Kiddle Pass
Seed Round in 2023
Kiddle Pass is an early childhood education platform aimed at enhancing the learning experiences of children from K-12 through online and live classes. The platform provides a diverse range of interactive and engaging activities designed to complement traditional education, focusing on skill development and future competencies. Kiddle Pass offers tailored group activities that cater to various age groups and interests, including creativity workshops, emotional intelligence sessions, programming courses, and performing arts like circus and theater. By prioritizing personalized learning opportunities, Kiddle Pass seeks to make screen time more productive and beneficial for children.
Kiddle Pass
Venture Round in 2022
Kiddle Pass is an early childhood education platform aimed at enhancing the learning experiences of children from K-12 through online and live classes. The platform provides a diverse range of interactive and engaging activities designed to complement traditional education, focusing on skill development and future competencies. Kiddle Pass offers tailored group activities that cater to various age groups and interests, including creativity workshops, emotional intelligence sessions, programming courses, and performing arts like circus and theater. By prioritizing personalized learning opportunities, Kiddle Pass seeks to make screen time more productive and beneficial for children.
Decodable
Series A in 2022
Decodable is a serverless data integration and engineering platform focused on streaming data, founded in 2021 by Eric Sammer and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company offers a software solution that enables applications and data engineers to construct complex data pipelines efficiently. Its platform facilitates seamless connections to various existing messaging, storage, and database systems, allowing users to rapidly collect, process, and deliver data to both offline and online systems. Through its innovative approach, Decodable aims to simplify the management of streaming data, enhancing the capabilities of organizations in handling real-time data flows.
Activeloop
Seed Round in 2021
Activeloop is a technology company that specializes in providing a distributed cloud computing platform designed for building and scaling data pipelines for machine learning applications. Its flagship product, Deep Lake, is a database optimized for artificial intelligence, particularly for deep learning and large language model (LLM) applications. Deep Lake offers a unique storage format that accommodates various data types, including embeddings, audio, text, videos, images, and annotations. The platform features capabilities for querying, vector search, data streaming during model training, and comprehensive data versioning and lineage management. Deep Lake is designed to handle data of any size in a serverless environment, facilitating seamless integration with popular tools such as LangChain and Weights & Biases. The platform is utilized by notable organizations, including Bayer Radiology and Matterport. Founded by a team with backgrounds from prestigious institutions such as Princeton and Stanford, Activeloop has garnered support from Y Combinator, positioning itself as a key player in the machine learning and AI data management landscape.
Aprende!
Venture Round in 2021
Aprende! is an e-learning platform that helps high school students prepare for their ENEM exams. The platform enables students to take tests and evaluate the status of their knowledge, identify difficulties and decide which area of studies should be given priority, access the library to find content, watch live classes, and discuss and interact with teachers via the forum.
Aprende! is operated from São Paulo, Brazil.
turntable.fm
Venture Round in 2021
Turntable.fm is a project of [Seth Goldstein](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/seth-goldstein) and [Billy Chasen](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/billy-chasen), the two guys who brought us [Stickybits](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stickybits).
Users in each dance room has an avatar and can chat with each other. Users can create their own playlist and get up in the DJ booth to battle it out.
Turntable.fm a social music platform that encourages hanging out with people and discovering music. If a DJ is playing a song you like, you can add it to your playlist, buy it on iTunes, find it on Last.fm, or launch Spotify.
In November 2013, Turntable announced they would be shutting down turntable.fm to focus on their live events platform.
Obé is a live-streaming fitness platform offering a variety of on-demand and live workout classes, including strength training, dance, HIIT, yoga, and prenatal/postnatal exercises. It aims to provide comprehensive physical fitness solutions for health-conscious individuals.
Databento
Convertible Note in 2021
Databento is a company that specializes in providing streamlined access to financial market data. Founded by experienced traders and engineers from renowned quantitative hedge funds, Databento offers a self-service platform that allows users to quickly obtain live exchange feeds and extensive historical data. The platform automates data licensing and minimizes onboarding time, making it easier for businesses and financial institutions to access high-quality, institutional-grade data directly from the source. Databento's servers are strategically located in colocation facilities at various trading venues, ensuring low-latency and reliable data capture. Users can choose between a pay-as-you-go model or flat-rate pricing, allowing them to manage costs effectively according to their data usage needs.
Arcion
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Arcion is a cloud-native data mobility platform that specializes in high-performance, real-time data pipelines. The company offers an autonomous migration and cloud-neutral database replication solution, allowing businesses to efficiently migrate database updates to streaming data pipelines. This capability provides a consistent, real-time view of customer data and business intelligence across various applications and business units. By streamlining data migration processes, Arcion helps organizations reduce migration and licensing costs while enhancing the productivity of their engineering teams.
Udayy is an online learning platform designed for children in grades 1 to 5, emphasizing smart communication and critical thinking skills. The platform offers live classes that cover subjects such as mathematics and English, utilizing innovative teaching methods that include role-plays, games, and interactive activities. Udayy focuses on enhancing students' mathematical thinking through visual aids and Vedic math techniques, while also fostering higher-order thinking skills. By providing a gamified and adaptive learning environment, Udayy aims to engage young learners effectively and support the development of their analytical and verbal abilities.
Revery Media
Venture Round in 2021
Revery Media, established in 2019 and headquartered in Los Angeles, specializes in developing and producing narrative content for smart speakers. The company leverages podcasts and AI-driven narrative analysis to cultivate engaged audiences around intellectual properties (IP), with a strategic focus on adaptation opportunities in TV, film, and location-based entertainment. Revery Media's interactive voice experiences transform traditional storytelling into two-way conversations, enabling artists, brands, and publishers to forge deep connections with their audiences through continuous, entertaining, and engaging interactions.
Buzzer Media Inc., established in 2020 and headquartered in New York, specializes in a live sports streaming platform. It offers a mobile-based service, also named Buzzer, which aggregates sports content and rights, sends custom notifications, and provides subscription services. The company's technology supports partners' direct-to-consumer platforms, making them more efficient, personalized, and cost-effective, catering to a content-saturated and evolving consumer environment.
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.
PepTales
Venture Round in 2020
PepTales is a company that specializes in delivering personalized audio workouts through its innovative platform. The platform connects users with specialized fitness coaches, allowing individuals to train anytime and anywhere. By offering a diverse range of trainers and programs, PepTales enables users to access recorded voice-guided workouts, facilitating convenient and effective training sessions. This approach aims to enhance the fitness experience by providing tailored guidance suited to each user's needs.
Arcion
Convertible Note in 2020
Arcion is a cloud-native data mobility platform that specializes in high-performance, real-time data pipelines. The company offers an autonomous migration and cloud-neutral database replication solution, allowing businesses to efficiently migrate database updates to streaming data pipelines. This capability provides a consistent, real-time view of customer data and business intelligence across various applications and business units. By streamlining data migration processes, Arcion helps organizations reduce migration and licensing costs while enhancing the productivity of their engineering teams.
Samba TV
Venture Round in 2020
Samba TV is a company that specializes in streaming analytics, providing a platform that measures real-time viewership data across various media channels including broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. The company focuses on smart television technology and enhances its offerings through set-top boxes and connected devices. By delivering comprehensive data and analytics, Samba TV enables clients to improve content discovery and effectively address audience fragmentation across multiple screens. This capability positions the company as a valuable partner for its clients in navigating the evolving landscape of streaming services and connected devices, ultimately helping to strengthen the television business model and maintain its relevance to consumers.
Obé is a live-streaming fitness platform offering a variety of on-demand and live workout classes, including strength training, dance, HIIT, yoga, and prenatal/postnatal exercises. It aims to provide comprehensive physical fitness solutions for health-conscious individuals.
Activeloop
Seed Round in 2020
Activeloop is a technology company that specializes in providing a distributed cloud computing platform designed for building and scaling data pipelines for machine learning applications. Its flagship product, Deep Lake, is a database optimized for artificial intelligence, particularly for deep learning and large language model (LLM) applications. Deep Lake offers a unique storage format that accommodates various data types, including embeddings, audio, text, videos, images, and annotations. The platform features capabilities for querying, vector search, data streaming during model training, and comprehensive data versioning and lineage management. Deep Lake is designed to handle data of any size in a serverless environment, facilitating seamless integration with popular tools such as LangChain and Weights & Biases. The platform is utilized by notable organizations, including Bayer Radiology and Matterport. Founded by a team with backgrounds from prestigious institutions such as Princeton and Stanford, Activeloop has garnered support from Y Combinator, positioning itself as a key player in the machine learning and AI data management landscape.
Udayy
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Udayy is an online learning platform designed for children in grades 1 to 5, emphasizing smart communication and critical thinking skills. The platform offers live classes that cover subjects such as mathematics and English, utilizing innovative teaching methods that include role-plays, games, and interactive activities. Udayy focuses on enhancing students' mathematical thinking through visual aids and Vedic math techniques, while also fostering higher-order thinking skills. By providing a gamified and adaptive learning environment, Udayy aims to engage young learners effectively and support the development of their analytical and verbal abilities.
turntable.fm
Seed Round in 2020
Turntable.fm is a project of [Seth Goldstein](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/seth-goldstein) and [Billy Chasen](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/billy-chasen), the two guys who brought us [Stickybits](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stickybits).
Users in each dance room has an avatar and can chat with each other. Users can create their own playlist and get up in the DJ booth to battle it out.
Turntable.fm a social music platform that encourages hanging out with people and discovering music. If a DJ is playing a song you like, you can add it to your playlist, buy it on iTunes, find it on Last.fm, or launch Spotify.
In November 2013, Turntable announced they would be shutting down turntable.fm to focus on their live events platform.
Kotas is a platform that enables families, friends, and coworkers to share the costs of subscription plans securely and automatically. It divides expenses among group members, helping users save on streaming services.
SWVL
Venture Round in 2019
SWVL provides new methodology for streaming data lake queries in structured, unstructured disparate databases.
Medal
Venture Round in 2017
Medal is an online platform designed for gamers to create, watch, share, and analyze gaming highlights. The platform allows users to capture key moments from their gameplay using various recording methods, which can then be shared with others. This functionality enables gamers to showcase their skills and enhance their overall gaming experience by easily sharing digital clips and highlights from live streams.