Windspeed Ventures
Venture capitalBedford · Seed–Late Stage · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Windspeed Ventures focuses on targeted investments in early-stage software companies and portfolio management opportunities. Key investment criteria include a strong management team, technical differentiation, a growth market opportunity, and flexibility. Beyond capital, the firm emphasizes a hands-on approach, offering guidance on market conditions and helping companies expand into new markets, as well as leveraging its network to add team members with relevant skills and experience.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 16 of 40 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×9Cloud Computing ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5SaaS ×5Consumer ×4E-commerce ×4Cybersecurity ×3Direct to Consumer ×3
HQs:United States×10
Investments · 40 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2017 · 12016 · 12014 · 12011 · 14 dated
Comscore provides media measurement and analytics services, connecting multiple data sources to help businesses evaluate the impact of media and marketing efforts and measure ROI across platforms.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentReston, US
Gian Fulgoni(Executive Officer, Director)Magid M. Abraham(Executive Officer, Director)Serge Matta(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Brown(Executive Officer)Cameron Meierhoefer(Executive Officer)Christiana L. Lin(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAccel
Wireless LAN chipsets (ATHR); acquired by Qualcomm in 2011.
San Diego, US
Co-investors33NAVVICCP Venture PartnersMayfield FundNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Qualcomm Ventures+4 more
Bitfone made over-the-air firmware update and mobile device management software for handset makers and wireless operators; acquired by HP.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHardware
Enrique Loresin
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersNorwest Venture PartnersTrue North Cos.UVC Partners
Blue Nile is an online retailer of diamonds, engagement rings, wedding bands, and fine jewelry featuring diamonds, pearls, and gemstones in precious metals.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceSeattle, US
Co-investorsAugust CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersLobby CapitalOpus CapitalACE & Company
Concord, US
Jessica Bailey(Executive Officer)Robert Scott(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCarter Griffin(Director)inJohn Bullock(Director)Daniel Moss(Director)Harry Ruda(Director)
Co-investorsUpdata Partners
Avaya provides contact center, unified communications, and critical communications solutions that integrate voice, digital channels, and AI-powered tools to enable enterprises to manage customer and employee interactions across multiple platforms.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareWestborough, US
Patrick Clark(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Bathon(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJohn Bullock(Director)
Rakuten (formerly Ebates) is a cash-back rewards service that lets shoppers earn money back at over 3,500 online stores, with rewards stacking on top of sales, coupons, and credit card rewards.
ConsumerE-commerceFintechMarketplaces
Co-investorsAugust CapitalCanaan Partners
NETSCOUT provides packet-level network detection and response tools, including its Omnis Cyber Intelligence and Omnis CyberStream products, that give security teams continuous packet capture and metadata to investigate and scope cyber incidents.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Gracenote is a content data business unit of Nielsen that provides entertainment metadata and connected IDs for media companies to enable content discovery and navigation.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment
Jared Grusdin
Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners
Integral provides cloud-native, API-first trading technology and configurable workflow automation for institutional currency (FX) markets.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSPalo Alto, US
Harpal(Founder)
Co-investorsAccel
JumpCloud is an AI-powered unified IT management platform that provides identity, access, and device management for organizations managing both human users and non-human AI identities.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBoulder, US
Greg Keller(Chief Technology Officer, Co-founder)inRajat Bhargava(CEO)inLarry Middle(Executive Officer)
BoardWill Herman(Director)inBrad Feld(Director)in
Co-investorsGeneral AtlanticAtlassian VenturesBY Venture PartnersFoundryH.I.G. CapitalH.I.G. Growth Partners+12 more
Co-investorsBrainstorm VenturesLobby CapitalUpfront VenturesW Capital Partners
Co-investorsOak Investment Partners
Co-investorsW Capital Partners
NetScaler provides an application delivery and security platform that protects internet-facing and internal applications and APIs against known and unknown vulnerabilities, including through a web application firewall (WAF), bot mitigation, multi-factor authentication, and zero trust network access.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Abhilash Verma(Chief Product Officer)
Co-investorsGabriel Venture PartnersIntel CapitalStorm VenturesWing
Acquired by Applied Micro Circuits Corp.
Co-investorsEGORA Ventures AG
QuickArrow provides SaaS professional services automation software for billable services organizations.
Co-investorsAccess Venture Partners
VoIP platform provider (NASDAQ: SHOR); acquired by Mitel in 2017.
Co-investorsAugust CapitalTenaya Capital
Shutterfly is a direct-to-consumer platform for creating personalized photo products including photo books, cards, stationery, wall art, gifts, and calendars.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Co-investorsMaveronMohr Davidow Ventures
Co-investorsRRE Ventures
Co-investorsOak Investment Partners
Commio is a communications API platform providing voice calling and SMS/text messaging services for enterprises.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Trilio provides cloud-native data protection software designed for Kubernetes, OpenStack, and KubeVirt environments.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHopkinton, US
Murali Balcha(Founder and CTO)David Safaii(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGreg Dracon(Director)inPayal Agrawal Divakaran(Director)inMassood Zarrabian
Co-investors.406 VenturesCerity Partners VenturesHyperplane Venture Capital
Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners
Vistaprint provides custom printing and design services, offering products such as business cards, custom apparel, and signage aimed at small businesses.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Co-investorsHighland EuropeKeensight Capital
Silicon solutions for low-voltage power delivery (VLTR); acquired by Maxim Integrated in 2013.
Co-investorsBilişim Vadisi
Acquired by Sterling Commerce.
Zipit provides cloud-based platforms for cellular IoT connectivity management and subscription billing enablement, working with major carrier networks.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechIoTSaaSGreenville, US
Frank Greer(Executive Officer, Director)inPaul Grim(Director)Ralph Heredia(Executive Officer)inSteve Karlson(Director)
Co-investorsMeritus Ventures
Exits · 8
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioComscoreNASDAQ: SCORAtheros Communicationsacq. by QualcommeBatesacq. by RakutenQuake Technologiesacq. by Applied Micro CircuitsShoretelacq. by MitelTeaLeaf Technologyacq. by AcousticVolterra Semiconductoracq. by Maxim IntegratedYantraacq. by Sterling Commerce
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesComscore · investing.com · Aug 11, 2026
Shutterfly · investing.com · May 29, 2026
Gracenote · finance.yahoo.com · Feb 25, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Windspeed Ventures made?
- Windspeed Ventures has 42 tracked investments, 7 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Windspeed Ventures invest at?
- Windspeed Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Late Stage stages.
- What is Windspeed Ventures's typical check size?
- Windspeed Ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
- What sectors does Windspeed Ventures focus on?
- Windspeed Ventures focuses on Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, IoT, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Semiconductors.
- Where is Windspeed Ventures located?
- Windspeed Ventures is headquartered in Bedford, US.
- Who does Windspeed Ventures co-invest with?
- Windspeed Ventures most often shares deals with August Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Accel, among 53 tracked co-investors.
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