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Feb 2025
Nirmata Is the Creator of Kyverno - the Kubernetes-Native Policy Engine.
Nirmata allows enterprises to securely scale Kubernetes by enabling multi-cluster policy-based security and governance.
Nirmata provides comprehensive policy-based automation for deploying, operating, and optimizing Kubernetes applications across clouds, via easy-to-use, intuitive interfaces. Nirmata empowers enterprise DevOps teams by fully automating the complex operations and management of application containers. Nirmata is a Kubernetes certified solution, and Nirmata, Inc. is also a Kubernetes Certified Solution Provider.
Connect with us at @NirmataCloud or @Kyverno on Twitter.
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Feb 2025
FunnelStory is the AI-Native Customer SuperIntelligence Platform that cuts surprise churn by 90% and triples CS productivity
FunnelStory can
1. Cut surprise churn by > 90% with its patent pending prediction model that combines usage, conversation, and business intelligence.
2. Triple (3X) CS Productivity, resulting in ability to handle more customers without burning out.
3. Get to value in a few hours or less.
4. FunnelStory AI Agent Renari performs deep AI search and reasoning across all your enterprise data.
You can learn more at www.funnelstory.ai
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Oct 2024
DQLabs is the Modern Data Quality Platform enabling organizations to deliver reliable and accurate data for better business outcomes. With an automation-first approach and self-learning capabilities, the DQLabs platform harnesses the combined power of Data Observability, Augmented Data Quality and Data Discovery to enable data producers, consumers, and leaders to turn data into action faster, easier, and more collaboratively.
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Oct 2024
Tursio is a database search tool that connects internal data to business users and AI agents. It infers a context graph to deliver accurate results and deploys on-premises for privacy and control.
Tursio supports all major databases, including Symitar, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, and it accelerates organizations with a reliable search layer, without requiring a team of data scientists to add the necessary guardrails.
Tursio blog: https://blog.tursio.ai
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Dec 2023
CoreStack, an AI-powered multi-cloud governance solution, empowers enterprises to unleash the power of cloud on their terms by helping them rapidly achieve continuous and autonomous cloud governance at scale. CoreStack enables enterprises to realize outcomes across FinOps, SecOps and CloudOps such as 40% decrease in cloud costs and 50% increase in operational efficiencies by governing operations, security, cost, access, and resources. CoreStack also assures 100% compliance with standards such as ISO, FedRAMP, NIST, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, AWS CIS & Well Architected Framework.
CoreStack helps enterprises overcome the cloud challenges such as unpredictable and unabated cloud costs, ever growing security risks, stringent regulatory compliance needs and operational complexities by offering deeper cloud visibility, preventative governance guardrails, and automatic remediation.
With a unique Cloud-as-Code approach that uses deep AI/ML, declarative definitions, connector-less model, and a patented cloud service-chaining technology, CoreStack continually innovates to harness the real power of cloud.
CoreStack works with many global customers across industries including Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Education, Telecommunications, Technology and Government. The company is backed by the worlds leading venture capital investors and a seasoned advisory team.
CoreStack is a recipient of the 2021 Gold Stevie American Business Awards in the Cloud Infrastructure category, 2021 Stratus Cloud Disruptor and 2021 Gold Globee Winner of the Most Innovative Company of the Year in ITCloud/SaaS. CoreStack won the 2021 Best New Products American Business Award in Cloud Governance as well as Golden Bridge Awards for Cloud Computing/SaaS Innovation and Cloud Security Innovation.
CoreStack is a Google Cloud Build Partner, Microsoft Azure Gold & Co-Sell Partner, and Amazon AWS Advanced Technology Competency Partner.
Learn more at www.corestack.io
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Nov 2023
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Feb 2023
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May 2017
We are a seed stage VC fund based in Palo Alto, CA investing in visionary entrepreneurs building enterprise startups.
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2003
TiE Angels is an umbrella organization representing TiE chapters and their affiliated angel groups. Founding chapters include Silicon Valley, SoCal, Boston, Atlanta, and Vancouver. Supporting TiEs mission of funding and fostering entrepreneurs worldwide, TiE Angles leverages TiEs network of 72 global chapters, and over 3000 charter members worldwide.
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2026
Limited Partner
Mar 2026
FUSE is a venture capital firm based in the Pacific Northwest that partners with early-stage software entrepreneurs.
2025
Limited Partner
Aug 2025
TheFounderVC is a pre-seed and seed venture fund based in Seattle and San Francisco Bay Area, focused exclusively on early-stage Vertical AI companies in the US. TFVC team combines deep AI start-up and product building expertise with a founder-centric approach to help entrepreneurs build category-defining businesses.
TheFounderVC ("TFVC") invests in AI start-ups that are building on top of frontier AI models for vertical-specific applications. Massive opportunities are emerging as founders build new competitive moats where structural data advantages can be combined with workflow-native and hyper-personalized user experiences.
The fund is led by a team of multi-time founders and AI product builders from 0-1 to exits and multi billion $ in revenue. The team brings deep expertise in scaling AI-native products from concept to market leadership, providing hands-on guidance in product development, AI strategy, and go-to-market execution.
Notable TFVC portfolio companies include Daydream (conversation AI shopping platform, $50M seed led by Index and Forerunner Ventures), Catchouse (Gen AI home buying platform, $3.5M pre-seed led by NEA), and Potato AI (AI scientists accelerating breakthroughs, $5.7M seed led by Draper Associates).
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Feb 2025
Nirmata Is the Creator of Kyverno - the Kubernetes-Native Policy Engine.
Nirmata allows enterprises to securely scale Kubernetes by enabling multi-cluster policy-based security and governance.
Nirmata provides comprehensive policy-based automation for deploying, operating, and optimizing Kubernetes applications across clouds, via easy-to-use, intuitive interfaces. Nirmata empowers enterprise DevOps teams by fully automating the complex operations and management of application containers. Nirmata is a Kubernetes certified solution, and Nirmata, Inc. is also a Kubernetes Certified Solution Provider.
Connect with us at @NirmataCloud or @Kyverno on Twitter.
Investor
Feb 2025
FunnelStory is the AI-Native Customer SuperIntelligence Platform that cuts surprise churn by 90% and triples CS productivity
FunnelStory can
1. Cut surprise churn by > 90% with its patent pending prediction model that combines usage, conversation, and business intelligence.
2. Triple (3X) CS Productivity, resulting in ability to handle more customers without burning out.
3. Get to value in a few hours or less.
4. FunnelStory AI Agent Renari performs deep AI search and reasoning across all your enterprise data.
You can learn more at www.funnelstory.ai
2024
Investor
Oct 2024
DQLabs is the Modern Data Quality Platform enabling organizations to deliver reliable and accurate data for better business outcomes. With an automation-first approach and self-learning capabilities, the DQLabs platform harnesses the combined power of Data Observability, Augmented Data Quality and Data Discovery to enable data producers, consumers, and leaders to turn data into action faster, easier, and more collaboratively.
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