Katalyst Ventures

Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates drones for delivering vital medical products such as vaccines, medicines, and blood. Based in Half Moon Bay, California, Zipline aims to provide instant access to these supplies worldwide.

DocMatter Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that has developed an online healthcare platform aimed at fostering peer-to-peer collaboration among medical professionals. Founded in 2013, the platform serves as a global knowledge and discussion forum, allowing healthcare providers to share experiences, insights, and information. By leveraging the collective expertise of peers and thought leaders from prestigious institutions, DocMatter enhances the learning process and broadens the information base available to medical practitioners. The platform also enables physicians to access and utilize large data sets, ultimately improving patient outcomes through informed discussions and shared knowledge.

TeamOhana provides a human resource platform that helps growing companies manage headcount confidently. Its platform consolidates and forecasts headcount targets in real-time, manages compensation data, and streamlines hiring processes to align with businesses' financial goals.

Arine Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a clinical learning and analytic response engine aimed at enhancing medication management and patient care. Founded in 2017, Arine utilizes a data-driven approach to optimize medications and improve health outcomes for patients and their families. The company's platform aggregates and analyzes clinical, social, and behavioral data to identify gaps in patient care, allowing for tailored and actionable medication recommendations. By partnering expert clinicians with data scientists and engineers, Arine focuses on delivering timely interventions that guide patients throughout their healthcare journey, ultimately aiming to lower costs and improve the quality of care.

Treasure Financial is a Toronto-based company founded in 2017 that develops a money management app for kids to build financial literacy. The mobile platform lets parents guide children as they learn budgeting, saving, and the difference between wants and needs, while tracking balances and moving money across saving, spending, giving, and goal accounts. The app provides features such as parental controls, spending limits, automatic savings, and educational resources to reinforce money-management concepts. The business aims to help families cultivate good money habits and basic financial planning through a virtual money tracker that makes money concepts tangible for children. The company was formerly known as Abacus Card.

DocMatter Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that has developed an online healthcare platform aimed at fostering peer-to-peer collaboration among medical professionals. Founded in 2013, the platform serves as a global knowledge and discussion forum, allowing healthcare providers to share experiences, insights, and information. By leveraging the collective expertise of peers and thought leaders from prestigious institutions, DocMatter enhances the learning process and broadens the information base available to medical practitioners. The platform also enables physicians to access and utilize large data sets, ultimately improving patient outcomes through informed discussions and shared knowledge.

TeamOhana provides a human resource platform that helps growing companies manage headcount confidently. Its platform consolidates and forecasts headcount targets in real-time, manages compensation data, and streamlines hiring processes to align with businesses' financial goals.

Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates drones for delivering vital medical products such as vaccines, medicines, and blood. Based in Half Moon Bay, California, Zipline aims to provide instant access to these supplies worldwide.

DocMatter Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that has developed an online healthcare platform aimed at fostering peer-to-peer collaboration among medical professionals. Founded in 2013, the platform serves as a global knowledge and discussion forum, allowing healthcare providers to share experiences, insights, and information. By leveraging the collective expertise of peers and thought leaders from prestigious institutions, DocMatter enhances the learning process and broadens the information base available to medical practitioners. The platform also enables physicians to access and utilize large data sets, ultimately improving patient outcomes through informed discussions and shared knowledge.

Only 3% of US roadways are covered by the high-definition master maps that today's self-driving cars require to navigate. Without a hard tether to these maps, or beyond their bounds, autonomous vehicles simply cannot operate. Worse, the coverage of these maps is expanding at a rate of only 2% every 5 years. At Hyperspec AI we are expanding navigable roadways for autonomous vehicles to 95%, today, by equipping each car with our onboard vision hardware that localizes and navigates with true autonomy. Our high-frequency periodic calibration corrects for drift using satellite imagery to achieve continuous precise real-time positioning at a fraction of the cost. Hyperspec AI is my third company and the second to focus on mapping and localization for autonomous vehicles. I am a serial entrepreneur with successful exits and the deep domain expertise required to lead this new generation of navigation technology. Today, my team includes top talent in computer vision, simulation, and high-performance edge computing. With $860K raised and $750K in revenue booked to date with a $1.2M backlog, we have traction and momentum. Our focus is on partnership opportunities that accelerate our time-to-market to meet the immediate industry demand.

Carta Healthcare provides a software-as-a-service platform that maps the patient journey through hospitals by integrating data from existing information systems. The platform identifies potential bottlenecks weeks in advance and issues alerts about bed shortages and cancellations. It enables hospitals to personalize care by analyzing past patient journeys and using machine learning to predict what the current patient will need and what to expect during treatment. Its clinical data abstraction capabilities automate extraction and processing to improve efficiency, accuracy, and compliance. The solution supports hospitals and research organizations in optimizing patient care, resource allocation, and operational decisions. Founded in 2016 and based in San Mateo, California, Carta Healthcare focuses on turning disparate clinical data into actionable insights to improve care delivery.

Arine Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a clinical learning and analytic response engine aimed at enhancing medication management and patient care. Founded in 2017, Arine utilizes a data-driven approach to optimize medications and improve health outcomes for patients and their families. The company's platform aggregates and analyzes clinical, social, and behavioral data to identify gaps in patient care, allowing for tailored and actionable medication recommendations. By partnering expert clinicians with data scientists and engineers, Arine focuses on delivering timely interventions that guide patients throughout their healthcare journey, ultimately aiming to lower costs and improve the quality of care.

Flowcast designs and develops patented machine learning algorithms to create predictive models for credit decisioning. Its API-based platform assesses a business's ability to repay, the risk of delinquency, and the likelihood of dilution, while providing explainable insights into the root causes of creditworthiness. The models update in real time using alternative data and Flowcast's proprietary data, enabling financial institutions, corporations, and insurers to extend credit to businesses of all sizes and monitor risk continuously. Flowcast was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with an office in Singapore.

Treasure Financial is a Toronto-based company founded in 2017 that develops a money management app for kids to build financial literacy. The mobile platform lets parents guide children as they learn budgeting, saving, and the difference between wants and needs, while tracking balances and moving money across saving, spending, giving, and goal accounts. The app provides features such as parental controls, spending limits, automatic savings, and educational resources to reinforce money-management concepts. The business aims to help families cultivate good money habits and basic financial planning through a virtual money tracker that makes money concepts tangible for children. The company was formerly known as Abacus Card.

DabKick Inc., established in 2011 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, develops a mobile application that facilitates real-time interaction among users while they watch videos, view photos, or listen to music together. The DabKick app enables live chat and walkie-talkie-like communication, synchronizing media playback across devices. Backed by international investors such as GREE, PlugAndPlay, and Digital Garage, the company aims to revolutionize social entertainment through its patented media sharing technologies.

Arine Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a clinical learning and analytic response engine aimed at enhancing medication management and patient care. Founded in 2017, Arine utilizes a data-driven approach to optimize medications and improve health outcomes for patients and their families. The company's platform aggregates and analyzes clinical, social, and behavioral data to identify gaps in patient care, allowing for tailored and actionable medication recommendations. By partnering expert clinicians with data scientists and engineers, Arine focuses on delivering timely interventions that guide patients throughout their healthcare journey, ultimately aiming to lower costs and improve the quality of care.

Flowcast designs and develops patented machine learning algorithms to create predictive models for credit decisioning. Its API-based platform assesses a business's ability to repay, the risk of delinquency, and the likelihood of dilution, while providing explainable insights into the root causes of creditworthiness. The models update in real time using alternative data and Flowcast's proprietary data, enabling financial institutions, corporations, and insurers to extend credit to businesses of all sizes and monitor risk continuously. Flowcast was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with an office in Singapore.

Helpshift develops a customer service platform designed for mobile-first environments. It offers an in-app support system that enables businesses to proactively assist and engage users, featuring functionalities like in-app FAQs, chat, CRM ticketing, campaigns, and surveys. Helpshift pioneered automated in-app messaging, serving over 820 million active consumers monthly across top mobile apps and games worldwide.

Arine Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a clinical learning and analytic response engine aimed at enhancing medication management and patient care. Founded in 2017, Arine utilizes a data-driven approach to optimize medications and improve health outcomes for patients and their families. The company's platform aggregates and analyzes clinical, social, and behavioral data to identify gaps in patient care, allowing for tailored and actionable medication recommendations. By partnering expert clinicians with data scientists and engineers, Arine focuses on delivering timely interventions that guide patients throughout their healthcare journey, ultimately aiming to lower costs and improve the quality of care.

Carta Healthcare provides a software-as-a-service platform that maps the patient journey through hospitals by integrating data from existing information systems. The platform identifies potential bottlenecks weeks in advance and issues alerts about bed shortages and cancellations. It enables hospitals to personalize care by analyzing past patient journeys and using machine learning to predict what the current patient will need and what to expect during treatment. Its clinical data abstraction capabilities automate extraction and processing to improve efficiency, accuracy, and compliance. The solution supports hospitals and research organizations in optimizing patient care, resource allocation, and operational decisions. Founded in 2016 and based in San Mateo, California, Carta Healthcare focuses on turning disparate clinical data into actionable insights to improve care delivery.

Kii is a technology company that provides an Internet of Things platform and related solutions for smart cities, smart buildings, smart logistics and healthcare, along with a mobile backend-as-a-service platform that helps businesses manage multiple vendors and SDKs and adds backend functions such as user management and push notifications without operating servers. The company traces its origins to the 2010 merger of Servo Software and Synclore Corporation, focusing on scalable IoT and mobile app infrastructure for developers and enterprises while seeking to reduce development and operational costs.

Kii is a technology company that provides an Internet of Things platform and related solutions for smart cities, smart buildings, smart logistics and healthcare, along with a mobile backend-as-a-service platform that helps businesses manage multiple vendors and SDKs and adds backend functions such as user management and push notifications without operating servers. The company traces its origins to the 2010 merger of Servo Software and Synclore Corporation, focusing on scalable IoT and mobile app infrastructure for developers and enterprises while seeking to reduce development and operational costs.

Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates drones for delivering vital medical products such as vaccines, medicines, and blood. Based in Half Moon Bay, California, Zipline aims to provide instant access to these supplies worldwide.

Lifekee LLC, founded in 2016 and based in Hallandale Beach, Florida, develops a mobile application that serves as a customer data and identity platform. This innovative application, available on both Android and iOS systems, enables users to manage their contacts effectively and share information seamlessly. Lifekee's platform transforms the traditional approach to exchanging contact information by allowing users to update their details on behalf of themselves and enterprises, fostering a new model for connecting individuals and businesses globally. Through its centralized system, Lifekee empowers users to regain control over their contact information and access their personal data across various communication and social applications.

Nomiku Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2012 that specializes in the development and manufacture of immersion circulators for sous vide cooking. Initially gaining attention through a successful Kickstarter campaign for its first product, the Nomiku Immersion Circulator, the company has since released a second, smaller and more powerful device equipped with a companion app. Nomiku's appliances are designed to turn any pot into a temperature-controlled water bath, making sous vide cooking accessible to home cooks and professional chefs alike. The company's mission is to empower individuals to create high-quality meals effortlessly by providing them with innovative cooking tools.

Foxtrot Systems, Inc., founded in 2014, is a software service company based in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in developing route optimization software designed to enhance the efficiency of last-mile delivery fleets. Its primary product, Foxtrot, is an API that provides optimized route manifests for drivers, specific estimated times of arrival (ETAs) for each stop, and calculations for driving time, driver cost, mileage, and fuel cost. This technology caters to logistics, transport, and supply chain industries, particularly benefiting drivers who deliver food, beverages, or laundry. Foxtrot Systems leverages real-time data streams and algorithms to minimize delivery times and improve overall operational efficiency.

Pathover's proprietary and patented AI technologies help businesses around the world manage payment, commercial digital transactions, financial management, back-office management, and order delivery. We empower businesses to manage their operations and finances easier. Pathover started in the grocery industry, and have since expanded our technologies to retail, restaurant, hospitality and more industries. Pathover is software solution that optimizes every step of running a business, from demand and resource management to delivery logistics. Physical stores and online marketplaces can now integrate with Pathover to automate their online digital, last mile, and back-office operations, saving time and money (on average 71%). Pathover's proprietary AI and machine learning technology provides the tools for merchants to accept payment easier online, manage finances with our back-office application, fulfill orders quickly, load-balance demand across all stores, and find the fastest and cheapest delivery options to customers.

Pensar Learning Inc is a Luxembourg-based company that develops and operates innovative learning applications focused on creating micro e-learning courses. These applications guide content creators through research-validated pathways that enhance knowledge retention for learners. By utilizing a platform that combines text, images, videos, and interactive activities, Pensar enables users to engage with educational material in a meaningful way. The company employs proven instructional design principles, leveraging insights from extensive research in learning and cognition over the past four decades. Its applications are designed to promote optimized learning, offering automatic feedback and certification to learners, thereby ensuring they understand the subject matter effectively.

TruValue Labs, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in real-time sustainability data analytics for global investors, financial institutions, and corporations. Founded in 2013, the company utilizes advanced technologies such as natural language processing, cognitive computing, and machine learning to deliver actionable insights related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Its primary offerings include the INSIGHT360 APP, which provides comprehensive analyses of sustainability performance; INSIGHT360 ON EIKON, which identifies sustainability risks and opportunities within client portfolios; and the Insight360 ESG Data API, which delivers real-time data on sustainability metrics. TruValue Labs aims to enhance transparency in investment decision-making by helping analysts, portfolio managers, and sustainability professionals understand company performance through the lens of material sustainability data.

Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates drones for delivering vital medical products such as vaccines, medicines, and blood. Based in Half Moon Bay, California, Zipline aims to provide instant access to these supplies worldwide.

DocMatter Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that has developed an online healthcare platform aimed at fostering peer-to-peer collaboration among medical professionals. Founded in 2013, the platform serves as a global knowledge and discussion forum, allowing healthcare providers to share experiences, insights, and information. By leveraging the collective expertise of peers and thought leaders from prestigious institutions, DocMatter enhances the learning process and broadens the information base available to medical practitioners. The platform also enables physicians to access and utilize large data sets, ultimately improving patient outcomes through informed discussions and shared knowledge.

TalentWorks is a job interview matching platform that modernizes the job search process. It offers a career management platform equipped with a resume optimizer and an application scourer. The service includes the assistance of a human hiring manager to guide users in finding suitable job opportunities. By leveraging technology, TalentWorks enables job seekers to automatically apply for positions that align with their interests and experience, streamlining the journey to employment.

Foxtrot Systems, Inc., founded in 2014, is a software service company based in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in developing route optimization software designed to enhance the efficiency of last-mile delivery fleets. Its primary product, Foxtrot, is an API that provides optimized route manifests for drivers, specific estimated times of arrival (ETAs) for each stop, and calculations for driving time, driver cost, mileage, and fuel cost. This technology caters to logistics, transport, and supply chain industries, particularly benefiting drivers who deliver food, beverages, or laundry. Foxtrot Systems leverages real-time data streams and algorithms to minimize delivery times and improve overall operational efficiency.

TruValue Labs, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in real-time sustainability data analytics for global investors, financial institutions, and corporations. Founded in 2013, the company utilizes advanced technologies such as natural language processing, cognitive computing, and machine learning to deliver actionable insights related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Its primary offerings include the INSIGHT360 APP, which provides comprehensive analyses of sustainability performance; INSIGHT360 ON EIKON, which identifies sustainability risks and opportunities within client portfolios; and the Insight360 ESG Data API, which delivers real-time data on sustainability metrics. TruValue Labs aims to enhance transparency in investment decision-making by helping analysts, portfolio managers, and sustainability professionals understand company performance through the lens of material sustainability data.

DocMatter Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that has developed an online healthcare platform aimed at fostering peer-to-peer collaboration among medical professionals. Founded in 2013, the platform serves as a global knowledge and discussion forum, allowing healthcare providers to share experiences, insights, and information. By leveraging the collective expertise of peers and thought leaders from prestigious institutions, DocMatter enhances the learning process and broadens the information base available to medical practitioners. The platform also enables physicians to access and utilize large data sets, ultimately improving patient outcomes through informed discussions and shared knowledge.

Pensar Learning Inc is a Luxembourg-based company that develops and operates innovative learning applications focused on creating micro e-learning courses. These applications guide content creators through research-validated pathways that enhance knowledge retention for learners. By utilizing a platform that combines text, images, videos, and interactive activities, Pensar enables users to engage with educational material in a meaningful way. The company employs proven instructional design principles, leveraging insights from extensive research in learning and cognition over the past four decades. Its applications are designed to promote optimized learning, offering automatic feedback and certification to learners, thereby ensuring they understand the subject matter effectively.

Chairman Mom is a subscription-based company that aims to provide resources to working mothers. The company is on a mission to rebrand working motherhood. Created by Pando founder, veteran journalist and mother of two, Sarah Lacy, Chairman Mom is a platform that lets working mothers share experiences and honest answers to help one another succeed in life and career. Through a subscription-based Q&A community, Chairman Mom is focused on uniting—rather than dividing women.