We are excited to announce the closing of Ubiquity Ventures II, a $50+ million seed fund to continue investing in “software beyond the screen”.
This is all made possible by the Ubiquity family which is stronger than ever:
- 25 Ubiquity portfolio companies that each aim to transform a real-world physical problem into a software problem where it can be solved with smart hardware or machine learning.
- 50 members of the Ubiquity Extended Team (aka our “nerd crew”) that provide technical input as well as support to existing portfolio companies.
- Institutional limited partners who share the belief that investing in software…
Today we spotlight a founder who leverages software beyond the screen to transform an industry. As always, each Ubiquity founder has their own nerdy background (we define nerdiness as having a deep obsession) that led to founding their startup.
Meet Andy Thompson, CEO/Co-founder of Safehub, a platform that delivers real-time, building-specific earthquake damage information. This morning, Safehub just announced their $9 million Series A funding. Ubiquity Ventures first backed Safehub in its seed round of financing.
Can you sum up what Safehub does?
Safehub provides organizations with real-time, building-specific earthquake damage information to expedite emergency response and recovery. Customers include Amazon, FedEx, and other Fortune 500 companies.
Today we spotlight a founder who leverages software beyond the screen to transform an industry. As always, each Ubiquity founder has their own nerdy background (we define nerdiness as having a deep obsession) that led to founding their startup. Meet Craig Piggott, CEO of Halter, a smart hardware-powered solution for dairy farmers to move and manage their cows from a mobile app. This morning, Halter just announced its new $23 million Series B financing led by Blackbird Ventures. Ubiquity Ventures first backed Craig and his company Halter in their 2018 seed round of financing.
So what does Halter do exactly?
Halter uses AI to understand &…
In this series, we’re putting the spotlight on founders who leverage software beyond the screen to build exciting startups. Each founder has their own nerdy background (we define nerdiness as having a deep obsession) that led them to launch their startup. Meet Yadhu Gopalan, Founder and CEO of Esper, an Android DevOps startup that helps organizations remotely scale and manage their mission-critical edge devices. Ubiquity Ventures first backed in their June 2018 seed round.
Can you sum up what your company does in just one sentence?
Esper is DevOps for Devices. Specifically, Esper offers an Android DevOps SaaS platform that provides a mature cloud infrastructure for customers across industries who are building…
You’re invited to this upcoming Ubiquity Ventures public event to celebrate last month’s landing of the Mars Perseverance rover. We will explore how its mission to find signs of ancient life on Mars is accelerated by “software beyond the screen” and machine learning. This event features Jill Tarter of the SETI Institute and Hannah Kerner of the Ubiquity Extended Team.
“Mars and the Search for Life beyond Earth: How machine learning and ‘Software beyond the Screen’ fits in”
Wednesday, March 31 at 10:00am US Pacific Time by Zoom
Event Description
Join us for this very special Ubiquity Ventures event open to the public. On Wednesday, March 31st, we will celebrate the recent news of NASA’s Perseverance…
Last week was a $12 billion week.
Auth0, Rocket Lab and Spire just announced exits totaling $12 billion. While at Bessemer Venture Partners, I co-led each of these initial investments in the 12-month timeframe between July 2014 and June 2015 (I left to launch Ubiquity Ventures in mid-2017).
In June 2014, while at Bessemer, I had the privilege of partnering with Jon Gelsey, Eugenio Pace, and Matias Woloski by leading the first $2 million seed round of financing in Auth0. This afternoon, the Auth0 announced its sale to Okta for $6.5 billion. It’s incredible that this team of identity and authentication nerds has been so effective at realizing their vision and achieving today’s amazing milestone. Under the leadership of CEO Eugenio, CTO Matias, and former CEO Jon, Auth0 has transformed from a 5-person startup in 2014 to the world’s leading platform for identity and authentication today.
As Auth0’s…
I woke up this morning to the very exciting news that both Rocket Lab and Spire have just announced that they will become public companies via a SPAC process ( Rocket Lab news, Spire news). This brings back many memories from my 6 years at Bessemer Venture Partners where I co-led these investments (Rocket Lab in 2014, Spire in 2015). Here I’d like to reflect on what drove these early investments, what I learned from these great entrepreneurs, and how this inspired me to eventually launch Ubiquity Ventures 3 years later.
One item to note upfront: Rocket Lab and Spire…
Originally posted on December 17, 2020
In this series, we’re putting the spotlight on founders who leverage software beyond the screen to build exciting startups. Each founder has their own nerdy background (we define nerdiness as having a deep obsession) and their own path to arrive at the founding moment of their startup. Meet Eugene Johnson, Founder/CEO of Revi (formerly ZYRL), a technology startup that helps fast-casual restaurants to digitize their in-store experience. Ubiquity Ventures led the $2 million seed round that the company just announced this morning.
Can you sum up what Revi does?
Revi helps restaurants deliver fast, personalized, and safe in-person and online experiences…
Originally posted on December 1, 2020
In this series, we’re putting the spotlight on founders who leverage software beyond the screen to build exciting startups. Each founder has their own nerdy background (we define nerdiness as having a deep obsession) and their own path to arrive at the founding moment of their startup. Meet Josh Benamram, co-founder of Databand, an AI-based observability platform for data engineering teams. Ubiquity Ventures backed Josh and his co-founders Victor Shafran and Evgeny Shulman in their seed round in early 2019. This morning, Databand is announcing their new Series A financing led by Accel.
Can you sum up what Databand does in just one sentence?
We…
