36 investors have funded 10 IT Operations companies head-officed in Waltham, across 73 rounds (Nov 2003 – Jan 2023). They are ranked by how many Waltham companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Waltham" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Bridge Venture Partners | Needham, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 2 | 8 | 2 | Aug 2018 | 142 |
| 2 | Polaris Partners | Boston, United States | Series CSeries B | 2 | 4 | 2 | Feb 2006 | 330 |
| 3 | Advanced Technology Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series BSeries CSeries D | 1 | 5 | 1 | Aug 2018 | 87 |
| 4 | Andreessen Horowitz | New York City, United States | Series CSeries DSeries E+ | 1 | 4 | 1 | Aug 2018 | 1,117 |
| 5 | Greylock Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 4 | 1 | Feb 2013 | 471 |
| 6 | Battery Ventures | Boston, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 3 | 2 | Jan 2023 | 458 |
| 7 | Bain Capital Ventures | Boston, United States | Series BSeries ASeries C | 1 | 3 | 2 | Jan 2011 | 395 |
| 8 | CRV | Palo Alto, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 3 | 2 | Jan 2023 | 381 |
| 9 | Menlo Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series CSeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2004 | 417 |
| 10 | BDC | Montreal, Canada | Series CSeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2004 | 505 |
| 11 | TCV | Menlo Park, United States | Series DSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mar 2014 | 202 |
| 12 | 83NORTH | London, United Kingdom | Series E+ | 1 | 2 | — | Aug 2018 | 74 |
| 13 | Resolute Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2021 | 109 |
| 14 | Bay Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jan 2011 | 67 |
| 15 | Bonfire Ventures | Santa Monica, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2021 | 81 |
| 16 | Ten Eleven Ventures | Boston, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jul 2021 | 62 |
| 17 | Glasswing Ventures | Boston, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jul 2021 | 39 |
| 18 | Solstice Capital | Salem, United States | Series CSeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Feb 2006 | 15 |
| 19 | New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation | Fredericton, Canada | Series CSeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2004 | 1 |
| 20 | Tiger Global Management | New York City, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2014 | 791 |
| 21 | TPG | Fort Worth, United States | PE | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2016 | 342 |
| 22 | Cisco Investments | San Jose, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2023 | 265 |
| 23 | Energy Impact Partners | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2021 | 109 |
| 24 | Globespan Capital Partners | Boston, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2004 | 81 |
| 25 | Sorenson Capital | Lehi, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2021 | 90 |
| 26 | JK&B Capital | Chicago, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2004 | 47 |
| 27 | Harmony Partners | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2021 | 55 |
| 28 | ServiceNow | Santa Clara, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2023 | 60 |
| 29 | The D. E. Shaw Group | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2008 | 46 |
| 30 | Heritage Group | Nashville, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2018 | 35 |
| 31 | Crestline | Fort Worth, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2018 | 21 |
| 32 | SentinelOne | Mountain View, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2022 | 20 |
| 33 | Ireland Strategic Investment Fund | Dublin, Ireland | PE | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2017 | 17 |
| 34 | Court Square | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2009 | 17 |
| 35 | Kita Capital Management | Claymont, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2013 | 2 |
| 36 | Whitman Capital | Palo Alto, United States | PE | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
IT Operations companies head-officed in Waltham that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actifio actifio.com |
9 | 26 | $1.6B | Series E+ Aug 2018 |
| Nobl9 nobl9.com |
8 | 14 | $219.6M | Series B Jan 2023 |
| Q1 Labs q1labs.com |
5 | 9 | $112.6M | Series C Jun 2004 |
| Noetic noeticcyber.com |
4 | 6 | $55M | Series A Oct 2022 |
| Kaseya kaseya.com |
3 | 3 | $520.1M | PE Nov 2017 |
| Archivas archivas.com |
3 | 6 | $66M | Series C Feb 2006 |
| Rocket Software rocketsoftware.com |
2 | 2 | $96.9M | Series C Sep 2009 |
| Dynatrace dynatrace.com |
2 | 5 | $38.8M | Series C Jan 2011 |
| XOsoft xosoft.com |
1 | 1 | $9M | Series D Jun 2004 |
| Exoprise exoprise.com |
1 | 1 | $3.6M | Series A Jan 2013 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2023 | Battery Ventures | Nobl9 | Series B | $15.8M |
| Jan 2023 | ServiceNowLED | Nobl9 | Series B | $15.8M |
| Jan 2023 | CRV | Nobl9 | Series B | $15.8M |
| Jan 2023 | Cisco InvestmentsLED | Nobl9 | Series B | $15.8M |
| Oct 2022 | SentinelOne | Noetic | Series A | — |
| Jul 2021 | Ten Eleven Ventures | Noetic | Series A | $15M |
| Jul 2021 | Glasswing Ventures | Noetic | Series A | $15M |
| Jul 2021 | Energy Impact PartnersLED | Noetic | Series A | $15M |
| Feb 2021 | CRVLED | Nobl9 | Series B | $21.1M |
| Feb 2021 | Battery VenturesLED | Nobl9 | Series B | $21.1M |
| Feb 2021 | Resolute Ventures | Nobl9 | Series B | $21.1M |
| Feb 2021 | Harmony Partners | Nobl9 | Series B | $21.1M |
| Feb 2021 | Sorenson Capital | Nobl9 | Series B | $21.1M |
| Feb 2021 | Bonfire Ventures | Nobl9 | Series B | $21.1M |
| Sep 2019 | CRVLED | Nobl9 | Series A | $7.5M |
| Sep 2019 | Battery VenturesLED | Nobl9 | Series A | $7.5M |
| Sep 2019 | Resolute VenturesLED | Nobl9 | Series A | $7.5M |
| Sep 2019 | Bonfire VenturesLED | Nobl9 | Series A | $7.5M |
| Aug 2018 | CrestlineLED | Actifio | Series E+ | $100M |
| Aug 2018 | a16z | Actifio | Series E+ | $100M |
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