BuiltRight
Seed Round in 2024
BuiltRight is a developer of an artificial intelligence-powered website builder specifically designed for home service businesses. The company focuses on creating search engine-optimized websites that enhance lead generation and marketing efforts. By leveraging AI technology, BuiltRight enables these businesses to generate their websites more efficiently, improving both speed and cost-effectiveness. This innovative approach allows service firms to increase their revenue by optimizing their online presence and marketing activities.
Brev.Dev
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Brev.Dev is a developer of a cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) software suite that synchronizes development environments across various projects. The company's technology connects developer tools to a secure cloud-based computer, ensuring that both the developer's files and existing workflows are safely maintained. This approach enhances the speed, shareability, and standardization of the software development process, allowing developers to work more efficiently and collaboratively. By providing a streamlined and cohesive platform, Brev.Dev aims to improve the overall experience for software developers in managing their projects.
Buffalo Market
Venture Round in 2023
Buffalo Market is a technology-enabled food distributor that specializes in working with fast-moving consumer goods companies committed to making the world a better place. The company focuses on distributing "better for you" brands, ensuring that customers receive fresher products more quickly by innovating its supply chain processes. Buffalo Market offers a range of premium organic products, including meat, seafood, eggs, dairy, and fruits sourced from local suppliers such as farmers, butchers, bakers, and fishermen. These products are transported to a fulfillment center where they are packed and prepared for delivery, providing consumers with high-quality, fresh goods at affordable rates.
Kobalt Labs
Seed Round in 2023
Kobalt Labs specializes in AI-driven data protection and privacy solutions for businesses. Its core product is an AI copilot designed to assist risk and compliance teams in financial institutions, ensuring large language models remain private and secure. The platform employs AI-powered tools to streamline privacy operations, track requirements throughout the product lifecycle, and auto-suggest custom engineering solutions to mitigate potential risks, thereby enhancing overall data security.
Revcast
Seed Round in 2023
Revcast operates a revenue performance management platform designed to assist modern revenue operations leaders in planning, managing, and optimizing sales capacity. The platform facilitates improved collaboration and integrates seamlessly with customer relationship management (CRM), finance, and human resources systems. It provides actionable insights that enable revenue operations teams to identify risks and opportunities effectively, supporting data-driven decision-making. By enhancing revenue performance through precise planning and real-time assessments, Revcast empowers businesses to navigate challenges and capitalize on growth opportunities.
Helicone
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Helicone is an open-source observability platform tailored for generative AI applications. The company develops a web-based application that allows users to monitor various key metrics, including usage, latency, and costs. By integrating with a single line of code, Helicone simplifies the process of gaining insights into AI application performance, enabling clients to better understand and optimize their generative AI solutions.
Pluie
Venture Round in 2022
Pluie is a manufacturer based in Lake Forest, Illinois, specializing in self-sanitizing changing tables designed for public restrooms. Founded in 2020, the company aims to enhance the diaper changing experience for children and their caretakers by providing a cleaner and safer environment. Pluie’s innovative tables utilize UV-C light technology, which effectively eliminates 99.9% of germs, including harmful bacteria and viruses such as Staph, E. coli, and COVID-19. Each table features a plush foam bed, retractable safety strap, and convenient bag holders, ensuring comfort and convenience for users. The self-sanitizing mechanism activates after each use, highlighted by a light indicator, further promoting hygiene in public facilities.
Panobi
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Panobi is a software as a service (SaaS) company that develops an organizational growth platform tailored for product and marketing teams. The platform streamlines the entire cycle of growth work by integrating experimentation, metrics, and reporting into a single interface. It provides real-time data to offer patterns and context across projects, helping clients save significant time on manual tasks and enhance productivity.
LvlUp Ventures
Seed Round in 2022
LvlUp Ventures, established in 2019, is a global venture capital firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It invests in and accelerates early-stage startups across diverse sectors such as AI, gaming, consumer tech, and fintech, with a presence in major startup hubs worldwide. LvlUp reviews thousands of applications annually, leveraging its extensive ecosystem and industry expertise to support founders and create category-defining companies. The firm offers bespoke acceleration programs, direct investments, and strategic partnerships, with a track record of producing top-quartile companies and a low failure rate.
Uncovered
Venture Round in 2022
Uncovered is a software company focused on developing a platform aimed at solving cold cases, particularly murders and mysteries. By integrating data and analytics with the collective efforts of a community that includes citizen detectives, advocates, and true-crime enthusiasts, Uncovered provides families with resources to navigate the complexities of unresolved cases. The company seeks to foster a collaborative environment that aids in the pursuit of justice, peace, and closure for those affected by these tragedies.
Ryze
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Ryze is a technology company that specializes in developing a cryptocurrency investment platform aimed at helping users grow and protect their wealth. The platform simplifies the process of investing in bitcoin by analyzing real-time market data and tailoring investment strategies to individual risk profiles. It offers features such as automated investment, portfolio diversification, and live portfolio tracking, enabling customers to optimize their returns effectively. By providing these tools, Ryze empowers its members to make informed investment decisions in the evolving cryptocurrency landscape.
MessageParty
Pre Seed Round in 2022
MessageParty is a new kind of mobile blogging service. Users can create and consume content from mobile browsers, a native iphone app, or the web.
Wayfinder
Series A in 2022
Wayfinder, founded at Stanford University's d.school, provides a comprehensive K-12 curriculum focused on developing essential future-ready skills beyond traditional social-emotional learning. The program emphasizes Self-Awareness, Adaptability, Empathy, Collaboration, Agency, and Purpose, aiming to connect classroom learning with real-world applications. Wayfinder includes the Waypoints assessment suite for real-time insights into student growth, supporting targeted instruction and timely interventions. Since 2015, it has been positively received by students and teachers alike, showing improvements in engagement, social awareness, and sense of purpose. The program serves students globally, including major US school districts, and has earned high ratings from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and Common Sense Education.
Project Admission
Seed Round in 2021
Project Admission, Inc. is a technology company based in Nashville, Tennessee, that specializes in the online management of digital ticketing for live events. Established in 2017, the company provides a platform that facilitates the purchase, sale, and distribution of digital tickets while also enabling tracking throughout the ticket's lifecycle. Project Admission collaborates with the live event industry to enhance ticket distribution by allowing brands, influencers, and fans to engage in authentic ticket transactions via direct and social channels. The platform not only simplifies and secures ticket transfers but also offers insights into ticket ownership and attendee data, thereby helping clients maximize revenue through managed exchanges.
Serve Robotics
Seed Round in 2021
Serve Robotics is a company focused on developing self-driving robotic carriers tailored for last-mile delivery services, particularly in the food sector. Its flagship product is a zero-emission robot designed to operate in public spaces, enhancing the delivery experience for customers. The company leverages an advanced AI-robotics mobility platform to facilitate efficient delivery operations in urban environments. Additionally, Serve Robotics collaborates with various platforms and merchants, enabling local businesses to expand their reach and connect with more customers through innovative robotic solutions.
Party Round
Seed Round in 2021
Party Round is building better tools for founders, starting with an automated fundraising tool. Generate and send docs, collect signatures, and receive funds, automating your raise from open to close.
Dianthus
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Dianthus is an AI-first e-commerce company focused on supporting small to medium-sized e-commerce brands. Its integrated artificial intelligence platform is designed to foster business growth through hyper-personalized marketing strategies. By acquiring direct-to-consumer brands, Dianthus aims to accelerate the growth of these businesses on a unified AI platform, enabling them to build stronger relationships with their customers and enhance their market presence.
Sail is a developer of a collaborative workspace environment designed to enhance online experiences through multiplayer features. The platform provides users with a clean and powerful interface that facilitates idea sharing, project collaboration, and collective creativity. By enabling individuals to work together seamlessly across the internet, Sail aims to empower users to engage with the web in a more interactive and unified manner.
Short Story
Seed Round in 2021
Short Story, Inc. is a personal styling service based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing online clothing solutions for petite women. Founded in 2019, the company curates a selection of stylish and high-quality clothing items, including tops, jeans, dresses, and pants, specifically designed to fit petite sizes. Short Story aims to enhance the shopping experience for petite women by offering personalized styling services that prioritize fit, style, and quality. By listening to clients' preferences, the company delivers curated boxes of on-trend styles directly to customers' doors, helping them discover new trends and evolve their personal wardrobes. Ultimately, Short Story seeks to empower petite women to feel confident and fabulous in their clothing choices.
Alvva
Venture Round in 2021
Alvva is a San Francisco-based startup dedicated to developing financial products aimed at enhancing the upward mobility of the over 25 million noncitizen immigrants in the United States. Recognizing that many eligible non-citizens encounter barriers such as unaffordability and limited access to traditional credit, Alvva's first offering is a credit-building loan designed to assist with the costs associated with filing immigration applications. The company employs a fintech platform that provides an electronic check compliant with USCIS specifications and aligns payment schedules with payroll cycles, allowing users to manage their immigration expenses while simultaneously building their credit history. Founded by a team with a shared immigrant experience and extensive fintech expertise, Alvva is committed to addressing the unique challenges faced by immigrants and facilitating their journey towards achieving citizenship and financial stability.
Varda Space Industries, Inc. is a space manufacturing startup based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2020 by Delian Asparouhov and Trae Stephens. The company specializes in creating products in space that are intended for terrestrial applications, leveraging the unique advantages of low gravity. Varda aims to establish an infrastructure for harvesting materials from asteroids, enabling the production of new products in space. This approach not only facilitates the manufacturing of innovative goods but also promotes sustainability by reducing reliance on the destructive extraction of Earth's resources.
Kick is a self-driving bookkeeping company developing a social banking platform to crowdsource tax deductions and cashback. Its platform helps kick-start online businesses with a modern business bank account, cashback, and authentic affiliate links.
Panobi
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Panobi is a software as a service (SaaS) company that develops an organizational growth platform tailored for product and marketing teams. The platform streamlines the entire cycle of growth work by integrating experimentation, metrics, and reporting into a single interface. It provides real-time data to offer patterns and context across projects, helping clients save significant time on manual tasks and enhance productivity.
Benable
Seed Round in 2021
Benable is a platform facilitating the discovery and sharing of trusted recommendations. Users can curate and share beautiful, organized lists across various categories, fostering collaboration among friends, family, and professional networks.
Stable is a company that provides a virtual address and mailroom service tailored for startups and businesses seeking flexibility in their operations. Recognizing the challenges associated with changing business addresses and managing physical mail in an increasingly remote work environment, Stable offers a solution that simplifies these processes. Its platform allows businesses to establish a professional presence and manage correspondence from any location, thereby reducing operational friction and promoting innovation. By facilitating a seamless transition to remote work, Stable empowers businesses to focus on growth and development without the logistical burdens of traditional mail handling.
Buffalo Market
Seed Round in 2021
Buffalo Market is a technology-enabled food distributor that specializes in working with fast-moving consumer goods companies committed to making the world a better place. The company focuses on distributing "better for you" brands, ensuring that customers receive fresher products more quickly by innovating its supply chain processes. Buffalo Market offers a range of premium organic products, including meat, seafood, eggs, dairy, and fruits sourced from local suppliers such as farmers, butchers, bakers, and fishermen. These products are transported to a fulfillment center where they are packed and prepared for delivery, providing consumers with high-quality, fresh goods at affordable rates.
Symbl.ai
Venture Round in 2020
Symbl.ai is an early-stage startup based in Seattle, Washington, focused on democratizing access to conversational intelligence for developers. Founded in 2018, the company has created a platform that employs machine learning to analyze voice and text conversations in real-time. This innovative technology allows developers to extract actionable insights and outcomes from human-to-human discussions without the complexity of developing and maintaining conversational understanding systems. By providing tools that require no upfront training, wake words, or custom classifiers, Symbl.ai enables clients to deploy conversation intelligence at scale, facilitating the creation of engaging and productive conversational experiences.
Catch is a Boston-based company that designs a personal benefits platform aimed at freelancers, contractors, and workers without employer-sponsored benefits. Established in 2016, Catch provides a range of financial solutions, including tax withholding, retirement savings plans, health insurance, and student loan refinancing. The platform allows users to conduct benefit checkups, link bank accounts, and create personalized financial plans, helping individuals build a comprehensive safety net for their financial stability and security. By leveraging data-driven insights, Catch enables users to take control of their financial needs and manage their wealth effectively in an evolving work landscape.
Sacra is a company that provides a digital platform focused on research and information related to the private markets. It specializes in monitoring and facilitating liquidity in late-stage venture capital secondary transactions. The platform offers comprehensive research on venture capital and private equity firms, assisting clients in making informed investment decisions in the private markets. Through its innovative approach, Sacra aims to enhance the accessibility and quality of information available to investors navigating these complex financial areas.
Vitable Health
Seed Round in 2020
Vitable Health, established in 2019 and headquartered in Woodlyn, Pennsylvania, specializes in providing affordable and accessible health coverage. Their membership-based model offers a comprehensive range of services, including virtual and in-home medical consultations, mental health support, and free prescriptions. This integrated approach to primary and urgent care aims to empower employers to enhance their healthcare offerings while reducing costs and improving employee satisfaction.
Atomic is a marketing training and consulting company that offers easy-to-follow, and useful marketing training.
Future Fields
Seed Round in 2020
Future Fields is a Canadian company based in Edmonton, founded in 2018, that specializes in producing sustainable components for scientific applications through insect biotechnology. Utilizing its innovative EntoEngine™ platform, the company harnesses the genetic capabilities of fruit flies to generate environmentally friendly and economically viable biomolecules. Future Fields focuses on developing insect-based recombinant proteins, which serve as essential growth components for cell culture. By doing so, the company aims to reduce the environmental impact associated with traditional protein production while enhancing social benefits. Its work supports the agriculture industry in producing cost-effective cell-based foods, contributing to a more sustainable future.
Mood Health
Venture Round in 2020
Mood Health is a company focused on enhancing mental health care by making it affordable, convenient, and accessible. It utilizes technology to connect individuals with qualified professionals in psychiatry and therapy, prioritizing authentic human relationships in the care experience. Mood Health offers a mental healthcare management application that allows users to book appointments with doctors, therapists, and psychiatrists who provide various treatment options, including medication, non-pharmaceutical alternatives, and talk therapy. This application also helps patients manage their mental well-being by tracking daily mood fluctuations, ultimately aiming to improve their quality of life and promote long-term positive outcomes for both clinicians and patients.
Zaraz is a developer of a website enhancement platform designed to optimize the loading of third-party tools, significantly improving web performance. By utilizing a single line of code, Zaraz accelerates website loading times by fetching external resources in a lighter format, which helps prevent heavy tools from hindering performance. This optimization results in faster page loads, improved conversion rates, and enhanced search engine rankings across various industries, including e-commerce, publishing, gaming, and B2B. The platform allows companies to seamlessly integrate a wide range of third-party solutions, such as data analytics, marketing technologies, CRM systems, and advertising tools, thereby enhancing overall user experience without compromising website speed.
Fast's mission is to make buying online faster, safer and easier for everyone. Its Fast Login and Fast Checkout product enable a one-click sign-in and purchasing experience that makes it easier for people to buy and merchants to sell. The company's products work on any browser, device or platform for consistent, stress-free purchasing, either on a merchants own domain or through headless checkout on any other website. Fast invests heavily in its user privacy and security, with a Zero Fraud Guarantee on chargebacks for sellers. Headquartered in San Francisco, Fast is a privately held company founded by Domm Holland and Allison Barr Allen and funded by Stripe, Addition, Index Ventures, Susa Ventures and Sugar Capital. Headquartered in San Francisco, Fast is a privately held company funded by Stripe, Index Ventures, Susa Ventures, Global Founders Capital, and Brian Sugar – who also serves on the board.
Nira is a real-time access control system that enhances visibility and management of access to company documents within Google Workspace. The platform consolidates documents from various cloud applications, allowing users to organize, search, and manage their files in a single interface. By providing insights into who has access to specific documents, Nira enables organizations to effectively oversee document creation, sharing, and storage. This comprehensive system ensures that users maintain complete control over their company information while streamlining document organization.
Weatherwax Bio
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Weatherwax Bio develops the next generation of induced-proximity medicines. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Practice
Seed Round in 2019
Practice's tools will help you fulfill your potential as a coach. With all your clients' details at your fingertips, you'll never lack the right information when you need it.
Housable
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Housable is a company that offers a comprehensive solution for rental property owners looking to create accessory dwelling units (ADUs). The firm specializes in developing a marketplace platform that streamlines the residential housing development process. This platform provides accurate estimates from contractors for ADU projects, facilitating the feasibility, design, and permitting stages within a single interface. Housable focuses on tailoring designs to meet the needs of specific tenant populations and management strategies, allowing for efficient scaling of these projects across property portfolios. By integrating various aspects of the development process, Housable aims to accelerate the construction of residential housing.
Fast's mission is to make buying online faster, safer and easier for everyone. Its Fast Login and Fast Checkout product enable a one-click sign-in and purchasing experience that makes it easier for people to buy and merchants to sell. The company's products work on any browser, device or platform for consistent, stress-free purchasing, either on a merchants own domain or through headless checkout on any other website. Fast invests heavily in its user privacy and security, with a Zero Fraud Guarantee on chargebacks for sellers. Headquartered in San Francisco, Fast is a privately held company founded by Domm Holland and Allison Barr Allen and funded by Stripe, Addition, Index Ventures, Susa Ventures and Sugar Capital. Headquartered in San Francisco, Fast is a privately held company funded by Stripe, Index Ventures, Susa Ventures, Global Founders Capital, and Brian Sugar – who also serves on the board.
Ware
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Ware is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in artificial intelligence software designed to automate warehouse inventory management. By integrating autonomous, self-flying drones with machine learning technology, Ware addresses critical challenges within the $1.9 trillion warehousing industry. The company's innovative solutions enhance operational efficiency for its clients, which include some of the largest third-party logistics providers and global brands. Through its partnerships, notably with Skydio, Ware aims to improve inventory accuracy, streamline workflows, and reduce costs for its customers.
Ever Loved
Seed Round in 2019
Ever Loved, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates a marketplace for funeral services and products, established in 2017. The company aims to simplify the funeral planning process by providing a platform where users can easily access information about various funeral options, connect with appropriate service providers, and share essential details with friends and family. Additionally, Ever Loved facilitates fundraising to help cover funeral costs, allowing families to manage expenses during emotionally challenging times. By focusing on transparency and convenience, Ever Loved seeks to alleviate stress and honor the memories of loved ones who have passed away.
Dreamship
Seed Round in 2019
Dreamship is an ecosystem designed for e-commerce merchants focused on enhancing the end buyer experience. The company operates a print-on-demand platform that facilitates drop shipping for merchants, connecting them to a network of vetted suppliers and technology partners. By offering print-on-demand products and efficient delivery solutions, Dreamship aims to support merchants in growing their businesses. The platform utilizes data-driven insights to enable clients to effectively scale their operations and improve market reach. Through its comprehensive services, Dreamship seeks to streamline the e-commerce process, ensuring a seamless experience for both merchants and their customers.
Dreamship
Seed Round in 2018
Dreamship is an ecosystem designed for e-commerce merchants focused on enhancing the end buyer experience. The company operates a print-on-demand platform that facilitates drop shipping for merchants, connecting them to a network of vetted suppliers and technology partners. By offering print-on-demand products and efficient delivery solutions, Dreamship aims to support merchants in growing their businesses. The platform utilizes data-driven insights to enable clients to effectively scale their operations and improve market reach. Through its comprehensive services, Dreamship seeks to streamline the e-commerce process, ensuring a seamless experience for both merchants and their customers.
Superhuman
Series A in 2017
Superhuman is a software platform that enhances email productivity through an advanced application designed for electronic mailing services. It integrates seamlessly with Gmail, offering features such as AI writing assistance, summarization, and social insights. Users can utilize shortcuts to manage their inbox effectively, including the ability to snooze conversations and prioritize important messages. This focus on streamlining email workflows aims to provide a more efficient and organized experience for individuals seeking to improve their communication and productivity.
Lattice
Seed Round in 2016
Lattice is a People Success Platform that integrates various tools, workflows, and data to assist business leaders in fostering engaged, high-performing employees and cultivating positive company cultures. The platform encompasses continuous performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics, providing HR, People, and Operations teams with essential insights to enhance workplace environments and achieve significant business results. Lattice has received recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies and is celebrated as a top workplace, with a high employee satisfaction rate. Serving nearly 5,000 customers globally, including notable organizations like Slack, Asana, Solera Health, and Guild Education, Lattice aims to streamline performance management processes through real-time employee feedback and efficient performance review cycles, targeting medium-sized companies for goal management and achievement.
Lattice
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Lattice is a People Success Platform that integrates various tools, workflows, and data to assist business leaders in fostering engaged, high-performing employees and cultivating positive company cultures. The platform encompasses continuous performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics, providing HR, People, and Operations teams with essential insights to enhance workplace environments and achieve significant business results. Lattice has received recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies and is celebrated as a top workplace, with a high employee satisfaction rate. Serving nearly 5,000 customers globally, including notable organizations like Slack, Asana, Solera Health, and Guild Education, Lattice aims to streamline performance management processes through real-time employee feedback and efficient performance review cycles, targeting medium-sized companies for goal management and achievement.
Superhuman
Venture Round in 2015
Superhuman is a software platform that enhances email productivity through an advanced application designed for electronic mailing services. It integrates seamlessly with Gmail, offering features such as AI writing assistance, summarization, and social insights. Users can utilize shortcuts to manage their inbox effectively, including the ability to snooze conversations and prioritize important messages. This focus on streamlining email workflows aims to provide a more efficient and organized experience for individuals seeking to improve their communication and productivity.