Fundraising FoxHummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Seed–Series A · 6 people tracked
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Investment thesis
HWVP invests exclusively in early-stage enterprise software companies, providing first institutional capital and partnering with founders through the long term. The team, made up of technologists and engineers with operating experience, focuses solely on software and SaaS. They support portfolio companies across product development, scaling, partnerships, team building, strategy, positioning, recruiting, and customer introductions, positioning themselves as hands-on, entrepreneur-focused partners through both good and difficult periods.
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Team · 6 people
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2 people who came through Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 26 of 104 portfolio companiesSaaS ×12AI & Machine Learning ×10Enterprise Software ×10Cloud Computing ×7Marketing Tech ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5Fintech ×5Developer Tools ×3
HQs:United States×20Canada×1United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 20 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×122 founders×43 founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 24 founders with education data
Brigham Young University ×3Stanford University ×3Babson College ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 26 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×8Engineering ×4Humanities ×4Finance & Accounting ×3Business & Management ×2Economics ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 27 founders with career history
IBM ×2Immunio ×2Impellent Ventures ×2Rally Ventures ×2Unified ×2Vendr ×2
3 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 26 with degree data)
Investments · 104 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 · 32019 · 12018 · 42017 · 22016 · 12015 · 62014 · 32013 · 12012 · 12010 · 12008 · 12007 · 126 dated
Utah-based cloud analytics, data management and AI platform, publicly traded as DOMO, selling its business to Progress Software.
Josh James(Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director)
Co-investorsBenchmarkBlackRockGranite AsiaIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Amberdata provides institutional-grade data, analytics, and infrastructure solutions for digital assets and Web3, covering market data, portfolio and risk management, compliance, and tax management.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechFremont, US
Joanes Espanol(Executive Officer, Promoter)inTongtong Gong(Executive Officer, Promoter)inShawn Douglass(CEO)in
Board seatLars Leckie· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAspenwoodboldstart venturesCoinbase VenturesFenbushi CapitalGalaxy VenturesVU Venture Partners+7 more
San Francisco, US
Caitlin Haberberger(Executive Officer)Giles Goodwin(Executive Officer, Director)Ali Diab(Director)
BoardWilliam Price(Director)Neil Sequeira(Director)
Board seatMitchell Kertzman· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersGeneral CatalystSequoia Capital
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InsideSales offers the Revenue Acceleration Cloud, a platform providing data, insights, and tools for enterprise revenue and sales teams to drive growth.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechProvo, US
DAVID ELKINGTON(Executive Officer, Director)KEN KROGUE(Executive Officer, Director)inJOSHUA JAMES(Director)
BoardDAFINA TONCHEVA(Director)inMARK GORENBERG(Director)in
Board seatLars Leckie· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsEPIC VENTURESIreland Strategic Investment FundQuestMark PartnersKleiner PerkinsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Polaris Capital Group+3 more
MuleSoft is a San Francisco enterprise software company providing integration, API management and automation via its Anypoint Platform.
San Francisco, US
Ross Mason(Executive Officer, Director)inGregory G. Schott(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Langdon(Executive Officer)Robert Horton(Executive Officer)Michael DiFilippo(Executive Officer)
BoardRavi Mhatre(Director)in
Board seatAnn Winblad· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsArtisanal VenturesCanvas VenturesCategory VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Lightspeed Venture PartnersLumia Capital+12 more
NuoDB is a distributed SQL database that lets enterprises run and scale mission-critical SQL applications across private, public, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments with ACID compliance and continuous availability.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareCambridge, US
John Wagner(Executive Officer)Barry Morris(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGary Morgenthaler(Director)Nilanjana Bhowmik(Director)in
Board seatMitchell Kertzman· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsConvergeLongworth Venture Partners
OptiMine provides marketing measurement and scenario planning software to brands, helping them optimize marketing effectiveness and efficiency through advanced analytics and decisioning tools.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSMinneapolis, US
Dr. Rob CooleyTom Donnelly(Executive Officer, Director)Sharri Major(Executive Officer)James Moar(Executive Officer, Director)Bryon Bequette(Executive Officer)
Board seatAnn Winblad· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsWisconsin Investment PartnersZetta Venture Partners
Sonatype provides software supply chain management and security solutions for managing open source software and AI dependencies.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFulton, US
Brian Fox(Chief Technology Officer and co-founder)inWAYNE JACKSON(Executive Officer, Director)inDAVID C. MILLER(Executive Officer)
BoardSAMEER GANDHI(Director)inMICHAEL O'DELL(Director)
Board seatAnn Winblad· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAccelAspenwoodBlue Delta CapitalCanvas VenturesFounders Circle CapitalGolub Growth+3 more
Symbium builds an instant permitting service for residential decarbonization projects such as solar panels, energy storage, and heat pumps, letting homeowners and contractors understand what is possible on a property and submit and manage permit applications.
Climate TechGovTechPropTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Abhijeet Mohapatra(Executive Officer, Director)inLeila Banijamali(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Genesereth(Co-founder & Professor of Artificial Intelligence)in
Board seatMitchell Kertzman· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAspenwoodBBG VenturesE8 AngelsHearstLab
Software-defined compute platform enabling flexible server scaling at lower cost than traditional infrastructure
Campbell, US
Isaac R Nassi(Executive Officer, Director)Gary Smerdon(Executive Officer, Director)inFred Weber(Director)
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BoardEnrique Salem(Director)in
Board seatLars Leckie· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAspenwoodBain Capital VenturesSamsung Catalyst FundSapphire VenturesThe Robotics Hub
Acemetrix analyzes TV and digital video ad performance, allowing brands to benchmark their campaigns against competitors across categories within 24 hours of ads launching.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechMountain View, US
Peter Daboll(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardAnn Winblad(Director)inJim Gauer(Director)Greg Drew(Director)George Rogers(Director)Pete Sinclair(Director)
Co-investorsPalomar Ventures
Alpharank provides marketing and sales analytics for community lenders, tracking digital originations from first click through the customer journey to funded accounts.
Data & InfrastructureFintechMarketing TechRedwood City, US
BASTIAN LAUER(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Howe(Director)Brian Ley(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSteven Kishi(Director)in
Co-investorsAspenwood
Aria provides a cloud-based billing and monetization platform that enables businesses to automate complex billing processes and deliver enhanced customer experiences.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Brendan O'Brien(Founder)inEdward Sullivanin
Co-investorsAspenwoodDell Technologies CapitalRembrandt Venture PartnersRunway Growth CapitalVenrockBain Capital Ventures+2 more
Blissfully was a SaaS management platform that helped companies discover, manage, and optimize their SaaS applications, spend, and vendor workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLong Island City, US
Ariel Diaz(Executive Officer, Director)inAaron White(Director)inRyan Neu(Founder)in
BoardEric Paley(Director)in
Co-investorsCraft VenturesSoftBank Vision FundTiger Global ManagementAspenwoodFounder CollectiveHubSpot Ventures
Clarify Health is a healthcare outcomes and analytics company that partners with health systems to align clinical, access, and financial performance across referrals, network economics, and payer contracts.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Jean Drouin(Executive Officer, Director)inTodd Gottula(CEO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investors515 VenturesAspenwoodCorewell Health VenturesInHealth VenturesMenlo VenturesSoftBank Vision Fund+5 more
Five9 provides a cloud-based contact center and customer experience platform powered by AI, helping enterprises deliver personalized and proactive customer interactions across channels.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise Software
Co-investorsATEL VenturesSapphire VenturesSilver Lake PartnersWSFS Bank
Aspenwood Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage software companies, with deep roots in technology and a team of former engineers and entrepreneurs who mentor portfolio companies.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ann Winblad(Co-founder)inJohn Hummer(Co-founder)in
RingCentral Events (formerly Hopin) is a platform for hosting and managing virtual and hybrid events that enables organizations to create live experiences, engage audiences remotely, and generate business outcomes through video conferencing and event management tools.
Marketing TechSaaS
Johnny Boufarhat(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAspenwoodNorthzoneTapestry VCWaverley CapitalWorklife Ventures+6 more
Influitive provides a SaaS platform and professional services for customer advocate marketing, helping companies discover and mobilize their customer advocates to drive sales and customer lifetime value.
Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Mark Organ(Founder)inPuneet ArorainRich Stollerin
Co-investors500 GlobalExtreme Venture PartnersExtreme Venture Partners LLPGolden VenturesIlluminate VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners+8 more
Sage Intacct provides accounting and financial management software with integrated AI capabilities for invoice processing, bill management, month-end close automation, and financial data analysis.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersJK&B CapitalMoai CapitalBattery Ventures
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investorsAspenwoodANRIDG Daiwa VenturesXTech Ventures
JAMM is a members-only community platform where people host activities, meet like-minded people, and discover curated events.
ConsumerSocial
Co-investorsCallapina CapitalANRIDG Daiwa VenturesXTech Ventures
Kiip was a US mobile advertising and rewards network that delivered brand rewards to app users at moments of achievement.
Co-investorsHinge CapitalTransmedia CapitalTrue VenturesCrosslink CapitalNorth Atlantic CapitalRelay Ventures+2 more
Marketo builds marketing automation software for lead management, email campaigns and account-based marketing.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEnterprise Software
Phil Fernandez(CEO)
Co-investorsBattery VenturesCrosslink CapitalEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)fronttrail Equity Partners GmbHFuel VenturesGen Capital+16 more
Moxie Software is a US enterprise software company providing social software for employee and customer engagement.
Co-investorsOak Investment Partners
Web analytics and online marketing optimization provider, acquired by Adobe Systems in 2009 for about $1.8 billion.
Josh James(Founder)inJohn Pestana(Founder)in
Co-investorsBattery VenturesCrosslink CapitalScale Venture PartnersSTARTUP IGNITION VENTURES
Oomnitza provides an Enterprise Technology Management platform that automates key IT business processes by correlating data from existing solutions to manage users, endpoints, applications, and infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSSan Francisco, US
ARTHUR LOZINSKI(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardADAM SMITH(Director)
Co-investorsAspenwoodBloomberg BetaGula Tech AdventuresRiverside Acceleration CapitalSyn Ventures Seed Management LlcC5 Capital+1 more
Piston offers PistonPay, a cardless digital payment platform for fleet fueling where drivers scan a QR code to purchase fuel.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsFPVMarketplacePear VC
Smart Access provides an AI platform that helps operations leaders digitize and enforce SOPs, turn floor-level observations into coaching and next-best actions, and close the gap between workforce behavior and best practices.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkLogistics & Supply ChainAtlanta, US
Tim Regnier(Founder)in
Co-investorsAspenwoodLobby CapitalPanache VenturesSproutx
Stackery provides tools for building, deploying, and operating serverless applications on AWS, including support for AWS SAM, Lambda, SNS, and HTTP APIs.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSPortland, US
Chase Douglas(Executive Officer)inNathan Taggart(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDiane Fraiman(Director)in
Co-investorsAscend Venture CapitalAspenwoodTechstarsVoyager CapitalFounders' Co-opPIPELINE CAPITAL PARTNERS
Growth engineering platform providing actionable data to marketing and customer success teams for churn management and retention
Co-investorsAspenwoodDallas Venture CapitalInventus Capital PartnersZ5 Capital
Strobe provides software and grid-edge hardware to design, monitor, and autonomously operate distributed energy assets—batteries, solar, and generators—as a single market-aware power plant.
CleantechEnergyIoTQueens, US
Keeley Erhardt(Founder)in
Co-investorsPartnership Fund for NYCStellation Capital
Enterprise privacy management platform protecting digital communication
Cupertino, US
Matt Pauker(Director)inTerence Spies(Executive Officer)inJohn Peters(Executive Officer)inSathvik Krishnamurthy(Executive Officer, Director)inLisa Viso(Executive Officer)in
BoardAnn Winblad(Director)in
Co-investorsIcon VenturesMenlo Ventures
Wind River develops software platforms and solutions for mission-critical embedded, real-time, and edge computing systems serving aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries.
Cloud ComputingDeep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareIoTSemiconductors
Jay Bellissimo(President)inPaul Miller(Chief Technology Officer)inSandeep Modhvadia(Chief Revenue Officer)inEd Harbour(Chief Customer Officer)inViral Mehta(Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Engineering)inDarrell Jordan-Smith(Chief Commercial Officer)in
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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Piston Cloud Computing, Inc.6ConnectAdforceAkimbiAspireiqBaynoteBerkeley SystemsBirstBridgestreamCentral Point SoftwareCenzicCittioCommunicadoDean DelucaElastraEmployeaseEvostorExtensityFusionstormGlobalcenterGniGraffitiHomegrocerHomes ComHubpagesHumongous EntertainmentHyperion Arbor SoftwareInfopiaInmage SystemsInnovative LeisureIntrinsaJareva TechnologiesKarmasphereKrillionKwiryLathianLavastormanalyticsLiquid AudioMarket WireMove NetworksNapsterNet PerceptionsNetdynamicsNetopia Inc Formerly FarallonOnthefrontierPalamidaPancetera SoftwarePeerlystPets ComPlumgridPowersoftReplay SolutionsSapiasScalent SystemsScopus Technology GroupSensoriaSignaldemandSlate CorporationSliderocketStackmobStar AnalyticsStarmineThe KnotTizorTmakerViewpoint DatalabsVkernelWavemakerYosemite Technologies
Exits · 56
4 IPOs · 52 acquisitions · showing 6Domo TechnologiesNASDAQ: DOMOBlissfullyacq. by VendrExtensityacq. by Geac Computer CorporationJammacq. by HopinMarketoacq. by AdobeNeuvectoracq. by SUSE
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSonatype · finance.yahoo.com · May 6, 2026
Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 2
as of Jun 2020| Fund | Vintage | Committed | Net IRR | TVPI | DPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hummer Winblad Venture Partners IIILPs: The Regents of the University of California | 1997 | — | 1.0% | 1.04x | 1.04x |
| Hummer Winblad Venture Partners VLPs: San Diego City Employees' Retirement System, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | — | — | 47.3% | 2.88x | 2.88x |
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).
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) made?
- Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) has 104 tracked investments, 56 of which have exited.
- What stage does Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) invest at?
- Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) focus on?
- Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) focuses on Cloud Computing, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) located?
- Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) lead rounds?
- Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) has led 13 of the 35 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) co-invest with?
- Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) most often shares deals with New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Lightspeed Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, among 97 tracked co-investors.
- What size deals does Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) back?
- Across 10 deals with disclosed amounts, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) has joined rounds of $2M – $11M (median $4.8M).
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Co-investors · 13
Sapphire Ventures partners with expansion-stage enterprise software companies, aiming to help them become category leaders. Its Platform team of operators supports portfolio companies with customer introductions, go-to-market talent, and growth advisory.
Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.
Benchmark is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Woodside that invests in early-stage startups.
Canvas Prime (formerly Canvas Ventures) is an early-stage venture firm that leads Series A and B investments, focusing on AI applied to digital health and fintech.
Zetta Venture Partners provides early-stage capital and hands-on support to founders building AI-native applications, infrastructure, and developer tools.
Meritech Capital Partners is a venture capital firm, founded in 1999, that invests in market-leading technology companies, having backed 200+ investments with 60+ IPOs.
Voyager Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage entrepreneurs across the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada, focusing on the modern economy.
Founders Circle Capital is a venture firm focused on growth-stage companies, offering flexible primary and secondary financing alongside community-based support for company leaders and teams.
Inventus Capital Partners is an early-stage venture firm that leads seed rounds for Silicon Valley startups and supports them toward Series A milestones.
Emergence Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders building B2B software companies, from early-stage cloud and SaaS pioneers to AI-native innovators.
NewView Capital is a growth-stage investment firm providing flexible capital to high-potential companies in enterprise software and fintech, supporting them with operational guidance and network connections.
StageOne Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders building enterprise and deep-technology companies, having invested across five funds.
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