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North Bridge Venture Partners

Venture Capital · Founded 1994 · Palo Alto, United States

Leading investment firm providing seed financing and growth equity financing to tech companies

128 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $5.0B invested · 266 investments · Investor rank #596 · Last investment 5/2023
Portfolio companies 128 ↑ 3% 5y
Decacorns 0
Thoroughbreds 12
01 · Biggest holdings

North Bridge Venture Partners’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies North Bridge Venture Partners still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 QuoraUnicorn · Media · USA $2.0B
  2. 2 24MUnicorn · Energy · USA $1.3B
  3. 3 SmartAssetUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.0B
  4. 4 WP EngineHosting · USA $800M

Estimated value = North Bridge Venture Partners’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

North Bridge Venture Partners’ biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from North Bridge Venture Partners’ transaction record.

Micro Focus
$6.0B acquisition · 2022
Entered Series AMarketing
$749M IPO · 2007
Entered Series B+Now $2.9BTelecom
Commerce Cloud
$448M IPO · 2012
Entered Series ANow $2.8BEnterprise Software
$2.1B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $77MEnterprise Software
IPO · 2012
Entered Series ANow $2.0BEngineering and Manufacturing Equipment
LiveRamp
IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $2.0BMarketing
Lucid
$1.1B acquisition · 2021
Entered Series B+Marketing
$1.0B acquisition · 2019
Entered Series AEnterprise Software
Active Network
$1.0B IPO · 2011
Entered Series B+Now $80MEnterprise Software
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where North Bridge Venture Partners’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 128 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA120
  2. UK6
  3. Israel2
  4. Canada1
  5. Singapore1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software41
  2. Marketing19
  3. Fintech10
  4. Health10
  5. Media10
  6. Energy9
  7. Security8
  8. Semiconductors7
  9. Hosting6
  10. Telecom6
  11. Education5
  12. Transportation5
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series A65
  2. Series B+52
  3. Seed8
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage75
  2. Late Growth28
  3. Early Growth22
  4. Mature5
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside North Bridge Venture Partners’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 128 tracked.

O3b Networks
Telecom
$730M
Mavenir Systems
Telecom
$231M
A123 Systems
Energy
$257M
Salsify
Marketing · Unicorn
$2.0B
Quora
Media · Unicorn
$2.0B
Active Network
Enterprise Software
$80M
Mark Forged
Enterprise Software
$77M
Actifio
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.3B
WP Engine
Hosting
$800M
OnShape
Real Estate
$470M
Couchbase
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.2B
Cool Planet Energy Systems
Food
$81M
Nasuni
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.2B
24M
Energy · Unicorn
$1.3B
Lytro
Media
$240M
Acquia
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
SmartAsset
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Lyra Therapeutics
Health
$15M
Micro Focus
Marketing · Unicorn
$6.3B
Digital.ai
Security
$16M
Quanterix
Health
$126M
Reval.com
Fintech
$92M
QD Vision
Fintech
$112M
MC10
Health
$40M
SpringCM
Legal
$220M
CubicPV
Energy
$132M
Tapjoy
Marketing
$400M
Crossbeam Systems
Security
$14M
Layer3 TV
Media
$204M
1366 Technologies
Energy
$72M
Commerce Cloud
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.8B
Lucid
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.1B
Foro Energy
Energy
$32M
Protolabs
Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment · Unicorn
$2.0B
Gridco Systems
Energy
$48M
Akorri Networks
Enterprise Software
$60M
Arsenal Vascular
Health
Unidesk
Hosting
$22M
Revolution Analytics
Enterprise Software
$31M
Aylus Networks
Media
$64M
Valence Health
Health
$219M
Movik Networks
USA
$12M
Azimuth Systems
Transportation
$30M
Apperian
Security
$48M
Cazena
Marketing
$40M
kSARIA
Security
$475M
Aushon BioSystems
Health
$14M
Zinio
Media
$34M
Reva Systems
Media
$50M
fring
Media
$40M
Paydiant
Fintech
$60M
Zilker Labs
Semiconductors
$40M
rPath
Enterprise Software
$28M
Tatara Systems
USA
$32M
Leapfrog Online
Marketing
$120M
Infineta Systems
Energy
$60M
WorldStreet
Fintech
$120M
Black Sand Technologies
Semiconductors
$40M
Sharethrough
Marketing
$40M
Archivas
Legal
$120M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where North Bridge Venture Partners’ portfolio founders come from.

71 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States49
  2. United Kingdom10
  3. Canada3
  4. Israel3
  5. Netherlands2
UniversityCount
  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
  2. Harvard Business School3
  3. Harvard University2
  4. Stanford University Graduate School of Business2
  5. University of California, Berkeley2
  6. University of California, San Diego2
  7. University of Michigan2
  8. University of Texas at Austin2
  9. Williams College2
  10. Yale University2
Previous companyCount
  1. IBM5
  2. Endeca3
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology3
  4. 3Com2
  5. Cisco2
  6. Hewlett Packard Pathfinder2
  7. HP Enterprise2
  8. Meta2
  9. PayPal2
  10. SeeControl2