Counting post IPO and debt funding rounds, the energy storage sector witnessed a nearly 200% YoY rise in total funding activity, with $2.9B invested in 118 rounds.

The surge in funding activity is primarily attributed to startups in the energy storage systems space, which collectively bagged $2.3B, in the process accounting for nearly 80% of the total funding secured by the energy storage sector. The windfall in funding activity into this business model is primarily attributed towards a renewed focus on energy storage solutions for residential and utilities consumers over the past one year.

Around $600M worth of funding into this business model was raised in the last three months alone, with a considerable proportion going into startups offering power storage solutions for grid applications, a market that is rapidly growing. The post IPO funding round of China-based Sungrow ($400M) in August and the debt funding round secured by Canadian Solar ($95M) in October accounted for the lion’s share of the funding activity.

In the power storage technology domain, battery manufacturers are increasingly trying out higher density and increased safety energy storage alternatives as the traditional Lithium-ion chemistry now steps into a stage of technological maturity. As a result, companies developing batteries through innovative chemistries have seen a YoY rise in total funding with nearly $120M being funded in 2016, compared to the $37M in 2015. Some of the companies in this space include US-based Ambri ($50M), Netherlands-based Elestor (undisclosed funding) and AquaBattery (undisclosed funding).

The sector has also witnessed the emergence of innovative terrestrial energy storage technologies with energy being stored in mediums ranging from gravel to ice. Some of the companies in this space include US-based Ice Energy ($92M), Quidnet Energy ($1M) Energy Cache (undisclosed funding) and India-based Inficold.

From a sector holistic perspective, energy storage systems ($4.6B), startups developing commercial battery & battery solutions ($3.7B) and companies dealing with developing and manufacturing fuel cells as an energy generation & energy storage technology ($2B) emerged as the top three business models by funding.

The energy storage sector witnessed close to 10 acquisitions this year. The acquisitions of China-based Yinlong (for $2B) by Gree and France-based Saft (for $1.1B) by Total emerged as the biggest buyouts by deal value. Some of the other notable buyout deals include UK-based Accutronic’s acquisition (for $11M) by Ultralife Corp and US-based Green Charge’s acquisition (undisclosed) by Engie.

Intel Capital (12), Conduit Ventures (9), Khosla Ventures (9) and KPCB (9) were the most active private investors by portfolio numbers. However, the US Department of Energy is the most active investor in this sector with a total of 29 portfolio companies. CIA’s venture investment arm In-Q-Tel also emerged as one of the active investors with eight portfolio companies. Techstars (3) was active at the seed stage while Conduit Ventures (5) and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (4) were active at Series A. Intel Capital (5) and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (4) were the most active investors at the Series B stage. At the late investment stages, KPCB (6) and Khosla Ventures (5) were the most active.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – CODING TOOLS

• SonarSource, provider of continuous code quality inspection tools, raises $45M minority investment from Insight Venture Partners. Link
• Monster Lab, provider of crowd-sourced offshore app development service, raises $2.5M from Gogin Capital. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

CodeFactor (2016, Santa Monica) – Automated code review tool for C#, Java, Ruby and JS.
Yotako (2016, Esch-sur-alzette) – Provides a platform to convert design to code without coding.

LEADER BOARD – CODING TOOLS

IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
Xamarin (2011, SF, $82M, Acq.) – Provides platform for developers to build native and hybrid apps for iOS, Android and Windows using a single C# code base. Acquired by Microsoft in 2016. Backed by Insight Partners, Floodgate, Lead Edge Capital, Ignition Partners.
Koding (2011, SF, $19M) – Cloud development environment where developers come together and code in the browser with a development server to run their code. Backed by Khosla Ventures, 500 Startups, GreyCroft Partners, Matrix Partners, RTP Ventures.

Code Generation
Icinetic (2006, Seville, $500k) – Application development platform for building native or HTML5 web apps and generates source code for multiple platforms (Mobile, Tablet, Web). Backed by Caixa Capital.
JRapid (2006, Sunnyvale, $420k) – Rapid development cloud platform for Java developers to build web applications by generating java code from AML (application modeling language).

Visual Development
Nexaweb (2000, Burlington, $15M) – Provides software for the rapid development of enterprise-class mobile, tablet, and web applications using drag and drop environment. Backed by Egan-Managed Capital, MVP Capital Partners, Velocity Equity Partners.
Dropsource (2014, Raleigh, $4.75M) – Provides a drag & drop environment for building native mobile apps. The platform converts the app designs into concise, extendable source code.

Code View
Architexa (2007, Massachusetts, $135k) – Provides a tool suite to developers for generating diagrams from the code to examine the logical flow of use-cases and helps understand and document large/complex codebase.
AgileJ (2006, Surbiton) – Provides a plugin for Eclipse IDE that generates reverse engineered class diagrams and helps in filtering of class diagrams using java filters.

Code Quality
Klocwork (2001, Boulder, $19M, Acq.) – Offers software tools that analyze source code in development stage and simplify peer code reviews. Backed by Cisco, Duke University, Mobius Venture Capital, Pequot Capital and USVP. Acquired by Rogue Wave Software in 2014.
Code Climate (2011, NYC, $6.5M) – Consolidates the results from a suite of static analysis tools into a single, real-time report. Backed by NextView Ventures and Trinity Ventures.

Source Code Management
GitHub (2008, SF, $350M) – Social network for programmers that allows users to take part in collaboration by forking projects, sending and pulling requests, and monitoring development. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Andreesen Horowitz, Thrive Capital and IVP.
CollabNet (1999, SF, $21M, Acq.) – Provides TeamForge SCM which gives organizations the advantage of distributed or centralized version control systems. Backed by Benchmark, NVP, Intel Capital, Industry Ventures. Acquired by Vector Capital in 2014.

Productivity
ZeroTurnaround (2007, Tartu, $8M) – Creates productivity tools for java applications. Backed by Bain Capital Ventures and Western Technology Investment.

Licensing
Blackduck Software (2002, Burlington, $71M) – Provides products to secure and manage open source software. Backed by Fidelity Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Focus Ventures, General Catlayst, Gold Hill Capital, Intel Capital and Others.
Inish Technology (2009, Dublin, $2M) – Provides a cloud-based service that helps in licensing, packaging, code protection and usage analytics. Backed by Enterprise Ireland and Halo Business Angel Network.

Package Managers
Npm (2014, Oakland, $11M) – Software package manager that installs, publishes and manages node programs.Backed by BVP and True Ventures.
Biicode (2012, Madrid, $325k) – Provides a file-based dependencies manager with a cloud-based service that helps developers reuse code, similar to Maven Central for Java. Backed by Big Sur Ventures and Necotium.

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INTERESTING STARTUPS

Kaasu (2016, Chennai), yet to launch mobile-first social circle-based P2P lending marketplace. Founding team includes founder of Hexolabs Interactive and Fringle and alumni of IIT Kanpur, Anna University, Bharat Institute of Science and Technology. Local comparable includes The Money Club (2016, Delhi). Global comparables include Jiedaibao (2015, Beijing, $694M) and Pengyoufan (2014, Beijing, $1.5M)

INDIA INTERESTING NEWS

Fitpass (2015, Delhi), provider of online membership pass for accessing multiple fitness centres, raises $1M in seed round of funding from Mumbai Angels and a consortium of Delhi and Bangalore based angel investors. Link

ten3T (2014, Bangalore), developer of wearable patch to monitor cardiac signals, raises $245k in angel round of funding from pi Ventures and others. Link

Qacco (2015, Gurgaon), marketplace for curated vacation rentals and resorts, raises $150k in angel round of funding led by Lead Angels Network. Link

Serv’d (2016, Pune), mobile app for managing, booking and financial inclusion of domestic workforce, raises $100k in grant from Digital Financial Service (DFS) Lab. Link

XPrep (2015, Delhi), mobile app for tutor-student engagement, raises $40k worth of credits and services from Facebook and its partners like Amazon Web Service, Dropbox, Adobe and MailChimp as part of its global programme FBStart. Link

Comet (2015, Mumbai), online portal for freight booking and forwarding, raises an undisclosed amount in seed round of funding from India Quotient, Rajul Garg, Rajesh Yabaji, Chanakya Hridaya and others. Link

Mogae Media (2008, Gurgaon), content production and distribution company, acquires Ngage, the ad tech platform of Nimbuzz (2006, Rotterdam), mobile messaging platform, for $5.92M.Link

iProf (2009, Noida), online and device based educational content delivery and test preparation platform, shuts down its operations. Link

Uber (2009, SF), on-demand intra-city cab booking app, launches bike taxi service UberMOTO in Hyderabad. Link

Dr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, Trustee & CEO at Wockhardt Foundation, launches Health Passion Fund, a Healthcare focused  early stage fund for investing in India. Link

GLOBAL ROUNDUP

Inkling (2009, SF), provider of mobile publishing platform for learning content, raises $25M in series E round of funding led by Sapphire Ventures with participation from Sequoia Capital and Tenaya Capital. Link

Nasuni (2009, Natick), enterprise storage as a service provider, raises $25M in funding from Sigma Prime Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Eastward Capital and others. Link

Iterable (2013, SF), email marketing automation and analytics platform, raises $23M in funding led by Index Ventures with participation from CRV and others. Link

ObservePoint (2006, Provo), provider of data quality assurance for digital marketing platforms, raises $19M in series B round of funding led by Mercato Partners and Pelion Venture Partners.Link

ApplePie Capital (2014, SF), alternate lending marketplace for accredited investors and franchise businesses, raises $16.5M in series B round of funding from QED Investors, Fifth Third Capital and others. Link

Lygos (2010, Emeryville), developer of synthetic biology techniques to convert agricultural feedstocks into fine and commodity chemicals, raises $13M in series A round of funding led by IA Ventures and OS Fund with participation from First Round Capital and others. Link

Socure (2012, NYC), identity proofing company using social media signals of customers, raises $13M in funding led by Flint Capital with participation from ff Venture Capital, Santander InnoVentures and Two Sigma Ventu. Link

Boatsetter (2013, Aventura), marketplace for connecting boat owners and captains to renters, raises $13M in series A round of funding from Great Oaks Venture Capital, ZG Ventures and others. Link

Clear Labs (2014, California), food analytics platform for retailers and manufacturers, raises $13M in series B round of funding led by Wing VC with participation from Google Ventures, Tencent, Khosla Ventures and Felicis Ventures. Link

Cronologics (2014, San Mateo), wearable technology platform, is acquired by Google (1998, Mountain View), for an undisclosed amount. Link

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – SMART HOMES

• Rokid, developer of AI based smart home hub that can perform tasks through visual & vocal interactions managed to raise $65M in Series B round of funding. Link
• Smartfrog, developer of connected camera for home monitoring raised $16.5M in Series C round of funding the company also raised $5.5M of debt. Link
• Orvibo, developer of suite of home automation devices raised $16M in Series B round of funding. Link
• Sense, developer of energy usage monitoring device for home appliances managed to raise $15M in Series C round of funding. Link
• Connected Yard, developer of pool monitoring device and provider of pre measured chemical pods on subscription raised $7M in Series A round. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Clairy (2016, SF) – Developer of flowerpot cum air purifier for indoors that uses plant roots to detoxify air. Alumini of Plug&Play Tech Center.

LEADER BOARD – SMART HOMES

SMART HOME SUITE
Alarm (2000, Vienna, IPO) – Home and business security by leveraging wireless, web and mobile technologies, all built on Alarm.com’s hosted services platform. Went public in June 2015.
Nest Labs (2010, Palo Alto, $80M, Acq.) – Hardware and software for monitoring home energy consumption. Acquired by Google for $3.2B in 2014. Backed by Google Ventures, LSVP, KPCB, Shasta Ventures, Generation Investment Management.

HOME AUTOMATION
Device Management
Control4 (2003, Saltlake City, IPO) – Wired and wireless home automation products. Went public in August 2013 thus becoming first home automation company to do so.
Savant (2005, Barnstable, $90M) – App and hub for connected device management. Backed by PE firm KKR.

Monitoring Systems
Leeo (2013, Palo Alto, $37M) – Plugin devices that alert user when their smoke alarm sound. Recently laid off 30% of its employees. Backed by Formation 8, Visionnaire Ventures, EON.
Hello (2012, SF, $34M) – Sleep behavior tracking by providing data on environmental conditions of room. Backed by Temasek Holdings.
Bidgely (2010, Sunnyvale, $25M) – Enables consumers to monitor and manage their household energy use. Backed by Khosla Ventures, Constellation Technology Ventures, E.ON, RWE Group.

HVAC Control
Tado (2011, Munich, $57M) – Smart AC management device for homes and businesses. Backed by Target Partners, Shortcut Ventures, BayBG, Siemens.
Ecobee (2007, Toronto, $50M) – Apple homekit compatible digital programmable thermostat. Backed by Tech Capital Partners, Relay Ventures, Investco Capital, Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund & Amazon Alexa Fund.

Wireless Switches & Plugs
Broadlink (2013, Hangzhou, $21M) – Developer of connected power strips. Backed by Qualcomm, Sequoia Capital, Innovation Works, Qihoo 360 & China Merchants Group.
Deako (2015, Seattle, $9M) – Developer of connected switches for homes. Backed by Y Combinator & other undisclosed investors.
ThinkEco (2008, NYC, $7M) – Modern outlet that monitors and regulates power consumed by appliances.

Home Lighting
Lifx (2012, Melbourne, $13M) – Wifi enabled LED lights. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Qualcomm Ventures.
MyQubic (2014, Beijing, $11M) – Connected lighting solution for homes. Backed by Plum Ventures & Hwazing Capital.

Smart Kitchen
Juicero (2013, SF, $90M) – Developer of internet connected juicers. Backed by KPCB, Thrive Capital, GV, Interplay Ventures, Vast Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Double Bottom Line Investors, Mindfull Investors, ARTIS Ventures, Campbell Soup Co, First Beverage Group, DBL Partners, and ICH Group.
Innit (2013, SF, $43M) – Development phase sensors to manage and connect food information. Backed by group of strategic investors.
June (2013, SF, $29.5M) – Smart counter top oven. Backed by Foundry Group, Founders Fund, First Round Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Upside Partnership.

Gardening
Hydropoint (2002, Petaluma, $68M) – Develops smart water management solutions for landscape irrigation applications. Also provides site specific weather data to agencies and corporations. Backed by Rockport Capital, Firelake Capital, Chrysalis Ventures, Monitor Ventures, J.F. Shea Co.
Rachio (2012, Denver, $10M) – Platform for remote sprinkler management. Backed by FG Angels.

HOME SECURITY
Locks
August (2013, SF, $48M) – Smart lock and access systems. Backed by Qualcomm Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Maveron, Cowboy Ventures, Industry Ventures, Rho Ventures, Softtech VC.
Latch (2014, NYC, $17M) – Smart locks for homes, offices and apartment buildings. Backed by Primary Venture Partners, Corigin Venture Partners, Expansion Ventures, PCH, Camber Creek, Third Prime Capital, R/GA, Techstars and a number real estate developers.

Video Monitoring & Alerts
Ring Labs (2012, Santa Monica, $95M) – Developer of connected doorbell. Backed by KPCB, American Family Insurance, J.F. Shea, True Ventures, Upfront Ventures, First Round, Queens Bridge Ventures, Charles River VC, Sky Daton
Canary (2012, NYC, $41M) – Device with video camera and safety sensors for home. Backed by Khosla Ventures, Western Technology Investment, Two Sigma Ventures, New York Angels, Flextronics, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, Cota Capital, MetaProp NYC, Walden Riverwood Ventures.

Home Network Security
Luma (2014, Atlanta, $23M) – Developer of device for creating smart and secure wifi network at home. Backed by Accel Partners, Amazon, Andreessen Horowitz, 500 Startups, Felicis Ventures, GV, Webb Investment Network, Relay Ventures, Base Ventures & BIP Capital.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – AGRITECH

• Biotech startup involved in developing coating solutions for the protection of fruits Apeel Sciences raises $30M Series B funding led by a16z and DBL Partners. Link
• Insect-based organic waste bioconversion startup AgriProtein raises $17.5M Series B funding. Link
• Startup involved in commercial insect breeding for organic waste bioconversion Ynsect raises $15.2M Series B funding. Link
• Integrated cannabis cultivation and therapeutics products developer Surterra Holdings raises $15M Series B funding. Link
• Hydroponics cultivation platform developer TruLeaf raises $8.5M funding from Angel investors. Link
• Optical sea lice treatment solution developer Stingray raises $5.2M funding through a share issue. Link
• Licensed medical cannabis grower Manoa Botanical raises $5M funding. Link
• Containerized vertical growing system developer AgriCool raises $4.3M Series A funding led by Daphni Venture Capital. Link
• Online farm input market linkage provider YAgro raises $500k funding from Angel investors. Link
• UAV service provider for agriculture Raptor Maps raises an undisclosed amount of funding from The Commercial Drone Fund to develop farm-focused drone technology. Link
• KPCB exits FarmersEdge and sells its stake to Fairfax Financial, the investment company of Prem Watsa. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Vence (2016, San Francisco): Integrated hardware and software platform for real-time monitoring of livestock herd with electrical stimulation system in hardware for guiding animals to specific places for grazing.
Northstar Robotics (2016, Winnipeg): Software platform for making on-field robotic systems autonomous.

LEADER BOARD – AGRITECH

Precision Ag
Farm Data and Analytics – Integrated Platforms
The Climate Corporation (2006, SF, $109M Acq.) – Hardware and software solutions provider for hyper-local weather and farm data with predictive analysis for insurance products. Sold off its insurance business to AmTrust North America in July 2015. Acquired by Monsanto in 2013.
Farmers Edge (2005, Winnipeg, $44M) – Hardware and software solution provider for continuous monitoring of farm fields and predictive analysis for management decision support. Backed by Mitsui and Fairfax Financial.

Farm Data and Analytics – Software Platforms
FarmLink (2004, Kansas, $101M) – Yield benchmarking tool for farmers to assess the impact of inputs. Backed by Open Air Equity Partners.
Farmers Business Network (2014, Davenport, $44M) – Precision agriculture solutions through big data analysis of data gathered from farmers and agriculture machinery. Backed by KPCB, DBL Partners, and GV.

Field Operations
AutoAgronom (1988, Yokneam Illit, $180M) – Sensor based measurement of physical and chemical changes in root zone supplemented with computerized analysis and fuzzy control algorithms to automatically activate irrigation and fertilization.
Novariant (1994, Fremont, $60.5M) – Sensor based auto steering hardware solutions for GPS-based navigation through tablets. Backed by Sierra Ventures, Ridgewood Capital, Clearstone.
Blue River Tech (2011, Sunnyvale, $30M) – Develops automated technology solutions which use computer vision for identification and selective killing of unwanted weed. Backed by Khosla Ventures, DCVC, Innovation Endeavors, Pontifax AgTech.
Harvest Automation (2007, Billerica, $28M) – Developer of robotic machinery for farming operations. Backed by Founder Collective, Entree Capital, Cultivian, Mass Ventures.
Feedlogic (2002, Wilmar, $678k) – Automated feeding machines along with data recording platform for livestock farmers in the USA.

BioTech
Farm Inputs
Monsanto (1901, St. Louis, IPO) – Developer of genetically modified (GM) seedlings to mitigate risks associated with biotic and abiotic stresses in crops. Went public in 2000.
Syngenta (2000, Basel) – Developer of genetically modified crops and biological agrochemicals apart from engaging in genomic research.
DuPont Pioneer (1926, Des Moines) – Developer of hybrid (non-GM) and GM seeds to mitigate risks against insects, pests and other diseases.
AgBiome (2012, Raleigh, $52M) – Developer of biological agrochemicals for crop protection against soil-borne diseases. Backed by Gates Foundation, Monsanto Growth Ventures, Syngenta Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, UTIMCO, Polaris Partners, Pontifax Agtech, Harris+Harris Group.
Agrivida (2002, Medford, $61M) – Specially engineered enzymes for the nutrition of livestock animals. Backed by KPCB, Middleland Capital, ARCH Venture Partners, Cultivian, DAG Ventures, Bright Capital, Northgate, Prairie Gold.

Infrastructure
Advanced Animal Diagnostics (2001, Morrisville, $36M) – Diagnostic infrastructure provider for real-time animal health monitoring through white blood cell levels in animals. Backed by Middleland Capital, Cultivian, Kansas Bioscience Authority, LabCorp, Intersouth Partners, Novartis Venture Fund.

Tech Platforms
Kaiima (2006, Lower Galilee, $91M) – Tech platform to enhance inherent productivity and resource usage efficiency in food and feed crops. Backed by KPCB, DFJ, Horizons Ventures, Tamir Fishman.

Waste Mitigation
Cool Planet (2009, Camarillo, $143M) – Utilizes patented process to convert non-food biomass to gasoline and organic soil nutrients. Backed by Northbridge, UBS, GV, Energy Technology Ventures, Concord Energy, Sustainable Conversion Ventures, British Petroleum.
Wiserg (2010, Issaquah, $32.5M) – Devices to convert grocery waste into a nutrient rich liquid which can be used as fertilizer for agriculture.

Microbes
Zymergen (2013, Emeryville, $174M) – Combination of  synthetic biology and machine learning to engineer industry relevant microbes to manufacture chemicals and new materials. Backed by Softbank, Data Collective Venture Capital, True Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Iconiq Capital, DFJ, Innovation Endeavours, Two Sigma Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Tao Capital.
Indigo (2013, Cambridge, $163.5M) – Earlier known as Symbiota, it is building technology for delivery of selective plant microbes through seed coatings. Backed by Falgship Ventures and APFC.

Cellular Ag
Impossible Foods (2011, Redwood City, $183M) – Beef-substitute made from a protein called Heme extracted from plants. Backed by Khosla Ventures, Google Ventures, UBS, Horizon Ventures, Viking Global.

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
Oxitec (2002, Abingdon, $20M) – Develops genetically modified pests which act as anti-pests to suppress the population of disease-causing pests in crops. Backed by Oxford Capital, East Hill.

ERP
Farm Management
Granular (2014, SF, $23M) – Farm management software for collection and analysis of data related to farm business processes and planning of resources. Backed by A16Z, Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Tao Capital, Fall Line Capital, Emory Investment Management.

Agribusiness
Cultivation – Algae
Sapphire Energy (2007, San Diego, $290M) – Cultivation of algae and using it as a biomass source for production of crude oil. Backed by Monsanto Growth Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners.

Infrastructure
Irrigation
Netafim (1965, Tel Aviv) – Manufactures components for drip irrigation and develops smart irrigation systems. Backed by Permira and Tene Investment Fund.

Aquaculture – Full Stack System
GFA Advanced Systems (2008, Kadima, $5M) – Developer of zero discharge intensive aquaculture system. Backed by Linnaeus Capital.

Market Linkages
Farm Inputs
CloudFarm (2013, Beijing, $26M) – Online retailer of Agri inputs including seeds, fertilizers, agrochemicals, farm equipment, etc.

Farm Produce
Meicai (2014, Beijing, $253M) – B2B mCommerce for fruits and vegetables. Backed by Zhen Fund, Blue Lake Capital.

Finance
eLoan (2007, Wenzhou, undisclosed) – Digital P2P lending platform focused on agriculture and rural businesses. Backed by Legend Holdings.

Indoor Agriculture
AgriBusiness – Cultivation
Sundrop Farms (2009, London, $100M) – Hydroponics cultivation of fruits and vegetables while using renewable energy resources in greenhouses. Backed by KKR.
AeroFarms (2004, NYC, $20.5M) – Cultivation of leafy greens in soil-less growth medium using aeroponics. Backed by Middleland Capital, Wheatsheaf, GSR Ventures, Mission Point Capital.

Infrastructure – Hydroponics
GrowLife (1987, Seattle, IPO) – Provides urban hydroponic / soil-less farming systems, components and cultivation supply products. Went public in 2011.

Infrastructure – Lighting
Illumitex (2005, Austin, $67M) – Developer of LED lighting solutions for horticulture, industrial and other use. Backed by NEA, Morgan Creek, Apex, WPG, Syngenta Ventures.

Technology Providers – Data Collection and Analysis
Agrilyst (2015, NYC, $1M) – Software platform for farm data and analytics in indoor farms. Backed by Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, Metamorphic Ventures.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – HR TECH

• Crossover Health, an employee healthcare provider raises $92M from private equity Gurnet Point Capital Link
• Dynamic Signal, a company communication platform for employee engagement raises $25M from Akkadian Ventures, Microsoft Ventures and Focus Ventures in addition to participation by existing investors, Trinity Ventures, Venrock, Rembrandt, and Time Warner Link
• Social chorus, a San-Franciso-based employee communication platform for diverse workforces raises $10M from Kohlberg Ventures Link
• Hopwork, a Paris-based freelance collaborative marketplace raises $5.3M from Serena Capital and ISAI Link
• Jvye, a platform for on-demand labor targeted at the CPG industry raises $4M Link
• Talentoday, a psychometric based assessment and career guidance platform raises $3.5M Link
• Fuzu a Finnish-Kenyan job board raises $1.9M to support business development and expansion from Finnfund, Barona and Polkuni Link
• Workramp, an onboarding and training platform raises $1.8M seed round from Susa Ventures, Initialized Capital, Haystack, Liquid 2, Wei Fund, Elad Gil, Adrian Aoun, Charlie Songhurst, and Y Combinator Link
• HandyTrain, a mobile based corporate training platform raises $1M from Silver Range Investments, Lumina Datamatics and Shun Yoshida, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch, Tokyo and other angel investors Link
• Rewardz a Singapore-based corporate benefits provider sold majority stake to Japans’ Benefit One Link
• Egyptian recruitment firm Wuzzuf acquires job assessment platform Virphi for an undisclosed amount Link
• FillMyFork an employee facing rewards app that promotes healthy eating got acquired by Zipongo Link

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – LEGAL TECH

• RiskIQ, platform to identify online security risks raises $30.5M in a series C round led by Georgian Partners. Link
• Search platform for patents, PatSnap raises series C round led by Sequoia Capital. Link
• AI based legal due diligence platform, Luminance AI raises undisclosed amount from Talis Capital. Link
• Online legal marketplace platform, Hire An Esquire raises undisclosed amount from Nextlaw Labs. Link
• Online open marketplace for lawyers, LawRato raises undisclosed amount in a pre-series A round from Indian Angel Network. Link
• AI based Contract Automation platform, Beagle raises undisclosed amount from Nextlaw labs. Link
• Online marketplace to book lawyers, MyAdvo raises undisclosed amount from Angels through LetsVenture. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Insikt Intelligence (2016, Barcelona) – Social media intelligence for Law enforcement.

LEADER BOARD – LEGAL TECH

Enterprise Legal Management
ThomsonReuters (1800, NYC, IPO) – Legal solutions includes LPM for Enterprise and SMEs, Westlaw for LegalResearch, Findlaw for Lawyers directory and Online Legal Forms. Went IPO in 1984.
LexisNexis (1973, Albany) – A member of Reed Elsevier, provides content-enabled workflow solutions including LegalResearch, Litigation Support, Legal Practice Management(LPM), IP management.

eDiscovery
Epiq (1988, Kansas City, IPO) – eDiscovery web-based technology products and legal services. Went IPO in 1997. Got acquired by PE funds for a $1B deal.
Kcura (2001, Chicago, $125M) – Litigation suite for information collection, legal hold, review, production and analysis. Backed by Iconiq Capital.

Legal Practice Management (LPM)
Clio (2007, Vancouver, $26M) – LPM suite for solo lawyers and smaller law firms to manage cases, clients, documents, appointments and billing. Backed by BVP, Point Nine Capital, Version One Ventures.
Total Attorneys (2002, Chicago, $15M, Acq.) – Provides LPM and marketing and leads generation for attorneys. Acquired by Internet Brands in 2015.

Legal Research
LexMachina (2009, Menlo Park, $10M, Acq.) – Provides Intellectual Property (IP) litigation data and predictive analytics using Big Data to solve patent lawsuits. Acquired by LexisNexis in 2015.
RavelLaw (2012, Palo Alto, $9M) – Legal research platform that provides citation based analytics to inform litigators about cases and judges. Backed by NEA, North Bridge VP, Experiment Fund.
Judicata (2012, SF, $8M) – Big Data analytics tools for legal research using algorithmically assisted human review to turn unstructured court opinions into structured data. Backed by Khosla Ventures, SV Angel.
Casetext (2013, Palo Alto, $7M) – A community site for attorneys to share knowledge. Gives users free access to legal texts annotated by attorneys. Backed by YC, BoxGroup, Formation 8, Union Square Ventures.

Legal Document Services
LegalZoom (2001, Glendale, $266M) – Provides online legal document and legal consultation services for incorporating business, running business, wills, trust including plans for families and SMEs. Backed by Permira, Polaris VC, KPCB, IVP.
RocketLawyer (2008, SF, $53M) – Provides online legal forms for SMEs and families. Backed by LexisNexis, Investor Growth Capital, August Capital, GV and Industry Ventures.

Contract Management
SpringCM (2005, Chicago, $88M) – Provides workflow automation and document management for legal and sales team. Backed by Foundation Capital, North Bridge.
Icertis (2009, Seattle, $21M) – Contract management solutions for enterprises. Backed by Greycroft Partners, Fidelity Growth Partners India, Ignition Partners and Eight Roads Ventures.

IP (Intellectual Property) Management
Anaqua (2004, Boston, $125M) – IP management system to support IP strategies and managing inventions, patents and other intellectual assets. Backed by Insight Partners and BVP.
Lecorpio (2006, Fremont, $25M) – Provides IP management to track workflow between inventors and attorneys of patent and trademark activities. Backed by Msquaredo incorporated.

Lawyer’s Marketplace
Avvo (2007, Seattle, $132M) – Provides legal Q&A forum, lawyer’s directory, lawyer review forum and marketplace for legal advice on a fixed rate basis. Backed by Benchmark Capital, Ignition Partners and DAG Ventures.
Upcounsel (2012, SF, $14M) – Marketplace for on-demand legal services for projects like business formation, compliance, trademark registration . Backed by Homebrew, SV Angel, Collaborative Fund, AngelPad, Metamorphic Ventures and Crosslink Capital.

Leader board includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – PAYMENTS

• Brazilian digital financial services firm Nubank has raised $80M in a Series D round of funding. Link
• Stripe, a payment gateway API provider, secured $16M funding. Link
• EverCompliant, an Israel-based transaction laundering detection and prevention company, has raised $9.5M in a Series A round from Abor Ventures, Carmel Ventures, StarFarm Ventures and Nyca Partners. Link
• VendHQ, a cloud-based PoS solutions provider from New Zealand, raised $9M (NZD13M) funding from Movac, Square Peg Capital, Jasmine Investments, and Aspiring Asset Management. Link
• 2C2P, a Singapore-based payment services provider, secured $8M Series D funding. Link
• Paystack, a Nigerian payment services provider, has secured a $1.3M seed investment round led by Tencent, Comcast Ventures, the venture arm of the US largest cable company and Singularity Investments. Link
• Cardlay, a front-end Card Management Platform and Cardholder application provider, is announcing the release of its white label solution for banks and a $4M funding round from private investors. Link
• Japanese payments app Kyash picks up $8.5M. Link
• Kalixa, a UK-based online payment services provider, was acquired by Singapore-based FinTech firm Senjo Group for $30M. Link
• Lloyds Banking Group is to pay £1.9B for the acquisition of credit card outfit MBNA from Bank of America. Link
• AmEx buys digital security outfit InAuth. Link
• Visa to acquire payment authentication company CardinalCommerce. Link
• PayPal has announced new collaborations with both Citi and FIS, while Mastercard and Visa have shared a mutual commitment to accelerate digital wallet adoption. Link
• Geoswift selects Thomson Reuters risk and compliance solutions. Link
• BNP Paribas has completed its first live cross-border B2B payments between corporate clients using blockchain technology. Link
• Hungary’s national bank to launch instant payments through mobile phone numbers. Link
• Wirecard and Cuscal have joined to allow Wirecard`s merchant acquiring services throughout Australia, with Cuscal being the acquiring BIN sponsor. Link
• Visa and Mastercard have struck a deal that lets each firm’s digital wallet service request the other’s tokenized payment credentials. Link
• Citi and PayPal have entered into a partnership wherein Citi cardmembers can use their Citi Cards with PayPal seamlessly. Link
• American Express has unveiled an “Add a Card” feature to its Amex bot for Messenger, allowing eligible US Consumer and Open card members to add their card and billing information for purchases on Facebook. Link
• Kount, an online payment fraud protection solutions provider, has launched Kount Central, a fraud protection suite for online PSPs. Link
• Mastercard and Verifone unveil installment based payments app. Link
• MasterCard is adding artificial intelligence as a core component of its network in an effort to provide better risk scoring across all transactions and cut the number of false declines. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Keyo (2015, Chicago) – A Point-of-Sale payment solutions provider, using palm scanning authentication technology.

LEADER BOARD – PAYMENTS

Payment Gateway
Safecharge (2006, British Virgin Islands, IPO) – A customized payment acceptance portal for merchants. Went public in 2014.
Stripe (2010, SF, $466M) – A merchant acquirer and a payment gateway API provider for web and mobile payments. Backed by Y Combinator, American Express, VISA, Redpoint Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Salesforce, Morgan Stanley, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, Khosla Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Founders Fund, KPCB, General Catalyst Partners, Thrive Capital, Lowercase Capital, Allen & Company, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Alven Capital, TrueBridge Capital Partners, Entree Capital, Square Peg Capital, Golden Gate Ventures, Playfair Capital, Barclays, Designer Fund, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Darwin Ventures, BoxGroup, Google Capital.
Clear2Pay (2001, Brussels, $127M, Acq.) – Provider of payment solutions to financial institutions. Also provides white label remittance services. Acquired by Fidelity Information Services in September 2014 for $493M.

Acquirer Processor
First Data Corporation (1971, Atlanta, Acq, IPO) – A global payments service provider specializing in merchant transaction processing, private label cards and e-check acceptance services. Was acquired by KKR in 2007 for $27.5B. Went public in October 2015.
Vantiv (1971, Cincinnati, IPO) – An electronic payment processor, payment gateway API and PoS solutions provider. Went public in 2012.
WorldPay (1993, London, IPO) – A London-based payment processing company offering gateway and PoS services. Went public in October 2015.
Total System Services (1982, Columbus (Georgia), IPO) – A merchant acquirer and white label prepaid card solutions provider. Went public in 1983.
Adyen (2006, Amsterdam, $266M) – An internet-first merchant acquirer and omnichannel payment solutions provider. Backed by General Atlantic, Index Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Temasek, Iconiq Capital.

Payment Network
VISA (1958, Foster City, IPO) – An association of banks and other financial institutions, which facilitates card payment transactions. Went public in 2008.
MasterCard (1966, Purchase, IPO) – An interbank association facilitating card payments. Went public in 2006.
Vocalink (2007, Rickmansworth, $114M, Acq.) – A UK-based ATM switching platform and interbank network. Aquired by MasterCard for £700M ($926M) in July 2016.
Ripple (2012, SF, $90.5M) – An open source, decentralized protocol to provide real time cross border payments and settlements. Backed by Standard Chartered, AME Cloud Ventures, Seagate, CME Group, IDG Capital Partners, RRE Ventures, Venture 51, Core VC, ChinaRock Capital Management, SBI Holdings, Route 66 Ventures, Camp One Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Santander InnoVentures, Digital Currency Group, SCB Digital Ventures.

PoS Suite
VeriFone (1981, San Jose, IPO) – Provides all kinds of PoS devices, along with a payment gateway. Went public in 2005.
Ingenico Group (1980, Paris, IPO) – A payment processing service provider specializing in NFC enabled PoS terminals, gateways and cross-border e-commerce solutions. Went public in 1985.

Wallet
PayPal (1998, San Jose, Acq., IPO) – An online payment and money transfer service, offering payment gateway, merchant accounts and wallet solutions. Acquired by eBay in July 2002 for $1.5B. Went public in July 2015.
Mozido (2008, Austin, $288M) – A white label web and mobile wallet solutions provider. Backed by TomorrowVentures, Wellington Management, Brentwood Associates, Atlanticus.
Dashlane (2009, NYC, $52.5M) – A fully-featured password manager and secure digital wallet app. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Rho Ventures, TransUnion, FinTech Innovation Lab.
Xapo (2012, Palo Alto, $40M) – A bitcoin wallet provider with cold storage facility. Backed by Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, Ribbit Capital.

Alternate Payment
PayNearMe (2009, Sunnyvale (CA), $71M) – Provides offline payment services for online solutions. Backed by True Ventures, Kapor Capital, Fenwick & West, Endeavor Partners, Floodgate, Maveron, GSV Capital, August Capital, Khosla Ventures
TrialPay (2006, Mountain View, $56M, Acq.) – Enables merchants to offer free action based rewards to their customers. Acquired by VISA in February 2015 for an undisclosed amount.

Technology
Kount (2007, Boise, $80M) – A SAAS based fraud prevention service provider for card-not-present transactions. Backed by CVC Capital Partners.
ThreatMetrix (2005, San Jose, $92M) – A payment fraud prevention service and context-based authentication solution provider. Backed by US Venture Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, Adams Street Partners, Tenaya Capital, August Capital, Technology Venture Partners, In-Q-Tel, Talu Ventures.
Ethoca (2005, Toronto, $45M) – A secure network for card issuers and merchants to connect and work outside the payment network. Backed by Spectrum Equity.

B2B Payments
GlobalCollect (1994, Netherlands, Acq.) – An international B2B money transfer and payment gateway service provider. Acquired by Ingenico in September 2014 for $1.1B.
Viewpost (2012, Maitland, $79M) – e-Invoice exchange and electronic payment solutions provider. Backed by Western Technology Investment.

Leaderboard includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.

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Foodtech startups space took a hit in terms of VC investments globally in 2016, from a record high of $4.8B across 427 deals in 2015, to $3.3B across 272 deals in 2016-YTD. Deal count fell across the board, at the seed (40%), early (30%), and late stage (48%). While capital invested was highest in China, deal activity was highest for companies from the US.

Four companies raised more than $100M, while eight companies raised over $50M in the past year. The largest funding rounds were secured by companies aggregating restaurants and delivering food to consumers. Ele.me ($1.3B, PE), Deliveroo ($255M, Series E), and DoorDash ($127M, Series C) bagged the largest rounds in this space. In turn, restaurant aggregators providing delivery was the most funded business model in food tech, hitting a sub-sector peak, from $1.74B in 2015 to $1.86B in 2016. The business model has an average founding age of 2011, and over the past five years the BM has consolidated, with major players emerging globally. The funding events seen this year are mostly late stage, which explains why the business model is peaking in 2016.  

Beijing-based Yi jiu pi ($100M, Series C), a B2B e-commerce platform for wine and spirits also topped the investment charts this year. Other notable rounds went towards Internet connected kitchen appliance (juicer) manufacturer Juicero ($70M, Series B), personal chef hiring service Plated ($58M, Series B), liquor ordering and delivery platform Jiubianli ($61M, Series B), and food ordering and delivery service Baemin ($50M, Series E).

Companies providing food analytics solutions specific to flavor is an emerging business model, with two startups – Vivanda and Analytical Flavor Systems raising funding this year. Other niche upcoming business models include smoothie-box (Daily Harvest), insect protein-derived foods (Exo, Bitty), and apps that let you pre-book food at a restaurant (Hey You, QikServe).

Other notable business models sustaining investor interest include internet-first restaurants that provide data-driven personalized nutrition. Emeryville-based Habit, a meal-kit delivery service sends personalized meals to users based on their specific diet types, after analyzing the user’s DNA using a blood sample kit. The company raised $32M in a series A round from Campbell in Oct 2016.

The FoodTech space saw 29 acquisitions this year, notable exits where deal values were disclosed include Moscow-based Delivery Club, which was acquired for $100M by mail.ru, and Kevita, a probiotic drink maker got acquired for $200M by pepsico.com. There were two IPO offerings in the food tech space this year, London-based online food ordering service Takeaway (London), and Wangjiu (Beijing), an online retailer of premium wines.

500 Startups has been the most active investor in foodtech, with a total portfolio of 53 food companies and investments across multiple early-stage rounds, largely focused in the United States. SOSV, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, and Kima Ventures are other active investors in food tech companies. Sequoia Capital has been very active with equivalent deals in early as well as late stage rounds.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – HEALTHCARE IT

• Agilent acquires Belgian molecular diagnostics player Multiplicom for $70.6M in cash.Link
• Menarini Silicon Biosystems acquires Cellsearch CTC System, used for the detection of circulating tumor cells, from Janssen Diagnostics. Link
• Foundation Medicine’s FoundationFocus™ CDxBRCA receives FDA approval as the first NGS-based CDx assay for ovarian cancer drug Rubraca. Link
• Roche to exit $75M diagnostics development deal with Pacific Biosciences. Link
• Grifols acquires Hologic’s blood screening business unit for $1.85B. Link
• Siemens to pump $300M into MA lab diagnostics plant. Link
• NIH sets up $170M consortium to investigate molecular effects of exercise and other physical activity. Link
• Genome Canada, along with other public and private Canadian players, commit $97M to furthur genomic research. Link
• ClearLight Diagnostics receives $3.5M in Series B funding to develop technology platform based on its Clarity lipid-clearing technique. Link
• Metabolon raises additional $15M in funding from Essex Woodlands to develop personalized medicine products using its metabolomics platform. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Cambridge Cancer Genomics (2016, Cambridge (UK)) – Developing microarray-based technology for the rapid detection of circulating cell-free DNA in a patients blood.

LEADER BOARD –  HEALTHCARE IT

Oncology
Foundation Medicine (2010, Cambridge, $89.5M, Acq.) – Develops clinical assays for comprehensive genetic profiling for solid tumors and hematological malignancies to tailor personalized treatment regimens for patients. Backed by Google Ventures, KPCB, Third Rock Ventures; Roche owns a majority stake.
Biocartis (2007, Lausanne, IPO) – Develops in vitro molecular diagnostic platforms for multiplexed detection of bio-analytes in tissue samples. Backed by Debiopharm, J&J Development Corporation, Philips, The Wellcome Trust. Went public in 2015.
NantHealth (2007, Culver City, IPO) – Combines molecular medicine and bioinformatics with technology services to enable personalized therapies for cancer and other diseases. Part of billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantWorks system. Backed by the Kuwait government, Blackberry, Celgene, AllScripts.

For latest updates visit Diagnostics (by Disease) and Diagnostics (by Technology) feeds.

A daily newsletter summarizing recent activity & interesting startups in the energy storage sector globally

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – OIL & GAS

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Smart Drilling Solutions (Undisclosed, 2015, Tulsa) – Provides proprietary wellbore loss mitigation systems to exploration and production companies to reduce high losses of drilling fluids and lost circulation material.

LEADER BOARD – OIL & GAS

Horizontal
ExxonMobil (1999, Irving, IPO) – Multinational oil and gas company and one of the world’s supermajors. The company is involved in upstream, downstream and chemical business. Went public in November 1999.
Seven Energy (2004, Lagos, $688M) – Nigerian integrated oil and gas company which explores for, develops, produces and distributes oil and natural gas. Backed by Capital Group, Temasek, IFC, Islamic Development Bank (IDB), IFC Asset Management Company, Plant Asset Management (Petrofac), FBNQuest, Standard Chartered, and FCMB.

Exploration & Production
Devon Energy (1971, Oklahoma City, IPO) – Engages primarily in exploration, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in North America. Went public in March 1988.
Venari (2012, Dallas, $2.8B) – Explores and produces oil and natural gas with focus on subsalt plays. Backed by Kelso and Company, Warburg Pincus, The Jordan Company, Temasek.
Seven Generations Energy (2008, Calgary, $2.2B) – Natural gas exploration and production company focused in the Kalwa River Basin in Canada. Backed by Triangle Peak Partners, Azimuth Capital Management, CPP Investment Board.

Midstream
Spectra Energy (2006, Houston, IPO) – Integrated Midstream company in US and Canada. Provides transmission and storage, distribution, and gathering and processing. Went public in July 2007.
Caiman Energy II (2009, Dallas, $800M) – Provides Gas Gathering, Compression, Treating, Processing & Transportation, Condensate Handling, NGL, Fractionation, storage and Marketing. Backed by Highstar Capital, EnCap Flatrock Midstream, Williams Companies.
MODA Midstream (2015, Houston, $750M) – Provides terminal, storage, and distribution solutions to refiners and petrochemical manufacturers. Backed by EnCap Flatrock Midstream.

Downstream
GreatPoint Energy (2004, Chicago, $562M) – Developed technology of catalytic process, hydromethanation, by which coal, petroleum coke and biomass are converted directly into natural gas. Backed by yet2Ventures, The Dow Chemical Company, Suncor, Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, SevenMile Capital Partners, Presidio Ventures, ATV, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, AES Corporation, DFJ.

Equipment & Services
Schlumberger (1926, Paris, IPO) – Integrated oilfield services company providing technology, project management, survey and monitoring, information solutions to the international petroleum industry. Went public in January 1978.
Sidewinder Drilling (2011, Houston, $125M) – Provides contract drilling services to exploration and production companies targeting unconventional resource plays in North America. Backed by Avista Capital Partners.
Welltec (1994, Alleroed, $116M) – Provider of robotic, well intervention solutions and completion products for the oil and gas industry. Backed by Summit Partners, EXOR SPA.

Data Analytics
Drillinginfo (1999, Austin, $205M) – Data analytics company which provides data, analytical tools, and advisory services to oil and gas exploration decision support applications. Backed by Eastern Advisors, Delta-V Capital, Battery, Cross Creek Advisors, Insight Partners.

Technology Developer
Glori Energy (2005, Houston, $39M) – Technology developer of a biotechnology process for increasing oil recovery from existing reservoirs. Backed by OMZEST, Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund, Energy Technology Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Advantage Capital Partners, Gentry Venture Partners, Oxford Partners, GTI Capital Group, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Oxford Bioscience Partners.
Foro Energy (2009, Boulder, $21M) – Developed long-distance laser technology to break ultrahard rocks for faster drilling and completion. Backed by Presidio Partners, Formation, North Bridge, Chevron.

Leaderboard includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.

For latest updates visit Oil & Gas feed.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

• Superflex, a startup that develops apparel to enhance strength and mobility raises $9.6M in a Series A round. Link
  
• ivWatch a company that develops a wearable device for patient monitoring raises $9.29M in a new round of funding. Link
  
• Orion Labs, a startup that develops a wearable device for group communication raises $8.5M in a new round of funding. Link
  
• Scanadu, a startup that makes wearable health monitoring devices raises $6.5M in a new funding round. Link
  
• BraiCo, a startup that develops a wearable device to increase concentration level raises $5.5M in Pre-A series funding. Link
  
• Human Condition Safety, a startup that develops wearable safety devices for industrial workers raises $2.65M in a new round of funding. Link
• Fitbit to keep Pebble smartwatches running through 2017. Link
• Kerastase a L’Oreal owned company has partnered with Withings to develop smart hair brush. Link
• Lenovo and Kopin form a joint venture for commercialising enterprise AR headsets. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Slothes (2015, Istanbul): – Develops smart clothing by integrating electronics into the fabric. The company has released two products and is working on the development of conducting yarns.
Superflex (2016, SF): – Developing apparel that enhances the muscle strength for healthcare, sports and elderly care applications.

LEADER BOARD – WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

Fitness
Jawbone (1999, SF, $1B) – Fitness wristbands with an algorithm for tracking steps, logging runs and measure sleep. Backed by Khosla Ventures, JP Morgan, Andreessen Horowitz.
Fitbit (2007, SF, IPO) – Wireless wearable fitness trackers to track person’s activities. Went public in 2015. Backed by True Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Softbank.
Codoon (2011, Chengdu, $90M) – Smart Wearables and fitness social network for users. Backed by Fountain Investment, Focus Media, SB China Capital, Susquehanna International Group, Shenzhen Capital Group & Citic Capital.
Athos (2012, Redwood City, $51M) – Developer of smart fitness apparel. Backed by Social Capital, True Ventures, DCM, MAS Holdings.

Smart Watches
Basis (2010, SF, $32M, Acq) – Fitness wristbands with an algorithm for tracking steps, logging runs and measure sleep. Acquired by Intel in March 2014.
Pebble (2009, Palo Alto, $15M, Acq.) – Smart internet-connected watch with apps. Acquired by Fitbit in Dec 2016.
Vector Watch (2014, London, $12M) – Smart connected watches with traditional analogue watch look. Backed by 3TS Capital Partners, GECAD.

Wellness Devices
Chrono Therapeutics (2004, Waltham, $78M) – Providing trans-dermal drug delivery by adjusting the amount of nicotine. Backed by Canaan Partners, Mayo Clinic, Rock Health, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Endeavour Vision, 5AM Ventures, Emergent Medical Partners, NCI, Fountain Healthcare Partners, Mission Bay Capital, GE Ventures, Labuan IBFC, Cota Capital, Xeraya Capital, Mayo Clinic Ventures, Hikma Ventures.
MUSE (2009, Toronto, $18M) – Headband developed by Interaxon that helps in relaxing the brain. Backed by  Felicis Ventures, ff Venture Capital, Horizons Ventures, A-Grade Investments, OMERS Ventures, Build Ventures, Mindfull Investors.
SwipeSense (2012, Evanston, $16.4M) – Connected hand hygiene system with a wearable device. Backed by  Pritzker Group, OCA Ventures, Healthbox, Texo Ventures, New Ground Ventures, Jumpstart Ventures, Eclipse VC.

Healthcare
Senseonics (1996, Germantown, $124M) – Making Continuous Glucose Monitoring devices using proprietary technology. Backed by Delphi Ventures.
iRhythm Technologies (2006, SF, $96M) – Providing solutions for Cardiac arrhythmias with a huge database for heartbeat analysis. Backed by Mohr Davidow Ventures.
MC10 (2008, Cambridge, $61M) – Miniaturised embedded sensors for remote patient monitoring, wellness, cosmetics, industrial and defence purposes. Backed by North Bridge Venture Partners, Medtronic.
Scanadu (2011, Mountain View, $47M) – All-in-one device measuring temperature, B.P., Heart Rate, HRV, ECG, Oximetry, protein, leukocytes, nitrates concentration. Backed by Tencent, Relay Ventures.
Echo Therapeutics (1989,Franklin, IPO) – Provides a glucose sensor for continuous and non-invasive glucose monitoring. Went public in 2011.

Safety and Tracking
Tile (2012, San Mateo, $34M) – Tags to locate and track items. Backed by  Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, GGV Capital, Rothenberg Ventures, Tandem, Tencent.
Pixie Technology (2011, Herzliya, $27M) – Connected tags for locating and tracking objects. Backed by OurCrowd, Spark Capital, Cedar Fund.

Sports
Whoop (2012, Boston, $24M) – Wearable activity tracker for athletes and trainers. Backed by  Infosys, Founder Collective, Promus Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Resolute Ventures, Next View Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Valley Oak Investments, Accomplice, Atlas Venture.
Zepp Labs (2011, San Jose, $20M) – Devices with sensors to track and analyse the hand or body movement while training for various sports. Backed by  GGV Capital, Legend Capital, Unity Ventures, Bertelsmann Asia Investment Fund, The Arena Capital.

Controller
Nod (2013, Mountain View, $16M) – Makes gesture recognition and motion tracking hardware.Backed by Nautilus Ventures, Point guard Ventures and Atlantic Bridge Capital.
Petcare
Whistle (2012, SF, $21M, Acq.) – Intelligent monitoring system for dogs. Acquired by Mars in Feb 2016.

Leaderboard includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ADTECH

• Uru, a computer vision powered content-aware advertisement platform has raised $800k in Pre-Seed funding from Notation Capital, Betaworks, PJC, Rough Draft Ventures, Presence Capital and other angel investors. Link
• Adsmurai, an ad campaign optimization platform on social networks has raised $4.2M in Series A funding from Axon Partners Group, Banc Sabadell, and Enisa. Link
• Storygize, a programmatic native media buying platform has raised $2.8M in Convertible Debt. Link 
• NinthDecimal, a mobile audience intelligence platform for targeted advertising has raised $5M in Series D funding. Link 
• Mapendo, a programmatic native advertising platform has raised $1.23M in Seed funding from Barcamper Ventures, business angel network IAG, and other private investors. Link 
• Match2One, an AI based programmatic media buying platform has raised $323k in Seed funding led by Propel Capital. Link
• AdHawk, a cross-channel digital advertising management platform has raised $517k in Seed funding. Link 
• OwnerIQ, a second party data marketplace for programmatic advertising has raised $6M in Series F funding. Link 
• Choozle, an advertising platform that captures real-time consumer insights has raised $2.4M in Series A funding. Link 
• Adobe, a multimedia development platform has acquired TubeMogul, a programmatic video advertising platform for $540M. Link
• Snap, the parent company of Snapchat has acquired Flite, a platform for digital ad creation and management. Link
• Spearhead, an integrated marketing communication group has acquired Smaato, an RTB-based mobile SSP for $148M. Link

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY –  GRC SOFTWARE

• Prevalent, a provider of vendor risk management software for enterprises raised $60M Series C from Insight Venture Partners. Link
• TraceLink, a risk management platform for pharmaceutical and lifesciences industry raises $51.5M led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity along with existing investors FirstMark Capital, Volition Capital and F-Prime Capital. Link
• Safety Culture, a mobile-first audit solution provider for workplace safety management raises $23M Series B led by Index Ventures along with participation from Blackbird Ventures and Atlassian Co-Founder. Link
• Riskalyze, a tool to measure client risk tolerance raises $20M in a round led by FTV Capital. Link
• ICIX, a cloud-based supplier collaboration & compliance software raised $15.5M from Arrowroot Capital. Link
• Proficio, cloud-based IT security & compliance service provider raised $12M in a round led by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. Link
• EverCompliant, a provider of fraud & risk management software for banks & payment processors raised $9.5M in a round led by Arbor Ventures along with participation from Carmel Ventures, StateFarm Ventures and Nyca Partners. Link
• Guardian Analytics, behavioural analytics-based online fraud prevention solution for banks raised $5M from undisclosed investors. Link
• Hexatier, provider of database security, compliance & monitoring solution has been acquired by Huawei for $42M. Link
• Reval, a cloud-based accounting & risk management software has been acquired by ION Group for an undisclosed amount. Link
• ConceptOne, provider of risk & performance analytics solutions has been acquired by Axioma for an undisclosed amount. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

LegalBot (2016, Sao Paulo) – Provides AI-based compliance solution for enterprises to manage operations risk and ensure compliance.

LEADER BOARD – GRC SOFTWARE

Integrated GRC – Horizontal
Metric Stream (1999, Palo Alto, $150M) – Provides integrated GRC and Quality Management Solutions for businesses to manage their risk management programs, quality management processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives. Backed by Goldman Sachs, KPCB, Integral Capital Partners, Gold Hill Capital, Sageview Capital, Saints Capital, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Blade Ventures, Montage Capital and The Camelot Group.
OpenPages (1996, Waltham, $64M, Acq.) – Provides GRC solution for enterprises to develop a compliance and risk management strategy across various functions including operational risk, financial controls management, IT risk, compliance and internal audits. Acquired by IBM in September, 2010.

Integrated GRC – Industry Vertical – Banking
Fenergo (2009, Dublin, $80M) – Provides client lifecycle management platform for financial institutions to manage the end-to-end regulatory onboarding process from onboarding to management of client and counterparty data and compliance standards. Backed by Insight Venture Partners, Investec and Aquiline Capital Partners.
Guardian Analytics (2005, Mountain View, $61.2M) – Provides behavioral analytics and machine learning solutions for financial institutions to mitigate fraud risk and prevent criminal attacks targeting retail and commercial banking clients. Backed by Foundation Capital, Western Technology Investment, Sutter Hill Ventures and Costanoa Venture Capital.

Integrated GRC – Industry Vertical – Trading
Actimize (1999, Petah Tekva, $24M, Acq.) – Provides risk and compliance solutions for financial institutions, as well as government regulators to identify financial crime, prevent fraud and ensure regulatory compliance. Acquired by NICE Systems in July, 2007.
Firm58 (2005, Chicago, $19M) – Provides web-based financial management software to manage the processes associated with fees, commissions and compliance. Backed by Pritzker Group and North Bridge Venture Partners.

Integrated GRC – Industry Vertical – Healthcare
MedHOK (2009, Tampa, $77.5M, Acq.) – Provides SaaS platform for healthcare providers to ensure compliance with federal and state requirements, and manage the health plan members’ clinical requirements. Acquired by Hearst in June, 2016.
Enclarity (2005, Aliso Viejo, $15.5M, Acq.) – Provides software solutions for healthcare providers and insurers to improve claims processing, provider directories, regulatory compliance and marketing optimization. Acquired by LexisNexis in September, 2013.

IT GRC
Wynyard Group (2012, Christchurch, IPO) – Provides critical threat assessment and advanced crime analytics software for government and financial services to assess threats and event management. Went public in 2013.
Check Point Software (1993, Tel Aviv, IPO) – Provides security and GRC solution for businesses to manage network security, endpoint security, data security and enhance security management. Went public in 1996.

IT GRC – Security
Qualys (1999, Redwood City, IPO) – Provides cloud-based security and compliance solutions for enterprises to simplify security operations and lower the cost of compliance by delivering critical security intelligence and automating the full spectrum of auditing, compliance and protection for IT systems. Went public in September, 2012.
LogicalApps (2000, Irvine, $14M, Acq.) – Provides automated Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) controls for enterprises to automate GRCactivities like SoD, fraud prevention with continuous monitoring etc. Acquired by Oracle in October, 2007.

IT GRC – Identity and Access Management
Okta (2008, SF, $228.5M) – Provides cloud-based identity and application access management solution for enterprises to securely manage access governance from any device. Backed by Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Glynn Capital, Altimeter Capital, Floodgate and Janus.
CyberArk (1999, Petah Tikva, IPO) – Provides security solution for enterprises to secure, manage and monitor privileged account access and activities. Went public in June, 2014.

IT GRC – Enterprise Content Management
M-Files (2001, Dallas, $44M) – Provides enterprise information management solutions to eliminate information silos and provide easy access to the right content from any core business system and device. Backed by Partech Ventures, Finnish Industry Investment and Draper Esprit.
Daegis (1999, Irving, IPO, Acq.) – Provides enterprise information management solution for information archiving, information governance, application development and migration. Acquired by OpenText in November, 2015.

QEHS GRC
Intelex (1992, Toronto, $122M) – Provides Environmental, Health, Safety (EHS) and Quality management software solutions for businesses to ensure safety, mitigate organization-wide risk and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements. Backed by JMI Equity and HarbourVest.
Hara (2008, Minneapolis, $45M, Acq.) – Provides cloud-based software for sustainability professionals to track, report, and execute against cost savings opportunities, compliance requirements, and operational improvements. Acquired by Verisae in October, 2013.

Supply Chain Risk
TraceLink (2009, Woburn, $77M) – Provides an online platform for global distribution, visibility and traceability of pharmaceuticals to limit the sales of counterfeit drugs. Backed by FirstMark Capital, Godman Sachs, Volition Capital, F-Prime Capital Partners.
ICIX (2003, SF, $52M) – Provides cloud-based supplier collaboration and compliance software for businesses to mitigate supply chain risk, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and CSR. Backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Starfish Ventures and Wesfarmers.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ENERGY EFFICIENCY

• Ygrene Energy Fund, a provider of residential, multifamily, and commercial property assessed clean energy financing, has raised $95M in funding from Lightyear Capital. Link
• Home intelligence platform Sense, closes $15M Series A round led by iRobot Ventures, Shell Technology Ventures, Energy Impact Partners and others.Link
• Blue Pillar, an IoT platform for energy management in buildings, raises $10M from GXP Investments, Elevate Ventures, EnerTech Capital, Allos Ventures etc. Link
• Viking Cold Solutions, a thermal energy management solution provider, secures $5.4M as per SEC filing. Link
• Smart thermostat maker Switchee raises $585K Seed funding from Mustard Seed Ventures, InseadAlum Ventures and ClearlySo. Link
• Ecobee, a smart learning thermostat maker, raises $267K as per SEC filing. Link
• InnoEnergy accelerated smart thermostat maker ThermoSmart raises $172K Equity Crowdfunding. Link
• Volution Group has acquired low energy hybrid ventilation system developer Breathing Buildings for an Undisclosed amount. Link
• Energy service firm Enovity acquired by Veolia for an Undisclosed amount. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Vestaxx (2015, Berlin, Undisclosed) – Smart window heating system based on nano-coated heated windows and two additional heat function layers to ensure perfect insulation.
Point Energy  (2015, Belfast, null) – Award winning hardware and insight driven software solution for  industries that applies machine learning to disaggregate component level power consumption data.

LEADER BOARD – ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Products – Lighting – LED – Material & Component Manufacturers
Bridgelux (2002, Sunnyvale, $219M, Acq.) – LED chip manufacturing company. Backed by El Dorado Ventures, VantagePoint Capital Partners, Craton Equity Partners and Passport Capital. Acquired by China Electronics Corporation in 2015.

Products – Lighting – LED – Finished Products
Lighting Science Group (2004, Melbourne, IPO) – Manufactures different shapes of LED bulbs and invented biologically corrected lighting. Backed by Riverwood Capital and Pegasus Capital. Went public in 2008.
Cree (1987, Durham, IPO) – Manufactures LED components, and semiconductor products for power and radio-frequency (RF) applications. Went Public in 1993.

Products – Lighting – OLED – Finished Products
Novaled (2003, Dresden, $35M, Acq.) – Provides organic materials and complementary technologies for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) in display and lighting. Acquired by Samsung in 2013.

Products – Thermal Energy – Insulation
Aerogel (2001, Northborough, IPO) – Provides thermal management and energy conservation insulation solutions. Backed by Mount Royal Ventures, Arcapita Ventures, Lehman Brothers, RockPort Capital Partners, Reservoir Capital Group, Tenaya Capital.

Products – Thermal Energy – HVACR – Heating
Thermondo (2012, Berlin, $32M) – Energy efficient residential heating system provider. Backed by Holtzbrinck Ventures, E.on, IBB, Global Founders Capital, Rocket Internet.

Products – Thermal Energy – HVACR – Cooling
TAS Energy (1999, Houston, $60M) – TAS Energy manufactures energy efficient chilling and cooling systems. Backed by KPCB and Element Partners.

Products – Construction – Pre-Fabricated
View Dynamic Glass (2007, Milpitas, $436M) – Smartglass on which tint level can be modified by the user using smartphone to admit only light and reject glare. Backed by Khosla Ventures, DBL Investors, Sigma Partners, Navitas Capital, The Westly Group.

Energy Management Systems – BEMS
GridPoint (2003, Arlington, $294M, Acq.) – Energy management systems using big data analytics to monitor and manage energy-consuming assets, such as HVAC and lighting systems. Backed by Goldman Sachs, Skypoint Capital, Advantage Capital Partners, Craton Equity Partners. Acquired by TFC Utilities in 2015.
Distech Controls (1995, Brossard, $37M, Acq.) – Building energy management system that provides integration of HVAC, lighting, access control, CCTV, energy management, and other building systems. Backed by Export Development Canada, Enertech Capital. Acquired by Acuity Brands in 2015.

Energy Management Systems – IEMS
Energy and Power Solutions (2001, Costa Mesa, $50M, Acq.) – Energy Management System with real-time information collected at the equipment level, across a customer’s entire enterprise. Backed by NGEN, Robeco, Altira Group. Acquired by Ameresco in 2011.

Energy Management Systems – HEMS – AC Management
Nest Labs (2010, Palo Alto, $80M, Acq.) – Provides thermostats for monitoring home energy consumption. Backed by KPCB, Google Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. Acquired by Google in 2014.
Tado (2011, Munich, $57M) – Smart AC management devices for homes. Backed by Target Partners, Shortcut Ventures, BayBG, Siemens.

Energy Management Systems – HVAC Management
Optimum Energy (2005, Seattle, $36M) – Provides data-driven cooling and heating optimization solutions for enterprise facilities.Backed by Columbia Pacific Advisors.

Energy Management Systems – Lighting Control Systems – BLCS
Enlighted (2009, Sunnyvale, $83M) – Provides network platform with wireless sensor to collect and analyze data to intelligently adapt the lighting level. Backed by Intel Capital, KPCB, RockPort Capital Partners.
Sensity Systems (2010, Sunnyvale, $74M, Acq.) – Offers a high-speed, sensor-based, open networking platform to connect lighting systems for improving the experience. Backed by Mohr Davidow Ventures, Cisco Investments, Acuity Brands and Simon Venture Group. Acquired by Verizon in Sep, 2016.

Energy Management Systems – Lighting Control Systems – SLCS
Petra Systems (2006, South Plainfield, $40M) – Advanced street lighting solutions based on solar  power and wireless networking capabilities. Backed by ES Ventures, Element Partners, OnPoint Technologies, Arsenal Venture Partners and Craton Equity Partners.

Energy Management Systems – Power Management Systems
SynapSense (2006, Folsom, $46M, Acq.) – Wireless cooling and data center asset monitoring solution. Backed by  Sequoia Capital, Crosslink Capital, Frontier Venture Capital, Aeris Capital, Nth Power, Robert Bosch Venture Capital and American River Ventures. Acquired by Panduit in 2014.

Data Analytics – Energy Data Management
Opower (2007, Arlington, $65.5M, Acq.) – Cloud-based software comprising energy reports and demand response programs. Backed by New Cycle Capital, Accel Partners and KPCB. Acquired by Oracle Corporation in May 2015.
FirstFuel (2011, Lexington, $44M) – Offers building wide energy analytics that helps in managing energy consumption. Backed by Battery Ventures, Nth Power and RockPort Capital Partners.

Data Analytics – Meter Monitoring
Bidgely (2010, Sunnyvale, $25M) – Home energy management up to appliance level without using any plug-level monitors. Backed by Khosla Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, E.on, RWE Global and  Constellation Technology Ventures.
Sense (2013, Cambridge, $19M) – Device to monitor appliances and track energy usages using electronic signatures. Backed by  Charles River Ventures, Capricorn, Bolt, Shell Global, Prelude Ventures and Energy Impact Partners.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – AgriTech

• Provider of Integrated hardware and software platform for precision agriculture decision support FarmLogs raises $22M Series C funding led by Naspers Ventures. Link
• Crop protection biological product developer Agrimetis raises $23.5M Series B funding led by Anterra Capital. Link
• Online platform for providing loans to buy agriculture equipment Nongfenqi raises $14M Series B funding led by Bertelsmann Asia. Link
• Online farm produce retailer FoodStock Farmers Market raises $9.46M Series A funding. Link
• UK-based organic weed and moss control company WeedingTech raises $3.68M Series A funding from Calculus Capital. Link
• Satellite imagery-based decision support software platform provider Tellus Labs raises $3.1M seed funding led by IA ventures. Link
• Pesticide spraying equipment manufacturer GenZ Technology raises $358k funding from undisclosed investors. Link
• Biologicals product developer FutureCo BioSciences raises undisclosed funding from Sumitomo Corporation. Link
• Provider of a digital platform for procuring farm input products BigHaat raises undisclosed seed funding from Ankur Capital. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Amber Agriculture (2016, Illinois City): Integrated hardware and software platform for monitoring and automation of environment control in grain bins.
Trigger.systems (2016, Lisbon): Software platform for farm data capture, analytics, and interaction with on-field hardware.

LEADER BOARD – AgriTech

Precision Ag
Farm Data and Analytics – Integrated Platforms
The Climate Corporation (2006, SF, $109M, Acq.) – Hardware and software solutions provider for hyper-local weather and farm data with predictive analysis for insurance products. Sold off its insurance business to AmTrust North America in July 2015. Acquired by Monsanto in 2013.
Farmers Edge (2005, Winnipeg, $44M) – Hardware and software solution provider for continuous monitoring of farm fields and predictive analysis for management decision support. Backed by Mitsui and Fairfax Financials.

Farm Data and Analytics – Software Platforms
FarmLink (2004, Kansas, $101M) – Yield benchmarking tool for farmers to assess the impact of inputs. Backed by Open Air Equity Partners.
Farmers Business Network (2014, Davenport, $44M) – Precision agriculture solutions through big data analysis of data gathered from farmers and agriculture machinery. Backed by KPCB, DBL Partners, and GV.

Field Operations
AutoAgronom (1988, Yokneam Illit, $180M) – Sensor based measurement of physical and chemical changes in root zone supplemented with computerized analysis and fuzzy control algorithms to automatically activate irrigation and fertilization.
Novariant (1994, Fremont, $60.5M) – Sensor based auto steering hardware solutions for GPS-based navigation through tablets. Backed by Sierra Ventures, Ridgewood Capital, Clearstone.
Blue River Tech (2011, Sunnyvale, $30M) – Develops automated technology solutions which use computer vision for identification and selective killing of unwanted weed. Backed by Khosla Ventures, DCVC, Innovation Endeavors, Pontifax Agtech.
Harvest Automation (2007, Billerica, $28M) – Developer of robotic machinery for farming operations. Backed by Founder Collective, Entree Capital, Cultivian, MassVentures.
Feedlogic (2002, Wilmar, $678k) – Automated feeding machines along with data recording platform for livestock farmers in the USA. Backed by unknown private investors.

BioTech
Farm Inputs
Monsanto (1901, St. Louis, IPO) – Developer of genetically modified (GM) seedlings to mitigate risks associated with biotic and abiotic stresses in crops. Went public in 2000.
Syngenta (2000, Basel) – Developer of genetically modified crops and biological agrochemicals apart from engaging in genomic research.
DuPont Pioneer (1926, Des Moines) – Developer of hybrid (non-GM) and GM seeds to mitigate risks against insects, pests, and other diseases.
AgBiome (2012, Raleigh, $52M) – Developer of biological agrochemicals for crop protection against soil-borne diseases. Backed by Gates Foundation, Monsanto Growth Ventures, Syngenta Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, UTIMCO, Polaris Partners, Pontifax Agtech, Harris+Harris Group.
Agrivida (2002, Medford, $61M) – Specially engineered enzymes for the nutrition of livestock animals. Backed by KPCB, Middleland Capital, ARCH Venture Partners, Cultivian, DAG Ventures, Bright Capital, Northgate, Prairie Gold.

Infrastructure
Advanced Animal Diagnostics (2001, Morrisville, $36M) – Diagnostic infrastructure provider for real-time animal health monitoring through white blood cell levels in animals. Backed by Middleland Capital, Cultivian, Kansas Bioscience Authority, LabCorp, Intersouth Partners, Novartis Venture Fund.

Tech Platforms
Kaiima (2006, Lower Galilee, $91M) – Tech platform to enhance inherent productivity and resource usage efficiency in food and feed crops. Backed by KPCB, DFJ, Horizons Ventures, Tamir Fishman.

Waste Mitigation
Cool Planet (2009, Camarillo, $143M) – Utilizes patented process to convert non-food biomass to gasoline and organic soil nutrients. Backed by Northbridge, UBS, Google Ventures, Energy Technology Ventures, Concord Energy, Sustainable Conversion Ventures, British Petroleum.
Wiserg (2010, Issaquah, $32.5M) – Devices to convert grocery waste into a nutrient rich liquid which can be used as fertilizer for agriculture.

Microbes
Zymergen (2013, Emeryville, $174M) – Combination of synthetic biology and machine learning to engineer industry relevant microbes to manufacture chemicals and new materials. Backed by Softbank, Data Collective Venture Capital, True Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Iconiq Capital, DFJ, Innovation Endeavours, Two Sigma Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Tao Capital.
Indigo (2013, Cambridge, $163.5M) – Earlier known as Symbiota, it is building technology for delivery of selective plant microbes through seed coatings. Backed by Flagship Ventures and Alaska Permanent Funds.

Cellular Ag
Impossible Foods (2011, Redwood City, $183M) – Beef-substitute made from a protein called Heme extracted from plants. Backed by Khosla Ventures, Google Ventures, UBS, Horizon Ventures, Viking Global.

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
Oxitec (2002, Abingdon, $20M) – Develops genetically modified pests which act as anti-pests to suppress the population of disease-causing pests in crops. Backed by Oxford Capital, East Hill.

Farm Business Management
Field Crops – Field Management
Granular (2014, SF, $23M) – Farm management software for collection and analysis of data related to farm business processes and planning of resources. Backed by A16Z, GV, Khosla Ventures, Tao Capital, Fall Line Capital, Emory Investment Management.

Field Crops – Multipurpose
Conservis (2009, Minneapolis, $13.6M) – Cloud-based software platform for single or multi-farm management. Backed by Cultivian Sandbox, Middleland Capital, and Heartland Farms.

Agribusiness
Cultivation – Algae
Sapphire Energy (2007, San Diego, $290M) – Cultivation of algae and using it as a biomass source for production of crude oil. Backed by Monsanto Growth Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners.

Infrastructure
Irrigation
Netafim (1965, Tel Aviv) – Manufactures components for drip irrigation and develops smart irrigation systems. Backed by Permira and Tene Investment Fund.

Aquaculture – Full Stack System
GFA Advanced Systems (2008, Kadima, $5M) – Developer of zero discharge intensive aquaculture system. Backed by Linnaeus Capital.

Market Linkages
Farm Inputs
CloudFarm (2013, Beijing, $26M) – Online retailer of Agri inputs including seeds, fertilizers, agrochemicals, farm equipment, etc.

Farm Produce
Meicai (2014, Beijing, $253M) – B2B mCommerce for fruits and vegetables. Backed by Zhen Fund, Blue Lake Capital.

Finance
eLoan (2007, Wenzhou, undisclosed) – Digital P2P lending platform focused on agriculture and rural businesses. Backed by Legend Holdings.

Indoor Agriculture
AgriBusiness – Cultivation
Sundrop Farms (2009, London, $100M) – Hydroponics cultivation of fruits and vegetables while using renewable energy resources in greenhouses. Backed by KKR.
AeroFarms (2004, NYC, $20.5M) – Cultivation of leafy greens in soil-less growth medium using aeroponics. Backed by Middleland Capital, Wheatsheaf, GSR Ventures, Mission Point Capital.

Infrastructure – Hydroponics
GrowLife (1987, Seattle, IPO) – Provides urban hydroponic / soil-less farming systems, components and cultivation supply products. Went public in 2011.
Grodan (1969, Milton) – Vegetative and steerable substrates for indoor cultivation of horticultural crops.

Infrastructure – Lighting
Illumitex (2005, Austin, $67M) – Developer of LED lighting solutions for horticulture, industrial and other use. Backed by NEA, Morgan Creek, Apex, WPG, Syngenta Ventures.

Technology Providers – Data Collection and Analysis
Agrilyst (2015, NYC, $1M) – Software platform for farm data and analytics in indoor farms. Backed by Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, Metamorphic Ventures.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – TRANSPORT TECH

• Careem, Middle East based ride-hailing service provider raised $350M in Series D round led by Rakuten and Saudi Telecom Company (STC). Link
• Mobike, China-based bicycle rental platform, raised $215M in Series D round led by Tencent, Sequoia & CTrip. Link
• 99 (formerly 99 Taxis), Brazil-based cab-hailing service provider raised $100M in Series D round from Didi Chuxing. Link
• Hyperloop Transportation, a mobility solution provider based on Hyperloop technology, raised $30M in Series B round led by EdgeWater Capital. Link
• Zebra Cabs, on-demand ride-hailing service provider, raised $21.6M in Series A round led by Futuregrowth. Link
• Zagster, US-based bicycle rental platform raised $10M in Series B round led by Edison Partners. Link
• Revv, India-based self-drive car rental raised $9M in Series A round led by Edelweiss Private Equity. Link
• Mojio, an open platform  for connected car services raised an additional $7M in Series A round. Link
• Grab, SEA-based taxi booking app raised an undisclosed amount from Tokyo Century Corp in strategic investment. Link
• Mobike, China-based bicycle rental platform snags strategic investment from Foxconn. Link
• Gett, an on-demand ride service, secured $100M in loan from Sberbank. Link
• Karhoo, global cab-comparison app, has been brought out of administration and assets have been acquired by Renault’s financial services division RCI Bank and Services for $1M. Link
• Volkswagen Group launched its new mobility services company, MOIA. Link
• Uber, an on-demand taxi service provider acquired Geometric Intelligence, a New York-based startup, and using the 15-person team to launch a new artificial intelligence division within Uber, called Uber AI Labs. Link
• Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has signed an agreement to explore connecting a hyperloop system from Slovakia to Czech Republic. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

SendaRider (2016, Oklahoma City) – Online and app-based platform that provides on-demand care and transportation services to children and elder people.
Samocat (2016, Strasbourg) – Kick scooter rentals provider. Also, have an app to pay and unlock the kick scooters.

LEADER BOARD – TRANSPORT TECH

Taxi
Uber (2009, SF, $10.71B) – Uber is an on-demand taxi service provider. Backed by First Round Capital, Benchmark, Menlo Ventures, Baidu, Fidelity Investments, Google Ventures and Tata Capital among others.
Didi Chuxing (2012, Beijing, $8.32B) – Didi Chuxing is a company made up of China’s two largest taxi-hailing firms- Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache as result of a merger in Feb 2015. Backed by Tencent and Alibaba among others.
Lyft (2012, SF, $2.11B) – Lyft facilitates cab hailing and peer-to-peer ridesharing by connecting passengers who need a ride with drivers. Majority ride providers are professional drivers. Backed by A16Z, Alibaba, and Facebook among others.
Grab Taxi (2012, Singapore, $1.44B) – GrabTaxi is an automated location-based smartphone booking and dispatch platform for the taxi industry in South East Asia. Backed by Vertex Ventures, Tiger Global, SoftBank, and Qunar among others.
Ola (2011, Bengaluru, $1.24B) – Ola is an on-demand taxi service in India. Backed by Tiger Global, Matrix Partners, SoftBank, Sequoia, Accel and Didi-Kuaidi among others.

Self Drive Cars
eHi Car Services (2006, Shanghai, IPO) – eHi is a car rental service provider. Backed by CTrip, Enterprise Holdings, and Goldman Sachs among others.
Turo (2009, SF, $101M) – Turo is a P2P car sharing platform. Backed by KPCB, Google ventures, August Capital and GM ventures among others.

Car Pooling
BlaBlacar (2004, Paris, $311.5M) – BlaBlaCar connects drivers who have empty seats with people looking for a ride through their car share service. Focuses on longer trips. Backed by Index ventures, Accel and Insight partners among others.

On-Demand Driver
Edaijia (2011, Beijing, $125M) – Edaijia allows users to find and connect with the nearest available temporary drivers via their app. Backed by LSVP and Matrix Partners among others.

Nontraditional
Hyperloop One (2014, LA, $160M) – Hyperloop is a vacuum tube-based transportation technology. Backed by Sherpa Ventures, 8VC, ZhenFund, Caspian Venture Partners, 137 Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Fast Digital, Western Technology Investment (WTI), SNCF, the French National Rail Company and GE Ventures among others.

Public Transport
Moovit (2011, Ness Ziona, $81.5M) – Moovit gives commuters a complete real-time snapshot of what their trip will be like and suggests the fastest, most comfortable routes. Backed by Sequoia and Gemini investors among others.

Smart Shuttle Service
Dada bus (2014, Shenzhen, $59M) – Dada Bus is a bus ridesharing app for a shuttle service that leverages big data to smartly match users with routes.

Bi-Cycle
MoBike (2015, Shanghai, $325M) – MoBike is a bicycle rental platform. Backed by Foxconn, Tencent, Sequoia, CTrip, Joy Capital, and Panda VC Fund.
Ofo (2015, Beijing, $135M) – Ofo.so is a P2P bicycle rental platform. Backed by Matrix Partners China, Didi Chuxing, and GSR Ventures China.

Employee Transportation
Move In Sync (2009, Bengaluru, $5M) – MoveInSync Technology Solutions is an employee transportation solutions provider. Backed by Inventus Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Saama Capital and others.

Motorized Two Wheeler
Go-Jek (2010, Jakarta, $550M) – Go-Jek is a bike taxi aggregator. Backed by Sequoia, KKR, and Warburg Pincus among others.

Traffic Management
Inrix (2004, Kirkland, $133M) – Inrix is a SaaS company which provides applications pertaining to road traffic control. It is a serial acquirer targeting comprehensive traffic data. Backed by August Capital, Venrock, Bain Capital, KPCB, Intel Capital, Porsche.

Car Sharing Tech
Vulog (2006, Paris, $9M) – Vulog is a provider of in-car technology and modular software platform for car sharing. Backed by Bpifrance, Conseil Plus Gestion, Paca Investment, ETF Partners.

Maps Routing
mapbar (2004, Beijing, $78M) – mapbar is a provider of online and wireless maps. Backed by IDG Capital.
Waze (2004, Beijing, $67M, Acq.) – Waze is a provider of social driving and navigation app. Backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield, Byers Digital Growth Fund, Qualcomm Ventures, and iFund among others. Acquired by Google.

Parking
Luxe (2013, SF, $75.5M) – Luxe provides on-demand valet parking service. Backed by Hertz Global Holdings, Redpoint Ventures and Venrock among others.
Streetline (2005, SF, $50M) – Streetline has developed a device to find empty parking spaces. Backed by True Ventures, Citi Group, RockPort Capital and Sutter Hill Ventures among others.

Fleet Management
Zenith (1989, Leeds, $99M, Acq.) – Zenith provides leasing, fleet management, and vehicle outsourcing services. Backed by Dunedin and Equistone Partners. Acquired by HgCapital.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – PAYMENTS

• ViewPost, an e-Invoicing and online payment solutions provider, secured $32M Debt financing. Link
• Iyzi Payments, a payment solutions provider for e-commerce enterprises, secured $13M in a Series C funding round led by Vostok Emerging Finance. The round also saw participation from IFC, 212. Link
• Dwolla, an interbank network and payment gateway provider, secured $6.85M funding from Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, Next Level Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, High Alpha, Firebrand Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners. Link
• Fraugster, an AI-based payment fraud protection provider, has raised $5M in funding led by Earlybird, and accompanied by Speedinvest, Seedcamp and a large Swiss family office. Link
• BitPagos, a Bitcoin-based payment gateway, raised $1.9M in a Series A funding round led by Huiyin Blockchain Venture with participation from existing investors Digital Currency Group, Boost VC and Draper VC. Link
• SatoshiPay, a Bitcoin-based micropayment enabler, secured £700k funding from Blue Star Capital. Link
• FairFX gains e-money licence through acquisition of Q Money. Link
• Advent International and Bain Capital Private Equity are expected to acquire German payment processor Concardis from its consortium of bank owners for €700M. Link
• Anacap to acquire controlling interest in Germany’s payment gateway Heidelpay. Link
• The People’s Bank of China is to ban third-party payment providers, such as Alibaba-owned Alipay, from using their clients’ money. Link
• HSBC to launch Hong Kong P2P mobile payments app. Link
• Facebook gets Spanish e-money license. Link
• Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile commerce division of Ingenico Group, and Ingenico Labs, its innovation department, announced a solution to provide eCommerce merchants with payment-enabled messaging bots. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

TypingDNA (2016, Oradea) – A Typing behaviour-based authentication solution. It analyzes typing behviour/pattern of users and use the same for authentication. The solution acts as an alternative to SMSs in two-factor authentication.

LEADER BOARD – PAYMENTS

Payment Gateway
Safecharge (2006, British Virgin Islands, IPO) – A customized payment acceptance portal for merchants. Went public in 2014.
Stripe (2010, SF, $466M) – A merchant acquirer and a payment gateway API provider for web and mobile payments. Backed by Y Combinator, American Express, VISA, Redpoint Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Salesforce, Morgan Stanley, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, Khosla Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Founders Fund, KPCB, General Catalyst Partners, Thrive Capital, Lowercase Capital, Allen & Company, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Alven Capital, TrueBridge Capital Partners, Entree Capital, Square Peg Capital, Golden Gate Ventures, Playfair Capital, Barclays, Designer Fund, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Darwin Ventures, BoxGroup, Google Capital.
Clear2Pay (2001, Brussels, $127M, Acq.) – Provider of payment solutions to financial institutions. Also provides white label remittance services. Acquired by Fidelity Information Services in September 2014 for $493M.

Acquirer Processor
First Data Corporation (1971, Atlanta, Acq, IPO) – A global payments service provider specializing in merchant transaction processing, private label cards and e-check acceptance services. Was acquired by KKR in 2007 for $27.5B. Went public in October 2015.
Vantiv (1971, Cincinnati, IPO) – An electronic payment processor, payment gateway API and PoS solutions provider. Went public in 2012.
WorldPay (1993, London, IPO) – A London-based payment processing company offering gateway and PoS services. Went public in October 2015.
Total System Services (1982, Columbus (Georgia), IPO) – A merchant acquirer and white label prepaid card solutions provider. Went public in 1983.
Adyen (2006, Amsterdam, $266M) – An internet-first merchant acquirer and omnichannel payment solutions provider. Backed by General Atlantic, Index Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Temasek, Iconiq Capital.

Payment Network
VISA (1958, Foster City, IPO) – An association of banks and other financial institutions, which facilitates card payment transactions. Went public in 2008.
MasterCard (1966, Purchase, IPO) – An interbank association facilitating card payments. Went public in 2006.
Vocalink (2007, Rickmansworth, $114M, Acq.) – A UK-based ATM switching platform and interbank network. Aquired by MasterCard for £700M ($926M) in July 2016.
Ripple (2012, SF, $90.5M) – An open source, decentralized protocol to provide real time cross border payments and settlements. Backed by Standard Chartered, AME Cloud Ventures, Seagate, CME Group, IDG Capital Partners, RRE Ventures, Venture 51, Core VC, ChinaRock Capital Management, SBI Holdings, Route 66 Ventures, Camp One Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Santander InnoVentures, Digital Currency Group, SCB Digital Ventures.

PoS Suite
VeriFone (1981, San Jose, IPO) – Provides all kinds of PoS devices, along with a payment gateway. Went public in 2005.
Ingenico Group (1980, Paris, IPO) – A payment processing service provider specializing in NFC enabled PoS terminals, gateways and cross-border e-commerce solutions. Went public in 1985.

Wallet
PayPal (1998, San Jose, Acq., IPO) – An online payment and money transfer service, offering payment gateway, merchant accounts and wallet solutions. Acquired by eBay in July 2002 for $1.5B. Went public in July 2015.
Mozido (2008, Austin, $288M) – A white label web and mobile wallet solutions provider. Backed by TomorrowVentures, Wellington Management, Brentwood Associates, Atlanticus.
Dashlane (2009, NYC, $52.5M) – A fully-featured password manager and secure digital wallet app. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Rho Ventures, TransUnion, FinTech Innovation Lab.
Xapo (2012, Palo Alto, $40M) – A bitcoin wallet provider with cold storage facility. Backed by Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, Ribbit Capital.

Alternate Payment
PayNearMe (2009, Sunnyvale (CA), $90M) – Provides offline payment services for online solutions. Backed by Khosla Ventures, Maveron, True Ventures, GSV Capital, Kapor Capital, Bullpen Capital, Floodgate, August Capital, Fenwick & West, Endeavour Partners.
TrialPay (2006, Mountain View, $56M, Acq.) – Enables merchants to offer free action based rewards to their customers. Acquired by VISA in February 2015 for an undisclosed amount.

Technology
Kount (2007, Boise, $80M) – A SAAS based fraud prevention service provider for card-not-present transactions. Backed by CVC Capital Partners.
ThreatMetrix (2005, San Jose, $92M) – A payment fraud prevention service and context-based authentication solution provider. Backed by US Venture Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, Adams Street Partners, Tenaya Capital, August Capital, Technology Venture Partners, In-Q-Tel, Talu Ventures.
Ethoca (2005, Toronto, $45M) – A secure network for card issuers and merchants to connect and work outside the payment network. Backed by Spectrum Equity.

B2B Payments
GlobalCollect (1994, Netherlands, Acq.) – An international B2B money transfer and payment gateway service provider. Acquired by Ingenico in September 2014 for $1.1B.
Viewpost (2012, Maitland, $79M) – e-Invoice exchange and electronic payment solutions provider. Backed by Western Technology Investment.

Payment Cards
Green Dot Corporation (1999, Monrovia (CA), IPO) – Reloadable prepaid card provider. Went public in 2010.
BlackHawk Network (2001, Pleasanton (CA), IPO) – Provider of white-label solutions for merchants and corporates. Also provides a marketplace for branded retail gift cards and reloading services for third-party prepaid cards. Went public in 2013.
Nubank Brasil (2013, Sao Paulo, $178M) – A MasterCard flagged credit card with mobile app. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Goldman Sachs, Founders Fund, QED Investors, Tiger Global Management, DST Global, Kaszek Ventures.

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INTERESTING COMPANIES FOUND

Beacon Interface (2016, Bangkok) – Payment and banking app for visually challenged people to manage their personal finances independently. Claims to use multi-sensory interaction and haptic feedback where the interface can be understood by alternative senses such as hearing, seeing, and feeling. Also provides audio guidance for visually challenged users to follow.
ZayZoon (2014, Canada) – Provides short-term cash advances up to $1000 to employees, which are a part of payroll network, to be repaid on next payday. It positions itself as an alternative to payday loans and claims to be 90% cheaper.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – OIL & GAS

• Kayrros, a provider of predictive analytics for oil and gas industry, raises $9.5M in a Series A funding round led by Index Ventures. Link
• AVAD Energy Partners raises $77.5M of equity commitments from Pearl Energy Investments and Natural Gas Partners. Link
• Coral Reef Capital invests in Krewe Energy, an oil and gas exploration and production company. Link
• OLYMPUS Marine Services, a provider of staffing solutions to the oil and gas sector and marine industries, receives investment from UK businessmen. Link
• Schlumberger acquires Peak Well Systems, a specialist in the design and development of advanced downhole tools for flow control. Link
• Greenwell Energy Solutions acquires Exclusive Energy Services. Link
• Joulon, an oil and gas asset management services platform, buys a majority stake in Sara Sae, a manufacturer of high-tech drilling equipment. Link
• Noble Energy to buy Clayton Williams Energy for $2.7B. Link
• Anadarko Petroleum sells its Eagle Ford assets to Sanchez Energy and Blackstone Group for $2.3B. Link
• Total acquires majority of Tullow’s Lake Albert oil stake for $900M. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Kayrros ($9.5M, 2016, Paris) – Provides predictive analytics solutions to the oil and gas industry. The solution combines ma­chine learn­ing, math­e­mat­ics and quan­ti­ta­tive fi­nance with pe­tro­leum engineering to provide insights.

LEADER BOARD – OIL & GAS

Horizontal
ExxonMobil (1999, Irving, IPO) – Multinational oil and gas company and one of the world’s supermajors. The company is involved in upstream, downstream and chemical business. Went public in November 1999.
Seven Energy (2004, Lagos, $688M) – Nigerian integrated oil and gas company which explores for, develops, produces and distributes oil and natural gas. Backed by Capital Group, Temasek, IFC, Islamic Development Bank (IDB), IFC Asset Management Company, Plant Asset Management (Petrofac), FBNQuest, Standard Chartered, and FCMB.

Exploration & Production
Devon Energy (1971, Oklahoma City, IPO) – Engages primarily in exploration, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in North America. Went public in March 1988.
Venari (2012, Dallas, $2.8B) – Explores and produces oil and natural gas with focus on subsalt plays. Backed by Kelso and Company, Warburg Pincus, The Jordan Company, Temasek.
Seven Generations Energy (2008, Calgary, $2.2B) – Natural gas exploration and production company focused in the Kalwa River Basin in Canada. Backed by Triangle Peak Partners, Azimuth Capital Management, CPP Investment Board.

Midstream
Spectra Energy (2006, Houston, IPO) – Integrated Midstream company in US and Canada. Provides transmission and storage, distribution, and gathering and processing. Went public in July 2007.
Caiman Energy II (2009, Dallas, $800M) – Provides Gas Gathering, Compression, Treating, Processing & Transportation, Condensate Handling, NGL, Fractionation, storage and Marketing. Backed by Highstar Capital, EnCap Flatrock Midstream, Williams Companies.
MODA Midstream (2015, Houston, $750M) – Provides terminal, storage, and distribution solutions to refiners and petrochemical manufacturers. Backed by EnCap Flatrock Midstream.

Downstream
GreatPoint Energy (2004, Chicago, $562M) – Developed technology of catalytic process, hydromethanation, by which coal, petroleum coke and biomass are converted directly into natural gas. Backed by yet2Ventures, The Dow Chemical Company, Suncor, Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, SevenMile Capital Partners, Presidio Ventures, ATV, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, AES Corporation, DFJ.

Equipment & Services
Schlumberger (1926, Paris, IPO) – Integrated oilfield services company providing technology, project management, survey and monitoring, information solutions to the international petroleum industry. Went public in January 1978.
Sidewinder Drilling (2011, Houston, $125M) – Provides contract drilling services to exploration and production companies targeting unconventional resource plays in North America. Backed by Avista Capital Partners.
Welltec (1994, Alleroed, $116M) – Provider of robotic, well intervention solutions and completion products for the oil and gas industry. Backed by Summit Partners, EXOR SPA.

Data Analytics
Drillinginfo (1999, Austin, $205M) – Data analytics company which provides data, analytical tools, and advisory services to oil and gas exploration decision support applications. Backed by Eastern Advisors, Delta-V Capital, Battery, Cross Creek Advisors, Insight Partners.

Technology Developer
Glori Energy (2005, Houston, $39M) – Technology developer of a biotechnology process for increasing oil recovery from existing reservoirs. Backed by OMZEST, Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund, Energy Technology Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Advantage Capital Partners, Gentry Venture Partners, Oxford Partners, GTI Capital Group, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Oxford Bioscience Partners.
Foro Energy (2009, Boulder, $21M) – Developed long-distance laser technology to break ultrahard rocks for faster drilling and completion. Backed by Presidio Partners, Formation, North Bridge, Chevron.

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