HSG, formerly known as Sequoia Capital China, is a prominent venture capital and private equity firm with a global focus on technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors. Established in 2005, HSG operates offices in key international cities including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, London, Tokyo, and Singapore, managing over $55 billion in assets for leading institutional investors. The firm has supported over 1,500 companies, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship through investments in transformative technologies and high-growth business models. HSG has a track record of success, with more than 160 portfolio companies having gone public and over 140 achieving unicorn status. It has developed a comprehensive investment platform that encompasses seed, venture, growth, buyout, and infrastructure investing, as well as public equities. HSG is dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs and companies to create enduring enterprises while delivering strong returns to its limited partners. Through its extensive resources and industry expertise, HSG provides significant advantages to the companies it partners with.
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Wang Chenyu
Vice President
Sakshi Chopra
Managing Director
Amit Jain
Managing Director
Cherry Lu
Partner
Ishaan Mittal
Managing Director
Enita Pu
Partner
Harshjit Sethi
Managing Director
Tejeshwi Sharma
Managing Director
Pavel Vyhnalek
Operating Partner
Fu Xin
Partner
Past deals in Middle East
TinyTap
Venture Round in 2023
TinyTap Ltd., founded in 2012 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializes in developing educational software that allows families, teachers, and students to create, share, and play personalized educational games. The platform offers a code-free environment where users can transform shared moments into engaging games and interactive experiences, including books and classroom activities. With over 150,000 games created by educators worldwide, TinyTap serves over a million families each month, providing access to a vast library of educational content. Users can create and play games for free or opt for a subscription to unlock premium features and access learning analytics. Notably, 50% of subscription revenue is returned to the teachers who develop these games, promoting a collaborative and supportive educational community.
Foodics
Series C in 2022
Foodics is a company that specializes in cloud-based restaurant management systems, primarily utilizing iPads for its operations. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia, Foodics provides a comprehensive suite of tools designed for the restaurant industry, including point-of-sale transactions, inventory management, employee scheduling, and customer loyalty programs. Its solutions also feature management dashboards and kitchen displays, along with various add-on iOS applications. Serving thousands of clients across the Middle East, Foodics aims to enhance revenue and customer relationships for restaurants, food trucks, cafes, and fast-food chains. The platform supports operations in both English and Arabic, catering to a diverse clientele. With a focus on user-friendly technology, Foodics has facilitated over a billion orders, emphasizing its commitment to simplifying restaurant management.
Beyond (Israel)
Venture Round in 2020
Beyond (Israel) is an anew cyber-security company.
Oribi
Series A in 2019
Oribi Ltd. is an analytics company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2016. It offers an innovative online platform that simplifies web analytics for businesses and marketing agencies. The platform enables users to focus on key conversions, analyze user interactions, and track various marketing channels without the need for complex integrations or coding. By automatically capturing and categorizing all actions on a website, including button clicks, Oribi provides marketers with crucial insights that empower them to make data-driven decisions. The tool leverages artificial intelligence to deliver unique advertising insights and statistics, allowing teams to optimize their online campaigns and effectively understand their marketing performance across different channels.
SafeBreach
Series B in 2018
SafeBreach Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in breach and attack simulation (BAS). Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional location in Tel Aviv, Israel, SafeBreach offers a platform that enables organizations to proactively assess their security posture. The platform utilizes a comprehensive Hacker's Playbook, which includes real-world breach methods, to simulate potential attacks across various network segments, cloud environments, and endpoints. By mimicking the tactics of virtual hackers, SafeBreach helps businesses identify vulnerabilities and improve their security controls before actual breaches occur. The platform integrates seamlessly with security information and event management systems, ticketing systems, and automation vendors, allowing for enhanced incident response and remediation. Funded by notable investors, SafeBreach continues to innovate in the field of cybersecurity, providing vital insights to strengthen enterprise defenses against evolving threats.
BigPanda
Series B in 2017
BigPanda, Inc. is a software development company that specializes in a data science platform designed to centralize and correlate IT alerts for organizations. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, BigPanda's platform helps IT operations, network operations centers, and DevOps teams detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents effectively. By leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms, the platform transforms numerous daily IT alerts from various fragmented systems into actionable insights, enabling users to automate incident management and improve overall service performance. BigPanda serves a diverse range of industries, including retail, technology, and media, with notable clients such as Intel, TiVO, and Workday, assisting them in reducing operational costs and enhancing their digital transformation efforts.
SafeBreach
Series A in 2016
SafeBreach Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in breach and attack simulation (BAS). Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional location in Tel Aviv, Israel, SafeBreach offers a platform that enables organizations to proactively assess their security posture. The platform utilizes a comprehensive Hacker's Playbook, which includes real-world breach methods, to simulate potential attacks across various network segments, cloud environments, and endpoints. By mimicking the tactics of virtual hackers, SafeBreach helps businesses identify vulnerabilities and improve their security controls before actual breaches occur. The platform integrates seamlessly with security information and event management systems, ticketing systems, and automation vendors, allowing for enhanced incident response and remediation. Funded by notable investors, SafeBreach continues to innovate in the field of cybersecurity, providing vital insights to strengthen enterprise defenses against evolving threats.
Oribi
Series A in 2016
Oribi Ltd. is an analytics company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2016. It offers an innovative online platform that simplifies web analytics for businesses and marketing agencies. The platform enables users to focus on key conversions, analyze user interactions, and track various marketing channels without the need for complex integrations or coding. By automatically capturing and categorizing all actions on a website, including button clicks, Oribi provides marketers with crucial insights that empower them to make data-driven decisions. The tool leverages artificial intelligence to deliver unique advertising insights and statistics, allowing teams to optimize their online campaigns and effectively understand their marketing performance across different channels.
BigPanda
Series B in 2016
BigPanda, Inc. is a software development company that specializes in a data science platform designed to centralize and correlate IT alerts for organizations. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, BigPanda's platform helps IT operations, network operations centers, and DevOps teams detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents effectively. By leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms, the platform transforms numerous daily IT alerts from various fragmented systems into actionable insights, enabling users to automate incident management and improve overall service performance. BigPanda serves a diverse range of industries, including retail, technology, and media, with notable clients such as Intel, TiVO, and Workday, assisting them in reducing operational costs and enhancing their digital transformation efforts.
Alooma
Series A in 2016
Alooma Ltd. is a data platform provider that enables users to build and manage data pipelines efficiently. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in California, the company allows data teams to integrate various data sources into a centralized data warehouse in real-time, primarily facilitating migration to Google Cloud services. Alooma supports numerous popular data sources and features a fault-tolerant, distributed architecture, providing users with visibility into their data pipelines, including monitoring of throughput, latency, and error rates. The platform also offers web and email notifications to alert users of any issues within their data pipelines, enhancing the overall data management and migration experience. As of March 2019, Alooma operates as a subsidiary of Google LLC.
BigPanda
Series B in 2015
BigPanda, Inc. is a software development company that specializes in a data science platform designed to centralize and correlate IT alerts for organizations. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, BigPanda's platform helps IT operations, network operations centers, and DevOps teams detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents effectively. By leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms, the platform transforms numerous daily IT alerts from various fragmented systems into actionable insights, enabling users to automate incident management and improve overall service performance. BigPanda serves a diverse range of industries, including retail, technology, and media, with notable clients such as Intel, TiVO, and Workday, assisting them in reducing operational costs and enhancing their digital transformation efforts.
SafeBreach
Venture Round in 2015
SafeBreach Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in breach and attack simulation (BAS). Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional location in Tel Aviv, Israel, SafeBreach offers a platform that enables organizations to proactively assess their security posture. The platform utilizes a comprehensive Hacker's Playbook, which includes real-world breach methods, to simulate potential attacks across various network segments, cloud environments, and endpoints. By mimicking the tactics of virtual hackers, SafeBreach helps businesses identify vulnerabilities and improve their security controls before actual breaches occur. The platform integrates seamlessly with security information and event management systems, ticketing systems, and automation vendors, allowing for enhanced incident response and remediation. Funded by notable investors, SafeBreach continues to innovate in the field of cybersecurity, providing vital insights to strengthen enterprise defenses against evolving threats.
Adallom
Series C in 2015
Adallom, Inc. is a cloud application security company that specializes in providing cloud access security brokerage services. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, with a research and development facility in Tel Aviv, Israel, Adallom offers a range of solutions designed to enhance the security and governance of cloud applications. Its platform delivers visibility and protection for various Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Google Apps, Box, Dropbox for Business, Ariba, and Jive. The company's technology is built on SmartEngine™, which employs advanced heuristics to safeguard data in the cloud, making it easy for organizations to manage and secure their information. Adallom's services are adaptable, available as either a SaaS-based or on-premises solution, catering to businesses looking to improve their cloud security posture. As of 2015, Adallom operates as a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation.
StreamRail
Series A in 2015
StreamRail Ltd. is a video delivery platform that enables publishers and advertising networks to stream and monetize high-quality video content across various devices. Founded in 2014 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, StreamRail offers a solution that autoplays HD video and audio on both mobile and desktop platforms, including iOS and Android. The company's technology is designed to provide fast and reliable streaming services, ensuring that users can access video content seamlessly, regardless of their location. As of mid-2016, StreamRail operates as a subsidiary of ironSource Ltd.
Rounds entertainment
Series B in 2015
Rounds Entertainment Ltd. develops mobile applications that facilitate social interaction through video and entertainment. The company's flagship product, Rounds, allows users to connect with friends, meet new people, play games, watch videos, and listen to music. By integrating online entertainment with video communication, Rounds aims to create live, engaging experiences across various social networks, operating systems, and devices. Additionally, Rounds offers cross-platform solutions, including a web version and applications compatible with Facebook and desktop environments. Founded in February 2008 by Dany Fishel, Ilan Leibovich, and Dimitry Shestek, Rounds was initially known as 6rounds until it rebranded in August 2010. The company is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, and has operated as a subsidiary of Kik Interactive, Inc. since January 2017.
BigPanda
Series A in 2014
BigPanda, Inc. is a software development company that specializes in a data science platform designed to centralize and correlate IT alerts for organizations. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, BigPanda's platform helps IT operations, network operations centers, and DevOps teams detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents effectively. By leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms, the platform transforms numerous daily IT alerts from various fragmented systems into actionable insights, enabling users to automate incident management and improve overall service performance. BigPanda serves a diverse range of industries, including retail, technology, and media, with notable clients such as Intel, TiVO, and Workday, assisting them in reducing operational costs and enhancing their digital transformation efforts.
Alooma
Seed Round in 2014
Alooma Ltd. is a data platform provider that enables users to build and manage data pipelines efficiently. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in California, the company allows data teams to integrate various data sources into a centralized data warehouse in real-time, primarily facilitating migration to Google Cloud services. Alooma supports numerous popular data sources and features a fault-tolerant, distributed architecture, providing users with visibility into their data pipelines, including monitoring of throughput, latency, and error rates. The platform also offers web and email notifications to alert users of any issues within their data pipelines, enhancing the overall data management and migration experience. As of March 2019, Alooma operates as a subsidiary of Google LLC.
Adallom
Series B in 2014
Adallom, Inc. is a cloud application security company that specializes in providing cloud access security brokerage services. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, with a research and development facility in Tel Aviv, Israel, Adallom offers a range of solutions designed to enhance the security and governance of cloud applications. Its platform delivers visibility and protection for various Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Google Apps, Box, Dropbox for Business, Ariba, and Jive. The company's technology is built on SmartEngine™, which employs advanced heuristics to safeguard data in the cloud, making it easy for organizations to manage and secure their information. Adallom's services are adaptable, available as either a SaaS-based or on-premises solution, catering to businesses looking to improve their cloud security posture. As of 2015, Adallom operates as a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation.
Wilocity
Series D in 2013
Wilocity Ltd. develops 60 GHz wireless chipsets for the notebook and peripheral markets. Its wireless solution provides gigabit wireless networking and point-to-point connectivity. The company's gigabit wireless semiconductor solution brings a desktop experience to mobile computers. Wilocity Ltd. was founded in 2007 and is based in Caesarea, Israel.
Seculert
Series B in 2013
The Seculert cloud-based security platform fills the gap left by legacy perimeter defense and Breach Detection Systems. Seculert protects distributed enterprises from advanced threats by focusing on the malicious outbound network traffic that goes undetected by legacy prevention solutions. By combining Big Data analytics, machine learning technology and behavioral analysis, Seculert provides unique visibility on the final two stages of the malware kill chain. As a cloud-based solution, Seculert requires no hardware or software and provides full coverage for all sites and employees, including those working remotely and on personal mobile devices. The Seculert Platform dramatically improves the productivity of scarce SOC and Incident Response resources by providing faster and more accurate malware detection. Founded in 2010 by security industry veterans, Seculert has R&D in Israel and sales offices in the US and EMEA. Customers include leading organizations from the financial, education, healthcare, energy and aerospace industries around the world. For more information, visit www.seculert.com.
BigPanda
Seed Round in 2013
BigPanda, Inc. is a software development company that specializes in a data science platform designed to centralize and correlate IT alerts for organizations. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, BigPanda's platform helps IT operations, network operations centers, and DevOps teams detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents effectively. By leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms, the platform transforms numerous daily IT alerts from various fragmented systems into actionable insights, enabling users to automate incident management and improve overall service performance. BigPanda serves a diverse range of industries, including retail, technology, and media, with notable clients such as Intel, TiVO, and Workday, assisting them in reducing operational costs and enhancing their digital transformation efforts.
EndoSpan
Venture Round in 2013
EndoSpan is a VC backed pre-clinical stage medical device start-up developing a novel endovascular system for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair.
Adallom
Series A in 2012
Adallom, Inc. is a cloud application security company that specializes in providing cloud access security brokerage services. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, with a research and development facility in Tel Aviv, Israel, Adallom offers a range of solutions designed to enhance the security and governance of cloud applications. Its platform delivers visibility and protection for various Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Google Apps, Box, Dropbox for Business, Ariba, and Jive. The company's technology is built on SmartEngine™, which employs advanced heuristics to safeguard data in the cloud, making it easy for organizations to manage and secure their information. Adallom's services are adaptable, available as either a SaaS-based or on-premises solution, catering to businesses looking to improve their cloud security posture. As of 2015, Adallom operates as a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation.
Wilocity
Series C in 2010
Wilocity Ltd. develops 60 GHz wireless chipsets for the notebook and peripheral markets. Its wireless solution provides gigabit wireless networking and point-to-point connectivity. The company's gigabit wireless semiconductor solution brings a desktop experience to mobile computers. Wilocity Ltd. was founded in 2007 and is based in Caesarea, Israel.
Wilocity
Seed Round in 2007
Wilocity Ltd. develops 60 GHz wireless chipsets for the notebook and peripheral markets. Its wireless solution provides gigabit wireless networking and point-to-point connectivity. The company's gigabit wireless semiconductor solution brings a desktop experience to mobile computers. Wilocity Ltd. was founded in 2007 and is based in Caesarea, Israel.
Comviva
Series A in 2005
Comviva, formerly known as Bharti Telesoft, specializes in providing integrated value-added services (VAS) for mobile operators in emerging markets. The company has successfully deployed its solutions to over 100 mobile operator clients across more than 80 countries, reaching approximately one in three mobile users in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Comviva's extensive portfolio includes offerings such as mobile finance, content and infotainment services, messaging, and customer value management, allowing telecom companies to enhance customer experience and drive revenue growth. The company is backed by prominent investors including the Bharti Group, Sequoia Capital, and Cisco, positioning it as a key player in transforming how mobile operators engage with their users.
Qumranet
Seed Round in 2005
Qumranet, Inc. is an enterprise software company specializing in virtual computing solutions. The company offers Solid ICE, an integrated desktop virtualization product that includes key components such as the Virtual Desktop Server, which operates Windows virtual desktops, and the Virtual Desktop Controller, responsible for managing the virtual desktop environment. Additionally, Qumranet utilizes the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE), a remote connection protocol designed for virtual environments. These solutions enable enterprises to host desktops on Kernel-based virtual machines located in corporate data centers, allowing users to connect remotely. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Qumranet also has offices in Raanana and Netanya, Israel. The company has been a subsidiary of Red Hat, Inc. since 2008.
BitBand
Series B in 2003
BitBand is a technology provider specializing in advanced video content delivery solutions. The company, privately held and incorporated in the United States, operates its headquarters and research and development center in Israel. It offers video-on-demand technology services, enabling efficient delivery of video content to users.
Pentacom
Seed Round in 1999
Pentacom, Ltd. provides networking solutions and information technology services, and it specializes in networking components that connect optical networks to the Internet backbone. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Herzliya, Israel.
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