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    August Capital

    Menlo Park, California, United StatesFounded 1995

    August Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Dave Marquardt and John Johnston, investing in companies differentiated by technical innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. The firm focuses on early-stage investments with opportunistic later-stage deals across the information technology spectrum.

    Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $32.2M (across 154 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    94

    Fund Size

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    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    David Marquardt

    David Marquardt

    Founding Partner

    John Johnston

    John Johnston

    Founding Partner

    David Hornik

    David Hornik

    General Partner

    Eric Carlborg

    Eric Carlborg

    General Partner

    Howard Hartenbaum

    Howard Hartenbaum

    General Partner

    Buddy Arnheim

    Buddy Arnheim

    Investment Partner

    Vivek Mehra

    Vivek Mehra

    Partner Emeritus

    Abby Hipps

    Abby Hipps

    General Counsel

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    165 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    PatientIQ logoPatientIQSeries C$30MSep 2026
    UpGuard logoUpGuardSeries C$75MFeb 2026
    UltraGreen logoUltraGreenUnknown$188MSep 2025
    MaintainX logoMaintainXSeries C$150MJul 2025
    Adara logoAdaraSeries C$23MJan 2025
    MaintainX logoMaintainXSeries D$150MJan 2025
    UltraGreen logoUltraGreenGrowth$188MJan 2025
    PayNearMe logoPayNearMeSeries D$45MJan 2023
    PayNearMe logoPayNearMeSeries D$45MJan 2023
    PatientIQ logoPatientIQSeries B$20MMay 2022
    Kin logoKinSeries D$82MMar 2022
    Kentik logoKentikSeries C$40MOct 2021
    Brilliant logoBrilliantSeries B$40MAug 2021
    HHiHello, Inc.Series A$7.5MJul 2021
    MaintainX logoMaintainXSeries B$39MJun 2021
    The GIST logoThe GISTSeed$1MMay 2021
    Shypple logoShyppleSeries A—Jan 2021
    UpGuard logoUpGuardSeries C$75MJan 2021
    Amount logoAmountSeries C$81MDec 2020
    Kentik logoKentikGrowth$23.5MMay 2020
    Netpulse logoNetpulseSeries C$15.6MApr 2020
    Reelgood logoReelgoodSeries A$6.8MDec 2019
    Reputation.com logoReputation.comSeries B$30MAug 2019
    Hipcamp logoHipcampSeries B$25MJul 2019
    Spring Labs logoSpring LabsSeries A$23MJun 2019
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026