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Websitetridentcap.com
Blogblog.tridentcap.com
Phone650-289-4400
Employees
Founded1993
DescriptionVenture Capital Firm

Funds

Fund VII, 1/10 $400M

Offices

Palo Alto, USA
505 Hamilton Avenue
Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA, 94301
USA

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Trident Capital

Trident Capital is a venture capital and growth equity firm combining the vision and risk-tolerance of venture capital with the financial creativity and flexibility associated with private equity. Trident is an engaged investor and delivers more than capital to its portfolio companies: it helps refine go-to-market and growth strategies, build and enhance strong executive teams, and make valuable introductions to strategic partners and customers. Trident is a thesis-driven investor that continually evaluates emerging trends and future customer needs. The firm actively seeks out earlier stage companies with experienced management teams and identifiable competitive advantage that can exploit emerging markets. In growth opportunities, Trident seeks companies with a proven business model in an attractive market, demonstrated revenue growth and capital efficient operations.

Trident’s areas of investment focus are Internet and mobility, software, IT security, healthcare IT and business services. It has backed notable companies in each of these sectors including HomeAway (NASDAQ: AWAY), Kayak (NASDAQ: KYAK), Qualys (NASDAQ: QLYS), Sygate Technologies (NASDAQ: SYMC), Chamberlin Edmonds (acquired by Charterhouse Group), Resolution Health (NYSE: WLP), and Merchant eSolutions (acquired by Cielo).

Trident has raised $1.9 billion of capital since inception in 1993. It has invested in more than 170 companies with investments up to $35 million. Trident typically takes a minority shareholder position, but will also acquire control positions where appropriate. The firm is based in Silicon Valley, but will invest in the right company anywhere in North America.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Extole 1/13Venture Round$7.6M4
Host Analytics 1/13Series D$17M4
Fruition Partners 12/12Series A$12M1
eXelate 9/12Series C$12M4
Mocana 8/12Series D$25M1
AlienVault 7/12Series C$22.4M4
Thismoment 6/12Series C$22M2
Sojern 3/12Series C$7.5M4
Extole 2/12Series C$10M4
AlienVault 1/12Series B$8M3
PivotLink 1/12Venture Round$13M3
Advanced ICU Care 11/11Series D$8M4
BrightRoll 11/11Series C$30M5
Flow Search Corporation 11/11Seed$3M1
Teladoc 9/11Venture Round$18.6M5
BlueCat Networks 7/11Series B$16.8M1
Jobvite 5/11Series C$15M3
JiWire 5/11Venture Round$20M5
mBlox 4/11Venture Round6
Extole 4/11Series B$6M3
8thBridge 3/11Series B$10M2
Zeo 1/11Series C$12.3M4
Neohapsis 10/10Series B$4.5M3
Extole 9/10Series A$5M4
Sojern 8/10Venture Round$9M3
Appia 8/10Series B$15M3
eXelate 8/10Series B$16M3
Solera Networks 7/10Series C$15M3
Host Analytics 6/10Series C$15M4
Solexant 6/10Series C$41.5M6
HyTrust 2/10Series B$10.5M4
TriCipher 12/09Venture Round$3M5
Zeo 12/09Series C$8.3M2
XATA 12/09Venture Round$30M2
HyTrust 4/09Series A$5.5M2
PivotLink 2/09Series C$10M3
TriCipher 1/09Series D$12M5
Solexant 10/08Series B$18.2M4
Profex 8/08Series A$15.5M2
Turn 8/08Series C$15M4
Sojern 7/08Series A$16M2
Spire 7/08Series A$9M3
DepotPoint 7/08Series C$7M2
ECO2 Plastics 6/08Series A$6.5M1
Senergen Devices 5/08Series B$2.5M1
XunLight 5/08Series B$22M3
Infopia 4/08Series C$12M4
Turn 3/08Series B$15M3
eGistics 1/08Series E$7.6M1
Desi Hits 1/08Series B$5M3
KAYAK 12/07Series D$196M9
Timelines 12/07Series A$3M2
Infotrieve 11/07Venture Round$5M3
RoyaltyShare 10/07Series B$4M2
Voltage Security 10/07Series D$12M6
VIXXI Solutions 10/07Series A$4M2
Solexant 8/07Series A$4.3M4
Doppelganger 8/07Series D$11M5
AccountNow 6/07Series C$12.8M7
DepotPoint 5/07Series B$4M1
RoyaltyShare 4/07Series B$5M1
AirTight Networks 4/07Series C$14.5M6
Perfect Escapes 4/07Series A$2.5M3
Arxan Technologies 3/07Series C$13M5
PivotLink 2/07Series A$3.5M1
TriCipher 2/07Series C$15M5
SideStep 2/07Series C$15M4
Neohapsis 1/07Venture Round$9M2
Clarus Systems 10/06Series B$3.33M3
Tablus 10/06Series B$16M2
Questra 8/06Series D$12.5M3
Microland 8/06Venture Round$11M4
RoyaltyShare 7/06Seed$2.5M1
Surphace 5/06Series B$3M2
Infopia 3/06Series B$8M4
mBlox 2/06Series D$25M5
Vidavee 1/06Series A$6M1
HomeAway 1/06Series B$160M2
AirTight Networks 12/05Series B$12M5
Continuent 10/05Series B$5.75M3
Vidient 10/05Series B$12M4
Teranode 9/05Series B$9.5M4
WhenU.com 7/05Series A$15M1
Webify Solutions 6/05Series C$11.5M5
Arantech 5/05Series B$10M5
Clarus Systems 5/05Venture Round$5M1
TriCipher 2/05Series B$10.1M4
Arantech 2/05Venture Round$6.19M1
Turn 1/05Series A$7.5M2
AirTight Networks 11/04Series A$10.3M4
SideStep 1/04Series B$8M1

Videos

Sources

  1. Trident In Market Raising $400M Fund VII To Match Previous Effort (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
  2. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
    Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) [edit]
    GigaOM (gigaom.com) [edit]
  3. Extole Secures $7.6 Million in Financing (in.finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
  4. Host Analytics Raises $17M For SaaS Designed For The Finance Pro Who Wants To Move Beyond Excel (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. As Enterprise Cloud Services Heat Up, Fruition Partners Alights On $12M To Tackle IT Specifically (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. eXelate Raises $12 Million in Series C Funding (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
  7. Mocana Raises $25 Million To Address Mobile App And Smart Device Security Market (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. AlienVault Closes $22.4 Million Series C Funding Round Led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sigma (in.finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
  9. Thismoment Raises $22 Million Series C Funding Led By Trident Capital For Social Brand CMS (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. Sojern Raises $7.5 Million For Its Push Into Travel Tech And Targeted Travel Ads (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. Social Marketing Platform Extole Raises $10 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  12. On The Heels Of Nabbing 7 HP Execs, Cyber Security Startup AlienVault Raises $8 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  13. PivotLink Secures $13 Million in Funding Builds Momentum in Retail Analytics (pr-inside.com) [edit]
  14. Trident Capital, Inc. Invests in Advanced ICU Care® and Its ICU Performance Solutions (icumedicine.com) [edit]
  15. BrightRoll Raises $30 Million Series C Financing (sociableblog.com) [edit]
  16. With $3 Million Raised, Flow Aims To Connect The World’s Apps, Through Data (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  17. Teladoc Secures $18.6M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  18. BlueCat Networks Closes $16.8M Financing Round with Trident Capital (finsmes.com) [edit]
  19. Exclusive: Jobvite Recruits $15 Million In Funding For Social Hiring Applications (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  20. Location-Based Mobile Advertising Company JiWire Raises $20 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  21. mBlox closes new fund raising round with Singapore’s EDBI to accelerate growth and geographic coverage (mblox.com) [edit]
  22. Extole Raises $6 Million in Series B Funding, Led by Norwest (extole.com) [edit]
  23. 8thBridge (8thbridge.com) [edit]
  24. Zeo Receives $12.3M Third Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  25. Neohapsis Announces New Financing Round (neohapsis.com) [edit]
  26. Extole Raises $5 Million For Social Media Marketing Tools (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  27. Sojern Secures $9M in Venture Capital Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  28. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  29. As Regulatory Scrutiny Intensfies, Ad Targeter eXelate Adds To Second Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  30. Solera Networks raises $15M for real-time network security (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  31. Host Analytics grabs $15M more for financial management (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  32. Solexant Unstealths with $41.5M and a CadTel Recipe (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
  33. HyTrust Raises $10.5 Million To Help Companies Virtualize Systems (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  34. TriCipher lands $3M to provide single sign-on for apps (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  35. Xconomy Boston (xconomy.com) [edit]
  36. XATA Raises $30M in Financing, Acquires Turnpike Global (freshnews.com) [edit]
  37. Virtualization startup HyTrust launches with $5M backing (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  38. PivotLink announces $10 million funding (sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  39. TriCipher raises $12M for secure logins (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  40. Solexant Corp receives a $18.17 million investment (dealipedia.com) [edit]
  41. Profex Inc receives a $15.5 million investment (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
  42. alarm:clock article (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  43. The Alarm Clock (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  44. Elite Social Networker Spire Gets $9 Million First Round From Hearst, Others (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  45. DepotPoint Secures $7 Million in Series C Funding (depotpoint.com) [edit]
  46. ECO2 Plastics raises $6.5 million to recycle plastic (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  47. Trident Capital - Venture Investments in Software and Technology (busiverse.com) [edit]
  48. XunLight News (xunlight.com) [edit]
  49. Infopia Injects $12 Million In New Venture Capital (venturedeal.com) [edit]
  50. Paidcontent article (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  51. Data archiver eGistics socks away $7.6M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  52. Desi Hits gets $5M more for South Asia entertainment portal (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  53. techcrunch.com [edit]
  54. Apex Venture Partners web site (apexvc.com) [edit]
  55. Infotrieve, Inc. Secures $5 million in New Financing (infotrieve.com) [edit]
  56. RoyaltyShare Receives Additional $4 Million in Series B Funding from Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) and Trident Capital (royaltyshare.com) [edit]
  57. Voltage raises $12M more for encryption technology. (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  58. EDGAR [edit]
  59. Solexant raises $4.3M for new thin film solar cell (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  60. thealarmclock.com [edit]
  61. AccountNow, another company lending to “underbanked,” raises $12.75M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  62. DepotPoint Secures $4 Million In Series B Funding From Trident Capital (depotpoint.com) [edit]
  63. RoyaltyShare Secures $5 Million Series B Funding (royaltyshare.com) [edit]
  64. AirTight Networks, wireless intrusion prevention co., raises $14.5M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  65. Citation Needed [add]
  66. Arxan Raises $13 Million in Series C Funding (arxan.com) [edit]
  67. SeaTab Software raises $3.5 million (blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com) [edit]
  68. TriCipher, an online user authentication company, raises $15M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  69. news.com.com [edit]
  70. KSR, managed risk service co., raises $9M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  71. VoIP testing company, Clarus, raises $3.33M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  72. Tablus raises $16M for yet another content compliance software effort (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  73. PE Week Wire: 8.16.06 (buyoutsnews.com) [edit]
  74. Microland Secures USD11 Million Funding The funds raised from Cargill Ventures, Intel Capital, Trident Capital and JAFCO (microland.com) [edit]
  75. William Morris Invests in Online Royalities Firm RoyaltyShare (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  76. startupsearch.org [edit]
  77. Infopia Closes $8 Million Funding Round (findarticles.com) [edit]
  78. mblox.com [edit]
  79. EDGAR [edit]
  80. texastechpulse.com [edit]
  81. Air Tight (airtightnetworks.com) [edit]
  82. Continuent Announces Launch and $5.75 Million Round of Funding (continuent.com) [edit]
  83. Vidient Systems Raises $12 Million Series B Funding (vidient.com) [edit]
  84. Teranode Corporation Raises $9.5 Million In Series B Funding (biospace.com) [edit]
  85. Online Adware Company WhenU Gets $15 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  86. Article: Webify Solutions Raises $11.5 Million C Round Funding to Meet Growing Customer Demand. (highbeam.com) [edit]
  87. Arantech Raises $10M (lightreading.com) [edit]
  88. EDGAR [edit]
  89. TriCipher, Inc. Raises $10.1 Million in Series B Round (tricipher.com) [edit]
  90. EDGAR [edit]
  91. Paidcontent article (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  92. AirTight Networks, wireless intrusion prevention co., raises $14.5M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  93. sidestep.com [edit]
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