Offline Ventures

Farcaster operates as a decentralized social network, focusing on creating an open protocol that allows users to transfer their identities across various applications. This network enables users to claim unique usernames and store their social data on off-chain hosts, effectively giving them ownership and control over their social interactions. Developers are encouraged to create new clients and applications without needing permission, fostering innovation and flexibility within the ecosystem. Merkle Manufactory contributes to the Farcaster protocol by developing clients that enhance the user experience, reinforcing the platform's commitment to maintaining direct relationships between users and their audiences. Overall, Farcaster aims to establish a credible-neutral environment where individual identity and social data are paramount.

Developer of a healthcare and network platform designed to scale obesity treatment. The company's proprietary platform backs medical care providers to use key insights such as genes, blood work, and medical and weight history to find the right nutrition, exercise and medication plan, enabling customers to consume nutritious and healthy food to avoid obesity diseases and to lose weight.

Creating a new wellness category around proactive alcohol health, with the goal of helping anyone who regularly drinks alcohol build mindfulness around their consumption.

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Developer of a tokenization platform designed for securing, using, and managing sensitive data. The company's platform optimizes the payments acceptance stack without bearing the risk and compliance burden, enabling clients to meet or exceed compliance requirements without taking on the burdens of securing it themselves.

Boss Beauties is a company dedicated to empowering women and girls, particularly women of color, by providing resources and support for career development. The organization focuses on financial literacy through networking, learning, coaching, and mentoring, helping individuals build essential skills for personal and professional growth. Additionally, Boss Beauties offers a platform that features impact programs, engaging content, and consumer products designed to inspire the next generation of female leaders. One of its innovative approaches includes an NFT collection, which further enables women to shape their careers and foster a sense of community among aspiring professionals. Through these initiatives, Boss Beauties aims to elevate and inspire women, creating opportunities for success in various fields.

Clarasight operates a sustainability analytics platform designed to help organizations analyze, forecast, and implement effective carbon emissions reduction strategies. The platform integrates with various existing software systems and utilizes artificial intelligence to generate actionable insights and recommendations for sustainability initiatives. By providing dynamic carbon planning and real-time analysis, Clarasight enables companies to set and track sustainability goals at both team and individual levels. This approach empowers organizations to embed sustainability into their operations and support their journey toward achieving Net Zero emissions.

Operator of a commerce search engine platform intended to simplify the commercial hunt. The company's platform uses natural language understanding to work in concert with algorithmic techniques for information extraction and semantic understanding of structured and semi-structured information, enabling users with an efficient search experience.

Osmind Inc. specializes in developing healthcare software tailored for mental health providers and their patients, particularly focusing on treatment-resistant mental health conditions. Founded in 2020 and based in California, the company aims to enhance clinical care and streamline workflows for providers through its innovative software solutions. Osmind's tools not only facilitate improved patient care but also support the advancement of novel therapeutics, precision diagnostics, and care management programs. The company's mission is to increase patient access to effective mental health treatments that can succeed where traditional therapies may not.

Clubhouse is an audio-based social app that allows users to spontaneously join group chats.

Pinata develops tools designed to easily create and manage content on the interplanetary file system. The company's tools simplify immutable data and combine blockchains with immutable off-chain data storage, enabling developers to increase the speed and stability required for production applications.

XMTP is an open, crypto-native communication protocol that connects communities, applications, and users. It was founded in 2021 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Pluot is the easiest way to video conference. A complete hardware + software solution for video conferencing and screen sharing. Dedicated hardware that easily connects to your TV. Free software so anyone can join your meetings.

Gowalla is an augmented reality social game and a social guide that enables users to share and discover photos, experiences, and recommendations related to various locations and cities. Launched in 2009 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Gowalla features an award-winning mobile app and website that offer a growing collection of guides curated by both the community and renowned experts from organizations like Disney and National Geographic. The platform facilitates the exploration of beloved places and parks worldwide, making it easy for friends and families to connect and share their travel experiences. Backed by notable investors, Gowalla aims to enhance how users interact with their surroundings through social engagement.

Developer of a tokenization platform designed for securing, using, and managing sensitive data. The company's platform optimizes the payments acceptance stack without bearing the risk and compliance burden, enabling clients to meet or exceed compliance requirements without taking on the burdens of securing it themselves.

Provider of at-home integrative sauna intended to assist users with relaxation therapy. The company's product provides infrared heat, guided meditations, stories and programs, aromatherapy, chromotherapy, sound baths, and vibrations that are controlled using an application, enabling individuals to reduce stress, burn calories, sleep properly, and boost immunity.

Bobbie Baby, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in organic infant nutrition products. Founded in 2018, the company offers a natural infant formula made from pasture-raised milk sourced from organic valley farms. Bobbie aims to provide parents with healthy and safe food options for their babies. Its products are available for purchase online through the company's website, and the company also offers food delivery services within California.

Twic Inc. is a software company based in Fremont, California, founded in 2017, that specializes in wellness programs for employees. The company offers two main products: Wellness Wallet and Wellness Suite. Wellness Wallet provides a monthly wellness stipend to employees as an incentive for maintaining a healthy lifestyle, while Wellness Suite serves as a platform for organizing and sharing information about onsite wellness events. Twic's solutions are designed to simplify the process for employees, giving them direct access to their benefits through an intuitive interface. This allows employees to utilize their benefits stipend with a curated selection of vendors, which offers preferred pricing and eliminates the need for reimbursement, thus saving time and money for both employees and employers.

Developer of cloud and embedded battery management software designed for enterprises with large deployments. The company's platform has the unique ability to offer battery analytics like simulation and planning, and real-time operations for grid-scale and residential storage, enabling companies to provide safety and improve longevity.

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.