Venture Capital Funding, Fourth Quarter 2015
Venture Capital Funding, Fourth Quarter 2015
Venture Capital Funding, Fourth Quarter 2015
This is a listing of many of the Bay Area firms that received venture capital financing between
Oct. 01 to Dec. 31, 2015. 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.
1-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 start-ups.
BIOTECHNOLOGY/HEALTH
Name
City
MoneyTree Stage
Amount
Investors
23andMe
Mountain View
Later Stage
Atreca-1
Redwood City
Early Stage
Early Stage
Startup/Seed
Audentes Therapeutics
Forty-Seven-1
San Francisco
Palo Alto
Gritstone Oncology
Iconic Therapeutics
San Francisco
Startup/Seed
South San Francis Later Stage
NEURONA
THERAPEUTICS
San Francisco
ORIC Pharmaceuticals-1
PROFUSA
SFJ Pharmaceuticals
Symic Biomedical
Tigercat Pharma
Later Stage
San Francisco
Early Stage
South San Francis Early Stage
BUSINESS SERVICES
Name
Align Commerce-1
City
San Francisco
MoneyTree Stage
Early Stage
Amount
Investors
AppDirect
Forescout Technologies
San Francisco
Campbell
Expansion
Later Stage
Marqeta
Emeryville
Expansion
Stockpile-1
Palo Alto
Early Stage
CONSUMER
GOODS/SERVICES
Name
BETABRAND
City
San Francisco
MoneyTree Stage
Amount
Investors
Expansion
Bluesmart-1
San Francisco
Early Stage
BuildZoom
San Francisco
Early Stage
FlightCar
San Francisco
Early Stage
Gobble
Palo Alto
Expansion
Impossible Foods-1
Numi Organic Tea
Redwood City
Oakland
Expansion
Later Stage
Presencelearning
San Francisco
Expansion
Quizlet-1
San Francisco
Later Stage
RelayRides
San Francisco
Expansion
Revolution Foods
Oakland
Later Stage
Udacity
Mountain View
Expansion
HARDWARE/INSTRUME
NTS
Name
Atheer
Eargo
City
Mountain View
Mountain View
MoneyTree Stage
Amount
Investors
Expansion
Expansion
Eyefluence
Milpitas
Early Stage
NextInput
San Jose
Early Stage
Early Stage
Later Stage
Poynt Co.-1
zSpace
Palo Alto
Sunnyvale
NETWORKING/TELECO
MMUNICATIONS
Name
City
MoneyTree Stage
Amount
Investors
Aquantia
San Jose
Later Stage
Eero
San Francisco
Early Stage
Spidercloud Wireless
San Jose
Later Stage
Swift Navigation
San Francisco
Early Stage
Vasona Networks
Velocloud Networks
San Jose
Mountain View
Expansion
Early Stage
ENERGY/INDUSTRIAL
Name
City
MoneyTree Stage
Amount
Investors
Sunnyvale
Emeryville
Expansion
Early Stage
Lily Robotics
San Francisco
Early Stage
Skydio
Menlo Park
Startup/Seed
Oakland
Expansion
Name
Avalanche Technology
City
Fremont
MoneyTree Stage
Later Stage
GCT Semiconductor
San Jose
Later Stage
Sungevity
SEMICONDUCTORS
Amount
Investors
$25,322,000 Thomvest Ventures
$45,120,000 Parakletos Ventures
SOFTWARE
Name
Appdynamics
City
San Francisco
MoneyTree Stage
Amount
Investors
Expansion
Area 1 Security
Redwood City
Early Stage
BigPanda
Mountain View
Early Stage
Cask Data
Cimrid
Palo Alto
Redwood City
Expansion
Later Stage
CollectiveHealth
San Mateo
Early Stage
Databricks
San Francisco
Early Stage
DataVisor-1
Mountain View
Early Stage
Expansion
Early Stage
Early Stage
Early Stage
Docker
Earnest Operations
Everstring Technology
Figma
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Mateo
San Francisco
Flux Factory
San Francisco
Early Stage
Guardian Analytics
Mountain View
Later Stage
H2o AI
Mountain View
Early Stage
IIX
Santa Clara
Expansion
Instart Logic
Palo Alto
Expansion
ItsOn
Redwood City
Expansion
Lucidworks
San Francisco
Later Stage
Lyra Health-1
Burlingame
Startup/Seed
Mindjet
San Francisco
Later Stage
Mindtickle-1
Sunnyvale
Early Stage
MyEnerSave
Niantic
Sunnyvale
San Francisco
Expansion
Early Stage
Early Stage
Early Stage
Numerify
Opengov.us
Cupertino
Redwood City
Optimizely
San Francisco
Expansion
Palantir Technologies
Palo Alto
Later Stage
PlanGrid
San Francisco
Expansion
Platfora
San Mateo
Expansion
Quip
San Francisco
Early Stage
Quri
San Francisco
Expansion
Robin Systems-1
Milpitas
Early Stage
Segment.io
Burlingame
Early Stage
SentinelOne
Mountain View
Early Stage
SnapLogic
San Mateo
Later Stage
Splice Machine
San Francisco
Early Stage
Expansion
SteelBrick
San Mateo
Symphony Communication
Services-1
Palo Alto
Early Stage
SyncHR
Oakland
Later Stage
Taulia
San Francisco
Expansion
Trifacta
San Francisco
Early Stage
Trustlook
San Jose
Early Stage
UserZoom Technologies-1
San Jose
Later Stage
Varentec
Walkme
Santa Clara
San Francisco
Expansion
Expansion
ZenPayroll
San Francisco
Expansion
Zerostack
Mountain View
Early Stage
Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report, Data: Thomson Reuters
Biotechnology company
Next generation immuno-oncology
Technology company
Contractor finders
Connects vehicle owners with travelers
seeking to rent owners' vehicles
Gourmet meal kits
Food company
Organic teas and teasans
Speech and occupational therapy, and mental
health services
Online study tool
Wifi system
Wireless technologies
Solar energy
Business Description (edited)
Semiconductor memory technologies
Fourth generation mobile semiconductor
solutions
Business Description (edited)
Security company
Data science to automate the manual
processes
Open source big data software company
Application for invoice creation
Technology company
Telecommunications services
Search development solutions
Analytics and screening tools
Software that supports the visual mapping of
information
Sales readiness software
Energy monitoring and management solution
Software development company
IT infrastructure
Sql-compliant database
Applications for sales professionals to create
price quotes