Garuda

Garuda is a venture capital investment firm established in 2017 and based in Orinda, California. The firm focuses on investing in pre-seed and seed stage companies across various sectors, including B2B, fintech, commerce, infrastructure and security, application programming interfaces, and climate. Operated by Rishi Taparia and James Richards, Garuda emphasizes a founder-centric approach, leveraging their experience to support emerging businesses.

Rishi Taparia

Co-Founder and General Partner

16 past transactions

ConductorOne

Series A in 2022
ConductorOne, Inc. is a software company based in Portland, Oregon, founded in 2020 by Alexander Bovee and Paul Querna. The company specializes in permission management software that streamlines access control for web applications and infrastructure. Its platform offers features for permission management, governance, and auditing across various systems, including identity providers, HR systems, ticketing platforms, and continuous integration pipelines. By decentralizing access management, ConductorOne aims to enhance security and compliance while maintaining least-privilege permissions. This approach helps IT professionals eliminate inefficient workflows, thereby increasing productivity and collaboration within organizations.

Laminar Global

Seed Round in 2022
Laminar Global specializes in developing a video streaming platform that assists content creators and companies in establishing their own streaming services. The platform offers a comprehensive streaming infrastructure that efficiently manages video assets and incorporates a data science engine for detailed audience insights. This enables users to deliver high-quality video content, even in areas with poor network connectivity. By providing an enterprise-class, direct-to-consumer video streaming solution, Laminar Global facilitates the rapid launch of full-featured global over-the-top (OTT) services, catering to the evolving needs of the media industry.

Noyo

Series B in 2022
Noyo Technologies, Inc. is a company that has developed an online platform designed for health insurance companies, brokers, and employers. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Durham, North Carolina, Noyo's platform facilitates the enrollment process for insurance products, enables document submission, and allows for premium payments. The company uses API-based data exchange to modernize the insurance experience, streamlining operations for its customers.

Stax

Seed Round in 2022
Stax is all of your bank accounts, mobile wallets, crypto in a single app that works without mobile data.

Dashworks

Seed Round in 2022
Dashworks Technologies, Inc., based in Palo Alto, California, operates an online search tool platform that consolidates information from various collaboration tools and databases. The platform enables users to efficiently search for conversations, customer records, files, and tickets across enterprise applications and internal tools. By integrating deeply with popular services such as JIRA, Slack, and Google Drive, Dashworks allows clients to quickly access relevant information related to customers, marketing campaigns, and design projects. Established in 2018, Dashworks aims to streamline information retrieval within organizations, enhancing productivity and collaboration.

Noyo

Series A in 2020
Noyo Technologies, Inc. is a company that has developed an online platform designed for health insurance companies, brokers, and employers. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Durham, North Carolina, Noyo's platform facilitates the enrollment process for insurance products, enables document submission, and allows for premium payments. The company uses API-based data exchange to modernize the insurance experience, streamlining operations for its customers.

MonkeyLearn

Seed Round in 2020
MonkeyLearn Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers an artificial intelligence platform designed for processing text information. Founded in 2013, it provides tools such as MonkeyLearn Studio for text analysis and data visualization, and an API for custom applications in topic classification, sentiment analysis, and entity extraction. The platform features a user-friendly graphical interface that allows individuals to create personalized text classification and extraction analyses by training machine learning models, including those for sentiment analysis and keyword extraction. Additionally, MonkeyLearn facilitates integration with numerous applications through its API, making it accessible to users without requiring extensive technical expertise. The company primarily serves startups in Silicon Valley and New York, enabling them to enhance their projects with intelligent text processing capabilities.

AllStripes

Series A in 2020
AllStripes is a healthcare technology company dedicated to unlocking new treatments for people with rare disease. AllStripes has developed a two-sided platform that empowers patients to access and benefit from their own medical records and generates regulatory-ready evidence for life sciences companies.

Amperon

Seed Round in 2020
Amperon Holdings, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in New York with an additional office in Houston, specializes in developing predictive tools for energy retailers and grid operators. The company focuses on utilizing AI and real-time operational grid intelligence to provide accurate electricity demand forecasts. By leveraging data from over 70 million smart meters installed across the country, Amperon delivers detailed energy data for various ratepayers, including residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. This innovative approach allows utilities and energy suppliers to effectively manage costs and address grid volatility caused by factors such as climate change and global disruptions. Amperon's efforts aim to advance the transition to a smarter energy grid, optimizing the utilization of previously untapped data.

First Resonance

Seed Round in 2019
First Resonance, Inc. is a software company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2018. It specializes in developing a manufacturing software platform known as ion, which serves as a factory operating system to enhance day-to-day operations in manufacturing environments. This platform enables engineers to manage, execute, analyze, and share hardware tests throughout the product development cycle. By facilitating the tracking of parts and processes from prototype to full-scale production, ion supports hardware companies of various sizes, from startups to large manufacturers. Its clientele includes organizations involved in complex projects such as aerospace initiatives and advanced robotics. The First Resonance team comprises experienced professionals from leading manufacturing firms, dedicated to providing the tools necessary for engineers and operators to innovate and enhance production efficiency.

Metaview

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Metaview Global Limited is a technology company that specializes in conversation analytics, providing a platform to record and transcribe interviews. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in San Francisco, Metaview aims to enhance the hiring process by offering insights and reports based on interview data. Its software assists hiring managers in making informed decisions by capturing and analyzing interview interactions, thereby enabling organizations to improve their recruitment strategies and interview effectiveness. By leveraging data-driven insights, Metaview supports companies in optimizing their hiring practices and developing their interviewers' skills.

Woflow

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Woflow is a developer of a merchant data platform that specializes in transforming flat images into structured data with enhanced speed and accuracy. Utilizing a combination of pattern recognition AI and human augmentation, Woflow's technology significantly outpaces traditional manual transcription methods. The platform features a task automation system that efficiently divides large, complex projects into manageable, trainable tasks that can be executed asynchronously. This innovative approach allows clients to maintain and create structured data at scale, ultimately improving customer experience and supporting sustained business growth.

AllStripes

Seed Round in 2018
AllStripes is a healthcare technology company dedicated to unlocking new treatments for people with rare disease. AllStripes has developed a two-sided platform that empowers patients to access and benefit from their own medical records and generates regulatory-ready evidence for life sciences companies.

Hover

Seed Round in 2018
Hover, LLC, founded in 2002 and based in Eaton, Colorado, specializes in mobile money payment solutions. The company has developed an application that facilitates seamless mobile financial transactions, allowing users to make payments easily. Its platform includes an Android API that empowers developers to integrate various mobile money services globally in a matter of hours. Additionally, Hover's automation platform supports USSD actions from any operator, featuring a customizable user experience and enabling data access without internet connectivity. This functionality allows developers to incorporate USSD-based mobile financial services into their applications efficiently, without relying on mobile money service providers for assistance.

NexGenT

Seed Round in 2018
NexGenT Inc. is an online information technology academy based in San Jose, California, specializing in training services for cyber security and network engineering. Founded in 2016, the company addresses the increasing demand for IT engineers in enterprise settings by offering "Military Grade" training programs designed to create job-ready professionals in just 22 weeks. With a focus on transforming individuals from novices to capable engineers within six months, NexGenT utilizes a cloud-based education and career management platform to effectively reduce recruitment and ongoing training costs for businesses.

MonkeyLearn

Pre Seed Round in 2017
MonkeyLearn Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers an artificial intelligence platform designed for processing text information. Founded in 2013, it provides tools such as MonkeyLearn Studio for text analysis and data visualization, and an API for custom applications in topic classification, sentiment analysis, and entity extraction. The platform features a user-friendly graphical interface that allows individuals to create personalized text classification and extraction analyses by training machine learning models, including those for sentiment analysis and keyword extraction. Additionally, MonkeyLearn facilitates integration with numerous applications through its API, making it accessible to users without requiring extensive technical expertise. The company primarily serves startups in Silicon Valley and New York, enabling them to enhance their projects with intelligent text processing capabilities.
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