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Costanoa Ventures — 2016 Investments

3 investments dated 2016 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Guardian Analyticsguardiananalytics.comAug 2016SEC filingmedium confidence

Guardian Analytics provides an AI-powered platform that unifies fraud prevention and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance for financial institutions.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechMountain View, US

Laurent Pacalin(Executive Officer, Director)Hue Harguindeguy(Executive Officer)

BoardMatt Glickman(Director)Skip Glass(Director)Jim Simons(Director)

Board seatGreg Sands· per SEC Form D · $5.6M raise · filed Sep 2016

Co-investorsWestern Technology InvestmentFoundation CapitalSplit Rock PartnersSutter Hill Ventures

Return Pathreturnpath.com𝕏Nov 2016

Return Path (now part of Validity) offers email deliverability tools that provide real-time inbox placement testing, sender reputation and authentication monitoring, blocklist alerts, and pre-send deliverability checks.

Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US

Matthew Y. Blumberg(Executive Officer, Director)George Bilbrey(Founder)Anita Absey(Chief Revenue Officer)JOHN T. SINCLAIR(Chief Financial Officer)Lisa T. Mogensen(Executive Officer)Jack Sinclair(Founder)

Board seatGreg Sands· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAnthem Venture Management, LlcFoundryGen CapitalSapphire VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)Vista Equity Partners+2 more

Apptimizeapptimize.comin𝕏Seed · Jul 2016acquired by Airship

Apptimize provided a mobile A/B testing and feature-flag platform that let product teams experiment, roll out features, and optimize app experiences across mobile, web, and OTT.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Nancy Hua(CEO)inJeremy Orlow(CTO)Lucas Baker(Data Scientist)inJeff DiTullioChris JoeMike Fenton

Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Merus CapitalStartXWestern Technology InvestmentXG VenturesY Combinator+8 more

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.