Threshold Ventures

Threshold Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It pursues a high-conviction, early-stage investment strategy and partners with entrepreneurs to build technology-driven companies in consumer, enterprise, and healthcare sectors. The firm provides venture and growth capital to technology companies and has historical ties to the broader Draper Fisher Jurvetson network. Threshold focuses on supporting early-stage ventures across software, consumer, and healthcare technologies, and seeks to back innovative teams aiming to reach market leadership.

Brian Akin

Associate

William (Bill) Bryant

General Partner

Chirag Chotalia

Partner

Rob Ciechowski

Associate

Katie Evans

Associate

Randall Glein

Co-Founder and Partner

Mohammad Islam

General Partner

Justin Kao

Partner

Megan Kelly

Principal

Emily Melton

Managing Partner

Arpit Mittal

Principal

William Morrison

Principal

Heidi Roizen

Partner

Ramin Sayar

Venture Partner

Chris Shanahan

Principal

Sam Shapiro

Principal

Andreas Stavropoulos

Partner

Josh Stein

Managing Partner

Kevin Tu

Principal

Past deals in Networking

Parasail

Seed Round in 2025
Parasail is an AI deployment networking company that provides AI products to builders and innovators for secure compute.

Forward Networks

Series D in 2023
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

Forward Networks

Series C in 2019
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

Forward Networks

Series B in 2017
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

SimpliVity

Series D in 2015
SimpliVity Corporation is a provider of hyperconverged infrastructure solutions designed to enhance the deployment of resources and workloads in data centers. The company offers several products, including OmniCube, a 2U rack-mounted system that integrates server, storage, and networking services, thereby improving the management, protection, and performance of virtualized workloads. Additionally, its OmniCube Hyperconverged Infrastructure platform addresses data efficiency and global management needs in virtualized and cloud environments. SimpliVity's solutions also include OmniView, a web-based support dashboard featuring predictive analytics, and OmniStack Hyperconverged Infrastructure, which integrates with Cisco UCS to consolidate multiple core data center functions. The company's technology is utilized across various sectors, including energy, education, financial services, government, and telecommunications. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, SimpliVity has support centers in Cork, Ireland, and Raleigh, North Carolina. As of February 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

SimpliVity

Series C in 2013
SimpliVity Corporation is a provider of hyperconverged infrastructure solutions designed to enhance the deployment of resources and workloads in data centers. The company offers several products, including OmniCube, a 2U rack-mounted system that integrates server, storage, and networking services, thereby improving the management, protection, and performance of virtualized workloads. Additionally, its OmniCube Hyperconverged Infrastructure platform addresses data efficiency and global management needs in virtualized and cloud environments. SimpliVity's solutions also include OmniView, a web-based support dashboard featuring predictive analytics, and OmniStack Hyperconverged Infrastructure, which integrates with Cisco UCS to consolidate multiple core data center functions. The company's technology is utilized across various sectors, including energy, education, financial services, government, and telecommunications. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, SimpliVity has support centers in Cork, Ireland, and Raleigh, North Carolina. As of February 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

Neul

Venture Round in 2012
Neul is a Cambridge, UK-based company that specializes in the development of wireless network technology, specifically aimed at utilizing television white space spectrum. The company offers a range of services, including asset tracking, transportation solutions, rural broadband access, machine-to-machine communications, and e-media distribution. By leveraging this innovative technology, Neul aims to enhance connectivity and enable efficient communication across various applications and industries.

Special Network Services

Venture Round in 2012
Special Network Services Ltd, doing business as PeerIndex, is a Web technology company that engages in algorithmically mapping out the social Web. The company identifies, ranks, and scores authorities and experts, including journalists, academics, amateurs, and professionals.

Draytek Technologies

Post in 2010
Founded in 1997, Draytek Technologies is a Taiwanese manufacturer specializing in networking equipment and management systems. The company offers enterprise-level firewalls, routers, switches, VPN facilities, and other telecommunication products, primarily serving small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and residential users worldwide.

Brilliant Telecommunications

Venture Round in 2009
Brilliant Telecommunications, Inc. designs, develops, and distributes network timing, management, and synchronization solutions. Its products include Zurich Z-1000, a zero footprint, outdoor, and pole-mounted Network Time Protocol server that embodies its own timing management interface to provide tools for diagnosis, monitoring, and alarms; Cern C-2000, which is a Primary Reference Source and Clock that provides time stamping accuracy and configurability; and BT-750, a network timing client that delivers multiple synchronous outputs in a flexible platform. The company serves financial markets, legal institutions, telecommunication companies, and manufacturing organizations. Brilliant Telecommunications, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Campbell, California.

SeaMicro

Venture Round in 2009
SeaMicro is a company focused on developing innovative low-power data center solutions aimed at addressing the escalating energy consumption of traditional servers. With the power demands of servers having more than doubled over the past six years, SeaMicro has engineered a new server architecture that utilizes advanced CPU design, virtualization, supercomputing, and networking technologies. Their compact servers consume only one-quarter of the power and occupy one-sixth of the space of conventional servers, making them an efficient alternative for scale-out infrastructures. Furthermore, SeaMicro's servers are designed to be plug-and-play, ensuring compatibility without the need for modifications to existing software operating systems, applications, or management systems. This approach positions SeaMicro as a leader in transforming the data center landscape into a more sustainable and efficient environment.

Anagran

Series D in 2008
Anagran specializes in flow-based traffic management products designed to mitigate the adverse effects of network congestion, thereby facilitating the seamless scaling of video, voice, data, and wireless traffic across converged IP networks. The company's solutions protect essential network traffic by managing end-to-end flows based on their behavior, ensuring optimal quality and performance levels without relying on invasive deep packet inspection techniques. This approach allows service providers and enterprises to consistently achieve high-performance standards while significantly lowering both capital expenditures and ongoing network costs. Founded by Dr. Larry Roberts, a recognized pioneer of the Internet, Anagran is committed to enhancing network efficiency and reliability.

Hola

Venture Round in 2008
Hola is a company that specializes in advanced routing technologies to improve Internet access. It offers a VPN service that ensures safe access to global content, providing solutions for online security and user anonymity. Hola's services protect users from ISP tracking, enhance incognito browsing, and shield devices from hacking, enabling them to bypass restrictions such as company intranet and government-site blocking. With a profitable business model and rapid growth, Hola has established a global presence and has attracted investment from prominent firms. The company's core technology includes an HTTP routing overlay network, which is integrated into its client-side software and server infrastructure, allowing for a faster, more open, and cost-effective Internet experience.

PacketExchange

Series B in 2008
PacketExchange specializes in private network services that provide a range of solutions, including Global Ethernet, Global Peering, Collaborative Networking, Cloud Networking, Dedicated Internet Access, and Internet Transit. The company utilizes a unique real-time transactional services platform that is built on a global private layer-2 MPLS/VPLS and layer-3 IP network, offering a secure, reliable, and cost-effective alternative to the public Internet. With a redundant mesh network spanning Europe, North America, and Asia, PacketExchange enables seamless connectivity for hundreds of access and broadband service providers, digital media firms, content and web application providers, enterprises, and customers, facilitating direct connections with their trading partners worldwide.

Naseeb Networks

Series B in 2008
Naseeb Networks is an onlineĀ Islamic network for social, business, and matchmaking purposes. It connects young, educated, professional Muslims through networks of friends and provides a platform to interact and build new connections. It was founded in 2003 and is based in Punjab, Pakistan.

Anagran

Series C in 2008
Anagran specializes in flow-based traffic management products designed to mitigate the adverse effects of network congestion, thereby facilitating the seamless scaling of video, voice, data, and wireless traffic across converged IP networks. The company's solutions protect essential network traffic by managing end-to-end flows based on their behavior, ensuring optimal quality and performance levels without relying on invasive deep packet inspection techniques. This approach allows service providers and enterprises to consistently achieve high-performance standards while significantly lowering both capital expenditures and ongoing network costs. Founded by Dr. Larry Roberts, a recognized pioneer of the Internet, Anagran is committed to enhancing network efficiency and reliability.

Pronto Networks

Venture Round in 2007
Founded in 2002, Pronto Networks develops operations support systems that enable network operators to deploy and manage public Wi-Fi networks. Its solutions include Unifi OSS for provisioning and billing, UNIFi OneBox for monetizing WiFi networks, mobile broadband routers, and The UNIFi Cloud Controller for cloud-based management. Serving diverse industries like education, healthcare, hospitality, and wireless ISPs, Pronto Networks is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California with offices in India.

Social Project

Series A in 2006
Social Project LLC, founded in 2005 and based in Santa Monica, California, is a social networking company that offers a platform called Flux. Initially launched as Tagworld, the company rebranded in 2007 and focuses on enabling user participation across various websites. Social Project provides tools for users to create personalized profiles that include multimedia content such as text, photos, and videos. A key feature of the platform is its widget system, which allows users to integrate customizable widgets on multiple social networks, setting it apart from competitors. The company, which was once a subsidiary of Viacom Media Networks, is currently a subsidiary of Vivendi SA and aims to enhance social content sharing and community engagement on the web.

Anagran

Series B in 2005
Anagran specializes in flow-based traffic management products designed to mitigate the adverse effects of network congestion, thereby facilitating the seamless scaling of video, voice, data, and wireless traffic across converged IP networks. The company's solutions protect essential network traffic by managing end-to-end flows based on their behavior, ensuring optimal quality and performance levels without relying on invasive deep packet inspection techniques. This approach allows service providers and enterprises to consistently achieve high-performance standards while significantly lowering both capital expenditures and ongoing network costs. Founded by Dr. Larry Roberts, a recognized pioneer of the Internet, Anagran is committed to enhancing network efficiency and reliability.

ChinaCache

Series A in 2005
ChinaCache is a prominent Chinese provider of content delivery networks and cloud-based services, established in 1998. The company caters to a diverse range of clients, including small and large enterprises, luxury brands, e-commerce platforms, banking institutions, online gaming, and media organizations. With a robust infrastructure that includes over 400 service nodes in more than 120 major cities across China, ChinaCache offers a total network capacity exceeding 1000Gbps. The company maintains interconnections with all major telecommunications carriers and local internet service providers in Mainland China, enabling it to enhance online services and user experiences for its clients. All of ChinaCache's revenue is generated within the People's Republic of China, underscoring its focus on the domestic market.

Pronto Networks

Venture Round in 2005
Founded in 2002, Pronto Networks develops operations support systems that enable network operators to deploy and manage public Wi-Fi networks. Its solutions include Unifi OSS for provisioning and billing, UNIFi OneBox for monetizing WiFi networks, mobile broadband routers, and The UNIFi Cloud Controller for cloud-based management. Serving diverse industries like education, healthcare, hospitality, and wireless ISPs, Pronto Networks is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California with offices in India.

Anagran

Series A in 2004
Anagran specializes in flow-based traffic management products designed to mitigate the adverse effects of network congestion, thereby facilitating the seamless scaling of video, voice, data, and wireless traffic across converged IP networks. The company's solutions protect essential network traffic by managing end-to-end flows based on their behavior, ensuring optimal quality and performance levels without relying on invasive deep packet inspection techniques. This approach allows service providers and enterprises to consistently achieve high-performance standards while significantly lowering both capital expenditures and ongoing network costs. Founded by Dr. Larry Roberts, a recognized pioneer of the Internet, Anagran is committed to enhancing network efficiency and reliability.

Blue Titan Software

Series C in 2004
Blue Titan Software, Inc. specializes in providing a service-oriented infrastructure designed to assist enterprise architects in managing, sharing, and scaling applications. The company's flagship product, Network Director, addresses the complexities of web services by establishing a coherent path to an enterprise-wide service-oriented architecture. This solution facilitates the delivery, access, and execution of shared and reusable services, allowing organizations to streamline their operations and improve efficiency. Additionally, Blue Titan offers Network Director RM, which enhances messaging reliability and ubiquity, further supporting the needs of enterprise architecture.

Pronto Networks

Series B in 2004
Founded in 2002, Pronto Networks develops operations support systems that enable network operators to deploy and manage public Wi-Fi networks. Its solutions include Unifi OSS for provisioning and billing, UNIFi OneBox for monetizing WiFi networks, mobile broadband routers, and The UNIFi Cloud Controller for cloud-based management. Serving diverse industries like education, healthcare, hospitality, and wireless ISPs, Pronto Networks is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California with offices in India.

Pronto Networks

Series A in 2003
Founded in 2002, Pronto Networks develops operations support systems that enable network operators to deploy and manage public Wi-Fi networks. Its solutions include Unifi OSS for provisioning and billing, UNIFi OneBox for monetizing WiFi networks, mobile broadband routers, and The UNIFi Cloud Controller for cloud-based management. Serving diverse industries like education, healthcare, hospitality, and wireless ISPs, Pronto Networks is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California with offices in India.

Blue Titan Software

Series B in 2003
Blue Titan Software, Inc. specializes in providing a service-oriented infrastructure designed to assist enterprise architects in managing, sharing, and scaling applications. The company's flagship product, Network Director, addresses the complexities of web services by establishing a coherent path to an enterprise-wide service-oriented architecture. This solution facilitates the delivery, access, and execution of shared and reusable services, allowing organizations to streamline their operations and improve efficiency. Additionally, Blue Titan offers Network Director RM, which enhances messaging reliability and ubiquity, further supporting the needs of enterprise architecture.

Actelis Networks

Series C in 2001
Actelis Networks specializes in high-performance broadband over copper solutions, enabling service providers to deliver Ethernet and broadband access services more efficiently than fiber optics or microwave. Their product portfolio includes aggregation switches, Ethernet access devices, management suites, and support services. Actelis caters to a diverse range of customers, including telecommunications companies, government agencies, educational institutions, and industrial organizations worldwide.

Ishoni Networks

Series C in 2001
Ishoni Networks develops broadband engines for residential and business customers.

Eplication

Series A in 2001
Eplication, Ltd. specializes in the development, manufacture, and marketing of content acceleration appliances tailored for network infrastructure applications. Based in Hod-Hasharon, Israel, the company provides innovative solutions for Internet service providers, telecommunications companies, and mobile operators. Among its key products are Net Racer, which facilitates immediate access to critical business applications such as customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning, and Global Net Racer, designed for distributed branch environments where application traffic must flow efficiently between multiple locations. Additionally, Eplication offers Traffic Racer, which optimizes web traffic routing. The company's solutions enhance performance across various types of connections, including dial-up, DSL, ISDN, wireless, mobile, and satellite, thereby ensuring improved service for end-users. Eplication's technology serves a diverse clientele, including enterprise portals, government agencies, military organizations, and various sectors such as banking, e-commerce, manufacturing, and healthcare. Founded in 2000, Eplication continues to advance content acceleration technology to meet the evolving needs of its customers.

ClubMom

Series B in 2000
Founded in 1999, ClubMom is a national membership organization dedicated to supporting mothers. It offers an online platform where members can engage in discussions about topics relevant to them, providing answers, support, and insights to help manage their busy lives.

InfoRocket.com

Series B in 2000
InfoRocket is an online platform designed to connect individuals seeking answers to their questions with those who possess the relevant knowledge. By facilitating a community where information, ideas, and expertise can be exchanged, InfoRocket enables users to engage with one another effectively. This service acts as a bridge, allowing users to find precise answers to their inquiries by matching them with qualified individuals who can provide insights and solutions.

BrightLink Networks

Series C in 2000
BrightLink Networks, Inc. is a manufacturer of optical network switching systems. The company begins the marketing and manufacturing of its intelligent optical network system.
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