Venture Capital Funding Survey, Fourth Quarter 2012
VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDING, FOURTH QUARTER 2012
This is a listing of many of the Bay Area firms that received venture capital financing between
Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2012. Most of the data was compiled from a survey conducted by
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association in
conjunction with the Mercury News.
In the case of some investments there may have been other participants in the round who are not
credited. Also, the amounts listed may not include all venture funding the company received during
the quarter.
*Indicates this is a seed or first-round infusion of money from venture capitalists. These
companies may have received money previously from other investors and aren't necessarily startups.
BIOTECHNOLOGY / HEALTH
Name City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
3-V Biosciences Menlo Park Early Stage $8,089,000
Kleiner Perkins Caufield &
Byers, New Enterprise
Associates
Biopharmaceutical
company
Access Closure Mountain View Later Stage $998,100
New Leaf Venture Partners,
ONSET Ventures, Three Arch
Partners
Distributes vascular
closure devices
Advanced Cell Diagnostics Hayward Expansion $12,000,000
Morningside Venture
Investments, New Leaf
Venture Partners
Cell- and tissue-based
diagnostic tests
Adynxx San Francisco Early Stage $2,000,000 Domain Associates
Clinical-stage
pharmaceutical company
Afferent Pharmaceuticals San Mateo Early Stage $5,000,000
Domain Associates, Pappas
Ventures
Clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical
company
Allakos* San Mateo Early Stage $10,000,000
Alta Partners, De Novo
Ventures, F. Hoffmann-La
Roche AG, RiverVest Venture
Partners Biotechnology company
Articulinx Cupertino Early Stage $2,200,000 US Venture Partners
Implant system for
osteoarthritis
Calcula Technologies* San Francisco Startup/Seed $1,500,000
Band of Angels, undisclosed
firm Urological medical device
Calithera Biosciences
South San
Francisco Early Stage $2,000,000
Advanced Technology
Ventures, Delphi Ventures,
Morgenthaler Ventures Therapeutics company
Carbylan Biosurgery Palo Alto Early Stage $6,000,000
Alta Partners, InterWest
Partners, Vivo Ventures Surgical devices
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CardioDx Palo Alto Later Stage $5,998,000
Kleiner Perkins Caufield &
Byers, Longitude Capital
Associates, Pappas Ventures
Genomic diagnostics
company
Cell Works Group Saratoga Expansion $13,000,000 Artiman Ventures
Life sciences technology
company
Cerephex* Los Gatos Early Stage $5,924,000
CHV Capital, H.I.G. Capital,
Versant Ventures Medical device company
Ceterix Orthopedics Menlo Park Early Stage $19,500,000
5AM Ventures, Versant
Ventures Medical device company
Chronix Biomedical San Jose Later Stage $1,415,000 PrairieGold Venture Partners
Approach to the diagnosis,
management of range of
cancers
Cobalt Technologies Mountain View Expansion $4,977,000
Burrill & Co, Life Sciences
Partners BV, Pinnacle
Ventures
Produces renewable
biobutanol
Cotera* Menlo Park Startup/Seed $5,041,000
Domain Associates, Foundry,
Versant Ventures
Medical equipment and
supplies manufacturing
company
Crescendo Bioscience
South San
Francisco Later Stage $28,454,000
Aeris Capital AG, Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mohr
Davidow Ventures, Safeguard
Scientifics, Skyline Ventures,
undisclosed firm
Molecular diagnostics
company
Edison Pharmaceuticals* Mountain View Early Stage $20,050,000 Mitsui & Co. Global Investment
Treatments for children
with orphan mitochondrial
diseases
Eve Biomedical Mountain View Early Stage $6,003,000
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
International Inc, undisclosed
firm Biotechnology company
Fluxion Biosciences
South San
Francisco Expansion $2,000,000
Kodiak Venture Partners,
undisclosed firm Cellular analysis tools
Igenica Burlingame Early Stage $10,250,000
5AM Ventures, Column Group,
The OrbiMed Advisors, Third
Rock Ventures
Therapeutics for the
treatment of cancer
Intarcia Therapeutics Hayward Later Stage $155,898,000
Alta Partners, Farallon Capital
Management, New Enterprise
Associates, New Leaf Venture
Partners, undisclosed firms,
Venrock
Biopharmaceutical
company
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IntegenX Pleasanton Later Stage $9,400,000
Domain Associates, Essex
Woodlands Health Ventures,
Latterell Venture Partners LP,
QuestMark Partners Microfluidic systems
Irhythm Technologies San Francisco Expansion $1,500,000 Undisclosed firm
Markets diagnostic
monitoring solutions
Labrys Biologics* San Francisco Early Stage $14,588,100
Canaan Partners, InterWest
Partners, Sofinnova Ventures Biotechnology company
Linkage Biosciences San Francisco Expansion $1,545,000 Greenhouse Capital Partners
Molecular diagnostic
products for genetic testing
Mature Women's Health
Solutions* Los Gatos Early Stage $6,000,000
Canaan Partners, HealthTech
Capital Products and services
Minerva Surgical Cupertino Early Stage $20,000,000 Versant Ventures Medical device company
Nanostim Sunnyvale Early Stage $9,999,900
Emergent Medical Partners,
InterWest Partners, US
Venture Partners Cardiac pacemaker
NextWave Pharmaceuticals Cupertino Expansion $1,819,000 Sofinnova Ventures
Specialty pharmaceutical
company
Oculeve* San Francisco Early Stage $7,565,000
Kleiner Perkins Caufield &
Byers, New Enterprise
Associates, undisclosed firm Treatment for dry eye
Optimedica Sunnyvale Later Stage $35,000,000
Alloy Ventures, Bio*One
Capital Pte., BlackRock Private
Equity Partners, Duff
Ackerman & Goodrich, Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers
Ophthalmic device
company
Pearl Therapeutics Redwood City Early Stage $23,273,200
5AM Ventures, Clarus
Ventures, New Leaf Venture
Partners, Vatera Healthcare
Partners
Therapies for the treatment
of respiratory diseases
Penumbra Alameda Later Stage $121,000 Undisclosed firm Medical device company
Presidio Pharmaceuticals San Francisco Early Stage $7,977,900
Baker Bros Advisors, New Leaf
Venture Partners, Panorama
Capital
Pharmaceutical company
on infections
Relypsa Redwood City Early Stage $2,600,100
5AM Ventures, New Leaf
Venture Partners, OrbiMed
Advisors
Clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical
company
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SFJ Pharmaceuticals Pleasanton Expansion $500,000
Clarus Ventures, undisclosed
firm Pharmaceutical company
Solstice Biologics* San Francisco Startup/Seed $10,500,000
Aeris Capital AG, venBio
Partners Nucleic acid therapeutics
Trireme Medical Pleasanton Expansion $18,000,000 Undisclosed firms Medical device company
TriVascular Santa Rosa Later Stage $24,600,000 MPM Capital, undisclosed firm Endovascular grafts
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Novato Early Stage $75,000,200
BlackRock Private Equity
Partners, Fidelity Biosciences,
HealthCap Partners, Pappas
Ventures, TPG Growth,
undisclosed firms
Treatments for rare and
ultra-rare genetic disorders
VeraCyte
South San
Francisco Expansion $14,950,000
Domain Associates, Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers
Molecular tests for the
diagnostics company
BUSINESS SERVICESName City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
adRise* San Francisco Early Stage $2,016,000
Foundation Capital,
undisclosed firm
Connected television
advertising applications
AirPR* San Francisco Startup/Seed $1,000,000
500 Startups, Correlation
Ventures, Crosslink Capital,
Mohr Davidow Ventures,
undisclosed firm
Technology platform to
increase PR performance
Axcient Mountain View Expansion $5,000,000 Scale Venture Partners
On-demand data protection
services
Balanced* Palo Alto Early Stage $1,400,000 SV Angel, undisclosed firm
Payments, escrow and
disbursement platform
Cloud Engines San Francisco Expansion $2,500,000 SoftBank Capital
Personal cloud hardware
and software
FreeWheel Media San Mateo Expansion $8,250,000
Battery Ventures, Foundation
Capital, Steamboat Ventures,
undisclosed firm
Business support services
to media companies
Guavus San Mateo Expansion $30,000,000
Artiman Ventures, Intel Capital,
Investor Growth Capital,
QuestMark Partners, Sofinnova
Ventures Big data analytics solutions
iCiX San Mateo Later Stage $2,204,000
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
International Inc, undisclosed
firm
Collaborative commerce
network
IFTTT* San Francisco Early Stage $6,999,900
Andreessen Horowitz, Lerer
Ventures, New Enterprise
Associates
Service that enables
customers to connect
channels
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Imagespan Sausalito Later Stage $372,000 City Light Capital
Licensing and royalty
payment platform provider
Kontera Technologies San Francisco Later Stage $1,340,000
Globespan Capital Partners,
undisclosed firm
Context-driven advertising
services
Lattice Engines San Mateo Expansion $20,000,000
New Enterprise Associates,
Sequoia Capital
Business to business
(B2B) sales intelligence
software solutions
M Dot* Menlo Park Early Stage $600,000 Floodgate Fund
Mobile website for
business from an iPhone
Marketocracy Los Altos Later Stage $250,000 Undisclosed firm
Investment management
company
nScaled San Francisco Expansion $1,500,000
Band of Angels, undisclosed
firm
Recovery-as-a-service
(RaaS)
PayNearMe Sunnyvale Expansion $10,000,000 August Capital, True Ventures Cash transaction network
Pearl.com San Francisco Later Stage $25,700,100
Crosslink Capital, Glynn
Capital Management,
undisclosed firm
Online content services
provider
Referly* San Francisco Early Stage $1,000,000
500 Startups, Ignition Partners,
New Enterprise Associates,
undisclosed firm
Online referral system for
users' social network
Runa San Mateo Early Stage $1,000,000
Merus Capital Investment,
Sierra Ventures
Conversion marketing
solutions
Stipple San Francisco Early Stage $3,000,000 Sands Capital Management
Cloud services for online
images
TracksBy* San Francisco Early Stage $88,000 Undisclosed firm
Musicians and fan
connection social media
TubeMogul Emeryville Expansion $20,000,000
Foundation Capital, Northgate
Capital Group, Trinity Ventures Video marketing company
Vdopia Fremont Expansion $3,392,000 Nexus Venture Partners
Video ad network and
platform
Virool San Francisco Early Stage $510,000 Undisclosed firm
Advertises videos through
network of publishers
VivaReal Sebastopol Expansion $14,000,100
Kaszek Ventures, Monashees
Capital, undisclosed firm
Online real estate
marketplace services
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CONSUMER GOODS / SERVICESName City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
23andMe Mountain View Expansion $57,950,000
Google Ventures, MPM
Capital, New Enterprise
Associates, undisclosed firm
Genetic information
services
AdverCar* San Francisco Early Stage $2,000,000
Branford Castle, Canaan
Partners, undisclosed firms Transit media company
AirBnB San Francisco Expansion $6,621,000
Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia
Capital
Community marketplace
that rents spaces
Betabrand.com San Francisco Expansion $6,500,000
Foundry Group, O'Reilly Alpha
Tech Ventures, undisclosed
firm Online retail store
BillFloat San Francisco Expansion $25,000,000
First Round Capital, Investor
Growth Capital Bill payment solutions
Blue Bottle Coffee* Oakland Later Stage $19,798,000 Index Ventures, True Ventures Coffee retailer
Cresta Technologies (Aka
Crestatech) Santa Clara Later Stage $1,385,000 Sofinnova Ventures
Wireless systems
company
Dhingana Sunnyvale Expansion $6,999,900
Helion Venture Partners,
Inventus Capital Partners Fund
I, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Social music streaming
service
Education Com Hldg Redwood City Expansion $2,260,000
Azure Capital Partners,
California Technology Ventures
Online educational
resources
Flit Redwood City Early Stage $750,000
Correlation Ventures, Crosslink
Capital, Spencer Trask
Ventures, undisclosed firm Online shopping company
FRS Foster City Later Stage $18,000,000
Oak Investment Partners,
undisclosed firm
Healthy beverages and
nutritional supplements
FundersClub San Francisco Early Stage $6,028,000
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
International Inc, Felicis
Ventures, First Round Capital,
Intel Capital, Spark Capital,
undisclosed firms, Y
Combinator
Premier marketplace for
private investing
Grockit San Francisco Expansion $20,000,000
Atlas Venture Advisors Inc,
Benchmark Capital, Integral
Capital Partners, undisclosed
firms Online test prep school
HomeLight* San Francisco Early Stage $1,500,000
Crosslink Capital, Google
Ventures, Innovation
Endeavors, undisclosed firm
Matches homebuyers and
sellers with real estate
agents
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Jackalope Labs Palo Alto Early Stage $500,000 Forerunner Ventures
Products and services
through the Internet
Jelli San Mateo Expansion $9,000,000
First Round Capital, Intel
Capital, Relay Ventures,
undisclosed firm Social radio platform
Knowplicity* San Francisco Early Stage $1,000,000
Aberdare Ventures, Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mohr
Davidow Ventures, Morado
Venture Management,
undisclosed firms
Live personal training over
two-way video
LearnStreet* Mountain View Startup/Seed $1,000,000 Khosla Ventures
Online series of
programming language
courses
Lesconcierges San Francisco Later Stage $25,000,000 Undisclosed firm
Personal assistance and
concierge services to
corporate clients
Milestone Project* San Francisco Early Stage $4,000,000 Atlas Venture Advisors Mobile applications
Mine* Palo Alto Early Stage $600,000 Harrison Metal Capital
Online directory of people
and purchases
Munchery* San Francisco Early Stage $3,219,000 Undisclosed firm, e.Ventures
Food marketplace platform
provider
Naturebox* Palo Alto Early Stage $2,000,100
General Catalyst Partners,
Redpoint Ventures,
undisclosed firm
Snack food services
through monthly
membership
Neocis* Los Altos Early Stage $110,000 HealthTech Capital
Other products and
services
Offline Labs San Francisco Early Stage $1,154,000 Battery Ventures
Online social networking
website, Sosh
One Kings Lane San Francisco Expansion $50,000,000
Greylock Partners, Institutional
Venture Partners, Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers, Tiger
Global Management,
undisclosed firm
Online sales destination for
home decor products
Peek Travel* San Francisco Early Stage $1,400,100
Khosla Ventures, SV Angel,
undisclosed firm Website for travelers
Poshmark Menlo Park Early Stage $12,000,000
Inventus Capital Partners Fund
I, Mayfield Fund, Menlo
Ventures, Softtech VC Inc
Allows buying and selling
fashionable closets from
the phone
Redux Berkeley Expansion $1,000,000
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
International Inc, undisclosed
firm
Online website for
personalized entertainment
Rewarder* San Francisco Early Stage $6,999,900
Granite Ventures, Radar
Partners, undisclosed firm Social marketplace
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RORE Media* San Francisco Startup/Seed $1,100,000
Foundation Capital, Founder
Collective
Entertainment-based
shopping
SkimaTalk* Berkeley Early Stage $100,000 Recruit Strategic Partners Inc
Online language-learning
platform
Tapas Media* San Jose Startup/Seed $750,000
500 Startups, Strong Ventures,
undisclosed firms
Bite-sized webmobile
content
Tastemaker* San Francisco Startup/Seed $1,300,000
Correlation Ventures, North
Bridge Venture Partners,
undisclosed firm
Online interior design
platform
thredUP San Francisco Expansion $11,799,900
Highland Capital Partners,
Redpoint Ventures, Trinity
Ventures
Online children's clothing
company
ToyTalk San Francisco Early Stage $12,000,000
Charles River Ventures, First
Round Capital, Greylock
Partners, True Ventures Mobile applications
TRIA Beauty Dublin Later Stage $7,501,200
Aisling Capital, De Novo
Ventures, Technology
Partners, Vivo Ventures Skin care products
Udacity* Palo Alto Early Stage $15,000,000
Andreessen Horowitz, Charles
River Ventures, undisclosed
firm
Online educational platform
for teachers and students
Udemy San Francisco Expansion $12,000,000
Insight Venture Partners, Learn
Capital Venture Partners, MHS
Capital Management,
undisclosed firm Online educational courses
Urban Remedy* San Rafael Later Stage $1,000,000 Science, undisclosed firm Drinks, snacks and meals
UrbanSitter San Francisco Early Stage $6,000,000
Canaan Partners, First Round
Capital, Menlo Ventures,
Rustic Canyon Partners,
undisclosed firm
Online match service for
parents and babysitters
Wikia San Francisco Later Stage $10,869,900
Amazon.com, Bessemer
Venture Partners, Institutional
Venture Partners
Collaborative media
company
WineSimple* Napa Early Stage $97,000 Undisclosed firm
Software and logistics for
online marketing of wine
Wordlock Santa Clara Expansion $520,000
Kohlberg Ventures, US
Venture Partners
Locks that use word
combinations
World Golf Tour San Francisco Expansion $1,000,000
Battery Ventures, JAFCO
Ventures, Panorama Capital,
undisclosed firm
Online gaming platform
developer
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Zapier* Mountain View Early Stage $1,200,000
Bessemer Venture Partners,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
International Inc, undisclosed
firm
Online service that
connects web applications
Zimride San Francisco Expansion $15,000,000 The Founders Fund
Social ridesharing
community
HARDWARE / INSTRUMENTSName City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
Intelleflex Santa Clara Later Stage $5,861,000
Arcapita, New Venture
Partners
Data visibility solutions for
monitoring products and
assets
Leap Motion San Francisco Early Stage $30,000,000
Andreessen Horowitz, The
Founders Fund, Highland
Capital Partners, SOS
Ventures
Motion-control software
and hardware company
Livescribe Oakland Expansion $982,000
Scale Venture Partners,
undisclosed firm
Multi-media pen-top
applications
MoBeam San Francisco Expansion $2,214,900
DFJ Athena, Mitsui & Co.
Global Investment, Yet2.com
Light-based
communications
technology
Qnovo Newark Early Stage $800,000 US Venture Partners
Electronic management
systems for lithium ion
batteries
Sentons Sunnyvale Startup/Seed $10,000,000
New Enterprise Associates,
Northern Light Venture Capital
Multi-touch interface
technology
NETWORKING / TELECOMMUNICATIONSName City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
Pica8* Palo Alto Early Stage $6,530,000 VantagePoint Capital Partners
Switch and router
platforms to data center
network
Pluribus Networks Palo Alto Early Stage $23,000,000
Menlo Ventures, Mohr Davidow
Ventures, New Enterprise
Associates
Network virtualization
solutions
Tubular Labs* Sunnyvale Early Stage $2,829,000
FirstMark Capital, Lerer
Ventures, SV Angel,
undisclosed firm
Audience development
platform for online video
XinLab Milpitas Later Stage $12,999,900
JAFCO Ventures, New
Enterprise Associates, SingTel
Innov8 Pte, Ltd. Mobile video search portal
ENERGY / INDUSTRIALName City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
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BrightSource Energy Oakland Later Stage $83,601,200
Chevron Technology Ventures
Investments, DBL Investors,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
International Inc, Goldman,
Sachs & Co., undisclosed
firms, VantagePoint Capital
Partners Solar thermal technology
Cosmogia Sunnyvale Startup/Seed $10,116,000
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
International, O'Reilly Alpha
Tech Ventures, undisclosed
firm Products and services
GLASSPOINT SOLAR Fremont Early Stage $1,150,000
Chrysalix Venture Capital, Nth
Power, RockPort Capital
Partners, Royal Dutch Shell
PLC
Solar steam generators for
the oil and gas industry
HydroPoint Data Systems Petaluma Later Stage $750,000
Firelake Capital Management,
Monitor Venture Associates,
RockPort Capital Partners
Water management
solutions
Kinestral Technologies
South San
Francisco Early Stage $7,000,000 5AM Ventures
Glass for commercial,
residential and automotive
markets
LumiGrow Novato Expansion $500,000
Clean Pacific Ventures
Management
Horticultural lighting
solutions
Nanosys Palo Alto Later Stage $15,000,000
ARCH Venture Partners,
Venrock Products
People Power Palo Alto Early Stage $175,000
Greener Capital Partners, New
Cycle Capital
Energy monitoring and
control tools
Project Better Place Palo Alto Expansion $50,000,000 Ofer Hi-Tech
Infrastructure and systems
for electric vehicles
Propel Redwood City Later Stage $11,000,200
Craton Equity Partners,
@Ventures, Gentry Venture
Partners, Nth Power,
undisclosed firm
Network of green-built
filling stations
Sentient Energy Burlingame Expansion $15,000,000
Foundation Capital,
undisclosed firms
Electric utilities with
automation monitoring
systems
Smart Wire Grid Oakland Early Stage $3,000,000 RiverVest Venture Partners
Smart wire technology to
control power flows on
transmission lines
Stion San Jose Expansion $24,999,900
Braemar Energy Ventures,
Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed
Venture Partners Thin-film solar panels
Zero Motorcycles Scotts Valley Expansion $6,000,000 Invus Group Electric motorcycles
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SEMICONDUCTORS
Name City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
Akros Silicon Sunnyvale Later Stage $8,000,000
Levensohn Venture Partners,
Technology Partners, US
Venture Partners, undisclosed
firm
Energy management
semiconductor devices
Crossbar Santa Clara Early Stage $20,587,000
Kleiner Perkins Caufield &
Byers
Solutions for the global
memory storage industry
eASIC Santa Clara Later Stage $6,416,000
Crescendo Venture
Management Asics devices
GainSpan San Jose Expansion $7,383,900
New Venture Partners, Opus
Capital, Sigma Partners
Semiconductor solutions
company
Lensvector Sunnyvale Expansion $3,500,000 Undisclosed firm
Optical goods and
components
Neoconix Sunnyvale Later Stage $831,000
US Venture Partners,
VentureTech Alliance
Electrical connectors and
interconnects
Pivotal Systems Pleasanton Later Stage $4,600,000 Undisclosed firm
Monitoring and process
control technology
Validity Sensors San Jose Later Stage $10,000,000
Crosslink Capital, Intel Capital,
Panorama Capital, Qualcomm
Ventures, TeleSoft Partners,
VentureTech Alliance
Fingerprint sensors for
biometrics markets
SOFTWARE
Name City Stage Amount Investors Business Description
.Flurry San Francisco Expansion $24,999,800
Crosslink Capital, Draper
Fisher Jurvetson International
Inc, Draper Richards, First
Round Capital, InterWest
Partners, Menlo Ventures,
Union Square Ventures Mobile applications
Adept Cloud San Mateo Early Stage $315,000
RB Webber & Co., undisclosed
firm
Cloud-managed private
collaboration solution
Agiliance Sunnyvale Expansion $500,000
Castile Ventures, Walden
International
Integrated risk
management solutions
AgilOne Mountain View Expansion $10,000,000 Mayfield Fund, Sequoia Capital
Predictive intelligence
application for marketers
AppEnsure* Milpitas Early Stage $250,000 Citrix Systems
Application performance
management platform
software
Arena Solutions Foster City Later Stage $155,000 Scale Venture Partners
Data and processing
software tools
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Audioscribe Emeryville Early Stage $749,800
The Icehouse, Pasadena
Angels, Sierra Angels, Tech
Coast Angels, undisclosed firm Transcription service
AutoGrid Palo Alto Early Stage $4,000,000
Foundation Capital, Stanford
University
Data analytics simulation
software
BloomReach* Mountain View Early Stage $25,000,000
Bain Capital Ventures,
Lightspeed Venture Partners,
New Enterprise Associates
Data-marketing
applications
Blue River Technology Sunnyvale Early Stage $245,000 Khosla Ventures Agricultural systems
Bottlenose* San Francisco Early Stage $1,000,000
Prosper Capital, ff Venture
Capital
Operates a real-time
discovery engine for the
social web
Catbird Networks* Scotts Valley Later Stage $2,000,000 Medina Capital Partners Inc
Security solution for virtual,
cloud and physical
infrastructures
Centric Software Campbell Later Stage $11,600,000
Masthead Venture Partners,
Oak Investment Partners
Enterprise applications
solutions
CipherCloud San Jose Expansion $30,000,000 Andreessen Horowitz
Cloud data protection
solutions
ClearStory Data Palo Alto Early Stage $9,000,000
Andreessen Horowitz, Google
Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
Caufield & Byers
Tool for users to conduct
self-driven Big Data
Clever* San Francisco Early Stage $3,000,000
Bessemer Venture Partners,
Google Ventures, SV Angel,
undisclosed firm, Y Combinator Online learning software
Cloudera Palo Alto Expansion $64,677,100
Accel Partners, Greylock
Partners, Ignition Partners, In-
Q-Tel, Meritech Capital
Partners
Services and support for
hardtop
CloudOn Palo Alto Early Stage $640,000
Rembrandt Venture Partners,
undisclosed firm
Productivity tools for smart
devices
CloudVelocity* Santa Clara Early Stage $5,000,000 Mayfield Fund Cloud software
Cognitive Networks* San Francisco Early Stage $2,500,000 Rogers Ventures Ltd
Operates content
recognition service provider
Coinbase* San Francisco Startup/Seed $166,000 Undisclosed firm
E-wallet used for sending
and receiving bitcoins
Composite Software San Mateo Later Stage $1,750,000 Trilantic Capital Partners
Data virtualization software
solutions
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Continuuity Palo Alto Early Stage $5,000,100
Andreessen Horowitz, Battery
Ventures, Ignition Partners,
undisclosed firms
Big Data application
platform
Corona Labs Palo Alto Expansion $2,000,000
Merus Capital Investment,
Western Technology
Investment
Mobile application
development company
Cozy Services* San Francisco Early Stage $1,500,000
Google Ventures, The
Social+Capital Partnership,
undisclosed firm Rental real estate tools
Datasift San Francisco Expansion $15,250,000
GRP Partners, IA Ventures,
Northgate Capital Group, Scale
Venture Partners, undisclosed
firm
Social data platform
company
Delivery Agent San Francisco Later Stage $5,000,000
Samsung Venture Investment
Corporation Media company
DoubleDutch San Francisco Early Stage $3,999,900
Bullpen Capital, Floodgate
Fund, undisclosed firm Geosocial applications
Duetto Research San Francisco Early Stage $10,000,000
Battery Ventures, Thayer
Ventures, Trinity Ventures,
undisclosed firms Big Data company
Easilydo* Mountain View Early Stage $4,299,900
Mayfield Fund, US Venture
Partners, undisclosed firm
Personal productivity
application software
EcoFactor Redwood City Expansion $8,000,100
Aster Capital Partners SAS,
Claremont Creek Ventures,
RockPort Capital Partners
Solutions for managing
residential energy
Eightfold Logic San Mateo Expansion $1,017,000
Castile Ventures, Crosslink
Capital, Formative Ventures,
RB Webber & Co., Rho Capital
Partners
Content optimization
application
Enome Palo Alto Early Stage $915,200
NewSchools Venture Fund,
Rethink Education, undisclosed
firms
Collaboration platform for
teachers, parents and
students
Exablox Mountain View Early Stage $15,000,000
DCM, Norwest Venture
Partners, US Venture Partners
Data management storage
services
Expect Labs San Francisco Early Stage $2,400,300
Bessemer Venture Partners,
Google Ventures, Greylock
Partners, IDG Ventures SF,
KPG Ventures, Quest
Ventures, undisclosed firm
Technologies for
computing applications
FireEye Milpitas Later Stage $45,000,200
Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Juniper Networks, Norwest
Venture Partners, SVB Capital,
Sequoia Capital
Web malware security
solutions
FitStar Labs* San Francisco Early Stage $999,900
Advancit Capital, Floodgate
Fund, Google Ventures
Digital health and fitness
application
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Foundation Software* San Francisco Startup/Seed $50,000
Rembrandt Venture Partners,
undisclosed firm Software developer
Gigwalk San Francisco Early Stage $6,000,000
August Capital, Founder
Collective, Greylock Partners,
Harrison Metal Capital,
Softtech VC Inc, undisclosed
firm Mobile application
Glassdoor Sausalito Expansion $19,999,900
Battery Ventures, Benchmark
Capital, Duff Ackerman &
Goodrich, Sutter Hill Ventures Social networking company
Gobalto San Francisco Expansion $12,000,000
Aberdare Ventures, EDB
Investments Pte, Qualcomm
Ventures, undisclosed firm Clinical research solutions
Green Throttle Games* Santa Clara Early Stage $6,000,000 DCM, Trinity Ventures Game software
Gridstore Mountain View Expansion $12,500,000
Enterprise Ireland, GGV
Capital, NCB Ventures,
ONSET Ventures, undisclosed
firm
Data and storage solution
systems
Grokr* Sunnyvale Startup/Seed $2,400,100
Lerer Ventures, New Enterprise
Associates, US Venture
Partners, undisclosed firm Mobile search application
Guardian Analytics Mountain View Expansion $8,000,000
Foundation Capital, Split Rock
Partners, Triangle Peak
Partners
Online banking security
solutions
Happy Bits Company* Redwood City Early Stage $650,000 Battery Ventures Software
Host Analytics Redwood City Later Stage $10,500,000
StarVest Partners, undisclosed
firm
Cloud corporate
performance management
company
InfoArmy* San Mateo Early Stage $17,322,000
Norwest Venture Partners,
Trinity Ventures, undisclosed
firm
Competitive intelligence
reports
Inigral San Francisco Expansion $3,250,000
Retro Venture Partners,
undisclosed firm
Online networking and
education services to
students
Insightly* San Francisco Expansion $3,000,000 Emergence Capital Partners
Customer relationship and
project management
system
Intacct San Jose Later Stage $7,500,000
Bessemer Venture Partners,
Emergence Capital Partners,
Sigma Partners, Split Rock
Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures
Cloud financial
management platform
provider
Intalio Palo Alto Later Stage $8,794,000 Woodside Fund
E-business infrastructure
software
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Invi Labs* Palo Alto Early Stage $750,000
Atlantic Bridge, Horizon
Ventures, undisclosed firm Mobile application
isocket Burlingame Expansion $9,122,000
Accelerator Venture Capital,
Blumberg Capital Management,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
International Inc, Foundry
Group, Quest Ventures,
Softtech VC Inc, undisclosed
firm
Advertising platform
provider
ItsOn* Redwood City Early Stage $15,549,900
Andreessen Horowitz, SV
Angel, Silver Lake
Telecommunications
services
Jasper Wireless Mountain View Later Stage $40,000,000
Benchmark Capital, Sequoia
Capital
Machine-to-machine
mobile operator
Jibe Mobile* Mountain View Expansion $8,300,100
Undisclosed firms, Vodafone
Ventures
Real-time communications
platform
Kamcord* Sunnyvale Startup/Seed $1,500,400
Amidzad Partners, Google
Ventures, Merus Capital
Investment, Tencent
Collaboration Fund,
undisclosed firms, XG
Ventures, Y Combinator,
iVentureCapital GmbH
Gameplay video and audio
recording software
Karmasphere Cupertino Expansion $3,500,000
Hummer Winblad Venture
Partners, Mohr Davidow
Ventures, US Venture Partners Data processing software
Koding San Francisco Early Stage $7,250,100
Greycroft Partners, Matrix
Partners, ru-Net Ventures Cloud computing services
Koozoo* San Francisco Early Stage $2,499,900
New Enterprise Associates,
Tugboat Ventures, undisclosed
firm
Offers online platform that
allows people to see and
share live views
Librato San Francisco Expansion $775,000 Acartha Technology Partners
Infrastructure software and
service company
Lift Worldwide* San Francisco Early Stage $2,500,000
SV Angel, Spark Capital,
undisclosed firms
Tools to boost human
potential
Lightside Games Mountain View Early Stage $1,215,000 Softtech VC Inc Social gaming company
Mail Bypass Corte Madera Early Stage $950,000 Ignition Partners
Email messaging
applications
Medium Entertainment* San Francisco Expansion $8,000,000
GGV Capital, Tandem
Entrepreneurs Management
Services, undisclosed firm,
e.Ventures
Monetization and customer
management platform for
mobile games
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Metromile* Redwood City Early Stage $4,000,000
First Round Capital, Index
Ventures, New Enterprise
Associates, SV Angel Pay-per-mile insurance
MobileSpan* Santa Clara Early Stage $2,265,000
True Ventures, undisclosed
firm Workspace SaaS company
MongoHQ Mountain View Early Stage $7,356,000
Trinity Ventures, undisclosed
firm
Hosting configuration
services provider
MyEnerSave* Sunnyvale Early Stage $3,000,000 Khosla Ventures
Energy monitoring and
management solution
Nearbuy Systems Menlo Park Early Stage $750,000 Metamorphic Ventures
Indoor micro-location
solutions
Neo Technology San Mateo Expansion $11,000,100
Conor Venture Partners Oy,
Fidelity Ventures, Sunstone
Capital A/S Database builder
Nexenta Systems Santa Clara Expansion $3,861,000
Sierra Ventures, Translink
Capital Partners I
Software-defined storage
solutions
Nor1 Santa Clara Expansion $12,000,000 Undisclosed firm
Data-driven pricing and
merchandising solutions
ObjectLabs San Francisco Early Stage $4,999,900
Baseline Ventures, Foundry
Group, Freestyle Capital, GRP
Partners, undisclosed firm
Software for software
developers and IT
professionals
Okta San Francisco Expansion $25,000,000
Andreessen Horowitz,
Floodgate Fund, Greylock
Partners, Khosla Ventures,
Sequoia Capital
Enterprise-grade identity
management service
One-Page Company LLC San Francisco Early Stage $1,500,000
Blumberg Capital Management,
TMT Investments PLC,
undisclosed firm
Job proposal writing tool for
job hunters and employers
Origami Logic Palo Alto Early Stage $7,547,100
Accel Partners, Lightspeed
Venture Partners, undisclosed
firm
Visual marketing analytics
platform
Panoratio Database Images
GmbH Oakland Later Stage $732,000
DVC Deutsche Venture
Capital, PolyTechnos Venture-
Partners II GmbH, Siemens
Venture Capital GmbH
Desktop database
development
Platfora San Mateo Expansion $20,000,100
Andreessen Horowitz, Battery
Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Sutter Hill
Ventures Software company
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Plivo San Francisco Early Stage $1,750,000
Andreessen Horowitz, Battery
Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures,
SV Angel Cloud telephony platform
Prism Skylabs San Francisco Early Stage $7,499,700
Andreessen Horowitz, Anthem
Venture Partners, Data
Collective, IDG Ventures SF,
Pacific Partners, Triangle Peak
Partners, undisclosed firms
Video intelligence
technology services
Rafter* San Mateo Expansion $20,000,000 Storm Ventures
Education technology
company
Revolution Analytics Palo Alto Expansion $7,800,000 North Bridge Venture Partners
Commercial software and
services
RiskIQ* San Francisco Expansion $7,500,000 Summit Partners
Subscription security
solutions
Rockyou San Francisco Expansion $1,210,000 DCM, Partech International Social gaming company
Room 77 Mountain View Expansion $30,298,200
Felicis Ventures, General
Catalyst Partners, Sutter Hill
Ventures, undisclosed firms
Hotel room database
search engine
ScaleIO* Palo Alto Early Stage $12,000,000
Greylock Partners, Norwest
Venture Partners, undisclosed
firm
Software-defined storage
services
Scan San Francisco Early Stage $6,500,000
Menlo Ventures, undisclosed
firm
Connects the real world
with the digital universe
SCOPIX Solutions Burlingame Expansion $850,000 Undisclosed firm Portal
ServiceMax Pleasanton Later Stage $26,999,900
Adams Street Partners,
Crosslink Capital, Emergence
Capital Partners, Mayfield
Fund, Trinity Ventures
Field service management
solutions
Shape Security Mountain View Early Stage $19,999,800
Allegis Capital, Google
Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
Caufield & Byers,
TomorrowVentures,
undisclosed firm, Venrock Web security technology
ShotSpotter Newark Later Stage $12,000,000
City Light Capital, Claremont
Creek Ventures, Lauder
Partners, Levensohn Venture
Partners, Motorola Solutions
Venture Capital, The Westly
Group
Gunfire alert and analysis
solutions
Side.cr LLC San Francisco Early Stage $10,355,100
Google Ventures, Huron River
Venture Partners, Lightspeed
Venture Partners
Real-time ride-matching
platform
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Signifyd* Palo Alto Early Stage $2,183,300
Andreessen Horowitz, Data
Collective, IA Ventures, QED
Global, Resolute.VC,
undisclosed firms
Risk and fraud prevention
platform
SIPX* Palo Alto Early Stage $2,432,000
Mohr Davidow Ventures,
undisclosed firm
Education technology
company
Space Pencil San Francisco Early Stage $2,200,000
Polaris Venture Partners, True
Ventures
Web analytic services
company
Spark Mobile* San Francisco Early Stage $1,250,000
General Catalyst Partners,
Thayer Ventures, undisclosed
firm
Virtual tour marketing
company
Spigit Pleasanton Expansion $1,200,000 Warburg Pincus Social innovation software
Sponsorfied* San Francisco Startup/Seed $98,000 Undisclosed firm
Marketplace for
sponsorships
Stormpath San Mateo Early Stage $8,200,000 Flybridge Capital Partners
Identity access control
service
Sumo Logic Mountain View Expansion $30,000,000
Accel Partners, Greylock
Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures
Log management and
analytics company
Swrve New Media San Francisco Expansion $6,357,900
Act Venture Capital Ltd,
Atlantic Bridge, Delta Partners,
Dublin Business Innovation
Centre, Intel Capital
Mobile application
optimization platform
Syntellia* San Francisco Early Stage $900,000
Fortify Ventures, undisclosed
firms
Mobiles application
software
Taulia San Francisco Expansion $6,000,000
Trinity Ventures, undisclosed
firm
Business software
solutions
Thumbsup Labs* Palo Alto Startup/Seed $1,600,000
Highland Capital Partners,
undisclosed firm Mobile phone applications
Topsy Labs San Francisco Expansion $5,300,000
BlueRun Ventures, Ignition
Partners, undisclosed firm Social content in real-time
Tout.com San Francisco Early Stage $6,021,000 Undisclosed firm Social media platform
Traackr San Francisco Expansion $1,500,000 Undisclosed firm People discovery engine
Transcast Media* Mountain View Early Stage $1,280,000
Enspire Capital Pteundisclosed
firm Mobile application service
Transcriptic* Menlo Park Startup/Seed $1,200,000
The Founders Fund, Google
Ventures, undisclosed firm
Laboratory virtualization
platform
Trifacta* San Francisco Early Stage $4,300,000
Accel Partners, Data
Collective, undisclosed firm,
X/Seed Capital Management
Productivity platforms for
data analysis
Triggit San Francisco Expansion $7,400,000
Foundry Group, Spark Capital,
undisclosed firm Technology and services
vArmour Networks* Santa Clara Early Stage $5,906,000
Highland Capital Partners,
undisclosed firm SDN technology company
Versa Networks* Cupertino Startup/Seed $14,350,000 Sequoia Capital Products and services
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Woven* San Francisco Early Stage $15,000,000
Accel Partners, undisclosed
firm
News and other content to
users based on their social
activity
WSO2 Palo Alto Expansion $10,000,000 Undisclosed firm
Open source middleware
platforms for web services
Xactly San Jose Expansion $1,370,000
Rembrandt Venture Partners,
undisclosed firm
On-demand sales
compensation
management solutions
Xeround Systems Mountain View Expansion $3,999,900
Giza Venture Capital, Ignition
Partners, Trilogy Equity
Partners Cloud database services
Xtime Redwood City Later Stage $23,000,000
Bessemer Venture Partners,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
International Inc, Lumia Capital,
RPM Ventures, Saints
Ventures
Hosted CRM scheduling
software
ZenPayroll* San Francisco Early Stage $6,099,800
Data Collective, Google
Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures,
undisclosed firms, Y
Combinator Payroll service
Zero2one Palo Alto Early Stage $5,000,000
Innovation Endeavors, Madrona
Venture Group, undisclosed
firm
Mobile phone solution to
help keep the back healthy
Zettaset Mountain View Expansion $4,750,000
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
International Inc, EPIC
Ventures Data platform solutions
Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report based on data from Thomson Reuters
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