Refiners I

Refiners I is a venture capital fund managed by The Refiners, based in San Francisco, California. The fund focuses on supporting international startups, recognizing their unique challenges and opportunities within the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Through a structured three-month program, it provides startups with essential funding, mentorship, and networking opportunities, aimed at helping them refine their business models and scale globally. The Refiners is dedicated to equipping these entrepreneurs with the necessary tools and guidance to thrive in a competitive environment, ensuring they have the expertise needed to expand their vision effectively.

Carlos Diaz

General Partner

45 past transactions

ELSI Skin Health, Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ELSI Skin Health, Inc. is a skincare retail company founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company focuses on providing a range of science-backed and clean beauty products, including a moisturizing serum. ELSI Skin Health aims to innovate within the health and beauty industry, which is valued at $120 billion, by leveraging advanced analytics and extensive skin research from esteemed French and US institutions. In addition to its product offerings, the company also provides skincare and facial yoga practices, along with expert tips on skincare.

Phantombuster

Seed Round in 2019
Phantombuster is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company founded in 2016 and based in France. The company specializes in providing a platform that enables developers to automate web scraping and create web services for various websites. Phantombuster's solution allows users to extract unique content from any web page, facilitating the development of applications that can access and utilize data not readily available through conventional APIs. By offering an all-in-one scraping platform, Phantombuster aims to enhance the capabilities of developers and help them deliver innovative content to their users.

RapidPricer

Pre Seed Round in 2018
RapidPricer Inc. is a software company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that specializes in automating retail pricing and promotions. Founded in 2017, the company leverages deep learning algorithms and machine vision to dynamically adjust prices and promotions, aligning them with real-time market conditions, competition, and product lifecycle. Its platform processes mathematical data generated through IoT devices to facilitate real-time decision-making in retail environments, enabling businesses to automate pricing, promotions, ordering, and supply chain management effectively. Through its innovative technology, RapidPricer aims to enhance operational efficiency and optimize retail strategies.

Pona

Convertible Note in 2018
Pona connects families through a marketplace for home-cooked food.

ELSI Skin Health, Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2018
ELSI Skin Health, Inc. is a skincare retail company founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company focuses on providing a range of science-backed and clean beauty products, including a moisturizing serum. ELSI Skin Health aims to innovate within the health and beauty industry, which is valued at $120 billion, by leveraging advanced analytics and extensive skin research from esteemed French and US institutions. In addition to its product offerings, the company also provides skincare and facial yoga practices, along with expert tips on skincare.

inmemori

Seed Round in 2018
When loss occurs, families have a hard time connecting with their loved ones on short notice and across different cities. Worse, close ones want to help but don’t know how to and don’t want to intrude. Inmemori is a digital service designed for family and friends to gather, celebrate and remember together. On an intimate web page, we enable communities to easily communicate and pay their respects on a seamless, centralized platform. Today, 1 million people around the world used inmemori to celebrate the life of their loved one.

ZAR

Pre Seed Round in 2018
ZAR develops AI coaches for competitive gamers and esports

Snipfeed

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Snipfeed, founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, is a platform designed to empower creators by providing a centralized space for content distribution and audience monetization. It facilitates creators in sharing various formats, including videos, podcasts, and articles, while enabling monetization through subscriptions, bundles, virtual gifts, tips, and merchandise. Additionally, Snipfeed enhances user experience by employing an artificial intelligence-driven recommendation system that helps users discover new content and creators tailored to their interests. This system re-indexes audio and video content, making it easily searchable and accessible, particularly for younger audiences. By combining content distribution with personalized recommendations, Snipfeed aims to transform the way creators interact with their audiences.

Tempow

Series A in 2018
Tempow is a research and design company specializing in advanced Bluetooth technology. The company's flagship product, the Tempow Audio Profile (TAP), is an innovative software solution that enables any Bluetooth chip to stream audio to multiple Bluetooth audio outputs simultaneously, compatible with a wide range of Bluetooth speakers. Headquartered in Paris, France, with operations extending to Seoul, Korea, and Shenzhen, China, Tempow has secured significant venture funding and formed global partnerships that enhance Bluetooth capabilities for millions of users worldwide. The company collaborates with leading semiconductor firms to further its mission of revolutionizing audio streaming experiences.

Satochi

Pre Seed Round in 2018
We empower people by eliminating the obstacles of traditional investing. Satochi is a spare-change investor and advisor for everyone, regardless of their technical or financial background. Cryptocurrency Investing - simple, effortless and automated. SEC approved as an Investment Advisor and funded by the Silicon Valley seed-fund The Refiners, come say hi! www.satochi.io (launching April 2018)

RapidMathematix

Seed Round in 2018
RapidMathematix Inc. owns and operates a platform that automates pricing and merchandising using artificial intelligence in a retail environment. The platform utilizes deep learning algorithms and machine vision to price and promote products. The platform is used by grocery and convenience stores, and electronics retail businesses. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Veamly

Seed Round in 2018
Veamly Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in developing an online tool for email priority management. Founded in 2016, Veamly's software integrates various collaboration applications, such as Slack, Jira, Zendesk, and Gmail, allowing users to analyze, flag, and prioritize emails based on their context. The platform centralizes work by consolidating conversations from multiple tools into a single desktop application, providing a unified feed and search functionality. This approach aims to enhance productivity by streamlining communication and minimizing the chaos often associated with managing multiple applications.

Playground-HLO

Seed Round in 2018
PlayGround is a social music platform where Hip Hop Fans listen and remix their favorite DJs. At the core of PlayGround is "The Amazing Remix Engine". A technology that gives anyone the power of playing music. Rythm and tone are guaranteed.

Sparkwork Software

Seed Round in 2018
Sparkwork Software Oy, founded in 2014 and based in Helsinki, Finland, provides a SaaS platform aimed at enhancing the productivity and connectivity of frontline employees, particularly deskless workers. The software is designed to streamline communication, training, and knowledge sharing, enabling employees to access real-time information on their mobile devices regardless of their location, whether on the selling floor, in a warehouse, or on the road. By cutting through information overload, Sparkwork helps employees focus on essential content that contributes to both organizational and personal success, ultimately fostering consistency and boosting productivity across the workforce.

Twist

Seed Round in 2018
Twist turns written-content published online into audio stories. Our audio stories give all written-content emotion by mixing text-to-speech and sound effects with background tracks. Today, if you want to listen to audio content, you're limited to the ones on podcasts or audiobooks. With Twist, you can listen to every article that's published on the web.

Elva

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Elva designs and develops wearable technology, focusing on smart devices that facilitate medication management and health monitoring. The company's flagship product is a smart watch that enables users to view notifications, track daily activities, and scan barcodes for medication verification. This device serves as a remote medication monitoring tool, allowing families and healthcare providers to ensure that patients are adhering to their prescribed medication schedules. Additionally, Elva's smart watch functions as a medical alert system, providing assistance in emergency situations. Established in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Elva holds several patents that enhance its capability to work seamlessly with various medications. The company, previously known as Practech Inc., rebranded to Elva in May 2018.

Big Boy Systems

Seed Round in 2018
Big Boy Systems developed and patented a camera for immersive reality. The camera called Third-I, is worn on the forehead and records everything you see in 3D and everything you hear with immersive sound. The video format created by the camera can be seen with VR headsets and give the impression to the viewer that he is incarnating the person that recorded the content. The viewer is seeing through someone else's eyes and hearing with someone else's ears. This immersive power combined with the ease of use to the camera (hands free/head worn) makes it an easy tool for everyone to record his own life experiences with. That's why our camera is often called "The GoPro for Virtual Reality". Eventhough Third-I is destined as a consumer electronics, we have partnerships with hospitals and universities for the recording of surgical operations from the surgeon so that medical student can learn by virtually incarnating a surgeon performing an operation. Phobia treatment exercices are also produced with psychiatric doctors. In the cultural domain, we record immersive experiences of music festivals, private concert, theatre plays, city trips...

ARISE

Pre Seed Round in 2018
ARISE is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017. It develops an open decentralized network that leverages blockchain technology to enhance the distribution and sale of hotel room inventory. By creating a direct booking platform, ARISE connects hotels with online travel agencies (OTAs) and travel management companies (TMCs), enabling them to transact in a more direct, transparent, and flexible manner. This innovative approach allows hotels to better manage their inventory and rates while improving revenue opportunities for both hotels and their demand partners.

Seald

Seed Round in 2017
Seald SAS is a French company established in 2016, specializing in computer data security software. Based in Bougival, it provides solutions for tracking, encryption, and securing data across various platforms. The company offers a tool that seamlessly integrates end-to-end encryption into applications, documents, emails, and workflows, allowing businesses to maintain control and security over their data regardless of its location. Seald's services aim to enhance data protection and ensure that companies can manage their information securely as it is transmitted or stored.

PassRight

Seed Round in 2017
PassRight is a software-as-a-service company that specializes in immigration management services for law firms, businesses, and individuals. The company focuses on enhancing the visa approval process by providing transparency and accessibility, which helps users navigate the complexities of immigration applications. By offering a customer-centric approach, PassRight enables recruiting companies and their clients to effectively address immigration challenges, streamlining the overall experience and improving outcomes for employment-related applications.

Lalilo

Seed Round in 2017
Lalilo is a web-based application designed for K-2 teachers to enhance reading instruction through personalized learning. Founded in 2016, the company operates from both Paris, France, and San Francisco, California. Its platform utilizes artificial intelligence to tailor reading exercises to meet the unique needs of each student, enabling teachers to create individualized, printable worksheets. Lalilo's software also supports advanced collaboration and group pairing, allowing educators to assist students on an individual basis and facilitate learning at their own pace. The application is accessible on various devices, including tablets and computers, making it a versatile tool for classrooms.

Wisebatt

Seed Round in 2017
Wisebatt SAS, founded in 2016 and based in Chatou, France, specializes in web-based simulation software tailored for electronic engineers working on Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The platform allows users to create virtual prototypes and conduct power analysis and optimization of battery-powered devices early in the design process. By providing rapid access to complex modeling results that would typically take weeks, Wisebatt enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of hardware and software designers, as well as service providers. The technology is rooted in over 15 years of academic research, enabling users to make informed decisions regarding cost, battery life, and performance, ultimately leading to the development of more reliable and sustainable electronic solutions.

Shone

Seed Round in 2017
Shone, Automation Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing and manufacturing autonomous sensors for container ships. Its innovative platform utilizes artificial intelligence to create a digital co-pilot system, which analyzes the surroundings of a ship and predicts the behavior of nearby vessels. This technology aims to enhance safety in ocean trade while also contributing to fuel savings. By automating existing cargo ships, Shone seeks to reduce risks for shipowners, protect personnel, and promote environmentally friendly practices in the shipping industry.

See Fashion

Seed Round in 2017
See Fashion Limited specializes in trend forecasting and real-time website personalization software tailored for the fashion industry. Founded in 2016 and based in London, the company utilizes big data and artificial intelligence to aggregate and analyze structured and unstructured customer data from e-commerce platforms and social media. This analysis enables the development of shopper profiles and tracks customer intent across various fashion websites. The company's offerings include a business intelligence platform that predicts customer behavior, a personalized inventory forecasting model, and features such as machine vision for product recommendations and a visual search engine designed to convert out-of-stock situations into sales. Additionally, See Fashion provides tools for generating flash sales and personalized coupons, assisting retailers in optimizing inventory management and enhancing the customer shopping experience.

Lovebox

Seed Round in 2017
Lovebox provide emotions through a smart combination of the digital and physical worlds. LoveBox, their first product, is a single channel between you and your lover. Only your lover can send you love messages, via the mobile app. When you see the hearts of LoveBox shaking, you have the guarantee that you just received a love message, from your lover, and you feel so good. They leverage the best of the digital world which allows to interact with someone from anywhere in the world, together with the best of physical objects, which allow a gamification of their interactions.

WILD.AI

Seed Round in 2017
WILD.AI is building a knowledge base of female datasets, across all ages, life stages, and ethnicity. The company provides the knowledge, support, and power for women to perform at their best. WILD.AI was founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California.

Merito

Seed Round in 2017
Merito, SAS owns and operates a job portal for jobs in Île-de-France. The company offers online recruitment services for the retail sector, including jobs for seller, waitress, and self-service employee. It focuses on recruitment of in-store sellers. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Paris, France. As of December 20, 2019, Merito, SAS operates as a subsidiary of Student Pop SAS.

The Beans

Seed Round in 2017
The Beans is a financial planning platform that aims to simplify the journey to financial success. Founded on September 15, 2016, by Matthieu Tourne and Melissa Gail Pancoast, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The platform utilizes visual tools involving dried beans and corn to provide an engaging and accessible approach to wealth management. By offering proactive and positive support, The Beans helps users alleviate financial stress, allowing them to concentrate on their passions and interests.

Gabsee

Seed Round in 2017
Gabsee is a United States-based company that designs and develops a mobile application enabling users to create personalized avatars in Augmented Reality. The app allows individuals to express their identity and creativity by customizing their avatars, which can be utilized in various digital interactions and experiences. Through its innovative approach, Gabsee enhances user engagement by providing a platform for self-expression in a virtual environment.

Talkus

Seed Round in 2017
Talkus SAS develops online platform that provides conversational engagement solution for marketing industry. The company offers multi-channel messaging platform and conversion with real-time website content personalization. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Saclay, France.

Phantombuster

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Phantombuster is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company founded in 2016 and based in France. The company specializes in providing a platform that enables developers to automate web scraping and create web services for various websites. Phantombuster's solution allows users to extract unique content from any web page, facilitating the development of applications that can access and utilize data not readily available through conventional APIs. By offering an all-in-one scraping platform, Phantombuster aims to enhance the capabilities of developers and help them deliver innovative content to their users.

Jogabo

Seed Round in 2017
Jogabo, Inc. is a mobile application designed for soccer enthusiasts, enabling users to discover, organize, and participate in soccer games worldwide. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the app provides features for scheduling games, inviting friends or new players, and tracking individual performance metrics such as goals and trends. Users can analyze their playing habits, compare statistics with others, and share their soccer experiences, including activities and photos, with friends. By facilitating connections among players, Jogabo aims to enhance the social aspect of soccer while promoting active participation in the sport.

MatchTune

Seed Round in 2017
MatchTune is a music technology company that specializes in AI-driven music composition for video content. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, France, with an office in Las Vegas, the company provides a platform that generates original, royalty-free music tailored to the specific length and rhythm of a video in mere seconds. Its Augmented Composer tool allows users to create synchronized soundtracks quickly, addressing the increasing demand for high-quality music in the rapidly evolving video production landscape. Additionally, MatchTune features an innovative catalog search technology that enhances the efficiency of video editors by streamlining the music selection process.

NeuralCat

Seed Round in 2017
NeuralCat is a software company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2016. It specializes in developing a business-to-business software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform focused on cognitive agents and artificial intelligence technology specifically for the education sector. The company's products aim to enhance educational experiences through innovative AI solutions tailored to the needs of educational institutions.

Witty Inc.

Angel Round in 2016
Witty is an online network for the entrepreneurs that showcases idea, project, and startup from around the world.

Tempow

Angel Round in 2016
Tempow is a research and design company specializing in advanced Bluetooth technology. The company's flagship product, the Tempow Audio Profile (TAP), is an innovative software solution that enables any Bluetooth chip to stream audio to multiple Bluetooth audio outputs simultaneously, compatible with a wide range of Bluetooth speakers. Headquartered in Paris, France, with operations extending to Seoul, Korea, and Shenzhen, China, Tempow has secured significant venture funding and formed global partnerships that enhance Bluetooth capabilities for millions of users worldwide. The company collaborates with leading semiconductor firms to further its mission of revolutionizing audio streaming experiences.

doubleOone

Seed Round in 2016
DoubleOone Inc. organizes live sound recording sessions with music artists. It develops a community for members to view the live sessions in-person and online at music studios, art studios, private concerts, rehearsals, and special events. The company also organizes live music events and music expeditions. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

BluPods

Seed Round in 2016
BluPods, Inc. is a messaging platform designed to enhance parent engagement within schools and the broader educational ecosystem. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Corte Madera, California, the company offers a mobile application that facilitates the creation and distribution of relevant content for school communities. This platform allows youth sports coaches to share results, collect fees, and communicate location changes, while enabling teachers to gather survey responses, organize class events, and request volunteers. By integrating with school district systems, BluPods leverages data to provide "Integrated Actionable Messaging for Families," which streamlines communications related to activities such as field trips, parent-teacher conferences, and volunteering. The platform aims to save educators time and improve engagement metrics, including response rates and volunteer support.

Adok

Seed Round in 2016
Adok, Inc develops portable computer that uses tactile projection technology. The company's technology turns any surface into an interactive display, reactive to tactile inputs through projection and image recognition. The portable computer enables users to work alone or with several people on any table or wall. The company's product helps to create a digital interface for various products including furniture, public spaces equipment, and vehicles. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Kizbat

Seed Round in 2016
Kizbat provides a world first online control robot fighter game service targeting robot enthusiasts all over the world. Gamers worldwide can control the robots centralized in arenas remotely in real time, directly from their web browser, and robot fans all around the world can enjoy the games thanks to a low latency video streaming. Kizbat seeks to disrupt the video game industry in a way utilizing real robots to create online games.

Willo

Seed Round in 2016
Willo is a company based in the United States that specializes in manufacturing electric toothbrushes designed for oral care. Founded in 2014, Willo has developed innovative technology aimed at enhancing oral hygiene by enabling users to achieve optimal at-home cleaning results. The company's commitment to improving oral health through advanced dental care products positions it as a notable player in the industry.

Daylighted

Seed Round in 2016
Daylighted is an art streaming platform that provides on-demand art from artists, art galleries, and museums. Daylighted offers a multitude of art collections tailored to specific businesses from hospitality to corporate. Daylighted’s art services offer a transformative experience to its guests.

Washos

Seed Round in 2016
Washos, Inc. offers on-demand mobile car wash and detailing services. It allows users to book the services online or through application and schedule an appointment. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Glendale, California.