TDF Ventures LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 and headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with additional offices in Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, primarily targeting seed stage and Series A companies across various sectors, including infrastructure, software, services, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and e-commerce. TDF Ventures typically invests between $0.5 million and $5 million per transaction, focusing on companies that enhance business processes, improve broadband access, or innovate in technology and communication. The firm seeks to engage actively with its portfolio companies and often considers co-investment opportunities. TDF Ventures is committed to supporting startups that address critical industry challenges and leverage emerging technologies to create value in enterprise markets.
Hotglue is a cloud-based data integration software that allows developers to embed native software as a service (SaaS) integrations into their applications quickly and efficiently. By incorporating Hotglue into their web apps, developers can offer customers seamless connections to third-party SaaS applications without disrupting their user experience. The platform features tools for customer onboarding, job management, and embeddable widgets, enabling the creation of data integration pipelines in minutes rather than months. Additionally, Hotglue provides an open-source library of connectors, allowing developers to expand integration options without extensive development resources. This approach not only enhances the user experience but also ensures that developers maintain control over data management and integration costs.
Rewst
Series B in 2023
Rewst is a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) platform designed specifically for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), particularly targeting smaller firms in the sector. The platform employs low-code and no-code technology to simplify automation tasks, making it accessible for businesses that may lack extensive technical resources. By integrating with various tools such as CRM systems, ticketing systems, and accounting software, Rewst enables organizations to track performance metrics and identify opportunities for cost savings and efficiency improvements. This tailored approach helps MSPs optimize their operations and better serve their clients.
Arpio
Seed Round in 2023
Arpio is a cybersecurity software company based in Durham, North Carolina, focused on safeguarding AWS applications from downtime and outages. Founded in 2018 by Doug Neumann and Shaw Terwilliger, Arpio offers a solution that automates the application recovery process, allowing businesses to recover from disruptions in just a few minutes. The software isolates test environments while managing various components, including network configurations, security settings, IAM identities, autoscaling policies, load balancers, ECS tasks, and lambda functions. By streamlining the protection and restoration of entire AWS environments, Arpio helps clients minimize downtime and mitigate the risks associated with outages and ransomware.
Osano
Series B in 2023
Osano is a provider of a cloud-based data privacy compliance suite designed to assist businesses in adhering to various privacy regulations, including GDPR and CCPA. The platform analyzes and offers insights into thousands of online privacy policies, enabling companies to make informed decisions regarding their data interactions and sharing practices with websites and service providers. By leveraging Osano's software, organizations can better navigate the complexities of global data privacy laws and enhance their compliance efforts.
Rewst
Venture Round in 2022
Rewst is a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) platform designed specifically for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), particularly targeting smaller firms in the sector. The platform employs low-code and no-code technology to simplify automation tasks, making it accessible for businesses that may lack extensive technical resources. By integrating with various tools such as CRM systems, ticketing systems, and accounting software, Rewst enables organizations to track performance metrics and identify opportunities for cost savings and efficiency improvements. This tailored approach helps MSPs optimize their operations and better serve their clients.
86 Repairs
Series A in 2022
86 Repairs is a Chicago-based software company that offers a subscription platform for managing the entire repair process for restaurant groups. Founded in 2018, the company provides a comprehensive maintenance management solution that covers equipment repairs for appliances such as ice machines, dishwashers, and ovens. With 24/7 support from a team of experts, 86 Repairs helps restaurant owners streamline their operations by relieving them of repair-related burdens, allowing them to concentrate on customer service. The platform delivers actionable insights to enhance back-of-house operations and ensures complete management of the service process, thereby improving efficiency and reducing downtime for restaurants.
Aervivo
Venture Round in 2022
Aervivo is dedicated to transforming the internet service provider (ISP) landscape by enabling the delivery of fiber-grade connectivity at reduced costs. The company collaborates with multi-family community owners and new market entrants to facilitate the rapid launch of connectivity services for residents. Aervivo's innovative hybrid fiber and wireless mesh technology, combined with its cloud-based service platform, empowers partners to offer affordable, high-speed internet while enhancing the overall customer experience. By addressing connectivity challenges and increasing consumer choice, Aervivo aims to democratize the ISP industry and leverage scalable technology solutions to bring value to its clients and their communities.
RepVue
Seed Round in 2022
RepVue is a crowdsourced ratings and career development platform tailored for sales professionals. It focuses on tracking real-time sales compensation data by collecting and aggregating unbiased information based on user experiences. The platform provides insights into earning potential, quota attainment, and sales professional sentiment analysis. This enables clients to discover, research, and apply for sales roles effectively, enhancing their career development in the sales industry.
Beep
Series A in 2022
Beep is an autonomous mobility solution company that delivers transportation utilizing driverless, electric, multi-passenger vehicles. It specializes in planning, deploying, and managing advanced autonomous shuttles in both public and private communities seeking to more safely connect people, places, and services in first-mile, last-mile mobility networks within controlled speed areas. The company aims to enable mobility for all with the services they provide. Beep also leverages the data and learnings from each live deployment to produce vehicle agnostic, edge solutions that are advancing the safety, access, artificial intelligence, and driverless operating capabilities of autonomous platforms thus advancing the use of these new, innovative, environmentally-friendly transportation solutions.
Filtered
Venture Round in 2022
Filtered is for companies who want to build high performing technical teams and are tired of wasting thousands of hours screening and interviewing unqualified candidates based on keywords in a resume. They help improve and streamline the hiring process by removing unconscious bias allowing organizations to leverage skills based hiring that combines coding tasks, video interviews, and candidate authentication - reducing time-to-fill, increasing interview-to-hire ratios, and lowering cost per hire all while increasing quality of hire.
Elevent
Seed Round in 2022
Elevent operates a marketplace that facilitates the connection between service providers and companies to create engaging virtual and in-person experiences. The platform specializes in team-building activities, client engagement initiatives, and remote celebrations, simplifying the event planning process. By allowing managers to easily select, book, and manage various events and gifts, Elevent enhances employee engagement and strengthens client relationships. The company's focus is on delivering memorable experiences that foster trust and connections within organizations.
Wrangle
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Wrangle is a process automation software designed to enhance efficiency for teams dealing with onboarding, sales quote approval, and contract management. The application streamlines workflows by assigning approvals and tasks, allowing users to track ticket statuses from request to completion within Slack. Additionally, it collects, manages, and organizes all tickets submitted by employees, facilitating a smoother internal process and reducing the time spent on administrative tasks. By optimizing the ticketing system, Wrangle enables teams to focus more on their core responsibilities rather than on managing internal processes.
Whitebox
Series C in 2022
Whitebox provides e-commerce marketing, automation, and fulfillment services intended to streamline e-commerce operations. It offers an inventory and warehouse management tool along with services including quality check and kitting, warehousing, order fulfillment, online listings optimization, customer service management, and returns, enabling businesses to grow their e-commerce capabilities, generate new sales, and reduce costs. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
Procurated
Series A in 2021
Procurated, Inc. operates an online platform dedicated to collecting and sharing reviews from procurement officials in the public sector, including state and local governments, education, and non-profit organizations. Founded in 2019 and based in Washington, D.C., Procurated serves as the largest supplier ratings and reviews platform tailored for these sectors. The platform allows public sector purchasers to access peer insights, enabling them to make informed decisions when selecting suppliers. Users can search for reviews and ratings on various suppliers, contributing to a comprehensive database of feedback that has amassed over 44,000 reviews. By providing real-time feedback and customized dashboards for vendor performance, Procurated helps clients identify suppliers that have consistently delivered quality service to public organizations, all at no cost to the buyers.
Kion
Series A in 2021
Kion is a cloud enablement solution designed to help organizations simplify management and governance activities to realize the full benefits of the cloud. Wherever you are on your cloud journey, Kion empowers organizations to go farther, faster.
Malbek
Series A in 2021
Malbek is an AI-driven platform that specializes in enterprise contract lifecycle management, aimed at helping organizations streamline their contracting processes. The platform facilitates various aspects of contract management, including requests, redline reviews, approvals, signatures, renewals, and obligation tracking. By focusing on accelerating contract cycle times and enhancing efficiency, Malbek offers a modern solution that improves contract visibility. Its user-friendly, no-code interface is highly configurable, making it suitable for businesses of all sizes, from small enterprises to large global corporations. By simplifying the contract authoring process and leveraging artificial intelligence, Malbek enables organizations to close deals more quickly, manage increasing workloads, and gain valuable insights into their contracts.
Osano
Series A in 2021
Osano is a provider of a cloud-based data privacy compliance suite designed to assist businesses in adhering to various privacy regulations, including GDPR and CCPA. The platform analyzes and offers insights into thousands of online privacy policies, enabling companies to make informed decisions regarding their data interactions and sharing practices with websites and service providers. By leveraging Osano's software, organizations can better navigate the complexities of global data privacy laws and enhance their compliance efforts.
Buildforce
Seed Round in 2021
Buildforce is a pioneering company focused on enhancing the construction industry by providing a comprehensive marketplace and career lifecycle platform, initially targeting the electrical trade. Launched in 2020, Buildforce serves as a vital connector between construction contractors and skilled labor, facilitating consistent employment and fair compensation for workers. The platform integrates a labor marketplace with workforce management and payroll solutions, allowing clients to efficiently identify qualified candidates for their projects while enabling workers to advance their careers through improved opportunities. By streamlining the hiring process and ensuring that laborers benefit from the advantages of W-2 employment, Buildforce aims to foster better project outcomes within the construction sector.
86 Repairs
Seed Round in 2021
86 Repairs is a Chicago-based software company that offers a subscription platform for managing the entire repair process for restaurant groups. Founded in 2018, the company provides a comprehensive maintenance management solution that covers equipment repairs for appliances such as ice machines, dishwashers, and ovens. With 24/7 support from a team of experts, 86 Repairs helps restaurant owners streamline their operations by relieving them of repair-related burdens, allowing them to concentrate on customer service. The platform delivers actionable insights to enhance back-of-house operations and ensures complete management of the service process, thereby improving efficiency and reducing downtime for restaurants.
Allstacks
Seed Round in 2021
Allstacks is a software engineering intelligence platform that serves enterprise software organizations by enhancing forecasting and risk management. The platform simplifies access and identity management processes, offering automatic data import capabilities and detailed analytics. It identifies roadblocks within software delivery and provides weekly reports with benchmarking tools to help software leaders recognize inefficiencies. By analyzing where developers allocate their time and which initiatives receive the most investment, Allstacks enables organizations to make informed decisions and improve their software delivery processes. Its mission focuses on building organizational trust through predictive forecasting and comprehensive risk analysis.
PICKUP
Series B in 2021
PICKUP is a logistics company that specializes in same-day delivery services for large, heavy, and specialty retail items. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, the company operates a mobile application that connects consumers with a network of on-demand, professional, and verified movers. This service allows retailers to enhance their delivery offerings, facilitating the movement of packages on short notice and improving sales conversion rates. By providing an efficient solution for last-mile logistics, PICKUP enables retailers to meet customer demands for quick and reliable delivery of merchandise.
Idelic
Series B in 2021
Idelic is a driver management platform founded in 2016 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It focuses on the transportation industry by consolidating fleet data systems and automating compliance processes to enhance driver safety. The platform integrates data from various technology sources into a unified system, allowing clients to gain predictive insights and effectively manage their safety operations. By leveraging data organization and artificial intelligence, Idelic aims to prevent crashes, reduce driver turnover, and lower insurance costs. The company's innovative approach helps identify at-risk drivers before incidents occur, contributing to a safer and more efficient fleet management experience.
Trava Security
Seed Round in 2021
Trava Security is a cybersecurity startup that protects small and mid-sized businesses from the potential damage of cyber threats using its integrated cyber risk management and insurance platform. At Trava, the team consists of industry veterans and aspiring innovators who have united with a shared mission to enact positive change. They hold the belief that effective cyber risk management represents a powerful avenue for fostering business growth. Trava sets itself apart by adopting a unique approach to its practices.
86 Repairs
Seed Round in 2021
86 Repairs is a Chicago-based software company that offers a subscription platform for managing the entire repair process for restaurant groups. Founded in 2018, the company provides a comprehensive maintenance management solution that covers equipment repairs for appliances such as ice machines, dishwashers, and ovens. With 24/7 support from a team of experts, 86 Repairs helps restaurant owners streamline their operations by relieving them of repair-related burdens, allowing them to concentrate on customer service. The platform delivers actionable insights to enhance back-of-house operations and ensures complete management of the service process, thereby improving efficiency and reducing downtime for restaurants.
Aervivo
Seed Round in 2021
Aervivo is dedicated to transforming the internet service provider (ISP) landscape by enabling the delivery of fiber-grade connectivity at reduced costs. The company collaborates with multi-family community owners and new market entrants to facilitate the rapid launch of connectivity services for residents. Aervivo's innovative hybrid fiber and wireless mesh technology, combined with its cloud-based service platform, empowers partners to offer affordable, high-speed internet while enhancing the overall customer experience. By addressing connectivity challenges and increasing consumer choice, Aervivo aims to democratize the ISP industry and leverage scalable technology solutions to bring value to its clients and their communities.
Omnispace
Venture Round in 2021
Headquartered in the Washington D.C. area, and founded by veteran telecommunications and satellite industry executives, Omnispace is redefining mobile connectivity for the 21st century. By leveraging 5G technologies, the company is combining the global footprint of a non-geostationary satellite constellation with the mobile networks of the world’s leading telecom companies to bring an interoperable “one network” connectivity to users and IoT devices anywhere on the globe.
UPshow
Series A in 2020
UPshow, Inc. is a company that specializes in digital signage and social TV software, transforming traditional televisions in businesses into interactive marketing and entertainment platforms. The technology enables patrons to display their social media posts on screens within venues, promoting products, events, trivia, and interactive games. UPshow serves various industries, including bars, restaurants, retail, automotive, entertainment, fitness, and healthcare. Founded in 2015 and based in Chicago, Illinois, UPshow aims to enhance audience engagement by connecting TV screens and mobile devices, thereby improving customer experiences and driving business profitability. The platform also supports businesses in building customer databases and optimizing their marketing strategies, ultimately enhancing both customer and employee experiences.
Liongard
Series B in 2020
Liongard, Inc. is a technology company based in Houston, Texas, that specializes in creating an IT environment protection platform tailored for managed services providers (MSPs). Founded in 2015, Liongard has developed Roar, a platform that automates the documentation of IT assets, including user privileges, system settings, and metrics across various environments such as cloud services and on-premise systems. This comprehensive solution not only enhances cybersecurity and maintains compliance but also helps prevent operational disruptions by providing valuable insights into configuration changes. Additionally, Liongard offers integration services to further support its clients in optimizing their IT management processes.
Aspireship
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Aspireship Inc. is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based company that provides an online training and reskilling platform for individuals looking to transition into Software as a Service (SaaS) sales careers. Established in 2019, Aspireship offers a comprehensive program that includes live and on-demand video interviews with industry experts, quizzes, assessments, and virtual job simulations. The platform equips users with the essential skills required to succeed as Sales Development Representatives, Account Executives, and Account Managers. Additionally, Aspireship collaborates with various SaaS companies across North America, facilitating direct job placements for its graduates, thereby enhancing their career prospects in the competitive SaaS industry.
Idelic
Series A in 2019
Idelic is a driver management platform founded in 2016 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It focuses on the transportation industry by consolidating fleet data systems and automating compliance processes to enhance driver safety. The platform integrates data from various technology sources into a unified system, allowing clients to gain predictive insights and effectively manage their safety operations. By leveraging data organization and artificial intelligence, Idelic aims to prevent crashes, reduce driver turnover, and lower insurance costs. The company's innovative approach helps identify at-risk drivers before incidents occur, contributing to a safer and more efficient fleet management experience.
Whitebox
Series A in 2019
Whitebox provides e-commerce marketing, automation, and fulfillment services intended to streamline e-commerce operations. It offers an inventory and warehouse management tool along with services including quality check and kitting, warehousing, order fulfillment, online listings optimization, customer service management, and returns, enabling businesses to grow their e-commerce capabilities, generate new sales, and reduce costs. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
Liongard
Series A in 2019
Liongard, Inc. is a technology company based in Houston, Texas, that specializes in creating an IT environment protection platform tailored for managed services providers (MSPs). Founded in 2015, Liongard has developed Roar, a platform that automates the documentation of IT assets, including user privileges, system settings, and metrics across various environments such as cloud services and on-premise systems. This comprehensive solution not only enhances cybersecurity and maintains compliance but also helps prevent operational disruptions by providing valuable insights into configuration changes. Additionally, Liongard offers integration services to further support its clients in optimizing their IT management processes.
NS8
Series B in 2019
NS8 Inc. is a provider of a fraud prevention and user experience protection platform, specializing in helping online businesses minimize risk through its comprehensive services. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, with additional offices in Miami Beach and Amsterdam, the company offers NS8 Antifraud, which utilizes machine learning, behavioral analytics, real-time scoring, and global monitoring to identify and mitigate fraudulent activities. The platform provides actionable insights into transaction quality and trustworthiness, enabling businesses to automate their fraud management workflows. It also monitors bot activity and hidden sessions, allowing users to analyze effective traffic sources and tailor content and offers accordingly. NS8 serves various industries, including e-commerce, payment gateways, online merchants, and event ticketing. In October 2020, NS8 Inc. filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Obo
Seed Round in 2019
Obo, Inc. specializes in developing a product decision system that assists organizations in creating and managing effective product plans. Founded in 2017 and based in San Mateo, California, with a London office, the company provides tools that help product teams organize, prioritize, and validate features based on internal priorities and market needs. Their offerings include the Plan Optimizer, which identifies high-value feature candidates, and the Obo Feature Funnel, which curates market and customer ideas. Additionally, Obo provides surveys to validate concepts before allocating engineering resources, as well as data analysis tools that inform product decisions. The company’s platform integrates with Jira, enhancing its utility for product managers by surfacing relevant information and mitigating delivery risks. Obo aims to reduce product failure rates by enabling teams to leverage best practices and stakeholder feedback, ultimately fostering the development of successful, market-oriented products.
PICKUP
Series A in 2018
PICKUP is a logistics company that specializes in same-day delivery services for large, heavy, and specialty retail items. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, the company operates a mobile application that connects consumers with a network of on-demand, professional, and verified movers. This service allows retailers to enhance their delivery offerings, facilitating the movement of packages on short notice and improving sales conversion rates. By providing an efficient solution for last-mile logistics, PICKUP enables retailers to meet customer demands for quick and reliable delivery of merchandise.
Idelic
Seed Round in 2018
Idelic is a driver management platform founded in 2016 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It focuses on the transportation industry by consolidating fleet data systems and automating compliance processes to enhance driver safety. The platform integrates data from various technology sources into a unified system, allowing clients to gain predictive insights and effectively manage their safety operations. By leveraging data organization and artificial intelligence, Idelic aims to prevent crashes, reduce driver turnover, and lower insurance costs. The company's innovative approach helps identify at-risk drivers before incidents occur, contributing to a safer and more efficient fleet management experience.
Valencell
Series E in 2018
Valencell, Inc. specializes in developing advanced mobile health and fitness monitoring technology, particularly through its PerformTek biometric sensor technology. This technology allows users to monitor various personal biometrics, including heart rate, distance, pace, and calories burned, using devices such as earbuds, headsets, and wearables. Valencell also offers the Benchmark line, which provides turn-key biometric sensor systems tailored for hearables and wearables. The company licenses its innovative, patent-protected technology to a diverse range of industries, including consumer electronics, medical devices, and sports brands, facilitating integration into products worldwide. Founded in 2006 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Valencell is recognized for producing some of the most accurate wearable biometric sensor systems, aimed at enhancing chronic disease management and overall health monitoring.
FSLogix
Series C in 2018
FSLogix, Inc. specializes in providing solutions that enhance enterprise virtual workspaces by minimizing the hardware, time, and labor needed to support cloud and virtual desktops. The company offers a suite of products, including FSLogix Apps, which help virtual desktop administrators streamline the management of applications and optimize licensing costs while reducing the complexity of Windows Gold images. Key features include profile containers that address performance issues for cloud-hosted applications, particularly with Office 365, as well as app masking and Java redirection capabilities. Founded in 2012 and based in Suwanee, Georgia, FSLogix operates additional offices in Salt Lake City, Denver, and Boston, as well as international locations in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The company has established strategic partnerships with major industry players, including Citrix and Microsoft, and operates as a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation.
NS8
Seed Round in 2017
NS8 Inc. is a provider of a fraud prevention and user experience protection platform, specializing in helping online businesses minimize risk through its comprehensive services. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, with additional offices in Miami Beach and Amsterdam, the company offers NS8 Antifraud, which utilizes machine learning, behavioral analytics, real-time scoring, and global monitoring to identify and mitigate fraudulent activities. The platform provides actionable insights into transaction quality and trustworthiness, enabling businesses to automate their fraud management workflows. It also monitors bot activity and hidden sessions, allowing users to analyze effective traffic sources and tailor content and offers accordingly. NS8 serves various industries, including e-commerce, payment gateways, online merchants, and event ticketing. In October 2020, NS8 Inc. filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Rundeck
Seed Round in 2017
Rundeck, Inc. is a developer of an IT operations management platform that offers operations as a service, facilitating connections between people, processes, and tools across various organizational and technological boundaries. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Rundeck aims to modernize operational workflows by granting secure self-service access to a wider range of users, including those outside conventional operations roles. The platform enables teams to monitor job execution, review job histories, and manage access control, thereby enhancing efficiency and minimizing interruptions. Rundeck provides three versions of its product—Rundeck Core, Rundeck Pro Team, and Rundeck Pro Cluster—as well as training and consulting services tailored for business enterprises. As of October 2020, Rundeck operates as a subsidiary of PagerDuty, Inc.
EdgeConneX
Series D in 2017
EdgeConneX, Inc. specializes in providing infrastructure solutions for a variety of industries, including telecommunications, content delivery, and commercial property. Founded in 2009 and based in Herndon, Virginia, with an additional office in Denver, Colorado, the company focuses on optimizing data delivery through strategically located edge-of-network facilities. Its offerings include Edge Data Centers for content placement and delivery, Edge PoPs that create access points in high-value buildings, and solutions for wireless small cell networks. With facilities extending to international locations such as Warsaw and Buenos Aires, EdgeConneX aims to meet the increasing demand for efficient, carrier-neutral data center capacity, power, and connectivity, while emphasizing sustainability in its operations.
Omnispace
Series A in 2017
Headquartered in the Washington D.C. area, and founded by veteran telecommunications and satellite industry executives, Omnispace is redefining mobile connectivity for the 21st century. By leveraging 5G technologies, the company is combining the global footprint of a non-geostationary satellite constellation with the mobile networks of the world’s leading telecom companies to bring an interoperable “one network” connectivity to users and IoT devices anywhere on the globe.
Appuri
Seed Round in 2017
Appuri helps online and mobile businesses keep their users longer. Appuri Backstop uses machine learning to predict which users are likely to leave and the reasons why -- so product and marketing teams can take action to stop churn before it starts. Appuri provides a full Data Platform as a Service that delivers data ingest, processing and output integrated into their existing business processes. We also deliver all data into a petabyte-scale data warehouse giving them secure, direct SQL access to their user segmentation data. Our main competitor is companies expending internal resources to build an ad-hoc solution themselves.
NS8
Seed Round in 2017
NS8 Inc. is a provider of a fraud prevention and user experience protection platform, specializing in helping online businesses minimize risk through its comprehensive services. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, with additional offices in Miami Beach and Amsterdam, the company offers NS8 Antifraud, which utilizes machine learning, behavioral analytics, real-time scoring, and global monitoring to identify and mitigate fraudulent activities. The platform provides actionable insights into transaction quality and trustworthiness, enabling businesses to automate their fraud management workflows. It also monitors bot activity and hidden sessions, allowing users to analyze effective traffic sources and tailor content and offers accordingly. NS8 serves various industries, including e-commerce, payment gateways, online merchants, and event ticketing. In October 2020, NS8 Inc. filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
EdgeConneX
Series D in 2016
EdgeConneX, Inc. specializes in providing infrastructure solutions for a variety of industries, including telecommunications, content delivery, and commercial property. Founded in 2009 and based in Herndon, Virginia, with an additional office in Denver, Colorado, the company focuses on optimizing data delivery through strategically located edge-of-network facilities. Its offerings include Edge Data Centers for content placement and delivery, Edge PoPs that create access points in high-value buildings, and solutions for wireless small cell networks. With facilities extending to international locations such as Warsaw and Buenos Aires, EdgeConneX aims to meet the increasing demand for efficient, carrier-neutral data center capacity, power, and connectivity, while emphasizing sustainability in its operations.
Cheetah Digital
Series A in 2016
Cheetah Digital is a cross-channel customer engagement solution provider for the modern marketer. Unlike walled garden marketing clouds and IT-centric CDPs, the Cheetah Digital Customer Engagement Suite enables marketers to drive revenue, build lasting customer relationships, and deliver a unique value exchange throughout the entire customer lifecycle. Enterprise brands can create personalized experiences, cross-channel messaging, and loyalty strategies, underpinned by our engagement data platform that can scale to meet the changing demands of today's consumer.
Cloverpop
Series A in 2016
Cloverpop, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers a cloud-based decision-making platform designed to enhance management and collaboration within enterprises. Founded in 2012, Cloverpop's platform leverages behavioral science to streamline the decision-making process, reducing the time executives and managers spend in meetings and minimizing delays. The platform allows users to record, track, and communicate decisions, facilitating collaboration across teams and channels while addressing common challenges in marketing, sales, and strategy. By providing tools that help structure, automate, and learn from decisions, Cloverpop aims to eliminate human biases, improve stakeholder engagement, and enhance the overall quality and speed of decision-making. Its clientele includes Fortune 100 companies across various industries, such as consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, and technology.
Vlocity
Series B in 2016
Vlocity, Inc. develops industry-specific cloud and mobile software aimed at enhancing digital transformation for various sectors, including communications, media, entertainment, energy, utilities, insurance, health, and government. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Vlocity's offerings include tools such as Omniscript, which allows users to design and configure customer interaction scripts, and Industry Console, which provides streamlined access to customer data and service opportunities. The company also delivers solutions for customer order management, benefits case management, and relationship management applications tailored for government and healthcare. By focusing on creating unified customer experiences and improving operational efficiency, Vlocity helps organizations achieve greater agility and faster time to value across both digital and traditional channels. As of June 2020, Vlocity operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce.
Cybrary
Seed Round in 2016
Cybrary Inc. is an online platform that offers a wide range of information technology and cybersecurity training services to learners of all levels, including beginners and experienced professionals. Founded in 2015 and based in College Park, Maryland, Cybrary provides training in systems and network administration, project management, and various cybersecurity domains, such as ethical hacking, penetration testing, and security awareness. The platform features instructional lectures, interactive labs, exam study guides, and case studies, making it accessible for individuals and enterprises alike. Cybrary also collaborates with cybersecurity companies to enhance its course offerings and allows organizations to manage employee training through its "Teams" product, which includes hands-on challenges and skill assessments. The company aims to support underserved communities and those seeking to enter or advance in the cybersecurity field, contributing to a more skilled workforce.
Valencell
Series D in 2016
Valencell, Inc. specializes in developing advanced mobile health and fitness monitoring technology, particularly through its PerformTek biometric sensor technology. This technology allows users to monitor various personal biometrics, including heart rate, distance, pace, and calories burned, using devices such as earbuds, headsets, and wearables. Valencell also offers the Benchmark line, which provides turn-key biometric sensor systems tailored for hearables and wearables. The company licenses its innovative, patent-protected technology to a diverse range of industries, including consumer electronics, medical devices, and sports brands, facilitating integration into products worldwide. Founded in 2006 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Valencell is recognized for producing some of the most accurate wearable biometric sensor systems, aimed at enhancing chronic disease management and overall health monitoring.
Omnispace
Venture Round in 2016
Headquartered in the Washington D.C. area, and founded by veteran telecommunications and satellite industry executives, Omnispace is redefining mobile connectivity for the 21st century. By leveraging 5G technologies, the company is combining the global footprint of a non-geostationary satellite constellation with the mobile networks of the world’s leading telecom companies to bring an interoperable “one network” connectivity to users and IoT devices anywhere on the globe.
Stellar Loyalty
Series A in 2016
Stellar Loyalty is the first application provider to deliver breakthrough cloud-based, big data customer loyalty, and engagement solutions. The company's mission is to bring delight and value to every consumer experience by enabling brands to instantly recognize, engage, and reward their loyal customers across the network of digital, physical, and human interactions. Founded in 2014 and funded by InterWest Partners and TDF Ventures, Stellar Loyalty is privately held with offices in Foster City, California, Dublin, Ireland, and Manila, Philippines.
OpsPanda
Series A in 2016
OpsPanda, Inc. is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2014. The company specializes in sales resource planning, offering a platform that enables organizations to model, plan, report, and analyze their sales resources effectively. OpsPanda's application supports sales, operations, and finance teams in defining and rationalizing the necessary resources to achieve sales targets while also identifying variables that impact team performance. The platform enhances the ability to pinpoint gaps, opportunities, and risks in reaching sales goals, allowing organizations to predict sales capacity, develop detailed hiring plans, and assign achievable quotas. OpsPanda is a subsidiary of Xactly Corporation and has received investment from firms such as TDF Ventures and PivotNorth Capital.
Cloverpop
Seed Round in 2015
Cloverpop, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers a cloud-based decision-making platform designed to enhance management and collaboration within enterprises. Founded in 2012, Cloverpop's platform leverages behavioral science to streamline the decision-making process, reducing the time executives and managers spend in meetings and minimizing delays. The platform allows users to record, track, and communicate decisions, facilitating collaboration across teams and channels while addressing common challenges in marketing, sales, and strategy. By providing tools that help structure, automate, and learn from decisions, Cloverpop aims to eliminate human biases, improve stakeholder engagement, and enhance the overall quality and speed of decision-making. Its clientele includes Fortune 100 companies across various industries, such as consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, and technology.
Quad Learning
Debt Financing in 2015
Quad Learning, Inc., operating as American Honors, was founded in 2012 and is based in Washington, D.C. The company focuses on creating more affordable pathways for students seeking to complete their bachelor's degrees at prestigious institutions. It develops a two-year honors program tailored for high-achieving students, offering essential academic support and personalized advising services, including course planning and career exploration. Additionally, Quad Learning collaborates with community colleges to deliver this competitive program, providing marketing strategies, recruitment, selective admissions, and faculty development services. The company also features an online learning platform, enhancing the educational experience for students and facilitating their transition to four-year universities.
CircleBack
Series C in 2015
CircleBack, Inc. is a technology company based in Vienna, Virginia, focused on improving contact data accuracy for business consumers. Founded in 2008, the company develops mobile contact intelligence applications that streamline the management of address books across various devices. Its flagship product, CircleBack, uses a patented data engine to provide real-time updates on connections, such as job changes and new contact information, directly to users' mobile address books and customer relationship management systems. Additionally, CircleBack offers tools like ContactSaver, which converts email signatures into contacts for Gmail, and ScanBizCards, enabling users to digitize business cards. The Cleanup Suite helps refine contact lists by removing duplicates. CircleBack aims to enhance productivity by ensuring that professionals and businesses can maintain accurate and up-to-date connections.
Stellar Loyalty
Series A in 2014
Stellar Loyalty is the first application provider to deliver breakthrough cloud-based, big data customer loyalty, and engagement solutions. The company's mission is to bring delight and value to every consumer experience by enabling brands to instantly recognize, engage, and reward their loyal customers across the network of digital, physical, and human interactions. Founded in 2014 and funded by InterWest Partners and TDF Ventures, Stellar Loyalty is privately held with offices in Foster City, California, Dublin, Ireland, and Manila, Philippines.
IEX Group
Series C in 2014
IEX is an equity trading venue seeded by a consortium of buy-side investors, including mutual funds, hedge funds, and family offices. IEX focuses on investor protection and performance by creating a market that aims to maximize shares traded at the best available price, decrease information leakage, eliminate informational disadvantages and persistent inefficiencies, and promote an opportunity for natural interest to interact without unnecessary intermediation. IEX is dedicated to offering fair access to a balanced marketplace, and delivering a defined and objective experience in support of just and equitable principles of trade. IEX operates a fair-access platform for any qualified broker dealer, and was built on the principle of investor protection, delivered through its proprietary anti-colocation architecture and simplified pricing and rule set. IEX was featured in the best-selling book, Flash Boys, written by Michael Lewis.
Quad Learning
Series B in 2014
Quad Learning, Inc., operating as American Honors, was founded in 2012 and is based in Washington, D.C. The company focuses on creating more affordable pathways for students seeking to complete their bachelor's degrees at prestigious institutions. It develops a two-year honors program tailored for high-achieving students, offering essential academic support and personalized advising services, including course planning and career exploration. Additionally, Quad Learning collaborates with community colleges to deliver this competitive program, providing marketing strategies, recruitment, selective admissions, and faculty development services. The company also features an online learning platform, enhancing the educational experience for students and facilitating their transition to four-year universities.
SpinMedia
Venture Round in 2014
SpinMedia Group is a leading digital media company specializing in pop culture and targeting millennial audiences. With over 100 million monthly unique visitors, it operates a diverse portfolio of more than 35 influential brands, including Celebuzz, Stereogum, and Buzznet, among others. These brands are recognized as authoritative voices in their respective categories, effectively engaging with young adults. SpinMedia Group ranks as the fifth largest web destination for adults aged 18-24 and is a significant player in the digital publishing space, being the second largest publisher in entertainment news and the tenth in music. By leveraging its extensive reach and understanding of its audience, SpinMedia Group offers tailored marketing and advertising solutions through its various platforms, connecting fans with the celebrities and brands they admire.
EdgeConneX
Series C in 2013
EdgeConneX, Inc. specializes in providing infrastructure solutions for a variety of industries, including telecommunications, content delivery, and commercial property. Founded in 2009 and based in Herndon, Virginia, with an additional office in Denver, Colorado, the company focuses on optimizing data delivery through strategically located edge-of-network facilities. Its offerings include Edge Data Centers for content placement and delivery, Edge PoPs that create access points in high-value buildings, and solutions for wireless small cell networks. With facilities extending to international locations such as Warsaw and Buenos Aires, EdgeConneX aims to meet the increasing demand for efficient, carrier-neutral data center capacity, power, and connectivity, while emphasizing sustainability in its operations.
AppMesh
Series A in 2013
AppMesh is building the next generation business platform for mobile devices. Founded by salesforce.com veterans, we believe that in the post-PC era business applications need to be personal, seamless, and intuitive.
Outbox
Series A in 2013
Outbox provides a disruptive alternative to the old system of postal delivery. Their service worked by sending an Outbox employee to customers’ homes to pick up their mail three times a week. The items were electronically scanned into images and then made available for viewing via a secure website, on iPads and smartphones.
Able Lending
Series A in 2013
Able Lending, Inc. is an online lending service based in Austin, Texas, that focuses on providing financial support to small businesses across the United States. Founded in 2011 and originally named Outbox Inc., the company was rebranded in 2014. Able Lending specializes in offering various loan products, including friends and family loans, growth loans, and debt refinancing options. It aims to provide a cost-effective lending solution, allowing borrowers to save significantly on loans ranging from $25,000 to $1,000,000. In addition to financial capital, Able Lending connects entrepreneurs with community resources and expert advice to facilitate business growth. The company has been recognized for its innovative approach to lending and its commitment to supporting small businesses at different stages of their development.
Booker
Series B in 2013
Booker is transforming the way local services are managed by businesses and discovered by consumers. Booker replaces everything from manual methods to disconnected software, and unifies the essential components of running a service business into a single web-based platform, accessible from any device. Booker also enables service business to sell their services online, through their website and a network of partner sites and apps, creating a seamless online booking experience for consumers. Booker processes over one million appointments each month across 70 countries. Headquartered in New York City, Booker’s customers include Fortune 500 companies as well as thousands of local service businesses. HISTORY We started as a division of SpaFinder (located in Gramercy, NYC) in 2007 with a SaaS product called SpaBooker. Our focus was to deliver one platform for spas to manage their business, and SpaBooker was an instant success. We quickly expanded the team, feature set, and customer base. Building on our success, we decided to spin out SpaBooker to bring even more focus on growing the business by entering new verticals, and helping publishers add booking to their online user experience. We realized this vision stretched beyond the name SpaBooker, leading us to spin out as GramercyOne, with SpaBooker as its product. Shortly thereafter, we brought on new investors in our Series A financing of $14.5M, enabling us to build out our executive team, enter several new verticals, and sign new partnerships with major publishers. Over the following year, as we continued our breakout growth, we recognized that our name was creating an unneeded divide between our company and our products. We decided to bring it all together with a simple name born from our core offering – Booker.
Quantance
Series D in 2013
Quantance is a fabless semiconductor company enabling a major breakthrough in data speed and battery life in mobile devices. Quantance's patented RF technology enables users to transmit more signal power from their mobile devices and data cards, which enhances data performance without adversely impacting battery life or requiring any changes to wireless network infrastructure.
Quad Learning
Series A in 2013
Quad Learning, Inc., operating as American Honors, was founded in 2012 and is based in Washington, D.C. The company focuses on creating more affordable pathways for students seeking to complete their bachelor's degrees at prestigious institutions. It develops a two-year honors program tailored for high-achieving students, offering essential academic support and personalized advising services, including course planning and career exploration. Additionally, Quad Learning collaborates with community colleges to deliver this competitive program, providing marketing strategies, recruitment, selective admissions, and faculty development services. The company also features an online learning platform, enhancing the educational experience for students and facilitating their transition to four-year universities.
EdgeConneX
Series B in 2012
EdgeConneX, Inc. specializes in providing infrastructure solutions for a variety of industries, including telecommunications, content delivery, and commercial property. Founded in 2009 and based in Herndon, Virginia, with an additional office in Denver, Colorado, the company focuses on optimizing data delivery through strategically located edge-of-network facilities. Its offerings include Edge Data Centers for content placement and delivery, Edge PoPs that create access points in high-value buildings, and solutions for wireless small cell networks. With facilities extending to international locations such as Warsaw and Buenos Aires, EdgeConneX aims to meet the increasing demand for efficient, carrier-neutral data center capacity, power, and connectivity, while emphasizing sustainability in its operations.
Virtustream
Series B in 2012
Virtustream is a cloud innovator offering enterprise-class cloud solutions to enterprises, governments, and service providers. The company's secure cloud platform enables hybrid cloud deployments, supports multiple hypervisors, and a sub-virtual machine pricing model that is consumption-based. Their xStream Cloud Platform can deliver private, multi-tenant, or hybrid cloud alternatives, managed within a single pane of glass. They also maximize business’s productivity with Cloud Cover, a set of managed services tuned to optimize the way applications run in a cloud. Virtustream was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
HelloWallet
Series B in 2012
HelloWallet, LLC is a financial services software company based in Washington, D.C., that provides a range of online tools to help individuals and organizations manage their finances effectively. Established in 2008, HelloWallet's platform assists users in organizing and tracking various financial accounts, including checking, savings, retirement, and healthcare accounts, as well as loans and investments. The software offers personalized guidance on budgeting, emergency savings, debt management, and retirement planning, aimed at enhancing financial well-being. Additionally, HelloWallet provides employers with analytics to assess workforce financial health and improve employee engagement and wellness. The company operates a double bottom line business model, donating one subscription to a family in need for every five subscriptions sold. As of mid-2017, HelloWallet functions as a subsidiary of KeyBank National Association.
Quad Learning
Series A in 2012
Quad Learning, Inc., operating as American Honors, was founded in 2012 and is based in Washington, D.C. The company focuses on creating more affordable pathways for students seeking to complete their bachelor's degrees at prestigious institutions. It develops a two-year honors program tailored for high-achieving students, offering essential academic support and personalized advising services, including course planning and career exploration. Additionally, Quad Learning collaborates with community colleges to deliver this competitive program, providing marketing strategies, recruitment, selective admissions, and faculty development services. The company also features an online learning platform, enhancing the educational experience for students and facilitating their transition to four-year universities.
Booker
Series A in 2011
Booker is transforming the way local services are managed by businesses and discovered by consumers. Booker replaces everything from manual methods to disconnected software, and unifies the essential components of running a service business into a single web-based platform, accessible from any device. Booker also enables service business to sell their services online, through their website and a network of partner sites and apps, creating a seamless online booking experience for consumers. Booker processes over one million appointments each month across 70 countries. Headquartered in New York City, Booker’s customers include Fortune 500 companies as well as thousands of local service businesses. HISTORY We started as a division of SpaFinder (located in Gramercy, NYC) in 2007 with a SaaS product called SpaBooker. Our focus was to deliver one platform for spas to manage their business, and SpaBooker was an instant success. We quickly expanded the team, feature set, and customer base. Building on our success, we decided to spin out SpaBooker to bring even more focus on growing the business by entering new verticals, and helping publishers add booking to their online user experience. We realized this vision stretched beyond the name SpaBooker, leading us to spin out as GramercyOne, with SpaBooker as its product. Shortly thereafter, we brought on new investors in our Series A financing of $14.5M, enabling us to build out our executive team, enter several new verticals, and sign new partnerships with major publishers. Over the following year, as we continued our breakout growth, we recognized that our name was creating an unneeded divide between our company and our products. We decided to bring it all together with a simple name born from our core offering – Booker.
Quantance
Series C in 2011
Quantance is a fabless semiconductor company enabling a major breakthrough in data speed and battery life in mobile devices. Quantance's patented RF technology enables users to transmit more signal power from their mobile devices and data cards, which enhances data performance without adversely impacting battery life or requiring any changes to wireless network infrastructure.
Spectrum Bridge
Series B in 2011
Spectrum Bridge, Inc. is a telecommunications software company that specializes in cloud-based spectrum management and embedded software solutions for the wireless networking market. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida, with an additional office in Silicon Valley, the company focuses on enhancing the availability and allocation of wireless bandwidth for enterprises and consumers. It offers a Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) solution that facilitates dynamic spectrum allocation, allowing network operators and end users to manage spectrum availability based on specific criteria such as frequency, geography, and intended use. Key components of its DSA technology include the Spectrum Allocation Engine, which optimizes allocations; the Spectrum Supply Manager, which allows spectrum holders to define operational constraints; and the Coexistence Manager, ensuring performance levels for co-located users. Spectrum Bridge also operates a spectrum exchange and develops intellectual property and software applications to further support efficient spectrum utilization.
EdgeConneX
Series B in 2011
EdgeConneX, Inc. specializes in providing infrastructure solutions for a variety of industries, including telecommunications, content delivery, and commercial property. Founded in 2009 and based in Herndon, Virginia, with an additional office in Denver, Colorado, the company focuses on optimizing data delivery through strategically located edge-of-network facilities. Its offerings include Edge Data Centers for content placement and delivery, Edge PoPs that create access points in high-value buildings, and solutions for wireless small cell networks. With facilities extending to international locations such as Warsaw and Buenos Aires, EdgeConneX aims to meet the increasing demand for efficient, carrier-neutral data center capacity, power, and connectivity, while emphasizing sustainability in its operations.
Virtustream
Series A in 2011
Virtustream is a cloud innovator offering enterprise-class cloud solutions to enterprises, governments, and service providers. The company's secure cloud platform enables hybrid cloud deployments, supports multiple hypervisors, and a sub-virtual machine pricing model that is consumption-based. Their xStream Cloud Platform can deliver private, multi-tenant, or hybrid cloud alternatives, managed within a single pane of glass. They also maximize business’s productivity with Cloud Cover, a set of managed services tuned to optimize the way applications run in a cloud. Virtustream was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
Virtustream
Series A in 2010
Virtustream is a cloud innovator offering enterprise-class cloud solutions to enterprises, governments, and service providers. The company's secure cloud platform enables hybrid cloud deployments, supports multiple hypervisors, and a sub-virtual machine pricing model that is consumption-based. Their xStream Cloud Platform can deliver private, multi-tenant, or hybrid cloud alternatives, managed within a single pane of glass. They also maximize business’s productivity with Cloud Cover, a set of managed services tuned to optimize the way applications run in a cloud. Virtustream was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
Overture Networks
Venture Round in 2010
Overture Networks develops and manufactures high-speed carrier ethernet edge and aggregation solutions. Its products combine packet-switched and circuit-switched areas into a single architecture-at cost points to offer carrier Ethernet services to any size location over copper, fiber, or optical transport.
Valencell
Series A in 2010
Valencell, Inc. specializes in developing advanced mobile health and fitness monitoring technology, particularly through its PerformTek biometric sensor technology. This technology allows users to monitor various personal biometrics, including heart rate, distance, pace, and calories burned, using devices such as earbuds, headsets, and wearables. Valencell also offers the Benchmark line, which provides turn-key biometric sensor systems tailored for hearables and wearables. The company licenses its innovative, patent-protected technology to a diverse range of industries, including consumer electronics, medical devices, and sports brands, facilitating integration into products worldwide. Founded in 2006 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Valencell is recognized for producing some of the most accurate wearable biometric sensor systems, aimed at enhancing chronic disease management and overall health monitoring.
Sezmi Corporation
Series C in 2009
[sezmi](http://www.sezmi.com) (formerly known as Building B) is an entertainment services company that focuses on combining the strengths of wireless broadcast technology and the internet to offer personalized entertainment solutions to consumers. The company has been developing a video entertainment platform that aggregates content from a variety of sources- traditional TV programming, HDTV, movies, internet video, and on-demand viewing- and allows personalization and advanced navigation. Building B, in plans to roll out the platform currently, claims that the platform does not require a PC or additional infrastructure to implement. The company's management team contains prior senior executives from entertainment companies CBS, NBC, MTV Networks, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Showtime and Viacom.
Spectrum Bridge
Series B in 2008
Spectrum Bridge, Inc. is a telecommunications software company that specializes in cloud-based spectrum management and embedded software solutions for the wireless networking market. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida, with an additional office in Silicon Valley, the company focuses on enhancing the availability and allocation of wireless bandwidth for enterprises and consumers. It offers a Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) solution that facilitates dynamic spectrum allocation, allowing network operators and end users to manage spectrum availability based on specific criteria such as frequency, geography, and intended use. Key components of its DSA technology include the Spectrum Allocation Engine, which optimizes allocations; the Spectrum Supply Manager, which allows spectrum holders to define operational constraints; and the Coexistence Manager, ensuring performance levels for co-located users. Spectrum Bridge also operates a spectrum exchange and develops intellectual property and software applications to further support efficient spectrum utilization.
Sezmi Corporation
Series B in 2008
[sezmi](http://www.sezmi.com) (formerly known as Building B) is an entertainment services company that focuses on combining the strengths of wireless broadcast technology and the internet to offer personalized entertainment solutions to consumers. The company has been developing a video entertainment platform that aggregates content from a variety of sources- traditional TV programming, HDTV, movies, internet video, and on-demand viewing- and allows personalization and advanced navigation. Building B, in plans to roll out the platform currently, claims that the platform does not require a PC or additional infrastructure to implement. The company's management team contains prior senior executives from entertainment companies CBS, NBC, MTV Networks, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Showtime and Viacom.
Quantance
Series B in 2008
Quantance is a fabless semiconductor company enabling a major breakthrough in data speed and battery life in mobile devices. Quantance's patented RF technology enables users to transmit more signal power from their mobile devices and data cards, which enhances data performance without adversely impacting battery life or requiring any changes to wireless network infrastructure.
Ooma
Series C in 2008
Ooma, Inc. is a communications services company that specializes in creating connected experiences for both businesses and consumers. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Ooma offers a smart cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that provides a range of communication solutions. For businesses, Ooma delivers advanced voice and collaboration features through its offerings, such as Ooma Office and Ooma Enterprise, which include services like call recording, voicemail transcription, and mobile integration. For residential customers, Ooma provides home communications solutions like Ooma Telo, which serves as a primary phone line with high-definition voice quality and smart security features. The company also offers a variety of products, including mobile apps and security solutions, allowing users to monitor and control their home environments. Ooma generates revenue primarily through subscription services, distributing its products through direct sales, retailers, and online channels. Established in 2003, Ooma continues to innovate in the realm of connected communications and security.
Inlet Technologies
Series C in 2008
Inlet Technologies specializes in advanced encoding solutions designed to optimize video production and delivery for content creators, programmers, and distributors. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, the company offers a range of products, including Armada, a transcoding and encoding workflow system that streamlines processes; Spinnaker, a broadcast-quality streaming solution; Fathom, an encoding platform for various video formats; and Semaphore, an automated quality control program. Inlet's solutions cater to a variety of applications, including professional and adaptive streaming, video-on-demand, IPTV, mobile video, corporate communications, distance learning, and security surveillance. The company focuses on delivering high-quality video efficiently across any IP network, helping clients to enhance production efficiency and reduce costs.
Spectrum Bridge
Seed Round in 2008
Spectrum Bridge, Inc. is a telecommunications software company that specializes in cloud-based spectrum management and embedded software solutions for the wireless networking market. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida, with an additional office in Silicon Valley, the company focuses on enhancing the availability and allocation of wireless bandwidth for enterprises and consumers. It offers a Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) solution that facilitates dynamic spectrum allocation, allowing network operators and end users to manage spectrum availability based on specific criteria such as frequency, geography, and intended use. Key components of its DSA technology include the Spectrum Allocation Engine, which optimizes allocations; the Spectrum Supply Manager, which allows spectrum holders to define operational constraints; and the Coexistence Manager, ensuring performance levels for co-located users. Spectrum Bridge also operates a spectrum exchange and develops intellectual property and software applications to further support efficient spectrum utilization.
Inlet Technologies
Venture Round in 2007
Inlet Technologies specializes in advanced encoding solutions designed to optimize video production and delivery for content creators, programmers, and distributors. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, the company offers a range of products, including Armada, a transcoding and encoding workflow system that streamlines processes; Spinnaker, a broadcast-quality streaming solution; Fathom, an encoding platform for various video formats; and Semaphore, an automated quality control program. Inlet's solutions cater to a variety of applications, including professional and adaptive streaming, video-on-demand, IPTV, mobile video, corporate communications, distance learning, and security surveillance. The company focuses on delivering high-quality video efficiently across any IP network, helping clients to enhance production efficiency and reduce costs.
Aztek Networks
Series B in 2007
Aztek Networks is a telecommunications product supplier that enables service providers to consolidate legacy voice switches while facilitating migration to IP broadband networks. The company's 5000-series products help reduce operating costs associated with outdated switches, ensuring continued reliable voice connectivity. With a 25-year history rooted in Aztek Engineering, Aztek Networks offers patented ESA switch and migration solutions tailored for the telecommunications industry. The company focuses on assisting service providers in managing the challenges posed by declining wireline subscribers and the associated costs of maintaining legacy voice networks.
Arxan Technologies
Series C in 2007
Arxan Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of application protection solutions, specializing in safeguarding critical applications deployed across various platforms, including mobile devices, desktops, and embedded systems in the Internet of Things (IoT). The company offers a range of services designed to protect both source and binary code, enhancing the security perimeter for organizations. Its product lineup includes GuardIT, EnsureIT, TransformIT, and Arxan for Web, which utilize advanced technologies such as code hardening, obfuscation, white-box cryptography, and threat analytics. Arxan's solutions cater to diverse sectors, including financial services, healthcare, automotive, gaming, and e-commerce, and are designed to operate without interfering with software development processes or runtime performance. In addition to its software products, the company provides professional services, including risk assessments and protection design, aimed at ensuring comprehensive security for its clients. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Arxan Technologies has established strategic alliances with notable firms to enhance its offerings.
Aztek Networks
Series A in 2006
Aztek Networks is a telecommunications product supplier that enables service providers to consolidate legacy voice switches while facilitating migration to IP broadband networks. The company's 5000-series products help reduce operating costs associated with outdated switches, ensuring continued reliable voice connectivity. With a 25-year history rooted in Aztek Engineering, Aztek Networks offers patented ESA switch and migration solutions tailored for the telecommunications industry. The company focuses on assisting service providers in managing the challenges posed by declining wireline subscribers and the associated costs of maintaining legacy voice networks.
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