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Opus Capital

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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4.2 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.6

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Rincon Venture Partners

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$$$$$ Santa Barbara, CA, US West

Rated by 20

4.8 4.8 4.5 3.4 4.3

4.4

Foundry Group

Certified

$$$$$ Boulder, US Central

Rated by 19

4.4 4.3 4.1 3.7 4.5

4.2

New Atlantic Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Reston, US East

Rated by 10

4.8 3.3 4.1 4.2 4.0

4.1

Silverton Partners

 

$$$$$ Austin, US West

Rated by 30

3.5 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.1

4.0

Leapfrog Ventures

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 37

3.5 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.9

3.9

True Ventures

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$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 29

4.0 4.2 4.1 2.9 4.2

3.9

406 Ventures

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$$$$$ Boston, US East

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3.8 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.9

3.8

First Round Capital

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$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

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3.9 4.2 3.2 3.6 4.0

3.8

Mangrove Capital Partners

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$$$$$ Luxembourg, Europe

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3.8 4.1 3.4 3.7 4.1

3.8

RRE Ventures

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$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 19

3.5 3.4 3.9 3.6 4.1

3.7

DFJ Mercury

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$$$$$ Houston, US Central

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4.7 3.7 3.7 3.0 3.5

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Sequoia Capital

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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3.9 3.7 3.7 3.3 4.0

3.7

Altos Ventures

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 11

3.6 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.4

3.6

Flywheel Ventures

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$$$$$ Santa Fe, US West

Rated by 25

3.7 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.5

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FLOODGATE

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$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 16

3.6 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.5

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August Capital

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 10

4.0 3.8 3.9 2.8 3.7

3.6

Updata Partners

 

$$$$$ Red Bank, US East

Rated by 60

3.7 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.9

3.6

Trinity Ventures

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 10

3.5 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.8

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IDG Ventures SF

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$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

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3.5 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.4

3.5

Wellington Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Munich, Europe

Rated by 12

3.2 3.6 3.4 3.0 4.2

3.5

DN Capital

 

$$$$$ London, Europe

Rated by 16

3.9 3.7 3.2 2.9 3.5

3.5

GRP Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Los Angeles, US West

Rated by 18

3.2 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.8

3.4

Blumberg Capital

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 19

3.8 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.3

3.4

Draper Richards

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 48

3.8 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.2

3.4

Menlo Ventures

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 31

3.3 3.3 3.2 3.6 3.7

3.4

Clearstone Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Santa Monica, US West

Rated by 16

3.9 3.7 2.9 2.9 3.6

3.4

Versant Ventures

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 13

3.0 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.4

3.4

Fidelity Growth Partners Europe

Certified

$$$$$ London, Europe

Rated by 17

3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.2

3.4

Scale Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Foster City, US West

Rated by 39

3.4 3.4 2.9 3.4 3.5

3.3

Polaris Venture Partners

 

$$$$$ Waltham, US East

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Being a smaller firm, the Leapfrog Ventures partners were able to come to a decision quickly. Some larger partnerships that we talked to took a long time to get consensus within their teams before generating term sheets. We decided to go with Leapfrog for a Series A, instead of some much larger funds, because they were quick decision makers and we agreed on some decent terms. We also thought that they might be more amenable to working with founding management teams, rather than some other firms that have a reputation for being more invasive.

Post-funding we found that Pete Sinclair was great to deal with, and provided very helpful operating assistance. He gets our business, and is a real advocate for us. Leapfrog has also been supportive in follow-on financing.