The people behind the ideas.
The ideas behind the companies.
MotherDuck’s
Joran Tigani
on shaping serverless data with DuckDB
Runway’s
Cristóbal Valenzuela
on AI-driven art and lifelong learning
Rec Room’s
Nick Fajt
on democratizing game development
Common Room’s
Linda Lian
on integrating community into your company
Pulumi’s
Joe Duffy
on bringing more power to developers
Statsig’s
Vijaye Raji
on using data to build better products Company List
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Amazon is a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle that seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices.Initial Investment1995Amazon is a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle that seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices.
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AnsweriQ applied AI to the challenge of customer support ticket routing and helps human customer support agents answer questions faster.Initial Investment2017AnsweriQ applied AI to the challenge of customer support ticket routing and helps human customer support agents answer questions faster.FoundersPrashant Luthra
Pradeep RathinamInvestment JourneyAcquired by Freshworks 2020Initial Investment2017 -
AppFog was the leading polyglot and infrastructure agnostic Platform-as-a-Service provider.Initial Investment2010AppFog was the leading polyglot and infrastructure agnostic Platform-as-a-Service provider.FounderLucas CarlsonInvestment JourneyAcquired by Savvis, a CenturyLink company 2013Initial Investment2010
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Apptio builds advanced data and analytics applications for Technology Business Management.Initial Investment2007Apptio builds advanced data and analytics applications for Technology Business Management.FoundersSunny Gupta
Paul McLachlan
Kurt ShintafferInvestment JourneyPublic Sept. 2016
Acquired by Vista 2018
Initial Investment2007 -
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 Investment2012Bizible 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.FoundersAaron Bird
Andy Turman
Peter ThompsonInvestment JourneyAcquired by Marketo 2018Initial Investment2012 -
Bocada automates backup operations oversight, asset protection, and compliance audits via one single pane.Initial Investment2001Bocada automates backup operations oversight, asset protection, and compliance audits via one single pane.CEOMark SilvermanInvestment JourneyAcquired by private strategic purchaser 2016Initial Investment2001
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Buuteeq was an early provider of software for hotels to build and manage websites for marketing and customer reservations.Initial Investment2012Buuteeq was an early provider of software for hotels to build and manage websites for marketing and customer reservations.FoundersAdam Brownstein
Brian Saab
Forest KeyInvestment JourneyAcquired by Priceline.com 2014Initial Investment2012 -
Cedexis was a real-time, data-driven service for dynamically optimizing the flow of traffic across public clouds, data centers, CDNs, and ISPs.Initial Investment2011Cedexis was a real-time, data-driven service for dynamically optimizing the flow of traffic across public clouds, data centers, CDNs, and ISPs.FoundersJulien Coulon
Marty KaganInvestment JourneyAcquired by Citrix 2018Initial Investment2011 -
Classmates.com was a provider of online social networking.Initial Investment1999Classmates.com was a provider of online social networking.FounderRandy ConradsInvestment JourneyAcquired by United Online, Inc.Initial Investment1999
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DataCoral provided a fully managed, cloud-native end-to- end data infrastructure as-a-service solution to data driven enterprises.Initial Investment2018DataCoral provided a fully managed, cloud-native end-to- end data infrastructure as-a-service solution to data driven enterprises.FounderRaghotham MurthyInvestment JourneyAcquired by Cloudera 2021Initial Investment2018
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Decide was an online shopping research service that predicted whether prices were going up or down on consumer electronics, housewares and other products.Initial Investment2010Decide was an online shopping research service that predicted whether prices were going up or down on consumer electronics, housewares and other products.FoundersBrian Ma
Ian Ma
Han Hsu
Ken Hsu
Oren EtzioniInvestment JourneyAcquired by Ebay 2013Initial Investment2010 -
ExtraHop provides cloud-native network detection and response that helps you quickly investigate threats, deliver critical applications, and secure your investment in the cloud.Initial Investment2007ExtraHop provides cloud-native network detection and response that helps you quickly investigate threats, deliver critical applications, and secure your investment in the cloud.FoundersJesse Rothstein
Raja MukerjiInvestment JourneyAcquired by Bain/Crosspoint 2021Initial Investment2007 -
Farecast was the pioneer in using big data to predict price increases and decreases for airfare and other travel expenses.Initial Investment2004Farecast was the pioneer in using big data to predict price increases and decreases for airfare and other travel expenses.FoundersOren Etzioni
Jay BartotInvestment JourneyAcquired by Microsoft 2008Initial Investment2004 -
Founded by the creators of Google Compute Engine and Kubernetes, Heptio brought Kubernetes to enterprises to help accelerate software development, increase infrastructure efficiency and reduce the complexity of managing software at scale.Initial Investment2016Founded by the creators of Google Compute Engine and Kubernetes, Heptio brought Kubernetes to enterprises to help accelerate software development, increase infrastructure efficiency and reduce the complexity of managing software at scale.FoundersCriag McLuckie
Joe BedaInvestment JourneyAcquired by VMware 2018Initial Investment2016 -
Icebrg provides next-generation network security.Initial Investment2014Icebrg provides next-generation network security.FoundersWilliam Peteroy
Josh CarlsonInvestment JourneyAcquired by Gigamon 2018Initial Investment2014 -
iConclude was a software platform and preconfigured repair packs that empowered frontline IT staff to priortize and resolve data center problems.Initial Investment2005iConclude was a software platform and preconfigured repair packs that empowered frontline IT staff to priortize and resolve data center problems.FoundersSunny Gupta
Jeff GerberInvestment JourneyAcquired by Opsware 2007Initial Investment2005 -
As cloud infrastructure continues to change the enterprise landscape, Igneous is excited to bring a modern approach to the data center.Initial Investment2013As cloud infrastructure continues to change the enterprise landscape, Igneous is excited to bring a modern approach to the data center.FoundersJeff Hughes
Byron Rakitzis
Kiran BhageshpurInvestment JourneyAcquired by Rubrik 2020Initial Investment2013 -
Impinj is a leader in the RFID market, delivering item intelligence for a broad set of industries including retail and healthcare.Initial Investment2000Impinj is a leader in the RFID market, delivering item intelligence for a broad set of industries including retail and healthcare.FoundersCarver Mead
Chris DiorioInvestment JourneyPublic 2016
NASDAQ: PIInitial Investment2000 -
Isilon pioneered clustered storage systems and software for digital content and unstructured data.Initial Investment2001Isilon pioneered clustered storage systems and software for digital content and unstructured data.FoundersSujal Patel
Paul MikesellInvestment JourneyAcquired by EMC 2010Initial Investment2001 -
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 Investment2012Jobalign 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.FoundersMiki Mullor
Bill DavidheiserInvestment JourneyAcquired by OneTrust 2020Initial Investment2012 -
Knock is building a modern marketing cloud for the multifamily property market.Initial Investment2019Knock is building a modern marketing cloud for the multifamily property market.FoundersDemetri Themelis
Thomas Petry
Jay ZengInvestment JourneyAcquired by RealPage 2022Initial Investment2019 -
Lattice turned dark data such as text and images into actionable, analyzable structured data with human-caliber quality and at machine scale.Initial Investment2015Lattice turned dark data such as text and images into actionable, analyzable structured data with human-caliber quality and at machine scale.FoundersChristopher Ré
Feng Niu
Michael Cafarella
Raphael HoffmannInvestment JourneyAcquired by Apple 2017Initial Investment2015 -
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 Investment2015MessageYes 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.FounderDave CotterInvestment JourneyAcquired by Nordstrom 2018Initial Investment2015
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Mobilisafe provided a simple yet powerful solution for companies to understand and manage the risk of personal mobile devices coming to their corporate networks.Initial Investment2011Mobilisafe provided a simple yet powerful solution for companies to understand and manage the risk of personal mobile devices coming to their corporate networks.FoundersDirk Sigurdson
Giri SreenivasInvestment JourneyAcquired by Rapid7 2012Initial Investment2011 -
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 Investment2004PayScale 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.FounderJoe GiordanoInvestment JourneyAcquired by Warburg Pincus 2014Initial Investment2004
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Performant provided software that allowed Fortune 500 companies to analyze and eliminate website performance bottlenecks.Initial Investment2000Performant provided software that allowed Fortune 500 companies to analyze and eliminate website performance bottlenecks.FoundersAshutosh Tiwary
Przemyslaw Pardyak
Hank LevyInvestment JourneyAcquired by Mercury Interactive 2003Initial Investment2000 -
Placed is the leader in location-driven insights and ad intelligence. Measuring billions of locations across the world’s largest opt-in mobile location panel. Placed provides the most comprehensive understanding of consumers’ offline behaviors.Initial Investment2011Placed is the leader in location-driven insights and ad intelligence. Measuring billions of locations across the world’s largest opt-in mobile location panel. Placed provides the most comprehensive understanding of consumers’ offline behaviors.FounderDavid ShimInvestment JourneyAcquired by Snap 2017Initial Investment2011
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PlayFab offers the most complete backend and operations platform built exclusively for live games.Initial Investment2015PlayFab offers the most complete backend and operations platform built exclusively for live games.FoundersJames Gwertzman
Matt AugustineInvestment JourneyAcquired by Microsoft 2018Initial Investment2015 -
Pro.com was a national technology-driven, licensed General Contractor that offered mobile-friendly quotes, easy to understand digital invoices, and reliable project management – across small home improvement projects up to major renovations and new home construction.Initial Investment2013Pro.com was a national technology-driven, licensed General Contractor that offered mobile-friendly quotes, easy to understand digital invoices, and reliable project management – across small home improvement projects up to major renovations and new home construction.FounderMatt WilliamsInvestment JourneyAcquired by Opendoor 2021Initial Investment2013
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Proof is a startup working to make powerful CRISPR-based molecular testing affordable and accessible to everyoneInitial Investment2020Proof is a startup working to make powerful CRISPR-based molecular testing affordable and accessible to everyoneFoundersFeng Zhang
Jonathan Gootenberg
Omar Abudayyeh
Siddharth ShenaiInvestment JourneyAcquired by Ginkgo Bioworks
2024Initial Investment2020 -
Redfin is a technology-powered real estate company. We help people find a place to live with brokerage, instant home-buying (iBuying), rentals, lending, title insurance, and renovations services. We sell homes for more money and charge half the fee. We also run the country’s #1 real-estate brokerage site. Our home-buying customers see homes first with on-demand tours, and our lending and title services help them close quickly. Customers selling a home can take an instant cash offer from Redfin or have our renovations crew fix up their home to sell for top dollar. Our rentals business empowers millions nationwide to find apartments and houses for rent. Since launching in 2006, we’ve saved customers more than $1 billion in commissions. We serve more than 100 markets across the U.S. and Canada and employ over 6,000 people.Initial Investment2005Redfin is a technology-powered real estate company. We help people find a place to live with brokerage, instant home-buying (iBuying), rentals, lending, title insurance, and renovations services. We sell homes for more money and charge half the fee. We also run the country’s #1 real-estate brokerage site. Our home-buying customers see homes first with on-demand tours, and our lending and title services help them close quickly. Customers selling a home can take an instant cash offer from Redfin or have our renovations crew fix up their home to sell for top dollar. Our rentals business empowers millions nationwide to find apartments and houses for rent. Since launching in 2006, we’ve saved customers more than $1 billion in commissions. We serve more than 100 markets across the U.S. and Canada and employ over 6,000 people.
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Rover is an online marketplace that connects pet owners with local pet sitters and real homes in hundreds of cities across the United States.Initial Investment2011
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Skytap is a global cloud provider that accelerates enterprise innovation by modernizing traditional applications with cloud-native development and services.Initial Investment2006Skytap is a global cloud provider that accelerates enterprise innovation by modernizing traditional applications with cloud-native development and services.
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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 Investment2007Smartsheet 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.CEOMark MaderInvestment JourneyPublic April 2018
NYSE: SMARInitial Investment2007 -
Tier 3 was a Seattle-based infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform and advanced cloud management companyInitial Investment2011Tier 3 was a Seattle-based infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform and advanced cloud management companyFounderJared WrayInvestment JourneyAcquired by Savvis, a CenturyLink company 2013Initial Investment2011
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Turi was an AI and Machine Learning platform.Initial Investment2013Turi was an AI and Machine Learning platform.FoundersCarlos Guestrin
Yucheng Low
Danny BicksonInvestment JourneyAcquired by Apple 2016Initial Investment2013 -
Union Bay Networks worked to change the way applications and data can be accessed across public and private cloud infrastructure.Initial Investment2013Union Bay Networks worked to change the way applications and data can be accessed across public and private cloud infrastructure.FoundersBenn Bollay
Jason Needham
Tom HullInvestment JourneyAcquired in 2015Initial Investment2013 -
World Wide Packets designed high-performance ethernet networking equipment and software that provide total solutions for broadband fiber deployments.Initial Investment2003World Wide Packets designed high-performance ethernet networking equipment and software that provide total solutions for broadband fiber deployments.FoundersBernard Daines
Kevin DainesInvestment JourneyAcquired by Ciena 2008Initial Investment2003 -
Z2 creates original next-generation, free-to-play, social and multiplayer games for mobile devices.Initial Investment2008Z2 creates original next-generation, free-to-play, social and multiplayer games for mobile devices.FounderDamon DanieliInvestment JourneyAcquired by King Digital Entertainment 2015Initial Investment2008