SVA

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based seed fund founded in 2009, specializing in early-stage investments primarily within the Internet software sector. The firm adopts a portfolio approach to seed investing, distinguishing itself from traditional venture capital firms by not taking board seats and investing in a larger number of companies, often exceeding 100 annually. SV Angel leverages an extensive network to assist startups with business development, financing, mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic advice. This approach, pioneered by founder Ron Conway over 20 years ago, has enabled SV Angel to invest in and advise numerous successful companies, including notable names like Facebook, Google, and Airbnb. The firm continues to focus on providing support to technology-focused consumer and enterprise sectors across the United States.

Ashvin Bachireddy

Managing Partner

Ron Conway

Co-Managing Partner

Topher Conway

Managing Partner

Steven Lee

Partner

Brian Pokorny

Advisor

Peter Tseng

Investor

Beth Turner

Managing Partner - Seed

Past deals in San Francisco Bay Area

OpenAI

Venture Round in 2023
OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research company, associated with business magnate Elon Musk, that aims to carefully promote and develop friendly AI in such a way as to benefit, rather than harm, humanity as a whole. The organization aims to "freely collaborate" with other institutions and researchers by making its patents and research open to the public. The company is supported by over US$1 billion in commitments; however, only a tiny fraction of the $1 billion pledged is expected to be spent in the first few years. The founders are motivated in part by concerns about existential risk from artificial general intelligence.

Replit

Series B in 2023
Repl.it lets you start coding in your favorite programming language in 2 seconds; it lets you build and deploy apps right from your browser. The founders wanted to build something to solve their own problem -- back in school they were tired of setting up their development environment on every machine they wanted to code on, and they dreamed of a world where you could just open a tab in the browser and start working. They built Repl.it to give developers access to simple, powerful tools and a community of hackers, aspiring programmers and teachers. They make it possible to learn, practice and build, all in the same place.

Doppel

Seed Round in 2022
Doppel serves a critical business function for protecting clients' brand and their customers. These services have given clients corporate partners peace of mind while scanning millions of domains, social media accounts, and NFTs every day. Doppel's real-time machine learning models to help you take down fake social media accounts, NFTs, and neutralize phishing attacks instantly. Doppel was established in 2022 in San Carlos, California.

Graft

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Graft is a cloud-native platform that uses AI techniques to unlock the value of text, images, video, audio, and graphs. There is no requirement for machine learning skills, no need to hire a team, and no infrastructure to build or maintain.

Glide Apps

Series A in 2022
Glide Apps is a platform that enables users to create mobile apps from Google Sheets. It was founded in 2018 and is a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2019 class.

Kumo.AI

Series A in 2022
Kumo.AI is an innovative SaaS AI platform for the modern data stack that allows businesses to make faster, simpler, and smarter predictions.

Rupa, Inc.

Series A in 2022
Rupa, Inc., doing business as Rupa Health, develops an online platform that enables patients to access alternative healthcare providers in their area. It offers an online portal for ordering tests from labs and tracking the results. The company ships the test reports directly to the patient’s home. Rupa, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

NanoNets

Series A in 2022
NanoNets is machine learning API for developers which requires 1/10th of data and no machine learning expertise to train a model. Upload the data, wait for a few minutes and get a model you can query over their easy to use cloud API. Often companies do not have enough data to train a machine learning model on their own using state of the art algorithms as well as don't have enough data scientists to work on those problems. NanoNets solves both these problems for companies.

64x Bio

Series A in 2022
64x Bio is a biotechnology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017 by Alexis Rovner, George Church, Jeffrey Way, and Pamela Silver. The company specializes in designing microorganisms with enhanced properties to facilitate advanced applications in biomanufacturing, bioremediation, and health. By creating cells tailored for specific purposes, 64x Bio aims to enable innovative solutions that were previously unattainable in these fields.

Airbyte

Series B in 2021
Airbyte is an open-source data integration platform that syncs data from applications, APIs, and databases to warehouses. Airbyte is an open-source data integration engine that helps users consolidate their data in their warehouses.

Vercel

Series D in 2021
Vercel Inc. is a cloud platform that specializes in on-demand deployment, hosting, and sharing services for frontend applications. Founded in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, the company provides automated deployment solutions integrated with GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, allowing projects to be deployed seamlessly from pull requests and merge requests. Vercel's platform is designed to enhance the development and deployment experience for frontend teams by hosting static websites and serverless functions that align with the Jamstack deployment model. This model ensures that web pages are pre-rendered and can be efficiently served by a content delivery network, delivering optimal performance for developers. Vercel was formerly known as ZEIT, Inc. before rebranding in April 2020.

Convex

Seed Round in 2021
Zerowatt is a serverless infrastructure company. It was founded in 2020 by James Cowling, Jamie Turner, and Sujay Jayakar.

Outschool

Series D in 2021
Outschool operates an online platform that facilitates live, interactive learning experiences for children through classes taught by independent teachers. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the platform connects parents, motivated learners, and educators, allowing families to discover and book a variety of online classes tailored to their interests. The platform caters to a diverse range of educators, including certified teachers and individuals with expertise in various fields. Outschool's model enables parents to select classes and teachers based on their children’s needs, thereby expanding educational opportunities in a cost-effective manner compared to traditional tutoring. The platform emphasizes community building by allowing parents to collaborate on activities and share experiences.

BetterUp

Series E in 2021
BetterUp Inc. is a leadership development platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2013. The company provides a mobile-based solution for organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, aimed at enhancing employee performance through a science-backed methodology. BetterUp's platform facilitates on-demand virtual coaching sessions, allowing users to identify and practice new behaviors and mindsets essential for achieving high performance in a rapidly changing environment. The platform tracks and measures individual growth, helping employees cultivate skills that support both personal and professional development. Its diverse clientele includes notable companies like Genentech, Logitech, and Workday, reflecting its commitment to fostering an adaptive workforce.

Parafin

Series A in 2021
Parafin is a capital as a service platform for fundraising activities. It features a platform for connecting buyers and sellers for growth capital financing. It also provides tools for retaining sellers, tracking revenue streams, APIs for underwriting, financial & regulatory risks, and payment processing for users. Parafin was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Rupa, Inc.

Seed Round in 2021
Rupa, Inc., doing business as Rupa Health, develops an online platform that enables patients to access alternative healthcare providers in their area. It offers an online portal for ordering tests from labs and tracking the results. The company ships the test reports directly to the patient’s home. Rupa, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Fig

Seed Round in 2021
Fig is a platform for developers that adds visual apps and shortcuts to the terminal. It makes it easy to build tools that make the team more productive. Fig's API allows to run shell commands from simple javascript. Build wrappers around CLIs, custom workflows, or configurations. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Mountaintop Studios

Series A in 2021
Mountaintop Studios is a game studio creating multiplayer games for players who crave a challenge.

Valora

Series A in 2021
Valora is a mobile-first cryptocurrency wallet built on the Celo Platform, designed to make crypto and decentralized finance accessible to a broad audience. Available on both iOS and Android devices, the application allows users to easily save, send, and spend cryptocurrency, akin to sending a text message. Valora aims to reach the approximately 6 billion smartphone users globally, including those with basic devices, by providing a user-friendly interface that simplifies financial transactions. The wallet also incorporates cryptographic security and privacy features, ensuring that users can send money across borders securely and efficiently.

Magic

Series A in 2021
Get peace of mind with secure, extensible passwordless authentication that’s built to scale. All with a few lines of code.

Valora

Series A in 2021
Valora is a mobile-first cryptocurrency wallet built on the Celo Platform, designed to make crypto and decentralized finance accessible to a broad audience. Available on both iOS and Android devices, the application allows users to easily save, send, and spend cryptocurrency, akin to sending a text message. Valora aims to reach the approximately 6 billion smartphone users globally, including those with basic devices, by providing a user-friendly interface that simplifies financial transactions. The wallet also incorporates cryptographic security and privacy features, ensuring that users can send money across borders securely and efficiently.

Everlance

Series A in 2021
Everlance's mobile app has been featured by Apple and Google as one of their "Best New Apps" and users range from the self-employed who need to document expenses for taxes to Fortune 500 employees needing to fill out an expense report. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco , California.

Instawork

Series C in 2021
Instawork is the fastest growing career marketplace for hospitality professionals. We've changed how traditional recruiting works for small businesses (e.g a sign on the window) by turning the process into an automated matching solution. Our vision is to create economic opportunity for local businesses and professionals, globally. We're rapidly expanding across the US. We're looking for great talent to help us grow and would love to hear from you! Go to www.instawork.com or send us a note at careers@instawork.com

HumanFirst

Series A in 2021
HumanFirst, formerly known as Elektra Labs, is a healthcare-security company based in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, that focuses on enhancing healthcare operations in home settings. Established in 2017, the company has developed a digital measures platform called Atlas, which streamlines the evaluation and implementation of connected technologies for collecting behavioral and physiological data. HumanFirst caters to a diverse clientele, including leading organizations involved in decentralized clinical trials and virtual care. Notably, 22 of the 25 largest pharmaceutical companies globally have utilized the HumanFirst platform to assess and facilitate the deployment of health technology products. The company provides command center and infrastructure solutions that ensure the reliability and trustworthiness of telehealth operations, matching the standards typically found in hospitals and laboratories.

Airbyte

Series A in 2021
Airbyte is an open-source data integration platform that syncs data from applications, APIs, and databases to warehouses. Airbyte is an open-source data integration engine that helps users consolidate their data in their warehouses.

Airbyte

Series A in 2021
Airbyte is an open-source data integration platform that syncs data from applications, APIs, and databases to warehouses. Airbyte is an open-source data integration engine that helps users consolidate their data in their warehouses.

LiveSpot

Seed Round in 2021
LiveSpot makes it easy for creators to launch a group coaching channel. LiveSpot builds a new model for creators to monetize their knowledge.

CrowdAI

Series A in 2021
CrowdAI, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing an artificial intelligence-as-a-service platform, focusing on the analysis of imagery and video from various sources, including autonomous vehicles, satellites, and drones. Founded in 2016 and based in Mountain View, California, CrowdAI empowers users to create custom machine learning models tailored to their specific needs without requiring a data science background or coding skills. Its comprehensive platform simplifies the transition from raw data to actionable insights, allowing enterprises to efficiently deploy machine learning models in production environments. This capability enables users to leverage real-time data for informed operational decision-making, enhancing the effectiveness of their projects and applications.

Supermall

Convertible Note in 2021
Hyphy is a marketplace where anyone can sell their original photos and videos to brands. The marketplace is a way for brands to source media more quickly for advertising or marketing campaigns. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Alt

Series A in 2021
Alt Platform, Inc. is an online platform focused on the research, transaction, and security of alternative assets, particularly sports cards. Established in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company aims to enhance the transparency and liquidity of these assets, making it easier for individuals to buy, sell, and store them. Through its dedicated platform, Alt provides users with access to a growing market for alternative investments, catering to both collectors and investors seeking to diversify their portfolios.

Clara

Pre Seed Round in 2021
We started Clara to help individuals and families finance their lives in a more efficient, transparent, and empowered way. We started with one of life’s most important financial decisions -- a home. We are building technology to reduce the time and cost it takes to originate a mortgage and creating a more personalized, clear experience for our customers.

Daily

Series A in 2021
Pluot is the easiest way to video conference. A complete hardware + software solution for video conferencing and screen sharing. Dedicated hardware that easily connects to your TV. Free software so anyone can join your meetings.

Kalshi

Series A in 2021
Kalshi operates an online platform that allows users to trade on the outcomes of various events, ranging from political developments to weather predictions. Incorporated in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company is pioneering a new asset class known as "event contracts." This financial exchange enables users to place bets on discrete outcomes, facilitating trading based on individual opinions and insights. Kalshi aims to create a regulated marketplace where participants can leverage their understanding of everyday knowledge to make informed trades. The company has garnered support from prominent investors, including Y Combinator and others, who have previously backed successful technology firms.

SILQ

Pre Seed Round in 2021
SKUteam founded in 2020: a transformational year for global businesses amidst a global pandemic, by a group of early former Flexport executives. Our vision is to democratize the production process in global manufacturing, starting with the apparel and home furnishing industries. SKUteam acts as your localised inspection agency, overseeing sample development and approvals, raw material inspections, in-line/top sample inspections and a final AQL inspection prior to ship out. SKUteam's unique platform will deliver an unprecedented level of visibility to take the guesswork out of the ever changing production process, ensuring brands can go to market fast, with confidence and the highest quality products.

Affirm

Post in 2021
Affirm is a financial technology company that offers installment loans to consumers at the point of sale, allowing them to make purchases from online merchants and pay for them in fixed monthly installments. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Chicago, Affirm aims to provide transparent financial products that empower consumers and enhance their buying experience. Customers can select Affirm as a payment method at checkout, complete a real-time application, and choose a payment plan that aligns with their budget. The service stands out by offering upfront pricing with no hidden fees or compounding interest, unlike traditional credit options. Affirm partners with over 2,000 merchants across various sectors, including retail, travel, and electronics, to provide consumers with a flexible alternative to credit cards. Loans are facilitated through a partnership with Cross River Bank, ensuring a reliable financing option for users.

Rippling

Seed Round in 2021
Rippling is a human resource management company that streamlines various employee-related processes, including payroll, benefits, device management, and application access. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rippling offers a platform that automates manual tasks, such as the onboarding of new hires. In a matter of 90 seconds, businesses can set up or disable employee payroll, health insurance, and access to essential third-party applications like Gmail, Microsoft Office, and Slack. By unifying all employee systems, Rippling effectively reduces administrative burdens, allowing organizations to focus on their core activities.

Memora Health

Seed Round in 2020
Memora Health Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in enterprise healthcare productivity software focused on automating outpatient communication. The company addresses the challenges faced by healthcare organizations that invest significant time and resources in phone follow-ups with patients. By providing a solution that automates various aspects of patient interaction, including follow-ups, instructions, health coaching, and the collection of patient-reported outcomes, Memora Health enhances operational efficiency and improves patient engagement through the use of text messaging.

Canvas

Seed Round in 2020
Canvas makes data teams spend less time on SQL favors and dashboard maintenance.

Canvas

Seed Round in 2020
Canvas makes data teams spend less time on SQL favors and dashboard maintenance.

Isovalent

Series A in 2020
Isovalent is a cloud-native networking company based in Mountain View, California. Founded by long-time leaders in Linux networking, Isovalent develops enterprise open source software and commercial products that enable operators and security professionals to provide networking, security, and observability in distributed infrastructure such as Kubernetes. It specializes in the fields of cloud security, cybersecurity, and information technology. It was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

CherryPie

Pre Seed Round in 2020
CherryPie creates API monetization without the need to build its own billing system. The company is based in San Francisco, California.

Outschool

Series B in 2020
Outschool operates an online platform that facilitates live, interactive learning experiences for children through classes taught by independent teachers. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the platform connects parents, motivated learners, and educators, allowing families to discover and book a variety of online classes tailored to their interests. The platform caters to a diverse range of educators, including certified teachers and individuals with expertise in various fields. Outschool's model enables parents to select classes and teachers based on their children’s needs, thereby expanding educational opportunities in a cost-effective manner compared to traditional tutoring. The platform emphasizes community building by allowing parents to collaborate on activities and share experiences.

Talentdrop

Seed Round in 2020
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.

Skiff

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Skiff is a privacy-first collaboration platform with expiring links, secure workspaces, and password protection.

Zip

Seed Round in 2020
Zip provides one place for any employee to initiate a purchase or vendor request. Each request is correctly routed for approval across procurement, finance, IT, data security, legal, and other teams, and Zip integrates into all major ERP and P2P solutions to create a PR or draft PO.

Fig

Seed Round in 2020
Fig is a platform for developers that adds visual apps and shortcuts to the terminal. It makes it easy to build tools that make the team more productive. Fig's API allows to run shell commands from simple javascript. Build wrappers around CLIs, custom workflows, or configurations. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Clara

Seed Round in 2020
We started Clara to help individuals and families finance their lives in a more efficient, transparent, and empowered way. We started with one of life’s most important financial decisions -- a home. We are building technology to reduce the time and cost it takes to originate a mortgage and creating a more personalized, clear experience for our customers.

Teamflow

Seed Round in 2020
Feel like a team again with your own virtual office.

ANA Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2020
ANA Therapeutics is a developer of a novel coronavirus vaccine intended to save human lives. It is developing therapeutics to solve the coronavirus pandemic using Niclosamide that enables medical practitioners to treat patients suffering from COVID-19. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.

Spiketrap

Seed Round in 2020
Spiketrap Inc. is an artificial intelligence-driven platform that specializes in analyzing customer behavior through user-generated content from various online sources. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Spiketrap offers solutions that assist businesses in understanding audience conversations and sentiments. Its platform enables companies to monitor and visualize data related to marketing, business intelligence, brand management, sales, and content creation. By leveraging real-time data analytics, Spiketrap helps clients make informed decisions, reduce risks, and enhance their overall strategies, particularly in the gaming industry where it identifies trends and discussions pertinent to audience engagement.

Alt

Seed Round in 2020
Alt Platform, Inc. is an online platform focused on the research, transaction, and security of alternative assets, particularly sports cards. Established in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company aims to enhance the transparency and liquidity of these assets, making it easier for individuals to buy, sell, and store them. Through its dedicated platform, Alt provides users with access to a growing market for alternative investments, catering to both collectors and investors seeking to diversify their portfolios.

MainStreet

Seed Round in 2020
MainStreet is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that operates a B2B Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform designed to assist startups in identifying and claiming government incentives, tax credits, deductions, and stimulus programs. Founded in 2019, MainStreet's software connects with clients' payroll systems to automate the data collection necessary for qualifying for various financial programs, ultimately helping to save time and money. The platform is tailored for startups at various stages of growth, including bootstrapped, pre-seed, seed, and series funding rounds, across multiple industries such as software, hardware, biopharma, biotech, aerospace, materials, and manufacturing. MainStreet charges a flat success fee based on the incentives disbursed to its clients and is supported by notable investors in the venture capital space.

Bonsai

Seed Round in 2020
Bonsai offers an AI platform that empowers enterprises to build and deploy intelligent systems. By completely automating the management of complex machine learning libraries and algorithms, Bonsai enables enterprises to program AI models that improve system control and enhance real-time decision support. Businesses use these models today to increase automation and improve operational efficiency of industrial systems including robotics, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, energy and utilities. Based in Berkeley, CA, Bonsai is backed by leading investors including NEA, Microsoft Ventures, ABB, Samsung NEXT and Siemens.

SESO

Seed Round in 2020
SESO Inc. operates an online agricultural labor recruitment platform that connects U.S. farms with qualified seasonal workers through the H-2A visa program. This program allows agricultural employers to hire foreign workers for temporary or seasonal labor. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, the company addresses the significant labor shortage in U.S. agriculture, which results in annual losses of $15 billion. SESO offers a comprehensive service package that includes recruiting, qualifying, and training workers, as well as automating the H-2A visa process. Additionally, SESO provides workforce management software to assist employers in maintaining compliance with local and federal regulations. By facilitating access to a better quality workforce at a lower cost, SESO aims to create meaningful and safe employment opportunities for agricultural workers.

Magic

Seed Round in 2020
Get peace of mind with secure, extensible passwordless authentication that’s built to scale. All with a few lines of code.

Census

Seed Round in 2020
Census is a data automation platform designed to help operations teams unify, transform, and synchronize customer data from data warehouses to various tools. It facilitates the seamless integration of customer data into applications such as Salesforce, Marketo, Zendesk, and others, ensuring that customer success, sales, and marketing teams are aligned with consistent information. By automating the synchronization process, Census eliminates the need for engineering intervention, enabling teams to efficiently access and share critical data across their preferred applications. This functionality enhances operational efficiency and improves collaboration within organizations.

Parafin

Seed Round in 2020
Parafin is a capital as a service platform for fundraising activities. It features a platform for connecting buyers and sellers for growth capital financing. It also provides tools for retaining sellers, tracking revenue streams, APIs for underwriting, financial & regulatory risks, and payment processing for users. Parafin was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Daily

Seed Round in 2020
Pluot is the easiest way to video conference. A complete hardware + software solution for video conferencing and screen sharing. Dedicated hardware that easily connects to your TV. Free software so anyone can join your meetings.

Aesthetic

Seed Round in 2020
Aesthetic is a full-service creative agency founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The agency specializes in tactical design services that support business growth across various industries, including consumer goods, biotechnology, and healthcare. Aesthetic offers a comprehensive range of services, including illustration, brand design, brand strategy, web design, copywriting, logo design, motion graphics, graphic design, animation, web development, and UI design. Notably, the agency has introduced a service called Branding Essentials, aimed at startups requiring rapid branding solutions within a four-day timeframe. By providing high-quality and thoughtful design services, Aesthetic makes effective branding accessible to companies of all sizes.

Collective

Series A in 2020
Collective operates as an online back-office platform designed for self-employed people. Its technology and a team of trusted advisors give its members the freedom to focus on what matters by taking care of everything from business incorporation to accounting, bookkeeping, tax services, and access to a thriving community- all in one platform. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Helm.ai

Seed Round in 2020
Helm.ai Inc. is a technology company based in Menlo Park, California, that specializes in designing and developing artificial intelligence software solutions for autonomous navigation in self-driving cars, drones, and consumer robots. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on creating advanced driving technologies that support high-end advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and Level 4 autonomous driving. Helm.ai employs an unsupervised learning approach to train neural networks, allowing its technology to function effectively without the necessity for large-scale fleet data, extensive simulation, or manual annotation. This innovative methodology enables automotive companies to implement safe and scalable autonomous technologies.

Araali Networks

Seed Round in 2020
Microservices security done right—built-in, invisible, always on!

Replit

Series A in 2020
Repl.it lets you start coding in your favorite programming language in 2 seconds; it lets you build and deploy apps right from your browser. The founders wanted to build something to solve their own problem -- back in school they were tired of setting up their development environment on every machine they wanted to code on, and they dreamed of a world where you could just open a tab in the browser and start working. They built Repl.it to give developers access to simple, powerful tools and a community of hackers, aspiring programmers and teachers. They make it possible to learn, practice and build, all in the same place.

Outlier

Series B in 2020
Outlier AI, Inc. operates an automated business analysis platform that delivers data-driven insights for organizations in the consumer, financial services, and life sciences sectors worldwide. Founded in 2015 and based in Oakland, California, Outlier provides an analytical solution that helps businesses make informed decisions while continuously monitoring their data for unexpected changes. The company's services cater to various industries, including consumer packaged goods, e-commerce, retail, and pharmaceuticals, helping clients adapt to shifting market conditions effectively.

Cyral

Series A in 2020
Cyral, Inc. provides a cloud security solution for data layer security. It offers Cyral, a cloud-native service that enables monitoring and policy enforcement across all data endpoints used by services, applications, and users, as well as provide access control and defense against various threats that commonly plague organizations. The company’s Cyral is used by businesses to secure their data layer without changing workflows or sacrificing agility by providing granular visibility into data accesses, protecting against data exfiltration, and creating a unified layer for privilege management. Its solution is used against various threats and vulnerabilities, such as database password spraying, exposed service credentials, service account takeover, 2nd order SQL injection attack, reconnaissance attack, and logging vulnerabilities. Cyral, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Cyral

Series A in 2020
Cyral, Inc. provides a cloud security solution for data layer security. It offers Cyral, a cloud-native service that enables monitoring and policy enforcement across all data endpoints used by services, applications, and users, as well as provide access control and defense against various threats that commonly plague organizations. The company’s Cyral is used by businesses to secure their data layer without changing workflows or sacrificing agility by providing granular visibility into data accesses, protecting against data exfiltration, and creating a unified layer for privilege management. Its solution is used against various threats and vulnerabilities, such as database password spraying, exposed service credentials, service account takeover, 2nd order SQL injection attack, reconnaissance attack, and logging vulnerabilities. Cyral, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Caspar.AI

Venture Round in 2020
Caspar is a rapidly growing, global company headquartered in Silicon Valley and offices in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Amsterdam and Tokyo. Caspar delivers a fully integrated smart home system powered by privacy preserving AI. With Caspar.AI home, operators of senior housing increase staff efficiency & prolong senior independence.

Metronome

Seed Round in 2019
Metronome is a billing infrastructure company that helps software companies launch, iterate, and scale their usage-based business models.

IdeaFlow

Venture Round in 2019
IdeaFlow is a startup from MIT that came out of research working to extend the human mind into the computer. Its core product is a shared brain for organizations, a human-AI hybrid Web platform that enables teams of analysts to collaboratively create, visualize, and analyze networks of information, both manually and by integrating previously stagnant data sources. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Cycle

Seed Round in 2019
Cycle is a developer of an all-in-one platform designed to assist product-centric teams in managing their workflows effectively. The platform features flexible building blocks that allow for customizable workflows, ensuring that teams can work in a manner that suits their specific needs. Key functionalities include workflow management, feedback management, custom forms, prioritization matrices, customer support integration, and real-time collaboration tools. By connecting customer needs with product delivery processes, Cycle enables teams to explore, prioritize, plan, deliver, and communicate efficiently, enhancing their overall productivity and effectiveness in shipping essential products.

Backpack

Seed Round in 2019
Backpack Technologies, Inc. is an online peer-to-peer platform that provides overseas shopping and shipping services connecting shoppers and travelers worldwide. It offers consumer electronics, exotic pashmina, medication products, and various other products. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Staten Island, New York.

Open

Venture Round in 2019
Open operates a mediation studio that focuses on creating spaces for meditation and movement, promoting the mind-body connection. The company offers a platform that provides various wellness and fitness sessions, including meditation and training classes. By facilitating shared mindful experiences, Open aims to help individuals engage meaningfully with friends and community, both online and offline. Through its offerings, the company seeks to enhance overall well-being by providing a tranquil environment conducive to personal growth and mindfulness.

Baton

Seed Round in 2019
Baton Trucking, Inc. provides a drop zone network to split long haul routes into sections that enable segment-specific vehicles. It also offers a real estate infrastructure that enables highway-only autonomous trucks to interchange loads with human drivers for the final mile of delivery. Baton Trucking, Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Mantra Bio

Series A in 2019
Mantra Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on developing targeted therapeutics through its proprietary platform for engineering Targeted Exosome Vehicles (TEVs). Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, the company utilizes its REVEAL platform, which combines computational methods, wet biology, and automation. This innovative approach takes advantage of the inherent diversity of exosomes, allowing for the targeted design of therapeutics aimed at various tissue and cellular targets. Additionally, Mantra Bio has established a scalable biomanufacturing process to ensure that its next-generation therapeutics can be produced reproducibly and with high purity.

HumanFirst

Seed Round in 2019
HumanFirst, formerly known as Elektra Labs, is a healthcare-security company based in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, that focuses on enhancing healthcare operations in home settings. Established in 2017, the company has developed a digital measures platform called Atlas, which streamlines the evaluation and implementation of connected technologies for collecting behavioral and physiological data. HumanFirst caters to a diverse clientele, including leading organizations involved in decentralized clinical trials and virtual care. Notably, 22 of the 25 largest pharmaceutical companies globally have utilized the HumanFirst platform to assess and facilitate the deployment of health technology products. The company provides command center and infrastructure solutions that ensure the reliability and trustworthiness of telehealth operations, matching the standards typically found in hospitals and laboratories.

Prelay

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Prelay is a team selling platform built for large deal and account processes. Companies use Prelay to create process & team alignment to close more deals and get users deployed, faster. AEs, Deal Support (SEs, etc.) Implementation and supporting teams (finance, legal) work in tandem as a team through leveraging Prelay.

Glide Apps

Seed Round in 2019
Glide Apps is a platform that enables users to create mobile apps from Google Sheets. It was founded in 2018 and is a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2019 class.

Raise Commercial Real Estate

Seed Round in 2019
HelloOffice is a technology-powered commercial real estate brokerage helping companies search for office space in a smarter and faster way. The company pairs experienced brokers with easy to use software to give its clients the best service in the market.

Raydiant

Seed Round in 2019
Raydiant, Inc. designs, develops, and offers experience platform that connects employees and customers with brands. The company's solution includes kiosk, virtual agent, and multimedia device for connecting and controlling the screens. It offers its solutions to industries such as banking, casinos, government, healthcare, schools, offices, real estate, restaurants, retailers, and universities. Raydiant, Inc. was formerly known as Mira. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

GreenPark Sports

Seed Round in 2019
GreenPark Sports, Inc. is a company that develops and operates an online gaming platform designed for sports and esports fans. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, the company specializes in creating digital experiences and games that engage fans with their favorite sports, teams, and athletes. Its flagship offering is a free-to-play mobile game that allows users to compete in real-time during sporting events, aiming to establish themselves as the "Best Fans" of their respective leagues and seasons. Through its innovative approach, GreenPark Sports provides fans with an interactive and immersive gaming experience that enhances their connection to the sports they love.

Naborly

Seed Round in 2019
Naborly uses AI to help landlords and tenants eliminate the stress of the eviction experience by offering an inclusive credit bureau and tenant screening platform, lease protection insurance, and low-interest pay-day lending (12.5%) to help tenants get back on their feet when life throws those unexpected curveballs

Flockjay

Seed Round in 2019
Flockjay, Inc. is an online sales academy based in San Francisco, California, that focuses on empowering diverse jobseekers, particularly those from underrepresented communities, to enter the tech industry. Founded in 2018, Flockjay offers hands-on training in various sales techniques, including inbound qualification, outbound prospecting, and mastering modern sales tools. The academy provides comprehensive support that includes resume workshops, interview coaching, and networking opportunities. Additionally, it guarantees final round interviews with top companies, ensuring students have access to high-paying job opportunities. By removing financial barriers, Flockjay aims to make tech careers accessible to individuals from all backgrounds and locations.

Embark Trucks

Series C in 2019
Embark Trucks Inc. develops self-driving truck technology and highway autopilot system for commercial trucking. It designs artificial intelligence software that helps on long haul stretches in the trucking industry. Embark Trucks Inc. was formerly known as Varden Labs Inc. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Tandem Chat

Series A in 2019
Tandem is a virtual office for remote teams. It allows its users to see, talk to, and collaborate with their team in one click. It was founded by Rajiv Ayyangar, Tim Su, and Bernat Fortet in 2019. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Manticore Games

Series B in 2019
Manticore Games develops Core, a platform and community to build, share, and play online games. Manticore Games was started by industry veterans with experience in PC, console, mobile, and VR games. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

EdgeDB

Seed Round in 2019
Through streamlined data model and powerful query language, we make working with data productive, pleasant and efficient for developers and data engineers.

Digi-Prex

Seed Round in 2019
Digi-Prex operates a monthly medication delivery platform that focuses on serving patients with chronic diseases in India. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Hyderabad, with an additional office in San Francisco, the company enables patients to upload prescriptions and receive their medications at discounted rates from local pharmacies. In addition to medication delivery, Digi-Prex offers a comprehensive management solution tailored to individual health needs, providing a one-stop platform for chronic disease management. This approach aims to simplify access to necessary treatments while supporting patients in effectively managing their health conditions.

Agave

Venture Round in 2019
Agave is a free hiring platform that offers job postings, hosted career pages, customer relationship management tools and full API read and write access. Today's hiring software is slow, expensive, and painful. They are on a mission to make hiring software faster, better, and cost-effective.

Mightyapp

Seed Round in 2019
Mighty makes Google Chrome faster & use 10x less memory.Mighty speeds up Chrome on your laptop by streaming it from a more powerful computer in the cloud—that makes your browser & other apps run significantly faster.

BLADE

Seed Round in 2019
BLADE Holdings, Inc. owns and operates a cryptocurrency derivative exchange. The company allows trading of cryptocuurency on perpetual basis. BLADE Holdings, Inc. is based in Seychelles.

Aether Bio

Seed Round in 2019
Aether Bio is a developer of machine learning technology used to re-purpose enzymes in order to create a new compound. Its technology utilizes machine learning combined with high-throughput robotic laboratories to create an entirely new compound and reinvent the production of previously discovered compounds that enable healthcare institutes to get the chemicals and materials they need that are more cheap and sustainable. The company's proprietary hardware allows massively parallelized experimentation, generating datasets orders of magnitude larger than the competition.

Neyborly

Seed Round in 2019
We're changing the way people utilize real-estate in their cities and neighborhoods. We believe that everyone should be able to access beautiful space at an affordable price. Whether you need space for your birthday party, leadership meeting, wedding reception, or art show...we want to provide you with a unique and convenient environment to host life's great moments. Commercial real-estate is a traditional and outdated industry that has not yet been transformed by technology. We apply design, data, and incredible customer service to create a new way to use real-estate in your neighborhood. We're on a mission to democratize access to Main Street real-estate and create a network of Neyborly spaces that will bring people together to celebrate, create, and inspire. Come join us and build something that has the chance to change the way we use our cities and neighborhoods!

Clockwise

Series A in 2019
Clockwise Inc. develops an artificial intelligence software solution for time management. It offers Clockwise, a smart calendar assistant that connects work calendar and schedule at the system level and learns preferences, such as typical working hours, time zone, tolerance for having meetings in a row, and lunch time. The company’s software also uses the information to identify meetings and coordinate between various schedules. Clockwise Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.