulting services to ensure effective database management. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, DataStax maintains a global presence with offices in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Australia, and Ireland.

Affirmed Networks

Series C in 2013
Affirmed Networks, Inc. specializes in providing mobile content cloud solutions globally, focusing on virtualization and network functions. Founded in 2010 and based in Acton, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of services including the Affirmed Service Automation Platform, which helps mobile operators streamline service introduction and reduce operational costs. Their solutions encompass a cloud-based virtual network for Internet of Things services, critical data communications for telecommunications, and virtualized Evolved Packet Core solutions for live traffic management. Additionally, Affirmed Networks has developed UnityCloud 5G core, a cloud-native platform designed to facilitate the deployment of 5G networks for mobile operators. The company's innovative approach aims to enhance intelligence and efficiency in mobile data networks.

Qubole

Series A in 2013
Qubole is a simple and secure data lake platform for machine learning, streaming, and ad-hoc analytics. With Qubole, data scientists can now spin up hundreds of clusters on their public cloud of choice and begin developing ad hoc and/or batch queries faster and have the system autoscale to the optimal compute levels as needed.

Pertino

Series B in 2013
Pertino, Inc. develops cloud networking software solutions aimed at distributed enterprises both domestically and internationally. The company specializes in enabling IT teams to create cloud-based virtual overlay networks that securely connect remote workers, devices, and workloads. Its flagship product, the AppScape platform, allows users to deploy network functions as virtual services, enhancing visibility and control without the need for physical hardware. Pertino’s offerings include SecurityPolicy for access control management, Name Station for device name customization, and ADConnect for extending Active Directory services to remote devices. Additionally, iOSConnect facilitates secure connections for iOS devices, while UsageMonitor provides insights into bandwidth utilization. The company has established a global presence, serving over 5,000 customers in more than 70 countries. Founded in 2011 and based in Los Gatos, California, Pertino operates as a subsidiary of CradlePoint, Inc.

Arctic Wolf

Venture Round in 2012
Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. specializes in providing security operations center-as-a-service to businesses, aiming to mitigate cyber risk. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, the company delivers a range of solutions including Managed Detection and Response, Managed Risk, and Managed Cloud Monitoring. These services are facilitated by a concierge security team that acts as an extension of a company's internal resources, offering tailored threat detection, response, and ongoing risk management. Arctic Wolf's platform incorporates cloud infrastructure monitoring, software application monitoring, dynamic asset identification, vulnerability assessments, and account takeover risk detection. Additionally, the company has developed the Arctic Wolf Agent, which collects actionable intelligence from IT environments. Arctic Wolf serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, and legal sectors, with additional offices located in Provo, Utah, and Waterloo, Canada.

Affirmed Networks

Series B in 2012
Affirmed Networks, Inc. specializes in providing mobile content cloud solutions globally, focusing on virtualization and network functions. Founded in 2010 and based in Acton, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of services including the Affirmed Service Automation Platform, which helps mobile operators streamline service introduction and reduce operational costs. Their solutions encompass a cloud-based virtual network for Internet of Things services, critical data communications for telecommunications, and virtualized Evolved Packet Core solutions for live traffic management. Additionally, Affirmed Networks has developed UnityCloud 5G core, a cloud-native platform designed to facilitate the deployment of 5G networks for mobile operators. The company's innovative approach aims to enhance intelligence and efficiency in mobile data networks.

Avi Networks

Series A in 2012
Avi Networks, Inc. specializes in software-defined data center solutions, focusing on enhancing enterprises' digital transformation. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers the Avi Vantage Platform, which includes a Software Load Balancer, Intelligent Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Elastic Service Mesh. This platform is designed to be deployed across data centers and cloud environments, providing organizations with improved elasticity and intelligence in application delivery. Avi Networks enables customers to achieve significantly faster application rollouts, actionable analytics, and reduced costs, thus supporting efficient and scalable operations. As of July 31, 2019, Avi Networks operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

DataStax

Series C in 2012
DataStax, Inc. specializes in providing database software tailored for cloud applications, serving a diverse clientele that includes Fortune 100 companies globally. Its flagship product, DataStax Enterprise, enhances the capabilities of Apache Cassandra, offering fast performance and reliability for online applications. The company also features DataStax OpsCenter, a management and monitoring tool for database administrators, and K8ssandra, an open-source solution for deploying Cassandra on Kubernetes. Additionally, DataStax Astra offers a database-as-a-service platform that significantly accelerates deployment times, while DataStax Constellation streamlines the development and operation of modern applications. The company also provides training, support, and consulting services to ensure effective database management. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, DataStax maintains a global presence with offices in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Australia, and Ireland.

Nimble Storage

Series E in 2012
Nimble Storage, Inc. specializes in providing flash storage platforms that integrate predictive analytics and cloud infrastructure to streamline operations in both on-premises data centers and cloud environments. The company's offerings include InfoSight, a predictive cloud platform that enhances the performance of various business applications, such as virtual servers, databases, and collaboration tools. Nimble Storage's product lineup features AF-Series All Flash arrays and CS-Series Adaptive Flash arrays, designed for high-I/O applications like Oracle and SQL Server. Additionally, the company offers Nimble Cloud Volumes, an enterprise-grade multi-cloud storage service compatible with major cloud providers like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Nimble Storage distributes its solutions through a network of value-added resellers, system integrators, and distributors across diverse industries, including healthcare, education, and financial services. Established in 2007 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nimble Storage operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

Zscaler

Series A in 2012
Zscaler is a leading provider of cloud-native cybersecurity solutions, specializing in Internet security through its innovative Security as a Service platform. The company serves over 5,000 organizations, including a significant number of Fortune 500 companies, and protects more than 13 million users globally from cyber threats and data breaches while ensuring compliance with various corporate and regulatory standards. Zscaler offers two main services: Zscaler Internet Access for secure external application access and Zscaler Private Access for secure internal application access. Its multi-tenant, distributed cloud security platform operates from over 100 data centers worldwide, delivering comprehensive internet security solutions such as next-generation firewalls, web security, data loss prevention, and threat intelligence without the need for on-premise hardware. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Zscaler continues to enable organizations to harness the benefits of cloud and mobile computing with robust security measures.

Nutanix

Series C in 2012
Nutanix is a cloud software company that provides a comprehensive enterprise cloud platform, enabling organizations to build and manage hybrid multi-cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix offers a range of solutions, including Acropolis for virtualization and storage, Nutanix Prism for management and analytics, and Nutanix Calm for application lifecycle automation. The company's services also encompass software-defined storage solutions, cloud-native environment management, and disaster recovery services. Notably, Nutanix Beam, a multi-cloud optimization service, enhances cloud cost efficiency by delivering insights into consumption patterns and automating security compliance. Serving diverse industries such as healthcare, finance, and technology, Nutanix aims to simplify IT operations, allowing businesses to focus on innovation while efficiently managing their data and applications across various environments.

Tintri

Series D in 2012
Tintri’s all-flash architecture uses building blocks similar to the public cloud to simply manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Customers guarantee the performance of their applications, automate common IT tasks via Open APIs, troubleshoot across their infrastructure, and predict an organization’s needs to scale the underpinnings of a modern data center. That’s why leading cloud service providers and enterprises, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare trust Tintri with enterprise cloud.
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