Windspeed Ventures
Venture capitalBedford · Seed–Late Stage · 4 people tracked
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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
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What they invest in
from 16 of 40 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×10Cloud Computing ×6SaaS ×6Data & Infrastructure ×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)inMagid M. Abraham(Executive Officer, Director)inSerge Matta(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Brown(Executive Officer)inCameron Meierhoefer(Executive Officer)inChristiana 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)
BoardJohn Bullock(Director)Daniel Bathon(Executive Officer, 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
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-investorsAccelVistara Growth
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)in
BoardWill Herman(Director)inBrad Feld(Director)in
Co-investorsGeneral AtlanticAtlassian VenturesBY Venture PartnersFoundryH.I.G. CapitalH.I.G. Growth Partners+12 more
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)in
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
Tealeaf provides omnichannel messaging orchestration capabilities that enable brands to design and deploy real-time, intent-driven customer journeys across email, mobile, and web channels through a unified, no-code platform.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsBay PartnersFoundation Capital
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)inDavid Safaii(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardGreg Dracon(Director)inPayal Agrawal Divakaran(Director)inMassood Zarrabian
Co-investors.406 VenturesCerity Partners VenturesHyperplane Venture Capital
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
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)inRalph Heredia(Executive Officer)in
BoardPaul Grim(Director)Steve Karlson(Director)
Co-investorsMeritus Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Active NetworkAppsArborTextBowstreetedocsGolfservGuardentlobby-pastinv-opentable@2xLoopnetMarket ToolsOnFiber CommunicationsQsentSevenspaceSpeedera NetworksTaleoTensilica, Inc.TripwireVolterra Semiconductor
Exits · 10
1 IPOs · 9 acquisitions · showing 9ComscoreNASDAQ: SCORAtheros Communicationsacq. by QualcommBurstPoint Networksacq. by AvayaeBatesacq. 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 companies
Yantra · whalesbook.com · Aug 22, 2026
Comscore · investing.com · Aug 11, 2026
Blue Nile · en.wikipedia.org · Jun 16, 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 40 tracked investments, 10 of which have exited.
- 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, Lobby Capital, among 54 tracked co-investors.
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