August Capital


August Capital is a venture capital firm founded by David Marquardt and John Johnston in 1995. It is focused on information technology and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Company

August Capital specialized in growth capital and startup investments. The firm has invested in all stages with a focus on early and late stage, management buyouts, and private investments in public equity. The firm has invested in the information technology spectrum including IT infrastructure, data center technologies, systems management, security, storage, and cloud computing systems and software.
Partner David Hornik was on the Midas List in 2012.
Investments include Alta Devices, Bill.com, Be Incorporated, CommonBond, Conexant, CSR, Devicescape, DNN, Ebates, Encentuate, Fastly, GitLab, Hipcamp, INRIX, Integral Ad Science, LendingTree, Livemocha, Liveops, Luxtera, Massdrop, Mavenir Systems, MetroFi, Mirantis, Netpulse, Nomis, Open Garden, OrderAhead, PacketTrap, Paperless Post, Postini, Pubmatic, Quandl, RADLAN, Red Swoosh, Reputation.com, RJMetrics, Rocket Lawyer, Samba TV, Seagate, Six Apart, Snagajob, Splunk, StumbleUpon, Sun Basket, Swoopo, Technorati, Tegile, Ubicom, UpGuard, Urban Airship, Virsto, Wattpad, WePay, Xirrus, and Zulily.