The people behind the ideas.
The ideas behind the companies.

MotherDuck
MotherDuck’s
Joran Tigani
on shaping serverless data with DuckDB
Runway
Runway’s
Cristóbal Valenzuela
on AI-driven art and lifelong learning
Rec Room
Rec Room’s
Nick Fajt
on democratizing game development
Common Room
Common Room’s
Linda Lian
on integrating community into your company
Pulumi
Pulumi’s
Joe Duffy
on bringing more power to developers
Statsig
Statsig’s
Vijaye Raji
on using data to build better products

Company List

  • Apptio
    Apptio builds advanced data and analytics applications for Technology Business Management.
    Initial Investment
    2007
    Apptio builds advanced data and analytics applications for Technology Business Management.
    Founders
    Sunny Gupta
    Paul McLachlan
    Kurt Shintaffer
    Investment Journey
    Public Sept. 2016
    Acquired by Vista 2018
    Initial Investment
    2007
  • Archway
    Archway is a platform for banks to easily create innovative digital services in weeks, not years. It provides a single access point to seamlessly connect any banking platform to third-party financial software providers — with pre-assembled integrations.
    Initial Investment
    2023
    Archway is a platform for banks to easily create innovative digital services in weeks, not years. It provides a single access point to seamlessly connect any banking platform to third-party financial software providers — with pre-assembled integrations.
    Founder
    Dustin Hubbard
    Initial Investment
    2023
  • Bizible
    Bizible is a B2B marketing attribution solution that enables hundreds of companies to measure marketing on the basis of revenue.
    Bizible is a B2B marketing attribution solution that enables hundreds of companies to measure marketing on the basis of revenue.
    Initial Investment
    2012
    Bizible is a B2B marketing attribution solution that enables hundreds of companies to measure marketing on the basis of revenue.
    Bizible is a B2B marketing attribution solution that enables hundreds of companies to measure marketing on the basis of revenue.
    Founders
    Aaron Bird
    Andy Turman
    Peter Thompson
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Marketo 2018
    Initial Investment
    2012
  • buuteeq
    Buuteeq was an early provider of software for hotels to build and manage websites for marketing and customer reservations.
    Initial Investment
    2012
    Buuteeq was an early provider of software for hotels to build and manage websites for marketing and customer reservations.
    Founders
    Adam Brownstein
    Brian Saab
    Forest Key
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Priceline.com 2014
    Initial Investment
    2012
  • Esper
    Esper offers a DevOps SaaS platform for dedicated devices. As the industry’s leading solution for Android DevOps, Esper is on a mission to let software teams ship without worrying about the hardware. Esper’s device infrastructure enables developers, mid-market organizations, and enterprise fleets of 100,000+ devices to deliver their software as a service. Esper has rapidly- growing global customer adoption among some of the world’s most innovative major brands in retail, hospitality, logistics, healthcare, education and more.
    Initial Investment
    2020
    Esper offers a DevOps SaaS platform for dedicated devices. As the industry’s leading solution for Android DevOps, Esper is on a mission to let software teams ship without worrying about the hardware. Esper’s device infrastructure enables developers, mid-market organizations, and enterprise fleets of 100,000+ devices to deliver their software as a service. Esper has rapidly- growing global customer adoption among some of the world’s most innovative major brands in retail, hospitality, logistics, healthcare, education and more.
    Founders
    Yadhu Gopalan
    Shiv Sundar
    Initial Investment
    2020
  • Highspot
    Highspot is the sales enablement platform that increases the performance of sales teams. With the content to engage customers, guidance to land strategy, training to improve skills, coaching to elevate performance, and analytics to inform action, Highspot equips every rep to execute with impact — empowering you to drive strategy and revenue with the full force of your sales team. Highspot has more than 1,000 employees, five global offices, and is trusted by companies across industries and geographies, including Aetna, DocuSign, Siemens, Staples, and Yahoo.
    Initial Investment
    2014
    Highspot is the sales enablement platform that increases the performance of sales teams. With the content to engage customers, guidance to land strategy, training to improve skills, coaching to elevate performance, and analytics to inform action, Highspot equips every rep to execute with impact — empowering you to drive strategy and revenue with the full force of your sales team. Highspot has more than 1,000 employees, five global offices, and is trusted by companies across industries and geographies, including Aetna, DocuSign, Siemens, Staples, and Yahoo.
    Founders
    Robert Wahbe
    Oliver Sharp
    David Wortendyke
    Scot Gellock
    Initial Investment
    2014
  • Impinj
    Impinj is a leader in the RFID market, delivering item intelligence for a broad set of industries including retail and healthcare.
    Initial Investment
    2000
    Impinj is a leader in the RFID market, delivering item intelligence for a broad set of industries including retail and healthcare.
    Founders
    Carver Mead
    Chris Diorio
    Investment Journey
    Public 2016
    NASDAQ: PI
    Initial Investment
    2000
  • Jobalign
    Jobalign was a mobile-first, bilingual jobs marketplace that makes it easy for the more than 75 million hourly workers in the United States to find and apply for jobs from any mobile phone, tablet or computer.
    Initial Investment
    2012
    Jobalign was a mobile-first, bilingual jobs marketplace that makes it easy for the more than 75 million hourly workers in the United States to find and apply for jobs from any mobile phone, tablet or computer.
    Founders
    Miki Mullor
    Bill Davidheiser
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by OneTrust 2020
    Initial Investment
    2012
  • Knock
    Knock is building a modern marketing cloud for the multifamily property market.
    Initial Investment
    2019
    Knock is building a modern marketing cloud for the multifamily property market.
    Founders
    Demetri Themelis
    Thomas Petry
    Jay Zeng
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by RealPage 2022
    Initial Investment
    2019
  • MessageYes
    MessageYes offers an ecommerce over mobile messaging solution for brands that personalizes the experience for their most important consumers, those they text with regularly. MessageYes was incubated with Madrona Venture Labs.
    Initial Investment
    2015
    MessageYes offers an ecommerce over mobile messaging solution for brands that personalizes the experience for their most important consumers, those they text with regularly. MessageYes was incubated with Madrona Venture Labs.
    Founder
    Dave Cotter
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Nordstrom 2018
    Initial Investment
    2015
  • PayScale
    PayScale is a market leader in global online compensation data. With the world’s largest database of individual employee compensation profiles, PayScale provides an immediate and precise snapshot of the job market.
    Initial Investment
    2004
    PayScale is a market leader in global online compensation data. With the world’s largest database of individual employee compensation profiles, PayScale provides an immediate and precise snapshot of the job market.
    Founder
    Joe Giordano
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Warburg Pincus 2014
    Initial Investment
    2004
  • Pluto
    Pluto develops applications for people to communicate within virtual reality. Pluto wants to give people a feeling of connection, no matter where they are.
    Initial Investment
    2016
    Pluto develops applications for people to communicate within virtual reality. Pluto wants to give people a feeling of connection, no matter where they are.
    Founders
    Forest Gibson
    Jared Cheshier
    John Vechey
    Jonathan Geibel
    Initial Investment
    2016
  • Polly
    Polly is a modern workflow measurement solution for collaboration platforms including Slack and Microsoft Teams.
    Initial Investment
    2019
    Polly is a modern workflow measurement solution for collaboration platforms including Slack and Microsoft Teams.
    Founders
    Samir Diwan
    Bilal Aijazi
    Initial Investment
    2019
  • Shaped
    Shaped's AI platform empowers businesses to create personalized user experiences that deliver measurable results. By analyzing user behavior and content, Shaped helps tailor recommendations and search for increased engagement, conversions, and customer satisfaction.
    Initial Investment
    2024
    Shaped's AI platform empowers businesses to create personalized user experiences that deliver measurable results. By analyzing user behavior and content, Shaped helps tailor recommendations and search for increased engagement, conversions, and customer satisfaction.
    Founders
    Tullie Murrell
    Daniel Camilleri
    Initial Investment
    2024
  • Smartsheet
    Smartsheet is a leading work management platform designed to empower teams of any size to create custom processes, programs and portfolios that fit the way they work.
    Initial Investment
    2007
    Smartsheet is a leading work management platform designed to empower teams of any size to create custom processes, programs and portfolios that fit the way they work.
    CEO
    Mark Mader
    Investment Journey
    Public April 2018
    NYSE: SMAR
    Initial Investment
    2007
  • TaskHuman
    Founded in 2017, TaskHuman is the world’s first real-time digital coaching platform, allowing users to amplify their daily work and personal life with 1:1 personalized guidance from LIVE specialists over video calls. With TaskHuman, instantly discover and connect with the world’s most comprehensive global network of coaches, instructors, and specialists covering over 1,000 aspects of your well-being, such as physical fitness, mental well-being, spiritual, emotional, financial, career & leadership coaching, and more. With this platform, users can focus on self care anytime — privately and cost effectively. The company has over 100 full-time team members and more than 1,000 coaches around the world across nearly 50 different countries. TaskHuman is backed by USVP, Impact Ventures, Madrona, RingCentral Ventures, and several notable individual investors.
    Initial Investment
    2021
    Founded in 2017, TaskHuman is the world’s first real-time digital coaching platform, allowing users to amplify their daily work and personal life with 1:1 personalized guidance from LIVE specialists over video calls. With TaskHuman, instantly discover and connect with the world’s most comprehensive global network of coaches, instructors, and specialists covering over 1,000 aspects of your well-being, such as physical fitness, mental well-being, spiritual, emotional, financial, career & leadership coaching, and more. With this platform, users can focus on self care anytime — privately and cost effectively. The company has over 100 full-time team members and more than 1,000 coaches around the world across nearly 50 different countries. TaskHuman is backed by USVP, Impact Ventures, Madrona, RingCentral Ventures, and several notable individual investors.
    Founders
    Ravi Swaminathan
    Daniel Mazzella
    David Tell
    Initial Investment
    2021
  • Troop
    Troop is a next-generation corporate travel meeting management platform.
    Initial Investment
    2021
    Troop is a next-generation corporate travel meeting management platform.
    Founders
    Leonard Cremer
    Dennis Vilovic
    Initial Investment
    2021