Splunk Ventures

We are committed to investing in passionate founders who are innovatively applying data-driven solutions to modern problems. To provide the most strategic value, we look for companies with proven product-market fit that are ready to integrate or partner with us and enhance our joint customer value.

• Investment stage: Typically Series A-Series D, but we have some flexibility for special situations.
• Investment size: $500K-$5M, depending on stage and round structure; investments can deviate from that range depending on the opportunity
  
• Industries: 
  
  • Innovation investments: Startups that are within or adjacent to our core markets (security, DevOps, ITOps, business analytics)
  • Social impact investments: Startups that are intentionally prioritizing data-driven solutions for humanity's biggest problems, such as sustainability, equality, health and beyond
    
• Lead investor: An institutional lead investor is required for our participation. This way, we can focus on evaluating how we can best strategically support you.
  
• Board seat: We don’t take board seats, but occasionally take a board observer seat.
  

We follow the investment terms that the lead investor defines. However, we do have a standard Side Letter Agreement for all of our portfolio companies which covers the following rights:

• Management access: We want to check in with you on a regular basis to see how the business is doing.
• Financial information: We’ll be requesting unaudited quarterly GAAP financial statements to help track financial progress and for our own accounting purposes. 
  
• Publicity restrictions: As a public company, we need to know if and when our name will be used in any major publicity or marketing. We love co-marketing and extra press, we just ask that we get to review and approve it first.
  
• M&A notification: If you get an acquisition offer, we want a heads up!