Software & Services

Today's Software & Services industry is the latest evolution of a set of computing trends with which we at Foundation Capital are intimately familiar.

From Software as a Service (SaaS) to Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) to the current combination of client-based software and Internet-based services, Foundation Capital's partners have actively participated over the years in the steadily maturing growth of the type of functionality—and companies—needed in our new, dynamically interconnected world.

Since investing in our first SaaS company in 1996, Foundation Capital has helped over two dozen SaaS companies from the seed stage all the way through liquidity. Our partners include noted experts in engineering, product management, sales, and marketing.  

Current Investments

Aggregate Knowledge
Aggregate Knowledge is an IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) company delivering the neutral data management platform (DMP) on which the world's largest advertisers make their digital media decisions…
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Attensity
Attensity removes the inefficiencies of traditional market and media research by using technology to transform information into actionable insights that help business executives make better decisions…
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BoardVantage
BoardVantage is the premier provider of confidential collaboration systems. The BoardVantage Board Portal includes more than 200 Fortune global 2000 companies. …
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Coverity
Coverity enables the automatic production of high-quality software by providing development teams with the ability to systematically measure, analyze, and improve both the inputs to the software production process…
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Envestnet
Envestnet provides an integrated platform of investment management solutions for investment advisors and financial institutions. The platform includes a range of investment management solutions, tools for…
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Financial Engines
Financial Engines provides managed account services to holders of retirement accounts. Founded by Bill Sharpe, Nobel Laureate and professor emeritus at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, the company has …
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First To File
FTF Technologies is a leading edge state-of-the-art document management system ("DMS") for patents that replaces paper. FTF is transforming the storage, handling and analysis of IP legal documents worldwide.
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Freewheel
Freewheel® is a whole new approach to managing online video advertising. FreeWheel's Monetization Rights Management® platform allows video content owners and distributors to control, manage, optimize, and …
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Guardian Analytics
Guardian Analytics provides applications for detecting and mitigating online account fraud and ID theft. These applications span the risk management process including assessment, detection, investigation…
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InsideView
InsideView is the leading SaaS provider of sales intelligence to sales and marketing professionals to increase productivity and revenue by delivering relevant business and social insights.
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InterAct911
Since 1975, InterAct Public Safety Systems has been Making Connections for Life™ providing both stand-alone and fully integrated mission-critical public safety and homeland security systems...
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MarkMonitor
MarkMonitor is the global leader in creating and protecting corporate identities on the Internet, serving over 40 of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as many of the world's largest non-U.S. based enterprises…
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Mobile Iron
MobileIron is solving the problems CIOs face as business data moves to the smartphone. As smartphones and other mobile devices such as iPads become more pervasive computing platforms, IT departments have recognized that they cannot address and manage mobile devices the same way they do computers…
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Moxie Software
Moxie Software Corporation is an on-demand platform for business innovation that provides a suite of subscription-based offerings to enable the Next-Generation Enterprise. Powered by software and people, Moxie Software's on-demand …
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MSDSonline
MSDSonline, Inc. delivers easy-to-use, on-demand solutions that help Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) professionals promote a safer work environment and complete their work more efficiently and cost effectively…
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Numerate
Numerate is a technology platform company that delivers drug candidates quickly and cost effectively to its biotechnology and pharmaceutical partners. Using proprietary algorithms...
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Rearden Commerce
Rearden Commerce, Inc. is the world's largest online marketplace for services of all kinds, including travel, entertainment, package shipping, and meeting services. The Rearden Personal Assistant puts the web to work …
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Responsys
Responsys is the leader in the online marketing campaign management space. Responsys’ suite of applications address the complete requirements of customer life cycle management…
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SilkRoad Technology, Inc.
SilkRoad technology, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated Employee Talent Management Solutions that facilitate the hiring, development, and management of the talent of an organization. Through SilkRoad's solutions…
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SpringCM™
SpringCM™ is the leader in on demand document management. Customers such as GE, Avon, and HealthNet leverage SpringCM's service to automate document processes, accelerate revenues, improve efficiency, and make…
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TeaLeaf Technology
TeaLeaf captures the complete online customer experience, enabling e-businesses with comprehensive business-level, click-level insight into user experience and buying behavior. …
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TubeMogul
TubeMogul is a video advertising and analytics platform that connects advertisers with highly targeted audiences. TubeMogul's advertising solution is powered by the company's unprecedented data platform that tracks billions of video streams…
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Venafi
Venafi invented systems management for encryption to help organizations simplify the management of encryption technologies across their diverse operating systems and infrastructure environments – from the desktop to the …
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Visier
At Visier Inc. we build analytic applications. Unlike traditional business intelligence which aims to provide powerful tools for users to create content, the Visier approach is to provide intuitive, visually stunning and interactive content out of the box…
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Prior Investments by members of the FC Team

Chordiant
IPO: 2/14/00
Codefast
Acquired by Coverity
Commerce One
IPO: 7/1/99
Documentum
IPO: 2/5/96
Edge Dynamics
Acquired by I-Many, Inc.
Eloquent
IPO: 2/16/00
Internet Profiles
Acquired by CMGI
Interwoven
IPO: 10/7/99
Itemfield
Acquired by Informatica
Onyx Software
IPO: 02/12/99
PeakStream
Acquired by Google
Pacific Edge Software
Acquired by Serena Software
ParcPlace Systems
IPO: 2/1/94
Pilot Network Services, Inc.
IPO: 8/11/98
Pure Software
IPO: 8/1/95 Merged w/Atria SoftwareM
RouteScience
Acquired by Avaya
Talking Blocks
Acquired by Hewlett-Packard
Wind River Systems
IPO: 4/15/93