Expansion Venture Capital

Expansion Venture Capital is a New York City-based venture capital firm founded by brothers Joseph and Ryan Melohn. The firm specializes in providing capital investments to early and growth stage companies across various sectors, including the Internet, e-commerce, education, biotechnology, and energy markets. With a team composed of experienced entrepreneurs, Expansion Venture Capital brings a unique perspective to its investments, offering not only financial support but also mentorship and business development assistance. The firm emphasizes a founder-friendly approach, aiming to be a reliable resource for entrepreneurs by being readily available and actively involved in their companies' growth. Expansion Venture Capital is committed to fostering the success of its portfolio companies, believing that true innovation and excellence in business are driven by entrepreneurs rather than traditional venture capitalists.

Melohn, Ryan

Co-Founder and COO

Joseph Melohn

Co-Founder and President

105 past transactions

Nupeak

Seed Round in 2022
NeuPeak Robotics is an AI and robotics company that develops autonomous robots replacing dexterity intensive farm labor. It offers automated fruit picking service, equipping farmers with their own on-demand, 24/7 robot labor army.

Backer

Venture Round in 2021
Backer is the leading fintech company focused on 529 plans. It makes saving for education simple, helping ordinary families tap into tax-free investing with support from family and friends. Backer's crucial technology partnership with numerous 529 programs stems from its high-conversion enrollment, consumer-friendly gifting platform, and innovative mobile app—setting it apart.

ChargeLab

Seed Round in 2021
ChargeLab is the Android of EV charging. We don’t build EV chargers, but our hardware-agnostic platform runs on the world’s most popular EV chargers. Once connected, our software makes any EV charger smarter and easier to use.

Bandit

Venture Round in 2020
Bandit is a new retail coffee brand for the next generation of consumers.

Funnel

Venture Round in 2019
Funnel exists so multifamily operators don't have to pick between antiquated monopolies or single solution challengers. After decades of the status quo, operators are no more efficient, and renters still dread the process of leasing an apartment. We fixed that with a platform that turns the entire business model on its head. Renter Management Software is a new category of connected tools built around the renter. The software delivers a consistent, connected experience from first inquiry through years of renewals. All this while simultaneously saving operators quantifiable money through the smaller, and happier teams that only a renter-centric platform can enable.

Gallant Pet

Series A in 2019
Gallant Pet is a pet service company that develops a stem cell therapy intended for dog wounds. The company offers services that include retrieving valuable stem and regenerative cells, enabling pet owners to preserve their pet's young stem, and use them in treatment when necessary. Gallant Pet was established in 2018 by Aaron Hirschhorn and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Moved

Series A in 2019
Moved offers a free personal moving assistant and everything that is needed all in one place. It connects clients to a marketplace of movers and other service providers through a real, human assistant to help them figure out what they need, handle the scheduling, and serve as a “consumer advocate” who ensures that clients are not getting ripped off. Moved was founded in 2016 and is based in New York.

agentero

Seed Round in 2019
Agentero Inc. develops an online application to manage insurance policies for insurance agency. It provides agents to monitor new business and existing clients, cross-sell, and up-sell insurance policies. The company’s application offers policyholders to manage insurance policies. It also offers suite of client interaction tools. Agentero Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Oakland, California with additional offices in Nashville, Tennessee; and Madrid, Spain.

Premier Lacrosse League

Series A in 2019
Premier Lacrosse League is the biggest stars in the fastest growing sport pioneering a new future for lacrosse designed for the fans. They sell sports-related clothes online.

Zohr

Seed Round in 2019
We make tire replacement as easy as pushing a button. We sell, deliver and install new tires at your home or office.

Mulberry Technology

Seed Round in 2018
Mulberry is a developer of personalized product protection solutions used to help brands unlock additional revenue. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in New York.

Legit

Seed Round in 2018
Legit is the platform that helps companies collaborate with internal and external experts in life sciences. Legit helps R&D teams consisting of engineers, researchers and scientists refine their ideas and figure out what’s truly unique about their solutions. Our proprietary natural language processing algorithms allow R&D teams to explore their ideas by being shown only the relevant parts of long technical documents and decomposing the idea into its constituent topics, giving the user complete control over what relevant technologies to explore. Simultaneously, we give R&D managers the ability to understand how their teams are thinking and identify collaboration opportunities amongst different groups and even different offices.

Bowery Valuation

Seed Round in 2018
Bowery powers its appraisers with a cloud-based commercial appraisal writing software and mobile application, allowing them to write full appraisal reports more than twice as fast as its leading competitors. Its backend database and natural language generator create increased efficiency, quality, and consistency firm-wide that help appraisers to produce more consistent reports, faster and at lower cost.

SEEVA Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
SEEVA Technologies is an automotive engineering startup that creates safety and perception enablement systems to help vehicles see better. At SEEVA, we're driven to solve how ADAS and autonomous vehicles will function when they encounter real-world conditions like mud, snow, freezing rain and bugs.

Yieldstreet

Series A in 2018
Yieldstreet is a management platform that provides retail investors access to income-generating investment products. Founded in 2015, It gives individuals access to alternative investments that have traditionally been off-limits to the average investor. With over $2.5 billion invested across multiple asset classes, Yieldstreet is changing the way people generate passive income by lowering and removing the barriers that historically kept these lucrative opportunities far out of reach. In 2013, founders Milind Mehere and Michael Weisz were frustrated that many investment strategies were typically reserved only for institutions and the ultra-wealthy. Typically, the average investor was left to choose between the stock market and bonds with falling yields - with few options in between. Asset-based investments had longer hold periods and a higher barrier of entry, keeping them well out of reach of accredited investors — even more so for unaccredited investors. As a result, they decided to leverage the growing fintech disruption to give more people access to these previously restricted alternative investments. Milind’s background in building companies combined with Michael’s decade-plus experience in investing and fund management formed the core of Yieldstreet. Passion for their investors and employees as well as a willing embrace of innovation, has been part of Yieldstreet’s identity from the beginning. Each decision to leverage a new technology, or investment strategy, or originate a new deal is made to put investors first. That drive has propelled Yieldstreet across all 50 states, crossing $100M invested in less than eight quarters, with the $1B milestone coming only three years later. In 2019, Yieldstreet’s membership had grown to 100,000, and a savings account for members was launched. Yieldstreet, since its launch in 2015, has not deviated from its goal to change investing for the better, nor has it slowed down. Yieldstreet was ranked number 46 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies and has been recognized by Built In as one of the Best Places to Work. Yieldstreet today delivers wealth generation options and alternative investments for more than 330,000 investors and has returned more than $1.3 billion in principal/interest. Many alternative investment platforms only focus on one asset class, such as real estate or art. Yieldstreet’s offerings, accessed through cash or a low-fee IRA, cover a wide range of asset classes — art, real estate, legal, corporates, consumer, and commercial, via single investments or funds. Yieldstreet also offers its members short-term notes on offerings with a hold period between 3 and 6 months, which generally boast higher interest rates than money markets and CDs. Yieldstreet is headquartered in New York and has offices in Brazil, Greece, and Malta. Michael Weisz serves as President and Milind Mehere serves as CEO. Together, they manage a team of more than 140 employees, all working toward Yieldstreet’s one goal: to change the way people invest for the better.

Aurora Labs

Seed Round in 2017
Aurora Labs is pioneering the use of AI and Software Intelligence to solve the challenge of automotive software development. Aurora Labs brings AI-based Vehicle Software Intelligence to the entire lifecycle of a vehicle from software development to testing, integration, quality control, continuous certification and on-the-road over-the-air software updates. Aurora Labs focuses on the embedded systems that are key to the development of the software-defined vehicle and enables automotive manufacturers to more efficiently manage software costs and the resources required to develop and manage new vehicle features and mobility services. The Company’s products have been adopted on customer platforms around the world, and with a commitment to conform and meet ISO-26262/ASIL-D and ASPICE-L2, will be in vehicles in coming car models. Aurora Labs, founded in 2016, has raised approximately $100m and has been granted 90 patents. The Company is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with offices in Germany, North Macedonia, the US, and Japan.

Sweet

Seed Round in 2017
Sweet is a service designed to help individuals reduce their mobile phone bills without compromising on coverage quality. The company identifies instances where users are overpaying for wireless services, with customers saving an average of over $300 annually. The sign-up process is quick and straightforward, allowing users to engage with the service in just seconds. Sweet manages interactions with mobile carriers on behalf of its customers, minimizing the effort required on their part. The company prioritizes user privacy and security, employing advanced encryption technology to protect personal information. Offering nationwide coverage, Sweet collaborates with major carriers to ensure reliable service and fast connection speeds. The company is supported by experienced entrepreneurs from reputable organizations, enhancing its credibility and operational capacity.

LoftSmart

Seed Round in 2017
LoftSmart helps young people discover and lease local rentals with transparency, ease, and simplicity.

FanAI

Seed Round in 2017
FanAI is an AI-driven esports audience monetization platform. They transform sport sponsorship investments to focus on driving sales. They delivers actionable audience insights and offline attribution to drive improved sponsorship outcomes.

Pillow

Series A in 2017
Pillow provides Internet-based management services. It offers information about a property, essential amenities, and other apartments and houses. The company is an Expedia group that solves short-term rentals for multifamily properties, allowing building owners and property managers to have control and transparency over short-term rentals while enabling their residents to rent their units short-term on listings sites such as Homeaway, VRBO, and Airbnb.

Bulletin

Seed Round in 2017
Bulletin operates as a wholesale marketplace and community that connects premium brands and retailers. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.

Bowery Valuation

Seed Round in 2017
Bowery powers its appraisers with a cloud-based commercial appraisal writing software and mobile application, allowing them to write full appraisal reports more than twice as fast as its leading competitors. Its backend database and natural language generator create increased efficiency, quality, and consistency firm-wide that help appraisers to produce more consistent reports, faster and at lower cost.

Latch

Series A in 2017
Latch is an operating system of software, products, and services. They were designed to help owners, residents, and third parties like guests, couriers, and service providers seamlessly experience the modern building.

Skurt

Series A in 2017
Skurt is a technology and logistics platform that offers the easiest way to get access to a car, and drive. With just a few taps users can have a car delivered right to their home, hotel or office and drive, anywhere. Customers request a rental on their phone and can have a car delivered to them within 60 minutes of booking. When they’re done, they set up a pick-up time and someone comes to get the car from wherever they are. Skurt is currently operating in Los Angeles, San Diego and Miami on both iOS and Android, and has delivered “tens of thousands of cars.”

Apptopia

Series A in 2016
Apptopia provides services in app analytics, data mining and business intelligence for the mobile industry. Through its main platform called Insights, it uses Big data technologies to collect, measure, analyze and provide user engagement statistics for mobile apps. The company was launched in 2012 and by May of 2014 has already reached $5m in annual run rate.

LoftSmart

Seed Round in 2016
LoftSmart helps young people discover and lease local rentals with transparency, ease, and simplicity.

Twist Home

Venture Round in 2016
Twist Home is a consumer electronic company that creates simple smart home experiences that improve quality of life. The company focused on redefining the smart home experience by creating easy-to-use plug-and-play devices. Their products require no installation, no new infrastructure, and no new wireless networks. Twist Home is developing a series of smart home devices redesigned to fit into the form factor of a lightbulb, delivering wireless solutions that are as easy to install as changing a lightbulb. The company's first product, the Twist Speaker, is a connected lightbulb that combines LED efficiency, time-sensitive adaptive lighting technology, and wireless audio in one product.

TRANSFIX

Series B in 2016
Transfix, Inc. is a trucking brokerage firm based in New York City that offers digital logistics solutions to optimize freight transportation for various industries, including retail, food, beverage, and manufacturing. Founded in 2010, the company has developed a platform that connects shippers with a network of contracted carriers, providing services such as real-time shipment tracking, carrier performance insights, and support services. Transfix utilizes advanced technology and data analytics to enhance supply chain visibility and efficiency, making it a trusted partner for some of the largest brands in America. The company has gained recognition for its innovative approach and has been listed among Forbes’ “Next Billion-Dollar Startups.”

Nexar

Series A in 2016
Nexar creates powered dash cams that enable new vision-based applications for better driving. Nexar's mission is to reduce the chance of collisions and to make the road safer for everyone. Like a school of fish or a flock of birds, we want to get every car on the road moving safely and smoothly together. Using a Nexar-powered dashcam, AI, and inter-vehicle networking, Nexar makes every car a smart car and is building the world’s first safe driving network.

CoLoadX

Seed Round in 2016
CoLoadX is an online high-frequency freight marketplace providing instant search, booking, and tracking using a cargo visibility system and real-time rich data. Selected for the 2019 Freightwaves FreightTech 100 Award, honoring innovation and disruption within the freight industry: https://www.freightwaves.com/awards/freighttech

Recharge Labs

Seed Round in 2016
Overview Need a place to nap or shower in the city? Instantly book a luxury hotel room near you and pay by the minute. There's no need to book in advance or to tell the hotel how long you plan to stay. Your room is ready for you the moment you book – 24/7. Stay for as long as you want, then tap check out when you’re ready to leave. Recharge is currently available in San Francisco.

Via

Series C in 2016
Via is a re-engineering public transit company that develops and provides on-demand public mobility solutions for commuters. The company transforms public transit, from a regulated system of rigid routes and schedules to a fully dynamic, on-demand network. Via's mobile app connects passengers who are headed the same way, allowing riders to seamlessly share a premium vehicle. The platform operates in the United States and in Europe through its joint venture with Mercedes-Benz Vans, ViaVan. Via's technology is deployed worldwide through partner projects with public transportation agencies, private transit operators, taxi fleets, private companies, and universities, integrating with public transit infrastructure to power cutting-edge on-demand mobility. Via's software offers an end-to-end solution for planning, optimizing, and operating efficient and equitable transit systems, thereby unlocking opportunity for all and constructing resilient cities for the future.

Yieldstreet

Seed Round in 2016
Yieldstreet is a management platform that provides retail investors access to income-generating investment products. Founded in 2015, It gives individuals access to alternative investments that have traditionally been off-limits to the average investor. With over $2.5 billion invested across multiple asset classes, Yieldstreet is changing the way people generate passive income by lowering and removing the barriers that historically kept these lucrative opportunities far out of reach. In 2013, founders Milind Mehere and Michael Weisz were frustrated that many investment strategies were typically reserved only for institutions and the ultra-wealthy. Typically, the average investor was left to choose between the stock market and bonds with falling yields - with few options in between. Asset-based investments had longer hold periods and a higher barrier of entry, keeping them well out of reach of accredited investors — even more so for unaccredited investors. As a result, they decided to leverage the growing fintech disruption to give more people access to these previously restricted alternative investments. Milind’s background in building companies combined with Michael’s decade-plus experience in investing and fund management formed the core of Yieldstreet. Passion for their investors and employees as well as a willing embrace of innovation, has been part of Yieldstreet’s identity from the beginning. Each decision to leverage a new technology, or investment strategy, or originate a new deal is made to put investors first. That drive has propelled Yieldstreet across all 50 states, crossing $100M invested in less than eight quarters, with the $1B milestone coming only three years later. In 2019, Yieldstreet’s membership had grown to 100,000, and a savings account for members was launched. Yieldstreet, since its launch in 2015, has not deviated from its goal to change investing for the better, nor has it slowed down. Yieldstreet was ranked number 46 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies and has been recognized by Built In as one of the Best Places to Work. Yieldstreet today delivers wealth generation options and alternative investments for more than 330,000 investors and has returned more than $1.3 billion in principal/interest. Many alternative investment platforms only focus on one asset class, such as real estate or art. Yieldstreet’s offerings, accessed through cash or a low-fee IRA, cover a wide range of asset classes — art, real estate, legal, corporates, consumer, and commercial, via single investments or funds. Yieldstreet also offers its members short-term notes on offerings with a hold period between 3 and 6 months, which generally boast higher interest rates than money markets and CDs. Yieldstreet is headquartered in New York and has offices in Brazil, Greece, and Malta. Michael Weisz serves as President and Milind Mehere serves as CEO. Together, they manage a team of more than 140 employees, all working toward Yieldstreet’s one goal: to change the way people invest for the better.

Rinse

Series A in 2016
Rinse is building the first and largest national (and global) brand in clothing care. It is addressing a massive consumer problem and creating a significantly better (and more standardized) dry cleaning and laundry experience through the combination of "smart scheduling" and best-in-class quality, all supported by a strong technology backbone that allows it to effectively manage the operational complexity that comes with scale. Its services include Dry Cleaning, Launder & Press, Wash & Fold, Hang Dry, Repairs, Leather Cleaning, and it even takes Clothing Donations.

Apptopia

Seed Round in 2016
Apptopia provides services in app analytics, data mining and business intelligence for the mobile industry. Through its main platform called Insights, it uses Big data technologies to collect, measure, analyze and provide user engagement statistics for mobile apps. The company was launched in 2012 and by May of 2014 has already reached $5m in annual run rate.

Allbirds

Seed Round in 2016
Allbirds is an apparel and fashion company that specializes in manufacturing eco-friendly wool shoes. It is dedicated to making the most sustainable footwear using premium natural materials, designed for the to and fro of everyday life. The company is driven by a mission to prove that comfort, good design, and sustainability don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Its commitment to making better shoes in a better way is fueled by a belief that the shoe industry needs to focus less on flash and more on thoughtfulness. Allbirds is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2015.

LOLA

Seed Round in 2016
LOLA provides a subscription service intended to deliver feminine care essentials. It is the first lifelong brand for a woman’s body, providing the transparency and candor women deserve when it comes to products and content for their reproductive health. It was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

Zendrive

Series A in 2016
Our transportation system is evolving. Car ownership in urban centers is peaking and consumers are increasingly choosing on-demand and shared ride services over driving themselves. At the same time, commercial and on-demand fleets are becoming increasingly reliant on mobile technology, and autonomous cars are making the move from science fiction to reality. As miles driven shift away from personal vehicles to commercial or shared fleets, a new framework is required for addressing safety. Zendrive is leading the evolution of safety in an era of transportation innovation and mobile ubiquity. We are dedicated to making roads safer through data and analytics. Through our product suite, we leverage mobile sensor data to provide actionable insights that improve safety for passengers and drivers worldwide.

Bizly

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Bizly is an enterprise meetings management platform that provides an automated end-to-end solution for organizing hybrid meetings. Bizly's innovative playbook system provides one-click automation of invitations, attendee management, venue booking, and hybrid/virtual technology solutions. Bizly is the system of record for many companies in the Fortune 500.

Booster

Series A in 2016
Booster is energy delivered, integrated logistics, and society’s solution for decarbonizing last-mile delivery. We reinvented the way vehicles get power for 120,000+ customers and 300+ businesses. Their customers have saved more than eight million miles and four million pounds of CO2 emissions. With Booster, businesses can add back more than 31K labor hours every year, plus 68 thousand miles of wear and tear and $700K spent on fueling. Booster was established in 2015 and operates in San Mateo, California, United States.

Sweet

Seed Round in 2015
Sweet is a service designed to help individuals reduce their mobile phone bills without compromising on coverage quality. The company identifies instances where users are overpaying for wireless services, with customers saving an average of over $300 annually. The sign-up process is quick and straightforward, allowing users to engage with the service in just seconds. Sweet manages interactions with mobile carriers on behalf of its customers, minimizing the effort required on their part. The company prioritizes user privacy and security, employing advanced encryption technology to protect personal information. Offering nationwide coverage, Sweet collaborates with major carriers to ensure reliable service and fast connection speeds. The company is supported by experienced entrepreneurs from reputable organizations, enhancing its credibility and operational capacity.

Lemonade

Seed Round in 2015
Lemonade operates as a full-stack insurance company powered by AI and behavioral economics and driven by social good. It is a licensed insurance carrier, offering homeowners and renters insurance. Lemonade replaces brokers and bureaucracy with bots and machine learning, delivering zero paperwork and instant everything. The company uses artificial intelligence and behavioral economics to set rates for the homes and renters it insures. Lemonade was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States.

TRANSFIX

Series A in 2015
Transfix, Inc. is a trucking brokerage firm based in New York City that offers digital logistics solutions to optimize freight transportation for various industries, including retail, food, beverage, and manufacturing. Founded in 2010, the company has developed a platform that connects shippers with a network of contracted carriers, providing services such as real-time shipment tracking, carrier performance insights, and support services. Transfix utilizes advanced technology and data analytics to enhance supply chain visibility and efficiency, making it a trusted partner for some of the largest brands in America. The company has gained recognition for its innovative approach and has been listed among Forbes’ “Next Billion-Dollar Startups.”

Super

Seed Round in 2015
Super is an insurtech company that offers a subscription service for home care and repair.

Alchemy 43

Seed Round in 2015
Alchemy 43 is a medical aesthetics brand specializing in cosmetic micro treatments. Alchemy 43 specializes in cosmetic injectables branded as micro treatments - subtle facial enhancements such as botox, filler, micro-needling, PRP, laser, peels, and more. Alchemy 43 is a team of licensed medical practitioners who work with customers to create a personalized treatment plan that will have them looking and feeling their best.

Able Lending

Series A in 2015
Able is the lowest-cost online lender to small businesses in the nation. Our passion is to fund businesses at any stage with a new kind of loan that lets borrowers get more capital at lower rates when they recruit some support from friends, family and fans. On average Able’s borrowers save $31,000 on loans between $25,000 and $1,000,000. Able is “more than a loan.” We connect extraordinary entrepreneurs with additional capital, community resources, and expert advice when it’s time to grow. To learn more, nominate your favorite business, or get pre-approved in 1 minute visit: www.ablelending.com

Carta

Series B in 2015
Carta is a transfer agent for private companies that enables seed-stage to pre-IPO companies to manage equity electronically with the participation of their shareholders, employees, auditors, and legal counsel. It digitizes paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, and derivatives to create a real-time image of who owns what at a startup.

OvationCXM

Venture Round in 2015
OvationCXM, the leading AI-infused customer experience management (CXM) provider, helps companies identify and resolve real-time friction points in customer journeys across digital, back-office, and partner touchpoints so companies can ensure revenue security, foster profitable growth, and cultivate customer loyalty and staff retention. It’s the only CXM platform that combines journey orchestration, knowledge management, generative AI, dynamic chat, and partner connectivity in one solution – unlocking unparalleled data-driven insights for swift CX action to deliver consistently exceptional customer experiences.

Instamotor Technologies

Seed Round in 2015
Instamotor is a trusted used car mobile marketplace. With Instamotor, you can list, browse and transact for free. Buying a car in the private-party market has never been safer. Instamotor pre-screens every vehicle for fraud and helps buyers avoid getting scammed.

Descartes Labs

Seed Round in 2015
Descartes Labs is a technology company that automates the analysis of geospatial data to help organizations answer key questions about the physical. It enables the analysis of earth observation data at scale, providing services and solutions across commodity sourcing and forecasting, resource exploration, and climate resilience.

Via

Series B in 2015
Via is a re-engineering public transit company that develops and provides on-demand public mobility solutions for commuters. The company transforms public transit, from a regulated system of rigid routes and schedules to a fully dynamic, on-demand network. Via's mobile app connects passengers who are headed the same way, allowing riders to seamlessly share a premium vehicle. The platform operates in the United States and in Europe through its joint venture with Mercedes-Benz Vans, ViaVan. Via's technology is deployed worldwide through partner projects with public transportation agencies, private transit operators, taxi fleets, private companies, and universities, integrating with public transit infrastructure to power cutting-edge on-demand mobility. Via's software offers an end-to-end solution for planning, optimizing, and operating efficient and equitable transit systems, thereby unlocking opportunity for all and constructing resilient cities for the future.

HONK

Series A in 2015
HONK is an innovative roadside assistance platform that uses both technology and a unique business model to turn what used to be a day-ruining catastrophe into nothing more than a bump in the road. Customers can order directly from HONK via mobile web or our app to find a nearby professional and track the location and ETA of their tow truck in real-time. Roadside assistance professionals work with HONK to receive payment quickly and grow their businesses on their own terms. Insurance companies, auto OEMs, and fleets use our transparent platform and fully managed contact center to reduce wait times by over 50%, improve customer satisfaction, harness their roadside assistance data and receive industry leading NPS scores.

Shuddle

Series A in 2015
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.

Maker's Row

Venture Round in 2015
Maker’s Row is an online marketplace launched in November 2012 that connects American manufacturers with small, medium-sized, and product-based businesses. In early summer 2013, Maker’s Row claims to have the most accessible list of American manufacturers available online for apparel production. It was established in 2012 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

HelloTech

Seed Round in 2015
HelloTech is changing the way consumers purchase and get support for new technology. Utilizing a background-checked, vetted on-demand workforce, HelloTech provides in-home support and consultation for consumers looking to manage and upgrade the technology within their homes. Founded in 2014, HelloTech is based in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Carta

Series A in 2015
Carta is a transfer agent for private companies that enables seed-stage to pre-IPO companies to manage equity electronically with the participation of their shareholders, employees, auditors, and legal counsel. It digitizes paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, and derivatives to create a real-time image of who owns what at a startup.

Zendrive

Venture Round in 2014
Our transportation system is evolving. Car ownership in urban centers is peaking and consumers are increasingly choosing on-demand and shared ride services over driving themselves. At the same time, commercial and on-demand fleets are becoming increasingly reliant on mobile technology, and autonomous cars are making the move from science fiction to reality. As miles driven shift away from personal vehicles to commercial or shared fleets, a new framework is required for addressing safety. Zendrive is leading the evolution of safety in an era of transportation innovation and mobile ubiquity. We are dedicated to making roads safer through data and analytics. Through our product suite, we leverage mobile sensor data to provide actionable insights that improve safety for passengers and drivers worldwide.

Life360

Venture Round in 2014
Life360 is a platform for today’s busy families, bringing them closer together by helping them better sync, communicate with, and protect the people they care about most. Their mobile app provides millions of families in over 140 countries with services such as private location sharing, location history, drive details, crash detection, roadside assistance and help alerts through our free and paid membership subscription. Life360 has raised +$100M from Bessemer Venture Partners, DCM, Fontinalis Partners, BMW iVentures, Allstate, Bullpen Capital, Founders Fund (FF Angel), Launch Capital, Kapor Capital, and 500 startups. Founded in 2008, Life360 is based in San Francisco with offices in San Diego, Las Vegas, and Ft. Lauderdale.

CompStak

Series A in 2014
CompStak uses a crowd-sourced model to gather real estate information for investors, brokers, asset managers, and appraisers. CompStak's wedge into the market is a platform for the exchange of commercial lease comps. Brokers, landlords, appraiser, and researchers use their site and submit comps on completed commercial lease transactions. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, United States.

OrderUp

Series A in 2014
OrderUp is the most complete food delivery marketplace focused on delivering from the restaurants outside of the top metros. With feet on the street nationwide, OrderUp provides easy access to great food from locals’ favorite restaurants. Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, with an office in New York City, OrderUp has a dual-distribution model, with some locations owned and operated by the company, and others franchised.

Benny

Seed Round in 2014
Picking health insurance can be confusing. But it doesn't have to be. Benny makes it easy to find affordable plans where you can see your doctor.

TRANSFIX

Seed Round in 2014
Transfix, Inc. is a trucking brokerage firm based in New York City that offers digital logistics solutions to optimize freight transportation for various industries, including retail, food, beverage, and manufacturing. Founded in 2010, the company has developed a platform that connects shippers with a network of contracted carriers, providing services such as real-time shipment tracking, carrier performance insights, and support services. Transfix utilizes advanced technology and data analytics to enhance supply chain visibility and efficiency, making it a trusted partner for some of the largest brands in America. The company has gained recognition for its innovative approach and has been listed among Forbes’ “Next Billion-Dollar Startups.”

Caarbon

Seed Round in 2014
Caarbon building a smartphone app for on-demand valet parking. And yes, the extra A is part of its name.

Life360

Series C in 2014
Life360 is a platform for today’s busy families, bringing them closer together by helping them better sync, communicate with, and protect the people they care about most. Their mobile app provides millions of families in over 140 countries with services such as private location sharing, location history, drive details, crash detection, roadside assistance and help alerts through our free and paid membership subscription. Life360 has raised +$100M from Bessemer Venture Partners, DCM, Fontinalis Partners, BMW iVentures, Allstate, Bullpen Capital, Founders Fund (FF Angel), Launch Capital, Kapor Capital, and 500 startups. Founded in 2008, Life360 is based in San Francisco with offices in San Diego, Las Vegas, and Ft. Lauderdale.

The RealReal

Series C in 2014
The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods, with more than 37 million members. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, The RealReal has sold nearly 40 million items and provides a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. They have hundreds of in-house gemologists, horologists and brand authenticators who inspect thousands of items each day. As a sustainable company, The RealReal gives new life to pieces by thousands of brands across numerous categories—including women's and men's fashion, fine jewelry and watches, art and home—in support of the circular economy. They make selling effortless with free virtual appointments, in-home pickup, drop-off and direct shipping. As a full-service, luxury consignment service, The RealReal does all of the work for its consignors, including authenticating, using AI and machine learning to determine optimal pricing, photographing and listing items, as well as handling shipping, payments and customer service.

Via

Series A in 2014
Via is a re-engineering public transit company that develops and provides on-demand public mobility solutions for commuters. The company transforms public transit, from a regulated system of rigid routes and schedules to a fully dynamic, on-demand network. Via's mobile app connects passengers who are headed the same way, allowing riders to seamlessly share a premium vehicle. The platform operates in the United States and in Europe through its joint venture with Mercedes-Benz Vans, ViaVan. Via's technology is deployed worldwide through partner projects with public transportation agencies, private transit operators, taxi fleets, private companies, and universities, integrating with public transit infrastructure to power cutting-edge on-demand mobility. Via's software offers an end-to-end solution for planning, optimizing, and operating efficient and equitable transit systems, thereby unlocking opportunity for all and constructing resilient cities for the future.

SeeMe

Venture Round in 2014
SeeMe connects contemporary emerging artists to a global audience and sells limited edition prints and original artwork online. On SeeMe, creators share images that matter, from the artful to the beautiful to the amusing and anything in between. Through the website or mobile app, viewers can connect with creators through comments, likes, or by bringing the images into the real world through eco-friendly postcards or unique all-over-printed t-shirts. Hundreds of thousands of creators from around the world are being supported by millions of viewers through the SeeMe website and mobile app.

Peek

Series A in 2014
With nearly $2 billion in bookings of experiences, the Peek.com platform combines powerful business software with an award-winning marketplace for consumers to book fun things to do (think: wine tours, watersports, skydiving, and art classes). Peek Pro provides world-class online booking, point-of-sale, and hundreds of automation tools such as inventory management, dynamic pricing, waivers, and marketing analytics. Thousands of operators like Museum of Ice Cream, Artechouse, and Pennekamp State Park have supercharged their revenues and automated operations with this all-inclusive technology.

Sols

Seed Round in 2013
SOLS is a software platform and mobile application that enables users to design and purchase customized orthotics for their feet. To date, the company has launched two products: SOLSRx, medical-grade 3D printed orthotics, and ExoSOLS, direct to consumer custom insoles. SOLS is now leveraging its patented footwear customization software to attack the footwear industry's biggest problem, shoe size-related returns. Founded in 2013, SOLS uses state of the art computer vision and machine learning to improve the fit and function of footwear. The company is backed by blue-chip investors like Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Tenaya Capital and located in New York City.

Verifcient Technologies

Convertible Note in 2013
At Verificient Technologies, we utilize artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer visioning and biometrics in forming our Trusted Identity-as-a-Service (TIaaS), platform for identity verification and authentication. Over the last 5 years, we've become a leader in the industry to deliver continuous identity verification and digital remote monitoring. Weaving these advanced technologies together with user-centered design and award-winning customer service, our patented automated approach, pairs usability with accurate results and true scalability. Today, we're serving a variety of markets, including Higher Education, HR and Recruitment, and Remote Labor-Force Management (virtual work at home agents).

Viridis Learning

Seed Round in 2013
Viridis, a human capital technology SaaS solution, that matches skill deficiencies with local employer needs of middle skill labor.

Enigma

Series A in 2013
Enigma Technologies, Inc. is a New York-based operational data management and intelligence company that offers a comprehensive searchable database of public records and documents. Its core offerings include Enigma Data Infrastructure, which encompasses tools for data operations and search capabilities, and Enigma Solutions, tailored products and services for industries such as financial services, healthcare, and insurance. The company provides analysis-ready public data and operates Enigma Labs to develop open data tools for public use. Additionally, Enigma offers an application programming interface (API) to facilitate application development and various data services, including entity resolution and custom data acquisition. By delivering timely and accurate insights into small businesses' identities and risk profiles, Enigma supports organizations like American Express and PayPal in making informed operational decisions. Founded in 2011, Enigma continues to bridge the gap between data and workflows, enhancing decision-making processes across sectors.

Maker's Row

Seed Round in 2013
Maker’s Row is an online marketplace launched in November 2012 that connects American manufacturers with small, medium-sized, and product-based businesses. In early summer 2013, Maker’s Row claims to have the most accessible list of American manufacturers available online for apparel production. It was established in 2012 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Life360

Series B in 2013
Life360 is a platform for today’s busy families, bringing them closer together by helping them better sync, communicate with, and protect the people they care about most. Their mobile app provides millions of families in over 140 countries with services such as private location sharing, location history, drive details, crash detection, roadside assistance and help alerts through our free and paid membership subscription. Life360 has raised +$100M from Bessemer Venture Partners, DCM, Fontinalis Partners, BMW iVentures, Allstate, Bullpen Capital, Founders Fund (FF Angel), Launch Capital, Kapor Capital, and 500 startups. Founded in 2008, Life360 is based in San Francisco with offices in San Diego, Las Vegas, and Ft. Lauderdale.

Outbox

Series A in 2013
Outbox provides a disruptive alternative to the old system of postal delivery. Their service worked by sending an Outbox employee to customers’ homes to pick up their mail three times a week. The items were electronically scanned into images and then made available for viewing via a secure website, on iPads and smartphones.

Engrade

Series B in 2013
Engrade was founded in 2003 by a high school student who wanted a better way to connect with teachers on homework, assessments, and messages. Over the years, user feedback and innovative ideas have shaped Engrade into a robust learning management system. Today, Engrade is a division of digital learning-focused CTB/McGraw-Hill and helps educators, parents, and students through all stages of the learning cycle from curriculum planning to assessments.

Able Lending

Series A in 2013
Able is the lowest-cost online lender to small businesses in the nation. Our passion is to fund businesses at any stage with a new kind of loan that lets borrowers get more capital at lower rates when they recruit some support from friends, family and fans. On average Able’s borrowers save $31,000 on loans between $25,000 and $1,000,000. Able is “more than a loan.” We connect extraordinary entrepreneurs with additional capital, community resources, and expert advice when it’s time to grow. To learn more, nominate your favorite business, or get pre-approved in 1 minute visit: www.ablelending.com

Boatbound

Seed Round in 2013
Provider of a peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace intended to create safe and unique boat rental experiences at any price. The company's online boat-rental marketplace enables users in cities around the world to rent out their personal boats to travelers, enabling them to offset their boat ownership costs.

popexpert

Seed Round in 2013
Learn life and work skills directly from top experts for a happier, healthier, more productive you. From mindfulness to entrepreneurship and all the skills between, popexpert makes it easy to learn what you need to excel. Get access to original classes and personalized coaching from thousands of top experts at home or on-the-go, from anywhere in the world. Join people from more than 90 countries learning from hundreds of classes and thousands of experts. Ready to dive deeper? Subscribe to a learning institute for unlimited access to hundreds of original video and audio classes designed to help you master key topics whether you’re just getting started or already on your journey.

MAZ

Seed Round in 2013
MAZ is the content logistics company. Brands like Bloomberg, Hearst, Conde Nast, Fast Company and Harvard Business Review trust their system to process, curate, publish and monetize their content to audiences across mobile, social media, TV apps, voice assistants and more. Since 2010, MAZ has powered content logistics for over 1,000 companies; processing and distributing over half a billion pieces of content to millions of users across 200+ countries. The company has been selected for the INC 30 Under 30 and Entrepreneur’s “Best Entrepreneurial Companies”.

CompStak

Series A in 2013
CompStak uses a crowd-sourced model to gather real estate information for investors, brokers, asset managers, and appraisers. CompStak's wedge into the market is a platform for the exchange of commercial lease comps. Brokers, landlords, appraiser, and researchers use their site and submit comps on completed commercial lease transactions. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, United States.

RedCap

Seed Round in 2013
RedCap is a platform that operates as a membership-based, premium driver-on-demand service. Its appointments solution is user-friendly and uses sophisticated capacity management algorithms to guide their BDC and customers on their website to properly schedule service appointments at intervals that smooth out daily demand.

Postmates

Series A in 2013
Postmates is an on-demand food delivery platform that gives customers access to restaurants and retailers. The platform gives customers access to the most selection of merchants in the US with more than 600,000 restaurants and retailers available for delivery and pickup, many of which are exclusive to Postmates. The market leader in Los Angeles and markets across the southwest, Postmates covers 80% of US households, across all 50 states. Customers can get free delivery on all merchants by joining Postmates Unlimited, the industry's first subscription service.

Student Loan Hero

Seed Round in 2013
Founded in 2012, Student Loan Hero is a website that helps student loan borrowers find the best way to manage and repay student loans. We provide student loan borrowers with the tools and education they need to save money, eliminate debts faster, and make smart financial decisions. Our student loan dashboard, repayment plan builder, and calculators help student loan borrowers sync and manage their student loans, find out the best repayment options, and calculate different repayment methods. Student Loan Hero generates revenue through performance based advertising relationships with banking partners such as student loan refinancing companies. We are a remote company with headquarters in Austin, Texas.

Turo

Series A in 2013
Turo operates a peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace that allows travelers to rent vehicles from local hosts. The platform connects car owners with renters, facilitating a diverse selection of cars at competitive prices. This model enables owners to earn income while providing convenient access to vehicles for travelers in their communities.

Socratic Labs

Seed Round in 2013
Socratic Labs is an educational technology-focused startup accelerator, co-working community, and campus in New York City.

CompStak

Seed Round in 2012
CompStak uses a crowd-sourced model to gather real estate information for investors, brokers, asset managers, and appraisers. CompStak's wedge into the market is a platform for the exchange of commercial lease comps. Brokers, landlords, appraiser, and researchers use their site and submit comps on completed commercial lease transactions. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Periscope Data

Seed Round in 2012
Periscope Data is the most powerful, flexible analytics platform for data professionals and business users. With the fastest time to insight, periscope data helps companies ingest, store, analyze, visualize and report on data — all from a single connected platform. Periscope Data is trusted by more than 1,000 customers, including Adobe, Crunchbase, EY, Flexport and ZipRecruiter. - 291% 2 year headcount growth - Winner of 15 Comparably awards: https://www.comparably.com/companies/periscope-data/review - Super high ratings on GlassDoor: https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Periscope-Data-EI_IE1139334.11,25.htm - Voted Top Places to Work by the Bay Area News Group - Voted 2017 & 2018 Best Places To Work by the SF Business Time and the Silicon Valley Business Journal - Winner of the SaaS Award in 2018 for "Best SaaS Product for Business Intelligence or Analytics" - Super sticky product: customers companies spend 20 hours per week, per person, using Periscope Data! - Super high customer retention — better than best in class for a SaaS company - Our own building in SOMA! - Lunch every day, healthcare fully paid

Red Tricycle

Series A in 2012
Red Tricycle is a digital media company that provides authoritative, localized content to its growing online community of busy urban moms. Its online community focuses on offering ideas that are aspirational and actionable and also connects families with localized points of interests that enable parents to do fun things with their kids and to identify their specific interests through various demographic filters, and essentially connect with a virtual tour guide.

TenderTree

Seed Round in 2012
There are a few ways you can find in-home care for your loved ones: You can go by doctor or hospital referrals, through agencies, or look online for someone to help. None of those options is ideal, though, and many times families end up settling for the first or second caregiver they interview. TenderTree thinks there’s a better way, and is building out its own marketplace of caregivers to choose from. And investors agree, putting $1.3 million to help it expand. TenderTree wants to provide a way for folks to find in-home caregivers that are perfect for their family members. It performs background checks on all the caregivers who apply and checks their accreditation and skills to ensure they’re up to snuff — and also to find out where they might fit best. It handles all the billing and payment, and even has a $3 million liability insurance policy for those who use the platform after a hire has been made.

MAZ

Seed Round in 2012
MAZ is the content logistics company. Brands like Bloomberg, Hearst, Conde Nast, Fast Company and Harvard Business Review trust their system to process, curate, publish and monetize their content to audiences across mobile, social media, TV apps, voice assistants and more. Since 2010, MAZ has powered content logistics for over 1,000 companies; processing and distributing over half a billion pieces of content to millions of users across 200+ countries. The company has been selected for the INC 30 Under 30 and Entrepreneur’s “Best Entrepreneurial Companies”.

NewHound

Seed Round in 2012
AppStack is an application that automates the process of creating mobile websites for business owners and drives customers to those sites.

Chalkable

Seed Round in 2012
Chalkable is an app store for school and a platform to make those apps work. App store. Amazing digital tools and content can transform the way students learn in school. The Chalkable app store lists the best education apps from across the web. You can browse apps by category, such as History, Math, Science, and more. When you find an app you like, click to buy it. Platform. Lots of Apps. One login. One calendar. One gradebook. It all just works. The Chalkable platform is a basic set of tools for students, teachers, admins, and parents. We built the Feed, Calendar, Grading, Messaging and more to make using Apps simple. The most powerful tools and most immersive content live on the web. With the Chalkable App store and platform, schools gain access...and that makes for a better learning experience. Chalkable costs $10 a year per student. Half that money goes straight to teacher, student, and admin starting app budgets.

Apptopia

Seed Round in 2012
Apptopia provides services in app analytics, data mining and business intelligence for the mobile industry. Through its main platform called Insights, it uses Big data technologies to collect, measure, analyze and provide user engagement statistics for mobile apps. The company was launched in 2012 and by May of 2014 has already reached $5m in annual run rate.

Emergent One

Seed Round in 2012
Emergent One generates a complete and customized REST API for an existing application. Once the API is created they tailor a personal developer portal, detailed analytics, custom client bindings, and automatically generated documentation. They're the complete API solution, right out of the box!

Firebase

Seed Round in 2012
Firebase is Google's mobile platform that develops apps that grow users base on iOS, Android, or the Web. Firebase is used by >1,000,000 developers and is made up of complementary features that you can mix-and-match to fit your needs including Free & unlimited Analytics, a Realtime Database, User Authentication, Crash Reporting, Push Notifications, and more.

Engrade

Series A in 2012
Engrade was founded in 2003 by a high school student who wanted a better way to connect with teachers on homework, assessments, and messages. Over the years, user feedback and innovative ideas have shaped Engrade into a robust learning management system. Today, Engrade is a division of digital learning-focused CTB/McGraw-Hill and helps educators, parents, and students through all stages of the learning cycle from curriculum planning to assessments.

Apptopia

Seed Round in 2012
Apptopia provides services in app analytics, data mining and business intelligence for the mobile industry. Through its main platform called Insights, it uses Big data technologies to collect, measure, analyze and provide user engagement statistics for mobile apps. The company was launched in 2012 and by May of 2014 has already reached $5m in annual run rate.

AppStack

Seed Round in 2012
AppStack is a mobile and web ad optimization company and is also a reseller of Google ads. It collects granular network data in order to better target customers and campaigns. It was acquired by Acquisio in 2013.

The RealReal

Seed Round in 2012
The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods, with more than 37 million members. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, The RealReal has sold nearly 40 million items and provides a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. They have hundreds of in-house gemologists, horologists and brand authenticators who inspect thousands of items each day. As a sustainable company, The RealReal gives new life to pieces by thousands of brands across numerous categories—including women's and men's fashion, fine jewelry and watches, art and home—in support of the circular economy. They make selling effortless with free virtual appointments, in-home pickup, drop-off and direct shipping. As a full-service, luxury consignment service, The RealReal does all of the work for its consignors, including authenticating, using AI and machine learning to determine optimal pricing, photographing and listing items, as well as handling shipping, payments and customer service.
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