Udaan
Convertible Note in 2022
Udaan is a B2B e-commerce platform based in India that connects businesses with suppliers across various sectors, including FMCG, pharmaceuticals, and staples. It aims to address core trade challenges faced by small, medium, and large enterprises by providing a centralized platform for buying and selling goods. Udaan facilitates direct connections between clients, allowing them to negotiate better deals while ensuring secure payment processes and efficient logistics. The platform also supports small businesses by offering financial products tailored to their needs, thereby enhancing their operational capabilities and market reach.
Udaan
Debt Financing in 2021
Udaan is a B2B e-commerce platform based in India that connects businesses with suppliers across various sectors, including FMCG, pharmaceuticals, and staples. It aims to address core trade challenges faced by small, medium, and large enterprises by providing a centralized platform for buying and selling goods. Udaan facilitates direct connections between clients, allowing them to negotiate better deals while ensuring secure payment processes and efficient logistics. The platform also supports small businesses by offering financial products tailored to their needs, thereby enhancing their operational capabilities and market reach.
Bold Metrics
Venture Round in 2017
Bold Metrics is a leading fit technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance the apparel industry. By providing software solutions that predict accurate body measurements, the company helps apparel brands reduce product returns, improve sales conversions, and promote sustainability. Its platform allows retailers to create custom AI body models for precise size and fit recommendations, which streamlines operations and enhances the customer experience both online and in-store. Bold Metrics' technology not only aids in making better-fitting clothing more accessible to consumers but also generates actionable insights that optimize the supply chain and minimize environmental impact. As a trusted partner for various brands, Bold Metrics plays a crucial role in transforming fit-related challenges into opportunities for improved design practices and operational efficiency.
Convey, Inc. is a technology company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in an Intelligent Fulfillment Platform aimed at enhancing the customer delivery experience for retailers. Founded in 2014 and formerly known as Pivot Freight, the company offers two main products: Engage, a logistics command center that oversees in-transit shipments, and Discover, an analytics solution that provides predictive insights and historical performance reporting. Convey's software aggregates and normalizes data from various sources, allowing retailers to anticipate and address potential last-mile fulfillment disruptions proactively. By unifying carrier ecosystems and facilitating real-time adjustments, Convey transforms the delivery experience into a more satisfying and efficient process for customers.
AdMass Inc. operates a customer-driven marketing platform that leverages social data to shape effective marketing strategies. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, the company enables brands to tap into customer behaviors and interests as revealed through social media interactions. By integrating existing customer information into its platform, AdMass provides insights into reach, engagement, and content preferences. This capability allows brands to communicate directly with customers, fostering stronger relationships and enhancing marketing efforts. AdMass facilitates the sharing of customer profiles and lists among teams and clients, ultimately helping companies optimize their marketing investments and generate revenue by better understanding their clientele.
Retrolution
Seed Round in 2015
Retrolution
Real Savvy
Debt Financing in 2015
Real Savvy, Inc. is a real estate technology platform based in Austin, Texas, that was incorporated in 2014. The company specializes in providing real estate professionals with a comprehensive suite of tools, including a consumer website, customer relationship management (CRM) system, collaborative IDX, and a branded mobile application. By focusing on improving the online property search experience, Real Savvy aims to enhance collaboration between agents and clients, making real estate transactions more efficient and user-friendly. As of October 1, 2019, Real Savvy operates as a subsidiary of Ojo Labs Inc.
IdealSpot
Seed Round in 2015
IdealSpot, Inc. is a commercial real estate analysis company headquartered in Austin, Texas, that offers an online platform designed to assist businesses in identifying optimal retail locations across the United States. Founded in 2014, the company utilizes real-time data, including internet search trends, social media activity, and demographic information, to analyze consumer behavior and purchasing intent. By mapping this data against traditional datasets such as local demographics, spending patterns, and existing competition, IdealSpot provides valuable insights that enable businesses and landlords to make informed decisions regarding retail market opportunities. The platform aims to enhance the understanding of local markets, ultimately facilitating better matches between businesses and their ideal locations.
eyeQ, Inc. is an innovative company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in in-store digital displays that enhance the shopping experience through engaging personalization. Founded in 2011, eyeQ provides solutions that allow brands and retailers to capture valuable insights about consumer behavior at the shelf, addressing a significant data blind spot in retail analytics. The company's flagship product, eyeQ Go, is a compact device that offers extensive reporting on shopper interactions, including traffic patterns, age, gender, emotion, and dwell time. By leveraging this data, retailers and brands can make informed marketing decisions and optimize their in-store strategies. eyeQ's technology empowers clients to better understand their customers, ultimately enabling them to create more effective and personalized shopping experiences.
Favor Delivery
Series A in 2015
Favor Delivery is a developer of a mobile and web-based food delivery application used to deliver restaurant-based food. Its service is a location-based mobile application and website portal that enable users to order food, groceries and more from stores and restaurants in the local area and delivers through courier at their door.
SocialMatters.ai
Seed Round in 2015
SocialMatters.ai helps financial wealth advisors connect, qualify, and grow their business using AI. We are a virtual sales assistant, leveraging AI technology to set up and manage a Salesforce account on your behalf while also driving leads to help you close more deals. In short, we prospect and manage your entire sales funnel so all you have to do is close.
Experiment Engine
Seed Round in 2014
Experiment Engine, Inc. is a conversion optimization platform based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2014. The company focuses on enabling brands and agencies to effectively manage testing programs, scale experimentation, and measure return on investment through its user-friendly platform. Experiment Engine provides tools for planning, reviewing, and reporting on various testing projects, while also offering access to resources in design, development, copywriting, and quality assurance. Its platform facilitates testing different versions of web pages, allowing users to analyze results, prioritize experiments based on data, and refine conversion strategies. Serving sectors such as e-commerce, publishing, lead generation, and agencies, Experiment Engine aims to enhance the effectiveness of digital marketing efforts through informed decision-making and collaboration. As of 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Optimizely, Inc.
KEY Concierge
Seed Round in 2014
KEY Concierge is a technology company based in Austin, Texas, established in 2014. It operates a platform that offers on-demand concierge services to travelers, including hotel recommendations and personal assistance. The company serves a diverse client base, comprising property managers, boutique hotels, and the private aviation sector. KEY's business model facilitates a three-sided marketplace, connecting travelers, vacation rental properties, and local vendors.
HelpSocial
Seed Round in 2014
HelpSocial, Inc. is a technology company based in San Antonio, Texas, founded in 2014. The company specializes in developing a social platform aimed at enhancing customer support for businesses. Its platform integrates information from various business sectors, providing instant context to social media interactions. HelpSocial enables organizations to leverage digital communication channels, such as social media and messaging apps, within their customer service operations. The platform includes advanced functionalities, allowing AI-powered bots to remember customer interactions and understand contextual nuances, thereby improving response quality while minimizing training time. Additionally, HelpSocial offers an open application programming interface (API) that facilitates monitoring of social networks and enhances collaboration among teams, positioning businesses to adopt future technologies such as artificial intelligence for automated customer service solutions.
Gravitant
Series B in 2014
Gravitant, Inc. is a software company that focuses on cloud service brokerage and management for enterprises and solution providers. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with development centers in India, Gravitant offers cloudMatrix, a cloud brokerage software designed to facilitate the adoption of hybrid IT and multi-sourced operating models. This software empowers organizations to transition to the cloud, manage self-service IT, incorporate shadow IT, and implement proactive multi-cloud governance. Gravitant's solutions cater to chief information officers, IT executives, cloud administrators, and government entities, helping them optimize cloud consumption for improved agility, responsiveness, service levels, and cost efficiency across various cloud service providers.
Toopher is a provider of an innovative multifactor authentication platform designed to enhance online security for both consumers and businesses. By leveraging the location awareness of smartphones, Toopher automates two-factor authentication, significantly reducing the risks of online fraud and identity theft. This technology not only streamlines the authentication process but also ensures that every critical action—such as transferring funds or making purchases—is securely verified. Users benefit from a seamless experience that requires minimal effort, as the solution operates discreetly within the user's pocket. By addressing the limitations of traditional authentication methods, Toopher positions itself as a forward-thinking security tool that effectively prevents identity fraud before it occurs, ultimately saving billions in potential losses.