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Thriving Sectors: SaaS <br />Another dominant Tri -Valley sector, Cloud <br />or Software as a Service (SaaS) companies <br />have raised over $518 million since 2016. <br />Growth -equity and private equity groups were <br />highly active in 2018 and Were responsible <br />for the majority of large investment deals. <br />Guidepost Growth Equity invested $68 <br />million into HR training provider ThinkHR, <br />FTV Capital invested $63 million into salon/ <br />spa software provider Vagaro and Goldman <br />Sachs invested $40 million into enterprise <br />incident response platform provider xMatters. <br />Notable SaaS Investments <br />$100 <br />$75 <br />$50 <br />$25 <br />0 <br />Top Areas in SaaS VC Investments <br />($M) <br />Financial HR Education ITSM Cybersecurity <br />Tech Related Tech Related <br />2018 <br />ThinkHR <br />$68M <br />PE Growth <br />HR and compliance software platform <br />Pleasanton <br />2018 <br />Vagaro <br />$63M <br />PE Growth <br />Salon & spa business <br />Dublin <br />management platform <br />2018 <br />xMatters <br />$40M <br />PE Growth <br />Enterprise incident response platform <br />San Ramon <br />2018 <br />Lambda School <br />$30M <br />Series B <br />Computer science training <br />San Ramon <br />2018 <br />Tekion <br />$22M <br />Series A <br />Automotive retail platform <br />San Ramon <br />2017 <br />Trov <br />$45M <br />Series D <br />On -demand insurance platform <br />Danville <br />2017 <br />rfxcel <br />$30M <br />PE Growth <br />Supply chain tracking services <br />San Ramon <br />2017 <br />Evident.10 <br />$22M <br />Series C <br />Public cloud cybersecurity <br />Pleasanton <br />2016 <br />IronPlanet <br />$18M <br />Series E <br />Heavy equipment e-commerce <br />Pleasanton <br />26 <br />