Alpha Edison

Alpha Edison is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California, with an additional office in Santa Monica. Specializing in series A and early-stage investments, the firm focuses on technology-driven innovation. Alpha Edison partners with entrepreneurs to develop transformative technology platforms, providing them with research and expertise in business model innovation. The firm aims to assist founders in creating new markets, unlocking latent demand, and scaling their businesses, thereby contributing to a better world through strategic investments.

Britt Danneman

Partner

Nicholas Grouf

Managing Partner

Steven Michael Horowitz

Partner

Robey Miller

Partner

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AIKON

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2017 by an encryption technology pioneer, a former political operative and a banking veteran, AIKON’s vision is to build technology products that decentralize and catalyze the global digital economy. AIKON believes that the world must become a decentralized global economy to facilitate worldwide collaboration and equal opportunity regardless of location, background, or easy access to banks or credit cards. AIKON has raised $2 million from Palo Alto-based OVO Fund and various angel investors from the U.S., Japan and Europe.

Revea

Seed Round in 2022
Revea is a us-based one-of-its-kind precision skincare company.

Vyng

Venture Round in 2022
Vyng Inc. is a mobile application developer based in Santa Monica, California, specializing in video ringtones and Caller ID solutions. Founded in 2014, the company allows users to customize their call experiences by setting video channels that play on their lock screens during incoming calls. Since its launch in 2018, Vyng has gained significant traction, with 4 billion videos played across 170 countries, aiming to enhance communication for smartphone users globally. The company is committed to fostering better conversations among friends, family, and businesses, particularly targeting the growing market in India. Vyng has raised $7 million in funding from notable investors, including March Capital, Omidyar Network, and partners from Sequoia Capital, alongside the founders of Giphy and GroupMe.

Kin Insurance

Series D in 2022
Kin Insurance, Inc. is an insurance agency founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in St. Petersburg, Florida. The company specializes in home insurance products, offering a range of coverage options including homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, manufactured home, landlord, umbrella, hurricane, wildfire, and second home insurance. Kin Insurance utilizes an online platform that simplifies the application process, allowing customers to customize their policies based on thousands of property data points. This approach ensures that homeowners receive personalized and affordable coverage tailored to their specific needs. With payment processing facilities in Palatine and Chicago, Kin Insurance aims to provide a user-friendly experience while helping clients secure their assets effectively.

Kintsugi

Series A in 2022
Kintsugi utilizes machine learning and voice biomarkers to detect clinical depression and anxiety, providing innovative talk therapy software to users in over 250 cities worldwide. By analyzing short clips of free-form speech, the company has developed a mental healthcare infrastructure that identifies signs of these conditions, thereby assisting medical practitioners in addressing gaps in mental health care. Kintsugi has amassed the world's largest longitudinal, annotated voice data set for this purpose, resulting in the creation of a clinical-grade voice biomarker diagnostic, which is currently pending patent and FDA approval. This technology aims to measure the severity of depression and anxiety in real-time, offering a more effective approach to mental health assessment and intervention.

Standard Metrics

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

Trainwell

Series A in 2022
Delta Trainer is a one-on-one remote personal training company that develops a smartwatch for fitness training and tracking. The company's watches have a built-in trainer assignment for guidance and also provide live feedback on a real-time basis that enable users to analyze the problems they are facing during their workouts.

Alto Solutions

Series B in 2022
Alto Solutions delivers an easy-to-use, automated process for investing in alternatives with IRA savings. It aims to democratize alternative asset investing. AltoIRA offers an easy-to-use investing platform that empowers everyday investors to diversify their IRAs by investing in alternative assets such as private equity, venture capital, real estate, loans, and cryptocurrency. Offering Traditional, Roth, SEP, and Crypto IRAs, Alto is bringing alternative investments to the mainstream. Everyday investors can now easily and cost-effectively access their retirement savings to invest in assets once reserved solely for high-net-worth individuals. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ursa Major

Series C in 2021
Ursa Major Technologies, Inc. is a company that specializes in manufacturing propulsion solutions for the microsatellite and nanosatellite launch market. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berthoud, Colorado, Ursa Major develops advanced engines, including the Hadley and Ripley models. The company utilizes innovative manufacturing techniques, with over 80% of its engine components produced through additive manufacturing using internally-developed materials and processes. This focus on advanced manufacturing allows Ursa Major to optimize the creation of unique parts tailored for the needs of modern satellite launches.

Fanaply

Seed Round in 2021
Fanaply creates digital collectibles and fan engagement tools for the world's biggest fans in music, sports, and entertainment. Our digital collectibles, similar to the virtual goods sold in video games, let fans show-off and be rewarded for their fandom both online and in the real world. We offer fans free collectibles based on their behaviour, and partner with celebrities and athletes to sell official collectibles. We license our technology to festivals, teams and conferences to build collectibles into their official apps. Collectibles can be bundled into status and fans can be rewarded as we create loyalty and incentive programs around them. Fanaply was one of 10 companies accepted into the world class Techstars Music Program in February 2020. We launched last year as Coachella's Official Digital Collectibles Partner where we gamified the festival and awarded fans digital collectibles inside the official Coachella App. The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Carro

Series B in 2021
Carro shows all of the influencers and press who are the clients, email subscribers, and followers of your company.

Coterie Insurance

Series B in 2021
Coterie Applications Inc. is a Cincinnati-based company that specializes in digital managing general underwriting services, focusing on commercial insurance solutions tailored for various workforce needs. Incorporated in 2018, Coterie offers coverage across diverse categories, including jobs, trucks, contracts, people, planes, and property. The company employs an API-based approach to seamlessly integrate insurance into existing business tools and processes, allowing operators to secure protection with minimal effort. Utilizing data-driven automation, Coterie aims to provide accurate and efficient coverage while simplifying the insurance experience for its clients.

Rize

Series A in 2021
Rize builds customer-centric financial applications for fintechs, incumbents, and non-financial brands. Our patent-pending Synthetic Account technology seamlessly integrates checking, saving, and individual brokerage with one flexible platform.

NovaSignal

Series C in 2021
NovaSignal is a medical technology company commercializing a robotic cerebral ultrasound system. Its Robotic System combines non-invasive ultrasound, robotics, and artificial intelligence to assess real-time cerebral blood flow. Through the use of cloud computing and data analytics, NovaSignal supports physicians in their clinical decision making to help improve patient outcomes. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Thankful

Series A in 2021
Thankful, Inc. develops an artificial intelligence platform known as Thankful which deflects queries. The platform allows modifying scripts, managing the team, and monitoring thankful's accuracy and impact over time. Its features include questions and answers auto replies, information gathering, ticket routing, e commerce actions, advanced scripts, and team management. Thankful, Inc. is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

DISQO

Series B in 2021
DISQO, Inc. is a consumer insights platform that specializes in providing high-quality consumer data to market research agencies, analytics companies, and brands. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with additional operations in Danbury, Connecticut, DISQO leverages a large, opt-in consumer data platform to deliver comprehensive insights into consumer attitudes and behaviors. The company focuses on empowering insights professionals and marketers through automated solutions that enhance consumer research and improve advertising effectiveness. By engaging consumers willing to share their data, DISQO captures accurate information that enables clients to make informed decisions.

Greenfly

Venture Round in 2021
Greenfly, Inc. develops content collaboration and distribution platform for athletes. It provides brand ambassador management software that enables users to create and collect media content, distribute short-form media in real time through galleries or suggested social posts, and increase social engagement. It provides solutions for brands, political campaigns, entertainment, and sports. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Santa Monica, California with an additional office in Paris, France.

Paradromics

Seed Round in 2021
Paradromics, Inc. is focused on developing brain-machine interfaces that facilitate data transmission between the brain and machines, primarily targeting the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. The company creates implantable systems capable of decoding complex neural recordings into data streams, which can be utilized by various neural prostheses. Its technology emphasizes high-volume, bidirectional data streaming, allowing patients with neurological disorders to reconnect with their environment and compensate for lost biological connectivity. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Paradromics also offers applications to support its product suite, aiming to enhance the quality of life for individuals with disabilities.

JOON

Seed Round in 2021
JOON automates wellness reimbursements and eliminates all administrative headaches. Our platform covers every dimension of employee well-being and empowers employees to self-direct their benefit dollars

DRESSX

Seed Round in 2021
Understanding the scale of the negative environmental footprint produced by the fashion industry every year, we came up with an idea to create DressX - the first ever platform for digital garments, which generate zero waste, carbon footprint, and chemicals during their production. Our main goal is to provide a sustainable yet fun alternative to the industry we know today, making a big step towards digital fashion integrated with 3D technology and enabling digital garments to be worn across various digital platforms. At DressX we are absolutely sure that the future of fashion is digital.

Trainwell

Seed Round in 2021
Delta Trainer is a one-on-one remote personal training company that develops a smartwatch for fitness training and tracking. The company's watches have a built-in trainer assignment for guidance and also provide live feedback on a real-time basis that enable users to analyze the problems they are facing during their workouts.

Kin Insurance

Series C in 2021
Kin Insurance, Inc. is an insurance agency founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in St. Petersburg, Florida. The company specializes in home insurance products, offering a range of coverage options including homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, manufactured home, landlord, umbrella, hurricane, wildfire, and second home insurance. Kin Insurance utilizes an online platform that simplifies the application process, allowing customers to customize their policies based on thousands of property data points. This approach ensures that homeowners receive personalized and affordable coverage tailored to their specific needs. With payment processing facilities in Palatine and Chicago, Kin Insurance aims to provide a user-friendly experience while helping clients secure their assets effectively.

Avibra

Series B in 2021
Avibra, Inc. designs and develops a platform that allows users to increase their life insurance coverage by keeping health habits. It offers Avibra, an application that uses artificial intelligence technology to track daily habits and enables users to know what they are doing well in areas that span across their health, finances, career, relationships, and their community involvement. Avibra, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey.

Alto Solutions

Series A in 2021
Alto Solutions delivers an easy-to-use, automated process for investing in alternatives with IRA savings. It aims to democratize alternative asset investing. AltoIRA offers an easy-to-use investing platform that empowers everyday investors to diversify their IRAs by investing in alternative assets such as private equity, venture capital, real estate, loans, and cryptocurrency. Offering Traditional, Roth, SEP, and Crypto IRAs, Alto is bringing alternative investments to the mainstream. Everyday investors can now easily and cost-effectively access their retirement savings to invest in assets once reserved solely for high-net-worth individuals. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

United Dwelling

Convertible Note in 2021
United Dwelling is a real estate company that allows homeowners to build a second home on their residential zoned property. It converts the garage into a small home, finds a tenant the homeowner approves, manages it, and shares the rental income with the homeowner. The company is transforming garages and backyards into beautiful, smartly designed rental homes, known as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), at absolutely no cost to the homeowner. United Dwelling handles every aspect of the process including permitting, partnering with a contractor for construction, finding qualified tenants that approve, managing, and maintaining the property. The company uses data to identify potential lots that would be suitable for its units. It targets mostly low income and middle-income neighborhoods, with some exceptions for workforce housing.

Clovers

Seed Round in 2021
Clovers’ intelligent interview solution enables recruiters and hiring teams to collaborate on hiring decisions, reduce unconscious bias, and benefit from real-time interview feedback and coaching—all while delivering an exceptional interview experience.

Coterie Insurance

Series A in 2021
Coterie Applications Inc. is a Cincinnati-based company that specializes in digital managing general underwriting services, focusing on commercial insurance solutions tailored for various workforce needs. Incorporated in 2018, Coterie offers coverage across diverse categories, including jobs, trucks, contracts, people, planes, and property. The company employs an API-based approach to seamlessly integrate insurance into existing business tools and processes, allowing operators to secure protection with minimal effort. Utilizing data-driven automation, Coterie aims to provide accurate and efficient coverage while simplifying the insurance experience for its clients.

Sidecar Health

Series C in 2021
Sidecar Health Insurance Solutions, LLC is a provider of personalized health insurance services, founded in 2018 and based in El Segundo, California. The company offers innovative insurance plans that prioritize transparency and affordability. Unlike traditional insurance models that can obscure costs and lead to unexpected bills, Sidecar Health allows members to know their coverage details and pay healthcare providers directly at the time of service using a dedicated card. This approach enables members to benefit from discounts for upfront payments. Sidecar Health designs customizable plans tailored to individual coverage needs and budgets, facilitating straightforward transactions for medical expenses at various healthcare facilities.

Uplifting Results Labs

Series A in 2021
UR Labs is a consumer health and food tech company that focuses on nutrition solutions to address chronic health conditions. The company’s first product line launched in May 2020 and started with a meal replacement shake. It is named Muniq in honor of Washington’s late sister, Monica, who suffered from diabetes and chronic illnesses. Since launching Muniq in May, UR Labs has experienced quicker traction than anticipated, not only financially, but in feedback from consumers that are using the products regularly. Next up, the company is working on new applications for its products, such as controlling blood sugar and weight.

3DEO

Venture Round in 2021
3DEO’s patented metal additive manufacturing technology can make high-quality metal parts with drastically lower manufacturing costs, complex or traditionally impossible designs, immediate turnaround times. The company manufactures complex stainless steel parts for customers with a variety of applications from a wide range of industries.

NCX

Seed Round in 2021
NCX, operated by SilviaTerra Inc., is a data-driven marketplace focused on forest carbon credits. Established in 2010 and based in San Francisco, the company leverages high-resolution forest data to enhance the understanding and valuation of forests. NCX aims to create transparent markets that facilitate trading in carbon offsets, biodiversity, and fire risk reduction. The company also offers various analytics services, including volume estimation, growth projections, and harvest scheduling, along with tools such as Plot Hound, a platform designed to streamline the cruising process for forest measurement teams. Through these services and its marketplace, NCX supports sustainable forest management and aims to contribute to environmental conservation.

Bambee

Series B in 2020
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides small and medium-sized businesses with affordable access to human resources management solutions. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee offers a platform where clients can hire an HR manager for a monthly fee of $99. The service includes assistance in crafting HR policies, maintaining compliance, and accessing a suite of online HR tools. Additionally, Bambee provides online training courses designed to enhance workforce performance. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, entertainment, healthcare, technology, and non-profits, among others. Bambee's mission is to ensure that every business, regardless of size, has the resources to operate effectively and efficiently, akin to larger corporations.

NCX

Venture Round in 2020
NCX, operated by SilviaTerra Inc., is a data-driven marketplace focused on forest carbon credits. Established in 2010 and based in San Francisco, the company leverages high-resolution forest data to enhance the understanding and valuation of forests. NCX aims to create transparent markets that facilitate trading in carbon offsets, biodiversity, and fire risk reduction. The company also offers various analytics services, including volume estimation, growth projections, and harvest scheduling, along with tools such as Plot Hound, a platform designed to streamline the cruising process for forest measurement teams. Through these services and its marketplace, NCX supports sustainable forest management and aims to contribute to environmental conservation.

Ursa Major

Series B in 2020
Ursa Major Technologies, Inc. is a company that specializes in manufacturing propulsion solutions for the microsatellite and nanosatellite launch market. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berthoud, Colorado, Ursa Major develops advanced engines, including the Hadley and Ripley models. The company utilizes innovative manufacturing techniques, with over 80% of its engine components produced through additive manufacturing using internally-developed materials and processes. This focus on advanced manufacturing allows Ursa Major to optimize the creation of unique parts tailored for the needs of modern satellite launches.

Carro

Series B in 2020
Carro shows all of the influencers and press who are the clients, email subscribers, and followers of your company.

Vurbl

Seed Round in 2020
Vurbl Media, Inc. operates a streaming audio platform that focuses on user-generated and various other audio types across 40 categories. Founded in 2020 and based in Los Angeles, Vurbl provides a creator-first platform that allows content creators to upload their audio creations, grow their audience, and monetize their work. The platform aims to transform the distribution and consumption of audio-centric information on the web, enabling users to access a diverse range of audio content easily.

Kin Insurance

Series B in 2020
Kin Insurance, Inc. is an insurance agency founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in St. Petersburg, Florida. The company specializes in home insurance products, offering a range of coverage options including homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, manufactured home, landlord, umbrella, hurricane, wildfire, and second home insurance. Kin Insurance utilizes an online platform that simplifies the application process, allowing customers to customize their policies based on thousands of property data points. This approach ensures that homeowners receive personalized and affordable coverage tailored to their specific needs. With payment processing facilities in Palatine and Chicago, Kin Insurance aims to provide a user-friendly experience while helping clients secure their assets effectively.

Olive & June

Debt Financing in 2020
Olive & June, LLC is a nail salon based in Beverly Hills, California, that was founded in 2013 by Sarah Tuttle. The company specializes in providing a range of nail services, including manicures, pedicures, nail shaping, cuticle care, exfoliation, and extended massage. Olive & June aims to enhance the salon experience by offering personalized attention and luxury service at an accessible price point, catering specifically to women's needs. The business focuses on creating a welcoming environment where clients can enjoy a high-quality nail care experience.

Syntiant

Series C in 2020
Syntiant is moving artificial intelligence and machine learning from the cloud to edge devices. Syntiant’s advanced chip solutions merge deep learning with semiconductor design to produce ultra-low-power, high performance, deep neural network processors for always-on applications in battery-powered devices, such as smartphones, smart speakers, earbuds, hearing aids, and laptops. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

AI Foundation

Series B in 2020
AI Foundation develops revolutionary new interfaces between humans and AI open up a whole new universe of AI-powered jobs. Truly personal AI requires deep interactions between users and AI for collaboration and training, which must be natural and more like hobby or play.

doorkee

Seed Round in 2020
Doorkee Inc. operates an online rental platform that connects departing tenants, apartment seekers, and landlords, thereby eliminating the need for brokers and enhancing the moving experience. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, the platform facilitates various aspects of the rental process, including online notices, leasing, and property tours. By serving both landlords and customers moving in and out, Doorkee aims to reduce vacancy periods for landlords while providing a streamlined experience for tenants. The company operates as a peer-to-peer marketplace, fundamentally transforming the apartment renting process.

Fresco

Series A in 2020
Fresco is a smart kitchen platform that develops web and mobile applications to enhance the cooking experience for home cooks. Its flagship applications, Drop Scale and Drop Recipes, guide users step-by-step in discovering, preparing, and sharing a variety of dishes. Fresco's technology integrates with over 100 appliance models from major brands, allowing users to control their kitchen devices through its platform. The applications also facilitate recipe discovery, ingredient substitutions, shopping organization, and community engagement, creating a comprehensive ecosystem for culinary exploration. Founded in 2012, Fresco has established its headquarters in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Zaragoza, Spain.

Aspiration

Series C in 2020
Aspiration is an online financial firm based in Marina del Rey, California, that provides retail banking and investing services accessible to a broad audience. The company operates under a consumer-focused model that allows clients to select their fees, fostering alignment between the firm's interests and those of its customers. Aspiration is committed to social responsibility, donating ten percent of its earnings to support initiatives that help individuals improve their economic circumstances. Additionally, customers have the option to allocate a portion of their profits to charitable causes of their choice, reinforcing Aspiration's dedication to empowering individuals both financially and socially.

Brainbase

Series A in 2020
Brainbase Inc. develops and markets a platform for licensing business. It offers Brainbase Assist, a tool that enables users to manage and collaborate on their licensing business. The company’s tool also allows users to track metrics, such as total sales and royalties, rights availability, and upcoming events. In addition, its tool helps users to compare licensee performance, and measure quarterly and annual growth rates. Brainbase Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

United Dwelling

Series B in 2020
United Dwelling is a real estate company that allows homeowners to build a second home on their residential zoned property. It converts the garage into a small home, finds a tenant the homeowner approves, manages it, and shares the rental income with the homeowner. The company is transforming garages and backyards into beautiful, smartly designed rental homes, known as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), at absolutely no cost to the homeowner. United Dwelling handles every aspect of the process including permitting, partnering with a contractor for construction, finding qualified tenants that approve, managing, and maintaining the property. The company uses data to identify potential lots that would be suitable for its units. It targets mostly low income and middle-income neighborhoods, with some exceptions for workforce housing.

Robin Games

Seed Round in 2020
Robin Games, Inc., a lifestyle gaming company, develops mobile games. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Venice, California.

HouseCanary

Series C in 2020
HouseCanary, Inc. operates an online platform that specializes in home valuations, forecasts, and market analytics for residential lenders, investors, and real estate professionals. The platform offers various tools, including mortgage leads, valuation reports, and HouseCanary Pro, which provides insights at multiple levels, including market and submarket data. Additionally, the HouseCanary Appraiser enables real estate appraisers to gather evidence and analysis on-site, select relevant comparable properties, and generate necessary reports for lenders and government agencies. The HouseCanary Analytics API allows users to integrate detailed market data into their enterprise systems. The company serves a diverse clientele, including major banks, homebuilders, and appraisers. Founded in 2013, HouseCanary is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in San Antonio, Texas, and Boulder, Colorado.

Mojo Sport

Series A in 2020
Mojo is an education and training services information center. the Services use cookies and similar technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs, and JavaScript to enable servers to recognize web browsers, their Services, analyze trends, learn user base and operate and improve Services. pieces of data– usually text files – placed on a computer, tablet, phone, or similar device used that access services.

AIKON

Venture Round in 2020
Founded in 2017 by an encryption technology pioneer, a former political operative and a banking veteran, AIKON’s vision is to build technology products that decentralize and catalyze the global digital economy. AIKON believes that the world must become a decentralized global economy to facilitate worldwide collaboration and equal opportunity regardless of location, background, or easy access to banks or credit cards. AIKON has raised $2 million from Palo Alto-based OVO Fund and various angel investors from the U.S., Japan and Europe.

Coral

Seed Round in 2019
Coral is an app designed to help you cultivate your sexuality and transform your relationship with sex.

Bambee

Series A in 2019
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides small and medium-sized businesses with affordable access to human resources management solutions. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee offers a platform where clients can hire an HR manager for a monthly fee of $99. The service includes assistance in crafting HR policies, maintaining compliance, and accessing a suite of online HR tools. Additionally, Bambee provides online training courses designed to enhance workforce performance. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, entertainment, healthcare, technology, and non-profits, among others. Bambee's mission is to ensure that every business, regardless of size, has the resources to operate effectively and efficiently, akin to larger corporations.

Inside Weather

Seed Round in 2019
Inside Weather is a designer and manufacturer of home and office furniture products. Customers can order products online, customize every detail, and have them delivered to their door in a few days. It was founded in Rancho Cordova, California in 2018 by Andy Beering and Cristian Petrus.

Parsley Health

Series B in 2019
Parsley Health is a new kind of healthcare service that integrates technology, nutrition, wellness and prevention into cutting-edge primary care. The company was founded in 2016 by Dr. Robin Berzin, M.D., a Columbia-trained physician, digital health expert and leader in functional medicine. Parsley clinics are currently open in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco. Learn more at www.parsleyhealth.com

Alloy

Series A in 2019
Alloy engages in helping financial institutions and fintech companies solve identity and compliance problems.

Sidecar Health

Venture Round in 2019
Sidecar Health Insurance Solutions, LLC is a provider of personalized health insurance services, founded in 2018 and based in El Segundo, California. The company offers innovative insurance plans that prioritize transparency and affordability. Unlike traditional insurance models that can obscure costs and lead to unexpected bills, Sidecar Health allows members to know their coverage details and pay healthcare providers directly at the time of service using a dedicated card. This approach enables members to benefit from discounts for upfront payments. Sidecar Health designs customizable plans tailored to individual coverage needs and budgets, facilitating straightforward transactions for medical expenses at various healthcare facilities.

Gallant

Series A in 2019
Gallant Pet, Inc. is a pet service company that specializes in stem cell preservation and therapy for dogs. Founded in 2018 and based in San Diego, California, the company collects and banks stem cells from pets during routine spay or neuter procedures. It provides a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) kit for treating dogs suffering from conditions like osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal issues. Gallant Pet also engages in clinical research to develop effective stem cell therapies, aiming to utilize a pet's natural biology to treat future health problems while minimizing the need for traditional medications and surgeries. This approach allows pet owners to preserve their pets' young stem cells for potential future treatments.

Ursa Major

Series B in 2019
Ursa Major Technologies, Inc. is a company that specializes in manufacturing propulsion solutions for the microsatellite and nanosatellite launch market. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berthoud, Colorado, Ursa Major develops advanced engines, including the Hadley and Ripley models. The company utilizes innovative manufacturing techniques, with over 80% of its engine components produced through additive manufacturing using internally-developed materials and processes. This focus on advanced manufacturing allows Ursa Major to optimize the creation of unique parts tailored for the needs of modern satellite launches.

Carro

Series A in 2019
Carro shows all of the influencers and press who are the clients, email subscribers, and followers of your company.

Madrona Venture Labs

Funding Round in 2019
Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio located in Seattle, affiliated with Madrona Venture Group. The studio focuses on developing new technology companies by providing support in various stages of the startup lifecycle. This includes ideation, product development, and market entry. By leveraging the expertise of its team and its network, Madrona Venture Labs aims to create innovative solutions and foster entrepreneurship in the technology sector. The studio collaborates closely with entrepreneurs to refine their business models and accelerate their growth, thereby contributing to the vibrant startup ecosystem in the Pacific Northwest.

NovaSignal

Series C in 2019
NovaSignal is a medical technology company commercializing a robotic cerebral ultrasound system. Its Robotic System combines non-invasive ultrasound, robotics, and artificial intelligence to assess real-time cerebral blood flow. Through the use of cloud computing and data analytics, NovaSignal supports physicians in their clinical decision making to help improve patient outcomes. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

AIKON

Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2017 by an encryption technology pioneer, a former political operative and a banking veteran, AIKON’s vision is to build technology products that decentralize and catalyze the global digital economy. AIKON believes that the world must become a decentralized global economy to facilitate worldwide collaboration and equal opportunity regardless of location, background, or easy access to banks or credit cards. AIKON has raised $2 million from Palo Alto-based OVO Fund and various angel investors from the U.S., Japan and Europe.

Bambee

Series A in 2019
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides small and medium-sized businesses with affordable access to human resources management solutions. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee offers a platform where clients can hire an HR manager for a monthly fee of $99. The service includes assistance in crafting HR policies, maintaining compliance, and accessing a suite of online HR tools. Additionally, Bambee provides online training courses designed to enhance workforce performance. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, entertainment, healthcare, technology, and non-profits, among others. Bambee's mission is to ensure that every business, regardless of size, has the resources to operate effectively and efficiently, akin to larger corporations.

DoltHub

Seed Round in 2019
At Liquidata, we will add liquidity to the data market. We are building an open, transparent marketplace for data. We will build standardized formats, processes, and pricing for transacting on data, lowering transaction costs for all actors in the marketplace.

Vyng

Series A in 2018
Vyng Inc. is a mobile application developer based in Santa Monica, California, specializing in video ringtones and Caller ID solutions. Founded in 2014, the company allows users to customize their call experiences by setting video channels that play on their lock screens during incoming calls. Since its launch in 2018, Vyng has gained significant traction, with 4 billion videos played across 170 countries, aiming to enhance communication for smartphone users globally. The company is committed to fostering better conversations among friends, family, and businesses, particularly targeting the growing market in India. Vyng has raised $7 million in funding from notable investors, including March Capital, Omidyar Network, and partners from Sequoia Capital, alongside the founders of Giphy and GroupMe.

IDx

Series A in 2018
Digital Diagnostics is an AI diagnostics company that transforms the quality, accessibility, and affordability of healthcare. Founded in 2010 by a team of world-renowned clinician-scientists, the company is focused on developing clinically-aligned autonomous algorithms that detect disease in medical images. By enabling diagnostic assessment in primary care settings, it aims to increase patient access to high-quality, affordable disease detection. The company’s first product, IDx-DR, is an FDA-cleared AI-based diagnostic system designed for use at the front lines of care to detect diabetic retinopathy. It is developing additional AI-based diagnostic algorithms for the detection of macular degeneration, glaucoma, Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease, and stroke risk. Digital Diagnostics was formerly known as IDx.

Alto Solutions

Seed Round in 2018
Alto Solutions delivers an easy-to-use, automated process for investing in alternatives with IRA savings. It aims to democratize alternative asset investing. AltoIRA offers an easy-to-use investing platform that empowers everyday investors to diversify their IRAs by investing in alternative assets such as private equity, venture capital, real estate, loans, and cryptocurrency. Offering Traditional, Roth, SEP, and Crypto IRAs, Alto is bringing alternative investments to the mainstream. Everyday investors can now easily and cost-effectively access their retirement savings to invest in assets once reserved solely for high-net-worth individuals. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Rize

Seed Round in 2018
Rize builds customer-centric financial applications for fintechs, incumbents, and non-financial brands. Our patent-pending Synthetic Account technology seamlessly integrates checking, saving, and individual brokerage with one flexible platform.

DISQO

Series A in 2018
DISQO, Inc. is a consumer insights platform that specializes in providing high-quality consumer data to market research agencies, analytics companies, and brands. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with additional operations in Danbury, Connecticut, DISQO leverages a large, opt-in consumer data platform to deliver comprehensive insights into consumer attitudes and behaviors. The company focuses on empowering insights professionals and marketers through automated solutions that enhance consumer research and improve advertising effectiveness. By engaging consumers willing to share their data, DISQO captures accurate information that enables clients to make informed decisions.

Bambee

Seed Round in 2018
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides small and medium-sized businesses with affordable access to human resources management solutions. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee offers a platform where clients can hire an HR manager for a monthly fee of $99. The service includes assistance in crafting HR policies, maintaining compliance, and accessing a suite of online HR tools. Additionally, Bambee provides online training courses designed to enhance workforce performance. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, entertainment, healthcare, technology, and non-profits, among others. Bambee's mission is to ensure that every business, regardless of size, has the resources to operate effectively and efficiently, akin to larger corporations.

Paradromics

Seed Round in 2018
Paradromics, Inc. is focused on developing brain-machine interfaces that facilitate data transmission between the brain and machines, primarily targeting the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. The company creates implantable systems capable of decoding complex neural recordings into data streams, which can be utilized by various neural prostheses. Its technology emphasizes high-volume, bidirectional data streaming, allowing patients with neurological disorders to reconnect with their environment and compensate for lost biological connectivity. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Paradromics also offers applications to support its product suite, aiming to enhance the quality of life for individuals with disabilities.

Emagispace

Series B in 2018
Emagispace, Inc. operates an innovative online platform focused on interior construction and design. Founded in 2014 and based in Larkspur, Colorado, the company offers a range of lightweight building materials, including Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic products and Medium-Density Fiberboard (MDF) panels, along with various assembly components such as doors, windows, and connectors. Emagispace's platform enables the construction of versatile interior spaces, catering to sectors like office interiors, retail displays, tradeshows, galleries, museums, and performance sets for film and television. By promoting sustainable building practices and efficient design solutions, Emagispace aims to transform traditional approaches to interior construction, making it more accessible and environmentally friendly.

Novel Effect

Series A in 2018
Seattle-based Novel Effect is the leader in voice-driven media and entertainment. Through the use of voice, Novel Effect’s products blend physical and digital worlds to create immersive and interactive experiences across books, video and games.

Sagely Naturals

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Sagely Naturals is bringing an intentional state of wellbeing to your world, naturally.

Carro

Seed Round in 2018
Carro shows all of the influencers and press who are the clients, email subscribers, and followers of your company.

Greenfly

Series B in 2018
Greenfly, Inc. develops content collaboration and distribution platform for athletes. It provides brand ambassador management software that enables users to create and collect media content, distribute short-form media in real time through galleries or suggested social posts, and increase social engagement. It provides solutions for brands, political campaigns, entertainment, and sports. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Santa Monica, California with an additional office in Paris, France.

NovaSignal

Series B in 2018
NovaSignal is a medical technology company commercializing a robotic cerebral ultrasound system. Its Robotic System combines non-invasive ultrasound, robotics, and artificial intelligence to assess real-time cerebral blood flow. Through the use of cloud computing and data analytics, NovaSignal supports physicians in their clinical decision making to help improve patient outcomes. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

CABA Design

Venture Round in 2018
CABA specializes in the design and production of custom furniture. Their innovative eCommerce experience offers accessible custom furniture to the everyday customer.

Carro

Venture Round in 2018
Carro shows all of the influencers and press who are the clients, email subscribers, and followers of your company.

Medal

Seed Round in 2017
Medal, Inc. is a healthcare company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in the extraction, transportation, translation, and sharing of medical information. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on facilitating the review, coordination, referral, analysis, billing, and auditing of medical data to enhance efficiency in healthcare administration. As of July 2020, Medal operates as a subsidiary of CIOX Health, further strengthening its capabilities in the healthcare industry.

HouseCanary

Series A in 2017
HouseCanary, Inc. operates an online platform that specializes in home valuations, forecasts, and market analytics for residential lenders, investors, and real estate professionals. The platform offers various tools, including mortgage leads, valuation reports, and HouseCanary Pro, which provides insights at multiple levels, including market and submarket data. Additionally, the HouseCanary Appraiser enables real estate appraisers to gather evidence and analysis on-site, select relevant comparable properties, and generate necessary reports for lenders and government agencies. The HouseCanary Analytics API allows users to integrate detailed market data into their enterprise systems. The company serves a diverse clientele, including major banks, homebuilders, and appraisers. Founded in 2013, HouseCanary is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in San Antonio, Texas, and Boulder, Colorado.

Comparably

Venture Round in 2017
Comparably provides the most accurate and comprehensive compensation and culture data, to understand employees' true value and needs to make work better.

HouseCanary

Series A in 2017
HouseCanary, Inc. operates an online platform that specializes in home valuations, forecasts, and market analytics for residential lenders, investors, and real estate professionals. The platform offers various tools, including mortgage leads, valuation reports, and HouseCanary Pro, which provides insights at multiple levels, including market and submarket data. Additionally, the HouseCanary Appraiser enables real estate appraisers to gather evidence and analysis on-site, select relevant comparable properties, and generate necessary reports for lenders and government agencies. The HouseCanary Analytics API allows users to integrate detailed market data into their enterprise systems. The company serves a diverse clientele, including major banks, homebuilders, and appraisers. Founded in 2013, HouseCanary is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in San Antonio, Texas, and Boulder, Colorado.

LifeCo

Venture Round in 2017
LifeCo, Inc. develops a healthcare-as-a-service software that provides heath management and insurance services. The company's software helps to provide primary and catastrophic healthcare services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

The Baby Box Co.

Series A in 2016
The Baby Box Co. brings a beloved 80 year old Baby Box tradition from Finland to expectant parents around the world. An essential first gift or purchase for new parents, the Baby Box provides a safe sleeping environment for infants. Studies have shown that this tradition has helped Finland achieve one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world. Expanding this lifesaving tradition to the benefit of families everywhere is their company’s mission and, therefore, their commitment to safety is absolute. All products manufactured and resold by The Baby Box Co. meet applicable international safety guidelines and they take great care with their material selections and manufacturing methods. Their Baby Boxes meet or exceed all relevant ASTM, CPSC, JPMA, Health Canada and EN standards, and they have passed rigorous inspection: all materials from the ink on the exterior of the boxes to the glue used in their production are non-toxic and environmentally safe.

Bambee

Seed Round in 2016
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides small and medium-sized businesses with affordable access to human resources management solutions. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee offers a platform where clients can hire an HR manager for a monthly fee of $99. The service includes assistance in crafting HR policies, maintaining compliance, and accessing a suite of online HR tools. Additionally, Bambee provides online training courses designed to enhance workforce performance. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, entertainment, healthcare, technology, and non-profits, among others. Bambee's mission is to ensure that every business, regardless of size, has the resources to operate effectively and efficiently, akin to larger corporations.

Emagispace

Series A in 2016
Emagispace, Inc. operates an innovative online platform focused on interior construction and design. Founded in 2014 and based in Larkspur, Colorado, the company offers a range of lightweight building materials, including Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic products and Medium-Density Fiberboard (MDF) panels, along with various assembly components such as doors, windows, and connectors. Emagispace's platform enables the construction of versatile interior spaces, catering to sectors like office interiors, retail displays, tradeshows, galleries, museums, and performance sets for film and television. By promoting sustainable building practices and efficient design solutions, Emagispace aims to transform traditional approaches to interior construction, making it more accessible and environmentally friendly.

AirMap

Series A in 2016
AirMap is helping make drones a part of everyday life by building the foundations for the low-altitude air navigation systems of the future. The emergence of small, powerful, and autonomous drones, is transforming society. Drones are being used for agriculture, public safety, aerial photography and cinematography, and soon, package delivery. The next century of aviation innovation is happening at the local level, not across oceans, and it's happening below 500 feet. AirMap is organizing this low altitude information so innovation can take flight. AirMap works collaboratively with industry partners to create the future for drones. It focuses exclusively on providing airspace information so that others in the nascent industry can build amazing vehicles and applications. AirMap is a member of the Small UAV Coalition and the NASA Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) program.

Comparably

Series A in 2016
Comparably provides the most accurate and comprehensive compensation and culture data, to understand employees' true value and needs to make work better.

Fuigo

Seed Round in 2015
Fuigo is a first-of-its kind technology platform and shared studio workspace that empowers today’s top interior designers by providing them with the business management tools and resources they need to succeed in interior design. Fuigo is headquartered in a custom-designed 18,000-square-foot studio space on New York’s Park Avenue, where resident designers have dedicated work spaces and access to state-of-the-art technology and resources specific to the interior design industry. Fuigo was founded in April 2016 by Maury and Mickey Riad, co-owners of Fortuny, the world-renowned Venetian textile manufacturer founded by Mariano Fortuny and Bradley Stephens.