Forerunner

Forerunner Ventures is a California-based early-stage venture capital firm established in 2007, specializing in investments in high-growth, privately-held branded consumer companies. The firm focuses on specific segments, including the convergence of offline and online commerce, e-commerce, social/mobile commerce, internet marketplaces, and the tools and services that support these areas. Forerunner primarily invests in seed stage and Series A offerings, typically making initial investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000, with intentions to increase stakes in successful companies through follow-on funding. While the firm prefers to partner with companies located in the Bay Area, it also considers opportunities in New York and Los Angeles, favoring collaboration with local investors when companies are based outside of its primary region.

Jason Bornstein

Principal

Alex Brussell

Investor

Kirsten Green

Founder & Managing Partner

Fawzi Itani

Investor

Nicole Johnson

Partner

Eurie Kim

Partner

Jennifer Mariska

Head of Operations and Finance

Brian O'Malley

Partner

Priyanka Suri

Investor

266 past transactions

Away

Series A in 2016
Away is a modern travel and lifestyle brand. The company is a vertically-integrated company offering beautiful, high-quality luggage at an affordable price point. Away designs special objects for modern travel. It started with luggage, designed with thoughtful features that solve real travel problems—for life. Now all that’s left is the world in front of you and the people you share it with. Because getting Away means getting more out of every trip to come.

Thingtesting

Seed Round in 2021
Thingtesting is a review account on Instagram featuring emerging brands and startups. The posts give an honest review from both a consumer and VC perspective.

CoProcure

Series A in 2022
CoProcure, Inc. develops a cooperative purchasing platform that allows governments to find and participate in cooperative purchasing. It offers CoProcure, a platform that allows public servants, technologists, and local government buyers to search for relevant contracts from local agencies, states, and regional and national purchasing cooperatives. CoProcure, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

HotelTonight

Series A in 2011
HotelTonight, Inc. provides mobile applications for booking same-day unsold hotel deals. It offers a marketplace for hotels to fill tonight only and last-minute rooms that would otherwise remain empty; and enables guests to book the deals using their smartphones and tablets. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of April 15, 2019, HotelTonight, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Airbnb, Inc.

Chime

Series A in 2014
Chime, the leader in the U.S. challenger banking segment, helps members avoid bank fees, save money automatically, and lead healthier financial lives. Based in San Francisco, California, Chime offers a modern, mobile and connected approach to banking that gives members complete control of their finances. Chime members receive a Chime debit card, a Spending Account, a Savings Account, and a powerful mobile app that keeps members in control. The Chime mobile app is available for iPhone and Android devices and has been featured as one of the best Money Management apps in the App Store.

Hollar

Seed Round in 2015
Hollar is an online dollar store that features toys, apparel, electronics, beauty, accessories, party supplies, to home essentials. Its products include unique curated gift and party collections. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in California, United States.

Homeroom

Seed Round in 2019
Homeroom is an all encompassing after school enrichment platform that allows school organizers, parents and vendors to organize, book and manage classes happening on their school site. From simplified registration, to tools that support your management all season long, Homeroom is the administrative assistant you've always dreamed of.

Calibrate

Series B in 2021
Calibrate is a new telemedicine metabolic health care startup that gives people everywhere control of their health. Their one-year metabolic reset is built on the latest weight health science and is vetted and approved by a world-class clinical advisory board. They are a modern, medical approach that combines medication with one-on-one coaching—all personalized to the individual's biology, their goals, and their life for a 10% weight loss that lasts. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New York.

Oura

Series B in 2019
Oura is a pioneering sleep performance platform, focused on improving sleep that leads to a better life. The Oura Ring and app gives users daily feedback to improve their health, allowing users to better understand their body and reach their goals. Oura Health OyLtd. is a health technology company founded in Oulu, Finland in 2013. In 2018, the company received the Red Dot Awards for communications design and product design. Backed by world-class investors, leaders, champions, and creators, Oura Health is based in Oulu & Helsinki, Finland, and San Francisco, California.

Cleo

Series A in 2018
Cleo Labs, Inc. provides pregnancy consultancy and parenthood guidance services. The company provides consultation services in areas of lactation, birth preparation, child wellness, immediate post-birth support, career coaching, gear and safety, sleep consulting, and baby love. The company offers its services to employers and families through its mobile application. Cleo Labs, Inc. was formerly known as Instacare Group, Inc. and changed its name to Cleo Labs, Inc. in July 2018. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

MakerSights

Series A in 2019
MakerSights is a leading provider of product development software for consumer brands. Through the company platform, MakerSights enables brand partners to rapidly measure customer demand for their future products and concepts. By identifying the styles, colors and product attributes that appeal most of the customers, you’ll be able to invest your team’s time, efforts and capital more efficiently.

Zyper

Seed Round in 2017
Zyper is a machine learning-led community marketing software that helps brands connect with their fans, and fans connect with each other. The platform wants to re-create social networks for brands by connecting them to their top fans to drive engagement, insights, and sales. It enables brands to identify and engage with their top 1% of fans and build a community of active brand advocates. Zyper was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Arrived Homes

Series A in 2022
Arrived Homes, LLC offers services for investing in residential real estate. Its services enable investors to browse homes; invest in rental homes; and pay rent and earn money. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Glossier

Series A in 2014
Glossier, Inc. manufactures and sells beauty products. It enables customers to interact with and understand beauty. The company operates a website that offers readers with interviews from models, advices, and information about beauty products. Its blog offers interviews from models, makeup artists, and the strong women about what they used and why; beauty advices in the areas of hair, skin, nails, makeup, health, eyes, lips, and scent; and other information about beauty products for readers around the world. The company sells its products online. Glossier, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in New York, New York.

HENRY The Dentist, Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
HENRY The Dentist, Inc. operates in healthcare industry. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Cricket's Circle

Seed Round in 2015
Cricket's Circle is a retail company that offers a shoppable solution for mothers. It uses personalized content and data The company specializes in the fields of content, E-commerce, and personalization. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Birchbox

Series A in 2011
Launched in 2010, Birchbox is the discovery commerce platform redefining the retail process by offering consumers a personalized way to discover, sample, shop, and learn about the best products and brands available. Birchbox members have first-touch experiences with products each month and access to educational content to help them get the most out of their products. Top brands like Kiehl’s, Benefit, Deborah Lippmann, and Stila have partnered with Birchbox.

Ritual

Seed Round in 2016
Based in sunny Los Angeles, Ritual is a direct-to-consumer health brand that believes it’s crucial to know not just what you’re putting into your body, but why you need it in the first place. We’re transparent about our ingredients, where they're sourced from, and have spent years conducting extensive research behind each of the premium nutrient forms we use. Our products are simple, effective, and backed by science. Our mission is simple: to empower people to feel their best by turning healthy habits into a ritual. We have built a team of curious skeptics, world-class scientists, unconventional artists, expert marketers and analytical strategists that are on a mission to reinvent an entire industry. We’re well-funded, growing quickly, and committed to our mission. If you’re a team player who refuses to settle for the status quo, we want you. Welcome to your new daily Ritual.

Brickwork

Series A in 2016
Brickwork powers the new Pre-Visit Experience for customers of the world’s leading brands and retailers. Brickwork’s SaaS platform delivers a better pre-visit experience: providing their customers more accurate store information, more access to events and promotions, more personal assistance when they arrive in-store, and more confidence that products are available near them. Brickwork opens a new world of actionable data for marketers and store teams, starting with its unique measure of Digital-to-Store Conversion, to drive traffic, engagement, conversion, and basket size. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Calii

Series A in 2022
Calii Inc designs and develops marketplace software solutions that connects consumers directly to producers. The company aggregates consumers in large batches using group-buying and matches them with producers. It offers its products to customers in Monterrey, Mexico. Calii Inc was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Duos

Series A in 2022
Duos forms trusted relationships with older adults using technology and community to support fulfilling lives at home. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in New York.

fabric

Series C in 2022
Fabric is a headless commerce platform helping direct-to-consumer and B2B brands utilize an eCommerce platform designed for their needs. The platform is geared towards providing intuitive business applications for retail buyers, planners, and marketers. Customers like BuildDirect, ABC Home & Carpet, GNC, and Universal Lacrosse trust Fabric for its open and modular design that allows them to be live in weeks, replacing expensive, complex legacy platforms that hold back performance and growth.

Outdoor Voices

Series A in 2015
Outdoor Voices, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells athletic apparel. It offers sports bras, tops, sweatshirts, jackets, leggings, pants, and tonal sets for women; and tees, sweatshirts, jackets, shorts, pants, objects, and tonal sets for men. The company sells its apparel through its retail shops, as well as online in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Outdoor Voices, Inc. was formerly known as T.Haney Active Inc. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Glossier

Series E in 2021
Glossier, Inc. manufactures and sells beauty products. It enables customers to interact with and understand beauty. The company operates a website that offers readers with interviews from models, advices, and information about beauty products. Its blog offers interviews from models, makeup artists, and the strong women about what they used and why; beauty advices in the areas of hair, skin, nails, makeup, health, eyes, lips, and scent; and other information about beauty products for readers around the world. The company sells its products online. Glossier, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in New York, New York.

Alchemy 43

Seed Round in 2015
Alchemy 43 provides beautification services. Its services include wrinkle relaxing, fill, sculpting, and lash enhancement services. The company also provides compounds and treatments. Alchemy 43 is based in Beverly Hills, California.

Dutch

Series A in 2022
At Dutch, we’re on a mission to treat the curable ailments that keep our pets from living their best lives. Many of our pets suffer from chronic conditions such as allergies and anxiety. Sadly, many also go untreated. Traditional vet appointments are inconvenient, expensive and often stressful for our best friends. This leads to putting off wellness visits until a pain point is unignorable and frequently pushing quality-of-life issues under the rug. This is the reality of pet healthcare in the U.S. — but we know we can do better. By using telehealth solutions to connect pet parents with licensed veterinarians, Dutch makes veterinary visits convenient and practical. Dutch-affiliated vets work with your pet over time, whenever they need it, allowing our veterinarians to go beyond the symptoms and identify the root cause of your pet’s chronic suffering. We prescribe treatments and prescriptions that are medically-backed, specialized to individual cases and delivered directly to your door. Dutch currently operates in the following eight states: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, South Dakota, Virginia, Idaho and Indiana. We're continuing to add more states rapidly, so stay tuned! Pet parents can visit dutch.com to begin a virtual consultation.

Reachify

Venture Round in 2017
Reachify Inc. operates a software buying platform that enables enterprise brands to invest in software solutions, such as website platforms, mobile apps, and web analytics. The company provides intelligence to empower enterprise brands to learn, understand, and engage with technology providers. Its platform enables brands to get a list of vetted technology solutions in various categories, discover what their competitors are using, learn about their suite of offerings and see who are their customers, compare to similar vendors, and get category reports of vendors and market intelligence that helps to understand how to invest. The company also enables technology vendors to update their customer listings, suggest categories as needed, and update general company information. Reachify Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Curated

Series C in 2021
Curated is a provider of collaborative online shopping service intended to assist shoppers with high-consideration purchases. The company's platform matches customers with experts for high-consideration purchases: items that have some degree of complexity, enabling shoppers to get access to unbiased product recommendations and good deals, handpicked by real experts.

1debit, Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Chime Financial, Inc. provides digital banking services. It offers Chime, a banking app for providing mobile banking services. It application provides get paid early, online banking, fee-free overdraft, automatic saving, and mobile payments. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Sproutling

Venture Round in 2013
Sproutling, Inc. designs and builds smart products for baby monitoring. It offers baby wearable devices that monitor heart rate, motion, and position of babies; and enable users to get insights into the baby’s sleep patterns and environment to learn how to help them sleep better. The company also publishes a magazine. It serves parents and their families. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of January 29, 2016, Sproutling, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc.

Oura

Venture Round in 2022
Oura is a pioneering sleep performance platform, focused on improving sleep that leads to a better life. The Oura Ring and app gives users daily feedback to improve their health, allowing users to better understand their body and reach their goals. Oura Health OyLtd. is a health technology company founded in Oulu, Finland in 2013. In 2018, the company received the Red Dot Awards for communications design and product design. Backed by world-class investors, leaders, champions, and creators, Oura Health is based in Oulu & Helsinki, Finland, and San Francisco, California.

AmplifyMD

Seed Round in 2022
AmplifyMD is a telemedicine platform connecting over 3,300 medical institutions with a lack of specialty access, often in rural or small regions to a network of leading specialists.AmplifyMD provides both the clinical team as well as the software to streamline and automate virtual care delivery and billing workflows and integrates seamlessly with hospitals' existing EHRs.

Alkeme Health

Seed Round in 2021
Alkeme Health is a digital health platform that features content from Black practitioners and experts in wellness, including psychology and mindfulness. Founded by Ryan Mundy in 2020, Alkeme Health’s mission is to become the universal healthcare provider for the Black community - this mission is rooted in mental health under the core belief that “A healthy life starts with a healthy mind.”

Birchbox

Seed Round in 2010
Launched in 2010, Birchbox is the discovery commerce platform redefining the retail process by offering consumers a personalized way to discover, sample, shop, and learn about the best products and brands available. Birchbox members have first-touch experiences with products each month and access to educational content to help them get the most out of their products. Top brands like Kiehl’s, Benefit, Deborah Lippmann, and Stila have partnered with Birchbox.

Outdoor Voices

Series B in 2016
Outdoor Voices, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells athletic apparel. It offers sports bras, tops, sweatshirts, jackets, leggings, pants, and tonal sets for women; and tees, sweatshirts, jackets, shorts, pants, objects, and tonal sets for men. The company sells its apparel through its retail shops, as well as online in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Outdoor Voices, Inc. was formerly known as T.Haney Active Inc. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Faire

Private Placement in 2018
Faire Wholesale, Inc. develops and operates an online marketplace which connects independent retailers with manufacturers of the products. It offers Indigo Fair, a wholesale marketplace that enables retailers to browse items from various makers, place wholesale orders, and track shipments online. Faire Wholesale, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Kitchener, Canada.

Eclipse Foods

Series A in 2020
Eclipse Foods Co manufactures plant-based dairy products that are indistinguishable from animal dairy products including, ice cream, cream cheese, and sour cream. The company use novel plant-processing technology to give dairy flavor, texture, and functionality without the health, environmental, and welfare issues attached to traditional dairy. Eclipse Foods was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Walnut, California.

Dutch

Seed Round in 2021
At Dutch, we’re on a mission to treat the curable ailments that keep our pets from living their best lives. Many of our pets suffer from chronic conditions such as allergies and anxiety. Sadly, many also go untreated. Traditional vet appointments are inconvenient, expensive and often stressful for our best friends. This leads to putting off wellness visits until a pain point is unignorable and frequently pushing quality-of-life issues under the rug. This is the reality of pet healthcare in the U.S. — but we know we can do better. By using telehealth solutions to connect pet parents with licensed veterinarians, Dutch makes veterinary visits convenient and practical. Dutch-affiliated vets work with your pet over time, whenever they need it, allowing our veterinarians to go beyond the symptoms and identify the root cause of your pet’s chronic suffering. We prescribe treatments and prescriptions that are medically-backed, specialized to individual cases and delivered directly to your door. Dutch currently operates in the following eight states: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, South Dakota, Virginia, Idaho and Indiana. We're continuing to add more states rapidly, so stay tuned! Pet parents can visit dutch.com to begin a virtual consultation.

Zola

Series B in 2015
Zola is the wedding company that will do anything for love. We're reinventing the wedding planning and registry experience to make the happiest moment in our couples' lives even happier. From engagement to wedding and decorating your first home, Zola is there, combining compassionate customer service with modern tools and technology. All in the service of love.

Faire

Series F in 2021
Faire Wholesale, Inc. develops and operates an online marketplace which connects independent retailers with manufacturers of the products. It offers Indigo Fair, a wholesale marketplace that enables retailers to browse items from various makers, place wholesale orders, and track shipments online. Faire Wholesale, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Kitchener, Canada.

Hollar

Series B in 2016
Hollar is an online dollar store that features toys, apparel, electronics, beauty, accessories, party supplies, to home essentials. Its products include unique curated gift and party collections. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in California, United States.

PS Dept.

Venture Round in 2014
PS Dept. develops a mobile e-commerce application designed to be used for personal shopping services. The application is a platform for direct access to personal shoppers at select retail stores that connect the dots between the convenience of shopping online and the quality of service of shopping with a qualified associate at the shopper's side, allowing users to search and order accessories and apparel based on suggestions from experts in the particular field.

Around

Series A in 2021
Around provides an AI-based camera framing designed for high-impact video calls. It helps users take video meetings less intrusive and less clunky. Around gives users a clear view of their teammates while making space for work.

arfa

Seed Round in 2019
arfa inc., a consumer goods company, develops personal care brands based on close relationships with the people who use them. It offers deodorants, as well as products for multi-symptoms of menopause, such as moisturizers, cooling spray, oil supplements, body creams, face oils, hand & joint creams, and turmeric supplements. The company sells its products online. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, New York.

Faire

Series D in 2019
Faire Wholesale, Inc. develops and operates an online marketplace which connects independent retailers with manufacturers of the products. It offers Indigo Fair, a wholesale marketplace that enables retailers to browse items from various makers, place wholesale orders, and track shipments online. Faire Wholesale, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Kitchener, Canada.

The Farmer's Dog

Series A in 2017
The Farmer's Dog delivers balanced and freshly made pet food, tested on humans, using human-grade USDA production facilities and ingredients. Meal plans are customized according to its users’ dogs’ profile and the meals are pre-made and pre-portioned. The food is delivered to its users within days of cooking. The vet-developed are complimented with timely deliveries to make sure that their users never run out of food. The Farmer's Dog is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2014 by Jonathan Regev and Brett Podolsky.

Ritual

Series B in 2019
Based in sunny Los Angeles, Ritual is a direct-to-consumer health brand that believes it’s crucial to know not just what you’re putting into your body, but why you need it in the first place. We’re transparent about our ingredients, where they're sourced from, and have spent years conducting extensive research behind each of the premium nutrient forms we use. Our products are simple, effective, and backed by science. Our mission is simple: to empower people to feel their best by turning healthy habits into a ritual. We have built a team of curious skeptics, world-class scientists, unconventional artists, expert marketers and analytical strategists that are on a mission to reinvent an entire industry. We’re well-funded, growing quickly, and committed to our mission. If you’re a team player who refuses to settle for the status quo, we want you. Welcome to your new daily Ritual.

Chloe + Isabel

Series A in 2011
Chloe and Isabel, Inc manufactures and markets hand-crafted jewelry for women. It offers necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings, charms and chains, hair products, pins, beauty and home products, bags, and accessories. The company sells its products through merchandisers in the United States, as well as online. Chloe and Isabel, Inc was incorporated in 2010 and is based in New York, New York.

ShopShops

Series B in 2021
ShopShops is a livestream, interactive global shopping marketplace that connects brick and mortar retailers with consumers on their mobile devices. The new digital shopping channel breaks down geographical boundaries for fashion-savvy consumers, enabling them to shop from stores around the world from the palm of their hand. ShopShops was founded by Liyia Wu in 2016 and has headquarters in New York City and Beijing. To learn more, visit www.shopshops.com.cn.

Sunday

Series A in 2019
Sunday is a subscription lawn care service startup that provides nutrient and soil health plans for garden and lawn care. It incorporates the use of customized planning using climate, soil, and satellite data to deliver gardening and lawn maintenance-related products and services, allowing gardening enthusiasts and lawn owners to design and maintain their lawns in a convenient and hassle-free manner. In 2019, Coulter and Trent Lewis founded Sunday in Boulder, Colorado.

Juni Learning

Private Placement in 2020
Juni Learning, Inc. provides an online learning platform that offers private coding courses for children. Its courses include juni jr and scratch: game superstar for beginners; core curriculum courses, such as graphics superstar, problem solver, and data and algorithms master; web programming, which includes web superstar and app master; and advanced students, including AP computer science A and USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) training program. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Boston, Massachusetts.

Oura

Series B in 2020
Oura is a pioneering sleep performance platform, focused on improving sleep that leads to a better life. The Oura Ring and app gives users daily feedback to improve their health, allowing users to better understand their body and reach their goals. Oura Health OyLtd. is a health technology company founded in Oulu, Finland in 2013. In 2018, the company received the Red Dot Awards for communications design and product design. Backed by world-class investors, leaders, champions, and creators, Oura Health is based in Oulu & Helsinki, Finland, and San Francisco, California.

Curology

Series B in 2016
Curology, Inc. produces and ships prescription skincare products for acne and anti-aging. It offers medications for various treatments that include acne, clogged pores, dark spots, skin firmness, texture, and wrinkles. The company also provides consultation services through its partner medical service providers. Curology, Inc. was formerly known as PocketDerm, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Diego, California.

Juni Learning

Series A in 2020
Juni Learning, Inc. provides an online learning platform that offers private coding courses for children. Its courses include juni jr and scratch: game superstar for beginners; core curriculum courses, such as graphics superstar, problem solver, and data and algorithms master; web programming, which includes web superstar and app master; and advanced students, including AP computer science A and USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) training program. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Boston, Massachusetts.

Birdies

Private Placement in 2018
Founded in 2015 by Bianca Gates and Marisa Sharkey, Birdies is a female-founded footwear brand that was born out of a need for stylish, comfortable shoes to wear inside the home. The brand has evolved for versatile everyday use, offering a range of signature styles that combine the support of a sneaker, the softness of a slipper, and the style of a designer flat, all featuring the company’s exclusive 7-layer comfort technology.

BloomThat

Series A in 2015
BloomThat offers next and same day flower delivery service. Founded in 2013 in San Francisco by friends David Bladow, Matthew Schwab and Chad Powell, the on-demand feel-good service celebrates life’s many milestones (and all the little moments in between). With products ranging from handcrafted bouquets to other curated goods starting around $32, BloomThat is a fun and easy way to brighten anyone’s day. Currently available within an hour or so in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and LA; BloomThat also offers next-day delivery throughout The U.S. For more information, please visit BloomThat.com, download our iOS app, or check us out on social media: instagram.com/bloomthat, twitter.com/bloomthat, facebook.com/bloomthat.

Into The Gloss

Seed Round in 2013
Into The Gloss is a web-based platform that features insights, trade secrets, and inspiration shared by stylists, models, editors, and other specialists. It specializes in the fields of fashion, lifestyle, and retail. Into The Gloss was founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, United States

Birdies

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2015 by Bianca Gates and Marisa Sharkey, Birdies is a female-founded footwear brand that was born out of a need for stylish, comfortable shoes to wear inside the home. The brand has evolved for versatile everyday use, offering a range of signature styles that combine the support of a sneaker, the softness of a slipper, and the style of a designer flat, all featuring the company’s exclusive 7-layer comfort technology.

Nomi

Series A in 2013
Nomi's Marketing Platform helps businesses optimize their brick and mortar stores just like their website.

Real

Seed Round in 2020
Real is making mental wellness an essential part of wellbeing. It made its mission to develop a new therapy model based on member-centered care that is affordable and effective.

Rockets of Awesome

Series C in 2019
Rockets of Awesome is a direct-to-consumer kids' apparel brand, designing and selling over-the-top clothes. Rockets of Awesome is reinventing the way parents shop for kids by leveraging technology, data, brand, personalization, and exceptional merchandise.

Pickwick & Weller

Seed Round in 2012
With sharp designs, meticulous fit and a commitment to developing beautifully crafted basics in California, we’re refining the notion of modern workwear, one t-shirt at a time

Launch Kids, Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Launch Kids, Inc. operates online apparel retailing platform for men and women. It offers tees and shirts, sweatshirts and sweaters, pants and shorts, outerwear, swimwear, and accessories for men and women. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

HENRY The Dentist

Series A in 2019
HENRY rolls up to corporate offices with a state-of-the-art mobile dental practice and has a brick-and-mortar facility in New Providence, New Jersey. They deliver in-network dental services at your company site through a high-end, technology enabled mobile practice. We charge your company's insurance, not your employees. It's a win-win.

Attabotics

Private Placement in 2019
ATTABotics Inc. designs and manufactures robotics automated storage and retrieval system used to store, access and move goods around a facility, these robotic systems can be used in sectors such as e-commerce, logistics, retail, grocery and advanced manufacturing. ATTAbotics Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Calgary , Alberta, Canada.

Darby Smart

Series A in 2014
Darby Smart is a video commerce platform where 5 million people watch and shop their favorite brands and products. On Darby, our users create videos in beauty, DIY and home decor so you can watch products come to life and see how real people use them. Founded and headquartered in San Francisco, Darby Smart is pioneering Video Commerce and making video shopping a reality. To watch what we're up to, download the Darby app: http://apple.co/29y6j97

Brickwork

Seed Round in 2014
Brickwork powers the new Pre-Visit Experience for customers of the world’s leading brands and retailers. Brickwork’s SaaS platform delivers a better pre-visit experience: providing their customers more accurate store information, more access to events and promotions, more personal assistance when they arrive in-store, and more confidence that products are available near them. Brickwork opens a new world of actionable data for marketers and store teams, starting with its unique measure of Digital-to-Store Conversion, to drive traffic, engagement, conversion, and basket size. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Packagd

Series A in 2017
Packagd is a series of app that offers new mobile shopping experience. The app curates a wide array of unboxing and product review videos that creators have uploaded to YouTube and puts them together in a way that simulates the same type of live video programming pioneered by the likes of QVC in the ’80s. Packagd was founded by KPCB general partner Eric Feng, a serial entrepreneur who has also served as CTO of companies like Hulu and Flipboard.

Hims, Inc.

Series B in 2018
Hims, Inc. manufactures men's wellness products. It offers products, including hair loss prevention medicines, sexual wellness products, skincare products, and oral care products. The company also provides sweaters, jackets, corduroy, sport coats, wool overcoat, leather boots, flannel, shirts, caps, and candles. It sells its products online. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Hamlet

Convertible Note in 2015
Looking for an apartment friendly sofa or the dream bar cart you never found? Let's chat. We'll find and order the best options, so you don't have to. We work directly with the best manufacturers and retailers. We'll order—and manage delivery—at no additional cost above retail.

Lolli

Private Placement in 2018
Lolli is a rewards application that allows users to earn bitcoin when shopping online. The company has partnered with 1,000+ top brands to give people the ability to easily earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. When users shop on one of the partner sites, Lolli gets a percentage of each sale. The company then splits that percent with users, sending bitcoin to users' Lolli wallet. Lolli was founded in 2018 by Alex Adelman and Matt Senter and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Guildery

Seed Round in 2015
Guildery is an e-commerce startup using pioneering technology to create mass customization for Home products. Home Décor is a $200B industry that is still highly silo-ed, with high-end made-to-order products at one end and mass-produced goods at the other. Guildery aims to bring personalization to home goods without the accompanying high cost and time associated with artisan-produced customization. By leveraging high-quality digital printing techniques that chemically bond ink to fabric, Guildery can offer a limitless range of patterns and fabrics on-demand.

Dumpling

Private Placement in 2020
dumpling, Inc. develops an application for individuals to launch, run, and grow independent grocery shopping and delivery businesses. It offers Dumpling, an application that provides grocery shopping and delivery business owners in the United States with the tools, technology, and business support. The company application also helps clients to place orders. dumpling, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Seattle, Washington with an additional office in Berkeley, California.

CUUP

Series A in 2020
CUUP is a direct to consumer startup focused on providing the essential bra for women. The company's vision is to have a collection of flattering, comfortable, and unrestrictive bras built for all women that don’t compromise comfort, fit, or aesthetic. Founded by Kearnon O'Molony and Abby Morgan, CUUP is headquartered in New York.

Away

Series C in 2018
Away is a modern travel and lifestyle brand. The company is a vertically-integrated company offering beautiful, high-quality luggage at an affordable price point. Away designs special objects for modern travel. It started with luggage, designed with thoughtful features that solve real travel problems—for life. Now all that’s left is the world in front of you and the people you share it with. Because getting Away means getting more out of every trip to come.

Stockwell

Seed Round in 2017
Stockwell AI, Inc retails everyday essentials through automated stores placed in offices, apartments, gyms, and college campuses. The company uses Bodega application to link user’s card and access the items inside the store. It uses computer vision systems and machine learning to recognize the items one takes. Stockwell AI, Inc was formerly known as Bodega AI, Inc. and changed its name to Stockwell AI, Inc in July 2018. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Oakland, California. As of August 13, 2020, Stockwell AI, Inc operates as a subsidiary of 365 Retail Markets, LLC.

Chime

Series C in 2018
Chime, the leader in the U.S. challenger banking segment, helps members avoid bank fees, save money automatically, and lead healthier financial lives. Based in San Francisco, California, Chime offers a modern, mobile and connected approach to banking that gives members complete control of their finances. Chime members receive a Chime debit card, a Spending Account, a Savings Account, and a powerful mobile app that keeps members in control. The Chime mobile app is available for iPhone and Android devices and has been featured as one of the best Money Management apps in the App Store.

Faire

Series B in 2018
Faire Wholesale, Inc. develops and operates an online marketplace which connects independent retailers with manufacturers of the products. It offers Indigo Fair, a wholesale marketplace that enables retailers to browse items from various makers, place wholesale orders, and track shipments online. Faire Wholesale, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Kitchener, Canada.

Cotopaxi

Series A in 2015
Cotopaxi is a direct-to-consumer, outdoor gear, and apparel company with a social-focused mission of eradicating extreme poverty. Every piece of gear is tied to a humanitarian cause in the world’s poorest countries. Every pack provides between one and three weeks of education to a child, the sale of a water bottle provides six months of clean water and all apparel is tied to health related projects. Cotopaxi's aim is to help the world's poorest of the poor and to provide transparency by showing the exact impact of donations. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Soma

Seed Round in 2013
Soma Water, Inc. manufactures water filtration products for customers around the world. The company offers glass carafe products, pitchers, and filters. It offers its products through retailers. Soma Water, Inc. was formerly known as Miko, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of November 28, 2017, Soma Water, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Full Circle Home LLC.

Bonobos

Venture Round in 2013
Bonobos, Inc. offers pants and shorts, shirts, suiting, sweaters and outwears, shoes, and accessories for men. It provides sport shirts; pants and shorts in various categories, such as washed chinos, non-iron, game day chinos, bull denim, stretch cotton, dress cotton, corduroy, wool, shorts, and swim; wrinkle-free, dress, oxford, polo, and T shirts; summer suiting, suits, blazers, ties, and black ties; sweaters and outwears; and shoes in various categories, such as dress, casual, boots, slip-ons, stormy skies, flip flops, and boat shoes. The company also provides sunglasses, umbrellas, belts, bags, neckwear, underwear, socks, watches, and wallets. It sells its products online. Bonobos, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in New York, New York with a store in Seattle. As of June 30, 2017, Bonobos, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Walmart Inc.

Dollar Shave Club

Seed Round in 2012
Dollar Shave Club is a lifestyle brand and e-commerce company that invents and delivers smart, affordable products to make lives easier. Through an exclusive R&D process that includes botanicals and chemists, the company makes all its own products at affordable prices. Dollar Shave Club was founded in 2012 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Birchbox

Series C in 2016
Launched in 2010, Birchbox is the discovery commerce platform redefining the retail process by offering consumers a personalized way to discover, sample, shop, and learn about the best products and brands available. Birchbox members have first-touch experiences with products each month and access to educational content to help them get the most out of their products. Top brands like Kiehl’s, Benefit, Deborah Lippmann, and Stila have partnered with Birchbox.

ShopShops

Seed Round in 2018
ShopShops is a livestream, interactive global shopping marketplace that connects brick and mortar retailers with consumers on their mobile devices. The new digital shopping channel breaks down geographical boundaries for fashion-savvy consumers, enabling them to shop from stores around the world from the palm of their hand. ShopShops was founded by Liyia Wu in 2016 and has headquarters in New York City and Beijing. To learn more, visit www.shopshops.com.cn.

M.Gemi

Series A in 2015
M.Gemi is a new kind of luxury brand handcrafting shoes in the most well-regarded, family-owned artisan factories across Italy. M.Gemi introduces new, limited edition styles every week, and sells directly to consumers, which allows us to offer our shoes at surprisingly attainable prices. They believe that old-world luxury craftsmanship is perfect. But they also believe a revolution is in order. It’s why they’re doing things differently – starting with shoes.

Zesty

Series A in 2015
Zesty provides regular office catering to companies in San Francisco and the Peninsula. Curated by in-house dietitians, Zesty works with hundreds of high quality Bay Area restaurants such as Nopalito, Dosa, Souvla, Woodhouse Fish Co., Little Star Pizza, Wise Sons, providing nutrition facts on every dish. Every meal is delivered by Zesty's own Catering Captains, offering all the reliability and service quality of an in-house caterer as well as the variety of dozens of cuisines. Zesty works with hundreds of companies including Salesforce, Twitch, Uber, Lyft, Github, Everlane and TechCrunch, serving breakfasts, lunches, dinners, happy hours and special events. Zesty is aiming to make a real impact on the world by significantly improving the health of employees. They start by empowering their own own team to live healthfully by offering a gym membership of your choice, on-site sports massage, bi-annual retreats, an open vacation policy...and a kombucha kegerator! They are proud to not just have a work hard, play hard attitude, but strive for first class execution in everything they do. They have raised over $20M in funding top Silicon Valley investors including Index Ventures, Founders Fund, Forerunner Ventures, SV Angel and Y Combinator. Their office building is located in the sunny Potrero Hill district of San Francisco.

INTURN

Seed Round in 2015
INTURN is an enterprise solution providing custom solutions to efficiently convert slow-moving and excess inventory. The company's first vertical focus is specifically built for fashion and apparel brands. This marketplace provides automated tools to replace what is a manual, painstaking, error-prone process. The result is a solution that provides a powerful opportunity to increase profitability. INTURN is designed and led by retail industry veterans and technology experts.

JOOR

Series A in 2011
JOOR, Inc. operates an online global fashion marketplace for wholesale buying. It serves as a digital marketplace and data exchange that connects brands and retailers. JOOR, Inc. has a strategic partnership with ORDRE. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Los Angeles, California; London, United Kingdom; Milan, Italy; Paris, France; and Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.

INTURN

Series B in 2017
INTURN is an enterprise solution providing custom solutions to efficiently convert slow-moving and excess inventory. The company's first vertical focus is specifically built for fashion and apparel brands. This marketplace provides automated tools to replace what is a manual, painstaking, error-prone process. The result is a solution that provides a powerful opportunity to increase profitability. INTURN is designed and led by retail industry veterans and technology experts.

Phil

Series A in 2017
Phil, Inc. provides a prescription management software service for obtaining medications. The company operates a specialty Rx distribution platform that assists patients in managing their medications by automatically refilling based on the prescription cadence. It acts a liaison between patients, prescribers, manufacturers, and pharmacists. The company also provides complimentary home delivery services for medications. Phil, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Hims, Inc.

Private Placement in 2018
Hims, Inc. manufactures men's wellness products. It offers products, including hair loss prevention medicines, sexual wellness products, skincare products, and oral care products. The company also provides sweaters, jackets, corduroy, sport coats, wool overcoat, leather boots, flannel, shirts, caps, and candles. It sells its products online. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Bonobos

Series B in 2010
Bonobos, Inc. offers pants and shorts, shirts, suiting, sweaters and outwears, shoes, and accessories for men. It provides sport shirts; pants and shorts in various categories, such as washed chinos, non-iron, game day chinos, bull denim, stretch cotton, dress cotton, corduroy, wool, shorts, and swim; wrinkle-free, dress, oxford, polo, and T shirts; summer suiting, suits, blazers, ties, and black ties; sweaters and outwears; and shoes in various categories, such as dress, casual, boots, slip-ons, stormy skies, flip flops, and boat shoes. The company also provides sunglasses, umbrellas, belts, bags, neckwear, underwear, socks, watches, and wallets. It sells its products online. Bonobos, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in New York, New York with a store in Seattle. As of June 30, 2017, Bonobos, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Walmart Inc.

Dollar Shave Club

Series A in 2012
Dollar Shave Club is a lifestyle brand and e-commerce company that invents and delivers smart, affordable products to make lives easier. Through an exclusive R&D process that includes botanicals and chemists, the company makes all its own products at affordable prices. Dollar Shave Club was founded in 2012 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Attabotics

Series B in 2019
ATTABotics Inc. designs and manufactures robotics automated storage and retrieval system used to store, access and move goods around a facility, these robotic systems can be used in sectors such as e-commerce, logistics, retail, grocery and advanced manufacturing. ATTAbotics Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Calgary , Alberta, Canada.

Shuddle

Seed Round in 2014
Shuddle offers a booking service that allows the users to find a driver and a ride. The company targets families with busy parents that don't have time to take their kids to school. Shuddle was founded in 2014 by Nick Allen and Rodrigo Prudencio and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

Pickwick & Weller

Venture Round in 2013
With sharp designs, meticulous fit and a commitment to developing beautifully crafted basics in California, we’re refining the notion of modern workwear, one t-shirt at a time

KiwiCo

Series A in 2012
KiwiCo sparks creativity in kids and saves time for busy parents by providing all of the inspiration and materials necessary for hours of imaginative play and learning. With monthly deliveries of activities designed to help kids discover, explore, and create things in the world around them, KiwiCo brings hands-on fun right to the door. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountian View, California.