General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that provides early-stage and growth equity investments. The company provides ongoing momentum that accelerates ideas, careers, and companies toward standout success.

General Catalyst

Fidelity Ventures brings resources to portfolio companies that go far beyond the capital. Their experience, track record, and unique business relationships propel new products and services into the marketplace. They leverage their relationship with Fidelity Investments, one of the pre-eminent early adopters of technology, to engage its active network of over 6,000 IT executives and business leaders with an annual IT budget of over $2.5 billion.

Fidelity Ventures

[Appian Ventures](http://www.appianvc.com) invests in software and technologies that exploit network connectivity to improve business performance.

Appian Ventures

Sapphire is a global software venture capital firm with more than $11 billion in AUM and team members across Austin, London, Menlo Park and San Francisco. For over a decade, Sapphire has partnered with visionary management teams and venture funds to back companies of consequence. Since its founding, Sapphire has invested in more than 170 companies globally resulting in more than 30 Public Listings and 45 acquisitions. The firm’s investment strategies — Sapphire Ventures, Sapphire Partners and Sapphire Sport — are focused on scaling companies and venture funds, elevating them to become category leaders. Sapphire’s Portfolio Growth team of experienced operators delivers a strategic blend of value-add services, tools and resources designed to support portfolio company leaders as they scale.

Sapphire Ventures

DFJ Element

I-Vent invests in investment company that invests in companies.

I-Vent

Triangle Peak Partners conducts private investments in companies where it can work with management and help create value. The firm has a deep background in venture capital and private equity investing in private and public technology, energy, and alternative energy companies. Triangle Peak focuses on Series B through PIPE stage deals.

Triangle Peak Partners

Silicon Valley Bank works with technology, life science, cleantech, venture capital, private equity, and premium wine businesses. SVB provides industry knowledge and connections, financing, treasury management, corporate investment, and international banking services to its clients worldwide through 27 U.S. offices and seven international operations.   Banking innovative companies and exclusive wineries, Silicon Valley Bank’s diverse financial services, knowledge, global network, and world-class service increase its clients’ probability of success. Forbes Magazine ranks SVB among America’s Best Banks, and Fortune Magazine named SVB one of the Best Companies to Work For in 2012.

Silicon Valley Bank

Volition Capital is a growth equity firm that principally invests in high potential, founder-owned companies across different technology sectors. The firm specializes in partnering with founders to help them achieve their fullest aspirations for their business.  One form of the partnership comes through investing capital for the purposes of accelerated growth, strategic acquisitions, and shareholder liquidity. Another form of the partnership comes simply from bringing all of its resources to bear to help its founders be successful.  The company has a team that has 75 years of collective investing experience helping dozens of companies navigate to successful IPOs and acquisitions. Assets invested in the current portfolio of 26 companies are approximately $400 million. Much of their success has come from investing in capital-efficient technology companies in sectors such as software, the Internet, information services, and tech-enabled services. The firm gravitates towards high-growth companies that have demonstrated traction in the market and are looking for a partner to help them achieve clear market leadership. In 2010, Sean Cantwell, Roger Hurwitz, Rob Ketterson, Larry Cheng, and Andy Flaster headquartered Volition Capital in Boston, Massachusets.

Volition Capital

W Capital Partners is a private equity fund, based in New York City, that provides exit flexibility for private equity shareholders and growth capital for private companies.  The firm offers liquidity solutions for investors looking to monetize minority investments in private equity-backed companies. W Capital works with private equity firms, venture capital firms, financial institutions, corporations, company founders and lenders to structure liquidity transactions that range from $5-$50 million for a single company position to $50-$250 million for a portfolio of company interests.  The firm also invests primary capital to support portfolio company growth concurrent with liquidity transactions as well as over the duration of an investment.   W Capital invests across three stages of investment: late-stage venture capital, growth equity and buyout. The firm has a diversified approach to portfolio construction with investments across several industry sectors including: business services, consumer / retail, communications, financial services, healthcare, industrial, internet & media and software & services.

W Capital Partners

DFJ Growth invests in growth stage technology companies that are scaling rapidly and poised for market leadership.  Based in Silicon Valley, DFJ Growth is the later stage investing practice of [Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)](http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/draper-fisher-jurvetson), a global venture capital firm. DFJ Growth partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs who set out to change the world by creating a new generation of iconic technology-driven businesses.

DFJ Growth

Avista Partners is a boutique investment bank that provides financial advisory services to digital media, luxury, and lifestyle industries. The firm offers mergers, acquisitions, private placements, IPO and capital raising services. They bring deep sector expertise, global relationships, and world class transaction experience.

Avista Partners

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is an investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and, through its strategic partners, hedge funds. The company generates investment returns for its fund investors through a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing people, and driving growth and value creation with KKR portfolio companies. The company invests its own capital alongside the capital it manages for fund investors and delivers financing solutions and investment opportunities through its capital markets business. The firm has completed more than two-hundred-eighty private equity investments in portfolio companies with approximately $545 billion of total enterprise value as of June 30, 2017. Assets Under Management (“AUM”) and Fee Paying Assets Under Management (“FPAUM”) were $153 billion and $114 billion, respectively as of September 30, 2017. Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. Roberts, all of whom had previously worked together at Bear Stearns, where the three completed some of the leveraged buyout transactions founded the company. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has completed a number of transactions including the 1989 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, which was a large buyout in history to that point, as well as the 2007 buyout of TXU, which is currently also a large buyout completed to date since its founding. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has offices in 21 cities in 16 countries across 5 continents. The firm is currently headquartered in the Solow Building, New York, but in October 2015, the firm announced its intentions to occupy a newly constructed 30 Hudson Yards. In October 2009, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts listed shares in the company through KKR & Co., an affiliate that holds 30% of the firm's ownership equity, with the remainder held by the firm's partners. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts filed to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in March 2010, with trading commencing four months later, on July 15, 2010.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

Ten Eleven Ventures is the original cybersecurity-focused, global, stage agnostic investment firm. The firm finds, invests, and helps grow top cybersecurity companies addressing critical digital security needs, tapping its team, network, and experience to help build successful businesses. Since its founding, Ten Eleven Ventures has raised over $US 1 billion and made 40 cybersecurity investments across stages worldwide, including KnowBe4, Darktrace, Twistlock, Verodin, Cylance, and Ping Identity.

Ten Eleven Ventures

Ping Identity

Allthenticate is a cybersecurity startup that is changing the way people authenticate themselves by creating a distributed authentication ecosystem that is both more secure and easier to use. Allthenticate enables users to authenticate with ​everything (e​.g.., ​physical doors, laptops, and websites) using their smartphones in a seamless way. The company's patented architecture consists of a portable security module, which can be purely software or leverage hardware-based security mechanisms, that provides secure and flexible interactions with any resource. Moreover, Allthenticate offers an easy-to-use cloud-based interface for company administrators to manage all of their employees, digital resources, and physical access control in a single interface, with aggregated, comprehensive logs. We are confident that with our expertise, and your help, we can create a better tomorrow --- one without passwords, keys, hardware tokens, or authentication-based security breaches.

Ping Identity provides cloud-based identity management software for companies and government organizations. They help enterprises achieve Zero Trust identity-defined security & more personalized, streamlined user experiences. The Ping Intelligent Identity Platform provides customers, employees, partners, and, increasingly, IoT, with access to the cloud, mobile, SaaS, and on-premises applications and APIs, while also managing identity and profile data at scale.  Ping Identity was founded in 2002 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

<div>PingIdentity provides intelligent identity solutions for enterprises. It allows organizations to implement identity-defined security and deliver personalized user experiences across cloud, mobile, SaaS, and on-premises applications by leveraging multi-factor authentication (MFA), single sign-on (SSO), access management, intelligent API security, directory, and data governance capabilities to secure the enterprise.</div>

Ensuring the right people access the right resources at the right time

Identity & Access Management

PingIdentity

Ping Identity’s Patrick Harding on Preventing Identity Fraud

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 PingIdentity provides intelligent identity solutions for enterprises. It allows organizations to implement identity-defined security and deliver personalized user experiences across cloud, mobile, SaaS, and on-premises applications by leveraging multi-factor authentication (MFA), single sign-on (SSO), access management, intelligent API security, directory, and data governance capabilities to secure the enterprise.
 
 
 Ping Identity provides PingOne DaVinci, a no-code identity orchestration service that allows organizations to design digital user journeys spanning the entire identity lifecycle, including registration, verification, authentication, authorization, risk, fraud, privileged access, and governance. DaVinci streamlines the integration and deployment of identity services through a drag-and-drop interface and features over 100 connectors for various identity, IT, and automation services. Additionally, Ping Identity offers PingOne for Customers and PingOne for Workforce, offering tiered packages for customer and workforce identity and access management (IAM). These packages help organizations adopt and orchestrate cloud identity more easily by bundling core capabilities.
 
 
 In August 2022, private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquired the company and took it private for USD 2.8 billion. Thoma Bravo's portfolio company ForgeRock was later integrated into Ping Identity. The combined company is positioned to better serve customers across the dynamic and fast-growing IAM market by providing enhanced products and services, broader geographic support, and increased innovation.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 PingIdentity caters to industries such as financial services, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, government, media and telecommunication, automotive, and insurance.
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 As of Q2 2022, the company had annual recurring revenues of USD 341 million, and, according to the company, it had 331 enterprise customers. PingIdentity was delisted from the NYSE following its acquisition.
 
 
 
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FortifID is a software company that puts individuals back in control of their identity and directly connects individuals to institutions. The company building a network to power secure, trusted &amp; robust consumer data for the digital world, also enabling individuals to seize control over the use of their personal data. They solve the needs ofbusinesses that use, buy or sell personal data, as well as the privacy needs of consumers for business using personal data, for business selling personal data, and for individuals. Their vision is a data solution for the digital age using blockchain and next-gen concepts from MIT. FortifID was founded in 2017 and is based in Mountain View, California, USA.

FortifID

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 Keycloak is an open-source identity and access management (IAM) solution developed by Red Hat. It provides robust user authentication, authorization, and single sign-on (SSO) capabilities, allowing users to securely access multiple applications and services with a single set of credentials. Keycloak supports industry-standard protocols such as OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and SAML 2.0, ensuring interoperability and seamless integration with various applications and frameworks.
 
 
 One of Keycloak's key features is its ability to act as an identity provider (IdP), handling user authentication and attribute assertions. It can also function as a service provider (SP), relying on external IdPs for authentication and authorization. Keycloak offers a user-friendly administration console, where administrators can manage users, roles, and permissions, as well as configure authentication methods, federation settings, and authorization policies.
 
 
 Keycloak supports user federation, allowing it to integrate with existing user stores such as LDAP and Active Directory. It also enables identity brokering, empowering users to authenticate using their existing social media accounts or external identity providers. Additionally, Keycloak provides customizable login pages, password recovery mechanisms, and support for multi-factor authentication, enhancing security and user experience.
 
 
 As an open-source project, Keycloak benefits from community contributions, ensuring its continuous improvement and adaptation to evolving business needs. Organizations can leverage the extensive documentation, forums, and resources provided by the Keycloak community for support and guidance during implementation and customization.
 
 
 
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Keycloak

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 miniOrange provides Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions offering a range of products, including Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB). Its solutions secure access to various applications and cloud services while enabling seamless user experiences.&nbsp;
 
 
 miniOrange's technology allows organizations to implement access control policies based on factors like IP addresses, locations, devices, and time restrictions, providing granular control over data access. Additionally, its solutions integrate with platforms such as Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Oracle EBS, and Zoom, enabling businesses to enhance security across their digital ecosystems. With a strong focus on compliance and data protection, miniOrange's IAM offerings help enterprises mitigate risks associated with unauthorized access, data breaches, and cyber threats.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 miniOrange's client base spans various industries, including government entities, healthcare organizations, and enterprises across the US.&nbsp;
 
 
 miniOrange partners with companies like Oracle, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and Zoom, integrating their IAM solutions to secure access to these platforms seamlessly. Its extensive app integration library, comprising over 5,000 applications, allows organizations to optimize resources and costs while streamlining authentication and access management processes.
 
 
 
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miniOrange

One Identity solutions for Identity and Access Management Identity and access management for the real world. One Identity solutions eliminate the complexities and time-consuming processes often required to govern identities, manage privileged accounts and control access. Their solutions enhance business agility while addressing your IAMchallenges with on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments.

One Identity

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 SailPoint provides identity security solutions for enterprises. Its identity governance and administration (IGA) platform, IdentityIQ, allows organizations to manage and secure access to applications, data, and cloud resources across their entire IT infrastructure. IdentityIQ automates user provisioning, access requests, access certifications, and policy enforcement, ensuring that users have the appropriate level of access based on their roles and responsibilities.
 
 
 IdentityIQ integrates with various enterprise systems, including cloud, mobile, and on-premises applications, through connectors and APIs. This integration allows for synchronized user access management across the organization's technology landscape. The platform's key components include, 1)Identity Cube, a centralized repository for user identities and access rights, 2)Policies for enforcing organizational and regulatory standards, 3)Workflows for automating identity-related processes, and 4)Tasks, scheduled or event-driven processes for executing specific activities).
 
 
 SailPoint's identity governance solution helps organizations streamline audit and compliance processes, enhance security posture, and improve operational efficiency. It offers features such as role-based access control (RBAC), separation of duties (SoD) enforcement, password management, and compliance reporting. The platform leverages AI and machine learning (ML) capabilities to automate tasks, analyze identity data, and assist in determining appropriate access levels.
 
 
 In August 2022, SailPoint was acquired by Thoma Bravo in an all-cash transaction valued at ~USD 6.9 billion. Subsequently, it was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 SailPoint has established partnerships with various technology companies and has a strong customer base spanning multiple industries. Some notable customers are General Electric, Vodafone, ADP, and Western Union. SailPoint has also formed a partnership with Circle Security, a decentralized threat prevention platform, to enhance the security offerings for its customers.
 
 
 SailPoint actively collaborates with industry leaders, such as Cisco and Rapid7, to expand its identity security solutions and integrate with their respective products and services. The company maintains a partner ecosystem, including managed security service providers (MSSPs) and resellers, to facilitate the deployment and adoption of its identity governance solutions across various market segments.
 
 
 
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SailPoint

Platforms that manage and control user access to systems, applications, and resources and govern the policies, processes, and controls necessary to ensure appropriate access levels, permissions, and entitlements are granted to users based on their roles, responsibilities, and organizational requirements

Platforms that manage and maintain controls, policies, and systems that govern the entire lifecycle of an employee's access to company resources, systems, and data

Platforms that provide an additional layer of security beyond traditional username and password authentication, including controls such as one-time passwords (OTP), biometric data recognition (such as fingerprint, facial recognition), hardware tokens, or push notifications to mobile devices as a means to strengthen the authentication process

Platforms that manage and secure the digital identities and access rights of customers or users across various applications, services, and resources of an organization

Platforms that focus on managing user credentials, including passwords, to ensure secure access to systems, applications, data and resources

Platforms that enable users to authenticate once and gain access to multiple systems, applications, or services without the need to provide separate credentials for each system or resource access and usage

IAM solutions enable personalization by tailoring user rights, roles, and access to services based on individual profiles

IAM solutions enhance transparency and accountability by controlling user access, monitoring activity, facilitating audits, and preventing unauthorized access, ensuring business data integrity

AI/ML in IAM help automate risk analysis, anomaly detection, and adapt access controls, improving security.

Certain customer IAM providers also offer biometric authentication solutions

This is a key demand driver for IAM solutions as companies switch to a hybrid work environment, driving the increased need to manage user identity and access to organizational resources

Companies offering IAM solutions offer their solutions under a B2B SaaS model

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Silverton Partners

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Santa Barbara Angel Alliance

Cisco

Cisco and Ping Identity collaborated to integrate Ping Identity's authentication and identity management solutions with Cisco's security platforms

Amazon

PingIdentity offers identity management and SSO solutions that integrate seamlessly with AWS

PingIdentity

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