Knoetic, a startup "built with Chief People Officers, for Chief People Officers," announced an $18M Series A round of funding led by Accel. Over 100 angel investors also participated in the round, including New York Times bestselling author Adam Grant, and executives from Box, Figma, Johnson & Johnson, LinkedIn, Scale, Pinterest, Calm, Front, and more. Knoetic is the first company to unify a social network and a SaaS analytics tool in the same platform. By embedding its exclusive social network of 1,000+ world-class Chief People Officers, CPOHQ, directly into its people analytics software, the resulting "Insight Engine" gives CPOs both quantitative and qualitative insights, enabling them to make smarter, holistic decisions about their workforce. Chief People Officers use Knoetic to build their board decks, present data to their CEOs, solve challenges with peers, and improve their employee retention, compensation, and hiring. The rapidly-growing startup's customer + community base includes many of the world's top technology companies, including Lyft, Squarespace, Amplitude, Snyk, Dollar Shave Club, and Zapier. Over 1,000 other Chief People Officers use Knoetic's exclusive, referral-only community (named CPOHQ) to discuss their most pressing challenges. These include navigating the COVID delta variant, transitioning to remote work, and scaling through hypergrowth.
Gloat.com is an AI-based anonymous career development platform allowing users to both know their worth and get concrete offers in real-time. With Gloat, employees are personally matched with a spectrum of career opportunities such as full-time positions, part-time projects, mentorships and talent swaps. Gloat’s InnerMobility is the first-ever internal talent marketplace that drives business growth and agility by empowering individuals to find career opportunities within the company and reach their maximum potential. The company aims to democratize career development, unlock skills, and build a future-proof workforce.
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in anti-money laundering software tailored for cryptocurrency businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of products aimed at enhancing compliance and mitigating risks associated with cryptocurrency transactions. Key offerings include REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data, and an API that provides transaction-based risk scoring by analyzing the sources and destinations of funds. Additionally, Chainalysis provides activity monitoring reports and diligence tools to help financial institutions assess emerging threats and estimate criminal revenues. Its services cater to government agencies, banks, exchanges, insurance companies, and cryptocurrency businesses, facilitating safer interactions within the decentralized financial landscape. The company also has offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore.
Amagi Media Labs Pvt. Ltd. is a media technology company based in Bengaluru, India, specializing in cloud-managed broadcast and targeted advertising solutions for television networks and over-the-top (OTT) providers worldwide. Founded in 2008, Amagi offers a range of services including media playout, content delivery, and ad revenue generation. Its innovative technology includes CLOUDPORT for channel playout, THUNDERSTORM for OTT ad insertion, and STORM Channel Regionalization for precise content replacement. The company's platforms facilitate the launch, management, and monetization of live, linear, and on-demand channels, enabling clients to enhance existing broadcasts or establish new channels. With operations in key global markets such as Los Angeles, New York, London, and Mumbai, Amagi aims to deliver cost-effective and powerful advertising solutions tailored to the evolving media landscape.
Minoan Experience help short-term rentals and boutique hotels enhance their appeal using our customizable, curated retail platform.
Radar Labs, Inc. is a location data infrastructure platform based in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2016. The company provides a comprehensive developer toolkit designed for integrating location context and tracking into mobile applications. Radar enables businesses to create geofences—virtual boundaries that trigger events when crossed—through its user-friendly dashboard or application programming interface (API). The platform supports various location-based functionalities, including place detection and insights about user locations, and allows for server-side integrations with popular tools like Segment and Braze. In addition to geofencing, Radar offers new APIs in private beta that facilitate geocoding, regional detection based on IP addresses, and distance calculations between locations. This toolkit empowers growth and product teams to build innovative location-aware experiences for their users.
From smartphones to connected cars, location data is changing the way we live and the way business happens. CARTO is the platform that turns spatial data into more efficient delivery routes, better behavioral marketing, strategic store placements, and much more. Data Scientists, Developers, and Analysts solve spatial problems using CARTO’s data and analysis to understand where and why things happen, optimize business processes, and predict future outcomes through the power of Spatial Data Science. Backed by leading VC firms Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Earlybird Ventures, and Kibo Ventures, CARTO is the world’s leading Location Intelligence platform. Founded in 2012 by an environmental scientist and visualization experts, CARTO is headquartered in New York City with offices in Madrid, Seville and Washington DC. CARTO has a team of 130 employees, a portfolio of 2,500 customers including BBVA, BCG, New York City, and Twitter and more than 350,000 users around the globe - and has regularly been recognized by Gartner and Forrester for its innovation in the Location Intelligence space.
Wonder is a gaming company focused on creating an all-in-one gaming platform for Android mobile devices. The platform enables users to play, stream, and share games seamlessly across various devices, thereby enhancing the overall gaming experience. In addition to its software solutions, Wonder is also involved in developing VR-ready gaming hardware. Currently, the company operates in stealth mode, suggesting that it is in the early stages of development and may be working on innovative features or products.
Socure Inc. specializes in digital identity verification solutions through its Socure ID+ platform, which utilizes predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to authenticate identities in real-time. The platform aggregates data from various online and offline sources, such as emails, phone numbers, and social media, to support compliance with customer identification programs, know your customer guidelines, and anti-money laundering regulations. In addition to the Socure ID+ platform, the company offers tools like Aida, an AI-driven bot for identity validation, Docv for document verification, and Sigma Synthetic Fraud, which addresses synthetic identity fraud. Socure enhances financial inclusion by approving a significant percentage of millennial and thin-file consumers while substantially reducing fraud in online account openings. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Socure serves a diverse clientele, including software firms, financial institutions, and integration partners, and has established a strategic partnership with ForgeRock.
Wizard is a software development company that offers B2B solutions for brands to sell and market products directly through text.
Finaloop is a bookkeeping and tax filing solution tailored for U.S. eCommerce businesses and startups. It provides a comprehensive platform that integrates with various digital applications to manage accounting processes from start to finish. The software organizes financial data in a single dashboard, automates data entry by pulling vendor bills from existing applications, and integrates with invoicing platforms and online stores to monitor unpaid customer invoices. Additionally, Finaloop offers insights into payroll and employee expense reimbursement trends, allowing businesses to streamline their financial management. By using Finaloop, companies can gain real-time visibility into their finances, ultimately saving time and money while concentrating on their growth.
Developer of a social search engine intended to dedicate a place for people to search, collect, discover, and share information. The company's platform is inspired by the way women have been passing knowledge to each other for centuries, it builds proprietary search algorithms and offers access to a global community of women, experts, and evidence-based knowledge, it allows people to learn, and imagine, the collective knowledge of entire communities in just a few seconds, enabling women to real-world information through digital communities and education.
Private Equity Round in 2021
Amagi Media Labs Pvt. Ltd. is a media technology company based in Bengaluru, India, specializing in cloud-managed broadcast and targeted advertising solutions for television networks and over-the-top (OTT) providers worldwide. Founded in 2008, Amagi offers a range of services including media playout, content delivery, and ad revenue generation. Its innovative technology includes CLOUDPORT for channel playout, THUNDERSTORM for OTT ad insertion, and STORM Channel Regionalization for precise content replacement. The company's platforms facilitate the launch, management, and monetization of live, linear, and on-demand channels, enabling clients to enhance existing broadcasts or establish new channels. With operations in key global markets such as Los Angeles, New York, London, and Mumbai, Amagi aims to deliver cost-effective and powerful advertising solutions tailored to the evolving media landscape.
Knoetic, a startup "built with Chief People Officers, for Chief People Officers," announced an $18M Series A round of funding led by Accel. Over 100 angel investors also participated in the round, including New York Times bestselling author Adam Grant, and executives from Box, Figma, Johnson & Johnson, LinkedIn, Scale, Pinterest, Calm, Front, and more. Knoetic is the first company to unify a social network and a SaaS analytics tool in the same platform. By embedding its exclusive social network of 1,000+ world-class Chief People Officers, CPOHQ, directly into its people analytics software, the resulting "Insight Engine" gives CPOs both quantitative and qualitative insights, enabling them to make smarter, holistic decisions about their workforce. Chief People Officers use Knoetic to build their board decks, present data to their CEOs, solve challenges with peers, and improve their employee retention, compensation, and hiring. The rapidly-growing startup's customer + community base includes many of the world's top technology companies, including Lyft, Squarespace, Amplitude, Snyk, Dollar Shave Club, and Zapier. Over 1,000 other Chief People Officers use Knoetic's exclusive, referral-only community (named CPOHQ) to discuss their most pressing challenges. These include navigating the COVID delta variant, transitioning to remote work, and scaling through hypergrowth.
DriveWealth, LLC is a digital trading technology company based in Chatham, New Jersey, founded in 2012. It operates a mobile investing platform aimed at individual investors, providing access to U.S. securities markets and a selection of exchange-traded funds and stocks. The company specializes in cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure, enabling broker-dealers, advisors, and online partners worldwide to offer digital brokerage solutions. DriveWealth's platform supports real-time fractional trading, allowing users to invest in fractional shares on a dollar-equivalent basis. In addition to trading services, the company offers educational resources to help investors understand finance and investment fundamentals.
Orum is a financial technology company that provides a platform designed to facilitate real-time money movement and instant payment solutions. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, Orum leverages machine learning and proprietary data science to enhance financial transactions. Its flagship product, Foresight, is an automated programming interface that predicts fund availability and assesses transaction risks, allowing banks and financial institutions to move money instantaneously. By offering a single API integration, Orum enables businesses across various industries to embed its infrastructure, optimizing payment processes for speed, cost, and risk management. The company's innovative approach supports the development of new financial products while ensuring seamless transaction experiences.
Gloat.com is an AI-based anonymous career development platform allowing users to both know their worth and get concrete offers in real-time. With Gloat, employees are personally matched with a spectrum of career opportunities such as full-time positions, part-time projects, mentorships and talent swaps. Gloat’s InnerMobility is the first-ever internal talent marketplace that drives business growth and agility by empowering individuals to find career opportunities within the company and reach their maximum potential. The company aims to democratize career development, unlock skills, and build a future-proof workforce.
Relationships are fundamental for any business, so we're here to empower them. Fluorine is a global collaboration hub that simplifies collaboration and makes people’s working lives simpler, more pleasant, and more productive. We help teams create workflow apps in minutes to run their processes, projects, and everyday work. Let's simplify work and promote collaboration-- together.
Rally is an app that allows members of all income levels to buy and sell equity shares in collectible assets including sports cards & memorabilia, classic cars, graded comic books, vintage watches, wine, first edition literature, and one-of-a-kind investment-grade items from the past and present. The company is driven by a mission to democratize alternative investments like these, providing access, liquidity, and transparency to markets that have traditionally only been available to a select few. Rally Rd. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
Headway is a New York-based mental healthcare system provider that connects patients with therapists through a health insurance advisory platform. Founded in 2019 by Andrew Adams, Jake Sussman, Dan Ross, and Kevin Chan, the company aims to make mental healthcare more accessible and affordable. It operates a virtual network of therapists who accept insurance, allowing patients to schedule video or in-person sessions online. In addition to its mental health services, Headway also offers administrative support to therapists who typically do not accept insurance, thereby facilitating the expansion of their practices. By streamlining the connection between patients and providers, Headway seeks to improve the overall accessibility of mental health services.
Squarespace is the all-in-one platform for websites, domains, online stores, marketing tools and scheduling, which entrepreneurs, creatives, and professionals use to build a beautiful presence and maintain their brands online.
Socure Inc. specializes in digital identity verification solutions through its Socure ID+ platform, which utilizes predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to authenticate identities in real-time. The platform aggregates data from various online and offline sources, such as emails, phone numbers, and social media, to support compliance with customer identification programs, know your customer guidelines, and anti-money laundering regulations. In addition to the Socure ID+ platform, the company offers tools like Aida, an AI-driven bot for identity validation, Docv for document verification, and Sigma Synthetic Fraud, which addresses synthetic identity fraud. Socure enhances financial inclusion by approving a significant percentage of millennial and thin-file consumers while substantially reducing fraud in online account openings. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Socure serves a diverse clientele, including software firms, financial institutions, and integration partners, and has established a strategic partnership with ForgeRock.
Melio Payments Inc., known as Melio, offers a digital bill payment solution specifically designed for small businesses in the United States. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, Melio provides a comprehensive digital accounts payable and receivable dashboard that enables small businesses to efficiently transfer and receive payments. The platform processes transactions and facilitates payments to vendors and suppliers through options such as mailed paper checks or bank deposits. By streamlining the payment process, Melio helps small businesses manage their cash flow more effectively, reducing the likelihood of late payment costs and enhancing overall financial control.
Public is a social investing network that enables individuals to buy public stocks with any investment amount while fostering community engagement. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the platform incorporates social features that allow users to connect with friends, follow trading professionals, and share their trading experiences on a social feed. This approach aims to make the stock market more accessible and interactive, promoting a collaborative investing environment. Public's innovative application offers free trading on stocks and funds, enhancing user experience and encouraging participation in financial markets.
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in anti-money laundering software tailored for cryptocurrency businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of products aimed at enhancing compliance and mitigating risks associated with cryptocurrency transactions. Key offerings include REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data, and an API that provides transaction-based risk scoring by analyzing the sources and destinations of funds. Additionally, Chainalysis provides activity monitoring reports and diligence tools to help financial institutions assess emerging threats and estimate criminal revenues. Its services cater to government agencies, banks, exchanges, insurance companies, and cryptocurrency businesses, facilitating safer interactions within the decentralized financial landscape. The company also has offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore.
Headway is a New York-based mental healthcare system provider that connects patients with therapists through a health insurance advisory platform. Founded in 2019 by Andrew Adams, Jake Sussman, Dan Ross, and Kevin Chan, the company aims to make mental healthcare more accessible and affordable. It operates a virtual network of therapists who accept insurance, allowing patients to schedule video or in-person sessions online. In addition to its mental health services, Headway also offers administrative support to therapists who typically do not accept insurance, thereby facilitating the expansion of their practices. By streamlining the connection between patients and providers, Headway seeks to improve the overall accessibility of mental health services.
Donut is a software platform focused on enhancing employee engagement and fostering connections within organizations. Launched in 2016 by Christian Whitehouse, Sarah Arnold, Jeff Manian, and Dan Manian, the company operates from New York, United States. Donut's online portal facilitates interactions among team members through activities such as virtual coffee meetings, peer learning sessions, and discussions on diversity, equity, and inclusion. By promoting trust and collaboration, Donut aims to strengthen company culture, enhance personal relationships, and improve employee retention.
Melio Payments Inc., known as Melio, offers a digital bill payment solution specifically designed for small businesses in the United States. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, Melio provides a comprehensive digital accounts payable and receivable dashboard that enables small businesses to efficiently transfer and receive payments. The platform processes transactions and facilitates payments to vendors and suppliers through options such as mailed paper checks or bank deposits. By streamlining the payment process, Melio helps small businesses manage their cash flow more effectively, reducing the likelihood of late payment costs and enhancing overall financial control.
BetterCloud, Inc. is a provider of cloud office solutions that enables organizations to manage and secure their Software as a Service (SaaS) applications effectively. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, with an engineering office in Atlanta, the company offers a centralized platform that provides insights into employee SaaS adoption and streamlines license management. Its offerings include user lifecycle management, data discovery, security automation, and a robust automation engine called Workflows, which orchestrates critical processes to ensure compliance and accuracy. BetterCloud also features platform APIs to secure the entire SaaS ecosystem and content scanning capabilities for various cloud storage solutions. The company serves a diverse clientele, including small to medium-sized businesses, mid-market companies, and enterprises across various industries such as government, healthcare, education, retail, and technology. With over 2,500 customers in more than 60 countries, BetterCloud is recognized as a leader in SaaS Operations Management, focusing on continuous monitoring and automated policy enforcement.
Catalyst Software Corporation specializes in developing a customer success platform that assists businesses in managing customer relationships effectively. This Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution is designed to help companies reduce churn and enhance customer experience by providing tools such as analytics, workflow automation, and a unified dashboard. Key features of the platform include product usage tracking, a task manager for consolidating communications, an automatic logging system for customer interactions, and capabilities for segmenting accounts and contacts. Additionally, the platform offers automated alerts to help customer success managers identify and address potential issues, thereby fostering product adoption and customer satisfaction. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, Catalyst aims to empower organizations to proactively engage with their customers and drive business growth.
We are a blockchain based company in the Fintech domain. Our product enables lenders to collaborate better amongst each other
Melio Payments Inc., known as Melio, offers a digital bill payment solution specifically designed for small businesses in the United States. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, Melio provides a comprehensive digital accounts payable and receivable dashboard that enables small businesses to efficiently transfer and receive payments. The platform processes transactions and facilitates payments to vendors and suppliers through options such as mailed paper checks or bank deposits. By streamlining the payment process, Melio helps small businesses manage their cash flow more effectively, reducing the likelihood of late payment costs and enhancing overall financial control.
Melio Payments Inc., known as Melio, offers a digital bill payment solution specifically designed for small businesses in the United States. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, Melio provides a comprehensive digital accounts payable and receivable dashboard that enables small businesses to efficiently transfer and receive payments. The platform processes transactions and facilitates payments to vendors and suppliers through options such as mailed paper checks or bank deposits. By streamlining the payment process, Melio helps small businesses manage their cash flow more effectively, reducing the likelihood of late payment costs and enhancing overall financial control.
Radar Labs, Inc. is a location data infrastructure platform based in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2016. The company provides a comprehensive developer toolkit designed for integrating location context and tracking into mobile applications. Radar enables businesses to create geofences—virtual boundaries that trigger events when crossed—through its user-friendly dashboard or application programming interface (API). The platform supports various location-based functionalities, including place detection and insights about user locations, and allows for server-side integrations with popular tools like Segment and Braze. In addition to geofencing, Radar offers new APIs in private beta that facilitate geocoding, regional detection based on IP addresses, and distance calculations between locations. This toolkit empowers growth and product teams to build innovative location-aware experiences for their users.
Frame.io, Inc. offers a video review and collaboration platform that enhances the video creation process for filmmakers and media professionals. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, the platform allows users to upload, organize, and share various media assets, including dailies, scripts, and work-in-progress content. It facilitates efficient collaboration by enabling real-time feedback, comments, and approvals from clients and team members, all within private workspaces. With more than 500,000 users, Frame.io streamlines post-production workflows and connects stakeholders in a single, user-friendly interface accessible across both web and mobile devices. This focus on collaboration and organization helps content creators work more effectively before the distribution phase.
Frame.io, Inc. offers a video review and collaboration platform that enhances the video creation process for filmmakers and media professionals. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, the platform allows users to upload, organize, and share various media assets, including dailies, scripts, and work-in-progress content. It facilitates efficient collaboration by enabling real-time feedback, comments, and approvals from clients and team members, all within private workspaces. With more than 500,000 users, Frame.io streamlines post-production workflows and connects stakeholders in a single, user-friendly interface accessible across both web and mobile devices. This focus on collaboration and organization helps content creators work more effectively before the distribution phase.
Celonis is a company that specializes in execution management, leveraging its advanced process mining technology to help businesses optimize their operations. Its Execution Management System (EMS) offers a comprehensive suite of tools and applications designed for analyzing and enhancing various business processes, including production, human resources, and logistics. By providing insights into process transparency and efficiency, Celonis enables organizations to improve their execution capacity. The company serves a wide range of industries and boasts a diverse client base that includes prominent names like AstraZeneca, Coca-Cola, and Siemens. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, and New York City, USA, Celonis has a global presence with 15 offices worldwide.
CasaOne is a home furniture rental company that provides a platform for property managers, realtors, stagers, and residents to access a wide range of furniture, decor, and equipment on demand. The company offers a full-service experience that includes affordable monthly rental plans, 3D visualizations, rent-to-own options, and white-glove delivery, often within 2-3 business days. CasaOne serves both residential and commercial customers, facilitating the ordering of various types of quality furniture, which is conveniently delivered to their locations. The service is primarily available in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and surrounding areas, allowing clients to find and customize contemporary furniture solutions easily.
Catalyst Software Corporation specializes in developing a customer success platform that assists businesses in managing customer relationships effectively. This Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution is designed to help companies reduce churn and enhance customer experience by providing tools such as analytics, workflow automation, and a unified dashboard. Key features of the platform include product usage tracking, a task manager for consolidating communications, an automatic logging system for customer interactions, and capabilities for segmenting accounts and contacts. Additionally, the platform offers automated alerts to help customer success managers identify and address potential issues, thereby fostering product adoption and customer satisfaction. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, Catalyst aims to empower organizations to proactively engage with their customers and drive business growth.
Headway is a New York-based mental healthcare system provider that connects patients with therapists through a health insurance advisory platform. Founded in 2019 by Andrew Adams, Jake Sussman, Dan Ross, and Kevin Chan, the company aims to make mental healthcare more accessible and affordable. It operates a virtual network of therapists who accept insurance, allowing patients to schedule video or in-person sessions online. In addition to its mental health services, Headway also offers administrative support to therapists who typically do not accept insurance, thereby facilitating the expansion of their practices. By streamlining the connection between patients and providers, Headway seeks to improve the overall accessibility of mental health services.
Fever Labs, Inc. operates a mobile application that serves as a social discovery tool, offering users a curated list of local events in various cities, including New York, Madrid, and London. The app provides comprehensive information on a wide range of experiences, such as concerts, exhibitions, parties, comedy shows, and attractions, along with ticket booking options. With a focus on enhancing the Experience Economy, Fever connects over 40 million users monthly with the best local activities, while also empowering event organizers to create original content. Founded in 2011 and initially known as Kzemos, Inc., Fever has established itself as a leader in the digitization of experiences, helping individuals discover and enjoy diverse cultural and entertainment offerings.
Radar Labs, Inc. is a location data infrastructure platform based in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2016. The company provides a comprehensive developer toolkit designed for integrating location context and tracking into mobile applications. Radar enables businesses to create geofences—virtual boundaries that trigger events when crossed—through its user-friendly dashboard or application programming interface (API). The platform supports various location-based functionalities, including place detection and insights about user locations, and allows for server-side integrations with popular tools like Segment and Braze. In addition to geofencing, Radar offers new APIs in private beta that facilitate geocoding, regional detection based on IP addresses, and distance calculations between locations. This toolkit empowers growth and product teams to build innovative location-aware experiences for their users.
OpenGamma Limited is a financial technology company that specializes in real-time market risk management solutions for financial institutions, enhancing analytics for front-office and risk users. Established in 2009 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in New York, OpenGamma offers a comprehensive market risk management platform that delivers cross-asset risk and trading analytics tailored to various risk scenarios and standard metrics. The platform is particularly beneficial for optimizing performance in over-the-counter (OTC) markets, including multi-central counterparty margin calculations for cleared OTC derivatives. OpenGamma serves a diverse clientele, including buy-side and sell-side firms, clearing institutions, exchanges, investment banks, and insurance companies. By combining deep quantitative expertise with advanced cloud-based technologies, the company provides actionable insights that help clients reduce trading costs and make informed decisions in derivatives trading, facilitating immediate cost savings and improved investment outcomes.
Public is a social investing network that enables individuals to buy public stocks with any investment amount while fostering community engagement. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the platform incorporates social features that allow users to connect with friends, follow trading professionals, and share their trading experiences on a social feed. This approach aims to make the stock market more accessible and interactive, promoting a collaborative investing environment. Public's innovative application offers free trading on stocks and funds, enhancing user experience and encouraging participation in financial markets.
LOLA is a brand focused on women's reproductive health, offering a range of feminine care products designed to ensure a safe and comfortable experience during menstruation. The company provides organic cotton tampons, eco-friendly pads, and sexual wellness products made with natural ingredients, free from toxins and dyes. By collaborating with gynecologists and experts, LOLA aims to deliver reliable resources and information about reproductive health, promoting transparency and trust in the products it offers. This commitment positions LOLA as a dedicated partner in addressing women's unique health needs throughout their lives.
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in anti-money laundering software tailored for cryptocurrency businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of products aimed at enhancing compliance and mitigating risks associated with cryptocurrency transactions. Key offerings include REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data, and an API that provides transaction-based risk scoring by analyzing the sources and destinations of funds. Additionally, Chainalysis provides activity monitoring reports and diligence tools to help financial institutions assess emerging threats and estimate criminal revenues. Its services cater to government agencies, banks, exchanges, insurance companies, and cryptocurrency businesses, facilitating safer interactions within the decentralized financial landscape. The company also has offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore.
We are a blockchain based company in the Fintech domain. Our product enables lenders to collaborate better amongst each other
Chief is a private membership network dedicated to empowering women leaders, specifically those at the senior level, such as rising vice presidents and CEOs. The organization aims to facilitate the advancement of women into the C-suite and foster connections across various industries. Chief provides a range of resources, including sessions with industry icons, workshops, and personalized coaching, to support its members' professional growth. Through candid discussions and peer group interactions, women leaders can gain valuable insights and build a robust support system, enabling them to effect meaningful change from positions of power.
UiPath develops and provides robotic process automation software designed to enhance operational efficiency across various industries. The company offers a comprehensive platform for hyper automation, enabling enterprises to discover, build, manage, and optimize automation opportunities. Key products include UiPath Studio, which allows users to design automation processes with an intuitive graphical interface, and UiPath Orchestrator, which manages automation workflows and deployments. UiPath’s solutions cater to a variety of sectors, including finance, healthcare, insurance, and telecommunications, facilitating the automation of tasks such as accounts payable, claims processing, and customer service. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York, UiPath also has offices in several major cities worldwide, including London, Bucharest, and Tokyo. The company focuses on integrating advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence, to streamline processes and improve business outcomes.
CasaOne is a home furniture rental company that provides a platform for property managers, realtors, stagers, and residents to access a wide range of furniture, decor, and equipment on demand. The company offers a full-service experience that includes affordable monthly rental plans, 3D visualizations, rent-to-own options, and white-glove delivery, often within 2-3 business days. CasaOne serves both residential and commercial customers, facilitating the ordering of various types of quality furniture, which is conveniently delivered to their locations. The service is primarily available in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and surrounding areas, allowing clients to find and customize contemporary furniture solutions easily.
Knewton, Inc. is a developer of an online adaptive learning engine that personalizes education for students by providing tailored recommendations on what to study. The platform also equips teachers with analytics to enhance their support for individual students and offers publishers insights to create more effective digital educational products. Knewton's technology serves a range of subjects, including math, economics, and sciences, and is utilized by educational institutions and companies worldwide. In addition to its flagship product, Knewton offers Alta, an integrated adaptive learning courseware for higher education. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Knewton has expanded its presence internationally with offices in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Dubai. The company has been recognized for its innovation in education technology, earning accolades such as being named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum.
Knewton, Inc. is a developer of an online adaptive learning engine that personalizes education for students by providing tailored recommendations on what to study. The platform also equips teachers with analytics to enhance their support for individual students and offers publishers insights to create more effective digital educational products. Knewton's technology serves a range of subjects, including math, economics, and sciences, and is utilized by educational institutions and companies worldwide. In addition to its flagship product, Knewton offers Alta, an integrated adaptive learning courseware for higher education. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Knewton has expanded its presence internationally with offices in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Dubai. The company has been recognized for its innovation in education technology, earning accolades such as being named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum.
Semmle Ltd is a company that develops an engineering analytics platform aimed at enhancing the software development process. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom, with additional offices in San Francisco, Bellevue, New York, Valencia, and Copenhagen, Semmle provides tools for analyzing software code quality alongside various development metrics, including development cost, issue tickets, and test coverage. Its products, such as LGTM and QL, facilitate both technical and strategic decision-making by enabling users to identify bugs and create a comprehensive knowledge base from their development data. Semmle serves a diverse clientele, including notable organizations like Citi, Credit Suisse, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Dell. As of September 2019, Semmle operates as a subsidiary of GitHub, Inc.
CasaOne is a home furniture rental company that provides a platform for property managers, realtors, stagers, and residents to access a wide range of furniture, decor, and equipment on demand. The company offers a full-service experience that includes affordable monthly rental plans, 3D visualizations, rent-to-own options, and white-glove delivery, often within 2-3 business days. CasaOne serves both residential and commercial customers, facilitating the ordering of various types of quality furniture, which is conveniently delivered to their locations. The service is primarily available in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and surrounding areas, allowing clients to find and customize contemporary furniture solutions easily.
Celonis is a company that specializes in execution management, leveraging its advanced process mining technology to help businesses optimize their operations. Its Execution Management System (EMS) offers a comprehensive suite of tools and applications designed for analyzing and enhancing various business processes, including production, human resources, and logistics. By providing insights into process transparency and efficiency, Celonis enables organizations to improve their execution capacity. The company serves a wide range of industries and boasts a diverse client base that includes prominent names like AstraZeneca, Coca-Cola, and Siemens. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, and New York City, USA, Celonis has a global presence with 15 offices worldwide.
Circle is a financial technology company that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate the sending, receiving, and investing of cryptocurrency assets globally. Founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, Circle offers a user-friendly online platform that simplifies money transfers and includes services such as Circle Pay for peer-to-peer payments. In addition, the company provides Circle Invest, allowing users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, and Circle Trade, which operates a trading desk with a substantial liquidity pool for digital assets, averaging $2 billion in monthly trading volume. With significant backing from investors, including notable firms such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners, Circle has established a presence in major cities, including Boston, New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. The company is dedicated to accelerating global crypto innovation and adoption through its various financial services.
BetterCloud, Inc. is a provider of cloud office solutions that enables organizations to manage and secure their Software as a Service (SaaS) applications effectively. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, with an engineering office in Atlanta, the company offers a centralized platform that provides insights into employee SaaS adoption and streamlines license management. Its offerings include user lifecycle management, data discovery, security automation, and a robust automation engine called Workflows, which orchestrates critical processes to ensure compliance and accuracy. BetterCloud also features platform APIs to secure the entire SaaS ecosystem and content scanning capabilities for various cloud storage solutions. The company serves a diverse clientele, including small to medium-sized businesses, mid-market companies, and enterprises across various industries such as government, healthcare, education, retail, and technology. With over 2,500 customers in more than 60 countries, BetterCloud is recognized as a leader in SaaS Operations Management, focusing on continuous monitoring and automated policy enforcement.
UiPath develops and provides robotic process automation software designed to enhance operational efficiency across various industries. The company offers a comprehensive platform for hyper automation, enabling enterprises to discover, build, manage, and optimize automation opportunities. Key products include UiPath Studio, which allows users to design automation processes with an intuitive graphical interface, and UiPath Orchestrator, which manages automation workflows and deployments. UiPath’s solutions cater to a variety of sectors, including finance, healthcare, insurance, and telecommunications, facilitating the automation of tasks such as accounts payable, claims processing, and customer service. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York, UiPath also has offices in several major cities worldwide, including London, Bucharest, and Tokyo. The company focuses on integrating advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence, to streamline processes and improve business outcomes.
Fever Labs, Inc. operates a mobile application that serves as a social discovery tool, offering users a curated list of local events in various cities, including New York, Madrid, and London. The app provides comprehensive information on a wide range of experiences, such as concerts, exhibitions, parties, comedy shows, and attractions, along with ticket booking options. With a focus on enhancing the Experience Economy, Fever connects over 40 million users monthly with the best local activities, while also empowering event organizers to create original content. Founded in 2011 and initially known as Kzemos, Inc., Fever has established itself as a leader in the digitization of experiences, helping individuals discover and enjoy diverse cultural and entertainment offerings.
InVisionApp is a design collaboration platform that serves startups, corporations, and design agencies, facilitating the research, design, review, and testing of products for both web and mobile applications. The platform offers a suite of tools for prototyping, task management, version control, and collaborative feedback, enabling users to effectively brainstorm, create, and develop new ideas. InVisionApp also includes Studio, a tool for screen design that enhances user experience, and provides enterprise solutions such as project management, workflow integration, and security features. With over 5 million users, including all Fortune 100 companies and notable organizations like Airbnb, Amazon, and Netflix, InVision operates as a fully distributed organization with employees across 28 countries. Founded in 2011 by Clark Valberg and Ben Nadel, the company continues to improve team collaboration and streamline workflows across diverse disciplines.
Radar Labs, Inc. is a location data infrastructure platform based in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2016. The company provides a comprehensive developer toolkit designed for integrating location context and tracking into mobile applications. Radar enables businesses to create geofences—virtual boundaries that trigger events when crossed—through its user-friendly dashboard or application programming interface (API). The platform supports various location-based functionalities, including place detection and insights about user locations, and allows for server-side integrations with popular tools like Segment and Braze. In addition to geofencing, Radar offers new APIs in private beta that facilitate geocoding, regional detection based on IP addresses, and distance calculations between locations. This toolkit empowers growth and product teams to build innovative location-aware experiences for their users.
Frame.io, Inc. offers a video review and collaboration platform that enhances the video creation process for filmmakers and media professionals. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, the platform allows users to upload, organize, and share various media assets, including dailies, scripts, and work-in-progress content. It facilitates efficient collaboration by enabling real-time feedback, comments, and approvals from clients and team members, all within private workspaces. With more than 500,000 users, Frame.io streamlines post-production workflows and connects stakeholders in a single, user-friendly interface accessible across both web and mobile devices. This focus on collaboration and organization helps content creators work more effectively before the distribution phase.
Anchor is a user-friendly platform designed to simplify podcast creation and distribution. It allows users to record or upload high-quality audio and host unlimited episodes, making it accessible for both beginners and experienced podcasters. Anchor also offers seamless distribution to various platforms with a single click, enhancing the visibility of podcasts. Additionally, it incorporates community features that enrich the audio streaming experience, fostering interaction among users. This combination of ease of use and community engagement positions Anchor as a leading choice for individuals looking to enter the podcasting space.
Neoway is a market intelligence and big data analytics company that helps businesses to navigate and extract insights for discovering various market opportunities. It develops and operates SIMM, a subscription based big data analytics platform that allows its users to search detailed data about companies and individuals; export their prospects to the map and distribute the opportunities geographically; control the distribution of opportunities and create multi-platform alerts to their vendors; and map economic groups, and other individual and legal entity relationships, including corporate and administrative structure, suppliers, subsidiaries, and franchises. It serves automotive and transportation, benefits, consumer goods, billing and recovery, construction, oil and gas, health and pharma, technology, and telecom markets, as well as banks, credit cooperatives, and insurance companies and brokers. Jaime de Paula founded Neoway in 2002, with its headquarters in Florianópolis in Brazil. It has additional offices in São Paulo in Brazil and New York City.
CasaOne is a home furniture rental company that provides a platform for property managers, realtors, stagers, and residents to access a wide range of furniture, decor, and equipment on demand. The company offers a full-service experience that includes affordable monthly rental plans, 3D visualizations, rent-to-own options, and white-glove delivery, often within 2-3 business days. CasaOne serves both residential and commercial customers, facilitating the ordering of various types of quality furniture, which is conveniently delivered to their locations. The service is primarily available in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and surrounding areas, allowing clients to find and customize contemporary furniture solutions easily.
Neoway is a market intelligence and big data analytics company that helps businesses to navigate and extract insights for discovering various market opportunities. It develops and operates SIMM, a subscription based big data analytics platform that allows its users to search detailed data about companies and individuals; export their prospects to the map and distribute the opportunities geographically; control the distribution of opportunities and create multi-platform alerts to their vendors; and map economic groups, and other individual and legal entity relationships, including corporate and administrative structure, suppliers, subsidiaries, and franchises. It serves automotive and transportation, benefits, consumer goods, billing and recovery, construction, oil and gas, health and pharma, technology, and telecom markets, as well as banks, credit cooperatives, and insurance companies and brokers. Jaime de Paula founded Neoway in 2002, with its headquarters in Florianópolis in Brazil. It has additional offices in São Paulo in Brazil and New York City.
Away is a modern travel and lifestyle brand that specializes in designing high-quality luggage and travel accessories. The company offers a range of products, including bags, suitcases, and interior organizers, crafted from lightweight, durable materials such as polycarbonate. Away's luggage is designed with thoughtful features that address common travel challenges, such as an ejectable battery for charging devices and an interior laundry bag for convenience. By focusing on affordability and sustainability, Away aims to enhance the travel experience, allowing travelers to make the most of their journeys.
ServiceChannel transforms facilities management for brands that want to deliver a great customer experience across their physical locations with peak operational performance. Executives and facilities leaders at more than 500 global brands like Bloomin’ Brands, Cole Haan, CVS Health, Louis Vuitton, and Under Armour, love the ServiceChannel platform for its marketplace of 50,000 service provider companies, cloud applications, analytics, and intelligence into their multi-billion annual repair and maintenance spend. ServiceChannel is a privately held company funded by Accel, with offices in New York City, Pleasanton, Calif., North Andover, Mass., and London.
UiPath develops and provides robotic process automation software designed to enhance operational efficiency across various industries. The company offers a comprehensive platform for hyper automation, enabling enterprises to discover, build, manage, and optimize automation opportunities. Key products include UiPath Studio, which allows users to design automation processes with an intuitive graphical interface, and UiPath Orchestrator, which manages automation workflows and deployments. UiPath’s solutions cater to a variety of sectors, including finance, healthcare, insurance, and telecommunications, facilitating the automation of tasks such as accounts payable, claims processing, and customer service. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York, UiPath also has offices in several major cities worldwide, including London, Bucharest, and Tokyo. The company focuses on integrating advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence, to streamline processes and improve business outcomes.
SeatGeek, Inc. is a mobile ticketing marketplace and ticket search engine that allows fans to buy and sell tickets for sports, concerts, and theater events. Established in 2009 and headquartered in New York, the company operates additional offices in the United Kingdom, Israel, the Netherlands, Australia, and Italy. SeatGeek aggregates ticket listings and employs a data engine that evaluates ticket deals, featuring a 'Deal Score' system that rates tickets on a scale of 0 to 100 to help consumers assess the relative value of options. The platform also includes an event discovery tool that generates recommendations based on user preferences and favorite teams and artists. By analyzing various ticket listings and providing detailed information about venues and average ticket prices, SeatGeek aims to offer a cost-effective and user-friendly ticket purchasing experience. The company operates as a subsidiary of Scribnia, LLC.
Anchor is a user-friendly platform designed to simplify podcast creation and distribution. It allows users to record or upload high-quality audio and host unlimited episodes, making it accessible for both beginners and experienced podcasters. Anchor also offers seamless distribution to various platforms with a single click, enhancing the visibility of podcasts. Additionally, it incorporates community features that enrich the audio streaming experience, fostering interaction among users. This combination of ease of use and community engagement positions Anchor as a leading choice for individuals looking to enter the podcasting space.
Sourcepoint Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a content compensation platform aimed at supporting publishers in the digital marketing ecosystem. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company also has offices in Seattle, London, Berlin, and Paris. Sourcepoint's platform enables publishers to address monetization challenges by providing technology that enhances consumer options for supporting content. Additionally, the company offers tools designed to protect consumer privacy, manage compliance, and optimize revenue amidst evolving regulatory landscapes. Through its services, Sourcepoint aims to balance the needs of publishers and consumers in a changing digital environment.
Letgo is a popular mobile application that facilitates the buying and selling of second-hand goods locally, boasting over 100 million downloads and 400 million listings. Founded in 2015 by Alec Oxenford and Jordi Castello, later joined by Enrique Linares, Letgo has become a leading marketplace in the United States, offering a diverse range of products, including electronics, vehicles, clothing, and furniture. The app incorporates innovative features such as image recognition and video listings, which streamline the listing process by automatically suggesting titles, prices, and categories based on user-uploaded photos. This user-friendly approach allows individuals to easily declutter their homes and discover great deals nearby.
OpenGamma Limited is a financial technology company that specializes in real-time market risk management solutions for financial institutions, enhancing analytics for front-office and risk users. Established in 2009 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in New York, OpenGamma offers a comprehensive market risk management platform that delivers cross-asset risk and trading analytics tailored to various risk scenarios and standard metrics. The platform is particularly beneficial for optimizing performance in over-the-counter (OTC) markets, including multi-central counterparty margin calculations for cleared OTC derivatives. OpenGamma serves a diverse clientele, including buy-side and sell-side firms, clearing institutions, exchanges, investment banks, and insurance companies. By combining deep quantitative expertise with advanced cloud-based technologies, the company provides actionable insights that help clients reduce trading costs and make informed decisions in derivatives trading, facilitating immediate cost savings and improved investment outcomes.
Frame.io, Inc. offers a video review and collaboration platform that enhances the video creation process for filmmakers and media professionals. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, the platform allows users to upload, organize, and share various media assets, including dailies, scripts, and work-in-progress content. It facilitates efficient collaboration by enabling real-time feedback, comments, and approvals from clients and team members, all within private workspaces. With more than 500,000 users, Frame.io streamlines post-production workflows and connects stakeholders in a single, user-friendly interface accessible across both web and mobile devices. This focus on collaboration and organization helps content creators work more effectively before the distribution phase.
Away is a modern travel and lifestyle brand that specializes in designing high-quality luggage and travel accessories. The company offers a range of products, including bags, suitcases, and interior organizers, crafted from lightweight, durable materials such as polycarbonate. Away's luggage is designed with thoughtful features that address common travel challenges, such as an ejectable battery for charging devices and an interior laundry bag for convenience. By focusing on affordability and sustainability, Away aims to enhance the travel experience, allowing travelers to make the most of their journeys.
Birchbox, Inc., founded in 2010 and based in New York, operates as a discovery commerce platform specializing in beauty, grooming, and lifestyle products. The company offers a diverse range of items, including makeup, skincare, hair care, fragrances, and lifestyle accessories for both women and men. Birchbox has redefined retail by providing subscribers with a monthly delivery of personalized product samples, along with educational content to enhance their shopping experience. The platform employs a proprietary algorithm to tailor selections based on individual preferences, ensuring that customers receive products suited to their needs. Birchbox collaborates with renowned brands and also features a robust e-commerce shop, allowing consumers to purchase their favorite products easily. With operations in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Belgium, Birchbox aims to simplify the beauty shopping experience through convenience and personalized service.
InVisionApp is a design collaboration platform that serves startups, corporations, and design agencies, facilitating the research, design, review, and testing of products for both web and mobile applications. The platform offers a suite of tools for prototyping, task management, version control, and collaborative feedback, enabling users to effectively brainstorm, create, and develop new ideas. InVisionApp also includes Studio, a tool for screen design that enhances user experience, and provides enterprise solutions such as project management, workflow integration, and security features. With over 5 million users, including all Fortune 100 companies and notable organizations like Airbnb, Amazon, and Netflix, InVision operates as a fully distributed organization with employees across 28 countries. Founded in 2011 by Clark Valberg and Ben Nadel, the company continues to improve team collaboration and streamline workflows across diverse disciplines.
Private Equity Round in 2016
Visto is a technology company focused on enhancing transparency, interoperability, and accountability in digital advertising. Its flagship product, the Visto Enterprise Advertising Hub, is a vendor-agnostic platform that consolidates the entire ad tech stack into a single, user-friendly interface. This platform enables brands, media companies, and agencies to manage execution partners, optimize advertising expenditures, and measure performance effectively. By providing robust analytics, Visto allows users to drive efficiencies and improve return on investment. Additionally, Visto's platform facilitates the unification of the programmatic advertising ecosystem, allowing for the optimization of audience reach and messaging across various media channels.
Celonis is a company that specializes in execution management, leveraging its advanced process mining technology to help businesses optimize their operations. Its Execution Management System (EMS) offers a comprehensive suite of tools and applications designed for analyzing and enhancing various business processes, including production, human resources, and logistics. By providing insights into process transparency and efficiency, Celonis enables organizations to improve their execution capacity. The company serves a wide range of industries and boasts a diverse client base that includes prominent names like AstraZeneca, Coca-Cola, and Siemens. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, and New York City, USA, Celonis has a global presence with 15 offices worldwide.
Letgo is a popular mobile application that facilitates the buying and selling of second-hand goods locally, boasting over 100 million downloads and 400 million listings. Founded in 2015 by Alec Oxenford and Jordi Castello, later joined by Enrique Linares, Letgo has become a leading marketplace in the United States, offering a diverse range of products, including electronics, vehicles, clothing, and furniture. The app incorporates innovative features such as image recognition and video listings, which streamline the listing process by automatically suggesting titles, prices, and categories based on user-uploaded photos. This user-friendly approach allows individuals to easily declutter their homes and discover great deals nearby.
CoreOS, Inc. specializes in developing open source projects for Linux containers and providing security software solutions. The company offers Tectonic, a comprehensive platform that enhances Kubernetes with enterprise features for efficient container orchestration. CoreOS also provides Quay, a private image registry for building, storing, and distributing containers, along with CoreOS, a security tool for managing Linux applications. Additionally, it features CoreUpdate, a tool designed for managing rolling updates of applications. CoreOS maintains several significant open source projects, including CoreOS Linux, etcd, and rkt, contributing to the infrastructure needs of modern distributed systems. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an office in New York City and a development hub in Berlin, CoreOS operates as a subsidiary of Red Hat, Inc.
Qubit Digital Limited specializes in developing software solutions that manage and analyze large data sets to enhance online customer experiences. The company offers a range of products, including tag management, marketing attribution, customer intelligence, and web personalization solutions. Its notable offerings include OpenTag, an open-source tag management system that streamlines the management of third-party technologies, and Qubit Pro, a platform for personalizing user experiences based on visitor data. Additionally, Qubit provides solutions for customer analytics, web testing, and product discovery, catering primarily to e-commerce, publishing, and lead generation sectors. By leveraging rich customer data and advanced technology, Qubit aims to help businesses improve marketing efficiency and increase revenue through personalized customer interactions. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in London, Qubit has expanded its presence with offices in major cities including New York and Paris, serving prominent brands in the global market.
Grovo Learning Inc. operates a microlearning platform that offers tailored training solutions for the modern workforce. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in delivering bite-sized video lessons and interactive exercises covering a range of topics from digital skills to leadership development. Grovo's adaptive and customizable Microlearning library enables organizations to create and distribute engaging learning experiences accessible on various devices. Its approach is designed to enhance employee skills and satisfaction at numerous companies, including prominent names like PepsiCo and the NBA. As of November 2018, Grovo functions as a subsidiary of Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., further expanding its reach in the learning and development sector.
BaubleBar is changing how women shop for fashion jewelry. By offering on-trend styles and contextualizing them with strong editorial references, the company is quickly becoming the first go-to retailer within the $22bn fashion jewelry industry. BaubleBar’s core differentiating factor is its fast speed to market, recognized through its unique sourcing capabilities. The company leverages this by using real-time data to merchandise and design based on current market dynamics and consumer taste preferences. Coupling this with the high-touch customer experience and strong social media reach, BaubleBar is redefining how women think of fashion jewelry brands. BaubleBar (formerly Eight1Six) was founded by Amy Jain and Daniella Yacobovsky in 2010 and has raised $15.6 million in equity financing to date. The Company most recently raised $10 million in Series B funding, in a round led by Burch Creative Capital, the investment firm headed by retail and fashion veteran Chris Burch. Other leading investors in the Company include Accel Partners, Greycroft Partners, Aspect Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Founder Collective, and Lerer Media Ventures.
Fever Labs, Inc. operates a mobile application that serves as a social discovery tool, offering users a curated list of local events in various cities, including New York, Madrid, and London. The app provides comprehensive information on a wide range of experiences, such as concerts, exhibitions, parties, comedy shows, and attractions, along with ticket booking options. With a focus on enhancing the Experience Economy, Fever connects over 40 million users monthly with the best local activities, while also empowering event organizers to create original content. Founded in 2011 and initially known as Kzemos, Inc., Fever has established itself as a leader in the digitization of experiences, helping individuals discover and enjoy diverse cultural and entertainment offerings.
Knewton, Inc. is a developer of an online adaptive learning engine that personalizes education for students by providing tailored recommendations on what to study. The platform also equips teachers with analytics to enhance their support for individual students and offers publishers insights to create more effective digital educational products. Knewton's technology serves a range of subjects, including math, economics, and sciences, and is utilized by educational institutions and companies worldwide. In addition to its flagship product, Knewton offers Alta, an integrated adaptive learning courseware for higher education. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Knewton has expanded its presence internationally with offices in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Dubai. The company has been recognized for its innovation in education technology, earning accolades such as being named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum.
Neoway is a market intelligence and big data analytics company that helps businesses to navigate and extract insights for discovering various market opportunities. It develops and operates SIMM, a subscription based big data analytics platform that allows its users to search detailed data about companies and individuals; export their prospects to the map and distribute the opportunities geographically; control the distribution of opportunities and create multi-platform alerts to their vendors; and map economic groups, and other individual and legal entity relationships, including corporate and administrative structure, suppliers, subsidiaries, and franchises. It serves automotive and transportation, benefits, consumer goods, billing and recovery, construction, oil and gas, health and pharma, technology, and telecom markets, as well as banks, credit cooperatives, and insurance companies and brokers. Jaime de Paula founded Neoway in 2002, with its headquarters in Florianópolis in Brazil. It has additional offices in São Paulo in Brazil and New York City.
Frame.io, Inc. offers a video review and collaboration platform that enhances the video creation process for filmmakers and media professionals. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, the platform allows users to upload, organize, and share various media assets, including dailies, scripts, and work-in-progress content. It facilitates efficient collaboration by enabling real-time feedback, comments, and approvals from clients and team members, all within private workspaces. With more than 500,000 users, Frame.io streamlines post-production workflows and connects stakeholders in a single, user-friendly interface accessible across both web and mobile devices. This focus on collaboration and organization helps content creators work more effectively before the distribution phase.
PeopleDoc is a cloud-based HR Service Delivery platform that enables organizations to effectively manage human resources operations and communications between employees and managers. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Paris, France, the company provides a comprehensive suite of solutions, including case management, knowledge portals, process automation, employee file management, advanced analytics, shared services, and onboarding. Designed to streamline HR processes, PeopleDoc's platform allows HR teams to respond to employee requests promptly, automate procedures, and ensure compliance across various locations. With a commitment to customer satisfaction, PeopleDoc boasts a 100% retention rate and serves over 750 clients, impacting approximately 4 million end users in 165 countries. The company operates as a subsidiary of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.
From smartphones to connected cars, location data is changing the way we live and the way business happens. CARTO is the platform that turns spatial data into more efficient delivery routes, better behavioral marketing, strategic store placements, and much more. Data Scientists, Developers, and Analysts solve spatial problems using CARTO’s data and analysis to understand where and why things happen, optimize business processes, and predict future outcomes through the power of Spatial Data Science. Backed by leading VC firms Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Earlybird Ventures, and Kibo Ventures, CARTO is the world’s leading Location Intelligence platform. Founded in 2012 by an environmental scientist and visualization experts, CARTO is headquartered in New York City with offices in Madrid, Seville and Washington DC. CARTO has a team of 130 employees, a portfolio of 2,500 customers including BBVA, BCG, New York City, and Twitter and more than 350,000 users around the globe - and has regularly been recognized by Gartner and Forrester for its innovation in the Location Intelligence space.
InVisionApp is a design collaboration platform that serves startups, corporations, and design agencies, facilitating the research, design, review, and testing of products for both web and mobile applications. The platform offers a suite of tools for prototyping, task management, version control, and collaborative feedback, enabling users to effectively brainstorm, create, and develop new ideas. InVisionApp also includes Studio, a tool for screen design that enhances user experience, and provides enterprise solutions such as project management, workflow integration, and security features. With over 5 million users, including all Fortune 100 companies and notable organizations like Airbnb, Amazon, and Netflix, InVision operates as a fully distributed organization with employees across 28 countries. Founded in 2011 by Clark Valberg and Ben Nadel, the company continues to improve team collaboration and streamline workflows across diverse disciplines.
Sourcepoint Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a content compensation platform aimed at supporting publishers in the digital marketing ecosystem. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company also has offices in Seattle, London, Berlin, and Paris. Sourcepoint's platform enables publishers to address monetization challenges by providing technology that enhances consumer options for supporting content. Additionally, the company offers tools designed to protect consumer privacy, manage compliance, and optimize revenue amidst evolving regulatory landscapes. Through its services, Sourcepoint aims to balance the needs of publishers and consumers in a changing digital environment.
Dasher is a United States-based company founded in 2013 that develops a messaging platform designed to enhance communication among users. The application includes a variety of features such as live location sharing, map sharing, and the ability to send GIFs, photos, and videos. Users can engage in group chats and utilize polling features for quick yes-or-no questions. Additionally, Dasher allows for message deletion after sending, providing users with greater control over their conversations. The platform also integrates peer-to-peer payment capabilities, enabling users to make transactions easily. Overall, Dasher aims to create a next-generation messaging experience that facilitates rich, interactive communication and keeps users connected with friends and family across different devices.
Circle is a financial technology company that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate the sending, receiving, and investing of cryptocurrency assets globally. Founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, Circle offers a user-friendly online platform that simplifies money transfers and includes services such as Circle Pay for peer-to-peer payments. In addition, the company provides Circle Invest, allowing users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, and Circle Trade, which operates a trading desk with a substantial liquidity pool for digital assets, averaging $2 billion in monthly trading volume. With significant backing from investors, including notable firms such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners, Circle has established a presence in major cities, including Boston, New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. The company is dedicated to accelerating global crypto innovation and adoption through its various financial services.
CoreOS, Inc. specializes in developing open source projects for Linux containers and providing security software solutions. The company offers Tectonic, a comprehensive platform that enhances Kubernetes with enterprise features for efficient container orchestration. CoreOS also provides Quay, a private image registry for building, storing, and distributing containers, along with CoreOS, a security tool for managing Linux applications. Additionally, it features CoreUpdate, a tool designed for managing rolling updates of applications. CoreOS maintains several significant open source projects, including CoreOS Linux, etcd, and rkt, contributing to the infrastructure needs of modern distributed systems. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an office in New York City and a development hub in Berlin, CoreOS operates as a subsidiary of Red Hat, Inc.
SeatGeek, Inc. is a mobile ticketing marketplace and ticket search engine that allows fans to buy and sell tickets for sports, concerts, and theater events. Established in 2009 and headquartered in New York, the company operates additional offices in the United Kingdom, Israel, the Netherlands, Australia, and Italy. SeatGeek aggregates ticket listings and employs a data engine that evaluates ticket deals, featuring a 'Deal Score' system that rates tickets on a scale of 0 to 100 to help consumers assess the relative value of options. The platform also includes an event discovery tool that generates recommendations based on user preferences and favorite teams and artists. By analyzing various ticket listings and providing detailed information about venues and average ticket prices, SeatGeek aims to offer a cost-effective and user-friendly ticket purchasing experience. The company operates as a subsidiary of Scribnia, LLC.
BetterCloud, Inc. is a provider of cloud office solutions that enables organizations to manage and secure their Software as a Service (SaaS) applications effectively. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, with an engineering office in Atlanta, the company offers a centralized platform that provides insights into employee SaaS adoption and streamlines license management. Its offerings include user lifecycle management, data discovery, security automation, and a robust automation engine called Workflows, which orchestrates critical processes to ensure compliance and accuracy. BetterCloud also features platform APIs to secure the entire SaaS ecosystem and content scanning capabilities for various cloud storage solutions. The company serves a diverse clientele, including small to medium-sized businesses, mid-market companies, and enterprises across various industries such as government, healthcare, education, retail, and technology. With over 2,500 customers in more than 60 countries, BetterCloud is recognized as a leader in SaaS Operations Management, focusing on continuous monitoring and automated policy enforcement.
Grovo Learning Inc. operates a microlearning platform that offers tailored training solutions for the modern workforce. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in delivering bite-sized video lessons and interactive exercises covering a range of topics from digital skills to leadership development. Grovo's adaptive and customizable Microlearning library enables organizations to create and distribute engaging learning experiences accessible on various devices. Its approach is designed to enhance employee skills and satisfaction at numerous companies, including prominent names like PepsiCo and the NBA. As of November 2018, Grovo functions as a subsidiary of Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., further expanding its reach in the learning and development sector.