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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – APPLICATION TESTING
- HackerOne, a provider of vulnerability identification platform, raises $40M in Series C funding led by Dragoneer Investment Group. Link
- TestCraft, a software test automation company, raises $1M in seed funding. Link
- eureQa, a provider of cloud test automation platform, raises $600k from Sashi Reddi and Gabriel Investments. Link
- CA acquires security testing firm Veracode for $614M to broaden its development and testing offering for enterprises and app developers. Link
SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND
SOFY (2017, Bellevu) – Provides software testing bot to test iOS and Android based mobile apps for performance, reliability, and UX.
LEADER BOARD – APPLICATION TESTING
FullStack
Soasta (2006, California, $78M) – Builds software products for testing, monitoring websites and mobile apps in the cloud. Backed by Tennenbaum Capital Partners, Entrepreneurs Fund, Pelion Venture Partners, Formative Ventures and Canaan Partners. SmartBear (2003, Massachusetts) – Provides tools to build, test and monitor software applications on the desktop, mobile and in the cloud.
Automated Testing Tools
Smartesting (2005, Besancon, $8.5M) – Provides platforms for model based testing and to optimize existing test cases. Backed by Groupe Siparex and iSource Gestion.
Confirmiq (1998, California, $8M) – Provides platforms for model based testing and end-to-end test automation products. Backed by Nexit Ventures and Finnish Industry Investment Ltd.
Performance Testing
Gomez (1997, Lexington, $66M, Acq.) – Provides web performance monitoring solutions to optimize the performance, availability and quality of web & mobile applications. Backed by AdAstra, Dolphin Equity Partners and BancBoston Ventures. Acquired by Compuware in 2009.
Apica (2005, Stockholm, $12M) – Provides cloud based web monitoring and load testing solutions. Backed by SEB Venture Capital, Industrifonden, Almi Invest and KTH Chalmers Capital.
Security Testing
Veracode (2006, Burlington, $114M, Acq.) – Cloud based platform to govern and mitigate software security risks across a single application or enterprise portfolio. Backed by Wellington Management. Acquired by CA in 2017.
Checkmarx (2006, Ramat Gan, $98.5M) – Provides static application security, mobile security and open source analysis products for enterprises and developers. Backed by Insight Venture Partners, XT Ventures and Salesforce.
Visual Testing
Applitools (2013, Tel Aviv, $2.5M) – Cloud based testing tool to validate visual aspects of web, mobile and native apps. Backed by Magma Venture Partners.
Usability Testing
User Testing (2007, California, $48.5M) – Platform to get feedback from users for apps and websites. Backed by Accel and Kern Whelan Capital.
UserZoom (2007, California, $36.5M) – Provides tools for online user experience research and remote usability testing. Backed by TC Growth Partners, Trident Capital and StepStone Group.
Emulator Testing
Sauce Labs (2008, SF, $96M) – Cloud based emulator platform for web and mobile application. Backed by Toba Capital, Triage Ventures and The Contrarian Group.
Genymotion (2011, Paris, $10M) – Android emulator that helps developers to test and view apps running on different combinations of large and small devices. Backed by Alven Capital and Bpifrance.
Device Lab
Perfecto Mobile (2006, Massachusetts, $83M) – Provides cloud based testing, automation and monitoring solutions for mobile applications and websites. Backed by Technology Crossover Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners, FTV Capital, Carmel Ventures and Vertex Ventures.
Xamarin (2011, SF, $82M, Acq.) – Provides test cloud platform to run automated UI tests for iOS and Android apps across real devices. Backed by Insight Venture Partners, Floodgate, Charles River Ventures, Lead Edge Capital and Ignition Partners. Acquired by Microsoft in 2016.
Crowd sourced Testing
Applause (2007, Massachusetts, $116M) – Provides crowd sourced testing for functional testing and digital testing along with mobile beta management and mobile sentiment analysis. Backed by Goldman Sachs, QuestMark Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Longworth Venture Partners, Mass Ventures, Egan-Managed Capital and Mesco Ltd
Bugcrowd (2012, SF, $23M) – Provides a market place to testers for security testing on web and mobile applications. Backed by Industry Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, Palladin Capital Group, Costanoa Venture Capital and Rally Ventures.
Test Management
QASymphony (2011, Atlanta, $7.5M) – Provides quality assurance and testing tools that integrate with workflow management. Backed by Fulcrum Equity Partners, BIP Capital, Poplar Ventures and KMS Technology.
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