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Highway 12 Ventures

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Tracked investments
7

Team · 1 people

from public directories

What they invest in

from 3 of 7 portfolio companies

Marketing Tech ×2SaaS ×2Cloud Computing ×1Developer Tools ×1Fintech ×1Media & Entertainment ×1Retail Tech ×1

HQs:United States×4

Investments · 7 tracked

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By year:2015 · 12010 · 22009 · 32005 · 17 dated

Balihoobalihoo.comin𝕏Aug 2009 · $7M

Balihoo provides a digital marketing platform designed for franchise businesses, enabling coordination between franchisors and franchisees through localized paid search, location marketing, and brand collaboration tools.

Marketing TechRetail TechSaaSBoise, US

Peter Gombert(Executive Officer, Director)Shane Vaughan(Executive Officer)Andrew Piron(Executive Officer)Ron Clevenger(Executive Officer)Paul Price(Executive Officer)

BoardMichael Browner(Director)

Co-investorsMultiplier Capital

Everlatereverlater.cominNov 2009

FintechDenver, US

Co-investorsTechstars

GutCheckgutcheckit.comSeries A · Oct 2010 · $2M

Co-investorsCrawley VenturesEscalate Capital PartnersRally Ventures Management, Llc

SendGridsendgrid.comin𝕏Apr 2010 · $5M

SendGrid provides email delivery and marketing infrastructure via APIs and SMTP services for developers and marketers to send emails at scale.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSDenver, US

Isaac Saldana(Founder)inJose Lopez(Founder)inTim Jenkins(Founder)Yancey Spruill(Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer)Michael Tognetti(Executive Officer)James H. Franklin(Chief Executive Officer)

Co-investors500 GlobalBain Capital VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersDecibel PartnersGraph VenturesK2 Global+6 more

Other

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

OpenLogicTechMediaNetworkVico Software

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SendGrid - Wikipedia

SendGrid · en.wikipedia.org · Sep 2, 2026

Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 3

as of Sep 2025
FundVintageCommittedNet IRRTVPIDPI
Highway 12 Venture Fund II-B, L.P.LPs: Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho2006—11.6%2.30x2.30x
Highway 12 Venture Fund II, L.P.LPs: Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho2006—8.6%1.88x1.88x
Highway 12 Venture Fund, L.P.LPs: Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho2001—-6.8%0.64x0.64x

Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).

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How many investments has Highway 12 Ventures made?
Highway 12 Ventures has 7 tracked investments.

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Co-investors · 2

Rally Ventures Management, Llc

Rally Ventures is an investment firm focused on business technology companies, backing a select group of high-potential startups to help them grow market impact and value.

Both backed · 1
GutCheck
$100K – $4M
Building Ventures

Building Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in companies transforming how the built environment is designed, built, operated, and experienced.

$100K – $10M

Firms observed investing alongside Highway 12 Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Highway 12 Ventures's recorded portfolio.