# Palomar Ventures

> Palomar Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Enterprise Software. See 51 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ladera Ranch, United States
- Total investments: 51
- Last investment: Aug 2014
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.palomarventures.com

Palomar Ventures is a VC fund in Ladera Ranch focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Palomar Ventures was launched in 1999 by veteran venture capitalists to focus on early stage information technology companies that demonstrate the potential for exceptional growth and market leadership. The founding principle of Palomar is teamwork; they work closely with their portfolio companies to assist them in achieving their objectives. Thepartners at Palomar have contributed their strategic insight, network of corporate relationships, and recruiting skills to assist in building nearly 50 public companies.Palomar Ventures is currently investing Palomar III, a $225 million fund, bringing total capital under management to over $500 million. A typical investment involves $2 million to $5 million in capital, and they prefer to act as a lead or co-lead investor early in the process of value formation. They believe that beginning early with a company is the best way to utilize their experience in building value rapidly by focusing the company on a small number of key milestones.Given their personal experience in running venture-backed companies, Palomar's partners understand the frustrations of the entrepreneur in dealing with the venture community. Their philosophy includes a commitment to responding rapidly to new ideas and business plans, and to forming partnerships with the goal of creating sustainable companies for the long term.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 14 | 27% |
| Enterprise Software | 5 | 10% |
| Hardware | 4 | 8% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 8% |
| Mobile | 3 | 6% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 14 | 27% |
| Series B | 11 | 22% |
| Series A | 6 | 12% |
| Series D | 6 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 12% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 25 | 49% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jim Gauer | Managing Director | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-gauer |
| Bob Obuch | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-obuch |
| Lisa Riedmiller | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lisa-riedmiller |
| Randy Lunn | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/randy-lunn |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ace Metrix | Ace Metrix offers a live platform enabling companies to access timely, actionable data with real-time advertising campaign optimization. Through its platform companies can now access timely actionable data wherever, whenever they need to, enabling real-time advertising campaign optimization. It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in ElSegundo, California. | $4M | Series C | Aug 08, 2014 |  |
| Damballa | As the experts in advanced threat protection, Damballa discovers active threats that bypass all security prevention layers. Damballa automatically identifies successful infections and pinpoints devices that represent the highest risk to a business. Our patent-pending solutions combine principles of data science and machine learning to discoverthreats without prior knowledge of them and regardless of device type, OS and threat vector. Damballa protects nearly a billion endpoints globally at enterprises in every major market and for the world’s largest ISP and telecommunications providers. For more information, visit www.damballa.com, or follow us on Twitter @DamballaInc.Watch an analyst interview with Brian Foster, CTO until June, 2015 , here: https://vimeo.com/129326008 | $13M | Series E | Apr 22, 2014 |  |
| Ace Metrix | Ace Metrix offers a live platform enabling companies to access timely, actionable data with real-time advertising campaign optimization. Through its platform companies can now access timely actionable data wherever, whenever they need to, enabling real-time advertising campaign optimization. It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in ElSegundo, California. | $8M | Series C | May 29, 2012 |  |
| MyBuys | MyBuys is the leader in cross-channel personalization for retailers. We help marketers increase their marketing effectiveness by learning what individual shoppers like, then using these insights to present them with the most compelling recommendations and offers, coordinated across every channel -- on e-commerce sites, through email, via displayads, on mobile devices, and on Facebook. More than 300 companies, including 75 of the Internet Retailer Top 500, use MyBuys to sell more. Based in San Mateo, Calif., MyBuys is a privately held company. Visit them online at www.MyBuys.com. | $20M | Series C | Mar 04, 2011 |  |
| Damballa | As the experts in advanced threat protection, Damballa discovers active threats that bypass all security prevention layers. Damballa automatically identifies successful infections and pinpoints devices that represent the highest risk to a business. Our patent-pending solutions combine principles of data science and machine learning to discoverthreats without prior knowledge of them and regardless of device type, OS and threat vector. Damballa protects nearly a billion endpoints globally at enterprises in every major market and for the world’s largest ISP and telecommunications providers. For more information, visit www.damballa.com, or follow us on Twitter @DamballaInc.Watch an analyst interview with Brian Foster, CTO until June, 2015 , here: https://vimeo.com/129326008 | $12M | Series D | Feb 11, 2011 |  |
| Bubbly | Bubbly, previously known as and now with their latest iPhone and Android app version, Bubbly is finally available globally.Bubbly has quickly grown to 30M+ users across Asia and is now quickly expanding past that with the launch of their smartphone app version. The latest release of their Bubbly app includes numerous voice filters that allows users to enhance and modify their voices. Many are now calling it the 'Instagram of voice'. Bubbly's investors include Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, JAFCO, Palomar Ventures, Comcast, Northgate Capital and Infocomm Investments. The company is headquartered in Singapore with operations in Silicon Valley, India, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. | $10M | Series D | Jan 30, 2011 |  |
| Voxify | Voxify enables contact centers to offer self-service for customer phone calls. Voxify Automated Agents are speech applications that offer the lowest risk to deployment and a rapid return on investment. Built from industry-specific templates and patented conversational models, Voxify Automated Agents allow callers to speak naturally – resulting inthe best customer service. Voxify offers managed service for both hosted & premise-based deployments. | $8M |  | Apr 21, 2010 |  |
| Damballa | As the experts in advanced threat protection, Damballa discovers active threats that bypass all security prevention layers. Damballa automatically identifies successful infections and pinpoints devices that represent the highest risk to a business. Our patent-pending solutions combine principles of data science and machine learning to discoverthreats without prior knowledge of them and regardless of device type, OS and threat vector. Damballa protects nearly a billion endpoints globally at enterprises in every major market and for the world’s largest ISP and telecommunications providers. For more information, visit www.damballa.com, or follow us on Twitter @DamballaInc.Watch an analyst interview with Brian Foster, CTO until June, 2015 , here: https://vimeo.com/129326008 | $8.2M | Series C | Mar 30, 2010 |  |
| Ace Metrix | Ace Metrix offers a live platform enabling companies to access timely, actionable data with real-time advertising campaign optimization. Through its platform companies can now access timely actionable data wherever, whenever they need to, enabling real-time advertising campaign optimization. It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in ElSegundo, California. | $6M | Series B | Dec 16, 2009 |  |
| Bigfoot Networks | Bigfoot Networks is a leading networking technology company that develops hardware and software solutions that significantly improve the online gaming experience. Its products are designed to provide maximum network performance for online gaming and other real time applications. |  | Series B | Nov 17, 2009 |  |

10 of 51 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [InterWest Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/interwest-partners) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Sigma Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sigma-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Austin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Alloy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alloy-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Hummer Winblad Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hummer-winblad-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Palomar Ventures invest in?

Palomar Ventures invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Hardware startups, most often at Series C and Series B stage. Most of the 51 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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### Who are the partners at Palomar Ventures?

The team at Palomar Ventures includes Jim Gauer (Managing Director), Bob Obuch (Partner) and Lisa Riedmiller (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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