Hewlett Packard Pathfinder
Profile, fund size and portfolio
Hewlett Packard Pathfinder is the corporate venture arm of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a technology company. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Spring, United States. It invests at the Series B stage. Sectors it names: artificial intelligence, enterprise software, climate and energy.
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Snapshot
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Stage range | Series B to Series B |
| Sectors | Artificial intelligence, Enterprise software, Climate and energy |
| Geography | North America, Europe |
| Offices | Spring, United States |
Sources: S6 TechCrunch: Greenly lands $52M to help smaller companies track CO2 emissions; S1 Hewlett Packard Pathfinder news: Celebrating a decade of innovation; S7 PR Newswire: Hewlett Packard Enterprise invests in BigID.
Data behind this graphic
| Item | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Exited | 5 | 83.3% |
| Active | 1 | 16.7% |
Status as the firm tags it
Sources: S1 Hewlett Packard Pathfinder news: Celebrating a decade of innovation.
Data behind this graphic
| Measure | Value | Unit | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headline size | USD 400M | Cumulative invested | Stated by the firm or its parent | S1 |
| Companies backed | 50 | companies | Stated by the firm | S1 |
| Companies on the firm's portfolio page | 10 | companies | Counted from the firm's own list | S1 |
Sources: S1 Hewlett Packard Pathfinder news: Celebrating a decade of innovation.
Where it invests and who leads it
LeadersS4
- Paul GlaserHead of Hewlett Packard Pathfinder and Investor RelationsFind on LinkedInFirm page
- Todd H. PooleManaging Director, Venture InvestmentsFind on LinkedInFirm page
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent company | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Single source | S1 |
| Parent industry | Technology and software | Single source | S1 |
| Founded | 2015 | Single source | S1 |
| Headquarters | Spring, United States | Single source | S3 |
| Status | Active | Single source | S1 |
| Capital source | Parent company only | Single source | S1 |
| Headline size | USD 400M (Cumulative invested) | Single source | S1 |
| Companies backed | 50 | Single source | S1 |
| Stages | Series B (inferred from announced rounds) | Estimate | S6 |
Notable outcomes
IPOs and acquisitions of portfolio companies. Price shown only where published.
Recent rounds
Portfolio
The firm's portfolio page lists 10 companies: 5 exited, 1 active.S1
The firm also states 50 companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S1
| Tag | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Exited | 5 | 50% |
| Active | 1 | 10% |
Every company on the Hewlett Packard Pathfinder list
10 companies, as listed on the firm's own website: 5 exited, 4 listed, 1 active.S1 Read the firm's list.
Exited 5
- Arcion
- OpsRamp
- Pachyderm
- Rockset
- TruEra
Listed 4
- Aleph Alpha
- BigID
- Cohesity
- vFunction
Active 1
- Greenly
History
- Pathfinder began investing in startupsS1
- Pathfinder expanded to support the HPE edge-to-cloud strategyS1
- Head of investments Punit Chiniwalla left Hewlett Packard Enterprise at the end of 2025 and joined Founders Circle Capital to manage out the Pathfinder portfolio.S10
- The Pathfinder website labels its investments page Former Investments.S11
Official pages
Read the firm's own pages for current information.
- Website pathfinder.hpe.com/
Sources
- S1Hewlett Packard Pathfinder news: Celebrating a decade of innovationFirm
- S2Hewlett Packard Pathfinder site (did not load at access time)Firm
- S3SEC EDGAR submissions record, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (CIK 1645590)Filing
- S4Team | Hewlett Packard PathfinderFirm
- S5Aleph Alpha: raises more than half a billion US dollars (Series B)Portfolio company
- S6TechCrunch: Greenly lands $52M to help smaller companies track CO2 emissionsPress
- S7PR Newswire: Hewlett Packard Enterprise invests in BigIDPortfolio company
- S8BriefingsDirect: The budding storage relationship between HPE and CohesityPress
- S9YouTube: Unlocking the Power of Data: Hewlett Packard Pathfinder's Latest AcquisitionsPress
- S10LinkedIn post by Punit ChiniwallaThird-party report
- S11Home | Hewlett Packard PathfinderFirm
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