About Azure Capital Partners
Azure Capital Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Oct 2022, Azure Capital Partners has invested in 103 companies. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Evolia Overall, Azure Capital Partners portfolio has seen 2 unicorns, 4 IPOs and 44 acquisitions including key companies like Eight Sleep, VMware and Calix. A lot of funds co-invest with Azure Capital Partners, with names like TeleSoft Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Azure Capital Partners has team of 10 people including 9 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 5 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Azure Capital Partners' List of Top Investments
Azure Capital Partners has a portfolio of 103 companies, including 2 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in SlideRocket and Eight Sleep.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Israel and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 24 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 5 more. Here is the list of top investments by Azure Capital Partners:
1. Eight Sleep
Provider of AI-based internet-first brand of mattress and smart mattress covers. It provides an AI-based internet-first brand of thermoregulated mattress, carbon air pillow, and smart mattress cover that is controlled via smartphone. It allows the user to set the temperature of the mattress independently and monitor the body vitals such as breathing and heart-rate variability. This control allows the user to fall asleep faster and improves the quality of sleep. The app can be connected with other smart devices to monitor sleep activity.
Key facts about Eight Sleep
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $323M
- Employee Count: 272 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: SoftBank Group, StartX and 88 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Mar 04, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. VMware
Cloud based orchestration solutions. It enables running any app on any cloud on any device through the solutions for modern apps, multi-cloud, and digital workspace. It transform data centers into aggregated computing infrastructures with VMware vSphere, its virtualization platform.
Key facts about VMware
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $596M
- Employee Count: 10,392 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Intel, Founders Circle Capital and 33 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jan 01, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Calix
Provider of communication equipment. Its product portfolio includes fiber access, copper access, broadband access, IPTV, VOIP, GPON, and active ethernet. It provides software solutions that include cloud-based software applications for visibility and control to command the broadband experience for subscribers.
Key facts about Calix
- Founded Year: 1999
- Location: Petaluma (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $108M
- Employee Count: 2,542 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Meritech, Western Technology Investment and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jun 26, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. Telly
Manufacturer of dual screen television systems with integrated sound bars. These hardware devices feature a primary display paired with a secondary screen designed to provide streaming, news updates, weather, and motion tracking fitness programs. The system incorporates an integrated speaker array and voice assistant capabilities for home media management. Revenue for the hardware is supported through advertising displayed on the secondary interface.
Key facts about Telly
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $18.6M
- Employee Count: 163 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Felicis Ventures, MENA Venture Investments and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 18, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Autonomous labs for biotechnology, empowering scientists to design the living world. They provide autonomous labs and cloud lab services, enabling scientists to automate experimental work and focus on insight and creativity. The company offers solutions and datapoints services to design experiments and address research goals. Their autonomous systems lift the burden of manual lab work, empowering scientists to ask critical questions. They provide hardware, software, support, and cloud lab resources. The company's vision is to enable programming biology, curing diseases, and growing everything imaginable. This is a B2B tech company offering SaaS solutions for biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
Key facts about Ginkgo Bioworks
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $796M
- Employee Count: 638 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Allen & Company, Owl Rock and 53 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Dec 13, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Azure Capital Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Azure Capital Partners has invested in 104 companies over the last 26 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Evolia and most recent follow-on round was in Empowerly.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2021 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2020 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Azure Capital Partners' Investments by Stage
Azure Capital Partners has made 28 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.63M, 20 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $7.72M and 15 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $14.6M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 28 |
Series A | 20 |
Series B | 15 |
Series C | 9 |
Series D | 4 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Azure Capital Partners' Investments by Sector
Azure Capital Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Enterprise Infrastructure, Retail and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 91 Tech companies, 58 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 57 Software companies and at least 44 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 34 |
Consumer | 26 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 15 |
Retail | 12 |
High Tech | 8 |
Others | 70 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Azure Capital Partners' Investments by Geography
Azure Capital Partners has made most investments in United States (67), followed by Canada where it has made 8 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 67 |
Canada | 8 |
Israel | 2 |
Indonesia | 1 |
Italy | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Azure Capital Partners' recent investments
Azure Capital Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Azure Capital Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 20, 2022 | Canada | Series A | 1677 | [+5] | |
Feb 16, 2022 | United States | Seed | 5238 | [+2] | |
Feb 09, 2022 | United States | Seed | 3895 | [+6] | |
Dec 20, 2021 | United States | Seed | 6357 | [+13] | |
Aug 31, 2021 | United States | Series A | 9157 |
Unicorns in Azure Capital Partners' Portfolio
Azure Capital Partners has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - Eight Sleep and Docker. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Eight Sleep. It became a unicorn in 2026, 10 years after Azure Capital Partners first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Azure Capital Partners' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
81 | Provider of AI-based internet-first brand of mattress and smart mattress covers | 2014 | New York City | Series D | atrhqfs | ||
62 | Cloud based open source platform offering docker suite | 2008 | Palo Alto | Series E | ybjcmdz |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Azure Capital Partners' Portfolio
4 of Azure Capital Partners' portfolio companies have become public. Ginkgo Bioworks got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Sep 2021 and Sprinklr got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at marketcap of $3.97B.Here are Azure Capital Partners' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 17, 2021 | 2014 | Seed | 1538 | |
Jun 23, 2021 | - | - | 9368 | |
Nov 15, 2012 | - | - | 1097 | |
Mar 24, 2010 | May 29, 2009 | Series C | 1163 |
Acquired companies in Azure Capital Partners' Portfolio
44 companies from Azure Capital Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was PurposeMed in Sep 2026 by Grindr for $*****.Here are Azure Capital Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 30, 2026 | - | - | 1127 | |
Aug 04, 2025 | Jul 18, 2013 | Seed | 6599 | |
Mar 28, 2024 | Aug 04, 2020 | Seed | 5841 | |
Jun 15, 2023 | Apr 10, 2019 | Seed | 4835 | |
Mar 17, 2023 | Apr 22, 2014 | Seed | 1568 |
Team profile of Azure Capital Partners
Azure Capital Partners has a team of 10 members including 9 Partners and 1 Venture Partner located in Australia, United States and 1 more location. Azure Capital Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Azure Capital Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Atherton | - | ||
Partner | Calgary | - | ||
Partner | Perth | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Australia | - | ||
Partner | Melbourne | - | ||
Partner | Melbourne | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Venture Partner | Toronto | - |
Co-investors of Azure Capital Partners
Over the past 26 years, 498 investors have co-invested in Azure Capital Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Azure Capital Partners: 500 Global, Y Combinator and 113 others have invested in rounds before Azure Capital Partners. There are 3 companies where 500 Global has invested before Azure Capital Partners and 2 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Azure Capital Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Azure Capital Partners: 174 investors entered a company along with Azure Capital Partners. These include investors like TeleSoft Partners (3 companies).
- Invested after Azure Capital Partners: A total of 209 investors have invested in Azure Capital Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Azure Capital (3 companies), Khosla Ventures (2 companies) and Intel (2 companies).
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