Sapphire Sport I

Sapphire Sport I, established in 2019, is an early-stage venture capital fund managed by Sapphire Ventures, a global software-focused firm with over $11 billion in assets under management. Based in Austin, Texas, Sapphire Sport I invests in the United States, Europe, and Israel, targeting the intersection of sport, media, and entertainment technology. The fund, with a commitment of $115 million, aims to back 5 to 6 companies, investing between $3 to $7 million each, to address the broader sport technology markets.

Steve Abbott

Partner

Jason Brooke

Vice President

Mackenzie Chapman

Associate

Hillary Cook

Senior Associate

Georgie Davies

Tech Investor

Rajeev Dham

Partner

Kevin Diestel

Partner

Cathy Gao

Partner

David Hartwig

Co-Founder and Partner

Doug Higgins

Co-Founder and Partner

Alex Lehman

Vice President

Paul Levine

Partner

Adam Liu

Senior Associate

Mahau Ma

Operating Partner

Rico Mallozzi

Principal

Nino Marakovic

CEO and Partner

Imogen Mulliner

Associate

Sam Procter

Senior Associate

Anders Ranum

Partner

Aditya Reddy

Senior Associate

Andrew Slade

Associate

Michael Spirito

Partner

Chloe Steinberg

Partner

Casber Wang

Partner

Andreas Weiskam

Co-Founder and Partner

Andrew Yanover

Associate

Past deals in Series F

Clari

Series F in 2022
Clari Inc. is a revenue operations platform based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2012. The company utilizes automation and artificial intelligence to consolidate and analyze activity data from various business systems, such as CRM, email, calendar, and marketing automation. This integration provides sales professionals with improved visibility into their deals and relationships, enabling them to close deals more efficiently and reduce manual reporting efforts. Clari's platform offers features like Activity Analytics, which delivers predictive insights and real-time data analysis, allowing sales teams and managers to optimize their strategies, enhance coaching, and effectively allocate resources. By streamlining revenue operations, Clari assists B2B companies, including notable clients like Qualtrics and Adobe, in forecasting business performance, managing pipelines, and minimizing customer churn.

Highspot

Series F in 2022
Highspot, Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2012 that specializes in a cloud-based sales engagement platform designed to enhance the performance of sales teams. The platform leverages artificial intelligence to facilitate intelligent content management, training, contextual guidance, and customer engagement. Highspot’s offerings include features such as content scoring and recommendations, real-time alerts on customer interactions, and analytics to optimize sales pitches. Additionally, the platform provides marketing and sales portals, along with the ability to create tailored sales playbooks based on seller roles, profiles, and industries. By integrating these functionalities into a unified solution, Highspot aims to elevate customer conversations and drive repeatable revenue for businesses worldwide.

project44

Private Equity Round in 2022
Project44, Inc. is a technology company specializing in a cloud-based visibility platform aimed at enhancing supply chain efficiency for shippers and third-party logistics providers. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chicago, with additional offices in cities such as Paris, Amsterdam, and Tokyo, project44 manages over 1 billion unique shipments annually for more than 1,300 leading brands across various industries, including manufacturing, retail, and automotive. The company's platform integrates solutions for pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, and exception management, allowing for greater transparency and automation in transportation processes. By connecting shippers and carriers, project44 drives predictability, resilience, and sustainability in the supply chain, establishing itself as a market leader recognized for its innovative capabilities and high customer satisfaction.

ThoughtSpot

Series F in 2021
ThoughtSpot, Inc. is a provider of search-driven analytics designed for enterprises, enabling users to easily search and analyze data, generate instant charts, build reports, and create dashboards. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, ThoughtSpot serves various sectors including retail, healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing. The company's platform leverages a natural language search interface, allowing users to obtain actionable insights quickly and efficiently. It connects seamlessly with on-premise, cloud, and big data sources, centralizing data management and facilitating intelligent decision-making. Additionally, ThoughtSpot offers low-code integration solutions for developers, enhancing analytics capabilities within existing products and services. With a focus on empowering users to explore data, ThoughtSpot aims to drive growth and improve business outcomes across organizations. The company has expanded its presence globally with locations in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, India, and Japan.

JumpCloud

Series F in 2021
JumpCloud, Inc. is a provider of a Directory-as-a-Service platform that simplifies identity management for organizations. Founded in 2010 and based in Louisville, Colorado, the company offers a cloud-based solution enabling secure access to systems, applications, files, and networks from any device or location. Its platform automates server management tasks, including user management, security, compliance, and configuration assessment. JumpCloud allows IT and security teams to manage user identities, devices, and permissions while applying Zero Trust principles. The company serves over 100,000 organizations globally, including more than 3,000 customers such as Cars.com, GoFundMe, and Foursquare. Originally known as SafeInstance, Inc., JumpCloud rebranded in October 2013 to reflect its focus on providing secure and frictionless access to corporate technology resources.

Culture Amp

Series F in 2021
Culture Amp Pty Ltd is a company that provides an employee experience platform designed to enhance employee engagement, retention, and performance. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Richmond, Australia, with additional offices in San Francisco, New York, and London, Culture Amp caters to a diverse clientele, from startups to Fortune 500 companies around the globe. The platform enables organizations to create surveys that assess employee engagement and experience, allowing businesses to collect, understand, and act on valuable feedback. By addressing the challenges faced by rapidly growing organizations, Culture Amp aims to foster a culture of learning and adaptability, ultimately improving the overall work environment.

Pendo

Series F in 2021
Pendo is a technology company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, that provides a product experience platform designed to enhance user engagement with software products. The platform integrates analytics, user guidance, communication tools, and feedback mechanisms, allowing product teams to better understand user interactions and optimize trial conversions and onboarding processes. By leveraging actionable insights, Pendo enables businesses to make informed decisions about feature development and product adoption. Its client base includes notable organizations such as Verizon, Morgan Stanley, and Salesforce. Additionally, Pendo supports the global community of product and digital leaders through initiatives like Mind the Product and various sponsored events and podcasts.

CircleCI

Series F in 2021
CircleCI is a provider of a continuous integration and delivery platform that assists software teams in efficiently releasing code by automating the processes of building, testing, and deploying applications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company enables developers to quickly ramp up and scale their operations while maintaining high-quality output. As applications and systems grow increasingly complex, CircleCI's tools help teams to identify and resolve bugs proactively, ensuring that issues are addressed before they affect end users. The platform is utilized by numerous prominent companies, including Facebook, Kickstarter, and Spotify, to enhance their software delivery speed and focus on generating business value. CircleCI has also been recognized as one of the best workplaces in the Bay Area. With a global remote workforce, the company is backed by several venture capital firms.

DataRobot

Series F in 2020
DataRobot, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in developing an automated machine learning platform aimed at empowering enterprises to construct predictive models efficiently. Its offerings include DataRobot Cloud, a cloud-based platform for predictive analytics, and DataRobot MLOps, which facilitates the deployment, monitoring, and management of machine learning models across organizations. Additionally, DataRobot Enterprise provides features tailored for large organizations, such as flexible deployment options, governance, and comprehensive support. The company's solutions cater to a diverse clientele, including business analysts, data scientists, executives, and IT professionals across various sectors such as banking, healthcare, and manufacturing. Founded in 2012, DataRobot has expanded its operations internationally, with locations in London, Paris, Kyiv, Tokyo, and Singapore, and maintains a strategic partnership with Snowflake to enhance its offerings.

Auth0

Series F in 2020
Auth0, Inc. is a cloud-based identity platform that specializes in providing authentication and authorization solutions for developers and security professionals. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the company offers a comprehensive suite of APIs and tools that streamline the process of user authentication across various applications and platforms. The platform supports single sign-on capabilities, allowing users to authenticate via multiple identity providers while enabling developers to customize the authentication pipeline. Auth0's services also include multi-factor authentication and passwordless login options, enhancing security and user experience. Additionally, the company offers Auth0 Signals, a set of threat intelligence tools designed to protect against identity attacks by leveraging information from the dark web. With a global presence that includes offices in London, Singapore, Buenos Aires, Sydney, and Tokyo, Auth0 serves a diverse clientele, ranging from startups to large enterprises.

Outreach

Series F in 2020
Outreach Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in sales engagement solutions designed to enhance revenue growth by streamlining customer interactions across various channels, including email, voice, and social media. Founded in 2011, Outreach offers a platform that utilizes machine learning to automate repetitive sales tasks, optimize communication, and provide real-time insights based on buyer sentiment. Its features include account-based sales solutions, task management, and comprehensive tracking of email and activity metrics. Outreach's clientele encompasses major companies such as Zoom, Okta, Adobe, and Microsoft, which depend on its technology to improve sales efficiency and effectiveness. The company also maintains an office in London, United Kingdom.

Netskope

Series F in 2018
Netskope, Inc. is a cloud application analytics and policy company that specializes in providing a secure Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform for enterprises. The company's primary offering, Netskope Security Cloud, delivers visibility and real-time protection for data and users accessing cloud services, websites, and private applications. Netskope's platform employs patented technology to enable granular control and conditional access, adhering to zero trust principles. The company also offers Cloud XDTM, which enhances visibility into cloud application usage, and NewEdge, a security network that facilitates real-time security without compromising performance. Additionally, Netskope provides a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) to manage cloud applications and prevent data exfiltration, as well as a cloud-based web security solution that safeguards against malware and advanced threats. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Netskope serves various industries, including financial services, government, healthcare, and retail, while maintaining data centers across multiple countries to support its global operations.

Sumo Logic

Series F in 2017
Sumo Logic, Inc. is a cloud-native software-as-a-service company that specializes in machine data analytics, enabling organizations to harness the power of their data for operational, security, and business intelligence. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Sumo Logic provides a platform that automates the collection, ingestion, and analysis of various data types, including application, infrastructure, security, and Internet of Things (IoT) data. The platform supports real-time log management and analytics, delivering actionable insights across the entire application lifecycle. With over 2,000 global customers, Sumo Logic assists organizations in troubleshooting and securing their applications, helping them to embrace digital transformation and improve their competitive advantage. Its multi-tenant service model fosters continuous innovation, thereby enhancing business value and growth for its clients.

BlackDuck

Series F in 2014
Black Duck secures and manages open source software worldwide, eliminating open source security vulnerabilities and license compliance pain. With the rapid, widespread adoption of open-source software, Black Duck is a key component of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Platform, the most comprehensive solution for integrating security into the SDLC and software supply chain. Black Duck was established in 2002 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.

MuleSoft

Series F in 2014
MuleSoft is a San Francisco-based company that provides a software platform, Anypoint Platform, enabling organizations to connect their applications, data, and devices seamlessly using APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). Founded in 2006, MuleSoft's platform allows customers to compose applications using reusable building blocks or nodes, facilitating connections between SaaS applications, on-premises systems, cloud deployments, mobile devices, and data sources. The company operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce.com since 2018 and has strategic alliances with other businesses like IQVIA.

Apigee

Series F in 2013
Apigee is a provider of API technology and services aimed at enterprises and developers. It offers a multi and hybrid-cloud based platform that enables organizations to design, develop, manage, secure, and analyze their application programming interfaces (APIs). This functionality enhances control and visibility over the APIs that link applications and data across various environments. Apigee's solutions are utilized by hundreds of companies, including notable names such as Walgreens, Bechtel, and eBay, as well as tens of thousands of developers, to streamline the delivery and management of APIs and applications. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices located in Bangalore, India; London; and Austin, Texas.

Ping Identity

Series F in 2013
Ping Identity is a provider of cloud-based identity management software, serving a diverse range of sectors, including financial services, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. Established in 2002 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company focuses on delivering solutions that enable enterprises to achieve Zero Trust security and enhance user experiences. Its Ping Intelligent Identity Platform allows organizations to manage identity and profile data at scale while providing secure access to cloud, mobile, SaaS, and on-premises applications and APIs. The software includes features such as orchestration, fraud detection, risk management, identity verification, and authentication, helping clients streamline their digital interactions and maintain robust security protocols.

Marin Software

Series F in 2012
Marin Software Inc. is a cloud-based provider of digital advertising management solutions, focusing on search, display, social, and mobile advertising channels. The company offers MarinOne, an integrated software-as-a-service platform that enables advertisers and agencies to optimize their paid marketing programs, enhance financial performance, and achieve greater efficiencies. Headquartered in San Francisco, Marin Software's solutions empower digital marketers to effectively measure the success of their advertising campaigns through advanced reporting and analytics, as well as to manage and execute these campaigns via a user-friendly interface. With a global presence, Marin Software aims to assist its clients in reaching targeted audiences, acquiring new customers, and making informed marketing decisions.

Endeca Technologies

Series F in 2008
Endeca is a provider of information management software that focuses on enterprise search solutions for large organizations. The company serves notable clients, including Borders, Boeing, and the Census Bureau, by offering guided search capabilities that auto-categorize results based on user-entered keywords. This functionality enables organizations to make informed decisions based on evolving business needs and data integration requirements. Endeca's pricing model ranges from $100,000 to over $10 million per installation, reflecting the scale and complexity of the services provided. The company competes in the market with other search technology providers, such as FAST Search & Transfer.
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