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Felicis Ventures — 2015 Investments

9 investments dated 2015 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Ginkgo Bioworksginkgo.bioin𝕏NYSE: DNASeries B · Jan 2015

Ginkgo Bioworks designs custom engineered organisms for customers across multiple markets, operating foundries that use software and hardware automation to scale the organism engineering process.

Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechRoboticsBoston, US

Jason Kelly(Founder)inReshma Shetty(Founder)inBarry Canton(Founder)inAustin Che(Founder)inTom Knight(Founder)inBartholomew Canton(Executive Officer)

Co-investors11.2 CapitalAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorAzure Capital PartnersB3 HoldingBlue Owl CapitalCannage Capital+62 more

Culture Ampcultureamp.comin𝕏Jan 2015

Culture Amp builds a platform for employee surveys and feedback management that helps organizations improve workplace culture and employee experience.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechImpact & Social GoodSaaSSan Francisco, US

Didier Elzinga(Founder)inDouglas English(Founder)Doug English(Founder)Jon Williams(Founder)Rod Hamilton(Founder)

BoardKevin Diestel(Director)in

Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesIndex VenturesSapphire VenturesGeneration Investment ManagementGlobal Founders CapitalGrok Ventures+3 more

Cymmetriacymmetria.cominSeed · Oct 2015Acquired

Cymmetria is a cybersecurity company focused on deception technology that lets organizations hunt attackers, detect lateral movement inside their perimeter, automate incident response, and mitigate attacks.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareTel Aviv-Yafo, IL

Gadi Evron(Founder)inDean Sysman(CTO)inRan Harel(CPO)

Co-investors408 VenturesFollow[the]SeedLumia CapitalMission and MarketRally Ventures Management, LlcY Combinator+7 more

Gigstergigster.comin𝕏Jul 2015Acquired

Gigster builds and manages distributed teams of engineers, designers, and product managers, giving businesses access to on-demand talent to develop custom software.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSAustin, US

Debo Olaosebikan(Founder)inRoger Dickey(Board Director)inChristopher Keene(Chief Executive Officer)inJennifer Pockell Dimas(Chief Marketing Officer)inEllis Ishaya(WW Vice President, Customer Success & Network Operations)inShawn Mohr(Chief Revenue Officer (joined May 2023))in

Co-investorsMarc BenioffRedpoint VenturesAdam D’AngeloAndreessen HorowitzBloomberg BetaEmmett Shear+16 more

Mapboxmapbox.comin𝕏Apr 2015

Mapbox operates a developer cloud platform that provides maps, navigation, search, and geospatial data services built from continuously updated location data drawn from telemetry, aerial imagery, computer vision, and user contributions.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsMobility & TransportationSaaSWashington, US

Eric Gunderson(Executive Officer, Director)Bonnie Bogle(Founder)Eric Gundersen(Founder)

BoardRandy Glein(Director)Ryan McIntyre(Director)Marc Prioleau(Director)

Co-investorsDBL PartnersEnergize CapitalFoundryGen CapitalGFR FundPremji Invest+8 more

Matterportmatterport.cominJun 2015 · $16M

Matterport builds an end-to-end system for capturing, processing, and sharing immersive 3D and virtual reality models of real-world spaces, accessible on web and mobile.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechConsumerEnterprise SoftwareHardwarePropTechSunnyvale, US

Matt Bell(Founder)inDavid Gausebeck(Chief Scientist)inMichael Beebe(COO)inRJ Pittman(CEO)inWillian Brown(Chief Executive Officer)Dave Gausebeck(Founder)

Co-investorsBling CapitalBoxGroupBrighter CapitalCapria VenturesDCM VenturesGores+30 more

Triplebytetriplebyte.comin𝕏Series A · Sep 2015 · $3MAcquired

Triplebyte operates a technical hiring platform that matches software engineers with companies through skills-based evaluation.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplacesSaaSSan Francisco, US

Ammon Bartram(CEO)inBastien Beurier(Contractor)inEric Bakan(Head of Machine Learning)Harj Taggar(CEO)inGuillaume Luccisano(CTO)inMike Robbins(Engineer)in

Co-investorsJames Beshara FundSummit Peak VenturesY CombinatorCaffeinated CapitalCurious EndeavorsFounders Fund+3 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

MachinimaPluralsight Holdings

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.