500 Labs

500 Global, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a venture capital firm and incubator based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2010. The firm specializes in seed investments, primarily focusing on early-stage technology and financial services startups across various sectors, including biotech, e-commerce, fintech, and digital healthcare. 500 Global operates a four-month accelerator program, where it typically invests between $0.05 million and $1 million for a 5 to 10 percent equity stake in companies with at least $100,000 in monthly revenue. The firm targets a global market, with particular emphasis on regions such as the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Since its inception, it has invested in over 2,200 startups and supports the growth of innovation ecosystems through educational programs and partnerships. 500 Global also prioritizes investments in companies led by minority founders, reflecting its commitment to diverse entrepreneurial leadership.

Amjad Ahmad

General Partner

Chandini Ammineni

Partner

André Marcel Bally

Investor Relations Associate

Timothy Chae

Managing Partner

Amal Enan

Partner

Max Fram-Schwartz

Venture Partner

Christine Herron

Advisor

Twwo Pun Jaruthassanakul

Investment Associate

Yolanda Kim

Principal

Matt Lerner

Partner

Jon Li

Director, Investor Relations

Jasmine Liew

Investment Manager

Robert Neivert

Venture Partner

Khailee Ng

Managing Partner

Krating Poonpol Ph.D

Partner

Ruangroj Poonpol

Venture Partner

Natavudh Pungcharoenpong

Partner

Mameaw Sapprasert

Partner

Reena Sharma

Investor Relations Associate

Mike Sigal

Partner, FinTech

Sanjay Singhal

Partner, Canada

Tanya Soman

Venture Partner

Paulina Szyrmer

Head of Global Education

Pat Naranpat Thitipattakul

Investor

Christine Tsai

Co-Founder, Partner & Chief Executive Officer

Tony Wang

Managing Partner

Bedy Yang

Managing Partner

Paul Yoo

Chief Financial Officer

Past deals in Northeastern US

SustainFi

Pre Seed Round in 2022
SustainFi connects people who want to make an impact with their money with the right investments, products, and services. They help investors find investments that will do well in the climate transition, including private clean energy and cleantech opportunities, companies with strong environmental, social, or governance scores, and impact investments.

Headout

Series B in 2022
Headout Inc. operates a mobile marketplace that allows travelers to discover and book last-minute tours, activities, and local experiences. The company's application, available on iOS and Android devices, enables users to secure tickets for a variety of experiences, including food tours, walking tours, cruises, and adventure activities such as kayaking and skydiving. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in London and Dubai, Headout focuses on providing travelers with access to local events and attractions in a seamless manner, allowing bookings to be completed in just a few taps.

LawTrades

Series A in 2022
Lawtrades, Inc. offers an online service that allows legal work to be done via text messages. The company is based in New York, New York.

Kalendar AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an artificial intelligence (AI) driven sales platform that automates lead generation and outreach by utilizing AI agents. The company platform personalizes emails, books meetings, and follows up with prospects, enabling businesses to generate revenue efficiently.

Vega

Seed Round in 2021
We are experiencing the biggest paradigm shift in investing. Unlike the last ten generations, everyone today has the ability to actively invest at their fingertips. Understanding how to invest however is still a problem for most as today's solutions are fragmented, unreliable, and often inaccessible to the public. We believe that the future of investing is going to be transparent, social, and community-driven. Vega aims to democratize investing knowledge - empowering people to utilize investing and crypto to create better outcomes for themselves, together.

LawTrades

Venture Round in 2021
Lawtrades, Inc. offers an online service that allows legal work to be done via text messages. The company is based in New York, New York.

Bespoke Post

Series B in 2021
Goods and guidance for the modern man, delivered monthly. We aim to upgrade a guy's day-to-day life through our themed boxes full of enviable gear – shaving sets, shoe shine kits, home bar essentials, and lots more – plus a full shop of uniquely cool standalone products. Here's how it works: at the beginning of each month, you'll get an email with a full look inside the box we've selected for you based on what we think you'll enjoy. You're free to tweak colors and sizes, add on extra goods, or skip it at no cost – whatever you want. And there's always free shipping, easy returns, and no hassles, ever. See you on the inside.

Headout

Series B in 2021
Headout Inc. operates a mobile marketplace that allows travelers to discover and book last-minute tours, activities, and local experiences. The company's application, available on iOS and Android devices, enables users to secure tickets for a variety of experiences, including food tours, walking tours, cruises, and adventure activities such as kayaking and skydiving. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in London and Dubai, Headout focuses on providing travelers with access to local events and attractions in a seamless manner, allowing bookings to be completed in just a few taps.

Virtual Internships

Seed Round in 2021
Virtual Internship Partners provide remote internships that develop 21st Century professional skills, including the use of digital technology and online platforms, that make students more employable and career-ready.

Cadana

Seed Round in 2021
Cadana is a platform focused on providing on-demand payment solutions for African workers. By collaborating with businesses, Cadana enhances the management of accounts receivables, vendor payments, and payroll processes. The platform facilitates instant transfers and offers flexibility in payment destinations, allowing workers to access their earnings as needed. This approach not only streamlines financial operations for companies but also promotes financial wellness for workers by enabling them to address unexpected expenses promptly. Through its innovative solutions, Cadana aims to transform the payment landscape in Africa, supporting both businesses and their employees.

Ansel Health

Series A in 2021
Brella is modernizing supplemental health benefits to build a world where health hardship doesn’t mean financial hardship. Brella’s simple supplemental plan covers 13,000+ conditions and pays cash on the diagnosis that you can use for anything that is needed on the road to recovery. Brella Insurance was founded in 2019 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Cadana

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Cadana is a platform focused on providing on-demand payment solutions for African workers. By collaborating with businesses, Cadana enhances the management of accounts receivables, vendor payments, and payroll processes. The platform facilitates instant transfers and offers flexibility in payment destinations, allowing workers to access their earnings as needed. This approach not only streamlines financial operations for companies but also promotes financial wellness for workers by enabling them to address unexpected expenses promptly. Through its innovative solutions, Cadana aims to transform the payment landscape in Africa, supporting both businesses and their employees.

Ethic

Series B in 2020
Ethic operates as a tech-driven asset manager that powers the creation of investment portfolios. It builds separately managed accounts (SMAs) optimized to track the market, align with one’s investment allocation, and outperform on a client’s chosen sustainability criteria. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Fakespot

Series A in 2020
Fakespot Inc. develops and operates a data analytics platform that spots fake online product reviews. It uses patented algorithms to sift out online product reviews that it thinks are unreliable on e-commerce platforms. The company’s application is available on App Store and Google Play. Fakespot Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Jasper

Seed Round in 2020
Jasper offers an online platform that allows its users to Simplify their job with online booking, virtual insurance and intake collection, mobile bill payments, and approval payment plans.

EMTECH

Seed Round in 2020
EMTECH is a fintech company founded in 2019 and based in New York, New York, focused on modernizing central banks to enhance financial inclusion and resilience. The company develops cloud-based software that provides scalable and robust digital infrastructure for central banks. Its offerings include digital regulatory sandboxes for collaborative workflows, as well as solutions for digital cash and digital currency integration, facilitating cross-border transactions. By customizing its services to meet the specific needs of different economies, EMTECH aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of central bank operations.

Headout

Seed Round in 2020
Headout Inc. operates a mobile marketplace that allows travelers to discover and book last-minute tours, activities, and local experiences. The company's application, available on iOS and Android devices, enables users to secure tickets for a variety of experiences, including food tours, walking tours, cruises, and adventure activities such as kayaking and skydiving. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in London and Dubai, Headout focuses on providing travelers with access to local events and attractions in a seamless manner, allowing bookings to be completed in just a few taps.

BloomCredit

Series A in 2020
Bloom Credit is a fintech platform that works to improve the financial eligibility of people declines for lending products. The company's technology uses a data-driven approach to offer actionable advice, insights, and guidance working directly with lenders to graduate their applicants through consumer credit analysis, ongoing credit monitoring and alerting lenders when an applicant meets eligibility requirements, enabling consumers to improve their financial health and loan eligibility. With credit at the heart of financial customer relationships, BloomCredit creating advanced developer-friendly API solutions that can improve, monitor, and promote credit health to build trust between consumers and the financial institutions that serve them. It was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, United States.

Virtual Internships

Seed Round in 2020
Virtual Internship Partners provide remote internships that develop 21st Century professional skills, including the use of digital technology and online platforms, that make students more employable and career-ready.

Getgrow.io

Seed Round in 2020
Getgrow.io Build safe cultures where individuals grow more rapidly and teams collaborate more effectively ultimately achieving more, together. It specializes in the fields of internet, web portals, and information technology.

AvoMD

Seed Round in 2020
AvoMD offers a simple interface for doctors to access critical medical knowledge at the point of care. It customizes medical knowledge and education to facilitate the treatment and diagnosis processes. AvoMD was founded in 2018 and is based in New York.

Bunch

Seed Round in 2020
Bunch Live, Inc. develops Bunch, a party application that enables users to engage in multiplayer games while participating in group video chats. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, the platform facilitates game discovery, play, and sharing among friends. Additionally, it offers integration options for developers, allowing them to incorporate Bunch's functionalities into their own games, enhancing the social gaming experience. Through its innovative approach, Bunch has established itself as a leader in combining gaming and social interaction.

Adapty

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Adapty is a service platform focused on enhancing mobile in-app subscriptions. It provides tools for analyzing subscription performance and optimizing user engagement through A/B testing of paywalls. The platform allows developers to remotely adjust in-app paywalls and implement promotional campaigns via push notifications, helping to drive subscriber growth. Additionally, Adapty offers analytics that track subscription events, enabling mobile developers and marketers to improve conversion rates and effectively manage their subscription infrastructure.

Whelp

Seed Round in 2020
Whelp, Inc. is an AI-powered customer support software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform established in 2019 and headquartered in New York, New York. It integrates multiple communication channels, including voice, phone, SMS, email, and social media, to provide a unified customer support experience. Whelp caters to various industries, such as airlines, healthcare, education, insurance, banking, and retail, serving call centers, business process outsourcing (BPO) firms, and sales teams. The platform not only enhances customer service through features like an AI-based hybrid chatbot and rapid callback capabilities but also introduces a revenue stream by enabling customer support agents to sell and upsell products using embedded payment processing technology.

Breather

Series D in 2019
Breather Products Inc. is a provider of on-demand private workspaces designed for productivity, allowing clients to reserve and unlock spaces through its web and mobile applications. Founded in 2012 and based in Montreal, Canada, the company has established a network of hundreds of locations across major cities, including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Washington, Toronto, Montreal, and London. Breather offers flexible workspace solutions available by the hour, day, or month, catering to businesses seeking comfortable and private environments. Each space is equipped with technology that facilitates seamless work experiences, enabling users to engage in meetings or video conferences without delay.

Pilota

Seed Round in 2019
Pilota operates an online platform that monitors and predicts flight disruptions, and automatically rebooks flights during delays or cancellations. Its platform leverages machine learning technology to predict disruptions ahead of time to proactively and automatically rebook a traveler's flight for free during these disruptions. The company serves travel management companies and airlines. Pilota was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, New York.

ShardSecure

Seed Round in 2019
ShardSecure, Inc. specializes in encryption and cloud data security solutions, focusing on protecting sensitive information during storage and sharing in cloud environments. The company's innovative Microshard technology fragments sensitive data into small pieces, which are then distributed across multiple cloud platforms alongside decoy shards, making it nearly impossible for hackers to reconstruct the original data. This approach not only enhances data protection but also helps mitigate risks associated with cloud misconfigurations. ShardSecure's solutions are designed to be application-agnostic and can be deployed as a virtual storage appliance. The company integrates with major cloud service providers, including AWS, Azure, Google, and IBM, providing clients with simplified and effective data security alternatives. Founded in 2019, ShardSecure is headquartered in New York, New York.

Starship

Series A in 2019
Starship is mobile health savings account (HSA) with automated investing and health tracking tools in a beautiful mobile app built for humans. It is building a health care savings account platform that combines a mobile-first signup process, overflow investing into index funds, easy reimbursements, and a chat service for expert advice. Starship was founded in 2016 and is based in New York City.

ShardSecure

Seed Round in 2019
ShardSecure, Inc. specializes in encryption and cloud data security solutions, focusing on protecting sensitive information during storage and sharing in cloud environments. The company's innovative Microshard technology fragments sensitive data into small pieces, which are then distributed across multiple cloud platforms alongside decoy shards, making it nearly impossible for hackers to reconstruct the original data. This approach not only enhances data protection but also helps mitigate risks associated with cloud misconfigurations. ShardSecure's solutions are designed to be application-agnostic and can be deployed as a virtual storage appliance. The company integrates with major cloud service providers, including AWS, Azure, Google, and IBM, providing clients with simplified and effective data security alternatives. Founded in 2019, ShardSecure is headquartered in New York, New York.

Bunch

Seed Round in 2019
Bunch Live, Inc. develops Bunch, a party application that enables users to engage in multiplayer games while participating in group video chats. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, the platform facilitates game discovery, play, and sharing among friends. Additionally, it offers integration options for developers, allowing them to incorporate Bunch's functionalities into their own games, enhancing the social gaming experience. Through its innovative approach, Bunch has established itself as a leader in combining gaming and social interaction.

Headout

Series A in 2019
Headout Inc. operates a mobile marketplace that allows travelers to discover and book last-minute tours, activities, and local experiences. The company's application, available on iOS and Android devices, enables users to secure tickets for a variety of experiences, including food tours, walking tours, cruises, and adventure activities such as kayaking and skydiving. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in London and Dubai, Headout focuses on providing travelers with access to local events and attractions in a seamless manner, allowing bookings to be completed in just a few taps.

Jones

Seed Round in 2019
The Jones Agency, Inc. is a liability insurance underwriting company that specializes in serving general construction and property management contractors. Founded in 2016 and based in New York, it provides insurance solutions tailored for various professions, including contractors, electricians, HVAC technicians, and landscapers. In addition to its underwriting services, Jones offers a software platform designed to streamline liability management for real estate companies, addressing the complexities of insurance compliance. This innovative approach aims to simplify the traditionally cumbersome process of managing insurance certificates for owners, managers, and developers within the commercial real estate sector. Through its services, Jones seeks to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in insurance management for its clients.

Silk and Sonder

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Silk and Sonder, Inc. provides monthly planners and journal subscription services. It offers monthly and weekly calendar spreads, habit trackers, productivity and focus frameworks, art and design articles, and themed quotes and poems. The company also provides monthly and annual wellness planners subscription services. It sells its products through online. Silk and Sonder, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California. It has an additional location in New York, New York.

Spokn

Seed Round in 2019
Spokn helps companies develop their talent and build a culture of continuous learning - all in audio. Our 'bite-sized' insights cover skills like communication, collaboration, productivity and leadership and come from the top experts in the world - from Harvard Business School and MIT to HubSpot, Mindful, the Financial Times and more. The best part? It's 100% in audio, so learning fits into the daily routine of employees.

Starship

Seed Round in 2019
Starship is mobile health savings account (HSA) with automated investing and health tracking tools in a beautiful mobile app built for humans. It is building a health care savings account platform that combines a mobile-first signup process, overflow investing into index funds, easy reimbursements, and a chat service for expert advice. Starship was founded in 2016 and is based in New York City.

Sleepbox

Seed Round in 2019
Sleepbox is a company that designs and develops compact modular hotel rooms, known as Sleepbox units, which can be installed in various locations such as airports, offices, and hospitals for short-term stays. Their offerings include the InnerSpace module and both single and double Sleepbox units, providing a flexible and efficient solution for accommodation. Founded in 2016 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Sleepbox aims to make privacy and rest accessible to travelers by enabling partners to easily set up hotel services in high-demand areas.

Trusting Social

Series A in 2019
Trusting Social Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that redefines credit scoring by leveraging big data technology alongside social, web, and mobile information. Established in 2013, it provides a solution known as Credit Scoring 2.0, which allows lenders in emerging markets to extend credit to consumers who lack traditional credit histories. This innovative approach targets billions of "financially invisible" individuals in countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, and India. Trusting Social's scoring methodology has been demonstrated to be more accurate, faster, and cost-effective compared to conventional credit assessment methods. The company maintains additional offices in several key cities across Southeast Asia and India, reflecting its commitment to expanding access to financial services in underserved markets.

ChemTech.

Seed Round in 2019
ChemTech is a New York-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing AI-based software for the automation of manufacturing plants. Its flagship product, OptimEase, gathers historical and real-time data from existing sensors to enhance the efficiency of production lines in various sectors, including chemicals, food, cosmetics, and oil and gas. By utilizing artificial intelligence, OptimEase not only predicts future parameters of production units but also provides actionable recommendations to improve capacity, yield, and product quality. This innovative platform aims to optimize factory operations, enhance productivity, and help industries maximize profitability while reducing their environmental impact.

eino

Pre Seed Round in 2019
EINO, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in developing predictive software aimed at forecasting the movement and intent of people in urban environments. The technology enhances historical data with extensive contextual information, which is processed by an artificial intelligence engine to guide key business decisions. This capability enables companies to optimize resource planning and distribution, improve operational efficiency, and enhance customer service, ultimately leading to increased revenue. EINO is currently engaged in proof of concept projects with three major global operators.

Glyph

Seed Round in 2019
Glyph manufacture shoes for men and women and are crafted using digital knitting technology. They are a minimalist company. Glyph uppers are knit to stretch perfectly around every foot. In fact, the more you wear them, the better they'll fit. They are constructed with a proprietary knit pattern to outlast leather. They'll take a beating and keep their shape. Glyphs are knit with a permeable membrane. Wear them in the rain, throw them in the washing machine. They are designed to breathe - each shoe weighs less than a pound. Their insoles have an antimicrobial coating so it can wear them with or without socks.

Bytez

Seed Round in 2019
Bytez is a computer software startup that helps developers and data scientists work faster. Its service allows researchers to access ranked data science research papers and machine learning architectures in Python. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in New York.

Ethic

Series A in 2019
Ethic operates as a tech-driven asset manager that powers the creation of investment portfolios. It builds separately managed accounts (SMAs) optimized to track the market, align with one’s investment allocation, and outperform on a client’s chosen sustainability criteria. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Bombfell

Venture Round in 2019
Bombfell, Inc. provides an online, priced curation-powered clothing and styling solution for men. The company offers a dedicated personal stylist who is matched with clients to pick out and send clothing outfits based on the client’s fit and taste. Further, the company allows customers to only pay for clothes they keep, with free shipping and returns, without any styling fee or commitment. Additionally, it offers looks for the office, and allows customers to preview and approve before the order ships with no subscriptions. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

CompStak

Series B in 2019
CompStak, Inc. is a New York-based company that operates a crowd-sourced online database specializing in commercial lease comparisons. Founded in 2011, CompStak provides a platform where brokers, landlords, appraisers, and researchers can exchange detailed information on completed commercial lease transactions. The database includes essential data such as tenant names, addresses, rental rates, square footage, landlord concessions, and broker details. This comprehensive information is utilized by various stakeholders, including real estate private equity firms, banks, asset managers, REITs, and hedge funds, to conduct valuations and analyses of potential investments. Additionally, institutional property owners leverage CompStak's data to benchmark their assets against the market. The company has established a strategic partnership with Knowledge Cubed to enhance its data offerings.

Hedron

Seed Round in 2019
Analytical Space is in the business of quickly moving data from imaging satellites in space back to the ground. Analytical Space is building the in-orbit communication infrastructure that will enable real time knowledge of what is happening on the surface of our planet.

EasyKnock

Series A in 2019
EasyKnock, Inc. is a real estate technology company founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company specializes in sale-leaseback programs, allowing homeowners in the United States to access their home equity without needing to move. Its primary offerings include the Sell and Stay program, which enables homeowners to receive cash for the value of their home while retaining the option to buy it back or move at their convenience, and MoveAbility, designed for those planning a near-term relocation. Through these programs, EasyKnock aims to provide homeowners with financial flexibility and support in managing their housing needs.

Resonado

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Resonado, Inc. specializes in designing and developing audio systems utilizing its patented Flat Core Speaker (FCS) technology. Founded in 2017 and based in South Bend, Indiana, with additional offices in San Francisco, Boston, and Anyang, South Korea, the company serves various industries, including automotive, consumer electronics, home theater, hospitality, and marine. Traditional conical speaker transducer technology has long dominated audio production, but the demand for smaller, more efficient audio components has increased significantly due to trends in product miniaturization and the proliferation of smart IoT devices. Resonado's FCS technology addresses these challenges by optimizing the internal structure of electrodynamic transducers, allowing for innovative design without sacrificing acoustic performance. The company generates revenue primarily through licensing its technology to global manufacturers across multiple sectors.

Portier Technologies

Seed Round in 2019
Portier Technologies Corporation provides a mobile guest platform for luxury hospitality market. It offers The Portier, an application that connects guests to the hotel during their stay; and engage with a hotel's concierge and guest services department. Portier Technologies Corporation was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

YayPay

Series A in 2018
YayPay Inc. develops a cloud-based accounts receivable management software that automates payment workflows for finance, credit, and collections teams. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of solutions including dashboards for automated collections, payment predictions, and payer trends, as well as integration with popular platforms like Oracle NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Acumatica, QuickBooks, and Salesforce. YayPay's software utilizes data science and machine learning to improve the credit to cash process, facilitating credit assessments, invoicing, collections management, online payment processing, and cash application. The company targets mid-market and enterprise customers across various sectors, including manufacturing, wholesale, software, and consulting. As a subsidiary of Quadient S.A., YayPay has additional offices in Kyiv, Ukraine, and London, United Kingdom.

Bunch

Seed Round in 2018
Bunch Live, Inc. develops Bunch, a party application that enables users to engage in multiplayer games while participating in group video chats. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, the platform facilitates game discovery, play, and sharing among friends. Additionally, it offers integration options for developers, allowing them to incorporate Bunch's functionalities into their own games, enhancing the social gaming experience. Through its innovative approach, Bunch has established itself as a leader in combining gaming and social interaction.

Vbout.com

Seed Round in 2018
Vbout is multi-channel marketing automation technology that helps businesses collect leads and convert them into loyal customers. The software saves time and increases efficiency by combining several essential marketing tools into one powerful platform. Features include social media management, a landing page builder, email marketing tools, a customer journey builder and in-depth user profiling. Vbout’s platform also includes built-in reporting and analytics to optimize campaigns and track all engagement with your leads.

Ethic

Venture Round in 2018
Ethic operates as a tech-driven asset manager that powers the creation of investment portfolios. It builds separately managed accounts (SMAs) optimized to track the market, align with one’s investment allocation, and outperform on a client’s chosen sustainability criteria. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Goldbelly

Series B in 2018
Goldbelly is an online platform for specialty food makers and artisans. Goldbelly's online marketplace connects local food providers to eaters and sources iconic, regional, and local foods from all kinds of cuisines across the country with tools for ordering and doorstep delivery, allowing small businesses to reach new customers and grow their revenue.

Nestready

Venture Round in 2018
NestReady Inc. is a real estate technology company based in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2012. The company has developed a marketplace that integrates all stages of the home buying experience, connecting mortgage lenders with homebuyers. Its platform serves as a comprehensive tool that simplifies the home buying process by merging mortgage services with real estate offerings, facilitating better client relationships and improving visibility into the progress of transactions. This integration allows mortgage lenders to enhance customer understanding, reduce acquisition costs, and provide a seamless homebuying experience directly on their websites. By bridging the gap between home discovery and financing, NestReady aims to increase conversion rates and improve client retention.

Kayum

Seed Round in 2018
Kayum simplifies personal insurance for Latin American consumers, starting in Mexico. The Mexican market is mostly opaque with complicated offers; it’s also expensive partly because 43% of premiums are spent on SG&A. Consumers actively research insurance online, performing 110 million Insurance-related searches every year. To satisfy this demand and close the coverage gap, Kayum offers price comparison aided by personalized, AI-generated recommendations helping consumers make the best choice.

BloomCredit

Seed Round in 2018
Bloom Credit is a fintech platform that works to improve the financial eligibility of people declines for lending products. The company's technology uses a data-driven approach to offer actionable advice, insights, and guidance working directly with lenders to graduate their applicants through consumer credit analysis, ongoing credit monitoring and alerting lenders when an applicant meets eligibility requirements, enabling consumers to improve their financial health and loan eligibility. With credit at the heart of financial customer relationships, BloomCredit creating advanced developer-friendly API solutions that can improve, monitor, and promote credit health to build trust between consumers and the financial institutions that serve them. It was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, United States.

TEXEL

Seed Round in 2018
TEXEL is a company that provides a white label platform designed for immersive video on demand (VOD) and live 360-degree video experiences for content owners, broadcasters, and telecom companies. With a focus on high video quality and enhanced network efficiency, the platform allows users to attend live events, such as concerts, virtually alongside friends in different locations through advanced synchronization technology. Additionally, TEXEL's platform includes features for social interaction and monetization, enabling content providers to better understand audience engagement by analyzing viewer behavior and headset movement. Based in New York and Tel Aviv, TEXEL is led by a team of senior executives with extensive experience in broadcast and digital media technology.

Fakespot

Seed Round in 2018
Fakespot Inc. develops and operates a data analytics platform that spots fake online product reviews. It uses patented algorithms to sift out online product reviews that it thinks are unreliable on e-commerce platforms. The company’s application is available on App Store and Google Play. Fakespot Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Starship

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Starship is mobile health savings account (HSA) with automated investing and health tracking tools in a beautiful mobile app built for humans. It is building a health care savings account platform that combines a mobile-first signup process, overflow investing into index funds, easy reimbursements, and a chat service for expert advice. Starship was founded in 2016 and is based in New York City.

Jones

Seed Round in 2018
The Jones Agency, Inc. is a liability insurance underwriting company that specializes in serving general construction and property management contractors. Founded in 2016 and based in New York, it provides insurance solutions tailored for various professions, including contractors, electricians, HVAC technicians, and landscapers. In addition to its underwriting services, Jones offers a software platform designed to streamline liability management for real estate companies, addressing the complexities of insurance compliance. This innovative approach aims to simplify the traditionally cumbersome process of managing insurance certificates for owners, managers, and developers within the commercial real estate sector. Through its services, Jones seeks to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in insurance management for its clients.

Vacayo

Seed Round in 2018
Vacayo is a real estate management and service platform that helps owners rent their properties seamlessly and with higher income, leveraging Superhosts for on-the-ground operations. Despite the growth of the sharing economy, homeowners monetize less than 2 million of the 8 million second homes in the US. We leverage technology & big data to higher profits, total coverage, and better options owners. Vacayo allows owners to put their vacation rental on autopilot. Our system is cutting the typical costs of property management companies by 30%-60%.

Starship

Seed Round in 2018
Starship is mobile health savings account (HSA) with automated investing and health tracking tools in a beautiful mobile app built for humans. It is building a health care savings account platform that combines a mobile-first signup process, overflow investing into index funds, easy reimbursements, and a chat service for expert advice. Starship was founded in 2016 and is based in New York City.

EME Hive

Series A in 2018
EME is a community-based, social live streaming app for finding like-minded friends and partners. Through the power of live streaming technology, users are able to form real-time connections with members of their own communities. By offering a subscription dating service as well as a live streaming platform, EME makes it easy for users to flirt, chat, and date in real-time -- all within the same app.

Trusting Social

Seed Round in 2018
Trusting Social Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that redefines credit scoring by leveraging big data technology alongside social, web, and mobile information. Established in 2013, it provides a solution known as Credit Scoring 2.0, which allows lenders in emerging markets to extend credit to consumers who lack traditional credit histories. This innovative approach targets billions of "financially invisible" individuals in countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, and India. Trusting Social's scoring methodology has been demonstrated to be more accurate, faster, and cost-effective compared to conventional credit assessment methods. The company maintains additional offices in several key cities across Southeast Asia and India, reflecting its commitment to expanding access to financial services in underserved markets.

Mira

Seed Round in 2018
Mira Financial, Inc. provides online insurance brokerage services. The company's online platform helps compare the quotes from different insurers and provides advice to buy a policy that fits the customer. Mira Financial, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Memorick

Seed Round in 2018
Memorick, S.A.P.I. De C.V. connects local photographers with travellers worldwide. It connects travellers with a network of photographers for various occasions, such as honeymoons, proposals, baby moons, couples, friends, and family. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

Bunch

Seed Round in 2017
Bunch Live, Inc. develops Bunch, a party application that enables users to engage in multiplayer games while participating in group video chats. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, the platform facilitates game discovery, play, and sharing among friends. Additionally, it offers integration options for developers, allowing them to incorporate Bunch's functionalities into their own games, enhancing the social gaming experience. Through its innovative approach, Bunch has established itself as a leader in combining gaming and social interaction.

PlusMargin

Venture Round in 2017
PlusMargin Pte Ltd. operates web and mobile platforms that leverage verified persuasion strategies to help businesses attract and retain consumers. Founded in 2014 and based in Singapore with an office in New York, the company combines consumer psychology and machine learning to encourage user engagement. PlusMargin's offerings include smart messages, labels, and an API, utilizing a range of data types such as psychographic, demographic, transaction, and behavioral data to optimize its persuasive techniques.

YayPay

Venture Round in 2017
YayPay Inc. develops a cloud-based accounts receivable management software that automates payment workflows for finance, credit, and collections teams. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of solutions including dashboards for automated collections, payment predictions, and payer trends, as well as integration with popular platforms like Oracle NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Acumatica, QuickBooks, and Salesforce. YayPay's software utilizes data science and machine learning to improve the credit to cash process, facilitating credit assessments, invoicing, collections management, online payment processing, and cash application. The company targets mid-market and enterprise customers across various sectors, including manufacturing, wholesale, software, and consulting. As a subsidiary of Quadient S.A., YayPay has additional offices in Kyiv, Ukraine, and London, United Kingdom.

Jones

Pre Seed Round in 2017
The Jones Agency, Inc. is a liability insurance underwriting company that specializes in serving general construction and property management contractors. Founded in 2016 and based in New York, it provides insurance solutions tailored for various professions, including contractors, electricians, HVAC technicians, and landscapers. In addition to its underwriting services, Jones offers a software platform designed to streamline liability management for real estate companies, addressing the complexities of insurance compliance. This innovative approach aims to simplify the traditionally cumbersome process of managing insurance certificates for owners, managers, and developers within the commercial real estate sector. Through its services, Jones seeks to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in insurance management for its clients.

Funderful

Seed Round in 2017
Funderful SIA develops a fundraising software that helps universities to increase alumni engagement and donations up to three times. It offers fundraising campaigns for alumni, Facebook challenges, and online giving packages. The company serves schools, colleges, universities, and others in Latvia and internationally. Funderful SIA was founded in 2014 and is based in Riga, Latvia with an additional office in San Francisco, California. As of January 30, 2019, Funderful SIA operates as a subsidiary of Ruffalo Noel Levitz, LLC.

Folia Materials

Seed Round in 2017
Folia Materials, founded in 2016 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, specializes in the manufacturing of innovative, low-cost functionalized materials using a patented process that leverages large-scale paper machinery. The company's flagship product, Folia Water, is a groundbreaking water filter designed to provide affordable access to clean water, particularly targeting emerging markets with a price point that enables consumers to filter 20 liters for just $0.20. Folia Materials operates primarily as a B2B original equipment manufacturer, collaborating with major consumer brands, including pilot projects with Unilever in Bangladesh and a multinational corporation in Mexico. In addition to water filtration, Folia is exploring opportunities in food packaging through research and development partnerships with a Fortune 100 company, aiming for rapid licensing and market introduction.

Storyhunter

Seed Round in 2017
Storyhunter, Inc. operates a cloud-based talent marketplace that connects media companies, brands, and production agencies with freelance video professionals worldwide. The platform enables users to source story ideas, produce original content, and cover various media needs, including branded content and breaking news. It provides tools for video professionals to manage contracts, facilitate payments, and expand their networks, helping them pitch larger projects and enhance their portfolios. The services offered through Storyhunter's network include video journalism, documentary filmmaking, drone operations, video editing, and mobile livestreaming, among others. Founded in 2011, Storyhunter is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, with additional operations in San Francisco.

Goldbelly

Series A in 2017
Goldbelly is an online platform for specialty food makers and artisans. Goldbelly's online marketplace connects local food providers to eaters and sources iconic, regional, and local foods from all kinds of cuisines across the country with tools for ordering and doorstep delivery, allowing small businesses to reach new customers and grow their revenue.

Knotel

Series A in 2017
Knotel is a flexible workspace platform that provides tailored office solutions for established and growing companies. Founded in 2016, Knotel aims to offer businesses the flexibility to scale according to their unique needs. With over 5 million square feet of space across more than 300 locations worldwide, Knotel is focused on transforming commercial real estate. The company employs an in-house team of architects, interior designers, and workplace strategists to customize each workspace, allowing clients to concentrate on their core operations and culture.

FORTË

Seed Round in 2017
FORTË is a tech company (b2b), and a subscription based fitness streaming platform (b2c). They have built hardware and software that they install in a studio so they can seamlessly stream live classes directly to their platform. they are creating a Netflix-style hub of leading boutique fitness studio classes worldwide. Right now a boutique fitness studio is confined to the 30 people or so that can attend their class, but with streaming the entire world can be their audience. In order to connect the remote users to the in-studio participants they will be curating all wearables on the market to create a live leaderboard. Users will be able to track their performance in real-time, monitor their overall and personal achievements on their social, interactive, and fully immersive platform. Each studio is outfitted with multiple cameras. The switching of the cameras is fully automated, as well as the audio. They live stream all day from both coasts, with no one operating the streams successfully daily. MVP : https://www.go90.com/videos/3iPpGlhJgjU

LawTrades

Seed Round in 2016
Lawtrades, Inc. offers an online service that allows legal work to be done via text messages. The company is based in New York, New York.

Apptopia

Series A in 2016
Apptopia, Inc. provides data and insights for mobile applications. The company provides downloads, revenues, and actives user data for every mobile application in the world. It also offers advertising optimization, product and market research, competitive intelligence and benchmarking, and monetization analysis for application developers; sales intelligence, lead generation, and market analysis for Ad networks and SDK companies; and deal discovery, due diligence, and market and trend analysis for investors and VC firms. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

OST

Seed Round in 2016
Ost powers the Ethereum Application Layer. Ost technology features the industry’s first seamlessly embeddable Ethereum smart contract wallet — developers don’t need to learn blockchain, users don’t even need to know it’s crypto. -Turn any user action into a token transfer — e.g. any upvote, like, comment, review, message, consumption, engagement, wager -Micro-transactions made possible — process tx at fraction of a cent vs. $0.30 + 2.8% Stripe fees -Enabling the future promises of Libra, already today — simple, easy, peer-to-peer payments, way out ahead of the market -Regulatory compliant, FinCEN compliant, Apple app-store compliant -Pepo by Ost is the first crypto-powered app approved by Apple, with in-app purchase and cash-out options -Numerous 3rd party use cases

OpenSponsorship

Seed Round in 2016
OpenSponsorship operates an online platform that serves as a two-sided marketplace for sports sponsorship, facilitating connections between corporate brands and rights holders, including athletes, teams, and leagues. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, the platform enables rights holders to create profiles and publish sponsorship opportunities. Brands can submit anonymous requests for proposals (RFPs) detailing their marketing needs, which rights holders can respond to by applying directly. The platform features a proprietary database that allows brands to search for suitable sponsorship opportunities and engage with rights holders through a messaging system. By streamlining the sponsorship process, OpenSponsorship aims to make it easier for both brands and rights holders to establish successful partnerships, thereby supporting the sustainability of professional sports.

Noodle

Seed Round in 2016
Noodle Partners creates innovative online and hybrid programs while improving traditional classroom models. Noodle Partners has the capability to work with universities on every aspect of building a certificate or degree program that they choose—marketing, student recruitment, enrollment, curriculum design, student engagement, support services, graduate placement, and alumni engagement—and provides a high level of fit and finish.

Squadle

Seed Round in 2016
Squadle, Inc. designs and develops a digital reporting software. The company develops digital logbooks and analytics and unlocks data from traditional logbooks and makes it accessible through a cloud-based analytics dashboard. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Croissant

Seed Round in 2016
Croissant is a workspace search application that offers a flexible solution for individuals seeking productivity while on the move. By partnering with over 500 workspaces in major cities such as New York, San Francisco, and London, Croissant provides its members with a diverse range of options, including co-working spaces, cafes, startup offices, hotels, and restaurants. This membership model allows users to explore their cities while maintaining their work efficiency, catering to the needs of professionals looking for versatile and convenient work environments.

Nonnatech

Seed Round in 2016
Nonnatech is an online platform that provides healthcare providers with health monitoring systems. The platform enables its users to monitor the health of their patients in real-time. It offers predictive analytics, alerts, and behavioral monitoring. The systems can be installed in the patients’ bathroom, assisted living apartment, and kitchen. Nonnatech was launched in 2010 and is based in New York.

Auctio

Seed Round in 2016
Auctio, Inc. operates a SaaS platform that allows clients to generate leads from existing customers by launching incentive-based referral and cross selling programs. Its platform introduces the right incentives to the right employees in real time to reduce sales cycles and increase revenue; dashboard and predictive analytics help marketing teams customize incentives in order to increase employee engagement; predictive lead scoring optimizes lead management process by scoring leads based on buyer profiles and account level data; enables to capture success stories and case studies in order to leverage best practices and make it actionable for the organization; and offers data in a single platform to make better-informed decisions. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

ROHO

Seed Round in 2016
ROHO is an online platform that provides its users with curated religious content. The platform provides its users with sermons, articles, photos, and videos on purpose, faith, relationships, fear, health, and prayer. Furthermore, it enables ministries to join the platform to share their content. ROHO was launched in 2015 and is based in New York.

Trusting Social

Seed Round in 2016
Trusting Social Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that redefines credit scoring by leveraging big data technology alongside social, web, and mobile information. Established in 2013, it provides a solution known as Credit Scoring 2.0, which allows lenders in emerging markets to extend credit to consumers who lack traditional credit histories. This innovative approach targets billions of "financially invisible" individuals in countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, and India. Trusting Social's scoring methodology has been demonstrated to be more accurate, faster, and cost-effective compared to conventional credit assessment methods. The company maintains additional offices in several key cities across Southeast Asia and India, reflecting its commitment to expanding access to financial services in underserved markets.

Jeeng

Seed Round in 2016
Jeeng is an AI-powered marketing platform that specializes in personalized communication for businesses. Established in 2016 by Shlomi Haybi and Roma Bronstein, the company focuses on enhancing email marketing by providing dynamic, real-time content and monetization tools. This technology enables publishers and brands to engage their audiences effectively while driving revenue. By analyzing user behavior and interests in real time, Jeeng tailors messages to individual recipients, thereby improving engagement and conversion rates. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jeeng was acquired by PowerInbox, a company that develops software solutions for messaging services and digital marketing. Through its innovative approach, Jeeng helps digital publishers optimize their use of first-party data and foster strong relationships with their subscribers.

Transtutors

Series A in 2016
Transtutors is an online tutoring platform designed to assist students globally with their academic needs, including school and college assignments, course curriculum, and exam preparation. The platform offers a range of services, such as a question-and-answer feature, study notes, online lectures, and solved assignments, facilitating a deeper understanding of academic concepts. By providing a user-friendly and cost-effective solution, Transtutors connects eager learners with tutors, enabling instant support for various educational challenges. The platform caters to the growing demand for virtual learning, making it a valuable resource for students seeking to enhance their educational experience.

AppFront

Seed Round in 2016
Helping Restaurants Optimize, Personalize and Control their Customers’ Digital Experience in Real-Time, Across any Channel.

Coeio

Seed Round in 2016
Coeio is a California-based startup founded in 2015 by Jae Rhim Lee and Mike Ma, specializing in eco-friendly burial products. The company offers a variety of biodegradable items, including shrouds, casket liners, and suits designed for the deceased. The suits are handcrafted and incorporate a bio mix of mushrooms and microorganisms that facilitate decomposition, neutralize bodily toxins, and enrich the soil with nutrients. Coeio's shrouds allow for viewing before burial, while the casket liners can be paired with various green burial containers. The company's focus on sustainability enables families to conduct burial practices with minimal environmental impact.

Supergleu

Seed Round in 2016
Supergleu helps college students and employers connect through conversation.

Hamptons Lane

Seed Round in 2016
Hamptons Lane provides the food lover with the tools they need to enhance their culinary experience as chef, entertainer, and eater. By carefully sourcing the best ingredients, kitchen tools, serveware, and local artisan foods, they help chefs everywhere expand their culinary horizons – all for a great price.
Cognitive Operational Systems, LLC, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, specializes in developing inventory management solutions for the retail sector through the use of robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer vision. Founded in 2012, the company’s technology enables robots to efficiently navigate retail environments, managing inventory, ensuring compliance with planograms and promotions, and providing indoor localization and navigation. Additionally, it offers mapping capabilities that detail store layouts and architecture. By leveraging university research, Cognitive Operational Systems aims to bridge the gap between academic advancements and practical applications in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine perception.

Jewelbots

Seed Round in 2016
Jewelbots are a customizable mesh network of programmable jewelry aimed at cultivating the interest of teenage girls in engineering and coding. Using basic engineering logic, you can create personal alerts and communicate with your friends using lights and slight vibrations. Jewelbots allow you to customize your jewelry and its behavior to reflect unique personalities and friendships. They believe by using fashion and teenage friendships as our vehicle, they can empower the next generation of female engineers and coders.

SidelineSwap

Seed Round in 2016
SidelineSwap, LLC operates an online marketplace to buy, sell, and trade sporting goods. The company offers lacrosse, hockey, soccer, skiing, baseball, softball, basketball, football, golf, snowboarding, and other sports products. It offers new, used, and vintage apparel, electronics, field hockey, figure skating, fitness, racquet sports, running, and skateboarding products. SidelineSwap, LLC was founded in 2012 and is based in Franklin Square, New York.