Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Founded in 1989 by John Hummer and Ann Winblad, HWVP pioneered the idea of a venture capital firm investing exclusively in enterprise software companies. From their earliest funds focused on the disruptive shift away from mainframes to client/server computing, through the commodity-driven cloud data centers of today, they have remained true to their software-only roots. Through their deep understanding of the technology landscape, they have helped drive companies to success by supporting those at the forefront of disruptive advances in the software industry. Entrepreneurs themselves, their team has deep technology roots and a passion for building successful companies. Having started their careers as engineers and programmers, they understand the challenges inherent in creating a scalable and economically viable company. From the complexities of product launches, building sales teams, making payroll, and raising capital, to running public companies - they have been where you are and taken companies where you want to go.
- Total investments:
- 192
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 35%
- Fund size:
- $82M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Hummer Winblad Venture Partners invests in
Stages Hummer Winblad Venture Partners invests in
Countries Hummer Winblad Venture Partners invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Round size
- Series A
- $2M–$17M
- Series B
- $6M–$31M
- Series C
- $3.5M–$100M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 46 (24%)
- Enterprise Software 20 (10%)
- SaaS 18 (9%)
- Information Technology 14 (7%)
- Analytics 12 (6%)
Stage
- Series A 49 (26%)
- Series B 40 (21%)
- Series C 25 (13%)
- Funding Round 19 (10%)
- Series D 13 (7%)
Country
- United States 80 (42%)
- Canada 5 (3%)
- United Kingdom 2 (1%)
- Germany 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
John Hummer
Founding Partner
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Founding Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Mitchell Kertzman
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 31 | Find email | |
Alicia Urizar
Executive Assistant/Office Manager
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Executive Assistant/Office Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ann Winblad
Founding Partner
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Founding Partner | Total investments: 36 | Find email | |
Lars Leckie
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 35 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| StepFunction.ai provides a growth solution for SaaS AI platforms that provide rich customer intent signals to SaaS providers. | $5M / Seed / Aug 31, 2022 | ||
| B2B SaaS providing market and competitive intelligence. Helps sales, and the teams that enable them, leverage competitive intelligence to win more business. It was founded in 2015 by Jason Smith and Sarathy Naicker and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. | $62M / Series B / Dec 01, 2021 | ||
| ScreenMeet, Enterprise Remote Support in the cloud. The cloud-native remote support solution that is fully integrated with your existing CRM/CSM/ITSM system (Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics and Zendesk). From a ticket, case or incident see, takeover and fix any PC, MAC or mobile device. All data gets written back to your CRMfor auditing, analytics and reporting. | $6.4M / Series B / Sep 22, 2021 | ||
| Amberdata is defining the Cryptoeconomics data provider category. By combining validated blockchain and crypto market data from the leading crypto exchanges into a unified platform and API, Amberdata enables customers to build data-powered applications to develop and maintain an edge over their competition.The company was founded in 2017 in Paloalto, California led by Shawn Douglass. | $15M / Series A / Sep 14, 2021 | ||
| Oomnitza is the first Enterprise Technology Management solution that provides a single source of truth for endpoints, applications, cloud, networking, and accessories. Our customers can orchestrate lifecycle processes, from purchase to end-of-life, across all IT assets, ensuring their technology is secure, compliant, and optimized, enabling theiremployees. Oomnitza is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | $20M / Series C / Aug 26, 2021 | ||
| RingCentral Events is a platform for hosting and managing virtual, hybrid, and in-person events. The service supports a variety of use cases including conferences, webinars, job fairs, and community meetups. It enables users to create interactive experiences with features such as video streaming, audience engagement tools, and event analytics.RingCentral Events integrates with other RingCentral communication tools and third-party platforms to streamline event setup and execution. The platform is designed to support events at different scales, from small gatherings to large, multi-session conferences.Hopin rebranded to RingCentral Events following its acquisition by RingCentral in August 2023, with the rebranding finalized by October 2023. | $450M / Series D / Aug 05, 2021 | ||
| Clarify Health enables health systems to deliver more satisfying and efficient care through a software and analytics platform that provides real-time insights and nudges to patients, family members, and clinicians. The solution optimizes episode of care workflows. Real-time tracking and machine learning analytics guide patients throughdynamically-updated care journeys. Patients and family members benefit from greater transparency, personalization, and engagement. Clinicians can focus on the highest need patients while the platform streamlines workflows and simplifies tasks. | $115M / Series C / Mar 16, 2021 | ||
| Vendia is a multi-cloud serverless development platform that enables customers to share data and code in real-time across multiple clouds and companies.Vendia’s cloud and serverless native platform make that possible by delivering instant scalability and secure data sharing across multiple clouds at a fraction of the cost of traditionalsolutions.It was founded in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $15.5M / Series A / Feb 03, 2021 | ||
| NeuVector, the leader in full lifecycle container security, empowers global organizations to fully secure their container infrastructures without compromising business velocity. For security, DevOps, and infrastructure teams, the NeuVector continuous container security and compliance platform simplifies data protection from pipeline to production,enforces compliance, and provides unparalleled visibility and automated controls to combat known and unknown threats. | $10M / Series A / Oct 07, 2020 | ||
| B2B SaaS providing market and competitive intelligence. Helps sales, and the teams that enable them, leverage competitive intelligence to win more business. It was founded in 2015 by Jason Smith and Sarathy Naicker and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. | $15M / Series A / Sep 09, 2020 | ||
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FAQ
What does Hummer Winblad Venture Partners invest in?
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 192 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Hummer Winblad Venture Partners invest in?
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners typically joins rounds of $2M–$17M at Series A, $6M–$31M at Series B and $3.5M–$100M at Series C. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Hummer Winblad Venture Partners's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Hummer Winblad Venture Partners took part in.
How do I contact Hummer Winblad Venture Partners?
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Who are the partners at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners?
The team at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners includes John Hummer (Founding Partner), Mitchell Kertzman (Managing Director) and Alicia Urizar (Executive Assistant/Office Manager), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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