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Trinity Ventures

Founded in 1986, Trinity Ventures, a boutique firm, partners with passionate entrepreneurs to transform revolutionary ideas into reality. With over $1 billion under management, Trinity Ventures was founded on the principle of personal engagement and mutual respect with the entrepreneurs we fund. Trinity Ventures focuses on early stage technology ventures with a particular emphasis on digital media, Internet services, mobility, security and software markets.

Trinity Ventures has invested in more than 100 ventures, including such leading companies as Aruba Networks (NASDAQ: ARUN), Blue Nile (NASDAQ: NILE), Crescendo Communications, Extreme Networks (NASDAQ: EXTR), Forte Software, Illustra, LoopNet (NASDAQ: LOOP), Photobucket (acquired by News Corporation: NWS), Speedera Networks (acquired by Akamai Technologies: AKAM), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Sygate Technologies (acquired by Symantec: SYMC).

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Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
CrowdFlower 1/10Series A$5M2
gWallet 12/09Series B$10.5M2
gWallet 12/09Angel$2M2
CubeTree 11/09Series B$8M2
Skyfire Labs 9/09Series B$5M3
Amalfi Semiconductor 8/09Series C$24M4
Ankeena Networks 6/09Series B$6.5M3
Likewise Software 4/09Series C$10M3
BlueStripe Software 4/09Series B$8M2
LoopNet 4/09Unattributed$50M3
TubeMogul 3/09Series B$3M1
Exalt Communications 2/09Series C$15M3
New Relic 11/08Series B$6M2
BillShrink 10/08Series B$8M2
Avaak 10/08Series A$7M3
Trion World Network 9/08Series C$70M6
UpTake 9/08Series B$10M1
White Sky 9/08Series B$11M3
Ankeena Networks 8/08Series A$8.7M2
Perfect Market 7/08Series A$15.6M4
Skyfire Labs 5/08Series B$13M3
Wetpaint 5/08Series C$25M4
Jobster 4/08Series D$7M4
CR2 4/08Unattributed$1.56M2
Fluid Entertainment 3/08Series A$3.2M1
Tippit 3/08Series C$12.2M3
PlayFirst 12/07Series C$16.5M4
Hidden City Games 10/07Series B$15M2
Trion World Network 7/07Series B$30M6
PayScale 7/07Series C$10.3M7
Skyfire Labs 6/07Series A$4.8M2
scanR 3/07Series B$8M4
BlueStripe Software 2007Series A$5M1
Wetpaint 1/07Series B$9.5M3
Clarus Systems 10/06Series B$3.33M3
Aruba Networks 10/06Unattributed$30M4
Jobster 7/06Series C$18M4
Photobucket (Old) 5/06Series B$10.5M2
MyNewPlace 3/06Series A$8M4
PlayFirst 1/06Series B$5M3
Affinity Labs 2006Series A3
Wetpaint 10/05Series A$5.25M2
PayScale 10/05Series B$7M4
Jobster 8/05Series B$19.5M3
Codefast 3/05Series A$6.5M2
Jobster 1/05Series A$8M2
PlayFirst 2004Series A$5M2
Blue Nile 7/01Series C$7M5
Blue Nile 4/00Series B$42M4

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Sources

  1. Citation Needed [add]
  2. techcrunch.com [edit]
  3. gWallet Collects $10.5 Million For Virtual Currency Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. CubeTree Raises $8 Million For Enterprise-Focused Collaboration Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. SkyFire Raises $5 Million More For Rich Mobile Browser (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. Chip maker Amalfi gets $24M funding for cellphone guts (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  7. Nokeena™ Networks Secures $6.5 Million in Funding to Expand Availability of New Media Infrastructure (freshnews.com) [edit]
  8. Likewise Secures $10 Million in Funding; Sets Sights on New Users and Product Development (ostatic.com) [edit]
  9. Citation Needed [add]
  10. LoopNet Raises $50 Million PIPE (pehub.com) [edit]
  11. ogul Raises $3 Million For Video Analytics (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  12. Exalt Communications raises $15M (bizjournals.com) [edit]
  13. New Relic Raises $6 Million For Rails Performance Monitoring (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  14. Personalized Savings Advisor BillShrink.com Closes $8 Million in Series B Funding, Led by Trinity Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners (billshrink.com) [edit]
  15. Avaak, Inc. Secures $7 Million in Series A Funding (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  16. Trion Closes A Whopping $70 Million In Series C Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  17. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  18. Guard ID Systems Raises $11 Million In New Financing (idvault.com) [edit]
  19. Nokeena Networks raises $8.7M for faster streaming video (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  20. Perfect Market Raises $15 Million First Round For Archive Monetization (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  21. Skyfire scores $13 million in funding (mobilecrunch.com) [edit]
  22. Accel (accel.com) [edit]
  23. paidcontent.org [edit]
  24. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  25. Fluid Entertainment Gets $3.2M From Trinity Ventures (virtualworldsnews.com) [edit]
  26. paidcontent.org (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  27. techcrunch.com [edit]
  28. Hidden City Games raises $15M for trading cards (hiddencitygames.com) [edit]
  29. TRION WORLD NETWORK, PUBLISHER AND DEVELOPER OF CONNECTED GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENT, RAISES 30 MILLION FROM GLOBAL MEDIA GIANTS, TOP VCS (trionworldnetwork.com) [edit]
  30. mashable.com [edit]
  31. Skyfire is backed by Trinity Ventures and Matrix Partners and has raised $4.8 million in total funding. (skyfire.com) [edit]
  32. ScanR, a cross-device scanner company, raises $8M more (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  33. Citation Needed [add]
  34. pulse2.com [edit]
  35. VoIP testing company, Clarus, raises $3.33M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  36. Aruba raises $5M, sweetening pot before going public? (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  37. prnewswire.co.uk [edit]
  38. PhotoBucket Closes $10.5M From Trinity Ventures (techcrunch.com) []
  39. MyNewPlace Gets Funding For Spring Launch (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  40. gamasutra.com [edit]
  41. Affinity Labs, an information portal, raises less than $10M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  42. seattlepi.nwsource.com [edit]
  43. findarticles.com [edit]
  44. goliath.ecnext.com [edit]
  45. CODEFAST SECURES $6.5 MILLION TO COMMERCIALIZE (codefast.com) [edit]
  46. angelscorner.com [edit]
  47. gamasutra.com [edit]
  48. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (seattlepi.nwsource.com) [edit]
  49. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (seattlepi.nwsource.com) [edit]
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