Northwest Venture Associates
VC Fund
Spokane, United States
Northwest Venture Associates is a VC fund in Spokane focused on Software and Mobile. NWVA works alongside great entrepreneurs and managers to build valuable enterprises through internal growth, mergers and acquisitions. NWVA differentiates itself by focusing on small and medium sized businesses with exceptional growth potential, by adhering to time tested business principles and by aligning the interests of founders, management andinvestors.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
Last updated:
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Industries Northwest Venture Associates invests in
SoftwareMobileConsultingInformation ServicesInformation Technology
Stages Northwest Venture Associates invests in
Series BFunding RoundSeries ASeries CSeries D
Countries Northwest Venture Associates invests in
United States
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Jean Balek-Miner
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Joe Herzog
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (31%)
- Mobile 2 (15%)
- Consulting 2 (15%)
- Information Services 2 (15%)
- Information Technology 2 (15%)
Stage
- Series B 3 (23%)
- Funding Round 3 (23%)
- Series A 2 (15%)
- Series C 2 (15%)
- Series D 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jean Balek-Miner
Administrative Director
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Administrative Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Joe Herzog
Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Action Engine
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Accelerating businesses to a competitive advantage with actionable intelligence. Action Engine is agile software development, design, and data services agency. | $20M / Series E / Jul 01, 2007 | |
World Wide Packets
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World Wide Packets, Inc. provides carrier Ethernet products and solutions in the United States. It offers LightningEdge service access, service concentrator, and service delivery Ethernet switches for carrier class services, such as Internet protocol television, voice over Internet protocol, virtual private LAN service, Ethernet TLS, data, andwireless services for business and residential subscribers. The company provides LightningEdge operating system, a software infrastructure solution for Ethernet access. It offers its solutions to carriers, multiple system operators, municipal and utility networks, real estate developers and home owner associations, and service providers. The company also provides support services, such as professional, education, and customer support center. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington. As of March 3, 2008, World Wide Packets, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CIENA Corp. | $7.5M / May 29, 2007 | |
Estorian
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Estorian, Inc. provides storage management solutions. It offers LookingGlass, a solution for email archival, retrieval, and e-discovery; and storage analytics solutions that simplify the administration and management of distributed and mainframe storage resources in the enterprise from a single point of control. The company's storagemanagement solutions provide space management, capacity planning, and data management solutions for mainframe and heterogeneous storage environments, including consolidated mainframe and enterprise wide monitoring, detection, analysis, and automated resolutions for DAS, NAS, and SAN environments. It serves the mid-market and government companies. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Bellevue, Washington. | $4.5M / Apr 27, 2006 | |
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World Wide Packets
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World Wide Packets, Inc. provides carrier Ethernet products and solutions in the United States. It offers LightningEdge service access, service concentrator, and service delivery Ethernet switches for carrier class services, such as Internet protocol television, voice over Internet protocol, virtual private LAN service, Ethernet TLS, data, andwireless services for business and residential subscribers. The company provides LightningEdge operating system, a software infrastructure solution for Ethernet access. It offers its solutions to carriers, multiple system operators, municipal and utility networks, real estate developers and home owner associations, and service providers. The company also provides support services, such as professional, education, and customer support center. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington. As of March 3, 2008, World Wide Packets, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CIENA Corp. | $25.5M / Series D / Dec 05, 2005 | |
Pacific Edge Software
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Pacific Edge Software is a provider of an IT governance solutions that are practical to adopt and deliver fast time to value. The company's products and services enable organizations to optimize the performance of their IT portfolios through improved planning, evaluation, and alignment of initiatives with business objectives, therebymaximizing return on the enterprise's technology investments. Pacific Edge has helped organizations across a wide range of industries extend and mature their governance discipline. Founded in 1998, Pacific Edge is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and is privately held. | $12M / Series C / Jul 14, 2004 | |
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World Wide Packets
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World Wide Packets, Inc. provides carrier Ethernet products and solutions in the United States. It offers LightningEdge service access, service concentrator, and service delivery Ethernet switches for carrier class services, such as Internet protocol television, voice over Internet protocol, virtual private LAN service, Ethernet TLS, data, andwireless services for business and residential subscribers. The company provides LightningEdge operating system, a software infrastructure solution for Ethernet access. It offers its solutions to carriers, multiple system operators, municipal and utility networks, real estate developers and home owner associations, and service providers. The company also provides support services, such as professional, education, and customer support center. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington. As of March 3, 2008, World Wide Packets, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CIENA Corp. | $8.7M / Series C / Mar 08, 2004 | |
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World Wide Packets
|
World Wide Packets, Inc. provides carrier Ethernet products and solutions in the United States. It offers LightningEdge service access, service concentrator, and service delivery Ethernet switches for carrier class services, such as Internet protocol television, voice over Internet protocol, virtual private LAN service, Ethernet TLS, data, andwireless services for business and residential subscribers. The company provides LightningEdge operating system, a software infrastructure solution for Ethernet access. It offers its solutions to carriers, multiple system operators, municipal and utility networks, real estate developers and home owner associations, and service providers. The company also provides support services, such as professional, education, and customer support center. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington. As of March 3, 2008, World Wide Packets, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CIENA Corp. | $15.7M / Series C / Jan 09, 2004 | |
TeraCloud Corporation
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TeraCloud was the first to provide a unified storage resource management SRM (SRM) solution for distributed and mainframe storage environments. Its enterprise-wide software enables Fortune 1000 companies to centrally manage mission-critical data for direct attached, SAN and NAS environments, down to specific end-user, file-level detail.TeraCloud's solution is hardware independent, integrating the management of UNIX (including AIX, HPUX and Solaris), NT, OS/390, and Netware from a single console. Founded in 1991, TeraCloud Corporation is a privately held company and is based in Bellevue, Washington. | $5.5M / Series A / May 17, 2002 | |
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Action Engine
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Accelerating businesses to a competitive advantage with actionable intelligence. Action Engine is agile software development, design, and data services agency. | $5M / Series B / Mar 13, 2002 | |
NetMotion Software
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NetMotion is a software company that enables businesses and government agencies to maximize the productivity of their mobile workforces. The company's flagship solution is Mobility , mobile VPN software that allows mobile workers to maintain and optimize mobile data connections as they move in and out of wireless coverage areas and roambetween networks. Over 1,400 of the world's most respected organizations rely on NetMotion everyday, including major public utilities, healthcare organizations, communications providers, public safety organizations, transportation companies and many others | $8M / Apr 03, 2001 | |
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FAQ
What does Northwest Venture Associates invest in?
Northwest Venture Associates invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Consulting startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Northwest Venture Associates includes Jean Balek-Miner (Administrative Director) and Joe Herzog (Chief Financial Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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