Quest Venture Partners

Quest Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2008. The firm specializes in investing in technology and digital media companies, focusing on opportunities primarily in North America. Typical investment amounts range from $100,000 to $1.5 million, with an average investment of around $500,000. Quest Venture Partners manages multiple funds, including those targeting sectors such as software, telecommunications, media, and technology, as well as financial services and consumer products. The firm aims to support innovative startups in their growth and development through strategic financial backing.

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Simple HealthKit

Series A in 2023
Simple HealthKit provides diagnostic healthcare services. They offer tests on covid, sexually transmitted diseases, and wellness tests. They provide services for education, retail, and providers.

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.

Femtosense

Series A in 2022
Femtosense is a technology company.

Avium

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Avium is am metaverse platform that provides web3 experience through animation, comics and esports.

Graftys

Venture Round in 2022
Graftys SAS, founded in 2005 and based in Aix-en-Provence, France, specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of synthetic bone biomaterials. The company offers a range of products including Graftys QuickSet, a calcium phosphate cement with mechanical properties akin to cancellous bone; biphasic calcium phosphates (BCP) utilized in bone repair during human surgeries; BioActys Granule, also used for bone repair; and Graftys HBS, a cement that transforms from a plastic paste to a solid form upon mixing with a liquid phase. These products serve various medical applications, such as fixation of endoprostheses, treatment of bone tumors, and procedures in dentistry and oral surgery, including pulp protection and support for bone regeneration in cases of periodontal disease.

Champions Round

Venture Round in 2022
Champions Round, Inc. is a sports entertainment company that creates a gaming application centered on football and Esports. Founded in 2018 and based in Los Angeles, California, the application allows users to participate in fantasy league games and tournaments, engage with live questions, earn points, learn about the games, and win cash prizes. The application is accessible for download on iOS devices, aiming to enhance fan experiences within the fantasy sports industry.

Pontoro

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

Groove

Series B in 2021
Groove Labs, Inc. is a sales engagement platform that specializes in automating non-sales activities to enhance the productivity of sales teams. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in San Diego and Bellevue, the company offers a range of solutions, including email and calendar integration, custom multi-step campaign creation, and a dialer tool designed to streamline the sales process. Groove's Salesforce-native architecture allows for accurate reporting and compliance with global privacy laws, making it suitable for enterprises. Its platform is utilized by over 50,000 sales representatives and customer success managers at major companies, helping them reclaim valuable time for relationship-building and revenue generation. Groove has consistently received high customer satisfaction ratings and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States.

Car IQ

Series B in 2021
Car IQ Inc. is a company that has created a cloud-based vehicle management platform and payment gateway tailored for auto dealer groups, car sharing services, and autonomous vehicles. Established in 2016 and located in San Francisco, California, Car IQ offers an innovative automotive payment solution that allows vehicles to autonomously initiate payments for various services, including tolls, fuel, and parking, without the need for credit cards. The technology relies on a patented machine identity verification process, enabling vehicles to connect directly to payment networks and service providers. This platform leverages sensor data from the vehicle to facilitate seamless transactions and enhance the overall management of automotive services.

Hidden Level

Venture Round in 2021
Hidden Level is an aviation and aerospace company founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, United States. The company specializes in advanced radar sensors and custom-built sensor technology aimed at enhancing safety in low altitude air traffic management. Its offerings include systems engineering, data modeling and analysis, field testing, printed circuit board design, and comprehensive product life cycle management. By providing innovative sensing tools, Hidden Level helps aerospace component manufacturers improve technology and productivity while addressing complex challenges in airspace safety.

IRIS.TV

Series B in 2021
IRIS.TV is a universal video intelligence platform focused on onboarding, processing, and activating video data. Our mission is to provide the world’s publishers, brands, agencies, and technology providers with a comprehensive understanding of every streaming video in order to create better consumer experiences and business outcomes. Since 2013, the leading media, data, and advertising technologies have utilized IRIS.TV’s privacy-first and neutral data infrastructure to build and scale AI/ML solutions including metadata enrichment, personalized content recommendations, analytics, and contextual advertising. For more information, visit www.iris.tv.

Relimetrics

Series A in 2021
Relimetrics, Inc. specializes in imaging solutions aimed at enhancing materials reliability across various sectors. The company provides third-party supplier analysis for aerospace, mechanical design optimization, and parts testing for the automotive industry, as well as structural monitoring and failure prediction for the civil and construction sectors. In the medical surgical field, Relimetrics offers solutions for cancer detection and monitoring wound healing, while in life sciences, it focuses on product efficacy testing and reducing clinical trial durations. Additionally, the company delivers technical consulting services, including analysis and software development across engineering and consumer care sectors. Relimetrics utilizes advanced computer vision and machine learning to automate visual inspections and process controls, enabling businesses to identify mechanical faults and improve product reliability. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional operations in Berlin, Germany.

Vela

Venture Round in 2020
Vela, based in the United States, offers an online marketplace aggregation and management tool tailored for e-commerce sellers. The platform is designed to help merchants optimize and grow their businesses by integrating various sales channels into a single interface. Vela's tools facilitate bulk editing of listings, streamline order management, and enable quick setup of promotions, allowing users to focus on essential business operations. By leveraging collective data from its network, Vela automates key decisions, enhancing efficiency and revenue potential for merchants. The platform aims to simplify the complexities of managing an e-commerce business, allowing sellers to spend less time on routine tasks and more time on strategic growth.

Champions Round

Seed Round in 2020
Champions Round, Inc. is a sports entertainment company that creates a gaming application centered on football and Esports. Founded in 2018 and based in Los Angeles, California, the application allows users to participate in fantasy league games and tournaments, engage with live questions, earn points, learn about the games, and win cash prizes. The application is accessible for download on iOS devices, aiming to enhance fan experiences within the fantasy sports industry.

Dataplor

Seed Round in 2020
DataPlor Inc. is a company that specializes in collecting and providing business location data and market research, particularly focusing on micro businesses in emerging markets. Utilizing a combination of human expertise and technology, DataPlor verifies small business records to ensure high-quality intelligence. The company was incorporated in 2016 and has its headquarters in Los Angeles, California, with additional offices in Mexico City and São Paulo. Formerly known as Chapa, Inc., the company rebranded to DataPlor in June 2019, reflecting its commitment to enhancing the success of businesses operating in emerging markets.

EMQ

Series B in 2020
Headquartered in Hong Kong, EMQ is a financial technology startup that is building a financial network across Asia with a focus on remittance. With a footprint across Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines, the company partners with financial institutions and other strategic partners in each country to enable and settle cross-border remittance via banks and various modes for top-up and cash pickup. The company received its Money Service Operator license from the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department in September 2014 and its Fund Transfer Operator license from Bank Indonesia in March 2017.

Fauna

Series A in 2020
Fauna, Inc. offers a cloud-based data application programming interface (API) designed for serverless applications, primarily through its product, FaunaDB. This NoSQL database combines a distributed transactional query engine with robust scalability and policy-based security features. FaunaDB provides a web-native GraphQL API that can be accessed from browsers, mobile clients, or serverless functions, while its serverless query language (FQL) enhances development by allowing complex queries that integrate various data types. The platform supports a wide array of programming languages and frameworks, including JavaScript, Python, and Ruby, facilitating seamless connections for developers. Fauna's database solutions emphasize unified capabilities across relational, temporal, and graph data, ensuring consistent performance and strong security measures. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Fauna has garnered trust from notable clients like Nextdoor and NVIDIA and is supported by prominent venture capital investors.

Groove

Series A in 2020
Groove Labs, Inc. is a sales engagement platform that specializes in automating non-sales activities to enhance the productivity of sales teams. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in San Diego and Bellevue, the company offers a range of solutions, including email and calendar integration, custom multi-step campaign creation, and a dialer tool designed to streamline the sales process. Groove's Salesforce-native architecture allows for accurate reporting and compliance with global privacy laws, making it suitable for enterprises. Its platform is utilized by over 50,000 sales representatives and customer success managers at major companies, helping them reclaim valuable time for relationship-building and revenue generation. Groove has consistently received high customer satisfaction ratings and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States.

Viralspace.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Viralspace, Inc. is a technology company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Stanford, California. It specializes in developing a content performance prediction platform that assists brands in forecasting the effectiveness of their visual marketing content. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Viralspace provides valuable insights that enable enterprises to make informed, data-driven decisions about their visual assets, ultimately enhancing engagement and return on investment. The platform focuses on identifying key features of images that contribute to successful marketing outcomes.

Hidden Level

Seed Round in 2019
Hidden Level is an aviation and aerospace company founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, United States. The company specializes in advanced radar sensors and custom-built sensor technology aimed at enhancing safety in low altitude air traffic management. Its offerings include systems engineering, data modeling and analysis, field testing, printed circuit board design, and comprehensive product life cycle management. By providing innovative sensing tools, Hidden Level helps aerospace component manufacturers improve technology and productivity while addressing complex challenges in airspace safety.

ProGuides

Seed Round in 2019
ProGuides was founded with one mission: to help gamers take their play to a new level. Members access premium courses and on demand game coaching. ProGuides makes it possible for anyone to learn from and play with the best. ProGuides currently has 60+ courses (1000+ lessons) featuring 20+ of the best eSports pros from Fortnite, League of Legends, Hearthstone, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Magic the Gathering: Arena, and Overwatch.

Dataplor

Seed Round in 2019
DataPlor Inc. is a company that specializes in collecting and providing business location data and market research, particularly focusing on micro businesses in emerging markets. Utilizing a combination of human expertise and technology, DataPlor verifies small business records to ensure high-quality intelligence. The company was incorporated in 2016 and has its headquarters in Los Angeles, California, with additional offices in Mexico City and São Paulo. Formerly known as Chapa, Inc., the company rebranded to DataPlor in June 2019, reflecting its commitment to enhancing the success of businesses operating in emerging markets.

Car IQ

Series A in 2019
Car IQ Inc. is a company that has created a cloud-based vehicle management platform and payment gateway tailored for auto dealer groups, car sharing services, and autonomous vehicles. Established in 2016 and located in San Francisco, California, Car IQ offers an innovative automotive payment solution that allows vehicles to autonomously initiate payments for various services, including tolls, fuel, and parking, without the need for credit cards. The technology relies on a patented machine identity verification process, enabling vehicles to connect directly to payment networks and service providers. This platform leverages sensor data from the vehicle to facilitate seamless transactions and enhance the overall management of automotive services.

The Flex Co.

Seed Round in 2018
The Flex Company, based in Venice, California, specializes in the development, manufacturing, and sale of disposable menstrual products. Founded in 2015, the company offers innovative items such as the FLEX Cup and FLEX Disc, designed to provide comfort and convenience during menstruation. These products create a barrier to the cervix and can be worn for extended periods, making them a practical choice for users. The Flex Company sells its menstrual devices through online platforms and major retailers across the United States and Canada. In addition to menstrual products, the company also markets a range of branded apparel and accessories. The company is dedicated to creating healthier period products while fostering meaningful conversations about menstruation.

Dataplor

Pre Seed Round in 2018
DataPlor Inc. is a company that specializes in collecting and providing business location data and market research, particularly focusing on micro businesses in emerging markets. Utilizing a combination of human expertise and technology, DataPlor verifies small business records to ensure high-quality intelligence. The company was incorporated in 2016 and has its headquarters in Los Angeles, California, with additional offices in Mexico City and São Paulo. Formerly known as Chapa, Inc., the company rebranded to DataPlor in June 2019, reflecting its commitment to enhancing the success of businesses operating in emerging markets.

ProGuides

Pre Seed Round in 2018
ProGuides was founded with one mission: to help gamers take their play to a new level. Members access premium courses and on demand game coaching. ProGuides makes it possible for anyone to learn from and play with the best. ProGuides currently has 60+ courses (1000+ lessons) featuring 20+ of the best eSports pros from Fortnite, League of Legends, Hearthstone, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Magic the Gathering: Arena, and Overwatch.

ON

Seed Round in 2018
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.

Coffee Meets Bagel

Series B in 2018
Coffee Meets Bagel, Inc., founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, offers a distinctive dating service that empowers women to make the final decision on who can communicate with them. Launched in 2012, the platform aims to alleviate the frustrations of modern dating, which often involves superficial interactions and ghosting. By implementing a #LadiesChoice approach, Coffee Meets Bagel provides a curated experience that allows women to focus their attention on men who demonstrate genuine interest and commitment. The service has successfully facilitated over one million dates and fostered numerous lasting relationships, reflecting its commitment to creating a more meaningful and enjoyable dating experience. Through this model, Coffee Meets Bagel seeks to inspire singles worldwide to rediscover the joy of dating.

Amaze Software

Debt Financing in 2017
When a company can revolutionize the ease of creation, storage, and management of something that has become integral to business and culture, that company can build a billion dollar empire. Microsoft did it with Word, which revolutionized documents; it did it with Excel for spreadsheets; and it did it again with Powerpoint for presentations. Together with the Microsoft Operating System called Windows, Microsoft built an empire on a bundled suite now called Microsoft Office 365. Since Microsoft, the world has moved online, has moved to mobile, and the things that are now integral to business and culture have shifted. Today, if you created a pie chart of the utilities that are essential to business and society it would consist of mobile apps, videos, ads, articles, and online presentations. The problem for these modern utilities is they suffer from the same problems that documents, spreadsheets, and presentations did at the dawn of Microsoft’s empire. They are time consuming, they are costly to create, and there exists to no unified, integrated way of managing and storing them. What Famous intends to do is revolutionize creation, storage, and management of these new Internet utilities. Together with our platform, called Famous Studio, we will offer powerful creation tools for Instant Apps, Instant Ads, Instant Videos, Instant Articles, and Instant Presentations that reduce creation time from months to minutes. To manage and store assets created with our Famous Studio, we offer Famous Publisher to manage them, Famous Analytics to measure their performance, and Famous Drive to store every beautiful creation.

Upbeat

Venture Round in 2017
Upbeat is a cloud-based public relations agency that leverages software and big data analysis to connect companies with journalists and media publications. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, Upbeat offers a range of services including media outreach campaigns, customer dashboards, email campaign management, a journalist database, and media monitoring. The company aims to modernize the traditional PR industry by combining the expertise of software engineers and PR professionals. Upbeat helps organizations in various sectors, such as education, real estate, trucking, pharmaceuticals, and human resources, to effectively manage their media marketing efforts. By transforming story ideas into compelling narratives, Upbeat facilitates connections between storytellers and their audiences, all while providing real-time analytics and updates on media outreach progress.

Fauna

Series A in 2017
Fauna, Inc. offers a cloud-based data application programming interface (API) designed for serverless applications, primarily through its product, FaunaDB. This NoSQL database combines a distributed transactional query engine with robust scalability and policy-based security features. FaunaDB provides a web-native GraphQL API that can be accessed from browsers, mobile clients, or serverless functions, while its serverless query language (FQL) enhances development by allowing complex queries that integrate various data types. The platform supports a wide array of programming languages and frameworks, including JavaScript, Python, and Ruby, facilitating seamless connections for developers. Fauna's database solutions emphasize unified capabilities across relational, temporal, and graph data, ensuring consistent performance and strong security measures. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Fauna has garnered trust from notable clients like Nextdoor and NVIDIA and is supported by prominent venture capital investors.

The Bouqs Co.

Series C in 2017
The Bouqs Company owns and operates an Internet based flowers, and bouquet retail platform. It offers bouquets and flowers for weddings, events, business services, and more. The Bouqs Company was founded in 2012 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California.

Groove

Seed Round in 2016
Groove Labs, Inc. is a sales engagement platform that specializes in automating non-sales activities to enhance the productivity of sales teams. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in San Diego and Bellevue, the company offers a range of solutions, including email and calendar integration, custom multi-step campaign creation, and a dialer tool designed to streamline the sales process. Groove's Salesforce-native architecture allows for accurate reporting and compliance with global privacy laws, making it suitable for enterprises. Its platform is utilized by over 50,000 sales representatives and customer success managers at major companies, helping them reclaim valuable time for relationship-building and revenue generation. Groove has consistently received high customer satisfaction ratings and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States.

Fauna

Seed Round in 2016
Fauna, Inc. offers a cloud-based data application programming interface (API) designed for serverless applications, primarily through its product, FaunaDB. This NoSQL database combines a distributed transactional query engine with robust scalability and policy-based security features. FaunaDB provides a web-native GraphQL API that can be accessed from browsers, mobile clients, or serverless functions, while its serverless query language (FQL) enhances development by allowing complex queries that integrate various data types. The platform supports a wide array of programming languages and frameworks, including JavaScript, Python, and Ruby, facilitating seamless connections for developers. Fauna's database solutions emphasize unified capabilities across relational, temporal, and graph data, ensuring consistent performance and strong security measures. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Fauna has garnered trust from notable clients like Nextdoor and NVIDIA and is supported by prominent venture capital investors.

ON

Seed Round in 2016
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.

Amplitude

Series B in 2016
Amplitude Analytics, Inc. operates a behavioral web and mobile analytics platform for user-focused companies. Its platform provides behavioral cohort analysis; compass retention indicator; pathfinder conversion, retention, and churn analytics; microscope user analytics; and direct SQL access. The company offers Growth Engine, a product iteration system to help digital businesses build products for systematic growth. Amplitude Analytics, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

The Bouqs Co.

Series B in 2016
The Bouqs Company owns and operates an Internet based flowers, and bouquet retail platform. It offers bouquets and flowers for weddings, events, business services, and more. The Bouqs Company was founded in 2012 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California.

AreaMetrics

Seed Round in 2015
AreaMetrics operates a data platform that enables businesses to make informed decisions aimed at attracting, engaging, and retaining customers. It specializes in collecting and analyzing customer information to identify trends and behaviors, offering insights particularly beneficial for the restaurant, retail, travel, and services sectors. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, AreaMetrics utilizes geo-location data and a network of in-store sensors to assess offline foot traffic, providing valuable intelligence for marketers and brands. The company was acquired by Point Inside in January 2020, enhancing its capabilities in delivering high-quality alternative data intelligence.

MapJam

Seed Round in 2015
MapJam provides map publishing tools to personalize, brand, and add important context to maps. It also offers developers and enterprises vector maps that work seamlessly with great Open Source projects from OpenStreetMap, Mapzen, Leaflet, D3, Font Awesome, kolor.js, and others. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

ON

Seed Round in 2015
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.

Amplitude

Series A in 2015
Amplitude Analytics, Inc. operates a behavioral web and mobile analytics platform for user-focused companies. Its platform provides behavioral cohort analysis; compass retention indicator; pathfinder conversion, retention, and churn analytics; microscope user analytics; and direct SQL access. The company offers Growth Engine, a product iteration system to help digital businesses build products for systematic growth. Amplitude Analytics, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

ice

Seed Round in 2015
Ice.com, Inc. owns and operates an online jewelry shopping Website. It offers earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and watches; diamond rings, gemstone rings, pearl rings, gold rings, silver rings, alt metal rings, and wedding rings; and wedding jewelry and fragrances, as well as jewelry for women, men, and children. The company was formerly known as BuyJewel.com, Inc. and changed its name to Ice.com, Inc. in May 2000. Ice.com, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Austin, Texas. Ice.com, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CSC Generation, Inc.

Coffee Meets Bagel

Series A in 2015
Coffee Meets Bagel, Inc., founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, offers a distinctive dating service that empowers women to make the final decision on who can communicate with them. Launched in 2012, the platform aims to alleviate the frustrations of modern dating, which often involves superficial interactions and ghosting. By implementing a #LadiesChoice approach, Coffee Meets Bagel provides a curated experience that allows women to focus their attention on men who demonstrate genuine interest and commitment. The service has successfully facilitated over one million dates and fostered numerous lasting relationships, reflecting its commitment to creating a more meaningful and enjoyable dating experience. Through this model, Coffee Meets Bagel seeks to inspire singles worldwide to rediscover the joy of dating.

Bonafide

Seed Round in 2015
Bonafide builds trust by allowing users to promote their community reputation or even identity. While Bitcoin transactions are anonymous there are many cases where identity is known. An example would be a retail location that accepts Bitcoins. A customer could be presented with a bill for meal with a QRC to make a payment. Without Bonafide there is no way for the customer to confirm that the address ties to the restaurant.

Amplitude

Series A in 2015
Amplitude Analytics, Inc. operates a behavioral web and mobile analytics platform for user-focused companies. Its platform provides behavioral cohort analysis; compass retention indicator; pathfinder conversion, retention, and churn analytics; microscope user analytics; and direct SQL access. The company offers Growth Engine, a product iteration system to help digital businesses build products for systematic growth. Amplitude Analytics, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Sandstorm

Seed Round in 2015
Sandstorm Development Group, Inc. is a company based in Palo Alto, California, that focuses on an open-source platform for self-hosting web applications. Incorporated in 2014, Sandstorm provides a personal server solution for individuals, developers, and enterprises, allowing them to install and manage a variety of applications, including document editing, chat, task management, file storage, email, and more. The platform features a user-friendly interface similar to an app store, facilitating the installation of software on privately controlled servers. Additionally, Sandstorm supports unified access control and app connectivity through a feature known as powerbox, fostering a viable ecosystem for open-source and independent web applications.

MindMeld

Series A in 2014
MindMeld, Inc. is an advanced AI platform that specializes in developing conversational interfaces for applications and devices. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company creates voice interfaces that enhance user interaction by incorporating question-answering and language-understanding capabilities. MindMeld's technology enables users to easily browse music and video content, check weather updates, and control connected home devices. By leveraging machine learning, the platform facilitates more natural interactions with voice and chat assistants, allowing users to efficiently find and navigate information across various applications. In December 2015, the company changed its name from Expect Labs, Inc., and as of May 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Vastrm

Debt Financing in 2014
Vastrm, Inc. specializes in made-to-order sportswear for men, offering a diverse range of customized apparel, including hoodies, track jackets, mock neck pullovers, tailored polos, shirts, and T-shirts. The company caters to both individual customers and corporate clients through its online store, providing options in various fabrics, colors, detailing, and sizes to ensure a perfect fit for unique body types. Vastrm also offers a home try-on program and private-label services for retailers. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Burlingame, California.

MapJam

Seed Round in 2014
MapJam provides map publishing tools to personalize, brand, and add important context to maps. It also offers developers and enterprises vector maps that work seamlessly with great Open Source projects from OpenStreetMap, Mapzen, Leaflet, D3, Font Awesome, kolor.js, and others. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Bonafide

Seed Round in 2014
Bonafide builds trust by allowing users to promote their community reputation or even identity. While Bitcoin transactions are anonymous there are many cases where identity is known. An example would be a retail location that accepts Bitcoins. A customer could be presented with a bill for meal with a QRC to make a payment. Without Bonafide there is no way for the customer to confirm that the address ties to the restaurant.

Figure Eight

Series C in 2014
Figure Eight Inc. develops a human-in-the-loop machine learning platform. Its platform transforms text, image, audio, and video data into customized training data for a range of use cases, including autonomous vehicles, consumer product identification, natural language processing, search relevance, intelligent chatbots, and others. The company’s platform also creates training data at enterprise scale for computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), audio use cases, and data enrichment and classification. Figure Eight Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Amaze Software

Series B in 2014
When a company can revolutionize the ease of creation, storage, and management of something that has become integral to business and culture, that company can build a billion dollar empire. Microsoft did it with Word, which revolutionized documents; it did it with Excel for spreadsheets; and it did it again with Powerpoint for presentations. Together with the Microsoft Operating System called Windows, Microsoft built an empire on a bundled suite now called Microsoft Office 365. Since Microsoft, the world has moved online, has moved to mobile, and the things that are now integral to business and culture have shifted. Today, if you created a pie chart of the utilities that are essential to business and society it would consist of mobile apps, videos, ads, articles, and online presentations. The problem for these modern utilities is they suffer from the same problems that documents, spreadsheets, and presentations did at the dawn of Microsoft’s empire. They are time consuming, they are costly to create, and there exists to no unified, integrated way of managing and storing them. What Famous intends to do is revolutionize creation, storage, and management of these new Internet utilities. Together with our platform, called Famous Studio, we will offer powerful creation tools for Instant Apps, Instant Ads, Instant Videos, Instant Articles, and Instant Presentations that reduce creation time from months to minutes. To manage and store assets created with our Famous Studio, we offer Famous Publisher to manage them, Famous Analytics to measure their performance, and Famous Drive to store every beautiful creation.

AdStage

Series A in 2014
AdStage, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a cloud-based advertisement management platform. This platform enables advertisers to create, launch, and manage targeted advertising campaigns across various social networks while automating tasks and generating comprehensive dashboards and reports. AdStage's tools allow marketers to consolidate and analyze their advertising efforts, evaluate campaign performance through customizable dashboards, and schedule actions based on specific time zones. Incorporated in 2012, the company serves a diverse range of industries, providing essential modules for automation, data integration, and reporting. As a subsidiary of TapClicks, AdStage supports marketers in demonstrating the return on ad spend and facilitating data-driven decision-making for business growth.

PredictionIO

Seed Round in 2014
PredictionIO is an open-source machine learning server designed for software developers and data engineers to create predictive features such as personalization, recommendation, and content discovery. The platform allows developers to effortlessly integrate predictive capabilities into their web or mobile applications through a straightforward set of APIs. This enables the implementation of features like product recommendations similar to those used by major retailers or news suggestions akin to popular content platforms, all accomplished with minimal coding effort. By providing these tools, PredictionIO supports the development of smarter applications that enhance user experiences.

Amplitude

Seed Round in 2014
Amplitude Analytics, Inc. operates a behavioral web and mobile analytics platform for user-focused companies. Its platform provides behavioral cohort analysis; compass retention indicator; pathfinder conversion, retention, and churn analytics; microscope user analytics; and direct SQL access. The company offers Growth Engine, a product iteration system to help digital businesses build products for systematic growth. Amplitude Analytics, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

The Bouqs Co.

Series A in 2014
The Bouqs Company owns and operates an Internet based flowers, and bouquet retail platform. It offers bouquets and flowers for weddings, events, business services, and more. The Bouqs Company was founded in 2012 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California.

Plumzi

Series A in 2014
Plumzi, Inc. develops and operates story-driven entertainment technology platform for tablet & smartphones that enables kids to interact with characters and help drive the story through touch, voice, and tilt. The company's platform allows studios and creators to author and stream interactive appisodes, a new form of entertainment on tablets, smartphones, smart-TVs, and virtual reality headsets. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Tripping.com

Series A in 2014
Tripping.com is the world's largest metasearch platform for home rentals (think: Kayak for Vacation Rentals). With over 10 million local properties in 150,000+ destinations, Tripping.com gives travelers access to the widest selection of vacation homes and short-term rental homes worldwide. The company launched from TechCrunch Disrupt in NYC and has since raised a $1 million Seed round, an undisclosed Series A rumored by Business Insider to be within $5M-$10M, a $16M Series B, and a $35M Series C in December 2016. The company has investors in Silicon Valley, New York, Europe and Asia. To learn more, please visit https://www.tripping.com.

Fit3D, Inc.

Seed Round in 2014
Fit3D, Inc. develops 3D body scanning machine for fitness and wellness facilities worldwide. The company provides Fit3D ProScanner, 3D body scanner that captures a 3D, 360° image of the human body and extracts the commonly used measurements tracked for fitness progress. Its Web platform stores scan measurements and data that allow users to track their fitness progress by comparing scans side-by-side. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Redwood City, California.

AdStage

Seed Round in 2014
AdStage, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a cloud-based advertisement management platform. This platform enables advertisers to create, launch, and manage targeted advertising campaigns across various social networks while automating tasks and generating comprehensive dashboards and reports. AdStage's tools allow marketers to consolidate and analyze their advertising efforts, evaluate campaign performance through customizable dashboards, and schedule actions based on specific time zones. Incorporated in 2012, the company serves a diverse range of industries, providing essential modules for automation, data integration, and reporting. As a subsidiary of TapClicks, AdStage supports marketers in demonstrating the return on ad spend and facilitating data-driven decision-making for business growth.

Vidcaster

Series A in 2014
Vidcaster provides an out-of-the-box solution for implementing and managing video experiences.

Visually

Series A in 2014
Visually, Inc. operates a visual content creation platform that connects clients with a diverse network of creative professionals, including designers, journalists, animators, and developers. The company specializes in producing a wide array of visual content, such as animated videos, motion graphics, presentations, infographics, and social media assets. Additionally, it offers services for designing microsites, interactive websites, eBooks, white papers, and more. Serving various industries, including retail, education, healthcare, and technology, Visually enables businesses to engage their audiences through visually appealing and effective content. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, Visually is now a subsidiary of Scribble Technologies Inc. The platform emphasizes collaboration, allowing clients to maintain creative control while benefiting from the expertise of over 1,000 certified professionals.

The Bouqs Co.

Seed Round in 2013
The Bouqs Company owns and operates an Internet based flowers, and bouquet retail platform. It offers bouquets and flowers for weddings, events, business services, and more. The Bouqs Company was founded in 2012 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California.

Amplitude

Seed Round in 2013
Amplitude Analytics, Inc. operates a behavioral web and mobile analytics platform for user-focused companies. Its platform provides behavioral cohort analysis; compass retention indicator; pathfinder conversion, retention, and churn analytics; microscope user analytics; and direct SQL access. The company offers Growth Engine, a product iteration system to help digital businesses build products for systematic growth. Amplitude Analytics, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Vastrm

Seed Round in 2013
Vastrm, Inc. specializes in made-to-order sportswear for men, offering a diverse range of customized apparel, including hoodies, track jackets, mock neck pullovers, tailored polos, shirts, and T-shirts. The company caters to both individual customers and corporate clients through its online store, providing options in various fabrics, colors, detailing, and sizes to ensure a perfect fit for unique body types. Vastrm also offers a home try-on program and private-label services for retailers. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Burlingame, California.

PicCollage

Seed Round in 2013
PicCollage is created by a team of developers, designers, and lovers of all things tech. They are mobile nerds, animal lovers, soccer fans, and they get a little too excited about iOS updates. They are headquartered in San Francisco with a branch office in Taipei, and are backed by prominent investors such as Floodgate Fund, Freestyle Capital, Quest Venture Parters and 500 Startups.

Cardinal Blue Software

Seed Round in 2013
Cardinal Blue Software, Inc. builds social applications on Facebook and iPhone. It offers PIC COLLAGE, a way to create photo collages on iPad/iPhone and share with users’ family and friends; TRIBUTE BALLOON, an application where in each balloon carries a message of hope; FRIEND STOCK, a social game; and SNAPBIT, an application that enables users to snap and share their visual ideas. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Mountain View, California.

The Bouqs Co.

Seed Round in 2013
The Bouqs Company owns and operates an Internet based flowers, and bouquet retail platform. It offers bouquets and flowers for weddings, events, business services, and more. The Bouqs Company was founded in 2012 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California.

App.io

Seed Round in 2013
App.io operates an interactive mobile application testing and marketing platform. Its platform allows users’ customers to use mobile applications outside of the native platform; and share iPhone and iPad applications in any browser. The company’s platform also enables developers to share and view test builds on any browser and any device; agencies to present new iterations to their clients; and brands to let audience experience their application. App.io was formerly known as Kickfolio Pty. Ltd. and changed the name to App.io in May 2013. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Melbourne, Australia with additional offices in San Francisco and Melbourne, Australia. App.io operates as a subsidiary of Kickfolio Group Ltd.

AdStage

Seed Round in 2013
AdStage, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a cloud-based advertisement management platform. This platform enables advertisers to create, launch, and manage targeted advertising campaigns across various social networks while automating tasks and generating comprehensive dashboards and reports. AdStage's tools allow marketers to consolidate and analyze their advertising efforts, evaluate campaign performance through customizable dashboards, and schedule actions based on specific time zones. Incorporated in 2012, the company serves a diverse range of industries, providing essential modules for automation, data integration, and reporting. As a subsidiary of TapClicks, AdStage supports marketers in demonstrating the return on ad spend and facilitating data-driven decision-making for business growth.

Vidcaster

Seed Round in 2013
Vidcaster provides an out-of-the-box solution for implementing and managing video experiences.

isocket

Series A in 2012
iSocket is a technology platform designed to streamline the buying and selling of fixed-price, premium, reserved advertising inventory. It offers two main services: iSocket For Publishers, which provides sales automation and programmatic direct tools to enhance the efficiency of publisher sales teams, and iSocket For Advertisers, which simplifies the process for agencies and brands to purchase guaranteed inventory directly from top publishers. By leveraging automation, iSocket minimizes errors and reduces the overhead costs associated with traditional media sales, thereby facilitating direct online advertising and enhancing the overall effectiveness of ad transactions.

MindMeld

Venture Round in 2012
MindMeld, Inc. is an advanced AI platform that specializes in developing conversational interfaces for applications and devices. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company creates voice interfaces that enhance user interaction by incorporating question-answering and language-understanding capabilities. MindMeld's technology enables users to easily browse music and video content, check weather updates, and control connected home devices. By leveraging machine learning, the platform facilitates more natural interactions with voice and chat assistants, allowing users to efficiently find and navigate information across various applications. In December 2015, the company changed its name from Expect Labs, Inc., and as of May 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Fara

Venture Round in 2012
Fara Inc. provides Monogram, a Web and mobile based shopping application. It also operates a Website for online apparel and accessory shopping. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Mountain View, California

Monogram

Seed Round in 2012
Monogram delivers your favorite stores and coveted brands to your iPad.

DogVacay

Seed Round in 2012
DogVacay is an online community that connects pet parents with over 20,000 pet sitters across North America, ready to care for your dog like a member of their family. It's a safe, convenient and affordable way to make sure your best friend is in a loving home while you're away. All reservations include pet insurance, 24/7 customer support, and daily photo updates of your pooch enjoying a "vacay" of his own. With thousands of 5-star reviews and prices that average half the local kennel, you can finally travel with peace of mind.

Amaze Software

Seed Round in 2011
When a company can revolutionize the ease of creation, storage, and management of something that has become integral to business and culture, that company can build a billion dollar empire. Microsoft did it with Word, which revolutionized documents; it did it with Excel for spreadsheets; and it did it again with Powerpoint for presentations. Together with the Microsoft Operating System called Windows, Microsoft built an empire on a bundled suite now called Microsoft Office 365. Since Microsoft, the world has moved online, has moved to mobile, and the things that are now integral to business and culture have shifted. Today, if you created a pie chart of the utilities that are essential to business and society it would consist of mobile apps, videos, ads, articles, and online presentations. The problem for these modern utilities is they suffer from the same problems that documents, spreadsheets, and presentations did at the dawn of Microsoft’s empire. They are time consuming, they are costly to create, and there exists to no unified, integrated way of managing and storing them. What Famous intends to do is revolutionize creation, storage, and management of these new Internet utilities. Together with our platform, called Famous Studio, we will offer powerful creation tools for Instant Apps, Instant Ads, Instant Videos, Instant Articles, and Instant Presentations that reduce creation time from months to minutes. To manage and store assets created with our Famous Studio, we offer Famous Publisher to manage them, Famous Analytics to measure their performance, and Famous Drive to store every beautiful creation.

HighlightCam

Series A in 2011
Founded in 2009, HighlightCam is a YC-alum & 500Startups-funded company bent on taking over the world, one movie at a time. HighlightCam is revolutionizing how users create (and share) movies with a powerful mobile and desktop video-editing platform that takes your favorite videos/pictures & produces professional-quality movies. Now, your most important memories can be automatically transformed into meaningful video snapshots. HighlightCam is based out of Palo Alto, CA.

Genwi

Series A in 2011
Genwi Inc. operates a Mobile Content Engagement Platform designed to facilitate content access and sharing across enterprises. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, the platform enables marketers to effectively distribute information to mobile devices in real-time. It empowers sales and partner teams to engage with buyers by delivering the right content at the right time through mobile applications and microsites, which are compatible with mobile, tablet, and desktop devices. Genwi's solutions allow organizations to curate, manage, and optimize their content efficiently, enhancing communication with customers, partners, and employees. As of April 2016, Genwi operates as a subsidiary of Persistent Systems, Inc.

Retailigence

Series A in 2011
Retailigence Corporation operates a hyperlocal marketing platform designed to enhance in-store product sales by leveraging real-time inventory data from brick-and-mortar retailers. Founded in 2009 and based in Redwood City, California, the company offers a mobile advertising solution tailored for product brands and local retailers. Its key offerings include the adPOP Engine, which integrates inventory data into programmatic advertising for location-based user engagement, and a mobile application that displays local store-level product availability. Retailigence serves a diverse clientele that includes advertising solutions, application developers, agencies, and shopper marketers in the United States. The company has established a strategic partnership with Gimbal, Inc. Retailigence operates as a subsidiary of ShopAdvisor, Inc.

Tripping.com

Seed Round in 2011
Tripping.com is the world's largest metasearch platform for home rentals (think: Kayak for Vacation Rentals). With over 10 million local properties in 150,000+ destinations, Tripping.com gives travelers access to the widest selection of vacation homes and short-term rental homes worldwide. The company launched from TechCrunch Disrupt in NYC and has since raised a $1 million Seed round, an undisclosed Series A rumored by Business Insider to be within $5M-$10M, a $16M Series B, and a $35M Series C in December 2016. The company has investors in Silicon Valley, New York, Europe and Asia. To learn more, please visit https://www.tripping.com.

Qik

Venture Round in 2011
Qik is an online messaging platform that specializes in video communication, enabling users to exchange video messages both individually and in groups. Launched in 2008, Qik has grown to support millions of users across over 160 countries and is compatible with more than 140 smartphone models, including iPhone, Android, Symbian, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile. The platform allows users to capture and share special moments in real time, offering features such as video calling, video sharing, and the ability to sync and save videos to web and desktop applications. Founded by Ramu Sunkara, Bhaskar Roy, and Nikolay Abkairov, Qik attracted notable investments and was acquired by Skype Technologies in 2011. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with an additional office in Zelenograd, Moscow, Russia.

Crowdbooster

Seed Round in 2011
Crowdbooster is an internet company that specializes in social analytics software aimed at enhancing social media marketing efforts. The platform enables advertisers and content creators to effectively transact in sponsored content while providing tools to measure and optimize their social media strategies. By offering insights into the best times to share content and the most effective audiences to engage, Crowdbooster helps marketers make informed decisions to improve their outreach and overall effectiveness in the digital landscape.

Stipple

Seed Round in 2010
Stipple is the future of the visual web where the web's biggest asset, digital images, transform into experiences that drive discovery, engagement, purchase, and loyalty in-image. Stipple’s image-based marketing technology stack detects, recognizes, and identifies the content inside images at scale and enables Advertisers and Publishers to apply interactive curated content, accurate native advertising solutions, and connects organically to commerce. Only Stipple's marketing technology offers image analytics, advertising & messaging inside images web-wide and without widgets or embed code at scale. Stipple is based in San Francisco and funded by Floodgate, Kleiner Perkins, Relevance Capital and a syndicate of prominent early-stage investors.

Retailigence

Seed Round in 2010
Retailigence Corporation operates a hyperlocal marketing platform designed to enhance in-store product sales by leveraging real-time inventory data from brick-and-mortar retailers. Founded in 2009 and based in Redwood City, California, the company offers a mobile advertising solution tailored for product brands and local retailers. Its key offerings include the adPOP Engine, which integrates inventory data into programmatic advertising for location-based user engagement, and a mobile application that displays local store-level product availability. Retailigence serves a diverse clientele that includes advertising solutions, application developers, agencies, and shopper marketers in the United States. The company has established a strategic partnership with Gimbal, Inc. Retailigence operates as a subsidiary of ShopAdvisor, Inc.

Fast Society

Seed Round in 2010
Fast Society, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2009 that specializes in a group messaging, calling, and geo-location application designed to enhance communication among friends during social events. The application combines features such as group text messaging, conference calling, voice messaging, location sharing, and photo sharing in a user-friendly interface. It is available on both iPhone and Android devices, while also allowing participation via SMS for users with any cell phone. Fast Society aims to facilitate seamless interaction and coordination among friends during concerts, trips, and other gatherings.

Genwi

Seed Round in 2010
Genwi Inc. operates a Mobile Content Engagement Platform designed to facilitate content access and sharing across enterprises. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, the platform enables marketers to effectively distribute information to mobile devices in real-time. It empowers sales and partner teams to engage with buyers by delivering the right content at the right time through mobile applications and microsites, which are compatible with mobile, tablet, and desktop devices. Genwi's solutions allow organizations to curate, manage, and optimize their content efficiently, enhancing communication with customers, partners, and employees. As of April 2016, Genwi operates as a subsidiary of Persistent Systems, Inc.

iSites

Venture Round in 2010
iSites is a service that allows publishers to quickly build applications for the digital devices that allows them to create a customized and branded app. The platform simultaneously publishes apps on the iPhone, Android, and iPad.

Ifeelgoods

Seed Round in 2010
Ifeelgoods enables brands to incent, convert and reward users with personalized offers. Through Ifeelgoods’ frictionless end-to-end platform, marketers can instantly deliver enticing rewards to the customers - anywhere, anytime. Over 150 advertisers (including brands like Walmart, Gap and L’Oreal) have used Ifeelgoods’ catalog of 1,000+ digital rewards including NYTimes subscriptions, Amazon gift cards, movies, music & mobile applications to improve customer acquisition, activation and retention. Founded in 2010, Ifeelgoods’ seasoned management team has deep roots in advertising, payments and retail. The company is based in Palo Alto, California and Paris France and is backed by blue chip investors including IDinvest, Tugboat Ventures, Kima Ventures and Quest Venture Partners.

Figure Eight

Series A in 2010
Figure Eight Inc. develops a human-in-the-loop machine learning platform. Its platform transforms text, image, audio, and video data into customized training data for a range of use cases, including autonomous vehicles, consumer product identification, natural language processing, search relevance, intelligent chatbots, and others. The company’s platform also creates training data at enterprise scale for computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), audio use cases, and data enrichment and classification. Figure Eight Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Sociable Labs

Series A in 2009
Sociable Labs, Inc. is a software-as-a-service provider based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in social acquisition programs for ecommerce and retail clients. Founded in 2014, the company offers the S2S Engine, a platform designed to enhance referral marketing by allowing users to invite friends to a website or mobile app in exchange for rewards. This seamless integration facilitates social sharing, enabling digital businesses to grow their customer base through word-of-mouth referrals. The platform not only drives referral traffic but also focuses on key ecommerce metrics such as traffic, conversion rates, and sales, helping retailers leverage social interactions to influence purchasing decisions at the point of sale. Through its innovative approach, Sociable Labs aims to transform how consumers engage with brands and discover products based on their friends' recommendations.

500Friends

Seed Round in 2009
500friends is the trusted provider of next generation loyalty marketing solutions to over 40 of the Internet Retailer 1,000 brands. 500friends is backed by leading institutional investors including Crosslink Capital, Intel Capital, and YCombinator.

ViVu

Series A in 2009
ViVu delivers smarter videoconferencing solutions for global communications. The company’s browser-based video platform is easy-to-use, affordable and requires zero download – within minutes, people can videochat and share their desktops with small teams or up to thousands of people at once. Fortune 500 companies trust ViVu to power a better online meeting experience than legacy players. ViVu is compatible with PCs, Macs, Linux, mobile devices and the iPad. Go to www.vivu.tv to learn more about smarter videoconferencing.

Qik

Series C in 2009
Qik is an online messaging platform that specializes in video communication, enabling users to exchange video messages both individually and in groups. Launched in 2008, Qik has grown to support millions of users across over 160 countries and is compatible with more than 140 smartphone models, including iPhone, Android, Symbian, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile. The platform allows users to capture and share special moments in real time, offering features such as video calling, video sharing, and the ability to sync and save videos to web and desktop applications. Founded by Ramu Sunkara, Bhaskar Roy, and Nikolay Abkairov, Qik attracted notable investments and was acquired by Skype Technologies in 2011. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with an additional office in Zelenograd, Moscow, Russia.

HighlightCam

Seed Round in 2009
Founded in 2009, HighlightCam is a YC-alum & 500Startups-funded company bent on taking over the world, one movie at a time. HighlightCam is revolutionizing how users create (and share) movies with a powerful mobile and desktop video-editing platform that takes your favorite videos/pictures & produces professional-quality movies. Now, your most important memories can be automatically transformed into meaningful video snapshots. HighlightCam is based out of Palo Alto, CA.

Figure Eight

Seed Round in 2009
Figure Eight Inc. develops a human-in-the-loop machine learning platform. Its platform transforms text, image, audio, and video data into customized training data for a range of use cases, including autonomous vehicles, consumer product identification, natural language processing, search relevance, intelligent chatbots, and others. The company’s platform also creates training data at enterprise scale for computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), audio use cases, and data enrichment and classification. Figure Eight Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Virgance

Seed Round in 2009
Virgance is a for-profit, web 2.0 company that takes new activism ideas and uses the power of online social networks to scale each idea into a large-scale, citizen-powered global campaign in order to improve the world. Virgance plans to build social web applications on top of a platform that auto-deploys our apps to Facebook, MySpace and other open social platforms in order to make activism and civic engagement more fun, more effective, more social, and more widely embraced.

Tapulous

Angel Round in 2008
Tapulous is a developer specializing in mobile applications and games for iPhone and Android platforms. The company is known for creating popular apps such as Tap Tap Revenge, a rhythm-based game, as well as Twinkle, a Twitter client, and Collage, which allows for real-time collaborative photo sharing. Recently, Tapulous launched Riddim Ribbon, further expanding its portfolio of innovative mobile applications.

Fididel

Seed Round in 2008
Fididel brings haggling online, offering real time negotiations between buyers and sellers. The site offers a Fidideler University that teachers members how to negotiate, which they can do for other sellers on a commission.
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