Participated · Equity · Apr 2014

GreenSQL provides a software-based data security and compliance solution that prevents SQL injection attacks at the database layer while enforcing separation-of-duties for common databases. The product offers real-time protection from internal and external threats and has recorded over 150,000 downloads worldwide. The company intends to use the new funding for business expansion. GreenSQL is led by CEO Amir Sadeh. Founded in 2009 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company focuses on database-layer security and compliance for the most common databases. GreenSQL delivers an all-in-one Unified Database Security product family that bundles database security, caching, auditing and masking in a single package. The company focuses on protecting databases from internal and external threats in real time while improving performance and demonstrating security compliance. GreenSQL's solutions target SMB/SME and enterprise markets and are designed to be easy to deploy and maintain via a unified management interface. The company says it is the most popular MySQL firewall solution, with over 100,000 downloads in 198 countries. GreenSQL announced it closed a $5.9 million Series B (up from an original $3.8 million) to support expansion to new markets and to adapt its product for virtual and cloud architectures. Management highlighted in the announcement includes CEO Amir Sadeh and security expert David Maman.

Participated · Series B · Jan 2014

Quandoo offers Quandoo Premium, a cloud-based reservation and inventory management system that runs on Android tablets and is designed to be intuitive for restaurant staff. The product manages restaurant inventory in real time and positions itself as an alternative to incumbents by not relying on fees from converting a restaurant's own website traffic into reservations. In the year and a half since launch, Quandoo says it has built a network of more than 3,000 partner restaurants across eight countries and served 1.5 million diners. The company plans to use new financing to expand its presence in Germany, Austria and Italy across Europe and to launch in APAC and Latin America. Founders Philipp Magin (CEO) and Ronny Lange were part of the team that founded CityDeal, which was acquired by Groupon in 2010. Quandoo targets markets with low adoption of cloud booking platforms, seeking greenfield opportunity as reservations shift online. Quandoo operates a marketplace and provides reservation and yield-management systems for restaurants. The platform offers modules including a reservation management system, tools for utilization control and a cash-register system. It helps local businesses acquire new customers and maintain existing ones. Launched in January 2013 and based in Berlin, the company is led by CEO Philipp Magin and a founding leadership team. It is available in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey and the Netherlands and is used at over 1,000 restaurants. The company is hiring.

Participated · Series B · May 2012

Tape.tv operates a personalized, channelized video service focused on music videos, offering skip/like/dislike controls and curated subchannels such as Indie and Hip-Hop. Its catalogue contains about 45,000 videos and it has attracted around 3.5 million users across Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The company was founded in July 2008 by Conrad Fritzsch and Stephanie Renner and employs roughly 65 people, many selling ads around the videos. Tape.tv runs a TV show on ZDFkultur and claims about €20 million in annual revenues. Product plans include smarter social features based on user behavior, regional editorial teams for each launch market, and an electronic program guide (EPG) for live shows and events. The company is pursuing platform expansion to smart TVs and mobile and aims to launch in France and the UK in early autumn.