Basis Set Ventures

Basis Set Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Menlo Park, California, with a focus on early-stage startups that leverage artificial intelligence to enhance productivity. The firm primarily invests in seed and Series A rounds, typically providing funding between $1 million and $3 million. Basis Set Ventures emphasizes investments in sectors related to infrastructure, automation, and AI, targeting enterprise companies that develop scalable infrastructure, collaboration tools, automated workflows, and autonomous machines. The firm aims to uncover new business opportunities and improve existing workflows through the practical applications of artificial intelligence.

Wilson Kyi

Investor

Xuezhao Lan

Founder and Managing Partner

John Mannes

Partner

Chang Xu

Partner

52 past transactions

Quince

Series B in 2023
Quince is a new e-commerce company that focuses on leveraging an M2C supply chain to deliver premium essentials at the lowest market price. It acts as a thin storefront to bring manufacturers and artisans closer to their customers through shared partnership in brand or marketing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Omni HR

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Omni HR helps companies automate their end-to-end employee journey including recruitment, onboarding, time off, employee management, and more.

Ergeon

Series B in 2022
Operator of a global construction marketplace intended to disrupt the multi-trillion-dollar construction industry. The company's services offer outdoor home improvement, fences, hardscapes, and landscaping services to commercial and residential clients and deliver projects in a shorter time, enabling clients to simplify home improvement by empowering skilled local contractors.

Single Origin

Seed Round in 2022
Single Origin is a platform for defining, discovering, and consuming metrics and ML features. It sits in between your data warehouse, data lake, and applications. It is a place for data operators to collaborate, as well as a single source of truth for building integrations across tools. Data operators of any skill level, from builders to consumers, can use Single Origin to: * define metrics and features such that each definition is clear and automatically checked for uniqueness * share and explore definitions via UI and API * automate quality checks and governance so that data can be consumed with confidence

Dataro

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a fundraising prediction platform intended to assist charities in their fundraising. The company's platform uses machine learning algorithms to analyze patterns in the charity's entire history of fundraising, including transactions, engagement and communications data, enabling clients to get live fundraising analytics and donor predictions to set up their fundraising success.

Tigris Data

Seed Round in 2021
Tigris Data provides a globally distributed database designed for real-time websites and applications. The platform simplifies the development of modern data-driven applications by offering an open-source, multi-cloud solution from the start. It focuses on ease of use and cost efficiency, allowing developers to structure data flexibly for fast object storage using standard AWS S3 tools, libraries, and extensions. This approach helps eliminate the complexities associated with managing data across multiple regions, making it an appealing choice for developers seeking to streamline their data management processes.

Quince

Series A in 2021
Quince is a new e-commerce company that focuses on leveraging an M2C supply chain to deliver premium essentials at the lowest market price. It acts as a thin storefront to bring manufacturers and artisans closer to their customers through shared partnership in brand or marketing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Momentum

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of deal collaboration platform designed to provide build and automate sales workflows. The company's platform replaces manual work and decreases context switching for individuals which is managed via a no-code builder, enabling revenue teams to integrate their sales stack and improve the adoption and consistency of sales motions.

Whimsical

Series A in 2021
Whimsical is a visual workspace for teams. Share your ideas visually. Lightning fast.

Orchest

Seed Round in 2021
Orchest Software B.V. is a cloud data science platform. The company is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Octane

Seed Round in 2021
Octane is a developer of a monetization platform that facilitates usage-based billing for businesses. The platform allows vendors to create tailored billing plans, monitor customer usage, and generate invoices and reports. By integrating with various popular payment gateways, Octane enables businesses to track real-time revenue derived from their customers' usage. This streamlined approach to metered billing helps vendors manage their financial processes more efficiently.

Playbook

Seed Round in 2021
Playbook, as a beautiful, organized home base for all creative work. For teams, Playbook makes it easy to share, and collaborate on visual projects; and for freelancers, Playbook makes collaborating with clients and sharing their work with the world totally seamlessly. Playbook runs on advanced and intelligent technology. It automatically imports, tags, categorizes your entire media library, in minutes.

Rutter

Seed Round in 2021
Rutter is a developer of a universal application programming interface (API) that facilitates integration with various accounting and e-commerce platforms. The company's platform allows businesses to interact with data across major retail e-commerce platforms, enabling them to read and write data related to orders, manage products, and oversee customer information from multiple storefronts. Rutter's offerings include specific APIs for accounting and commerce, which support various use cases such as revenue-based financing, small and medium-sized business lending, invoice factoring, spend management, and e-commerce enablement. By providing a streamlined way to access and manage e-commerce data, Rutter helps businesses enhance their operational efficiency and decision-making capabilities.

Allocate

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2021, Allocate is a venture capital investment firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm seeks to invest in early-stage startups based in the United States.

Drata

Series A in 2021
Drata is a leading security and compliance automation platform designed to assist companies in achieving continuous compliance with service organization control standards. The platform features an autopilot system that automates control monitoring and evidence collection, which simplifies the process of preparing for audits, ultimately reducing both costs and time. By providing actionable insights, reports, alerts, and integrations with various software-as-a-service applications, Drata enables enterprises to build trust with their users, customers, partners, and prospects, facilitating secure business growth and accelerated sales.

Path Robotics

Series B in 2021
Path Robotics, Inc. is a Cleveland, Ohio-based company that specializes in the manufacturing of autonomous welding robots. Established in 2018, the company focuses on developing advanced technologies that enhance manufacturing processes. Its welding robots are designed to autonomously locate and weld seams, significantly reducing production time while improving accuracy and consistency. The robots also perform quality checks and create tool paths for each part, addressing issues related to tolerances and production errors. By integrating machine learning and adaptive problem-solving capabilities, Path Robotics aims to streamline the manufacturing process, making it more efficient and robust.

Assembled

Series A in 2021
Assembled, Inc. is a workforce management platform that assists organizations in scaling customer support through automation. Founded in 2018 and located in San Francisco, California, the platform facilitates forecasting, scheduling, and unified metrics, replacing the need for teams to rely on spreadsheets and internal tools. It automatically predicts support volumes and translates these forecasts into appropriate staffing plans. Assembled features an intuitive team calendar that accommodates multiple time zones and specializations, and it integrates seamlessly with tools like Google Calendar and Slack to enhance user interaction. The platform also provides visibility into support schedules and key metrics, such as response times, across all organizational levels, ensuring efficient coverage for various communication channels, including chat, email, phone, and social media.

DataGrail

Series B in 2021
DataGrail, Inc. is a privacy management platform designed to help companies comply with various privacy regulations, including GDPR and CCPA. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the platform integrates with over 300 business systems such as Salesforce and Adobe, allowing organizations to quickly discover and map personal data. This capability enables companies to streamline privacy request workflows and manage communication preferences efficiently. By facilitating these processes, DataGrail aims to simplify compliance for both businesses and consumers while enhancing the overall management of personal data privacy.

Quince

Seed Round in 2021
Quince is a new e-commerce company that focuses on leveraging an M2C supply chain to deliver premium essentials at the lowest market price. It acts as a thin storefront to bring manufacturers and artisans closer to their customers through shared partnership in brand or marketing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Snappr

Series A in 2020
Snappr Pty. Ltd. is a photography service that connects clients with professional photographers for various types of photo shoots. Clients can select the date, time, location, and specifics of their shoot, allowing Snappr to match them with a pre-vetted photographer. The company facilitates the organization of the shoot and delivers the final photographs for download or printing. Snappr offers services for a wide range of occasions, including corporate events, LinkedIn profiles, product photography, weddings, and graduations. The company operates in multiple locations across Australia, including major cities like Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, as well as in San Francisco and San Jose, California. Founded in 2016, Snappr aims to make quality photography accessible through its online platform, which includes features like real-time job matching and an AI portrait photo-analysis tool. Snappr Pty. Ltd. is based in Surry Hills, Australia, and operates as a subsidiary of Snappr, Inc.

Whist

Seed Round in 2020
Fractal lets you work, create, and play faster and better from any device, anywhere, by streaming your favorite and most demanding applications from the cloud.

batch

Seed Round in 2020
Batch is a technology company that provides an observability and replay platform specifically designed for messaging systems. Founded in 2020 and based in Portland, Oregon, Batch's platform enables organizations to efficiently manage outage recovery and implement disaster recovery strategies. It facilitates the setup of independent data stores and supports load testing and data integrity testing to identify and resolve bugs. By allowing customers to observe and replay data, Batch helps businesses quickly diagnose issues and revert unwanted changes, effectively acting as a "Time Machine" for corporate data.

Abacus.AI

Series A in 2020
Abacus.AI is an AI research company that is focused on the hard problems that enterprises have. It allows organizations to plug and play deep learning systems into their existing customer experiences and business processes. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Rasa

Series B in 2020
Rasa Technologies GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing machine learning tools for creating conversational software, including chatbots and virtual assistants. The company offers a suite of products, notably Rasa Open Source, a widely adopted framework for building text- and voice-based AI assistants, and Rasa X, a toolset designed to enhance and share these assistants. Rasa Enterprise provides an enterprise-grade solution for developing contextual assistants at scale. Rasa's platform is utilized across various industries, including healthcare, insurance, banking, telecommunications, and travel, focusing on applications such as lead generation, internal process automation, and customer service. The company is known for its commitment to data privacy and security, catering to both startups and large enterprises.

Whist

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Fractal lets you work, create, and play faster and better from any device, anywhere, by streaming your favorite and most demanding applications from the cloud.

Assembled

Seed Round in 2020
Assembled, Inc. is a workforce management platform that assists organizations in scaling customer support through automation. Founded in 2018 and located in San Francisco, California, the platform facilitates forecasting, scheduling, and unified metrics, replacing the need for teams to rely on spreadsheets and internal tools. It automatically predicts support volumes and translates these forecasts into appropriate staffing plans. Assembled features an intuitive team calendar that accommodates multiple time zones and specializations, and it integrates seamlessly with tools like Google Calendar and Slack to enhance user interaction. The platform also provides visibility into support schedules and key metrics, such as response times, across all organizational levels, ensuring efficient coverage for various communication channels, including chat, email, phone, and social media.

Quince

Seed Round in 2019
Quince is a new e-commerce company that focuses on leveraging an M2C supply chain to deliver premium essentials at the lowest market price. It acts as a thin storefront to bring manufacturers and artisans closer to their customers through shared partnership in brand or marketing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Cognition IP

Seed Round in 2019
Cognition IP is a law firm specializing in patent law. The firm offers a full suite of IP services, from IP strategy and counseling to filing and prosecuting patents and trademarks. It seeks to provide its services to life sciences, advanced software, consumer goods, transportation, cryptocurrency, SAAS & marketplaces, hardware & university spinouts. Cognition IP was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Washington, District of Columbia.

DataGrail

Series A in 2019
DataGrail, Inc. is a privacy management platform designed to help companies comply with various privacy regulations, including GDPR and CCPA. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the platform integrates with over 300 business systems such as Salesforce and Adobe, allowing organizations to quickly discover and map personal data. This capability enables companies to streamline privacy request workflows and manage communication preferences efficiently. By facilitating these processes, DataGrail aims to simplify compliance for both businesses and consumers while enhancing the overall management of personal data privacy.

Rasa

Series A in 2019
Rasa Technologies GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing machine learning tools for creating conversational software, including chatbots and virtual assistants. The company offers a suite of products, notably Rasa Open Source, a widely adopted framework for building text- and voice-based AI assistants, and Rasa X, a toolset designed to enhance and share these assistants. Rasa Enterprise provides an enterprise-grade solution for developing contextual assistants at scale. Rasa's platform is utilized across various industries, including healthcare, insurance, banking, telecommunications, and travel, focusing on applications such as lead generation, internal process automation, and customer service. The company is known for its commitment to data privacy and security, catering to both startups and large enterprises.

Quince

Seed Round in 2019
Quince is a new e-commerce company that focuses on leveraging an M2C supply chain to deliver premium essentials at the lowest market price. It acts as a thin storefront to bring manufacturers and artisans closer to their customers through shared partnership in brand or marketing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Ike

Series A in 2019
Ike Robotics Inc. specializes in manufacturing self-driving trucks aimed at enhancing the trucking industry. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company focuses on developing automation technology that makes trucking safer and more efficient while also improving the livelihoods of truck drivers. By assembling a team of experts in transportation and robotics, Ike seeks to create well-designed and thoroughly tested products that can be commercially scaled. The company emphasizes its commitment to reducing greenhouse emissions and fostering job creation within the sector. As of December 2020, Ike operates as a subsidiary of Nuro, Inc.

Path Robotics

Series A in 2018
Path Robotics, Inc. is a Cleveland, Ohio-based company that specializes in the manufacturing of autonomous welding robots. Established in 2018, the company focuses on developing advanced technologies that enhance manufacturing processes. Its welding robots are designed to autonomously locate and weld seams, significantly reducing production time while improving accuracy and consistency. The robots also perform quality checks and create tool paths for each part, addressing issues related to tolerances and production errors. By integrating machine learning and adaptive problem-solving capabilities, Path Robotics aims to streamline the manufacturing process, making it more efficient and robust.

Path Robotics

Seed Round in 2018
Path Robotics, Inc. is a Cleveland, Ohio-based company that specializes in the manufacturing of autonomous welding robots. Established in 2018, the company focuses on developing advanced technologies that enhance manufacturing processes. Its welding robots are designed to autonomously locate and weld seams, significantly reducing production time while improving accuracy and consistency. The robots also perform quality checks and create tool paths for each part, addressing issues related to tolerances and production errors. By integrating machine learning and adaptive problem-solving capabilities, Path Robotics aims to streamline the manufacturing process, making it more efficient and robust.

BitMovio

Seed Round in 2018
BitMovio, Inc. operates a gamified video streaming platform. It operates a decentralized video entertainment platform that enables content creators, consumers, and financers to exchange value and attention. The company’s platform is also used by content creators to publish and consumers to stream the content. BitMovio, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California. It has additional offices in Los Angeles, California; and Singapore. As per the transaction announced on July 21, 2020, BitMovio, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Streamwise.

Verge Genomics

Series A in 2018
Verge Genomics focuses on accelerating drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases through the use of artificial intelligence and genomic data. The company has developed a platform that leverages machine learning to analyze large datasets, identifying genetic targets and predicting effective therapeutics. By mapping genes associated with various neurodegenerative conditions, Verge aims to discover drugs that can simultaneously target multiple genetic factors. Founded by experts in machine learning and neuroscience, Verge Genomics seeks to improve patient outcomes and reduce the costs associated with pharmaceutical development. The company is based in Mountain View, California, and has formed a strategic alliance with Datavant to enhance its data-driven approach.

AMI

Seed Round in 2018
Sell with AMI is an app that empowers social sellers to grow their business connections from anywhere.

Stick

Seed Round in 2018
Stick is building a communication visualization platform that turns ideas into images, in real time, using NLP and machine learning. Their first product is targeted to B2B Sales and Success teams who need visual content to engage customers, but their vision is to create a new whole new category of visually-driven communication for business and education.

Falkonry

Series A in 2018
Falkonry Inc. is a developer of machine learning software that enhances condition recognition through the integration of new data and expert feedback. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers products such as Falkonry LRS, which analyzes multivariate time series data to identify patterns, predict critical events, and explain operational behaviors, and Falkonry Edge Analyzer, a portable engine for deploying predictive models on edge devices. Falkonry's solutions are designed for Global Fortune 2000 industrial companies, helping them achieve significant return on investment by improving manufacturing operations. The company's Operational AI allows for scalable implementation across various environments, including on-premises, cloud, and edge, empowering organizations to automatically discover, predict, and explain behaviors affecting their operations without the need for extensive data science expertise.

Turing Video

Seed Round in 2018
Turing Video is a robotics company based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture of security robots designed for various applications, including patrolling, activity recognition, video recording, and emergency alerts. These robots can be deployed in diverse environments such as public areas, parking spots, facilities, industries, and residential locations. Turing Video's intelligent robotic systems can seamlessly integrate with existing video surveillance security solutions, enhancing overall safety and efficiency. Users can operate the robots conveniently through a mobile app, allowing for real-time monitoring and management.

Rasa

Seed Round in 2018
Rasa Technologies GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing machine learning tools for creating conversational software, including chatbots and virtual assistants. The company offers a suite of products, notably Rasa Open Source, a widely adopted framework for building text- and voice-based AI assistants, and Rasa X, a toolset designed to enhance and share these assistants. Rasa Enterprise provides an enterprise-grade solution for developing contextual assistants at scale. Rasa's platform is utilized across various industries, including healthcare, insurance, banking, telecommunications, and travel, focusing on applications such as lead generation, internal process automation, and customer service. The company is known for its commitment to data privacy and security, catering to both startups and large enterprises.

Workstream

Seed Round in 2018
Workstream Technologies, Inc. operates an automated online hiring platform designed specifically for companies that employ hourly workers. The platform allows employers to post job openings, track applicants, schedule interviews, and manage the onboarding process for new hires. Workstream serves a variety of industries, including healthcare, hospitality, retail, and transportation, facilitating the hiring process for businesses in sectors that require efficient workforce management. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and aims to streamline the recruitment process for both job seekers and employers.

OpenLattice

Seed Round in 2018
Modern data infrastructure for core societal institutions

Deep Sentinel

Series A in 2018
Deep Sentinel Corp. is a home security company that specializes in developing artificial intelligence-driven protection systems. Founded in 2016 by David Selinger and based in Pleasanton, California, with a research and development office in Taiwan, the company offers a range of products including security cameras, alarms, and crime prevention devices. Its advanced technology utilizes deep learning and computer vision to evaluate threats in real time, allowing users to predict and prevent criminal activity before it occurs. By analyzing video streams and contextual information, Deep Sentinel's systems enable proactive intervention, enhancing the safety of homes and businesses. The emphasis on user experience aims to differentiate the company in the competitive home security market.

Molly

Seed Round in 2018
Molly is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that has developed a web-based platform designed to centralize information from various online profiles into one accessible location. The platform features an interactive "ask me anything" (AMA) capability, allowing users to seek answers about individuals. Responses are aggregated from diverse sources, including Medium, Twitter, and Instagram, facilitating a comprehensive understanding of the person in question. By cross-pollinating information, Molly enhances the user experience by making relevant data easily retrievable and organized.

FarmWise

Seed Round in 2017
FarmWise Labs, Inc. develops innovative robotic machinery aimed at enhancing agricultural efficiency. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, the company specializes in autonomous cultivation solutions, particularly focusing on weeding and thinning crops. FarmWise's technology utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence to perform essential farming tasks such as weeding, planting, sowing, and soil tilling. Their autonomous vegetable weeder is designed to minimize the use of herbicides, allowing farmers to cultivate healthier crops while improving overall productivity. By streamlining farm operations, FarmWise aims to support sustainable farming practices and increase food production efficiency.

Sourceress

Seed Round in 2017
Sourceress is an AI recruiter that is reinventing how people find jobs. With tailor-made machine learning models, they rigorously define what a company is looking for in a role, identify great candidates, and engage candidates with highly personalized introductions. Their process creates a stream of interested candidates that hiring managers are excited about more than 85% of the time. Their mission is to accelerate human progress by helping people work in jobs that matter. They raised $3M from Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners and OpenAI researchers.

Clara Labs

Series A in 2017
Clara Labs operates an online platform called Clara, which facilitates meeting scheduling through email. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform is designed to assist enterprises and their employees by managing the complexities of calendar coordination. Clara utilizes advanced human-in-the-loop natural language processing systems to enhance user experience and streamline the scheduling process, enabling users to arrange meetings based on their preferred times and locations. In 2019, Clara Labs was acquired by TopFunnel, which continues to provide the service, while Twitter acquired some of Clara's research and development talent and intellectual property for content moderation purposes.

Vinsight

Seed Round in 2017
Vinsight, Inc., operating under the name Bountiful, is an agtech company based in San Francisco that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance agricultural productivity. The company offers a platform designed to assist farmers in forecasting crop yields, specifically for grapes and almonds, well in advance of harvest time. Its dashboard delivers actionable insights by integrating current and historical weather trends, temperature data, evapotranspiration rates, and growing degree days. Bountiful's technology includes features such as monthly yield forecasts, historical forecast performance analysis, daily weather updates, and alternative map layers. By utilizing machine learning alongside satellite and geographic data, Bountiful transforms complex agricultural information into clear, actionable insights, thereby aiding farmers in making informed decisions to optimize crop production. Founded in 2014, Bountiful continues to seek innovative solutions for the agricultural industry.

Falkonry

Seed Round in 2017
Falkonry Inc. is a developer of machine learning software that enhances condition recognition through the integration of new data and expert feedback. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers products such as Falkonry LRS, which analyzes multivariate time series data to identify patterns, predict critical events, and explain operational behaviors, and Falkonry Edge Analyzer, a portable engine for deploying predictive models on edge devices. Falkonry's solutions are designed for Global Fortune 2000 industrial companies, helping them achieve significant return on investment by improving manufacturing operations. The company's Operational AI allows for scalable implementation across various environments, including on-premises, cloud, and edge, empowering organizations to automatically discover, predict, and explain behaviors affecting their operations without the need for extensive data science expertise.
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