Ensemble
Seed Round in 2024
Ensemble specializes in enhancing machine learning algorithms. Its flagship product, Dark Matter, improves data representations to boost model performance across various domains.
WorkMade
Seed Round in 2023
WorkMade streamlines financial management for self-employed professionals. Its all-in-one app automates tax savings and payments, reducing the burden on freelancers.
Gatheround
Series A in 2023
Gatheround is a team bonding and community engagement platform that focuses on fostering authentic human connections within organizations. Designed for people-centric environments, the platform offers a video chat solution that enhances virtual meetings through interactive tools and pre-built templates. By prioritizing depth and authenticity, Gatheround enables teams to collaborate and brainstorm effectively, addressing the challenges of disconnection in a digital age. Its approach makes it easy for organizations to bring individuals together online in a manner that is both enjoyable and meaningful, ultimately strengthening team dynamics and relationships.
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Tribble
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Tribble is a technology company that specializes in developing autonomous agents for businesses. These agents integrate with existing systems, learn from company data, and perform actions within the tools already in use. The company's cloud-based platform aims to automate repetitive tasks, streamline business processes, and manage customer relationships, thereby reducing manual effort and enabling clients to focus on core business activities to drive growth and revenue.
Founded in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2021, Ctrl is a business software company that empowers sales and customer success professionals. Its platform combines data from various applications to create custom workspaces, enabling users to manage customer information efficiently and take action from a single view.
Videowise
Seed Round in 2023
Videowise is a video review application platform that automates the process of gathering and displaying product video reviews for online retail businesses. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Dover, Delaware, the platform efficiently searches, verifies, syncs, and serves video reviews sourced from various video streaming websites. It offers features such as floating widgets, a theme builder, and real-time analytics, allowing eCommerce companies to track return on investment and analyze customer engagement. By leveraging these capabilities, Videowise aims to enhance customer conversions and overall shopper experience, thereby increasing customer value for online stores.
Vectara
Seed Round in 2022
Vectara offers a generative AI platform for embedding AI features into applications. Its serverless Retrieval Augmented Generation API enables businesses to integrate conversational AI and question-answering securely, with minimal hallucination, explainable results, and real-time updatability.
Hone
Venture Round in 2022
Hone Group Inc., established in 2018, is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in live online leadership and management training. It offers a development platform that empowers organizations to enhance their employees' soft skills, including communication, team building, and conflict management. Hone's platform facilitates expert-led small group training, peer learning, and continuous reinforcement, while also providing data-driven insights to measure and improve training impact.
Courier is a developer of notification management software that enables businesses to efficiently route user notifications across multiple channels, such as email, SMS, and messaging platforms. Its API allows developers to optimize notification delivery by considering various factors, including user engagement history and real-time online status. This flexibility permits the creation of reusable messages that can be tailored for specific channels, ensuring relevant and timely communication. With a strong focus on customer success, Courier has established long-lasting relationships with its clients by continuously adapting to technological advancements and industry changes. The company is committed to maintaining stability in its management while pushing the boundaries of innovation to meet the evolving needs of its customers.
Tango is a browser-based enablement and automation platform that helps organizations streamline and standardize sales workflows by automating tasks within existing tools. It provides UI-driven agents to perform routine actions, reduce manual work, and improve data accuracy, accelerating deal progression. The platform can also capture workflows and automatically generate step-by-step guides with screenshots and descriptions, supporting easy training and process documentation.
Primer
Venture Round in 2022
Primer is a business-to-business marketing platform that focuses on enhancing marketing technologies for companies. It offers services such as audience automation, LinkedIn automation, and marketing and sales automation. The platform enriches leads and matches them across different channels while orchestrating workflows to streamline marketing efforts. By connecting various applications and facilitating data movement, Primer enables coordinated multichannel campaigns. Additionally, it assists in mapping a lead's identity across multiple marketing channels, providing sales personnel with accurate contact information to improve lead conversion rates and maximize advertising efficiency.
Glean develops an AI-based search engine software that connects enterprise data and generates answers through a tool integrated into any company's existing workflows. Its platform, Workplace Search, connects to internal data sources, enabling employees to find information and receive personalized answers using advanced search techniques, retrieval augmented generation, and large language models.
Robots & Pencils
Venture Round in 2022
Robots & Pencils is a digital innovation company established in 2009, with a focus on helping clients leverage mobile, web, and frontier technologies to transform their businesses. The company specializes in developing consumer applications, enterprise software, and cutting-edge education platforms. By employing advanced technologies like machine learning, bots, and conversational user interfaces, Robots & Pencils enables clients to adopt innovative strategies and operationalize these technologies effectively. This approach not only helps organizations gain early and unique advantages but also positions them to thrive in an era of rapid technological change. The company prides itself on attracting a highly skilled workforce dedicated to creating solutions that were once deemed inconceivable.
Oyster provides a distributed talent enablement platform that enables companies to hire employees anywhere and administer locally compliant payroll and benefits for international staff, addressing the complexities of full-time employment across borders. The platform supports hiring, payroll, and benefits globally for distributed teams, delivering reliable payroll and local perks while maintaining compliance. Founded in January 2020 by Tony Jamous and Jack Mardack, Oyster operates as a fully remote company with a globally distributed workforce.
Compt Inc. is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company that specializes in developing software for managing employee perk allowances. Founded in 2018, Compt offers a platform that allows organizations to create, manage, and scale customizable lifestyle benefits for their employees. The software enables users to set parameters such as spending amounts, timeframes, and categories for perk stipends, ensuring that the benefits align with individual employee needs. Additionally, it facilitates the tracking and reporting of employee expenses, allowing staff to upload receipts and enabling employers to manage payroll and reimbursements efficiently. Compt's solution aims to enhance employee satisfaction and productivity by providing flexible and tax-compliant perks tailored to diverse workforce requirements.
Five to Nine
Seed Round in 2022
Five to Nine is a company that offers a culture engagement solution aimed at enhancing workplace connectivity and inclusion. It has developed an online employee engagement platform that facilitates the management and evaluation of both virtual and in-person internal programs. This platform integrates various workflows and gathers event analytics and feedback, allowing organizations to assess employee participation and sentiments effectively. By enabling human resource teams to create communities of interest, Five to Nine plays a significant role in promoting inclusion and improving the overall employee experience within organizations.
Grain is a platform designed to enhance the understanding of customer needs through effective meeting insights. It facilitates the recording, transcription, and clipping of key moments from research interviews, sales calls, and customer meetings, making it accessible for anyone in customer-focused roles. By integrating with various meeting platforms, Grain allows users to create impactful video stories and access a comprehensive library of company and market knowledge. This functionality enables organizations to share insights seamlessly, fostering customer-aligned teams and supporting informed decision-making. Through its user-friendly approach, Grain simplifies the process of capturing and communicating vital customer perspectives.
Electric AI, Inc. is an information technology company based in New York that offers a chat-based support platform operating in real-time via Slack. Founded in 2016, Electric provides a range of services designed to assist small and mid-sized businesses with IT management. These services include troubleshooting, system administration, maintenance, security, and on-site assistance. The company aims to streamline IT processes and enhance the overall security and performance of its clients' technology environments.
WorkRamp is a software company specializing in enterprise learning solutions. It offers a cloud-based platform that enables businesses to onboard, train, and certify employees effectively. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration among managers, mentors, and team members, providing analytics tools for tracking progress and identifying knowledge gaps.
Knapsack
Seed Round in 2022
Knapsack offers a unified platform for managing design and coding decisions across products and brands. This enables faster delivery of improved user experiences. As a remote, venture-backed startup, Knapsack assists design and development teams to halve production time.
WorkMade
Pre Seed Round in 2022
WorkMade streamlines financial management for self-employed professionals. Its all-in-one app automates tax savings and payments, reducing the burden on freelancers.
Commsor is a developer of a community platform aimed at enhancing the growth and engagement of community-led organizations and teams. The platform offers software, educational resources, and support designed to help manage community-driven businesses effectively. By facilitating customer acquisition, streamlining support, and enhancing retention, Commsor enables organizations to build trusted partnerships with distinct audience segments. The tools provided assist community leaders in managing online communities, thereby fostering deeper connections and insights that are crucial for product development and overall business success.
Standard Metrics
Series A in 2022
Standard Metrics is a platform that automates financial data management for venture capital teams and their portfolio companies. It provides real-time access to firm-wide data, enabling investors and founders to make informed decisions.
Superside
Series A in 2021
Superside is an on-demand freelancer agency that connects businesses with pre-qualified professionals for various tasks such as graphic design, web design, translation, transcription, data entry, consulting, content writing, and more. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
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Hone Group Inc., established in 2018, is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in live online leadership and management training. It offers a development platform that empowers organizations to enhance their employees' soft skills, including communication, team building, and conflict management. Hone's platform facilitates expert-led small group training, peer learning, and continuous reinforcement, while also providing data-driven insights to measure and improve training impact.
Crossbeam
Series C in 2021
Crossbeam, Inc. is a Philadelphia-based company that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to facilitate collaborative data sharing among businesses. Founded in 2018, Crossbeam enables companies to identify overlapping customers and prospects with their partners, thereby enhancing partnership opportunities. The platform provides businesses with tools to connect data, create targeted populations, and analyze shared customer insights effectively. With its focus on ecosystem-led growth, Crossbeam serves over 19,000 companies, helping them attract, convert, and nurture customer relationships through their partner networks. The platform also ensures that data remains current and secure, allowing companies to close deals, improve product offerings, and assess their performance comprehensively.
Electric AI, Inc. is an information technology company based in New York that offers a chat-based support platform operating in real-time via Slack. Founded in 2016, Electric provides a range of services designed to assist small and mid-sized businesses with IT management. These services include troubleshooting, system administration, maintenance, security, and on-site assistance. The company aims to streamline IT processes and enhance the overall security and performance of its clients' technology environments.
MindLabs
Seed Round in 2021
MindLabs is a pioneering company that has developed the world's first live mental health platform, aimed at enhancing mental well-being. The platform provides users with on-demand videos featuring professionals from various fields, including therapy, psychology, and mindfulness. Additionally, it fosters an online community that encourages engagement and support among users. By incorporating analytics, MindLabs helps individuals gain awareness of their mental health issues and improves access to necessary care, positioning itself as a valuable resource in the mental wellness space.
Founded in London in 2019 by Johnny Boufarhat, Hopin operates a live virtual events platform that enables users to create engaging online experiences. It facilitates networking, learning, and interaction through features such as one-on-one meetings, group sessions, keynote presentations, chat messaging, polls, and interactive expo areas.
Oyster provides a distributed talent enablement platform that enables companies to hire employees anywhere and administer locally compliant payroll and benefits for international staff, addressing the complexities of full-time employment across borders. The platform supports hiring, payroll, and benefits globally for distributed teams, delivering reliable payroll and local perks while maintaining compliance. Founded in January 2020 by Tony Jamous and Jack Mardack, Oyster operates as a fully remote company with a globally distributed workforce.
Nylas Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, develops a communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) that facilitates seamless connectivity between applications and email, calendar, and contact services. The company's flagship product, Nylas, enables businesses worldwide to automate manual tasks, create personalized experiences, and gain insights from communication data. It offers bi-directional sync with major providers like Gmail, Outlook.com, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, and IMAP, supporting embedded calendar features and recurring events. Nylas operates additional locations in New York and Denver.
Privacy Dynamics
Seed Round in 2021
Privacy Dynamics is a company that specializes in data de-identification solutions aimed at minimizing privacy risks associated with data access and usage. Its innovative tool enables engineering teams to securely access the necessary data for development, testing, model training, and analytics without compromising privacy. By ensuring referential integrity and preserving original data formats and indices, Privacy Dynamics allows clients to work with realistic datasets that reflect the complexities of real-world information. The tool integrates seamlessly into existing projects, maintaining high data utility while significantly reducing privacy distortion, all without the need for extensive classification, policy management, or data mapping.
Woven Software, Inc., founded in 2016 and based in Mountain View, California, offers a sophisticated calendar application designed for busy professionals. The application enhances event planning by visualizing calendar events on a map and calculating necessary travel times, allowing users to efficiently schedule their days. It facilitates collaboration on event times and locations through various communication platforms, such as email and messaging services, reducing the complications often associated with scheduling. By integrating with existing systems like G-Suite and Office365, Woven enriches users' calendar management experience, streamlining the organization of meetings and events while ensuring access to relevant information before, during, and after these engagements.
Glean develops an AI-based search engine software that connects enterprise data and generates answers through a tool integrated into any company's existing workflows. Its platform, Workplace Search, connects to internal data sources, enabling employees to find information and receive personalized answers using advanced search techniques, retrieval augmented generation, and large language models.
Sonar Software Inc. is a technology company founded in 2018 and based in Atlanta, Georgia. It specializes in developing a change management solution aimed at monitoring and managing technology stacks, particularly within customer relationship management (CRM) systems. The software provides users with tools to visualize impact reporting on various elements of the CRM process, including both custom and standard objects and fields. By offering insights into automations and integrations, Sonar enables operations professionals and administrators to effectively manage their tech stacks and understand the implications of changes within their critical systems.
Founded in 2017, Crosschq is a technology company that specializes in human intelligence-based hiring solutions. Its cloud-based platform gathers insights from job seekers and their networks to provide predictive data for talent acquisition, aiming to minimize bias and protect privacy. Serving various industries, Crosschq helps companies screen, onboard, and source the best talent.
On Deck is a global platform fostering connections among ambitious individuals. It offers action-oriented programming and community support to accelerate careers, launch ideas, or build lifelong networks.
Gondola
Seed Round in 2021
Gondola is an AI-powered travel platform designed to enhance the hotel booking experience for users by maximizing loyalty points and cash back. The platform searches for the best available rates and provides personalized hotel recommendations tailored to individual user preferences. By integrating with users' email accounts, Gondola efficiently tracks loyalty points and offers options for using cash or points, facilitating informed decision-making for travelers. Through its innovative approach, Gondola aims to simplify the booking process while ensuring users get the most value from their travel investments.
Pipe operates a global trading platform for recurring revenue streams. It connects companies with institutional investors in real-time, making recurring revenues tradable at their annual value. This enables scaling companies to access more cash flow.
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Around is a developer of an innovative video calling platform that focuses on enhancing the quality of virtual meetings. Its technology utilizes AI-based camera framing to eliminate background distractions and provide a clear view of participants, making video calls less intrusive and more effective. The platform also features auto-mute and voice filtering capabilities, ensuring that human voices are prioritized during conversations. This allows users to conduct high-impact video meetings from any location without the need for specialized conferencing hardware, creating an adaptable and efficient meeting environment.
Privacy Dynamics
Seed Round in 2021
Privacy Dynamics is a company that specializes in data de-identification solutions aimed at minimizing privacy risks associated with data access and usage. Its innovative tool enables engineering teams to securely access the necessary data for development, testing, model training, and analytics without compromising privacy. By ensuring referential integrity and preserving original data formats and indices, Privacy Dynamics allows clients to work with realistic datasets that reflect the complexities of real-world information. The tool integrates seamlessly into existing projects, maintaining high data utility while significantly reducing privacy distortion, all without the need for extensive classification, policy management, or data mapping.
Oyster provides a distributed talent enablement platform that enables companies to hire employees anywhere and administer locally compliant payroll and benefits for international staff, addressing the complexities of full-time employment across borders. The platform supports hiring, payroll, and benefits globally for distributed teams, delivering reliable payroll and local perks while maintaining compliance. Founded in January 2020 by Tony Jamous and Jack Mardack, Oyster operates as a fully remote company with a globally distributed workforce.
Yac, established in 2019 and based in Kissimmee, Florida, specializes in developing an online application for remote team communication. Its core product is an asynchronous messaging platform that facilitates short-form voice messages, screen sharing, and team meetings, allowing distributed teams to stay connected and productive without the need for real-time meetings or scheduling.
Knapsack
Seed Round in 2021
Knapsack offers a unified platform for managing design and coding decisions across products and brands. This enables faster delivery of improved user experiences. As a remote, venture-backed startup, Knapsack assists design and development teams to halve production time.
Storyboard
Seed Round in 2020
Storyboard is an enterprise platform that enables brands and agencies to create, distribute, and track podcasts and other audio content for their frontline workforces.
Hightouch
Seed Round in 2020
Hightouch operates a customer data platform that synchronizes data between various marketing and operational tools. It connects businesses' existing data warehouses with applications like CRM systems, email platforms, and advertising networks for personalized marketing campaigns and enhanced customer engagement.
Gondola
Seed Round in 2020
Gondola is an AI-powered travel platform designed to enhance the hotel booking experience for users by maximizing loyalty points and cash back. The platform searches for the best available rates and provides personalized hotel recommendations tailored to individual user preferences. By integrating with users' email accounts, Gondola efficiently tracks loyalty points and offers options for using cash or points, facilitating informed decision-making for travelers. Through its innovative approach, Gondola aims to simplify the booking process while ensuring users get the most value from their travel investments.
Donut
Venture Round in 2020
Donut is a software platform focused on enhancing employee engagement and fostering connections within organizations. Launched in 2016 by Christian Whitehouse, Sarah Arnold, Jeff Manian, and Dan Manian, the company operates from New York, United States. Donut's online portal facilitates interactions among team members through activities such as virtual coffee meetings, peer learning sessions, and discussions on diversity, equity, and inclusion. By promoting trust and collaboration, Donut aims to strengthen company culture, enhance personal relationships, and improve employee retention.
Index Labs Inc is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in developing a no-code dashboard building solution. Founded in 2018, the company provides users with the ability to create custom dashboards using their existing tools, enabling them to visualize key performance indicators (KPIs) and track organizational performance effectively. Index's platform integrates with various data providers, eliminating the need for manual data entry and facilitating seamless data exploration. Users can filter, highlight results, and create visual representations of their data through charts and graphs. This suite of features empowers businesses of all sizes to collaborate on data-driven projects in real-time, thereby enhancing decision-making processes and progress tracking.
Cube Dev
Seed Round in 2020
Cube Dev provides an open-source analytical API platform that enables internal business intelligence and customer-facing analytics through a semantic layer. The semantic layer unifies business logic, centralizes governance and security, and optimizes query performance, while supporting integration with any data endpoint. Cube Cloud offers a managed infrastructure with query inspection and tracing, monitoring, and pre-aggregation management. The platform includes visualization-agnostic tools for building user interfaces and analytical APIs, and supports modern data stores to handle large data volumes with built-in security. Cube Dev serves organizations seeking scalable, governed analytics applications.
Air is the Creative Operations System for marketing and creative teams. Find, organize, share, and collaborate on your images and videos.
It's a visual workspace where your images and videos can be easily stored, shared, managed, and finalized. Say goodbye to legacy tools like Dropbox, Google Drive, and traditional DAMs.
Air’s intuitive UI is purpose-built for visual assets. Find files faster with visual search and AI autotagging. Share files securely. Fast-track projects and feedback. Customize workflows.
Your team can save countless hours managing digital assets with Air.
Courier is a developer of notification management software that enables businesses to efficiently route user notifications across multiple channels, such as email, SMS, and messaging platforms. Its API allows developers to optimize notification delivery by considering various factors, including user engagement history and real-time online status. This flexibility permits the creation of reusable messages that can be tailored for specific channels, ensuring relevant and timely communication. With a strong focus on customer success, Courier has established long-lasting relationships with its clients by continuously adapting to technological advancements and industry changes. The company is committed to maintaining stability in its management while pushing the boundaries of innovation to meet the evolving needs of its customers.
GRID is a productivity tool that transforms everyday Excel spreadsheets into modern web applications, allowing users to create interactive web documents without requiring new skills. This platform offers an editor that automates the conversion process, enabling users to generate visually appealing and interactive web reports from their spreadsheets. Additionally, GRID facilitates secure sharing and analysis of these documents, empowering clients to turn traditional spreadsheets into dynamic dashboards or applications that enhance collaboration and usability.
MURAL is a collaborative software company that empowers teams across various sectors by providing an innovative digital workspace. Its platform fosters effective collaboration, enabling users to share ideas and solve problems collectively.
Yac, established in 2019 and based in Kissimmee, Florida, specializes in developing an online application for remote team communication. Its core product is an asynchronous messaging platform that facilitates short-form voice messages, screen sharing, and team meetings, allowing distributed teams to stay connected and productive without the need for real-time meetings or scheduling.
Mighty Labs
Seed Round in 2020
Mighty Labs is a developer of an enterprise software platform that aims to enhance team alignment and productivity with minimal meetings and manual effort. The platform translates detailed individual workflows from various collaboration tools such as Jira, Asana, and Slack into automated, dynamic team timelines. This functionality allows teams to clearly see their focus areas, while also enabling managers to maintain alignment, keep leadership informed, and identify opportunities for recognition and coaching. By providing self-serve visibility for executives, Mighty Labs supports optimal leadership of remote and cross-functional teams, streamlining communication and improving organizational efficiency.
Crossbeam
Series B in 2020
Crossbeam, Inc. is a Philadelphia-based company that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to facilitate collaborative data sharing among businesses. Founded in 2018, Crossbeam enables companies to identify overlapping customers and prospects with their partners, thereby enhancing partnership opportunities. The platform provides businesses with tools to connect data, create targeted populations, and analyze shared customer insights effectively. With its focus on ecosystem-led growth, Crossbeam serves over 19,000 companies, helping them attract, convert, and nurture customer relationships through their partner networks. The platform also ensures that data remains current and secure, allowing companies to close deals, improve product offerings, and assess their performance comprehensively.
Crosschq
Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2017, Crosschq is a technology company that specializes in human intelligence-based hiring solutions. Its cloud-based platform gathers insights from job seekers and their networks to provide predictive data for talent acquisition, aiming to minimize bias and protect privacy. Serving various industries, Crosschq helps companies screen, onboard, and source the best talent.
Rimeto
Acquisition in 2020
Rimeto LLC, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing application and system software that enhances employee directories and profiles. The company focuses on providing customers with detailed, people-centric tools designed to improve collaboration within the workplace. By integrating data from various enterprise systems, Rimeto enables organizations to create custom-built directories that facilitate access to information about people, projects, and teams. This integration allows for the normalization of data from public and proprietary sources, making it easier for users to search and access actionable insights. As a subsidiary of Slack Technologies, Rimeto aims to empower individuals with the resources needed to work effectively and feel connected to their colleagues.
Founded in London in 2019 by Johnny Boufarhat, Hopin operates a live virtual events platform that enables users to create engaging online experiences. It facilitates networking, learning, and interaction through features such as one-on-one meetings, group sessions, keynote presentations, chat messaging, polls, and interactive expo areas.
Onna Technologies, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing artificial intelligence software for real-time search across diverse data repositories. Founded in 2014, Onna offers a Knowledge Integration Platform that facilitates eDiscovery and the identification of high-value information within legal departments. This platform connects various information silos by indexing data from multiple sources, including emails, social media, and cloud storage services such as G Suite, Office 365, and Dropbox. By unifying and protecting organizational knowledge, Onna enables businesses to efficiently manage information governance, knowledge management, and sensitive data identification. Through its innovative technology, Onna aims to help organizations save time and reduce risks while gaining valuable insights from fragmented information. The company also maintains a presence in Barcelona, Spain, and supports a range of prominent clients across North America and Europe.
Founded in 2015, Loom, Inc. develops a video messaging application that enables users to record and capture screen, voice, and face, then instantly share the video link via email or message. Its solution is used across various teams such as engineering, sales, and customer support.
Electric AI, Inc. is an information technology company based in New York that offers a chat-based support platform operating in real-time via Slack. Founded in 2016, Electric provides a range of services designed to assist small and mid-sized businesses with IT management. These services include troubleshooting, system administration, maintenance, security, and on-site assistance. The company aims to streamline IT processes and enhance the overall security and performance of its clients' technology environments.
Compt Inc. is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company that specializes in developing software for managing employee perk allowances. Founded in 2018, Compt offers a platform that allows organizations to create, manage, and scale customizable lifestyle benefits for their employees. The software enables users to set parameters such as spending amounts, timeframes, and categories for perk stipends, ensuring that the benefits align with individual employee needs. Additionally, it facilitates the tracking and reporting of employee expenses, allowing staff to upload receipts and enabling employers to manage payroll and reimbursements efficiently. Compt's solution aims to enhance employee satisfaction and productivity by providing flexible and tax-compliant perks tailored to diverse workforce requirements.
Daily.co
Seed Round in 2020
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MeetingNotes
Seed Round in 2020
Hugo Corporation, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in cloud-based connected meeting notes software. Its primary product, the Hugo application, enables teams to collaboratively set meeting agendas, share notes, and organize insights based on participant attendance. The software facilitates the transformation of meeting notes into actionable items and includes integrations with over 20 tools such as chat, CRM, video conferencing, and project management applications. This functionality allows organizations to manage their meetings effectively, ensuring efficiency and transparency in communication and collaboration among team members.
Hone Group Inc., established in 2018, is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in live online leadership and management training. It offers a development platform that empowers organizations to enhance their employees' soft skills, including communication, team building, and conflict management. Hone's platform facilitates expert-led small group training, peer learning, and continuous reinforcement, while also providing data-driven insights to measure and improve training impact.
Guru is a knowledge management platform that enables teams and companies to effectively capture, distribute, and organize knowledge. The platform is designed to act as a single source of truth for information within an organization, allowing employees to easily access the information they require when they need it. Guru enables users to collect knowledge in real-time, whether through manual entry, browser extensions, or connection with other applications. This ensures that critical information is kept and available right away.
Grain is a platform designed to enhance the understanding of customer needs through effective meeting insights. It facilitates the recording, transcription, and clipping of key moments from research interviews, sales calls, and customer meetings, making it accessible for anyone in customer-focused roles. By integrating with various meeting platforms, Grain allows users to create impactful video stories and access a comprehensive library of company and market knowledge. This functionality enables organizations to share insights seamlessly, fostering customer-aligned teams and supporting informed decision-making. Through its user-friendly approach, Grain simplifies the process of capturing and communicating vital customer perspectives.
Meru Health
Series A in 2020
Founded in 2015, Meru Health develops a digital therapeutic program for individuals experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues. The program, delivered via mobile app, combines licensed clinician support with cognitive behavioral therapy, sleep coaching, and nutrition guidance to improve mental well-being.
Founded in London in 2019 by Johnny Boufarhat, Hopin operates a live virtual events platform that enables users to create engaging online experiences. It facilitates networking, learning, and interaction through features such as one-on-one meetings, group sessions, keynote presentations, chat messaging, polls, and interactive expo areas.
Assistants are instrumental to the growth of the world’s leading companies, startups, and everything in between – and Base is their support system.
Through years of working with EAs, we deeply understand the pain points assistants face in their daily work – as well as the difficulties businesses experience when trying to hire and retain great EA talent. It’s our mission to digitize and modernize in this space, because assistants will never stop being problem solvers and strategic business partners.
1Password
Series A in 2019
Founded in 2005, 1Password is a secure password manager that helps businesses and families securely share passwords, credit cards, and documents. It uses AES 256-bit encryption to keep data safe, offers convenient categorization and search features for easy organization.
Parabol
Seed Round in 2019
Parabol, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an open-source meeting application tailored for remote and agile teams. Founded in 2015 and based in Alhambra, California, Parabol's platform facilitates effective communication and collaboration among distributed teams, allowing them to conduct retrospective meetings and evaluate their processes without the need for traditional tools like sticky notes. The application generates automatic insights about team performance by analyzing online collaboration activity and consolidating meeting notes and tasks into summaries. This information is shared in real time or asynchronously, ensuring all team members are on the same page, regardless of their location or time zone. Parabol also offers integration with popular project management tools, enabling teams to track progress and address roadblocks efficiently. By focusing on clarity and collaboration, Parabol aims to enhance team dynamics and unlock better performance.
CTO.ai enhances developer productivity by offering a DevOps software suite. This includes application modernization, platform engineering, and cloud infrastructure management, enabling intuitive and measurable workflows that accelerate software delivery without requiring additional operational teams.
Zylo, Inc. is a leader in SaaS management, providing a software-as-a-service platform that enables enterprises to discover, optimize, and govern their cloud-based applications. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Zylo's platform offers comprehensive tools for managing software licenses, building renewal calendars, and driving IT collaboration while containing costs and securing SaaS applications. Its patent-pending, AI-powered Discovery Engine facilitates continuous monitoring of SaaS spend, licenses, and usage, providing organizations with valuable insights to optimize their SaaS portfolios. With a commitment to enhancing the employee experience, Zylo's technology supports organizations in managing over 30 million SaaS licenses and $7 billion in SaaS expenditures, making it a trusted resource for enterprises seeking to maximize their software investments.
Sentry is an open-source platform focused on improving workflow productivity by monitoring application performance and error reporting. The company provides a tool that captures real-time data on errors and crashes within software applications, allowing users to prioritize and identify issues as they occur. This tool offers detailed insights into deployments and assists in reproducing and fixing crashes, enabling organizations to understand which errors are most detrimental to their operations. By highlighting the impact of these issues on business performance, Sentry helps its clients enhance their software reliability and ultimately improve their bottom line.
Crossbeam
Series A in 2019
Crossbeam, Inc. is a Philadelphia-based company that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to facilitate collaborative data sharing among businesses. Founded in 2018, Crossbeam enables companies to identify overlapping customers and prospects with their partners, thereby enhancing partnership opportunities. The platform provides businesses with tools to connect data, create targeted populations, and analyze shared customer insights effectively. With its focus on ecosystem-led growth, Crossbeam serves over 19,000 companies, helping them attract, convert, and nurture customer relationships through their partner networks. The platform also ensures that data remains current and secure, allowing companies to close deals, improve product offerings, and assess their performance comprehensively.
Altitude Networks
Series A in 2019
Altitude Networks, Inc. is a cloud computing company founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in security solutions designed to protect enterprise data within cloud collaboration platforms, including SharePoint, OneDrive, and Google Drive. Altitude Networks offers a data loss prevention application that enables organizations to quickly identify, remediate, and prevent unauthorized access and sharing of sensitive information. Their solution emphasizes user-friendliness and effective remediation through automatic file sensitivity classification and identity mapping. This approach helps uncover backdoor access to cloud resources via employees' personal accounts and allows for one-click remediation to safeguard files. Altitude Networks serves a diverse clientele, ranging from small businesses with 50 employees to large enterprises with thousands, ensuring robust cloud security against potential data breaches and theft.
Tara AI is a San Jose, California-based company founded in 2016, specializing in a platform that connects projects with freelance programmers. The company focuses on simplifying software for product development, addressing the complexities that modern, cross-functional teams face. By designing intuitive and efficient tools, Tara AI aims to enhance collaboration and productivity among engineers and teams, enabling them to meet planned releases with greater predictability. The platform was launched in public beta in April 2020 and has since assisted thousands of users in streamlining their development processes.
Clockwise
Series A in 2019
Clockwise Inc. develops an AI-driven software solution for efficient time management. Its flagship product, Clockwise, is a smart calendar assistant that learns user preferences and optimizes schedules to balance focused work time and meetings, preventing burnout.
WorkRamp is a software company specializing in enterprise learning solutions. It offers a cloud-based platform that enables businesses to onboard, train, and certify employees effectively. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration among managers, mentors, and team members, providing analytics tools for tracking progress and identifying knowledge gaps.
Troops is a developer of a revenue communications platform that enhances sales velocity, forecast accuracy, visibility, and collaboration for sales teams. The platform integrates with Salesforce to provide real-time transparency around sales data and operates as a Slackbot, enabling users to configure reports, communicate deal wins, and access information on both standard and custom Salesforce objects. By employing artificial intelligence, Troops allows users to create customizable notifications, view, and update data across various applications. This functionality helps sales teams receive actionable pipeline alerts and increases their overall sales activity.
Onna Technologies, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing artificial intelligence software for real-time search across diverse data repositories. Founded in 2014, Onna offers a Knowledge Integration Platform that facilitates eDiscovery and the identification of high-value information within legal departments. This platform connects various information silos by indexing data from multiple sources, including emails, social media, and cloud storage services such as G Suite, Office 365, and Dropbox. By unifying and protecting organizational knowledge, Onna enables businesses to efficiently manage information governance, knowledge management, and sensitive data identification. Through its innovative technology, Onna aims to help organizations save time and reduce risks while gaining valuable insights from fragmented information. The company also maintains a presence in Barcelona, Spain, and supports a range of prominent clients across North America and Europe.
Astound Inc. is an enterprise software company based in Menlo Park, California, specializing in artificial intelligence solutions for employee service management. Founded in 2016 and rebranded from Neva in 2018, Astound develops a comprehensive AI platform that automates IT and HR service requests, significantly reducing resolution times and enhancing employee experience. The platform utilizes machine learning and natural language processing to streamline service processes, providing tools that automate responses to routine inquiries, categorize incidents, and deliver predictive analytics. Astound's innovative applications include features that classify service tickets, analyze data from various sources to enrich request handling, and offer insights into service health through predictive dashboards. The company has established partnerships with prominent workflow providers and managed service organizations to ensure seamless integration with IT service management, HR case management, and customer service solutions.
Halp, Inc. is a software company that specializes in conversational ticketing solutions for IT support teams, facilitating the assignment, prioritization, and resolution of requests through a message-based interface in Slack. Founded in 2017 and based in Boulder, Colorado, Halp aims to streamline workflows by enabling teams to create custom forms, automate repetitive tasks, and monitor overall performance. The platform is designed to enhance the efficiency of not only IT teams but also human resources, finance, and operations departments, ultimately contributing to improved employee satisfaction and productivity. As the first conversational platform dedicated to internal ticketing, Halp positions itself as an innovative solution for modern workplace needs.
GRID is a productivity tool that transforms everyday Excel spreadsheets into modern web applications, allowing users to create interactive web documents without requiring new skills. This platform offers an editor that automates the conversion process, enabling users to generate visually appealing and interactive web reports from their spreadsheets. Additionally, GRID facilitates secure sharing and analysis of these documents, empowering clients to turn traditional spreadsheets into dynamic dashboards or applications that enhance collaboration and usability.
Glean develops an AI-based search engine software that connects enterprise data and generates answers through a tool integrated into any company's existing workflows. Its platform, Workplace Search, connects to internal data sources, enabling employees to find information and receive personalized answers using advanced search techniques, retrieval augmented generation, and large language models.
Pinpoint.com
Series A in 2019
Pinpoint.com is a technology company that specializes in enhancing software delivery through data science. Founded in 2016, it offers an engineering performance management platform that synthesizes work activity from various software delivery tools. By employing proprietary AI, Pinpoint measures impact, anticipates risks, and unlocks potential in engineering teams. Additionally, the company develops innovative search technologies for both wired and wireless web applications, creating customized search engines tailored to the specific needs of clients. This private-label search technology allows businesses to integrate relevant internet-search functionalities into their own websites, thereby increasing traffic, improving site loyalty, and generating new e-commerce opportunities. Pinpoint's solutions are utilized by various vertical sites and mobile portals, contributing to a more powerful web experience for users. Headquartered in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park and with offices in San Francisco, the company is privately held and has received venture funding from notable investors.
Polly is a survey platform established in 2015 by former Microsoft engineers Samir Diwan and Bilal Aijazi. The company specializes in employee engagement software, enabling businesses to create enterprise surveys and polls effectively. Polly's platform features a chatbot that users can customize to collect, connect, and analyze feedback from team members. This functionality allows organizations to swiftly gather insights and make data-driven decisions, enhancing both employee and customer experiences. Notable clients include Soylent, Auth0, and Grammarly. Polly is supported by investors such as Amplify Partners, Slack Fund, Fathom Capital, and Madrona Venture Group.
Hone Group Inc., established in 2018, is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in live online leadership and management training. It offers a development platform that empowers organizations to enhance their employees' soft skills, including communication, team building, and conflict management. Hone's platform facilitates expert-led small group training, peer learning, and continuous reinforcement, while also providing data-driven insights to measure and improve training impact.
Guru is a knowledge management platform that enables teams and companies to effectively capture, distribute, and organize knowledge. The platform is designed to act as a single source of truth for information within an organization, allowing employees to easily access the information they require when they need it. Guru enables users to collect knowledge in real-time, whether through manual entry, browser extensions, or connection with other applications. This ensures that critical information is kept and available right away.
Crossbeam
Seed Round in 2018
Crossbeam, Inc. is a Philadelphia-based company that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to facilitate collaborative data sharing among businesses. Founded in 2018, Crossbeam enables companies to identify overlapping customers and prospects with their partners, thereby enhancing partnership opportunities. The platform provides businesses with tools to connect data, create targeted populations, and analyze shared customer insights effectively. With its focus on ecosystem-led growth, Crossbeam serves over 19,000 companies, helping them attract, convert, and nurture customer relationships through their partner networks. The platform also ensures that data remains current and secure, allowing companies to close deals, improve product offerings, and assess their performance comprehensively.
Founded by the creators of Wunderlist, Pitch is a collaborative presentation platform that enables real-time communication and customizable templates. It aims to enhance team productivity and knowledge sharing, with clients including Slack, Framer, and MetaLab.
Astro Technology
Acquisition in 2018
Astro Technology is a software startup based in Palo Alto that specializes in enhancing workplace messaging and collaboration through the use of artificial intelligence. The company has developed an intelligent email application that leverages AI and natural language processing to integrate various forms of communication, including emails, calendar invitations, and group messages. This application aims to improve efficiency by prioritizing important information and streamlining communication for teams. Notably, Astro's AI-powered assistant, Astrobot, helps users access key emails and insights through platforms like Slack and Amazon Alexa. The founding team comprises experienced professionals who have previously held significant roles at major tech companies, contributing to the startup's innovative approach and successful development trajectory. Astro Technology was acquired by Slack in September 2018.
Nylas Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, develops a communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) that facilitates seamless connectivity between applications and email, calendar, and contact services. The company's flagship product, Nylas, enables businesses worldwide to automate manual tasks, create personalized experiences, and gain insights from communication data. It offers bi-directional sync with major providers like Gmail, Outlook.com, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, and IMAP, supporting embedded calendar features and recurring events. Nylas operates additional locations in New York and Denver.