MHS Capital

MHS Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2006. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in various sectors, including technology, healthcare, consumer products, and information technology. MHS Capital is supported by a group of seasoned technology executives and entrepreneurs, including leaders from major Internet portals and experienced serial entrepreneurs. The firm targets investments primarily within the United States and Europe, seeking to back innovative companies in the software and digital space, as well as those in e-commerce and mobile industries. MHS Capital also sponsors serial entrepreneurs for small technology buyouts, emphasizing its commitment to fostering growth in the tech ecosystem.

Vijay Nagappan

Partner

Mark Sugarman

Founder and Managing Partner

63 past transactions

Inflection.io

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a marketing platform designed to offer a product-led growth motion. The company's platform provides reviewing market trends services, and in-depth customer development, enabling marketing teams to realize their growth potential.

Zenput

Series C in 2021
Zenput is a software platform designed to enhance operational execution for multi-unit businesses in the restaurant, retail, and convenience store sectors. By automating the rollout and enforcement of operating procedures and key initiatives, Zenput significantly improves productivity among field and store employees. The platform supports over 40,000 locations across more than 35 countries, enabling operators such as Chipotle, P.F. Chang’s, Domino's, and 7-Eleven to streamline their operations. Zenput collects, tracks, and aggregates product data, transforming it into actionable insights that help businesses simplify their processes and save time, ultimately leading to more effective management and execution of daily tasks.

Qualio

Series B in 2021
Qualio, Inc. is a developer of cloud-based quality management software specifically designed for the life sciences sector. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Dublin, Ireland, Qualio's platform facilitates compliance with regulatory standards and supports premarket activities. Its software encompasses a range of functionalities including document control, training management, risk assessment, and supplier quality assurance, making it suitable for medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and regulated service providers. By unifying quality teams, tools, and data, Qualio helps organizations accelerate their growth, enhance efficiency, and address critical quality challenges effectively.

Pienza

Seed Round in 2020
Pienza is ideate, fund, and build SaaS unicorns with high conviction and high time & capital concentration.

Qualio

Series A in 2020
Qualio, Inc. is a developer of cloud-based quality management software specifically designed for the life sciences sector. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Dublin, Ireland, Qualio's platform facilitates compliance with regulatory standards and supports premarket activities. Its software encompasses a range of functionalities including document control, training management, risk assessment, and supplier quality assurance, making it suitable for medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and regulated service providers. By unifying quality teams, tools, and data, Qualio helps organizations accelerate their growth, enhance efficiency, and address critical quality challenges effectively.

Zenput

Series B in 2019
Zenput is a software platform designed to enhance operational execution for multi-unit businesses in the restaurant, retail, and convenience store sectors. By automating the rollout and enforcement of operating procedures and key initiatives, Zenput significantly improves productivity among field and store employees. The platform supports over 40,000 locations across more than 35 countries, enabling operators such as Chipotle, P.F. Chang’s, Domino's, and 7-Eleven to streamline their operations. Zenput collects, tracks, and aggregates product data, transforming it into actionable insights that help businesses simplify their processes and save time, ultimately leading to more effective management and execution of daily tasks.

Grove Collaborative

Series D in 2019
Grove Collaborative, Inc. is an online retailer based in San Francisco, California, specializing in natural home and personal care products. Founded in 2012, the company provides a wide range of items, including household cleaners, personal care products, and baby and pet supplies. Its product offerings encompass laundry detergents, dish soaps, deodorants, shampoos, hand sanitizers, and various other essential items designed to enhance everyday living. Grove Collaborative aims to simplify the shopping experience for consumers seeking eco-friendly options for their homes and families. Originally established as ePantry LLC, the company rebranded to its current name in April 2016.

Qualio

Venture Round in 2019
Qualio, Inc. is a developer of cloud-based quality management software specifically designed for the life sciences sector. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Dublin, Ireland, Qualio's platform facilitates compliance with regulatory standards and supports premarket activities. Its software encompasses a range of functionalities including document control, training management, risk assessment, and supplier quality assurance, making it suitable for medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and regulated service providers. By unifying quality teams, tools, and data, Qualio helps organizations accelerate their growth, enhance efficiency, and address critical quality challenges effectively.

Qualio

Seed Round in 2019
Qualio, Inc. is a developer of cloud-based quality management software specifically designed for the life sciences sector. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Dublin, Ireland, Qualio's platform facilitates compliance with regulatory standards and supports premarket activities. Its software encompasses a range of functionalities including document control, training management, risk assessment, and supplier quality assurance, making it suitable for medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and regulated service providers. By unifying quality teams, tools, and data, Qualio helps organizations accelerate their growth, enhance efficiency, and address critical quality challenges effectively.

Zippia

Series A in 2019
Zippia, Inc. operates a Website that provides career information and tools for professionals across various industries. It offers Career Map, a visual map covering workers’ career decisions, including which career paths pay the best, the skills it takes to get hired and promoted, how long people typically hold each job, companies that hire the most, and where in the country companies hire. The company’s Website also provides best places for jobs, tips to get the jobs, rankings, videos, video games, jobs, and guides. Zippia, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Plotly

Series B in 2018
Plotly, Inc. is a data science and AI company based in Montreal, Canada, that offers an online platform for data analysis and visualization. Its tools are designed for a diverse audience, including scientists, students, engineers, and analysts, allowing them to analyze, simulate, and graph various data formats such as Excel spreadsheets, CSV, TSV, and Matlab files. Plotly simplifies the creation and sharing of interactive web applications and visualizations, enabling users to leverage these capabilities across different programming languages. The company aims to integrate data science into business applications, making advanced analytics accessible and practical for a wider range of users.

Kindly Care

Series A in 2018
Kindly Care, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates a marketplace for senior homecare, founded in 2014. It provides a mobile application designed to help families find and manage caregivers for their loved ones. The platform enables users to hire private live-in caregivers and offers tools for managing scheduling, tracking timesheets, and recording shift notes. This approach allows families to oversee the quality of care while also helping to reduce costs associated with senior care. Through its services, Kindly Care aims to facilitate a more efficient and effective caregiving experience for senior citizens and their families.

Outreach

Series D in 2018
Outreach Inc. is a sales engagement platform based in Seattle, Washington, that focuses on enhancing revenue growth by optimizing customer interactions across various channels, including email, voice, and social media. Founded in 2014, the platform utilizes machine learning to automate repetitive sales tasks, personalize communication, and prioritize key customer touchpoints. Outreach provides tools for account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as customer retention and expansion. Its features include task management, email and activity tracking, and buyer sentiment analysis, which helps sales teams improve performance based on emotional signals from potential buyers. The company's clientele includes notable organizations such as Zoom, Okta, and Microsoft, all of which rely on Outreach to enhance the effectiveness of their sales efforts and gain better visibility into sales activities.

Outreach

Series D in 2018
Outreach Inc. is a sales engagement platform based in Seattle, Washington, that focuses on enhancing revenue growth by optimizing customer interactions across various channels, including email, voice, and social media. Founded in 2014, the platform utilizes machine learning to automate repetitive sales tasks, personalize communication, and prioritize key customer touchpoints. Outreach provides tools for account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as customer retention and expansion. Its features include task management, email and activity tracking, and buyer sentiment analysis, which helps sales teams improve performance based on emotional signals from potential buyers. The company's clientele includes notable organizations such as Zoom, Okta, and Microsoft, all of which rely on Outreach to enhance the effectiveness of their sales efforts and gain better visibility into sales activities.

Grove Collaborative

Series C in 2018
Grove Collaborative, Inc. is an online retailer based in San Francisco, California, specializing in natural home and personal care products. Founded in 2012, the company provides a wide range of items, including household cleaners, personal care products, and baby and pet supplies. Its product offerings encompass laundry detergents, dish soaps, deodorants, shampoos, hand sanitizers, and various other essential items designed to enhance everyday living. Grove Collaborative aims to simplify the shopping experience for consumers seeking eco-friendly options for their homes and families. Originally established as ePantry LLC, the company rebranded to its current name in April 2016.

Outreach

Series C in 2017
Outreach Inc. is a sales engagement platform based in Seattle, Washington, that focuses on enhancing revenue growth by optimizing customer interactions across various channels, including email, voice, and social media. Founded in 2014, the platform utilizes machine learning to automate repetitive sales tasks, personalize communication, and prioritize key customer touchpoints. Outreach provides tools for account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as customer retention and expansion. Its features include task management, email and activity tracking, and buyer sentiment analysis, which helps sales teams improve performance based on emotional signals from potential buyers. The company's clientele includes notable organizations such as Zoom, Okta, and Microsoft, all of which rely on Outreach to enhance the effectiveness of their sales efforts and gain better visibility into sales activities.

Zippia

Seed Round in 2017
Zippia, Inc. operates a Website that provides career information and tools for professionals across various industries. It offers Career Map, a visual map covering workers’ career decisions, including which career paths pay the best, the skills it takes to get hired and promoted, how long people typically hold each job, companies that hire the most, and where in the country companies hire. The company’s Website also provides best places for jobs, tips to get the jobs, rankings, videos, video games, jobs, and guides. Zippia, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Garmentory

Venture Round in 2016
Garmentory Inc. is an online retail platform based in Bellevue, Washington, that specializes in designer fashion for men, women, and children. Founded in 2014, the company operates as a managed marketplace, connecting independent boutiques and emerging designers with global customers. Garmentory offers a diverse range of products, including tops, bottoms, dresses, outerwear, lingerie, swimwear, bags, shoes, and jewelry, as well as accessories and home goods. By providing a platform for boutiques to showcase their limited-run items, Garmentory enables these businesses to reach a wider audience without the need for complex digital marketing or advanced technical infrastructure. The company ships its products across the United States, Canada, and internationally, catering to a clientele that increasingly prefers online shopping.

Zenput

Series A in 2016
Zenput is a software platform designed to enhance operational execution for multi-unit businesses in the restaurant, retail, and convenience store sectors. By automating the rollout and enforcement of operating procedures and key initiatives, Zenput significantly improves productivity among field and store employees. The platform supports over 40,000 locations across more than 35 countries, enabling operators such as Chipotle, P.F. Chang’s, Domino's, and 7-Eleven to streamline their operations. Zenput collects, tracks, and aggregates product data, transforming it into actionable insights that help businesses simplify their processes and save time, ultimately leading to more effective management and execution of daily tasks.

Kindly Care

Venture Round in 2016
Kindly Care, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates a marketplace for senior homecare, founded in 2014. It provides a mobile application designed to help families find and manage caregivers for their loved ones. The platform enables users to hire private live-in caregivers and offers tools for managing scheduling, tracking timesheets, and recording shift notes. This approach allows families to oversee the quality of care while also helping to reduce costs associated with senior care. Through its services, Kindly Care aims to facilitate a more efficient and effective caregiving experience for senior citizens and their families.

Finova Financial

Venture Round in 2016
Finova Financial LLC, founded in 2015 and based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, offers a digital financial services platform that provides affordable loans to consumers based on the equity in their vehicles. Catering to approximately 70 million financially underserved Americans, Finova aims to reduce the high costs associated with traditional lending, offering its Car Equity Line of Credit (C-LOC) at significantly lower rates than the national average. The platform enables clients to access capital quickly, with instant approval decisions and same-day funding available through an online portal. This portal allows users to manage their financial health in real-time, facilitating payments from various devices and at numerous retail locations. Finova’s approach emphasizes building positive relationships with clients, focusing on financial education and support to improve their economic well-being.

ShareGrid

Seed Round in 2016
ShareGrid is a leading online marketplace that enables filmmakers, photographers, and other creatives to rent, buy, or sell camera gear. The platform connects users with local vendors, facilitating peer-to-peer rentals that provide a cost-effective alternative to traditional rental services. By allowing individuals to rent out their unused film and photo equipment, ShareGrid offers an opportunity for users to generate income while making gear more accessible for those in need. This model not only enhances the availability of equipment for creative projects but also promotes a sustainable approach to gear usage in the industry.

Grove Collaborative

Series A in 2016
Grove Collaborative, Inc. is an online retailer based in San Francisco, California, specializing in natural home and personal care products. Founded in 2012, the company provides a wide range of items, including household cleaners, personal care products, and baby and pet supplies. Its product offerings encompass laundry detergents, dish soaps, deodorants, shampoos, hand sanitizers, and various other essential items designed to enhance everyday living. Grove Collaborative aims to simplify the shopping experience for consumers seeking eco-friendly options for their homes and families. Originally established as ePantry LLC, the company rebranded to its current name in April 2016.

Outreach

Series B in 2016
Outreach Inc. is a sales engagement platform based in Seattle, Washington, that focuses on enhancing revenue growth by optimizing customer interactions across various channels, including email, voice, and social media. Founded in 2014, the platform utilizes machine learning to automate repetitive sales tasks, personalize communication, and prioritize key customer touchpoints. Outreach provides tools for account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as customer retention and expansion. Its features include task management, email and activity tracking, and buyer sentiment analysis, which helps sales teams improve performance based on emotional signals from potential buyers. The company's clientele includes notable organizations such as Zoom, Okta, and Microsoft, all of which rely on Outreach to enhance the effectiveness of their sales efforts and gain better visibility into sales activities.

Handshake

Series B in 2016
Handshake Corp. is a B2B eCommerce platform that facilitates online and in-person trade for manufacturers and distributors across various industries, including music, gifts, toys, fashion, eyewear, healthcare, and outdoor sectors. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, Handshake provides an online sales order application that supports mobile order writing, web order management, and back office integration. The platform enhances the buying and selling processes by allowing sales representatives and customers to place orders easily from any device, at any time. Additionally, it offers personalized experiences by incorporating updated account information, customer-specific pricing, order history, and tailored product catalogs, thereby strengthening relationships between suppliers and their clients. As of May 2019, Handshake operates as a subsidiary of Shopify Inc.

Finova Financial

Seed Round in 2016
Finova Financial LLC, founded in 2015 and based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, offers a digital financial services platform that provides affordable loans to consumers based on the equity in their vehicles. Catering to approximately 70 million financially underserved Americans, Finova aims to reduce the high costs associated with traditional lending, offering its Car Equity Line of Credit (C-LOC) at significantly lower rates than the national average. The platform enables clients to access capital quickly, with instant approval decisions and same-day funding available through an online portal. This portal allows users to manage their financial health in real-time, facilitating payments from various devices and at numerous retail locations. Finova’s approach emphasizes building positive relationships with clients, focusing on financial education and support to improve their economic well-being.

Outreach

Series A in 2015
Outreach Inc. is a sales engagement platform based in Seattle, Washington, that focuses on enhancing revenue growth by optimizing customer interactions across various channels, including email, voice, and social media. Founded in 2014, the platform utilizes machine learning to automate repetitive sales tasks, personalize communication, and prioritize key customer touchpoints. Outreach provides tools for account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as customer retention and expansion. Its features include task management, email and activity tracking, and buyer sentiment analysis, which helps sales teams improve performance based on emotional signals from potential buyers. The company's clientele includes notable organizations such as Zoom, Okta, and Microsoft, all of which rely on Outreach to enhance the effectiveness of their sales efforts and gain better visibility into sales activities.

Pioneer Square Labs

Series A in 2015
Pioneer Square Labs is a venture capital firm and startup studio based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 2015. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, including pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, primarily targeting technology-oriented companies in the Pacific Northwest. Pioneer Square Labs collaborates with exceptional entrepreneurs to develop and launch innovative technology companies, providing them with the necessary resources, expertise, and capital to succeed. By fostering a supportive environment, the firm aims to transform promising ideas into fully-funded businesses with strong customer adoption.

Guidebook

Series A in 2015
Guidebook Inc. is a mobile application platform that enables event organizers to create and share customized applications for attendees. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the platform facilitates the distribution of event materials, schedules, and interactive maps, while allowing attendees to engage through personalized reminders, ratings, and feedback. Users can build applications for a variety of events, including conferences, school orientations, and trade shows, without needing technical skills. The platform offers a selection of templates and features, allowing for quick app creation and deployment to major app stores. Guidebook's services enhance event experiences by promoting interactivity and organization for both attendees and organizers.

Plotly

Series A in 2015
Plotly, Inc. is a data science and AI company based in Montreal, Canada, that offers an online platform for data analysis and visualization. Its tools are designed for a diverse audience, including scientists, students, engineers, and analysts, allowing them to analyze, simulate, and graph various data formats such as Excel spreadsheets, CSV, TSV, and Matlab files. Plotly simplifies the creation and sharing of interactive web applications and visualizations, enabling users to leverage these capabilities across different programming languages. The company aims to integrate data science into business applications, making advanced analytics accessible and practical for a wider range of users.

Humanity

Series B in 2015
Humanity.com, Inc. is a computer software company that specializes in cloud-based employee scheduling solutions. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, it offers a SaaS platform that simplifies employee management and creates dynamic schedules tailored to various factors, including location, department, and skill set. Humanity's platform provides organizations with valuable insights and actionable data to optimize staffing, manage time-off requests, and track employee availability. The software caters to a diverse range of industries, including retail, hospitality, healthcare, and education, serving professionals in scheduling, operations, human resources, and executive roles. The company's solutions enhance employee retention and workforce management while supporting compliance and attendance tracking. Humanity operates as a subsidiary of TimeClock Plus, LLC.

Converus

Venture Round in 2014
Converus, Inc. develops advanced lie detection software that identifies deception through the analysis of eye behavior. Its flagship product, EyeDetect, measures bio-cognitive responses such as pupil diameter, eye movement, and blinks using a precision optical scanner, providing a non-invasive method for assessing truthfulness. This technology serves various sectors, including law enforcement, government, and corporate environments, offering solutions for job applicant screening, employee assessments, and integrity testing. In addition to EyeDetect, Converus has introduced IdentityDetect, a web-based tool for quick identity verification, and IntegrityDetect, an integrity assessment designed to replace traditional testing methods. Established in 2013 and based in Lehi, Utah, Converus has expanded its presence internationally with offices in Mexico and Colombia.

Humanity

Series A in 2014
Humanity.com, Inc. is a computer software company that specializes in cloud-based employee scheduling solutions. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, it offers a SaaS platform that simplifies employee management and creates dynamic schedules tailored to various factors, including location, department, and skill set. Humanity's platform provides organizations with valuable insights and actionable data to optimize staffing, manage time-off requests, and track employee availability. The software caters to a diverse range of industries, including retail, hospitality, healthcare, and education, serving professionals in scheduling, operations, human resources, and executive roles. The company's solutions enhance employee retention and workforce management while supporting compliance and attendance tracking. Humanity operates as a subsidiary of TimeClock Plus, LLC.

Bizible

Series B in 2014
Bizible, Inc. is a provider of marketing attribution and planning software designed specifically for business-to-business companies. Founded in 2011 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company offers a software-as-a-service platform that enables organizations to connect their marketing efforts directly to revenue outcomes. Bizible's technology tracks offline revenue to online marketing sources, providing a comprehensive view of marketing return on investment and customer lifetime value. The platform integrates data from various sales and marketing channels, including CRM systems, websites, and ad networks, to deliver insights on revenue-generating activities such as demand generation and account-based marketing. With the ability to perform predictive analytics and scenario planning, Bizible supports over 300 clients across multiple industries, including higher education, healthcare, and technology, in optimizing their marketing strategies for growth. As of April 2018, Bizible operates as a subsidiary of Marketo, Inc.

Plotly

Series A in 2014
Plotly, Inc. is a data science and AI company based in Montreal, Canada, that offers an online platform for data analysis and visualization. Its tools are designed for a diverse audience, including scientists, students, engineers, and analysts, allowing them to analyze, simulate, and graph various data formats such as Excel spreadsheets, CSV, TSV, and Matlab files. Plotly simplifies the creation and sharing of interactive web applications and visualizations, enabling users to leverage these capabilities across different programming languages. The company aims to integrate data science into business applications, making advanced analytics accessible and practical for a wider range of users.

Numerator

Series B in 2014
Numerator is a market intelligence firm that specializes in combining omnichannel marketing, merchandising, and sales data to provide insights for brand, retail, and agency clients. Owned by Vista Equity Partners, the company leverages its InfoScout OmniPanel, which has collected over 500 million purchase receipts from both brick-and-mortar and e-commerce channels. This extensive data allows Numerator to link consumer purchasing behavior with the underlying reasons and influences, such as advertising and pricing strategies, that shape the path to purchase. The firm serves a diverse range of industry leaders, including major brands in retail and packaged goods, by delivering real-time insights that help clients understand consumer behavior and identify growth opportunities.

Udemy

Series C in 2014
Udemy, Inc. is an online learning platform that provides a diverse array of courses aimed at students, businesses, and governments worldwide. Established in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Udemy offers courses in various fields, including development, business, finance, IT, personal development, design, marketing, and health. The platform connects students with instructors, allowing for self-paced, on-demand learning tailored to individual goals, whether for professional advancement or personal interest. For corporate clients, Udemy for Business provides subscription access to over 7,000 relevant courses in multiple languages, along with robust learning analytics and a centralized platform for content management. Additionally, Udemy offers a customizable learning solution for government entities to enhance workforce skills across various sectors. The company has offices in several locations, including Ankara, Dublin, São Paulo, Denver, and Gurgaon.

Simply Measured

Series C in 2014
Simply Measured is a social analytics platform that assists marketers in maximizing their effectiveness by providing insights from various social media networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Tumblr. The platform enables over 100,000 marketers, including 50 percent of the Interbrand 100 companies, to identify opportunities, plan social campaigns, optimize their activities, and report on their outcomes. Simply Measured is uniquely certified by Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, ensuring it delivers reliable insights from these popular platforms. Its robust analytics solution features visual dashboards that facilitate easy sharing of data across organizations, helping companies demonstrate the value of their social media efforts. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Simply Measured has received recognition as a fast-growing company and employs more than 130 staff members.

Zenput

Seed Round in 2014
Zenput is a software platform designed to enhance operational execution for multi-unit businesses in the restaurant, retail, and convenience store sectors. By automating the rollout and enforcement of operating procedures and key initiatives, Zenput significantly improves productivity among field and store employees. The platform supports over 40,000 locations across more than 35 countries, enabling operators such as Chipotle, P.F. Chang’s, Domino's, and 7-Eleven to streamline their operations. Zenput collects, tracks, and aggregates product data, transforming it into actionable insights that help businesses simplify their processes and save time, ultimately leading to more effective management and execution of daily tasks.

Indiegogo

Series B in 2014
IndieGoGo is a global crowdfunding platform that democratizes the way people raise funds for any project such as creative, entrepreneurial, or cause-related. The platform enables individuals and startups to generate pre-sales and collect feedback from early adopters before they manufacture their products. Since its inception in 2008, Indiegogo has been offering related advice to individuals and startups that seek it and advising corporations on how to staff a team to create and manage a campaign effectively.

Sprig

Seed Round in 2013
Sprig is an online application that specializes in delivering healthy organic meals within 15 minutes. Founded in April 2013 by Morgan Springer, Neeraj Berry, Matt Kent, and Gagan Biyani, the company is based in San Francisco, United States. The platform allows users to conveniently find and order nutritious meals, utilizing locally-sourced, sustainable, and seasonal ingredients. By focusing on quick delivery and high-quality food, Sprig aims to meet the growing demand for healthy eating options in a fast-paced world.

Combatant Gentlemen

Seed Round in 2013
Combatant Gentlemen, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California, operates an e-commerce platform specializing in corporate menswear. Known for being one of the first design-to-delivery menswear brands, it offers a range of premium yet affordable products, including suits, shirts, outerwear, denim, accessories, and footwear. The company distinguishes itself by managing the entire production process, from in-house design to owning factories and even cultivating its own raw materials. This direct control over the product lifecycle allows Combatant Gentlemen to eliminate traditional markups, providing high-quality clothing at competitive prices. The brand has received recognition as one of “America’s Most Promising Companies” by Forbes and has garnered significant investment from notable figures in the industry, further establishing its reputation in the market.

Simply Measured

Series B in 2013
Simply Measured is a social analytics platform that assists marketers in maximizing their effectiveness by providing insights from various social media networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Tumblr. The platform enables over 100,000 marketers, including 50 percent of the Interbrand 100 companies, to identify opportunities, plan social campaigns, optimize their activities, and report on their outcomes. Simply Measured is uniquely certified by Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, ensuring it delivers reliable insights from these popular platforms. Its robust analytics solution features visual dashboards that facilitate easy sharing of data across organizations, helping companies demonstrate the value of their social media efforts. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Simply Measured has received recognition as a fast-growing company and employs more than 130 staff members.

Applifier

Series B in 2012
Applifier is a cross-promotion network focused on social games and applications. As of August 2010, it reached over 55 million monthly active users and collaborated with more than 100 social applications on Facebook. By offering a diverse portfolio of applications for cross-promotion, Applifier enables users of one social application to discover other high-quality applications. This approach allows the originating applications to acquire new, viral users without incurring additional costs. Applifier's model supports the growth of social applications by facilitating user engagement and interaction across its network.

Udemy

Series B in 2012
Udemy, Inc. is an online learning platform that provides a diverse array of courses aimed at students, businesses, and governments worldwide. Established in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Udemy offers courses in various fields, including development, business, finance, IT, personal development, design, marketing, and health. The platform connects students with instructors, allowing for self-paced, on-demand learning tailored to individual goals, whether for professional advancement or personal interest. For corporate clients, Udemy for Business provides subscription access to over 7,000 relevant courses in multiple languages, along with robust learning analytics and a centralized platform for content management. Additionally, Udemy offers a customizable learning solution for government entities to enhance workforce skills across various sectors. The company has offices in several locations, including Ankara, Dublin, São Paulo, Denver, and Gurgaon.

Bizible

Series A in 2012
Bizible, Inc. is a provider of marketing attribution and planning software designed specifically for business-to-business companies. Founded in 2011 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company offers a software-as-a-service platform that enables organizations to connect their marketing efforts directly to revenue outcomes. Bizible's technology tracks offline revenue to online marketing sources, providing a comprehensive view of marketing return on investment and customer lifetime value. The platform integrates data from various sales and marketing channels, including CRM systems, websites, and ad networks, to deliver insights on revenue-generating activities such as demand generation and account-based marketing. With the ability to perform predictive analytics and scenario planning, Bizible supports over 300 clients across multiple industries, including higher education, healthcare, and technology, in optimizing their marketing strategies for growth. As of April 2018, Bizible operates as a subsidiary of Marketo, Inc.

Handshake

Seed Round in 2012
Handshake Corp. is a B2B eCommerce platform that facilitates online and in-person trade for manufacturers and distributors across various industries, including music, gifts, toys, fashion, eyewear, healthcare, and outdoor sectors. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, Handshake provides an online sales order application that supports mobile order writing, web order management, and back office integration. The platform enhances the buying and selling processes by allowing sales representatives and customers to place orders easily from any device, at any time. Additionally, it offers personalized experiences by incorporating updated account information, customer-specific pricing, order history, and tailored product catalogs, thereby strengthening relationships between suppliers and their clients. As of May 2019, Handshake operates as a subsidiary of Shopify Inc.

Mind Lab

Series C in 2012
Mind Lab creates strategy games to develop the thinking abilities and life skills of K-12 students. It aims to teach children through its three pillars: thinking games, metacognitive methods, and teacher mediators. The company’s Methodology is an educational tool that supports the development of skills and helps young people deal with cognitive, emotional, social, and ethical challenges that transcend the classroom environment. Mind Lab was co-founded by Tzvika Feldfogel, Valmir J Pereira, and Ehud Shachar in 1994 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Thumbtack

Series A in 2012
Thumbtack is an online marketplace that connects millions of people with local professionals for their projects. It operates platform where people can hire talents and professionals like instructors, painters, photographers, and many more. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, Thumbtack has raised more than $275 million from Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Javelin Investment Partners, Baillie Gifford, and Google Capital.

Bridge International Academies

Venture Round in 2012
Bridge International Academies operates primary schools focused on providing education to underprivileged children. Founded in 2007 and based in Nairobi, Kenya, the organization offers services that align with national curricula and emphasizes comprehensive teacher training and development programs. Utilizing advanced wireless technology, Bridge International Academies aims to deliver quality education at no cost to students, fostering opportunities for a brighter future for those in underserved communities.

HowAboutwe

Series B in 2011
Launched in April 2010 and based in DUMBO, New York, HowAboutWe.com helps people fall in love and stay in love. The company is comprised of four core products: HowAboutWe Dating, HowAboutWe for Couples, HowAboutWe Media and You&Me.

Udemy

Series A in 2011
Udemy, Inc. is an online learning platform that provides a diverse array of courses aimed at students, businesses, and governments worldwide. Established in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Udemy offers courses in various fields, including development, business, finance, IT, personal development, design, marketing, and health. The platform connects students with instructors, allowing for self-paced, on-demand learning tailored to individual goals, whether for professional advancement or personal interest. For corporate clients, Udemy for Business provides subscription access to over 7,000 relevant courses in multiple languages, along with robust learning analytics and a centralized platform for content management. Additionally, Udemy offers a customizable learning solution for government entities to enhance workforce skills across various sectors. The company has offices in several locations, including Ankara, Dublin, São Paulo, Denver, and Gurgaon.

Moat

Series A in 2011
Moat is a free search engine for display ads. Moat also offers heatmap analytics and resources for creative. Online ads tend to be transient: visible one second and gone the next. Whether you want to see the ads from a particular brand, discover new advertisers, or get inspiration from innovative creative campaigns, the need for a centralized ad search is evident. Enter: Moat. Moat Ad Search is a search engine that focuses entirely on ads instead of other kinds of online content. Similar to traditional search engines, its results are compiled using a web crawler that is specifically tuned to look for ads on the web and index them for later retrieval. Moat also accepts submissions from advertisers and agencies that wish to have their ads included.

Applifier

Seed Round in 2011
Applifier is a cross-promotion network focused on social games and applications. As of August 2010, it reached over 55 million monthly active users and collaborated with more than 100 social applications on Facebook. By offering a diverse portfolio of applications for cross-promotion, Applifier enables users of one social application to discover other high-quality applications. This approach allows the originating applications to acquire new, viral users without incurring additional costs. Applifier's model supports the growth of social applications by facilitating user engagement and interaction across its network.

HowAboutwe

Series A in 2010
Launched in April 2010 and based in DUMBO, New York, HowAboutWe.com helps people fall in love and stay in love. The company is comprised of four core products: HowAboutWe Dating, HowAboutWe for Couples, HowAboutWe Media and You&Me.

Udemy

Seed Round in 2010
Udemy, Inc. is an online learning platform that provides a diverse array of courses aimed at students, businesses, and governments worldwide. Established in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Udemy offers courses in various fields, including development, business, finance, IT, personal development, design, marketing, and health. The platform connects students with instructors, allowing for self-paced, on-demand learning tailored to individual goals, whether for professional advancement or personal interest. For corporate clients, Udemy for Business provides subscription access to over 7,000 relevant courses in multiple languages, along with robust learning analytics and a centralized platform for content management. Additionally, Udemy offers a customizable learning solution for government entities to enhance workforce skills across various sectors. The company has offices in several locations, including Ankara, Dublin, São Paulo, Denver, and Gurgaon.

Simply Measured

Seed Round in 2010
Simply Measured is a social analytics platform that assists marketers in maximizing their effectiveness by providing insights from various social media networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Tumblr. The platform enables over 100,000 marketers, including 50 percent of the Interbrand 100 companies, to identify opportunities, plan social campaigns, optimize their activities, and report on their outcomes. Simply Measured is uniquely certified by Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, ensuring it delivers reliable insights from these popular platforms. Its robust analytics solution features visual dashboards that facilitate easy sharing of data across organizations, helping companies demonstrate the value of their social media efforts. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Simply Measured has received recognition as a fast-growing company and employs more than 130 staff members.

Pulpo Media

Seed Round in 2009
Pulpo Media is a prominent Hispanic media and technology company that specializes in providing online media and a proprietary technology platform designed to engage Hispanic audiences effectively. It is recognized as the leading Spanish Primary online media provider in the United States and holds a significant position in Mexico as well. The company collaborates with top online advertisers to help them localize and customize their marketing strategies for diverse Hispanic markets. Pulpo Media is based in Berkeley, California, and maintains offices in Latin America, operating as a private entity. Its executive team and investors boast extensive experience from successful online media companies, enhancing its credibility and expertise in the industry.

CourtTrax

Seed Round in 2009
CourtTrax Corporation, based in Bellevue, Washington, specializes in providing access to electronic court documents and official records across various levels of the United States judicial system, including federal, state, county, and municipal courts. Founded in 2002, the company offers a range of services such as name searching, case number searching, and court document retrieval. Its platform enables users, particularly within the legal, insurance, and property title sectors, to conduct comprehensive searches for civil and criminal records efficiently. CourtTrax also provides additional features like case watch and alerts, along with technical support services that include bulk data feeds and IT infrastructure solutions. The company's tools are designed to streamline the retrieval of court records, enhancing the operational capabilities of its clients.

Convertro

Series A in 2009
Convertro is a marketing analytics company that specializes in providing clients with data-driven insights to optimize their advertising spend. Through its advanced algorithmic attribution models, Convertro analyzes marketing costs and conversion data, including in-store metrics, to deliver actionable recommendations. This regression-based system integrates detailed customer marketing exposures, allowing clients to effectively reallocate their marketing budgets from less profitable channels to more successful ones. Convertro's proprietary technologies support optimizations across various online and offline marketing channels, including pay-per-click, search engine optimization, display advertising, social media, television, radio, and direct mail. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Convertro also has offices in New York and Israel, enabling it to serve a diverse range of clients effectively.

magnify360

Series A in 2008
Magnify360, Inc. offers a software-as-a-service platform focused on content personalization and marketing optimization, primarily aimed at enhancing advertising conversion rates. Founded in 2004 and based in Los Angeles, California, with an office in Shanghai, China, the company provides tailored solutions for e-commerce, lead generation, and subscription-based businesses. Magnify360 employs innovative strategies and user experience optimization to improve online customer acquisition. Its comprehensive approach allows for the optimization of various website components, including landing pages, lead capture forms, and shopping cart checkouts. By leveraging optimization techniques, Magnify360 aims to enhance user experiences, ultimately driving higher conversion rates and profitability for its clients. The company distinguishes itself through a holistic client management philosophy that integrates professional services, creative marketplace offerings, and optimization technology.

VentureBeat

Series A in 2008
VentureBeat, Inc. is an online technology news platform founded in 2006 and based in San Francisco, California. It focuses on providing news, analysis, and insights related to a wide array of technology trends, including social media, mobile applications, health technology, cloud computing, and gaming. The platform's content is designed to assist executives, entrepreneurs, and tech enthusiasts in making informed decisions. In addition to its extensive news coverage, VentureBeat hosts events, webinars, and marketing opportunities that facilitate discussions on innovative products and ideas. Through its engaging platform, the company connects advertisers with a targeted audience of tech professionals and business enthusiasts, enhancing their reach in the technology sector.

Opower

Series A in 2007
Opower, Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions for the utility industry, focused on enhancing customer engagement and promoting energy efficiency. The company collaborates with over 85 utility partners, serving more than 18 million consumers across seven countries. Its software analyzes energy usage data and delivers personalized insights to motivate consumers to reduce their energy consumption. Opower's offerings include home energy reports, smart meter-enabled communications, and a marketplace suite for product recommendations. Additionally, the company provides demand response solutions, such as alerts and feedback reports to encourage reduced energy use during peak times. Opower also enhances digital engagement through customer-facing web applications and tools aimed at improving customer satisfaction. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Opower operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation.
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