Unpopular Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2019 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm primarily focuses on investing in technology sector companies. As a Registered Investment Adviser, Unpopular Ventures aims to identify and support innovative businesses that may not yet have gained widespread recognition. By concentrating on less popular or emerging ideas, the firm seeks to uncover unique opportunities for growth and development within the tech industry.
Developer of a cloud platform designed to bring IoT protocols into the cloud-native ecosystem. The company's platform offers broad hardware vendor support, connectivity options, secure e2e communication by default, and fleet management, enabling hardware companies to experience quick, easy, secure cloud integration at compile time.
Yonder is a financial services provider focused on empowering individuals through innovative credit card solutions. The company offers a challenger credit card tailored for expats and young professionals, characterized by its transparency in fees and interest rates, with no hidden charges. Yonder's credit card features modern rewards, comprehensive travel insurance, and no foreign exchange fees, making it an attractive option for users without a UK credit history. Additionally, the company emphasizes security with smart fraud protection and timely payment notifications, thereby aiming to enhance users' control over their financial future.
Teclada
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Teclada is a technology company that offers a web-based terminal designed for teams and developers. The platform operates without traditional SSH, eliminating the need for dynamic IPs, SSH keys, and server configurations. This allows users to maintain uninterrupted sessions, even if they switch devices. Teclada also provides a platform for sharing access to computers entirely from a browser, enabling individual terminal sessions to be opened from their interface.
Developer of a financial application designed to improve consumer finances. The company's application allows users to understand their tax information, tax regime, and its obligations, also consequently set payment date reminders, set credit card spending limits, and help them identify how much and on what they spend most with their credit cards, providing users with a right tool to track and control their spendings.
Hansa
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Hansa offers a business intelligence platform that incentivizes small business owners to report firmographic and financial data about their businesses.
Kota is a developer of an employee benefits platform that automates health insurance and retirement benefits. Its integrated solution collaborates with insurance and investment providers to streamline the creation and management of health, dental, vision, and pension plans for employees within minutes. The platform offers employers the ability to allocate health budgets and pension contributions by region, significantly reducing the time and cost associated with traditional, paper-based administrative processes. Additionally, it empowers employees by giving them greater control over their healthcare and savings options.
Julaya is a financial technology company that specializes in a mobile payment software application designed to facilitate money transfers and other financial services. Founded in 2017 and based in Bondy, France, the company operates a platform that enables users to deposit and withdraw money through various networks, as well as pay utility bills and reload credit cards. The service allows users to transfer money without fees, catering to both individuals and businesses. Julaya's innovative approach provides access to digital payment solutions, bulk mobile money transfers, prepaid corporate cards, and cash collection services for retailers and fast-moving consumer goods. The company is headquartered in Lagunes, Côte d'Ivoire, and aims to enhance the financial transaction landscape in the region.
Betterhalf Private Limited operates an online matchmaking platform that leverages artificial intelligence to facilitate partner searches. Founded in 2012 and based in Bengaluru, India, the platform allows users to create detailed personality profiles, which are analyzed by an AI engine to identify compatible matches. This innovative approach is grounded in data drawn from millions of married couples, aiming to address the long-standing challenges of partner selection. By employing machine learning and predictive analytics, Betterhalf provides users with compatibility scores based on various relationship dimensions and interactions. The company aspires to transform the partner search process for a global audience, tapping into a significant market potential.
Exakt Health is a healthcare platform focused on sports injuries, providing users with a mobile app that facilitates self-diagnosis and personalized rehabilitation. The app guides users through identifying common sports injuries and generates individualized training plans tailored to their specific needs. By offering daily rehabilitation exercises and treatment advice, Exakt Health enables patients to manage their recovery effectively with professional feedback. This approach combines accessibility with tailored care, allowing individuals to engage in their rehabilitation process actively.
Developer of an experience platform intended to discover the destination from a local perspective. The company's platform connects travelers who want an individual walk-through with locals and tailor their experiences based on their interests, preferences, and schedules, enabling tourists to participate in cultural activities and gain a deeper understanding of the destination.
PayO is an accounting and payments application designed specifically for small and medium-sized enterprises. It simplifies billing, stock management, payment collections, and supplier payments. The platform operates as a neo-banking solution, creating a connected network of buyers, suppliers, and banks to automate business billing processes. This includes managing payables and receivables, facilitating e-payments, and enabling immediate auto-reconciliation of transactions. By streamlining these financial operations, PayO helps businesses enhance efficiency and improve their overall financial management.
Garage Mobility is a leading automotive technology company in Africa that focuses on enhancing the region's auto servicing network. By connecting manufacturers and distributors with fleets, retailers, and mechanic shops, Garage Mobility facilitates efficient communication and operations within the automotive industry. The company provides advanced software solutions for inventory management, shop management, and eCommerce, which support the distribution of auto parts and services. Additionally, Garage Mobility aims to promote sustainable transportation by improving access to affordable and eco-friendly vehicles across the continent. Through its innovative digital infrastructure, the company plays a crucial role in the transition towards more efficient and sustainable automotive solutions in Africa.
Chowdeck is a food delivery service and marketplace that connects consumers with a variety of restaurants. Its application facilitates the ordering and purchasing of meals from local food vendors, allowing users to request their favorite dishes and have them delivered directly to their homes. By providing a platform that streamlines the delivery process, Chowdeck enables restaurants to fulfill orders quickly and efficiently, enhancing the overall dining experience for consumers.
The largest network of workspaces on flexible terms. We are a savvy team from Latin America providing fast-growing companies with on-demand access to flexible office space. Everywhere. We believe work at its best is always creative and collaborative, expressed with freedom, autonomy, and purpose; and the space surrounding us should help us achieve it, anywhere & everywhere. We are shaping the future of work today by improving workspaces and the rules around them, and helping innovative teams find their ideal space to make their best work every day — our first step on a journey to change the way we work and think about work. Our best work. Anywhere. Everywhere. We are Around.
To deliver freight for our customers, Fleetzero is developing a fleet of electric ships without any green bonus. The company's vessels, unlike giant container ships, can be built inexpensively in domestic shipyards, which enables us to operate in regulated markets where ships must be built in the country they are traveling through. Fleetzero was established in 2021 in Auburn, Alabama.
Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range of high-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
Fullview is a B2B platform that builds and sells SaaS products to companies to scale the customer technical support. Fullview enables SaaS-based companies to monitor users' screens instantly, guide them with multiplayer screen control and in-app video calls for faster live support.
Rubik, Inc. is a technology company specializing in an AI-powered acquisition platform designed for real estate investors. Established in 2017 and headquartered in New York, the company utilizes machine learning to deliver research and analytics on both on-market and off-market properties. This platform allows investors to efficiently identify single-family homes that meet their investment criteria and enables them to purchase properties directly online. By streamlining the search and acquisition process, Rubik aims to enhance the capabilities of real estate investors in making informed decisions.
Engage Bio is developing mRNA treatments that change cancer cells into production facilities for immunotherapies. With the help of these treatments, the immune system is activated and directed toward the tumour.
Koban is a fintech company that aims to reduce complexity and revolutionize the way money works in Latam. The majority of Latin Americans that remain unbanked and the existing banking customers deserve a better choice. They offer their users digital financial services that are easy to use, innovative and accessible to move, transact, save and understand money all in a highly secure digital platform. In Koban they put customers first. They are passionate about empowering people’s financial lives through technology and design and driven by their mission to promote financial inclusion in their countries.
Developer of personalized fertility platform services intended to help people build their families. The company uses a digital counseling platform to understand the individual's or couples' fertility goals, risk tolerance, relationship status, benefits coverage, and financial and other considerations, enabling individuals with tailored educational content and tips and guiding them through the entire fertility journey.
Producer of plant-based meat intended to provide healthy food and meat alternatives. The company focuses on making healthier plant-based versions of what is typically categorized as junk food, using animal-free ingredients, enabling consumers to have healthy and animal-free food items.
Developer of cybersecurity software and devices designed to defend global supply chains. The company's hardware and technologies products help to distinguish safe, secure digital signal processing combined into a single, unified technology to safeguard supply chains, enabling clients to solve a wide array of problems involving hardware security, tampering, and semiconductor integrity.
Existing Crypto Wallets are too geeky for mainstream users. We are building a multi-chain crypto wallet simplifying user experience for the mainstream users along with a crypto card.
Developer of a register and Excel sheet software designed to simplify record-keeping and make it efficient. The company's software offers a register and Excel sheet app that makes collaboration with team members hassle-free and allows for the export of PDFs and Excel files, enabling customers to streamline their record-keeping processes, save time and improve efficiency.
Developer of an e-commerce platform designed to acquire, build, and scale online brands and optimize and integrate operations. The company's platform helps to build the next generation of online brands by collaborating with e-commerce entrepreneurs to grow and strengthen brands, enabling businesses with greater economies of scale and higher targets.
Imagine a world where anyone can make 3D models with their drone with no training required. That vision is now a reality with SkyeBrowse's 2 tap 3D modeling platform. With just 2 taps, SkyeBrowsers can make < 1cm accurate 3D models in 2 minutes. First responders can now document emergency scenes instantaneously, saving countless lives, traffic, and time. The platform is hosted in the cloud using industry standard, aes-256 encryption for compliance. With an intuitive app design, SkyeBrowse allows anyone to make 3D models and gain the forensic insights in just 2 taps on their smart phone.
Newcon is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) video platform that caters to content creators, such as conference organizers and speakers, by providing tools to enhance their return on investment. The platform allows users to distribute, monetize, and cultivate communities around their existing content, thereby fostering audience engagement and growth. Newcon enables event organizers and speakers to maintain ownership of their relationships with audiences, offering a personalized discovery experience for users looking for inspiring conference content. The platform supports various content formats, including video, audio, transcriptions, and keynote slides, making expert knowledge accessible and on-demand for anyone, anywhere.
Korrai Technologies Ltd. is a digital technology company based in Delta, Canada, founded in 2020. It specializes in developing artificial intelligence software tailored for the natural resources and environmental sectors. The company's software interprets air and lidar imagery to provide contextual insights, enabling precision mapping for applications in mining and environmental monitoring. Its AI tools generate pre-trained footprint features and learner solutions, facilitating assessments in various areas such as quarries, mines, waterbodies, forestry, and infrastructure. Korrai's platform also offers satellite-based ground motion monitoring, allowing clients to detect minute changes in the earth's surface and create accurate risk maps. This technology aids businesses in making informed decisions regarding environmental impacts and resource management, addressing challenges related to climate change and land use.
Kitchenita is a Buenos Aires based startup that creates data-driven food concepts for delivery. Through data analysis and proprietary technology, we launch online native food brands that we position in the top 10 of its vertical in less than a month.
Trébol is a technology company that specializes in providing infrastructure for neobanks and fintech lenders, focusing on automating the onboarding process for financial institutions. The company's application programming platform facilitates efficient workflows and secure connections with various financial services, including payment, commerce, tax, and accounting systems. By standardizing data and distributing it through a universal application programming interface, Trébol's software eliminates manual tasks such as document data extraction and retrieval of official company records. This automation allows businesses to enhance their operational efficiency, reducing both time and costs associated with traditional processes.
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.
Wyvern Incorporated, founded in 2018 and based in Edmonton, Canada, specializes in the manufacturing of hyperspectral satellites designed for earth observation. The company's satellites are compact yet deliver high spatial resolution and superior spectral content. This technology allows various industries, including agriculture, forestry management, and environmental monitoring, to capture detailed image data across multiple bands. By providing affordable access to this advanced data, Wyvern enables organizations to make informed decisions more efficiently.
Developer of a financial platform designed to digitize and automate insurance workflows. The company's platform digitizes and automates workflows and helps reduce the time it takes to launch insurance products online by offering an integrated and managed full-service cloud service that includes policy and product administration, automated underwriting, document management, billings, and payments, real-time reporting, business intelligence, and data migration, enabling insurers, brokers, and agents to close deals and access online distribution channels to stay ahead.
Developer of collaborative software designed to create a video library with automatic summaries and notes for all the meetings. The company's software creates intelligent summaries of calls, identifies action items, organizes, summarises, and makes meetings searchable with a record of all the live discussions, enabling users to give more context to certain contents that are easy to customize, add or remove points and share with the team.
Ozon Mobility is a marketplace focused on providing access to second-hand micromobility vehicles, including bikes, e-bikes, scooters, and mopeds, through monthly subscriptions. The company also specializes in motorbike rental software that facilitates motorcycle financing, aiming to enhance financial inclusion for individuals underserved by traditional banking systems. By purchasing used motorcycles and offering them through financing options, Ozon Mobility enables gig workers to acquire affordable transportation solutions, thereby supporting their mobility needs while promoting sustainable urban transportation.
MosaicVoice develops an AI-driven platform designed to enhance the Quality Assurance processes in call centers. The software automates the monitoring of customer interactions by listening to conversations in real-time, allowing for immediate identification of compliance violations. By providing agents with real-time guidance and comprehensive analytics for both voice and video calls, MosaicVoice enables businesses to improve customer interactions while ensuring adherence to compliance standards. This innovative approach reduces the reliance on manual oversight, streamlining operations and enhancing overall performance in call center environments.
Yassir Inc. is a transport service based in Algiers, Algeria, founded in 2016. The company operates a mobile application that enables users to book drivers for on-demand transportation, ensuring safe travel. In addition to ride-hailing services, Yassir's platform also offers food delivery options, allowing users to order meals conveniently. The application serves as a multisided marketplace, combining technology with everyday activities, and provides additional services such as grocery delivery and banking applications. Yassir aims to enhance users' lifestyles by facilitating mobility and access to essential services through its innovative platform.
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CatalyzeX is an online platform developed by Profillic, Inc. that facilitates the discovery of artificial intelligence models, research papers, and code implementations for users engaged in various projects. Launched in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, CatalyzeX provides a comprehensive collection of machine intelligence solutions, including object recognition, recommendation systems, image-to-image translation, information extraction, topic modeling, time series analysis, text classification, and sentiment analysis. The platform serves as a valuable resource for research scientists, assisting them in accessing and utilizing advanced AI tools and technologies for their work.
Developer of financial software designed to unlock financial services for people in emerging markets via alternative credit scores and microloans. The company uses machine learning algorithms to build an alternative credit score and application that provides store credit financing to buy essentials like food and medicine, enabling users to access essential goods and financial services easily.
Vaultree operates an encryption-as-a-service platform designed to enhance data protection for businesses of all sizes. The company addresses the vulnerabilities associated with traditional deterministic encryption methods, which require decrypting data in the cloud, thereby exposing it to potential breaches. By utilizing a unique technology that allows companies to read, write, and query data in cloud environments without the need for decryption, Vaultree ensures compliance with local regulations and safeguards sensitive information against unauthorized access, alteration, or loss. This innovative approach enables organizations to maintain operational efficiency while securing their data, reducing the need for specialized personnel and minimizing costs associated with data protection.
At Wingback, we know that as an early-stage startup, you are in a rush to build a product that delights your customers. The problem is that implementing tiered pricing is most often overlooked, and once you need it, it takes a long time to implement. Figuring out how to price your product and which features to include in which tier is a challenge. We believe that you should focus on building your product. That's why we make it as easy as possible for you to create, implement, and change pricing tiers. So sign up today, so that you can stop wasting valuable development resources and start having clarity about your pricing.
Thryve, Inc. specializes in microbiome testing and personalized probiotics aimed at enhancing immunity and gastrointestinal health. Founded in 2016 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers a subscription-based testing kit that analyzes gut bacteria to provide tailored dietary and lifestyle recommendations. Users receive comprehensive reports detailing the types of microbes present in their bodies, along with insights on their microbiome diversity and overall gut wellness. Thryve's platform not only supports individual users in understanding their microbiomes but also facilitates collaboration among citizen scientists, researchers, and pharmaceutical companies to deepen knowledge of microbiome health. The company's services cater to customers in the United States, focusing on actionable insights that help in the prevention of chronic diseases such as obesity, cystic fibrosis, and Alzheimer's.
Foodology creates and operates digital restaurant brands made for delivery. The company aims to be a delivery-focused restaurant group in Latam. With its portfolio of virtual brands operated through cloud kitchens, Foodology strives to create a best in class delivery experience for its customers. The company was founded in 2019 by Harvard Business School classmates Daniela Izquierdo and Juan Guillermo Azuero.
SMBX, Inc. operates an online funding portal, which offers a small business marketplace network for buying and selling small business financial securities and bonds. The company’s portal enable users to discover and invest in businesses and enables small businesses to offer bonds directly to the public without banks and standard regulatory fees. It also operates a mobile application to provide its services. SMBX, Inc. was formerly known as Peerhood, LLC. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Interviewing.io is an anonymous technical interviewing platform. Its interviewers have worked at Google, Udacity, Square, Twitch, Microsoft, and other recognized companies.
Carbon Lighthouse, LLC specializes in providing energy solutions aimed at reducing utility costs and carbon emissions for commercial real estate, educational institutions, hospitality, and industrial sectors across the United States. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company focuses on implementing energy efficiency measures such as optimizing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, and improving equipment performance through the installation of energy-saving technologies. Additionally, Carbon Lighthouse offers onsite renewable energy solutions, including solar photovoltaic systems, and provides consulting services that assist clients in navigating energy sourcing strategies and regulatory requirements. By addressing hidden inefficiencies within buildings, Carbon Lighthouse helps property owners and managers enhance comfort, increase net operating income, and achieve sustainability objectives, ultimately contributing to the fight against climate change.
Better Health Supplies is a medical supplier offering an e-commerce experience and service. Better Health provides individuals with chronic conditions with medical supplies from home.
Matter is a social reading application based in the United States that focuses on articles, blogs, and newsletters. The platform aims to enhance users' reading experiences by curating and presenting high-quality content, helping them discover better material online. Through its user-friendly interface, Matter facilitates engagement with a diverse range of written works, making it easier for individuals to connect with relevant information and insights.
Kyte’s mission is to offer the most compelling and most customer-centric way to get a car for consumers on top of fully virtualized cloud fleet ecosystem.
Gable is a workspace-as-a-service platform designed to support remote professionals by providing access to neighborhood workspaces for collaboration and productivity. The platform enables companies to book spaces that accommodate small groups of four to 20 people, facilitating efficient teamwork among employees located in the same area. Gable emphasizes safety and quality by conducting background checks and enforcing health and safety standards for all hosts and workspaces. Each location is equipped with essential amenities, including WiFi, phone services, kitchen facilities, and collaborative tools like printers and whiteboards. By focusing on flexibility and security, Gable helps users create effective hybrid work environments.
Almanac Labs, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a collaborative documentation tool designed to enhance knowledge sharing and project efficiency for teams in the technology sector. Founded in 2018, Almanac provides an online platform that allows users to access a rich knowledge base consisting of tools, templates, and guides specifically tailored for various roles. The platform enables teams to create, edit, and comment on documents, facilitating collaboration and customization. By combining insights from technology leaders with team practices, Almanac aims to democratize access to essential skills and knowledge, ensuring that individuals can effectively leverage information to maximize their potential. The tool is structured to support efficient workflows and make information actionable, searchable, and up-to-date.
Spektra is building APIs and tools that make it possible for businesses to accept and disburse Mobile Money payments from and to multiple providers and currencies within minutes, NOT months, without dealing with Mobile Network operators at all. With a few lines of code, a single tap or click, your customers can pay you with our seamless and easy to use products on the web, mobile, and in-app.
Rose is a next-generation data management platform that allows users to quickly find relevant data and interact with it in a way that allows them to make data driven decisions. Dealing with large amounts of data is a painful experience. The world is fifty odd years into the information revolution, and yet even the most sophisticated of institutions are still working on data using the same hodgepodge of opaque databases and error-prone spreadsheets developed decades ago. Finding what you want is difficult, cleaning data is a constant pain, and integrating information across sources and tools requires investing huge amounts of time and human capital. Rose addresses these issues by providing you with a hub for finding, cleaning, and interacting with your data. Rose's data marketplace gives users exposure to a wide array of robust data sets from a myriad of reputable providers. Users can view how a dataset is constructed and can pull the underlying data into an Excel spreadsheet or Jupyter Notebook. Rose allows users to see their data, make changes to it, and push those changes to the cloud in a way that everyone can see the cleaning process. Rose also comes prepackaged with a large function library that allows users to transform their data and interpret it in a format that makes sense. Information is the most valuable commodity in the marketplace today. Rose gives your organization a common set of tools for manipulating, sharing, and profiting off the backbreaking work of turning raw information into insights that drive decisions.
Outer, Inc. is a direct-to-consumer company specializing in the manufacture of outdoor furniture. Founded in 2017 and based in Santa Monica, California, Outer has transitioned from its previous name, Jia Outdoor, Inc., in April 2018. The company focuses on creating durable, eco-friendly outdoor furniture that is designed to withstand harsh conditions, utilizing sustainable materials in its production. Outer’s products are manufactured in a family-owned factory located near Shanghai. Since its inception, the company has experienced significant growth, increasing its revenue elevenfold by 2020 and expanding its workforce substantially within a short period. Outer aims to enhance outdoor living experiences for its customers through innovative and environmentally conscious furniture solutions.
Wedding is one of the major events in a person's life. Rarely that one is ready to compromise when deciding on the engagement ring, venue, photographer, catering, etc. Which makes weddings expensive and running over the initial budget. Broom provides you with flexibility around financing your dream wedding - from 3 to 24 months installments at no cost. You just enjoy the simple discovery of your favourite wedding providers, familiar process of booking your day in their calendar and streamlined checkout. Want to put down a credit card to collect your miles over installments period? No problem, we've got your back on this. No small fonts. No hidden fees. No budget cap. No cost for you. Find more on: www.broom.co
TransAstra is developing breakthrough technologies in the areas of space resources and in-space transportation to enable massive growth to existing space industries and whole new space industries. We lead the world in the technologies to find, prospect, harvest and use space resources. Space resources include water and other valuable materials to be found on asteroids and lunar poles. We know how to extract these resources and use them as rocket propellant to for use in today's commercial satellites and whole new industries including space tourism.
Catalyst Aerospace Technologies specializes in developing hardware and software solutions that enable autonomy for various flying vehicles, including fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and tilt-rotor aircraft. The company manufactures certifiable flight control systems and autonomy hardware, complemented by a collaborative web application that enhances aircraft automation. Their hardware offerings encompass sensing, computing, actuating, and perception instrumentation. Additionally, Catalyst Aerospace Technologies provides flexible software solutions that facilitate cost-effective implementation and support aviation-grade processes. By utilizing web-based visual system engineering tools, the company streamlines engineering workflows, allowing users to effectively adapt their systems to meet specific vehicle requirements.
Jeeves Inc.
Series B in 2021
Jeeves is a fintech that brings financial solutions to empower businesses globally. Jeeves is building international fintech infrastructure from scratch; this includes a global switching layer across countries and the ability to run all the company spending corporate cards, notecards and cross-border payments on Jeeves. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in the United States.
Turion Space is a company focused on addressing the growing issue of orbital debris and enhancing satellite operations. It develops a spacecraft equipped with vision sensors and robotic arms that can rendezvous with existing satellites and large debris objects. This spacecraft is designed to monitor and track space objects, capturing essential data about the operational environment. Using its onboard propulsion system, Turion's spacecraft can either deorbit debris or adjust the orbits of satellites, thereby promoting sustainable practices in Earth's orbital space. By offering these services, Turion Space aims to facilitate the maintenance of Earth orbits in light of the increasing accumulation of space debris.
Developer of a healthcare talent recruitment platform intended to support healthcare staffing needs. The company sources registered nurses from around the globe, providing a steady and reliable stream of experienced nurses employed directly by the organization, enabling clients to let the organization fully manage the entire recruiting, licensing immigration, and relocation process.
Stepful is a training platform designed to assist individuals without college degrees in entering the healthcare job market. The company offers a comprehensive curriculum that includes online instructor-led classes, electronic textbooks, practice quizzes, and flashcards. Additionally, Stepful provides in-person clinical sessions to develop hands-on skills, particularly in bloodwork. To further support its users, the platform also includes job placement assistance, helping graduates secure entry-level positions in the healthcare industry and facilitating opportunities for career advancement. By focusing on high school graduates, Stepful aims to fill vacancies in the healthcare sector quickly while reducing hiring costs for employers.
Moving Parts is building a library of reusable UI components that snap together easily, extend the native design language and follow around localization, accessibility, and native platform conventions.
Marble is a virtual property management company that specializes in long-term rentals. It offers a comprehensive platform that allows property owners to manage their rental units efficiently. For a flat fee of $50 per month per unit, Marble's virtual management team handles various tasks, including self-touring, maintenance dispatch, rent collection, and background checks. This service enables users to monitor their rental income and expenses seamlessly, simplifying the management process for property owners.
Siglo is a decentralized community internet service provider that focuses on delivering fast and reliable internet connectivity to its users. The company offers a range of connection plans designed to meet the needs of individuals who seek efficient online access for work, study, and entertainment. By enabling seamless uploading and downloading of files, Siglo aims to enhance the overall online experience for its clients, promoting greater accessibility to essential digital resources.
Talentdrop is turning to recruit into an open marketplace, where hiring companies post bounties for their open roles, and any recruiter or other professional can collect it by referring a successful candidate. Companies get more people working on their hiring problem without having to pay more for it, and now anyone can earn big recruiting bonuses previously limited to a few firms.
Suplias is an application that connects retail outlets to consumer goods manufacturers. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Opebi, Lagos.
Provider of a supportive community service intended for the well-being of younger adults mainly suffering from ADHD. The company's offerings include a dedicated one-to-one expert ADHD coach, weekly fifteen-minute laser-focused coaching sessions, focus actions tracked via the app, ongoing resources, accountability, and chat access with the coach, enabling people in the younger age group to be healthy and live happier lives.
Resident Boost is a funded mission-driven company that is focused on improving the leasing process for tenants, landlords, and property managers. Resident Boost was birthed from the frustrations the founders faced when trying to lease their own apartments. The process was fragmented and the workflow was broken. At Resident Boost, our mission is to make leasing frictionless by leveraging conversational AI and machine learning to reduce the time and involvement needed from tenants, landlords, and property managers.
Provider of online music learning services intended to make music education more fun, efficient, and accessible. The company's platform allows booking tutors for learning various instruments like guitar, piano and trumpet and video tutoring sessions, enabling customers to access a game-based online music curriculum that automatically adapts to each student's abilities.
Pangea.app, Inc. operates an online platform that connects companies with college students for freelance projects, particularly in marketing and graphic design. Established in 2016 and based in Providence, Rhode Island, the platform serves as a marketplace where businesses can communicate directly with students, manage payments through a secure gateway, and rate performance to ensure accountability. By utilizing a proprietary dataset and artificial intelligence, Pangea.app enhances the matching process, enabling companies to access skilled talent early in their careers while allowing students to showcase their abilities. The company's mission focuses on providing equitable access to high-skill opportunities, making it easier for businesses to find and hire college freelancers for part-time engagements.
Landis is an online real estate platform designed to assist renters in becoming homeowners. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, the company enables clients to choose their ideal home, rent it, and purchase it within the first twelve months. Landis provides tools and incentives to help improve customers' credit scores and build their down payments, facilitating a smooth transition from renting to owning. The platform focuses on delivering a transparent and straightforward process, catering to both residential and commercial real estate needs.
Sturdy is an online code collaboration platform that aims to enhance software development by facilitating real-time collaboration in the cloud. The platform is designed to simplify the coding process, allowing users to easily synchronize changes and track their work automatically. By optimizing integration frequency and promoting the shipping of small, incremental changes as the standard practice, Sturdy enables teams to collaborate more effectively and efficiently. This focus on intuitive collaboration makes it easier for developers to share their progress and maintain oversight of their projects.
Bikry operates as an offline payments platform, facilitating transactions for digital services through local neighborhood stores. The platform serves as a cash collection gateway, allowing online companies to collect payments in physical retail locations. This approach provides users with convenient payment options, enabling them to settle their online purchases in person at nearby stores. By bridging the gap between digital services and physical payment methods, Bikry enhances accessibility for users who prefer or require cash transactions.
Localyze UG, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, specializes in providing a software solution for international employee mobility and relocation management. The platform supports employees throughout the relocation process, offering an all-in-one solution that encompasses essential aspects such as visa acquisition, insurance, banking, and social integration. Localyze features a personalized dashboard that presents users with tailored information, including next steps, deadlines, and relevant bureaucratic processes. This allows organizations to monitor the status of their international employees' relocation efforts comprehensively, ensuring that each individual receives the guidance necessary for a smooth transition. The software addresses a broad range of topics, focusing on delivering pertinent information based on the user's unique profile, thereby enhancing the overall relocation experience.
Simplewater, Inc. develops an arsenic remediation solution for small drinking water systems. It offers ArsenicVolt reactor, which could be attached to any treatment system by using iron plates to separate arsenic and other contaminants from water. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Berkeley, California.
Yummy Inc. develops and offers Yummy, food delivery application. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California with additional office in Caracas, Venezuela.
Kaizo builds a performance management platform for customer support teams. It uses gamification and AI to transform support’s performance metrics. Kaizo provides tools to improve operational efficiency, boost team performance and increase employee retention. It is fully integrated into Zendesk and available via Zendesk marketplace and other CRM tools in the future. Co-founded by Dominik Blattner and Christoph Auer-Welsbach, Kaizo aims to actively guide employees towards achieving their goals and making an impact in their companies.
Foundation Devices builds the open hardware foundation for Bitcoin and the sovereign Internet. They started Foundation Devices to make beautifully designed, open-source hardware for Bitcoin and the decentralized Internet. To bring great design and UX to hardware wallets, nodes, and more. To empower individuals to securely use and store Bitcoin while maintaining their sovereignty. To help our industry cross the chasm while staying true to its founding ideals. We call this open hardware. And we are excited to bring it to the world!
We started Foundation Devices to make beautifully designed, open source hardware for Bitcoin and the decentralized Internet. To bring great design and UX to hardware wallets, nodes, and more. To empower individuals to securely use and store Bitcoin while maintaining their sovereignty. To help our industry cross the chasm while staying true to its founding ideals. We call this open hardware. And we are excited to bring it to the world!
99 minutos is an ecommerce delivery company which operates in Latin America. It provides full conectivity to any ecommerce, with live tracking and quick control. 99minutos is faster, cheaper and more reliable than any delivery company out there.
Developer of a financial application designed to facilitate payments at transparent pricing. The company's application allows users to send and receive money instantly without fees to anyone with an app account or bank account and also allows them to pay utility bills and many more, enabling individuals to transfer and receive money anytime through their mobiles.
Jeeves Inc.
Series A in 2021
Jeeves is a fintech that brings financial solutions to empower businesses globally. Jeeves is building international fintech infrastructure from scratch; this includes a global switching layer across countries and the ability to run all the company spending corporate cards, notecards and cross-border payments on Jeeves. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in the United States.
Belvo Technologies, Inc. operates an open banking API platform that allows companies to access and interpret banking and financial information. Founded in 2020 and based in Dover, Delaware, Belvo's platform facilitates the retrieval of data such as bank account statements, historical transactions, account ownership verification, and tax information. By providing a developer-friendly interface, Belvo enables businesses in Latin America to create more efficient and inclusive financial products. Its comprehensive services streamline the process from client registration to data retrieval, helping businesses enhance their operations and explore new revenue opportunities within the open finance sector.
Ready.net is a software development company that specializes in creating business and operational tools for internet service providers (ISPs). Founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a product called Back Office Secret Sauce (BOSS). This innovative software enables ISP subscribers to manage their networks independently, facilitating tasks such as upgrading service plans, selecting additional services, paying bills online, and receiving assistance through a chatbot. Ready.net aims to enhance the operational efficiency of local ISPs while providing a user-friendly experience for their customers.
The gifting platform driving loyalty between customers and brands. We take a human approach. Using powerful technology, memorable gifts and global logistics we reach your customers and show them you care.
Alba Orbital specializes in the development of pico-satellites, which weigh less than 1 kg and are significantly more affordable than traditional satellites, including CubeSats. By offering nearly all the advantages of larger satellites, Alba Orbital aims to democratize access to space, making it possible for a broader range of clients to engage in satellite technology. Their pico-satellites enable rapid Earth observation, providing up-to-date data at intervals of minutes, in contrast to the hours or days typical of conventional satellites. The company is closely partnered with the European Space Agency, contributing to research and development in this field. Currently, Alba Orbital is working on two platforms, Unicorn-1 and Unicorn-2, with plans to launch Unicorn-1 in the second quarter of 2017. In addition to satellite development, Alba Orbital offers technical support and components for clients involved in designing and launching pico-satellites.
Krab is a SaaS and Fintech startup that enables truckers/trucking companies with no formal credit score to access loans from banks. The company was founded in 2020 and based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Albedo designs and operates satellites that capture imagery at a resolution 9x higher than what's available today. We're modernizing how satellite imagery is used by providing transparent, near real-time access to our ultra-high resolution datasets.
Nelo Mobile, S.A. de C.V. is a financial technology company based in Mexico City that specializes in digital payment solutions. Established in 2019, Nelo offers a mobile application compatible with Android and iOS devices, enabling users to conduct financial transactions such as sending and requesting money without fees. The platform also features a Nelo Mastercard debit card, which allows users to manage their funds securely while providing real-time tracking of transactions. Nelo's services are designed to facilitate affordable financial management, appealing to individuals seeking a convenient and cost-effective way to handle their finances.
Developer of financial software designed to unlock financial services for people in emerging markets via alternative credit scores and microloans. The company uses machine learning algorithms to build an alternative credit score and application that provides store credit financing to buy essentials like food and medicine, enabling users to access essential goods and financial services easily.
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