Accel

Accel, established in 1983, is a prominent venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. The firm specializes in investing in early and growth-stage technology startups, focusing on sectors such as software, cloud technologies, consumer services, enterprise, healthcare, fintech, and security. Accel's portfolio includes notable companies like Atlassian, Facebook, Slack, and Spotify, reflecting its ability to identify and support entrepreneurs building businesses that drive next-generation industries.

Casey Aylward

Partner

Nir Blumberger

Venture Partner

Luca Bocchio

Partner

Katie Brown

Investor

Miles Clements

Partner

Adrian Colyer

Venture Partner

Ben Dooley

CFO

Peter Doyle

Investor

Christine Esserman

Partner

Ben Fletcher

Partner

Sameer Gandhi

Partner

Martin Gibson

Technology Investor

Graham Hutson

Investor

Sara Ittelson

Partner

Myrel Iturrey

Investor

Dinesh Katiyar

Partner

Richard Kotite

Vice President

Gagan Kumar

General Partner

John Locke

Partner

Zhenya Loginov

Partner

Steve Loughlin

Partner

Arun Mathew

Partner

Jonathan Mendelson

Investor

Gonzalo Mocorrea

Investor

Vasant Natarajan

Partner

Vas Natarajan

Partner

Nate Niparko

Partner

Maya Noeth

Partner

Rachit Parekh

Principal

Vijaysai Patnaik

Associate

Varun Purandare

Principal and Investor

Ben Quazzo

Investor, Venture and Growth

Rafael Quintanilla Loeillet

Early-Stage Investor

Tim Rawlinson

Investor - Growth

Matthew Robinson

Investor

Sagar Sanghvi

Partner

Tracy Sedlock

Chief Operating Partner

Jess Segal

Partner, Investor Relation

Ajay Sethi

Venture Partner

Manasi Shah

Vice President and Investment Team Member

Karan Shah

Investor

Sarthak Singh

Investor

Robert Sternberg

Investor

Diksha Sundarka

Investor

Prayank Swaroop

Partner

Charles Tananbaum

Investor

Humza Tariq

Investor

Jonathan Turner

Partner

Cecilia Wang

Vice President

Ivan Zhou

Partner

Past deals in Social Network

Slay

Seed Round in 2024
Slay is a social gaming company that operates a platform designed to provide anonymous compliments, promoting positive interactions among users. The platform encourages mental well-being by facilitating an environment where teenagers can engage in social gaming activities that center around giving and receiving compliments. Users are prompted with questions upon opening the app, which they must answer by selecting another user to whom they can anonymously extend a compliment. This approach aims to normalize and reinforce uplifting social media experiences, ultimately contributing to the improvement of mental health among teens in the digital landscape.

FreeUp

Series A in 2023
FreeUp is a pan-India social commerce platform designed to simplify and secure transactions between individuals. By addressing the trust deficit that often exists in peer-to-peer sales, FreeUp employs a verified transaction system and a reputation-based approach to foster community engagement. The platform allows users to buy and sell a diverse range of products, including fashion items, children's goods, home decor, beauty products, books, and gadgets. Additionally, FreeUp offers convenient doorstep pickup and delivery services, enabling users to easily sell their pre-loved or homemade items. Through its user-friendly interface, FreeUp aims to create a safe and enjoyable buying and selling experience for individuals across India.

Slay

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Slay is a social gaming company that operates a platform designed to provide anonymous compliments, promoting positive interactions among users. The platform encourages mental well-being by facilitating an environment where teenagers can engage in social gaming activities that center around giving and receiving compliments. Users are prompted with questions upon opening the app, which they must answer by selecting another user to whom they can anonymously extend a compliment. This approach aims to normalize and reinforce uplifting social media experiences, ultimately contributing to the improvement of mental health among teens in the digital landscape.

Openhouse

Series A in 2022
Openhouse is a community learning center that emphasizes active and holistic learning both inside and outside the traditional classroom environment. Founded by graduates from Stanford and headquartered in Bangalore, the company aims to create an immersive and social educational experience, contrasting with conventional online learning platforms that focus primarily on content delivery. Openhouse provides a physical space where teachers and students from diverse backgrounds can come together to share skills, ideas, and knowledge, fostering an environment that encourages collaboration and engagement. By prioritizing social interaction in education, Openhouse seeks to redefine the learning experience, helping students develop into thoughtful leaders. The organization is built on a culture of continuous learning, where every team member contributes to a supportive community, and all are encouraged to embrace challenges and learn from failures.

YouShd

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Youshd is a pioneering programmatic influencer marketing solution designed to streamline and democratize the influencer marketing process for brands and retailers. It operates a social commerce platform that enhances brand marketing by allowing merchants to integrate their stores with the platform. This integration enables users to share their new purchases with friends and family, facilitating a referral system that offers discounts tied to clicks and conversions related to post-purchases. By leveraging this approach, Youshd empowers businesses to effectively monetize their social media presence while optimizing their marketing strategies.

Knoetic

Series B in 2022
Knoetic is an innovative online platform tailored for Chief People Officers (CPOs) that combines a social network with a SaaS analytics tool. This unique integration enables CPOs to access both quantitative and qualitative insights through its "Insight Engine," facilitating informed and holistic workforce decisions. The platform features an exclusive community, CPOHQ, comprising over 1,000 world-class CPOs who collaborate to address pressing challenges such as employee retention, compensation, and hiring strategies. Knoetic's software consolidates various human resource data sources, allowing organizations to visualize and analyze workforce information effectively. The company serves a growing clientele of leading technology firms, including Lyft, Squarespace, and Zapier, positioning itself as a vital resource for CPOs navigating complex workplace dynamics and decision-making processes.

Trinkerr

Series A in 2021
Trinkerr is a social trading platform that aims to democratize trading by enabling retail investors to engage with financial experts and replicate their strategies effortlessly. The platform combines vernacular content with advanced technology, allowing users to follow real-time portfolios of seasoned investors and track their performance. This approach empowers users to learn from experienced traders while providing the tools necessary to execute similar investment strategies, thereby enhancing their trading capabilities. Through its user-friendly interface, Trinkerr facilitates a collaborative environment where individuals can share insights and improve their financial acumen.

Diem

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Diem is building a social search engine. It’s a dedicated place for people to search, collect, discover and share information, inspired by the way women have been passing knowledge to each other for centuries. Think of it like the best and biggest group chat you’ve ever been a part of, where all the important, silly, quick, private, and frenetic knowledge you share is organized and stored for everyone to benefit from. Diem incentivizes the community to generate content and harnesses this data to build proprietary search algorithms that will enable people to discover, and visualize, the collective knowledge of entire communities in just a few seconds. Diem was co-founded by Emma Bates & Divia Singh in 2020.

Knoetic

Series A in 2021
Knoetic is an innovative online platform tailored for Chief People Officers (CPOs) that combines a social network with a SaaS analytics tool. This unique integration enables CPOs to access both quantitative and qualitative insights through its "Insight Engine," facilitating informed and holistic workforce decisions. The platform features an exclusive community, CPOHQ, comprising over 1,000 world-class CPOs who collaborate to address pressing challenges such as employee retention, compensation, and hiring strategies. Knoetic's software consolidates various human resource data sources, allowing organizations to visualize and analyze workforce information effectively. The company serves a growing clientele of leading technology firms, including Lyft, Squarespace, and Zapier, positioning itself as a vital resource for CPOs navigating complex workplace dynamics and decision-making processes.

GlowRoad

Venture Round in 2020
GlowRoad is a social selling platform based in India that empowers women and small businesses to generate income through online and offline sales. Its mobile application facilitates a network of users, including housewives and students, who can promote and sell selected products within their local communities and social circles. By leveraging their personal networks, these resellers can earn money without the need for an initial investment, creating a secure and accessible means of entrepreneurship. GlowRoad's model focuses on enabling individuals to capitalize on social connections to drive sales, thus providing flexible earning opportunities in a supportive environment.

Donut

Venture Round in 2020
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.

Couchbase

Series G in 2020
Couchbase, Inc. is a provider of NoSQL database solutions designed for enterprise web and mobile applications. The company's flagship product, Couchbase Server, is an open-source, document-oriented database optimized for high-performance, interactive applications. Couchbase also offers a comprehensive platform that includes Couchbase Lite, a lightweight embedded database for mobile devices, and Couchbase Sync Gateway, which facilitates data synchronization between devices and the cloud. Additionally, Couchbase provides a fully-managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) known as Couchbase Cloud, tailored for multi-cloud environments, as well as a Kubernetes Operator for cloud-native database management. The company's solutions are utilized across various industries, including social networking, e-commerce, gaming, and media. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Couchbase also has a presence in Manchester, United Kingdom. The company, originally founded as Membase, Inc. in 2008, rebranded as Couchbase, Inc. in 2011.

Bumble

Venture Round in 2020
Bumble is a social networking platform that combines dating, friend-finding, and professional networking into a single app. Founded in 2014 by Whitney Wolfe Herd and based in Austin, Texas, Bumble emphasizes equitable and healthy relationships, allowing users to connect based on their interests. In heterosexual matches, only female users can initiate contact with male matches, while same-sex matches permit either party to reach out first. Users can sign up via their phone number or Facebook profile and can choose to search for romantic partners, friends in "BFF mode," or professional connections through Bumble Bizz. The platform also operates another app, Badoo, which facilitates connections among users globally, further expanding its reach in the online dating market.

Bumble

Series A in 2020
Bumble is a social networking platform that combines dating, friend-finding, and professional networking into a single app. Founded in 2014 by Whitney Wolfe Herd and based in Austin, Texas, Bumble emphasizes equitable and healthy relationships, allowing users to connect based on their interests. In heterosexual matches, only female users can initiate contact with male matches, while same-sex matches permit either party to reach out first. Users can sign up via their phone number or Facebook profile and can choose to search for romantic partners, friends in "BFF mode," or professional connections through Bumble Bizz. The platform also operates another app, Badoo, which facilitates connections among users globally, further expanding its reach in the online dating market.

Openhouse

Series A in 2019
Openhouse is a community learning center that emphasizes active and holistic learning both inside and outside the traditional classroom environment. Founded by graduates from Stanford and headquartered in Bangalore, the company aims to create an immersive and social educational experience, contrasting with conventional online learning platforms that focus primarily on content delivery. Openhouse provides a physical space where teachers and students from diverse backgrounds can come together to share skills, ideas, and knowledge, fostering an environment that encourages collaboration and engagement. By prioritizing social interaction in education, Openhouse seeks to redefine the learning experience, helping students develop into thoughtful leaders. The organization is built on a culture of continuous learning, where every team member contributes to a supportive community, and all are encouraged to embrace challenges and learn from failures.

Fever

Series D in 2019
Fever is a technology company that operates a live-entertainment discovery platform. Its primary business is to help users find and book unique, local events and experiences in their cities. Fever's platform curates and personalizes event listings based on user preferences, covering a wide range of activities such as immersive art exhibitions, interactive theater, music concerts, and unique pop-ups. The company aims to make culture and entertainment more accessible, while also supporting local creators by providing them with data and technology to help grow their events.

GlowRoad

Series B in 2019
GlowRoad is a social selling platform based in India that empowers women and small businesses to generate income through online and offline sales. Its mobile application facilitates a network of users, including housewives and students, who can promote and sell selected products within their local communities and social circles. By leveraging their personal networks, these resellers can earn money without the need for an initial investment, creating a secure and accessible means of entrepreneurship. GlowRoad's model focuses on enabling individuals to capitalize on social connections to drive sales, thus providing flexible earning opportunities in a supportive environment.

Hush - Community for Employees

Seed Round in 2018
A community for employees to get real information about any company and openly participate in career and workplace discussions. Over 1 Million Indian employees use the community every month.

Hush - Community for Employees

Seed Round in 2018
A community for employees to get real information about any company and openly participate in career and workplace discussions. Over 1 Million Indian employees use the community every month.

Fever

Series C in 2018
Fever is a technology company that operates a live-entertainment discovery platform. Its primary business is to help users find and book unique, local events and experiences in their cities. Fever's platform curates and personalizes event listings based on user preferences, covering a wide range of activities such as immersive art exhibitions, interactive theater, music concerts, and unique pop-ups. The company aims to make culture and entertainment more accessible, while also supporting local creators by providing them with data and technology to help grow their events.

GlowRoad

Series A in 2017
GlowRoad is a social selling platform based in India that empowers women and small businesses to generate income through online and offline sales. Its mobile application facilitates a network of users, including housewives and students, who can promote and sell selected products within their local communities and social circles. By leveraging their personal networks, these resellers can earn money without the need for an initial investment, creating a secure and accessible means of entrepreneurship. GlowRoad's model focuses on enabling individuals to capitalize on social connections to drive sales, thus providing flexible earning opportunities in a supportive environment.

Couchbase

Series F in 2016
Couchbase, Inc. is a provider of NoSQL database solutions designed for enterprise web and mobile applications. The company's flagship product, Couchbase Server, is an open-source, document-oriented database optimized for high-performance, interactive applications. Couchbase also offers a comprehensive platform that includes Couchbase Lite, a lightweight embedded database for mobile devices, and Couchbase Sync Gateway, which facilitates data synchronization between devices and the cloud. Additionally, Couchbase provides a fully-managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) known as Couchbase Cloud, tailored for multi-cloud environments, as well as a Kubernetes Operator for cloud-native database management. The company's solutions are utilized across various industries, including social networking, e-commerce, gaming, and media. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Couchbase also has a presence in Manchester, United Kingdom. The company, originally founded as Membase, Inc. in 2008, rebranded as Couchbase, Inc. in 2011.

Fever

Series B in 2015
Fever is a technology company that operates a live-entertainment discovery platform. Its primary business is to help users find and book unique, local events and experiences in their cities. Fever's platform curates and personalizes event listings based on user preferences, covering a wide range of activities such as immersive art exhibitions, interactive theater, music concerts, and unique pop-ups. The company aims to make culture and entertainment more accessible, while also supporting local creators by providing them with data and technology to help grow their events.

Drafted

Seed Round in 2015
Drafted Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, operates a network recruiting platform designed to streamline the hiring process for companies. The platform, Drafted, allows businesses to source, qualify, and hire candidates efficiently by leveraging their employee networks for referrals and sourcing. It also offers Layoff Network, which helps laid-off individuals connect with hiring companies through nominations from friends and colleagues. The company's solutions are utilized by recruiters, managers, and employees to track candidates and measure performance, ultimately aiming to enhance the quality of hires and support both companies and job seekers in their networking efforts.

Fever

Series A in 2014
Fever is a technology company that operates a live-entertainment discovery platform. Its primary business is to help users find and book unique, local events and experiences in their cities. Fever's platform curates and personalizes event listings based on user preferences, covering a wide range of activities such as immersive art exhibitions, interactive theater, music concerts, and unique pop-ups. The company aims to make culture and entertainment more accessible, while also supporting local creators by providing them with data and technology to help grow their events.

Couchbase

Series E in 2014
Couchbase, Inc. is a provider of NoSQL database solutions designed for enterprise web and mobile applications. The company's flagship product, Couchbase Server, is an open-source, document-oriented database optimized for high-performance, interactive applications. Couchbase also offers a comprehensive platform that includes Couchbase Lite, a lightweight embedded database for mobile devices, and Couchbase Sync Gateway, which facilitates data synchronization between devices and the cloud. Additionally, Couchbase provides a fully-managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) known as Couchbase Cloud, tailored for multi-cloud environments, as well as a Kubernetes Operator for cloud-native database management. The company's solutions are utilized across various industries, including social networking, e-commerce, gaming, and media. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Couchbase also has a presence in Manchester, United Kingdom. The company, originally founded as Membase, Inc. in 2008, rebranded as Couchbase, Inc. in 2011.

Discord

Series A in 2013
Discord is a communication platform that offers voice, video, and text services, enabling users to connect with friends and communities. Originally designed for gamers, it has evolved to serve a broader audience, including local clubs, art groups, and study sessions. The platform supports voice-over-internet protocol and texting, ensuring seamless communication across desktops and mobile devices. This versatility allows users to engage in conversations and activities without compromising performance, particularly for gamers who require uninterrupted communication while playing. Discord's focus on community interaction has made it a popular choice for diverse groups seeking to collaborate and socialize online.

Couchbase

Series D in 2013
Couchbase, Inc. is a provider of NoSQL database solutions designed for enterprise web and mobile applications. The company's flagship product, Couchbase Server, is an open-source, document-oriented database optimized for high-performance, interactive applications. Couchbase also offers a comprehensive platform that includes Couchbase Lite, a lightweight embedded database for mobile devices, and Couchbase Sync Gateway, which facilitates data synchronization between devices and the cloud. Additionally, Couchbase provides a fully-managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) known as Couchbase Cloud, tailored for multi-cloud environments, as well as a Kubernetes Operator for cloud-native database management. The company's solutions are utilized across various industries, including social networking, e-commerce, gaming, and media. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Couchbase also has a presence in Manchester, United Kingdom. The company, originally founded as Membase, Inc. in 2008, rebranded as Couchbase, Inc. in 2011.

Kekanto

Series B in 2013
Kekanto, established in 2010 in São Paulo by Bruno Yoshimura, Fernando Okumura, and Allan Panossian, operates a social network platform focused on facilitating reviews and recommendations for places and services within cities. The company's software serves as an interactive city guide, harnessing the collective knowledge of local users to provide insights into attractions, venues, and other points of interest. Users can connect with one another, share opinions, and receive updates on happenings in their city through Kekanto's platform.

MyHeritage

Series E in 2012
MyHeritage is a company focused on helping individuals discover, preserve, and share their family history. It offers a user-friendly platform that includes DNA testing services designed to assist users in creating family trees and locating relatives. By enabling consumers to explore their ancestry, MyHeritage facilitates meaningful connections with the past and aids in reuniting individuals with long-lost family members. The combination of its online tools and DNA kits provides a comprehensive approach to genealogy, making it accessible for anyone interested in tracing their heritage and preserving family stories for future generations.

Discord

Seed Round in 2012
Discord is a communication platform that offers voice, video, and text services, enabling users to connect with friends and communities. Originally designed for gamers, it has evolved to serve a broader audience, including local clubs, art groups, and study sessions. The platform supports voice-over-internet protocol and texting, ensuring seamless communication across desktops and mobile devices. This versatility allows users to engage in conversations and activities without compromising performance, particularly for gamers who require uninterrupted communication while playing. Discord's focus on community interaction has made it a popular choice for diverse groups seeking to collaborate and socialize online.

Lenddo

Series A in 2012
Lenddo International, established in 2011, operates an online platform enabling users to leverage their social network reputation for accessing local financial services. Headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in the Philippines, Colombia, and New York, Lenddo serves customers in Colombia and the Philippines, offering loans for education, debt consolidation, appliances, medical expenses, home improvements, or small businesses. It uses data from users' online social connections to assess creditworthiness, making financial services more accessible. As of October 2017, Lenddo operates as a subsidiary of EFL Global Ltd.

BranchOut

Series C in 2012
BranchOut is a professional community platform designed to help individuals enhance their careers by capturing and sharing everyday moments in the workplace. With over 30 million users, it enables members to create Professional Timelines that reflect their professional journeys through photos, news, and updates. The platform allows users to build their professional brands by dynamically showcasing their skills, expertise, and accomplishments. By facilitating the sharing of these narratives, BranchOut provides opportunities for employment leads, sales prospects, and recruitment, thus enhancing professional networking possibilities.

Dragonplay

Series A in 2012
Dragonplay is a prominent developer and publisher of free-to-play social games, primarily for smartphones and social networks. The company aims to connect people through gaming, allowing users to engage with friends and others across various platforms, including Facebook and mobile devices. With a strong focus on user experience, Dragonplay seeks to delight its global audience while upholding high standards of security and privacy for its customers. Notably, Dragonplay was among the pioneers in targeting Android as a primary distribution channel and has established itself as a leading developer with popular titles such as Live Holdem Poker Pro.

ResearchGate

Series B in 2012
ResearchGate GmbH is an online professional network platform designed for scientific researchers globally, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The platform facilitates the sharing and discovery of scientific knowledge, enabling over 20 million researchers to connect, collaborate, and advance their careers. Users can access and share publications, publish data, track citation metrics, and utilize research-focused job boards. Additionally, ResearchGate allows users to pose questions and receive answers related to their research challenges, fostering a collaborative environment among peers and specialists. The company aims to make research accessible and promote connections within the scientific community through its web and mobile applications.

BeachMint

Venture Round in 2012
BeachMint is a social commerce company that specializes in designer-curated direct-to-consumer sites. Founded by entrepreneurs Josh Berman and Diego Berdakin, BeachMint launched its first brand, JewelMint, in October 2010, followed by several others, including StyleMint, BeautyMint, ShoeMint, HomeMint, and intiMINT, each collaborating with celebrities and experts. These brands operate on a subscription shopping model, providing personalized product recommendations and exclusive items based on the insights of their celebrity partners. The company has secured over $80 million in funding, with notable investors including Accel Partners, Goldman Sachs, and NEA. BeachMint's offerings aim to deliver significant value through a curated selection of products and original content, changing monthly to maintain member engagement.

Gudville

Series A in 2012
Gudville is a social action network that offers a home for discovering and sharing personal causes. The Gudville platform makes it very easy for people to share their passion for social causes across their circles of friends, discover new causes, and track engagement with a variety of support actions. Gudvillers share their stories to inspire volunteers, raise funds, sign petitions and conduct polls. From its twin bases in Palo Alto, Calif. and Bangalore, India, Gudville will expand worldwide throughout 2013. Gudville offers a home to causes at www.gudville.com. Follow Gudville on Twitter at @MyGudville and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/gudville.

Kekanto

Series A in 2011
Kekanto, established in 2010 in São Paulo by Bruno Yoshimura, Fernando Okumura, and Allan Panossian, operates a social network platform focused on facilitating reviews and recommendations for places and services within cities. The company's software serves as an interactive city guide, harnessing the collective knowledge of local users to provide insights into attractions, venues, and other points of interest. Users can connect with one another, share opinions, and receive updates on happenings in their city through Kekanto's platform.

Schematic Labs

Series A in 2011
Schematic Labs is a mobile technology company focused on creating entertainment applications for Android and iOS platforms. It specializes in developing mobile social entertainment software that allows users to share music and engage with content in a social context. By combining technology with entertainment, Schematic Labs aims to enhance the user experience in mobile applications, fostering community interaction through music sharing and related activities.

Spontaneously

Seed Round in 2011
Spontaneously is a new way to make plans with friends. Whether you have free time to fill or plans to share, our service helps you see your favorite people more often.

Couchbase

Series C in 2011
Couchbase, Inc. is a provider of NoSQL database solutions designed for enterprise web and mobile applications. The company's flagship product, Couchbase Server, is an open-source, document-oriented database optimized for high-performance, interactive applications. Couchbase also offers a comprehensive platform that includes Couchbase Lite, a lightweight embedded database for mobile devices, and Couchbase Sync Gateway, which facilitates data synchronization between devices and the cloud. Additionally, Couchbase provides a fully-managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) known as Couchbase Cloud, tailored for multi-cloud environments, as well as a Kubernetes Operator for cloud-native database management. The company's solutions are utilized across various industries, including social networking, e-commerce, gaming, and media. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Couchbase also has a presence in Manchester, United Kingdom. The company, originally founded as Membase, Inc. in 2008, rebranded as Couchbase, Inc. in 2011.

BranchOut

Series B in 2011
BranchOut is a professional community platform designed to help individuals enhance their careers by capturing and sharing everyday moments in the workplace. With over 30 million users, it enables members to create Professional Timelines that reflect their professional journeys through photos, news, and updates. The platform allows users to build their professional brands by dynamically showcasing their skills, expertise, and accomplishments. By facilitating the sharing of these narratives, BranchOut provides opportunities for employment leads, sales prospects, and recruitment, thus enhancing professional networking possibilities.

Vostu

Series C in 2010
Vostu, Ltd. is a social game development company based in George Town, Cayman Islands, with a studio located in Buenos Aires. Founded in 2007, Vostu specializes in creating engaging social and mobile games, which are distributed through popular platforms such as Google Play and the iOS app store. The company focuses on the Latin American market, leveraging its regional expertise to develop games that appeal to local audiences.

YellowDog Media

Series A in 2010
YellowDog Media (previously Yardsellr) is an online marketplace which uses social networks to connect buyers and sellers. Yardsellr believes that people are natural born buyers and sellers. In the tradition of neighborhood garage- and yard-sales, we make it easy for you to list and sell, or find and buy whatever you want. Best of all, the buying and selling is done by regular people like you. That means you get great prices from folks you can trust within your network or within a friend's network. When you put something up for sale, Yardsellr will spread the word about your item within your online "neighborhood" - social and messaging networks like Facebook, Twitter and Google to start. (We'll be adding more ways to spread the word about what you have for sale, so stay tuned.) Yardsellr makes it easy to show your stuff for sale to potential buyers no matter where they are online. For the buyer, it's just as easy. Yardsellr knows that destination sites like Craigslist and eBay have become pretty crowded and hard to use. It's tough to know who you can trust and even harder to find great deals from everyday people. Our "For Sale" page is available anywhere online where a buyer is hanging out. And checkout is a breeze for buyers and sellers. Great deals are only a click or two away when you discover and buy with Yardsellr.

ResearchGate

Series A in 2010
ResearchGate GmbH is an online professional network platform designed for scientific researchers globally, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The platform facilitates the sharing and discovery of scientific knowledge, enabling over 20 million researchers to connect, collaborate, and advance their careers. Users can access and share publications, publish data, track citation metrics, and utilize research-focused job boards. Additionally, ResearchGate allows users to pose questions and receive answers related to their research challenges, fostering a collaborative environment among peers and specialists. The company aims to make research accessible and promote connections within the scientific community through its web and mobile applications.

Couchbase

Series B in 2010
Couchbase, Inc. is a provider of NoSQL database solutions designed for enterprise web and mobile applications. The company's flagship product, Couchbase Server, is an open-source, document-oriented database optimized for high-performance, interactive applications. Couchbase also offers a comprehensive platform that includes Couchbase Lite, a lightweight embedded database for mobile devices, and Couchbase Sync Gateway, which facilitates data synchronization between devices and the cloud. Additionally, Couchbase provides a fully-managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) known as Couchbase Cloud, tailored for multi-cloud environments, as well as a Kubernetes Operator for cloud-native database management. The company's solutions are utilized across various industries, including social networking, e-commerce, gaming, and media. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Couchbase also has a presence in Manchester, United Kingdom. The company, originally founded as Membase, Inc. in 2008, rebranded as Couchbase, Inc. in 2011.

Playfish

Series B in 2008
Playfish is a developer and publisher of social games designed for interaction among friends on platforms such as Facebook, MySpace, and mobile devices. The company has achieved significant success, with all of its games, including the highly popular Pet Society, ranking among the top ten on Facebook and attracting millions of monthly players. In addition to game development, Playfish offers advertising opportunities, such as in-game video advertisements and sponsorship packages, allowing brands to engage with its user base. The company operates globally, with offices in key locations including London, San Francisco, Beijing, and Tromso, Norway.

MyHeritage

Series D in 2008
MyHeritage is a company focused on helping individuals discover, preserve, and share their family history. It offers a user-friendly platform that includes DNA testing services designed to assist users in creating family trees and locating relatives. By enabling consumers to explore their ancestry, MyHeritage facilitates meaningful connections with the past and aids in reuniting individuals with long-lost family members. The combination of its online tools and DNA kits provides a comprehensive approach to genealogy, making it accessible for anyone interested in tracing their heritage and preserving family stories for future generations.

Playfish

Series A in 2008
Playfish is a developer and publisher of social games designed for interaction among friends on platforms such as Facebook, MySpace, and mobile devices. The company has achieved significant success, with all of its games, including the highly popular Pet Society, ranking among the top ten on Facebook and attracting millions of monthly players. In addition to game development, Playfish offers advertising opportunities, such as in-game video advertisements and sponsorship packages, allowing brands to engage with its user base. The company operates globally, with offices in key locations including London, San Francisco, Beijing, and Tromso, Norway.

Mode Media

Series D in 2008
Mode Media, founded in Silicon Valley in 2004, is a top 10 U.S. media property with 136 million unique users a month. The company aims to help people discover relevant content by combining human curation with technology that distributes content to the right audience at the right time. Mode Media is focused on building the largest independent premium video and content platform for creators, utilizing distribution and streaming technology to deliver targeted native videos, content, and branded entertainment in real-time. With Mode.com as its owned social networking platform, creators can upload videos and create content stories that are curated by professional editors and personalized through the Mode content algorithm technology. Within six months of its launch, Mode has attracted 31 million unique monthly users and has exceeded 1 billion streamed video views.

MyHeritage

Series C in 2007
MyHeritage is a company focused on helping individuals discover, preserve, and share their family history. It offers a user-friendly platform that includes DNA testing services designed to assist users in creating family trees and locating relatives. By enabling consumers to explore their ancestry, MyHeritage facilitates meaningful connections with the past and aids in reuniting individuals with long-lost family members. The combination of its online tools and DNA kits provides a comprehensive approach to genealogy, making it accessible for anyone interested in tracing their heritage and preserving family stories for future generations.

Mode Media

Series C in 2006
Mode Media, founded in Silicon Valley in 2004, is a top 10 U.S. media property with 136 million unique users a month. The company aims to help people discover relevant content by combining human curation with technology that distributes content to the right audience at the right time. Mode Media is focused on building the largest independent premium video and content platform for creators, utilizing distribution and streaming technology to deliver targeted native videos, content, and branded entertainment in real-time. With Mode.com as its owned social networking platform, creators can upload videos and create content stories that are curated by professional editors and personalized through the Mode content algorithm technology. Within six months of its launch, Mode has attracted 31 million unique monthly users and has exceeded 1 billion streamed video views.

MyHeritage

Series B in 2006
MyHeritage is a company focused on helping individuals discover, preserve, and share their family history. It offers a user-friendly platform that includes DNA testing services designed to assist users in creating family trees and locating relatives. By enabling consumers to explore their ancestry, MyHeritage facilitates meaningful connections with the past and aids in reuniting individuals with long-lost family members. The combination of its online tools and DNA kits provides a comprehensive approach to genealogy, making it accessible for anyone interested in tracing their heritage and preserving family stories for future generations.

Meta

Series B in 2006
Meta is a social technology company that facilitates connections among individuals, communities, and businesses. Originally founded as Facebook in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park, California, the company rebranded to Meta on October 28, 2021, to reflect its broader focus beyond social networking. Meta operates various applications and services, positioning itself as a leader in the social media landscape, with over 1.32 billion monthly active users. The company has continuously evolved, integrating features that enhance user engagement and community building. Meta's strategic initiatives also include partnerships aimed at advancing marketing and commercial efforts in the digital and mobile sectors. As it explores new technologies, including virtual and augmented realities, Meta aims to redefine how people interact and share experiences online.

WeeWorld

Series B in 2006
WeeWorld is a social game and virtual world for teens with a mainstream appeal, reaching a global audience of more than 29M registered WeeMees. WeeWorld's goal is to provide a fun, visual environment that encourages self-expression and creativity. Garnering more than 2M unique users each month on its destination site, www.weeworld.com, WeeWorld's growth has been driven by organic, word-of-mouth traffic (90 percent), as well as through strategic partnerships (10 percent) with AOL, Microsoft, Skype and a host of API partner sites such as USA Networks. WeeWorld is a free, trusted site for dynamic self-expression, creation and communication. Through a palette of features, clothes, accessories, hobbies, etc., WeeWorld users can create their personalized WeeMee avatar, connect with friends, decorate their own visual space, send animated messages, play games and more. Thanks to WeeWorld's open platform, WeeMees are portable to all major social networks and blogging sites, in addition to instant messaging platforms, e-mail signatures and mobile phones.

Mode Media

Series B in 2005
Mode Media, founded in Silicon Valley in 2004, is a top 10 U.S. media property with 136 million unique users a month. The company aims to help people discover relevant content by combining human curation with technology that distributes content to the right audience at the right time. Mode Media is focused on building the largest independent premium video and content platform for creators, utilizing distribution and streaming technology to deliver targeted native videos, content, and branded entertainment in real-time. With Mode.com as its owned social networking platform, creators can upload videos and create content stories that are curated by professional editors and personalized through the Mode content algorithm technology. Within six months of its launch, Mode has attracted 31 million unique monthly users and has exceeded 1 billion streamed video views.

Meta

Series A in 2005
Meta is a social technology company that facilitates connections among individuals, communities, and businesses. Originally founded as Facebook in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park, California, the company rebranded to Meta on October 28, 2021, to reflect its broader focus beyond social networking. Meta operates various applications and services, positioning itself as a leader in the social media landscape, with over 1.32 billion monthly active users. The company has continuously evolved, integrating features that enhance user engagement and community building. Meta's strategic initiatives also include partnerships aimed at advancing marketing and commercial efforts in the digital and mobile sectors. As it explores new technologies, including virtual and augmented realities, Meta aims to redefine how people interact and share experiences online.

SocialNet.com

Series B in 2000
SocialNet.com is an online platform that provides a social networking service, focusing on connecting individuals through shared interests. The platform facilitates online dating by matching users based on their preferences and hobbies, enabling them to discover potential partners with similar lifestyles and values. By leveraging technology to create meaningful connections, SocialNet aims to enhance the social experiences of its users in a digital environment.

SocialNet.com

Series A in 1998
SocialNet.com is an online platform that provides a social networking service, focusing on connecting individuals through shared interests. The platform facilitates online dating by matching users based on their preferences and hobbies, enabling them to discover potential partners with similar lifestyles and values. By leveraging technology to create meaningful connections, SocialNet aims to enhance the social experiences of its users in a digital environment.
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