OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research company, associated with business magnate Elon Musk, that aims to carefully promote and develop friendly AI in such a way as to benefit, rather than harm, humanity as a whole. The organization aims to "freely collaborate" with other institutions and researchers by making its patents and research open to the public. The company is supported by over US$1 billion in commitments; however, only a tiny fraction of the $1 billion pledged is expected to be spent in the first few years. The founders are motivated in part by concerns about existential risk from artificial general intelligence.
Repl.it lets you start coding in your favorite programming language in 2 seconds; it lets you build and deploy apps right from your browser. The founders wanted to build something to solve their own problem -- back in school they were tired of setting up their development environment on every machine they wanted to code on, and they dreamed of a world where you could just open a tab in the browser and start working. They built Repl.it to give developers access to simple, powerful tools and a community of hackers, aspiring programmers and teachers. They make it possible to learn, practice and build, all in the same place.
Astranis is a developer of a new satellite technology that aims to transmit data down to specific terrestrial locations with each satellite it launches. The company's mission is to help get online the 4 billion people who are without internet access.
Prisms of Reality is a STEM education platform that utilizes virtual reality. The company was founded by Anurupa Ganguly and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Incredible Health, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers an online recruitment platform designed to assist healthcare providers in hiring full-time clinical staff efficiently. The platform enables hospitals and health systems to find high-quality clinicians in less than 30 days, streamlining the staffing process. Unlike traditional job searches, candidates do not apply to employers; instead, employers seek out candidates through an intuitive web application. Incredible Health also provides a mobile application that enhances the user experience. The company, originally known as Lift League, Inc., was incorporated in 2015 and has since focused on solving staffing challenges within the healthcare industry by allowing users to filter job searches, receive alerts, and access career advice.
Vicinitas Therapeutics is a biotech startup that specializes in developing medicines that impact patient lives. Its vision is to use its proprietary Deubiquitinase Targeting Chimera (DUBTAC) platform to restore the levels of aberrantly degraded proteins that cause disease to confer therapeutic benefit.
BigHat Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in San Carlos, California, that specializes in the development of an automated platform for producing and characterizing antibodies. Founded in 2019, BigHat utilizes an AI-guided protein therapeutic platform that combines a wet lab with machine learning techniques. This integration allows drug developers to engineer antibodies and biotherapeutics with enhanced functions and improved biophysical properties. The company's innovative design capabilities aim to create safer and more effective treatments for patients facing complex diseases.
Cartography is shaping a world in which cancer immunotherapies are designed around and directed toward the safest and most effective targets.
Cartography is shaping a world in which cancer immunotherapies are designed around and directed toward the safest and most effective targets.
Tecton.ai is a developer of an enterprise-ready data platform designed to facilitate machine learning for organizations. Founded in 2019 by the team behind Uber's Michelangelo platform, Tecton aims to make advanced machine learning capabilities accessible to companies of all sizes. The platform allows data scientists to transform raw data into production-ready features, addressing the unique challenges of machine learning data management. By providing a comprehensive data layer, Tecton enables the integration of batch, streaming, and real-time data, allowing organizations to automate decisions rapidly and improve customer experiences. With offices in San Francisco and New York, Tecton focuses on helping businesses efficiently deploy machine learning models at scale to drive significant outcomes.
Mayvenn, Inc. is a company that empowers hairstylists by providing them with tools to sell hair extensions directly to their clients, eliminating the need for upfront inventory costs. Founded in 2012 and based in Oakland, California, Mayvenn has developed a platform that supports over 50,000 stylists and has attracted hundreds of thousands of customers. The company's mission focuses on transforming the salon retail experience and enhancing the purchasing process for hair extensions. Since its inception, Mayvenn has experienced significant growth, investing millions of dollars back into salons nationwide, thus fostering a movement within the beauty industry that prioritizes the needs of hairstylists and their clientele.
Linera is the power of decentralization for everyone, everywhere.
Pave, Inc. operates an online platform that offers tools for real-time compensation transparency and personal funding solutions. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, the company enables organizations to track, measure, and communicate total employee compensation effectively. Pave's services help eliminate the use of spreadsheets for compensation management, leveraging real-time integrations with human resources information systems, applicant tracking systems, and cap tables. By focusing on affordable credit and enhancing compensation decision-making processes, Pave aims to simplify financial management for both individuals and organizations.
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SCiFi Foods, known as Artemys, Inc., is a biotechnology company based in San Leandro, California, founded in 2019. The company specializes in producing meat and meat products through innovative methods that cultivate meat from animal cells rather than relying on traditional animal harvesting. This approach allows SCiFi Foods to create next-generation meat alternatives, promoting sustainability in food production. The company aims to revolutionize the meat industry by offering a more humane and environmentally friendly way to provide protein to consumers.
Prisms of Reality is a STEM education platform that utilizes virtual reality. The company was founded by Anurupa Ganguly and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Ultima Genomics is unleashing the power of genomics at scale. Ultima Genomics drives the scale of genomic information to enable unprecedented advances in biology and improvements in human health. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Newark, California.
Belong Home, Inc. provides an online platform that provides single-family and multi-family homes. It serves home owners and renters. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
SpotOn is a payments and software company redefining the merchant services industry. The company brings together payment processing and customer engagement software, giving merchants richer data and tools that empower them to market more effectively to their customers. Its platform offers tools for small and medium businesses, including payments, marketing, reviews, analytics, and loyalty, backed by industry-leading customer care. Doron Friedman, Matt Hyman, and Zach Hyman co-founded SpotOn in 2017 and its headquarters is located in San Francisco, California.
Locale is transforming the way residents support their local businesses and farms through aggregated weekly deliveries directly to customers’ homes. Locale has partnered with over 40 small businesses and farms while maintaining a high degree of exclusivity and full curation of its product line. The company delivers all across the South Bay Area and into Santa Cruz while providing customers access to the very best food their community has to offer. Locale has delivered over 8,000 orders and hired 80+ local students since its inception in May 2020. For more information, please visit www.shoplocale.us
Imply Data, Inc. specializes in developing exploratory analytic software solutions, centered around its flagship Imply analytics platform, which leverages Apache Druid. This open-source analytics data store enables users to perform interactive and exploratory analysis on both real-time and historical data, making it particularly effective for event-driven and streaming data scenarios. Imply also offers additional tools such as Pivot, a visual data explorer, Plywood, a JavaScript framework for optimized database queries, and PlyQL, a SQL-like query language tailored for Druid. The company's solutions cater to a diverse range of industries, including financial services, media, hospitality, retail, gaming, and technology. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, Imply aims to transform how organizations analyze and utilize their data.
Metatheory Inc. is an interactive technology and entertainment company building Web3 games, interactive content, social experiences, and other community-driven adventures. Metatheory’s mission is to inspire imagination by connecting people worldwide through immersive worlds built on cross-generational IP.
StartPlaying.Games are a marketplace for hiring hosts for social tabletop games like Dungeons and Dragons. DMs for Hire! Meant to help new players learn to play, or help existing players find experienced hosts. Hosts set their own prices. Currently seeing a GMV of over $10k per month.
Material Security is a developer of data-driven security software designed to safeguard organizations' users and information. Founded in response to significant data breaches, the company emphasizes the importance of protecting private data through creativity and practicality. Its software leverages common tools in innovative ways to assess and mitigate risks associated with cloud office applications. By connecting quickly to analyze risks, detect threats, and investigate incidents, Material Security enables clients to effectively protect sensitive information. The company collaborates closely with leading organizations to enhance the security and productivity of their employees, aiming for resilience rather than relying on superficial solutions. Through its technology, Material Security supports clients across various sectors, including media, finance, technology, and public services, ensuring the confidentiality and safety of their operations.
Deel is a developer of a payroll platform used to re-imagine payouts for businesses working with remote contractors. The platform is used by remote teams that connect localized compliance and automates payments in one system of record, as well as provides contracts and templates to be used for tax forms and localized contracts, automated payment, invoicing and receipts, and customer support. It aims to offer to every company that hires remote talents a one-stop-shop that makes onboarding, global compliance, and payments easier.
The company was founded by Alex Bouaziz, Ofer Simon, and Shuo Wang in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Powering dynamic growth for NFT projects and Web3 brands.
LootRush is a Web3 Videogame Platform.
Lumos is an employee identity platform that amplifies every person's and every organization's security, productivity, and collaboration. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Stanford, CA.
Point believes in a different approach. Point wants homeowners to be free of their debts and be able to unlock the wealth in their home. To do that, they make it easy for homeowners to sell small fractions of the equity in their home to investors.
Zerowatt is a serverless infrastructure company. It was founded in 2020 by James Cowling, Jamie Turner, and Sujay Jayakar.
Bounce, Inc., doing business as Get Bounce, develops a luggage platform that enables users to store their things securely at local stores and cafes in the city. The company offers daily and hourly storage for people to leave their things when they’re out in the city. It partners with local businesses around the city and stores in a dedicated storage or luggage storage room off limits for the customers. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.
Loop Crypto is an online payment platform designed to simplify cryptocurrency transactions. It offers a crypto payment gateway that facilitates autopay for non-custodial wallets. This service is built on a web3 native non-custodial payment processor, allowing clients to engage in efficient and secure payment methods within the web3 ecosystem. By prioritizing safety and user autonomy, Loop Crypto aims to enhance the experience of digital currency transactions.
We help our customers halve the cost of building rockets, satellites, engines, and drones.
RapidAPI is an API marketplace that aids developers to connect directly to thousands of public APIs. APIs are the language that software uses to communicate and connect. RapidAPI lets developers manage all API integrations from one place and gives a real-time performance metrics. The company believes that it can get exponentially better by sharing data and functionality with each other. RapidAPI was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Cresta Intelligence, Inc., doing business as Cresta, provides a customer service software solution for Fortune 500 companies. It offers Cresta that turns contact center agents into experts with real-time, personalized coaching, QA, and workflow automation for voice and chat. The company’s Cresta, an artificial intelligence based contact center solution that guides agents through each turn of a conversation based on analysis of top performers and most successful outcomes; tracks each agent’s strengths and weaknesses, and teaches critical skills; and automates repetitive tasks, such as order entry, lead creation, and account validation. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Deepcell, Inc. is a company based in Mountain View, California, focused on advancing diagnostic technologies through a non-invasive approach. Founded in 2015, it has developed a microfluidic imaging platform that leverages artificial intelligence to classify cells by their visual features. This technology allows for the isolation of viable cells based on their morphological characteristics, facilitating detailed genetic health assessments from standard blood samples. By enabling insights at the single-cell level, Deepcell aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases, offering researchers a valuable alternative to invasive diagnostic methods.
Reforge mission is to help experienced professionals fulfill their potential. Professional development and masters level education is a lifelong endeavor but there is a growing gap of what professionals want/need and the existing options available.
AnyRoad Inc. operates a platform that connects tourism customers with professional tour guides, allowing users to find, book, and experience tours in various global locations, including Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, New York, London, Tokyo, and Israel. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, the company also provides an experience relationship management (ERM) platform designed to help brands measure, scale, and implement their experiential marketing campaigns. This software integrates with customer relationship management, loyalty, enterprise resource planning, and point-of-sale systems, enabling companies to develop brand loyalty, influence consumer behavior, and gain insights into brand associations. AnyRoad's clients include well-known brands such as Budweiser, Honda, Michaels, and Tabasco.
Memora Health Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in enterprise healthcare productivity software focused on automating outpatient communication. The company addresses the challenges faced by healthcare organizations that invest significant time and resources in phone follow-ups with patients. By providing a solution that automates various aspects of patient interaction, including follow-ups, instructions, health coaching, and the collection of patient-reported outcomes, Memora Health enhances operational efficiency and improves patient engagement through the use of text messaging.
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Alchemy Insights, Inc. is a blockchain intelligence and infrastructure platform that serves hedge funds and financial institutions. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, it offers a comprehensive suite of tools for analyzing blockchain data, including on-chain data, market trends, and community activity. The platform employs advanced machine learning techniques to help users identify entities, individuals, and currency flows on the blockchain, thereby aiding in sales, security, and strategic decision-making. Alchemy's emphasis on providing developers with essential tools allows for the creation of scalable and reliable decentralized applications without the complexities of managing blockchain infrastructure. The company is backed by notable organizations and individuals, reflecting its prominent position in the blockchain space.
Census is a data automation platform designed to help operations teams unify, transform, and synchronize customer data from data warehouses to various tools. It facilitates the seamless integration of customer data into applications such as Salesforce, Marketo, Zendesk, and others, ensuring that customer success, sales, and marketing teams are aligned with consistent information. By automating the synchronization process, Census eliminates the need for engineering intervention, enabling teams to efficiently access and share critical data across their preferred applications. This functionality enhances operational efficiency and improves collaboration within organizations.
Flexport, Inc. is a global freight forwarder and logistics platform that provides online customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a comprehensive online dashboard that enables businesses to understand, purchase, manage, and track the necessary services for global trade. Its offerings include customs brokerage services such as clearances, bonds, product classification, and government agency filings, alongside freight forwarding options encompassing ocean freight, air freight, and trucking. Additionally, Flexport provides supply chain services that cover cargo insurance, quality inspections, warehousing, product sourcing, and trade finance. By leveraging modern software, Flexport aims to enhance the user experience in global trade, helping logistics companies optimize transportation routes and manage inventory effectively.
Aleo is building the world's leading developer platform for enabling absolute privacy on blockchains. With their vocal advocacy for privacy tech in the blockchain ecosystem, they are playing a major part in mainstream awareness and industry adoption of privacy-preserving technologies. they are proud to offer a platform of services that exemplify privacy.
Operator of enterprise software intended to empower moving businesses to go paperless. The company's software specializes in scheduling and dispatching jobs with a single click and unifies the entire team by automating timesheets, job forms, contracts, and operations, enabling businesses to access cloud-based moving software to organize, manage, and scale their business.
Smartcar, Inc. builds and operates a platform to build Web and mobile apps that communicate with vehicles. It offers Smartcar, a solution that allows the user’s mobility app to instantly communicate with their customers’ vehicles. The company’s API endpoints is also used to know EV battery status, fuel tank status, odometer status, oil life, tire pressure, vehicle attributes, and location; lock and unlock the vehicle; and retrieve vehicle identification numbers. Smartcar, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Mountain View, California.
Ambient.ai specializes in real-time human-level perception technology, focusing on creating intelligent environments that prioritize safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Founded by experts in artificial intelligence, imaging, and deep learning from prominent institutions and companies, the company has garnered support from various Silicon Valley investors. Ambient.ai has developed an AI-powered security platform that enhances organizations' ability to prevent physical security incidents and improve their response capabilities. This platform features near real-time event detection, intuitive search, and cross-network search functionalities, allowing customers to effectively identify and respond to security threats, thereby strengthening their overall security posture.
Started in 2016 by a group of educators and technologists in California, Wonderschool offers a platform where people can start infant and toddler programs and preschools out of their homes. Wonderschool supports experienced educators and childcare providers to start their own childcares or preschools out of their homes, whether they live in apartments, condos, or homes that they rent or own. Wonderschool provides assistance with licensing, program setup, marketing and everything in between. The company’s software platform allows teachers to manage their students, parents, and their program from one dashboard. Along with this, Wonderschool has built a marketplace for parents to search Wonderschool programs, schedule visits, enroll their children, and make payments. It’s been proven time and time again that children should start developing cognitive, motor, behavioral, and social skills from as early as 6 months and Wonderschool is committed to increasing families’ access to high quality care and learning environments for children.
Envoy is transforming modern workplaces by providing software solutions that enhance the office experience. Operating in over 13,000 locations worldwide, the company offers tools that help organizations manage visitor interactions and deliveries efficiently. Prominent companies like Slack, Asana, Pinterest, and Warby Parker utilize Envoy's services to create a welcoming atmosphere for guests while ensuring security and compliance. The Envoy Visitors platform supports over 100,000 daily sign-ins, facilitating a seamless check-in process that prioritizes safety and organization. Additionally, Envoy Deliveries streamlines package management, preventing mailroom congestion and communication delays. With a focus on connecting people, spaces, and data, Envoy enables organizations to make informed decisions about workplace occupancy and utilization, ultimately fostering a productive work environment.
Labelbox is a collaborative training data platform for machine learning applications. Rather than requiring companies to build their own expensive and incomplete homegrown tools to create or manage training data, Labelbox created the world’s first training data platform that acts as a central hub for data science teams to create and manage training data with internal or external labeling teams. Better ways to input and manage data means higher quality training data and more accurate machine-learning models.
Repl.it lets you start coding in your favorite programming language in 2 seconds; it lets you build and deploy apps right from your browser. The founders wanted to build something to solve their own problem -- back in school they were tired of setting up their development environment on every machine they wanted to code on, and they dreamed of a world where you could just open a tab in the browser and start working. They built Repl.it to give developers access to simple, powerful tools and a community of hackers, aspiring programmers and teachers. They make it possible to learn, practice and build, all in the same place.
Truffle Security is a cybersecurity company that offers network management software solutions for private keys and credentials. The company's software scans the system environment for secrets like private keys and credentials, tracks and manages code within the intuitive management interface as well as authenticates with secure workflows to avoid username and password breaches, helping clients to protect information and reports before an infringement occurs.
Anyscale, Inc. is a company that develops and operates platforms and tools for distributed programming, specifically aimed at simplifying the development of distributed AI applications. The company offers a platform built on an open-source framework called Ray, which allows software developers and machine learning engineers to scale their applications more efficiently. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, Anyscale focuses on enabling developers to create compute-intensive applications without needing to manage complex hardware decisions. Originally known as Indigostack, Inc., the company rebranded to Anyscale in November 2019, reflecting its commitment to providing accessible solutions for distributed application development.
Mysten Labs creates foundational infrastructure to accelerate the adoption of web3. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Iron Fish is a cryptocurrency that prioritizes privacy and accessibility within the blockchain space. As a Layer 1 blockchain, it ensures robust privacy protections for every transaction conducted on its platform. The company aims to create private blockchain networks that are accessible to a global audience, employing an efficient syncing technique that supports low-resource clients, including mobile devices and websites. By focusing on these aspects, Iron Fish seeks to uphold the principles of cash in an increasingly digital environment.
Netlify, Inc. is a cloud-based platform that automates web development projects, enabling users to build, deploy, and host static websites and applications. The platform integrates with code repositories and streamlines the development process through tools like Netlify Build, which supports Git workflows, and Netlify Edge, an application delivery network designed for speed and efficiency. Additionally, Netlify Dev allows users to run the platform locally on their laptops, facilitating preview generation and testing of site features. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Netlify serves both developers and businesses, offering a unified solution that enhances the management and delivery of modern web projects.
Mem Protocol is a human-centric tool for the social layer of web3.
PlanetScale, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in online database solutions, focusing on NewSQL database-as-a-service (DBaaS) based on the open-source project Vitess. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, PlanetScale provides a platform that enables businesses to operationalize Vitess for efficient data management and insights. Their offerings include a comprehensive DBaaS platform, cluster management software licenses, open source Vitess support, and training services. PlanetScaleDB, their core product, delivers features such as vendor lock avoidance, data locality, disaster recovery, MySQL compatibility, and scalable solutions for managing large database clusters. The company is recognized for its innovative approach, having developed Vitess, a MySQL sharding technology that supports major platforms like YouTube, Slack, and Square, thereby helping businesses enhance their infrastructure and scale effectively.
Alluxio, Inc. (formerly Tachyon Nexus) team consists of the creators and top committers of Alluxio (formerly Tachyon), an open source project from UC Berkeley AMPLab. For the past three years, we have been working to revolutionize the way data is stored, accessed, and managed by focusing on a memory-centric architecture. We believe this new approach is key to delivering the next generation storage.
Netography, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers cloud-based network security solutions for organizations. Founded in 2018, the company operates a network security platform designed to detect and block malicious traffic, thereby safeguarding networks. By utilizing data generated by existing network devices, along with advanced cloud processing and algorithms, Netography's platform identifies early indicators of potential attacks. This proactive approach enables clients to respond automatically to threats, effectively preventing network attacks and enhancing overall security.
Forte is building economic technology for games. Its platform enables the emergence of community economics, a system where the interests of game developers and players are aligned, leading to healthier, sustainable game communities. The team is composed of longtime industry members (Unity, ngmoco, Riot Games, Electronic Arts, Sony, and Rockstar Games, among others), and is currently working with over 20 acclaimed game developers from across the industry to reimagine the economics of games. www.forte.io
Orderful is a complete cloud EDI platform for manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and technology companies. Forward-thinking companies are using Orderful to replace their existing EDI infrastructure. Our product is an API that enables companies to connect once and trade EDI data with their supply chain. Our customers get to consolidate their EDI integration complexity, quickly enable trading partners as self-service and reduce costs.
Sandbox VR, Inc. is a company specializing in virtual reality games that deliver a premium, immersive experience through advanced VR hardware and real-time motion capture technology. Founded in 2016, it aims to create a unique entertainment medium that closely resembles the fictional holodeck from Star Trek. The company is based in San Mateo, California, and focuses on providing users with a fully engaging virtual environment, setting itself apart in the burgeoning VR industry.
Core Loop Games engages in building the next generation of MMOs. Gameplay and social cooperation are the core of its mission. They want to reimagine how players cooperate on a large scale together.
The company was founded by veterans from MachineZone, GREE, and Funzio. It is VC backed and building a remote team of engineers and artists.
Developer of a visa application platform designed to make the visa process easy and efficient for travelers. The company's platform offers a simple and user-friendly way to apply for visas, including personalized guidance, document scanning and uploading, and real-time status updates, enabling customers to save time and stress and get their visas on time.
Alchemy Insights, Inc. is a blockchain intelligence and infrastructure platform that serves hedge funds and financial institutions. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, it offers a comprehensive suite of tools for analyzing blockchain data, including on-chain data, market trends, and community activity. The platform employs advanced machine learning techniques to help users identify entities, individuals, and currency flows on the blockchain, thereby aiding in sales, security, and strategic decision-making. Alchemy's emphasis on providing developers with essential tools allows for the creation of scalable and reliable decentralized applications without the complexities of managing blockchain infrastructure. The company is backed by notable organizations and individuals, reflecting its prominent position in the blockchain space.
AirGarage, Inc. is a parking management company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017. The firm connects homeowners, businesses, and organizations with underutilized parking spaces to drivers seeking parking. As a full-stack operator, AirGarage offers a comprehensive platform that facilitates the management of parking lots and garages. This includes tools for user acquisition, payment processing, enforcement, and customer support. By streamlining the rental process, AirGarage enables property owners, such as churches and businesses, to monetize their extra parking spaces efficiently, allowing them to boost their revenue while providing drivers with convenient parking options on demand.
Deel is a developer of a payroll platform used to re-imagine payouts for businesses working with remote contractors. The platform is used by remote teams that connect localized compliance and automates payments in one system of record, as well as provides contracts and templates to be used for tax forms and localized contracts, automated payment, invoicing and receipts, and customer support. It aims to offer to every company that hires remote talents a one-stop-shop that makes onboarding, global compliance, and payments easier.
The company was founded by Alex Bouaziz, Ofer Simon, and Shuo Wang in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Deel is a developer of a payroll platform used to re-imagine payouts for businesses working with remote contractors. The platform is used by remote teams that connect localized compliance and automates payments in one system of record, as well as provides contracts and templates to be used for tax forms and localized contracts, automated payment, invoicing and receipts, and customer support. It aims to offer to every company that hires remote talents a one-stop-shop that makes onboarding, global compliance, and payments easier.
The company was founded by Alex Bouaziz, Ofer Simon, and Shuo Wang in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Sprinter Health is an on-demand mobile health company that sends full-time nurses and phlebotomists (“Sprinters”) into the home.
Matik, Inc. is a company that specializes in creating a presentation generation platform designed to facilitate the rapid development of personalized customer presentations. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California, Matik offers integration with Google Slides and PowerPoint, enabling users to produce customized presentations in a matter of minutes. The platform allows for the insertion of native elements and supports various templates, which can be tailored with specific data inputs.
All Day Kitchens, founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, provides a platform designed to enhance delivery services for restaurants. The company specializes in delivery-optimized kitchens and related technology that allows restaurants to expand their delivery reach with minimal initial investment. By leveraging this model, All Day Kitchens enables restaurants to capitalize on the growing demand for food delivery, ultimately improving their operational efficiency and service offerings.
Sisu is the fastest and most comprehensive diagnostic platform for structured data. Based on years of research at Stanford University and proven at scale at Microsoft, Facebook and Google, Sisu’s diagnostic analytics platform combines machine learning and powerful statistical analysis to help anyone get answers to their toughest business questions. To learn more about Sisu, visit www.sisu.ai.
Patch is a company that specializes in carbon removal solutions, providing a platform for businesses to assess their carbon footprints and identify appropriate projects to offset their unavoidable carbon emissions. By facilitating connections between companies and carbon removal initiatives, Patch aims to support the transition to a sustainable economy. The platform enables businesses to take actionable steps toward reducing their environmental impact through effective carbon management strategies.
Dispatch Goods Inc. manufactures reusable steel containers and boxes for food delivery ecosystem. The company offers containers for the elimination of the disposable food ware. It serves restaurants and food trucks. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Fivetran offers automated data integration, delivers ready-to-use connectors that automatically adapt as schemas and APIs change, ensuring consistent, reliable access to data. Fivetran improves the accuracy of data-driven decisions by continuously synchronizing data from source applications to any destination, allowing analysts to work with the freshest possible data. To accelerate analytics, Fivetran enables in-warehouse transformations and delivers source-specific analytics templates.
SpotOn is a payments and software company redefining the merchant services industry. The company brings together payment processing and customer engagement software, giving merchants richer data and tools that empower them to market more effectively to their customers. Its platform offers tools for small and medium businesses, including payments, marketing, reviews, analytics, and loyalty, backed by industry-leading customer care. Doron Friedman, Matt Hyman, and Zach Hyman co-founded SpotOn in 2017 and its headquarters is located in San Francisco, California.
Tabular Technologies is building an independent cloud-native data platform powered by the open-source standard for huge analytic datasets, Apache Iceberg.
Firemaps operates a wildfire management platform that offers home defense plans. Firemaps was founded in 2021 by a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, construction professionals, fire officials, and fire modelers who wanted to reduce the number of catastrophic wildfires in the United States. The company is also in close contact with CALFIRE senior staff, who will assist us in ensuring that treatment plans are of the highest quality.
Preset is an open analytics data platform, built on Apache Superset™, that makes any team productive with data. With an intuitive visual interface, Preset empowers users to explore and analyze their data. Flexible dashboarding capabilities and a deep set of visualization types make communicating and sharing data-driven insights simple and fast. Lightweight and cloud native, Preset supports the workflows of modern teams.
Mountaintop Studios is a game studio creating multiplayer games for players who crave a challenge.
Driving the momentum behind GraphQL, its Data Graph Platform helps developers, startups, and enterprises get the most out of GraphQL. Apollo builds open source tools and commercial services used by thousands of developers in production and has cultivated a strong community around GraphQL. With the Apollo Data Graph Platform, customers like Expedia, Airbnb, Audi, SurveyMonkey, and others rapidly implement GraphQL, consistent with industry best practices, providing their customers with the high-quality, personalized digital experiences they expect—on all of their devices. Based in San Francisco, Apollo is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Webb Investment Network, and Trinity Ventures.
Doxel, Inc. is a technology company based in Menlo Park, California, focused on improving productivity within the construction industry through advanced machine vision solutions. Established in 2015, Doxel addresses the significant challenges faced in large-scale construction projects, where over 90% encounter cost overruns and delays. By utilizing artificial intelligence and computer vision, Doxel's system employs autonomous devices to monitor construction sites comprehensively. The data collected is processed by proprietary deep learning algorithms that assess the quality of work and measure installed quantities in real time. This capability provides project managers with immediate insights into labor productivity, allowing them to address inefficiencies swiftly and potentially increase productivity by up to fifty percent.
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Helium Systems Inc. specializes in Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, focusing on the development of smart sensor devices for various industries. These sensors monitor critical environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, motion, and light, aiding in facility management and quality control for medical products, energy efficiency, air quality, and refrigeration. The company offers a web and mobile dashboard that allows users to manage and access their sensor data easily. Additionally, Helium operates a peer-to-peer wireless network designed to enhance connectivity for low-power IoT devices. This network incentivizes individuals to act as network operators by rewarding them with cryptocurrency for verifying transactions and maintaining coverage through a unique algorithm called Proof-of-Coverage. Incorporated in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Helium continues to innovate in the IoT space, providing robust solutions for data transfer and network connectivity.
Pave, Inc. operates an online platform that offers tools for real-time compensation transparency and personal funding solutions. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, the company enables organizations to track, measure, and communicate total employee compensation effectively. Pave's services help eliminate the use of spreadsheets for compensation management, leveraging real-time integrations with human resources information systems, applicant tracking systems, and cap tables. By focusing on affordable credit and enhancing compensation decision-making processes, Pave aims to simplify financial management for both individuals and organizations.
SentiLink is a technology company that helps you detect and block synthetic identities. The company's technology links with fraudulent crime ring to detect and block synthetic identities by searching for statistical anomalies through real-time application programming interface and risk analyst tools, enabling business clients to identify fake people and other connected fraudulent applications to harm bottom line of the organizations.
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
TrueFi is a decentralized protocol for uncollateralized on-chain lending. The aim is for TrueFi to become the ultimate market-driven, automated credit rating and lending system, freeing money to move wherever it creates the most value instantly. On TrueFi, lenders enjoy competitive rates and full transparency of how their assets are utilized. Meanwhile, borrowers get access to fast, fixed rate loans with no collateral requirements, all while building an on-chain credit history. The process of vetting borrowers for creditworthiness and approving new loans is in the hands of holders of TRU, the TrueFi platform token. TrueFi was developed by TrustToken, the same team that launched and grew TUSD and four other leading stablecoins into asset-backed tokens trusted by many, attested live on-chain and now moving billions of dollars in monthly volume across +100 trading partners and 112 countries.
Archblock, formerly known as TrustToken, Inc., operates a platform for creating asset-backed tokens that facilitate global buying and selling. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company aims to provide a seamless way to tokenize various assets, enabling the conversion of physical assets like gold into digital tokens. Its flagship product, TrueUSD, is a stablecoin that can be redeemed on a 1-for-1 basis for US dollars. Archblock employs a team with diverse backgrounds from prestigious institutions and companies, including Stanford, UC Berkeley, and major financial and tech firms. The platform is designed to align incentives among participants while ensuring compliance with fiduciary standards and creating a transparent audit trail of asset management.
Valora is a mobile-first cryptocurrency wallet built on the Celo Platform, designed to make crypto and decentralized finance accessible to a broad audience. Available on both iOS and Android devices, the application allows users to easily save, send, and spend cryptocurrency, akin to sending a text message. Valora aims to reach the approximately 6 billion smartphone users globally, including those with basic devices, by providing a user-friendly interface that simplifies financial transactions. The wallet also incorporates cryptographic security and privacy features, ensuring that users can send money across borders securely and efficiently.
Queenly is a dedicated marketplace and search engine for the formalwear industry. Queenly is the best way to help women find the exact dress they are looking for. They have now captured the largest formal dress inventory in the US by surpassing that of Macy’s, Rent the Runway & Nordstrom, since launching less than 2 years ago. Queenly is tackling the highly underserved prom, pageant, quinceañera, and wedding industry (and more!). They cater to this massive community of dress enthusiasts for this high priced & low usage inventory, similar to how GOAT and StockX has built a platform for the sneaker and streetwear community. While dresses and formal wear inventory have existed on other platforms for years, these businesses are missing out on solving the unique shopping challenges for this unique inventory. When a consumer desires “the perfect dress”, they have strict purchase requirements in the product’s fabric, hemline, neckline, sleeves, silhouettes, designer, color, body measurements, and price range. The company has made meaningful progress in solving that problem with their software solutions: the team has built a recommendations engine, a custom NLP search engine, and computer vision categorization system. They have managed to cut down the time spent shopping for high-priced formal dresses by 85%. Alongside their technology, they’ve also managed to hone in on fostering a sense of community for women, where Queenly serves as a way for women to help one another find their dream dress.
Nobell Foods is a biotech company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in developing and producing animal-based food substitutes using plant materials. Founded in 2016, the company aims to transform plants into bioreactors to generate protein, unlocking their potential to create innovative food alternatives. By focusing on plant-based solutions, Nobell Foods seeks to provide sustainable options that can replace traditional animal products, contributing to a more environmentally friendly food system.
Valora is a mobile-first cryptocurrency wallet built on the Celo Platform, designed to make crypto and decentralized finance accessible to a broad audience. Available on both iOS and Android devices, the application allows users to easily save, send, and spend cryptocurrency, akin to sending a text message. Valora aims to reach the approximately 6 billion smartphone users globally, including those with basic devices, by providing a user-friendly interface that simplifies financial transactions. The wallet also incorporates cryptographic security and privacy features, ensuring that users can send money across borders securely and efficiently.
Sourcegraph, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in universal code search solutions, enhancing code discovery, intelligence, and change management. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Sourcegraph enables developers to efficiently navigate and understand extensive codebases across various repositories, languages, and file formats. Its platform allows for seamless code exploration in web browsers, facilitating improved developer productivity through contextual insights that aid in code reviews and onboarding processes. Additionally, Sourcegraph automates large-scale code changes, helping teams manage complex codebases more effectively. The company's services cater to a diverse clientele, including startups, enterprises, developers, DevOps teams, and engineering leaders, all aimed at minimizing the challenges associated with code management. Sourcegraph is supported by prominent investors, highlighting its significant market presence and potential for growth.
Figma, Inc. designs and develops an in-browser interface design and prototyping tool. It offers Figma, an online tool for interface design that enables product teams to create, test, and ship designs. The company’s tool is also used in UI design, UX design, prototyping, graphic design, wire framing, brainstorming, templates, and remote design applications; and tasks like visual white boarding, diagramming, and slide creation, as well as virtual design sprinting, city building, and Minecraft skin creation applications. Figma, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.
UserLeap Inc. is a qualitative research platform that combines in-product micro-surveys with artificial intelligence-driven text analytics to support product and research teams. By utilizing contextual micro-surveys, UserLeap enables organizations to gain insights into customer needs and evaluate user experiences at scale. The platform offers various features, including data organization for product managers, text analysis, customizable dashboards, data security, and software as a service solutions. Established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, UserLeap has attracted significant demand, tracking over 300 million unique visitors for clients such as Square and Codecademy. The platform aims to enhance product experiences and help companies adapt to evolving customer needs, bridging the gap between traditional user research and analytics.
Imply Data, Inc. specializes in developing exploratory analytic software solutions, centered around its flagship Imply analytics platform, which leverages Apache Druid. This open-source analytics data store enables users to perform interactive and exploratory analysis on both real-time and historical data, making it particularly effective for event-driven and streaming data scenarios. Imply also offers additional tools such as Pivot, a visual data explorer, Plywood, a JavaScript framework for optimized database queries, and PlyQL, a SQL-like query language tailored for Druid. The company's solutions cater to a diverse range of industries, including financial services, media, hospitality, retail, gaming, and technology. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, Imply aims to transform how organizations analyze and utilize their data.
Born from the founders’ recognition that their diverse but complementary skills and experiences would enable them to successfully address challenges that others had not, the company set about solving a vexing problem: how to bring true proteomics to the world in a way that accelerates therapeutic development, dramatically improves medical diagnostics, and makes personalized and predictive medicine a reality. The extraordinary team at Nautilus represents a wide spectrum of disciplines and expertise, including protein chemists, chip designers, molecular biologists, data scientists, material scientists, biophysicists, optical engineers, microfluidics engineers, bioinformaticists, software engineers, and more. Nautilus is positioned to revolutionize proteomics, transform the way drugs are developed, and significantly improve the way human health is managed.
Airmart is a PropTech company focused on transforming real estate investment through innovative technologies. By leveraging artificial intelligence and blockchain, Airmart simplifies the process of investing in real estate by tokenizing properties. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, the company aims to disrupt traditional real estate investment models, making them more accessible and efficient for investors. Through its platform, Airmart offers a modern approach to property investment, catering to a diverse range of investors looking to navigate the real estate market.
PlanetScale, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in online database solutions, focusing on NewSQL database-as-a-service (DBaaS) based on the open-source project Vitess. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, PlanetScale provides a platform that enables businesses to operationalize Vitess for efficient data management and insights. Their offerings include a comprehensive DBaaS platform, cluster management software licenses, open source Vitess support, and training services. PlanetScaleDB, their core product, delivers features such as vendor lock avoidance, data locality, disaster recovery, MySQL compatibility, and scalable solutions for managing large database clusters. The company is recognized for its innovative approach, having developed Vitess, a MySQL sharding technology that supports major platforms like YouTube, Slack, and Square, thereby helping businesses enhance their infrastructure and scale effectively.