Ulu Ventures

Ulu Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in seed-stage and early-stage investments in technology companies. Founded in 2008, the firm primarily targets opportunities in sectors such as enterprise IT, educational technology, legal informatics, and internet-enabled services. Ulu Ventures focuses on investments in the Bay Area, leveraging the market opportunities created by the Stanford and Silicon Valley communities. The firm typically co-invests with other investors, aiming for cumulative investments between $500,000 and $1 million. Ulu Ventures utilizes a disciplined decision-making process that emphasizes risk-reward trade-offs and logical principles of portfolio construction, distinguishing itself from other venture capital firms. Its investment strategy includes a preference for companies with viable exit strategies in subsequent stages of growth.

Andrea Bogarin

Senior Associate

Kathy Chen

Partner

Clint Korver

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Stephen Malinak Ph.D

Venture Partner

Miriam Rivera

Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Director

Maria Salamanca

Partner

Nancy Torres

Partner

262 past transactions

Cenoa

Seed Round in 2023
Cenoa is a financial technology company that offers a borderless superwallet application aimed at improving access to dollar-based products in emerging markets. The platform allows users to purchase dollars at real exchange rates and earn competitive yields without incurring any fees. By partnering with various payment providers, Cenoa enables users to convert their assets into digital forms and withdraw their funds at any time. This approach seeks to enhance financial inclusion and provide users with secure and convenient access to essential financial services.

FounderNest

Seed Round in 2022
FounderNest is an AI company born out of Stanford whose mission is to leverage artificial intelligence to connect founders and investors in a neutral, efficient, and transparent way. The most prominent founders and investors worldwide are already using our product and trusting our proprietary technology on a daily basis. Co-founded by Stanford, Wharton, and Columbia grads, FounderNest is based in California and Madrid and is backed by top Silicon Valley investors who have also invested in Paypal, Waze, Palantir, Square or Pinterest.

Assemble

Seed Round in 2022
Next-generation compensation management. Assembled with building blocks driven by your policies and beliefs.

IrriGreen

Seed Round in 2022
IrriGreen, Inc. is a company based in Edina, Minnesota, specializing in the design, manufacture, and distribution of innovative lawn irrigation systems. Founded in 2010, IrriGreen has developed an IoT digital sprinkler system that significantly reduces water usage in landscape irrigation by up to 50%. The system employs advanced technology derived from inkjet printing, allowing for precise water distribution tailored to the shape of any landscape. This approach not only minimizes waste but also helps customers lower their water bills. IrriGreen markets its products through a network of distributors across the United States, utilizing a service model that fosters recurring revenue through IoT solutions.

Leadsales

Seed Round in 2022
LeadSales is a developer of customer relationship management software tailored to the needs of small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America. As the region undergoes a transformation in commerce, businesses are increasingly turning to online conversational platforms, such as WhatsApp, for client interactions. LeadSales aims to be the leading operating system for this emerging industry by offering a comprehensive solution that manages various aspects of customer engagement. Its platform streamlines the management of sales leads, enhances customer service, and facilitates order fulfillment and payments. By centralizing contacts and generating convertible leads from social media, LeadSales empowers businesses to improve their sales processes and optimize customer relationships effectively.

MiSalud

Seed Round in 2022
MiSalud is a health and wellness platform that focuses on delivering personalized preventative wellness services alongside traditional healthcare. The company offers convenient, same-day access to experienced Latino medical practitioners, ensuring that Spanish-speaking patients receive the care they need. MiSalud's platform provides a range of services, including medical guidance, access to licensed doctors, discount drug plans, psychological support, and health information. Additionally, it enables users to obtain custom health plans, participate in support groups, and access wellness content, all tailored to the Spanish-speaking community. This comprehensive approach aims to enhance the overall healthcare experience for its users.

Pastel

Seed Round in 2022
Pastel supports African businesses by offering tools that help manage their businesses and maximize efficiency.

VerImmune

Seed Round in 2022
VerImmune, based in Baltimore, Maryland, is an immuno-oncology company focused on developing innovative cancer therapies through a unique approach called Anti-tumor Immune Redirection. The company employs proprietary virus-inspired particles, known as Anti-tumor Immune Redirection Virus-inspired Particles (AIR-ViPs), which harness pre-existing immune memory from past infections or childhood vaccinations to target tumors. This strategy aims to offer a new treatment option for patients with limited alternatives or those who have developed resistance to conventional cancer therapies. VerImmune's technology seeks to deliver low toxicity and sustainable benefits across a wide array of cancers, potentially reshaping the treatment landscape for difficult-to-treat cases.

Finalis

Seed Round in 2022
Finalis is a modern broker-dealer and deal technology platform based in San Francisco, California, that focuses on enhancing private market transactions. Founded in 2017, the company provides compliance and technology solutions tailored for investment banks, placement agencies, and fintech firms. By streamlining the deal execution process, Finalis enables M&A professionals to efficiently manage due diligence, track checklists, and access pertinent information at any time. Its innovative approach aims to significantly improve the efficiency of deal-making for a range of financial services professionals, including investment bankers, fund managers, and corporate executives, ultimately saving them time and money.

Kogniz

Series A in 2022
Kogniz Incorporated is a technology company that specializes in developing security software utilizing artificial intelligence and computer vision. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mill Valley, California, with additional development offices in Montreal, Canada, Kogniz offers a comprehensive platform for workplace safety. Its software is designed to identify individuals, interpret behaviors for security purposes, detect objects, and monitor secure areas across multiple locations simultaneously. The company also manufactures security cameras to complement its software solutions. By providing advanced facial recognition capabilities and real-time video processing, Kogniz aims to enhance safety and efficiency for businesses and corporate clients.

Banyan Infrastructure

Series A in 2022
Banyan Infrastructure is a blockchain-based platform that focuses on financing, developing, and managing sustainable infrastructure projects. The company's purpose-built project finance software aims to simplify and accelerate the financing process throughout the entire project life cycle. By replacing traditional methods such as spreadsheets and emails with a digitized system, Banyan facilitates the automation of data aggregation and compliance tracking. This innovative approach allows clients to streamline the origination and securitization of renewable energy loans and investments, achieving higher volumes and reduced costs. Through its technology, Banyan Infrastructure seeks to optimize the overall efficiency of project finance in the renewable energy sector.

Formally

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Formally is a legal collaboration company seeking to use intelligent technology and accessible design to simplify legal processes and increase access to justice.

Rubik

Seed Round in 2022
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.

Allocate

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2021, Allocate is a venture capital investment firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm seeks to invest in early-stage startups based in the United States.

CoreChain Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
CoreChain Technologies operates a business-to-business payments network that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate transactions. The company's digital payment platform automates the exchange of transaction data and funds in a secure environment, significantly reducing the need for manual reconciliation processes. By streamlining B2B payments, CoreChain Technologies enhances the efficiency and safety of financial interactions between businesses, allowing them to conduct transactions with greater accuracy and reliability.

Prixz

Series A in 2022
Prixz is on demand delivery system for pharmacies in Mexico We are connected with more than 2000 pharmacies on line to deliver more than 1 million orders a year

Apomaya

Venture Round in 2022
Apomaya provides an innovative, cloud-based technology platform, which brings visibility and control to the digital ad supply chain.

Beam Impact

Series A in 2022
Beam Impact, Inc. provides an application that allows user to donate part of everyday purchases to impact social issues. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Ugami

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a financial mobile application designed to offer financial rewards services for gamers. The company provides virtual card purchases made on debit and credit cards to earn users points that can be redeemed in its store to purchase gaming merchandise, digital goods, hardware, software, exclusive game sessions and esports event preferred access, enabling gamers to play games for rewards, learn more about personal finance and manage their funds safely.

Parfait

Seed Round in 2022
Parfait is an innovative platform that specializes in wig customization by leveraging facial recognition and artificial intelligence technology. This online service allows users to create personalized three-dimensional hair models that align with their desired styles, including wigs and various hair extensions such as clip-ins, braids, bundles, and closures. By offering a seamless and interactive experience, Parfait enables customers to visualize realistic results in real-time, making it easier for them to customize their hair products from the comfort of their own homes. The platform aims to transform the hair customization market by providing a user-friendly interface that caters to individual preferences and enhances the overall shopping experience.

Future Family

Series B in 2022
Future Family, Inc. is a subscription-based fertility service founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company provides comprehensive plans that cover all healthcare costs related to fertility, including in vitro fertilization (IVF) and egg freezing. Clients benefit from personalized fertility planning, clinic matching, and dedicated nurse concierge support. Future Family emphasizes accessibility with 24/7 access to a care team and offers a digital health platform to facilitate communication and care management. Their services also encompass clinic visits, medical procedures, laboratory work, and medication delivery, thereby creating a streamlined and stress-free experience for individuals and couples seeking fertility solutions.

VerImmune

Funding Round in 2022
VerImmune, based in Baltimore, Maryland, is an immuno-oncology company focused on developing innovative cancer therapies through a unique approach called Anti-tumor Immune Redirection. The company employs proprietary virus-inspired particles, known as Anti-tumor Immune Redirection Virus-inspired Particles (AIR-ViPs), which harness pre-existing immune memory from past infections or childhood vaccinations to target tumors. This strategy aims to offer a new treatment option for patients with limited alternatives or those who have developed resistance to conventional cancer therapies. VerImmune's technology seeks to deliver low toxicity and sustainable benefits across a wide array of cancers, potentially reshaping the treatment landscape for difficult-to-treat cases.

LexCheck

Seed Round in 2022
LexCheck, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence-driven contract review software designed to enhance productivity and reduce legal costs for law firms and in-house counsel. The platform automates and accelerates the processes of contract drafting, negotiation, and review, allowing users to identify issues quickly and manage obligations effectively. It offers features such as automatic correction of common errors, identification of customized issues, and the generation of redlines and issue lists within minutes. Additionally, LexCheck's software learns and improves over time, further streamlining the contracting process. Founded in 2015 and originally known as Lit IQ, Inc., the company rebranded to LexCheck in February 2017.

Onuu

Seed Round in 2022
Onuu, founded in 2021 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a developer of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) financial platform aimed at enhancing financial stability for individuals lacking access to essential financial products. The platform offers personalized life insurance, savings options, and credit card products, along with a tailored financial literacy experience. By providing individualized guidance and resources, Onuu seeks to empower its members with the knowledge and tools necessary for achieving financial security and resilience.

FreeWill

Series B in 2022
FreeWill is an online estate planning platform based in New York, founded in 2016 by graduate students from Stanford University. The company provides free access to legal forms and information, making estate planning more accessible and straightforward for individuals. Its services are designed to help users create wills and make charitable donations in a tax-advantaged manner, facilitating bequests and contributions to causes they care about. By offering these tools at no cost, FreeWill aims to simplify the estate planning process and support users in caring for their loved ones and philanthropic interests.

Eskalera

Funding Round in 2022
Eskalera, Inc. specializes in developing human resource software aimed at enhancing employee engagement, productivity, and growth within large and medium-sized companies. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides an end-to-end platform that integrates insights on diversity and inclusion with core HR data. Its flagship product, Eskalera Engage, uses evidence-based findings to assess employee experiences and inform HR practices. The software employs artificial intelligence and data science to help organizations mitigate cognitive and systemic biases throughout the employee lifecycle, ultimately fostering a more inclusive workplace culture. Eskalera partners with progressive companies to transform HR operations and leverage inclusivity as a competitive advantage.

GoSchoolBox

Seed Round in 2022
GoSchoolBox is an educational management software platform that offers tools to streamline and automate tutoring operations for K-12 schools. By connecting students with academic experts and assisting teachers in providing essential after-school support, the platform enhances educational outcomes. It centralizes and manages support programs, synthesizes program data, and provides comprehensive engagement, tracking, reporting, and analytics. This enables school districts and tutoring providers to identify effective programs and make informed decisions for continuous improvement. GoSchoolBox aims to facilitate better learning experiences and achievement tracking for students, teachers, and administrators alike.

Hairtelligence

Seed Round in 2022
Hairtelligence develops a computer vision-powered solution designed for customizing hair products for African American women. Its platform will take all the measurements through a snap photo and provides custom styles with extensive texture variety. By infusing technology into the customer experience, the company helps women understand the best protective hairstyles for every phase of life, learning and growing with its customers along the way. The company was co-founded by Isoken Igbinedion and Ifueko Igbinedion.

Sparkz

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a unique battery technology designed to address existing challenges faced by state-of-the-art lithium batteries. The company's cobalt-free battery technology can overcome problems such as low run-time, slow charging rate, degradation rate, supply chain, and environmental and safety issues, enabling the electric mobility industry to scale up the innovation in electrochemical energy storage.

Sika Health

Seed Round in 2022
Sika Health is a New York-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in payment solutions for the healthcare sector. The firm focuses on developing technology that facilitates the integration of health wallets, allowing users to manage expenses related to medical bills, dental services, and medications. By partnering with health and wellness brands, Sika Health's technology aims to enhance the customer experience at the point of sale, helping individuals discover and qualify for wallet purchases seamlessly. This approach not only minimizes the risk of cart abandonment but also encourages consumers to utilize their health benefits in a manner that aligns with their personal health needs and goals.

UPTIQ

Seed Round in 2022
Cion Digital’s proprietary Blockchain Orchestration Platform allows institutions to build innovative finance solutions quickly, and to seamlessly connect their legacy systems with the complex and ever-changing world of decentralized finance. We help clients grow and protect revenue opportunities by expanding and integrating their existing financial systems to succeed in the rapidly evolving digital asset economy.

MosaicVoice

Seed Round in 2022
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.

FarmRaise

Seed Round in 2021
FarmRaise Inc. operates a digital fundraising platform designed to assist farmers and ranchers in accessing financial resources for on-farm improvements. Founded in 2020 and based in California, the platform connects users with various funding opportunities, including grants, loans, cost-sharing programs, and disaster relief initiatives. By providing tools for tracking cash flow and managing farm business, FarmRaise aims to enhance profitability and sustainability for agricultural operations. The platform allows farmers to register for free, match with relevant grants, and apply for federal programs, thereby facilitating their ability to secure necessary capital for growth and long-term planning.

NewRetirement

Seed Round in 2021
NewRetirement is a retirement planning technology company that provides a comprehensive tool designed to assist individuals in managing their financial future. The platform functions as a virtual financial advisor, offering automated services that encompass various aspects of retirement planning, including income generation, healthcare management, tax reduction, and fee optimization. Users can leverage the tool to navigate complex decisions related to Social Security, Medicare, home equity, and estate planning. Additionally, NewRetirement allows users to access fee-only advice on-demand, facilitating collaborative planning that empowers individuals to make informed decisions about their retirement.

Sequel

Seed Round in 2021
Manufacturer of environmentally sustainable tampons designed for women to have distraction-free periods. The company's tampons are made with sourced materials and designed with spiral grooves that lengthen the flow path for even absorption, enabling women to remain comfortable from the boardroom to the stadium and improving menstrual hygiene.

Pontoro

Seed Round in 2021
Pontoro operates a digital asset securitization and liquidity platform aimed at addressing the significant shortfall in infrastructure debt financing, estimated at $20 trillion. By leveraging its blockchain-based technology, Pontoro facilitates the flow of infrastructure loans from major bank originators to institutional investors, enhancing access to these typically private market assets. The company has developed an initial infrastructure loan pipeline valued at $500 million through relationships with large banks. In addition to expanding its offerings, Pontoro is in discussions with several prominent financial institutions to explore distribution opportunities for its digital assets, targeting registered investment advisors, family offices, and ultra-high net worth investors. With a team experienced in underwriting and managing over $100 billion in large-scale infrastructure projects worldwide, Pontoro aims to foster broader investor participation and improve liquidity and price transparency in this sector.

Overlay

Seed Round in 2021
Overlay has developed the technology that enables Precision AR. Precision AR enables augmented reality to be shown outdoors with centimeter-level accuracy over large distances and long spans of time. The Overlay app can measure and do lat/long point capture, GIS data collection and correction in Esri ArcGIS, create site sketches that are editable in your favorite CAD program, and visualize BIM models or reality capture point clouds.

eGlint

Seed Round in 2021
eGlint is a developer of a miniature biosensing device that utilizes a small volume of blood to detect multiple biomarkers. This innovative technology aims to enhance the efficiency of biomarker identification in the medical field. By offering a device capable of analyzing various biomarkers from a minimal blood sample, eGlint seeks to improve diagnostic processes and patient care within the healthcare industry.

Big Wolf Games

Seed Round in 2021
Big Wolf is a mobile game developer company.

Praxis Labs

Series A in 2021
Praxis Labs advances diversity and inclusion outcomes through perspective-taking VR-based unconscious bias trainings.

Carbon Lighthouse

Seed Round in 2021
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.

Gable

Seed Round in 2021
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.

Schmooze

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a meme-based dating application designed to help meet people with similar humor. The company's application offers matchmaking services and uses tagging and machine learning combined with the bios that users create for themselves and their preferred topics and matches people based on their affinity for memes, enabling users to find their preferred match.

Ketch

Series A in 2021
Developer of a data management platform intended to manage and orchestrate data to automate privacy compliance, data governance, and security. The company's platform offers to leverage a single framework to manage complex global privacy programs, cross-channel collection, and comprehensive enforcement, enabling GCs, engineers, and information technology organizations to build secure, regulation-proof software faster.

Landed

Series B in 2021
Landed, Inc. is a financial services company based in San Francisco that assists essential professionals, particularly in education and healthcare, in purchasing homes and achieving financial stability within their communities. Founded in 2015, Landed provides debt-free financing options, allowing homebuyers to receive funds in exchange for a share of their home's value upon refinancing or selling. The company collaborates with schools, employers, and affinity networks to establish and manage down payment support funds, facilitating access to homeownership for teachers, school staff, and other professionals. Additionally, Landed offers personalized support through a dedicated team, including partner agents and homebuying experts, to help clients navigate their home-buying options and provide education on the process.

Tinycare

Series A in 2021
Tinycare is a network of modern, micro centers that serves infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. It strives to provide the safest, cleanest, highest quality licensed daycares in San Francisco. It was founded by Michael Lai in 2018.

Minus

Seed Round in 2021
Compound Foods creates coffee without coffee beans

SUMA, LLC

Seed Round in 2021
SUMA, LLC is a financial wellness company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2019. The company focuses on promoting financial inclusion within the Latino community by providing a comprehensive platform that combines digital media, financial technology, and virtual experiences. SUMA aims to educate and empower individuals by offering culturally relevant content and tools that simplify complex topics such as investment and debt management. Its mission is to help Latinos navigate financial challenges, enhance their economic knowledge, and build sustainable wealth, ultimately positioning itself as a trusted resource for fostering financial well-being and prosperity.

MiSalud

Seed Round in 2021
MiSalud is a health and wellness platform that focuses on delivering personalized preventative wellness services alongside traditional healthcare. The company offers convenient, same-day access to experienced Latino medical practitioners, ensuring that Spanish-speaking patients receive the care they need. MiSalud's platform provides a range of services, including medical guidance, access to licensed doctors, discount drug plans, psychological support, and health information. Additionally, it enables users to obtain custom health plans, participate in support groups, and access wellness content, all tailored to the Spanish-speaking community. This comprehensive approach aims to enhance the overall healthcare experience for its users.

LingoHealth

Pre Seed Round in 2021
LingoHealth is a digital health platform designed to assist family members in supporting the health of their aging loved ones, particularly focusing on multilingual families. Recognizing that multilingual caregivers are significantly more involved in caregiving than their English-fluent counterparts, LingoHealth offers tools that enhance visibility into the necessary steps for appropriate care. The platform enables families to navigate healthcare options effectively and ensures that immigrant patients receive support in their preferred language and cultural context. By doing so, LingoHealth aims to improve engagement in care and promote better health management for seniors.

CoreChain Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2021
CoreChain Technologies operates a business-to-business payments network that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate transactions. The company's digital payment platform automates the exchange of transaction data and funds in a secure environment, significantly reducing the need for manual reconciliation processes. By streamlining B2B payments, CoreChain Technologies enhances the efficiency and safety of financial interactions between businesses, allowing them to conduct transactions with greater accuracy and reliability.

CoreChain Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2021
CoreChain Technologies operates a business-to-business payments network that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate transactions. The company's digital payment platform automates the exchange of transaction data and funds in a secure environment, significantly reducing the need for manual reconciliation processes. By streamlining B2B payments, CoreChain Technologies enhances the efficiency and safety of financial interactions between businesses, allowing them to conduct transactions with greater accuracy and reliability.

Savvy

Seed Round in 2021
Savvy operates as a versatile platform that enhances both the rental application process and cryptocurrency transactions. For the rental market, Savvy streamlines the application experience for renters and landlords by utilizing open banking technology. This approach provides a more transparent, secure, and efficient application process, allowing renters to build credit through their rent payments and access a wider range of housing options. For landlords, the platform simplifies tenant screening with a comprehensive end-to-end solution that saves time and reduces the risk of tenant defaults. In addition, Savvy features a cryptocurrency wallet that enables users to send, receive, and exchange various currencies securely. This wallet is designed with industry-standard encryption and includes a unique feature that consolidates dispersed ERC-20 token balances, making it easier for e-commerce merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments with minimal transaction fees.

Ketch

Series A in 2021
Developer of a data management platform intended to manage and orchestrate data to automate privacy compliance, data governance, and security. The company's platform offers to leverage a single framework to manage complex global privacy programs, cross-channel collection, and comprehensive enforcement, enabling GCs, engineers, and information technology organizations to build secure, regulation-proof software faster.

Allocate

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2021, Allocate is a venture capital investment firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm seeks to invest in early-stage startups based in the United States.

Aromyx

Series A in 2021
Aromyx Corporation is a biotechnology company that has developed a platform for the digital capture of taste and scent, enabling quantitative representations of sensory data. The company's core product, the EssenceChip, utilizes a disposable bioassay to replicate human olfactory and taste receptors, providing a digital readout of biochemical signals from various substances. This technology is particularly useful for predicting the scent of new chemicals and is employed across multiple industries, including consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, tobacco, and flavor and fragrance. Aromyx also offers a suite of software tools, such as Allegory and AromaGraph, which facilitate the analysis, modification, and archiving of sensory data. Founded in 2006 and based in Mountain View, California, Aromyx aims to enhance product development, quality assurance, and branding through its innovative approach to sensory analysis.

Mon Ami

Venture Round in 2021
Mon Ami, Inc. is a company based in Palo Alto, California, that connects college students with seniors who may be experiencing social isolation due to conditions such as dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s disease, autism, and cancer. Founded in 2018, Mon Ami offers an application that facilitates meetings between these individuals and their families, enhancing engagement and companionship. The company employs college students as "Activity Companions" who visit seniors in their homes to participate in tailored activities, including memoir-writing, art, and music, thereby fostering joy and connection. In addition to its core services, Mon Ami also develops specialized tools for aging and disability service providers, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations and streamlining operational processes.

Plentina

Seed Round in 2021
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.

CapConnect+

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a centralized intuitive platrform intended to optimize offerings for investors and streamlining dealer operations for enhanced productivity. The company's platform platform simplifies deal initiation and book building with instant rules-based allocations and straight-through processing to deliver a dramatically simplified deal day, enabling issuers and help with corporate bond issuance, dealers and investors to bring simplicity and transparency to the fixed income markets and digitize the investment process.

Figure

Series D in 2021
Figure Technologies, Inc. is a fintech company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing consumer financial solutions primarily focused on home equity products. Incorporated in 2018, the company offers services such as home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, and home buy-lease back options, facilitating access to capital for customers in as little as five days. Figure leverages blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics to enhance its offerings, enabling customers to effectively manage their financial needs, including debt consolidation and retirement planning. Additionally, Figure has developed Provenance, a blockchain platform designed for businesses to manage digital assets and execute financial transactions efficiently.

Mon Ami

Seed Round in 2021
Mon Ami, Inc. is a company based in Palo Alto, California, that connects college students with seniors who may be experiencing social isolation due to conditions such as dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s disease, autism, and cancer. Founded in 2018, Mon Ami offers an application that facilitates meetings between these individuals and their families, enhancing engagement and companionship. The company employs college students as "Activity Companions" who visit seniors in their homes to participate in tailored activities, including memoir-writing, art, and music, thereby fostering joy and connection. In addition to its core services, Mon Ami also develops specialized tools for aging and disability service providers, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations and streamlining operational processes.

Mile Auto

Seed Round in 2021
Mile Auto, Inc. is an auto insurance provider that specializes in pay-per-mile coverage for low-mileage drivers in Georgia, Illinois, and Oregon. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Atlanta, the company offers full coverage auto insurance, including protection against accidents, theft, and damage. Customers benefit from comprehensive and collision coverage options, as well as additional services such as rental vehicle reimbursement and roadside assistance. Utilizing patented computer vision technology, Mile Auto allows customers to report their mileage via smartphone once a month, ensuring transparent billing based on actual miles driven. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including college students, retirees, urban commuters, and remote workers, aiming to help them save money on their insurance costs. Policies are available through the company’s agents.

AVATOUR

Seed Round in 2021
Imeve builds software and solutions for professional production of live immersive events for VR and AR.

Backer

Venture Round in 2021
Backer is a social savings platform that enables users to set up a tax-free 529 account where family and friends can contribute. It is backed by leading edtech and fintech venture firms, Princeton University, Dartmouth University, USC’s Marshall School of Business, and founders of SoFi, Facebook, Quizlet, CircleUp, AltSchool, Patreon, and LendingHome. Backer was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

WellBeam

Seed Round in 2021
WellBeam Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2019. It specializes in cloud-based software solutions that enhance communication and coordination between hospitals and third-party clients. The company offers several key products, including the WellBeam Authorization Portal, which allows healthcare providers to efficiently manage and sign medical authorizations, and the WellBeam Clinician Portal, which facilitates collaboration between partner clinicians and physicians' teams. WellBeam's platform is designed to streamline workflows, improve clinical care coordination, and support post-acute care for patients after discharge. By optimizing processes, the software aims to increase staff utilization and productivity while enabling hospitals to achieve faster reimbursement and lower operational costs.

Nowsta

Seed Round in 2021
Nowsta, Inc. is a technology company founded in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The company offers an all-in-one software platform designed for hourly and event-based workforces, which includes features for scheduling, time tracking, and financial technology solutions. By leveraging advancements in machine learning and payment technologies, Nowsta aims to enhance the management capabilities of employers, enabling them to efficiently oversee their hourly workforce. The platform focuses on improving communication and payment processes for hourly wage employees, thereby transforming the way companies manage labor.

Truthset

Seed Round in 2021
Truth{set} was founded in 2019 by industry veterans from Nielsen, Salesforce, LiveRamp, and Procter & Gamble. Truth{set} is funded by super{set}, a new venture studio headed by Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya, and WTI, Ulu Ventures, and strategic angel investors. Truth{set} is a data intelligence company focused exclusively on validating the accuracy of consumer data. The company helps brands build trust in data, and improve the performance of any data-driven decision. Truth{set} does not sell data and is not a data broker; it compiles a likelihood of truth for any individual record that can be used to validate the accuracy of data and power more accurate consumer interactions.

Ketch

Series A in 2021
Developer of a data management platform intended to manage and orchestrate data to automate privacy compliance, data governance, and security. The company's platform offers to leverage a single framework to manage complex global privacy programs, cross-channel collection, and comprehensive enforcement, enabling GCs, engineers, and information technology organizations to build secure, regulation-proof software faster.

Populus

Seed Round in 2021
Trusted by more than 70 cities around the world, Populus is a comprehensive digital solution that empowers cities to manage their streets, and develop data-driven policies with access to data from mobility operators (shared bikes, scooters, and cars).

Deliberate AI

Seed Round in 2021
Deliberate AI is a developer of technology focused on behavioral and mental health care applications. The company has created a platform that employs artificial intelligence algorithms to deliver regulatory-grade objective measurements. This technology supports diagnostics, monitoring, and data insights specifically tailored for mental and neurological healthcare, as well as clinical trials. By providing clinicians, physicians, and healthcare researchers with reliable, data-driven tools, Deliberate AI enhances the ability to diagnose and monitor mental health conditions effectively.

Praxis

Seed Round in 2021
Praxis, founded in 2010 and based in New York, is a non-profit venture group dedicated to supporting faith-motivated entrepreneurs who aim to create cultural and social impact. It provides resources and guidance through its Accelerator programs, which admit 12 businesses and 12 nonprofits annually, focusing on equipping decision-makers with essential knowledge, networks, and personal discipleship to build sustainable organizations. In addition to its Accelerator programs, Praxis also runs a venture studio program to foster innovative ideas. The organization collaborates with Q, a community that encourages Christians to contribute to the common good, and plans to launch Praxis Academy, a summer program aimed at training undergraduates at the intersection of faith, startups, and culture. Graduates of the Academy will have the opportunity to participate in the Future Founders program, offering summer apprenticeships with alumni from the Accelerator.

Praxis Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Praxis Labs advances diversity and inclusion outcomes through perspective-taking VR-based unconscious bias trainings.

Sequel

Seed Round in 2021
Manufacturer of environmentally sustainable tampons designed for women to have distraction-free periods. The company's tampons are made with sourced materials and designed with spiral grooves that lengthen the flow path for even absorption, enabling women to remain comfortable from the boardroom to the stadium and improving menstrual hygiene.

TomoCredit

Seed Round in 2021
TomoCredit LLC, established in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, focuses on providing innovative credit solutions tailored for Millennials, particularly those with no credit history or credit score. The company manufactures electronic smart and credit cards that enable users to build credit and qualify for loans by utilizing a proprietary algorithm to analyze alternative data sources. In addition to its credit card offerings, TomoCredit has developed a mobile application that allows users to manage their accounts effectively. The founding team, composed of immigrant founders, aims to address the challenges faced by foreign nationals in accessing credit, drawing on their backgrounds from notable institutions such as Coinbase, The Kenetic Hedge Fund, and Google, as well as prestigious educational establishments like MIT and UC Berkeley.

Aromyx

Seed Round in 2021
Aromyx Corporation is a biotechnology company that has developed a platform for the digital capture of taste and scent, enabling quantitative representations of sensory data. The company's core product, the EssenceChip, utilizes a disposable bioassay to replicate human olfactory and taste receptors, providing a digital readout of biochemical signals from various substances. This technology is particularly useful for predicting the scent of new chemicals and is employed across multiple industries, including consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, tobacco, and flavor and fragrance. Aromyx also offers a suite of software tools, such as Allegory and AromaGraph, which facilitate the analysis, modification, and archiving of sensory data. Founded in 2006 and based in Mountain View, California, Aromyx aims to enhance product development, quality assurance, and branding through its innovative approach to sensory analysis.

VIA

Seed Round in 2021
VIA Global Ventures, Inc. is an online marketplace founded in 2017 and based in Key Biscayne, Florida, that connects professionals with short-term onsite work opportunities at companies. The platform facilitates projects in various areas, including strategy, business development, marketing, financial analytics, and process improvement. VIA emerged from a project at Stanford University in 2016 and aims to effectively allocate talent globally, fostering connections between skilled individuals and innovative organizations. With operations in Canada, Mexico, the United States, and Europe, VIA seeks to enhance career advancement and industry exploration for professionals while assisting companies in achieving their strategic goals.

Axiom Cloud

Seed Round in 2021
Axiom Cloud Inc. specializes in artificial intelligence solutions tailored for commercial refrigeration in North America's supermarkets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Oakland, California, the company addresses significant energy and maintenance challenges in the $120 billion commercial cooling industry. Axiom Cloud offers a power management and maintenance platform that enhances the efficiency of systems with large cooling loads. Key applications include the Virtual Technician, which autonomously predicts and prevents failures, and the Virtual Battery, which emulates the benefits of traditional lithium-ion batteries by optimizing cooling processes and managing energy loads intelligently. Customers in the retail grocery sector engage with Axiom Cloud through an initial setup fee for onsite installation of the IoT platform, followed by recurring software-as-a-service fees for the cloud-based applications that operate on this platform.

Sounder

Seed Round in 2021
Sounder.fm is a platform that helps audio creators manage, market, and measure their audio content. Sounder offers free hosting, transcription, Pinpoint Audio Search, and analytics to help the user grow its audience. It aims to drive creativity and make audio better for everyone. The company was founded in 2019 and based in New York, New York.

Lokker

Series A in 2020
Lokker gives companies instantaneous control over third-party data collection and risk to protect their customers’ privacy and comply with privacy laws. The company's patent-pending technology measures, monitors, and mitigates privacy issues. Lokker was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Genesis Therapeutics

Series A in 2020
Their academia-leading research was the initial component of our expanding portfolio of AI technologies. They are combining novel deep neural networks, biophysical simulation, and massively scalable computing infrastructure to achieve industry-leading performance in a molecular generation and property prediction. The company was founded in 2019 and based in South San Francisco, California.

Axiom Cloud

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Axiom Cloud Inc. specializes in artificial intelligence solutions tailored for commercial refrigeration in North America's supermarkets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Oakland, California, the company addresses significant energy and maintenance challenges in the $120 billion commercial cooling industry. Axiom Cloud offers a power management and maintenance platform that enhances the efficiency of systems with large cooling loads. Key applications include the Virtual Technician, which autonomously predicts and prevents failures, and the Virtual Battery, which emulates the benefits of traditional lithium-ion batteries by optimizing cooling processes and managing energy loads intelligently. Customers in the retail grocery sector engage with Axiom Cloud through an initial setup fee for onsite installation of the IoT platform, followed by recurring software-as-a-service fees for the cloud-based applications that operate on this platform.

Savvy

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Savvy operates as a versatile platform that enhances both the rental application process and cryptocurrency transactions. For the rental market, Savvy streamlines the application experience for renters and landlords by utilizing open banking technology. This approach provides a more transparent, secure, and efficient application process, allowing renters to build credit through their rent payments and access a wider range of housing options. For landlords, the platform simplifies tenant screening with a comprehensive end-to-end solution that saves time and reduces the risk of tenant defaults. In addition, Savvy features a cryptocurrency wallet that enables users to send, receive, and exchange various currencies securely. This wallet is designed with industry-standard encryption and includes a unique feature that consolidates dispersed ERC-20 token balances, making it easier for e-commerce merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments with minimal transaction fees.

Savvy

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Savvy operates as a versatile platform that enhances both the rental application process and cryptocurrency transactions. For the rental market, Savvy streamlines the application experience for renters and landlords by utilizing open banking technology. This approach provides a more transparent, secure, and efficient application process, allowing renters to build credit through their rent payments and access a wider range of housing options. For landlords, the platform simplifies tenant screening with a comprehensive end-to-end solution that saves time and reduces the risk of tenant defaults. In addition, Savvy features a cryptocurrency wallet that enables users to send, receive, and exchange various currencies securely. This wallet is designed with industry-standard encryption and includes a unique feature that consolidates dispersed ERC-20 token balances, making it easier for e-commerce merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments with minimal transaction fees.

Mighty

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Mighty helps young entrepreneurs start and grow their own businesses. With Mighty, each kid will master the tools of business and harness the power of social impact. It's the modern day lemonade stand, but this time the products for sale are good for the world. Mighty gathers a dedicated team of investors to hit the ground running. They partner with great companies including Sesame Street, Collaborative Fund, and the founders behind Indiegogo and Flickr. All that's left to do is launch businesses.

Mighty

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Mighty helps young entrepreneurs start and grow their own businesses. With Mighty, each kid will master the tools of business and harness the power of social impact. It's the modern day lemonade stand, but this time the products for sale are good for the world. Mighty gathers a dedicated team of investors to hit the ground running. They partner with great companies including Sesame Street, Collaborative Fund, and the founders behind Indiegogo and Flickr. All that's left to do is launch businesses.

Dwellsy

Seed Round in 2020
Dwellsy, Inc. is a residential home rental platform founded in 2019 and based in Los Altos, California. The company offers a web-based platform that allows property owners and managers to list their vacant units without incurring lead, lease, or listing fees. Dwellsy aims to provide renters with a comprehensive selection of verified and trustworthy rental listings, focusing on organic search capabilities rather than a pay-to-play model. This approach is designed to enhance the user experience by ensuring that both renters and owners can engage in a straightforward and fraud-free rental process.

Oyster

Seed Round in 2020
Oyster Financial, Inc. is a financial services company that offers an online application designed to manage capital and simplify financial management for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small to medium-sized enterprises. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Mexico City and Kathmandu, Oyster provides a comprehensive digital platform that allows business owners to conduct various financial tasks directly from their mobile devices. Services include a Mastercard debit card, fee-free fund transfers, bill payments to over 70 service providers in Mexico, invoice management, and access to discounts at numerous locations. By streamlining these processes, Oyster aims to empower entrepreneurs to achieve their business goals and make informed financial decisions.

FreeWill

Series A in 2020
FreeWill is an online estate planning platform based in New York, founded in 2016 by graduate students from Stanford University. The company provides free access to legal forms and information, making estate planning more accessible and straightforward for individuals. Its services are designed to help users create wills and make charitable donations in a tax-advantaged manner, facilitating bequests and contributions to causes they care about. By offering these tools at no cost, FreeWill aims to simplify the estate planning process and support users in caring for their loved ones and philanthropic interests.

Eskalera

Seed Round in 2020
Eskalera, Inc. specializes in developing human resource software aimed at enhancing employee engagement, productivity, and growth within large and medium-sized companies. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides an end-to-end platform that integrates insights on diversity and inclusion with core HR data. Its flagship product, Eskalera Engage, uses evidence-based findings to assess employee experiences and inform HR practices. The software employs artificial intelligence and data science to help organizations mitigate cognitive and systemic biases throughout the employee lifecycle, ultimately fostering a more inclusive workplace culture. Eskalera partners with progressive companies to transform HR operations and leverage inclusivity as a competitive advantage.

Eskalera

Seed Round in 2020
Eskalera, Inc. specializes in developing human resource software aimed at enhancing employee engagement, productivity, and growth within large and medium-sized companies. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides an end-to-end platform that integrates insights on diversity and inclusion with core HR data. Its flagship product, Eskalera Engage, uses evidence-based findings to assess employee experiences and inform HR practices. The software employs artificial intelligence and data science to help organizations mitigate cognitive and systemic biases throughout the employee lifecycle, ultimately fostering a more inclusive workplace culture. Eskalera partners with progressive companies to transform HR operations and leverage inclusivity as a competitive advantage.

RealBlocks

Series A in 2020
RealBlocks is a financial technology platform designed to enhance the capital-raising capabilities of real estate and alternative investment managers. Traditionally limited to local markets, these managers can now access global investment opportunities through connections with institutional and intermediary channels. RealBlocks aims to reduce costs and improve efficiency while enhancing the investor experience. The platform offers a white-label solution that integrates various service providers, facilitating a seamless transition to tokenized product structures. This innovation allows for improved liquidity and fractionalization, positioning RealBlocks as a valuable resource for both investment managers and their clients.

RealBlocks

Series A in 2020
RealBlocks is a financial technology platform designed to enhance the capital-raising capabilities of real estate and alternative investment managers. Traditionally limited to local markets, these managers can now access global investment opportunities through connections with institutional and intermediary channels. RealBlocks aims to reduce costs and improve efficiency while enhancing the investor experience. The platform offers a white-label solution that integrates various service providers, facilitating a seamless transition to tokenized product structures. This innovation allows for improved liquidity and fractionalization, positioning RealBlocks as a valuable resource for both investment managers and their clients.
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