VentureBeat is an American technology website headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The VentureBeat company was founded in 2006 by Matt Marshall, an ex-correspondent for The Mercury News.

Over the years, a variety of companies have launched at DEMO including Boingo, TiVo, ETrade, VMware, Palm, Java, Symantec, Salesforce, and others.

[5] VentureBeat produces a variety of themed industry events, including MobileBeat, GamesBeat, and GrowthBeat.

[6] In addition, it produces several small, annual conclaves of C-level industry executives called Summits.