Whatnot operates an online marketplace for buying, selling, and discovering a wide range of products, with a focus on collectibles like Funko Pops. The platform combines community engagement with entertainment, offering live shopping experiences and product verification.
Frank Sinatra Enterprises
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Frank Sinatra Enterprises is a specialty record label company based in Santa Monica, California. The company manages an extensive catalog of Frank Sinatra's recordings from the Reprise era, alongside a significant collection of films, television specials, unreleased footage, and various audio and video materials. This enterprise preserves and promotes the legacy of Frank Sinatra, ensuring that his contributions to music and entertainment continue to reach audiences. By leveraging its rich archive, Sinatra Enterprises plays a crucial role in maintaining the cultural significance of Sinatra's work while exploring opportunities for new content and collaborations in the entertainment industry.
Prepared develops an AI-powered platform that enhances emergency response by streamlining call-taking, dispatch, and quality assurance. The solution provides real-time access to video, GPS location, and texts from mobile 911 callers, along with automated language translation and real-time QA tools. These capabilities help public safety agencies reduce response times, improve dispatch efficiency, and better serve diverse communities. Prepared emphasizes people, mission, and values to maximize impact on public safety across communities.
Prepared develops an AI-powered platform that enhances emergency response by streamlining call-taking, dispatch, and quality assurance. The solution provides real-time access to video, GPS location, and texts from mobile 911 callers, along with automated language translation and real-time QA tools. These capabilities help public safety agencies reduce response times, improve dispatch efficiency, and better serve diverse communities. Prepared emphasizes people, mission, and values to maximize impact on public safety across communities.
Lightup is a no-code data quality platform that enables enterprises to achieve 100% data quality coverage 10x faster than legacy tools, across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, on batch or streaming data – scalable in minutes, not months. With prebuilt pushdown data quality checks, AI-powered anomaly detection, real-time incident alerts, and integrated issue resolution management, Lightup empowers data teams to proactively monitor data health at fine granularity and quickly pinpoint bad data flowing in good data pipelines to ensure reliable, accurate business-critical data and prevent costly data outages, before they occur.
Founded in 2019, with headquarters in Mountain View, CA, Lightup Data, Inc. is a Series A private startup company, backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Spectrum28.
Whatnot operates an online marketplace for buying, selling, and discovering a wide range of products, with a focus on collectibles like Funko Pops. The platform combines community engagement with entertainment, offering live shopping experiences and product verification.
Cryptoys is a software company that operates an NFT studio and platform for creating, buying, selling, and collecting digital toys tied to popular franchises. The platform enables interactive experiences on the blockchain, allowing users to explore an immersive world with their Cryptoys collectibles and participate in unboxing-style reveals. It targets family-friendly use and includes safety features such as ChatGuardian to provide a secure environment for children interacting with NFTs. In addition to standard listings, Cryptoys hosts livestream events to unveil new collectibles and offers exclusive NFT gifts, reinforcing its emphasis on community-driven digital toys and blockchain-based play.
Imply, founded by the original creators of Apache Druid, offers a comprehensive real-time analytics platform that leverages the capabilities of Apache Druid, an open-source database optimized for event-driven and streaming data. The company's multi-cloud platform enables organizations to ingest and visualize petabyte-scale datasets in real-time, facilitating monitoring, alerting, and diagnostics with sub-second query response times. This innovative approach, termed analytics-in-motion, allows businesses to transition from traditional, static analytics solutions to interactive and highly scalable options. Imply serves a diverse clientele, including some of the world's largest and most innovative companies, providing tools for building analytics-powered applications and addressing various business intelligence and operational analytics needs. With a presence in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, Imply is at the forefront of a new category of real-time analytics solutions.
Mainframe Industries
Series B in 2021
Mainframe Industries is a game development company founded in 2019, with headquarters in both Helsinki, Finland, and Reykjavik, Iceland. The company specializes in creating an open-world, social sandbox MMO designed for cloud gaming, which enables cross-platform play across mobile devices, PCs, and televisions. By leveraging the expertise of teams with backgrounds in AAA, MMO, and mobile gaming, Mainframe aims to enhance the gaming experience through friction-free access from social networks and streaming platforms. This innovative approach is intended to broaden the creative possibilities for game developers and provide players with immersive gaming experiences.
UnitedMasters
Series C in 2021
Established in 2017 and headquartered in New York, UnitedMasters operates a digital platform connecting independent musicians with audiences worldwide. It offers artists an alternative to traditional record label deals, distributing their music across various platforms while allowing them to retain master recording rights.
Cryptoys
Seed Round in 2021
Cryptoys is a software company that operates an NFT studio and platform for creating, buying, selling, and collecting digital toys tied to popular franchises. The platform enables interactive experiences on the blockchain, allowing users to explore an immersive world with their Cryptoys collectibles and participate in unboxing-style reveals. It targets family-friendly use and includes safety features such as ChatGuardian to provide a secure environment for children interacting with NFTs. In addition to standard listings, Cryptoys hosts livestream events to unveil new collectibles and offers exclusive NFT gifts, reinforcing its emphasis on community-driven digital toys and blockchain-based play.
Cryptosys
Seed Round in 2021
Cryptosys is a blockchain-based digital entertainment platform.
Whatnot operates an online marketplace for buying, selling, and discovering a wide range of products, with a focus on collectibles like Funko Pops. The platform combines community engagement with entertainment, offering live shopping experiences and product verification.
Imply, founded by the original creators of Apache Druid, offers a comprehensive real-time analytics platform that leverages the capabilities of Apache Druid, an open-source database optimized for event-driven and streaming data. The company's multi-cloud platform enables organizations to ingest and visualize petabyte-scale datasets in real-time, facilitating monitoring, alerting, and diagnostics with sub-second query response times. This innovative approach, termed analytics-in-motion, allows businesses to transition from traditional, static analytics solutions to interactive and highly scalable options. Imply serves a diverse clientele, including some of the world's largest and most innovative companies, providing tools for building analytics-powered applications and addressing various business intelligence and operational analytics needs. With a presence in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, Imply is at the forefront of a new category of real-time analytics solutions.
Whatnot operates an online marketplace for buying, selling, and discovering a wide range of products, with a focus on collectibles like Funko Pops. The platform combines community engagement with entertainment, offering live shopping experiences and product verification.
turntable.fm
Venture Round in 2021
Turntable.fm is a project of [Seth Goldstein](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/seth-goldstein) and [Billy Chasen](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/billy-chasen), the two guys who brought us [Stickybits](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stickybits).
Users in each dance room has an avatar and can chat with each other. Users can create their own playlist and get up in the DJ booth to battle it out.
Turntable.fm a social music platform that encourages hanging out with people and discovering music. If a DJ is playing a song you like, you can add it to your playlist, buy it on iTunes, find it on Last.fm, or launch Spotify.
In November 2013, Turntable announced they would be shutting down turntable.fm to focus on their live events platform.
Clubhouse
Series C in 2021
Clubhouse is an audio-based social media platform that facilitates casual conversations and connection-building among users. It is designed for live, audio-only interactions where individuals can join group chats, engage in discussions, and discover new topics and people through their networks. Users can drop into conversations with friends or others they follow, providing a space for spontaneous dialogues and connection. The platform emphasizes the value of authentic communication, enabling individuals to connect with both familiar and new voices in an informal setting.
UnitedMasters
Series B in 2021
Established in 2017 and headquartered in New York, UnitedMasters operates a digital platform connecting independent musicians with audiences worldwide. It offers artists an alternative to traditional record label deals, distributing their music across various platforms while allowing them to retain master recording rights.
Whatnot operates an online marketplace for buying, selling, and discovering a wide range of products, with a focus on collectibles like Funko Pops. The platform combines community engagement with entertainment, offering live shopping experiences and product verification.
Clubhouse
Series B in 2021
Clubhouse is an audio-based social media platform that facilitates casual conversations and connection-building among users. It is designed for live, audio-only interactions where individuals can join group chats, engage in discussions, and discover new topics and people through their networks. Users can drop into conversations with friends or others they follow, providing a space for spontaneous dialogues and connection. The platform emphasizes the value of authentic communication, enabling individuals to connect with both familiar and new voices in an informal setting.
Caffeine Inc. operates a live social broadcasting and streaming platform that focuses on gaming and entertainment. Founded in 2016 and based in Redwood City, California, the company allows users to broadcast a variety of content, including esports, video gaming, and creative shows, while facilitating real-time interaction through chat and sharing features. Caffeine's platform is designed to enhance viewer engagement with a social-driven recommendation system, making it easier to navigate and discover new content. The company partners with notable entities like FOX Sports, ESPN, and Riot Games to provide a diverse range of interactive programming. Caffeine is committed to maintaining a safe environment, enforcing a zero-tolerance policy against bullying, hate speech, and racism.
Clubhouse
Series A in 2020
Clubhouse is an audio-based social media platform that facilitates casual conversations and connection-building among users. It is designed for live, audio-only interactions where individuals can join group chats, engage in discussions, and discover new topics and people through their networks. Users can drop into conversations with friends or others they follow, providing a space for spontaneous dialogues and connection. The platform emphasizes the value of authentic communication, enabling individuals to connect with both familiar and new voices in an informal setting.
Mainframe Industries
Series A in 2020
Mainframe Industries is a game development company founded in 2019, with headquarters in both Helsinki, Finland, and Reykjavik, Iceland. The company specializes in creating an open-world, social sandbox MMO designed for cloud gaming, which enables cross-platform play across mobile devices, PCs, and televisions. By leveraging the expertise of teams with backgrounds in AAA, MMO, and mobile gaming, Mainframe aims to enhance the gaming experience through friction-free access from social networks and streaming platforms. This innovative approach is intended to broaden the creative possibilities for game developers and provide players with immersive gaming experiences.
Imply, founded by the original creators of Apache Druid, offers a comprehensive real-time analytics platform that leverages the capabilities of Apache Druid, an open-source database optimized for event-driven and streaming data. The company's multi-cloud platform enables organizations to ingest and visualize petabyte-scale datasets in real-time, facilitating monitoring, alerting, and diagnostics with sub-second query response times. This innovative approach, termed analytics-in-motion, allows businesses to transition from traditional, static analytics solutions to interactive and highly scalable options. Imply serves a diverse clientele, including some of the world's largest and most innovative companies, providing tools for building analytics-powered applications and addressing various business intelligence and operational analytics needs. With a presence in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, Imply is at the forefront of a new category of real-time analytics solutions.
Knowable
Seed Round in 2019
Knowable Universe, Inc., operating as Knowable, is an e-learning provider based in Los Angeles, California, established in 2013. The company specializes in developing an online platform that offers audio courses designed to help users acquire new skills. Its offerings feature long-form audio instruction complemented by detailed lesson summaries, curated learning tools, and downloadable e-textbooks. Additionally, Knowable provides access to private student communities, enhancing the learning experience through engagement and interaction. The team behind Knowable comprises editors, producers, and journalists from well-known institutions, all committed to creating engaging and effective audio courses.
SignalFx, Inc. is a provider of cloud monitoring solutions designed to detect and analyze anomalies across infrastructure, applications, and business service level agreements (SLAs). Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in London and Krakow, the company offers a modern monitoring platform that streams real-time analytics, allowing for immediate insights into issues as they arise. Utilizing its proprietary SignalFlow technology, SignalFx processes and analyzes data in real time, enabling organizations to replace traditional monitoring tools with its scalable architecture optimized for cloud environments and microservices. The platform includes advanced features such as proactive alerting, powerful visualization, and collaborative troubleshooting, empowering DevOps teams to quickly identify and resolve problems. SignalFx serves a diverse range of clients in various sectors, including technology, finance, and retail, and operates as a subsidiary of Splunk Inc. since October 2019.
Caffeine
Corporate Round in 2018
Caffeine Inc. operates a live social broadcasting and streaming platform that focuses on gaming and entertainment. Founded in 2016 and based in Redwood City, California, the company allows users to broadcast a variety of content, including esports, video gaming, and creative shows, while facilitating real-time interaction through chat and sharing features. Caffeine's platform is designed to enhance viewer engagement with a social-driven recommendation system, making it easier to navigate and discover new content. The company partners with notable entities like FOX Sports, ESPN, and Riot Games to provide a diverse range of interactive programming. Caffeine is committed to maintaining a safe environment, enforcing a zero-tolerance policy against bullying, hate speech, and racism.
SignalFx, Inc. is a provider of cloud monitoring solutions designed to detect and analyze anomalies across infrastructure, applications, and business service level agreements (SLAs). Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in London and Krakow, the company offers a modern monitoring platform that streams real-time analytics, allowing for immediate insights into issues as they arise. Utilizing its proprietary SignalFlow technology, SignalFx processes and analyzes data in real time, enabling organizations to replace traditional monitoring tools with its scalable architecture optimized for cloud environments and microservices. The platform includes advanced features such as proactive alerting, powerful visualization, and collaborative troubleshooting, empowering DevOps teams to quickly identify and resolve problems. SignalFx serves a diverse range of clients in various sectors, including technology, finance, and retail, and operates as a subsidiary of Splunk Inc. since October 2019.
Imply, founded by the original creators of Apache Druid, offers a comprehensive real-time analytics platform that leverages the capabilities of Apache Druid, an open-source database optimized for event-driven and streaming data. The company's multi-cloud platform enables organizations to ingest and visualize petabyte-scale datasets in real-time, facilitating monitoring, alerting, and diagnostics with sub-second query response times. This innovative approach, termed analytics-in-motion, allows businesses to transition from traditional, static analytics solutions to interactive and highly scalable options. Imply serves a diverse clientele, including some of the world's largest and most innovative companies, providing tools for building analytics-powered applications and addressing various business intelligence and operational analytics needs. With a presence in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, Imply is at the forefront of a new category of real-time analytics solutions.
Caffeine Inc. operates a live social broadcasting and streaming platform that focuses on gaming and entertainment. Founded in 2016 and based in Redwood City, California, the company allows users to broadcast a variety of content, including esports, video gaming, and creative shows, while facilitating real-time interaction through chat and sharing features. Caffeine's platform is designed to enhance viewer engagement with a social-driven recommendation system, making it easier to navigate and discover new content. The company partners with notable entities like FOX Sports, ESPN, and Riot Games to provide a diverse range of interactive programming. Caffeine is committed to maintaining a safe environment, enforcing a zero-tolerance policy against bullying, hate speech, and racism.
UnitedMasters
Series A in 2017
Established in 2017 and headquartered in New York, UnitedMasters operates a digital platform connecting independent musicians with audiences worldwide. It offers artists an alternative to traditional record label deals, distributing their music across various platforms while allowing them to retain master recording rights.
SignalFx, Inc. is a provider of cloud monitoring solutions designed to detect and analyze anomalies across infrastructure, applications, and business service level agreements (SLAs). Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in London and Krakow, the company offers a modern monitoring platform that streams real-time analytics, allowing for immediate insights into issues as they arise. Utilizing its proprietary SignalFlow technology, SignalFx processes and analyzes data in real time, enabling organizations to replace traditional monitoring tools with its scalable architecture optimized for cloud environments and microservices. The platform includes advanced features such as proactive alerting, powerful visualization, and collaborative troubleshooting, empowering DevOps teams to quickly identify and resolve problems. SignalFx serves a diverse range of clients in various sectors, including technology, finance, and retail, and operates as a subsidiary of Splunk Inc. since October 2019.
Rabbit, Inc. is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that specializes in developing a web and mobile application designed for shared viewing experiences. Founded in 2011, Rabbit enables users to connect with friends through video chat and content sharing, allowing them to watch shows, movies, and videos together in real-time, regardless of their physical location. The platform supports interactions such as creating personalized rooms for group chats, discovering new content, and listening to music collaboratively. By integrating with social media, users can invite friends and engage in shared entertainment experiences, enhancing communication and connection through video and multimedia.
SnapLogic
Series F in 2016
SnapLogic is a cloud-based integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that provides an AI-powered Intelligent Integration Platform to connect data from any source, in any environment and at any speed. The platform enables unified data and application integration across applications, databases, data warehouses, big data streams, and IoT, whether on-premises or in the cloud, with a drag-and-drop interface and pre-built workflow templates. It supports procurement automation and spans domains such as human capital management, customer experience, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and cloud data warehousing. SnapLogic serves Global 2000 companies, developers, enterprise IT markets, HR, online marketing, and sales operations, often through resellers, and maintains partnerships with Planview and Solita Oy. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in New York, London, Hyderabad, and Melbourne.
All Def Digital, Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in Los Angeles, is a multi-platform media company specializing in the curation, development, and distribution of content centered around hip-hop culture and related art forms. It manages and supports a diverse range of talent, including social video stars, writers, actors, and hip-hop artists, providing them with platforms for expression and growth. All Def produces and distributes original content across various media, including its own properties, social channels, television, movies, live events, and brand partnerships. As of December 19, 2019, the company operates as a subsidiary of Culture Genesis Inc.
Rabbit, Inc. is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that specializes in developing a web and mobile application designed for shared viewing experiences. Founded in 2011, Rabbit enables users to connect with friends through video chat and content sharing, allowing them to watch shows, movies, and videos together in real-time, regardless of their physical location. The platform supports interactions such as creating personalized rooms for group chats, discovering new content, and listening to music collaboratively. By integrating with social media, users can invite friends and engage in shared entertainment experiences, enhancing communication and connection through video and multimedia.
SignalFx, Inc. is a provider of cloud monitoring solutions designed to detect and analyze anomalies across infrastructure, applications, and business service level agreements (SLAs). Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in London and Krakow, the company offers a modern monitoring platform that streams real-time analytics, allowing for immediate insights into issues as they arise. Utilizing its proprietary SignalFlow technology, SignalFx processes and analyzes data in real time, enabling organizations to replace traditional monitoring tools with its scalable architecture optimized for cloud environments and microservices. The platform includes advanced features such as proactive alerting, powerful visualization, and collaborative troubleshooting, empowering DevOps teams to quickly identify and resolve problems. SignalFx serves a diverse range of clients in various sectors, including technology, finance, and retail, and operates as a subsidiary of Splunk Inc. since October 2019.
SnapLogic
Series D in 2014
SnapLogic is a cloud-based integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that provides an AI-powered Intelligent Integration Platform to connect data from any source, in any environment and at any speed. The platform enables unified data and application integration across applications, databases, data warehouses, big data streams, and IoT, whether on-premises or in the cloud, with a drag-and-drop interface and pre-built workflow templates. It supports procurement automation and spans domains such as human capital management, customer experience, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and cloud data warehousing. SnapLogic serves Global 2000 companies, developers, enterprise IT markets, HR, online marketing, and sales operations, often through resellers, and maintains partnerships with Planview and Solita Oy. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in New York, London, Hyderabad, and Melbourne.
SignalFx, Inc. is a provider of cloud monitoring solutions designed to detect and analyze anomalies across infrastructure, applications, and business service level agreements (SLAs). Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in London and Krakow, the company offers a modern monitoring platform that streams real-time analytics, allowing for immediate insights into issues as they arise. Utilizing its proprietary SignalFlow technology, SignalFx processes and analyzes data in real time, enabling organizations to replace traditional monitoring tools with its scalable architecture optimized for cloud environments and microservices. The platform includes advanced features such as proactive alerting, powerful visualization, and collaborative troubleshooting, empowering DevOps teams to quickly identify and resolve problems. SignalFx serves a diverse range of clients in various sectors, including technology, finance, and retail, and operates as a subsidiary of Splunk Inc. since October 2019.
8tracks
Seed Round in 2012
8tracks is an internet radio and social network that streams user-curated playlists of at least eight tracks. Users upload songs from their own collections to create virtual mixtapes that can be shared, and the platform enables discovery and interaction through a community-based playlist network. It offers subscription-based access to explore playlists by artist, genre, or activity. Founded in 2006, 8tracks is based in San Francisco, with offices in New York and Los Angeles.
SnapLogic
Series C in 2012
SnapLogic is a cloud-based integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that provides an AI-powered Intelligent Integration Platform to connect data from any source, in any environment and at any speed. The platform enables unified data and application integration across applications, databases, data warehouses, big data streams, and IoT, whether on-premises or in the cloud, with a drag-and-drop interface and pre-built workflow templates. It supports procurement automation and spans domains such as human capital management, customer experience, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and cloud data warehousing. SnapLogic serves Global 2000 companies, developers, enterprise IT markets, HR, online marketing, and sales operations, often through resellers, and maintains partnerships with Planview and Solita Oy. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in New York, London, Hyderabad, and Melbourne.
Concept.io
Seed Round in 2012
Concept.io, founded by seasoned entrepreneurs, develops Swell Radio, a personalized audio news streaming app for iOS users. It curates content based on user preferences and habits, aiming to connect individuals with informative ideas efficiently, thereby enhancing productivity during downtime. The company is backed by prominent venture capital firms.
Vidyard
Seed Round in 2011
Vidyard is a business-focused video platform that enhances engagement and converts views into action. It offers video hosting, management, and analytics features, helping global companies like Honeywell and Lenovo drive revenue through online video strategies.
SnapLogic
Series B in 2010
SnapLogic is a cloud-based integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that provides an AI-powered Intelligent Integration Platform to connect data from any source, in any environment and at any speed. The platform enables unified data and application integration across applications, databases, data warehouses, big data streams, and IoT, whether on-premises or in the cloud, with a drag-and-drop interface and pre-built workflow templates. It supports procurement automation and spans domains such as human capital management, customer experience, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and cloud data warehousing. SnapLogic serves Global 2000 companies, developers, enterprise IT markets, HR, online marketing, and sales operations, often through resellers, and maintains partnerships with Planview and Solita Oy. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in New York, London, Hyderabad, and Melbourne.
SnapLogic
Series A in 2009
SnapLogic is a cloud-based integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that provides an AI-powered Intelligent Integration Platform to connect data from any source, in any environment and at any speed. The platform enables unified data and application integration across applications, databases, data warehouses, big data streams, and IoT, whether on-premises or in the cloud, with a drag-and-drop interface and pre-built workflow templates. It supports procurement automation and spans domains such as human capital management, customer experience, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and cloud data warehousing. SnapLogic serves Global 2000 companies, developers, enterprise IT markets, HR, online marketing, and sales operations, often through resellers, and maintains partnerships with Planview and Solita Oy. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in New York, London, Hyderabad, and Melbourne.
Prepared develops an AI-powered platform that enhances emergency response by streamlining call-taking, dispatch, and quality assurance. The solution provides real-time access to video, GPS location, and texts from mobile 911 callers, along with automated language translation and real-time QA tools. These capabilities help public safety agencies reduce response times, improve dispatch efficiency, and better serve diverse communities. Prepared emphasizes people, mission, and values to maximize impact on public safety across communities.