Fyrfly Venture Partners

Fyrfly Venture Partners is a venture capital firm established in 2015 and based in Menlo Park, California. The firm specializes in seed and early-stage investments, primarily focusing on technology startups within the information technology sector. Fyrfly Venture Partners aims to support innovative companies that emphasize data and intelligence, leveraging their expertise to foster growth and development in the technology landscape.

Francis Krauch

Associate

Julie Maples

Co-Founder, General Partner and Managing Director

Philipp Stauffer

Co-Founder, General Partner and Managing Director

Mary Wintermute

CFO

31 past transactions

Altoida

Series A in 2022
Altoida AG, founded in 2016 and based in Lucerne, Switzerland, develops a healthcare platform and application specifically for Alzheimer’s patients. The Altoida application is the first validated solution designed to predict the risk of Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear, providing healthcare professionals with objective measurements of cognitive performance. The platform utilizes an augmented reality framework to conduct various tests that assess spatial memory, prospective memory, and executive functions. These tests can identify early and subtle cognitive changes up to six years prior to the onset of typical neurodegenerative symptoms. The Altoida Neuro Motor Index (NMI) serves as an active digital biomarker for early detection of cognitive and functional changes. The application is intended for patients aged 62 and older and is used as an adjunctive tool to evaluate perceptual and memory function. Results from the tests are accessible in real-time via a secure web-based dashboard, ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations. Altoida's innovative approach aims to make brain health assessments more affordable, accessible, and actionable for doctors, researchers, and healthcare providers.

Kohomai

Pre Seed Round in 2022
SaaS for engaging onboarding journeys of new hires/freelancers. Reducing the time-to-productivity by 80% of new joiners, making them more engaged and increasing the employee retention.

Mobi Systems

Venture Round in 2021
Mobi Systems, Inc. specializes in developing a software platform, MAPS, which provides human-centric intelligent routing and planning services. The platform leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to facilitate data integration, intermodal routing, multi-activity planning, customer profiling, execution monitoring, and inventory or fleet management. Mobi Systems caters to various sectors including mobility, hospitality, health, and retail, enabling companies to enhance their web and mobile products while improving customer experiences. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in West Concord, Massachusetts, Mobi Systems focuses on delivering tailored solutions that meet the specific needs of its clients.

Locatee

Funding Round in 2021
Locatee AG is a Zurich-based company that specializes in workplace analytics, providing solutions aimed at optimizing office space utilization. Founded in 2014, Locatee offers an analytics platform that measures office occupancy without the need for hardware. By leveraging data from various sources and employing unique patent-pending technology, Locatee transforms complex information into clear insights. This enables corporate leaders to make informed decisions regarding their real estate, identify optimization opportunities, and enhance the overall workplace experience. The platform is designed to cater to the evolving challenges of modern corporate real estate, allowing organizations to achieve significant savings and improve the effectiveness of their office spaces.

Boundless

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an employee experience platform designed to help companies to handle multi-country payroll and HR compliance. The company's platform offers work to an employer by co-employing personnel in the clients' international team to manage multi-country payroll and comply with local tax and employment laws, enabling enterprises to access talented employees at foreign locations without legal hurdles.

rready

Seed Round in 2021
Rready is an innovation management platform that empowers employees to harness their ambition and creativity, fostering a culture of intrapreneurship within organizations. By providing strategic and hands-on support, the platform facilitates cultural transformation and generates tangible business impacts while enhancing employer branding. Rready's approach combines gamification and scalable online components with offline activities, making the process of employee-driven innovation engaging and educational. This model encourages clients to implement and expand their innovative initiatives, allowing employees to take ownership of their ideas and contribute to the organization's growth. Through its solutions, Rready aims to create lasting cultural change and drive significant business outcomes.

rready

Seed Round in 2021
Rready is an innovation management platform that empowers employees to harness their ambition and creativity, fostering a culture of intrapreneurship within organizations. By providing strategic and hands-on support, the platform facilitates cultural transformation and generates tangible business impacts while enhancing employer branding. Rready's approach combines gamification and scalable online components with offline activities, making the process of employee-driven innovation engaging and educational. This model encourages clients to implement and expand their innovative initiatives, allowing employees to take ownership of their ideas and contribute to the organization's growth. Through its solutions, Rready aims to create lasting cultural change and drive significant business outcomes.

Capsule Social

Seed Round in 2021
Capsule Social operates as a decentralized social media platform.

Rosalyn.AI

Seed Round in 2020
Rosalyn, Inc. is an innovative company that specializes in developing an online testing platform for secure AI-supervised certification exams aimed at enterprises, educational institutions, and their stakeholders. Founded in 2018 and based in Dublin, Ohio, Rosalyn offers an end-to-end virtual assessment solution that encompasses exam authoring, delivery, invigilation, and reporting. The platform employs advanced human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence technology to ensure real-time proctoring, enabling secure exam administration globally. By hosting its services in the cloud, Rosalyn provides a user-friendly experience for both test sponsors and candidates, while powerful analytics offer insights to optimize certification programs. This comprehensive approach allows organizations to effectively manage their assessment processes, ensuring efficiency and integrity in testing.

Locatee

Series A in 2020
Locatee AG is a Zurich-based company that specializes in workplace analytics, providing solutions aimed at optimizing office space utilization. Founded in 2014, Locatee offers an analytics platform that measures office occupancy without the need for hardware. By leveraging data from various sources and employing unique patent-pending technology, Locatee transforms complex information into clear insights. This enables corporate leaders to make informed decisions regarding their real estate, identify optimization opportunities, and enhance the overall workplace experience. The platform is designed to cater to the evolving challenges of modern corporate real estate, allowing organizations to achieve significant savings and improve the effectiveness of their office spaces.

Beekeeper

Series B in 2019
Beekeeper AG is a developer of a mobile-first communication platform designed for non-desk employees, facilitating real-time communication and productivity among frontline and mobile workforces. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with additional operations in Kraków, Berlin, and Oakland, Beekeeper serves various industries including hospitality, retail, logistics, transportation, food, manufacturing, NGOs, and event management. The platform offers tools such as messaging, content management, employee surveys, and engagement analytics, enabling managers to streamline workflows and enhance team productivity. By integrating operational systems into a central hub, Beekeeper allows users to communicate, share files, and assign tasks efficiently across different shifts and locations, thereby improving employee engagement and reducing turnover.

Altoida

Series A in 2019
Altoida AG, founded in 2016 and based in Lucerne, Switzerland, develops a healthcare platform and application specifically for Alzheimer’s patients. The Altoida application is the first validated solution designed to predict the risk of Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear, providing healthcare professionals with objective measurements of cognitive performance. The platform utilizes an augmented reality framework to conduct various tests that assess spatial memory, prospective memory, and executive functions. These tests can identify early and subtle cognitive changes up to six years prior to the onset of typical neurodegenerative symptoms. The Altoida Neuro Motor Index (NMI) serves as an active digital biomarker for early detection of cognitive and functional changes. The application is intended for patients aged 62 and older and is used as an adjunctive tool to evaluate perceptual and memory function. Results from the tests are accessible in real-time via a secure web-based dashboard, ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations. Altoida's innovative approach aims to make brain health assessments more affordable, accessible, and actionable for doctors, researchers, and healthcare providers.

Beekeeper

Series A in 2018
Beekeeper AG is a developer of a mobile-first communication platform designed for non-desk employees, facilitating real-time communication and productivity among frontline and mobile workforces. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with additional operations in Kraków, Berlin, and Oakland, Beekeeper serves various industries including hospitality, retail, logistics, transportation, food, manufacturing, NGOs, and event management. The platform offers tools such as messaging, content management, employee surveys, and engagement analytics, enabling managers to streamline workflows and enhance team productivity. By integrating operational systems into a central hub, Beekeeper allows users to communicate, share files, and assign tasks efficiently across different shifts and locations, thereby improving employee engagement and reducing turnover.

Mobi Systems

Venture Round in 2018
Mobi Systems, Inc. specializes in developing a software platform, MAPS, which provides human-centric intelligent routing and planning services. The platform leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to facilitate data integration, intermodal routing, multi-activity planning, customer profiling, execution monitoring, and inventory or fleet management. Mobi Systems caters to various sectors including mobility, hospitality, health, and retail, enabling companies to enhance their web and mobile products while improving customer experiences. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in West Concord, Massachusetts, Mobi Systems focuses on delivering tailored solutions that meet the specific needs of its clients.

Altoida

Convertible Note in 2018
Altoida AG, founded in 2016 and based in Lucerne, Switzerland, develops a healthcare platform and application specifically for Alzheimer’s patients. The Altoida application is the first validated solution designed to predict the risk of Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear, providing healthcare professionals with objective measurements of cognitive performance. The platform utilizes an augmented reality framework to conduct various tests that assess spatial memory, prospective memory, and executive functions. These tests can identify early and subtle cognitive changes up to six years prior to the onset of typical neurodegenerative symptoms. The Altoida Neuro Motor Index (NMI) serves as an active digital biomarker for early detection of cognitive and functional changes. The application is intended for patients aged 62 and older and is used as an adjunctive tool to evaluate perceptual and memory function. Results from the tests are accessible in real-time via a secure web-based dashboard, ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations. Altoida's innovative approach aims to make brain health assessments more affordable, accessible, and actionable for doctors, researchers, and healthcare providers.

Piavita

Series A in 2018
Piavita AG, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is focused on modernizing the veterinary industry through innovative technology. The company has developed a compact wearable device and a web-based application that accurately measures vital signs in horses without the need for clipping. This device, which can be mounted around a horse's chest, collects data through layers of fur and transmits it for real-time monitoring and historical analysis. Piavita aims to support veterinarians in their daily routines, facilitating a shift towards a more digitized and connected veterinary practice. Since its inception, the company has expanded its presence into seven European countries and the United States, operating offices in Zurich, Berlin, and Charlotte, North Carolina.

SuperPhone

Venture Round in 2018
SuperPhone is an intelligent mobile messaging platform tailored for enterprise retail brands, facilitating effective customer acquisition and engagement through mobile channels. The platform harnesses data-driven insights and smart messaging techniques to enhance revenue generation, foster brand loyalty, and build personalized customer relationships. Its application allows businesses to conduct high-volume marketing text broadcasts using various phone number types, while also offering advanced analytics to monitor conversation performance and revenue metrics. This comprehensive approach enables companies to increase customer engagement and retention in a scalable manner.

Sparta Science

Seed Round in 2017
Sparta Software Corporation, operating as Sparta Science, specializes in personalized predictive analytics software aimed at enhancing physical performance and reducing injury risk for athletes, military personnel, and patients. The core offering is The Sparta System, which features The Sparta Scan—a rapid assessment tool that evaluates movement, balance, and stability to create a unique Movement Signature for each user. This scan allows for real-time comparisons against a comprehensive database to identify strengths and vulnerabilities, leading to the automatic generation of tailored training plans. Sparta's technology is employed across various sectors, including military, healthcare, sports, and fitness, to improve resilience, expedite recovery, and optimize overall performance. Established in 2007 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company also maintains a facility in Alexandria, Australia.

Sparta Science

Seed Round in 2017
Sparta Software Corporation, operating as Sparta Science, specializes in personalized predictive analytics software aimed at enhancing physical performance and reducing injury risk for athletes, military personnel, and patients. The core offering is The Sparta System, which features The Sparta Scan—a rapid assessment tool that evaluates movement, balance, and stability to create a unique Movement Signature for each user. This scan allows for real-time comparisons against a comprehensive database to identify strengths and vulnerabilities, leading to the automatic generation of tailored training plans. Sparta's technology is employed across various sectors, including military, healthcare, sports, and fitness, to improve resilience, expedite recovery, and optimize overall performance. Established in 2007 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company also maintains a facility in Alexandria, Australia.

Doky

Seed Round in 2017
Doky, Inc. is a Palo Alto-based company that develops a cloud-based collaborative platform designed to enhance productivity for users through integrated email, virtual applications, and cloud storage solutions. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including Open Office, chat, screen sharing, video conferencing, and task management, all accessible without the need for downloads or installations. Doky supports seamless integration with popular services like Gmail, Slack, GitHub, and Dropbox, ensuring a smooth user experience. The platform prioritizes security and privacy through end-to-end encryption, making it suitable for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications. By leveraging advancements in cloud computing, Doky aims to centralize collaboration within organizations while maintaining high standards of speed, scalability, and efficiency. Its offerings cater to a diverse global audience, including developers, entrepreneurs, and collaborative teams.

Beekeeper

Series A in 2017
Beekeeper AG is a developer of a mobile-first communication platform designed for non-desk employees, facilitating real-time communication and productivity among frontline and mobile workforces. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with additional operations in Kraków, Berlin, and Oakland, Beekeeper serves various industries including hospitality, retail, logistics, transportation, food, manufacturing, NGOs, and event management. The platform offers tools such as messaging, content management, employee surveys, and engagement analytics, enabling managers to streamline workflows and enhance team productivity. By integrating operational systems into a central hub, Beekeeper allows users to communicate, share files, and assign tasks efficiently across different shifts and locations, thereby improving employee engagement and reducing turnover.

data.world

Venture Round in 2017
Data.World, Inc. operates an open data platform that facilitates the discovery and understanding of data across various sectors, including finance, education, and environment. Founded in 2015 and based in Austin, Texas, the platform allows users to minimize data wrangling, ingest and export diverse formats, and share insights in context, thereby enhancing collaboration and visibility in data projects. It features a cloud-native data catalog that connects siloed data with consistent business concepts, making it accessible for all users, not just data specialists. Data.World also hosts a large collaborative data community, where participants engage in projects ranging from social bot detection to data journalism. As a Public Benefit Corporation, Data.World aims to balance its mission with shareholder interests, promoting ethical data practices and fostering an inclusive environment for experimentation and accountability.

Altoida

Seed Round in 2016
Altoida AG, founded in 2016 and based in Lucerne, Switzerland, develops a healthcare platform and application specifically for Alzheimer’s patients. The Altoida application is the first validated solution designed to predict the risk of Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear, providing healthcare professionals with objective measurements of cognitive performance. The platform utilizes an augmented reality framework to conduct various tests that assess spatial memory, prospective memory, and executive functions. These tests can identify early and subtle cognitive changes up to six years prior to the onset of typical neurodegenerative symptoms. The Altoida Neuro Motor Index (NMI) serves as an active digital biomarker for early detection of cognitive and functional changes. The application is intended for patients aged 62 and older and is used as an adjunctive tool to evaluate perceptual and memory function. Results from the tests are accessible in real-time via a secure web-based dashboard, ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations. Altoida's innovative approach aims to make brain health assessments more affordable, accessible, and actionable for doctors, researchers, and healthcare providers.

Labdoor

Series A in 2016
Labdoor, Inc. is a company based in South San Francisco, California, that specializes in the online sale of dietary supplements and energy drinks. The product range includes fish oils, herbal supplements, magnesium, melatonin, probiotics, protein, and zinc supplements. Labdoor operates as a testing laboratory that verifies the quality of consumer products, particularly supplements. Through its website, Labdoor.com, consumers can access scientific reviews of products and shop for those that have undergone rigorous testing for purity and potency. The company offers a "Labdoor Certified" program for manufacturers who submit their products for quality control testing, ensuring that consumers receive reliable information about what they are purchasing. Labdoor publishes detailed reports and grades on various products, enabling consumers to make informed decisions about their health and supplement needs.

data.world

Venture Round in 2016
Data.World, Inc. operates an open data platform that facilitates the discovery and understanding of data across various sectors, including finance, education, and environment. Founded in 2015 and based in Austin, Texas, the platform allows users to minimize data wrangling, ingest and export diverse formats, and share insights in context, thereby enhancing collaboration and visibility in data projects. It features a cloud-native data catalog that connects siloed data with consistent business concepts, making it accessible for all users, not just data specialists. Data.World also hosts a large collaborative data community, where participants engage in projects ranging from social bot detection to data journalism. As a Public Benefit Corporation, Data.World aims to balance its mission with shareholder interests, promoting ethical data practices and fostering an inclusive environment for experimentation and accountability.

Beekeeper

Seed Round in 2016
Beekeeper AG is a developer of a mobile-first communication platform designed for non-desk employees, facilitating real-time communication and productivity among frontline and mobile workforces. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with additional operations in Kraków, Berlin, and Oakland, Beekeeper serves various industries including hospitality, retail, logistics, transportation, food, manufacturing, NGOs, and event management. The platform offers tools such as messaging, content management, employee surveys, and engagement analytics, enabling managers to streamline workflows and enhance team productivity. By integrating operational systems into a central hub, Beekeeper allows users to communicate, share files, and assign tasks efficiently across different shifts and locations, thereby improving employee engagement and reducing turnover.

Doky

Seed Round in 2016
Doky, Inc. is a Palo Alto-based company that develops a cloud-based collaborative platform designed to enhance productivity for users through integrated email, virtual applications, and cloud storage solutions. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including Open Office, chat, screen sharing, video conferencing, and task management, all accessible without the need for downloads or installations. Doky supports seamless integration with popular services like Gmail, Slack, GitHub, and Dropbox, ensuring a smooth user experience. The platform prioritizes security and privacy through end-to-end encryption, making it suitable for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications. By leveraging advancements in cloud computing, Doky aims to centralize collaboration within organizations while maintaining high standards of speed, scalability, and efficiency. Its offerings cater to a diverse global audience, including developers, entrepreneurs, and collaborative teams.

data.world

Venture Round in 2016
Data.World, Inc. operates an open data platform that facilitates the discovery and understanding of data across various sectors, including finance, education, and environment. Founded in 2015 and based in Austin, Texas, the platform allows users to minimize data wrangling, ingest and export diverse formats, and share insights in context, thereby enhancing collaboration and visibility in data projects. It features a cloud-native data catalog that connects siloed data with consistent business concepts, making it accessible for all users, not just data specialists. Data.World also hosts a large collaborative data community, where participants engage in projects ranging from social bot detection to data journalism. As a Public Benefit Corporation, Data.World aims to balance its mission with shareholder interests, promoting ethical data practices and fostering an inclusive environment for experimentation and accountability.

MarSec

Seed Round in 2015
MARSEC Inc. is a multimodal transport optimization company specializing in maritime transport. Utilizing the Industrial Internet of Things and big data analytics, it provides innovative solutions to enhance maritime operations and improve efficiency. The company offers several platforms, including the Open Bridge Platform for ship installations and the Open Shore Platform for onshore use, which facilitate information exchange among maritime entities. Additionally, MARSEC features Route Exchange for sharing navigational intentions and REX, a solution that enables real-time route sharing between vessels and shore-based traffic monitoring centers. Its customer base includes ship owners, port operators, logistics companies, insurance firms, maritime authorities, and individual boat owners, as well as various end-users such as captains, fleet managers, and port coordinators. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, MARSEC is committed to transforming maritime business through tailored, flexible applications that drive revenue optimization and cost savings.

Doky

Venture Round in 2015
Doky, Inc. is a Palo Alto-based company that develops a cloud-based collaborative platform designed to enhance productivity for users through integrated email, virtual applications, and cloud storage solutions. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including Open Office, chat, screen sharing, video conferencing, and task management, all accessible without the need for downloads or installations. Doky supports seamless integration with popular services like Gmail, Slack, GitHub, and Dropbox, ensuring a smooth user experience. The platform prioritizes security and privacy through end-to-end encryption, making it suitable for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications. By leveraging advancements in cloud computing, Doky aims to centralize collaboration within organizations while maintaining high standards of speed, scalability, and efficiency. Its offerings cater to a diverse global audience, including developers, entrepreneurs, and collaborative teams.
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