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 Infrastructure

Arrcus

Series D in 2023
Arrcus, Inc. develops closed-source operating systems for switches and routers, focusing on creating scalable infrastructure for physical, virtual, and cloud network environments. Founded in 2016 and based in San Jose, California, the company offers a range of products, including ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform that provides real-time network insights for incident management and troubleshooting. Additional offerings include the Arrcus VDR routing platform and solutions for IP/EVPN Clos and multi-cloud networking. Arrcus aims to facilitate network transformation by interconnecting people, machines, and data, enabling businesses to streamline operations and enhance manageability across their entire infrastructure.

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.

Voltron Data

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of an open-source platform designed to build bridges across the data analytics ecosystem. The company's platform connects data, hardware, and developers and builds multi-language across platform tools for accelerated data interchange and in-memory processing, enabling developers, data scientists, and data engineers to improve the toolchains and interoperability standards for data access, preparation, cleaning, analytics, and feature engineering.

Voltron Data

Series A in 2022
Developer of an open-source platform designed to build bridges across the data analytics ecosystem. The company's platform connects data, hardware, and developers and builds multi-language across platform tools for accelerated data interchange and in-memory processing, enabling developers, data scientists, and data engineers to improve the toolchains and interoperability standards for data access, preparation, cleaning, analytics, and feature engineering.

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.

Hubilo

Series B in 2021
Hubilo Technologies Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a virtual events platform, which facilitates interactive online events by offering features such as speaker and breakout sessions, virtual booths, and one-on-one meeting lounges. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Hubilo's platform aims to connect attendees globally and foster meaningful interactions among participants. The company provides tools for event organizers to create, promote, manage, and analyze their events effectively, while also generating valuable insights into attendee engagement and event-related data. Hubilo seeks to transform the marketing landscape surrounding virtual events, providing key stakeholders such as marketing executives and sponsors with the analytics necessary for maximizing their event impact.

Hubilo

Series B in 2021
Hubilo Technologies Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a virtual events platform, which facilitates interactive online events by offering features such as speaker and breakout sessions, virtual booths, and one-on-one meeting lounges. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Hubilo's platform aims to connect attendees globally and foster meaningful interactions among participants. The company provides tools for event organizers to create, promote, manage, and analyze their events effectively, while also generating valuable insights into attendee engagement and event-related data. Hubilo seeks to transform the marketing landscape surrounding virtual events, providing key stakeholders such as marketing executives and sponsors with the analytics necessary for maximizing their event impact.

Freight Tiger

Venture Round in 2021
Developer of a digital freight network designed to simplify and improve the lives of individual workers across the logistics supply chain. The company's software brings location intelligence, management, and fulfillment visibility of freight transactions and payments in one place, enabling logistics service providers and transportation companies to optimize truck usage, enjoy optimized payment cycles, and plant logistics managers.

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.

Arrcus

Venture Round in 2021
Arrcus, Inc. develops closed-source operating systems for switches and routers, focusing on creating scalable infrastructure for physical, virtual, and cloud network environments. Founded in 2016 and based in San Jose, California, the company offers a range of products, including ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform that provides real-time network insights for incident management and troubleshooting. Additional offerings include the Arrcus VDR routing platform and solutions for IP/EVPN Clos and multi-cloud networking. Arrcus aims to facilitate network transformation by interconnecting people, machines, and data, enabling businesses to streamline operations and enhance manageability across their entire infrastructure.

Hubilo

Series A in 2021
Hubilo Technologies Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a virtual events platform, which facilitates interactive online events by offering features such as speaker and breakout sessions, virtual booths, and one-on-one meeting lounges. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Hubilo's platform aims to connect attendees globally and foster meaningful interactions among participants. The company provides tools for event organizers to create, promote, manage, and analyze their events effectively, while also generating valuable insights into attendee engagement and event-related data. Hubilo seeks to transform the marketing landscape surrounding virtual events, providing key stakeholders such as marketing executives and sponsors with the analytics necessary for maximizing their event impact.

Hubilo

Seed Round in 2020
Hubilo Technologies Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a virtual events platform, which facilitates interactive online events by offering features such as speaker and breakout sessions, virtual booths, and one-on-one meeting lounges. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Hubilo's platform aims to connect attendees globally and foster meaningful interactions among participants. The company provides tools for event organizers to create, promote, manage, and analyze their events effectively, while also generating valuable insights into attendee engagement and event-related data. Hubilo seeks to transform the marketing landscape surrounding virtual events, providing key stakeholders such as marketing executives and sponsors with the analytics necessary for maximizing their event impact.

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.

Dimension

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Dimension is a company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in developing an enterprise application platform tailored for insurance and financial services. Founded in 2019, Dimension's platform enables users to create, deploy, and manage complex applications without the need for coding. This innovative approach aims to streamline the product sales process, enhancing customer experience and allowing large organizations to develop custom software more efficiently and cost-effectively than traditional methods. In addition to its core platform offerings, Dimension also provides various services, including on-demand junk removal, cardboard removal, graffiti and etchings removal, exterior cleaning, gardening, landscaping, and power washing.

Dimension

Venture Round in 2019
Dimension is a company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in developing an enterprise application platform tailored for insurance and financial services. Founded in 2019, Dimension's platform enables users to create, deploy, and manage complex applications without the need for coding. This innovative approach aims to streamline the product sales process, enhancing customer experience and allowing large organizations to develop custom software more efficiently and cost-effectively than traditional methods. In addition to its core platform offerings, Dimension also provides various services, including on-demand junk removal, cardboard removal, graffiti and etchings removal, exterior cleaning, gardening, landscaping, and power washing.

Arrcus

Series B in 2019
Arrcus, Inc. develops closed-source operating systems for switches and routers, focusing on creating scalable infrastructure for physical, virtual, and cloud network environments. Founded in 2016 and based in San Jose, California, the company offers a range of products, including ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform that provides real-time network insights for incident management and troubleshooting. Additional offerings include the Arrcus VDR routing platform and solutions for IP/EVPN Clos and multi-cloud networking. Arrcus aims to facilitate network transformation by interconnecting people, machines, and data, enabling businesses to streamline operations and enhance manageability across their entire infrastructure.

Freight Tiger

Venture Round in 2019
Developer of a digital freight network designed to simplify and improve the lives of individual workers across the logistics supply chain. The company's software brings location intelligence, management, and fulfillment visibility of freight transactions and payments in one place, enabling logistics service providers and transportation companies to optimize truck usage, enjoy optimized payment cycles, and plant logistics managers.

Abstract

Series C in 2019
Abstract is the design workflow management system that empowers design teams and stakeholders to seamlessly manage, version, and collaborate. It specializes in the fields of software, web apps, and web designs. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Impira

Series B in 2019
Impira, Inc. is a company that offers an artificial intelligence platform designed to manage and streamline unstructured data, including images, videos, PDFs, and scanned documents. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the platform integrates with existing systems to consolidate various data sources, providing users with a comprehensive view of their information. Impira's solutions enhance workflows by automating the management of data and eliminating manual tasks. Additionally, the company offers Mango, an AI-powered tool that facilitates the search and extraction of key information from contracts and other documents. By employing machine learning and computer vision algorithms, Impira enables organizations to effectively categorize and analyze visual content, improving the way businesses interact with their data and enhancing overall productivity.

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.

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.

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.

Elemential

Seed Round in 2018
Elemential Labs Pvt. Ltd. is a company that provides a plug-and-play platform designed for blockchain developers to create and manage their networks. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, Elemential focuses on simplifying enterprise adoption of blockchain technology. The company offers Hadron, a middleware solution that automates the installation of node software and facilitates secure communication among network participants. Its platform includes features such as one-click deployment, a blockchain invitation system, node management tools, predictive corrections for network imbalances, a collaborative tool for smart contracts, and secure key generation and management. By providing an open and accessible development ecosystem, Elemential aims to empower the next generation of blockchain innovators to design, run, and scale their networks with reduced overhead.

BuildingConnected

Series B in 2017
BuildingConnected, Inc. operates a cloud-based construction communication platform that facilitates bid procurement and management for the construction industry. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform allows users to find and communicate with general contractors and subcontractors, send invitations to bid, and share project-related documents. It enhances collaboration by enabling networking among construction professionals and provides tools for searching and rating potential bidders. In addition to bid management, BuildingConnected offers performance analytics and integrated cloud storage, helping users manage bids more efficiently and track opportunities throughout the pre-construction phase. The company has been a subsidiary of Autodesk since January 2019.

Heptio

Series B in 2017
Heptio is a company by founders of the Kubernetes® project, built to support and advance the open Kubernetes ecosystem. Heptio bridges the gap between enterprise IT, and the emerging world of cloud-native computing. Use tools, technology, and operations models pioneered by the internet giants, but built from the ground up for the modern enterprise. Heptio smooths the road to production use of Docker containers.

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.

Impira

Series A in 2017
Impira, Inc. is a company that offers an artificial intelligence platform designed to manage and streamline unstructured data, including images, videos, PDFs, and scanned documents. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the platform integrates with existing systems to consolidate various data sources, providing users with a comprehensive view of their information. Impira's solutions enhance workflows by automating the management of data and eliminating manual tasks. Additionally, the company offers Mango, an AI-powered tool that facilitates the search and extraction of key information from contracts and other documents. By employing machine learning and computer vision algorithms, Impira enables organizations to effectively categorize and analyze visual content, improving the way businesses interact with their data and enhancing overall productivity.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Infinio

Series B in 2013
Infinio addresses the most expensive bottleneck in virtual environments: storage performance. Data center administrators buy more storage hardware when what they really want is better storage performance. Infinio offers a software-only solution instead. Infinio has strong financial backing from tier-one venture capitalists including Highland Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Osage University Partners.

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.

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.

Virtual Instruments

Series D in 2012
Virtual Instruments is the leader in IT Infrastructure Performance Management for the physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments. Virtual Instruments is a dynamic, fast-growing technology company with a performance driven culture. Founded in June 2008 we are headquartered in the heart of the Silicon Valley, led by an industry-proven executive team, and backed by a group of highly experienced and successful investors. As a company, we are focused on delivering unparalleled value to our customers through a truly innovative combination of disruptive technology and revolutionary services. Our customers represent industry leading brands in every major vertical market, all of whom have some of the most performance sensitive and complex IT environments in the world. Our unwavering commitment to our customers' success, ensuring the performance and availability of their mission critical application workload as they migrate from physical to virtual and cloud computing environments, is what has fueled our record growth and is driving the ongoing development of our award winning Infrastructure Performance Management platform, VirtualWisdom.

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.

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.

Avere Systems

Series C in 2012
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.

Pivot3

Venture Round in 2012
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.

Infinio

Seed Round in 2012
Infinio addresses the most expensive bottleneck in virtual environments: storage performance. Data center administrators buy more storage hardware when what they really want is better storage performance. Infinio offers a software-only solution instead. Infinio has strong financial backing from tier-one venture capitalists including Highland Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Osage University Partners.

Nutanix

Series B in 2011
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.

Nimble Storage

Series D in 2011
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.

Tintri

Series C in 2011
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.

IO Turbine

Venture Round in 2011
IO Turbine, Inc., a San Jose, CA-based early-stage company developing a software solution to address I/O bottleneck issues by using Flash technology directly in VMware server environments.

Nutanix

Series A in 2011
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 B in 2011
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.

Nicira Networks

Series C in 2011
Nicira Networks specializes in software solutions that facilitate the virtualization of networks, aimed at enhancing the transition to cloud infrastructure. Founded by leading researchers in networking from Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley, the company focuses on enabling elastic, scale-out data centers. Its primary product, the Network Hypervisor, transforms traditional data center networks by reproducing the network service model in a logical space, which allows for better control and management of logical networks. Led by experienced entrepreneurs in the fields of networking, security, and virtualization, Nicira Networks is at the forefront of innovation in cloud infrastructure.

Cirtas Systems

Series B in 2011
Cirtas solves the challenges associated with storing data in the cloud, making cloud storage work just like on-site enterprise storage arrays. Deployed in the data center, Cirtas Bluejet Cloud Storage Controllers simplify storage management and vastly reduce storage TCO for medium to large enterprises. Founded in 2008, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California and is backed by NEA, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and Amazon.

Nimble Storage

Series C in 2010
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.

Cirtas Systems

Series A in 2010
Cirtas solves the challenges associated with storing data in the cloud, making cloud storage work just like on-site enterprise storage arrays. Deployed in the data center, Cirtas Bluejet Cloud Storage Controllers simplify storage management and vastly reduce storage TCO for medium to large enterprises. Founded in 2008, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California and is backed by NEA, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and Amazon.

Fusion-io

Series C in 2010
Fusion-io delivers the world's data faster. The Fusion ioMemory platform and software defined storage solutions accelerate virtualization, databases, cloud computing, big data and performance applications. From e-commerce retailers to the world's social media leaders and Fortune Global 500 companies, customers are improving the performance and efficiency of their data centers with Fusion-io technology to accelerate the critical applications of the information economy.

Pivot3

Series D in 2010
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.

Pivot3

Venture Round in 2009
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.

Fusion-io

Series B in 2009
Fusion-io delivers the world's data faster. The Fusion ioMemory platform and software defined storage solutions accelerate virtualization, databases, cloud computing, big data and performance applications. From e-commerce retailers to the world's social media leaders and Fortune Global 500 companies, customers are improving the performance and efficiency of their data centers with Fusion-io technology to accelerate the critical applications of the information economy.

Pivot3

Series C in 2008
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.

Pivot3

Venture Round in 2007
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.

Riverbed Technology

Venture Round in 2006
Riverbed Technology specializes in developing IT performance solutions that address key challenges in information technology across wide area networks (WANs). The company's product offerings include the Steelhead and Cascade lines, which enhance application performance and data access for branch offices, mobile workers, and cloud environments. Central to their technology is the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS), a combination of hardware and software that significantly boosts transmission speeds, often by 5 to 100 times, thereby improving the efficiency of distributed computing environments. Riverbed serves various sectors, including government, financial services, oil and gas, and retail, providing tools that visualize, optimize, and accelerate network performance while also addressing cybersecurity risks. Through its solutions, Riverbed enables clients to enhance visibility and performance across networks, applications, and end-user devices, facilitating better capitalizations on cloud and digital investments.

Pivot3

Series B in 2005
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.

Riverbed Technology

Series B in 2004
Riverbed Technology specializes in developing IT performance solutions that address key challenges in information technology across wide area networks (WANs). The company's product offerings include the Steelhead and Cascade lines, which enhance application performance and data access for branch offices, mobile workers, and cloud environments. Central to their technology is the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS), a combination of hardware and software that significantly boosts transmission speeds, often by 5 to 100 times, thereby improving the efficiency of distributed computing environments. Riverbed serves various sectors, including government, financial services, oil and gas, and retail, providing tools that visualize, optimize, and accelerate network performance while also addressing cybersecurity risks. Through its solutions, Riverbed enables clients to enhance visibility and performance across networks, applications, and end-user devices, facilitating better capitalizations on cloud and digital investments.

Riverbed Technology

Series A in 2003
Riverbed Technology specializes in developing IT performance solutions that address key challenges in information technology across wide area networks (WANs). The company's product offerings include the Steelhead and Cascade lines, which enhance application performance and data access for branch offices, mobile workers, and cloud environments. Central to their technology is the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS), a combination of hardware and software that significantly boosts transmission speeds, often by 5 to 100 times, thereby improving the efficiency of distributed computing environments. Riverbed serves various sectors, including government, financial services, oil and gas, and retail, providing tools that visualize, optimize, and accelerate network performance while also addressing cybersecurity risks. Through its solutions, Riverbed enables clients to enhance visibility and performance across networks, applications, and end-user devices, facilitating better capitalizations on cloud and digital investments.

Pluris

Series D in 2000
Pluris is focused on developing next-generation IP core infrastructure, utilizing its Teraplex architecture to offer enhanced scalability, fault-tolerance, and performance. This innovative design aims to provide service providers with a future that eliminates the need for costly and disruptive upgrades. In addition to its core infrastructure solutions, Pluris offers valuation advisory and daily marks services, catering to high-volume clients, large institutions, and diverse portfolios globally. Through these services, Pluris supports its clients in navigating complex valuation challenges in an ever-evolving market landscape.

SiteRock

Series B in 2000
SiteROCK’s suite of services optimize the performance and availability of business critical IT infrastructures, improve the quality of IT service delivery enterprise–wide and provide timely, integrated IT management information - while enabling they clients to dramatically reduce costs.
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