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Ignition Partners
Venture capital · Bellevue, WA, United States · North America
Ignition Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in enterprise software companies. It operates from offices in Los Altos, California and Bellevue, Washington, and states that its funds are fully invested.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
In its own wordsenterprise softwareb2b softwaremachine learningvertical softwarecloud
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Or find every investor that fitsIgnition Partners lists 31 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (24%), Cybersecurity (19%) and Enterprise Software (15%). 94% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Insight Partners, Accel and DCVC.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Ignition Partners, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Ignition Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 31. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 68th | 30 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 31th | 24% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 19% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 15% | 8% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Insight Partners | 5 |
| Accel | 4 |
| DCVC | 4 |
| Akkadian Ventures | 3 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 3 |
| Cross Creek | 3 |
| Glynn Capital | 3 |
| Scale Venture Partners | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2890%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company310%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Insight Partners
Compare Ignition Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
31 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accompany provides people and company intelligence for executives. | Enterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Apptio provides technology investment management solutions | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Aviatrix provides cloud network security and breach containment solutions | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Azuqua automates complex identity-centric processes through app integration and workflow orchestration. | Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| BlueStacks allows users to play Android games on PC and Mac | GamingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | |||
| Carbon Robotics develops and sells AI-powered products for agriculture, including autonomous weed control and tractor autonomy solutions. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Chef provides DevOps automation and infrastructure management software | Developer ToolsCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Citrix provides IT solutions for secure, scalable, and high-performing work environments | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cloudera provides a hybrid platform for data and AI | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Cloudmark provides messaging security products to protect mobile and email messaging from threats | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Couchbase provides an operational data platform for artificial intelligence and other applications | AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | ||
| Docusign creates and manages electronic signatures and agreements | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for governments and nonprofits to manage and deliver programs and services | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Glympse helps businesses coordinate people, vehicles, and assets in motion through live location intelligence, proactive communication, operational workflows, and shared visibility. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Icertis provides contract management software | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Jupiter Intelligence provides climate resilience solutions and risk intelligence for financial institutions | FintechClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Moz provides SEO software and tools for marketing and search engine optimization | Media & EntertainmentSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- ignition.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 15 Mar 2013
- Companies checked
- 31
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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