# Radar Partners

> Radar Partners is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Software and Mobile. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last fund: Aug 2011
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Radar Partners is a principal investment firm. The firm invests in early stage technology companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$8.6M |
| Series A | $500k–$12M |
| Series B | $3M–$73M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 19% |
| Mobile | 4 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 10% |
| Apps | 2 | 6% |
| SaaS | 2 | 6% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 11 | 35% |
| Seed | 7 | 23% |
| Series B | 7 | 23% |
| Series C | 3 | 10% |
| Series D | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 20 | 65% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| J. Andrew Bugas | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-andrew-bugas |
| Doug Mackenzie | Founder and Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doug-mackenzie |
| Kevin Compton | Founder and Partner | 18 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-compton |
| Stratton Sclavos | Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stratton-sclavos |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Element Energy | Element Energy, a startup with technology that significantly improves the performance, lifetime, reliability and cost of large battery packs used in a wide range of applications including stationary and renewable energy storage and hybrid and electric vehicles. | $73M | Series B | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| OpenStar Technologies | OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid. | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| Element Energy | Element Energy, a startup with technology that significantly improves the performance, lifetime, reliability and cost of large battery packs used in a wide range of applications including stationary and renewable energy storage and hybrid and electric vehicles. | $28M | Series B | Dec 14, 2022 |  |
| Automattic | Automattic Inc. is a technology company focused on developing and providing web-based solutions and services. Known for its robust suite of products, Automattic offers WordPress.com for website creation and management, WooCommerce for e-commerce, Jetpack for site performance and security, and other tools aimed at enhancing web functionality. | $300M | Series D | Sep 19, 2019 |  |
| DataTrails | Jitsuin built RKVST; a service for developers to continuously prove who did what when which brings confidence in critical business decisions. RKVST delivers provenance, governance, and immutability to prove the trustworthiness of shared data from a single line of code. We envision a world where we assure resilience for critical decisions in digitaloperations done right.Our mission is to enable developers with tools and services to build verifiable digital trust between organizations. Visit https://rkvst.com to learn more | $6M | Seed | Oct 05, 2018 |  |
| Illumix | Illumix develops augmented reality games. Kirin Sinha, Marianne Dang, and Alex Fu founded it in 2017, with its headquarters in Redwood City in California. | $8.6M | Seed | Sep 18, 2018 |  |
| Duo Security | Duo Security provides a cloud-based access protection solution for companies and organizations worldwide. Clients use its solution for adaptive authentication, BYOD (bring your own device) security, cloud security, endpoint security, mobile security, and two-factor authentication. Duo Security also offers Duo Managed Service Provider (MSP), aprogram that provides MSPs with tools to protect their customers from data breaches. Clients can deploy its technology to protect users, data, and applications from breaches, credential theft, and account takeover. Duo Security serves education, financial services, healthcare, legal, retail, and technology industries. Dug Song and Jonathan Oberheide founded Duo Security in 2009, with its headquarters in Ann Arbor in Michigan and offices in San Mateo in California, Austin in Texas, and London in England. | $30M | Series C | Apr 14, 2015 |  |
| Duo Security | Duo Security provides a cloud-based access protection solution for companies and organizations worldwide. Clients use its solution for adaptive authentication, BYOD (bring your own device) security, cloud security, endpoint security, mobile security, and two-factor authentication. Duo Security also offers Duo Managed Service Provider (MSP), aprogram that provides MSPs with tools to protect their customers from data breaches. Clients can deploy its technology to protect users, data, and applications from breaches, credential theft, and account takeover. Duo Security serves education, financial services, healthcare, legal, retail, and technology industries. Dug Song and Jonathan Oberheide founded Duo Security in 2009, with its headquarters in Ann Arbor in Michigan and offices in San Mateo in California, Austin in Texas, and London in England. | $12M | Series B | Sep 22, 2014 |  |
| BitGo | BitGo is the world's largest processor of on-chain Bitcoin transactions, processing 15% of all global Bitcoin transactions, and $15 billion per month across all cryptocurrencies. BitGo supports over 200 coins and tokens, and has over $2 billion in assets in wallet. Our customer base includes the world's largest cryptocurrency exchangesand spans more than 50 countries. In 2018, we introduced BitGo Custody and launched BitGo Trust Company, the first qualified custodian purpose-built for storing digital assets. In 2019, we began providing clearing and settlement.Ben Davenport, Michael Belshe, and Will O'Brien founded BitGo in 2013. It has its headquarters in Palo Alto in California. | $12M | Series A | Jun 16, 2014 |  |
| Appurify | Appurify provides mobile test automation on real devices. Mobile development teams at some of the world’s most prominent companies turn to Appurify’s platform to automate testing, debug and optimize the performance of their applications. The results are better apps, faster launch cycles and improved app store reviews. Appurify is based in SanFrancisco with backing from Google Ventures and other leading investors. For more information, visit http://www.appurify.com. | $4.5M | Series A | May 28, 2013 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Radar Partners invest in?

Radar Partners invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Radar Partners's check size?

Radar Partners typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$8.6M at Seed, $500k–$12M at Series A and $3M–$73M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Radar Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Radar Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Radar Partners?

The team at Radar Partners includes J. Andrew Bugas (Partner), Doug Mackenzie (Founder and Partner) and Kevin Compton (Founder and Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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