Fika Ventures

Founded in 2016, Fika Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Culver City, California. It focuses on investing in pre-Series A B2B software companies across various sectors such as vertical SaaS, fintech, commerce enablement, healthcare, and marketplaces.

Arteen Arabshahi

Principal, Founding Member

Gabriella Brignardello

Principal

Jeff Diamond

Investor

Tracy Meng

Venture Partner

John Chen

Partner

James Shecter

Vice President

Aaron Szekel

Venture Partner

Tx Zhuo

General Partner

101 past transactions

Deferred

Seed Round in 2025
Deferred operates a tech-driven platform specializing in facilitating 1031 exchanges for real estate investors. The platform offers free tools such as an AI-powered chat assistant for tax queries and a calculator to optimize capital gains tax savings.

BuildOps

Series C in 2025
Founded in 2018, BuildOps provides a comprehensive software solution tailored for commercial HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractors. Its platform streamlines operations by offering features such as dispatching, scheduling, customer management, mobile invoicing, estimates, proposals, payments, workflows, custom forms, and financial reporting.

Outmarket AI

Seed Round in 2025
Outmarket AI offers an AI-driven platform to transform commercial insurance operations by enhancing efficiency and productivity. The platform integrates data to provide real-time insights, automate workflows, and streamline processes such as data analysis, submission generation, and market placement. It serves brokers, managing general agents (MGAs), and wholesalers, helping them to boost sales, improve strategic performance, and accelerate growth. Leveraging natural language processing, machine learning and knowledge graphs, it helps brokers and carriers identify cross-selling potential, optimize carrier placements, and maximize profitability.

Ivo

Series A in 2025
Ivo is a company that specializes in developing a generative AI contracting assistant aimed at enhancing the efficiency of legal teams. Its platform streamlines the contracting process by automating the creation of contracts, facilitating approvals, and expediting the signing process. By leveraging advanced technology, Ivo enables legal teams to significantly reduce the time, effort, and costs associated with negotiating agreements. The company's innovative approach allows businesses to improve productivity and minimize delays in contract management, making it a valuable resource for organizations seeking to optimize their legal operations.

Moment Energy

Series A in 2025
Moment Energy specializes in battery energy storage systems that utilize repurposed electric vehicle batteries. Its solutions aim to provide clean, reliable, and cost-effective energy storage for both on-grid and off-grid applications.

StretchDollar

Seed Round in 2024
StretchDollar is an insurance company focused on providing health benefits for small businesses. The company offers a platform that allows employees to utilize pre-tax dollars to shop for health plans tailored to their specific needs. By setting a customized, tax-free budget for insurance, StretchDollar simplifies the health insurance process for small businesses, enabling them to offer accessible and affordable insurance options to their employees. This approach not only automates the management of health benefits but also addresses common health insurance challenges faced by both employers and their staff.

Hue

Seed Round in 2024
Hue Beauty is a beauty technology and sampling platform designed to assist beauty shoppers in identifying makeup products that complement their unique skin tones. The platform integrates with beauty brands' e-commerce websites, utilizing photo technology and a community of beauty advisors to facilitate accurate shade matching. Additionally, Hue Beauty offers customized try-at-home shade sampling kits, enhancing the shopping experience. The company also develops shoppable video technology, allowing online beauty brands to incorporate user-generated videos into their marketing strategies. This approach fosters customer trust and engagement by providing authentic content. Moreover, Hue Beauty employs an artificial intelligence-powered recommendation engine to analyze shoppers' skin tones, types, and beauty preferences, enabling clients to generate genuine reviews in various formats.

Revenew

Seed Round in 2024
Revenew is committed to providing platforms with the knowledge and resources they need to succeed in the digital economy. We believe in reducing the intricacies of revenue optimization, allowing platforms to redefine success and achieve unprecedented growth.

Payabli

Series A in 2024
Payabli provides a payment infrastructure and monetization platform for software companies, enabling payments to be a core part of their business model to drive revenue, enhance customer lifetime value, and boost enterprise value. The platform offers developer-friendly Pay-In and Pay-Out capabilities, along with features such as payment gateways, accounts payable, checkout, vendor management, payment reconciliation, and payment tracking to manage the operational aspects of a payments program.

Volta

Seed Round in 2024
Volta is a multi-signature smart contract wallet designed to offer institutional-grade governance, risk management, and control for digital assets across both Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and non-EVM blockchains. By implementing advanced security measures, Volta sets a new standard for the safekeeping of digital assets, catering to the needs of institutions seeking robust solutions for asset management in the rapidly evolving blockchain landscape.

Ivo

Seed Round in 2024
Ivo is a company that specializes in developing a generative AI contracting assistant aimed at enhancing the efficiency of legal teams. Its platform streamlines the contracting process by automating the creation of contracts, facilitating approvals, and expediting the signing process. By leveraging advanced technology, Ivo enables legal teams to significantly reduce the time, effort, and costs associated with negotiating agreements. The company's innovative approach allows businesses to improve productivity and minimize delays in contract management, making it a valuable resource for organizations seeking to optimize their legal operations.

CapExpert

Seed Round in 2024
CapExpert is a company focused on creating an innovative capital asset management platform tailored for the healthcare supply chain. It aims to streamline the management, maintenance, and procurement of medical equipment, particularly for outpatient facilities. By leveraging advanced technology, CapExpert seeks to unite healthcare providers and vendors, thereby facilitating more cost-effective care for patients. The company's mission includes ensuring a trusted ecosystem of medical equipment valued at $1 trillion, positioning itself as a key player in enhancing operational efficiency within the healthcare sector. Through its comprehensive services, CapExpert supports the outpatient industry in optimizing equipment management at scale, while also offering consulting for due diligence and equipment planning.

Upwards

Series B in 2024
Upwards is a technology-driven care solutions company focused on making care accessible to all families and supporting caregivers. The platform connects families, care providers, employers, and governments to create new care avenues in real time and uses data-driven insights to increase the supply and capacity of the care system. It matches families with caregivers who meet their needs and helps them access resources to afford care, including government subsidies and workplace benefits.

Reken

Seed Round in 2024
Founded in 2024, Reken is an AI & cybersecurity company based in San Francisco. It specializes in developing innovative AI platforms and products designed to safeguard against emerging threats such as deepfake social engineering and automated fraud.

Dispatch

Seed Round in 2024
Dispatch helps independent financial advisors to build ideal firms through strategic investments and advanced technology.

Bikky

Series A in 2023
Bikky is a data-driven platform that helps restaurants engage customers and optimize marketing. The company provides customer engagement tools via text and email and offers a restaurant-focused customer data platform that aggregates guest information from multiple sources. It supports lifecycle tracking, menu analysis, automated outreach, and performance measurement, enabling operators to understand guest preferences, tailor communications, improve engagement, and drive revenue. Bikky serves thousands of restaurant locations across the United States, including brands such as Bojangles, MOD Pizza, and Dave's Hot Chicken.

SGNL.AI

Venture Round in 2023
Founded in Palo Alto, California in 2021 by Scott Kriz and Erik Gustavson, SGNL.AI specializes in dynamic access management for modern workforces. Its platform ensures secure access to sensitive data by intelligently managing permissions based on user attributes.

Sift

Seed Round in 2023
Sift offers transformative tools for machine creators to innovate at speed and scale.

Blox

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Copilot for property managers. Blox organizes, orchestrates, and automates admin work allowing remote agents to manage multiple properties. Use your own staff or just buy the work. Blox makes your sites outperform.

Upfort

Series A in 2023
Upfort is a cybersecurity and insurance platform dedicated to providing comprehensive protection for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) against evolving cyber threats. The company offers an integrated solution that encompasses various essential services, including phishing simulation, public Wi-Fi protection, inbox protection, password management, and cyber liability insurance. By consolidating these critical tools into a single, user-friendly platform, Upfort enables organizations to effectively manage their cyber security needs and safeguard their business activities from modern cyber risks.

Siro

Series A in 2023
Siro develops an AI-powered tool that records and analyzes in-person sales conversations. Its platform transcribes meetings, highlights critical moments, and enables managers to coach reps effectively, making field sales more accessible.

Siro

Seed Round in 2023
Siro develops an AI-powered tool that records and analyzes in-person sales conversations. Its platform transcribes meetings, highlights critical moments, and enables managers to coach reps effectively, making field sales more accessible.

Bowery Valuation

Series B in 2023
Bowery Valuation is a New York-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in cloud-based appraisal software and mobile applications. The company provides its appraisers with innovative tools that enable them to produce comprehensive commercial appraisal reports more than twice as quickly as their leading competitors. By utilizing a robust backend database and natural language generation technology, Bowery enhances efficiency, quality, and consistency across its operations. This approach allows appraisers to deliver more consistent reports at a reduced cost and within shorter timeframes, positioning Bowery as a significant player in the appraisal industry.

Dispatch

Seed Round in 2023
Dispatch helps independent financial advisors to build ideal firms through strategic investments and advanced technology.

BuildOps

Venture Round in 2023
Founded in 2018, BuildOps provides a comprehensive software solution tailored for commercial HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractors. Its platform streamlines operations by offering features such as dispatching, scheduling, customer management, mobile invoicing, estimates, proposals, payments, workflows, custom forms, and financial reporting.

Payabli

Seed Round in 2023
Payabli provides a payment infrastructure and monetization platform for software companies, enabling payments to be a core part of their business model to drive revenue, enhance customer lifetime value, and boost enterprise value. The platform offers developer-friendly Pay-In and Pay-Out capabilities, along with features such as payment gateways, accounts payable, checkout, vendor management, payment reconciliation, and payment tracking to manage the operational aspects of a payments program.

SGNL.AI

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in Palo Alto, California in 2021 by Scott Kriz and Erik Gustavson, SGNL.AI specializes in dynamic access management for modern workforces. Its platform ensures secure access to sensitive data by intelligently managing permissions based on user attributes.

Inspectiv

Series A in 2022
Inspectiv is an application security company that delivers a unified vulnerability management platform to help organizations identify, manage, and remediate weaknesses in their applications. The platform blends manual and automated testing to provide actionable insights, prioritizing risks and guiding remediation at scale. It integrates bug bounty, pen-testing, dynamic application security testing, and responsible disclosure to streamline discovery, reporting, and continuous assessment across development and production environments.

AKKO

Series A in 2022
AKKO offers a protection plan for phones, laptops, electronics, and other vital personal items. It offers simple, all-inclusive protection that is trustworthy and reasonably priced. The company offers modern, simple, and affordable device protection options, including phone-only plans for all consumer devices, providing customers, users, or employees with protection benefits.

BuildOps

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2018, BuildOps provides a comprehensive software solution tailored for commercial HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractors. Its platform streamlines operations by offering features such as dispatching, scheduling, customer management, mobile invoicing, estimates, proposals, payments, workflows, custom forms, and financial reporting.

Noyo

Series B in 2022
Noyo facilitates modern insurance through API-based data exchange. Founded by experts in benefits, insurance, and API technology, it's the first company to digitally transform the benefits industry infrastructure. Noyo enables instant access to crucial benefits data across platforms, unlocking new possibilities for benefits design and delivery.

Allocate

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2021, Allocate is a platform enabling investors to discover and invest in high-quality venture funds.

Payabli

Seed Round in 2022
Payabli provides a payment infrastructure and monetization platform for software companies, enabling payments to be a core part of their business model to drive revenue, enhance customer lifetime value, and boost enterprise value. The platform offers developer-friendly Pay-In and Pay-Out capabilities, along with features such as payment gateways, accounts payable, checkout, vendor management, payment reconciliation, and payment tracking to manage the operational aspects of a payments program.

Criya

Seed Round in 2022
Criya is an AI-powered platform that combines an intelligent content system with an all-in-one studio for creative firms. The AI reads across data sources, conducts prospect research, and generates hyper-personalized pitch decks, landing pages, emails, and LinkedIn campaigns in a single click. The platform also provides an online storefront and business tooling, including automated booking, payment invoicing, digital contracts, project management, and appointment setup, enabling companies to start and grow online and monetize their services.

Upwards

Series A in 2022
Upwards is a technology-driven care solutions company focused on making care accessible to all families and supporting caregivers. The platform connects families, care providers, employers, and governments to create new care avenues in real time and uses data-driven insights to increase the supply and capacity of the care system. It matches families with caregivers who meet their needs and helps them access resources to afford care, including government subsidies and workplace benefits.

Chatdesk

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2016, Chatdesk specializes in customer engagement software. It enables businesses to enhance interactions across email, chat, social media, and SMS platforms using AI-powered technology and a network of local experts speaking over 60 languages.

Together by Renee

Seed Round in 2022
Together by Renee is a free app that uses generative AI to streamline and automate health tasks like ordering refills, booking appointments and completing forms in an easy user experience perfect for the 123 million aging Americans managing diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and more. Together measures vital signs like blood pressure via smartphone camera - with no devices or wearables required. Together requires no data entry, typing or integration to legacy systems, using just AI to automate patient-centric care coordination. 67% of Together’s first 15,000 users are over 55 years of age and Together enjoys NetPromoter score of +85.

Grid

Series A in 2022
Grid is a company that offers a comprehensive management platform for financial services aimed at simplifying financial processes for clients. The platform provides tools for tracking payrolls, taxes, bills, and refunds, as well as managing individual paychecks. Additionally, Grid has developed a financial application that facilitates online tax filing and advisory services. This application collects financial information from clients and pairs them with in-house advisors, helping taxpayers maximize deductions and prepare their annual returns efficiently. By combining these features, Grid aims to optimize financial management for its users while maintaining transparency in costs through a flat fee structure.

Elementary Robotics

Series B in 2021
Elementary Robotics, Inc. is a Pasadena, California-based company that specializes in the manufacture of robots designed to assist humans in various industrial applications. Founded in 2017, Elementary Robotics focuses on automating quality assurance and traceability processes within AI-assisted manufacturing. Their robots are utilized to monitor and track the stages of assembly along production lines, serving diverse sectors such as electronics, automotive, medical, consumer packaged goods, and logistics. The company combines hardware and software to create a robust platform that leverages machine learning and computer vision, enabling intelligent automation of workflows. By providing easy-to-use software and deep learning AI, Elementary Robotics aims to enhance efficiency and productivity in repetitive tasks across various industries.

Papaya

Series B in 2021
Papaya is a mobile application designed to streamline the bill payment process for users by allowing them to pay any bill quickly and easily using their mobile devices. By enabling users to snap a photo of their bills, Papaya eliminates the complexities of traditional payment methods such as mailing checks or navigating cumbersome online payment portals. The platform caters to billers across various industries, facilitating faster and more consistent payment collection. Papaya has gained recognition as one of the highest-rated financial technology applications, receiving over 70,000 reviews on the App Store. Additionally, the company is supported by prominent investors, reinforcing its position in the fintech sector.

First Resonance

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2018, First Resonance develops a manufacturing software platform designed for modern manufacturers. Its factory operating system accelerates manufacturing processes, tracks parts and processes from prototype to full-scale production, and provides real-time insights into manufacturing process bottlenecks.

Edge Impulse

Series B in 2021
Edge Impulse is a software platform focused on simplifying the development of machine learning models optimized for edge devices, where data is collected. The platform streamlines the entire process, encompassing data acquisition, signal processing, machine learning training, model testing, and deployment. It enables developers to create intelligent applications by facilitating the collection of real sensor data and processing it from raw inputs to neural networks. Edge Impulse's technology supports a wide range of devices, allowing for efficient operation on various hardware from microcontrollers to GPUs. By enhancing the accessibility and efficiency of embedded machine learning applications, Edge Impulse aims to promote positive societal change through advanced technology.

Moment Energy

Seed Round in 2021
Moment Energy specializes in battery energy storage systems that utilize repurposed electric vehicle batteries. Its solutions aim to provide clean, reliable, and cost-effective energy storage for both on-grid and off-grid applications.

Orgspace

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Orgspace develops a management operations platform for software teams that supports operational leaders in decision-making. The platform is event-driven and API-accessible, integrating with existing tools to monitor cross-functional teams, partially allocated staff, and team interrelationships. This enables organizations to restructure operations efficiently and cost-effectively by providing insights and automation for people management and organizational design.

Together by Renee

Seed Round in 2021
Together by Renee is a free app that uses generative AI to streamline and automate health tasks like ordering refills, booking appointments and completing forms in an easy user experience perfect for the 123 million aging Americans managing diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and more. Together measures vital signs like blood pressure via smartphone camera - with no devices or wearables required. Together requires no data entry, typing or integration to legacy systems, using just AI to automate patient-centric care coordination. 67% of Together’s first 15,000 users are over 55 years of age and Together enjoys NetPromoter score of +85.

Allocate

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2021, Allocate is a platform enabling investors to discover and invest in high-quality venture funds.

Specright

Series B in 2021
Specright Inc. is a technology company that specializes in enterprise software solutions for Specification Data Management. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Irvine, California, Specright offers a cloud-based platform that standardizes and digitizes specification data across the supply chain, including raw materials, ingredients, formulas, packaging, and finished goods. The company provides a suite of tools designed to enhance supplier collaboration, streamline procurement processes, and improve overall efficiency. Among its offerings are supplier management software, a marketplace for vendor discovery, and solutions for cost savings and data integration. Specright also supports various industries, including food and beverage, beauty and cosmetics, consumer packaged goods, and retail, with a focus on sustainability and profitability throughout the product life cycle.

Bowery Valuation

Series B in 2021
Bowery Valuation is a New York-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in cloud-based appraisal software and mobile applications. The company provides its appraisers with innovative tools that enable them to produce comprehensive commercial appraisal reports more than twice as quickly as their leading competitors. By utilizing a robust backend database and natural language generation technology, Bowery enhances efficiency, quality, and consistency across its operations. This approach allows appraisers to deliver more consistent reports at a reduced cost and within shorter timeframes, positioning Bowery as a significant player in the appraisal industry.

Formative Ventures

Private Equity Round in 2021
Formative Ventures, LLC, established in 2000, is a Menlo Park, California-based early-stage venture capital firm. It specializes in investing in start-ups and early-stage technology companies, with a focus on communications, mobile, and internet sectors. The firm typically invests between $2 million and $5 million over the life of an investment, often leading or co-leading the first institutional financing round and collaborating with other venture capital firms.

Edge Impulse

Series A in 2021
Edge Impulse is a software platform focused on simplifying the development of machine learning models optimized for edge devices, where data is collected. The platform streamlines the entire process, encompassing data acquisition, signal processing, machine learning training, model testing, and deployment. It enables developers to create intelligent applications by facilitating the collection of real sensor data and processing it from raw inputs to neural networks. Edge Impulse's technology supports a wide range of devices, allowing for efficient operation on various hardware from microcontrollers to GPUs. By enhancing the accessibility and efficiency of embedded machine learning applications, Edge Impulse aims to promote positive societal change through advanced technology.

Spinwheel

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2019, Spinwheel is a software platform based in Oakland, California. It helps Americans manage and repay their debts more efficiently by integrating its solutions into popular apps.

Upfort

Seed Round in 2021
Upfort is a cybersecurity and insurance platform dedicated to providing comprehensive protection for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) against evolving cyber threats. The company offers an integrated solution that encompasses various essential services, including phishing simulation, public Wi-Fi protection, inbox protection, password management, and cyber liability insurance. By consolidating these critical tools into a single, user-friendly platform, Upfort enables organizations to effectively manage their cyber security needs and safeguard their business activities from modern cyber risks.

AKKO

Pre Seed Round in 2021
AKKO offers a protection plan for phones, laptops, electronics, and other vital personal items. It offers simple, all-inclusive protection that is trustworthy and reasonably priced. The company offers modern, simple, and affordable device protection options, including phone-only plans for all consumer devices, providing customers, users, or employees with protection benefits.

Clovers

Seed Round in 2021
Clovers operates an interview intelligence platform designed to streamline recruitment processes in today's hybrid work environment. Its solution facilitates collaboration among recruiters and hiring teams, mitigates unconscious biases, provides real-time interview feedback and coaching, aiming to enhance the candidate experience and enable companies to select the most suitable hires efficiently.

Iteratively

Seed Round in 2021
Iteratively, Inc. is a Seattle-based SaaS company founded in 2019 that focuses on enhancing data quality for product and data teams. The company's platform enables teams to define, instrument, and validate their analytics tracking, addressing issues of poor data quality before they reach production. By facilitating collaboration among product managers, data analysts, and engineers, Iteratively ensures clean and consistent data capture across all platforms. Its features include a web interface for defining and evolving tracking plans, type-safe open-source SDKs, and tools for automated testing and CI/CD integration. Through these offerings, Iteratively simplifies the process of instrumentation, allowing clients to save time and make informed business decisions based on accurate product analytics.

Storepath

Seed Round in 2021
Storepath is a developer of an e-commerce growth platform that aims to simplify and enhance online retail for businesses. The company provides data-driven tools that automate various business operations, allowing clients to make informed decisions that maximize sales. Storepath optimizes product listings to ensure they are prominently displayed in search results for relevant keywords. In addition to advertising and listing optimization, the platform manages associated shipping, logistics, taxes, and compliance, enabling clients to effectively build and grow their online presence.

Spinwheel

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2019, Spinwheel is a software platform based in Oakland, California. It helps Americans manage and repay their debts more efficiently by integrating its solutions into popular apps.

First Resonance

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, First Resonance develops a manufacturing software platform designed for modern manufacturers. Its factory operating system accelerates manufacturing processes, tracks parts and processes from prototype to full-scale production, and provides real-time insights into manufacturing process bottlenecks.

Inspectiv

Seed Round in 2020
Inspectiv is an application security company that delivers a unified vulnerability management platform to help organizations identify, manage, and remediate weaknesses in their applications. The platform blends manual and automated testing to provide actionable insights, prioritizing risks and guiding remediation at scale. It integrates bug bounty, pen-testing, dynamic application security testing, and responsible disclosure to streamline discovery, reporting, and continuous assessment across development and production environments.

Noyo

Series A in 2020
Noyo facilitates modern insurance through API-based data exchange. Founded by experts in benefits, insurance, and API technology, it's the first company to digitally transform the benefits industry infrastructure. Noyo enables instant access to crucial benefits data across platforms, unlocking new possibilities for benefits design and delivery.

Berbix

Series A in 2020
Berbix Inc. is a company that specializes in photo identity verification and fraud deterrence solutions through its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Founded in 2018 by former product and engineering leaders from Airbnb's Trust & Safety department, Berbix provides businesses with a tool to instantly and accurately validate photo IDs, driver licenses, and passports. This solution supports various industries, including micro-mobility, fintech, age-restricted goods, and healthcare, enabling companies to enhance customer acquisition, ensure compliance, and combat fraud. Berbix's software features simple integration, easy customization, and the capability to confirm a user's identity in as little as two seconds. The company is headquartered in Sacramento, California, and aims to offer scalable tools that allow clients to tailor their fraud prevention strategies effectively.

Chowbus

Series A in 2020
Chowbus, Inc. is a food ordering and delivery platform specializing in Asian cuisine, allowing users to conveniently order dishes from various restaurants through its online and mobile applications. The platform features a diverse menu that includes Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Japanese food, catering to a growing demand for authentic ethnic dining experiences. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Chowbus not only facilitates food delivery but also offers additional services such as shuttle, pickup, and grocery options. By empowering local ethnic restaurants with technology and marketing tools, Chowbus aims to enhance their operational efficiency and increase sales, while providing customers with a streamlined, dish-centric ordering experience. The application is accessible on major platforms, including the App Store and Google Play.

Edge Impulse

Seed Round in 2020
Edge Impulse is a software platform focused on simplifying the development of machine learning models optimized for edge devices, where data is collected. The platform streamlines the entire process, encompassing data acquisition, signal processing, machine learning training, model testing, and deployment. It enables developers to create intelligent applications by facilitating the collection of real sensor data and processing it from raw inputs to neural networks. Edge Impulse's technology supports a wide range of devices, allowing for efficient operation on various hardware from microcontrollers to GPUs. By enhancing the accessibility and efficiency of embedded machine learning applications, Edge Impulse aims to promote positive societal change through advanced technology.

Elementary Robotics

Series A in 2020
Elementary Robotics, Inc. is a Pasadena, California-based company that specializes in the manufacture of robots designed to assist humans in various industrial applications. Founded in 2017, Elementary Robotics focuses on automating quality assurance and traceability processes within AI-assisted manufacturing. Their robots are utilized to monitor and track the stages of assembly along production lines, serving diverse sectors such as electronics, automotive, medical, consumer packaged goods, and logistics. The company combines hardware and software to create a robust platform that leverages machine learning and computer vision, enabling intelligent automation of workflows. By providing easy-to-use software and deep learning AI, Elementary Robotics aims to enhance efficiency and productivity in repetitive tasks across various industries.

Pipe

Seed Round in 2020
Pipe operates a global trading platform for recurring revenue streams. It connects companies with institutional investors in real-time, making recurring revenues tradable at their annual value. This enables scaling companies to access more cash flow.

PathSpot

Series A in 2020
PathSpot Technologies, Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, specializes in food safety solutions. The company develops and manufactures a unique system that uses a proprietary algorithm to analyze fluorescent light, enabling it to scan employees' hands and detect pathogens that cause food-borne illnesses. This technology helps restaurants and their customers mitigate the risk of food-borne illnesses by providing instant, invisible signs of harmful bacteria and viruses.

BackboneAI

Seed Round in 2020
BackboneAI builds frictionless data networks to automate intercompany business processes and improve supplier and customer communication. Based in New York City and founded in 2019 by Rob Bailey, the company provides an enterprise automation platform that enables real-time data synchronization, fast API connectivity, and integration across third-party applications and databases. Its platform automates intercompany data workflows, leveraging cognitive automation and natural language processing to ingest data from multiple sources, map it to internal mission-critical applications, and streamline collaboration between organizations. By connecting disparate data sources and automating data exchange, BackboneAI helps entities work together more efficiently.

Pipe

Seed Round in 2020
Pipe operates a global trading platform for recurring revenue streams. It connects companies with institutional investors in real-time, making recurring revenues tradable at their annual value. This enables scaling companies to access more cash flow.

Storepath

Seed Round in 2020
Storepath is a developer of an e-commerce growth platform that aims to simplify and enhance online retail for businesses. The company provides data-driven tools that automate various business operations, allowing clients to make informed decisions that maximize sales. Storepath optimizes product listings to ensure they are prominently displayed in search results for relevant keywords. In addition to advertising and listing optimization, the platform manages associated shipping, logistics, taxes, and compliance, enabling clients to effectively build and grow their online presence.

ProdPerfect

Series A in 2019
ProdPerfect, Inc. is a technology company founded in 2018 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in quality assurance and test development for web applications. The company offers an autonomous platform that automates the creation, maintenance, and evolution of end-to-end regression testing. By utilizing live user data, ProdPerfect continuously identifies and develops test automation suites through data-driven analysis, eliminating the need for coding or manual maintenance. This innovation allows web developers and engineering teams to concentrate on product development, significantly reducing the time spent on quality assurance processes.

Grid

Seed Round in 2019
Grid is a company that offers a comprehensive management platform for financial services aimed at simplifying financial processes for clients. The platform provides tools for tracking payrolls, taxes, bills, and refunds, as well as managing individual paychecks. Additionally, Grid has developed a financial application that facilitates online tax filing and advisory services. This application collects financial information from clients and pairs them with in-house advisors, helping taxpayers maximize deductions and prepare their annual returns efficiently. By combining these features, Grid aims to optimize financial management for its users while maintaining transparency in costs through a flat fee structure.

BuildOps

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, BuildOps provides a comprehensive software solution tailored for commercial HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractors. Its platform streamlines operations by offering features such as dispatching, scheduling, customer management, mobile invoicing, estimates, proposals, payments, workflows, custom forms, and financial reporting.

Zentist

Series A in 2019
Zentist streamlines insurance revenue cycle management for multi-location dental practices in the U.S. using advanced technology. Its cloud-based Remit AI software automates payment posting, reconciliation, and reduces insurance denials through intelligent data analysis. Zentist leverages robotic process automation and machine learning to automate tedious tasks, enhancing operational efficiency.

PathSpot

Seed Round in 2019
PathSpot Technologies, Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, specializes in food safety solutions. The company develops and manufactures a unique system that uses a proprietary algorithm to analyze fluorescent light, enabling it to scan employees' hands and detect pathogens that cause food-borne illnesses. This technology helps restaurants and their customers mitigate the risk of food-borne illnesses by providing instant, invisible signs of harmful bacteria and viruses.

Berbix

Seed Round in 2019
Berbix Inc. is a company that specializes in photo identity verification and fraud deterrence solutions through its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Founded in 2018 by former product and engineering leaders from Airbnb's Trust & Safety department, Berbix provides businesses with a tool to instantly and accurately validate photo IDs, driver licenses, and passports. This solution supports various industries, including micro-mobility, fintech, age-restricted goods, and healthcare, enabling companies to enhance customer acquisition, ensure compliance, and combat fraud. Berbix's software features simple integration, easy customization, and the capability to confirm a user's identity in as little as two seconds. The company is headquartered in Sacramento, California, and aims to offer scalable tools that allow clients to tailor their fraud prevention strategies effectively.

First Resonance

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, First Resonance develops a manufacturing software platform designed for modern manufacturers. Its factory operating system accelerates manufacturing processes, tracks parts and processes from prototype to full-scale production, and provides real-time insights into manufacturing process bottlenecks.

Specright

Series A in 2019
Specright Inc. is a technology company that specializes in enterprise software solutions for Specification Data Management. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Irvine, California, Specright offers a cloud-based platform that standardizes and digitizes specification data across the supply chain, including raw materials, ingredients, formulas, packaging, and finished goods. The company provides a suite of tools designed to enhance supplier collaboration, streamline procurement processes, and improve overall efficiency. Among its offerings are supplier management software, a marketplace for vendor discovery, and solutions for cost savings and data integration. Specright also supports various industries, including food and beverage, beauty and cosmetics, consumer packaged goods, and retail, with a focus on sustainability and profitability throughout the product life cycle.

ProdPerfect

Seed Round in 2019
ProdPerfect, Inc. is a technology company founded in 2018 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in quality assurance and test development for web applications. The company offers an autonomous platform that automates the creation, maintenance, and evolution of end-to-end regression testing. By utilizing live user data, ProdPerfect continuously identifies and develops test automation suites through data-driven analysis, eliminating the need for coding or manual maintenance. This innovation allows web developers and engineering teams to concentrate on product development, significantly reducing the time spent on quality assurance processes.

Chowbus

Seed Round in 2019
Chowbus, Inc. is a food ordering and delivery platform specializing in Asian cuisine, allowing users to conveniently order dishes from various restaurants through its online and mobile applications. The platform features a diverse menu that includes Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Japanese food, catering to a growing demand for authentic ethnic dining experiences. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Chowbus not only facilitates food delivery but also offers additional services such as shuttle, pickup, and grocery options. By empowering local ethnic restaurants with technology and marketing tools, Chowbus aims to enhance their operational efficiency and increase sales, while providing customers with a streamlined, dish-centric ordering experience. The application is accessible on major platforms, including the App Store and Google Play.

Bowery Valuation

Series A in 2018
Bowery Valuation is a New York-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in cloud-based appraisal software and mobile applications. The company provides its appraisers with innovative tools that enable them to produce comprehensive commercial appraisal reports more than twice as quickly as their leading competitors. By utilizing a robust backend database and natural language generation technology, Bowery enhances efficiency, quality, and consistency across its operations. This approach allows appraisers to deliver more consistent reports at a reduced cost and within shorter timeframes, positioning Bowery as a significant player in the appraisal industry.

Elementary Robotics

Seed Round in 2018
Elementary Robotics, Inc. is a Pasadena, California-based company that specializes in the manufacture of robots designed to assist humans in various industrial applications. Founded in 2017, Elementary Robotics focuses on automating quality assurance and traceability processes within AI-assisted manufacturing. Their robots are utilized to monitor and track the stages of assembly along production lines, serving diverse sectors such as electronics, automotive, medical, consumer packaged goods, and logistics. The company combines hardware and software to create a robust platform that leverages machine learning and computer vision, enabling intelligent automation of workflows. By providing easy-to-use software and deep learning AI, Elementary Robotics aims to enhance efficiency and productivity in repetitive tasks across various industries.

Visor

Series A in 2018
Visor Inc. is an online tax filing and advisory service that caters specifically to urban professionals. Established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company has expanded its presence with additional locations across major cities in the United States, including Miami, New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, among others. Visor provides comprehensive services that include the preparation of annual tax returns and year-round tax advice, aiming to make tax advisory accessible to a broader audience. The company's focus is on delivering tailored support to meet the diverse needs of its clients, ensuring they receive expert guidance throughout the tax year.

Upwards

Seed Round in 2018
Upwards is a technology-driven care solutions company focused on making care accessible to all families and supporting caregivers. The platform connects families, care providers, employers, and governments to create new care avenues in real time and uses data-driven insights to increase the supply and capacity of the care system. It matches families with caregivers who meet their needs and helps them access resources to afford care, including government subsidies and workplace benefits.

Avigilon Alta

Series B in 2018
Avigilon Alta specializes in advanced security solutions, particularly in access control systems designed for modern workplaces. The company offers a seamless mobile access control solution that allows users to enter authorized areas by simply waving their smartphones, leveraging patented technology for high reliability and efficiency. Avigilon Alta provides a comprehensive cloud-based platform that includes features such as entry schedule management, multi-site oversight, and integration with third-party applications, ensuring a secure and user-friendly experience. Their innovative solutions also encompass emergency response capabilities, allowing for the remote locking or unlocking of doors and zones during critical situations. Serving a diverse range of industries, including commercial real estate, education, and retail, Avigilon Alta aims to enhance security while simplifying access management for enterprises.

PathSpot

Seed Round in 2018
PathSpot Technologies, Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, specializes in food safety solutions. The company develops and manufactures a unique system that uses a proprietary algorithm to analyze fluorescent light, enabling it to scan employees' hands and detect pathogens that cause food-borne illnesses. This technology helps restaurants and their customers mitigate the risk of food-borne illnesses by providing instant, invisible signs of harmful bacteria and viruses.

Fullcast.io

Venture Round in 2018
Fullcast.io is a software company based in Redmond, Washington, that specializes in enhancing sales operations through its innovative platform. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on transforming traditional sales processes into growth-driven operations by offering sales-ops-as-a-service. This service integrates people, processes, and cloud technology to optimize resource allocation and improve sales performance. Fullcast.io provides tools for designing sales plans, conducting scenario analysis, and visualizing key growth metrics, enabling sales leaders to align actual performance with targets effectively. With a team experienced in sales operations from notable companies, Fullcast.io partners with organizations to help them achieve their sales objectives and drive growth.

Avigilon Alta

Seed Round in 2018
Avigilon Alta specializes in advanced security solutions, particularly in access control systems designed for modern workplaces. The company offers a seamless mobile access control solution that allows users to enter authorized areas by simply waving their smartphones, leveraging patented technology for high reliability and efficiency. Avigilon Alta provides a comprehensive cloud-based platform that includes features such as entry schedule management, multi-site oversight, and integration with third-party applications, ensuring a secure and user-friendly experience. Their innovative solutions also encompass emergency response capabilities, allowing for the remote locking or unlocking of doors and zones during critical situations. Serving a diverse range of industries, including commercial real estate, education, and retail, Avigilon Alta aims to enhance security while simplifying access management for enterprises.

PullRequest

Series A in 2018
PullRequest, Inc. is a company that specializes in online code reviewing services, founded in May 2017 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. The company offers a code review platform that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance code quality by identifying security threats, preventing crashes, and resolving performance issues before deployment. PullRequest connects development teams with a network of code review experts, facilitating faster code delivery while maintaining high standards of quality. By streamlining the code review process, PullRequest aims to reduce the overall development lifecycle costs for businesses.

Papaya

Seed Round in 2018
Papaya is a mobile application designed to streamline the bill payment process for users by allowing them to pay any bill quickly and easily using their mobile devices. By enabling users to snap a photo of their bills, Papaya eliminates the complexities of traditional payment methods such as mailing checks or navigating cumbersome online payment portals. The platform caters to billers across various industries, facilitating faster and more consistent payment collection. Papaya has gained recognition as one of the highest-rated financial technology applications, receiving over 70,000 reviews on the App Store. Additionally, the company is supported by prominent investors, reinforcing its position in the fintech sector.

Tolemi

Seed Round in 2018
Tolemi, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, specializes in cloud-based data management services for local governments. Founded in 2016, the company integrates scattered data from various departments and agencies into a user-friendly online dashboard, providing clear insights to inform decision-making on community priorities. Tolemi's platform enables governments to take a data-driven approach to urban planning and revitalization, partnering with forward-thinking public sector agencies nationwide.

Chatdesk

Venture Round in 2017
Founded in 2016, Chatdesk specializes in customer engagement software. It enables businesses to enhance interactions across email, chat, social media, and SMS platforms using AI-powered technology and a network of local experts speaking over 60 languages.

PullRequest

Seed Round in 2017
PullRequest, Inc. is a company that specializes in online code reviewing services, founded in May 2017 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. The company offers a code review platform that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance code quality by identifying security threats, preventing crashes, and resolving performance issues before deployment. PullRequest connects development teams with a network of code review experts, facilitating faster code delivery while maintaining high standards of quality. By streamlining the code review process, PullRequest aims to reduce the overall development lifecycle costs for businesses.

Visor

Seed Round in 2017
Visor Inc. is an online tax filing and advisory service that caters specifically to urban professionals. Established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company has expanded its presence with additional locations across major cities in the United States, including Miami, New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, among others. Visor provides comprehensive services that include the preparation of annual tax returns and year-round tax advice, aiming to make tax advisory accessible to a broader audience. The company's focus is on delivering tailored support to meet the diverse needs of its clients, ensuring they receive expert guidance throughout the tax year.

Upwards

Seed Round in 2017
Upwards is a technology-driven care solutions company focused on making care accessible to all families and supporting caregivers. The platform connects families, care providers, employers, and governments to create new care avenues in real time and uses data-driven insights to increase the supply and capacity of the care system. It matches families with caregivers who meet their needs and helps them access resources to afford care, including government subsidies and workplace benefits.

FairClaims

Convertible Note in 2017
FairClaims offers an online dispute resolution platform aimed at enterprises, delivering efficient and cost-effective mediation and arbitration capabilities. Its platform includes mediated chat and video arbitration tools that facilitate dispute resolution irrespective of access to formal legal counsel, helping organizations resolve disputes more quickly and with reduced costs.

Policygenius

Series C in 2017
Policygenius Inc. is an online insurance marketplace that provides brokerage services for various insurance products, including life, health, long-term disability, pet, and renters' insurance. Established in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company leverages advanced technology alongside the expertise of licensed agents to assist individuals in obtaining the necessary coverage to safeguard their families, properties, and finances. Policygenius enables users to review, research, and compare insurance quotes, facilitating informed decisions and ensuring they find the right policies at competitive prices. Since its inception, Policygenius has served millions of customers, securing over $160 billion in coverage.

Bowery Valuation

Seed Round in 2017
Bowery Valuation is a New York-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in cloud-based appraisal software and mobile applications. The company provides its appraisers with innovative tools that enable them to produce comprehensive commercial appraisal reports more than twice as quickly as their leading competitors. By utilizing a robust backend database and natural language generation technology, Bowery enhances efficiency, quality, and consistency across its operations. This approach allows appraisers to deliver more consistent reports at a reduced cost and within shorter timeframes, positioning Bowery as a significant player in the appraisal industry.

Specright

Seed Round in 2017
Specright Inc. is a technology company that specializes in enterprise software solutions for Specification Data Management. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Irvine, California, Specright offers a cloud-based platform that standardizes and digitizes specification data across the supply chain, including raw materials, ingredients, formulas, packaging, and finished goods. The company provides a suite of tools designed to enhance supplier collaboration, streamline procurement processes, and improve overall efficiency. Among its offerings are supplier management software, a marketplace for vendor discovery, and solutions for cost savings and data integration. Specright also supports various industries, including food and beverage, beauty and cosmetics, consumer packaged goods, and retail, with a focus on sustainability and profitability throughout the product life cycle.
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