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BYJU’S is a global ed-tech company that provides highly adaptive, engaging, and effective learning solutions to more than 150 million students around the world. Founded in India in 2011, BYJU's mission is to make high-quality learning accessible to students everywhere. The BYJU's family of brands includes Disney-BYJU's Early Learn, BYJU's FutureSchool, Epic!, Osmo, Tynker, Toppr, and WhiteHat Jr., along with the company’s beloved flagship product, BYJU's: The Learning App. Together, BYJU's solutions support pre-K–12 education and a wide range of competitive exams. BYJU’S delivers a world-class learning experience with tools that sit at the crossroads of mobile, interactive content, and personalized learning methodologies. Byju's geography-agnostic solutions and 12,000+ teachers make learning engaging with visual and contextual programs that adapt to the unique learning style, skill level, and pace of each student. In addition, BYJU’S has innovative partnerships with some of the world's largest companies, including Disney and Google, to drive engagement and help even more students become active and lifelong learners. BYJU’S is backed by blue-chip investors including the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Sequoia Capital, Bond Capital, Silver Lake, BlackRock, Sands Capital Management, Alkeon Capital Management, Sofina, Verlinvest, Tencent, Prosus (previously Naspers Ventures), CPPIB, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Qatar Investment Authority, Owl Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Times Internet, Aarin Capital, and IFC. Since 2017, BYJU’S has completed more than 15 acquisitions, including companies in the U.S., UK, Austria, India, and Singapore. A 2021 Time 100 Most Influential Company, BYJU’S is headquartered in India, with operations in more than 21 countries globally and learning programs in more than 8 languages.

Compound is an open-source interest rate protocol that unlocks new financial applications for developers. Its protocol is a widely used system built on Ethereum, with thousands of users, and dozens of applications integrating Compound. Compound offers a web interface that adjusts money market interest rates based on asset-specific supply and demand. Compound was founded on 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Started in 2016 by a group of educators and technologists in California, Wonderschool offers a platform where people can start infant and toddler programs and preschools out of their homes. Wonderschool supports experienced educators and childcare providers to start their own childcares or preschools out of their homes, whether they live in apartments, condos, or homes that they rent or own. Wonderschool provides assistance with licensing, program setup, marketing and everything in between. The company’s software platform allows teachers to manage their students, parents, and their program from one dashboard. Along with this, Wonderschool has built a marketplace for parents to search Wonderschool programs, schedule visits, enroll their children, and make payments. It’s been proven time and time again that children should start developing cognitive, motor, behavioral, and social skills from as early as 6 months and Wonderschool is committed to increasing families’ access to high quality care and learning environments for children.

Started in 2016 by a group of educators and technologists in California, Wonderschool offers a platform where people can start infant and toddler programs and preschools out of their homes. Wonderschool supports experienced educators and childcare providers to start their own childcares or preschools out of their homes, whether they live in apartments, condos, or homes that they rent or own. Wonderschool provides assistance with licensing, program setup, marketing and everything in between. The company’s software platform allows teachers to manage their students, parents, and their program from one dashboard. Along with this, Wonderschool has built a marketplace for parents to search Wonderschool programs, schedule visits, enroll their children, and make payments. It’s been proven time and time again that children should start developing cognitive, motor, behavioral, and social skills from as early as 6 months and Wonderschool is committed to increasing families’ access to high quality care and learning environments for children.

Pipefy is the no-code workflow management software that increases team productivity, centralizes data, and standardizes processes for teams like Finance, HR, Customer Service, and more so those requesting services, those processing the requests, and those managing the operation are more efficient. Through automated workflows and a no/low-code platform, Pipefy enhances speed, increases visibility, and delivers higher quality outcomes with ready-to-use, customizable workflows. Digitally transform the team in a matter of hours, not weeks or months. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Headnote is a venture-backed technology company that makes payment and accounts receivable ("AR") automation software for the legal industry. It’s as easy as PayPal or Venmo, but made specifically for the law firms and 100% compliant with all the rules governing online payments for lawyers federally and in all 50 states. Headnote allows law firms of any size to quickly modernize how they get paid resulting in dramatically faster payment times and collection rates. The average law firm in the US gets paid in 60 to 94 days, while Headnote customers get paid in 4 days on average. Headnote also automates how law firms track, manage, and oversee their AR and collection efforts, processes that have traditionally been manual, outdated, and time consuming. Headnote has it's headquarters in San Francisco, California and an additional office in New York. Headnote powers compliant ePayments for hundreds of US law firms as well as numerous non-competitive legal software partners.

Ample Foods creates optimally nutritious meal replacements for busy, health-conscious people. It is on a mission to make good nutrition so simple that everyone can lead a healthier, more productive life. It creates satisfying, drinkable meals made from nutritious ingredients for busy, health-conscious people. Its three great-tasting formulas (ketogenic, plant-based, and high protein) combine all-natural ingredients with a balanced nutritional profile grounded in science. Ample Foods is well-positioned in the growing $18 billion meal replacement category where market leaders are out-of-touch with changing consumer demands for higher quality products. Ample often becomes a daily staple in our customer's diets trying to lead healthier lives conveniently. To date, we've raised $4.2 million from Slow Ventures, Compound, and LivWell Ventures, and value-additive angels.