# Balanced

> Balanced is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Content, Web Hosting and Broadcasting. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2001
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/balanced
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/balanced
- Website: http://www.balancedpayments.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/balancedpayments

Balanced is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Content and Web Hosting. Balanced is the first payment system designed for marketplaces from the ground up. We provide a feature-rich, fully integrated api that allows marketplaces to charge cards, escrow funds, deposit next day via ACH direct, and collect their own marketplace fees.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 1 | 100% |
| Web Hosting | 1 | 100% |
| Broadcasting | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Speedera Networks | As of June 13, 2005, Speedera Networks, Inc. was acquired by Akamai Technologies Inc. Speedera Networks, Inc. provides distributed application hosting and content delivery services for organizations in both industry and government sectors. Its family of on-demand services solves the performance, scalability, availability, and security problems ofdistributed applications and Web sites. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | $20M |  | Apr 04, 2001 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Bank of America Securities — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Comdisco Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/comdisco-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Continuum Group — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Deutsche Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deutsche-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Hewlett Packard Pathfinder — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Industry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/industry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Balanced invest in?

Balanced invests primarily in Content, Web Hosting and Broadcasting startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Balanced last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Balanced closed in Apr 2001. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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