Rocket.Chat
Series A in 2023
Rocket.Chat Holdings, Ltd., established in 2015, specializes in developing and operating an open-source web chat platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of features, including video conferencing, helpdesk chat, file sharing, and screen sharing, along with API and native mobile applications. Rocket.Chat also provides white labeling, integrations, and hosting services. With over 500,000 servers installed and 12 million users worldwide, the platform facilitates internal and external communication within a secure environment. Users can run Rocket.Chat on-premises or on the cloud, tailoring the platform with features like individual and group communication, video conferencing, and integration with various external communications platforms. The company's long-term vision is to replace email with a real-time, federated communications platform and foster a marketplace for app-building and services.
Bússola Social
Venture Round in 2022
Bússola Social is a provider of management software specifically designed for social welfare projects. The company focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of social development initiatives by making technology accessible to professionals in the third sector. Its software includes a range of tools such as a task manager, lead tracker, decision-making support, promotion capabilities, and a daily planner. These features empower project managers to efficiently track, manage, and control social welfare initiatives, ultimately aiming to enhance access to education, health, culture, leisure, work, employment, and income for the communities they serve.
Range Labs Inc. is a software development company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017. The company offers a suite of tools designed to enhance team collaboration and synchronization. Its primary product, Range, integrates various platforms such as GitHub, Jira, Asana, Google Docs, and Calendar, allowing users to manage schedules, track personal accomplishments, and view tasks in a centralized location. Range also facilitates communication through features like check-ins, objectives, and notifications, helping teams stay aligned and informed. The company's solutions cater to a diverse clientele, including individuals, managers, organizations, and both engineering and design teams, with a focus on fostering healthy, inclusive, and creative work environments.
Filo.co
Seed Round in 2021
Filo.co is a collaborative platform that facilitates virtual events, meetings, and workshops for organizations. It aims to enhance remote collaboration by providing customizable spaces for various types of interactions, including all-hands meetings, team brainstorms, and workshops. The platform is designed to connect individuals through video, voice, and chat, thereby reducing barriers to effective communication. By streamlining the process of organizing collaborative events, Filo.co supports distributed teams in working more efficiently and improving their overall information-sharing systems.
Flok
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Flok is a travel platform that specializes in planning corporate retreats and events. The company assists clients in selecting the ideal destination by proposing venues that are optimized for work, tailored to specific preferences, locations, and budgets. Flok's services include coordinating flights, local COVID guidelines, vendor selection, activities planning, as well as hotel and transportation arrangements. By managing these logistics, Flok aims to streamline the planning process, allowing clients to save time and reduce stress when organizing their corporate gatherings.
Hank
Venture Round in 2021
Hank operates as an online platform facilitating social connections among adults aged 55 and above within their local communities. It curates group activities such as pickleball, canasta, and skydiving, encouraging users to engage offline after initial online interactions. Members can discover Hank-organized events or create their own based on shared interests, fostering new friendships and experiences tailored to this demographic's preferences.
Gather Town is a developer of a social platform that facilitates virtual interactions and connections among individuals. The platform enables users to create customized 2D virtual spaces for a variety of events, including conferences, weddings, classes, game nights, and office gatherings. By providing these customizable environments, Gather Town allows participants to engage authentically and meaningfully, overcoming physical limitations and fostering communication among friends, coworkers, and community members. The platform serves as a versatile tool for diverse social and professional occasions, enhancing the experience of gathering in a digital landscape.
Hopps
Venture Round in 2021
Hopps is a collaboration and upskilling platform based in Los Angeles, California, that facilitates real-time assistance for enterprise teams through one-on-one screen-sharing sessions. Launched in 2019, the platform is designed to enhance employee knowledge and skills by connecting users with experts who provide immediate support for critical tools and operations. By allowing employees to describe their problems and select appropriate experts, Hopps streamlines the process of obtaining assistance, enabling teams to perform their tasks more efficiently. The platform is particularly useful for marketing and enterprise tools, ensuring that users receive tailored guidance to address their specific challenges.
Pulse
Venture Round in 2021
Presence and status have not evolved since ICQ. Skype made some improvements in 2008 with mobile, by making you online from your phone but otherwise, presence and status have remained a green dot. With teams now distributed, remote work challenges are front and center. Teams have reported less ad-hoc collaboration, more loneliness, more distraction, notification fatigue and more. Pulse makes remote work better. It goes beyond the green dot to signal availability, reduce interruptions, increase collaboration or however you choose to configure it. In the office, you see and feel presence. Your appearance is your status but while distributed all of that is lost. Automatic status keeps you in control while completely changing the workplace experience.
Gather Town is a developer of a social platform that facilitates virtual interactions and connections among individuals. The platform enables users to create customized 2D virtual spaces for a variety of events, including conferences, weddings, classes, game nights, and office gatherings. By providing these customizable environments, Gather Town allows participants to engage authentically and meaningfully, overcoming physical limitations and fostering communication among friends, coworkers, and community members. The platform serves as a versatile tool for diverse social and professional occasions, enhancing the experience of gathering in a digital landscape.
KUDO, Inc., also known as Kudo Technologies, is a New York-based company that provides a language as a service (LaaS) platform designed for multilingual online meetings. Founded in 2016, KUDO offers a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) solution that includes video conferencing tools with integrated support for translators and multiple audio streams. The platform facilitates multilingual live events and web conferencing, allowing businesses to communicate effectively with global audiences in their preferred languages. KUDO's innovative approach enables participants and interpreters to connect from anywhere in the world using standard computers or smartphones, making it a cost-effective option for reaching diverse markets.
Hopps is a collaboration and upskilling platform based in Los Angeles, California, that facilitates real-time assistance for enterprise teams through one-on-one screen-sharing sessions. Launched in 2019, the platform is designed to enhance employee knowledge and skills by connecting users with experts who provide immediate support for critical tools and operations. By allowing employees to describe their problems and select appropriate experts, Hopps streamlines the process of obtaining assistance, enabling teams to perform their tasks more efficiently. The platform is particularly useful for marketing and enterprise tools, ensuring that users receive tailored guidance to address their specific challenges.
Ready
Venture Round in 2020
Ready is a collaborative calendar designed to address the challenges of scheduling and organizing meetings for modern teams. By offering innovative solutions to the common issues associated with coordinating group activities, Ready aims to streamline the meeting process, enhancing productivity and collaboration among team members. The platform allows users to easily manage their schedules, facilitating more effective communication and decision-making within organizations.
Around
Venture Round in 2020
Around is a developer of an innovative video calling platform that focuses on enhancing the quality of virtual meetings. Its technology utilizes AI-based camera framing to eliminate background distractions and provide a clear view of participants, making video calls less intrusive and more effective. The platform also features auto-mute and voice filtering capabilities, ensuring that human voices are prioritized during conversations. This allows users to conduct high-impact video meetings from any location without the need for specialized conferencing hardware, creating an adaptable and efficient meeting environment.
Filo.co
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Filo.co is a collaborative platform that facilitates virtual events, meetings, and workshops for organizations. It aims to enhance remote collaboration by providing customizable spaces for various types of interactions, including all-hands meetings, team brainstorms, and workshops. The platform is designed to connect individuals through video, voice, and chat, thereby reducing barriers to effective communication. By streamlining the process of organizing collaborative events, Filo.co supports distributed teams in working more efficiently and improving their overall information-sharing systems.
Parabol
Seed Round in 2019
Parabol, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an open-source meeting application tailored for remote and agile teams. Founded in 2015 and based in Alhambra, California, Parabol's platform facilitates effective communication and collaboration among distributed teams, allowing them to conduct retrospective meetings and evaluate their processes without the need for traditional tools like sticky notes. The application generates automatic insights about team performance by analyzing online collaboration activity and consolidating meeting notes and tasks into summaries. This information is shared in real time or asynchronously, ensuring all team members are on the same page, regardless of their location or time zone. Parabol also offers integration with popular project management tools, enabling teams to track progress and address roadblocks efficiently. By focusing on clarity and collaboration, Parabol aims to enhance team dynamics and unlock better performance.
Rocket.Chat
Seed Round in 2019
Rocket.Chat Holdings, Ltd., established in 2015, specializes in developing and operating an open-source web chat platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of features, including video conferencing, helpdesk chat, file sharing, and screen sharing, along with API and native mobile applications. Rocket.Chat also provides white labeling, integrations, and hosting services. With over 500,000 servers installed and 12 million users worldwide, the platform facilitates internal and external communication within a secure environment. Users can run Rocket.Chat on-premises or on the cloud, tailoring the platform with features like individual and group communication, video conferencing, and integration with various external communications platforms. The company's long-term vision is to replace email with a real-time, federated communications platform and foster a marketplace for app-building and services.
Qulture.Rocks
Seed Round in 2019
Qulture.Rocks is a software company based in São Paulo, Brazil, that specializes in developing a performance management platform aimed at enhancing people management for organizations. The platform offers tools for real-time evaluation of employee performance, facilitating decisions related to promotions, training, and reallocations. It features capabilities for implementing one-on-one meetings, setting goals and objectives, conducting performance reviews, and providing continuous feedback and recognition among peers and managers. By offering a customizable and integrated suite of applications, Qulture.Rocks enables companies to modernize their performance management processes effectively.
Presence and status have not evolved since ICQ. Skype made some improvements in 2008 with mobile, by making you online from your phone but otherwise, presence and status have remained a green dot. With teams now distributed, remote work challenges are front and center. Teams have reported less ad-hoc collaboration, more loneliness, more distraction, notification fatigue and more. Pulse makes remote work better. It goes beyond the green dot to signal availability, reduce interruptions, increase collaboration or however you choose to configure it. In the office, you see and feel presence. Your appearance is your status but while distributed all of that is lost. Automatic status keeps you in control while completely changing the workplace experience.
Swivel Meta
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Swivel Meta is a software company that offers virtual consultations, events, learning, and content management services.
Qulture.Rocks
Seed Round in 2018
Qulture.Rocks is a software company based in São Paulo, Brazil, that specializes in developing a performance management platform aimed at enhancing people management for organizations. The platform offers tools for real-time evaluation of employee performance, facilitating decisions related to promotions, training, and reallocations. It features capabilities for implementing one-on-one meetings, setting goals and objectives, conducting performance reviews, and providing continuous feedback and recognition among peers and managers. By offering a customizable and integrated suite of applications, Qulture.Rocks enables companies to modernize their performance management processes effectively.
Rocket.Chat
Seed Round in 2018
Rocket.Chat Holdings, Ltd., established in 2015, specializes in developing and operating an open-source web chat platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of features, including video conferencing, helpdesk chat, file sharing, and screen sharing, along with API and native mobile applications. Rocket.Chat also provides white labeling, integrations, and hosting services. With over 500,000 servers installed and 12 million users worldwide, the platform facilitates internal and external communication within a secure environment. Users can run Rocket.Chat on-premises or on the cloud, tailoring the platform with features like individual and group communication, video conferencing, and integration with various external communications platforms. The company's long-term vision is to replace email with a real-time, federated communications platform and foster a marketplace for app-building and services.
Parabol
Seed Round in 2017
Parabol, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an open-source meeting application tailored for remote and agile teams. Founded in 2015 and based in Alhambra, California, Parabol's platform facilitates effective communication and collaboration among distributed teams, allowing them to conduct retrospective meetings and evaluate their processes without the need for traditional tools like sticky notes. The application generates automatic insights about team performance by analyzing online collaboration activity and consolidating meeting notes and tasks into summaries. This information is shared in real time or asynchronously, ensuring all team members are on the same page, regardless of their location or time zone. Parabol also offers integration with popular project management tools, enabling teams to track progress and address roadblocks efficiently. By focusing on clarity and collaboration, Parabol aims to enhance team dynamics and unlock better performance.
Zight
Venture Round in 2016
Zight is a visual work communication tool that facilitates faster information sharing through instantly shareable videos, screenshots, and graphics. With a community of over 4 million users, Zight offers a comprehensive solution that combines features for screenshots, GIFs, screen recordings, and web recordings into a single platform. This tool is designed to enhance both internal and external communication within organizations, significantly reducing productivity losses associated with miscommunication and misunderstandings. By streamlining visual communication, Zight helps businesses collaborate more effectively across multifunctional teams, ultimately saving time and minimizing the need for unnecessary meetings.
HotelQuando
Pre Seed Round in 2016
HotelQuando is a global online hotel booking platform headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2014. It specializes in allowing users to book hotel rooms by the hour rather than the traditional daily rate, catering particularly to the needs of business travelers and those seeking flexible accommodation options. The platform provides a personalized experience through hotel-branded websites, enabling users to select their arrival time and choose packages that best suit their requirements. This innovative approach not only offers affordable pricing for customers but also creates new revenue streams for hotels.