8VC

8VC is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm focuses on early-stage investments across various sectors, including healthcare, energy, consumer goods, logistics, biology, IT infrastructure, and government and defense. 8VC aims to catalyze industry transformation by promoting innovative platforms that can replace outdated technology infrastructures, thereby fostering greater innovation and global prosperity. Additionally, the firm manages co-investment funds that target software, telecommunications, media, technology, and 3D printing sectors. With a commitment to enabling significant advancements in these industries, 8VC positions itself as a key player in the venture capital landscape.

Sebastian Caliri

Partner

Brett Cummings

Partner and CFO

Wesley Friedman

Principal

Bhaskar Ghosh

Partner and CTO

Francisco Gimenez Ph.D

Partner

Vivek Gopalan

Investor

Jin-Young Kim

Partner

Seth Lieblich

Principal

Jake Medwell

Co-Founder & Partner

Alex Moore

Partner

Jack Moshkovich

Investor

David Moskowitz

Principal

Drew Oetting

Co-Founder & Partner

Allison Pavlick

Principal

Rachel Petersen

Account Director

Kimmy Scotti

Partner

Seetharam Venkatesh

Investor

Past deals in San Francisco Bay Area

Quince

Series B in 2023
Quince is a new e-commerce company that focuses on leveraging an M2C supply chain to deliver premium essentials at the lowest market price. It acts as a thin storefront to bring manufacturers and artisans closer to their customers through shared partnership in brand or marketing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Invisible AI

Series A in 2022
Invisible AI Inc. is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-driven cameras designed for logistics and manufacturing environments. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company provides a no-code, edge-based computer vision platform that enhances manual assembly processes by tracking body movement and posture. Its low-cost, low-bandwidth cameras can be deployed at workstations to facilitate real-time monitoring of assembly operations. Additionally, Invisible AI offers a web dashboard that ensures data security and provides clients with valuable insights by integrating, tracking, and analyzing operational data. This comprehensive approach helps organizations optimize their workflows and improve efficiency within their facilities.

Kojo

Series C in 2022
Agora Systems, Inc. designs and develops materials management platform for modern construction companies. The company also offers modern materials management solution built for the electrical trade. Agora Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

BigHat Biosciences

Series B in 2022
BigHat Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in San Carlos, California, that specializes in the development of an automated platform for producing and characterizing antibodies. Founded in 2019, BigHat utilizes an AI-guided protein therapeutic platform that combines a wet lab with machine learning techniques. This integration allows drug developers to engineer antibodies and biotherapeutics with enhanced functions and improved biophysical properties. The company's innovative design capabilities aim to create safer and more effective treatments for patients facing complex diseases.

Cartography Biosciences

Series A in 2022
Cartography is shaping a world in which cancer immunotherapies are designed around and directed toward the safest and most effective targets.

Senti Biosciences

Post in 2022
Senti Biosciences is a team of bioengineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs on a mission to treat the most complex and challenging diseases. Led by pioneers in synthetic biology and computation, Senti is using the latest techniques in the fields to build the future of gene and cell-based therapies. Senti’s proprietary synthetic biology platform provides fundamental advantages for therapeutics development. Senti Biosciences is a resident company of Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS at South San Francisco (JLABS @ SSF).

Seaplane IO

Series A in 2022
Seaplane IO Inc. is a company that specializes in serverless cloud software systems tailored for modern enterprises. Founded in 2020 and based in Mountain View, California, Seaplane IO enables customers to deploy their functions across various environments, including both on-premises and cloud server deployments. The company's innovative solutions aim to streamline operations and enhance flexibility for businesses looking to leverage cloud technologies.

Unlearn

Series B in 2022
Unlearn is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in using artificial intelligence to enhance clinical research. It develops innovative software tools aimed at improving clinical trial design, including the creation of Digital Twins to generate Intelligent Control Arms. By utilizing historical datasets and disease-specific machine-learning models, Unlearn produces virtual placebo patients derived from actual patient baseline data, which helps to increase trial power, accelerate timelines, and provide patient-level insights. This approach reduces or eliminates the need for concurrent control arms in clinical studies, streamlining the research process. Unlearn has garnered significant attention, securing $20 million in funding and collaborating with leading pharmaceutical companies. Its work has been recognized in prestigious publications, including a peer-reviewed article in Nature, and it has been acknowledged as a key player in digital health innovation. The company continues to engage with regulators and industry leaders to drive advancements in clinical research through the application of AI technologies.

Twingate

Series B in 2022
Twingate is a solution for securing remote access to an organization’s private applications, data, and environments, whether they are on-premise or in the cloud. Built to make life easier for DevOps, IT, and infrastructure teams, as well as end users, it replaces outdated and insecure business VPNs which were not built to handle a world in which "work from anywhere" and cloud-based assets are now the norm. Twingate’s modern zero trust-based approach to securing remote access focuses on improving security, while not compromising on usability and maintainability.

Vontive

Series B in 2022
Vontive operates a digital platform that connects real estate investors with lenders, facilitating access to a range of financing options for single-family, multifamily, and commercial projects. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the company aims to streamline the loan application process, making it easier for real estate entrepreneurs to evaluate their options and secure funding. By offering a comprehensive suite of mortgage products tailored for construction and real estate investments, Vontive enables users to make informed decisions and enhances the overall efficiency of closing transactions.

Socotra

Series C in 2022
Socotra, Inc. is a technology company that offers a modern cloud-based platform tailored for the insurance industry. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Socotra's software facilitates various essential functions, including policy administration, underwriting, claims management, billing, and reporting. Designed for both property and casualty and life insurance sectors, the platform leverages advanced technologies to deliver a transparent, reliable, flexible, and secure solution. This enables insurers to efficiently develop and distribute products that meet the evolving needs of their customers.

Ponder

Seed Round in 2022
Ponder Data Inc. provides enterprise-ready tools for rapid, flexible experimentation with data at scale. Ponder makes data teams more productive by enabling them to get insights faster with tools they know and love.

Fieldguide

Series A in 2022
Fieldguide, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based automation and collaboration software tailored for audit and advisory firms. Founded in 2020 and based in Sacramento, California, the company offers a comprehensive platform designed to digitize the entire project lifecycle. Its features include secure data requests, work plan management, reporting automation, and resource planning, which streamline workflow and improve collaboration between teams and clients. Additionally, the platform utilizes artificial intelligence to standardize templates and facilitate efficient report creation. By automating repetitive tasks, Fieldguide enhances productivity, enabling firms to improve their operational efficiency and client satisfaction.

OpenComp

Series A in 2022
OpenComp is a compensation solution combining software, trusted market data, and expert consultation in one easy-to-use tool. The company's tool helps to see how changes in the organization will affect a company's cash and equity burn, enabling companies to accurately benchmark by gender and ethnicity within workforce.

Standard Metrics

Series A in 2022
Quaestor Technologies, Inc. develops automated financial tools. It offers Quaestor, an automated data platform that enables financial transparency between startups and investors, empowering founders to make better decisions in scaling their companies. The company’s Quaestor fosters a collaborative relationship between founders and investors by automatically collecting, standardizing, and synthesizing startup data enabling both parties to make metrics-driven decisions. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Raydiant

Series B in 2022
Raydiant, Inc. designs, develops, and offers experience platform that connects employees and customers with brands. The company's solution includes kiosk, virtual agent, and multimedia device for connecting and controlling the screens. It offers its solutions to industries such as banking, casinos, government, healthcare, schools, offices, real estate, restaurants, retailers, and universities. Raydiant, Inc. was formerly known as Mira. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Polly

Series B in 2022
PollyEx, Inc. operates a loan trading platform specifically designed for mortgage capital markets. The platform connects buyers and sellers of mortgage loans, facilitating efficient loan sale transactions for mortgage lenders. By leveraging cloud-based technology and API integration, PollyEx enhances liquidity and automates various functions within the capital markets. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company aims to improve loan sale execution and streamline the trading process in the mortgage industry.

Endear Health

Seed Round in 2022
Endear Health is the first technology company built from the ground up for the growing needs of an aging population. Endear acts as the single front door, empowering Medicare eligibles with a platform to easily manage their health and benefits.

Software.com

Series A in 2021
Software.com is an online retailer of software solutions based in Manhattan Beach, California. As a subsidiary of Internet Real Estate Group, LLC, the company focuses on enhancing software development by collecting and analyzing data across the development stack. This approach aims to assist developers and teams in learning from their experiences, thereby increasing productivity and improving coding practices.

Ikigai Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Ikigai helps modern analysts and operations teams automate data-intensive business, finance, analytics, and supply-chain operations within clicks without VLOOKUPs. IKIGAI's Inventory Ops Automate inventory tracking and monitoring by creating a single, real-time view of inventory across all locations and channels, even down to the component level.

Petra

Series A in 2021
Petra is a Robotics company that focuses solely on underground utilities. Petra enables undergrounding critical utilities by boring utility tunnels through previously impenetrable geologies.

Pair Team

Seed Round in 2021
Pair Team provides an end-to-end operations platform to automate clinical operations and provide high-touch patient support. The platform monitors health plan and system data to trigger automated workflows that engage patients to schedule clinically impactful visits. Pair Team was founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California.

Quince

Series A in 2021
Quince is a new e-commerce company that focuses on leveraging an M2C supply chain to deliver premium essentials at the lowest market price. It acts as a thin storefront to bring manufacturers and artisans closer to their customers through shared partnership in brand or marketing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Deliverr

Series E in 2021
Deliverr, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in order fulfillment services for e-commerce retailers. Founded in 2017, it offers a technology-driven platform that facilitates affordable and efficient fulfillment solutions for multi-marketplace sellers. Deliverr's services include storage, shipping, and order management, allowing online businesses to meet shipping standards and avoid penalties for late shipments. The company leverages machine learning and predictive intelligence to provide various shipping options and enhance the overall fulfillment process. By enabling sellers of all sizes to deliver fast and cost-effective services, Deliverr aims to improve customer satisfaction and support the growth of e-commerce businesses.

Sirona Medical

Series B in 2021
Sirona Medical, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a diagnostic engine aimed at enhancing the workflow and efficiency of radiologists. Incorporated in 2018, the company is focused on creating software solutions that simplify the radiological process, allowing doctors to concentrate more on patient care. Sirona Medical's platform integrates multiple functionalities, including a zero-footprint viewer, a universal worklist, and voice recognition capabilities, all powered by artificial intelligence. This approach not only streamlines the radiology workflow but also alleviates the burdensome aspects of the profession, thereby improving the overall experience for radiologists and their practices.

Yugabyte

Series C in 2021
Yugabyte, Inc. specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. The company's flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that facilitates the creation of global applications. It supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, offering low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built on advanced technologies such as document storage, auto sharding, and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. Yugabyte also provides the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed private database-as-a-service that can operate on any cloud infrastructure, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed database service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The company offers both a community edition for individual users and an enterprise edition for corporate clients. Founded in 2016, Yugabyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Better Health

Series A in 2021
Better Health Supplies is a medical supplier offering an e-commerce experience and service. Better Health provides individuals with chronic conditions with medical supplies from home.

Cambium

Venture Round in 2021
Cambium is a company focused on developing biomaterials for various sectors, including defense, aerospace, and renewable energy. Established in 2019 and located in Berkeley, California, it specializes in advanced materials research and development. The company utilizes a combination of synthetic biology, materials science, and artificial intelligence to enhance material performance and sustainability. Cambium's approach involves vertically integrated innovation, ranging from computational material discovery to the production of advanced composites within the United States. By leveraging cutting-edge advancements across multiple scientific disciplines, Cambium aims to improve existing products and facilitate the creation of next-generation materials.

Esper

Series A in 2021
Esper Technologies, Inc. is a software development company based in Redwood City, California, founded in 2013. The company specializes in creating solutions for executive assistants, enabling them to tag calendar events with relevant objectives and milestones while automatically generating data from calendar metadata. One of its key products is the Esper Executive application, which streamlines communication for executives by allowing them to assign tasks and access essential context before meetings with minimal effort. In addition to its focus on enhancing productivity for executives and their assistants, Esper partners with government agencies to foster innovation in public policy. The company's policy collaboration platform aids government officials in transforming policy data into actionable insights, promoting transparency and informed decision-making in public administration.

Hexagon Bio

Series B in 2021
Hexagon Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Menlo Park, California, that specializes in mining genomic data from fungal genomes to develop targeted small molecule therapeutics for diseases with unmet medical needs. Founded in 2016, the company leverages a proprietary platform that integrates data science, synthetic biology, and automation to discover and engineer novel drugs. By focusing on evolutionarily refined molecules and their corresponding protein targets, Hexagon Bio aims to identify and develop new medicines from the global metagenome, ultimately striving to enhance patient outcomes through innovative therapeutic solutions.

Invisible AI

Venture Round in 2021
Invisible AI Inc. is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-driven cameras designed for logistics and manufacturing environments. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company provides a no-code, edge-based computer vision platform that enhances manual assembly processes by tracking body movement and posture. Its low-cost, low-bandwidth cameras can be deployed at workstations to facilitate real-time monitoring of assembly operations. Additionally, Invisible AI offers a web dashboard that ensures data security and provides clients with valuable insights by integrating, tracking, and analyzing operational data. This comprehensive approach helps organizations optimize their workflows and improve efficiency within their facilities.

Airbyte

Series A in 2021
Airbyte is an open-source data integration platform that syncs data from applications, APIs, and databases to warehouses. Airbyte is an open-source data integration engine that helps users consolidate their data in their warehouses.

Cellares

Series B in 2021
Cellares Corporation develops cell therapy for the treatment of cancer. The company develops solution to overcome limitation of manufacturing to make cell therapies for patients. Cellares Corporation was founded in 2019 and is based in South San Francisco, California.

Wage

Seed Round in 2021
We're building best-in-class API infrastructure for instant income and employment verification. Our vision is to expand the ways to verify financial identity and create a new modern standard for credit reporting.

Kontain

Seed Round in 2021
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Polly

Series A in 2021
Polly is a fun way to create anonymous polls for your friends on Snapchat and Instagram stories. Create a poll, attach it to your story, and discover what your friends think.

Polly

Series A in 2021
PollyEx, Inc. operates a loan trading platform specifically designed for mortgage capital markets. The platform connects buyers and sellers of mortgage loans, facilitating efficient loan sale transactions for mortgage lenders. By leveraging cloud-based technology and API integration, PollyEx enhances liquidity and automates various functions within the capital markets. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company aims to improve loan sale execution and streamline the trading process in the mortgage industry.

Better Health

Seed Round in 2021
Better Health Supplies is a medical supplier offering an e-commerce experience and service. Better Health provides individuals with chronic conditions with medical supplies from home.

Baton

Series A in 2021
Baton Trucking, Inc. provides a drop zone network to split long haul routes into sections that enable segment-specific vehicles. It also offers a real estate infrastructure that enables highway-only autonomous trucks to interchange loads with human drivers for the final mile of delivery. Baton Trucking, Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Acepodia

Series B in 2021
Acepodia is a novel technology platform to arm immune cells with antibodies to cure cancer. The Next Generation of Immunotherapies. Acepodia is committed to immunotherapeutic strategies against oncology – expanding our research, clinical development, and manufacturing capabilities. Acepodia currently has a broad pipeline portfolio, each targeting a different type of cancer.

Tetrate

Series B in 2021
Tetrate.io, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in application management for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The company provides an enterprise-ready service mesh platform that simplifies the management of modern application infrastructure for DevOps, security, and network administrators. By facilitating the development and management of microservices, Tetrate enables businesses to modernize their applications and adopt public cloud solutions more efficiently. Through its services, Tetrate partners with enterprises to navigate the complexities of application modernization, ensuring that organizations can seamlessly operate workloads across various environments.

Deliverr

Convertible Note in 2021
Deliverr, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in order fulfillment services for e-commerce retailers. Founded in 2017, it offers a technology-driven platform that facilitates affordable and efficient fulfillment solutions for multi-marketplace sellers. Deliverr's services include storage, shipping, and order management, allowing online businesses to meet shipping standards and avoid penalties for late shipments. The company leverages machine learning and predictive intelligence to provide various shipping options and enhance the overall fulfillment process. By enabling sellers of all sizes to deliver fast and cost-effective services, Deliverr aims to improve customer satisfaction and support the growth of e-commerce businesses.

Deliverr

Series D in 2021
Deliverr, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in order fulfillment services for e-commerce retailers. Founded in 2017, it offers a technology-driven platform that facilitates affordable and efficient fulfillment solutions for multi-marketplace sellers. Deliverr's services include storage, shipping, and order management, allowing online businesses to meet shipping standards and avoid penalties for late shipments. The company leverages machine learning and predictive intelligence to provide various shipping options and enhance the overall fulfillment process. By enabling sellers of all sizes to deliver fast and cost-effective services, Deliverr aims to improve customer satisfaction and support the growth of e-commerce businesses.

Yugabyte

Series B in 2021
Yugabyte, Inc. specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. The company's flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that facilitates the creation of global applications. It supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, offering low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built on advanced technologies such as document storage, auto sharding, and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. Yugabyte also provides the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed private database-as-a-service that can operate on any cloud infrastructure, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed database service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The company offers both a community edition for individual users and an enterprise edition for corporate clients. Founded in 2016, Yugabyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Edgybees

Series A in 2021
Edgybees Ltd. develops and operates an online platform that delivers augmented reality experience that moves, even at the highest speeds, from drones to cars, trains, and wearable devices. Its Industrial solutions include; search and rescue / homeland security, real estate, architecture and urban planning, construction and urban development, field view: agriculture and land management, industrial facilities, and automotive. The company’s gaming solution include; Droneprix AR, Drone FX, and Sky Skreemers. It caters to fire departments, police departments, and homeland security sectors. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

BigHat Biosciences

Series A in 2021
BigHat Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in San Carlos, California, that specializes in the development of an automated platform for producing and characterizing antibodies. Founded in 2019, BigHat utilizes an AI-guided protein therapeutic platform that combines a wet lab with machine learning techniques. This integration allows drug developers to engineer antibodies and biotherapeutics with enhanced functions and improved biophysical properties. The company's innovative design capabilities aim to create safer and more effective treatments for patients facing complex diseases.

Raydiant

Series A in 2021
Raydiant, Inc. designs, develops, and offers experience platform that connects employees and customers with brands. The company's solution includes kiosk, virtual agent, and multimedia device for connecting and controlling the screens. It offers its solutions to industries such as banking, casinos, government, healthcare, schools, offices, real estate, restaurants, retailers, and universities. Raydiant, Inc. was formerly known as Mira. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Sila

Series F in 2021
Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. specializes in developing advanced materials for batteries that enhance energy density. The company serves various sectors, including automotive, consumer electronics, electric utilities, and aerospace, by providing innovative battery materials chemistry. Founded in 2011 and based in Alameda, California, Sila collaborates closely with leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to support their product development timelines and partners with battery manufacturers to facilitate commercial cell production.

Quince

Seed Round in 2021
Quince is a new e-commerce company that focuses on leveraging an M2C supply chain to deliver premium essentials at the lowest market price. It acts as a thin storefront to bring manufacturers and artisans closer to their customers through shared partnership in brand or marketing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Qualia

Series D in 2020
Qualia Labs, Inc. develops software solutions that facilitate real estate transaction management and settlement. The company's primary product, Qualia, is a platform designed for title agents, lenders, and real estate agents, streamlining the closing experience by coordinating users across the real estate ecosystem. Qualia includes features for tracking contacts, scheduling tasks, and generating key documents, enhancing transparency and efficiency in the closing process. Additionally, Qualia offers Assure, an agency management suite for title underwriters to automate audits and gain financial insights, as well as Qualia Connect, a portal that unites various stakeholders in real estate transactions. The company also provides an online marketplace to simplify vendor transaction management. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Qualia serves a diverse clientele, including settlement agents, vendors, underwriters, consumers, lenders, and realtors.

SummerBio

Venture Round in 2020
SummerBio LLC operates as an automation-based diagnostics company that provides SARS-CoV-2 testing services with the help of sample collection kit, robotics, and automated liquid handling systems. It also operates a CLIA lab in Menlo Park, California. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Kojo

Series A in 2020
Agora Systems, Inc. designs and develops materials management platform for modern construction companies. The company also offers modern materials management solution built for the electrical trade. Agora Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Cellares

Series A in 2020
Cellares Corporation develops cell therapy for the treatment of cancer. The company develops solution to overcome limitation of manufacturing to make cell therapies for patients. Cellares Corporation was founded in 2019 and is based in South San Francisco, California.

Twingate

Series A in 2020
Twingate is a solution for securing remote access to an organization’s private applications, data, and environments, whether they are on-premise or in the cloud. Built to make life easier for DevOps, IT, and infrastructure teams, as well as end users, it replaces outdated and insecure business VPNs which were not built to handle a world in which "work from anywhere" and cloud-based assets are now the norm. Twingate’s modern zero trust-based approach to securing remote access focuses on improving security, while not compromising on usability and maintainability.

Honor

Series D in 2020
Honor Technology, Inc. operates an online platform that connects in-home caregivers with seniors and their families across several states, including California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Ohio, and Michigan. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, the company provides non-medical home care services aimed at helping older adults live safely and comfortably in their own homes. Honor leverages proprietary technology to screen and match caregivers with seniors based on their specific needs. The platform offers features such as the Honor Frame, which informs seniors about their caregivers and arrival times. Additionally, families can monitor caregiver activities and visit durations. By partnering with local agencies through the Honor Care Network, the company enhances caregiver recruiting, training, and scheduling, supporting a reliable and transparent care experience for older adults.

Dren Bio

Series A in 2020
Dren Bio is a biotechnology company with a portfolio of attractive projects focused on powerful protein engineering technologies for the depletion of cells, protein aggregates, and other disease-causing agents. It is a holding company business model aimed at creating value with multiple projects as stand-alone assets.

Avail Medsystems

Series B in 2020
Avail Medsystems, Inc. is a medical technology company based in Palo Alto, California, focused on enhancing connectivity in healthcare settings through its innovative software platform. This platform allows healthcare experts to remotely support practitioners during medical procedures, facilitating real-time collaboration and clinical education. By digitizing the physical presence typically required in operating rooms, Avail Medsystems aims to democratize access to essential clinical expertise, thereby overcoming physical, economic, and logistical barriers. The company's Procedural Telemedicine solution enables healthcare professionals to connect seamlessly with remote specialists, ensuring that quality care and guidance are always accessible. Founded in 2012 and formerly known as Nurep, Inc., Avail Medsystems has positioned itself at the forefront of integrating technology into medical practices.

Sonoma BioTherapeutics

Series A in 2020
Sonoma Biotherapeutics is a company invloved the development of adoptive Treg therapies cell for autoimmune and degenerative diseases. Using next generation genome editing and target-specific cell therapy, Sonoma is focused on developing its best-in-class platform across the entire spectrum of Treg cell therapeutic capabilities. Founded by pioneers in Treg biology and cell therapy, the company brings together leading expertise and proprietary methodologies for the discovery and development of disease modifying and curative therapies.

Hexagon Bio

Series A in 2020
Hexagon Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Menlo Park, California, that specializes in mining genomic data from fungal genomes to develop targeted small molecule therapeutics for diseases with unmet medical needs. Founded in 2016, the company leverages a proprietary platform that integrates data science, synthetic biology, and automation to discover and engineer novel drugs. By focusing on evolutionarily refined molecules and their corresponding protein targets, Hexagon Bio aims to identify and develop new medicines from the global metagenome, ultimately striving to enhance patient outcomes through innovative therapeutic solutions.

Synthego

Series D in 2020
Synthego is a genome engineering company that enables the acceleration of life science research and development in the pursuit of improved human health. The company leverages machine learning, automation, and gene editing to build platforms for science at scale. With its foundations in engineering disciplines, the company’s full-stack platform vertically integrates proprietary hardware, software, bioinformatics, chemistries, and molecular biology to advance both basic research and therapeutic development programs. By providing both commercial and academic researchers and therapeutic developers with unprecedented access to cutting-edge genome engineering, Synthego is at the forefront of innovation, accelerating the development of truly engineered biology. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Fieldguide

Seed Round in 2020
Fieldguide, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based automation and collaboration software tailored for audit and advisory firms. Founded in 2020 and based in Sacramento, California, the company offers a comprehensive platform designed to digitize the entire project lifecycle. Its features include secure data requests, work plan management, reporting automation, and resource planning, which streamline workflow and improve collaboration between teams and clients. Additionally, the platform utilizes artificial intelligence to standardize templates and facilitate efficient report creation. By automating repetitive tasks, Fieldguide enhances productivity, enabling firms to improve their operational efficiency and client satisfaction.

Blend

Series F in 2020
Blend Labs, Inc. specializes in developing software solutions for mortgage and consumer lending. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services that enhance the customer journey, including personalized consumer experiences, flexible application intake, and automated data verification. Its platform facilitates the collection of necessary documentation and streamlines the closing process, ensuring efficient integration with customer relationship management systems and loan origination systems. By serving banks, credit unions, and mortgage bankers, Blend enables financial institutions to improve customer acquisition and deepen relationships, processing over $3.5 billion in loans daily. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Blend's digital lending platform is utilized by major financial institutions such as Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank, helping millions of consumers access home financing and other essential banking products.

Mantra Bio

Series A in 2020
Mantra Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on developing targeted therapeutics through its proprietary platform for engineering Targeted Exosome Vehicles (TEVs). Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, the company utilizes its REVEAL platform, which combines computational methods, wet biology, and automation. This innovative approach takes advantage of the inherent diversity of exosomes, allowing for the targeted design of therapeutics aimed at various tissue and cellular targets. Additionally, Mantra Bio has established a scalable biomanufacturing process to ensure that its next-generation therapeutics can be produced reproducibly and with high purity.

Standard Metrics

Seed Round in 2020
Quaestor Technologies, Inc. develops automated financial tools. It offers Quaestor, an automated data platform that enables financial transparency between startups and investors, empowering founders to make better decisions in scaling their companies. The company’s Quaestor fosters a collaborative relationship between founders and investors by automatically collecting, standardizing, and synthesizing startup data enabling both parties to make metrics-driven decisions. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Orca Bio

Series D in 2020
Orca Bio is a clinical-stage cell therapy company dedicated to delivering curative medicine to these patients. Orca Bio has developed a pipeline of proprietary technologies that have the potential to impact over 100 malignant and auto-immune diseases. Orca has assembled a team of world-leading experts and technologists to execute this vision.

Yugabyte

Series B in 2020
Yugabyte, Inc. specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. The company's flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that facilitates the creation of global applications. It supports both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, offering low query latency and robust resilience against failures. YugabyteDB is built on advanced technologies such as document storage, auto sharding, and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google Spanner. Yugabyte also provides the Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed private database-as-a-service that can operate on any cloud infrastructure, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed database service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The company offers both a community edition for individual users and an enterprise edition for corporate clients. Founded in 2016, Yugabyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Swiftscale Biologics

Seed Round in 2020
Swiftscale Biologics is a healthcare service provider that develops life-saving drugs. Its drugs are designed to improve the lives of the patients. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

Mindstrong Inc.

Series C in 2020
Mindstrong Health develops comprehensive care pathways based on passively-collected, continuous and objective measures of cognitive function and mood. Solutions include a patient-facing app, a provider-facing product, and clinical services that leverage its telehealth enabled measurement science and engagement platform. Mindstrong is partnered with leading organizations committed to advancing medical innovation and improving healthcare delivery for patients, including pharmaceutical companies, large payers and providers, large employers, and state and county governments, in addition to top-tier academic institutions for clinical research.

Invisible AI

Seed Round in 2020
Invisible AI Inc. is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-driven cameras designed for logistics and manufacturing environments. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company provides a no-code, edge-based computer vision platform that enhances manual assembly processes by tracking body movement and posture. Its low-cost, low-bandwidth cameras can be deployed at workstations to facilitate real-time monitoring of assembly operations. Additionally, Invisible AI offers a web dashboard that ensures data security and provides clients with valuable insights by integrating, tracking, and analyzing operational data. This comprehensive approach helps organizations optimize their workflows and improve efficiency within their facilities.

Unlearn

Series A in 2020
Unlearn is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in using artificial intelligence to enhance clinical research. It develops innovative software tools aimed at improving clinical trial design, including the creation of Digital Twins to generate Intelligent Control Arms. By utilizing historical datasets and disease-specific machine-learning models, Unlearn produces virtual placebo patients derived from actual patient baseline data, which helps to increase trial power, accelerate timelines, and provide patient-level insights. This approach reduces or eliminates the need for concurrent control arms in clinical studies, streamlining the research process. Unlearn has garnered significant attention, securing $20 million in funding and collaborating with leading pharmaceutical companies. Its work has been recognized in prestigious publications, including a peer-reviewed article in Nature, and it has been acknowledged as a key player in digital health innovation. The company continues to engage with regulators and industry leaders to drive advancements in clinical research through the application of AI technologies.

Motherly

Series A in 2020
Motherly is a lifestyle brand redefining motherhood on behalf of a new generation of mothers, empowering modern mamas with expert information, an inspiring community, and thoughtfully curated products to guide her through the journey of motherhood. The company is based in the United States and it is founded in 2015 by Jill Koziol and Elizabeth Tenety.

Wellpay

Seed Round in 2020
Wellpay is a platform that helps providers streamline and give a lot of context to patients around their billing, and, on the patient side, provides them with a very modern approach to getting a lot of their bills in a single place, getting all the data that they need on what they’re being billed for and what they’re paying.

MycoWorks

Series A in 2020
MycoWorks LLC specializes in the research, design, and manufacturing of sustainable leather alternatives derived from natural mycelium. Established in 2013 and based in San Francisco, the company produces a proprietary material called Reishi, which is water-resistant and customizable in texture and features. Reishi is designed to mimic the performance and feel of traditional leather while being animal-free and environmentally friendly. MycoWorks employs a unique platform known as Fine Mycelium to create this innovative biomaterial, which boasts qualities such as strength, durability, and biodegradability. The company aims to provide natural alternatives to conventional materials like plastic foams, textiles, and leather, catering to industries such as aerospace, automotive, apparel, and architectural interiors. Through its carbon-negative production process, MycoWorks offers a rapidly grown solution that aligns with sustainable design principles.

Sonoma BioTherapeutics

Series A in 2020
Sonoma Biotherapeutics is a company invloved the development of adoptive Treg therapies cell for autoimmune and degenerative diseases. Using next generation genome editing and target-specific cell therapy, Sonoma is focused on developing its best-in-class platform across the entire spectrum of Treg cell therapeutic capabilities. Founded by pioneers in Treg biology and cell therapy, the company brings together leading expertise and proprietary methodologies for the discovery and development of disease modifying and curative therapies.

Deliverr

Series C in 2020
Deliverr, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in order fulfillment services for e-commerce retailers. Founded in 2017, it offers a technology-driven platform that facilitates affordable and efficient fulfillment solutions for multi-marketplace sellers. Deliverr's services include storage, shipping, and order management, allowing online businesses to meet shipping standards and avoid penalties for late shipments. The company leverages machine learning and predictive intelligence to provide various shipping options and enhance the overall fulfillment process. By enabling sellers of all sizes to deliver fast and cost-effective services, Deliverr aims to improve customer satisfaction and support the growth of e-commerce businesses.

Socotra

Series B in 2020
Socotra, Inc. is a technology company that offers a modern cloud-based platform tailored for the insurance industry. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Socotra's software facilitates various essential functions, including policy administration, underwriting, claims management, billing, and reporting. Designed for both property and casualty and life insurance sectors, the platform leverages advanced technologies to deliver a transparent, reliable, flexible, and secure solution. This enables insurers to efficiently develop and distribute products that meet the evolving needs of their customers.

Spotnana Technology

Seed Round in 2020
Our stealth startup, based in the San Francisco Bay Area is building the technology stack to solve the experience, trust, and transparency challenges that legacy players in our $1.8 trillion industry refuse to. We were told it can’t be done, but now we’re doing it. Meet our founding team of veterans from Google, Twitter, IBM, Cohesity, FreshDesk, and Oyo to find out what Silicon Valley investors and early backers of Airbnb, Amazon, Facebook, LinkedIn, Brex, Palantir, Revolut, and Snowflake see in our mission..

IdeaFlow

Venture Round in 2019
IdeaFlow is a startup from MIT that came out of research working to extend the human mind into the computer. Its core product is a shared brain for organizations, a human-AI hybrid Web platform that enables teams of analysts to collaboratively create, visualize, and analyze networks of information, both manually and by integrating previously stagnant data sources. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

BigHat Biosciences

Seed Round in 2019
BigHat Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in San Carlos, California, that specializes in the development of an automated platform for producing and characterizing antibodies. Founded in 2019, BigHat utilizes an AI-guided protein therapeutic platform that combines a wet lab with machine learning techniques. This integration allows drug developers to engineer antibodies and biotherapeutics with enhanced functions and improved biophysical properties. The company's innovative design capabilities aim to create safer and more effective treatments for patients facing complex diseases.

Nines

Series A in 2019
Nines is the first-of-its-kind teleradiology practice. Our radiologists and engineers are on a mission to build world-class tools in-house to enable the best radiologists to deliver the best patient care.

Baton

Seed Round in 2019
Baton Trucking, Inc. provides a drop zone network to split long haul routes into sections that enable segment-specific vehicles. It also offers a real estate infrastructure that enables highway-only autonomous trucks to interchange loads with human drivers for the final mile of delivery. Baton Trucking, Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Qualia

Series C in 2019
Qualia Labs, Inc. develops software solutions that facilitate real estate transaction management and settlement. The company's primary product, Qualia, is a platform designed for title agents, lenders, and real estate agents, streamlining the closing experience by coordinating users across the real estate ecosystem. Qualia includes features for tracking contacts, scheduling tasks, and generating key documents, enhancing transparency and efficiency in the closing process. Additionally, Qualia offers Assure, an agency management suite for title underwriters to automate audits and gain financial insights, as well as Qualia Connect, a portal that unites various stakeholders in real estate transactions. The company also provides an online marketplace to simplify vendor transaction management. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Qualia serves a diverse clientele, including settlement agents, vendors, underwriters, consumers, lenders, and realtors.

Quince

Seed Round in 2019
Quince is a new e-commerce company that focuses on leveraging an M2C supply chain to deliver premium essentials at the lowest market price. It acts as a thin storefront to bring manufacturers and artisans closer to their customers through shared partnership in brand or marketing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Raydiant

Seed Round in 2019
Raydiant, Inc. designs, develops, and offers experience platform that connects employees and customers with brands. The company's solution includes kiosk, virtual agent, and multimedia device for connecting and controlling the screens. It offers its solutions to industries such as banking, casinos, government, healthcare, schools, offices, real estate, restaurants, retailers, and universities. Raydiant, Inc. was formerly known as Mira. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Deliverr

Series B in 2019
Deliverr, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in order fulfillment services for e-commerce retailers. Founded in 2017, it offers a technology-driven platform that facilitates affordable and efficient fulfillment solutions for multi-marketplace sellers. Deliverr's services include storage, shipping, and order management, allowing online businesses to meet shipping standards and avoid penalties for late shipments. The company leverages machine learning and predictive intelligence to provide various shipping options and enhance the overall fulfillment process. By enabling sellers of all sizes to deliver fast and cost-effective services, Deliverr aims to improve customer satisfaction and support the growth of e-commerce businesses.

Deciduous Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2019
Deciduous Therapeutics is an aging therapeutics company developing a novel class of immune-modulatory therapies that clear senescent cells and promote a healthy lifespan. Deciduous is led by Anil Bhushan, a professor at UCSF, and Robin Mansukhani, a five-time biotech founder.

Blend

Series E in 2019
Blend Labs, Inc. specializes in developing software solutions for mortgage and consumer lending. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services that enhance the customer journey, including personalized consumer experiences, flexible application intake, and automated data verification. Its platform facilitates the collection of necessary documentation and streamlines the closing process, ensuring efficient integration with customer relationship management systems and loan origination systems. By serving banks, credit unions, and mortgage bankers, Blend enables financial institutions to improve customer acquisition and deepen relationships, processing over $3.5 billion in loans daily. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Blend's digital lending platform is utilized by major financial institutions such as Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank, helping millions of consumers access home financing and other essential banking products.

Swiftscale Biologics

Seed Round in 2019
Swiftscale Biologics is a healthcare service provider that develops life-saving drugs. Its drugs are designed to improve the lives of the patients. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

Indio Technologies

Series B in 2019
Indio Technologies simplifies the insurance application process for brokers and clients. It makes insurance fast, easy, and E&O free, saving agency time and money. The white-labeled platform comes pre-loaded with a library of 5,000+ digitally enhanced smart insurance forms and applications, a full e-signature solution, and secures document sharing. To date, brokers, big and small, use Indio to service more than 300,000 business clients. The company focuses on leveraging an intelligent software to transform workflows into delightful experiences for customers. It helps win more business and spend less time on redundant operational tasks. Indio Technologies was founded on 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Software.com

Venture Round in 2019
Software.com is an online retailer of software solutions based in Manhattan Beach, California. As a subsidiary of Internet Real Estate Group, LLC, the company focuses on enhancing software development by collecting and analyzing data across the development stack. This approach aims to assist developers and teams in learning from their experiences, thereby increasing productivity and improving coding practices.

Sila

Series E in 2019
Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. specializes in developing advanced materials for batteries that enhance energy density. The company serves various sectors, including automotive, consumer electronics, electric utilities, and aerospace, by providing innovative battery materials chemistry. Founded in 2011 and based in Alameda, California, Sila collaborates closely with leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to support their product development timelines and partners with battery manufacturers to facilitate commercial cell production.

Vector

Series A in 2019
Reduce operational friction and increase productivity by streamlining your workflows with our LoadDocs electronic forms and document capture solution.

Tetrate

Series A in 2019
Tetrate.io, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in application management for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The company provides an enterprise-ready service mesh platform that simplifies the management of modern application infrastructure for DevOps, security, and network administrators. By facilitating the development and management of microservices, Tetrate enables businesses to modernize their applications and adopt public cloud solutions more efficiently. Through its services, Tetrate partners with enterprises to navigate the complexities of application modernization, ensuring that organizations can seamlessly operate workloads across various environments.

Side

Series B in 2019
Side Inc. is a real estate brokerage firm based in San Francisco, California, established in 2014. The company specializes in transforming high-performing real estate agents, teams, and independent brokerages into successful, agent-owned businesses and boutique brands. By exclusively partnering with top agents, Side provides proprietary technology and a dedicated support team, enabling these professionals to enhance their productivity, expand their business, and concentrate on client service. Additionally, Side offers advanced advertising solutions that allow its partners to effectively compete in the online marketplace.

Quince

Seed Round in 2019
Quince is a new e-commerce company that focuses on leveraging an M2C supply chain to deliver premium essentials at the lowest market price. It acts as a thin storefront to bring manufacturers and artisans closer to their customers through shared partnership in brand or marketing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Vontive

Series A in 2019
Vontive operates a digital platform that connects real estate investors with lenders, facilitating access to a range of financing options for single-family, multifamily, and commercial projects. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the company aims to streamline the loan application process, making it easier for real estate entrepreneurs to evaluate their options and secure funding. By offering a comprehensive suite of mortgage products tailored for construction and real estate investments, Vontive enables users to make informed decisions and enhances the overall efficiency of closing transactions.

Socotra

Series A in 2019
Socotra, Inc. is a technology company that offers a modern cloud-based platform tailored for the insurance industry. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Socotra's software facilitates various essential functions, including policy administration, underwriting, claims management, billing, and reporting. Designed for both property and casualty and life insurance sectors, the platform leverages advanced technologies to deliver a transparent, reliable, flexible, and secure solution. This enables insurers to efficiently develop and distribute products that meet the evolving needs of their customers.

Hims, Inc.

Series C in 2019
Hims, Inc. is an e-commerce brand focused on men's wellness, offering a range of products that address hair loss, sexual health, skincare, and oral care. The company collaborates with medical professionals to provide prescriptions for treatments such as Finasteride and Sildenafil through its online platform, enabling customers to receive diagnoses and treatments conveniently and at a lower cost. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, Hims aims to fill the gap in the market for men's wellness products by providing straightforward solutions to common concerns. The company has also ventured into lifestyle products, including clothing and accessories. Hims was incubated by the venture-builder Atomic and has successfully secured significant funding to support its growth.