{
  "data": null,
  "kind": "anchor.page",
  "links": {
    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/",
    "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/index.json",
    "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/index.md",
    "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp",
    "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/index.min.md"
  },
  "markdown": "Venture firm.\n\nWebsite: https://www.battery.com\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **Arize AI**, Series A, September 2021, Series B, September 2022, Series C, February 2025, led a round\n  - [Arize Phoenix](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arize-phoenix.md), graded BB, 75.8/100\n  - Source: https://arize.com/blog/arize-series-a-ml-observability/\n- **Baseten**, Series E, January 2026\n  - [Baseten](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baseten.md), graded B, 66.7/100\n  - [elephant-1](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elephant-1.md), graded D, 47.6/100\n  - [mammoth-1](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mammoth-1.md), graded D, 47.7/100\n  - Source: https://www.baseten.co/blog/series-e/\n- **Bitwarden**, Series B, September 2022\n  - [Bitwarden Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bitwarden-secrets-manager.md), graded C, 56.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/09/07/bitwarden-funding/\n- **ClickHouse**, Series C, May 2025\n  - [ClickHouse MCP Server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clickhouse-mcp-server.md), graded B, 64.6/100\n  - Source: https://clickhouse.com/blog/clickhouse-raises-350-million-series-c-to-power-analytics-for-ai-era\n- **Collibra**, Series G, November 2021\n  - [Collibra](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/collibra.md), graded B, 64.7/100\n  - Source: https://www.collibra.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/collibra-raises-250-million-in-funding-round-led-by-sequoia-capital-global-equities-and-sofina-more-than-doubling-its-valuation-to-5-25-billion\n- **Cognition AI, Inc.**, Series E, September 2026, through Battery\n  - [Devin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devin.md), graded C, 55.7/100\n  - Source: https://cognition.com/blog/series-e\n- **Front**, Series D, June 2022, led a round\n  - [Front API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/front.md), graded B, 63.7/100\n  - Source: https://front.com/blog/front-raises-series-d-financing\n- **Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)**, Series B, October 2024\n  - [Galileo API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/galileo.md), graded D, 47.9/100\n  - Source: https://galileo.ai/blog/announcing-our-series-b\n- **Kustomer, LLC**, Spin-out round, May 2023, led a round\n  - [Kustomer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kustomer.md), graded C, 57.5/100\n  - Source: https://www.kustomer.com/resources/blog/kustomer-secures-60m-in-funding-to-unleash-its-potential-as-a-standalone-company/\n- **Crivello Corp (doing business as Lindy)**, Early stage, 2021\n  - [Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lindy.md), graded F, 32.5/100\n  - Source: https://www.battery.com/company/lindy/\n- **Mattermost, Inc.**, Series B, June 2019\n  - [Mattermost](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mattermost.md), graded B, 66/100\n  - Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/mattermost-slack-microsoft-teams-open-source-y-combinator-2019-6\n- **MX Technologies, Inc.**, Series B, June 2019, led a round\n  - [MX Platform API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mx.md), graded B, 62.5/100\n  - Source: https://finovate.com/mx-picks-up-100-million-in-new-funding/\n- **Orkes**, Seed, February 2022, Series A, February 2024\n  - [Orkes Conductor Human tasks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orkes-conductor.md), graded C, 54.2/100\n  - Source: https://orkes.io/blog/orkes-has-raised-a-20m-series-a-to-power-our-next-phase-of-growth\n- **Pendo.io, Inc.**, Series A, October 2015, Series B, December 2016, Series D, September 2018, Series E, October 2019, led a round\n  - [Pendo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pendo.md), graded D, 48.3/100\n  - Source: https://www.pendo.io/news/pendo-raises-11-million-in-series-a-financing-led-by-battery-ventures/\n- **Plain**, Series A, February 2025, led a round\n  - [Plain API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plain.md), graded B, 65.5/100\n  - Source: https://www.plain.com/blog/we-ve-raised-a-15m-series-a\n- **Plivo**\n  - [Plivo API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plivo.md), graded C, 60.4/100\n  - [Plivo Voice API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plivo-voice.md), graded C, 60.5/100\n  - Source: https://www.plivo.com/about/\n- **Redox, Inc.**, Series C, April 2019, led a round\n  - [Redox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redox.md), graded C, 58.3/100\n  - Source: https://medcitynews.com/2019/04/redox-nabs-33-million-to-enable-effective-healthcare-data-use/\n- **SambaNova Systems, Inc.**, Series E, February 2026, Series F, July 2026\n  - [SambaCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sambanova.md), graded B, 66.5/100\n  - Source: https://sambanova.ai/press/sambanova-unveils-fastest-chip-for-agentic-ai-collaborates-with-intel-and-raises-350m\n- **Shortcut Software Company**\n  - [Shortcut](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.md), graded C, 60.2/100\n  - Source: https://www.shortcut.com/about\n- **Streak**, Seed, October 2012\n  - [Streak API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/streak.md), graded D, 46.4/100\n  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/15/streak-raises-1-9-million-for-gmail-based-crm-app/amp/\n- **Weaviate**, Series B, April 2023\n  - [Weaviate API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/weaviate.md), graded B, 68.1/100\n  - Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/weaviate-raises-50-million-series-b-funding-to-meet-soaring-demand-for-ai-native-vector-database-technology-301803296.html\n- **Workato**\n  - [Workato API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workato.md), graded C, 58/100\n  - Source: https://www.workato.com/about_us\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Customer support \u0026 helpdesk, 3\n- Agent observability \u0026 evals, 2\n- Decision models, 2\n- GPU \u0026 serverless compute, 1\n- Secrets \u0026 credential vaults, 1\n- Databases \u0026 files, 1\n- Company knowledge \u0026 data catalogues, 1\n- Agent harnesses, 1\n- Personal assistants, 1\n- Work \u0026 productivity, 1\n- Bank data \u0026 open banking, 1\n- Human approval \u0026 handoff, 1\n- Product analytics \u0026 experimentation, 1\n- Messaging APIs, 1\n- Phone calling \u0026 voice transport, 1\n- Health records \u0026 wellness data, 1\n- Model APIs \u0026 inference, 1\n- Project \u0026 task management, 1\n- CRM \u0026 customer platforms, 1\n- Retrieval \u0026 vector search, 1\n- Workflow automation, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Jason Lopatecki](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jason-lopatecki/), Arize AI\n- [Aparna Dhinakaran](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aparna-dhinakaran/), Arize AI\n- [Tuhin Srivastava](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tuhin-srivastava/), Baseten\n- [Amir Haghighat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/amir-haghighat/), Baseten\n- [Phil Howes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/phil-howes/), Baseten\n- [Pankaj Gupta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pankaj-gupta/), Baseten\n- [Aaron Katz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aaron-katz/), ClickHouse\n- [Alexey Milovidov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alexey-milovidov/), ClickHouse\n- [Yury Izrailevsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yury-izrailevsky/), ClickHouse\n- [Felix Van de Maele](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/felix-van-de-maele/), Collibra\n- [Stijn Christiaens](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/stijn-christiaens/), Collibra\n- [Scott Wu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-wu/), Cognition AI, Inc.\n- [Steven Hao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steven-hao/), Cognition AI, Inc.\n- [Walden Yan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/walden-yan/), Cognition AI, Inc.\n- [Laurent Perrin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/laurent-perrin/), Front\n- [Mathilde Collin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mathilde-collin/), Front\n- [Vikram Chatterji](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vikram-chatterji/), Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)\n- [Atindriyo Sanyal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/atindriyo-sanyal/), Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)\n- [Yash Sheth](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yash-sheth/), Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)\n- [Brad Birnbaum](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brad-birnbaum/), Kustomer, LLC\n- [Jeremy Suriel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeremy-suriel/), Kustomer, LLC\n- [Flo Crivello](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/flo-crivello/), Crivello Corp (doing business as Lindy)\n- [Ian Tien](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ian-tien/), Mattermost, Inc.\n- [Ryan Caldwell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ryan-caldwell/), MX Technologies, Inc.\n- [Brandon Dewitt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-dewitt/), MX Technologies, Inc.\n- [Jeu George](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeu-george/), Orkes\n- [Viren Baraiya](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/viren-baraiya/), Orkes\n- [Dilip Lukose](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dilip-lukose/), Orkes\n- [Todd Olson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/todd-olson/), Pendo.io, Inc.\n- [Erik Troan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/erik-troan/), Pendo.io, Inc.\n- [Rahul Jain](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rahul-jain/), Pendo.io, Inc.\n- [Eric Boduch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-boduch/), Pendo.io, Inc.\n- [Venky B](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/venky-b/), Plivo\n- [Michael Ricordeau](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-ricordeau/), Plivo\n- [Rodrigo Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rodrigo-liang/), SambaNova Systems, Inc.\n- [Kunle Olukotun](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kunle-olukotun/), SambaNova Systems, Inc.\n- [Christopher Ré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/christopher-re/), SambaNova Systems, Inc.\n- [Aleem Mawani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aleem-mawani/), Streak\n- [Bob van Luijt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bob-van-luijt/), Weaviate\n- [Etienne Dilocker](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/etienne-dilocker/), Weaviate\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has Battery Ventures invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Arize AI, Baseten, Bitwarden, ClickHouse, Collibra, Cognition AI, Inc., Front, Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco), Kustomer, LLC, Crivello Corp (doing business as Lindy), Mattermost, Inc., MX Technologies, Inc., Orkes, Pendo.io, Inc., Plain, Plivo, Redox, Inc., SambaNova Systems, Inc., Shortcut Software Company, Streak, Weaviate and Workato backed by Battery Ventures.\n\n### How are Battery Ventures's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Arize Phoenix (BB, 75.8), Baseten (B, 66.7), elephant-1 (D, 47.6), mammoth-1 (D, 47.7), Bitwarden Secrets Manager (C, 56.8), ClickHouse MCP Server (B, 64.6), Collibra (B, 64.7), Devin (C, 55.7), Front API + MCP (B, 63.7), Galileo API + MCP (D, 47.9), Kustomer (C, 57.5), Lindy (F, 32.5), Mattermost (B, 66), MX Platform API (B, 62.5), Orkes Conductor Human tasks (C, 54.2), Pendo (D, 48.3), Plain API + MCP (B, 65.5), Plivo API (C, 60.4), Plivo Voice API (C, 60.5), Redox (C, 58.3), SambaCloud (B, 66.5), Shortcut (C, 60.2), Streak API + MCP (D, 46.4), Weaviate API + MCP (B, 68.1) and Workato API + MCP (C, 58).\n\nInvestors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source. An investor isn't a sign of quality, and nobody can pay to be listed or to change a grade. To correct something or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
  "meta": {
    "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)",
    "attributionRequired": true,
    "credit": "CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link the page or API address you took it from (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)",
    "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/",
    "generatedAt": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/",
    "methodology": "0.7",
    "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json",
    "preview": false,
    "run": "2026-10-01",
    "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
    "terms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data"
  },
  "page": {
    "breadcrumbs": [
      {
        "name": "Home",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Investors in AI tools",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Battery Ventures",
        "url": ""
      }
    ],
    "description": "Battery Ventures's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Arize AI, Baseten, Bitwarden, ClickHouse and 18 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.",
    "facts": null,
    "h1": "Battery Ventures",
    "image": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/assets/og/default.png",
    "path": "/investors/battery-ventures/",
    "published": "",
    "section": "people",
    "title": "Battery Ventures, investor in AI tools | Anchor Terminal",
    "toc": null,
    "updated": "2026-10-28",
    "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/"
  },
  "tokens": {
    "markdown": 3000,
    "slim": 2880
  },
  "version": 1
}