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Sapphire Ventures — 2019 Investments

10 investments dated 2019 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

InfluxDatainfluxdata.comin𝕏Series C · Jan 2019 · $35M

InfluxData develops InfluxDB, a time series database designed to collect, store, analyze, and act on data that changes in real-time.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareIoTNew York City, US

Paul Dix(CTO)inTodd Persen(CTO)inEvan Kaplan(Chief Executive Officer)inWinnie Cheng(Executive Officer)inLefan Chi(Recruiting)Barbara Nelson(Head of Applications)

Board seatAnders Ranum· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsB CapitalBattery VenturesBloomberg BetaBreakpoint CapitalHarmony PartnersMango Capital+10 more

Adverityadverity.comin𝕏Series B · Apr 2019 · $12M

Adverity provides a data platform that enables agencies and brands to collect, combine, and transform marketing and business data for improved decision-making and performance.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechVienna, AT

Alexander Igelsböck(Founder)inAndreas Glänzer(Founder)Martin Brunthaler(Founder)Vlad Gozman(Founder)

Co-investors42CAPFELIX CAPITALGaia VenturesMangrove Capital PartnersSoftBank Vision FundSpeedinvest+1 more

Alationalation.comin𝕏Series C · Jan 2019 · $50M

Alation builds a data catalog platform with machine learning and generative AI capabilities that helps enterprises find, understand, and trust their data.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRedwood City, US

Satyen Sangani(Founder)inDr. Venky Ganti(Founder)Dr. Feng Niu(Founder)Aaron Kalb(Founder)inFeng Niu(Founder)Venky Ganti(Founder)

Co-investorsBloomberg BetaDCVC (Data Collective)Dell Technologies CapitalFoundation CapitalHarmony PartnersIcon Ventures+11 more

AllyOallyo.comJan 2019Acquired

Palo Alto-based maker of end-to-end conversational AI recruiting automation software, acquired by HireVue in October 2020.

Co-investorsBlue CollectiveCervinGradient VenturesScale Venture PartnersBain Capital VenturesCERVIN VENTURES

Baskettrybasket.com𝕏May 2019 · $30M

Basket (becoming WNTD) offers an AI shopping agent app with virtual try-on and wishlist features, letting shoppers upload a photo and preview how clothing items from any store would look on them.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerE-commerce

Co-investorsLightbankAccolade PartnersAugust CapitalBaseline VenturesCorrelation VenturesFounders Circle Capital+2 more

Brightfieldbrightfield.cominSeries A · Oct 2019 · $53M

Brightfield provides AI-powered workforce intelligence through its TDX platform, using transaction-level data to deliver benchmarks on rates, markups, and supplier performance across contingent and SOW engagements.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS

Jason Ezratty(Leader (CEO))inSarah Koshiol(Head of Revenue Growth)inChiny Driscoll(Head of Customer Success)inWilliam Severin(Head of Product/Engineering (TDX platform))inJeff Morgen(Head of Financial Strategy and Operations (CFO))inJack Quarles(Head of Advisory, Services Procurement)in

Co-investorsMissionOGTelescope Partners

Culture Ampcultureamp.comin𝕏Sep 2019

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 VenturesFelicis VenturesIndex VenturesGeneration Investment ManagementGlobal Founders CapitalGrok Ventures+3 more

Overtimeovertime.tv𝕏Feb 2019

Overtime creates and operates new sports leagues and media IP — including OTE and OT Select in basketball and OT7 and OT Nationals in football — while producing over 150 weekly pieces of original sports content for its global audience of next-generation fans and athletes.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSports TechBrooklyn, US

Zachary Weiner(Founder)inZack Weiner(Founder)inDan Porter(Founder)

Co-investors359 CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBezos ExpeditionsBlack CapitalSpark CapitalWinslow Capital+31 more

Portworxportworx.comin𝕏Mar 2019

Portworx provides cloud-native data platform products that enable data services to run across any cloud and Kubernetes environment with built-in high availability, data protection, security, and hybrid-cloud mobility.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsMayfield FundGE Ventures

Other

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

Brightfield Holdings, Inc.

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.