Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm founded in 1961 and based in Palo Alto, California. The firm specializes in early to late-stage investments across a diverse range of sectors, including technology, healthcare, consumer products, and business services. Norwest has invested in over 600 companies and currently partners with more than 140 active firms within its portfolio. The firm focuses on providing capital to companies in the United States, India, and Israel, investing amounts typically ranging from $1 million to $30 million for early-stage companies and $15 million to $100 million for growth equity investments. With a strong emphasis on helping CEOs and founders scale their businesses, Norwest leverages its extensive network and operational expertise to support the companies in which it invests.
Principal, Head of Mergers Acquisitions and Capital Markets
Yoni Braun
Vice President
Sonya Brown
General Partner and Co-Head of Growth Equity
Sohil Chand
Founder and Managing Director
Shiv Chaudhary
Managing Director
Casper De Clercq
General Partner
Nathan Cohen
Vice President
Jeff Crowe
Co-Founder and Senior Managing Partner
Elaine Dai
Investor
Matthew De Dominicis
Partner and CFO
David Glaser
Investor
John Gu
Principal
Sean Jacobsohn
Partner
Trey Jennings
Senior Associate
Krish Kapadia
Associate, NVP India
Sameer Kapur
Vice President, Growth Equity
Paul Kigawa
Associate
Nikhil Kookada
Vice President
Jon Kossow
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Jordan Leites
Vice President
Sonia Li
Associate
Brian Matesic
Principal
Ryan McDonald
Principal - Healthcare
Scott Mitchell
Vice President
Venkat Mohan
Operating Partner and Board Member
Dror Nahumi
General Partner
Michelle Nie
Investor
Connor Pike
Principal, Growth Equity
Ankit Prasad
Vice President
Irem Rami
Principal, Growth Equity and Venture
Ashwin Ravi
Associate
Christopher Scullin
Vice President
Rama Sekhar
Partner
Suraj Shah
Vice President
Niren Shah
Managing Director and Head of India, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) India
Chris Sondej
Principal, Growth Equity
Gabe Stauber
Associate
Gary Tang
Senior Associate
Laurie Tennant
Principal, People Advisory
Sanchana Vasikaran
Associate
Jessica Yi
Vice President
Edward Yip
Partner
David Zilberman
General Partner
Dave Zilberman
General Partner
Ran Ding
Partner
Priti Youssef Choksi
Partner
Past deals in SaaS
Zelis
Private Equity Round in 2024
Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience by providing a connected platform that bridges the gaps and aligns interests across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. This platform serves more than 700 payers, including the top-5 national health plans, BCBS insurers, regional health plans, TPAs and self-insured employers, and millions of healthcare providers and consumers. Zelis sees across the system to identify, optimize, and solve problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts – driving real, measurable results for clients.
Courier Health
Series A in 2024
Courier Health is a developer of a patient engagement platform that focuses on delivering personalized experiences throughout the healthcare process. Its platform facilitates seamless and compliant coordination among healthcare providers, incorporating predictive intelligence and real-time analytics. This enables healthcare organizations to enhance operational efficiency and foster collaboration, ultimately aiming for improved patient outcomes.
Legion Technologies
Venture Round in 2024
Legion Technologies, Inc. develops a workforce engagement platform that leverages artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud technology to enhance workforce management. Its flagship product, the Legion platform, offers features such as demand forecasting, labor optimization, automated scheduling, employee engagement, and time and attendance tracking. These tools help businesses improve compliance, budget control, retail sales, and workforce sharing. Targeting industries such as retail, food services, health and fitness, and hospitality, Legion enables organizations to maximize labor efficiency while enhancing employee engagement. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company also has offices in Hudson, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; and Milton, Georgia. Legion Technologies is recognized for its rapid growth and innovative approach to workforce management, providing a user-friendly platform and mobile app that appeal to employees.
Enable
Series D in 2023
Enable is a cloud-based software platform established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It specializes in rebate management, offering solutions for distributors, manufacturers, and retailers to effectively manage complex trading agreements with suppliers and customers. The platform provides actionable insights that facilitate smarter planning and precise execution of rebate deals, while also streamlining financial reporting with auditable results. By enabling companies to collaborate with their trading partners through well-structured plans and incentive programs, Enable helps businesses acquire, retain, and serve their customers more effectively.
Guidde
Series A in 2023
Guidde is a knowledge management platform that facilitates efficient knowledge transfer for businesses, enhancing both team productivity and customer interactions. The platform enables users to collaboratively create, maintain, organize, and share video-based content that is context-aware and accessible at the point of need. By streamlining the processes of capturing and distributing knowledge, Guidde helps teams shorten the time it takes for customers to understand and utilize solutions, while also supporting continuous upskilling for employees and partners. Its innovative approach is utilized by various teams, including Customer Success, Pre Sales, and Product teams, to improve operational effectiveness and knowledge collaboration.
Spiff
Series C in 2023
Spiff Inc. is a software company that specializes in sales commission automation through its SaaS platform. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Sandy, Utah, with an office in Mountain View, California, Spiff offers a comprehensive solution that allows organizations to design, manage, and optimize their sales commission plans. The platform enables users to create and modify commission structures, automate data integration from various systems such as ERP and payroll, and provide sales teams with personalized dashboards to track their performance. Spiff’s software streamlines complex commission processes, enhances accuracy by eliminating errors, and supports advanced features like modeling new plans and generating detailed payroll reports. The company primarily serves finance and sales operations, sales and marketing teams, managers, and executives, facilitating improved sales performance through real-time insights and automation.
Simpplr
Series D in 2023
Simpplr Inc. operates an online employee experience platform that focuses on enhancing internal communication and collaboration within organizations. The platform allows employees to search for knowledge articles, post questions, and create support cases, fostering a connected workforce. Simpplr's solutions are designed to deliver personalized experiences that engage and inspire employees, supporting their ability to thrive in various work environments. Incorporated in 2014, the company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and India. Simpplr also offers services such as implementation, onboarding, customer success check-ins, and technical support to ensure effective use of its platform.
Elevate
Series B in 2023
Elevate is an automated, AI-driven benefit account platform designed to assist account administrators, including benefit platforms, financial institutions, health plans, and third-party administrators. The company aims to modernize consumer benefits by offering an all-in-one, reliable technology solution that supports Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), and Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs). Elevate's platform is utilized by thousands of employers and serves hundreds of thousands of American workers and their families, streamlining the management of consumer-directed employee benefits.
Lavender
Series A in 2023
Lavender is a software application that provides an AI-driven email assistant designed to enhance the writing of sales emails. The platform offers features such as AI recommendations, reply optimization, and tools for integrating gifs, checking spelling and grammar, assessing spam potential, analyzing subject lines, and conducting prospect and company research. These capabilities enable sales professionals to craft more effective and impactful business emails.
Enable
Series C in 2022
Enable is a cloud-based software platform established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It specializes in rebate management, offering solutions for distributors, manufacturers, and retailers to effectively manage complex trading agreements with suppliers and customers. The platform provides actionable insights that facilitate smarter planning and precise execution of rebate deals, while also streamlining financial reporting with auditable results. By enabling companies to collaborate with their trading partners through well-structured plans and incentive programs, Enable helps businesses acquire, retain, and serve their customers more effectively.
Xembly
Series A in 2022
Xembly is an artificial intelligence-based productivity platform that serves as an all-in-one assistant for enhancing workplace efficiency. It automates various tasks associated with meetings, including scheduling, note-taking, and task tracking. By utilizing AI and robotic process automation, Xembly enables users to delegate these responsibilities effectively, helping to navigate scheduling conflicts and create organized agendas. This technology aims to maximize productivity for businesses by streamlining meeting-related workflows and allowing employees to focus on more critical tasks.
Noyo
Series B in 2022
Noyo is a company focused on modernizing the insurance industry through API-based data exchange. Established by experts in benefits, insurance, and technology, Noyo aims to enhance the infrastructure of the benefits sector by providing seamless digital connectivity. Its platform enables the secure exchange of critical benefits data among insurers, brokers, and consumers, facilitating real-time access to information essential for benefit design and delivery. By offering a suite of developer-friendly application programming interfaces, Noyo allows brokers and insurers to effortlessly connect with various platforms, streamlining the enrollment process and improving overall efficiency in the benefits landscape.
Qualified
Series C in 2022
Qualified is the pipeline generation platform for revenue teams that utilize Salesforce to expand their pipeline. They do this by using their most valuable sales and marketing resource, the corporate website, to find the most valuable buyers, find buyer intent signals, and initiate sales talk right away. In order to detect account-based buyer intent and enable real-time sales discussions, Qualified, which is based on Salesforce, links the website with Salesforce data.
Obsidian Security
Series C in 2022
Obsidian Security, Inc. develops cloud infrastructure and data center security solutions, focusing on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence to address cyber threats in hybrid-cloud environments. The company provides a platform that enables threat detection, breach remediation, and security hardening specifically for business-critical software as a service (SaaS) applications. By delivering cloud detection and response capabilities, Obsidian Security aims to enhance the security posture of enterprises. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Newport Beach, California, the company is dedicated to creating a comprehensive understanding of interconnected applications to ensure their safety and security.
Sedai
Series A in 2022
Sedai specializes in providing an AI-driven platform that focuses on cloud cost optimization and performance enhancement for DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams. By leveraging machine learning, Sedai's technology autonomously manages applications across various cloud environments, predicting potential issues and minimizing resolution time to boost service availability. This approach allows organizations to achieve continuous optimization in real-time, adapting to changes and scaling their operations effectively with minimal human intervention. Ultimately, Sedai empowers companies to optimize their cloud expenditures while enhancing operational efficiency and improving customer experiences.
SourceDay
Series C in 2022
SourceDay LLC is a software company that specializes in developing a Software-as-a-Service platform focused on automating purchase order management. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, SourceDay offers a centralized solution that streamlines buyer and supplier relationships, reducing errors and communication delays. Its platform provides features such as real-time supplier performance metrics, automated PO processing, and integration with existing ERP systems. SourceDay's tools include collaboration on purchase orders, requests for quotes, accounts payable, and quality control, making it particularly beneficial for manufacturing and distribution companies. The solution replaces traditional communication methods like emails and spreadsheets with a more efficient cloud-based system, helping businesses manage exceptions and enhance their supply chain operations.
Modal.io
Venture Round in 2022
Modal is a Mastery Platform that gives every employee the skills they need to do better work by teaching them the technical skills to understand the context or the 'why' and the 'how'' in every step of the process.
Prevedere
Venture Round in 2022
Prevedere, Inc. is a predictive analytics company that specializes in business performance forecasting software. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with an additional office in Sunnyvale, California, Prevedere provides a range of services including industry outlook reports, consumer behavior data, and predictive insights. The company's platform helps businesses monitor economic, environmental, and consumer behavior data to identify leading indicators for revenue and profit, thereby aiding in informed decision-making. Prevedere's offerings include predictive marketing analytics, financial forecasting intelligence, and demand planning solutions. The company also develops proprietary systems and APIs that integrate diverse data sources to ensure data accuracy and relevance. With a team comprising industry experts, data scientists, and economists, Prevedere supports organizations in navigating an ever-evolving market landscape.
Ermetic - a Tenable company
Series B in 2021
Tenable is a cloud-native application protection platform company that helps prevent breaches by analyzing permissions, configurations, and behavior across the full stack of identities. The company's CNAPP delivers in-depth contextual analysis in simple terms and reveals toxic combinations, such as privileged access to publicly exposed, vulnerable workloads.
HoneyBook
Series E in 2021
HoneyBook, Inc. is a business software company that offers a comprehensive platform designed for independent business owners, particularly in the event planning sector. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, the platform facilitates the management of client interactions by providing tools for communication, contract creation, invoicing, and payment processing. HoneyBook connects clients, vendors, and event planners, allowing users to streamline their workflows and improve client experiences. The platform has gained significant traction, with over 100,000 service-based businesses in the United States and Canada utilizing it to manage more than $9 billion in transactions. HoneyBook also has a presence in Tel Aviv and employs remote staff worldwide, signifying its commitment to supporting professionals in delivering their services effectively.
SlashNext
Series B in 2021
SlashNext is the phishing authority and leading the fight to protect the world's internet users from phishing anywhere. SlashNext end-to-end phishing protection services utilize our patented SEER technology to detect zero-hour phishing threats by performing dynamic run-time analysis on billions of URLs a day through virtual browsers and machine learning. Take advantage of SlashNext's services using mobile apps, browser extensions, and APIs that integrate with leading mobile endpoint management and IR tools. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Prevedere
Series B in 2021
Prevedere, Inc. is a predictive analytics company that specializes in business performance forecasting software. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with an additional office in Sunnyvale, California, Prevedere provides a range of services including industry outlook reports, consumer behavior data, and predictive insights. The company's platform helps businesses monitor economic, environmental, and consumer behavior data to identify leading indicators for revenue and profit, thereby aiding in informed decision-making. Prevedere's offerings include predictive marketing analytics, financial forecasting intelligence, and demand planning solutions. The company also develops proprietary systems and APIs that integrate diverse data sources to ensure data accuracy and relevance. With a team comprising industry experts, data scientists, and economists, Prevedere supports organizations in navigating an ever-evolving market landscape.
Prodly
Series A in 2021
Prodly helps companies build and continuously improve business applications faster, more reliably, and more frequently. Prodly’s AppOps platform automates the full lifecycle of low-code development, empowers more non-developers to configure applications, removes bottlenecks in the development process, and provides IT governance to mitigate risk of agile development. Customers like Nutanix, Johnson & Johnson, Splunk, Tableau, and Verizon use Prodly AppOps to update mission critical applications such as Salesforce CPQ, Salesforce Billing, Field Service Lightning, and Salesforce B2B Commerce at the speed of business. The company is based in Palo Alto, California with global operations. For more information, visit prodly.co.
Karat
Series C in 2021
Karat Inc. specializes in technical interviewing software designed to assist organizations in hiring software engineers. Founded in 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington, Karat offers a platform that enables the recording of technical interviews, captures candidates' coding abilities, structures feedback, and generates recommendations for hiring teams. Through its network of interview engineers and a purpose-built interviewing infrastructure, Karat aims to address the global shortage of software engineers by expanding hiring capacity and improving the quality of engineering talent. The platform also focuses on reducing pedigree bias and increasing access to underrepresented candidates in the tech industry, thereby fostering a more diverse talent pool.
Elevate
Series A in 2021
Elevate is an automated, AI-driven benefit account platform designed to assist account administrators, including benefit platforms, financial institutions, health plans, and third-party administrators. The company aims to modernize consumer benefits by offering an all-in-one, reliable technology solution that supports Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), and Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs). Elevate's platform is utilized by thousands of employers and serves hundreds of thousands of American workers and their families, streamlining the management of consumer-directed employee benefits.
Petabyte Technology
Series B in 2021
Petabyte Technology Inc. is a company that offers a cloud-based software platform specifically designed for veterinary clinics. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with additional offices in cities like San Francisco and New York, Petabyte Technology focuses on enhancing practice productivity and improving patient care through its SaaS-based practice management software, Rhapsody. This software is accessible on various devices, including desktops, tablets, and mobile phones. It streamlines operations by replacing traditional methods like sticky notes and multiple software tabs, allowing veterinarians to manage client interactions, conduct online assessments, create invoices, and maintain patient medical histories. Ultimately, Petabyte Technology aims to empower veterinary professionals with better control and understanding of their practice, thereby promoting a higher quality of care and an improved work-life balance.
Enable
Series B in 2021
Enable is a cloud-based software platform established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It specializes in rebate management, offering solutions for distributors, manufacturers, and retailers to effectively manage complex trading agreements with suppliers and customers. The platform provides actionable insights that facilitate smarter planning and precise execution of rebate deals, while also streamlining financial reporting with auditable results. By enabling companies to collaborate with their trading partners through well-structured plans and incentive programs, Enable helps businesses acquire, retain, and serve their customers more effectively.
MindTickle
Series E in 2021
MindTickle is a privately-held company that provides a data-driven sales readiness platform aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of customer-facing teams. With its headquarters in San Francisco and Pune, the platform is utilized by sales teams across various industries to address knowledge and skill gaps through automated training paths, adaptive learning, and virtual coaching tools. MindTickle's solution incorporates gamification and role-play elements, facilitating on-demand training and mobile updates. This comprehensive approach helps organizations assess and certify the readiness of their sales representatives, leading to improved deal sizes, higher win rates, and shorter sales cycles. Investors in MindTickle include Accel, Canaan, NEA, NewView Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and Softbank.
Bluecore
Series E in 2021
Bluecore is a multi-channel marketing platform that leverages predictive intelligence to enhance retail marketing efforts. The platform unifies and analyzes consumer behavior and product data, allowing businesses to understand each shopper's past interactions and anticipated future behavior with brand products. By managing nearly 500 million shopper IDs and a vast product catalog, Bluecore enables marketers to personalize customer interactions across various channels, including email, websites, display ads, and social media. This data-driven approach empowers businesses to effectively acquire, retain, and grow their customer base.
supplier.io
Venture Round in 2021
Supplier.io is a technology company that specializes in providing software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to enhance supplier diversity programs. The company offers a comprehensive suite of tools that includes data enrichment, benchmarking, diversity analytics, reporting, and supplier registration. Its services also encompass tier 2 spend reporting and economic impact analysis. By leveraging data intelligence and expert guidance, Supplier.io aims to help organizations effectively manage, optimize, and scale their supplier diversity initiatives, facilitating the growth of small businesses and promoting diverse suppliers within the supply chain.
Simpplr
Series C in 2021
Simpplr Inc. operates an online employee experience platform that focuses on enhancing internal communication and collaboration within organizations. The platform allows employees to search for knowledge articles, post questions, and create support cases, fostering a connected workforce. Simpplr's solutions are designed to deliver personalized experiences that engage and inspire employees, supporting their ability to thrive in various work environments. Incorporated in 2014, the company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and India. Simpplr also offers services such as implementation, onboarding, customer success check-ins, and technical support to ensure effective use of its platform.
Pequity
Series A in 2021
Pequity is a compensation management software designed to simplify and enhance the process of creating equitable pay structures for organizations. By merging the user-friendly interface of spreadsheets with advanced automation capabilities, Pequity enables HR teams to efficiently manage compensation programs. The platform aims to address pay inequality and streamline the often complex and time-consuming tasks associated with compensation management. Trusted by rapidly growing companies, Pequity was founded by experts in compensation and product design from notable firms. With significant backing from prominent investors, the company is dedicated to fostering equal pay and opportunity across the workforce.
Spiff
Series B in 2021
Spiff Inc. is a software company that specializes in sales commission automation through its SaaS platform. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Sandy, Utah, with an office in Mountain View, California, Spiff offers a comprehensive solution that allows organizations to design, manage, and optimize their sales commission plans. The platform enables users to create and modify commission structures, automate data integration from various systems such as ERP and payroll, and provide sales teams with personalized dashboards to track their performance. Spiff’s software streamlines complex commission processes, enhances accuracy by eliminating errors, and supports advanced features like modeling new plans and generating detailed payroll reports. The company primarily serves finance and sales operations, sales and marketing teams, managers, and executives, facilitating improved sales performance through real-time insights and automation.
Qualified
Series B in 2021
Qualified is the pipeline generation platform for revenue teams that utilize Salesforce to expand their pipeline. They do this by using their most valuable sales and marketing resource, the corporate website, to find the most valuable buyers, find buyer intent signals, and initiate sales talk right away. In order to detect account-based buyer intent and enable real-time sales discussions, Qualified, which is based on Salesforce, links the website with Salesforce data.
Legion Technologies
Series C in 2021
Legion Technologies, Inc. develops a workforce engagement platform that leverages artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud technology to enhance workforce management. Its flagship product, the Legion platform, offers features such as demand forecasting, labor optimization, automated scheduling, employee engagement, and time and attendance tracking. These tools help businesses improve compliance, budget control, retail sales, and workforce sharing. Targeting industries such as retail, food services, health and fitness, and hospitality, Legion enables organizations to maximize labor efficiency while enhancing employee engagement. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company also has offices in Hudson, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; and Milton, Georgia. Legion Technologies is recognized for its rapid growth and innovative approach to workforce management, providing a user-friendly platform and mobile app that appeal to employees.
HoneyBook
Series D in 2021
HoneyBook, Inc. is a business software company that offers a comprehensive platform designed for independent business owners, particularly in the event planning sector. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, the platform facilitates the management of client interactions by providing tools for communication, contract creation, invoicing, and payment processing. HoneyBook connects clients, vendors, and event planners, allowing users to streamline their workflows and improve client experiences. The platform has gained significant traction, with over 100,000 service-based businesses in the United States and Canada utilizing it to manage more than $9 billion in transactions. HoneyBook also has a presence in Tel Aviv and employs remote staff worldwide, signifying its commitment to supporting professionals in delivering their services effectively.
VAST Data
Series D in 2021
VAST Data, Inc. specializes in developing innovative data storage solutions, offering a universal storage platform that integrates Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad-level cell (QLC) SSDs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in San Jose, VAST Data serves various industries, including animation, visual effects, deep learning, and enterprise backup recovery. The platform is designed to accelerate time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, providing scalable performance, simple data management, and improved productivity for AI-driven organizations. Since its launch in 2019, VAST Data has gained recognition as a rapidly growing player in the data infrastructure sector.
Productiv
Series C in 2021
Productiv, Inc. is a cloud-based platform specializing in SaaS management and application engagement insights for IT companies. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Bellevue and San Francisco, Productiv offers a unique approach to managing SaaS portfolios by providing real-time employee engagement data at the feature level. This enables organizations to proactively govern their software usage and optimize operational efficiency. The platform integrates with single sign-on tools to monitor login activity and extract data related to purchases and licenses from various financial systems. By offering solutions for discovery, rightsizing, engagement, and productivity, Productiv empowers companies to maximize their return on investment from SaaS applications. Its client base includes notable companies such as Fox, Uber, and Zoom, reflecting its impact on enhancing employee engagement and overall productivity.
Act-On Software
Venture Round in 2021
Act-On Software, Inc. is a developer of a cloud-based marketing automation platform tailored for small and mid-sized businesses. The platform enables marketers to create and manage various marketing campaigns, including email marketing, website lead generation, social media marketing, and account-based marketing. Act-On's solutions help organizations attract prospects, convert leads, and measure campaign effectiveness while enhancing customer engagement and brand awareness. Additionally, the company offers professional consulting, support, and training services to optimize the use of its platform. Act-On serves diverse industries such as banking, insurance, manufacturing, technology, and agencies. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Act-On also has locations in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Reading, United Kingdom.
MindTickle
Series D in 2020
MindTickle is a privately-held company that provides a data-driven sales readiness platform aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of customer-facing teams. With its headquarters in San Francisco and Pune, the platform is utilized by sales teams across various industries to address knowledge and skill gaps through automated training paths, adaptive learning, and virtual coaching tools. MindTickle's solution incorporates gamification and role-play elements, facilitating on-demand training and mobile updates. This comprehensive approach helps organizations assess and certify the readiness of their sales representatives, leading to improved deal sizes, higher win rates, and shorter sales cycles. Investors in MindTickle include Accel, Canaan, NEA, NewView Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and Softbank.
Karat
Venture Round in 2020
Karat Inc. specializes in technical interviewing software designed to assist organizations in hiring software engineers. Founded in 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington, Karat offers a platform that enables the recording of technical interviews, captures candidates' coding abilities, structures feedback, and generates recommendations for hiring teams. Through its network of interview engineers and a purpose-built interviewing infrastructure, Karat aims to address the global shortage of software engineers by expanding hiring capacity and improving the quality of engineering talent. The platform also focuses on reducing pedigree bias and increasing access to underrepresented candidates in the tech industry, thereby fostering a more diverse talent pool.
Legion Technologies
Series B in 2020
Legion Technologies, Inc. develops a workforce engagement platform that leverages artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud technology to enhance workforce management. Its flagship product, the Legion platform, offers features such as demand forecasting, labor optimization, automated scheduling, employee engagement, and time and attendance tracking. These tools help businesses improve compliance, budget control, retail sales, and workforce sharing. Targeting industries such as retail, food services, health and fitness, and hospitality, Legion enables organizations to maximize labor efficiency while enhancing employee engagement. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company also has offices in Hudson, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; and Milton, Georgia. Legion Technologies is recognized for its rapid growth and innovative approach to workforce management, providing a user-friendly platform and mobile app that appeal to employees.
Omni
Seed Round in 2020
Omni is the fastest way for customer success, support, and sales teams to find the up-to-date answer to a customer’s question. When a sales or support rep is talking to a customer in a tool like Salesforce and can't figure out an answer, Omni will search across any tool they own instantly and will automatically confirm that the answer they find is up-to-date.
Gong
Series D in 2020
Gong is a revenue intelligence company that analyzes sales conversations and customer interactions. The company captures and processes data from various communication channels. It provides insights related to sales performance and customer engagement. Gong serves industries including technology, finance, and healthcare.
Simpplr
Series B in 2020
Simpplr Inc. operates an online employee experience platform that focuses on enhancing internal communication and collaboration within organizations. The platform allows employees to search for knowledge articles, post questions, and create support cases, fostering a connected workforce. Simpplr's solutions are designed to deliver personalized experiences that engage and inspire employees, supporting their ability to thrive in various work environments. Incorporated in 2014, the company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and India. Simpplr also offers services such as implementation, onboarding, customer success check-ins, and technical support to ensure effective use of its platform.
Qualified
Series A in 2020
Qualified is the pipeline generation platform for revenue teams that utilize Salesforce to expand their pipeline. They do this by using their most valuable sales and marketing resource, the corporate website, to find the most valuable buyers, find buyer intent signals, and initiate sales talk right away. In order to detect account-based buyer intent and enable real-time sales discussions, Qualified, which is based on Salesforce, links the website with Salesforce data.
Ermetic - a Tenable company
Series A in 2020
Tenable is a cloud-native application protection platform company that helps prevent breaches by analyzing permissions, configurations, and behavior across the full stack of identities. The company's CNAPP delivers in-depth contextual analysis in simple terms and reveals toxic combinations, such as privileged access to publicly exposed, vulnerable workloads.
Spiff
Series A in 2020
Spiff Inc. is a software company that specializes in sales commission automation through its SaaS platform. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Sandy, Utah, with an office in Mountain View, California, Spiff offers a comprehensive solution that allows organizations to design, manage, and optimize their sales commission plans. The platform enables users to create and modify commission structures, automate data integration from various systems such as ERP and payroll, and provide sales teams with personalized dashboards to track their performance. Spiff’s software streamlines complex commission processes, enhances accuracy by eliminating errors, and supports advanced features like modeling new plans and generating detailed payroll reports. The company primarily serves finance and sales operations, sales and marketing teams, managers, and executives, facilitating improved sales performance through real-time insights and automation.
Bluecore
Series D in 2020
Bluecore is a multi-channel marketing platform that leverages predictive intelligence to enhance retail marketing efforts. The platform unifies and analyzes consumer behavior and product data, allowing businesses to understand each shopper's past interactions and anticipated future behavior with brand products. By managing nearly 500 million shopper IDs and a vast product catalog, Bluecore enables marketers to personalize customer interactions across various channels, including email, websites, display ads, and social media. This data-driven approach empowers businesses to effectively acquire, retain, and grow their customer base.
Prodly
Seed Round in 2020
Prodly helps companies build and continuously improve business applications faster, more reliably, and more frequently. Prodly’s AppOps platform automates the full lifecycle of low-code development, empowers more non-developers to configure applications, removes bottlenecks in the development process, and provides IT governance to mitigate risk of agile development. Customers like Nutanix, Johnson & Johnson, Splunk, Tableau, and Verizon use Prodly AppOps to update mission critical applications such as Salesforce CPQ, Salesforce Billing, Field Service Lightning, and Salesforce B2B Commerce at the speed of business. The company is based in Palo Alto, California with global operations. For more information, visit prodly.co.
Dtex Systems
Series D in 2020
Dtex Systems, Inc. specializes in developing security software solutions aimed at detecting and predicting insider threats, data breaches, and outsider infiltration. The company offers Dtex Intercept, an insider threat platform that provides real-time visibility into risky behavior within organizations, allowing for proactive intervention before incidents occur. Additionally, Dtex Pulse serves as a business operations platform that helps users monitor productivity and efficiency by analyzing usage data across various applications and devices. Dtex's solutions are utilized by a diverse range of industries, including financial services, government and defense, critical infrastructure, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Dtex also has offices in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Australia. The company's technology enables enterprises to enhance their security posture while maintaining employee privacy, making it suitable for organizations of all sizes, especially in the context of increasing remote work.
Ermetic - a Tenable company
Seed Round in 2020
Tenable is a cloud-native application protection platform company that helps prevent breaches by analyzing permissions, configurations, and behavior across the full stack of identities. The company's CNAPP delivers in-depth contextual analysis in simple terms and reveals toxic combinations, such as privileged access to publicly exposed, vulnerable workloads.
VAST Data
Series C in 2020
VAST Data, Inc. specializes in developing innovative data storage solutions, offering a universal storage platform that integrates Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad-level cell (QLC) SSDs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in San Jose, VAST Data serves various industries, including animation, visual effects, deep learning, and enterprise backup recovery. The platform is designed to accelerate time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, providing scalable performance, simple data management, and improved productivity for AI-driven organizations. Since its launch in 2019, VAST Data has gained recognition as a rapidly growing player in the data infrastructure sector.
Envisage Technologies
Venture Round in 2020
Envisage develops SaaS products that automate the full spectrum of training and compliance operations for local, state, and federal agencies spanning corrections, criminal justice, emergency management, fire service, homeland security, law enforcement, military, and other government services. The company’s flagship SaaS product, the Acadis Readiness Suite, is a training and compliance ecosystem for high-risk, high-liability public safety and other government agencies. In addition, Envisage’s FirstForward SaaS training platform helps public safety departments and individual first responders stay safe and ready for duty by making hundreds of courses, paperless training records, and exposure tracking accessible from any location. It also provides professional tools for departments to manage training, compliance, policy documents, and performance reviews in one system.
Boost
Series A in 2020
Boost Insurance empowers any company to engage with their customers and increase sales by offering insurance through their own digital experience. Licensed to develop and distribute P&C insurance products in all 50 states, Boost provides insurance infrastructure-as-a-service that packages the necessary compliance, operational, capital, and technological components of an insurance program into a turnkey white-labeled solution, accessible via a simple API integration. Businesses that choose Boost can reduce the cost and complexity of building and managing their insurance function, and quickly begin engaging their customers with valuable insurance products.
Sunshine
Seed Round in 2020
Sunshine creates advanced technology to make mundane tasks effortless, free up time, and make it easier to be thoughtful. It was founded by Marissa Mayer and Enrique Muñoz Torres, Sunshine (formerly Lumi Labs) debuted in November 2020 with the launch of its first app, Sunshine Contacts. The company is based in Palo Alto, California.
FloQast
Series C in 2020
FloQast, Inc. is a financial close management software company that specializes in streamlining the month-end close process for accounting teams. Based in Los Angeles, California, with a location in Dublin, Ohio, FloQast provides tools that enhance collaboration, visibility, and efficiency during financial reporting. Its flagship product, FloQast, centralizes month-end close tasks, ensuring improved accountability and accuracy. The software integrates with popular accounting systems such as QuickBooks, NetSuite, and SAP, allowing users to automate repetitive tasks and reduce manual errors. Additional offerings include FloQast AutoRec, which uses AI to automate reconciliations, and FloQast Flux, which analyzes variances in financial accounts. The platform caters to various roles, including controllers and CFOs, and supports compliance needs such as SOX and audit readiness. FloQast was founded in 2013 and has formed strategic alliances to enhance its service offerings.
Gong
Series C in 2019
Gong is a revenue intelligence company that analyzes sales conversations and customer interactions. The company captures and processes data from various communication channels. It provides insights related to sales performance and customer engagement. Gong serves industries including technology, finance, and healthcare.
Workato
Series C in 2019
Workato, Inc. is a provider of a cloud automation and integration platform tailored for enterprises, facilitating workflow automation across various applications. Founded in 2013 and based in Cupertino, California, the platform enables businesses to integrate their apps and automate complex workflows with a focus on security and governance. Workato offers features such as pre-built, configurable recipes for rapid deployment, reusable integrations, and iterative development capabilities. The platform enhances sales efficiency by automating customer intelligence, opportunity data management, and order fulfillment processes. Additionally, it supports customer service automation to improve the customer experience, manage account relationships, and predict churn risks. Workato also streamlines financial operations by automating billing and payment processes, while executing targeted marketing campaigns through real-time data integration and customer engagement strategies. By breaking down application silos, Workato empowers organizations to optimize their business operations and drive real-time outcomes from their activities.
Science Exchange
Venture Round in 2019
Science Exchange, Inc. operates an online marketplace that facilitates collaboration between researchers and academic or government laboratories. Established in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the platform allows researchers to search for scientific services from U.S. research institutions, compare pricing, and access quality testimonials. It streamlines the outsourcing process by automating tasks such as obtaining quotes, managing projects, and processing payments, while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance. The marketplace enhances research and development productivity by connecting scientists who need experiments conducted with those who can perform them, thereby providing affordable access to outsourced R&D services. Additionally, Science Exchange offers an enterprise dynamic report tool for pharmaceutical and biotech companies to track key performance indicators related to their outsourced research investments.
Science Exchange
Debt Financing in 2019
Science Exchange, Inc. operates an online marketplace that facilitates collaboration between researchers and academic or government laboratories. Established in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the platform allows researchers to search for scientific services from U.S. research institutions, compare pricing, and access quality testimonials. It streamlines the outsourcing process by automating tasks such as obtaining quotes, managing projects, and processing payments, while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance. The marketplace enhances research and development productivity by connecting scientists who need experiments conducted with those who can perform them, thereby providing affordable access to outsourced R&D services. Additionally, Science Exchange offers an enterprise dynamic report tool for pharmaceutical and biotech companies to track key performance indicators related to their outsourced research investments.
Dave
Series B in 2019
Dave Inc. is a financial services company that operates a mobile application designed to enhance users' financial well-being. Founded in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, California, the app alerts users to potential overdrafts, helps predict expenses, and provides access to up to $250 in overdraft protection. Additionally, it offers features such as credit building and resources for finding side jobs, enabling users to manage their finances more effectively. With a user base exceeding 12 million, Dave aims to provide banking services without hidden fees, acting as a supportive tool for individuals seeking to budget, access funds, and receive financial guidance. The application is available on both the App Store and Google Play.
Qubole
Series E in 2019
Qubole, Inc. is a cloud-based data platform that specializes in big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications. The company offers a comprehensive platform that enables provisioning, management, and scaling of data workloads on major cloud infrastructures, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Through its Qubole Data Service, users can access and manage big data clusters, execute queries using various programming languages, and integrate with third-party business intelligence tools. Qubole supports a range of workloads, such as extract, transform, load (ETL), ad hoc analytics, and data science, catering to data scientists, analysts, and engineers. The platform also includes features for governance and security, alongside user-friendly tools like SQL query tools, notebooks, and dashboards. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Qubole has additional offices in several global locations and operates as a subsidiary of IDERA, Inc.
Prodly
Seed Round in 2019
Prodly helps companies build and continuously improve business applications faster, more reliably, and more frequently. Prodly’s AppOps platform automates the full lifecycle of low-code development, empowers more non-developers to configure applications, removes bottlenecks in the development process, and provides IT governance to mitigate risk of agile development. Customers like Nutanix, Johnson & Johnson, Splunk, Tableau, and Verizon use Prodly AppOps to update mission critical applications such as Salesforce CPQ, Salesforce Billing, Field Service Lightning, and Salesforce B2B Commerce at the speed of business. The company is based in Palo Alto, California with global operations. For more information, visit prodly.co.
MindTickle
Series C in 2019
MindTickle is a privately-held company that provides a data-driven sales readiness platform aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of customer-facing teams. With its headquarters in San Francisco and Pune, the platform is utilized by sales teams across various industries to address knowledge and skill gaps through automated training paths, adaptive learning, and virtual coaching tools. MindTickle's solution incorporates gamification and role-play elements, facilitating on-demand training and mobile updates. This comprehensive approach helps organizations assess and certify the readiness of their sales representatives, leading to improved deal sizes, higher win rates, and shorter sales cycles. Investors in MindTickle include Accel, Canaan, NEA, NewView Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and Softbank.
Cocoon
Seed Round in 2019
Cocoon is a leave management software company that simplifies the process of taking and managing leave for both employers and employees. Founded in 2020 by former employees of Stripe and Square, Cocoon addresses the complexities often associated with leave, such as compliance, claims, and payroll, allowing human resources teams to concentrate on supporting their workforce during significant life events like childbirth, caregiving, and personal health crises. The company collaborates with various employers, including Carta, Khan Academy, and Benchling, to enhance the employee experience during these pivotal moments. Operating from a small studio in San Francisco's Mission District, Cocoon emphasizes the importance of its physical workspace as a reflection of its commitment to creating exceptional digital environments for small groups. The company is backed by notable investors, including Index Ventures and First Round Capital.
Copper
Series C in 2019
Copper is an AI-first CRM that eliminates data entry, automates sales processes and optimizes the entire customer journey to grow sales. Investors include Norwest Venture Partners (Promod Haque, Midas List Hall of Fame Investor), True Ventures (Phil Black, Co-Founder), GV (Formerly Google Ventures), Texas Pacific Group, Bloomberg Beta, Investment Group of Santa Barbara, Next World Capital, Brad Jones (Redpoint Ventures), Industry Ventures, Crunchfund and Danhua Capital.
Karat
Series B in 2019
Karat Inc. specializes in technical interviewing software designed to assist organizations in hiring software engineers. Founded in 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington, Karat offers a platform that enables the recording of technical interviews, captures candidates' coding abilities, structures feedback, and generates recommendations for hiring teams. Through its network of interview engineers and a purpose-built interviewing infrastructure, Karat aims to address the global shortage of software engineers by expanding hiring capacity and improving the quality of engineering talent. The platform also focuses on reducing pedigree bias and increasing access to underrepresented candidates in the tech industry, thereby fostering a more diverse talent pool.
Algorithmia
Series B in 2019
Algorithmia, Inc. provides a platform that facilitates the deployment and management of machine learning models. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company enables algorithm developers to create, explore, and share algorithms as web services. Its solution automates MLOps, allowing data scientists and developers to efficiently deploy models into production through a scalable API that can handle various algorithm requests. Algorithmia supports popular frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, and MXNet, and also hosts a public marketplace for algorithms. The company was acquired by DataRobot in 2021, enhancing its capabilities in serving enterprise customers with mission-critical workloads.
Zenoti
Series C in 2019
Zenoti is a provider of cloud-based software solutions tailored for the spa, salon, and med spa industries. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the company offers a comprehensive platform that supports both large chains and small to medium-sized businesses. Zenoti's software encompasses various functionalities, including online appointment bookings, point-of-sale systems, customer relationship management, employee and inventory management, as well as integrated marketing tools. By leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and predictive analytics, Zenoti enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs, and improves customer retention. The platform also features omnichannel booking and contactless payment options, facilitating a seamless checkout experience for clients. Overall, Zenoti aims to empower businesses in the beauty, fitness, and wellness sectors to streamline their operations and boost performance.
Bitglass
Series D in 2019
Bitglass is an information technology company that helps enterprises move to SaaS-based and mobile deployments securely. The company's solutions enable real-time end-to-end data protection, from the cloud to the device. It combines a Gartner-MQ-Leading cloud access security broker, the world’s only on-device secure web gateway, and zero-trust network access to secure any interaction. Bitglass was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Campbell, California.
Prevedere
Series B in 2019
Prevedere, Inc. is a predictive analytics company that specializes in business performance forecasting software. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with an additional office in Sunnyvale, California, Prevedere provides a range of services including industry outlook reports, consumer behavior data, and predictive insights. The company's platform helps businesses monitor economic, environmental, and consumer behavior data to identify leading indicators for revenue and profit, thereby aiding in informed decision-making. Prevedere's offerings include predictive marketing analytics, financial forecasting intelligence, and demand planning solutions. The company also develops proprietary systems and APIs that integrate diverse data sources to ensure data accuracy and relevance. With a team comprising industry experts, data scientists, and economists, Prevedere supports organizations in navigating an ever-evolving market landscape.
HoneyBook
Series C in 2019
HoneyBook, Inc. is a business software company that offers a comprehensive platform designed for independent business owners, particularly in the event planning sector. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, the platform facilitates the management of client interactions by providing tools for communication, contract creation, invoicing, and payment processing. HoneyBook connects clients, vendors, and event planners, allowing users to streamline their workflows and improve client experiences. The platform has gained significant traction, with over 100,000 service-based businesses in the United States and Canada utilizing it to manage more than $9 billion in transactions. HoneyBook also has a presence in Tel Aviv and employs remote staff worldwide, signifying its commitment to supporting professionals in delivering their services effectively.
VAST Data
Series B in 2019
VAST Data, Inc. specializes in developing innovative data storage solutions, offering a universal storage platform that integrates Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad-level cell (QLC) SSDs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in San Jose, VAST Data serves various industries, including animation, visual effects, deep learning, and enterprise backup recovery. The platform is designed to accelerate time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, providing scalable performance, simple data management, and improved productivity for AI-driven organizations. Since its launch in 2019, VAST Data has gained recognition as a rapidly growing player in the data infrastructure sector.
Gong
Series B in 2019
Gong is a revenue intelligence company that analyzes sales conversations and customer interactions. The company captures and processes data from various communication channels. It provides insights related to sales performance and customer engagement. Gong serves industries including technology, finance, and healthcare.
Dtex Systems
Series C in 2018
Dtex Systems, Inc. specializes in developing security software solutions aimed at detecting and predicting insider threats, data breaches, and outsider infiltration. The company offers Dtex Intercept, an insider threat platform that provides real-time visibility into risky behavior within organizations, allowing for proactive intervention before incidents occur. Additionally, Dtex Pulse serves as a business operations platform that helps users monitor productivity and efficiency by analyzing usage data across various applications and devices. Dtex's solutions are utilized by a diverse range of industries, including financial services, government and defense, critical infrastructure, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Dtex also has offices in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Australia. The company's technology enables enterprises to enhance their security posture while maintaining employee privacy, making it suitable for organizations of all sizes, especially in the context of increasing remote work.
Singular
Series B in 2018
Singular, Inc. operates a mobile marketing analytics platform that consolidates and analyzes data from various marketing channels to provide actionable insights. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, with a research and development office in Tel Aviv, Singular's platform offers unified reporting, workflow automation, and predictive optimization services. It connects upper-funnel marketing data with lower-funnel attribution data, allowing marketers to assess return on investment from multiple touchpoints and optimize spending at a granular level. The platform currently tracks over $10 billion in digital marketing expenditures across various industries, including commerce, travel, gaming, and media. Singular's client roster includes notable companies such as Lyft, Airbnb, and LinkedIn. The company is supported by several venture capital firms, underscoring its position in the marketing analytics landscape.
Boost
Seed Round in 2018
Boost Insurance empowers any company to engage with their customers and increase sales by offering insurance through their own digital experience. Licensed to develop and distribute P&C insurance products in all 50 states, Boost provides insurance infrastructure-as-a-service that packages the necessary compliance, operational, capital, and technological components of an insurance program into a turnkey white-labeled solution, accessible via a simple API integration. Businesses that choose Boost can reduce the cost and complexity of building and managing their insurance function, and quickly begin engaging their customers with valuable insurance products.
VAST Data
Series A in 2018
VAST Data, Inc. specializes in developing innovative data storage solutions, offering a universal storage platform that integrates Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad-level cell (QLC) SSDs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in San Jose, VAST Data serves various industries, including animation, visual effects, deep learning, and enterprise backup recovery. The platform is designed to accelerate time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, providing scalable performance, simple data management, and improved productivity for AI-driven organizations. Since its launch in 2019, VAST Data has gained recognition as a rapidly growing player in the data infrastructure sector.
Simpplr
Series B in 2018
Simpplr Inc. operates an online employee experience platform that focuses on enhancing internal communication and collaboration within organizations. The platform allows employees to search for knowledge articles, post questions, and create support cases, fostering a connected workforce. Simpplr's solutions are designed to deliver personalized experiences that engage and inspire employees, supporting their ability to thrive in various work environments. Incorporated in 2014, the company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and India. Simpplr also offers services such as implementation, onboarding, customer success check-ins, and technical support to ensure effective use of its platform.
Capillary Technologies
Series D in 2018
Capillary Technologies Pvt Ltd. specializes in cloud-based software solutions designed for retail marketers to effectively manage and analyze customer data. The company provides an Intelligent Customer Engagement suite that enables retailers to engage with their customers through personalized communication and insights derived from customer profiles. Its offerings include a Customer Engagement Management platform, Campaign Manager for marketing automation, Lifecycle Marketer for milestone-based offers, and Loyalty Manager for managing loyalty programs. Additionally, Capillary features tools such as Instore Marketer, E-Commerce Marketer, Mobile Marketer for SMS campaigns, and Social Connect for integrating insights from various channels. Serving over 300 brands across more than 30 countries, including notable names like Pizza Hut and Starbucks, Capillary Technologies has established itself as a leader in the SaaS space in Asia. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Bengaluru, the company operates globally with additional offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, South Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region.
Galvanize
Private Equity Round in 2017
Galvanize is a developer of software focused on governance, risk management, compliance, and audit, utilizing a SaaS-based model. Its HighBond platform aims to integrate security, risk management, and compliance functions within organizations. By aligning the efforts of operations, finance, risk, compliance, and audit teams, Galvanize enhances governance and supports the effective execution of organizational strategies. The software provides clients with increased visibility into risk, facilitates compliance demonstration, and allows for the growth of audit, risk, and compliance programs without incurring additional costs. Through its solutions, Galvanize seeks to strengthen individuals and protect organizations from potential threats.
Qubole
Series D in 2017
Qubole, Inc. is a cloud-based data platform that specializes in big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications. The company offers a comprehensive platform that enables provisioning, management, and scaling of data workloads on major cloud infrastructures, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Through its Qubole Data Service, users can access and manage big data clusters, execute queries using various programming languages, and integrate with third-party business intelligence tools. Qubole supports a range of workloads, such as extract, transform, load (ETL), ad hoc analytics, and data science, catering to data scientists, analysts, and engineers. The platform also includes features for governance and security, alongside user-friendly tools like SQL query tools, notebooks, and dashboards. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Qubole has additional offices in several global locations and operates as a subsidiary of IDERA, Inc.
Rallyteam
Series A in 2017
Rallyteam is a San Francisco-based company that provides an internal mobility platform aimed at enhancing employee engagement and talent utilization within organizations. The platform allows businesses to match employees with suitable projects by importing skill profiles through LinkedIn integration. This system not only facilitates project assignments but also promotes employee collaboration and feedback, enabling a culture of continuous learning and growth. By offering insights through reporting and analytics, Rallyteam helps companies to better understand their workforce and effectively leverage their skills. Operating as a Software-as-a-Service model, Rallyteam functions as a subsidiary of Workday, Inc., focusing on the strategic development and retention of top talent within organizations.
Glint
Series D in 2017
Glint is the people success platform that leverages real-time people data to help global organizations increase employee engagement, develop their people, and improve results. Leading brands like United Airlines, Intuit, and Sky leverage Glint’s unique combination of intuitive design, sophisticated analytics, and actionable intelligence to help make employees happier and more successful at work. For more information, please visit www.glintinc.com.
Bluecore
Series C in 2017
Bluecore is a multi-channel marketing platform that leverages predictive intelligence to enhance retail marketing efforts. The platform unifies and analyzes consumer behavior and product data, allowing businesses to understand each shopper's past interactions and anticipated future behavior with brand products. By managing nearly 500 million shopper IDs and a vast product catalog, Bluecore enables marketers to personalize customer interactions across various channels, including email, websites, display ads, and social media. This data-driven approach empowers businesses to effectively acquire, retain, and grow their customer base.
Legion Technologies
Series A in 2017
Legion Technologies, Inc. develops a workforce engagement platform that leverages artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud technology to enhance workforce management. Its flagship product, the Legion platform, offers features such as demand forecasting, labor optimization, automated scheduling, employee engagement, and time and attendance tracking. These tools help businesses improve compliance, budget control, retail sales, and workforce sharing. Targeting industries such as retail, food services, health and fitness, and hospitality, Legion enables organizations to maximize labor efficiency while enhancing employee engagement. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company also has offices in Hudson, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; and Milton, Georgia. Legion Technologies is recognized for its rapid growth and innovative approach to workforce management, providing a user-friendly platform and mobile app that appeal to employees.
Copper
Series C in 2017
Copper is an AI-first CRM that eliminates data entry, automates sales processes and optimizes the entire customer journey to grow sales. Investors include Norwest Venture Partners (Promod Haque, Midas List Hall of Fame Investor), True Ventures (Phil Black, Co-Founder), GV (Formerly Google Ventures), Texas Pacific Group, Bloomberg Beta, Investment Group of Santa Barbara, Next World Capital, Brad Jones (Redpoint Ventures), Industry Ventures, Crunchfund and Danhua Capital.
Boost
Seed Round in 2017
Boost Insurance empowers any company to engage with their customers and increase sales by offering insurance through their own digital experience. Licensed to develop and distribute P&C insurance products in all 50 states, Boost provides insurance infrastructure-as-a-service that packages the necessary compliance, operational, capital, and technological components of an insurance program into a turnkey white-labeled solution, accessible via a simple API integration. Businesses that choose Boost can reduce the cost and complexity of building and managing their insurance function, and quickly begin engaging their customers with valuable insurance products.
Dtex Systems
Series C in 2017
Dtex Systems, Inc. specializes in developing security software solutions aimed at detecting and predicting insider threats, data breaches, and outsider infiltration. The company offers Dtex Intercept, an insider threat platform that provides real-time visibility into risky behavior within organizations, allowing for proactive intervention before incidents occur. Additionally, Dtex Pulse serves as a business operations platform that helps users monitor productivity and efficiency by analyzing usage data across various applications and devices. Dtex's solutions are utilized by a diverse range of industries, including financial services, government and defense, critical infrastructure, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Dtex also has offices in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Australia. The company's technology enables enterprises to enhance their security posture while maintaining employee privacy, making it suitable for organizations of all sizes, especially in the context of increasing remote work.
SundaySky
Series D in 2017
SundaySky combines the power of personalization with the emotion of video to transform customer relationships, one person at a time. Its proprietary SmartVideo™ Marketing Cloud powers billions of personalized video experiences annually for the world's leading brands, including AT&T, Allstate, Citigroup, Saks Fifth Avenue, Staples, Verizon, and more. In 2017, SmartVideo generated more than $1.4 billion in measured value for SundaySky customers. Headquartered in New York City, SundaySky has additional offices in Tel Aviv and Tokyo.
Gong
Series A in 2017
Gong is a revenue intelligence company that analyzes sales conversations and customer interactions. The company captures and processes data from various communication channels. It provides insights related to sales performance and customer engagement. Gong serves industries including technology, finance, and healthcare.
Science Exchange
Series C in 2017
Science Exchange, Inc. operates an online marketplace that facilitates collaboration between researchers and academic or government laboratories. Established in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the platform allows researchers to search for scientific services from U.S. research institutions, compare pricing, and access quality testimonials. It streamlines the outsourcing process by automating tasks such as obtaining quotes, managing projects, and processing payments, while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance. The marketplace enhances research and development productivity by connecting scientists who need experiments conducted with those who can perform them, thereby providing affordable access to outsourced R&D services. Additionally, Science Exchange offers an enterprise dynamic report tool for pharmaceutical and biotech companies to track key performance indicators related to their outsourced research investments.
Karat
Series A in 2017
Karat Inc. specializes in technical interviewing software designed to assist organizations in hiring software engineers. Founded in 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington, Karat offers a platform that enables the recording of technical interviews, captures candidates' coding abilities, structures feedback, and generates recommendations for hiring teams. Through its network of interview engineers and a purpose-built interviewing infrastructure, Karat aims to address the global shortage of software engineers by expanding hiring capacity and improving the quality of engineering talent. The platform also focuses on reducing pedigree bias and increasing access to underrepresented candidates in the tech industry, thereby fostering a more diverse talent pool.
SlashNext
Series A in 2017
SlashNext is the phishing authority and leading the fight to protect the world's internet users from phishing anywhere. SlashNext end-to-end phishing protection services utilize our patented SEER technology to detect zero-hour phishing threats by performing dynamic run-time analysis on billions of URLs a day through virtual browsers and machine learning. Take advantage of SlashNext's services using mobile apps, browser extensions, and APIs that integrate with leading mobile endpoint management and IR tools. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Attune
Series B in 2017
Attune Technologies is a healthcare IT company that offers cloud-based solutions designed to enhance the entire healthcare ecosystem. By integrating various entities such as laboratories, hospitals, pharmacies, and insurance companies, Attune aims to improve operational efficiency and revenue generation across healthcare organizations. Its platform can be utilized by a wide range of healthcare providers, from individual clinics to extensive networks, establishing it as a leading cloud-based service provider in the region. Headquartered in Singapore, Attune supports clients in 15 countries across the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The company's technology interfaces with over 1,100 medical devices, enabling a connected healthcare environment that embodies the Internet of Things concept, ultimately aiming to transform how healthcare professionals collaborate and interact to improve patient care.
Avere Systems
Series E in 2017
Avere Systems, Inc. specializes in cloud file storage infrastructure, providing solutions that enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of data storage for enterprises. The company offers a range of products, including Virtual FXT Edge filers, CloudFusion, and FXT Edge Filers, which optimize network-attached storage (NAS) and facilitate cloud integration. Avere's storage management software, such as FlashMove and FlashMirror, assists with data migration and protection, while their cloud enablement solutions address various storage needs, including private object storage and NAS optimization. With a commitment to transforming the economics of data storage, Avere empowers organizations across diverse industries, including government, finance, media, life sciences, and energy, to manage their data with greater flexibility and security. Founded in 2008 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Avere Systems operates as a subsidiary of Microsoft Azure and maintains data centers worldwide.
Prevedere
Series B in 2017
Prevedere, Inc. is a predictive analytics company that specializes in business performance forecasting software. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with an additional office in Sunnyvale, California, Prevedere provides a range of services including industry outlook reports, consumer behavior data, and predictive insights. The company's platform helps businesses monitor economic, environmental, and consumer behavior data to identify leading indicators for revenue and profit, thereby aiding in informed decision-making. Prevedere's offerings include predictive marketing analytics, financial forecasting intelligence, and demand planning solutions. The company also develops proprietary systems and APIs that integrate diverse data sources to ensure data accuracy and relevance. With a team comprising industry experts, data scientists, and economists, Prevedere supports organizations in navigating an ever-evolving market landscape.
Galore
Seed Round in 2017
Galore helps those of us with kids feel like better parents, and kids become better people. Using our mobile app, parents browse activities, camps and classes lead by top, local providers. Parents can then easily reserve and pay for activities where their kids can make stuff, be active, perform, learn, or be entertained. For providers, Galore offers simple yet powerful SaaS tools to manage and grow their business...or, even help them get started.
Bitglass
Series C in 2017
Bitglass is an information technology company that helps enterprises move to SaaS-based and mobile deployments securely. The company's solutions enable real-time end-to-end data protection, from the cloud to the device. It combines a Gartner-MQ-Leading cloud access security broker, the world’s only on-device secure web gateway, and zero-trust network access to secure any interaction. Bitglass was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Campbell, California.
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