# Ignition Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Ignition Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 232 investments on record, latest Oct 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/ignition-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Ignition Partners

Last cheque observed Oct 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $17M, Jul 2015 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Privacy Authentication Cloud

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 232 on record

Since the last cheque **2555** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$19M** Rounds led **1 of 232** Sole investor **15 rounds** Exits **41 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 92%**

Pitch Ignition Partners

## Ignition Partners highlights

- 01 232 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series A: 53% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 15 rounds, median $5.0M
- 04 41 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Backing founders of category creating enterprise software companies for over 20 years From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Up to $10M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Privacy Authentication Cloud
- **Based in:** Bellevue, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **232 appearances**

- **2019** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[Aviatrix](https://millionrounds.com/company/aviatrix)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$40M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Maka Autonomous Robots](https://millionrounds.com/company/maka-autonomous-robots)** US · GeekWire **$8.9M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Tempered Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/tempered-networks)** US · GeekWire **$17M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Jupiter](https://millionrounds.com/company/jupiter)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$23M** With 5 others
- **2018** 4 rounds
- **Nov** **[Botkeeper](https://millionrounds.com/company/botkeeper)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$18M** With 9 others
- **Nov** **[Shyft](https://millionrounds.com/company/shyft)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$6.5M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Icertis](https://millionrounds.com/company/icertis)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$50M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Trifacta](https://millionrounds.com/company/trifacta)** US · FinSMEs **$48M** With 9 others
- **2017** 2 rounds
- **May** **[Nymi](https://millionrounds.com/company/nymi)** Series B · CA · FinSMEs **$15M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Aviatrix Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/aviatrix-systems)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$15M** With 1 other
- **2016** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Accompany](https://millionrounds.com/company/accompany)** US · FinSMEs **$20M** *Led*
- **Jan** **[Trifacta](https://millionrounds.com/company/trifacta)** **$35M** With 13 others
- **2015** 12 rounds
- **Nov** **[Unitive](https://millionrounds.com/company/unitive)** Series A · US **$7.5M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Cask](https://millionrounds.com/company/cask)** Series B · US **$20M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[StreamSets](https://millionrounds.com/company/streamsets)** Series A · US **$13M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Iron.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/iron-io)** Series A · US **$8.0M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Aviatrix](https://millionrounds.com/company/aviatrix)** Series A · US **$10M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Chef](https://millionrounds.com/company/chef)** Series E · US **$40M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[BlueData Software, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluedata-software-inc)** Series C · US **$20M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Spoken Communications](https://millionrounds.com/company/spoken-communications)** Series D · US **$29M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Apprenda](https://millionrounds.com/company/apprenda)** Series D · US **$24M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Yhat](https://millionrounds.com/company/yhat)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 10 others
- **May** **[Coho Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/coho-data)** Series C · TR **$30M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Tempered Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/tempered-networks)** Series A · US **$15M** With 1 other
- **2014** 18 rounds
- **Dec** **[Skytap](https://millionrounds.com/company/skytap)** Series D · US **$35M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[SnapLogic](https://millionrounds.com/company/snaplogic)** Series D · US **$20M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Wit.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/wit-ai)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 7 others
- **Oct** **[Azuqua](https://millionrounds.com/company/azuqua)** Series A · US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Nymi](https://millionrounds.com/company/nymi)** Series A · CA **$14M** With 6 others
- **Sept** **[Keas](https://millionrounds.com/company/keas)** Series C · US **$7.4M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Xamarin](https://millionrounds.com/company/xamarin)** Series C · US **$54M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[PaxVax](https://millionrounds.com/company/paxvax)** Series B · US **$12M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Couchbase](https://millionrounds.com/company/couchbase)** Series E · US **$60M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[Glympse](https://millionrounds.com/company/glympse)** Series C · US **$12M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Hipmunk](https://millionrounds.com/company/hipmunk)** Series C · US **$20M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Trifacta](https://millionrounds.com/company/trifacta)** Series C · US **$25M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Message Bus](https://millionrounds.com/company/message-bus)** Venture · US **$4.0M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Motif Investing](https://millionrounds.com/company/motif-investing)** Series D · US **$35M** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[Avvo](https://millionrounds.com/company/avvo)** Series D · US **$38M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Tipbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/tipbit)** Series A · US **$4.0M** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **10 named**

BS **Brad Silverberg** Managing Director i Form ADV

FA **Frank Artale** Managing Director of Ignition GP VI, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

JC **John Connors** Managing Director of Ignition GP VI, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

JR **Jonathan Roberts** Managing Director i Form ADV

MC **Myhrvold Cameron** Managind Director i Form ADV

NG **Nicholas G Sturiale** Managing Director i Form ADV

NS **Nick Sturiale** Managing Director of Ignition GP VI, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

RH **Robert Headley** Authorized Person of Ignition GP VI, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

RK **Ryan Kendall Baker** Administrative Partner and Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV

SH **Steven Hooper** Managing Director i Form ADV

We also hold **17** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$498M** gross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combined Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Ignition Ventures Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 160814

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**21** of 37 we have independently watched raise

[Accompany](https://millionrounds.com/company/accompany)[Avst](https://millionrounds.com/company/avst)[Avvo](https://millionrounds.com/company/avvo)[Azuqua](https://millionrounds.com/company/azuqua)[BlueStacks](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluestacks)[Bromium](https://millionrounds.com/company/bromium)[Carbon Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-robotics)[Cloudera](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloudera)[Couchbase](https://millionrounds.com/company/couchbase)[DocuSign](https://millionrounds.com/company/docusign)[FireApps](https://millionrounds.com/company/fireapps)[Glympse](https://millionrounds.com/company/glympse)[Icertis](https://millionrounds.com/company/icertis)[Korrio](https://millionrounds.com/company/teamsnap)[Slide11](https://millionrounds.com/company/snaplogic)[Slide2](https://millionrounds.com/company/skytap)[Splunk](https://millionrounds.com/company/splunk)[Streamset](https://millionrounds.com/company/streamsets)[Strongloop](https://millionrounds.com/company/strongloop)[Symend](https://millionrounds.com/company/symend)[Trifacta](https://millionrounds.com/company/trifacta) Archipelago Azazeos BlueData Forward Heroku Jupiter Moz ScoutAnalytics Shyft Slide1 Slide17 Slide17 Slide2 Slide8 Tire 3 Topsy

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **41 in all**

**[Cask](https://millionrounds.com/company/cask)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **Undisclosed** May 2018

**[Xamarin](https://millionrounds.com/company/xamarin)** Bought by [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) **Undisclosed** Feb 2016

**[StrongLoop](https://millionrounds.com/company/strongloop)** Bought by [IBM (International Business Machines)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ibm-international-business-machines) **Undisclosed** Sept 2015

**[Amiato](https://millionrounds.com/company/amiato)** Bought by [Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) **Undisclosed** Apr 2015

**[Wit.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/wit-ai)** Bought by [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) **Undisclosed** Jan 2015

**[Visible Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/visible-technologies)** Bought by Cision **Undisclosed** Sept 2014

**[Twisted Pair Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/twisted-pair-solutions)** Bought by [Motorola Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/fund/motorola-solutions-venture-capital) **Undisclosed** Jan 2014

**[Topsy Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/topsy-labs)** Bought by [Apple](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apple) **$200M** Dec 2013

**[Tier 3](https://millionrounds.com/company/tier-3)** Bought by CenturyLink **$200M** Nov 2013

**[ServiceMesh](https://millionrounds.com/company/servicemesh)** Bought by [CSC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/csc) **Undisclosed** Oct 2013

**[WhipTail](https://millionrounds.com/company/whiptail)** Bought by [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) **$415M** Sept 2013

**[Enclarity](https://millionrounds.com/company/enclarity)** Bought by [LexisNexis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lexisnexis) **Undisclosed** Sept 2013

**[AppFog](https://millionrounds.com/company/appfog)** Bought by CenturyLink **Undisclosed** Jun 2013

**[Parse](https://millionrounds.com/company/parse)** Bought by [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) **$90M** Apr 2013

**[mFoundry](https://millionrounds.com/company/mfoundry)** Bought by [FIS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fis-impact-ventures) **$165M** Mar 2013

**[Appature](https://millionrounds.com/company/appature)** Bought by [IMS Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ims-health) **Undisclosed** Mar 2013

**[Zenprise](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenprise)** Bought by [Citrix Systems](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citrix) **Undisclosed** Dec 2012

**[Azaleos](https://millionrounds.com/company/azaleos)** Bought by Avanade **Undisclosed** Nov 2012

**[StorSimple](https://millionrounds.com/company/storsimple)** Bought by [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) **Undisclosed** Oct 2012

**[Zencoder](https://millionrounds.com/company/zencoder)** Bought by Brightcove **$30M** Jul 2012

The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$17M**

raised in Jul 2015

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$19M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$5.0M**

Led 1 of 232 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** Up to $10M
- **Sole investor:** 15 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2019
- **Exits:** 41 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *58*
- Series A said *56*
- Series C *40*
- Venture *23*
- Seed said *23*
- Series D *15*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2000 2019

Often in the room with

- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 26
- [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) 15
- [Madrona Venture Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona) 13
- [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) 13
- [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) 11
- [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) 11

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Ignition Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **26** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Intel Capital** Corporate VC **15** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital)[**Madrona Venture Group** VC firm **13** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona)[**Mayfield Fund** VC firm **13** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield)[**Accel** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[**Greylock** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**SV Angel** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**Battery Ventures** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures)[**DCVC** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)[**Qiming Venture Partners** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Ignition Partners put money into.

[**Aviatrix** $40M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/aviatrix)[**Jupiter** $23M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/jupiter)[**Botkeeper** $18M · Nov 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/botkeeper)[**Icertis** $50M · Feb 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/icertis)[**Nymi** $15M · May 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/nymi)[**Accompany** $20M · Dec 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/accompany)

## Quick answers about Ignition Partners

### What does Ignition Partners invest in?

Ignition Partners invests most often at Series B and Series A (53% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Privacy, Authentication and Cloud.

### How active is Ignition Partners?

232 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2019.

### What has Ignition Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Aviatrix (Series C, Oct 2019), Maka Autonomous Robots (Undisclosed round, Sept 2019) and Tempered Networks (Undisclosed round, May 2019).

### How big are Ignition Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $19M.

### Does Ignition Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 232 investments on record (0%).

### Where does Ignition Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (92%) and Canada (5%).

### Is Ignition Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2019.

### Who does Ignition Partners invest alongside?

Most often Andreessen Horowitz (26 rounds together), Intel Capital (15 rounds together) and Madrona Venture Group (13 rounds together).

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