First Round Capital

First Round Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Philadelphia and New York. The firm focuses on pre-seed, seed, and Series A investments in technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors, often providing the first outside capital for nascent companies. First Round Capital has a track record of supporting notable startups, including Uber, Square, and Warby Parker. The firm distinguishes itself by actively engaging with its portfolio companies and offering a range of tailored services, including custom software and community-building experiences, to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. With a typical initial investment of around $500,000, First Round Capital has facilitated substantial follow-on funding, enabling its community members to raise over $2.5 billion in additional capital. The firm has also pioneered innovative investment structures, such as a VC-sponsored Exchange Fund, which allows entrepreneurs to share in the performance of their collective investments.

Meka Asonye

Partner

Brett Berson

Partner

Cristina Cordova

Partner

Jeff Donnon

CFO

Amy Fu

Vice President, Investments

Todd Jackson

Partner

Josh Kopelman

Partner

Whitnie Narcisse

Senior Vice President

Bill Trenchard

Partner

Liz Wessel

Partner

James Wu

Investor

Past deals in US East Coast

Merlin Labs

Series B in 2022
Merlin Labs is building an autonomous infrastructure for the sky above us, enabling goods, and eventually people, to fly without pilots.

EvolutionIQ

Series A in 2022
DeepFraud Technologies Inc., doing business as EvolutionIQ, operates a predictive analytics platform for general liability, workers compensation, and group disability insurance businesses. It offers EvolutionIQ that applies AI and data collection to claims analytics for time series analytics, individualized medical processing and variation, and claim notes and natural language processing. The company’s EvolutionIQ also provides intelligent fraud and malingering detection, and predictive claim processing. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.

RenewaFi

Seed Round in 2022
RenewaFi offers a renewable energy marketplace.

Anvyl

Series B in 2022
Anvyl is a technology platform that uses data analytics to reinvent supply chain processes, making products better, smarter, and easier. It provides visibility into the manufacturing process and streamlines relationships between reputable brands and world-class manufacturers. It standardizes and automates interactions, negotiates contracts and schedules, tracks production and quality, and provides visual and data updates to ensure on-time delivery. Anvyl's customers include HIMs, Native, S’well, Harry’s, LOLA, and other direct-to-consumer brands. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York.

Clare

Series A in 2022
Clare, Inc. provides paints and related supplies. The company offers primers, ceiling paints, paint kits, roller frames, poles, roller covers, paint brushes, metal trays, plastic tray liners, painter’s washi tapes, plastic drop clothes, mini roller frames and covers, and mini trays. It serves homeowners online. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

koodos

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of a digital platform designed to empower users to manage their data and enhance their online experiences. The company offers innovative products for personal data management and secure integrations, enabling individuals and developers to gain control over their digital lives and foster data portability.

Coherence

Venture Round in 2021
Coherence is a software development company that empowers every company's software team. Coherence aims to build vertically integrated development experiences that involve orders-of-magnitude less “glue” and “yak shaving.” It was founded in 2021 and is based in New York, United States.

Studs

Series B in 2021
Studs is focused on transforming the ear piercing experience by offering both online and offline services that promote self-expression and individuality. The company aims to modernize the traditional mall piercing environment, providing a safe and healthy experience for customers. Studs employs a team of skilled professionals who are dedicated to delivering personalized ear piercing services and a wide selection of ear jewelry. By celebrating the uniqueness of each individual, Studs seeks to make ear piercing accessible and enjoyable, encouraging customers to embrace their identity through their personal style.

Nomad Health

Series D in 2021
Nomad Health, Inc. operates an online marketplace that enables users to find freelance and permanent clinical work in the United States. Its market place enables doctors to search for jobs by location, pay rate, medical facility, and more; and healthcare facilities to find doctors. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Gregarious Inc.

Seed Round in 2021
Greg is changing the way humans live alongside plants. We believe that everyone should understand how plants work and be able to participate in solutions to the existential challenges our planet is facing, from food system insecurity to collapsing ecosystems. We've started by creating a delightful mobile app that helps people grow thriving plants. Our community has grown from 100 beta users in August 2020 to over 50,000 active users today. Plants have been watered with Greg over 1M times, and partners like The Sill and over 100 other retailers have started sharing Greg to help their customers care for newly-purchased plants.

Merlin Labs

Series B in 2021
Merlin Labs is building an autonomous infrastructure for the sky above us, enabling goods, and eventually people, to fly without pilots.

BigBrain

Seed Round in 2021
BigBrain is launching its BigBrain trivia game where you can win real-money prizes.

Level

Series A in 2021
Level is the modern dental plan for employers.

Reverie Labs

Series A in 2021
Reverie Labs uses machine learning algorithms to predict the bio physicochemical properties of drug candidates for pharmaceutical companies. The company accelerates the preclinical development by applying machine learning to lead generation and optimization. It develops structure-based predictive models for potency of small molecules. It also develops a multi-objective molecular optimizer that applies algorithms to conceive new molecules that maintains potency and synthesizability. It prioritizes and optimizes molecules so they can go to animal and human clinical trials more quickly. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Subscript

Seed Round in 2021
Subscript is a subscription intelligence platform that helps finance teams in tracking and comprehending subscription metrics. The company develops financial assistance software that is used to track and comprehend subscription metrics.

Stensul

Series B in 2020
Stensul, Inc. is a New York-based company that offers a hosted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) email creation platform designed for enterprises and large organizations globally. Founded in 2016, the platform enables users to efficiently create and deliver mobile-responsive emails for various purposes, such as email-based customer relationship management and marketing automation. By streamlining the email creation process and reducing the reliance on designers and developers, Stensul allows marketers to concentrate on producing engaging content that drives results. The platform is centralized, scalable, and tailored to individual brands, facilitating the quick generation of emails that can be sent directly through users' existing email service providers or marketing clouds.

Telepath

Seed Round in 2020
Telepath provides a social network application that enables users to discuss their interests. Its platform is secure and easier, enabling users to connect with each other very easily.

Gauntlet

Venture Round in 2020
Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providing transparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Odeko

Series A in 2020
Odeko, Inc. is a New York-based company that provides inventory management and supply chain tools specifically designed for coffee retailers, including cafes, bakeries, and coffee shops. Founded in 2019, Odeko's platform leverages data analysis and artificial intelligence to help businesses reduce waste and enhance sales. The software automates ordering processes by analyzing sales data and identifying trends, thereby enabling independent coffee shops to streamline operations and improve productivity. Through its user-friendly dashboards and analytics reports, Odeko empowers small business owners to effectively manage their inventory and make informed decisions.

Coursedog

Series A in 2020
Coursedog is an internet company that provides curriculum and schedule planning solutions for Higher Education. It features cloud software products that utilize section scheduler, curriculum, catalog, and event scheduler designed to help universities in optimizing their process. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Merlin Labs

Seed Round in 2020
Merlin Labs is building an autonomous infrastructure for the sky above us, enabling goods, and eventually people, to fly without pilots.

Studs

Seed Round in 2019
Studs is focused on transforming the ear piercing experience by offering both online and offline services that promote self-expression and individuality. The company aims to modernize the traditional mall piercing environment, providing a safe and healthy experience for customers. Studs employs a team of skilled professionals who are dedicated to delivering personalized ear piercing services and a wide selection of ear jewelry. By celebrating the uniqueness of each individual, Studs seeks to make ear piercing accessible and enjoyable, encouraging customers to embrace their identity through their personal style.

TetraScience

Series A in 2019
TetraScience, Inc. develops hardware and software solutions designed to monitor and manage research experiments while logging data in the cloud. The company provides a range of products including sensors for temperature, humidity, and acceleration, as well as cameras for viewing experiments, electric switches, and adapters for connecting various hardware tools such as syringe pumps and wave generators. TetraScience's solutions cater to the needs of scientists, engineers, managers, and safety officers, enabling efficient data management in various research applications including bioprocessing and analytical chemistry. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, TetraScience has formed a strategic partnership with Dotmatics Limited to enhance its offerings.

Caper

Series A in 2019
Caper is a company that develops an AI-powered shopping cart aimed at enhancing the grocery shopping experience. By integrating technologies such as image recognition and sensor fusion, Caper's smart cart allows shoppers to conveniently add items to their cart and self-checkout without the need for cashiers. This plug-and-play system captures images of items and scans barcodes, facilitating an automated checkout process. Caper's innovative approach seeks to transform physical retail by enabling existing grocery stores to adopt a kiosk-less shopping experience, thereby streamlining operations and improving customer satisfaction.

Anvyl

Series A in 2019
Anvyl is a technology platform that uses data analytics to reinvent supply chain processes, making products better, smarter, and easier. It provides visibility into the manufacturing process and streamlines relationships between reputable brands and world-class manufacturers. It standardizes and automates interactions, negotiates contracts and schedules, tracks production and quality, and provides visual and data updates to ensure on-time delivery. Anvyl's customers include HIMs, Native, S’well, Harry’s, LOLA, and other direct-to-consumer brands. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York.

EvolutionIQ

Seed Round in 2019
DeepFraud Technologies Inc., doing business as EvolutionIQ, operates a predictive analytics platform for general liability, workers compensation, and group disability insurance businesses. It offers EvolutionIQ that applies AI and data collection to claims analytics for time series analytics, individualized medical processing and variation, and claim notes and natural language processing. The company’s EvolutionIQ also provides intelligent fraud and malingering detection, and predictive claim processing. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.

Odeko

Seed Round in 2019
Odeko, Inc. is a New York-based company that provides inventory management and supply chain tools specifically designed for coffee retailers, including cafes, bakeries, and coffee shops. Founded in 2019, Odeko's platform leverages data analysis and artificial intelligence to help businesses reduce waste and enhance sales. The software automates ordering processes by analyzing sales data and identifying trends, thereby enabling independent coffee shops to streamline operations and improve productivity. Through its user-friendly dashboards and analytics reports, Odeko empowers small business owners to effectively manage their inventory and make informed decisions.

Alma

Series A in 2019
Alma is a membership-based network for mental health care professionals that simplifies access to higher quality, more affordable mental healthcare.

Troops

Series B in 2019
Troops.ai offers a salesforce automation platform designed to enhance the efficiency of sales teams by providing real-time transparency of Salesforce data. Acting as a Slackbot, it enables users to configure Salesforce reports, communicate deal wins, and access both standard and custom objects directly through Slack. This integration streamlines communication and improves the accessibility of vital sales information, facilitating better decision-making and collaboration among team members. Troops.ai has attracted investment from notable firms such as First Round Capital, Founder Collective, and Next View Ventures, among others.

Clare

Convertible Note in 2019
Clare, Inc. provides paints and related supplies. The company offers primers, ceiling paints, paint kits, roller frames, poles, roller covers, paint brushes, metal trays, plastic tray liners, painter’s washi tapes, plastic drop clothes, mini roller frames and covers, and mini trays. It serves homeowners online. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

Astorian

Venture Round in 2019
Astorian, Inc. is a software development company founded in 2017 and based in New York, New York. It operates an online marketplace designed to enhance efficiencies in both residential and commercial real estate. The platform facilitates communication between building owners and contractors, allowing users to find qualified contractors, compare bids, and obtain necessary information such as licenses and insurance details. By enabling faster and more cost-effective decision-making, Astorian aims to streamline the bidding process for building managers, ultimately providing greater transparency in the selection of contractors.

Odeko

Seed Round in 2019
Odeko, Inc. is a New York-based company that provides inventory management and supply chain tools specifically designed for coffee retailers, including cafes, bakeries, and coffee shops. Founded in 2019, Odeko's platform leverages data analysis and artificial intelligence to help businesses reduce waste and enhance sales. The software automates ordering processes by analyzing sales data and identifying trends, thereby enabling independent coffee shops to streamline operations and improve productivity. Through its user-friendly dashboards and analytics reports, Odeko empowers small business owners to effectively manage their inventory and make informed decisions.

Caper

Seed Round in 2019
Caper is a company that develops an AI-powered shopping cart aimed at enhancing the grocery shopping experience. By integrating technologies such as image recognition and sensor fusion, Caper's smart cart allows shoppers to conveniently add items to their cart and self-checkout without the need for cashiers. This plug-and-play system captures images of items and scans barcodes, facilitating an automated checkout process. Caper's innovative approach seeks to transform physical retail by enabling existing grocery stores to adopt a kiosk-less shopping experience, thereby streamlining operations and improving customer satisfaction.

Bowery Farming

Series B in 2018
Bowery Farming Inc., a farming company, provides post-organic produce. The company offers baby kale, blend, lettuce, arugula, kale mix, and basil products. It sells its products through grocery stores and restaurants. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

Level

Seed Round in 2018
Level is the modern dental plan for employers.

Gauntlet

Seed Round in 2018
Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providing transparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Alma

Seed Round in 2018
Alma is a membership-based network for mental health care professionals that simplifies access to higher quality, more affordable mental healthcare.

Thirty Madison

Series A in 2018
Thirty Madison, Inc. is a digital health company based in Astoria, New York, focused on providing specialized care for chronic conditions through its web-based platforms. Founded in 2016, the company operates several condition-specific brands: Keeps, which offers a subscription service for men's hair loss prevention medications; Cove, which provides online consultations and prescriptions for migraine treatment; and Evens, designed to manage acid reflux. By offering these tailored services, Thirty Madison aims to increase access to affordable healthcare solutions, addressing the unique needs of patients suffering from these conditions.

Keeps

Series A in 2018
2 out of 3 men will start to lose their hair by the age of 35 - but the earlier you take action, the more hair you keep. Keeps is a full-service healthcare company focused exclusively on helping men keep their hair. From expert diagnosis to affordable treatment, patient support to education, Keeps provides a regimen specific to each customer's condition through a seamless digital experience, allowing men to manage hair loss from start to finish. Keeps’ licensed physicians review each customer's information in order to identify and prescribe a unique treatment plan of FDA-approved products, and we sell them at half the price customers would pay at their local pharmacy. With Keeps, customers receive exactly what they need, and nothing they don’t. Keeps is the first brand from Thirty Madison, which is rebuilding the healthcare experience for the modern consumer.

Clare

Seed Round in 2018
Clare, Inc. provides paints and related supplies. The company offers primers, ceiling paints, paint kits, roller frames, poles, roller covers, paint brushes, metal trays, plastic tray liners, painter’s washi tapes, plastic drop clothes, mini roller frames and covers, and mini trays. It serves homeowners online. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

Simplifeye

Series A in 2018
Simplifeye, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing practice management software solutions for medical professionals. Founded in 2014, it offers a SaaS platform that facilitates live chat, patient connectivity, and appointment scheduling. The company's key products include Amplify, a HIPAA-compliant web chat tool that engages patients in multiple languages while providing analytics on traffic and conversion; Connect, which enhances telehealth experiences by allowing providers to collect consent, insurance, and payment information, and enabling self-scheduling for patients; and Scheduling, which allows patients to book available appointments directly. Additionally, Simplifeye integrates wearable technology, such as the Apple Watch, with existing health record systems, providing providers with a comprehensive view of their patients and critical medical alerts.

Stensul

Series A in 2018
Stensul, Inc. is a New York-based company that offers a hosted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) email creation platform designed for enterprises and large organizations globally. Founded in 2016, the platform enables users to efficiently create and deliver mobile-responsive emails for various purposes, such as email-based customer relationship management and marketing automation. By streamlining the email creation process and reducing the reliance on designers and developers, Stensul allows marketers to concentrate on producing engaging content that drives results. The platform is centralized, scalable, and tailored to individual brands, facilitating the quick generation of emails that can be sent directly through users' existing email service providers or marketing clouds.

Nomad Health

Series B in 2018
Nomad Health, Inc. operates an online marketplace that enables users to find freelance and permanent clinical work in the United States. Its market place enables doctors to search for jobs by location, pay rate, medical facility, and more; and healthcare facilities to find doctors. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Studio

Series A in 2018
Studio operates a connected fitness platform that streams live and on-demand classes to users in their homes through a sleek, responsive display. The system personalizes content in real-time by utilizing user feedback and biometric data, allowing access to a diverse range of classes, including cardio, strength training, and yoga. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, Studio aims to enhance the fitness experience by combining technology with user engagement to promote a healthier lifestyle.

Keeps

Seed Round in 2017
2 out of 3 men will start to lose their hair by the age of 35 - but the earlier you take action, the more hair you keep. Keeps is a full-service healthcare company focused exclusively on helping men keep their hair. From expert diagnosis to affordable treatment, patient support to education, Keeps provides a regimen specific to each customer's condition through a seamless digital experience, allowing men to manage hair loss from start to finish. Keeps’ licensed physicians review each customer's information in order to identify and prescribe a unique treatment plan of FDA-approved products, and we sell them at half the price customers would pay at their local pharmacy. With Keeps, customers receive exactly what they need, and nothing they don’t. Keeps is the first brand from Thirty Madison, which is rebuilding the healthcare experience for the modern consumer.

Thirty Madison

Seed Round in 2017
Thirty Madison, Inc. is a digital health company based in Astoria, New York, focused on providing specialized care for chronic conditions through its web-based platforms. Founded in 2016, the company operates several condition-specific brands: Keeps, which offers a subscription service for men's hair loss prevention medications; Cove, which provides online consultations and prescriptions for migraine treatment; and Evens, designed to manage acid reflux. By offering these tailored services, Thirty Madison aims to increase access to affordable healthcare solutions, addressing the unique needs of patients suffering from these conditions.

Bowery Farming

Series A in 2017
Bowery Farming Inc., a farming company, provides post-organic produce. The company offers baby kale, blend, lettuce, arugula, kale mix, and basil products. It sells its products through grocery stores and restaurants. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

CrowdJustice

Seed Round in 2017
CrowdJustice allows communities to band together to access the courts to protect their communal assets – like their local hospital – or shared values – like human rights. CrowdJustice pages are optimized to collect as many pledges as possible. Millions of pounds have already been raised through CrowdJustice to fund various kinds of legal action.

Anvyl

Seed Round in 2017
Anvyl is a technology platform that uses data analytics to reinvent supply chain processes, making products better, smarter, and easier. It provides visibility into the manufacturing process and streamlines relationships between reputable brands and world-class manufacturers. It standardizes and automates interactions, negotiates contracts and schedules, tracks production and quality, and provides visual and data updates to ensure on-time delivery. Anvyl's customers include HIMs, Native, S’well, Harry’s, LOLA, and other direct-to-consumer brands. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York.

Simplifeye

Venture Round in 2017
Simplifeye, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing practice management software solutions for medical professionals. Founded in 2014, it offers a SaaS platform that facilitates live chat, patient connectivity, and appointment scheduling. The company's key products include Amplify, a HIPAA-compliant web chat tool that engages patients in multiple languages while providing analytics on traffic and conversion; Connect, which enhances telehealth experiences by allowing providers to collect consent, insurance, and payment information, and enabling self-scheduling for patients; and Scheduling, which allows patients to book available appointments directly. Additionally, Simplifeye integrates wearable technology, such as the Apple Watch, with existing health record systems, providing providers with a comprehensive view of their patients and critical medical alerts.

Reserve

Series B in 2017
Reserve Media, Inc. operates a digital dining concierge service that connects restaurants with diners. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York City, the company offers a platform that allows customers to discover restaurants, make reservations, receive personalized service, and facilitate seamless payment. By partnering with notable restaurateurs, Reserve aims to enhance the dining experience while helping restaurants manage their reservations more effectively, reduce cancellations, and gain valuable customer insights. The platform also enables restaurants to maintain customer databases and manage their tables, ultimately improving customer relationships. As of November 2018, Reserve operates as a subsidiary of Resy Network, Inc.

Stensul

Seed Round in 2016
Stensul, Inc. is a New York-based company that offers a hosted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) email creation platform designed for enterprises and large organizations globally. Founded in 2016, the platform enables users to efficiently create and deliver mobile-responsive emails for various purposes, such as email-based customer relationship management and marketing automation. By streamlining the email creation process and reducing the reliance on designers and developers, Stensul allows marketers to concentrate on producing engaging content that drives results. The platform is centralized, scalable, and tailored to individual brands, facilitating the quick generation of emails that can be sent directly through users' existing email service providers or marketing clouds.

Studio

Seed Round in 2016
Studio operates a connected fitness platform that streams live and on-demand classes to users in their homes through a sleek, responsive display. The system personalizes content in real-time by utilizing user feedback and biometric data, allowing access to a diverse range of classes, including cardio, strength training, and yoga. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, Studio aims to enhance the fitness experience by combining technology with user engagement to promote a healthier lifestyle.

Uplevel Security

Seed Round in 2016
Uplevel Security is the industry’s first adaptive system of intelligence that uses graph theory and machine learning to modernize security operations. Uplevel Security ingests and contextualizes incoming and historical security data, allowing the past to inform the present and the present to inform the past, which predicts how attacks may manifest in the future. Enterprises rely on Uplevel Security to activate intelligence from the security stack, provide a system of record for security data and become stronger with every attack.

Arbor

Series A in 2016
Arbor (formerly known as Pippio) operates the first marketplace for people-based data. Publishers and app developers are empowered to surface, value, and fully monetize their data asset in a privacy-friendly, transparent manner. Marketers gain accurate insights on their customers and the tools to reach them more precisely. Founded in 2014, Arbor is headquartered in New York City with offices in San Francisco. We’re backed by First Round, Canaan Partners, and Great Oaks.

Troops

Series A in 2016
Troops.ai offers a salesforce automation platform designed to enhance the efficiency of sales teams by providing real-time transparency of Salesforce data. Acting as a Slackbot, it enables users to configure Salesforce reports, communicate deal wins, and access both standard and custom objects directly through Slack. This integration streamlines communication and improves the accessibility of vital sales information, facilitating better decision-making and collaboration among team members. Troops.ai has attracted investment from notable firms such as First Round Capital, Founder Collective, and Next View Ventures, among others.

Axial

Series C in 2016
Axial Networks, Inc. operates an online platform that connects private companies with capital sources, facilitating financial transactions in the private capital markets. The platform allows users to create professional profiles to enhance credibility with potential investors, enabling them to connect both online and in-person for deal sourcing and relationship building. It serves a diverse range of sectors, including healthcare, real estate, financial services, and technology, and offers various capital types such as growth capital, acquisition financing, and asset-based loans. By providing tools for CEOs to identify growth opportunities and for capital providers to enhance market coverage and efficiency, Axial aims to streamline the process of accessing capital. Additionally, advisors and bankers can utilize the platform to connect with transaction-ready buyers and manage deal processes effectively. Founded in 2004 and based in New York, Axial was previously known as Axial Market, Inc. before rebranding in 2010.

Nomad Health

Series A in 2016
Nomad Health, Inc. operates an online marketplace that enables users to find freelance and permanent clinical work in the United States. Its market place enables doctors to search for jobs by location, pay rate, medical facility, and more; and healthcare facilities to find doctors. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Zodiac

Seed Round in 2016
Zodiac Inc. provides a predictive analytics solution that accurately forecasts individualized customer lifetime value based on real-time sales data. Its solution makes informed marketing decisions based on each customer’s projected future lifetime value; and accurately predicts future sales volumes and trends by segment and by individual customer. Zodiac Inc. was formerly known as CLVMetrics, Inc. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of March 22, 2018, Zodiac Inc. operates as a subsidiary of NIKE, Inc.

Good Uncle

Seed Round in 2016
Good Uncle is an on-demand food ordering and delivery service focused on college students. Founded in November 2015 by Matt Doumar and Wiley Cerilli, the company provides a mobile application that allows users to discover and order meals from a diverse menu prepared by local chefs. The menu is refreshed every six months, offering a variety of cuisines to cater to different tastes. Good Uncle's delivery service ensures that meals are delivered directly to college campuses, making it convenient for students to access quality food. The platform aims to deliver crave-worthy meals efficiently while maintaining a focus on customer satisfaction.

PatientPing

Series A in 2015
PatientPing, Inc. operates a national care coordination network designed to connect healthcare providers through real-time notifications when patients receive care. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company offers technology solutions for various healthcare stakeholders, including Accountable Care Organizations, hospitals, payers, and post-acute care facilities. Its network comprises a range of healthcare professionals, such as emergency case managers, primary care physicians, and care coordinators, facilitating improved collaboration and information sharing. PatientPing also features a tool called Spotlights, which analyzes real-time data to identify trends in healthcare utilization and performance. The company has formed a strategic partnership with MedAllies, Inc. and operates as a subsidiary of SVB Leerink Holdings LLC, focusing on enhancing patient outcomes and experiences through coordinated care.

Blue Apron

Series D in 2015
Blue Apron is a New York-based start-up that is changing the way people cook at home. Blue Apron's weekly subscription service delivers everything you need to make fresh meals, including shopping for its customers at wholesale and delivering all the ingredients in specific proportions, along with printed recipe cards. The model aims to emulate having your own private chef-- subscribers will discover new recipes, eat fresher food, and save both time and money.

TetraScience

Seed Round in 2015
TetraScience, Inc. develops hardware and software solutions designed to monitor and manage research experiments while logging data in the cloud. The company provides a range of products including sensors for temperature, humidity, and acceleration, as well as cameras for viewing experiments, electric switches, and adapters for connecting various hardware tools such as syringe pumps and wave generators. TetraScience's solutions cater to the needs of scientists, engineers, managers, and safety officers, enabling efficient data management in various research applications including bioprocessing and analytical chemistry. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, TetraScience has formed a strategic partnership with Dotmatics Limited to enhance its offerings.

Sherpaa

Venture Round in 2015
Sherpaa was co-founded by Dr. Jay Parkinson MD, MPH, trained in pediatrics and preventive medicine at St. Vincent’s and Johns Hopkins. He’s given talks for TED and The Clinton Global Initiative. He’s been referred to as “The Doctor of the Future”. Cheryl Swirnow, Sherpaa’s co-founder, graduated from Cornell’s Hotel School with a concentration in HR. With fifteen years' experience in Human Resources, she has worked for the likes of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Quintessentially, Nike, The Barbarian Group and Rent the Runway.

Arbor

Seed Round in 2015
Arbor (formerly known as Pippio) operates the first marketplace for people-based data. Publishers and app developers are empowered to surface, value, and fully monetize their data asset in a privacy-friendly, transparent manner. Marketers gain accurate insights on their customers and the tools to reach them more precisely. Founded in 2014, Arbor is headquartered in New York City with offices in San Francisco. We’re backed by First Round, Canaan Partners, and Great Oaks.

HubLogix

Convertible Note in 2014
HubLogix is a SaaS based solution that empowers online retailers to automate logistics process throughout the order lifecycle. We work with some of the the leading commerce platforms (e.g. Channel Advisor, Magento, Shopify, Amazon, etc.) and a growing eco-system of third party logistics providers and distributors to make sure orders go from cart to doorstep as efficiently as possibly.

Wonder

Convertible Note in 2014
Wonder is a research service that provides access to the intellect and fact-finding skills of a distributed network of researchers around the world. It enables anyone, from individuals up to Fortune 500s, to access knowledge when they need it most. Wonder was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York.

Poppin

Series C in 2014
Poppin is a furniture design company that specializes in customization services, space planning services, and installation services. Its service also offers fully customized design solutions for companies, businesses, and organizations. It was founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Axial

Series B in 2014
Axial Networks, Inc. operates an online platform that connects private companies with capital sources, facilitating financial transactions in the private capital markets. The platform allows users to create professional profiles to enhance credibility with potential investors, enabling them to connect both online and in-person for deal sourcing and relationship building. It serves a diverse range of sectors, including healthcare, real estate, financial services, and technology, and offers various capital types such as growth capital, acquisition financing, and asset-based loans. By providing tools for CEOs to identify growth opportunities and for capital providers to enhance market coverage and efficiency, Axial aims to streamline the process of accessing capital. Additionally, advisors and bankers can utilize the platform to connect with transaction-ready buyers and manage deal processes effectively. Founded in 2004 and based in New York, Axial was previously known as Axial Market, Inc. before rebranding in 2010.

Chloe + Isabel

Series C in 2014
Chloe and Isabel, Inc manufactures and markets hand-crafted jewelry for women. It offers necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings, charms and chains, hair products, pins, beauty and home products, bags, and accessories. The company sells its products through merchandisers in the United States, as well as online. Chloe and Isabel, Inc was incorporated in 2010 and is based in New York, New York.

Smartling

Series D in 2014
Smartling uses technology to transform the way content is created and consumed around the world. Smartling’s solution helps brands to access new markets, more customers and greater value. The Translation Management Platform allows ambitious brands to achieve a more dominant global position. Smartling enables brands such as British Airways, InterContinental Hotels Group, Uber, AdRoll, Shinola, Spotify, Pinterest, Hasbro and SurveyMonkey to provide truly native brand experiences. Smartling is headquartered in NYC with over 100 employees.

Boxed

Series A in 2014
Founded in 2013, Boxed has taken the best elements of the wholesale shopping experience and folded it into one innovative, cutting edge mobile app that allows consumers direct-to-their-door access to all of their favorite warehouse club products, without membership fees. Boxed brings convenience and savings to on-the-go consumers who don’t have the time, means or patience to shop at a brick and mortar big box club. The elegantly designed iPhone and Android app offers bulk-sized goods at pint-sized prices, and is completely free to download and use. Boxed does all the heavy lifting, delivering a rich array of wholesale items directly to doorsteps across the continental United States in two days or less. The brand’s innovative discovery-based design recreates the fun of the treasure hunt experience with a curated selection of everyday essentials that consumers love including household staples, health and beauty supplies, office pantry and grocery items, and a wide variety of organic and green products.

Flatiron Health

Series B in 2014
Flatiron Health, Inc. is a healthcare technology company that specializes in oncology, focusing on enhancing cancer research and patient care. The company has developed a data platform that integrates and organizes clinical and financial information from electronic medical records and billing systems. This platform, known as OncologyCloud, provides valuable analytics for cancer care providers and life sciences organizations, enabling them to track treatment patterns, monitor adherence to guidelines, and identify suitable candidates for clinical trials in real-time. Flatiron Health also offers additional tools such as OncoCloud for community oncology practices, Flatiron Assist for clinical decision support, and OncoEMR to assist providers in meeting oncology care model requirements. The company collaborates with over 280 community cancer practices, several major academic research centers, and prominent oncology companies. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, Flatiron Health operates as a subsidiary of Roche Holding AG.

Blue Apron

Series C in 2014
Blue Apron is a New York-based start-up that is changing the way people cook at home. Blue Apron's weekly subscription service delivers everything you need to make fresh meals, including shopping for its customers at wholesale and delivering all the ingredients in specific proportions, along with printed recipe cards. The model aims to emulate having your own private chef-- subscribers will discover new recipes, eat fresher food, and save both time and money.

Warby Parker

Series C in 2013
Warby Parker is a lifestyle brand specializing in the design and sale of vintage-inspired eyeglasses and sunglasses, including prescription glasses and contact lenses. The company aims to provide affordable eyewear while addressing the global issue of vision impairment, as approximately one billion people lack access to affordable glasses. By partnering with experienced non-profit organizations, Warby Parker ensures that each pair of glasses sold helps someone in need obtain eyewear, contributing to improved quality of life and economic opportunities. The company operates through various channels, including physical stores, its website, and mobile applications, offering a range of optical services such as eye exams and vision tests. Revenue is primarily generated from the sale of eyewear products, accessories, and related services.

Nomi

Series A in 2013
Nomi's Marketing Platform helps businesses optimize their brick and mortar stores just like their website.

Smartling

Series C in 2013
Smartling uses technology to transform the way content is created and consumed around the world. Smartling’s solution helps brands to access new markets, more customers and greater value. The Translation Management Platform allows ambitious brands to achieve a more dominant global position. Smartling enables brands such as British Airways, InterContinental Hotels Group, Uber, AdRoll, Shinola, Spotify, Pinterest, Hasbro and SurveyMonkey to provide truly native brand experiences. Smartling is headquartered in NYC with over 100 employees.

Splice

Seed Round in 2013
Splice designs and develops a technology platform for music creators streamlines the fragmented process of creating and sharing music. It also provides artists with means to connect with fans and other artists to solicit feedback throughout every step of the process. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York City.

Blue Apron

Series B in 2013
Blue Apron is a New York-based start-up that is changing the way people cook at home. Blue Apron's weekly subscription service delivers everything you need to make fresh meals, including shopping for its customers at wholesale and delivering all the ingredients in specific proportions, along with printed recipe cards. The model aims to emulate having your own private chef-- subscribers will discover new recipes, eat fresher food, and save both time and money.

Wonder

Seed Round in 2013
Wonder is a research service that provides access to the intellect and fact-finding skills of a distributed network of researchers around the world. It enables anyone, from individuals up to Fortune 500s, to access knowledge when they need it most. Wonder was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York.

Pagevamp

Seed Round in 2013
Pagevamp is the easiest and fastest way to publish a website. Pagevamp allows users to create and update their website from their Facebook Page in one click. Rather than forcing users to learn a whole new site creation and management interface, Pagevamp lets its users update their website from a platform they already know: Facebook. Now anyone can create a good looking and up-to-date website using Pagevamp. Prior to Pagevamp, co-founders Vincent Sanchez-Gomez, Atulya Pandey, and Fred Wang ran a small traditional design agency where they learned that many small business and organization websites never got updated because the existing platforms (cms and wysiwyg) were too difficult to manage without a web expert on hand. They created the first version of Pagevamp at PennApps Hackathon Fall 2012 and released Pagevamp's first public beta in late March, 2013.

CustomMade

Series B in 2013
CustomMade Ventures Corp. is an online marketplace that connects consumers seeking unique, customized home furnishings and other personalized items with professional makers. Founded in 1996 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the platform features a diverse range of products, including furniture, jewelry, home décor, and outdoor furnishings. Over the years, CustomMade has expanded its network from a small community of carpenters to over 12,000 skilled makers across various trades. The company aims to provide a seamless experience for buyers by combining personalized customer service with the expertise of its makers, making custom goods accessible and efficient to procure.

Poppin

Series B in 2013
Poppin is a furniture design company that specializes in customization services, space planning services, and installation services. Its service also offers fully customized design solutions for companies, businesses, and organizations. It was founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Grand St.

Seed Round in 2013
Grand St. hand pick, test, and highlight well-designed, delightful hardware from independent producers, featuring one new selection every other day. With stunning pictures and product stories created in-house by our discerning, device-obsessed team, they help you experience new technology that improves your life.

Blue Apron

Series A in 2013
Blue Apron is a New York-based start-up that is changing the way people cook at home. Blue Apron's weekly subscription service delivers everything you need to make fresh meals, including shopping for its customers at wholesale and delivering all the ingredients in specific proportions, along with printed recipe cards. The model aims to emulate having your own private chef-- subscribers will discover new recipes, eat fresher food, and save both time and money.

Nomi

Seed Round in 2013
Nomi's Marketing Platform helps businesses optimize their brick and mortar stores just like their website.

RebelMouse

Seed Round in 2012
RebelMouse is a digital publishing platform founded in 2012 by Andrea Breanna, the former CTO of the Huffington Post. The platform is designed to help brands, media companies, and individuals create engaging content experiences that foster community building and audience growth across the social web. Unlike traditional content management systems that limit publishing to specific channels, RebelMouse enables the distribution of content across various sites, social media, applications, and advertisements. It enhances user engagement through intelligent recommendations, social calls to action, and real-time trending alerts. RebelMouse has played a significant role in the success of online content for organizations like Axios and The Dodo, and has revitalized established publishers such as PAPER Magazine. Additionally, it assists brands in adopting a media-like approach, exemplified by its work with United Airlines Hub, which became a leading airline blog. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.

NiftyThrifty

Venture Round in 2012
NiftyThrifty is an online thrift shop that specializes in vintage and pre-owned items. It provides a curated selection of second-hand clothing and accessories, appealing to consumers who value sustainability and unique fashion choices. The platform aims to create an accessible shopping experience for those interested in reducing their environmental footprint while exploring distinctive styles. By focusing on quality and individuality, NiftyThrifty positions itself as a go-to destination for thrift shopping enthusiasts.

Sherpaa

Seed Round in 2012
Sherpaa was co-founded by Dr. Jay Parkinson MD, MPH, trained in pediatrics and preventive medicine at St. Vincent’s and Johns Hopkins. He’s given talks for TED and The Clinton Global Initiative. He’s been referred to as “The Doctor of the Future”. Cheryl Swirnow, Sherpaa’s co-founder, graduated from Cornell’s Hotel School with a concentration in HR. With fifteen years' experience in Human Resources, she has worked for the likes of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Quintessentially, Nike, The Barbarian Group and Rent the Runway.

Blue Apron

Seed Round in 2012
Blue Apron is a New York-based start-up that is changing the way people cook at home. Blue Apron's weekly subscription service delivers everything you need to make fresh meals, including shopping for its customers at wholesale and delivering all the ingredients in specific proportions, along with printed recipe cards. The model aims to emulate having your own private chef-- subscribers will discover new recipes, eat fresher food, and save both time and money.

Fab

Series C in 2012
Fab, Inc. is an online retailer specializing in everyday design products, serving customers in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Founded in February 2009 and headquartered in New York City, the company offers a diverse range of items, including furniture, kitchen and dining accessories, bed and bath products, art, jewelry, and personal accessories. As of March 2015, Fab operates as a subsidiary of PCH International Ltd.

Waywire

Seed Round in 2012
waywire, a social artery for video news, inspiration and leading voices has closed a seed capital round led by First Round Capital and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, along with Troy Carter the Founder and CEO of Atom Factory, Oprah Winfrey the CEO of Oprah Winfrey Network, John Ham the Co-founder and Chairman of Ustream, Keith Lee the Co-founder of Booyah, and a group of angel investors. #waywire is focused on providing a network that will serve to fundamentally alter the tone and content of public dialogue around some of society’s most pressing issues. The network will provide original, syndicated and community created video content, allowing today’s digital generation to develop informed opinions on topics and then engage in positive debates and discussions.