GreatPoint Ventures

GreatPoint Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, established in 2015. The firm specializes in seed to Series B stage investments, primarily focusing on healthcare and consumer-facing technology companies in the United States. GreatPoint Ventures targets a diverse array of sectors, including autonomous surgical robots, plant-based meat, early-stage cancer diagnostics, health insurance, and health technology. The firm typically seeks to invest in the commercialization of innovative technologies and often aims to secure a board seat in its portfolio companies, facilitating active involvement in their development.

Dave Bright

Investor

Krish Kohli

Investor

Gautam Krishnamurthi

Partner

Ray Lane

Founder and Managing Partner

DJ Patil

General Partner

Andrew Perlman

Managing Partner

David Resnekov

Investor

Ashley Sommerschield

COO

Earnest Sweat

Venture Partner

Joseph Tuchman

Partner

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Hero Bread

Series B in 2023
Hero Bread is a food product company based in San Francisco that focuses on creating nutritious baked alternatives. The company offers a range of products, including bread, muffins, tortillas, and other bakery items, all designed to be low in calories, sugar-free, and with zero net carbohydrates. By prioritizing taste and health, Hero Bread aims to provide consumers with the freedom to enjoy their favorite foods without the associated guilt, making it easier for individuals to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

ON

Series B in 2022
GameOn Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a mobile application designed for sports fans. The app facilitates real-time interaction by allowing users to chat with friends while receiving updates such as news, scores, and highlights about their favorite teams. The company also offers a ChatOS platform that enhances brand engagement by connecting fans with relevant content and fostering deeper connections based on their interests. Utilizing a proprietary language model, GameOn's platform enables efficient communication between brands and consumers, supporting user retention and engagement. This innovative approach not only enhances the fan experience but also aids businesses in driving profitability and monetization through effective chat interactions.

Quadrata

Seed Round in 2022
Quadrata is a technology company founded in 2021 by Lisa Fridman and Fabrice Cheng, based in Marina Del Rey, California. It operates a web3-based passport network that integrates identity and compliance into decentralized finance (DeFi) across public blockchains. The company's platform facilitates a permissionless DeFi ecosystem by allowing users to verify their KYC/AML status, country of residence, credit reputation, and accredited investor status. This innovative approach enhances access to financial services while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, thereby promoting a more secure and inclusive financial environment.

Current Foods

Seed Round in 2022
Kuleana creates plant-based alternatives for people's seafood favorites, using plants and biotechnology without the environmental and ethical consequences.

Onymos

Series A in 2022
Onymos is an information technology company that offers a mobile foundation that bundles end-to-end functions and building blocks to create software applications. The company specializes in the fields of software development, mobile apps, and information technology.

LottieFiles

Series B in 2022
LottieFiles is a micro animation design company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It offers a mobile-based platform that allows designers to share, test, and iterate micro animations, focusing on digital art, motion graphics, web design, and app design. The company's software platform promotes an open-source animation file format that is small, interactive, and adaptable at runtime. This enables the creation of engaging motion graphics that enhance product visibility and user engagement, allowing clients to effectively capture and maintain their audience's attention.

Coherent

Series B in 2022
Coherent is a technology company that specializes in providing software solutions for the insurance industry. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, with additional offices in Shanghai, Singapore, and Manila, Coherent develops applications that enhance product development, sales, and customer engagement for insurance companies. Its flagship offerings include Factory, a tool enabling insurers to digitize backend operations and manage pricing models through Excel; Coherent Connect, a social media marketing campaign manager; Coherent Explainer, which simplifies the quote breakdown process; and Coherent Flow, designed for remote policy sales through features like video chat and electronic signatures. Additionally, the company offers Coherent Spark, a no-code platform that transforms spreadsheet-based business logic into customized APIs, facilitating better integration of software solutions across business operations.

Atlas Labs

Series A in 2022
Atlas Labs, Inc. operates a technology platform designed to connect patients with various medical aid programs, aiming to minimize out-of-pocket expenses and alleviate the workload of financial counselors. The platform enhances revenue generation from third-party programs and assists patients in securing financial aid, while also facilitating reimbursement for medical providers on self-pay balances. By streamlining patient enrollment in external programs, Atlas Labs converts uncompensated care into revenue and automates financial assistance for those ineligible for certain programs. The company, incorporated in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, plays a crucial role in improving patient access to financial resources, demonstrating compliance, and addressing community healthcare needs.

Coalesce

Seed Round in 2022
Coalesce is a data management platform that specializes in automating data operations. It uniquely combines the speed of an intuitive graphical user interface with the flexibility of coding and the efficiency of automation for data transformations. This approach enhances the productivity of data engineers while providing enterprises with effective tools for data management and analytics. By streamlining the data transformation process, Coalesce enables organizations to gain valuable insights and improve their overall data operations.

Looper Insights

Seed Round in 2022
Looper Insights is a data analytics platform focused on assisting film and TV content distributors and video-on-demand streaming services. The company provides actionable insights to help clients improve their e-commerce portfolios, emphasizing areas such as content parity, pricing intelligence, and merchandising effectiveness. By starting with the film and TV sector, Looper Insights enables clients to manage and optimize their video-on-demand sales across various platforms. Additionally, the company helps stores enhance the consumer journey by leveraging Visual AI tools and insights. Through its services, Looper Insights aims to provide visibility and compliance for video-on-demand titles, ultimately enabling clients to maximize their revenues.

Nowsta

Series B in 2022
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.

Transcarent

Series C in 2022
Transcarent is a consumer digital health company, uses a combination of software, technology, and data science to empower consumers with information and access, leading to better outcomes and more cost-effective decisions. We believe that having the right information, tools, and incentives in the decision-making process can be positively transformative in the way we all experience healthcare.

Endear Health

Seed Round in 2022
Endear Health is a technology company focused on addressing the needs of the aging population. It has developed an online healthcare platform that serves as a single access point for Medicare-eligible individuals, allowing them to effectively manage their health and benefits. The platform provides consumer-centric tools designed to collect and organize health-related information, empowering older adults to overcome healthcare barriers and take control of their health. Through its innovative approach, Endear Health aims to enhance the healthcare experience for seniors and support their well-being.

KlearNow

Series B in 2021
KlearNow Corporation, founded in 2018 and based in Santa Clara, California, specializes in developing an AI-driven logistics platform that enhances customs clearance and document management for importers, brokers, and transporters. The company provides a transparent customs clearance platform that offers real-time visibility into the logistics process, allowing its partners to conduct business more efficiently and at lower costs. KlearNow's cloud-based solution enables users to access the platform from any smart device, ensuring full transparency and operational capability around the clock. Additionally, KlearNow has a development center located in Gurugram, India, further supporting its technological advancements.

Sirona Medical

Series B in 2021
Sirona Medical, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a diagnostic engine aimed at enhancing the workflow and efficiency of radiologists. Incorporated in 2018, the company is focused on creating software solutions that simplify the radiological process, allowing doctors to concentrate more on patient care. Sirona Medical's platform integrates multiple functionalities, including a zero-footprint viewer, a universal worklist, and voice recognition capabilities, all powered by artificial intelligence. This approach not only streamlines the radiology workflow but also alleviates the burdensome aspects of the profession, thereby improving the overall experience for radiologists and their practices.

Symbl.ai

Series A in 2021
Symbl.ai Inc. is a Seattle-based company that offers a conversational intelligence platform designed for developers and businesses to enhance communication across various channels. The platform utilizes a suite of APIs that leverage advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze natural human conversations in real time. This analysis provides actionable insights and outcomes without requiring prior training data, wake words, or custom classifiers. Symbl.ai aims to simplify the process of creating conversation-driven experiences, enabling clients to deploy conversational intelligence at scale. Originally founded as Rammer Technologies Inc. in 2018, the company rebranded to Symbl.ai in March 2020.

Activ Surgical

Series B in 2021
Activ Surgical Inc. is a Boston-based company focused on developing innovative solutions for robotic surgery. Founded in 2014, the company has created a robotic surgery platform that leverages advanced computer vision, artificial intelligence, and robotics to assist surgeons during complex procedures. Its flagship product, the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR), aims to improve surgical outcomes by enhancing intraoperative decision-making and reducing the risk of unintended surgical errors. By utilizing a patent-protected surgical software platform, Activ Surgical strives to transform surgical vision and enable safer, more efficient surgeries through the integration of augmented reality and AI-driven technologies.

Spot Insurance

Seed Round in 2021
Spot Insurance, founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, is an innovative startup that aims to transform the life insurance industry, which is valued at approximately $558 billion. The company focuses on a demographic largely overlooked by traditional insurers, particularly Americans under 45, who typically comprise less than 5% of the life insurance market. Spot offers a unique solution by providing short-term life insurance policies that range from 24 hours to 30 days, catering to individuals with adventurous lifestyles. Through a user-friendly platform, consumers can purchase these policies for a nominal fee, allowing them to engage in various activities without the burden of long-term commitments. Led by a team of seasoned professionals from the insurance and technology sectors, Spot Insurance seeks to empower policyholders to embrace life's experiences while alleviating concerns about their safety and well-being.

Transcarent

Series B in 2021
Transcarent is a consumer digital health company, uses a combination of software, technology, and data science to empower consumers with information and access, leading to better outcomes and more cost-effective decisions. We believe that having the right information, tools, and incentives in the decision-making process can be positively transformative in the way we all experience healthcare.

Hypori

Series A in 2021
Hypori, based in Austin, Texas, is a company that specializes in mobility solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as Fortune 500 companies. Incorporated in 2012, Hypori focuses on developing virtual mobile infrastructure that aims to eliminate security risks associated with mobile device usage. The company's technology virtualizes the entire mobile experience, enabling users to perform business tasks on their devices without leaving any data footprints. This approach ensures a complete separation between personal and corporate data, allowing businesses to enhance security while reducing administrative burdens related to business programs.

Extend

Series C in 2021
Extend, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers extended warranties and protection plans for a wide range of consumer products, including electronics, appliances, furniture, jewelry, fitness equipment, and automotive parts. Founded in 2018, Extend provides an innovative platform that allows merchants to seamlessly integrate warranty offerings into their sales processes, both online and offline. Utilizing an API-first approach, the platform enhances the customer experience by streamlining warranty management and claims processing, thereby addressing common issues associated with traditional underwriters. Extend's intelligent decision engine employs machine learning to optimize warranty offers in real-time, improving conversion rates and maximizing revenue for merchants. The platform is compatible with major eCommerce solutions, allowing for quick implementation with minimal technical requirements and offering custom integrations for larger merchants.

Vim

Series B in 2021
Vim, Inc. develops a healthcare platform to provide online services that helps patients and healthcare providers find, schedule, and receive care from doctors and specialists. It provides online booking solutions and referral coordination. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

RapidDeploy

Series B in 2021
RapidDeploy, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing cloud-based call-taking and computer-aided dispatch (CAD) platforms aimed at enhancing public safety operations. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, RapidDeploy focuses on reducing emergency response times and improving situational awareness for public safety officials. The company's solutions encompass various functionalities, including vehicle and responder tracking, mobile workforce management, route optimization, event scheduling, bulk dispatch, lifecycle management, and call capture. Since its inception, RapidDeploy has been committed to ensuring that all public safety entities, regardless of their size or resources, have access to critical data to improve emergency response effectiveness and efficiency. The company has pioneered Cloud-Aided Dispatch technology, fostering its adoption across the public safety sector and establishing itself as a leader in Unified Critical Response solutions.

Spring

Series B in 2021
Spring Labs is the company building out the spring protocol, a network designed to allow network participants, such as financial institutions, to share information about data, such as credit and identity data, without needing to share the underlying data itself. They allow institutions to directly share information among themselves to verify identities and reduce fraud - all while protecting consumer data. Spring Labs uses an attestation-based approach reducing the risk and severity of data breaches for financial institutions and consumers. The Spring Protocol separates data ownership from data value, allowing competitively-sensitive parties to exchange information directly and in a fundamentally new way. Spring Labs was founded in 2017 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California, United States.

Phil

Series C in 2021
Phil, Inc. is a prescription management software service that facilitates medication acquisition and management for patients. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company operates a specialty Rx distribution platform that automates medication refills based on prescription schedules. By connecting patients, prescribers, pharmacies, and manufacturers, Phil streamlines the specialty pharmacy ecosystem, enhancing access to affordable medications and improving patient outcomes. Additionally, the company offers complimentary home delivery services for medications, ensuring convenience for patients in managing their health needs.

bit.io

Seed Round in 2021
Bit.io develops a shareable cloud database that allows users to store, query, and securely share data. The platform is designed to be zero-configurable and scalable, enabling users to create an empty database with a single click. It eliminates the need for complex administration, identity and access management, and firewall rules, making it easier for users to manage their data without hidden fees or complicated pricing models. Users can upload databases to the platform and share them with others, specifying access levels to facilitate collaboration. Additionally, the platform incorporates social and community features akin to those found on GitHub, enhancing user interaction and data sharing capabilities.

Roviero

Seed Round in 2021
Roviero is focused on transforming the electric vehicle charging infrastructure while also developing advanced technology for edge computing. The company specializes in native graph processors that provide efficient artificial intelligence solutions. These processors are low-power, digital, fully programmable neural network engines designed to simplify the compiler complexity. This innovation enables product developers to create a range of edge computing devices, including cameras, Internet of Things devices, mobile phones, and intelligent computers. Roviero aims to enhance the capabilities of these devices through its cutting-edge technology, positioning itself as a key player in both the electric vehicle and edge computing sectors.

Truvian

Series C in 2021
Truvian Sciences Inc is a healthcare company that develops automated diagnostic equipment aimed at providing convenient and affordable health testing services. Based in San Diego, California, and incorporated in 2015, Truvian's technology integrates blood tests, immunoassays, and hematology assays into a single instrument, allowing for lab-accurate results in a shorter timeframe. This innovative approach enables healthcare professionals to access comprehensive and easy-to-understand lab test reports and insights. Additionally, Truvian's software platform facilitates communication between practitioners and patients, enhancing the overall experience of routine health testing.

Recogni

Series B in 2021
Recogni Inc. specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based cameras and processors designed for real-time object identification. The company's products include an inferencing system module and chips that facilitate the sensor fusion of visual and depth data, optimizing performance, power consumption, and visual range for autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Recogni also has an office in Munich, Germany. The company primarily serves the automotive industry in both Germany and the United States, assisting manufacturers in achieving Level 2+ vehicle autonomy through its advanced edge processing technology.

Excision

Venture Round in 2021
Excision BioTherapeutics Inc. is a life science company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that specializes in the development of gene editing therapeutics targeting life-threatening diseases caused by neurotropic viruses. Founded in 2015, the company employs CRISPR-based technology to create innovative treatments that aim to eradicate or disrupt viral genes in human patients. Excision is committed to advancing these therapeutics into safe and effective medicines, addressing significant medical needs and improving the quality of life for individuals affected by viral infections.

Frontier Nutrition

Series B in 2021
Frontier Nutrition, Inc. is a company based in Dover, Delaware, that focuses on developing, manufacturing, and marketing fortified packaged food products aimed at addressing the nutritional needs of low and middle-income households in underserved communities globally. Established in 2016, Frontier Nutrition creates innovative and culturally relevant recipes that cater to traditional diets while optimizing for taste, nutrition, and affordability. The company’s mission is to combat early life and maternal malnutrition by providing low-cost and convenient food options for families facing challenges such as limited access to healthcare, transportation, and clean water. Through cutting-edge research in pediatric nutrition and behavioral marketing, Frontier Nutrition strives to improve the overall well-being and sustainable living standards of families in frontier markets.

BBC Maestro

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a video-led e-learning platform designed to offer courses taught by experienced creators. The company offers access to the minds of creative talents through a series of digital tutorials, enabling customers to learn from leading experts in a particular field.

Excision

Series A in 2021
Excision BioTherapeutics Inc. is a life science company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that specializes in the development of gene editing therapeutics targeting life-threatening diseases caused by neurotropic viruses. Founded in 2015, the company employs CRISPR-based technology to create innovative treatments that aim to eradicate or disrupt viral genes in human patients. Excision is committed to advancing these therapeutics into safe and effective medicines, addressing significant medical needs and improving the quality of life for individuals affected by viral infections.

Sidecar Health

Series C in 2021
Sidecar Health Insurance Solutions, LLC is a provider of personalized health insurance services, founded in 2018 and based in El Segundo, California. The company offers innovative insurance plans that prioritize transparency and affordability. Unlike traditional insurance models that can obscure costs and lead to unexpected bills, Sidecar Health allows members to know their coverage details and pay healthcare providers directly at the time of service using a dedicated card. This approach enables members to benefit from discounts for upfront payments. Sidecar Health designs customizable plans tailored to individual coverage needs and budgets, facilitating straightforward transactions for medical expenses at various healthcare facilities.

Carrum Health

Series A in 2021
Carrum Health operates an online healthcare platform designed to simplify the payment model for employers and their employees. By directly connecting progressive self-insured employers with top-quality regional healthcare providers, Carrum Health offers a comprehensive bundled payment solution that aims to reduce complexity and costs in healthcare. This innovative approach allows patients to experience lower or zero out-of-pocket expenses, thereby enhancing the overall value of health benefits. Through its platform, Carrum Health seeks to improve the delivery and financing of care, making it more accessible and efficient for all parties involved.

Paceline

Seed Round in 2020
Paceline is a fitness rewards platform that integrates financial incentives with physical activity, aiming to enhance consumer engagement in the wellness sector. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, the company has developed a retail wellness ecosystem that connects users' health and fitness activities to their credit cards. By doing so, it offers tailored rewards related to brands and purchases that users already make, encouraging individuals to achieve their fitness goals while enjoying financial benefits. Paceline's innovative approach seeks to transform the financial landscape by making it more technology-driven and consumer-focused.

ZenBusiness

Series B in 2020
ZenBusiness Inc. is a company based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in corporate entity creation and management services. Founded in 2015, it offers a comprehensive platform that leverages technology to streamline business formation and management processes. ZenBusiness provides users with tools for checking their company's status, updating registered agent information, and filing necessary documents with the state through a user-friendly website and mobile application. The company focuses on making the process of starting and managing a business affordable and accessible, offering low-cost formation services, discounted business solutions, and expert support. Its mission is to empower individuals from diverse backgrounds to achieve their entrepreneurial dreams by consolidating essential services and resources into a single, intuitive dashboard.

Extend

Series B in 2020
Extend, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers extended warranties and protection plans for a wide range of consumer products, including electronics, appliances, furniture, jewelry, fitness equipment, and automotive parts. Founded in 2018, Extend provides an innovative platform that allows merchants to seamlessly integrate warranty offerings into their sales processes, both online and offline. Utilizing an API-first approach, the platform enhances the customer experience by streamlining warranty management and claims processing, thereby addressing common issues associated with traditional underwriters. Extend's intelligent decision engine employs machine learning to optimize warranty offers in real-time, improving conversion rates and maximizing revenue for merchants. The platform is compatible with major eCommerce solutions, allowing for quick implementation with minimal technical requirements and offering custom integrations for larger merchants.

Cooler Screens

Series C in 2020
Cooler Screens Inc. specializes in developing interactive digital displays that replace traditional glass doors on retail cooler surfaces. Founded in 2017 and based in Chicago, Illinois, the company provides IoT-enabled screens that enhance the shopping experience by delivering targeted advertisements and relevant product information. These screens allow consumers to access details that assist in making informed purchasing decisions based on their preferences and budgets. Retailers benefit from increased sales through improved visibility and personalized marketing opportunities, while consumer product companies can utilize this platform to enhance brand awareness and market their offerings effectively at the point-of-sale. Cooler Screens offers a variety of advertising formats, including full door and multi-door displays, banners, and promotional tags, supporting both engagement and nutritional transparency for shoppers.

Ananda Networks

Seed Round in 2020
Ananda Networks specializes in innovative network security solutions aimed at transforming traditional cybersecurity practices. The company offers a network as a service (NaaS) that operates as a fully decentralized cybersecurity web, allowing for remote monitoring and control of networks. This approach eliminates the necessity for physical cloud servers in fixed locations, thereby providing companies with enhanced security and real-time detection capabilities. Co-founded by Adi Ruppin and Elad Rave, Ananda Networks seeks to address the evolving challenges of cybersecurity through its advanced technological offerings.

Sidecar Health

Venture Round in 2020
Sidecar Health Insurance Solutions, LLC is a provider of personalized health insurance services, founded in 2018 and based in El Segundo, California. The company offers innovative insurance plans that prioritize transparency and affordability. Unlike traditional insurance models that can obscure costs and lead to unexpected bills, Sidecar Health allows members to know their coverage details and pay healthcare providers directly at the time of service using a dedicated card. This approach enables members to benefit from discounts for upfront payments. Sidecar Health designs customizable plans tailored to individual coverage needs and budgets, facilitating straightforward transactions for medical expenses at various healthcare facilities.

Activ Surgical

Venture Round in 2020
Activ Surgical Inc. is a Boston-based company focused on developing innovative solutions for robotic surgery. Founded in 2014, the company has created a robotic surgery platform that leverages advanced computer vision, artificial intelligence, and robotics to assist surgeons during complex procedures. Its flagship product, the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR), aims to improve surgical outcomes by enhancing intraoperative decision-making and reducing the risk of unintended surgical errors. By utilizing a patent-protected surgical software platform, Activ Surgical strives to transform surgical vision and enable safer, more efficient surgeries through the integration of augmented reality and AI-driven technologies.

Glympse Bio

Series B in 2020
Glympse Bio, Inc. is focused on developing innovative diagnostic solutions that facilitate noninvasive monitoring of various diseases, including cancer, fibrosis, immunological disorders, and infectious diseases. The company employs modular nanoparticle sensors, utilizing precisely engineered diagnostic agents that assess disease states within the body and convey this information through urine analysis. This approach allows for predictive monitoring and evaluation of treatment responses. Founded in 2015 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Glympse Bio's technology is rooted in research originally conducted at MIT and led by a team of experts in nanomedicine and biomedical engineering. Their flagship product, Glympse Inside, serves as a comprehensive platform for disease monitoring and aims to revolutionize how diseases are diagnosed and managed.

GOOD PLANeT Foods

Series A in 2020
Good PLANeT Foods LLC is a Bellevue, Washington-based company that specializes in the production of plant-based cheese products. Founded in 2017, the company offers a range of cheese options, including shreds such as Mozzarella, Smoked Mozzarella, Parmesan, and Cheddar, as well as slices like Smoked Provolone, Cheddar, American, Garlic and Herb, and Hot Pepper. Good PLANeT Foods is committed to creating value for its customers and fostering positive relationships through its innovative offerings, reflecting a mission to promote wellness for both individuals and the planet.

KlearNow

Series A in 2020
KlearNow Corporation, founded in 2018 and based in Santa Clara, California, specializes in developing an AI-driven logistics platform that enhances customs clearance and document management for importers, brokers, and transporters. The company provides a transparent customs clearance platform that offers real-time visibility into the logistics process, allowing its partners to conduct business more efficiently and at lower costs. KlearNow's cloud-based solution enables users to access the platform from any smart device, ensuring full transparency and operational capability around the clock. Additionally, KlearNow has a development center located in Gurugram, India, further supporting its technological advancements.

STRIVR

Series B in 2020
STRIVR is an information technology company that specializes in virtual reality, customer experience, and athlete performance. It transforms the way companies train and develop their employees by using virtual reality to simulate real-world and on-the-job situations designed for enhanced learning to help companies grow.

Truvian

Series B in 2019
Truvian Sciences Inc is a healthcare company that develops automated diagnostic equipment aimed at providing convenient and affordable health testing services. Based in San Diego, California, and incorporated in 2015, Truvian's technology integrates blood tests, immunoassays, and hematology assays into a single instrument, allowing for lab-accurate results in a shorter timeframe. This innovative approach enables healthcare professionals to access comprehensive and easy-to-understand lab test reports and insights. Additionally, Truvian's software platform facilitates communication between practitioners and patients, enhancing the overall experience of routine health testing.

Extend

Series A in 2019
Extend, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers extended warranties and protection plans for a wide range of consumer products, including electronics, appliances, furniture, jewelry, fitness equipment, and automotive parts. Founded in 2018, Extend provides an innovative platform that allows merchants to seamlessly integrate warranty offerings into their sales processes, both online and offline. Utilizing an API-first approach, the platform enhances the customer experience by streamlining warranty management and claims processing, thereby addressing common issues associated with traditional underwriters. Extend's intelligent decision engine employs machine learning to optimize warranty offers in real-time, improving conversion rates and maximizing revenue for merchants. The platform is compatible with major eCommerce solutions, allowing for quick implementation with minimal technical requirements and offering custom integrations for larger merchants.

Namogoo

Series C in 2019
Namogoo specializes in enhancing online customer experiences while safeguarding user privacy. The company’s client-side platform uniquely addresses Customer Journey Hijacking by preventing unauthorized ad injections that divert online customers to competitors. It also mitigates privacy and compliance risks associated with third and fourth-party vendors. By analyzing over 500 million web sessions weekly, Namogoo's self-learning solutions provide enterprises with enhanced visibility and governance over their online ecosystems. This approach helps businesses optimize customer interactions, drive conversions, and ultimately improve revenue growth. Recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, Namogoo has garnered accolades for its innovative contributions to the digital landscape and was named the Best Israeli Startup to Work For in 2019 by Dun & Bradstreet. Leading online brands trust Namogoo to maintain control over their customer journeys and achieve better business outcomes.

Activ Surgical

Series A in 2019
Activ Surgical Inc. is a Boston-based company focused on developing innovative solutions for robotic surgery. Founded in 2014, the company has created a robotic surgery platform that leverages advanced computer vision, artificial intelligence, and robotics to assist surgeons during complex procedures. Its flagship product, the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR), aims to improve surgical outcomes by enhancing intraoperative decision-making and reducing the risk of unintended surgical errors. By utilizing a patent-protected surgical software platform, Activ Surgical strives to transform surgical vision and enable safer, more efficient surgeries through the integration of augmented reality and AI-driven technologies.

InsightRx

Series A in 2019
InsightRX is a cloud-based software platform that utilizes quantitative pharmacology and machine learning to enhance individualized treatment for patients. By providing clinical decision support tools at the point of care, the platform assists healthcare professionals in optimizing treatment decisions based on real-time patient data. InsightRX integrates clinically validated pharmacokinetic models, patient physiology, pharmacogenomics, drug concentrations, and biomarkers to refine dosing strategies. It also employs disease-based pharmacodynamics models to further inform treatment choices at both individual and population levels. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, InsightRX aims to improve treatment effectiveness and deliver direct benefits to patients through its innovative technology.

Vim

Series B in 2019
Vim, Inc. develops a healthcare platform to provide online services that helps patients and healthcare providers find, schedule, and receive care from doctors and specialists. It provides online booking solutions and referral coordination. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Engine by MoneyLion

Corporate Round in 2019
Founded in 2015, Even Financial is an NYC based fintech company focused on evolving how financial institutions connect with consumers and provide them the best product recommendations at the right moment, facilitating an on-demand and personalized customer acquisition experience across the entire financial services ecosystem. The Even platform serves as a trusted intermediary for financial institutions - including Prosper, Lending Club, and Marcus by Goldman Sachs - that helps find consumers and distribute their products digitally. Even’s industry-leading search, comparison, and recommendation API is an infrastructure layer that enables hundreds of diverse partners - including Credit.com, Transunion, Money Under 30, Credit Sesame, and The Penny Hoarder - to power comprehensive personal finance websites, mobile apps, and other offerings with a modern platform that is proven to accelerate customer acquisition through optimal product recommendations, lowering cost of acquisition and maximizing monetization. Even Financial is based in New York.

Sidecar Health

Venture Round in 2019
Sidecar Health Insurance Solutions, LLC is a provider of personalized health insurance services, founded in 2018 and based in El Segundo, California. The company offers innovative insurance plans that prioritize transparency and affordability. Unlike traditional insurance models that can obscure costs and lead to unexpected bills, Sidecar Health allows members to know their coverage details and pay healthcare providers directly at the time of service using a dedicated card. This approach enables members to benefit from discounts for upfront payments. Sidecar Health designs customizable plans tailored to individual coverage needs and budgets, facilitating straightforward transactions for medical expenses at various healthcare facilities.

Recogni

Series A in 2019
Recogni Inc. specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based cameras and processors designed for real-time object identification. The company's products include an inferencing system module and chips that facilitate the sensor fusion of visual and depth data, optimizing performance, power consumption, and visual range for autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Recogni also has an office in Munich, Germany. The company primarily serves the automotive industry in both Germany and the United States, assisting manufacturers in achieving Level 2+ vehicle autonomy through its advanced edge processing technology.

Spring

Series A in 2019
Spring Labs is the company building out the spring protocol, a network designed to allow network participants, such as financial institutions, to share information about data, such as credit and identity data, without needing to share the underlying data itself. They allow institutions to directly share information among themselves to verify identities and reduce fraud - all while protecting consumer data. Spring Labs uses an attestation-based approach reducing the risk and severity of data breaches for financial institutions and consumers. The Spring Protocol separates data ownership from data value, allowing competitively-sensitive parties to exchange information directly and in a fundamentally new way. Spring Labs was founded in 2017 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California, United States.

Phil

Series B in 2019
Phil, Inc. is a prescription management software service that facilitates medication acquisition and management for patients. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company operates a specialty Rx distribution platform that automates medication refills based on prescription schedules. By connecting patients, prescribers, pharmacies, and manufacturers, Phil streamlines the specialty pharmacy ecosystem, enhancing access to affordable medications and improving patient outcomes. Additionally, the company offers complimentary home delivery services for medications, ensuring convenience for patients in managing their health needs.

Guide Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2019
Guide Therapeutics, Inc., through its proprietary screening platform, discovers and develops nanoparticles to deliver therapeutics for gene therapy. The company assigns a barcode to, injects, and tracks nanoparticles. It attaches a reporter molecule to each nanoparticle that reports if the drug has been delivered into the cell and the drug works. Guide Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Tucker, Georgia.

Brightlobe

Venture Round in 2019
Brightlobe Limited, founded in 2012 and based in London, develops and delivers tablet games aimed at enhancing preschoolers' growth and educational outcomes. The company's game-based platform is designed to support the development of children, particularly those facing chronic illnesses. Brightlobe's offerings facilitate collaboration among parents, teachers, and healthcare professionals, providing a comprehensive approach to monitoring and fostering a child’s development. While the platform provides educational information, it does not offer medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Through its innovative games, Brightlobe aims to contribute positively to the long-term educational experiences of young children.

Splice Machine

Series B in 2019
Splice Machine is a data platform that offers offline, and batch analysis, and powers intelligent applications for operational workflows. Splice Machine is disrupting the $30 billion traditional database world with the open-source dual-engine RDBMS for mixed operational and analytical workloads, powered by Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark. The Splice Machine RDBMS executes operational workloads on Apache HBase® and analytical workloads on Apache Spark. Splice Machine makes it easy to develop and create modern, real-time, scalable applications, or to offload operational and analytical workloads from expensive Oracle, Teradata, and Netezza systems. Typical use cases are ETL, operational reporting, or real-time applications.

K2 Cyber Security

Seed Round in 2019
K2 Cyber Security, Inc. specializes in developing enterprise security software designed to protect hybrid cloud infrastructures. The company offers solutions such as K2 Prevent, which safeguards workloads and software from infiltration, and K2 Segment, which prevents lateral movement of threats within the same platform. Key features of their offerings include deterministic prevention, zero-day protection, real-time detection, and dynamic micro-segmentation, all aimed at ensuring complete visibility and eliminating false positives. K2's technology also protects unpatched applications and workloads running in various environments, including virtual machines and containers. Incorporated in 2017 and headquartered in San Jose, California, K2 Cyber Security aims to advance cybersecurity solutions that secure the next generation of computing infrastructure.

RapidDeploy

Series A in 2019
RapidDeploy, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing cloud-based call-taking and computer-aided dispatch (CAD) platforms aimed at enhancing public safety operations. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, RapidDeploy focuses on reducing emergency response times and improving situational awareness for public safety officials. The company's solutions encompass various functionalities, including vehicle and responder tracking, mobile workforce management, route optimization, event scheduling, bulk dispatch, lifecycle management, and call capture. Since its inception, RapidDeploy has been committed to ensuring that all public safety entities, regardless of their size or resources, have access to critical data to improve emergency response effectiveness and efficiency. The company has pioneered Cloud-Aided Dispatch technology, fostering its adoption across the public safety sector and establishing itself as a leader in Unified Critical Response solutions.

Glympse Bio

Series A in 2018
Glympse Bio, Inc. is focused on developing innovative diagnostic solutions that facilitate noninvasive monitoring of various diseases, including cancer, fibrosis, immunological disorders, and infectious diseases. The company employs modular nanoparticle sensors, utilizing precisely engineered diagnostic agents that assess disease states within the body and convey this information through urine analysis. This approach allows for predictive monitoring and evaluation of treatment responses. Founded in 2015 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Glympse Bio's technology is rooted in research originally conducted at MIT and led by a team of experts in nanomedicine and biomedical engineering. Their flagship product, Glympse Inside, serves as a comprehensive platform for disease monitoring and aims to revolutionize how diseases are diagnosed and managed.

Beyond Meat

Series H in 2018
Beyond Meat, Inc. is a food company that specializes in the production and sale of plant-based meat alternatives, providing consumers with options that mimic the taste and texture of traditional animal-based products. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, the company offers a diverse range of products, including burgers, sausages, ground beef, jerky, meatballs, and chicken. Beyond Meat's offerings are designed to address key global challenges such as human health, climate change, resource constraints, and animal welfare. The products are made using simple, non-GMO ingredients and provide comparable or superior protein levels to animal meat, while being free from cholesterol, antibiotics, and hormones. The company distributes its products through various channels, including grocery stores, mass merchandisers, restaurants, and foodservice outlets, both domestically and internationally. Beyond Meat was previously known as Savage River, Inc. before rebranding in September 2018.

STRIVR

Series A in 2018
STRIVR is an information technology company that specializes in virtual reality, customer experience, and athlete performance. It transforms the way companies train and develop their employees by using virtual reality to simulate real-world and on-the-job situations designed for enhanced learning to help companies grow.

Farmer's Fridge

Series C in 2018
Farmer’s Fridge provides an automated smart fridge that serves salads, bowls, snacks, and more. Its unpurchased items are regularly donated to local food pantries, providing responsibly sourced nutrition to community members in need. The company is driven by a mission to make it simple for everyone to eat well. Founder Luke Saunders was frustrated with the lack of healthy, affordable options available on the road so he worked with the best in the business to create a user-friendly smart Fridge that puts chef-curated meals in your hands, in seconds. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Engine by MoneyLion

Series A in 2018
Founded in 2015, Even Financial is an NYC based fintech company focused on evolving how financial institutions connect with consumers and provide them the best product recommendations at the right moment, facilitating an on-demand and personalized customer acquisition experience across the entire financial services ecosystem. The Even platform serves as a trusted intermediary for financial institutions - including Prosper, Lending Club, and Marcus by Goldman Sachs - that helps find consumers and distribute their products digitally. Even’s industry-leading search, comparison, and recommendation API is an infrastructure layer that enables hundreds of diverse partners - including Credit.com, Transunion, Money Under 30, Credit Sesame, and The Penny Hoarder - to power comprehensive personal finance websites, mobile apps, and other offerings with a modern platform that is proven to accelerate customer acquisition through optimal product recommendations, lowering cost of acquisition and maximizing monetization. Even Financial is based in New York.

Skyhawk Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2018
Skyhawk Therapeutics is focused on the discovery and development of small molecule therapeutics aimed at correcting RNA expression. The company utilizes proprietary technology to design small molecules that specifically target binding pocket regions on RNA, ensuring both sequence and structural specificity during critical phases of RNA splicing. This innovative approach enables the development of therapies for various conditions, including cancer, neurological disorders, and rare diseases, particularly those associated with RNA mis-splicing known as exon skipping. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Skyhawk Therapeutics was previously known as Rare Genetix before rebranding in 2018.

Strangeworks

Seed Round in 2018
Strangeworks, Inc. is a quantum computing software company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2017. It develops a platform that simplifies access to quantum computing for various users, including developers, researchers, and organizations. The Strangeworks QC™ platform serves as a central hub for integrating multiple quantum hardware and software providers, allowing users to apply quantum computing solutions to their specific challenges and research needs. The company offers a suite of developer tools and a systems management platform, enabling users to explore, experiment, and collaborate on quantum algorithms and applications. Strangeworks aims to make quantum computing more accessible and to mitigate issues related to vendor lock-in and architectural uncertainties in the field.

Namogoo

Series B in 2018
Namogoo specializes in enhancing online customer experiences while safeguarding user privacy. The company’s client-side platform uniquely addresses Customer Journey Hijacking by preventing unauthorized ad injections that divert online customers to competitors. It also mitigates privacy and compliance risks associated with third and fourth-party vendors. By analyzing over 500 million web sessions weekly, Namogoo's self-learning solutions provide enterprises with enhanced visibility and governance over their online ecosystems. This approach helps businesses optimize customer interactions, drive conversions, and ultimately improve revenue growth. Recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, Namogoo has garnered accolades for its innovative contributions to the digital landscape and was named the Best Israeli Startup to Work For in 2019 by Dun & Bradstreet. Leading online brands trust Namogoo to maintain control over their customer journeys and achieve better business outcomes.

Spring

Seed Round in 2018
Spring Labs is the company building out the spring protocol, a network designed to allow network participants, such as financial institutions, to share information about data, such as credit and identity data, without needing to share the underlying data itself. They allow institutions to directly share information among themselves to verify identities and reduce fraud - all while protecting consumer data. Spring Labs uses an attestation-based approach reducing the risk and severity of data breaches for financial institutions and consumers. The Spring Protocol separates data ownership from data value, allowing competitively-sensitive parties to exchange information directly and in a fundamentally new way. Spring Labs was founded in 2017 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California, United States.

Invicta Medical

Series B in 2018
Invicta Medical, Inc. is a medical technology company based in Portola Valley, California, focused on developing a wearable device designed for the treatment of sleep apnea and snoring. Founded in 2013, the company’s innovative device detects instances of disturbed breathing and employs electrical stimulation to provide therapeutic intervention. Invicta Medical aims to improve the quality of life for individuals suffering from sleep-related disorders through its pioneering approach to treatment.

Uptake

Series D in 2017
Uptake Technologies, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that specializes in developing a predictive analytics platform aimed at various industries, including healthcare, insurance, locomotives, construction, and manufacturing. Founded in July 2014 by Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky, Uptake's platform analyzes sensor data to predict and prevent failures, identify hidden profits, and uncover new business opportunities. The technology facilitates equipment monitoring, diagnostic troubleshooting, event prediction, and task management, which collectively enhance operational efficiency and uptime. By transforming data into actionable insights, Uptake aims to help its clients improve reliability, productivity, safety, and security across their operations.

MycoTechnology

Series B in 2017
MycoTechnology utilizes fungi-based food-processing platforms to transform the flavor and value of agricultural products. The platform can be used to solve a variety of challenges faced by the food, beverage, and flavor industries. MycoTechnology has released ClearTaste, an all-natural, GMO-free, organic bitter blocker that is Kosher and Halal certified. ClearTaste improves the flavor of various agricultural products. MycoTechnology also engages in fermenting agricultural products with strains of gourmet fungi. The company offers myceliated chocolate as well as robusta and arabica coffee beans. It develops and licenses technology to the industry to naturally improve the flavor of robusta and arabica coffee. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Aurora, Colorado.

Namogoo

Series A in 2017
Namogoo specializes in enhancing online customer experiences while safeguarding user privacy. The company’s client-side platform uniquely addresses Customer Journey Hijacking by preventing unauthorized ad injections that divert online customers to competitors. It also mitigates privacy and compliance risks associated with third and fourth-party vendors. By analyzing over 500 million web sessions weekly, Namogoo's self-learning solutions provide enterprises with enhanced visibility and governance over their online ecosystems. This approach helps businesses optimize customer interactions, drive conversions, and ultimately improve revenue growth. Recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, Namogoo has garnered accolades for its innovative contributions to the digital landscape and was named the Best Israeli Startup to Work For in 2019 by Dun & Bradstreet. Leading online brands trust Namogoo to maintain control over their customer journeys and achieve better business outcomes.

Kinetica

Series A in 2017
Kinetica provides a robust platform for data analysis, enabling large enterprises to address complex challenges. Its Streaming Data Warehouse integrates historical and real-time data analytics, enhanced with location intelligence and artificial intelligence, all accessible via API and SQL. This allows organizations in various sectors, such as automotive, energy, telecommunications, retail, healthcare, and financial services, to analyze their complete data sets simultaneously for immediate insights. Kinetica collaborates with major technology partners, including Dell, HP, IBM, NVIDIA, and Oracle, and is supported by prominent venture capital firms. The company is privately held and focuses on delivering innovative data solutions to its clients.

InsightRx

Venture Round in 2017
InsightRX is a cloud-based software platform that utilizes quantitative pharmacology and machine learning to enhance individualized treatment for patients. By providing clinical decision support tools at the point of care, the platform assists healthcare professionals in optimizing treatment decisions based on real-time patient data. InsightRX integrates clinically validated pharmacokinetic models, patient physiology, pharmacogenomics, drug concentrations, and biomarkers to refine dosing strategies. It also employs disease-based pharmacodynamics models to further inform treatment choices at both individual and population levels. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, InsightRX aims to improve treatment effectiveness and deliver direct benefits to patients through its innovative technology.
Cognitive Operational Systems, LLC, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, specializes in developing inventory management solutions for the retail sector through the use of robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer vision. Founded in 2012, the company’s technology enables robots to efficiently navigate retail environments, managing inventory, ensuring compliance with planograms and promotions, and providing indoor localization and navigation. Additionally, it offers mapping capabilities that detail store layouts and architecture. By leveraging university research, Cognitive Operational Systems aims to bridge the gap between academic advancements and practical applications in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine perception.

Beyond Meat

Series F in 2016
Beyond Meat, Inc. is a food company that specializes in the production and sale of plant-based meat alternatives, providing consumers with options that mimic the taste and texture of traditional animal-based products. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, the company offers a diverse range of products, including burgers, sausages, ground beef, jerky, meatballs, and chicken. Beyond Meat's offerings are designed to address key global challenges such as human health, climate change, resource constraints, and animal welfare. The products are made using simple, non-GMO ingredients and provide comparable or superior protein levels to animal meat, while being free from cholesterol, antibiotics, and hormones. The company distributes its products through various channels, including grocery stores, mass merchandisers, restaurants, and foodservice outlets, both domestically and internationally. Beyond Meat was previously known as Savage River, Inc. before rebranding in September 2018.

OncoResponse

Series A in 2016
OncoResponse Inc. is an immuno-oncology company based in Houston, Texas, focused on discovering new cancer immunotherapies and therapeutic antibodies. The company collaborates with MD Anderson Cancer Center to utilize the I-STAR™ platform, which analyzes the human memory B-cell repertoire of patients who have demonstrated exceptional responses to immunotherapy, referred to as "Elite Responders." By studying these patients, OncoResponse aims to harness the human immune system to identify fully human monoclonal antibodies and novel targets. This approach is intended to facilitate the development of innovative antibody-derived therapeutics for cancer treatment.

Skymind

Venture Round in 2016
Skymind Inc. is a business intelligence and enterprise software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2014. The company specializes in developing solutions that classify, cluster, and predict outcomes across various data types, including text, images, video, time series, and sound, to identify patterns that can influence business decisions. Skymind is known for its open-source deep-learning framework, Deeplearning4j, which is designed for use in production environments, and ND4J, a scientific computing library optimized for performance and minimal memory usage. In addition to its core offerings, Skymind's technologies enable businesses to leverage advanced analytics and machine learning to enhance their operational efficiency and decision-making processes.

Kinetica

Venture Round in 2016
Kinetica provides a robust platform for data analysis, enabling large enterprises to address complex challenges. Its Streaming Data Warehouse integrates historical and real-time data analytics, enhanced with location intelligence and artificial intelligence, all accessible via API and SQL. This allows organizations in various sectors, such as automotive, energy, telecommunications, retail, healthcare, and financial services, to analyze their complete data sets simultaneously for immediate insights. Kinetica collaborates with major technology partners, including Dell, HP, IBM, NVIDIA, and Oracle, and is supported by prominent venture capital firms. The company is privately held and focuses on delivering innovative data solutions to its clients.

Vim

Venture Round in 2016
Vim, Inc. develops a healthcare platform to provide online services that helps patients and healthcare providers find, schedule, and receive care from doctors and specialists. It provides online booking solutions and referral coordination. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Kinetica

Seed Round in 2016
Kinetica provides a robust platform for data analysis, enabling large enterprises to address complex challenges. Its Streaming Data Warehouse integrates historical and real-time data analytics, enhanced with location intelligence and artificial intelligence, all accessible via API and SQL. This allows organizations in various sectors, such as automotive, energy, telecommunications, retail, healthcare, and financial services, to analyze their complete data sets simultaneously for immediate insights. Kinetica collaborates with major technology partners, including Dell, HP, IBM, NVIDIA, and Oracle, and is supported by prominent venture capital firms. The company is privately held and focuses on delivering innovative data solutions to its clients.

BeyondCore

Series B in 2016
BeyondCore offers a data analytics software solution designed for business users, enabling them to access insightful and actionable analytics without requiring advanced technical skills. Utilizing its Smart Data Discovery technology, BeyondCore automatically analyzes unique datasets, delivering relevant findings rapidly in formats like PowerPoint and Word. This approach eliminates the need for users to frame specific questions or engage in trial-and-error methods, providing instead a straightforward pathway to data-driven insights. The platform's capabilities include descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, all aimed at enhancing decision-making processes. BeyondCore's technology is the result of a decade of research and development, supported by over 20 patents, and has earned recognition as a leader in the industry, including accolades in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. The company serves a range of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, seeking to leverage data for improved business outcomes.

Uptake

Series B in 2015
Uptake Technologies, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that specializes in developing a predictive analytics platform aimed at various industries, including healthcare, insurance, locomotives, construction, and manufacturing. Founded in July 2014 by Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky, Uptake's platform analyzes sensor data to predict and prevent failures, identify hidden profits, and uncover new business opportunities. The technology facilitates equipment monitoring, diagnostic troubleshooting, event prediction, and task management, which collectively enhance operational efficiency and uptime. By transforming data into actionable insights, Uptake aims to help its clients improve reliability, productivity, safety, and security across their operations.

Beyond Meat

Series E in 2015
Beyond Meat, Inc. is a food company that specializes in the production and sale of plant-based meat alternatives, providing consumers with options that mimic the taste and texture of traditional animal-based products. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, the company offers a diverse range of products, including burgers, sausages, ground beef, jerky, meatballs, and chicken. Beyond Meat's offerings are designed to address key global challenges such as human health, climate change, resource constraints, and animal welfare. The products are made using simple, non-GMO ingredients and provide comparable or superior protein levels to animal meat, while being free from cholesterol, antibiotics, and hormones. The company distributes its products through various channels, including grocery stores, mass merchandisers, restaurants, and foodservice outlets, both domestically and internationally. Beyond Meat was previously known as Savage River, Inc. before rebranding in September 2018.

MycoTechnology

Series A in 2015
MycoTechnology utilizes fungi-based food-processing platforms to transform the flavor and value of agricultural products. The platform can be used to solve a variety of challenges faced by the food, beverage, and flavor industries. MycoTechnology has released ClearTaste, an all-natural, GMO-free, organic bitter blocker that is Kosher and Halal certified. ClearTaste improves the flavor of various agricultural products. MycoTechnology also engages in fermenting agricultural products with strains of gourmet fungi. The company offers myceliated chocolate as well as robusta and arabica coffee beans. It develops and licenses technology to the industry to naturally improve the flavor of robusta and arabica coffee. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Aurora, Colorado.

BeyondCore

Series A in 2014
BeyondCore offers a data analytics software solution designed for business users, enabling them to access insightful and actionable analytics without requiring advanced technical skills. Utilizing its Smart Data Discovery technology, BeyondCore automatically analyzes unique datasets, delivering relevant findings rapidly in formats like PowerPoint and Word. This approach eliminates the need for users to frame specific questions or engage in trial-and-error methods, providing instead a straightforward pathway to data-driven insights. The platform's capabilities include descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, all aimed at enhancing decision-making processes. BeyondCore's technology is the result of a decade of research and development, supported by over 20 patents, and has earned recognition as a leader in the industry, including accolades in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. The company serves a range of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, seeking to leverage data for improved business outcomes.

Coskata

Debt Financing in 2013
Coskata, Inc. is a renewable energy company focused on producing liquid fuels through advanced biological processes. The company utilizes proprietary microorganisms and innovative bioreactor designs to convert various feedstocks, including natural gas, wood, and waste materials, into ethanol. By developing technologies for processing bio-refuse and synthesizing gas, Coskata aims to provide a sustainable solution for fuel production that supports economic growth, environmental protection, and national security. Through its expertise in molecular biology and process engineering, the company enables the transformation of diverse resources into valuable fuels and chemicals.

Coskata

Series D in 2010
Coskata, Inc. is a renewable energy company focused on producing liquid fuels through advanced biological processes. The company utilizes proprietary microorganisms and innovative bioreactor designs to convert various feedstocks, including natural gas, wood, and waste materials, into ethanol. By developing technologies for processing bio-refuse and synthesizing gas, Coskata aims to provide a sustainable solution for fuel production that supports economic growth, environmental protection, and national security. Through its expertise in molecular biology and process engineering, the company enables the transformation of diverse resources into valuable fuels and chemicals.

Zafgen

Series B in 2010
Larimar Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for complex rare diseases. The company’s lead compound, CTI-1601, is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical program as a potential treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare and progressive genetic disease. Larimar also plans to use its intracellular delivery platform to design other fusion proteins to target additional rare diseases characterized by deficiencies in intracellular bioactive compounds.

Coskata

Series C in 2008
Coskata, Inc. is a renewable energy company focused on producing liquid fuels through advanced biological processes. The company utilizes proprietary microorganisms and innovative bioreactor designs to convert various feedstocks, including natural gas, wood, and waste materials, into ethanol. By developing technologies for processing bio-refuse and synthesizing gas, Coskata aims to provide a sustainable solution for fuel production that supports economic growth, environmental protection, and national security. Through its expertise in molecular biology and process engineering, the company enables the transformation of diverse resources into valuable fuels and chemicals.

Coskata

Series B in 2008
Coskata, Inc. is a renewable energy company focused on producing liquid fuels through advanced biological processes. The company utilizes proprietary microorganisms and innovative bioreactor designs to convert various feedstocks, including natural gas, wood, and waste materials, into ethanol. By developing technologies for processing bio-refuse and synthesizing gas, Coskata aims to provide a sustainable solution for fuel production that supports economic growth, environmental protection, and national security. Through its expertise in molecular biology and process engineering, the company enables the transformation of diverse resources into valuable fuels and chemicals.

Zafgen

Series A in 2006
Larimar Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for complex rare diseases. The company’s lead compound, CTI-1601, is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical program as a potential treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare and progressive genetic disease. Larimar also plans to use its intracellular delivery platform to design other fusion proteins to target additional rare diseases characterized by deficiencies in intracellular bioactive compounds.
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