Xplorer Capital

Xplorer Capital is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage, seed-stage, and growth capital investments. It targets visionary entrepreneurs and transformative technologies across various sectors, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic automation, autonomous machines, industrial Internet of Things, connected devices, healthcare technology, blockchain, and fintech. The firm is dedicated to fostering innovations that can significantly impact industries on a global scale. Xplorer Capital is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Boulder, Colorado, New York, New York, and Cambridge, England, allowing it to engage with emerging markets effectively.

Keith Nilsson

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

40 past transactions

Canvas Technology

Series A in 2017
Canvas Technology, Inc. designs and develops mobile robotic technology for factories and warehouses. It offers carts, pallets, forklifts, and boxes The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Boulder, Colorado. As of April 10, 2019, Canvas Technology, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc.

Wingcopter

Series A in 2022
Wingcopter GmbH develops flying delivery drones for social and civilian applications. Its drones are used for delivering medicines, vaccines, blood and lab samples, parcels, and food to remote health facilities as well as for inspection of public infrastructure. The company serves infrastructure, agricultures, forestry, and mining sectors. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Darmstadt, Germany.

Talech

Series B in 2016
Talech Inc. develops software that connects the small merchant to their customers. It offers talech software that enables users to take orders and manage inventory; run sales and promotions using discounts; track and manage employee hours; manage cash drawer; get detailed reports on sales and transaction trends; get recommendations; capture customer information at the point of sale; and accept multiple payment types. Its talech software works with various equipments, such as iPad tablet, card reader, printer, cash drawer, iPad stand, and barcode scanner. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Palo Alto, California. Talech Inc. operates as a subsidiary of ELAVON, INC.

Lacuna Technologies

Series A in 2021
Lacuna Technologies, Inc. develops and provides cloud based open-source transportation software for local governments. It also provides digital mobility infrastructure services that include operation, integration, and support for open source systems, such as the Mobility Data Specification (MDS), the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS), the General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS), and Emerging Open Mapping Systems. The company also provides strategic consulting, and technology and program delivery services to help cities develop strategic plans around transportation technology, and to deliver individual technology programs. It serves cities and support transportation, and public works agencies worldwide. Lacuna Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Tesorio

Series B in 2022
Tesorio is the cash flow performance platform, which Accounts Receivable, Treasury, and FP&A teams use to manage, predict, and collect cash. Its AI processes over $30 billion in transactions each year for companies ranging from 50 to 10,000 employees. Tesorio serves customers around the globe with AR automation and cash flow forecasting, across verticals including software, manufacturing, retail, finance, and pharmaceuticals.Customers include Box, Veeva Systems, WP Engine, Currency Cloud, Instructure and many other publicly traded and privately held companies that care about cash flow performance.

Noon Energy

Seed Round in 2021
Noon Energy develops a flow battery technology that enables economical long-duration energy storage. The company's design will allow intermittent renewable electricity sources, such as solar and wind, to meet continual demand. Noon Energy was founded in 2018 and based in Palo Alto, California.

Cargomatic

Series B in 2018
Cargomatic, Inc. operates an online platform that connects shippers with carriers real-time. It makes available pre-screened and qualified carriers for shippers. The company offers its services to the customers in Southern California. Cargomatic, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Venice, California. Cargomatic, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc.

Tesorio

Seed Round in 2018
Tesorio is the cash flow performance platform, which Accounts Receivable, Treasury, and FP&A teams use to manage, predict, and collect cash. Its AI processes over $30 billion in transactions each year for companies ranging from 50 to 10,000 employees. Tesorio serves customers around the globe with AR automation and cash flow forecasting, across verticals including software, manufacturing, retail, finance, and pharmaceuticals.Customers include Box, Veeva Systems, WP Engine, Currency Cloud, Instructure and many other publicly traded and privately held companies that care about cash flow performance.

Path Robotics

Seed Round in 2018
Path Robotics develop and advance state-of-the-art methods to solve general problems and apply what they develop to manufacturing. They think about how to make machines learn, adapt, and solve problems faster and more robustly.

FiscalNote

Series D in 2018
FiscalNote is a privately-held company that uses artificial intelligence and big data to deliver immediate predictive analytics of governmental action to pinpoint impact. FiscalNote's flagship platform provides real-time legislative predictive capabilities as well as enterprise collaboration and visualization tools for data on campaign finance, demographics, news, and open data to government relations professionals to help them make faster decisions.

Saltmine

Series A in 2019
Saltmine is rapidly growing CRE tech firm disrupting the $300B workspace design-build market. We are applying modern technology to transform the process by which office design is done from workplace strategy to programming to design and procurement. With deep roots in technology and architecture design, we've built a first of its kind SaaS platform that empowers occupiers and their business partners to design inspiring and efficient space. The company is headquartered in downtown San Francisco with offices in NYC, Boston, Washington D.C., Budapest, Vietnam, and Singapore, with an incredibly talented group of employees from the likes of Autodesk, M Moser, JLL, Microdesk, Perkins & Will and Gensler.

SVG Media

Secondary Market in 2011
SVG Media, a Smile Vun Group company, is a leading Indian Digital Media Network with over 33 Million Unique Visitors in India. SVG Media, formerly known as Tyroo Media, started its India operations in 2006. Currently, SVG Media has presence in India, South East Asia and the Middle East. SVG Media’s operations are divided into four businesses: • Tyroo- APAC’s Largest Multi-Screen Performance Network, Tyroo (previously known as Tyroo Direct) works with over 5000 publisher’s across the globe to offer solutions such as- affiliate marketing, mobile affiliate marketing, retargeting and pay-per-call. Tyroo reaches over 75% unique advertisers in India works with all major e-commerce and internet companies to drive transactions and acquisitions utilizing its performance network. Tyroo is amongst the top 3 customer acquisition channels for a majority of digital businesses and is clocking 100% y-o-y growth. • Velocity- India’s Largest Targeted Reach Network, Velocity is the audience display network of SVG Media. Velocity is the first and only data backed display network in India and APAC with over 40 mn unique users across multiple audience segments. Velocity works with over 200 brands and 1200+ Publishers, Apps & Exchanges to track and offer relevant audience. The product portfolio includes offerings such as Audience Display, Video, Mobile, Rich Media, Social, Data Targeting and Specialty Display. • DGM- India’s Leading Digital ad-Network, DGM India was formed in the year 2007 and was a subsidiary of Asia Digital Holdings Plc., a London Stock Exchange listed company. DGM is the first affiliate network in the country and amongst the leading ad networks in the country. DGM is the largest acquisition channel for online travel businesses. Tyroo acquired DGM India in April 2012. • PrecisionMatch- 1st Data Provider for Digital Marketing in India, SEA and UAE, PrecisionMatch was launched in October 2012. PrecisionMatch is the only provider of effective audience data for display advertising. PrecisionMatch launched operations simultaneously in three markets: India, Singapore and Dubai with 50M unique users and around 60% of internet users across a variety of consumer segments. • PlatformPlay- Everything Digital That’s it!” is the axiom of SVG Media’s latest venture PlatformPlay Media Ventures. PlatformPlay is the first of its kind company in the Indian digital space focussed on devising the India Entry Strategy for businesses looking at increasing their presence in India. PlatformPlay will be offering 360 degree services to help international digital media players launch their business in India. PlatformPlay’s offerings include- Build Operate Transfer (BOT) model, monetization through representation, joint ventures, brand licensing, consulting etc. The venture is being led by Rammohan Sundaram as the Chairman and Managing Director with majority stakes from SVG Media. SVG Media is the largest Indian Digital Media Network with the current reach of over 33 million total unique visitors, representing more than 60 percent reach of India’s Internet base. SVG Media’s projected reach is 45-50 million unique visitors per month including all business entities (this is not tracked on Comscore).

Peloton Technology

Series B in 2017
Peloton Technology Inc. was founded in 2011 by a team of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to address major pain points of today’s trucking fleets – accidents and fuel costs. Peloton's system uses radar and DSRC vehicle-to-vehicle communications to link active safety systems between pairs of trucks, reducing collision-related expenses and fuel costs. The drivers remain fully engaged and retain steering control, while the system controls acceleration and braking similar to adaptive cruise control. The dramatic reduction in aerodynamic drag in these platoons provides substantial improvements in fuel economy for both the trailing and leading trucks: with on-road testing showing average savings over 7% between the two trucks.

Gather AI

Series A in 2022
Gather AI is a software-only autonomous inventory management platform developed for warehousing. Gather AI is an inventory management on auto-pilot that can automate tasks. Users can use off the shelf drones, and can do 24 hour replacement.The company is a team of PhD's and research engineers in the sector of autonomous vehicles and vision systems from the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. Gather AI is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

DigiSure

Seed Round in 2021
DigiSure is the leading end-to-end protection solution and cloud-native insurance management system for mobility and shared economy companies. We exist to put more power and control over a portion of the $1.6 trillion in property & casualty (P&C) insurance premiums spent annually directly into the hands of the people who know their businesses and customers best. Our vision is to use connected data and automation to transform risk management to make it more transparent and responsive, similar to how the internet and mobile changed commerce and advertising. We do this by infusing data-enabled intelligence and automation technology into everything we build, all the while delivering a customer experience that is second to none. Founded in 2018 by veterans of leading insurance, mobility and sharing economy companies, DigiSure is working to reimagine insurance for future mobility to create a safer, more secure and climate friendly world. The Company is based in San Francisco and maintains a global footprint. For more information visit, www.digisure.ai.

Maverick

Seed Round in 2018
Be Maverick Co. develops Maverick, a social-networking app and website aimed at young girls and women. It is a social network that provides opportunities for Gen Z girls and young women to exercise and share their creative powers whilst connecting with fellow budding leaders, innovators, artists, and entrepreneurs. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Inmac Network Management

Secondary Market in 2011
INMAC is a multi-media information service organization that is currently covering 17 cities across India, under the brand name "Call Ezee". Call Ezee's services are based on a simple method of information search system using the most popular communication media — Internet, Telephone (Voice) and Print (Yellow Pages). They aim to be your one-stop destination for information by fulfilling advertising and directory needs of businesses and consumers respectively. Since its inception. INMAC has developed strong experience in a wide array of fields such as telecom services, data collection & distribution, building lasting relationships with businesses and in the development of information portals. They aim to replicate this success across more cities in India and become a nationally recognized brand for Internet, telephone & directory services. In today's internet-dominated world, people are constantly looking for quicker and easier ways of obtaining information; hence CallEzee. c om On 5th September 2013, they launched Callezee.com along with 10 category-specific websites:

Everestlabs.AI

Seed Round in 2020
Everest Labs is advancing the waste management industry using modern technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Computer Vision and Robotics. Our solutions increase the quality of marketable recyclables and reduces dependency on human labor while enabling top line and bottom line revenue growth for waste management companies. Our Master Plan: To reduce fossil fuels burn rate by empowering manufacturers and packaging industry to use more recycled materials in their inputs and sustainable packaging. We started by solving problems at recycling plants using AI and robotics. Our vision is to become the trusted leader in AI and Robotics in complex environments such as the waste management industry.

Bigfoot Biomedical

Series B in 2018
Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc., a health solution company, develops automated insulin delivery systems for people with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). It develops a T1D Management System with cloud connectivity and human-centered-automation; and insulin pumps. Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. was formerly known as SmartLoop Labs, Inc. and changed its name to in Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. February 2015. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Milpitas, California.

Pachama, Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
Pachama, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California.

Pachama

Seed Round in 2020
Pachama is an organization focused on developing technology solutions to accelerate the growth of the Forest Carbon Credits market. Their ultimate intention is to help scale up the protection and restoration of the forests of the planet, which recapture carbon from the atmosphere reversing climate change, and are the holders of the planet’s biodiversity, keystones for maintaining planetary homeostasis.

ViaBot

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ViaBot Inc. develops an autonomous outdoor robot for businesses. The company offers an autonomous multi-functional robot that takes care of multiple outdoor commercial tasks, such as sweeping, lawn mowing, security, parking lot, walkway, courtyard, or other outside venue. It offers benefits, such as modular technology, long runtime, scheduling, 24/7 monitoring, different modes, 24/7 capability, and constant updates. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Property Finder

Series A in 2013
PropertyFinder owns and operates real estate portals across Dubai. Available in both English and Arabic, its websites provide visitors with search facilities covering residential and commercial properties for rent or for sale, real estate news, home advice, and buying and selling guides. PropertyFinder provides its users with the tools to help consumers find the properties that fit their needs. It works with brokers to list properties in one convenient site, and make it easier to see all of the information about those properties while browsing from its users’ desktop or on the move.

Emitwise

Series A in 2022
Emitwise’s unique AI technology empowers companies to automatically measure, report, and reduce their carbon footprint across their operations and supply chain, future-proofing businesses for a zero-carbon world. We are backed by top Silicon Valley investors and trusted by leading global businesses. Our mission is to empower businesses to respond to the climate emergency, accelerating the transition to a net-zero carbon world by equipping them with all the tools they need to drive emissions cuts across their operations and supply chain.

FarmWise

Series A in 2019
FarmWise Labs, Inc. develops and manufactures robotic machinery using mechanical engineering to track the growth of weeds in agriculture. The company builds vegetable weeder to provide weeding and thinning solutions. It also gauges the growth of herbicides. Farmwise Labs, Inc. was formerly known as DeepLook, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Matrimony.com

Secondary Market in 2011
Matrimony.com Pvt. Ltd is a signature internet conglomerate, managing Marquee brands such as BharatMatrimony.com and CommunityMatrimony.com. It is today, one of the fastest growing and profitable organisations in both the digital and offline space, with a reputation for innovation, technical excellence and entrepreneurship. From reaching out to South Asians across the map, in countries such as the UK, US, Dubai, Sri Lanka & Malaysia, to establishing a considerable retail presence with over 150 self-owned outlets across India, Matrimony.com spells customer satisfaction & delight. The company has pioneered several new business models (many of them global firsts) such as AssistedMatrimony.com, EliteMatrimony.com, CommunityMatrimony.com, MatrimonyGifts.com and Tambulya.com. CommunityMatrimony.com is the world's single largest conglomerate of over 350+ community oriented portals. This track record for constant innovation and cutting edge products has won it primarily millions of customers, several prestigious global awards, and cream of investors such as Bessemer, Canaan and Mayfield. What fuels Matrimony.com is the culture of intrapreneurship, passion and ethics that permeates across 3500+ strong team and top notch professionals at the helm of affairs. Matrimony.com is also a conscientious corporate citizen with a span of CSR activities that include BharatBloodBank.com, BharatEyeBank.com, BharatGreenHands.com and AbilityMatrimony.com.

Scalefast

Private Placement in 2020
Scalefast is a digital commerce solution that simplifies and streamlines e-Commerce for inspirational brands. The company uses a powerful combination of Artificial Intelligence and e-Commerce expertise. It provides the infrastructure and full-service business operations necessary to scale quickly and increase revenue, with everything needed under one roof. Scalefast takes the complexity out of digital commerce for brands in the entertainment, consumer goods, and fashion industries. It is based in Los Angeles, with offices in Paris and Madrid, and was founded in 2014.

FarmWise

Private Placement in 2019
FarmWise Labs, Inc. develops and manufactures robotic machinery using mechanical engineering to track the growth of weeds in agriculture. The company builds vegetable weeder to provide weeding and thinning solutions. It also gauges the growth of herbicides. Farmwise Labs, Inc. was formerly known as DeepLook, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Scalefast

Series B in 2020
Scalefast is a digital commerce solution that simplifies and streamlines e-Commerce for inspirational brands. The company uses a powerful combination of Artificial Intelligence and e-Commerce expertise. It provides the infrastructure and full-service business operations necessary to scale quickly and increase revenue, with everything needed under one roof. Scalefast takes the complexity out of digital commerce for brands in the entertainment, consumer goods, and fashion industries. It is based in Los Angeles, with offices in Paris and Madrid, and was founded in 2014.

Wingcopter

Series A in 2021
Wingcopter GmbH develops flying delivery drones for social and civilian applications. Its drones are used for delivering medicines, vaccines, blood and lab samples, parcels, and food to remote health facilities as well as for inspection of public infrastructure. The company serves infrastructure, agricultures, forestry, and mining sectors. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Darmstadt, Germany.

Docyt

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Docyt is a real-time accounting automation platform. It uses AI and machine learning to automate financial workflows, continuously reconcile the general ledger, and generate real-time financial reports.

Left Hand Robotics

Seed Round in 2018
Left Hand Robotics has developed the first commercial-class, self-driving snow clearing robot capable of removing snow from sidewalks and walkways. The SnowBot Pro is controlled and monitored remotely from an online management dashboard and uses GPS to follow a pre-programmed path. Its rotating brush clears a sidewalk from edge-to-edge in a single pass to meet even the highest standards.

SpaceIQ LLC

Series A in 2017
SpaceIQ LLC develops workplace management software and operations data platform. The company offers CAFM/IWMS, a platform that provides centralized workplace management information, including space planning, move management, and real estate forecasting; and employee engagement application, hoteling and hot desk functionality, meeting room scheduler and employee finder, and collaboration and project management, as well as single sign-on and seamless integrations, including slack. It serves companies of various sizes. SpaceIQ LLC was founded in 2016 and is based in Mountain View, California with an additional location in Sandy, Utah.

HipFlat

Venture Round in 2014
HipFlat Pte. Ltd. operates an online portal for searching real estate properties. The map-based search platform collects property listings from agencies, developers, online classifieds, and Web boards combining them with geolocation-related information and real-time market data. The portal also offers a tool that allows users to check out available transportation options, shops, schools, and restaurants around properties listed in Bangkok and Pattaya. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Bangkok, Thailand. As of October 27, 2020, HipFlat Pte. Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Dot Property Pte. Ltd.

Everestlabs.AI

Series A in 2022
Everest Labs is advancing the waste management industry using modern technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Computer Vision and Robotics. Our solutions increase the quality of marketable recyclables and reduces dependency on human labor while enabling top line and bottom line revenue growth for waste management companies. Our Master Plan: To reduce fossil fuels burn rate by empowering manufacturers and packaging industry to use more recycled materials in their inputs and sustainable packaging. We started by solving problems at recycling plants using AI and robotics. Our vision is to become the trusted leader in AI and Robotics in complex environments such as the waste management industry.

SpaceIQ LLC

Series A in 2018
SpaceIQ LLC develops workplace management software and operations data platform. The company offers CAFM/IWMS, a platform that provides centralized workplace management information, including space planning, move management, and real estate forecasting; and employee engagement application, hoteling and hot desk functionality, meeting room scheduler and employee finder, and collaboration and project management, as well as single sign-on and seamless integrations, including slack. It serves companies of various sizes. SpaceIQ LLC was founded in 2016 and is based in Mountain View, California with an additional location in Sandy, Utah.

ThunderAct

Private Placement in 2020
ThunderAct Inc. develops a software as a services (SaaS) solution that allows customer driven enterprises to automatically and continuously analyze the impact and performance of their business-critical decisions. Its solution uses natural language processing (NLP) technology to interact with organizational systems used to capture employee-customer interaction. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Cargomatic

Private Placement in 2018
Cargomatic, Inc. operates an online platform that connects shippers with carriers real-time. It makes available pre-screened and qualified carriers for shippers. The company offers its services to the customers in Southern California. Cargomatic, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Venice, California. Cargomatic, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc.

Quaise

Series A in 2022
Quaise is an energy company pioneering millimeter wave drilling technology to access deep geothermal energy. Quaise is developing and commercializing novel millimeter wave drilling systems to harness geothermal energy around the globe, overcoming the geographic constraints limiting this energy source today.