Craft Ventures

Craft Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2017. The firm focuses on investing in innovative companies across various sectors, including e-commerce, SaaS, cryptocurrency, and blockchain, as well as business and consumer products and services. It is managed by a team of 15 experienced investors and operators, who bring a blend of entrepreneurial expertise and investment insight. The partners have collectively built and invested in numerous iconic companies over the past two decades and are dedicated to identifying the next generation of transformative businesses while honoring the vision of their founders.

Sarah Blanchard

Operating Partner, Community and Executive Briefing Center

Zao Chen

Senior Associate

Margarita Del Coto

Chief of Staff to Jeff Fluhr and General Partner

Jeff Fluhr

Co-Founder and Partner

Kevin Gabura

Vice President

Jessica Hoffman

Operating Partner and Head of Platform

Ryan Hrabak

Principal

Bill Lee

Co-Founder and Venture Partner

Kindle Van Linge

Investor

Arra Malekzadeh

Principal

Mike Marg

Partner and Investor

Lainy Painter

Partner

Elena Painter

Partner

Sitara Ramesh

Associate, Investments

Bryan Rosenblatt

Partner

Ethan Ruby

Partner, Analytics

J Zac Stein

Venture Partner

Jennifer Sui

Principal, Investment

Sean R. Whitney

Principal

Andrew Ziperski

Associate

Past deals in San Francisco Bay Area

Instawork

Series D in 2023
Instawork operates an online job marketplace designed to connect hospitality businesses with qualified workers. The platform automates the recruitment process, allowing businesses to fill job shifts on demand while enabling professionals to choose work that fits their schedules. By streamlining traditional recruiting methods, Instawork creates economic opportunities for both local businesses and workers. The company is rapidly expanding its reach across the United States, focusing on meeting the evolving needs of the hospitality sector.

Pave

Series C in 2022
Pave, Inc. is a New York-based company that provides a compensation management platform designed to enhance wage planning and communication for businesses. Founded in 2012, Pave offers tools for real-time compensation transparency, allowing organizations to track and measure employee compensation effectively. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing payroll software and human resource systems, helping companies verify important details such as past performance and equity vesting status. By eliminating the need for spreadsheets and ensuring accurate compensation benchmarks, Pave empowers businesses to make informed compensation decisions, ultimately aiding employees in navigating the complexities of their compensation packages.

Vanta

Series B in 2022
Vanta offers a comprehensive security and compliance automation software designed for technology companies. Its solutions encompass a wide range of security practices, from managing laptops to overseeing infrastructure. By providing a suite of user-friendly tools, Vanta enables businesses to effectively scale their security measures and automate compliance with critical industry standards and privacy frameworks. This approach helps organizations establish credible security programs and achieve necessary compliance certifications, ultimately ensuring the safety of consumer data.

Primer

Venture Round in 2022
Primer is a business-to-business marketing platform that focuses on enhancing marketing technologies for companies. It offers services such as audience automation, LinkedIn automation, and marketing and sales automation. The platform enriches leads and matches them across different channels while orchestrating workflows to streamline marketing efforts. By connecting various applications and facilitating data movement, Primer enables coordinated multichannel campaigns. Additionally, it assists in mapping a lead's identity across multiple marketing channels, providing sales personnel with accurate contact information to improve lead conversion rates and maximize advertising efficiency.

Viable

Seed Round in 2022
Viable Fit develops a structured user platform designed to use historical qualitative data to answer new questions instantly. Viable Fit offers a custom-branded survey, measures product/market fits, automatically segments customers into groups, and discovers user feedbacks based on keywords, thereby enabling businesses to get valuable suggestions from customers more accurately.

Bubbles

Seed Round in 2022
Bubbles is a contextual collaboration tool that enables users to communicate asynchronously by tagging content directly on their screens. The platform facilitates discussions in-context through screen, video, and audio messages, allowing team members to capture, comment, and share information without the need for account creation or installation. Bubbles promotes organic growth and viral engagement rather than relying on paid advertising. It is actively engaged on various social media platforms, including Medium, Twitter, and Product Hunt, to enhance its visibility and user interaction.

OpenPhone

Series B in 2022
OpenPhone Technologies, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a business phone application tailored for startups, small businesses, and individuals. Founded in 2018, OpenPhone provides users with a reliable VoIP service that allows them to obtain a business phone number without needing a second device or SIM card. The application features unlimited messaging and calling capabilities, enabling users to separate their business and personal contacts effectively. Its platform includes functionalities such as call routing, auto-recording of calls, and automated responses to texts, missed calls, and voicemails, which help streamline communication for entrepreneurs and professionals. OpenPhone is accessible on both mobile and desktop devices, enhancing its usability for various users.

Lightning Labs

Series B in 2022
Lightning Labs is building the next generation of decentralized, resilient financial infrastructure. We believe systems based on cryptography, blockchains, and smart contracts will enhance financial cooperation around the world in unprecedented ways at scales both large and small. We have developed Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) the most advanced and most developer-friendly implementation of the Lightning Network protocol. Along with Neutrino, an open platform that enables users with mobile devices to conduct blockchain and Lightning Network transactions quickly and easily. We’re hiring. See our open positions: http://lightning.engineering/careers.html Get involved: http://dev.lightning.community/

Arena

Series A in 2022
Arena.im is a cloud-based marketing platform for live experiences. Their mission is to empower media companies to take back ownership of their audience from social networks and grow their community. With Arena.im, publishers, brands and broadcasting companies are capable to significantly increase traffic, engagement and earn revenue. Through an AI technology, Arena.im is capable to aggregate, curate and distribute content in scale to any device, anytime, anywhere. They enable a seamless live experience for sports, news, finance, tech and any other real-time events. Founded in 2016 by Paulo Martins and Rodrigo Reis, Arena.im is a disruptive marketing experience platform that empowers thousands of media companies to provide the best live experience for their audiences directly from their digital properties.

Atrium

Series A in 2022
Atrium is a San Francisco-based company that leverages data and smart analytics to enhance decision-making within teams. By providing insights that facilitate informed work choices, Atrium aims to transform the way organizations operate. The company has garnered support from prominent investors, including Charles River Ventures and First Round Capital, contributing to its mission of enabling significant improvements in workplace effectiveness.

Scratchpad

Series B in 2022
Scratchpad, Inc. is a software company based in Sacramento, California, founded in 2019. It develops an application designed for account executives to streamline their workflow by facilitating note-taking, sales pipeline management, and task organization. The Scratchpad platform allows users to efficiently update their Salesforce pipeline, take detailed sales notes, and manage daily tasks in one integrated view. By combining notes, tasks, and relevant customer context—such as emails, calendar events, and activity history—Scratchpad aims to enhance productivity and improve sales performance for its clients.

Woflow

Series A in 2022
Woflow is a developer of a merchant data platform that specializes in transforming flat images into structured data with enhanced speed and accuracy. Utilizing a combination of pattern recognition AI and human augmentation, Woflow's technology significantly outpaces traditional manual transcription methods. The platform features a task automation system that efficiently divides large, complex projects into manageable, trainable tasks that can be executed asynchronously. This innovative approach allows clients to maintain and create structured data at scale, ultimately improving customer experience and supporting sustained business growth.

Ockam

Series A in 2022
Ockam Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a serverless platform for secure Internet-of-Things (IoT) development. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Ockam offers open-source tools that enable developers to create trustworthy IoT systems. Its platform facilitates the interconnection of hardware and software services, allowing for the secure exchange of information between connected devices and cloud services. Ockam's solutions include end-to-end encryption, key management, and mutual authentication, ensuring that data remains secure in transit across complex networks. By connecting application developers, system integrators, and hardware engineers, Ockam simplifies the development process and enhances the trustworthiness of data exchanged within IoT ecosystems.

MetaMap

Series B in 2021
Mati enables builders in fast-growing, underserved regions with the digital identity tools they need to provide better trust-based services to more people. We're making starting this new type of 'Trust Economy' company as simple as setting up a store on Shopify.

Simplified

Seed Round in 2021
Simplified is the all-in-one design platform where freelancers and entrepreneurs can collaborate, scale, and grow their content— effortlessly and beautifully.

CloudTrucks

Series B in 2021
CloudTrucks is a company that provides a virtual trucking carrier application aimed at lowering operating costs for truck drivers. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform facilitates the management and booking of loads from brokers and shippers. It offers features such as instant payments upon delivery and access to affordable insurance options. These tools empower truck owners and operators to optimize their schedules and create strategies that enhance their revenue potential.

People Data Labs

Series B in 2021
People Data Labs is a technology company that focuses on providing a comprehensive platform for enterprises to manage and utilize people data effectively. The platform offers APIs and access to over one billion clean person records, enabling organizations to enhance their data analytics capabilities. It serves various functions, including enriching person profiles, standardizing existing data, and improving searchability across multiple applications such as sales and marketing, investment research, fraud detection, and talent acquisition. By acting as a data partner for data science and engineering teams, People Data Labs supports the development of innovative, data-driven products and services at scale.

Sandbox VR

Series B in 2021
Sandbox VR, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing immersive virtual reality gaming experiences. Founded in 2016, it is headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company utilizes advanced technology, combining real-time motion capture with virtual reality to deliver a fully engaging social multiplayer environment. This innovative approach allows customers to collaborate and immerse themselves in interactive storylines, offering a unique and entertaining virtual reality experience. Sandbox VR aims to create an experience akin to the fictional Star Trek holodeck, making it a leader in the rapidly evolving VR entertainment industry.

June Care

Seed Round in 2021
June Care is a childcare service that connects families in need of childcare with stay-at-home parents who can provide care. The company facilitates the matching process, managing scheduling, logistics, and payments to streamline the experience for both families and caregivers. By enabling working parents to find assistance while allowing stay-at-home parents to earn income, June Care fosters a supportive community that meets the childcare needs of families and offers meaningful work opportunities.

UserGems

Series A in 2021
UserGems is an AI-powered prospecting solution for revenue teams. By delivering prospects that are most likely to convert, UserGems helps companies drive bigger pipeline, faster sales cycle, and larger deals. Whenever your customers change their jobs, UserGems automatically surfaces them as new prospects to your sales reps. This allows your reps to be in front of the right buyers at the right time, and before the competition is. Leveraging machine learning, UserGems automatically identifies other prospects that look exactly like your best customers. That means you get a complete, up-to-date list of leads that match your ideal customer profile, persona and other key criteria without requiring reps to spends hours on researching.

Culture Biosciences

Series B in 2021
Culture Biosciences, founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing automated bioreactors and tools for fermentation. The company provides a digital bio-manufacturing platform that allows biotech companies to optimize their manufacturing processes, enabling them to bring products to market more efficiently. By utilizing robotic sample handling and cloud-based data monitoring and analysis, Culture Biosciences helps scientists run, monitor, and analyze bioreactors more quickly than traditional methods. This innovative approach supports the biotechnology sector in enhancing productivity and streamlining workflows.

Viable

Seed Round in 2021
Viable Fit develops a structured user platform designed to use historical qualitative data to answer new questions instantly. Viable Fit offers a custom-branded survey, measures product/market fits, automatically segments customers into groups, and discovers user feedbacks based on keywords, thereby enabling businesses to get valuable suggestions from customers more accurately.

Callin

Series A in 2021
Callin is a social podcasting app that allows users to create, discover, and enjoy both live and recorded audio content. The platform seamlessly integrates social audio with podcasting, providing an accessible environment for users to record, edit, publish, and share their audio creations. By focusing on quality audio experiences, Callin caters to those interested in a unified space for engaging with diverse audio content.

Moesif

Series A in 2021
Moesif Inc. is a San Francisco-based company established in 2016 that specializes in debugging and error analysis for application programming interfaces (APIs). Its flagship platform, Moesif, provides a hosted service for logging and analyzing API requests, enabling users to gain in-depth visibility into API traffic, monitor errors, and identify patterns that may lead to issues. The platform is designed to assist product managers and businesses in understanding customer API usage, thereby enhancing developer experiences and driving greater business value. Moesif's solutions are utilized by notable organizations, including Radar, UPS, and Deloitte, to automate debugging processes and improve overall API performance.

TrustLayer

Series A in 2021
TrustLayer is an insurtech solutions company that automates insurance verification with machine learning & AI and provides real-time updates on the R3 Corda distributed ledger ecosystem. TrustLayer helps companies eliminate error-prone, manual processes and streamline existing workflows to increase insurance compliance and decrease organizational risk. Customers in multiple billion dollar industries such as construction and property management rely on TrustLayer for its ease of use, tracking and verifying certificates of insurance & other business documents, increased vendor compliance, and the ability to utilize their platform for multiple use cases.

SentiLink

Series B in 2021
SentiLink is a technology company that helps you detect and block synthetic identities. The company's technology links with fraudulent crime ring to detect and block synthetic identities by searching for statistical anomalies through real-time application programming interface and risk analyst tools, enabling business clients to identify fake people and other connected fraudulent applications to harm bottom line of the organizations.

Orum

Series A in 2021
Orum Inc. develops a speech recognition tool for companies to speck with prospects. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Voiceflow

Series A in 2021
Voiceflow, Inc. is a Toronto-based company that provides an online platform for designing and developing voice applications. Founded in 2018, Voiceflow enables users, including content creators and businesses, to create, prototype, and distribute voice applications for smart speakers like Alexa and Google Assistant without requiring coding skills. The platform features a visual programming language with a drag-and-drop interface, simplifying the process of building and launching voice applications. Through its user-friendly tools, Voiceflow supports the monetization of voice content, making it accessible for individuals and organizations to leverage voice technology effectively.

Overflow

Series A in 2021
Overflow is an online donation platform that helps charities accept online donations of publicly-traded stock. Overflow automates the transfer of publicly-traded stocks from donors to nonprofit organizations.

Instawork

Series C in 2021
Instawork operates an online job marketplace designed to connect hospitality businesses with qualified workers. The platform automates the recruitment process, allowing businesses to fill job shifts on demand while enabling professionals to choose work that fits their schedules. By streamlining traditional recruiting methods, Instawork creates economic opportunities for both local businesses and workers. The company is rapidly expanding its reach across the United States, focusing on meeting the evolving needs of the hospitality sector.

Entera

Series A in 2021
Entera is an online platform founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, that assists users in finding and purchasing residential properties in the United States. The company leverages machine learning and proprietary algorithms to modernize the real estate investment process. By providing a comprehensive suite of intelligent tools and access to tech-enabled local real estate experts, Entera enables investors to efficiently discover, evaluate, and acquire residential real estate. This end-to-end platform facilitates data-driven decision-making and enhances clients' ability to compete effectively in the market, all conducted entirely online.

Simplified

Seed Round in 2021
Simplified is the all-in-one design platform where freelancers and entrepreneurs can collaborate, scale, and grow their content— effortlessly and beautifully.

Shef

Series A in 2021
Shef, Inc. is a homemade meal delivery platform founded in 2019 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. The company connects local cooks with their communities, allowing them to sell authentic, homemade dishes through an online marketplace. By empowering these cooks to earn a meaningful income, Shef promotes economic empowerment and cultural inclusivity. The platform offers a variety of healthy meals prepared by certified chefs from diverse backgrounds, making it accessible for users to enjoy affordable, home-cooked food. Additionally, Shef provides delivery options, ensuring that customers can conveniently access meals throughout the week.

Set Labs

Series A in 2021
Set Labs is creating the next generation of finance through crypto-financial primitives. The company is developing tools that enable developers to bundle crypto assets together called Sets, which allow users to create cryptocurrency baskets, baskets of non-fungibles, baskets of on-chain securities, and more.

Avenue 8

Series A in 2021
Avenue 8 Inc., based in San Francisco, California, is a residential real estate brokerage firm founded in 2019. The company operates as a digital and mobile-first platform that empowers modern real estate agents to enhance their entrepreneurial capabilities, allowing them to conduct transactions from any location while retaining a larger portion of their earnings. Avenue 8 emphasizes simplicity and design, offering premium services through a blend of automation and human expertise. Its proprietary technology streamlines the home buying process by identifying suitable properties for clients before they officially enter the market, thereby enabling agents to optimize results for their customers at all stages of the real estate transaction.

Juniper

Seed Round in 2021
Juniper develops a behavioral health practice management software designed to streamline the logistical operations of clinics. The platform integrates various functions, including patient onboarding and billing, into a single cohesive system. It focuses on reducing manual tasks that clinicians typically encounter, thereby enhancing efficiency. Additionally, Juniper's software emphasizes compatibility with third-party applications, allowing for better automation and accountability across clinic operations. This holistic approach enables clinics to improve their reporting capabilities and manage their databases more effectively, ultimately supporting their growth and operational scalability.

Fold

Series A in 2021
Fold, Inc. operates a platform that allows users to earn bitcoin as cashback while shopping with credit or debit cards at various retailers. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers an online service where users can sync their payment cards or transfer bitcoin from their wallets to purchase digital gift cards on their mobile devices, receiving immediate bitcoin rewards. Fold also enables users to exchange old gift cards for bitcoin, further integrating cryptocurrency into everyday transactions. Through its innovative solutions, Fold aims to make bitcoin more accessible and practical for mainstream consumers.

Trynow

Series A in 2021
TryNow is a try before you buy software for shopify brands.

Mote

Seed Round in 2021
Mote is a Chrome extension that enables users to add transcribed voice comments to shared documents, enhancing communication and feedback in educational and workplace settings. The software allows users to provide voice notes on documents and assignments, which are transcribed for easy reading or listening by recipients. It also facilitates communication in users' preferred languages, thereby improving the overall effectiveness of feedback. By allowing users to edit transcripts, Mote ensures clarity and precision in communication, making it a valuable tool for teachers and teams aiming to enhance their feedback processes.

Woflow

Seed Round in 2021
Woflow is a developer of a merchant data platform that specializes in transforming flat images into structured data with enhanced speed and accuracy. Utilizing a combination of pattern recognition AI and human augmentation, Woflow's technology significantly outpaces traditional manual transcription methods. The platform features a task automation system that efficiently divides large, complex projects into manageable, trainable tasks that can be executed asynchronously. This innovative approach allows clients to maintain and create structured data at scale, ultimately improving customer experience and supporting sustained business growth.

River

Series A in 2021
River Financial Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2019 by Alexander Leishman and Andrew Benson. The company specializes in providing a platform for individuals and institutions to buy, manage, and sell bitcoin. Its flagship product is a Bitcoin brokerage designed for sophisticated retail investors, offering a high-touch service that prioritizes security and client experience. River Financial's platform includes tools for investment performance, such as cost basis tracking, catering to the needs of its clients in the evolving cryptocurrency market.

Scope

Seed Round in 2021
Scope Enterprises, Inc. operates a software implementation platform designed to streamline the implementation process for businesses. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, the company provides an Implementation-as-a-Service solution that automates quotes for implementation costs and timelines, matches skilled implementers to projects, and manages the overall implementation process for software vendors and their clients. This platform allows companies to enhance their market reach, accelerate time to value, and minimize customer churn, regardless of whether they have in-house implementation resources. Originally established as SIMPL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., the company rebranded to Scope Enterprises, Inc. in February 2020, positioning itself as a leader in the implementation services market.

Scratchpad

Series A in 2021
Scratchpad, Inc. is a software company based in Sacramento, California, founded in 2019. It develops an application designed for account executives to streamline their workflow by facilitating note-taking, sales pipeline management, and task organization. The Scratchpad platform allows users to efficiently update their Salesforce pipeline, take detailed sales notes, and manage daily tasks in one integrated view. By combining notes, tasks, and relevant customer context—such as emails, calendar events, and activity history—Scratchpad aims to enhance productivity and improve sales performance for its clients.

UserGems

Seed Round in 2021
UserGems is an AI-powered prospecting solution for revenue teams. By delivering prospects that are most likely to convert, UserGems helps companies drive bigger pipeline, faster sales cycle, and larger deals. Whenever your customers change their jobs, UserGems automatically surfaces them as new prospects to your sales reps. This allows your reps to be in front of the right buyers at the right time, and before the competition is. Leveraging machine learning, UserGems automatically identifies other prospects that look exactly like your best customers. That means you get a complete, up-to-date list of leads that match your ideal customer profile, persona and other key criteria without requiring reps to spends hours on researching.

Avenue 8

Seed Round in 2020
Avenue 8 Inc., based in San Francisco, California, is a residential real estate brokerage firm founded in 2019. The company operates as a digital and mobile-first platform that empowers modern real estate agents to enhance their entrepreneurial capabilities, allowing them to conduct transactions from any location while retaining a larger portion of their earnings. Avenue 8 emphasizes simplicity and design, offering premium services through a blend of automation and human expertise. Its proprietary technology streamlines the home buying process by identifying suitable properties for clients before they officially enter the market, thereby enabling agents to optimize results for their customers at all stages of the real estate transaction.

CloudTrucks

Series A in 2020
CloudTrucks is a company that provides a virtual trucking carrier application aimed at lowering operating costs for truck drivers. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform facilitates the management and booking of loads from brokers and shippers. It offers features such as instant payments upon delivery and access to affordable insurance options. These tools empower truck owners and operators to optimize their schedules and create strategies that enhance their revenue potential.

Pair Team

Seed Round in 2020
Pair Team provides an end-to-end operations platform to automate clinical operations and provide high-touch patient support. The platform monitors health plan and system data to trigger automated workflows that engage patients to schedule clinically impactful visits. Pair Team was founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California.

OpenPhone

Series A in 2020
OpenPhone Technologies, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a business phone application tailored for startups, small businesses, and individuals. Founded in 2018, OpenPhone provides users with a reliable VoIP service that allows them to obtain a business phone number without needing a second device or SIM card. The application features unlimited messaging and calling capabilities, enabling users to separate their business and personal contacts effectively. Its platform includes functionalities such as call routing, auto-recording of calls, and automated responses to texts, missed calls, and voicemails, which help streamline communication for entrepreneurs and professionals. OpenPhone is accessible on both mobile and desktop devices, enhancing its usability for various users.

Mozart Data

Seed Round in 2020
Mozart Data, Inc. develops and operates an online platform that collects and organizes the data. The company’s platform helps to spin up and run a modern data stack, manage the data warehouse, and build and maintain extract, transform, load (ETL) pipelines. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California.

X1

Series A in 2020
X1 Card is the smartest credit card ever made. Built with 17g of stainless steel and laser etching technology, X1 Card reimagines the credit card from the ground up. It harnesses the power of technology to offer smart credit limits, an unparalleled rewards program, and automated features that will transform the way you shop and spend. X1 Card is partnered with Visa Signature, allowing cardholders to use it at more than 46 million merchants around the world. The company is cofounded by Twitter alums Deepak Rao and Siddharth Batra and backed by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and founding COO David Sacks, Harrison Metal founder Michael Dearing, former Twitter COO Adam Bain, Libra co-creator & Instagram’s former head of product Kevin Weil and more.

Viable

Venture Round in 2020
Viable Fit develops a structured user platform designed to use historical qualitative data to answer new questions instantly. Viable Fit offers a custom-branded survey, measures product/market fits, automatically segments customers into groups, and discovers user feedbacks based on keywords, thereby enabling businesses to get valuable suggestions from customers more accurately.

Shef

Seed Round in 2020
Shef, Inc. is a homemade meal delivery platform founded in 2019 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. The company connects local cooks with their communities, allowing them to sell authentic, homemade dishes through an online marketplace. By empowering these cooks to earn a meaningful income, Shef promotes economic empowerment and cultural inclusivity. The platform offers a variety of healthy meals prepared by certified chefs from diverse backgrounds, making it accessible for users to enjoy affordable, home-cooked food. Additionally, Shef provides delivery options, ensuring that customers can conveniently access meals throughout the week.

Scope

Seed Round in 2020
Scope Enterprises, Inc. operates a software implementation platform designed to streamline the implementation process for businesses. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, the company provides an Implementation-as-a-Service solution that automates quotes for implementation costs and timelines, matches skilled implementers to projects, and manages the overall implementation process for software vendors and their clients. This platform allows companies to enhance their market reach, accelerate time to value, and minimize customer churn, regardless of whether they have in-house implementation resources. Originally established as SIMPL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., the company rebranded to Scope Enterprises, Inc. in February 2020, positioning itself as a leader in the implementation services market.

SimpleLab

Seed Round in 2020
Simplewater, Inc. develops an arsenic remediation solution for small drinking water systems. It offers ArsenicVolt reactor, which could be attached to any treatment system by using iron plates to separate arsenic and other contaminants from water. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Berkeley, California.

Command E

Seed Round in 2020
Command E develops an easy keyboard shortcut to open any document, contact, file or record from the cloud. Command-E on Mac and Control-E Windows. Your data never leaves your computer.

Lunchclub

Venture Round in 2020
Lunchclub is an AI-driven platform founded in 2018 by Vladimir Novakovski, Hayley Leibson, and Scott Wu, headquartered in San Francisco, California. The service specializes in facilitating one-on-one meetings, such as lunches and coffee chats, by connecting users with potential business partners, team members, or investors. Through its innovative approach, Lunchclub enables clients to make meaningful introductions that support their professional objectives, fostering collaboration and advancement within various fields. The platform emphasizes the importance of personalized connections to enhance networking opportunities and help users achieve their goals.

Culture Biosciences

Series A in 2020
Culture Biosciences, founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing automated bioreactors and tools for fermentation. The company provides a digital bio-manufacturing platform that allows biotech companies to optimize their manufacturing processes, enabling them to bring products to market more efficiently. By utilizing robotic sample handling and cloud-based data monitoring and analysis, Culture Biosciences helps scientists run, monitor, and analyze bioreactors more quickly than traditional methods. This innovative approach supports the biotechnology sector in enhancing productivity and streamlining workflows.

Sourcegraph

Series B in 2020
Sourcegraph, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in universal code search solutions, enhancing code discovery, intelligence, and change management. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Sourcegraph enables developers to efficiently navigate and understand extensive codebases across various repositories, languages, and file formats. Its platform allows for seamless code exploration in web browsers, facilitating improved developer productivity through contextual insights that aid in code reviews and onboarding processes. Additionally, Sourcegraph automates large-scale code changes, helping teams manage complex codebases more effectively. The company's services cater to a diverse clientele, including startups, enterprises, developers, DevOps teams, and engineering leaders, all aimed at minimizing the challenges associated with code management. Sourcegraph is supported by prominent investors, highlighting its significant market presence and potential for growth.

Trusted

Series B in 2020
Trusted, Inc. operates a digital employment platform specifically designed for nurses, facilitating their connection to flexible job opportunities in the healthcare sector. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the platform automates the recruitment process by enabling nurses to create and manage their resumes, credentials, and certifications digitally. It also provides real-time alerts for job openings that match their qualifications and preferences, thereby simplifying the application process. Trusted is supported by notable investors, including Craft Ventures and Texas Medical Center, which underscores its significance in the healthcare employment landscape.

Peregrine

Series A in 2020
Peregrine Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing software that integrates and secures data for public safety agencies. Founded in 2017 and based in Oakland, California, the company focuses on enabling these agencies to make data-driven decisions and enhance their operations. Peregrine's technology allows for the fusion of disparate data across secure networks, providing public safety teams with tools to search, analyze, and collaborate in real-time. This software supports various initiatives, including intelligence-led policing strategies, real-time crime data analysis, community-oriented policing, and efficient management of investigations and electronic case filing.

Lightning Labs

Series A in 2020
Lightning Labs is building the next generation of decentralized, resilient financial infrastructure. We believe systems based on cryptography, blockchains, and smart contracts will enhance financial cooperation around the world in unprecedented ways at scales both large and small. We have developed Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) the most advanced and most developer-friendly implementation of the Lightning Network protocol. Along with Neutrino, an open platform that enables users with mobile devices to conduct blockchain and Lightning Network transactions quickly and easily. We’re hiring. See our open positions: http://lightning.engineering/careers.html Get involved: http://dev.lightning.community/

Sendoso

Series B in 2020
Sendoso, the leading Sending Platform, helps companies stand out by giving them new ways to engage with customers throughout the buyer’s journey. By integrating digital and physical sending strategies, companies can increase the effectiveness of their existing go-to-market programs and improve their relationships with customers. Trusted by over 500 companies, Sendoso is an essential part of successful demand generation, account-based, and customer experience programs. Founded in 2016, Sendoso is backed by $54M in venture funding and has a global footprint, with a presence in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Learn more at sendoso.com.

CloudTrucks

Seed Round in 2020
CloudTrucks is a company that provides a virtual trucking carrier application aimed at lowering operating costs for truck drivers. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform facilitates the management and booking of loads from brokers and shippers. It offers features such as instant payments upon delivery and access to affordable insurance options. These tools empower truck owners and operators to optimize their schedules and create strategies that enhance their revenue potential.

Swarm Technologies

Series A in 2020
Swarm Technologies, Inc. is a satellite company based in Los Altos, California, focused on providing low-cost global connectivity through its innovative satellite network. Founded in 2015, the company aims to make Internet services accessible worldwide, particularly for businesses in sectors such as agriculture, energy, transportation, global development, shipping, maritime, and automotive. By launching satellites into low Earth orbit, Swarm enables connectivity in remote regions, ensuring that IoT data is available on a global scale. The company's technology incorporates advanced modeling and optimization techniques to deliver a cost-effective communication solution, making data accessible to a wide range of users and devices across the globe.

Swarm Technologies

Series A in 2020
Swarm Technologies, Inc. is a satellite company based in Los Altos, California, focused on providing low-cost global connectivity through its innovative satellite network. Founded in 2015, the company aims to make Internet services accessible worldwide, particularly for businesses in sectors such as agriculture, energy, transportation, global development, shipping, maritime, and automotive. By launching satellites into low Earth orbit, Swarm enables connectivity in remote regions, ensuring that IoT data is available on a global scale. The company's technology incorporates advanced modeling and optimization techniques to deliver a cost-effective communication solution, making data accessible to a wide range of users and devices across the globe.

Productboard

Series B in 2020
Productboard, Inc. develops a Software-as-a-Service platform that supports product management for teams seeking to launch effective products more efficiently. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Oakland, California, with an additional office in Prague, the platform allows product teams to gather user insights, prioritize development tasks, and share product roadmaps. It provides various tools, including an insights board for consolidating user research, a features board for organizing and planning feature development, and an interactive product portal for collecting feedback from colleagues and customers. Over 3,000 companies, including notable names like Zendesk and Microsoft, utilize Productboard to align their product strategies with user needs and accelerate their market delivery.

Overflow

Seed Round in 2020
Overflow is an online donation platform that helps charities accept online donations of publicly-traded stock. Overflow automates the transfer of publicly-traded stocks from donors to nonprofit organizations.

Life School

Seed Round in 2020
Life School teaches people one new skill at a time by providing audio-enabled lessons structured into short courses. Life School researches topics that are important and summarizing them into 2-minutes.

Done.

Seed Round in 2020
Done is a provider of personalized online treatment for ADHD. They believe everyone should be given access to resources that set them up for success. Many people with ADHD suffer from low work performance and strained relationships with co-workers. That’s where Done can help to change lives in a meaningful way. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Entera

Venture Round in 2019
Entera is an online platform founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, that assists users in finding and purchasing residential properties in the United States. The company leverages machine learning and proprietary algorithms to modernize the real estate investment process. By providing a comprehensive suite of intelligent tools and access to tech-enabled local real estate experts, Entera enables investors to efficiently discover, evaluate, and acquire residential real estate. This end-to-end platform facilitates data-driven decision-making and enhances clients' ability to compete effectively in the market, all conducted entirely online.

Fold

Seed Round in 2019
Fold, Inc. operates a platform that allows users to earn bitcoin as cashback while shopping with credit or debit cards at various retailers. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers an online service where users can sync their payment cards or transfer bitcoin from their wallets to purchase digital gift cards on their mobile devices, receiving immediate bitcoin rewards. Fold also enables users to exchange old gift cards for bitcoin, further integrating cryptocurrency into everyday transactions. Through its innovative solutions, Fold aims to make bitcoin more accessible and practical for mainstream consumers.

Pair Team

Seed Round in 2019
Pair Team provides an end-to-end operations platform to automate clinical operations and provide high-touch patient support. The platform monitors health plan and system data to trigger automated workflows that engage patients to schedule clinically impactful visits. Pair Team was founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California.

Internal

Seed Round in 2019
Internal is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2019 that provides a no-code software platform designed to help organizations efficiently resolve customer issues. The platform allows companies to interact securely and compliantly with customer application data, offering functionalities such as search and filtering, auto-generated tasks, and team queues. It features granular permissions for data access, audit logs for record tracking, and redacted fields to protect sensitive information. By enabling both non-coders and coders to build internal applications on their existing databases, APIs, and business applications, Internal facilitates streamlined operations while ensuring customer privacy.

Homebound

Series B in 2019
Homebound Inc. is a technology-driven custom home builder based in Santa Rosa, California, founded in 2017. The company specializes in constructing residential homes and offers a comprehensive range of support services, including architecture, design, financing, and insurance consultancy. Originating in response to the 2017 Northern California wildfires, Homebound aims to simplify the homebuilding process by providing a transparent and streamlined experience for homeowners. It manages the entire building journey, assisting clients from insurance negotiation and architectural design to permitting and construction. By leveraging user-friendly technology and a network of qualified building professionals, Homebound addresses the complexities and uncertainties homeowners face, particularly in the aftermath of natural disasters, enabling them to rebuild their homes more efficiently.

Glide

Seed Round in 2019
Glide Labs, Inc. develops software for completion of real estate disclosure forms. The company enables users to prepare the TDS, SPQ, AVID, and other official real estate documents using its online interface. It uses wizard technology to collect information from clients and then use that information to generate documents, trigger workflows, and update other systems. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Neyborly

Seed Round in 2019
Neyborly is a commercial real estate company focused on transforming under-utilized urban spaces into vibrant community hubs for events, meetings, and pop-up activities. By revitalizing vacant properties, Neyborly offers customizable and affordable rental spaces that cater to various needs, such as birthday parties, leadership meetings, and art shows. The company aims to democratize access to attractive spaces in local neighborhoods, utilizing design and data to enhance the customer experience and foster community engagement. Through its innovative approach, Neyborly seeks to redefine how people utilize real estate, creating opportunities for celebration, creativity, and inspiration in their cities.

Trusted

Series A in 2019
Trusted, Inc. operates a digital employment platform specifically designed for nurses, facilitating their connection to flexible job opportunities in the healthcare sector. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the platform automates the recruitment process by enabling nurses to create and manage their resumes, credentials, and certifications digitally. It also provides real-time alerts for job openings that match their qualifications and preferences, thereby simplifying the application process. Trusted is supported by notable investors, including Craft Ventures and Texas Medical Center, which underscores its significance in the healthcare employment landscape.

Neuralink

Series B in 2019
Neuralink Corp. is a neural technology company focused on developing brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that facilitate direct communication between the human brain and computers. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Burlingame, the company aims to create implants that can treat brain injuries and trauma. Neuralink's innovative approach includes a concept referred to as a "neural lace," which would be surgically integrated into the brain, enabling users to interact with computers without the limitations of traditional input methods like keyboards and mice. The company is also exploring the potential of brain interfaces to alleviate symptoms of serious and chronic medical conditions, striving to enhance cognitive capabilities and keep pace with advances in artificial intelligence.

Sofar Ocean

Series A in 2019
Sofar Ocean Technologies is a build accessible ocean sensing and exploration tools for ocean enthusiasts, industry, and conservation.

Sendoso

Series A in 2019
Sendoso, the leading Sending Platform, helps companies stand out by giving them new ways to engage with customers throughout the buyer’s journey. By integrating digital and physical sending strategies, companies can increase the effectiveness of their existing go-to-market programs and improve their relationships with customers. Trusted by over 500 companies, Sendoso is an essential part of successful demand generation, account-based, and customer experience programs. Founded in 2016, Sendoso is backed by $54M in venture funding and has a global footprint, with a presence in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Learn more at sendoso.com.

Swarm Technologies

Series A in 2019
Swarm Technologies, Inc. is a satellite company based in Los Altos, California, focused on providing low-cost global connectivity through its innovative satellite network. Founded in 2015, the company aims to make Internet services accessible worldwide, particularly for businesses in sectors such as agriculture, energy, transportation, global development, shipping, maritime, and automotive. By launching satellites into low Earth orbit, Swarm enables connectivity in remote regions, ensuring that IoT data is available on a global scale. The company's technology incorporates advanced modeling and optimization techniques to deliver a cost-effective communication solution, making data accessible to a wide range of users and devices across the globe.

Swarm Technologies

Series A in 2019
Swarm Technologies, Inc. is a satellite company based in Los Altos, California, focused on providing low-cost global connectivity through its innovative satellite network. Founded in 2015, the company aims to make Internet services accessible worldwide, particularly for businesses in sectors such as agriculture, energy, transportation, global development, shipping, maritime, and automotive. By launching satellites into low Earth orbit, Swarm enables connectivity in remote regions, ensuring that IoT data is available on a global scale. The company's technology incorporates advanced modeling and optimization techniques to deliver a cost-effective communication solution, making data accessible to a wide range of users and devices across the globe.

Storr

Seed Round in 2019
Storr, Inc. is a peer-to-peer marketplace that allows users to create their own retail stores directly from their mobile devices. Launched in 2014 and based in San Francisco, Storr enables individuals to select brand-name products and share their personalized stores with friends, providing an opportunity to earn money through sales. The platform positions itself as an alternative to traditional e-commerce giants, empowering users to sell products from over 200 brands, including high-profile names such as Chanel, Ray-Ban, and Adidas. Backed by notable investors and industry leaders, Storr is part of a movement toward the decentralization of the retail market, which is valued at approximately $3 trillion globally.

Sway

Seed Round in 2019
Sway is an AI for personalized interactive content creation. Its motion filters transform users' everyday moves into mindblowing stunts. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

OXO

Seed Round in 2019
OXO operates a shared mobility platform that facilitates connections between car owners and professional drivers. This innovative platform allows vehicle owners to link up with reliable, background-checked drivers who use their cars during the day and return them at the end of the owner's workday. By doing so, OXO helps car owners alleviate parking challenges while also providing an opportunity to generate additional income. The service is designed to streamline the process of car sharing, making it convenient for both parties involved.

Viable

Seed Round in 2019
Viable Fit develops a structured user platform designed to use historical qualitative data to answer new questions instantly. Viable Fit offers a custom-branded survey, measures product/market fits, automatically segments customers into groups, and discovers user feedbacks based on keywords, thereby enabling businesses to get valuable suggestions from customers more accurately.

Humen.Ai

Seed Round in 2019
Humen.Ai is a AI for personalized interactive content creation.

Alka

Seed Round in 2019
Alka is a financial technology company that has developed a platform aimed at improving personal finance management. The platform allows users to monitor their financial activities by sending notifications for any transactions in their accounts. It provides a comprehensive interface where users can review daily transactions from multiple accounts in one location. This functionality enables individuals to maintain awareness of their financial situation, promoting informed decision-making and helping them avoid unintentional overspending. Alka's approach seeks to make personal finance management a more engaging and less daunting task for its users.

Textline

Seed Round in 2019
Textline is a platform that makes it easy to send and respond to text messages as a business or organization. Phone calls and email are on the decline, while 95 percent of texts are read within 3 minutes of being sent. Texting is the standard mode of communication in our personal lives, so there’s no reason why texting customers shouldn’t be as easy as texting friends and family. We can add text messaging to an existing business number or a dedicated phone number that we provide without having to install another app. Our technology is designed for teams, and multiple team members can easily manage numerous conversations and use features such as agent transfers, templated messages, automations, metrics and more. Our platform is most commonly used to drive customer success, but it is also used by sales and operations departments. Textline’s software empowers companies of all sizes to use texting to build more intimate relationships, with customers, sales prospects and employees. Our messaging platform allows companies to directly connect with people, build trust and form relationships that become part of the most innovative customer experiences available today. 1-800-Got-Junk, Tuft & Needle, Stuart Weitzman, TriMet and Live Nation are just some of the companies that use Textline daily to connect with people faster and more efficiently. If your team is ready to start texting, sign up for your free trial at https://textline.com.

Set Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Set Labs is creating the next generation of finance through crypto-financial primitives. The company is developing tools that enable developers to bundle crypto assets together called Sets, which allow users to create cryptocurrency baskets, baskets of non-fungibles, baskets of on-chain securities, and more.

ThriveCash

Series A in 2018
Thrive, the company behind ThriveCash, is a technology company designing financial products for students and young professionals based on where they are going, not where they have been. Its founders came to the US to attend college. They arrived with little money but a lot of promise. With a bit of luck and a lot of hard work, both graduated from Stanford, and went on to become product and engineering leaders at Twitter. But it was not always easy, particularly without credit or full financial backing from their families. Thrive was born from their experience. Today, Thrive invests in human potential.

Keyto

Seed Round in 2018
Keyto, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in designing and manufacturing sensor-based breath analyzers. Founded in 2018, Keyto's devices, paired with a mobile application, facilitate the tracking of ketone levels for individuals following a ketogenic diet. The breath analyzers assess breath samples to determine the extent of fat burning, providing users with real-time insights into their metabolic state. Additionally, the accompanying application offers personalized recommendations for food and lifestyle adjustments based on individual physiology, enhancing the overall experience of adhering to a ketogenic lifestyle. By simplifying the monitoring process, Keyto aims to make health tracking more accessible and engaging for its users.

dYdX

Series A in 2018
dYdX Trading Inc. operates a cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform that focuses on derivatives for crypto assets, utilizing the Ethereum blockchain and the 0x protocol. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the platform enables users to engage in peer-to-peer short selling, long positions, and options trading on ERC20 tokens. It also allows for fully collateralized loans, providing essential funding for short sellers. Users can earn interest on their deposits or take out loans for a nominal fee, as well as trade on margin with customizable leverage. dYdX aims to create an open financial system that grants access to powerful financial tools for individuals worldwide.

Lumina

Seed Round in 2018
Lumina Technologies Inc. develops a crypto currency trading platform. Its services include portfolio management of digital assets, accounting and tax, and trade execution of crypto currencies. Lumina Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of April 14, 2020, Lumina Technologies Inc. operates as a subsidiary of BitGo, Inc.

Cafe X

Seed Round in 2018
Cafe X Technologies, Inc. operates a robotic café in San Francisco that specializes in serving a variety of coffee drinks, including espresso, cappuccino, cortado, and Americano. Founded in 2014, the company aims to enhance productivity in the service industry through automation and provide a seamless experience for consumers. Their flagship product is a robotic system that prepares and serves quality coffee quickly and efficiently, utilizing advanced technology and machine learning to ensure consistency. The café sources its coffee from local roasters, emphasizing a commitment to quality while leveraging robotics to streamline the service process. Cafe X is privately funded, with backing from notable investors including Khosla Ventures and The Thiel Foundation.

Rare Bits

Series A in 2018
Rare Bits, Inc. operates an online marketplace for buying and selling cryptocurrency-based assets, primarily focusing on non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the platform allows users to discover, manage, and trade over 500,000 unique digital items that are secured on the blockchain. Users can engage in peer-to-peer transactions and participate in auctions without incurring fees. By integrating blockchain technology with web browser extensions, Rare Bits aims to enhance digital ownership and keep users informed about market trends.

Harbor

Corporate Round in 2018
Harbor is reengineering private securities with blockchain technology to help usher in a new wave of tokenized securities backed by real-world assets, such as real estate, company equity, investment funds, and fine art. The Harbor platform, powered by its compliance protocol, is the first to ensure tokenized securities comply with existing securities laws on every trade, everywhere across the globe.

Chia Network

Seed Round in 2018
Chia Network Inc. is a blockchain-based company founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It focuses on creating a cryptocurrency platform that emphasizes decentralization, security, and efficiency. The company has developed a unique technology based on proofs of space and time, which utilizes underused storage space on hard drives, making its approach to cryptocurrency mining less resource-intensive compared to traditional methods. Chia Network also offers Chialisp, a smart transaction programming language that enhances the functionality and user-friendliness of its cryptocurrency transactions. By leveraging this innovative technology, Chia Network aims to optimize cryptocurrency transactions while providing a sustainable alternative for both individual miners and financial institutions.

Lightning Labs

Convertible Note in 2018
Lightning Labs is building the next generation of decentralized, resilient financial infrastructure. We believe systems based on cryptography, blockchains, and smart contracts will enhance financial cooperation around the world in unprecedented ways at scales both large and small. We have developed Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) the most advanced and most developer-friendly implementation of the Lightning Network protocol. Along with Neutrino, an open platform that enables users with mobile devices to conduct blockchain and Lightning Network transactions quickly and easily. We’re hiring. See our open positions: http://lightning.engineering/careers.html Get involved: http://dev.lightning.community/
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