Hero Bread is a food product company that specializes in providing nutritious foods. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, USA.
Innovare is the edtech and data strategy app helping education leaders visualize, analyze, and use data to positively impact the communities they serve.
Partake Foods is a food and beverage company that specializes in selling allergy-friendly cookies. The company makes and sells allergen-free cookies Partake Foods is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Mayvenn enables stylists to sell products directly to their clients without the upfront costs and burdens of holding inventory. At Mayvenn, they are creating the future of salon retail - one hairstylist at a time. Their mission is to empower hairstylists and salon professionals while changing the way people purchase hair extensions and interact with hair companies. They've experienced tremendous growth since their founding in 2013. Their platform has grown into a nationwide movement of over 50,000+ stylists, hundreds of thousands of customers, and millions of dollars invested back into salons across the country.
NeuReality is a semiconductor start-up that designs AI-as-a-service infrastructure. It addresses the challenges posed by the growing deployment of AI in the cloud, edge, and fog systems.
SparkCharge is an automotive company that manufactures and develops charging stations for electric vehicles. Its product features include portability, fast charging, and modular design. The company specializes in providing solutions for electric vehicles, cars, and electric charging. SparkCharge was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Paladin creates an easy way for lawyers to find cases they’re passionate about and to capture impact data for the benefit of all. It helps legal teams sign up for pro bono opportunities, enables coordinators to track the lawyers’ work, and which captures some of the stories and impact that the lawyers are making through their efforts. Paladin was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, USA.
Red Bay Coffee Roasters was founded in 2014 by Keba Konte, a renowned artist and successful food entrepreneur with deep roots in the San Francisco Bay Area specialty coffee and hospitality industry. Red Bay Coffee is at the forefront of what they believe is the fourth wave of coffee—a firm commitment to ensure coffee production is not only high quality and sustainable, but a vehicle for diversity, inclusion, social and economic restoration, entrepreneurship, and environmental sustainability. They are foodies, artists, activists, community folk, and innovators who love, love, love what they do. Red Bay seeks to create unity by hiring and serving people of all backgrounds, striving to be diverse and inclusive of those who have traditionally been left out of the specialty coffee industry, especially people of color, the formerly incarcerated, women and people with disabilities.
Five to Nine manages & evaluates virtual event programming so you can focus on building the employee experience.
Unreal Estate helps people buy and sell homes at a fraction of the cost of traditional brokers. We charge low, flat fees nationwide, enabling sellers to rapidly list thousands of homes on the relevant Multiple Listing Services (MLS). Leaving one-dimensional real estate search engines behind, we simplify the home buying and selling headache by packaging all services in one user-friendly location and guiding people through the step-by-step process with ease. Our clients save 3% of the home cost and over $11,000 on average. Their team learned from personal experience that this process was simply too painful in its current form. They saw enough up close and personal to know that much of the stress and confusion could be solved by creating easy-to-use software to guide everyone in the process and enable buyers and the professionals to collaborate in real-time. Throughout the history of real estate, people have used more and more data to make better decisions. Yet in the past, most of that data has been hard to access or even understand as it was held in the hands of the few. Their mission is to make this data more transparent and easy to understand for everybody (not just real estate agents).
Bear Robotics addresses the increased pressure faced by the restaurant industry around wages, labor supply, and cost efficiencies. It aims to revolutionize the restaurant and food service industry using robotics and AI. The company makes robots that help customers receive an improved dining experience, employees with greater job satisfaction, and owners of restaurants with an increase in profits.
FoodBoss is an online food ordering search engine that allows consumers to see every online food delivery and/or pickup option for any restaurant. They enable users to see all restaurants that offer online ordering - not only restaurants that use third-party ordering platforms (Postmates, Caviar, Delivery.com, etc) but restaurants that do their own online ordering as well. Consumers can explore over 30,000+ restaurants that deliver food in their city as well as compare which option has the cheapest delivery fees and/or the fastest delivery times. FoodBoss is life in over 44+ major metropolitan markets.
Founded in 2016, Soul Machines is a pioneer in the humanization of AI. We use our ground-breaking Biological AI technology to create engaging, empathetic AI Assistants, powered by our patented Digital Brain™. Our revolutionary Soul Machines Studio tools allow anyone to reimagine customer engagement, drive deep interactivity, and create personalized digital experiences. Soul Machines is unique in delivering the full capabilities of human and machine collaboration in an ethical, responsive, and unprecedented way.
PreciTaste is a first-to-market AI kitchen management software solution to optimize operations in foodservice brands with over 2,500 Food AI systems deployed. Our market-proven solutions guide crews to prep, plan for and cook precise amounts of food based on predicted demand using proprietary deep tech, vision sensing, and AI assistance - all relayed through screens in the kitchen. A long-term leader in Restaurant AI with the most applications at scale, PreciTaste has developed plug-and-play software assistants to digitally manage key operations, like prep and order fulfillment, as well as full self-management solutions utizing computer vision to automate cooking to needs and order accuracy. Standalone or combined, our market-ready products work to drive productivity in the back-of-house and profit for our customers at a rapid pace. With 10+ years in food AI applications, 80+ engineers and seven foodservice categories served, PreciTaste is leading the charge in AI automation through our suite of core products all developed to directly address the major labor and food challenges the industry is facing today. Series A growth funding is led by Melitas Ventures and Cleveland Avenue, LLC and includes Enlightened Hospitality Investments (EHI) and Monogram Capital Partners.
Aigen is connecting farmers to breakthrough technologies, decarbonizing agriculture, and improving human and planetary health. The company is developing an autonomous, solar-powered robotics platform that manages plants without the chemical inputs that undermine soil's carbon storage potential by bringing alternatives to conventional practices, allowing farmers to regenerate soil health and deal with the global agriculture manual labor shortage.
In a world of fake influencers, anonymous reviews, and misleading information, honest advice matters more than ever before. Through our video-led platform, The Desire Co. gives consumers access to hands-on classes, easy to follow how tos and authentic product reviews from experts at the top of their game. Through access to Pro wisdom and advice we give consumers the confidence to learn new skills, and make more informed purchase decisions.
Hero Bread is a food product company that specializes in providing nutritious foods. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, USA.
Every Body Eat provides clean, gluten-free, plant-based, delicious snacks. Every Body Eat's products include cheese-less, sea salt chia, chive and garlic, fiery chile lime, snack thins variety packs, craver pack, crispbreads, sea salt, tart cherry, white pepper and garlic, and crispbread variety packs. They also provide e-commerce services. Every Body Eat's snacks are flavorful, crave-able, and enjoyable to share with family and friends - regardless of most dietary restrictions or preferences.
Nuritas is revolutionising the discovery of novel, natural and scientifically proven active ingredients that can manage and improve human health. The company’s disruptive computational approach to discovery uses artificial intelligence and genomics to, for the first time ever, rapidly and efficiently predict and then provide access to the most health-benefiting components hidden within food, called bioactive peptides.
TackleAI is an innovative software company that utilizes its proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) platform to find, analyze, and organize dynamically unstructured data found within any type of document a business may have. Tackle Ai provides workflow automation on large amounts of documents and datasets which increases speed and efficiency while decreasing the chance of human error.
IGS makes platforms that deliver ideal climates for plants and people, based upon a culture of continuous innovation, brilliant, simple design and a refusal to accept conventional technical thinking.
Retail Aware develops a real-time, sensor-informed analytics platform to help brands and retailers analyze and track information to determine the actions they need to take. Its sensor analytics platform provides shelf-level data on impressions, dwell time, product engagement, and audience demographics, and operational factors such as temperature and stock outages without the use of cameras.
The Ureeka mission is to democratize economic opportunity by enabling community and by reducing the cost and risk associated with growing a small to medium business (SMB). Ureeka enables access for underrepresented SMBs: access to a collaborative community, shared best practices, and a specialist marketplace.
Bright Cellars is a monthly subscription wine club that matches members with personalized selections. It is designed to help new wine drinkers discover and define their taste in wine. It aims to inspire and educate a new generation of wine lovers by delivering a transformative, personalized wine experience. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Sustainable Beverage Technologies focuses on unlocking unprecedented efficiencies in brewing, distribution, and draft beer. The company's brewery specializes in producing beer concentrate that mixes with water and carbon dioxide in a bottle, enabling hikers and adventurers to get the taste of delicious beer while traveling. It was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Denver, Colorado.
86 Repairs is a computer software company that features a subscription service platform that manages the entire repair process for restaurant groups. Its services include 24/7 support from our expert team, actionable insights to improve back-of-house operations, and complete management of the service process. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Dom's Kitchen & Market is an operator of a grocery store chain designed to combine shopping, restaurant dining, and home delivery. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Bartesian is a capsule-based machine that allows customers to make a customized and authentic cocktail in their home. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
86 Repairs is a computer software company that features a subscription service platform that manages the entire repair process for restaurant groups. Its services include 24/7 support from our expert team, actionable insights to improve back-of-house operations, and complete management of the service process. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
SupplyHive is Supplier Performance Review Software. By enabling easy input of reviews, and employing artificial intelligence, the entire SupplyHive now elevates, every time a review or rating is posted - or accessed. SupplyHive was founded by Mike Anguiano, a serial entrepreneur who worked with a few key influencers across procurement, investors, leadership, and well-known suppliers. In January 2021, The board of directors brought on serial entrepreneur and innovative business leader Lou Sandoval to refine, build and scale the company. Sandoval successfully led the Seed financing round to raise $2M in a priced round with a valuation of $12M.
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ViuHealth (formerly DrugViu) combines data from FDA clinical trials, with physician and pharmacist expertise plus demographic relevant crowdsourced reviews to give you and your family trusted medication information. They have intentionally focused on Asian, Black, Latino, and Native American populations because these groups have traditionally been underrepresented in medicine starting with clinical trials to measuring outcomes. They strongly believe everyone is important and everyone’s experiences matter. They believe that information is power not just for one’s self but when shared can really change communities.
NotCo is a food industry. They use technology to recreate the same products. They create food systems. They produce plant-based meat and dairy substitutes. They used artificial intelligence to make plant-based food that functions and animal-based tastes.
Sustainable Beverage Technologies focuses on unlocking unprecedented efficiencies in brewing, distribution, and draft beer. The company's brewery specializes in producing beer concentrate that mixes with water and carbon dioxide in a bottle, enabling hikers and adventurers to get the taste of delicious beer while traveling. It was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Denver, Colorado.
Good PLANeT Foods specializes in offering premium plant-based cheese products. It is dedicated to providing a healthy alternative to dairy cheese without having to compromise on the joyful experience of dairy cheese.
FoodBoss is an online food ordering search engine that allows consumers to see every online food delivery and/or pickup option for any restaurant. They enable users to see all restaurants that offer online ordering - not only restaurants that use third-party ordering platforms (Postmates, Caviar, Delivery.com, etc) but restaurants that do their own online ordering as well. Consumers can explore over 30,000+ restaurants that deliver food in their city as well as compare which option has the cheapest delivery fees and/or the fastest delivery times. FoodBoss is life in over 44+ major metropolitan markets.
Farmer’s Fridge provides an automated smart fridge that serves salads, bowls, snacks, and more. Its unpurchased items are regularly donated to local food pantries, providing responsibly sourced nutrition to community members in need. The company is driven by a mission to make it simple for everyone to eat well. Founder Luke Saunders was frustrated with the lack of healthy, affordable options available on the road so he worked with the best in the business to create a user-friendly smart Fridge that puts chef-curated meals in your hands, in seconds. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Beyond Meat is a food processing company that specializes in providing plant-based meat. The company aims to make a positive impact on four growing global issues such as human health, climate change, constraints on natural resources, and animal welfare. Its plant-based meats are made by combining expert innovation with simple, non-GMO ingredients. Beyond Meat's products offer greater or equal protein levels than their animal counterparts, no cholesterol, less saturated fat, and no antibiotics or hormones.
Farmer’s Fridge provides an automated smart fridge that serves salads, bowls, snacks, and more. Its unpurchased items are regularly donated to local food pantries, providing responsibly sourced nutrition to community members in need. The company is driven by a mission to make it simple for everyone to eat well. Founder Luke Saunders was frustrated with the lack of healthy, affordable options available on the road so he worked with the best in the business to create a user-friendly smart Fridge that puts chef-curated meals in your hands, in seconds. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Bright Cellars is a monthly subscription wine club that matches members with personalized selections. It is designed to help new wine drinkers discover and define their taste in wine. It aims to inspire and educate a new generation of wine lovers by delivering a transformative, personalized wine experience. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Zerocrater is a platform for office catering and snacks that allows users to select from a number of food options and have them delivered to their workplace from eateries. The platform of the company provides catering meals to small and medium-sized enterprises and simplifies the ordering procedure, allowing clients to create a high-performing office culture by bringing employees together over food. Zerocrater was established in 2009 in San Francisco, California by Arram Sabeti.
Farmwise Foods is a privately held company with a mission of developing healthier alternatives to some of America's favorite foods without compromising on taste.
Craftable is a complete restaurant management platform designed by Silicon Valley tech experts partnered with hospitality industry veterans. We collaborate with restaurateurs, operators and accountants to unite businesses with best-in-class technology to drive profit and reduce labor for restaurants, bars and hotels. Built to handle the most demanding beverage programs in the country, our platform is made to control every feature of your bar program and menu offerings. From ordering with vendors, costing every dash and counting every bottle, now you can keep a watchful eye on variance and cost percentage without needing a stiff drink at the end. With menu engineering, recipe costing and price comparison, your team behind the burners can easily adjust their culinary creations to protect margins in our cost-sensitive industry. Easily manage multiple locations, different vendors, and complex recipes with subrecipes and batches. Craftable is built to accommodate operators from independent restaurateurs to regional and national chains. Craftable is proud to serve the leading hospitality operators including Hakkasan Restaurants and Nightclubs, Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants, Employees Only, Slanted Door, Dead Rabbit, BOKA Restaurant Group, Barcelona Wine Bar and Station Casinos.
Sustainable Beverage Technologies focuses on unlocking unprecedented efficiencies in brewing, distribution, and draft beer. The company's brewery specializes in producing beer concentrate that mixes with water and carbon dioxide in a bottle, enabling hikers and adventurers to get the taste of delicious beer while traveling. It was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Denver, Colorado.
Beyond Meat is a food processing company that specializes in providing plant-based meat. The company aims to make a positive impact on four growing global issues such as human health, climate change, constraints on natural resources, and animal welfare. Its plant-based meats are made by combining expert innovation with simple, non-GMO ingredients. Beyond Meat's products offer greater or equal protein levels than their animal counterparts, no cholesterol, less saturated fat, and no antibiotics or hormones.
SomruS uses distilled rum, dairy cream, and natural flavors to create its cream liqueurs. The company's products include bourbon chai, raspberry mango cooler, urban bourbon lift, iced dirty chai latte, mango fizz, chairish toast, mango bean, and mango colada.
Bhakti Chai blends fresh and sustainably sourced (Fair Trade, NonGMO, Organic) with triple bottom line and B Corp business practices. Iced Bhakti Chai bottles are available in six varieties: Original, Decaf, Coffee Blend, Semi-Sweet, Almond Blend, and Toasted Coconut Almond Blend. Concentrate products are available in quarts, half gallons, and gallons in Whole Foods, Costco, and cafe's across the country.
PizzaRev is a small fast casual chain of franchise pizza restaurants.
Farmer’s Fridge provides an automated smart fridge that serves salads, bowls, snacks, and more. Its unpurchased items are regularly donated to local food pantries, providing responsibly sourced nutrition to community members in need. The company is driven by a mission to make it simple for everyone to eat well. Founder Luke Saunders was frustrated with the lack of healthy, affordable options available on the road so he worked with the best in the business to create a user-friendly smart Fridge that puts chef-curated meals in your hands, in seconds. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Maple water is pure sap from the maple trees. It's a common misconception that all sap is sticky. Maple sap actually looks and feels just like regular water. The main difference is that maple water goes through a natural process that infuses it with nutrients. In early spring, maple trees pull water from the ground and filter it through their roots. This water collects nutrients stored in the tree all winter and provides hydration and nourishment that enable the tree’s growth and rejuvenation in the spring renewal season.
Beyond Meat is a food processing company that specializes in providing plant-based meat. The company aims to make a positive impact on four growing global issues such as human health, climate change, constraints on natural resources, and animal welfare. Its plant-based meats are made by combining expert innovation with simple, non-GMO ingredients. Beyond Meat's products offer greater or equal protein levels than their animal counterparts, no cholesterol, less saturated fat, and no antibiotics or hormones.
Maple water is pure sap from the maple trees. It's a common misconception that all sap is sticky. Maple sap actually looks and feels just like regular water. The main difference is that maple water goes through a natural process that infuses it with nutrients. In early spring, maple trees pull water from the ground and filter it through their roots. This water collects nutrients stored in the tree all winter and provides hydration and nourishment that enable the tree’s growth and rejuvenation in the spring renewal season.