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PayNearMe is a provider of a web and mobile-based cash payments platform that facilitates online purchases and bill payments. The company's technology enables users to make cash payments for various goods and services across sectors such as e-commerce, property management, consumer finance, and transportation. By offering a streamlined solution for cash transactions, PayNearMe allows businesses, government agencies, and retail stores to digitize their cash collection processes, minimizing the complexities associated with traditional cash and money order acceptance. Additionally, the platform includes features like payment reminders and mobile wallet integration to enhance the user experience and promote timely payments.

Kogniz employs AI and computer vision to provide a leading proactive safety platform for enhancing workplace safety and security. Its flagship product, Kogniz AssureAI, can be implemented swiftly and integrates with existing infrastructure. Over three million employees rely on Kogniz for safer spaces, with solutions addressing occupational hazards, workplace violence, evacuations, personnel accountability, anomalous behavior detection, and vaccine management.

Tallysight is a platform empowering gaming operators, media brands, and content creators. It offers no-code tools for creators to manage sports betting picks, real-time odds, and offers, enhancing audience engagement and monetization. For fans, Tallysight provides unique sports betting insights and real-time expert picks.

Beyond Identity, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in cloud-native passwordless identity management solutions. Founded in 2019, it aims to enhance digital security by replacing traditional passwords with secure, X.509-based certificates. This innovative approach creates a robust Chain of Trust, incorporating user and device identity along with a real-time assessment of device security for adaptive authentication and authorization. Beyond Identity's platform facilitates frictionless login experiences through biometric authentication and seamless integration with Single Sign-On (SSO) systems, catering to employees, contractors, and customers alike. By eliminating the use of passwords, the company helps organizations mitigate risks associated with credential-stuffing attacks and streamline their authentication processes, ultimately enabling greater business agility and cost efficiency.

SignalRank is a systematic investment platform developer that identifies and invests in high-potential Series B venture-backed companies. It uses machine learning algorithms to analyze investor patterns, enabling venture investors to participate in promising startups with enhanced investment opportunities.

ZEDEDA, Inc. is a developer of cloud-native edge virtualization software that provides visibility, control, and security for IoT edge gateways, applications, and networks at the enterprise edge. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Bengaluru and Pune, India, the company offers solutions such as Edge Quick Connect for Azure IoT Edge. This software-as-a-service enables customers to manage and secure their IoT deployments through virtualization and facilitates the use of cloud-managed gateways for remote administration. ZEDEDA's platform supports a variety of applications, including predictive analytics in renewable energy and industrial automation, allowing organizations to monitor and manage real-time edge applications while avoiding vendor lock-in.

Otter.ai is a company that develops an AI-based application for everyday conversations. Its Otter mobile and web app allows users to store, search, and share voice conversations, managing them like text messages or emails. The platform uses AI-powered speech recognition to transcribe conversations with multiple participants and in challenging acoustic environments. It is used by individuals, teams, and educational users to create collaborative notes from meetings, interviews, and lectures. Otter supports real-time transcripts, speaker identification, keyword extraction, and searchable notes with text, audio, and images; notes can be shared or exported and accessed across devices. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Founded in 2015, Bizly operates a global platform that streamlines enterprise meetings management. It offers automated solutions for hybrid meeting organization, including invitation automation, attendee management, venue booking, and virtual technology integration.

Haus Services, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, was established in 2015 to provide co-investing services for homebuyers. The company aims to enhance affordability and flexibility in homeownership by allowing homeowners and prospective buyers to partner with Haus instead of taking on traditional mortgages. This innovative co-investing model typically results in monthly payments that are 30% lower than standard mortgage payments. Homeowners benefit from the ability to buy and sell equity in real time, gaining instant access to their property equity. Haus also offers customized dashboards that enable customers to track their property values, facilitating a more accessible and adaptable approach to owning a home.

BoomTV is an Esports entertainment platform that provides tools to automate score tracking, streaming, and generating event hubs. Their mission is to enable communities to easily produce and partake in virtual Esports. At the core of it all is our self-driving Esports technology layer that provides a one-button solution for anyone to create, participate, and/or spectate Esports content.

Kespry Inc. is a provider of drone-based aerial intelligence solutions designed for various industrial applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company offers the Kespry Drone System, an automated unmanned aerial vehicle that autonomously collects aerial data and uploads it to the Kespry Cloud, an intelligence platform that simplifies reporting and generates actionable insights. This integrated solution enables industries such as mining, construction, and insurance to efficiently measure stockpiles, survey sites, and inspect assets, enhancing operational accuracy and decision-making processes. Kespry serves a diverse clientele across North America, Europe, and Australia, including notable companies like John Deere and Fluor.

UpLift, Inc. is a fintech company based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2011. The company specializes in digital lending solutions for the travel industry, offering buy now, pay later services that allow consumers to finance their travel bookings through flexible payment plans. UpLift partners with over 100 leading travel brands to provide personalized payment options, enabling customers to budget more effectively while enhancing their travel experiences. By facilitating payments in monthly installments, UpLift aims to make travel more accessible and affordable, thereby increasing conversion rates and customer loyalty for its merchant partners.

DataTrails is a developer of an API-first platform that enhances data trust and visibility across various applications. By leveraging a tamper-evident ledger, DataTrails tracks the provenance of both physical and digital assets, ensuring the authenticity of information and helping to detect fraudulent data. The platform incorporates fine-grained attribute-based access controls and innovative organization-based access controls, allowing secure data distribution to authorized stakeholders. Additionally, it features configurable compliance policies that monitor metadata changes for identifying process anomalies. By eliminating the inefficiencies of manual or paper-based processes, DataTrails enables enterprises to reduce operational costs and improve business resiliency, all while maintaining compliance with established data integrity standards.

Kespry Inc. is a provider of drone-based aerial intelligence solutions designed for various industrial applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company offers the Kespry Drone System, an automated unmanned aerial vehicle that autonomously collects aerial data and uploads it to the Kespry Cloud, an intelligence platform that simplifies reporting and generates actionable insights. This integrated solution enables industries such as mining, construction, and insurance to efficiently measure stockpiles, survey sites, and inspect assets, enhancing operational accuracy and decision-making processes. Kespry serves a diverse clientele across North America, Europe, and Australia, including notable companies like John Deere and Fluor.

Kespry Inc. is a provider of drone-based aerial intelligence solutions designed for various industrial applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company offers the Kespry Drone System, an automated unmanned aerial vehicle that autonomously collects aerial data and uploads it to the Kespry Cloud, an intelligence platform that simplifies reporting and generates actionable insights. This integrated solution enables industries such as mining, construction, and insurance to efficiently measure stockpiles, survey sites, and inspect assets, enhancing operational accuracy and decision-making processes. Kespry serves a diverse clientele across North America, Europe, and Australia, including notable companies like John Deere and Fluor.

Gbox is a Direct-to-consumer multimedia monetization to empower YouTubers, MCNs, and any other video creators. Its patented technology “wraps” anything of value and controls decentralized content access on the web. Unique transaction engine allows a variety of business models (subscriptions, PPV, advertising, eCommerce, social currency, and more). It is the best way to sell and distribute videos on the web. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Granular is a software and analytics platform focused on enhancing the efficiency and decision-making capabilities of farmers. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides tools such as data-driven crop models, farmland research, and profit measurement at the field level. These resources enable farmers to raise healthier crops while optimizing resource use, ultimately helping them build and sustain stronger businesses. Granular is supported by prominent investors from Silicon Valley, including Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, and Khosla Ventures. Through its cloud-based solutions, Granular aims to power some of the world’s most efficient farms.

SnapLogic is a cloud-based integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that provides an AI-powered Intelligent Integration Platform to connect data from any source, in any environment and at any speed. The platform enables unified data and application integration across applications, databases, data warehouses, big data streams, and IoT, whether on-premises or in the cloud, with a drag-and-drop interface and pre-built workflow templates. It supports procurement automation and spans domains such as human capital management, customer experience, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and cloud data warehousing. SnapLogic serves Global 2000 companies, developers, enterprise IT markets, HR, online marketing, and sales operations, often through resellers, and maintains partnerships with Planview and Solita Oy. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in New York, London, Hyderabad, and Melbourne.

Appvance.ai specializes in AI-driven test automation, offering a cutting-edge solution that transforms software testing. Its flagship product, Appvance IQ, is recognized as the first unified test automation system powered by artificial intelligence. This technology enhances the quality, performance, and security of applications while streamlining the efficiency of testing teams. By eliminating the redundancies of traditional manual and legacy automation methods, Appvance IQ accelerates delivery, reduces risks, and lowers costs for enterprises. The system supports comprehensive application coverage and automates key user journeys, addressing the dual demands of rapid software releases and high-quality customer experiences. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Appvance.ai also has offices in Costa Rica and India, and is backed by several investors, including Javelin Ventures and Staenberg Ventures.