Chari
Venture Round in 2023
Chari is an e-commerce and fintech platform serving traditional retailers across French-speaking Africa. It enables retailers to order consumer goods for delivery within 24 hours, while also offering microloans as financial services.
Degreed
Venture Round in 2023
Degreed provides a lifelong learning platform that enables organizations to build teams' skills and promote career mobility. It integrates various learning resources like courses, videos, articles, books, podcasts, and experts, allowing employees to track their learning progress and connect with opportunities.
Boostly
Seed Round in 2022
Boostly is a comprehensive SMS marketing and communication platform tailored for restaurants. It enables restaurants to build a CRM for various customers, automate SMS marketing based on customer engagement, and handle call-in orders via an AI-powered phone assistant. Additionally, Boostly collects real-time feedback to enhance the guest experience and generate reviews.
Typewise
Seed Round in 2022
Typewise AG is a Swiss deep tech company established in 2019 and headquartered in Binningen, Switzerland. It specializes in developing innovative text prediction technology and offers a range of products aimed at enhancing communication efficiency. The flagship product, the Typewise Keyboard, is an award-winning app available for iOS and Android that supports over 30 languages and includes features like a custom dictionary and predictive text capabilities, specifically catering to users in multilingual contexts, including support for Hinglish. Additionally, Typewise provides an AI Writing Assistant, a browser-based tool designed to improve the speed and quality of written communication, particularly for customer service and sales teams. The company also offers a Text Prediction API that allows developers to integrate its advanced text prediction capabilities into their own applications, thereby enhancing user experience and productivity. With nearly 2 million installations of its keyboard app, Typewise aims to make everyday communication easier and more efficient.
Better Opinions
Seed Round in 2022
Better Opinions is a stock market of opinions platform that allows users to trade their opinion on an outcome of an event.
Vecindario
Seed Round in 2022
Vecindario operates a real estate technology platform that assists users throughout the home-buying process. It aims to address common challenges by maintaining neighborhood records and assigning advisors to facilitate transactions, enabling customers to acquire their desired homes within budget.
Ivella offers banking and savings products designed for couples and develops banking and financial applications to help them split expenses. The platform supports joint checking accounts and balances, helps prevent unplanned withdrawals from individual funds, and tracks spending to show who initiated a transaction, how costs are split, and how much each person paid.
CloudEagle.ai
Seed Round in 2022
CloudEagle is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that provides organizations with comprehensive visibility into their SaaS usage and expenditure. The platform employs artificial intelligence to automate the categorization of vendors and offers a detailed overview of vendor compliance and competition. By tracking and managing all applications used within an organization, CloudEagle streamlines procurement workflows, enabling IT, security, and procurement teams to effectively manage, govern, and renew their SaaS applications from a single interface. This capability not only enhances operational efficiency but also helps companies save significant amounts of money on software expenses and reduces the time spent on purchasing and renewing applications.
Skillza Learning
Venture Round in 2022
Skillza Learning is an educational technology company that develops a platform aimed at enhancing learning outcomes for students. The platform facilitates the integration of innovative technologies into educational institutions, promoting a learner-centered approach in classrooms. By incorporating tools such as virtual reality, Skillza provides students with opportunities to develop their skills and core competencies, ultimately aiming to improve the overall educational experience.
Soon
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Soon operates a finance management platform that automates personal finances, helping users manage their money more effectively. The platform allows individuals to deposit funds into their accounts, automatically allocating a portion for essential expenses while investing the remainder according to user-defined portfolio settings. This system enables users to balance their spending, saving, and investing, ultimately aiding them in achieving their financial goals efficiently. Soon's approach simplifies the financial management process by integrating spending and investment strategies into a single solution, thereby enhancing users' financial well-being.
WANTD is a specialized marketplace for power resellers in the secondary sneaker market. It offers features like live video auctions, virtual storefronts, and bulk listing tools, enabling these sellers to manage their inventory efficiently and move products swiftly.
Unsaddl
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Unsaddl is a benefits platform that assists employers in offering educational assistance programs to their staff. It facilitates contributions towards student loans and 529 college savings plans, along with managing tuition reimbursement and leave of absence policies. The company's digital platform enables employees to enroll and link their student loans for personalized repayment plans.
Lendtable
Series A in 2021
Lendtable is a San Francisco-based financial services company that provides cash advances and wealth-building loans aimed at helping income-constrained individuals participate in employer-sponsored retirement benefits. The offerings are designed to enable customers to access funds necessary to receive an employer match in their 401(k) plan, with repayment through a service fee. Founded in 2020, Lendtable focuses on fintech solutions that supplement monthly income and support retirement savings.
Malloc is a U.S.-based cybersecurity startup with operations in Cyprus. Founded in 2021, the company develops mobile applications focused on data privacy and security. Their flagship product uses AI-driven technology to monitor and prevent unauthorized recording or transmission of data from users' devices, alerting users to potential threats without compromising device performance. Malloc has received seed funding following its participation in Y Combinator's accelerator program.
Founded in 2017, Lapzo is a SaaS company based in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. It provides a learning experience platform designed to help organizations develop their staff through engaging micro-content courses, accessible anytime and on any device.
Zeni is an AI-powered bookkeeping software company that provides a comprehensive suite of financial tools and services, including bookkeeping, invoicing, and financial reporting, augmented by a dedicated finance team. By leveraging automation, it helps startups and small businesses save time and improve the accuracy of their financial operations, delivering real-time financial insights. The platform integrates core accounting tasks into a single system to streamline processes and support better financial management.
Alinea is a mobile investing platform that simplifies personal finance for beginners. It enables users to create themed investment playlists, automate investments through recurring contributions, and make informed decisions using relevant insights. The platform also facilitates social trading by allowing users to view and share strategies with peers.
ElectroNeek
Series A in 2021
ElectroNeek is an Intelligent Automation platform that empowers Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their clients with advanced technologies for seamless end-to-end business process automation. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, ElectroNeek was founded in 2019.
Exabeam develops a security management platform that detects and responds to cyber threats. Its platform collects log data, uses behavioral analytics for threat detection, and automates incident responses. Key products include Threat Hunter, Exabeam Threat Intelligence Service, Exabeam Spectrum, and Exabeam Data Lake. The company serves various industries and has strategic partnerships with SentinelOne and Code 42 Software.
Ancana is a proptech company that facilitates fractional ownership of vacation homes worldwide. It partners with developers to offer managed properties, handling complexities while users enjoy seamless scheduling.
Breadcrumbs.io
Seed Round in 2021
Breadcrumbs.io is a revenue acceleration platform built on a co-dynamic lead scoring and routing engine that collects a variety of data points to helps companies in rating and scoring current and potential customers.
PingPong
Seed Round in 2021
PingPong is a communication platform designed to facilitate collaboration among remote teams across different time zones. Founded in 2020, the company offers a video messaging application that allows users to share updates through short recorded videos, enhancing communication without the need for scheduled meetings. The platform enables team members to share ideas, demonstrate processes, and solicit feedback effectively, accommodating the spontaneous nature of remote work. By allowing users to record their screens and invite customers to provide input, PingPong streamlines the coordination of remote teams, fostering a more connected and productive work environment. With a global workforce, PingPong aims to empower teams to work efficiently and stay engaged.
Queenly
Seed Round in 2021
Queenly is an online marketplace and search engine specializing in the formalwear industry, catering to a diverse community of dress enthusiasts. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California, Queenly has quickly established itself as a leader in the market, boasting the largest inventory of formal dresses in the United States, surpassing traditional retailers like Macy’s, Rent the Runway, and Nordstrom. The platform addresses the needs of underserved segments such as prom, pageant, quinceañera, and wedding dress markets, offering a solution for high-priced, low-usage inventory. Queenly's features include a custom search function and flexible purchasing options, allowing users to buy and sell dresses at negotiable prices, thus enhancing accessibility and convenience for both buyers and sellers.
PerimeterX
Series D in 2021
PerimeterX, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing solutions to prevent automated attacks and malicious web behavior. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional locations in London, Miami, and a subsidiary in Tel Aviv, the company offers a suite of products aimed at protecting web infrastructure. Its flagship solutions, known as PerimeterX Bot Defender, provide real-time defenses against various types of bot attacks, including those targeting websites, mobile applications, and APIs. By leveraging behavioral analytics and advanced threat detection techniques, PerimeterX helps organizations in sectors such as e-commerce, travel, and media safeguard their digital assets from account abuse, web scraping, and marketing fraud. The company's innovative approach has garnered recognition, including being listed among the top cybersecurity startups and promising artificial intelligence firms.
mGrana
Venture Round in 2021
mGrana uses AI and alternative data to unlock access to financial services in Brazil. mGrana's smartphone app processes millions of data points and delivers credit within minutes. Power customers access other financial products as well as AI-based financial advice.
Rubrik provides data security solutions to organizations worldwide, offering live data access for recovery and application development. Its platform combines enterprise data management with web-scale IT, eliminating backup software and enabling businesses to manage data across private and public clouds within minutes.
Relay
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Relay is a software platform designed to assist small businesses in managing appointments, accepting payments, and booking customers efficiently with just one tap. The platform enhances the customer experience by providing easy messaging tools and essential business functionalities. Service professionals can use Relay to share their estimated time of arrival, record and send videos, update statuses, and request payments, reviews, and referrals—all through a single tap. By simplifying communication and improving overall customer interactions, Relay helps businesses grow, generate revenue, and increase customer lifetime value.
Samsara Networks
Series F in 2020
Founded in 2015, Samsara develops IoT-based solutions that provide real-time visibility, analytics, and AI for operations across various industries. Its offerings include plug-and-play sensors, wireless connectivity, and cloud-hosted software integrated for deployment.
Quickcard
Seed Round in 2020
Quickcard is a technology company that specializes in developing tools to enhance the effectiveness of sales teams by optimizing their content. The platform allows users to create and share personalized sales materials, including sales decks, one-pagers, and demo videos, in a tracked manner. Its technology features content slides that incorporate animated elements and interactive tooltips, which provide additional context through embedded text or audio messages. By consolidating various sales resources such as white papers and case studies into a single platform, Quickcard enables businesses to improve customer engagement and retention through better insights into content performance.
Digiventures
Seed Round in 2019
Digiventures is a company focused on driving the digitalization of financial institutions to enhance financial inclusion for all customers. It offers an omnichannel, no-code SaaS platform that facilitates the creation of digital financial products. Utilizing advanced technology and strategic partnerships with leading software firms, Digiventures enhances customer acquisition processes for financial companies across both digital and physical channels. Its solutions include tools for lead generation, digital onboarding, and portfolio activation, designed to improve productivity and marketing efficiency. The platform features a superior user experience and online identity validation, which can be tailored to align with the branding and policies of financial institutions, allowing them to receive real-time feedback from their online marketing efforts.
Boltive
Convertible Note in 2019
Boltive safeguards advertisers and publishers from harmful ads. Its platform shields against invasive, malicious, or offensive ads, protecting user experience and recovering lost revenues.
LineLeap
Pre Seed Round in 2019
LineLeap operates a nightlife platform designed to streamline the customer journey and revenue opportunities for bars, clubs, and nightlife venues. For users, the platform provides fast passes to skip lines, pre-ordered discounted drink specials, general admission tickets, reservations, event tickets, and drink purchases, accessible from a mobile device, along with exclusive deals at participating venues. For venue partners, LineLeap offers a venue platform that helps manage guest experience, marketing, and operations, while creating new revenue streams through services such as VIP table or bottle service and pre-booked orders. The company aims to simplify nightlife by reducing wait times and enabling convenient, trusted purchases, integrating education and a seamless customer journey.
Ryvit
Venture Round in 2019
Ryvit develops integration software tailored for the construction industry. Its platform facilitates seamless data flow between various premise-based and cloud software applications, including enterprise resource products, CRM, e-commerce platforms, social apps, and industry-specific systems. Headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri, Ryvit empowers businesses to automate workflows and optimize application usage without straining development resources.
ThoughtSpot
Series E in 2019
ThoughtSpot provides an AI-native intelligence platform that empowers enterprises to explore any data, ask questions, and uncover actionable insights. It offers intuitive natural language search, enabling users to generate answers from business data at every point of decision-making. ThoughtSpot serves various industries, with clients including NVIDIA, Hilton Worldwide, Capital One, and Huel.
Reelables
Seed Round in 2019
Reelables, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in the manufacture of ultra-thin wireless Bluetooth labels designed for tracking and monitoring shipments and inventory. The company's innovative products automate supply chain and inventory management processes, leveraging Bluetooth low-energy communication, temperature sensors, and cellular connectivity. These features provide logistics companies and warehouses with real-time location data, temperature readings, and automated inventory audits. By enhancing operational efficiency and minimizing human error, Reelables aims to streamline the logistics and inventory management sectors.
Clever Real Estate
Series A in 2019
Clever Real Estate is a company that specializes in commercial real estate and online marketplaces. It offers a software platform that guides users through the process of interviewing real estate agents to find the right one for them. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
Hatch is a communication platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses, enabling them to automate sales conversations through a unified workspace. By integrating two-way SMS messaging, email, and voice communication, Hatch facilitates seamless interactions between sales teams and customers. The platform is designed to improve close rates and shorten sales cycles while also enhancing customer engagement and satisfaction. Additionally, Hatch provides tools for business planning and data organization, ultimately helping businesses to increase revenue and secure more positive customer reviews.
Avoma is an artificial intelligence powered meeting assistant and conversation intelligence platform for sales and customer success teams. The platform captures, transcribes, summarizes, analyzes, and facilitates collaboration across remote meetings, helping teams automate follow-ups and learn from conversations. It integrates with major tools such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoom, and Outreach, enabling centralized workflows and reducing the need for multiple administrative tools. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Avoma serves knowledge professionals by automating repetitive tasks and turning meeting data into actionable insights.
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.
Reconstruct
Series A in 2019
Reconstruct offers predictive computer vision data analytics software for construction projects. Its platform manages data collection from drones, fixed cameras, or mobile devices, visualizes images aligned with BIM models, and reports risk locations to enable proactive planning. Founded in 2016, Reconstruct is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Nectar Inc. is a company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in designing and manufacturing innovative metal pourers and stoppers equipped with ultrasound technology. Founded in 2014, Nectar's solutions automate inventory management and help reduce shrinkage in the consumer packaged goods and alcoholic beverage sectors. The company leverages Internet of Things (IoT) technology to provide real-time tracking of bottle inventory, which allows for the automatic depletion of used bottles from stock. Additionally, Nectar's platform integrates pour data with point of sale transactions, facilitating automatic replenishment of essential items before they run out. This data-driven approach aims to enhance operational efficiency and insights for businesses in its target industries.
Forage Pty. Ltd. operates an open-access virtual experience platform designed to help students explore various career paths through company-endorsed virtual internships. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, the company, previously known as Insidesherpa, collaborates with prominent organizations to provide free training courses aimed at enhancing candidates' career skills and visibility. Students can enroll in these company-supported courses to gain practical experience and insight into different industries. With over one million students in its ecosystem, Forage connects learners with opportunities from leading firms such as KPMG, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and Deloitte, among others.
WeatherCheck
Seed Round in 2019
WeatherCheck, Inc. is a technology company based in Louisville, Kentucky, that specializes in monitoring properties for potential weather-related damage. Founded in 2015, it provides property managers, insurance carriers, and mortgage companies with timely alerts regarding severe weather events, including hail, wildfires, tornadoes, floods, blizzards, heat waves, and cold snaps. The company's platform delivers crucial information about these conditions 24 hours before and after an event, allowing stakeholders to take proactive measures to protect their properties. By focusing on clarity during dynamic weather situations, WeatherCheck aims to assist property owners in securing insurance and mitigating damage from severe weather.
Game of Whales
Seed Round in 2019
Game of Whales is a developer of a monetization optimization platform aimed at enhancing in-app purchases for mobile games. The company utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze user behavior in real-time, allowing it to micro-segment players based on their gaming activity. This automated approach enables Game of Whales to interact with users effectively, taking into account their progress and resources within the game. By continuously optimizing its performance without the need for human intervention, the platform provides clients with a real-time dashboard that tracks key performance indicators, such as conversion rates and retention rates. This capability helps game developers maximize player lifetime value and minimize churn, ultimately driving profitability.
NarrativeDx
Corporate Round in 2019
NarrativeDx develops an AI-driven platform that analyzes patient feedback from various sources. It uses natural language processing and machine learning to provide actionable insights, helping healthcare administrators improve patient experience, drive referrals, increase revenue, and enhance hospital reputation.
Camellia Labs
Seed Round in 2019
Chime is the world’s first chai maker that fuses the traditional, hand-crafted process of making chai with their passion for product design and technology.
At Chime, they believe technology has the power to simplify and bring back authentic, everyday experiences.
NarrativeDx
Series A in 2019
NarrativeDx develops an AI-driven platform that analyzes patient feedback from various sources. It uses natural language processing and machine learning to provide actionable insights, helping healthcare administrators improve patient experience, drive referrals, increase revenue, and enhance hospital reputation.
FinTech Studios
Convertible Note in 2019
FinTech Studios, founded in 2014 by Jim Tousignant, is a technology company that specializes in AI-based applications and big-data analytics. The company has developed a search and analytics platform that provides real-time insights into businesses and market conditions. Its innovative technology enables the discovery and analysis of relevant content from millions of online sources and proprietary databases, offering timely and pertinent market intelligence for investors, financial professionals, and business executives. By delivering intelligent search capabilities and curating business and financial news in multiple languages, FinTech Studios equips financial institutions with actionable news, research, and market analytics in a secure environment.
Creator
Convertible Note in 2019
Creator Inc. is an innovative company based in San Francisco that specializes in designing and developing robotic systems for the food industry, specifically focused on hamburger production. Founded in 2009, Creator's technology automates the entire process of crafting gourmet burgers, from grinding fresh meat to slicing vegetables and assembling the final product, all without human intervention. The robots cater to various food establishments, including burger restaurants, convenience stores, food trucks, and vending applications, allowing them to serve high-quality food efficiently and at competitive prices. The team comprises experienced roboticists and culinary experts, including alumni from prestigious institutions and renowned restaurants, which enhances their ability to blend technology with gourmet food preparation. Creator aims to revolutionize the fast-food experience by offering customized, freshly made hamburgers that meet the demands of modern consumers.
Fundfolio
Seed Round in 2019
Fundfolio is the SMARTest way to crowdfund. Fundfolio uses algorithms to double the success rate of current crowdfunding leaders. This algorithm increases donors likelihood to back projects, while decreasing anxiety for dreamers with limited marketing and/or sales experience. It delivers your message to like-minded others through social sharing, assists in your success, and displays goals in a way almost anyone can understand.
Aurabeat
Seed Round in 2019
Aurabeat develops a smart air quality sensor that detects changes in air quality to save energy and effectively clean the air in homes. Aurabeat helps to eliminate bacteria, viruses, pollutants, and molds with a coverage area of up to 538 square feet.
Aurabeat utilizes sound energy and acoustic air filtration to improve air filter performance while reducing air filtration energy consumption, giving customers sustainable, pollution and virus-free clean air.
Netskope is a cloud security company that provides a SaaS-based platform offering real-time data and threat protection for enterprises worldwide. Its key products include Netskope Security Cloud, Cloud XDTM, NewEdge security network, CASB, SWG, and professional services. Serving various industries such as financial services, government, healthcare, high-tech, manufacturing, and retail, Netskope enables secure access to cloud services, websites, and private applications from any device.
Aerial
Venture Round in 2018
Aerial Technologies Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in cloud-based motion analytics solutions utilizing artificial intelligence and existing wireless infrastructure. Founded in 2015, Aerial has developed the Motion Capture Plug, a WiFi Motion device that analyzes distortions in wireless signals to provide insights into motion activity in various environments such as homes, workplaces, hospitals, and hotels. This technology allows for monitoring without the use of cameras, wearables, or sensors, making it a cost-effective solution for detecting human presence and activities. Aerial serves a diverse clientele, including internet service providers, healthcare organizations, security systems integrators, and smart object manufacturers across the globe, with regional offices in the United States and Spain.