CRCM

CRCM is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 that operates as a registered investment adviser. It backs startups and growth companies across a broad range of sectors, including business products and services, consumer products and services, financial services, healthcare, information technology, SaaS, and other technology-driven fields such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, blockchain, virtual reality, and wellness.

Chen Ling

Partner, Family Office

Herb Chi

Managing Partner

Private Private

CIO

Bi Fe

Partner

AL Lin

Business Development

129 past transactions

Paren

Seed Round in 2024
Accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles, delivering data solutions that ensure every journey is powered by trust, reliability and sustainability.

Venteur

Seed Round in 2023
Venteur simplifies employee health benefits through its AI-driven platform. It facilitates Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs), empowering employees with tailored insurance options while providing employers predictability in benefits budget and cost control.

ClearBlue Markets

Series A in 2023
ClearBlue Markets specializes in carbon markets, offering services such as carbon sales, consulting, project development, solutions, and services. It focuses on providing transparency and confidence worldwide for effective emission pricing and reductions.

Koda Health

Seed Round in 2022
Koda Health develops an AI-driven video-based platform that guides elderly patients through personalized end-of-life conversations, empowering them to make informed healthcare decisions and ensuring their preferences are respected. This reduces inappropriate care and generates valuable data on patient personas while saving costs for healthcare systems.

Yali Bio

Seed Round in 2022
Yali Biosciences is a food tech company focused on utilizing synthetic biology and genomics to develop climate-smart and sustainable food options. The company operates a synthetic biology platform that leverages computational biology to design and produce specialized fats aimed at enhancing alternative dairy products. By prioritizing renewable resources, Yali Biosciences enables the food industry to create delicious and sustainable alternatives to traditional dairy, contributing to ecological responsibility within the sector.

TômTex

Pre Seed Round in 2022
TômTex specializes in recycling agricultural waste, primarily focusing on seafood shells, mushrooms, and coffee grounds. The company transforms these materials into sustainable, practical alternatives to conventional commercial materials, aiming to minimize environmental impact.

Venteur

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Venteur simplifies employee health benefits through its AI-driven platform. It facilitates Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs), empowering employees with tailored insurance options while providing employers predictability in benefits budget and cost control.

Copper Cow Coffee

Series A in 2021
Copper Cow Coffee, Inc. is a premium specialty Vietnamese coffee company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2018. The company focuses on making specialty Vietnamese coffee more accessible in the United States through innovative packaging and modern design. It emphasizes sustainable agriculture by sourcing its coffee from organic farms in Vietnam, ensuring that its products are both socially and environmentally responsible. Copper Cow Coffee offers a unique experience with its specialty Vietnamese lattes, which are sweetened with condensed milk and contain no artificial flavors or preservatives, allowing customers to easily prepare a fresh cup of naturally flavored coffee anytime and anywhere. The company primarily sells its products online, catering to a growing market of coffee enthusiasts.

Shop LIT Live

Seed Round in 2021
Shop LIT Live is a live streaming shopping platform that connects brands and merchants with consumers through immersive experiences. The mobile application enables brands to share their stories and showcase products, allowing buyers to engage with offerings in real time.

NCX

Seed Round in 2021
NCX facilitates access to natural capital markets for landowners of all sizes. It connects them with carbon credit buyers via its Natural Capital Exchange platform, delivering significant climate impact through rigorous data and science practices.

Mekonos

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2017, Mekonos specializes in the development of gene and cell therapies. The company designs integrated system-on-a-chip technology to create predictive models for discovery and development, and operates a proprietary cell-engineering platform based on scalable silicon technology.

Humm

Seed Round in 2019
Humm is a neurotechnology company dedicated to enhancing human capabilities through innovative products that leverage advancements in neuroscience. The company focuses on developing non-invasive wearables that improve cognitive function and overall quality of life. Its flagship product is a clinically validated patch that stimulates brain activity and boosts working memory for up to 90 minutes with just a 15-minute application. By integrating cutting-edge machine learning and cloud processing, humm aims to provide a healthier alternative to traditional medication and supplements for cognitive enhancement. The company’s mission is to facilitate personal growth and learning at any stage of life, allowing individuals to engage more fully in both professional and personal realms.

FanAI

Series A in 2019
FanAI operates an AI-driven audience monetization platform for the esports industry. It provides sponsors with insights into fan behavior, enabling targeted relationships and predicting fan responses. The platform offers dashboards, real-time analysis, fan segments, behavior analytics, return on investment measurement, and return on sponsorship tracking.

Wescover

Seed Round in 2019
Wescover is an online platform that enables users to discover art and design in unique spaces and learn about the creators behind them. The service provides a catalog of mapped objects with images linked to locations, allowing users to identify the designers and where pieces can be found. It connects people, places, and stories behind original design objects and features home decor products that reflect current trends, helping customers explore physical spaces and the designers and communities behind them. Wescover is based in San Francisco and was founded in the 2010s.

GameClub

Seed Round in 2019
GameClub Inc., founded in 2017 and based in New York, develops a mobile gaming platform that aims to revive classic and niche game genres, such as adventure, action, tower defense, and arcade games. The company focuses on providing premium mobile game experiences by utilizing the original source code of each game, updating it with modern technology while ensuring a high level of detail. GameClub’s platform offers a growing collection of quality games that are free from intrusive advertisements and microtransactions, allowing gamers to enjoy titles that are no longer widely available. In March 2022, GameClub was acquired by Take-Two Interactive Software, further enhancing its potential in the gaming industry.

PicPick

Angel Round in 2019
PikPik is a video editing code solution provider specializing in multi-dimensional image quality enhancement and compression processing for image and video. It is affiliated to Hangzhou Pickup Technology Co., Ltd.

Gerostate Alpha

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018 by academic researchers from the Buck Institute, Gerostate Alpha is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing treatments for aging and age-related diseases. Utilizing its proprietary drug discovery platform, the company aims to extend healthspan and lifespan.

Taali Foods

Seed Round in 2019
Taali Foods is a snacks company producing roasted snacks from popped water lily seeds (makhana). It offers products such as roasted water lily seeds, protein puffs, roasted makhana, and peanuts, aimed at guilt-free, flavorful snacking. The brand emphasizes clean-label ingredients, including non-GMO, whole, and natural components, and notes that its products contain about 20% fewer calories and 67% less fat per 28-gram serving than the leading popcorn brand.

Sandbox VR

Series A in 2019
Sandbox VR is a virtual reality company that provides fully immersive, location-based VR experiences powered by real-time full-body motion capture and advanced VR technology. The platform supports social, multiplayer gameplay, enabling teams to collaborate in shared narrative-driven adventures within a physical venue. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, Sandbox VR operates at locations including the Bay Area and Hong Kong. The company emphasizes premium, immersive experiences that merge real-world movement with virtual environments, aiming to deliver experiences akin to a holodeck where players explore storytelling-driven scenarios together.

9 Count

Seed Round in 2019
9 Count, Inc. is a company based in Venice, California, founded in 2018, that focuses on developing online community applications tailored for Generation Z. One of its primary offerings is Wink, a social networking platform designed to facilitate connections and friendships among users worldwide. The company aims to create engaging community experiences by enabling individuals to share, connect, and interact through various social media features, including posting, liking, sharing, and tagging their experiences.

Kika Tech

Venture Round in 2019
Kika Tech is a company that revolutionizes communications through AI technology. With a user base of 400 million installations and 60 million monthly active users, Kika's ecosystem boasts an impressive engagement rate of 120 times per user per day. By predicting intents and context, Kika enables users to communicate authentically, enhancing expressive communication and preserving the genuine nature of human conversations.

GlobaliD

Venture Round in 2019
GlobaliD offers a privacy-first digital identity platform that puts individuals in control of their personal data through a self-sovereign identity system. The platform enables passwordless access to services, participation in decentralized finance, and secure verification across online ecosystems while preserving privacy through encryption and strong security measures. By empowering portable, owner-controlled digital identities, GlobaliD aims to replace traditional credential models with private, secure, and interoperable identities that users manage themselves.

hīven

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Hīven is a trusted marketplace for people to find and list home-based coworking opportunities.

Copper Cow Coffee

Seed Round in 2018
Copper Cow Coffee, Inc. is a premium specialty Vietnamese coffee company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2018. The company focuses on making specialty Vietnamese coffee more accessible in the United States through innovative packaging and modern design. It emphasizes sustainable agriculture by sourcing its coffee from organic farms in Vietnam, ensuring that its products are both socially and environmentally responsible. Copper Cow Coffee offers a unique experience with its specialty Vietnamese lattes, which are sweetened with condensed milk and contain no artificial flavors or preservatives, allowing customers to easily prepare a fresh cup of naturally flavored coffee anytime and anywhere. The company primarily sells its products online, catering to a growing market of coffee enthusiasts.

Cargo

Series A in 2018
Cargo Systems, Inc. operates a mobile marketplace designed for selling products to passengers in transit, primarily through rideshare services. The company's platform, known as Cargo, enables passengers to order a diverse range of products, including snacks, electronics, and health and beauty items, delivered directly to them without the need for a dedicated app. Founded in 2016 by former employees of Birchbox, Cargo initially launched in New York and Boston and has since expanded its reach across 49 states. The company collaborates with rideshare drivers and brand partners to facilitate this unique in-car shopping experience, providing an opportunity for drivers to earn additional income while enhancing passenger convenience. Cargo is headquartered in New York, New York, and has received backing from various venture capital firms.

Eva

Seed Round in 2018
Higia Technologies, founded in 2016 and based in Mexico City, specializes in developing EVA, a non-invasive wearable device aimed at assessing breast cancer risk. This innovative device features tactile sensors that map the surface of the breast and its surrounding areas. By continuously monitoring changes in breast temperature, size, and weight through embedded biosensors, EVA empowers women to actively track their breast health. The company's focus is on making breast cancer risk assessment more accessible and user-friendly.

GameClub

Seed Round in 2018
GameClub Inc., founded in 2017 and based in New York, develops a mobile gaming platform that aims to revive classic and niche game genres, such as adventure, action, tower defense, and arcade games. The company focuses on providing premium mobile game experiences by utilizing the original source code of each game, updating it with modern technology while ensuring a high level of detail. GameClub’s platform offers a growing collection of quality games that are free from intrusive advertisements and microtransactions, allowing gamers to enjoy titles that are no longer widely available. In March 2022, GameClub was acquired by Take-Two Interactive Software, further enhancing its potential in the gaming industry.

AnChain.AI

Seed Round in 2018
AnChain.AI is a California-based provider of AI-powered cybersecurity, blockchain data analytics, and risk and compliance solutions. It connects wallet addresses and cryptocurrency transactions to real-world entities to support KYC/AML, quantify risk, and secure endpoints across multiple public and private chains. The company offers a Transaction Analytics Platform with automated alerts, anomaly detection, and user profiling, alongside a Smart Contract Auditing Sandbox for Solidity contracts. It also provides Crypto Ransomware Response capabilities that trace adversaries and minimize losses along the monetization lifecycle. AnChain.AI serves exchanges, custodians, protocols, issuers/miners, wallets, financial institutions, investors, hedge funds, and enterprise security teams. Founded in 2018, it is headquartered in California.

Airy:3D

Series A in 2018
Airy:3D, Inc. is a Montreal-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in passive depth recovery technologies designed to enhance 3D machine vision capabilities in cameras. The company's innovative solutions address the limitations of traditional imaging by providing depth information without reliance on auto-focus mechanisms, thus preserving battery life and image quality. Airy:3D serves various markets, including entertainment, automotive, industrial, and security and surveillance, aiming to transform how visual information is captured and processed in a three-dimensional context.

Taunt

Seed Round in 2018
Taunt is a Seattle-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing a social competition platform tailored for e-sports fans. The platform enhances the viewing experience by allowing users to predict real-time events during e-sports matches, particularly focusing on games like League of Legends. By employing data and machine learning, Taunt creates engaging companion experiences that enable fans to connect with each other, challenge friends, and showcase their analytical skills. This interactive approach not only fosters community engagement but also adds an element of competition, allowing users to earn reputation and enjoy the thrill of predicting game outcomes.

100Plus

Seed Round in 2018
100Plus is a rapidly growing remote patient monitoring platform designed to enhance the management of chronic patients, particularly among the elderly. The company provides an integrated solution that includes patient outreach, device setup, patient engagement, and automatic billing, all without requiring smartphones, apps, Bluetooth, or WiFi. This simplifies the process for both patients and healthcare providers. By delivering fully configured medical devices at no cost to Medicare patients or practices, 100Plus facilitates continuous monitoring of high-risk seniors, enabling healthcare professionals to proactively engage with patients. This approach aims to reduce the need for expensive episodic care and improve overall quality of life for patients.

Popshop Live

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Popshop Live is a mobile live streaming marketplace that lets individuals create and host their own shopping channels to sell directly to a global audience. Viewers interact with broadcasters in real time during streams and can access storefronts and archived shows, enabling an interactive and convenient shopping experience.

VAULT

Seed Round in 2018
Flick, Inc. is a software company that has developed a chat application tailored for sports influencers and their fans. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mamaroneck, New York, the platform allows sports influencers to connect with their most engaged followers, fostering a deeper level of interaction. Users can create branded hubs where they can communicate directly with fans, host quizzes, and provide live in-game statistics and events. The application is designed to enhance fan engagement through features such as polls, pre-game hype, and post-game analysis, making it a comprehensive tool for sports enthusiasts. Flick is also accessible via the App Store and Google Play, further expanding its reach within the sports community.

Gun

Seed Round in 2018
GUN is an open source real-time graph database platform that enables developers to build applications adaptable to offline environments. Focusing on seamless data synchronization, GUN simplifies the merging of conflicts and the handling of offline changes. Its platform leverages websockets for efficient data streaming, ensuring fast, scalable, and stable functionality. Designed for versatility, GUN's database engine operates across various environments, including web browsers, mobile devices, and servers, making it a valuable tool for developers looking to enhance user experience and application performance.

FanAI

Venture Round in 2018
FanAI operates an AI-driven audience monetization platform for the esports industry. It provides sponsors with insights into fan behavior, enabling targeted relationships and predicting fan responses. The platform offers dashboards, real-time analysis, fan segments, behavior analytics, return on investment measurement, and return on sponsorship tracking.

Vreal

Series A in 2018
Vreal Inc. is a Seattle-based company established in 2015 that develops a platform enabling game developers, streamers, and players to stream virtual reality gaming experiences across various devices, including desktop computers, mobile VR, traditional 2D screens, and VR headsets. The company's platform allows game streamers to share immersive 3D environments from the virtual reality worlds they inhabit, fostering a social experience where fans can engage with their favorite creators and each other. Vreal aims to transform gaming content by making audiences an integral part of the action, enhancing the enjoyment of discovering new games in a communal setting.

Cargo

Seed Round in 2018
Cargo Systems, Inc. operates a mobile marketplace designed for selling products to passengers in transit, primarily through rideshare services. The company's platform, known as Cargo, enables passengers to order a diverse range of products, including snacks, electronics, and health and beauty items, delivered directly to them without the need for a dedicated app. Founded in 2016 by former employees of Birchbox, Cargo initially launched in New York and Boston and has since expanded its reach across 49 states. The company collaborates with rideshare drivers and brand partners to facilitate this unique in-car shopping experience, providing an opportunity for drivers to earn additional income while enhancing passenger convenience. Cargo is headquartered in New York, New York, and has received backing from various venture capital firms.

SenseLuxury

Venture Round in 2018
SenseLuxury is an online rental platform specializing in high-end villas and apartments, offering a curated selection of nearly 2,000 properties across 150 destinations globally. The company distinguishes itself by focusing on providing an exquisite travel experience, with professional staff personally vetting each villa to ensure attention to detail and superior quality. This commitment to quality and customer satisfaction allows guests to enjoy a tailored vacation experience, complemented by high-end amenities and thoughtful service. As SenseLuxury's portfolio continues to expand, it aims to meet the demands of discerning travelers seeking unique and luxurious accommodations.

CloudBrain

Venture Round in 2018
CloudBrain is a provider of cloud-based artificial intelligence services that focus on enhancing data efficiency for its customers. The company has developed a machine learning platform that facilitates the application of advanced algorithms on large datasets. This platform is designed to support open platform application development partners, allowing businesses to optimize their key performance indicators through real-time and user-friendly solutions. By combining safety and efficiency, CloudBrain aims to empower organizations to leverage their data more effectively.

Sandbox VR

Seed Round in 2017
Sandbox VR is a virtual reality company that provides fully immersive, location-based VR experiences powered by real-time full-body motion capture and advanced VR technology. The platform supports social, multiplayer gameplay, enabling teams to collaborate in shared narrative-driven adventures within a physical venue. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, Sandbox VR operates at locations including the Bay Area and Hong Kong. The company emphasizes premium, immersive experiences that merge real-world movement with virtual environments, aiming to deliver experiences akin to a holodeck where players explore storytelling-driven scenarios together.

Gamer Sensei

Series A in 2017
Gamer Sensei is a professional esports coaching platform designed to connect gamers of all skill levels with experienced coaches in competitive esports titles. Its patent-pending technology facilitates personalized one-on-one coaching sessions, allowing players to receive tailored advice and strategic education to enhance their gaming skills. By offering a vast network of certified coaches, Gamer Sensei aims to help gamers improve their performance and achieve their competitive goals in a structured and supportive environment. The platform serves as a resource for those seeking to elevate their gameplay through customized lessons and expert guidance.

FanAI

Seed Round in 2017
FanAI operates an AI-driven audience monetization platform for the esports industry. It provides sponsors with insights into fan behavior, enabling targeted relationships and predicting fan responses. The platform offers dashboards, real-time analysis, fan segments, behavior analytics, return on investment measurement, and return on sponsorship tracking.

Airy:3D

Seed Round in 2017
Airy:3D, Inc. is a Montreal-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in passive depth recovery technologies designed to enhance 3D machine vision capabilities in cameras. The company's innovative solutions address the limitations of traditional imaging by providing depth information without reliance on auto-focus mechanisms, thus preserving battery life and image quality. Airy:3D serves various markets, including entertainment, automotive, industrial, and security and surveillance, aiming to transform how visual information is captured and processed in a three-dimensional context.

Deepblocks

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Deepblocks is an AI company specializing in real estate development. It integrates data like zoning rules, construction costs, market trends, and demographics into automated 3D visualizations and financial analysis, saving developers up to 90% of time and cost in finding and analyzing opportunities.

Spin

Series A in 2017
Spin is a shared electric scooter company that provides dockless mobility systems in cities and campuses.

UploadVR

Series A in 2017
Upload is dedicated to accelerating the success of the VR + AR (XR) industry through inspiring educational experiences.

Vivid Vision

Seed Round in 2017
Vivid Vision is a technology company that develops a virtual reality based therapy platform for vision disorders such as amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus. The core offering, the Vivid Vision software suite, provides interactive tests for eye dominance, suppression, angle of deviation, and contrast sensitivity, and allows clinicians to monitor and control a patient's experience from a touchscreen interface. The system measures eye muscle imbalance and delivers different images to each eye to assess binocular vision and treat amblyopia, enabling ophthalmologists to treat strabismus and convergence disorders effectively. The platform is designed for use in eye clinics, primarily in North America. The company was founded in 2014 in San Francisco and later renamed from Apollo VR to Vivid Vision in 2015.

Multiply Labs

Venture Round in 2017
Multiply Labs develops robotic-enabled manufacturing for personalized pharmaceutical capsules, combining pharmaceutical science with robotics to produce tailor-made capsules that align with individual patient metabolic needs. The company operates a robotic manufacturing facility and has introduced 3D-printed capsules, aiming to address scaling challenges in biotech and improve the efficiency and cost of producing patient-specific medicines.

Sonavex

Series A in 2017
Sonavex develops imaging technologies for vascular and surgical care, employing ultrasound to detect postoperative blood clots at the point of care and to measure intravascular flow metrics for timely decision making. It also develops bioresorbable, echogenic devices to mark at-risk vessels and to collect data on arteriovenous fistula flow, diameter, and depth at dialysis clinics to assess maturation and anticipate future complications. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, Sonavex focuses on delivering data-driven visualization of vessel health to improve surgical and dialysis patient outcomes.

Drone Racing League

Series B in 2017
Drone Racing League Inc., established in New York in 2015, specializes in staging professional drone races for top-tier pilots. The company hosts thrilling tournaments featuring first-person perspective drone racing, where elite pilots navigate custom-built drones through intricate, themed 3D courses. DRL generates revenue by selling tickets to these events and offering media services related to its high-octane competitions.

ScaleFlux

Venture Round in 2017
ScaleFlux specializes in computational storage solutions, optimizing data center and cloud infrastructure efficiency for various data-intensive applications. Incorporated in 2014, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California with additional locations in China.

Drop

Seed Round in 2017
Drop is a consumer rewards platform that uses machine learning to match shoppers with over 400 partner brands, enabling them to earn points, discounts, and cashback on purchases. The service encourages repeat shopping by offering instant rewards and personalized offers. Headquartered in Toronto, Drop serves more than 4 million members across North America and the UK, aiming to improve everyday consumer experiences through its personalized commerce platform.

Sonavex

Series A in 2017
Sonavex develops imaging technologies for vascular and surgical care, employing ultrasound to detect postoperative blood clots at the point of care and to measure intravascular flow metrics for timely decision making. It also develops bioresorbable, echogenic devices to mark at-risk vessels and to collect data on arteriovenous fistula flow, diameter, and depth at dialysis clinics to assess maturation and anticipate future complications. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, Sonavex focuses on delivering data-driven visualization of vessel health to improve surgical and dialysis patient outcomes.

feidieshuo.com

Venture Round in 2017
Feidieshuo is a knowledge media company that operates a video community platform focused on the science industry. The platform allows users to upload and access videos that interpret scientific topics through engaging animated talk show formats. By regularly providing content that simplifies complex scientific concepts, Feidieshuo aims to enhance public understanding of scientific affairs in an entertaining manner.

Mingyizhudao

Venture Round in 2017
mingyizhudao is the leading Internet + surgery platform and the only medical case sharing economic case research base in China. Its gold medal product “Medical Doctor” was launched in March 2015. It has become the authoritative Internet medical surgery platform in China. It has signed more than 40,000 experts from the top director level of the top three hospitals at home and abroad, and 100,000 grassroots doctors, over 1,000. Home-based cooperative hospital.

Sturfee

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Sturfee develops an augmented reality visual platform that enables users to see, access, and share information about their surroundings through cameras. Its visual positioning system and VPS cloud provide a cross-platform SDK for city-scale AR on mobile devices, combining satellite imagery with computer vision to deliver precise localization and geometry detection for multi-user interactions. The platform anchors three-dimensional content to real-world locations, allowing users to view and interact with digital content tied to geographic context as they move through physical space. Sturfee supports applications in 5G, AI, smart glasses, visual search, robotics, and smart cities by delivering location-based content delivery.

Cequence Security

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2014, Cequence Security develops a unified API protection platform that safeguards web, mobile, and API applications against attacks, business logic abuse, and fraud. Its solution enables real-time detection and prevention of threats, along with API discovery and compliance features. The company serves Fortune and Global 500 organizations across various industries.

Ripple Labs

Series B in 2016
Ripple Labs operates a global payments network using blockchain technology. It offers RippleNet, connecting banks, payment providers, digital asset exchanges, and corporates for cross-border payments. Key solutions include XRP (a digital asset for payments), xCurrent (for banks), xRapid (for payment providers), and xVia (for corporates). The company is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices globally.

Baobab

Series B in 2016
Baobab is a one-stop service for rental of educational and entertainment products for children, including books, toys, e-books, movies and games. Subscribers have access to thousands of books and toys as our library-on-wheels visits their neighborhood. Baobab’s webpage provides parents information on their children’s developmental stages and suggests toys/books accordingly.

Magnetic Insight

Seed Round in 2016
Magnetic Insight, Inc. is a company specializing in magnetic particle imaging (MPI), an innovative imaging modality that detects iron oxide nanoparticle tracers through time-varying magnetic fields. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Alameda, California, the company offers several key products, including the MOMENTUM imager, a pre-clinical MPI solution designed to produce high-quality images using advanced magnetic field gradients and proprietary reconstruction processes. Additionally, Magnetic Insight develops VivoTrax, a nanoparticle for cell tracking and as a blood pool agent, and Hyper, an add-on module for the MOMENTUM system that facilitates targeted magnetic hyperthermia treatment. The company's technology enables real-time monitoring of biological events, making significant strides in areas such as quantitative cell tracking, imaging of vascular function, and research into regenerative medicine and CAR-T cell therapies.

Zight

Seed Round in 2016
Zight is a leading solution for asynchronous visual communication, serving over 4 million users. It streamlines collaboration by combining screenshots, GIFs, screen recordings, and web recordings into one easy-to-use platform. Zight enhances internal and external team communication, reducing misunderstandings, saving time, and minimizing unnecessary meetings.

Limitless Entertainment

Seed Round in 2016
Limitless Entertainment, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, specializes in developing a cloud-based platform for creating virtual reality content. The company's patent-pending Limitless Creative VR Environment facilitates the animation and prototyping of interactive characters in virtual reality, catering to sectors such as video games and film. The platform offers both standard and premium interactive characters that respond to user inputs such as voice, gaze, and gestures. By leveraging the latest VR technologies, the platform simplifies the animation process, making it accessible to both newcomers and experienced creators. Limitless Entertainment focuses on enabling users to fully harness the potential of real-life interactive characters in immersive environments.

DeepMotion

Seed Round in 2016
DeepMotion is a technology company founded in December 2014 in Redwood City, specializing in motion intelligence for digital humans and virtual creatures. The company develops a cloud-based platform that utilizes deep learning, physics simulation, and computer vision to create lifelike animations and movements for 2D and 3D characters. By reconstructing realistic motion from real-world examples, DeepMotion's technology enables applications in augmented reality, virtual reality, gaming, film, and robotics. The company aims to enhance creative capabilities and interactivity in digital content, allowing users to train digital actors in various motion skills such as parkour, dancing, athletics, and martial arts. With a team comprising experts from renowned organizations like Blizzard, Pixar, Disney, and Microsoft, DeepMotion is positioned at the forefront of the evolving field of motion intelligence.

Félix & Paul Studios

Seed Round in 2016
Felix & Paul Studios, founded in 2013 and based in Montreal, Canada, specializes in the production of cinematic virtual reality experiences. The studio, led by directors and visual artists Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël, has established a reputation for its pioneering approach to virtual reality storytelling. It has developed a proprietary 3D 360º camera and corresponding software that set industry standards for quality in VR filmmaking. The studio creates both original content and collaborates with existing intellectual properties, offering audiences deeply immersive experiences that evoke strong emotional responses. Notable projects include collaborations with Oculus, Universal Studios, and Cirque du Soleil Media, showcasing the studio's commitment to high-quality, innovative storytelling in virtual reality. With a dedicated team of artists, software developers, and engineers, Felix & Paul Studios continues to lead the evolution of this emerging medium.

Spaces

Seed Round in 2016
Spaces, officially formed in January 2016, says it’s already working on a range of VR and mixed-reality projects with companies including NBCUniversal, Microsoft, Big Blue Bubble and the Hettema Group. Platforms it’s developing for include Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Microsoft HoloLens, Samsung Gear VR, PlayStation VR and Google Cardboard. “Spaces has a compelling and clear vision to be the catalyst for companies looking to create VR and MxR (mixed reality) experiences,” Comcast Ventures managing director Michael Yang said in a statement. “Spaces is combining remarkable capabilities, tools and creativity to push the boundaries of the VR frontier.”

Apollo

Seed Round in 2016
Apollo is a revenue platform offering a scalable go-to-market solution for sales and marketing teams. The platform consolidates data on contacts and companies into a single interface, enabling users to identify, analyze, and engage potential customers throughout the lifecycle. It provides access to verified data for more than 210 million B2B contacts and about 35 million companies worldwide, supporting targeted outreach and conversion and helping revenue professionals find accurate information, nurture leads, and accelerate sales velocity.

Turning Point Therapeutics

Series B in 2016
Turning Point Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on designing and developing novel small molecule targeted oncology therapies. Its pipeline includes repotrectinib, TPX-0046, TPX-0022, and preclinical ALK inhibitor TPX-0131, targeting genetic drivers of cancer in TKI-naïve and TKI-pretreated patients.

Evertoon

Seed Round in 2016
Evertoon, Inc. is a mobile application developer based in San Francisco, California, incorporated in 2013. The company specializes in a platform that allows users to create 3D animated movies by customizing avatars from photographs, which can resemble themselves, their friends, or celebrities. Users can enhance their creations by inputting emojis to animate the avatars and recording dialogues with optional voice filters. This user-friendly tool enables individuals to transform their stories into short films within minutes, which can then be shared across various social media platforms, including YouTube and Facebook. As of November 2017, Evertoon operates as a subsidiary of Niantic, Inc.

Synyi

Seed Round in 2016
Synyi is a provider of AI-powered healthcare data platforms for medical institutions and regulatory agencies, specializing in medical big data management systems, intelligent diagnostic tools, digital healthcare applications, and EEG-based case generation models that support clinical research, enhance operational efficiency, and enable digital transformation across the healthcare ecosystem. The company benefits from a highly qualified core team drawn from leading universities and international organizations in artificial intelligence, medicine, and medical informatics, whose technical achievements have been applied to national and municipal projects and who have published extensively in international journals and spoken at major medical conferences.

Brilliant

Seed Round in 2016
We make the Brilliant Control, a smart home control system that replaces an existing light switch.

Ostendo Technologies

Venture Round in 2016
Ostendo Technologies, Inc. develops solid-state lighting (SSL) based display technologies and GaN materials for commercial, consumer, and government markets. It offers curved desktop displays for simulation, training, gaming, digital video and graphics, command and control, financial analysis, medical imaging, broadcasting, and other information‑intensive applications. The company also provides GaN components used in LEDs for projectors and televisions, laser diodes for game consoles and Blu-ray players, and power electronics components for high‑power and high‑frequency systems such as cellular base stations, satellites, power amplifiers, and EV/HEV inverters. In addition, Ostendo develops solar cells. Founded in 2005 and based in Carlsbad, California, Ostendo aims to advance SSL based displays and GaN technologies to enable immersive visual experiences and efficiencies at the material, device, and system levels, including augmented, mixed, and virtual reality.

EpiBiome

Series A in 2016
EpiBiome, Inc. is a precision microbiome engineering company based in South San Francisco, California, founded in 2013. The company is dedicated to developing therapies that address infectious diseases in humans and agriculture without relying on small-molecule antibiotics. EpiBiome focuses on phage therapy, which targets specific strains within the microbiome, effectively treating antibiotic-resistant infections. Its applications include treatment for mastitis in dairy cows and addressing infections caused by Escherichia coli in humans. By utilizing advanced sequencing and bioinformatic processes, EpiBiome aims to identify pathogenic bacteria and microbiome changes that contribute to disease, offering innovative alternatives to combat the rising threat of antibiotic resistance. As of July 2018, it operates as a subsidiary of Locus Biosciences, Inc.

Alloy

Seed Round in 2015
Alloy is a technology company specializing in identity verification solutions for financial institutions. It offers an API-driven platform that simplifies fraud detection and compliance processes such as KYC, AML, and fraud prevention.

TuringSense

Seed Round in 2015
TuringSense, Inc. is a company that specializes in wearable sports technology, particularly known for its innovative product, PIVOT. This device employs a multi-sensor, full-body motion capture system that operates without a camera, designed to enhance the training of tennis players by providing high-speed, 360-degree motion analysis and instant biomechanical feedback. Founded in 2014 and based in Campbell, California, TuringSense aims to optimize athletic technique and prevent injuries through its portable technology. In addition to tennis, the company plans to expand its offerings to other sports such as golf and swimming. Moreover, TuringSense's technology has diverse applications beyond sports, including physical therapy, rehabilitation, posture correction, and virtual reality/gaming. Users can easily store and share their training data with coaches, medical professionals, and peers in real-time, enhancing the training experience and fostering community engagement.

Musical.Ly

Series B in 2015
Musical.ly, founded in 2014 by Alex Zhu and Luyu Yang, was a social network designed for creating, sharing, and discovering short videos. The platform became particularly popular among teenagers, offering them a space to express their creativity through singing, dancing, comedy, and lip-syncing in videos of 15 seconds or less. By providing tools for users to record live videos and overlay music, Musical.ly fostered a vibrant global community of content creators and viewers. The app gained significant traction, ranking #1 in the iOS App Store for free apps in multiple countries, including the United States. In 2017, Musical.ly was acquired by ByteDance's subsidiary Toutiao, and in 2018, it was merged into TikTok, further expanding its reach and influence in the realm of short-form video content.

Bitmovin

Seed Round in 2015
Bitmovin provides online streaming infrastructure and encoding solutions for OTT video. It offers a cloud-based transcoding service that enables adaptive streaming for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS, along with a suite of optimized DASH clients and a reference open-source library to access DASH. The company's products include an encoding API, a video player, and analytics to help optimize viewer engagement and quality. Bitmovin partners with other technology providers to extend its platform. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco with an office in Klagenfurt, Bitmovin originated as a spin-off from the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and continues to engage in standards work related to ISO/IEC MPEG. Its platform focuses on cloud-native video encoding and delivery to reduce loading times and buffering for end users.

Hellotoken

Angel Round in 2015
Hellotoken Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Allston, Massachusetts, operates a platform designed to help publishers monetize their content more effectively. The company's platform allows publishers to earn revenue per visitor through a simple, one-click question that acts as a micropayment, offering a higher earning potential compared to traditional ads and paywalls. Additionally, Hellotoken leverages the readership networks of online publications to distribute survey questions to specific demographics, providing startups and companies with a means to validate ideas, products, and other concepts through its extensive reach.

Eight Sleep

Series A in 2015
Eight Sleep is a pioneering sleep technology company that manufactures smart mattresses designed to optimize rest and improve overall health. Founded in 2014, the company's products include temperature-regulating mattresses, sleep trackers, and other accessories aimed at creating personalized, comfortable sleep environments.

Turning Point Therapeutics

Series B in 2015
Turning Point Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on designing and developing novel small molecule targeted oncology therapies. Its pipeline includes repotrectinib, TPX-0046, TPX-0022, and preclinical ALK inhibitor TPX-0131, targeting genetic drivers of cancer in TKI-naïve and TKI-pretreated patients.

iMicrobes

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Industrial Microbes designs and builds microbes that produce better chemicals with lower costs and lower carbon emissions. We use greenhouse gases as the raw materials, including biogas, natural gas, and carbon dioxide. We scale our process with global chemical producers.

ModernLend

Seed Round in 2015
ModernLend is an online lending platform focused on providing credit cards and loans to creditworthy individuals, particularly international citizens and under-banked U.S. residents. The company leverages machine learning and non-traditional data metrics, such as education and employment history, to assess creditworthiness without relying on Social Security numbers or FICO scores. This innovative approach allows ModernLend to serve those who may lack a full credit history, enabling them to build and access credit more easily. Additionally, ModernLend is in partnership with a bank to offer customized credit card solutions for international citizens, further enhancing its commitment to financial inclusion. The company has garnered attention within the fintech space, having participated in notable competitions and raised venture capital funding.

Zuiyou

Series A in 2015
Zuiyou is a social networking mobile application designed for users born in the 1990s, facilitating the sharing and discovery of content, including recommendations, topics, and videos. The platform distinguishes itself by decentralizing user comments, presenting them in a non-linear manner rather than prioritizing them based on popularity. This approach encourages diverse interactions and allows users to engage with content in a more organic and personalized way. Through its innovative features, Zuiyou aims to foster a unique community where individuals can connect over shared interests and explore a wide array of topics.

Jetbay

Seed Round in 2015
Jetbay is a travel company that offers an online platform designed for foreign travelers looking to research and book trips to China. Focused on the inbound travel market, Jetbay provides users with essential tools and resources to facilitate their travel planning. Founded in 2014 by Michael Pan and James Tan, the company is based in Mountain View, California, and operates in a beta version. Jetbay is a venture-backed enterprise with a presence in the United States, China, and Southeast Asia, aiming to enhance the travel experience for international visitors.

Chariot

Seed Round in 2015
Chariot Transit Inc. is a transportation company based in San Francisco, California, that offers crowd-sourced commuting services. Founded in 2014, Chariot operates a fleet of vehicles, providing both charter services for personal trips and corporate events. The company utilizes a unique approach by crowdsourcing future routes and pickup/drop-off locations based on the home and work addresses of its riders. This innovative model aims to create a self-sustainable mass-transit system that alleviates congestion while delivering a comfortable and personalized commuting experience. Chariot emphasizes affordability and flexibility, striving for universal access to better transportation. The company's services are accessible through mobile applications for iPhone and Android, as well as its mobile website. In addition to its original market in San Francisco, Chariot has expanded to several other cities, including Austin, Seattle, New York, Columbus, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, and even London. As of September 2016, Chariot operates as a subsidiary of Ford Smart Mobility LLC.

Sensel

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2013, Sensel develops advanced interactive touch modules. These modules combine high-precision touch sensing with multi-finger force detection, enabling electronics manufacturers to create thinner, more responsive interfaces across various applications such as personal computing, automotive, mobile, and augmented/virtual reality.

New Valence Robotics Corporation

Convertible Note in 2015
New Valence Robotics Corporation, founded in 2013 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializes in designing and leasing advanced 3D printing solutions. As a subsidiary of Cincinnati Incorporated, the company focuses on delivering innovative automated enterprise 3D printing technologies to address significant industry challenges. Their research and development program, NVLABS, has pioneered the capability to print with multiple metals in a single build, including materials such as stainless steel and titanium. The flagship product, NVPro™, is recognized as the world's first fully automated end-to-end 3D printing solution, featuring patented automated part removal and the ability to operate continuously around the clock. This technology allows users to achieve ultra-high printing speeds, significantly exceeding current market offerings, and provides a cost-effective solution while enhancing accessibility and usability through a cloud-based interface.

Popular Pays

Seed Round in 2014
Popular Pays, Inc. is a technology company that operates a platform designed to connect brands with content creators, facilitating the production of engaging and shareable content. Established in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional location in New York, Popular Pays offers a comprehensive marketplace where brands can browse, apply, and collaborate with creators. The platform features tools such as a brief builder, creator profiles, in-app messaging, and API integrations, which streamline the collaboration process and enhance communication between users. By providing powerful analytics and workflow tools, Popular Pays empowers brands to effectively manage campaigns and select the right creators to tell their stories.

EquityZen

Seed Round in 2014
EquityZen Inc. is a New York-based company that operates a marketplace designed to connect shareholders of private companies with accredited investors seeking alternative investments. Founded in 2013, EquityZen provides a platform that facilitates the buying and selling of shares in private technology firms, thereby delivering liquidity to early shareholders while granting investors access to private markets. The marketplace enables venture capital investors, family offices, hedge funds, and individual investors to participate in pre-IPO investments through pooled investment vehicles. With over 37,000 private placements completed across more than 400 companies, EquityZen has established itself as a leader in providing opportunities for investment in the private sector.

Apto Payments

Seed Round in 2014
Apto Payments Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2014. It specializes in providing online payment solutions through its card issuance platform, which enables businesses to create and launch customized card programs. Apto Payments issues Shift debit cards that allow users to spend digital currencies, cryptocurrencies, and loyalty points seamlessly for everyday transactions. The company also offers a gateway for users to check account balances and transaction details, facilitating the management and spending of their digital assets, including bitcoin.

EverString

Series A in 2014
EverString, established in 2012 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, specializes in a predictive analytics platform designed for B2B companies. Its cloud-based SaaS solution identifies and engages customer prospects by tracking and analyzing user data patterns, developing custom predictive models, and monitoring prospect behaviors to reveal intent. The platform offers predictive scoring, demand generation, and targeted advertising, aiding clients in building new pipelines and enhancing conversion rates. As of November 2020, EverString operates as a subsidiary of ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.

Ginkgo Bioworks

Seed Round in 2014
Founded in 2008, Ginkgo Bioworks designs, engineers, and licenses organisms for various applications. It discovers molecules for flavors, sweeteners, cosmetics, crops, pharmaceuticals, and generates probiotic bacteria for health benefits. The company serves markets such as cultured ingredients, carbon mitigation, probiotics, and natural product discovery.

Orbeus

Seed Round in 2014
Orbeus taps the power of deep learning to provide scalable image and face recognition solutions for businesses and consumers. With expertise in state-of-the-art machine learning and ImageNet (award winners in 2013 and 2014), Orbeus understands both the tremendous value, and limitations, of a purely academic approach for everyday uses. Orbeus bridges this gap to meet identification requirements has developed what could be the best application yet for letting everyday consumers benefit from advances in deep learning, called PhotoTime, which got featured by Apple store and mass medias.

Pipapai

Seed Round in 2014
Pipapai develops a cloud based platform to connect applicants with human resource personnels of a company. The platform helps in recruiting new staff members, allowing companies to build a harmonious relationship with its employees and broaden ideas to help in the recruitment process of the companies. Pipapai was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Nanjing, China.

Chrends

Angel Round in 2014
Chrends, known as Chatrooms for Trending topics, is an innovative platform that offers an untraceable and anonymous open chat network. It addresses the challenges faced by over 2 billion individuals worldwide who lack complete access to the fundamental right of free speech and expression. Established by the creators of a well-known IRC server platform, Chrends allows users to connect with others and share information in open chatrooms without disclosing their identity. The application is designed to ensure user privacy by storing no personal data, making it secure enough that even the company's engineers cannot determine the identity of its users. Chrends provides a unique solution for those seeking a safe environment for group conversations, particularly on mobile devices.

3Sourcing

Seed Round in 2014
3Sourcing is a UK-based technology company that operates a search engine designed for finding and connecting with technical talent. Founded by Razvan Dinu and Tom Savage in New Barnet, the platform aggregates information from various online sources, allowing users to access comprehensive live profiles of technologists. This enables employers to efficiently identify and hire skilled professionals by providing multiple points of connection and contact. By unlocking the dispersed values across unrelated sites, 3Sourcing aims to streamline the recruitment process in the technical field.

Strikingly

Seed Round in 2014
Strikingly, Inc. is a website development platform established in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It enables users, including small businesses and individuals, to create mobile-optimized websites and online stores without the need for coding or design skills. The platform offers a variety of professional templates and layouts, allowing users to easily build responsive websites that are optimized for smartphones, tablets, and desktops. Strikingly's features include drag-and-drop editing, e-commerce capabilities, and options for adding memberships and blogs. The company generates revenue through premium subscription plans, which provide additional functionalities such as custom domain connections and the removal of Strikingly branding.

TrueVault

Seed Round in 2014
TrueVault specializes in secure data storage and management, focusing on protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and ensuring regulatory compliance. Founded in 2013, the company offers a HIPAA-compliant API and secure data vault that enables developers to create applications meeting technical and physical safeguards. TrueVault's platform also provides user identity and access control, aiming to eliminate data security risks and liabilities.

Next Caller

Seed Round in 2014
Next Caller, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in real-time call verification and phone fraud detection services. The company provides a caller identification platform designed to help businesses and consumers identify unknown callers and detect fraudulent activity. Its Advanced Caller ID feature flags all forms of call spoofing by delivering real-time caller data, including telephone numbers, names, addresses, emails, and social profiles, along with threat-level analysis. Next Caller also offers a Fraud API that identifies suspicious calls, such as those from masked numbers. Utilizing a proprietary algorithm known as VeriCall, the company analyzes carrier-level metadata and offers a real-time RESTful API for seamless integration with existing call center technology. Additionally, Next Caller enables users to clean and append their databases while facilitating lead validation and prioritization. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in San Francisco and Boston.
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