Mucker B

Mucker B is a venture capital fund managed by Mucker Capital, which is based in Santa Monica, California. The firm focuses on making pre-seed and seed-stage investments, primarily in technology companies throughout the United States and Canada. Mucker Capital specializes in early-stage ventures, targeting sectors such as Internet software, services, media, enterprise solutions, fintech, B2B, and consumer products. The firm typically invests between $0.25 million and $1 million per deal and maintains a preference for opportunities within Los Angeles and the broader Southern California region. Mucker Capital also operates an accelerator program that can last from three to twenty-four months, providing financial backing and support in exchange for equity stakes ranging from 7% to 12%.

David Borcsok

Investor

Jon Broscious

Investor

Jerry Chen

Investor

Anne Enna

Investor

Omar Hamoui

Partner

William Hsu

Co-Founder & Partner

Erik Rannala

Co-Founder & Partner

Joe Tsai

Investor

Monique Villa

Investor

Kiyan Yazdi

Investor

220 past transactions

Pear Suite

Seed Round in 2023
Pear Suite is a cloud-based healthcare platform that focuses on improving health outcomes by addressing the social determinants of health for older adults. The platform enables community health workers, healthcare staff, and volunteers to evaluate and respond to the social factors influencing health in a scalable and cost-effective manner. Utilizing smart scripts, logic modeling, and actionable dashboards, Pear Suite allows healthcare providers to gain a comprehensive understanding of individuals beyond their medical conditions. This holistic approach aims to enhance overall well-being while also reducing healthcare costs.

CurbWaste

Seed Round in 2023
CurbWaste is an automated software solution designed for waste haulers. We provide customer management, automated billing, dispatching and customer portals creating transparency and high level data to a traditionally low tech industry. CurbWaste was founded in 2018, by its founder and CEO Michael Marmo.

OpenGTM

Seed Round in 2023
Patri is a software and consulting firm based in Springville, Utah, dedicated to helping companies win more business in the $7 trillion U.S. public sector market through technology, consulting services, and premium memberships. Patri’s Bid Score™ is an innovative SaaS solution powering data-driven opportunity qualification and increasing win rates for top companies in multiple countries.

CurbWaste

Seed Round in 2022
CurbWaste is an automated software solution designed for waste haulers. We provide customer management, automated billing, dispatching and customer portals creating transparency and high level data to a traditionally low tech industry. CurbWaste was founded in 2018, by its founder and CEO Michael Marmo.

PushPress

Series A in 2022
PushPress has revolutionized membership management and billing in the niche fitness space. We bring over 50 years of gym ownership experience to the table to design a business mangement platform that actually makes sense for gym owners. PushPress targets the niche of private/personal trainers, CrossFit affiliates, yoga studios, MMA gyms, and other boutique/specialty fitness facilities.

Proto

Series A in 2022
Automating multilingual customer experience

Here

Seed Round in 2022
Here is a business that focuses on simplifying parking solutions for drivers through an online booking platform. It allows users to reserve parking in advance and provides access to various garages associated with sports teams, venues, travel providers, and hotels. The system integrates seamlessly with navigation systems and can be operated via text or voice commands, making it user-friendly and accessible. Additionally, Here offers last mile mobility solutions that enhance the parking experience across various platforms, enabling businesses to provide transactional parking as an added service. This approach not only benefits drivers by easing the parking process but also supports businesses in offering more comprehensive services to their customers.

Inspectiv

Series A in 2022
Inspectiv offers rapidly growing technology companies an end to end security solution that improves their security posture in a streamlined way so they can focus on product development and growth.

Cloverleaf.me

Series A in 2022
Cloverleaf LLC operates a visualization and scenario-planning platform for team management. Its platform delivers assessments and measures impact by cross mapping a team's personality, skills, and culture; enables identity discovery and employee development; and provides customized career insights. The company’s platform is used agile practitioners, project managers, human resources, business coaches, job seekers, teams, enterprises, individuals, and sales teams. Cloverleaf LLC was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Covington, Kentucky.

PayEngine

Series A in 2022
PayEngine is the unique payments platform designed to help vertical market software vendors maximize payment revenue, eliminiate liability and reduce complexity, and own and improve customer experience. With PayEngine's platform, software vendors can set their own rates over interchange, control margins and retain the majority of their profits; eliminate MOR liability and dispute management, PCI/data security and compliance issues; and integrate with APIs, drop-in widgets and customizable UI.

Octagos Health

Venture Round in 2022
Octagos Health designs remote monitoring software and provides quality service to healthcare professionals and patients. The software connects with all devices along with a team of cardiac device experts and allows doctors to review all transmissions and improve patient care. They aim to be the most trusted partner in remote device management with the understanding that patients always come first.

Prismpop

Seed Round in 2022
Prismpop is an online beauty community and social commerce platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in Pasadena, California. The platform facilitates the discovery of beauty products tailored to individual needs, allowing users to engage with content and connect with third-party manufacturers. Through its mobile interface, Prismpop provides a space for users to explore and find personalized beauty solutions while promoting collaboration between consumers and brands.

OK Capsule

Seed Round in 2022
OK Capsule is a provider of an online supply chain and product development software for the life science industry. Its enterprise supplement personalization platform provides custom-branded rolls of supplement packets that are more cost-effective than bottles and sustainable for the planet and are made using supplements that are ethnically sourced, fair trade, organic, kosher or halal, non-GMO and dairy, glyphosate, and soy-free that enable businesses to scale the delivery of individualized, premium-grade supplement packets to their customers that is safe for the environment and sustainable.

Optera

Seed Round in 2022
Optera is the ESG software platform used by many of the world's most established and ambitious corporate sustainability programs. Optera blends a complete emissions platform (scope 1, 2, and 3) with expert in-house practitioners to provide customers with a comprehensive solution to even the most complex carbon accounting challenges. From a first-time inventory and complete scope 3 accounting to science-based targets and achieving net-zero, the Optera platform supports companies at any stage of their ESG journey. Optera also goes beyond internal management and connects our clients with their suppliers, portfolio companies, or customers to enable meaningful action and engagement across their value chain. Companies of every size and industry use Optera from Dell and HPE to Grove Collaborative and William-Sonoma. Our expert team collaborates with leading NGOs such as BSR, CDP, and the World Economic Forum to advance corporate ESG practices globally.

Here

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Here is a business that focuses on simplifying parking solutions for drivers through an online booking platform. It allows users to reserve parking in advance and provides access to various garages associated with sports teams, venues, travel providers, and hotels. The system integrates seamlessly with navigation systems and can be operated via text or voice commands, making it user-friendly and accessible. Additionally, Here offers last mile mobility solutions that enhance the parking experience across various platforms, enabling businesses to provide transactional parking as an added service. This approach not only benefits drivers by easing the parking process but also supports businesses in offering more comprehensive services to their customers.

Emotive

Series B in 2022
Emotive is a computer software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It specializes in providing a platform that enhances consumer sales by transforming cold leads into informed customers through emotionally intelligent text message conversations. By leveraging natural language processing and machine learning, Emotive's platform tailors interactions to identify and understand individual user behaviors, fostering long-term customer loyalty. This approach enables retail organizations to build meaningful human relationships and connections with their customers.

ComplYant

Seed Round in 2022
ComplYant is a developer of tax compliance platform for entrepreneurs that provide a simple, accurate way to follow tax deadlines. Its platform helps with tax deadlines, tax budgeting, deciphers tax notices, and manage deadlines for all business tax types. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Stamped Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Stamped is changing the game with year-end accounting services, and is aiming at challenging this $ 60 B North American market. With our proprietary technology, we quickly produce accurate reports and audits at a fraction of the current market costs. It is empowering our auditors for greater productivity with year-end accounting services without compromising on the quality. Our technology also eradicates clerical and mundane year-end tasks for finance leaders, allowing productivity gains and focus on value-added tasks for their organizations. We want to make year-end audit relevant again.

CurbWaste

Pre Seed Round in 2022
CurbWaste is an automated software solution designed for waste haulers. We provide customer management, automated billing, dispatching and customer portals creating transparency and high level data to a traditionally low tech industry. CurbWaste was founded in 2018, by its founder and CEO Michael Marmo.

Tribevest Inc.

Seed Round in 2022
A subscription online platform that makes it 10x easier for investor groups to collaborate, formalize, bank, pool capital, and buy private investments together. Common financial goals include Single-Family Rental real estate and Vacation Homes. The team is based in Columbus, OH, and led by seasoned entrepreneurs with deep expertise in marketplaces and payments. Travis Smith (Enterprise Payments @ Jack Henry), Zach Bowers, (FuelDrop, Founder), Josh Wilson, Larry Scott (ScriptDrop Founder), Kerry Dixon, Ph.D. (OSU, Professor), and Pete Kight (CheckFree, Founder/CEO $4.5B exit to Fiserv)

HeyRenee

Seed Round in 2022
HeyRenee is the personal health concierge, everyone, especially those managing chronic illnesses and conditions, has wanted and needed. The patient-centric HeyRenee platform is designed to consolidate, coordinate, communicate and connect all aspects of medical care. Through long-sought data integration with healthcare providers, the platform endeavors to eventually help all Americans, the underserved especially, connect with their entire healthcare team and relieve the burdens of appointment scheduling, in-home visits, prescription medication administration to Telehealth and remote patient monitoring, and more

Masters

Seed Round in 2022
Masters is an app that lets users train with some of the world’s most famous athletes and learn the tricks of their trade via four-week guided on-demand training programs.

Hubly

Seed Round in 2021
Hubly is a Barclay’s Techstars backed company who’s business management platform simplifies how financial advisory firms identify, prioritize, and action client opportunities to scale personalized, high-touch services at a fraction of the overhead cost. Hubly makes it possible for RIA firms of all sizes to leverage predictive analytics and data visualization to deliver a repeatable, consistent customer experience across all advisors, locations, and teams.

Covetool

Series B in 2021
Cove.tool has developed a game-changing machine learning technology that helps users discover smarter ways to make their buildings energy efficient while saving on construction cost. The software builds smart, accurate models in a tenth of the time to help users explore a range of building alternatives and sort out the best one.

Landline

Series A in 2021
The Landline Company operates a bus transportation network. It provides passengers to book tickets and schedule buses from Mankato and Duluth to Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport. The Landline Company was formerly known as The Rocket Bus Corp. and changed its name to The Landline Company in October 2019. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Hawthorne, California.

Papaya

Series B in 2021
Papaya is a developer of an online mobile bill payment application that simplifies financial transactions for users. The application supports various payment methods, including debit and credit cards and direct bank account transfers. It prioritizes security by encrypting personal information and payment data, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and PCI standards. In addition to its bill payment services, Papaya operates as an electronic money platform, offering digital solutions, online banking, and international payment services. This combination of features enables users to manage their financial activities efficiently and securely.

Worca

Seed Round in 2021
Worca empowers startups at all funding stages to scale up efficiently with the benefits of employer of record (EOR) services.

Doorvest

Series A in 2021
Doorvest is an online platform that facilitates real estate investing for busy professionals seeking to generate passive income through rental properties. Established in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a comprehensive service that guides users through the process of identifying, purchasing, and managing income-generating rental homes. The platform provides transparency with detailed insights into monthly cash flow, property activity, and legal documentation through an investor dashboard. By simplifying the complexities of real estate investment, Doorvest enables individuals to achieve homeownership, generate passive income, and build equity in a streamlined manner.

Elude

Seed Round in 2021
Elude is a travel planning platform that enables users to explore travel options based on their budget and available time off. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company offers an automatic search engine that identifies destinations users can afford to visit. By inputting their travel budget and dates, users can discover various cities worldwide that fit their criteria. In addition to providing destination options, Elude facilitates the booking of flights and hotel packages, promoting transparency in the often complex travel market. The platform aims to simplify travel planning by maximizing users' budgets and helping them make informed decisions about their next getaway.

Crecy

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Crecy is an alternative lending app that leverages Open Banking & Gig Platforms APIs to deliver formal credit products to 100M+ people in LatAm. Crecy offers to its customers revolving credit lines of up to $100/month they can access by simply linking their bank and/or gig account to the app.

GoCheck

Venture Round in 2021
GoCheck, also known as Gobiquity, Inc., specializes in mobile health applications aimed at the early detection and prevention of health disorders, particularly eye diseases. Its flagship product, GoCheck Kids, is a smartphone application designed to screen for amblyopia risk factors in children, adhering to the guidelines set by the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. The application enables pediatric teams to conduct visual acuity assessments and photo screenings, significantly enhancing early detection efforts. GoCheck Kids is utilized by over 6,500 pediatric teams across the United States and Europe, addressing the urgent need to prevent vision impairment, a leading disabling condition in children. By leveraging the manufacturing scale of smartphones, GoCheck has made early vision screening more affordable, reducing costs by over 60%. The company, founded in 2010 and based in Aliso Viejo, California, is FDA-registered and CE certified, reflecting its commitment to quality and safety in pediatric health care.

Jurny

Venture Round in 2021
Jurny is a hospitality tech company offering SaaS-based management solutions designed to accommodate the evolving needs and expectations of the modern traveler. Jurny connects consumers with high-end branded suites and apartments owned by independent property and hotel owners for short-term stays. From design to implementation, Jurny’s turnkey management service enables an industry-first true automated experience from check-in to check out for both guests and owners, resulting in flawless operations and increased profits. Jurny is pioneering the next generation of tech-first, on-demand hospitality.

Hop In Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
Hop In Technologies is revolutionizing the way employees get to work by improving accessibility to workplaces. Through their shuttle solutions, Hop In empowers corporations to be the driving force behind an improved quality of life for their employees.

Hopps

Seed Round in 2021
Hopps (www.hopps.io) is an LA-based startup that provides enterprises with one-click access for instant help with enterprise tools like Facebook Ads Manager, Hubspot and Figma. Through our platform’s AI-driven matching, vetted experts screen-share and upskill professionals in < 2 minutes by collaborating on problems in real-time.

Atom

Venture Round in 2021
What makes us different from the rest is that while Zendesk, Freshdesk, and others treat customers like tickets by connecting to inboxes, WE are focusing on helping teams sell 12x more via our Predictive Sales engine. More than 12MM+ customers have used our platform to purchase products and connect to the brands they love. We currently work with more than 50 enterprise companies; brands like Toyota, Hyundai, and GNC.

Outer

Series B in 2021
Outer is a direct-to-consumer outdoor furniture brand that has built furniture for retailers for years. The products are manufactured in Liu's family-owned factory outside of Shanghai. Since its inception in 2017, Outer has increased its revenue 11 times by 2020 and tripled its workforce in the past nine months.

Grow Credit

Seed Round in 2021
Grow Credit helps consumers with no credit or thin credit files establish or build credit for free using their existing subscription accounts, including Netflix, Disney Plus, Spotify, and many more. Grow is also the first platform to allow consumers to build credit with their cell phone bills. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

dash.fi

Seed Round in 2021
FunnelDash offers turnkey co-brandable cards as a service so businesses can launch a program without any API's, skilled developers, industry expertise or massive scale! Our first turnkey co-brandable card is AdCard where we are partnering with ad agencies and software companies where their customers spend $10m+/yr in ad spend. (Ex. Maropost AdCard, ClickFunnels AdCard, etc) AdCard, is the first charge card exclusively for digital ad spend. - Unlimited free virtual debit and credit cards. - Free spend, budget, and pacing controls. - Unlimited free ad copy and creative services - Earn up to 7.5% cashback on your ad spend - Unlimited free ad audits and benchmark reports w/ AdAdvisor. - $175k in sign up bonuses with partner perks and discounts. - Plus Free AdCapital when you use Media Buyer Concierge Load up AdCard with $10k - $1m of FREE AdCapital to infuse your campaigns with more cash to scale even faster when you work with one of our 5,000 network agency partners. Perfect for advertisers that spend $250k/yr+ on Facebook and Google ads. Are you an Ad Agency or SaaS with clients spending over $1M in ad spend annually? Get your own Co-branded AdCard with your logo and start offering it to your clients. Follow us on Crunchbase to get notified when we release new turnkey co-brandable cards.

OK Capsule

Seed Round in 2021
OK Capsule is a provider of an online supply chain and product development software for the life science industry. Its enterprise supplement personalization platform provides custom-branded rolls of supplement packets that are more cost-effective than bottles and sustainable for the planet and are made using supplements that are ethnically sourced, fair trade, organic, kosher or halal, non-GMO and dairy, glyphosate, and soy-free that enable businesses to scale the delivery of individualized, premium-grade supplement packets to their customers that is safe for the environment and sustainable.

EyeRate

Seed Round in 2021
EyeRate is a category defining messaging platform that merges reputation, customer experience, and employee incentives. By attaching employee incentives to customer engagement rates we provide our partners with industry leading engagement rates. EyeRate allows businesses to see a comprehensive view of what their customers are saying across all channels — review sites, social media, and feedback surveys. The end result is more new customers, better retention, and increased employee productivity.

Blueprint Title

Series B in 2021
Blueprint Title offers a modern approach to title insurance and closing.

Agrograph

Seed Round in 2021
AgroGraph, Inc. designs and develops a satellite imagery and machine learning software for agriculture sector. It offers field level estimates of crop types, productivity, irrigation status, water loss, environmental footprint, and historical performance. The company offers yield volatility index that helps lenders to determine the risk associated with lending. It provides information-as-a-service (IaaS) platform that ingest satellite information into models. AgroGraph, Inc. is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

CurbWaste

Pre Seed Round in 2021
CurbWaste is an automated software solution designed for waste haulers. We provide customer management, automated billing, dispatching and customer portals creating transparency and high level data to a traditionally low tech industry. CurbWaste was founded in 2018, by its founder and CEO Michael Marmo.

PayEngine

Seed Round in 2021
PayEngine is the unique payments platform designed to help vertical market software vendors maximize payment revenue, eliminiate liability and reduce complexity, and own and improve customer experience. With PayEngine's platform, software vendors can set their own rates over interchange, control margins and retain the majority of their profits; eliminate MOR liability and dispute management, PCI/data security and compliance issues; and integrate with APIs, drop-in widgets and customizable UI.

Hologram

Series B in 2021
Hologram, Inc. specializes in cloud-based Internet connectivity solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) device management and network connectivity. The company offers a platform that enables makers, OEMs, and systems integrators to create devices that connect to the Internet using cellular technology. Hologram's Konekt cloud acts as a data broker and database for both cellular and non-cellular devices, facilitating the routing and storage of generated data. This enables users to build and maintain necessary infrastructure efficiently. Additionally, Hologram provides a machine-to-machine (M2M) Short Messaging Service (SMS) that supports notifications and system integrations for Internet-connected devices. Founded in 2013 and based in Chicago, Illinois, Hologram aims to simplify the process of building connected hardware, offering a flexible platform that supports scalability and instant connectivity without minimum requirements.

HeyRenee

Seed Round in 2021
HeyRenee is the personal health concierge, everyone, especially those managing chronic illnesses and conditions, has wanted and needed. The patient-centric HeyRenee platform is designed to consolidate, coordinate, communicate and connect all aspects of medical care. Through long-sought data integration with healthcare providers, the platform endeavors to eventually help all Americans, the underserved especially, connect with their entire healthcare team and relieve the burdens of appointment scheduling, in-home visits, prescription medication administration to Telehealth and remote patient monitoring, and more

Elude

Seed Round in 2021
Elude is a travel planning platform that enables users to explore travel options based on their budget and available time off. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company offers an automatic search engine that identifies destinations users can afford to visit. By inputting their travel budget and dates, users can discover various cities worldwide that fit their criteria. In addition to providing destination options, Elude facilitates the booking of flights and hotel packages, promoting transparency in the often complex travel market. The platform aims to simplify travel planning by maximizing users' budgets and helping them make informed decisions about their next getaway.

Wildfire Systems

Series A in 2021
Wildfire is on a mission to reward organic commerce everywhere. We help companies monetize their users with white-label cash back and coupon services. Wildfire makes it easy for our partners’ users to save money and earn cash back from their favorite apps and websites.

Hologram

Series B in 2021
Hologram, Inc. specializes in cloud-based Internet connectivity solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) device management and network connectivity. The company offers a platform that enables makers, OEMs, and systems integrators to create devices that connect to the Internet using cellular technology. Hologram's Konekt cloud acts as a data broker and database for both cellular and non-cellular devices, facilitating the routing and storage of generated data. This enables users to build and maintain necessary infrastructure efficiently. Additionally, Hologram provides a machine-to-machine (M2M) Short Messaging Service (SMS) that supports notifications and system integrations for Internet-connected devices. Founded in 2013 and based in Chicago, Illinois, Hologram aims to simplify the process of building connected hardware, offering a flexible platform that supports scalability and instant connectivity without minimum requirements.

Sila

Series A in 2021
Sila Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing banking and payments infrastructure for software development teams. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Sila offers a digital wallet and an API for ACH payments, enabling users to identify customers, link bank accounts, and facilitate money transfers. The platform supports the movement of funds using a built-in stablecoin, allowing developers to create financial products where money movement is seamlessly integrated with their applications. Sila's services are designed to be cost-effective, offering an efficient alternative to traditional banking partnerships while simplifying the complexities of payment processing and identity verification.

Numerade

Series A in 2021
Numerade are singularly focused on creating exceptional video and interactive content experiences for education making the knowledge and skills of world class educators widely accessible and affordable to student audiences of all backgrounds. Numerade mission is to close the educational opportunity gap by unlocking and democratizing access to extraordinary educators and the content they have to offer.

Specright

Series B in 2021
Specright Inc. develops a cloud-based enterprise specification management software that focuses on sustainability throughout the product life cycle and supply chain. Its Specification Data Management platform allows companies to digitize and manage all specification data, including raw materials, ingredients, formulas, packaging, and finished goods. By standardizing specifications and facilitating collaboration among teams and suppliers, Specright enables businesses to take actionable steps across their supply chains, thus reducing costs and enhancing profitability while promoting sustainability. The company also offers additional solutions such as supplier management tools, a vendor marketplace, and data analysis services that provide recommendations for efficiency improvements. Serving various industries, including food and beverage, beauty and cosmetics, consumer packaged goods, and retail, Specright aims to streamline processes related to packaging, procurement, quality, and marketing. Founded in 2014, the company is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Repeat

Series A in 2021
Repeat is a SaaS platform that enables consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) brands to turn one-time buyers into repeat customers. CPG brands use Repeat to give their customers faster, personalized reordering experiences—from email, from text, from anywhere.

PayDownHero

Seed Round in 2021
PayDownHero is the round ups app for auto loan debt...We help users aggressively pay down their auto loan debt, utilizing round ups and micropayments PLUS real-time data, to crush out their loans, and saving them time and money!

Linq

Seed Round in 2021
Linq is a networking app that gives users the ability to create a custom digital page where they can centralize and share their content digitally or using linq's one of a kind physical NFC smart products.

SoftLedger

Seed Round in 2021
SoftLedger is a modern full-featured accounting system built for true automation, now with crypto-specific features.

Graviti

Seed Round in 2021
Graviti offers you the products you need the most, financed for months. No credit or debit card, no initial payment, no arrears, and with your credit approved immediately. Graviti wants to make sure every family in LATAM is able to buy basic appliances for the home by offering fair and accessible financing to acquire them.

Alcatraz AI

Venture Round in 2021
Alcatraz AI, Inc. develops advanced facial authentication technology aimed at enhancing physical security for enterprises and government facilities. Founded in 2016 and based in Redwood City, California, the company utilizes machine learning and computer vision to create a frictionless access control system that eliminates the need for traditional badging. Alcatraz AI's solution integrates real-time 3D facial mapping with artificial intelligence to automatically recognize individuals as they approach a secured entry point. This system combines software with a specialized hardware device equipped with sensors, allowing for seamless entry while providing enhanced security features, such as tailgating alerts and analytics. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, Alcatraz AI enables organizations to implement highly secure access points that improve overall safety and user experience.

FlavorCloud

Series A in 2021
FlavorCloud, Inc. develops a cloud-based cross border logistics tool that powers international shipping. Its platform, FlavorCloud, enables end-to-end shopping cart integration for e-commerce retailers, enterprise retailers, and marketplaces. It serves enterprise retailers and direct-to-consumer brands. The company was formerly known as FlavorCloud LLC. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Wendi

Venture Round in 2021
Wendi operates an online platform designed to connect individuals seeking addiction recovery services with appropriate treatment centers. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, the company uses a unique matching algorithm that considers factors such as budget, insurance, clinical needs, and location to provide tailored recommendations for rehab centers with available beds. By simplifying the search and communication processes within the fragmented addiction treatment industry, Wendi aims to enhance accessibility and transparency for those in need of support.

Optera

Seed Round in 2021
Optera is the ESG software platform used by many of the world's most established and ambitious corporate sustainability programs. Optera blends a complete emissions platform (scope 1, 2, and 3) with expert in-house practitioners to provide customers with a comprehensive solution to even the most complex carbon accounting challenges. From a first-time inventory and complete scope 3 accounting to science-based targets and achieving net-zero, the Optera platform supports companies at any stage of their ESG journey. Optera also goes beyond internal management and connects our clients with their suppliers, portfolio companies, or customers to enable meaningful action and engagement across their value chain. Companies of every size and industry use Optera from Dell and HPE to Grove Collaborative and William-Sonoma. Our expert team collaborates with leading NGOs such as BSR, CDP, and the World Economic Forum to advance corporate ESG practices globally.

Emotive

Series B in 2021
Emotive is a computer software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It specializes in providing a platform that enhances consumer sales by transforming cold leads into informed customers through emotionally intelligent text message conversations. By leveraging natural language processing and machine learning, Emotive's platform tailors interactions to identify and understand individual user behaviors, fostering long-term customer loyalty. This approach enables retail organizations to build meaningful human relationships and connections with their customers.

LeaseLock

Series B in 2021
LeaseLock Inc. is an insurance technology company that offers lease guarantor services, effectively replacing security deposits with insurance. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, LeaseLock enables renters to obtain instant lease approval without the need for a cosigner, streamlining the rental process for both tenants and property owners. By integrating its lease insurance product into online leasing platforms, LeaseLock enhances the rental transaction experience, leading to increased conversion rates and reduced vacancy rates for property owners. The company has secured over $1 billion in leases backed by insurance rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best. LeaseLock has formed a strategic partnership with QBE Holdings and attracts investment from notable global investors, including SoftBank Ventures Asia and Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures.

LeaseLock

Series B in 2021
LeaseLock Inc. is an insurance technology company that offers lease guarantor services, effectively replacing security deposits with insurance. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, LeaseLock enables renters to obtain instant lease approval without the need for a cosigner, streamlining the rental process for both tenants and property owners. By integrating its lease insurance product into online leasing platforms, LeaseLock enhances the rental transaction experience, leading to increased conversion rates and reduced vacancy rates for property owners. The company has secured over $1 billion in leases backed by insurance rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best. LeaseLock has formed a strategic partnership with QBE Holdings and attracts investment from notable global investors, including SoftBank Ventures Asia and Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures.

Goodhood

Seed Round in 2021
FixMyCar is a mobile auto repair platform that offers car repair services to every car owner. FixMyCar provides affordable and trusted rates, convenient service locations, sends in mobile car mechanics to homes, offices, or parking lots, and has flexible hours, thereby enabling customers to book their highly-rated mobile car repair services at their convenience.

Doorvest

Seed Round in 2021
Doorvest is an online platform that facilitates real estate investing for busy professionals seeking to generate passive income through rental properties. Established in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a comprehensive service that guides users through the process of identifying, purchasing, and managing income-generating rental homes. The platform provides transparency with detailed insights into monthly cash flow, property activity, and legal documentation through an investor dashboard. By simplifying the complexities of real estate investment, Doorvest enables individuals to achieve homeownership, generate passive income, and build equity in a streamlined manner.

Outer

Series A in 2021
Outer is a direct-to-consumer outdoor furniture brand that has built furniture for retailers for years. The products are manufactured in Liu's family-owned factory outside of Shanghai. Since its inception in 2017, Outer has increased its revenue 11 times by 2020 and tripled its workforce in the past nine months.

Bambee

Series B in 2020
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides small and medium-sized businesses with affordable access to human resources management solutions. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee offers a platform where clients can hire an HR manager for a monthly fee of $99. The service includes assistance in crafting HR policies, maintaining compliance, and accessing a suite of online HR tools. Additionally, Bambee provides online training courses designed to enhance workforce performance. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, entertainment, healthcare, technology, and non-profits, among others. Bambee's mission is to ensure that every business, regardless of size, has the resources to operate effectively and efficiently, akin to larger corporations.

Knowt

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Knowt is a company created by students, for students. Our vision is one of a future with simpler, faster learning. Our app is the first step by our company to ensure that this vision becomes a reality. Available on mobile and web, our app automatically converts your notes (or any review material you have) into review quizzes using artificial intelligence and machine learning. Knowt revolves around the idea of studying that is both efficient and easy. Simply open our app, type your notes (or copy and paste them) and hit quiz. Any notes you write or find online can be entered into Knowt and made into a quiz - no extra work required.

SteadiPay

Pre Seed Round in 2020
SteadiPay Inc. is a payment processing company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017. It offers a bank-agnostic platform designed to assist small businesses in streamlining their payment processes. By enabling transactions through credit and debit cards, SteadiPay helps its users save time, earn rewards, and achieve better financial returns.

Inspectiv

Seed Round in 2020
Inspectiv offers rapidly growing technology companies an end to end security solution that improves their security posture in a streamlined way so they can focus on product development and growth.

Optera

Seed Round in 2020
Optera is the ESG software platform used by many of the world's most established and ambitious corporate sustainability programs. Optera blends a complete emissions platform (scope 1, 2, and 3) with expert in-house practitioners to provide customers with a comprehensive solution to even the most complex carbon accounting challenges. From a first-time inventory and complete scope 3 accounting to science-based targets and achieving net-zero, the Optera platform supports companies at any stage of their ESG journey. Optera also goes beyond internal management and connects our clients with their suppliers, portfolio companies, or customers to enable meaningful action and engagement across their value chain. Companies of every size and industry use Optera from Dell and HPE to Grove Collaborative and William-Sonoma. Our expert team collaborates with leading NGOs such as BSR, CDP, and the World Economic Forum to advance corporate ESG practices globally.

Insured Nomads

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Insured Nomads is the first insurtech in global benefits, offering a full portfolio of insurance solutions for the globally mobile including international health, life and disability, travel insurance, and new technologies to complement these lines of business. Serving clients around the world, with numerous customer service points, they are a remote company operating a lean and agile enterprise with strategic partners in every region of the globe.

Covetool

Series A in 2020
Cove.tool has developed a game-changing machine learning technology that helps users discover smarter ways to make their buildings energy efficient while saving on construction cost. The software builds smart, accurate models in a tenth of the time to help users explore a range of building alternatives and sort out the best one.

Doorvest

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Doorvest is an online platform that facilitates real estate investing for busy professionals seeking to generate passive income through rental properties. Established in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a comprehensive service that guides users through the process of identifying, purchasing, and managing income-generating rental homes. The platform provides transparency with detailed insights into monthly cash flow, property activity, and legal documentation through an investor dashboard. By simplifying the complexities of real estate investment, Doorvest enables individuals to achieve homeownership, generate passive income, and build equity in a streamlined manner.

Homelister

Seed Round in 2020
HomeLister Inc. operates an online real estate brokerage platform. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Scylla

Seed Round in 2020
Scylla Technologies Inc. specializes in developing advanced computer-vision tools focused on facial, behavior, and object recognition for the security industry. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Glendale, California, with an additional office in Yerevan, Armenia, Scylla offers a range of solutions including Preventive Threat Detection (PTD) for identifying potential threats such as firearms and other objects, thermal screening systems for monitoring body temperature in crowded areas, and intruder detection systems. Additionally, the company provides a behavior recognition system that analyzes surveillance footage to detect anomalies and predict violent behavior in real-time. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Scylla enhances existing security infrastructures and empowers security operators to proactively identify threats and respond to incidents effectively.

GoFreight

Seed Round in 2020
GoFreight, is a web-based SaaS for international freight forwarders. Since its inception in 2016, GoFreight has helped freight forwarders of all sizes to digitalize their operation and process management, covering all shipping methods from sea to air to land. Through data visualization, automation, freight tracking, instant booking and quotation, GoFreight makes the once analog management process significantly efficient and helps freight forwarders to truly benefit from digitalization.

EOXS

Seed Round in 2020
EOXS is a B2B steel marketplace that provides a digital platform for steel buyers and sellers to engage with each other. Founded by a team who has a combined experience of 30+ years in Steel sales, the platform supports businesses with the help of smart technology. You can browse through 10,000's of SKU's available by vetted suppliers on the platform.

Hopps

Seed Round in 2020
Hopps (www.hopps.io) is an LA-based startup that provides enterprises with one-click access for instant help with enterprise tools like Facebook Ads Manager, Hubspot and Figma. Through our platform’s AI-driven matching, vetted experts screen-share and upskill professionals in < 2 minutes by collaborating on problems in real-time.

Grow Credit

Seed Round in 2020
Grow Credit helps consumers with no credit or thin credit files establish or build credit for free using their existing subscription accounts, including Netflix, Disney Plus, Spotify, and many more. Grow is also the first platform to allow consumers to build credit with their cell phone bills. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

gofor

Seed Round in 2020
GoFor Industries Inc. operates an online platform that specializes in on-demand delivery services for building materials and equipment, specifically targeting the home improvement and construction sectors. Founded in 2016 and based in Ottawa, Canada, the company offers a mobile application that facilitates last-mile and same-day delivery solutions for suppliers and retailers. GoFor's streamlined platform integrates various logistics capabilities, including eCommerce integration, dispatching, and reporting, enabling businesses to enhance their existing delivery fleets or outsource their logistics needs entirely.

Topicals

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Topicals is transforming the way you feel about skin through target solutions for skin conditions starting with eczema and hyperpigmentation. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Stackin'

Series B in 2020
Stackin' is the simplest entry point into finance with over one million subscribers and a mission to empower people to improve their financial lives via text message. Stackin' provides the necessary tools & curated products for a younger generation of consumers to build healthy financial habits over time in a fun, entertaining, judgement-free relationship. Powered by a custom messaging platform, data, machine learning and human touch, their personalized messages educate subscribers on how to save money, reduce debt and start investing.

Repeat

Seed Round in 2020
Repeat is a SaaS platform that enables consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) brands to turn one-time buyers into repeat customers. CPG brands use Repeat to give their customers faster, personalized reordering experiences—from email, from text, from anywhere.

Emotive

Series A in 2020
Emotive is a computer software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It specializes in providing a platform that enhances consumer sales by transforming cold leads into informed customers through emotionally intelligent text message conversations. By leveraging natural language processing and machine learning, Emotive's platform tailors interactions to identify and understand individual user behaviors, fostering long-term customer loyalty. This approach enables retail organizations to build meaningful human relationships and connections with their customers.

Upkeep

Series B in 2020
UpKeep Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing and providing enterprise asset management and maintenance management solutions tailored for facility maintenance teams. Founded in 2014 and based in Los Angeles, the company offers a mobile-first platform that includes features such as real-time notifications, customizable work orders, preventive maintenance tracking, and asset/inventory management. UpKeep's solutions cater to a diverse range of industries, including manufacturing, hospitality, education, and fleet management. With over 160,000 registered users, the company's software is recognized for its value, ease of use, and customer support. UpKeep has received accolades for its maintenance management software and is acknowledged as a top workplace in Los Angeles. The company also maintains offices in the United Kingdom and Canada, further expanding its reach in the asset management sector.

Resilia

Series A in 2020
Resilia simplifies the formation of new nonprofits and provides existing organizations with on-demand tools that optimize operations and increase effectiveness. It helps accelerate the formation process for new organizations, and ensure existing organizations execute their mission and drive results. Its Enterprise platform offers intuitive, data-driven software to corporations, foundations, and government entities that leverage technology to accelerate impact and increase connectivity.

Alcatraz AI

Venture Round in 2020
Alcatraz AI, Inc. develops advanced facial authentication technology aimed at enhancing physical security for enterprises and government facilities. Founded in 2016 and based in Redwood City, California, the company utilizes machine learning and computer vision to create a frictionless access control system that eliminates the need for traditional badging. Alcatraz AI's solution integrates real-time 3D facial mapping with artificial intelligence to automatically recognize individuals as they approach a secured entry point. This system combines software with a specialized hardware device equipped with sensors, allowing for seamless entry while providing enhanced security features, such as tailgating alerts and analytics. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, Alcatraz AI enables organizations to implement highly secure access points that improve overall safety and user experience.

Sila

Seed Round in 2020
Sila Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing banking and payments infrastructure for software development teams. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Sila offers a digital wallet and an API for ACH payments, enabling users to identify customers, link bank accounts, and facilitate money transfers. The platform supports the movement of funds using a built-in stablecoin, allowing developers to create financial products where money movement is seamlessly integrated with their applications. Sila's services are designed to be cost-effective, offering an efficient alternative to traditional banking partnerships while simplifying the complexities of payment processing and identity verification.

Sequencing.com

Seed Round in 2020
Sequencing is the world’s first and only open operating system for DNA sequencing, storage, analysis, personalization, and application development. We are ushering in a new era of personal genome innovation for consumers, bioinformatics developers/startups, pharmaceutical companies, and health and wellness providers. Sequencing has been used by partners throughout the world to develop and market more than 100 DNA analysis apps. These apps analyze data from our own or any third party genetic test (including 23andMe, Ancestry.com, Illumina, Invitae, and Color) and provide straightforward reports covering the full range of information that can be obtained from DNA including personalized medicine, preventive health, preconception screening, rare disease screening, wellness optimization, genealogy, and genetic data exploration. Our DNA-as-a-service enables healthcare providers and wellness organizations to effortlessly customize their own genetic testing, analysis, and storage pipelines for almost any purpose, including the assessment of risk for thousands of diseases, the likelihood of experiencing medication reactions, and the personalization of wellness products and services.

StoreCash

Seed Round in 2020
StoreCash provides the only solution for the unbanked to request, receive and instantly use funds on a mobile device without needing a bank account. They do this by partnering with merchants to utilize closed loop technology. StoreCash is currently working towards a pilot with Western Union to provide WU users with the opportunity to give money senders a free option, meanwhile the merchant oversees the transaction fees.

Blueprint Title

Series A in 2020
Blueprint Title offers a modern approach to title insurance and closing.

Lazarus

Convertible Note in 2020
Lazarus Enterprises Inc. is a company that develops and operates a clinical decision support platform aimed at improving cancer detection. Founded in 2017 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lazarus utilizes patient health data and artificial intelligence to enhance diagnostic accuracy for skin and cervical cancers. The platform provides automatic analysis of medical images and delivers instant results, ensuring seamless integration with electronic health records. By supporting healthcare professionals in early cancer detection, Lazarus aims to contribute to better patient outcomes and more effective treatment strategies.