Planned
Venture Round in 2020
Planned Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, specializes in streamlining corporate event planning. Its core business is a platform that simplifies the process of booking venues and vendors for in-person events, offering a curated selection of over 1,000 options across Canada. The company, formerly known as Enter, aims to redefine event planning by providing a comprehensive, user-friendly solution for event planners and corporate clients.
Seated Technologies
Venture Round in 2020
Seated Technologies develops a mobile restaurant discovery application that rewards users for dining out. Users can browse curated restaurants, make reservations or use the walk-in feature, and earn rewards redeemable at popular brands like Amazon and Uber. The app is available in five major US cities and offers dynamic pricing to support local restaurants.
Wave Sports + Entertainment
Series A in 2020
Wave Sports + Entertainment is a media company dedicated to serving the next generation of digital sports fans. With a portfolio of over 30 media brands, it creates and distributes engaging sports-related content across various platforms, including Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube, reaching more than 500 million Gen Z and Millennial fans monthly. The company focuses on building original content, fostering talent, and developing products tailored to digitally native audiences. Additionally, Wave operates a full-service agency that specializes in public relations, social media, creative services, and influencer marketing, leveraging its expertise to enhance engagement and interaction with fans. Its content consistently ranks among the most highly engaged across social media platforms, reflecting the company's commitment to innovation and audience connection in the sports and entertainment industry.
Underground Cellar
Seed Round in 2020
Underground Cellar is an online marketplace based in San Francisco that specializes in premium wine discovery and purchasing. The platform features daily themed offerings highlighting specific wineries, regions, or varietals, and enhances the consumer experience by providing random rewards in the form of free bottle swaps for rare and private-stash selections from esteemed wineries. Users can easily buy wines from various winery partners and have the option to accumulate and store up to 500 bottles in optimal conditions within a state-of-the-art wine cellar situated in California's wine country. This service allows wine enthusiasts to build their own collections and enjoy convenient home delivery.
Captiv8
Venture Round in 2020
Founded in 2014, Captiv8 is a leading influencer marketing platform that connects brands with influencers across various social media platforms. Its AI-driven marketplace helps brands discover, match, and collaborate with influencers based on real-time audience data, optimizing campaigns for maximum impact.
Gavel
Venture Round in 2020
Gavel is a no-code platform that enables lawyers to transform their legal services into software products. It offers tools for building apps, automating document generation, streamlining client intake, and enhancing client collaboration.
User Interviews
Venture Round in 2020
User Interviews, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a platform for recruiting participants for product tests and market research. Founded in 2013 and based in Brooklyn, New York, it offers tools such as Recruit, which facilitates flexible participant recruitment across various research types, and Research Hub, a centralized system for managing research participants. Additionally, User Interviews provides resources like the UX Research field guide to assist researchers, designers, and product managers at all levels of experience. The platform enables users to easily access a diverse panel of participants through features like screener surveys, calendars, incentives, and messaging, and it allows for the creation of a Research CRM that can accommodate up to 100 contacts free of charge. The company was previously known as MobileSuites, Inc. before rebranding in 2015.
BeeRoll
Venture Round in 2020
BeeRoll develops a brand marketing platform that connects businesses with consumers to create authentic video advertisement stories. Leveraging artificial intelligence, the platform sources videos tailored to diverse audiences and social trends, enabling brands to efficiently produce engaging content.
Enway GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing autonomous technology for municipal services, particularly focusing on street sweeping and waste collection. The company operates an online platform that facilitates autonomous operations of specialty vehicles, utilizing advanced techniques such as precise navigation, path planning optimization, and sensor fusion, which integrates data from cameras, radars, and wheel odometers. Enway's technology is designed to enhance the efficiency and safety of utility operations by transforming traditional vehicles into high-precision autonomous machines. The company has established partnerships with leading waste management firms and vehicle manufacturers to bring its innovative solutions to market, while also developing and testing multiple prototypes of autonomous street sweeping vehicles in urban environments.
OROS is a material technology company specializing in innovative thermal solutions for outerwear. The company has developed and integrated patented Aerogel-based Solarcore technology, which allows for efficient delayering of apparel. This technology, originally derived from NASA's insulation used in space suits and Mars Rovers, has been adapted by OROS to create outerwear that is thinner, warmer, and more flexible. By infusing Aerogel into their products, OROS aims to redefine the possibilities of outdoor clothing, enhancing performance while maintaining comfort.