Northgate Capital is a Danville, California based venture capital firm venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2000 by Brent Jones and Thomas Vardell.
The firm invests in early stage, later stage companies in various sectors and specializes in fund of funds, private equity, and mezzanine finance.
The notable investment portfolio of Northgate Capital includes includes Agrivida, Clari, Diamanti, Directly, Drawbridge, Linio, Moogsoft, Natgas, and Usermind., etc. As of January 2020, Northgate Capital has made 166 investments and had 100 exits.
Timeline
Funded Companies
Directly is a San Francisco-based developer of artificial intelligence systems of customer experience and chatbots founded by Antony Brydon, Jean Tessier and Jeff Patterson.
Arundo provides software to enable advanced analytics in industrial companies. Arundo's customers transform their businesses through predictive analytics, deeper understanding of physical operations, and data-driven SaaS applications.
MarkLogic is an American software company developing and providing an enterprise NoSQL database.
Munchery is the operator of a recipe website where users can search recipes, find cooking tutorials, and a glossary of cooking terms. Based in San Francisco, Munchery originally opened in 2011 as a pre-made meal delivery company that closed in 2019.
An agricultural biotechnology company producing renewable, biomass-based fuels and raw materials
Revinate is a San Francisco-based company founded by Jay Ashton.
Egnyte is a Mountain View, California-based company founded in 2007.
Panasas is a Sunnyvale, California-based web hosting service company.
Coupa is a California-based business service management technology company and platform, offering supply chain insight and procurement services.
Clari helps B2B organizations increase win rates, shorten sales cycles, improve forecast accuracy and drive full funnel accountability across their revenue engine.
An adaptive optics technology company that gives identify verification and wireless communications solutions to the government and commercial markets
Xoom Corporation is a San Francisco-based company founded by Kevin Hartz.
Provides products for large-scale, distributed wired and wireless networks
Rocket Fuel Inc. is a Redwood City, California-based mobile advertising company.
Adamas Pharmaceuticals is a Emeryville, California-based healthcare company.
Drawbridge develops software for visualization of customer data.
Associated investment funds
People
Alejandro Portales
Investment Manager
Ali Ojjeh
Chairman
Carol Pulford
Senior Controller
Casey Gordon
Co-Founder and Partner
Georg Mende
Partner
Guillermo Carmona
Principal
Ian Walker
Principal
Jana Vaze
CFO
Larry Cowen
Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel
Laura Deitz
Investor Relations Principal
Luciana Castro
Head Of Investor Relations
Moez Virani
Senior Advisor
Oscar Alvarado
Partner
Thomas Vardell
Co-Founder and Partner
Tyler Hartsock
Principal
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Agrivida
Clari
Diamanti
Directly
Drawbridge
Linio
Moogsoft
Natgas
Usermind