About Big Basin Partners
Big Basin Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1997. It is primarily based out of Sammamish, United States. As of Oct 2014, Big Basin Partners has invested in 54 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Enterprise Infrastructure and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Yoics Overall, Big Basin Partners portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 27 acquisitions including key companies like DocuSign, Infoblox and MobileIron. A lot of funds co-invest with Big Basin Partners, with names like Alpine Meridian sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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Big Basin Partners' List of Top Investments
Big Basin Partners has a portfolio of 54 companies. Their most notable investments include DocuSign and Tyfone.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada and United Kingdom. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, High Tech and 17 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Big Basin Partners:
1. DocuSign
Provider of electronic signature and intelligent agreement management platform solutions. The platform offers tools for contract lifecycle management, agreement preparation, and agreement workflow automation. It provides features such as electronic notarization, web forms, and multi-channel delivery options. The platform extends its capabilities through integrations, APIs, and a mobile application.
Key facts about DocuSign
- Founded Year: 2003
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Jan 31, 2026
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $520M
- Employee Count: 8,433 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: HTIF, Glynn Capital and 90 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jul 20, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Tyfone
Tyfone makes a mobile financial services platform, which allows banks to give customers a branded banking and payment system for mobile phones. Operating in any standard memory card slot, Tyfone’s u4ia® platform and its companion SideTap™ memory card comprise the world’s first patented, neutral, and comprehensive memory card-based payments solution for mobile contactless payments. Tyfone and its partners enable a suite of services including Mobile Banking, Mobile Identity Management, Mobile Remote Payments, Mobile Retail Services and Mobile Contactless Payments.
Key facts about Tyfone
- Founded Year: 2004
- Location: Portland (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $38.3M
- Employee Count: 241 as on Nov 23, 2025
- Investors: In-Q-Tel, HDFC Mutual Fund and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Apr 05, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Kardium
Kardium is developing the Globe mapping and ablation system. It's an investigational medical device, used in the diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation. It provides mapping, stimulation, and RF ablation of cardiac tissue.
Key facts about Kardium
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Burnaby (Canada)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $471M
- Employee Count: 616 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Janus Henderson Investors, Fidelity Investments and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 08, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Infoblox
Provider of core network services and security for hybrid enterprises. The company delivers solutions for DNS, DHCP, and IP address management across cloud and on-premises environments. It offers threat defense, advanced automation, and certified integrations for operational efficiency. The company helps modernize network infrastructure to be more agile and scalable.
Key facts about Infoblox
- Founded Year: 1999
- Location: Santa Clara (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Jul 31, 2016
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $71M
- Employee Count: 3,303 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Tenaya Capital, Duchossois Capital Management and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Sep 08, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. MobileIron
MobileIron is an MDM & endpoint management solutions provider. It allows the administrator to manage devices from a central web-based console. The product allows administrators to configure devices, set policies for encryption and lockdown, enforce passwords, remotely lock and wipe devices. It also provides MAM solutions which feature an application distribution library, monitors application security and access controls, and provides application inventory snapshot of all the applications installed across the company’s managed devices. The clients of the company include Nasdaq, USDA, DISA, Standard Life, etc.
Key facts about MobileIron
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Mountain View (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $157M
- Employee Count: 160 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Northgate Capital, White Hat Capital Partners and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Jan 23, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Big Basin Partners' Investments by Stage
Big Basin Partners has made 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.3M.Big Basin Partners' Investments by Sector
Big Basin Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure and Telecom. Notably, it has invested in 46 Tech companies, 44 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 35 Software companies and at least 22 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
Telecom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Big Basin Partners' Investments by Geography
Big Basin Partners has made most investments in United States (1).Big Basin Partners' recent investments
Big Basin Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Big Basin Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 31, 2014 | United States | Seed | 4694 | [+8] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Big Basin Partners' Portfolio
1 of Big Basin Partners' portfolio company became public - DocuSign. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Apr 2018 at marketcap of $4.41BHere are Big Basin Partners' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 27, 2018 | - | - | 5480 |
Acquired companies in Big Basin Partners' Portfolio
27 companies from Big Basin Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Syncplicity in Oct 2022 by Ethos Software for $*****.Here are Big Basin Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 20, 2022 | - | - | 9739 | |
Jun 23, 2022 | - | - | 9854 | |
Nov 24, 2021 | - | - | 1829 | |
Dec 16, 2020 | - | - | 4550 | |
Sep 28, 2020 | - | - | 7354 |
Co-investors of Big Basin Partners
Over the past 12 years, 11 investors have co-invested in Big Basin Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Big Basin Partners: Core Ventures Group, TMT Investments and 3 others have invested in rounds before Big Basin Partners. There is 1 company where Core Ventures Group has invested before Big Basin Partners and 1 company where TMT Investments has invested before Big Basin Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Big Basin Partners: 6 investors entered a company along with Big Basin Partners. These include investors like Alpine Meridian (1 company).
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