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Developer of financial software designed to facilitate the consolidation of benefits in one central location. The company's socially responsible platform consolidates and provides all employment benefits in a flexible alternative for employees through a proprietary card, enabling employees to access the benefits they are entitled to.

Sidecar Health Insurance Solutions, LLC is a provider of personalized health insurance services, founded in 2018 and based in El Segundo, California. The company offers innovative insurance plans that prioritize transparency and affordability. Unlike traditional insurance models that can obscure costs and lead to unexpected bills, Sidecar Health allows members to know their coverage details and pay healthcare providers directly at the time of service using a dedicated card. This approach enables members to benefit from discounts for upfront payments. Sidecar Health designs customizable plans tailored to individual coverage needs and budgets, facilitating straightforward transactions for medical expenses at various healthcare facilities.

Tally Technologies, Inc. is a financial automation company founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. The company offers an application that simplifies the management of multiple credit cards, allowing users to avoid high annual percentage rates, costly fees, and the complexities associated with juggling various accounts. Tally’s platform automates credit card management by tracking balances and due dates, providing features such as debt management, late fee protection, and a line of credit. This approach empowers consumers to take control of their credit card usage, helping them save money on interest and achieve their financial goals.

Tally Technologies, Inc. is a financial automation company founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. The company offers an application that simplifies the management of multiple credit cards, allowing users to avoid high annual percentage rates, costly fees, and the complexities associated with juggling various accounts. Tally’s platform automates credit card management by tracking balances and due dates, providing features such as debt management, late fee protection, and a line of credit. This approach empowers consumers to take control of their credit card usage, helping them save money on interest and achieve their financial goals.

Carta is a transfer agent for private companies that enables seed-stage to pre-IPO companies to manage equity electronically with the participation of their shareholders, employees, auditors, and legal counsel. It digitizes paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, and derivatives to create a real-time image of who owns what at a startup. Carta receives funding from a group of investors, including Draper VC, Expansion VC, k9 Ventures, Elefund, Subtraction Capital, Scott Banister, XG Ventures, Kima Ventures, Andy Palmer, and Structure Capital. It was founded by Manu Kumar and Henry Ward in 2012 as eShares, Carta is based in Mountain View, California.

Groww is an investment platform that offers a new way of investing money with stockbroking and direct mutual funds. The platform provides insights about mutual funds, systematic investment planning, equity-linked savings, and everything from the personal finance world, which helps new investors make investing simple by maintaining a simplified user interface to make investing easy, accessible, transparent, and paperless, enabling users to invest in mutual funds without any hassles. Customers can also invest in gold and US stocks through the Groww platform. The company is also a part of Y Combinator’s winter 2018 batch. Founded in 2017 by Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain, Neeraj Singh, and Ishan Bansal, the company was launched in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Groww is an investment platform that offers a new way of investing money with stockbroking and direct mutual funds. The platform provides insights about mutual funds, systematic investment planning, equity-linked savings, and everything from the personal finance world, which helps new investors make investing simple by maintaining a simplified user interface to make investing easy, accessible, transparent, and paperless, enabling users to invest in mutual funds without any hassles. Customers can also invest in gold and US stocks through the Groww platform. The company is also a part of Y Combinator’s winter 2018 batch. Founded in 2017 by Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain, Neeraj Singh, and Ishan Bansal, the company was launched in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

For consumers, Elves is a chat-based concierge service. With Elves, consumers can do anything from booking flights to delivering groceries. In the last few months, we've expanded to serve thousands of users around the world. Via chat, through our apps or on Messenger you can chat with an elf that’ll do or buy anything (legal) you want. Users are purchasing with an average ticket price of $260, with 80% of them reordering within 28 days and the top 10% using the app daily.

Catalog Technologies Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in a DNA-based platform designed for digital data storage and computation. Founded in 2016, Catalog's innovative platform encodes digital information into DNA, providing a new approach to long-term data archiving. This method not only enhances data storage capacity but also offers a cost-effective solution for managing vast amounts of information. By integrating advanced synthetic biology technologies, Catalog aims to revolutionize the way digital data is archived and processed, making DNA a viable medium for future data storage needs.

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is a software company that offers a video-first communications platform, enabling users to connect through video, voice, chat, and content sharing. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Zoom's product portfolio includes Zoom Meetings, which facilitates HD video and audio conferencing; Zoom Phone, an enterprise cloud phone system; and Zoom Chat for messaging and content exchange. The company also provides Zoom Rooms for conference settings, tools for large-scale webinars, and developer solutions for integrating its services into other applications. Its platform supports collaboration across mobile devices, desktops, and telephones, catering to a diverse range of industries including education, healthcare, finance, and government. With a mission to enhance real-time collaboration, Zoom has established itself as a leader in the communications sector.

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is a software company that offers a video-first communications platform, enabling users to connect through video, voice, chat, and content sharing. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Zoom's product portfolio includes Zoom Meetings, which facilitates HD video and audio conferencing; Zoom Phone, an enterprise cloud phone system; and Zoom Chat for messaging and content exchange. The company also provides Zoom Rooms for conference settings, tools for large-scale webinars, and developer solutions for integrating its services into other applications. Its platform supports collaboration across mobile devices, desktops, and telephones, catering to a diverse range of industries including education, healthcare, finance, and government. With a mission to enhance real-time collaboration, Zoom has established itself as a leader in the communications sector.

Ligandal Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Oakland, California, that specializes in developing therapeutic nanotechnologies. Founded in 2013 and previously known as Ligandal Technology LLC, the company focuses on creating personalized gene therapies aimed at curing various diseases. Ligandal employs a ligand discovery engine to design materials that can accurately deliver a range of genetic materials and gene-specific payloads, including CRISPR and mRNA, to specific cell types with high precision. The company is initially targeting applications in gene editing within the fields of hematology and immuno-oncology, emphasizing its commitment to advancing the discovery and delivery of innovative gene therapies.