A.Capital Ventures

A.Capital Ventures is an early-stage investment firm established in 2014 and located in Menlo Park, California. Founded by Ronny Conway, the firm focuses on financing companies in various sectors, including business products and services, consumer products and services, software as a service (SaaS), and enterprise technology. A.Capital Ventures operates as a Registered Investment Adviser, aiming to support innovative startups in their growth and development.

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Browser Use

Seed Round in 2025
Browser Use is a technology company specializing in web accessibility software for AI agents. It enables AI agents to interact with websites by extracting interactive elements, managing multiple browser tabs, and supporting custom actions. The company's software combines visual understanding with HTML extraction, allowing developers to build capable web-based AI agents using various large language models.

Plume Network

Series A in 2024
Plume Networks is a developer of a blockchain platform focused on onboarding and managing real-world assets (RWAs). The company has established a robust private development network with over 180 projects, facilitating an end-to-end tokenization engine that simplifies the process of asset onboarding. Plume Networks aims to create a seamless integration of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications for RWAs, providing a comprehensive financial infrastructure that enhances liquidity and connects quality buyers with diverse investment opportunities. Through its innovative platform, Plume Networks is positioned to foster a new sector within the DeFi landscape, enabling investors to engage more effectively with tokenized assets.

Stack

Seed Round in 2024
Stack provides with loyalty points as an onchain primitive, along with simple tools for managing points programs.

Deep Infra

Seed Round in 2023
Deep Infra is a company that specializes in providing cost-effective and scalable machine-learning models and infrastructures tailored for deep-learning applications. Its self-serve platform enables users to easily transform machine-learning models into scalable APIs with minimal effort. The platform supports a wide range of applications, including token classification, text-to-image generation, object detection, automatic speech recognition, text generation, and embeddings. By operating on a pay-per-use pricing model, Deep Infra allows users to run AI models through a straightforward API, ensuring accessibility for various business needs. The company emphasizes serverless machine-learning inference, facilitating the deployment of high-performance models with advanced optimization techniques while maintaining low latency and cost-effectiveness.

Tableland

Series A in 2023
Tableland is a decentralized relational database specifically tailored for web3 developers. Built on the widely used SQLite engine, it enables the creation of complex relational data models suitable for decentralized applications, including games and NFTs. The platform facilitates secure and tamper-proof storage and retrieval of data, allowing developers to store, synchronize, and share digital assets without dependence on centralized servers. By leveraging a decentralized web protocol, Tableland empowers app developers to regain control over their data through digital wallets, positioning itself as a vital tool in the evolving landscape of decentralized technologies.

Character.ai

Venture Round in 2023
Character.ai is a company that specializes in developing open-ended conversational applications, allowing users to create and interact with AI characters. By utilizing advanced neural language models, the company provides tools that facilitate creativity, brainstorming, and language learning, among other uses. Users can engage with dialogue agents through text and voice, enhancing their experiences across various domains such as entertainment, education, and general inquiry. Character.ai focuses on delivering innovative conversational solutions powered by its proprietary technology, making it a versatile player in the field of artificial intelligence.

Forward Networks

Series D in 2023
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

Character.ai

Seed Round in 2023
Character.ai is a company that specializes in developing open-ended conversational applications, allowing users to create and interact with AI characters. By utilizing advanced neural language models, the company provides tools that facilitate creativity, brainstorming, and language learning, among other uses. Users can engage with dialogue agents through text and voice, enhancing their experiences across various domains such as entertainment, education, and general inquiry. Character.ai focuses on delivering innovative conversational solutions powered by its proprietary technology, making it a versatile player in the field of artificial intelligence.

Aztec

Series B in 2022
Aztec specializes in developing privacy-focused technologies for Ethereum-based transactions. It is renowned for creating PLONK, a leading standard in zero-knowledge proofs, enabling fast, private interactions on the public blockchain. The company's research team has made significant contributions to Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum and possesses extensive expertise in deploying intricate cryptosystems within Web3 environments. Aztec Network recently unveiled an advanced version of zk.money, showcasing its Aztec Connect SDK's ability to facilitate seamless integrations with prominent DeFi protocols like Lido and Element Finance. The company is currently working on building a secure, encrypted blockchain secured by Ethereum.

Kumo.AI

Series B in 2022
Kumo.AI is a software-as-a-service platform specializing in artificial intelligence tailored for contemporary data management. The platform is designed to analyze relationships and patterns within data, leveraging machine learning to facilitate predictive modeling. By integrating seamlessly with modern cloud data warehouses, Kumo.AI supports a variety of graph formats, including nodes, edges, and properties. This functionality empowers scientists and analysts to generate faster, simpler, and more accurate predictions, enhancing decision-making processes across various industries.

Halliday

Seed Round in 2022
Halliday is a technology company that operates a metaverse platform aimed at simplifying the ownership of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) related to games and virtual environments. The company specializes in automating workflows and managing reliability across various systems, focusing on enhancing player onboarding and engagement within Web3 games. Halliday integrates directly with games and marketplaces, allowing users to purchase blockchain games and digital assets through later payment options. Supported by prominent investors, Halliday seeks to make the transition to Web3 gaming more accessible and user-friendly.

Certora

Series B in 2022
Certora is a technology company specializing in blockchain security, focusing on the detection of vulnerabilities in smart contracts. Its platform utilizes advanced technology to verify compliance with specified security rules at compile-time, ensuring that all executions of a smart contract are secure. By offering independent and language-agnostic solutions, Certora helps clients manage security verification processes effectively, minimizing the risk of false interruptions. The company’s unique approach enables automatic detection of security vulnerabilities both prior to code deployment and during operation, providing mathematical proofs of correctness on a daily basis. This capability allows for the assurance of security in software development, helping to eliminate potential risks associated with vulnerabilities.

Loop Crypto

Seed Round in 2022
Loop Crypto is a company that operates an online payment platform designed to simplify cryptocurrency transactions. It offers a crypto payment gateway that facilitates autopay for non-custodial wallets, utilizing a web3 native payment processor. This innovative approach enables clients to engage in efficient and secure payment methods within the web3 ecosystem, enhancing the ease of using cryptocurrency for everyday transactions.

Cerby

Seed Round in 2022
Cerby, Inc. is a cybersecurity company founded in 2020 and based in Alameda, California. It specializes in developing tools and applications aimed at managing access for disconnected applications and addressing the risks associated with Shadow IT. Cerby offers a comprehensive access management platform that leverages identity providers to automate security tasks and improve identity and access management processes. This platform eliminates the reliance on manual tools and compensating controls, streamlining tasks such as offboarding and two-factor authentication enrollment. With its patent-pending access orchestration engine, Cerby provides organizations with passwordless authentication capabilities and enhanced visibility over applications that do not conform to standard protocols. By automating these processes, Cerby enables identity teams to extend access, minimize security risks, and reduce operational costs while adhering to zero trust principles.

POAP

Seed Round in 2022
POAP, or Proof of Attendance Protocol, is a company established in 2021 and based in New York, United States. It specializes in creating digital collectibles that serve as a means to preserve memories associated with life experiences. Utilizing blockchain technology, POAP generates non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that act as proof of attendance at various events. In addition to providing these collectibles, the company offers a suite of integrated services, including private chat rooms and raffles, which enhance engagement for event organizers and create customized experiences for attendees. Through its innovative approach, POAP aims to foster deeper connections and lasting memories within its curated ecosystem.

MomentRanks

Series A in 2021
MomentRanks is the premier nonfungible token (NFT) resource platform, offering analytics and tracking tools for NBA Top Shot collectors. MomentRanks is committed to providing an unmatched user experience, with educational tools that allow even the most inexperienced newcomers to NFTs an opportunity to launch their collecting journey and engage with the NFT community.

Open

Series A in 2021
Shared mindful experiences to help friends be present together, on and offline.

Parcel

Seed Round in 2021
Parcel provides a crypto treasury management platform that facilitates mass payouts and money streaming for organizations through a single transaction. The platform ensures secure handling of organizational data by employing end-to-end encryption on the interplanetary file system (IPFS) and Filecoin. It utilizes a deterministic method for calculating encryption keys via signatures created with an Ethereum private key. This technology enables businesses to receive payments in real-time, simplifying payroll processes and the management of organizational documents.

CodeSignal

Series C in 2021
CodeSignal, Inc. is a cloud-based platform that specializes in coding assessments and technical recruitment, aimed at identifying and developing technical talent. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, the company provides employers with custom tests that align with their interview processes, offering assessments that extend beyond traditional data structures and algorithms. Utilizing game mechanics, CodeSignal enhances the learning experience for developers while empowering organizations to bridge skills gaps through its AI-driven hiring and learning solutions. The platform has facilitated millions of skills evaluations and is trusted by major companies such as Netflix, Capital One, Meta, and Dropbox. By employing innovative skills evaluation frameworks, CodeSignal helps clients streamline their hiring processes, tap into diverse candidate pools, and optimize resource allocation in technical hiring.

Evidence

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Evidence is a developer of an open-source business intelligence platform that offers a code-based alternative to traditional drag-and-drop BI tools. The platform empowers analysts to create polished data products, reports, and dashboards using SQL and markdown, fostering a trusted and version-controlled reporting system. By utilizing its superset of markdown, Evidence provides a growing library of components, including charts and graphs, which enables SQL analysts to produce reliable and consistent outputs. The emphasis on a markup language instead of a graphical interface allows for greater flexibility and precision in data presentation and analysis.

Unit21

Series B in 2021
Unit21 Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018 that develops a no-code platform designed to streamline risk and compliance operations for businesses. The platform features an application programming interface and a dashboard that enable users to detect and manage money laundering, fraud, and other sophisticated risks across various industries. In addition to risk detection, Unit21's solutions encompass case management, transaction monitoring, identity verification, operations management, as well as analytics and reporting capabilities. The company emphasizes security, employing best practices to safeguard its systems against potential threats.

Yield Guild Games

Series A in 2021
Yield Guild Games (YGG), founded in 2018 and based in Quezon City, Philippines, is a decentralized autonomous organization focused on investing in non-fungible tokens used in virtual worlds and blockchain-based games. The company aims to build the largest virtual world economy by optimizing community-owned assets for maximum utility and sharing profits with its token holders. YGG also invests in early-stage token and equity deals within web3, gaming studios, and the infrastructure supporting industry growth.

Plato

Seed Round in 2021
The most powerful platform for building internal tools without coding

Certora

Series A in 2021
Certora is a technology company specializing in blockchain security, focusing on the detection of vulnerabilities in smart contracts. Its platform utilizes advanced technology to verify compliance with specified security rules at compile-time, ensuring that all executions of a smart contract are secure. By offering independent and language-agnostic solutions, Certora helps clients manage security verification processes effectively, minimizing the risk of false interruptions. The company’s unique approach enables automatic detection of security vulnerabilities both prior to code deployment and during operation, providing mathematical proofs of correctness on a daily basis. This capability allows for the assurance of security in software development, helping to eliminate potential risks associated with vulnerabilities.

Styra

Series B in 2021
Styra, Inc. is a technology company based in Redwood City, California, founded in 2015. It specializes in developing a cloud-native authorization platform that enables organizations to enforce and monitor authorization policies across their applications and infrastructure. The core offering, the Styra Declarative Authorization Service, provides context-based admission control to enhance security, streamline compliance, and minimize human errors in cloud-native environments. Styra's platform incorporates features such as policy design, validation, distribution, monitoring, and auditing, allowing users to implement authorization policy-as-code effectively. By utilizing declarative models, the platform helps prevent security drift and errors before deployment. Styra's solutions are compatible with various technologies, including microservices, containers, and multi-cloud environments, ensuring comprehensive security management for modern application development.

Cyral

Series B in 2021
Cyral, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Redwood City, California, that specializes in cloud security solutions for data layer protection. Founded in 2018, Cyral offers a cloud-native service designed to monitor and enforce policies across various data endpoints utilized by services, applications, and users. Its platform provides organizations with enhanced visibility into data access, safeguards against data exfiltration, and establishes a unified privilege management layer, all without disrupting existing workflows or sacrificing agility. Cyral’s solution addresses a wide range of security threats, including database password spraying and SQL injection attacks, while ensuring compliance and facilitating efficient audits. By leveraging features such as Identity Federation and Zero Trust, Cyral enables businesses to manage data access securely across multiple repositories, identify users behind shared credentials, and enforce data segmentation to mitigate risks associated with logic and configuration errors. The platform ensures real-time monitoring of data activities, allowing organizations to respond swiftly to potential security incidents.

Rome

Seed Round in 2021
Rome is a comprehensive development toolchain designed to streamline the coding process for developers. It integrates multiple tools into a single application, supporting programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS. The software allows users to manage dependencies, check for errors, run tests, and bundle code through a unified command-line interface, enhancing overall efficiency. By consolidating functionality and minimizing the need for extensive configurations, Rome provides developers with a cohesive experience that simplifies code processing, error display, task parallelization, and caching.

Gro

Seed Round in 2021
Gro builds products, called protocols or autonomous programs, for a more simple and friendly DeFi experience. Gro empowers people to easily create and share wealth, by combining the best of decentralized and legacy finance.

Replit

Series A in 2021
Replit is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2016 that operates a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) designed to simplify coding for users of all skill levels. The platform supports over 50 programming languages, allowing developers to create applications and websites directly from their browsers on any operating system, including mobile devices. Replit emphasizes accessibility and collaboration, providing features such as real-time coding collaboration and communal workspaces. Users can easily build, deploy, save, and share their code projects, making the platform a versatile tool for both individual developers and teams working together.

Walnut.

Seed Round in 2020
Walnut is a company that provides a unique platform aimed at enhancing sales experiences through codeless and customizable product demonstrations. Founded in 2020 by entrepreneurs Yoav Vilner and Danni Friedland, Walnut is based in New York City. The platform allows sales representatives to create and run live demos without needing back-end support, even when the actual product is unavailable or still in development. By integrating seamlessly with existing CRMs and data sources, Walnut's drag-and-drop solution empowers sales teams to take full control of their demo processes. This innovative approach not only saves time and resources but also aims to improve conversion rates by offering a fail-proof demo experience.

CodeSignal

Series B in 2020
CodeSignal, Inc. is a cloud-based platform that specializes in coding assessments and technical recruitment, aimed at identifying and developing technical talent. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, the company provides employers with custom tests that align with their interview processes, offering assessments that extend beyond traditional data structures and algorithms. Utilizing game mechanics, CodeSignal enhances the learning experience for developers while empowering organizations to bridge skills gaps through its AI-driven hiring and learning solutions. The platform has facilitated millions of skills evaluations and is trusted by major companies such as Netflix, Capital One, Meta, and Dropbox. By employing innovative skills evaluation frameworks, CodeSignal helps clients streamline their hiring processes, tap into diverse candidate pools, and optimize resource allocation in technical hiring.

Unit21

Series A in 2020
Unit21 Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018 that develops a no-code platform designed to streamline risk and compliance operations for businesses. The platform features an application programming interface and a dashboard that enable users to detect and manage money laundering, fraud, and other sophisticated risks across various industries. In addition to risk detection, Unit21's solutions encompass case management, transaction monitoring, identity verification, operations management, as well as analytics and reporting capabilities. The company emphasizes security, employing best practices to safeguard its systems against potential threats.

Liquity

Seed Round in 2020
Liquity is a decentralized borrowing protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain that provides interest-free loans to users. By allowing borrowers to use Ethereum as collateral, Liquity issues loans in the form of its USD-pegged stable coin. The protocol operates with a minimum collateralization ratio, ensuring that loans are secured while enabling users to access liquidity without incurring interest charges. This innovative approach facilitates borrowing in a decentralized manner, aligning with the principles of blockchain technology.

Nebulous

Seed Round in 2020
Nebulous, Inc. is a technology company focused on developing blockchain hardware and software infrastructure for the decentralized internet. Founded in 2014 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company is known for its flagship product, Sia, a decentralized cloud storage platform that utilizes blockchain technology to create a data storage marketplace. Additionally, Nebulous offers Skynet, a decentralized content delivery network (CDN) and file-sharing platform tailored for developers, along with SiaStream, which provides affordable storage solutions for media files, enabling fast streaming. As a core contributor to the open-source Skynet project, Nebulous plays a significant role in advancing the decentralized web ecosystem.

Sia

Seed Round in 2020
Sia is the leading decentralized cloud storage platform. No signups, no servers, no trusted third parties. Sia leverages blockchain technology to create a data storage marketplace that is more robust and more affordable than traditional cloud storage providers.

Uniswap

Series A in 2020
Uniswap Labs is a software company founded in 2018 by Hayden Adams, who created the Uniswap Protocol, a decentralized platform for swapping digital assets. The protocol has facilitated $2.75 trillion in transaction volume since its inception. Uniswap Labs focuses on developing widely used decentralized finance (DeFi) products, including a user-friendly web interface, a self-custody mobile wallet, and an API tailored for professional market participants. The platform empowers liquidity providers and traders by offering a financial marketplace that is open and accessible to all. Utilizing smart contracts, it enables secure and decentralized on-chain conversions of assets, allowing users to trade tokens directly without intermediaries while defining asset prices based on the liquidity staked in the system.

Opyn

Seed Round in 2020
Opyn is a decentralized protocol focused on optimizing options trading for users interested in Ethereum and ERC20 assets. The platform allows users to earn premiums or express views on assets by trading options, specifically offering European, cash-settled options that automatically exercise upon expiry. As a pioneer in decentralized finance (DeFi), Opyn initially launched the first live ERC20 options protocol, enabling users to create, buy, and sell options on any ERC20 token. Its innovative offerings include the ability to trade option spreads and combos, enhancing capital efficiency for traders. Opyn v1 continues to operate on the Ethereum network, providing a venue for American, physically settled options while the company expands its range of ERC20 options. Through its commitment to inclusivity, fairness, and transparency, Opyn aims to enhance the trading experience within the decentralized finance ecosystem.

Keep

Venture Round in 2020
Keep Network, established in 2017 and based in George Town, Cayman Islands, specializes in creating interactive links between public blockchains and private data. The company's core product, tBTC, is a decentralized bridge enabling users to securely and anonymously transfer their Bitcoin to the Ethereum network, facilitating participation in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Keep Network's technology, an off-chain container for private data, allows smart contracts to leverage the full power of public blockchains while maintaining data privacy.

YOLO

Series A in 2020
YOLO is an app to send and receive anonymous messages on Snapchat.

Gabi

Series B in 2020
Gabi Personal Insurance Agency, Inc. is an online insurance broker founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company offers a free digital tool that allows consumers to compare auto and home insurance rates from various providers, including both established companies and newer entrants in the market. Gabi's technology continuously monitors insurance rates, providing unbiased advice to help customers find optimal coverage at the lowest prices. By connecting to a customer's existing insurance accounts, Gabi's application utilizes intelligent algorithms to streamline the process of comparing policies and facilitates easy switching between providers. This approach saves consumers time and money while ensuring they receive the best possible insurance products tailored to their needs.

Cyral

Seed Round in 2020
Cyral, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Redwood City, California, that specializes in cloud security solutions for data layer protection. Founded in 2018, Cyral offers a cloud-native service designed to monitor and enforce policies across various data endpoints utilized by services, applications, and users. Its platform provides organizations with enhanced visibility into data access, safeguards against data exfiltration, and establishes a unified privilege management layer, all without disrupting existing workflows or sacrificing agility. Cyral’s solution addresses a wide range of security threats, including database password spraying and SQL injection attacks, while ensuring compliance and facilitating efficient audits. By leveraging features such as Identity Federation and Zero Trust, Cyral enables businesses to manage data access securely across multiple repositories, identify users behind shared credentials, and enforce data segmentation to mitigate risks associated with logic and configuration errors. The platform ensures real-time monitoring of data activities, allowing organizations to respond swiftly to potential security incidents.

Cyral

Series A in 2020
Cyral, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Redwood City, California, that specializes in cloud security solutions for data layer protection. Founded in 2018, Cyral offers a cloud-native service designed to monitor and enforce policies across various data endpoints utilized by services, applications, and users. Its platform provides organizations with enhanced visibility into data access, safeguards against data exfiltration, and establishes a unified privilege management layer, all without disrupting existing workflows or sacrificing agility. Cyral’s solution addresses a wide range of security threats, including database password spraying and SQL injection attacks, while ensuring compliance and facilitating efficient audits. By leveraging features such as Identity Federation and Zero Trust, Cyral enables businesses to manage data access securely across multiple repositories, identify users behind shared credentials, and enforce data segmentation to mitigate risks associated with logic and configuration errors. The platform ensures real-time monitoring of data activities, allowing organizations to respond swiftly to potential security incidents.

Hugging Face

Series A in 2019
Hugging Face, established in 2016 and based in New York, specializes in open-source machine learning technologies. It operates a platform that facilitates collaboration on machine learning projects, including models, datasets, and applications. The company aims to democratize machine learning by providing tools and services that support and advance the field, while also offering paid computing and enterprise systems to accelerate development.

Bison Trails

Series A in 2019
Bison Trails Co. is a blockchain infrastructure platform that enables operators to run nodes securely across multiple blockchains. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company focuses on providing enterprise-grade security and a multi-cloud, multi-region distribution system, ensuring a 99.99% uptime guarantee for node operators. Bison Trails aims to enhance the overall blockchain ecosystem by offering a robust and secure infrastructure, facilitating activities such as staking, validating, voting, and transacting without the need for customers to develop their own security or operational capabilities. Through its technology, Bison Trails supports the participation of various stakeholders in the blockchain space, promoting transparency and decentralization.

Forward Networks

Series C in 2019
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

Aztec

Seed Round in 2019
Aztec specializes in developing privacy-focused technologies for Ethereum-based transactions. It is renowned for creating PLONK, a leading standard in zero-knowledge proofs, enabling fast, private interactions on the public blockchain. The company's research team has made significant contributions to Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum and possesses extensive expertise in deploying intricate cryptosystems within Web3 environments. Aztec Network recently unveiled an advanced version of zk.money, showcasing its Aztec Connect SDK's ability to facilitate seamless integrations with prominent DeFi protocols like Lido and Element Finance. The company is currently working on building a secure, encrypted blockchain secured by Ethereum.

Notion

Venture Round in 2019
Notion is a comprehensive productivity and collaboration platform that integrates note-taking, task management, and database features into a single user-friendly interface. It enables users to create customizable workspaces tailored for various functions such as personal organization, project management, and team collaboration. Notion provides a range of templates for distinct tasks, including customer relationship management and content management, making it suitable for both individuals and teams. Additionally, the platform supports integration with popular external tools like Google Calendar, Slack, and GitHub, further enhancing its versatility. Notion also features an AI component that aids users in tasks such as text generation and predictive analytics, contributing to improved efficiency and workflow management.

Nebulous

Seed Round in 2019
Nebulous, Inc. is a technology company focused on developing blockchain hardware and software infrastructure for the decentralized internet. Founded in 2014 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company is known for its flagship product, Sia, a decentralized cloud storage platform that utilizes blockchain technology to create a data storage marketplace. Additionally, Nebulous offers Skynet, a decentralized content delivery network (CDN) and file-sharing platform tailored for developers, along with SiaStream, which provides affordable storage solutions for media files, enabling fast streaming. As a core contributor to the open-source Skynet project, Nebulous plays a significant role in advancing the decentralized web ecosystem.

Buoyant

Venture Round in 2019
Buoyant Inc., established in 2015 and based in San Francisco, specializes in developing open-source software to enhance the performance, reliability, and security of cloud-native applications. The company's flagship product is Linkerd, an open-source network proxy designed for service mesh deployment, facilitating efficient management, control, and monitoring of service-to-service communication within applications. Buoyant's team comprises senior ex-Twitter infrastructure engineers aiming to provide advanced capabilities to various companies, as they previously helped conquer Twitter's "Fail Whale" issue. The company is well-funded and backed by prominent investors.

Aztec

Seed Round in 2018
Aztec specializes in developing privacy-focused technologies for Ethereum-based transactions. It is renowned for creating PLONK, a leading standard in zero-knowledge proofs, enabling fast, private interactions on the public blockchain. The company's research team has made significant contributions to Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum and possesses extensive expertise in deploying intricate cryptosystems within Web3 environments. Aztec Network recently unveiled an advanced version of zk.money, showcasing its Aztec Connect SDK's ability to facilitate seamless integrations with prominent DeFi protocols like Lido and Element Finance. The company is currently working on building a secure, encrypted blockchain secured by Ethereum.

Circle Medical

Funding Round in 2018
Circle Medical Technologies, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers a tech-enabled primary care service, allowing patients to receive medical care at home or work without a membership fee. Founded in 2015, the company utilizes a mobile application compatible with iOS and Android, which enables users to scan their health insurance cards to verify eligibility and coverage. The platform automates various tasks such as scheduling, billing, and managing medical records through the use of Artificial Intelligence. Circle Medical provides access to board-certified physicians who are experienced in delivering patient-centered care, and offers a wide range of services including wellness exams, treatment for chronic conditions, mental health support, and prescriptions. The company contracts with most major insurance carriers, ensuring that doctor visits are covered under many insurance plans, with availability extending to evenings and weekends.

Brat TV

Series B in 2018
Brat TV is a digital production company focused on creating content for a teenage audience. It operates a media production platform designed to foster youth culture by enabling individuals with social followings to produce videos on a budget. The platform encourages daily engagement by providing viewers with new episodes, stories, and songs, thereby attracting a substantial audience. Through its innovative approach, Brat TV aims to redefine entertainment for young people, capitalizing on the dynamics of digital media and social connectivity.

Skip Scooters

Series A in 2018
Skip Scooters operates shared electric scooters for reliable last-mile transportation. The company works with cities to ensure our fleets are operated with the support of the surrounding communities, and they stand behind their riders by providing vehicles, safety education, and training, and world-class support. The scooter rental company is based in San Francisco, California. It is formerly known by its Y Combinator codename, Waybots.

Hugging Face

Seed Round in 2018
Hugging Face, established in 2016 and based in New York, specializes in open-source machine learning technologies. It operates a platform that facilitates collaboration on machine learning projects, including models, datasets, and applications. The company aims to democratize machine learning by providing tools and services that support and advance the field, while also offering paid computing and enterprise systems to accelerate development.

Skip Scooters

Seed Round in 2018
Skip Scooters operates shared electric scooters for reliable last-mile transportation. The company works with cities to ensure our fleets are operated with the support of the surrounding communities, and they stand behind their riders by providing vehicles, safety education, and training, and world-class support. The scooter rental company is based in San Francisco, California. It is formerly known by its Y Combinator codename, Waybots.

Dreams

Series A in 2018
Dreams is a New York City-based company that specializes in a mobile-only television platform, focusing on a modern, mobile-first news experience. Founded in 2016 by Tom Bender and Greg Hochmuth, Dreams employs patent-pending computer vision technology to transform live television news into a vertical video format in real-time. This innovative approach allows for the creation of the first-ever live, 24/7 vertical video news channels. The Dreams app is available for free in the United States on both the App Store and Google Play, and it does not require any login or registration, making it accessible to a wide audience.

Gabi

Series A in 2018
Gabi Personal Insurance Agency, Inc. is an online insurance broker founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company offers a free digital tool that allows consumers to compare auto and home insurance rates from various providers, including both established companies and newer entrants in the market. Gabi's technology continuously monitors insurance rates, providing unbiased advice to help customers find optimal coverage at the lowest prices. By connecting to a customer's existing insurance accounts, Gabi's application utilizes intelligent algorithms to streamline the process of comparing policies and facilitates easy switching between providers. This approach saves consumers time and money while ensuring they receive the best possible insurance products tailored to their needs.

Covariant

Seed Round in 2017
Covariant is a developer of artificial intelligence for robotics, focused on creating the Covariant Brain, a universal AI system that empowers robots to perceive, reason, and interact with their environment. The company specializes in AI-based robotics and software, facilitating the deployment of robotics across various operations. Covariant's technology employs advanced techniques such as deep imitation learning, deep reinforcement learning, and meta-learning, allowing users to program robots intuitively. By using a virtual reality headset, clients can guide robots through tasks, simplifying the process of integrating robotics into their workflows.

Brat TV

Series A in 2017
Brat TV is a digital production company focused on creating content for a teenage audience. It operates a media production platform designed to foster youth culture by enabling individuals with social followings to produce videos on a budget. The platform encourages daily engagement by providing viewers with new episodes, stories, and songs, thereby attracting a substantial audience. Through its innovative approach, Brat TV aims to redefine entertainment for young people, capitalizing on the dynamics of digital media and social connectivity.

Gabi

Seed Round in 2017
Gabi Personal Insurance Agency, Inc. is an online insurance broker founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company offers a free digital tool that allows consumers to compare auto and home insurance rates from various providers, including both established companies and newer entrants in the market. Gabi's technology continuously monitors insurance rates, providing unbiased advice to help customers find optimal coverage at the lowest prices. By connecting to a customer's existing insurance accounts, Gabi's application utilizes intelligent algorithms to streamline the process of comparing policies and facilitates easy switching between providers. This approach saves consumers time and money while ensuring they receive the best possible insurance products tailored to their needs.

Forward Networks

Series B in 2017
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

Buoyant

Series A in 2017
Buoyant Inc., established in 2015 and based in San Francisco, specializes in developing open-source software to enhance the performance, reliability, and security of cloud-native applications. The company's flagship product is Linkerd, an open-source network proxy designed for service mesh deployment, facilitating efficient management, control, and monitoring of service-to-service communication within applications. Buoyant's team comprises senior ex-Twitter infrastructure engineers aiming to provide advanced capabilities to various companies, as they previously helped conquer Twitter's "Fail Whale" issue. The company is well-funded and backed by prominent investors.

CodeSignal

Series A in 2016
CodeSignal, Inc. is a cloud-based platform that specializes in coding assessments and technical recruitment, aimed at identifying and developing technical talent. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, the company provides employers with custom tests that align with their interview processes, offering assessments that extend beyond traditional data structures and algorithms. Utilizing game mechanics, CodeSignal enhances the learning experience for developers while empowering organizations to bridge skills gaps through its AI-driven hiring and learning solutions. The platform has facilitated millions of skills evaluations and is trusted by major companies such as Netflix, Capital One, Meta, and Dropbox. By employing innovative skills evaluation frameworks, CodeSignal helps clients streamline their hiring processes, tap into diverse candidate pools, and optimize resource allocation in technical hiring.

tCell

Series A in 2016
tCell Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in cloud-based application security solutions. The company develops in-application instrumentation and analytics tools that identify suspicious activities within web applications, APIs, and microservices. tCell's technology offers unparalleled visibility into application behavior, reducing false positives and providing actionable data to prevent future attacks. It serves prominent clients such as Veeva, Zenefits, and John Muir Health. As of October 2018, tCell operates as a subsidiary of Rapid7 Inc., following an acquisition.

D2iQ

Series C in 2016
D2iq, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing a datacenter operating system (DCOS) to streamline the management and deployment of applications across physical and cloud-based infrastructures. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, D2iq's core product, Mesosphere DCOS, is built on open-source technology and simplifies the execution of applications in a data center environment, akin to launching apps on a personal computer. The company also offers solutions such as Mesosphere Infinity, which facilitates the transformation of Big Data into actionable insights, and Conductor, an interactive platform for hands-on cloud-native training. In addition to its software offerings, D2iq provides architectural and consulting services, including expert consultations, on-site training, and custom installations. The company's strategic alliances with prominent firms enhance its service offerings, enabling organizations to adopt open-source and cloud-native innovations effectively.

Quartzy

Series B in 2016
Quartzy Inc. is a company that offers an online lab management platform aimed at scientists in laboratories, academic institutions, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies globally. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Quartzy provides a comprehensive solution that includes an extensive catalog of over three million lab supplies, supported by thousands of top suppliers. The platform is designed to streamline the management of laboratory inventories, facilitate communication among lab personnel, consolidate orders, and track inventory efficiently. With a user base of approximately 200,000 scientists across 13,000 labs, Quartzy aims to save time and reduce costs for its clients by optimizing resource management in scientific environments.

Lugg

Seed Round in 2015
Lugg, Inc. is a logistics company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in store-to-home delivery services for purchased goods. Founded in 2014, Lugg provides a range of on-demand services, including relocation assistance for homes, donations, storage solutions, junk removal, and the pickup and delivery of used goods. The company aims to simplify the moving process by connecting users with local movers and trucks through its platform, allowing for easy transportation of large items such as furniture and other purchases. Lugg’s focus is on delivering efficient, convenient solutions for consumers looking to manage their moving and delivery needs.

Cyberfend

Seed Round in 2015
Cyberfend is a security solutions provider based in Fremont, California, established in 2014 and currently operating as a subsidiary of Akamai Technologies. The company specializes in real-time web and mobile security, focusing on protecting applications from sophisticated attacks, account takeovers, payment fraud, and credential theft. Cyberfend employs a unique approach that integrates human cognitive science with advanced machine learning techniques to deliver its services. Its offerings include a Cognitive Security Engine designed to address complex security challenges while maintaining near-zero false positives. Additionally, Cyberfend features BotFender, a comprehensive bot and automation detection service, enhancing its capability to safeguard user accounts from automated cyber threats.

Buoyant

Venture Round in 2015
Buoyant Inc., established in 2015 and based in San Francisco, specializes in developing open-source software to enhance the performance, reliability, and security of cloud-native applications. The company's flagship product is Linkerd, an open-source network proxy designed for service mesh deployment, facilitating efficient management, control, and monitoring of service-to-service communication within applications. Buoyant's team comprises senior ex-Twitter infrastructure engineers aiming to provide advanced capabilities to various companies, as they previously helped conquer Twitter's "Fail Whale" issue. The company is well-funded and backed by prominent investors.

Forward Networks

Series A in 2014
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.

BloomNation

Series A in 2014
BloomNation operates as an online marketplace for floral arrangements, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. It connects consumers with local florists and artisans, allowing them to discover and send flowers or gifts online. Florists can create profiles on BloomNation's platform, upload their designs, manage inventory and customers, utilize email marketing tools, and build a website for their business.

PS Dept.

Venture Round in 2014
PS Dept. operates a mobile e-commerce application that focuses on personal shopping services. The platform provides users with direct access to personal shoppers at selected retail stores, bridging the gap between the convenience of online shopping and the personalized assistance of in-store experts. Through this application, users can search for and order accessories and apparel, benefiting from tailored suggestions made by qualified associates in the field. This service enhances the shopping experience by combining the ease of digital transactions with the expertise of professional shoppers, catering to individuals seeking a more guided approach to retail.

Weave

Series A in 2014
Weave is the all-in-one customer communication and engagement platform for small business. From the first phone call to the final invoice and every touchpoint in between, Weave connects the entire customer journey. Weave’s software solutions transform how local businesses attract, communicate with and engage customers to grow their business. The first Utah company to join Y Combinator, Weave has set the bar for Utah startup achievement & work culture. In the past year, Weave has been included in the Forbes Cloud 100, Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies in America, and Glassdoor Best Places to Work. To learn more, visit www.getweave.com/newsroom/ With over 15,000 customers, Weave was the first Utah company to join Y Combinator and has received several renowned awards, including the Fortune 100 Best Companies 2019, Forbes 2019 Cloud 100 and Forbes 2020 Next Billion-Dollar Startups, the 2019 and 2020 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies in America, Glassdoor’s 2019 and 2020 Best Places to Work and 2019 Top CEOs.

Wizeline

Series A in 2014
Wizeline is a global technology services provider, established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in developing high-end digital products and platforms, allowing organizations to accelerate their time to market. Wizeline offers consulting services that leverage data to prioritize product features algorithmically, which helps clients in modernizing core technologies and enhancing data-driven capabilities. Additionally, Wizeline is committed to improving user experience for its customers, ensuring that they can effectively navigate the demands of the digital landscape. By partnering with businesses, Wizeline supports their efforts to build effective product solutions and achieve measurable outcomes.

Pinterest

Series F in 2014
Pinterest, Inc. is a visual discovery engine that enables users to find inspiration for various aspects of their lives, such as recipes, home decor, fashion, and travel. Launched in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform allows users to save and organize images on curated boards tailored to their personal interests. With a user base of nearly 500 million monthly active users, a significant portion of whom are female, Pinterest facilitates the discovery and sharing of creative ideas. The company generates revenue primarily through digital advertising and is increasingly incorporating e-commerce features within its platform. Although about 20% of its users are located in the US and Canada, this region accounted for approximately 80% of its revenue in 2023.
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