Felicis

Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 and based in Menlo Park, California. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, targeting companies that are redefining core markets and those developing frontier technologies. Felicis has invested in a range of sectors, including software, information technology, and consumer internet, and has plans to explore opportunities in Healthcare IT, Energy, and Education. With nearly $200 million in total committed assets, Felicis has backed over 120 technology companies, with more than 60 of these achieving acquisition or public offering status. The firm's investment strategy combines capital with active mentoring and advisory services, providing a comprehensive support system for entrepreneurs. Felicis Ventures has a diverse portfolio, representing companies from various countries, primarily concentrated in the Bay Area. Aydin Senkut, the firm's founder and president, previously held a senior management position at Google, which informs Felicis's strategic approach to investment.

Nicole Bae

Partner, Operations

Dan Bartus

Partner and Head of Research

Kristin Beach

CFO, COO and Partner

Maddie Chavez

Partner, Operations

Tobi Coker

Senior Associate

James Detweiler

Deal Partner

Viviana Faga

General Partner

Gabriella Garcia

Deal Partner

Ryan Isono

Partner

Dasha Maggio

Partner and Head of Founder Success

Astasia Myers

General Partner

Niki Pezeshki

General Partner

Larissa Rainey

Operating Partner

Javier Soltero

Senior Venture Partner

Jake Storm

Partner

Victoria Treyger

General Partner

Mischa Vaughn

Partner

Nancy Wang

Venture Partner

Past deals in Presentation Software

Canva

Venture Round in 2021
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Popmenu

Series C in 2021
Popmenu, Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service company that provides a cloud-based platform designed for full-service restaurants and the hospitality industry. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with an additional office in Aliso Viejo, California, Popmenu's application transforms traditional menus into interactive tools that enhance customer engagement. By utilizing smart algorithms, the platform tracks and converts menu items, customer feedback, and ratings into a dynamic forum where restaurants can communicate directly with customers. This allows businesses to personalize dining experiences and improve menu visibility, ultimately increasing customer conversion rates.

Notion

Venture Round in 2020
Notion Labs, Inc. develops unified workspace mobile and web-based tools and solutions. It offers a document editor for notes, wikis, and tasks that nests pages inside each other, drags and drops content, builds task board, and keeps the team in sync with slack notifications. The company also provides slack integration, converts markdown shortcuts into content, exports to PDF, and publishes as websites. Notion Labs, Inc. was formerly known as Canopy Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Notion Labs, Inc. in March 2014. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Popmenu

Series B in 2020
Popmenu, Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service company that provides a cloud-based platform designed for full-service restaurants and the hospitality industry. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with an additional office in Aliso Viejo, California, Popmenu's application transforms traditional menus into interactive tools that enhance customer engagement. By utilizing smart algorithms, the platform tracks and converts menu items, customer feedback, and ratings into a dynamic forum where restaurants can communicate directly with customers. This allows businesses to personalize dining experiences and improve menu visibility, ultimately increasing customer conversion rates.

Canva

Venture Round in 2020
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Popmenu

Series A in 2019
Popmenu, Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service company that provides a cloud-based platform designed for full-service restaurants and the hospitality industry. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with an additional office in Aliso Viejo, California, Popmenu's application transforms traditional menus into interactive tools that enhance customer engagement. By utilizing smart algorithms, the platform tracks and converts menu items, customer feedback, and ratings into a dynamic forum where restaurants can communicate directly with customers. This allows businesses to personalize dining experiences and improve menu visibility, ultimately increasing customer conversion rates.

Canva

Series E in 2019
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Canva

Series D in 2019
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Canva

Series C in 2018
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Roadmunk

Seed Round in 2017
Roadmunk Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in providing visual roadmap software tailored for product management. Founded in 2013, Roadmunk offers an online platform that allows users to create various types of roadmaps, including those for sprints, projects, releases, and consulting initiatives. The software facilitates comprehensive management of product portfolios across multiple teams, featuring tools for sharing and master roadmapping. Additionally, Roadmunk provides two-way data integration with Jira and supports multiple output formats such as PDF, PowerPoint, HTML, and PNG. By promoting transparency within organizations, Roadmunk enables teams to visualize their product strategies and effectively communicate their strategic plans.

Canva

Series B in 2016
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Canva

Series A in 2015
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Top Hat

Series B in 2014
As a student engagement and interactive teaching platform, Top Hat’s software helps college professors activate classrooms. In a world of digital distractions, countless academic studies have reinforced the reality that students better understand the day’s lesson if they’re asked to engage with peers, interact with complex material and participate in class. By requiring students to use their personal devices to answer quizzes, reply to polls, and tackle difficult simulations, Top Hat transforms the passive lecture hall into an engaging learning environment. As an advocate for traditional, on-campus education, Top Hat not only modernizes established teaching methods but also facilitates new approaches including the ‘flipped classroom,’ ‘group learning,’ and other creative solutions. Top Hat is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, hosts 120 full-time employees, and has been operating since its 2009 launch behind $22M in venture funding.

ClearSlide

Series C in 2014
ClearSlide, Inc. offers a web-based and mobile sales management platform designed to enhance customer interactions for sales, marketing, and customer success teams. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, ClearSlide provides tools such as Live Pitch for screen sharing, Email Pitch for tracking customer engagement with emailed content, and ClearSlide Analytics & Insights for monitoring sales activities. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing systems, including CRM and CMS, and is tailored to meet the specific needs of various industries, including media, education, and finance. ClearSlide's suite of mobile applications, including ClearSlide Presenter and ClearSlide Mail, further supports sales teams by delivering content, communication, and analytics in a cohesive experience. By offering real-time visibility and actionable insights, ClearSlide aims to improve seller productivity, enhance sales management effectiveness, and increase the return on investment for sales content.

Top Hat

Venture Round in 2013
As a student engagement and interactive teaching platform, Top Hat’s software helps college professors activate classrooms. In a world of digital distractions, countless academic studies have reinforced the reality that students better understand the day’s lesson if they’re asked to engage with peers, interact with complex material and participate in class. By requiring students to use their personal devices to answer quizzes, reply to polls, and tackle difficult simulations, Top Hat transforms the passive lecture hall into an engaging learning environment. As an advocate for traditional, on-campus education, Top Hat not only modernizes established teaching methods but also facilitates new approaches including the ‘flipped classroom,’ ‘group learning,’ and other creative solutions. Top Hat is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, hosts 120 full-time employees, and has been operating since its 2009 launch behind $22M in venture funding.

ClearSlide

Series B in 2012
ClearSlide, Inc. offers a web-based and mobile sales management platform designed to enhance customer interactions for sales, marketing, and customer success teams. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, ClearSlide provides tools such as Live Pitch for screen sharing, Email Pitch for tracking customer engagement with emailed content, and ClearSlide Analytics & Insights for monitoring sales activities. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing systems, including CRM and CMS, and is tailored to meet the specific needs of various industries, including media, education, and finance. ClearSlide's suite of mobile applications, including ClearSlide Presenter and ClearSlide Mail, further supports sales teams by delivering content, communication, and analytics in a cohesive experience. By offering real-time visibility and actionable insights, ClearSlide aims to improve seller productivity, enhance sales management effectiveness, and increase the return on investment for sales content.

PlotWatt

Series A in 2012
PlotWatt, Inc. is an energy analytics software company based in Durham, North Carolina, serving customers in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. Founded in 2008, PlotWatt employs machine-learning algorithms to analyze energy usage data, providing actionable insights that help both residential and commercial clients enhance their energy efficiency and reduce costs. The platform is particularly beneficial for multi-location businesses, offering site-by-site comparative analysis and operational benchmarking to optimize energy management. By delivering tailored recommendations without the need for monitoring individual appliances, PlotWatt's cloud-based solutions empower customers to make informed decisions about their energy consumption, ultimately promoting sustainability and cost savings. The company operates as a subsidiary of American Efficient, Inc.

ClearSlide

Series A in 2011
ClearSlide, Inc. offers a web-based and mobile sales management platform designed to enhance customer interactions for sales, marketing, and customer success teams. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, ClearSlide provides tools such as Live Pitch for screen sharing, Email Pitch for tracking customer engagement with emailed content, and ClearSlide Analytics & Insights for monitoring sales activities. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing systems, including CRM and CMS, and is tailored to meet the specific needs of various industries, including media, education, and finance. ClearSlide's suite of mobile applications, including ClearSlide Presenter and ClearSlide Mail, further supports sales teams by delivering content, communication, and analytics in a cohesive experience. By offering real-time visibility and actionable insights, ClearSlide aims to improve seller productivity, enhance sales management effectiveness, and increase the return on investment for sales content.

PlotWatt

Seed Round in 2011
PlotWatt, Inc. is an energy analytics software company based in Durham, North Carolina, serving customers in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. Founded in 2008, PlotWatt employs machine-learning algorithms to analyze energy usage data, providing actionable insights that help both residential and commercial clients enhance their energy efficiency and reduce costs. The platform is particularly beneficial for multi-location businesses, offering site-by-site comparative analysis and operational benchmarking to optimize energy management. By delivering tailored recommendations without the need for monitoring individual appliances, PlotWatt's cloud-based solutions empower customers to make informed decisions about their energy consumption, ultimately promoting sustainability and cost savings. The company operates as a subsidiary of American Efficient, Inc.

ClearSlide

Seed Round in 2010
ClearSlide, Inc. offers a web-based and mobile sales management platform designed to enhance customer interactions for sales, marketing, and customer success teams. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, ClearSlide provides tools such as Live Pitch for screen sharing, Email Pitch for tracking customer engagement with emailed content, and ClearSlide Analytics & Insights for monitoring sales activities. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing systems, including CRM and CMS, and is tailored to meet the specific needs of various industries, including media, education, and finance. ClearSlide's suite of mobile applications, including ClearSlide Presenter and ClearSlide Mail, further supports sales teams by delivering content, communication, and analytics in a cohesive experience. By offering real-time visibility and actionable insights, ClearSlide aims to improve seller productivity, enhance sales management effectiveness, and increase the return on investment for sales content.

Posterous

Series A in 2010
Posterous, founded in the summer of 2008 and incubated by Y Combinator, is a platform dedicated to simplifying the blogging experience. It allows users to create and manage blogs with ease, akin to sending an email, which has attracted over 15 million monthly users. The introduction of Posterous Spaces has enhanced its offering by providing intuitive privacy controls, enabling users to share their content selectively across various platforms. Through its innovative approach, Posterous aims to streamline the blogging process and improve how individuals share their thoughts and experiences online.

Posterous

Angel Round in 2008
Posterous, founded in the summer of 2008 and incubated by Y Combinator, is a platform dedicated to simplifying the blogging experience. It allows users to create and manage blogs with ease, akin to sending an email, which has attracted over 15 million monthly users. The introduction of Posterous Spaces has enhanced its offering by providing intuitive privacy controls, enabling users to share their content selectively across various platforms. Through its innovative approach, Posterous aims to streamline the blogging process and improve how individuals share their thoughts and experiences online.
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