Quest Venture Partners

Quest Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2008. The firm specializes in investing in early-stage companies, typically committing between $300,000 and $1.5 million, with average investments around $500,000. As a Registered Investment Adviser, Quest Venture Partners focuses on identifying and supporting innovative startups in their growth phases.

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Simple HealthKit

Series A in 2023
Simple HealthKit is a healthcare technology firm focused on democratizing consumer health. The company provides high-quality, accessible, and affordable diagnostic services across various health categories, including sexual wellness, respiratory health, and chronic conditions. By offering efficient testing solutions, Simple HealthKit aims to enhance healthcare accessibility for education, retail, payers, and providers, ensuring that customers can obtain necessary testing without significant barriers.

ON

Series B in 2022
ON is a software company that specializes in a conversational AI platform designed to improve customer engagement and align with business objectives. The platform allows for seamless integration with customer relationship management (CRM) systems, e-commerce platforms, and various other tools through a low-code approach. This enables businesses to efficiently implement generative AI-driven chat experiences, facilitating real-time interactions and enhancing overall customer satisfaction. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California, ON is committed to helping organizations leverage advanced technology to meet their operational needs.

Femtosense

Series A in 2022
Femtosense is a technology company focused on developing ultra-energy-efficient neural network models that facilitate large-scale neural network processing at the edge. By leveraging nonlinear dynamics and space-time sparsity inspired by biological neural networks, Femtosense's models optimize performance-per-joule for complex processing tasks. This innovation enables businesses to implement user interfaces that offer ultra-low latency, reduced power consumption, and enhanced user privacy.

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 is an early-stage company based in Aix-en-Provence, France, specializing in advanced bone biologics. The company develops synthetic bone biomaterials specifically designed for reconstructive orthopedic surgery. Graftys offers a range of innovative and fully injectable calcium phosphate bone graft substitutes that are tailored for various clinical applications. By focusing on safety and quality, Graftys aims to provide effective solutions for patients undergoing bone reconstructive and trauma surgery.

Champions Round

Venture Round in 2022
Champions Round, Inc. is a gaming application developer specializing in football and esports, based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2018, the company offers an online sports platform that enhances the spectator experience for fans, particularly targeting Gen Z. Its application allows users to participate in fantasy leagues and tournaments, answer live questions, earn points, and win cash prizes. By enabling users to join leagues without the need for group assembly, Champions Round lowers barriers to entry and fosters greater engagement among sports fans. The application is accessible via the App Store, providing a user-friendly interface for players to learn about the games while enjoying the competitive aspects of fantasy sports.

Pontoro

Seed Round in 2021
Pontoro Inc. is a financial technology company established in late 2018, focused on enhancing investor participation in private market assets. The company is developing a patented technology solution that aims to create an innovative private investment platform, offering improved liquidity not typically available in traditional private investments. Pontoro's primary objective is to tackle the significant $15 trillion shortfall in infrastructure debt financing. By utilizing a blockchain-based platform, the company facilitates the flow of infrastructure loans from large bank originators to institutional investors, thereby providing greater access to asset liquidity and price transparency for these private market opportunities.

Groove

Series B in 2021
Groove, a Clari Company, is a market-leading sales engagement platform that enables sales leaders to execute their strategy in a smart, adaptive way. With Groove, revenue leaders can use automation to do more with less, driving greater efficiency and effectiveness across the customer lifecycle. Groove enables more than 75,000 users at ADP, Google, Uber, iHeartMedia, Capital One, and other large enterprises to be more efficient and effective. Groove has ranked #1 in enterprise customer satisfaction on G2 for four consecutive years and has been named one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S. since 2020. To learn more, visit https://groove.co.

Car IQ

Series B in 2021
Car IQ Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in a cloud-based vehicle management platform and payment gateway tailored for auto dealer groups, car sharing services, and autonomous drivers. Founded in 2016, the company has developed an automotive-grade payment solution that allows vehicles to initiate payments directly to merchants without the need for credit cards. By leveraging telematics and vehicle data, Car IQ's platform provides detailed insights into fleet operations, enabling clients to monitor transactions and prevent fraud effectively. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing technologies, consolidates all transactions into a single ledger, and facilitates management of spending, customer service, and inventory.

Hidden Level

Venture Round in 2021
Hidden Level specializes in advanced technologies for passive radar and drone detection, focusing on RF spectrum signal analysis. The company offers a comprehensive Airspace Monitoring Service (AMS) that employs networks of passive sensors to detect and track various aerial vehicles, including drones, across extensive geographical areas. This service is tailored for critical sectors such as infrastructure, defense, and public safety, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations. In addition to drone detection, Hidden Level provides custom-built sensor technology, classical systems engineering, data modeling and analysis, field testing, printed circuit board design, and full product life cycle management. Their solutions aim to enhance safety and productivity in low-altitude air traffic monitoring for aerospace component manufacturers.

Formlogic

Series A in 2021
Formlogic is a provider of autonomous manufacturing technology focused on delivering precision components for the space and frontier industries. The company aims to revolutionize part production by addressing issues within the domestic supply chain. Its advanced technology enhances the capabilities of workers, allowing novices to achieve expert-level tolerances while increasing productivity for experienced operators. Formlogic offers rapid turnaround times, with production orders completed in weeks, and provides real-time order status updates. This approach enables industries to obtain custom machined components with close tolerances at scale, improving overall efficiency and customer experience.

Iris.TV

Series B in 2021
Iris.TV, Inc. is a cloud-based platform that enhances video programming for publishers and content owners by facilitating personalized video streaming and improving audience engagement across multiple devices. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Los Angeles, with an office in New York, the company offers a suite of tools that includes Adaptive Stream for real-time personalized streaming, Asset IQ for automated data structuring and optimization, and IRIS Vision for business intelligence and programming management. By integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning, Iris.TV automates the delivery of customized content based on audience preferences and behaviors. The platform also provides data connectivity to improve viewing experiences and advertising outcomes, enabling scalable solutions for contextual ad targeting, verification, and video recommendations, thereby maximizing video consumption while simplifying operational processes for web, mobile, and OTT distribution.

Relimetrics

Series A in 2021
Relimetrics, Inc. specializes in imaging solutions aimed at enhancing materials reliability across various sectors, including aerospace, automotive, civil engineering, medical, and life sciences. The company offers a range of services, such as third-party supplier analysis, mechanical design optimization, and materials testing for aerospace and automotive industries. For the civil sector, it focuses on structural monitoring and predictive failure analysis, while in the medical field, it addresses cancer detection and surgical efficiency. Additionally, Relimetrics provides quality assurance testing in manufacturing and product efficacy testing in life sciences. The company leverages advanced computer vision and machine learning technology to automate visual inspections and process control, facilitating real-time image processing and video analytics. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in Berlin, Relimetrics aims to deliver comprehensive technical consulting, including predictive modeling and software development, across various engineering and consumer care industries.

Vela

Venture Round in 2020
Vela is a United States-based company that provides a comprehensive platform for merchants to streamline their business operations and enhance growth. By offering integrations, automation, and user-friendly design, Vela enables users to efficiently manage their listings across multiple sales channels. The platform allows merchants to save significant time on bulk editing and simplifies the process of setting up sales, enabling them to focus on core business activities. Vela also offers tools for photo enhancement, ensuring that products are presented optimally. Overall, Vela aims to reduce the time and effort involved in managing a business, allowing merchants to operate more effectively and drive sales.

Champions Round

Seed Round in 2020
Champions Round, Inc. is a gaming application developer specializing in football and esports, based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2018, the company offers an online sports platform that enhances the spectator experience for fans, particularly targeting Gen Z. Its application allows users to participate in fantasy leagues and tournaments, answer live questions, earn points, and win cash prizes. By enabling users to join leagues without the need for group assembly, Champions Round lowers barriers to entry and fosters greater engagement among sports fans. The application is accessible via the App Store, providing a user-friendly interface for players to learn about the games while enjoying the competitive aspects of fantasy sports.

Dataplor

Seed Round in 2020
Dataplor Inc. is a location intelligence platform that specializes in collecting and providing business location data, market research, and data collection services. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, with additional offices in Mexico City and São Paulo, the company indexes micro businesses in emerging markets through primary research. Dataplor's platform utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence to offer real-time data verification and augmentation, enabling businesses to customize their data collection needs efficiently. This innovative approach connects companies with an on-demand mobile workforce, facilitating timely access to accurate insights about local firms.

EMQ

Series B in 2020
EMQ Limited is a Hong Kong-based financial technology startup established in 2014, with additional offices in Taiwan and China. The company focuses on creating a financial network across Asia, emphasizing remittance services. EMQ partners with financial institutions and strategic allies in various countries, including Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, to facilitate and settle cross-border remittances. The company has developed a mobile application that allows clients to borrow and transfer money efficiently. EMQ holds a Money Service Operator license from the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department and a Fund Transfer Operator license from Bank Indonesia, enabling it to provide affordable, secure, and real-time financial settlement services for users and global businesses.

Fauna

Series A in 2020
Fauna is a data api for modern applications that facilitates rich clients with serverless backends by providing a web-native interface with support for GraphQL and custom business logic, frictionless integration with the serverless ecosystem, a no compromise multi-cloud architecture you can trust and grow with and total freedom from database operations. Innovators like Nextdoor and NVIDIA trust Fauna to power their applications. Backed by premier venture investors Madrona Venture Group, Addition Capital, and GV, Fauna is a 100% remote organization with an experienced leadership team hailing from Microsoft, Okta, Twitter, Elastic, and Oracle. For more information visit fauna.com or follow us at @fauna.

Groove

Series A in 2020
Groove, a Clari Company, is a market-leading sales engagement platform that enables sales leaders to execute their strategy in a smart, adaptive way. With Groove, revenue leaders can use automation to do more with less, driving greater efficiency and effectiveness across the customer lifecycle. Groove enables more than 75,000 users at ADP, Google, Uber, iHeartMedia, Capital One, and other large enterprises to be more efficient and effective. Groove has ranked #1 in enterprise customer satisfaction on G2 for four consecutive years and has been named one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S. since 2020. To learn more, visit https://groove.co.

Viralspace.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Viralspace uses AI to help marketers make data-driven decisions about their ad creative. We tag creative factors across a brand's past ads, ranging from objects to actions to text styles, and present recommendations in a variety of AI-based tools. We work with brands like TechStyle and Philips and have proven 70%+ improvements in CPA.

Hidden Level

Seed Round in 2019
Hidden Level specializes in advanced technologies for passive radar and drone detection, focusing on RF spectrum signal analysis. The company offers a comprehensive Airspace Monitoring Service (AMS) that employs networks of passive sensors to detect and track various aerial vehicles, including drones, across extensive geographical areas. This service is tailored for critical sectors such as infrastructure, defense, and public safety, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations. In addition to drone detection, Hidden Level provides custom-built sensor technology, classical systems engineering, data modeling and analysis, field testing, printed circuit board design, and full product life cycle management. Their solutions aim to enhance safety and productivity in low-altitude air traffic monitoring for aerospace component manufacturers.

ProGuides

Seed Round in 2019
ProGuides is an e-sports training platform that enables gamers to enhance their skills through a variety of online courses and coaching services. Founded in 2014 and based in Los Angeles, California, the company offers over 60 courses comprising more than 1,000 lessons, featuring insights from top eSports professionals across popular games like Fortnite, League of Legends, Hearthstone, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Magic: The Gathering Arena, and Overwatch. ProGuides aims to assist gamers in mastering competitive gaming concepts such as game mechanics, team strategies, and objective prioritization, ultimately helping them elevate their gameplay and connect with others in the gaming community.

Dataplor

Seed Round in 2019
Dataplor Inc. is a location intelligence platform that specializes in collecting and providing business location data, market research, and data collection services. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, with additional offices in Mexico City and São Paulo, the company indexes micro businesses in emerging markets through primary research. Dataplor's platform utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence to offer real-time data verification and augmentation, enabling businesses to customize their data collection needs efficiently. This innovative approach connects companies with an on-demand mobile workforce, facilitating timely access to accurate insights about local firms.

Gigacover

Seed Round in 2019
Gigacover provides insurance solutions designed to manage risk and enhance value for businesses. The company specializes in digital affinity programs, offering efficient distribution into emerging customer segments. Their services include program design, worker assistance, portfolio analytics, and advanced claims payout. By leveraging innovative technology and customer insights, Gigacover aims to deliver flexible insurance products at competitive rates, making insurance more accessible and affordable for its clients.

Car IQ

Series A in 2019
Car IQ Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in a cloud-based vehicle management platform and payment gateway tailored for auto dealer groups, car sharing services, and autonomous drivers. Founded in 2016, the company has developed an automotive-grade payment solution that allows vehicles to initiate payments directly to merchants without the need for credit cards. By leveraging telematics and vehicle data, Car IQ's platform provides detailed insights into fleet operations, enabling clients to monitor transactions and prevent fraud effectively. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing technologies, consolidates all transactions into a single ledger, and facilitates management of spending, customer service, and inventory.

The Flex

Seed Round in 2018
The Flex Company, established in 2015 and headquartered in Venice, California, specializes in the development, manufacturing, and sale of single-use menstrual devices. Its product lineup includes the FLEX Cup, a disposable, disc-shaped device that temporarily blocks menstrual flow, and the FLEX Disc, which can be worn safely for up to twelve hours. In addition to menstrual products, the company offers a range of lifestyle items such as clothing and reusable totes through its online platform. The Flex Company is notable for its commitment to sustainability and is recognized as a leading brand in the period care market, with its products available in over 25,000 retail locations across the United States.

Dataplor

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Dataplor Inc. is a location intelligence platform that specializes in collecting and providing business location data, market research, and data collection services. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, with additional offices in Mexico City and São Paulo, the company indexes micro businesses in emerging markets through primary research. Dataplor's platform utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence to offer real-time data verification and augmentation, enabling businesses to customize their data collection needs efficiently. This innovative approach connects companies with an on-demand mobile workforce, facilitating timely access to accurate insights about local firms.

ProGuides

Pre Seed Round in 2018
ProGuides is an e-sports training platform that enables gamers to enhance their skills through a variety of online courses and coaching services. Founded in 2014 and based in Los Angeles, California, the company offers over 60 courses comprising more than 1,000 lessons, featuring insights from top eSports professionals across popular games like Fortnite, League of Legends, Hearthstone, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Magic: The Gathering Arena, and Overwatch. ProGuides aims to assist gamers in mastering competitive gaming concepts such as game mechanics, team strategies, and objective prioritization, ultimately helping them elevate their gameplay and connect with others in the gaming community.

ON

Seed Round in 2018
ON is a software company that specializes in a conversational AI platform designed to improve customer engagement and align with business objectives. The platform allows for seamless integration with customer relationship management (CRM) systems, e-commerce platforms, and various other tools through a low-code approach. This enables businesses to efficiently implement generative AI-driven chat experiences, facilitating real-time interactions and enhancing overall customer satisfaction. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California, ON is committed to helping organizations leverage advanced technology to meet their operational needs.

Coffee Meets Bagel

Series B in 2018
Coffee Meets Bagel, Inc., founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, operates a curated online dating platform designed to facilitate meaningful connections. Launched in 2012, the service empowers women by allowing them to decide whom they wish to engage with among men who have expressed interest, thereby creating a more controlled dating experience. This approach aims to address the frustrations often associated with mobile dating, which can lead to superficial interactions and ghosting. By focusing on quality over quantity, Coffee Meets Bagel emphasizes the importance of serious relationships and encourages singles, particularly women, to invest their time and energy in potential partners who are genuinely interested in building lasting connections. The platform has successfully facilitated over one million dates and aims to inspire users to feel positive about their dating experiences.

Amaze Software

Debt Financing in 2017
Amaze Software is a platform that empowers creators, influencers, and makers to turn their ideas into marketable products with ease. By providing a no-code design software tool, it simplifies the product development process, enabling users to create mobile, tablet, and website experiences without the need for coding. The platform facilitates seamless connections to content, reducing barriers to access and enhancing user engagement. Through its social commerce integrations and streamlined sales processes, Amaze Software allows creators to optimize their advertising campaigns and foster deeper connections with consumers. This approach enables users to focus on their creative passions while effectively monetizing their brands.

Upbeat

Venture Round in 2017
Upbeat is a cloud-based public relations service provider that connects companies with journalists and media outlets. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company leverages software and big data analysis to create effective media outreach campaigns. Upbeat offers a range of services, including customer dashboards, account management workflows, email campaign management, a journalist database, and media monitoring and analysis. The firm serves various industries, such as education, real estate, trucking, pharmaceuticals, and human resources. By combining the expertise of software engineers and PR professionals, Upbeat modernizes traditional public relations practices, facilitating the transformation of story ideas into compelling presentations while managing outreach efforts and tracking their progress through real-time analytics.

Homma

Venture Round in 2017
HOMMA, Inc. is a technology-oriented company focused on building modern residential homes while also developing artificial intelligence software for home security. Founded in 2015 by Takeshi Homma, the company aims to enhance the living experience through innovative design and intelligent integration of smart home technologies. With headquarters in Hayward, California, and additional offices in Portland, Oregon, and Tokyo, Japan, HOMMA combines the expertise of home builders, architects, designers, and engineers to create homes that prioritize security, convenience, and comfort. The company's AI platform allows homeowners to connect and control various devices and applications according to their preferences, thereby improving overall home automation.

Fauna

Series A in 2017
Fauna is a data api for modern applications that facilitates rich clients with serverless backends by providing a web-native interface with support for GraphQL and custom business logic, frictionless integration with the serverless ecosystem, a no compromise multi-cloud architecture you can trust and grow with and total freedom from database operations. Innovators like Nextdoor and NVIDIA trust Fauna to power their applications. Backed by premier venture investors Madrona Venture Group, Addition Capital, and GV, Fauna is a 100% remote organization with an experienced leadership team hailing from Microsoft, Okta, Twitter, Elastic, and Oracle. For more information visit fauna.com or follow us at @fauna.

The Bouqs Company

Series C in 2017
The Bouqs Company is an online flower delivery service founded in 2012 by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar, who aimed to transform the floral industry through a modern approach to flower sourcing and delivery. Based in Marina Del Rey, California, The Bouqs Company offers a variety of bouquets and flowers for occasions such as weddings, events, and business services. The company emphasizes sustainability by sourcing flowers directly from eco-friendly farms around the world, connecting these producers to consumers while eliminating traditional supply chain overhead costs. This model not only enhances product quality but also redefines the purchasing experience for customers and the economic dynamics for producers.

Groove

Seed Round in 2016
Groove, a Clari Company, is a market-leading sales engagement platform that enables sales leaders to execute their strategy in a smart, adaptive way. With Groove, revenue leaders can use automation to do more with less, driving greater efficiency and effectiveness across the customer lifecycle. Groove enables more than 75,000 users at ADP, Google, Uber, iHeartMedia, Capital One, and other large enterprises to be more efficient and effective. Groove has ranked #1 in enterprise customer satisfaction on G2 for four consecutive years and has been named one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S. since 2020. To learn more, visit https://groove.co.

Fauna

Seed Round in 2016
Fauna is a data api for modern applications that facilitates rich clients with serverless backends by providing a web-native interface with support for GraphQL and custom business logic, frictionless integration with the serverless ecosystem, a no compromise multi-cloud architecture you can trust and grow with and total freedom from database operations. Innovators like Nextdoor and NVIDIA trust Fauna to power their applications. Backed by premier venture investors Madrona Venture Group, Addition Capital, and GV, Fauna is a 100% remote organization with an experienced leadership team hailing from Microsoft, Okta, Twitter, Elastic, and Oracle. For more information visit fauna.com or follow us at @fauna.

ON

Seed Round in 2016
ON is a software company that specializes in a conversational AI platform designed to improve customer engagement and align with business objectives. The platform allows for seamless integration with customer relationship management (CRM) systems, e-commerce platforms, and various other tools through a low-code approach. This enables businesses to efficiently implement generative AI-driven chat experiences, facilitating real-time interactions and enhancing overall customer satisfaction. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California, ON is committed to helping organizations leverage advanced technology to meet their operational needs.

Amplitude

Series B in 2016
Amplitude is a software company that offers a digital analytics platform designed to help businesses analyze customer behavior within digital products. By leveraging customer data, Amplitude enables companies to create enhanced product experiences that drive systematic business growth. The platform is delivered as a subscription service over the Internet, following a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. In addition to its core analytics services, Amplitude provides customer support, including assistance with initial implementation, ongoing support, and application training. The majority of the company's revenue is generated from subscriptions, with a significant portion coming from clients based in the United States.

The Bouqs Company

Series B in 2016
The Bouqs Company is an online flower delivery service founded in 2012 by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar, who aimed to transform the floral industry through a modern approach to flower sourcing and delivery. Based in Marina Del Rey, California, The Bouqs Company offers a variety of bouquets and flowers for occasions such as weddings, events, and business services. The company emphasizes sustainability by sourcing flowers directly from eco-friendly farms around the world, connecting these producers to consumers while eliminating traditional supply chain overhead costs. This model not only enhances product quality but also redefines the purchasing experience for customers and the economic dynamics for producers.

AreaMetrics

Seed Round in 2015
AreaMetrics is a data analytics company based in Honolulu, Hawaii, focused on providing tools that facilitate data-driven decision-making for businesses in sectors such as restaurants, retail, travel, and services. The company's platform aggregates customer information and identifies significant trends and behaviors, enabling businesses to attract, engage, and retain customers effectively. AreaMetrics specializes in geo-location data, harnessing a network of in-store sensors to analyze offline foot traffic and deliver valuable insights for marketers and brands. By leveraging millions of application users, the platform offers access to accurate location data and key performance indicators, such as retention rates and customer demographics, which assist businesses in refining their marketing strategies and driving growth. In January 2020, AreaMetrics was acquired by Point Inside.

MapJam

Seed Round in 2015
MapJam, Inc. is a company that operates a web and mobile map publishing platform, enabling businesses, organizations, and individuals to create and share personalized maps. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, MapJam's platform allows users to customize maps by dragging markers to specific locations, selecting templates, and adding relevant information such as directions and opening hours. These maps can be easily shared through various channels, including SMS, email, social media, and print advertisements. Additionally, MapJam provides developers and enterprises with vector maps compatible with popular open-source projects, enhancing the functionality and versatility of its offerings.

ON

Seed Round in 2015
ON is a software company that specializes in a conversational AI platform designed to improve customer engagement and align with business objectives. The platform allows for seamless integration with customer relationship management (CRM) systems, e-commerce platforms, and various other tools through a low-code approach. This enables businesses to efficiently implement generative AI-driven chat experiences, facilitating real-time interactions and enhancing overall customer satisfaction. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California, ON is committed to helping organizations leverage advanced technology to meet their operational needs.

Amplitude

Series A in 2015
Amplitude is a software company that offers a digital analytics platform designed to help businesses analyze customer behavior within digital products. By leveraging customer data, Amplitude enables companies to create enhanced product experiences that drive systematic business growth. The platform is delivered as a subscription service over the Internet, following a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. In addition to its core analytics services, Amplitude provides customer support, including assistance with initial implementation, ongoing support, and application training. The majority of the company's revenue is generated from subscriptions, with a significant portion coming from clients based in the United States.

Coffee Meets Bagel

Series A in 2015
Coffee Meets Bagel, Inc., founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, operates a curated online dating platform designed to facilitate meaningful connections. Launched in 2012, the service empowers women by allowing them to decide whom they wish to engage with among men who have expressed interest, thereby creating a more controlled dating experience. This approach aims to address the frustrations often associated with mobile dating, which can lead to superficial interactions and ghosting. By focusing on quality over quantity, Coffee Meets Bagel emphasizes the importance of serious relationships and encourages singles, particularly women, to invest their time and energy in potential partners who are genuinely interested in building lasting connections. The platform has successfully facilitated over one million dates and aims to inspire users to feel positive about their dating experiences.

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 is a software company that offers a digital analytics platform designed to help businesses analyze customer behavior within digital products. By leveraging customer data, Amplitude enables companies to create enhanced product experiences that drive systematic business growth. The platform is delivered as a subscription service over the Internet, following a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. In addition to its core analytics services, Amplitude provides customer support, including assistance with initial implementation, ongoing support, and application training. The majority of the company's revenue is generated from subscriptions, with a significant portion coming from clients based in the United States.

Sandstorm

Seed Round in 2015
Sandstorm is a versatile marketplace platform designed for businesses, influencers, and brands, providing dedicated support through brand account managers who assist with project management tasks such as file formats, asset transfers, and updates. The platform allows individuals and full-service development studios to apply for qualified build projects and engage with existing clients. Additionally, Sandstorm operates as an open-source platform for self-hosting web applications, offering a variety of tools for document editing, chat, task management, file storage, and more. By facilitating unified access control and app connectivity, Sandstorm aims to enhance efficiency and revenue generation for metaverse builders and other users.

MindMeld

Series A in 2014
MindMeld, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an advanced AI platform focused on creating intelligent conversational interfaces for applications and devices. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company enhances user interaction through voice interfaces and language-understanding capabilities, allowing users to engage with music, video content, weather updates, and connected home devices. MindMeld's platform employs machine learning to facilitate natural interactions with voice and chat assistants, enabling users to efficiently access and navigate information. In December 2015, the company rebranded from its original name, Expect Labs, Inc., and operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc. since May 2017.

AreaMetrics

Seed Round in 2014
AreaMetrics is a data analytics company based in Honolulu, Hawaii, focused on providing tools that facilitate data-driven decision-making for businesses in sectors such as restaurants, retail, travel, and services. The company's platform aggregates customer information and identifies significant trends and behaviors, enabling businesses to attract, engage, and retain customers effectively. AreaMetrics specializes in geo-location data, harnessing a network of in-store sensors to analyze offline foot traffic and deliver valuable insights for marketers and brands. By leveraging millions of application users, the platform offers access to accurate location data and key performance indicators, such as retention rates and customer demographics, which assist businesses in refining their marketing strategies and driving growth. In January 2020, AreaMetrics was acquired by Point Inside.

Vastrm

Debt Financing in 2014
Vastrm specializes in the fields of fashion, men's, and wearables. Vastrm allows its customers to finally hone in on and find the perfect fit for their unique body types. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Burlingame, California.

MapJam

Seed Round in 2014
MapJam, Inc. is a company that operates a web and mobile map publishing platform, enabling businesses, organizations, and individuals to create and share personalized maps. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, MapJam's platform allows users to customize maps by dragging markers to specific locations, selecting templates, and adding relevant information such as directions and opening hours. These maps can be easily shared through various channels, including SMS, email, social media, and print advertisements. Additionally, MapJam provides developers and enterprises with vector maps compatible with popular open-source projects, enhancing the functionality and versatility of its offerings.

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 is a Human-in-the-Loop machine learning platform to create customized large scale high-quality training data. The platform uses machine learning assisted annotation solutions to create high-quality training data needed by models to work in the real world. They supports a wide range of computer vision and natural language processing use cases — video object tracking, autonomous vehicles, robotics, predictive maintenance, facial recognition, medical images, aerial and satellite imagery, consumer product detection, content categorization, intelligent chatbots, document transcription, voice assistant training, audio transcription, sentiment analysis, product categorization, and search relevance - and a broad range of industries - automotive, financial services, media and entertainment, retail and e-commerce, technology, agriculture, manufacturing, medical and healthcare, power and utilities, security and surveillance, transportation and travel, and government. Figure Eight platform operates at an unprecedented scale has generated over 10 billion training data labels to power real-world AI applications. Figure Eight was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in California, USA.

AdStage

Series A in 2014
AdStage, Inc. is a cloud-based advertisement management platform that allows advertisers to design, launch, and oversee custom campaigns across various social networks. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform facilitates the consolidation, analysis, and optimization of advertising efforts. It offers features such as automated task management, customizable dashboards, and comprehensive reporting to help marketers assess campaign performance and make data-driven decisions. Users can schedule campaign actions, set time zones, and utilize modules for automation and data integration. As a subsidiary of TapClicks, AdStage serves a wide range of industries by providing a trusted resource for paid marketers seeking to enhance their advertising strategies and measure return on investment effectively.

Amaze Software

Series B in 2014
Amaze Software is a platform that empowers creators, influencers, and makers to turn their ideas into marketable products with ease. By providing a no-code design software tool, it simplifies the product development process, enabling users to create mobile, tablet, and website experiences without the need for coding. The platform facilitates seamless connections to content, reducing barriers to access and enhancing user engagement. Through its social commerce integrations and streamlined sales processes, Amaze Software allows creators to optimize their advertising campaigns and foster deeper connections with consumers. This approach enables users to focus on their creative passions while effectively monetizing their brands.

PredictionIO

Seed Round in 2014
PredictionIO is an open-source machine learning server designed for software developers and data engineers to create predictive features, including personalization, recommendations, and content discovery. The platform simplifies the integration of these features into web and mobile applications through a straightforward set of APIs. This allows developers to implement functionalities similar to product recommendations seen on platforms like Amazon or news recommendations akin to those on Flipboard with minimal coding effort. By providing these capabilities, PredictionIO enables the development of more intelligent applications that enhance user experience through tailored content.

Amplitude

Seed Round in 2014
Amplitude is a software company that offers a digital analytics platform designed to help businesses analyze customer behavior within digital products. By leveraging customer data, Amplitude enables companies to create enhanced product experiences that drive systematic business growth. The platform is delivered as a subscription service over the Internet, following a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. In addition to its core analytics services, Amplitude provides customer support, including assistance with initial implementation, ongoing support, and application training. The majority of the company's revenue is generated from subscriptions, with a significant portion coming from clients based in the United States.

The Bouqs Company

Series A in 2014
The Bouqs Company is an online flower delivery service founded in 2012 by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar, who aimed to transform the floral industry through a modern approach to flower sourcing and delivery. Based in Marina Del Rey, California, The Bouqs Company offers a variety of bouquets and flowers for occasions such as weddings, events, and business services. The company emphasizes sustainability by sourcing flowers directly from eco-friendly farms around the world, connecting these producers to consumers while eliminating traditional supply chain overhead costs. This model not only enhances product quality but also redefines the purchasing experience for customers and the economic dynamics for producers.

Plumzi

Series A in 2014
Plumzi, Inc. is a provider of a story-driven entertainment technology platform designed for tablets and smartphones. Founded in 2012 and based in Redwood City, California, Plumzi enables children to engage with characters and influence the narrative through interactive features such as touch, voice, and tilt. The platform facilitates studios and creators in authoring and streaming appisodes, a novel form of interactive entertainment that can be experienced on various devices, including tablets, smartphones, smart TVs, and virtual reality headsets.

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

Seed Round in 2014
Fit3D, Inc. specializes in developing 3D body scanning technology for fitness and wellness facilities globally. The company offers the Fit3D ProScanner, which captures a comprehensive 3D, 360° image of the human body, extracting key measurements that help users monitor their fitness progress. Alongside the scanning hardware, Fit3D provides a web platform that stores scan data, allowing users to compare measurements over time. Since its incorporation in 2012 and based in Redwood City, California, Fit3D has successfully deployed its patented scanners across various sectors including fitness, wellness, and weight loss, accumulating over 1.6 million scans. Additionally, the company's software includes features such as body shape wellness scoring, cloud reporting, and posture analysis, enabling users to assess their health metrics effectively.

AdStage

Seed Round in 2014
AdStage, Inc. is a cloud-based advertisement management platform that allows advertisers to design, launch, and oversee custom campaigns across various social networks. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform facilitates the consolidation, analysis, and optimization of advertising efforts. It offers features such as automated task management, customizable dashboards, and comprehensive reporting to help marketers assess campaign performance and make data-driven decisions. Users can schedule campaign actions, set time zones, and utilize modules for automation and data integration. As a subsidiary of TapClicks, AdStage serves a wide range of industries by providing a trusted resource for paid marketers seeking to enhance their advertising strategies and measure return on investment effectively.

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 platform that facilitates the creation of visual content by connecting clients with a network of over 1,000 certified creative professionals, including designers, writers, and developers. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a wide array of services, including animated videos, motion graphics, presentations, infographics, social media content, and microsite development. Visually serves a diverse clientele across various industries, such as consumer goods, education, healthcare, technology, and nonprofit sectors. The platform allows clients to collaborate easily with their creative teams, providing a high degree of creative control and support throughout the content development process. Formerly known as GraphCast, Inc., Visually has positioned itself as a reliable partner for businesses seeking to produce engaging and visually appealing content efficiently and cost-effectively.

The Bouqs Company

Seed Round in 2013
The Bouqs Company is an online flower delivery service founded in 2012 by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar, who aimed to transform the floral industry through a modern approach to flower sourcing and delivery. Based in Marina Del Rey, California, The Bouqs Company offers a variety of bouquets and flowers for occasions such as weddings, events, and business services. The company emphasizes sustainability by sourcing flowers directly from eco-friendly farms around the world, connecting these producers to consumers while eliminating traditional supply chain overhead costs. This model not only enhances product quality but also redefines the purchasing experience for customers and the economic dynamics for producers.

Amplitude

Seed Round in 2013
Amplitude is a software company that offers a digital analytics platform designed to help businesses analyze customer behavior within digital products. By leveraging customer data, Amplitude enables companies to create enhanced product experiences that drive systematic business growth. The platform is delivered as a subscription service over the Internet, following a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. In addition to its core analytics services, Amplitude provides customer support, including assistance with initial implementation, ongoing support, and application training. The majority of the company's revenue is generated from subscriptions, with a significant portion coming from clients based in the United States.

Vastrm

Seed Round in 2013
Vastrm specializes in the fields of fashion, men's, and wearables. Vastrm allows its customers to finally hone in on and find the perfect fit for their unique body types. It was founded in 2010 and 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 makes PicCollage, a social photo collage app on iOS, Android and Windows 10. It is a Top 10 Photography app in the US, UK and other countries, and allows you to easily create free-form collages from your mobile photos, and share with your friends and family through social media or print products. Previously, Cardinal Blue built apps on the Facebook platform, including Tribute Balloon and Friend Stock Market, with millions of daily active users. They develop in Ruby on Rails and were selected as a Heroku success story. The company has received investment from Floodgate, Freestyle Capital, 500 Startups, and is based in Mountain View, CA and Taipei, Taiwan.

The Bouqs Company

Seed Round in 2013
The Bouqs Company is an online flower delivery service founded in 2012 by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar, who aimed to transform the floral industry through a modern approach to flower sourcing and delivery. Based in Marina Del Rey, California, The Bouqs Company offers a variety of bouquets and flowers for occasions such as weddings, events, and business services. The company emphasizes sustainability by sourcing flowers directly from eco-friendly farms around the world, connecting these producers to consumers while eliminating traditional supply chain overhead costs. This model not only enhances product quality but also redefines the purchasing experience for customers and the economic dynamics for producers.

App.io

Seed Round in 2013
App.io is a mobile application testing and marketing platform that enables users to stream mobile applications from the cloud to any device without the need for downloads or custom code. Founded in 2012 and based in Melbourne, Australia, with additional offices in San Francisco, App.io facilitates seamless access to mobile apps for customers, allowing them to experience applications directly through their browsers. This service is particularly beneficial for customer support teams, as it provides on-demand access to apps for troubleshooting. Additionally, the platform supports sales and marketing efforts by making it easy for potential customers to engage with applications without cumbersome setup processes. App.io also aids developers and agencies in sharing test builds and showcasing app iterations efficiently, streamlining the quality assurance process for both internal and external teams. The company was formerly known as Kickfolio Pty. Ltd. before rebranding in May 2013.

RETAILIGENCE

Series B in 2013
Retailigence Corporation operates an online-to-offline marketing platform that enhances in-store product sales through innovative technology. The company offers a software-as-a-service (SAAS) solution that utilizes machine learning for various applications, including store clustering, assortment optimization, in-store monitoring, and customer segmentation. Its adPOP Engine provides a seamless application programming interface that integrates data into programmatic advertising, enabling location-based user experiences across mobile and digital advertising channels. Additionally, Retailigence delivers a mobile application that displays local store-level product availability and serves as a central data distribution point for retailers, brands, and marketing solutions. The company caters to various clients, including advertising solutions providers, application developers, agencies, and brick-and-mortar stores in the United States. Founded in 2009 and based in Redwood City, California, Retailigence operates as a subsidiary of ShopAdvisor, Inc. after a strategic partnership with Gimbal, Inc.

AdStage

Seed Round in 2013
AdStage, Inc. is a cloud-based advertisement management platform that allows advertisers to design, launch, and oversee custom campaigns across various social networks. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform facilitates the consolidation, analysis, and optimization of advertising efforts. It offers features such as automated task management, customizable dashboards, and comprehensive reporting to help marketers assess campaign performance and make data-driven decisions. Users can schedule campaign actions, set time zones, and utilize modules for automation and data integration. As a subsidiary of TapClicks, AdStage serves a wide range of industries by providing a trusted resource for paid marketers seeking to enhance their advertising strategies and measure return on investment effectively.

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 purpose-built to simplify the buying and selling of fixed price, premium, reserved inventory. iSocket For Publishers (iFP) sales automation and programmatic direct tools allow top publisher sales teams to focus on relationships and strategy, while iSocket For Advertisers (iFA) makes it easier for agencies, brands, and buying and planning platforms to execute orders of well-defined, guaranteed inventory directly with top publishers. Through automation, iSocket is able to eliminate many of the errors and overhead costs that plague the manual media sales process.

MindMeld

Venture Round in 2012
MindMeld, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an advanced AI platform focused on creating intelligent conversational interfaces for applications and devices. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company enhances user interaction through voice interfaces and language-understanding capabilities, allowing users to engage with music, video content, weather updates, and connected home devices. MindMeld's platform employs machine learning to facilitate natural interactions with voice and chat assistants, enabling users to efficiently access and navigate information. In December 2015, the company rebranded from its original name, Expect Labs, Inc., and operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc. since May 2017.

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 is an online information platform providing news, fashion and lifestyle articles.

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
Amaze Software is a platform that empowers creators, influencers, and makers to turn their ideas into marketable products with ease. By providing a no-code design software tool, it simplifies the product development process, enabling users to create mobile, tablet, and website experiences without the need for coding. The platform facilitates seamless connections to content, reducing barriers to access and enhancing user engagement. Through its social commerce integrations and streamlined sales processes, Amaze Software allows creators to optimize their advertising campaigns and foster deeper connections with consumers. This approach enables users to focus on their creative passions while effectively monetizing their brands.

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 is used by marketers to distribute information, gathered from multiple sources, to mobile devices in realtime. It provides an efficient way to curate, manage and optimize content, which results in vastly better channel to relay information to an organization’s customers, partners and employees.

RETAILIGENCE

Series A in 2011
Retailigence Corporation operates an online-to-offline marketing platform that enhances in-store product sales through innovative technology. The company offers a software-as-a-service (SAAS) solution that utilizes machine learning for various applications, including store clustering, assortment optimization, in-store monitoring, and customer segmentation. Its adPOP Engine provides a seamless application programming interface that integrates data into programmatic advertising, enabling location-based user experiences across mobile and digital advertising channels. Additionally, Retailigence delivers a mobile application that displays local store-level product availability and serves as a central data distribution point for retailers, brands, and marketing solutions. The company caters to various clients, including advertising solutions providers, application developers, agencies, and brick-and-mortar stores in the United States. Founded in 2009 and based in Redwood City, California, Retailigence operates as a subsidiary of ShopAdvisor, Inc. after a strategic partnership with Gimbal, 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 messenger and mobile live video streaming platform that allows users to exchange video messages both individually and in groups. Launched in 2008, Qik has grown to support millions of users across more than 160 countries and is compatible with over 140 smartphone models, including iPhone, Android, Symbian, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile. The platform enables users to capture and share special moments instantly through features like video calling, video sharing, and video messaging, while also providing options to sync and save videos online and on desktops. Founded by Ramu Sunkara, Bhaskar Roy, and Nikolay Abkairov, the company is based in Redwood City, California, with an additional office in Zelenograd, Russia. In 2011, Qik was acquired by Skype Technologies, further enhancing its presence in the video communication space.

Crowdbooster

Seed Round in 2011
Crowdbooster is an internet company that allows advertisers and content creators to transact in sponsored content.

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 an online-to-offline marketing platform that enhances in-store product sales through innovative technology. The company offers a software-as-a-service (SAAS) solution that utilizes machine learning for various applications, including store clustering, assortment optimization, in-store monitoring, and customer segmentation. Its adPOP Engine provides a seamless application programming interface that integrates data into programmatic advertising, enabling location-based user experiences across mobile and digital advertising channels. Additionally, Retailigence delivers a mobile application that displays local store-level product availability and serves as a central data distribution point for retailers, brands, and marketing solutions. The company caters to various clients, including advertising solutions providers, application developers, agencies, and brick-and-mortar stores in the United States. Founded in 2009 and based in Redwood City, California, Retailigence operates as a subsidiary of ShopAdvisor, Inc. after a strategic partnership with Gimbal, Inc.

Fast Society

Seed Round in 2010
Fast Society allows you and friends to communicate around fun experiences in your life. It combines group text messaging, conference calling, voice messaging, location sharing, and photo sharing in one simple and elegant interface. It is available natively on iPhones and Android, but anyone with a cell phone can be a part of the experience via SMS.

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.

GENWI

Seed Round in 2010
Genwi is used by marketers to distribute information, gathered from multiple sources, to mobile devices in realtime. It provides an efficient way to curate, manage and optimize content, which results in vastly better channel to relay information to an organization’s customers, partners and employees.

Ifeelgoods

Seed Round in 2010
Ifeelgoods is a developer of a digital promotions platform that helps brands incentivize, convert, and reward their audiences through personalized offers and digital gifts. The company offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform and an application programming interface (API) that provides a comprehensive catalog of digital rewards tailored to various customer activities. By integrating services such as commerce, customer relationship management, social media, and loyalty programs, Ifeelgoods enables marketers to effectively engage their customers and enhance their overall experience. The platform is designed to facilitate instant rewards, making it easier for brands to connect with their audiences and drive customer loyalty.

Figure Eight

Series A in 2010
Figure Eight is a Human-in-the-Loop machine learning platform to create customized large scale high-quality training data. The platform uses machine learning assisted annotation solutions to create high-quality training data needed by models to work in the real world. They supports a wide range of computer vision and natural language processing use cases — video object tracking, autonomous vehicles, robotics, predictive maintenance, facial recognition, medical images, aerial and satellite imagery, consumer product detection, content categorization, intelligent chatbots, document transcription, voice assistant training, audio transcription, sentiment analysis, product categorization, and search relevance - and a broad range of industries - automotive, financial services, media and entertainment, retail and e-commerce, technology, agriculture, manufacturing, medical and healthcare, power and utilities, security and surveillance, transportation and travel, and government. Figure Eight platform operates at an unprecedented scale has generated over 10 billion training data labels to power real-world AI applications. Figure Eight was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in California, USA.

Sociable Labs

Series A in 2009
Sociable Labs, Inc. is a software-as-a-service company that specializes in social acquisition programs for eCommerce and retail clients. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, the company offers its S2S Engine, a referral marketing platform designed to help digital businesses grow their customer base. This engine allows users to invite friends to websites or mobile apps in exchange for rewards, creating a seamless sharing experience. By integrating directly into client sites, Sociable Labs facilitates social sharing, driving referral traffic and increasing sales. The platform focuses on traditional eCommerce metrics, such as traffic, conversion rates, and sales, while encouraging users to share and discover products based on their friends' recommendations.

500Friends

Seed Round in 2009
500friends is a provider of loyalty marketing solutions, catering to over 40 brands from the Internet Retailer 1,000 list. The company specializes in customer retention through its LoyaltyPlus platform, which allows e-commerce retailers to track, reward, and recognize important customer behaviors. 500friends is supported by notable institutional investors, enhancing its credibility in the market.

ViVu

Series A in 2009
ViVu specializes in providing innovative videoconferencing solutions that facilitate global communication. Its browser-based video platform is designed for ease of use, affordability, and requires no downloads, allowing users to initiate video chats and share desktops quickly. This flexibility enables participation from various devices, including PCs, Macs, Linux systems, and mobile devices. ViVu's services cater to a range of applications, such as online meetings, live events, training sessions, and customer support, making it a versatile choice for organizations. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies, ViVu aims to enhance the online meeting experience, positioning itself as a strong alternative to traditional videoconferencing providers.

isocket

Seed Round in 2009
iSocket is a technology platform purpose-built to simplify the buying and selling of fixed price, premium, reserved inventory. iSocket For Publishers (iFP) sales automation and programmatic direct tools allow top publisher sales teams to focus on relationships and strategy, while iSocket For Advertisers (iFA) makes it easier for agencies, brands, and buying and planning platforms to execute orders of well-defined, guaranteed inventory directly with top publishers. Through automation, iSocket is able to eliminate many of the errors and overhead costs that plague the manual media sales process.

Qik

Series C in 2009
Qik is an online messenger and mobile live video streaming platform that allows users to exchange video messages both individually and in groups. Launched in 2008, Qik has grown to support millions of users across more than 160 countries and is compatible with over 140 smartphone models, including iPhone, Android, Symbian, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile. The platform enables users to capture and share special moments instantly through features like video calling, video sharing, and video messaging, while also providing options to sync and save videos online and on desktops. Founded by Ramu Sunkara, Bhaskar Roy, and Nikolay Abkairov, the company is based in Redwood City, California, with an additional office in Zelenograd, Russia. In 2011, Qik was acquired by Skype Technologies, further enhancing its presence in the video communication space.
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