Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm established in 2005, specializing in investments across various stages, from seed to growth. The firm focuses on transformative technologies and seeks to address significant global challenges through its investments in sectors such as biotechnology, artificial intelligence, aerospace, cybersecurity, and consumer internet. With over $2 billion in capital under management, Founders Fund has a history of backing notable companies, including SpaceX, Palantir, and Facebook, emphasizing a founder-friendly investment strategy that provides substantial support with minimal interference. The firm typically invests between $500,000 and $300 million, targeting innovative companies worldwide.

Delian Asparouhov

Partner

Erin Gleason

Vice President of Communications

Lauren Gross

Partner and COO

Ken Howery

Co- Founder and Partner

John Luttig

Principal

Amin Mirzadegan

Principal

Scott Nolan

Partner

Neil Ruthven

CFO

Michael Solana

vice_president

Trae Stephens

Partner

Napoleon Ta

Partner

Peter Thiel

Partner

Matias Van Thienen

Partner

756 past transactions

Campus

Series A in 2023
Campuswire is a real-time messaging platform designed specifically for college classes, aimed at enhancing communication between students and educators. The platform facilitates class discussions, question-and-answer sessions, and announcements, ultimately optimizing the teaching and learning experience. By integrating both synchronous and asynchronous messaging features, Campuswire promotes increased student collaboration and simplifies educators' workflows. Its user-friendly interface, inspired by social media, enables professors to efficiently share important information, engage in online discussions, and privately communicate with individual students. Through its innovative approach, Campuswire is committed to addressing challenges in educational communication and fostering a more collaborative learning environment.

OpenAI

Venture Round in 2023
OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research company, associated with business magnate Elon Musk, that aims to carefully promote and develop friendly AI in such a way as to benefit, rather than harm, humanity as a whole. The organization aims to "freely collaborate" with other institutions and researchers by making its patents and research open to the public. The company is supported by over US$1 billion in commitments; however, only a tiny fraction of the $1 billion pledged is expected to be spent in the first few years. The founders are motivated in part by concerns about existential risk from artificial general intelligence.

Freeform

Venture Round in 2023
Freeform is a stealth-mode additive manufacturing company. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.

ROH

Series A in 2022
Launched in 2013, the platform is an edit of the best of weddings across the country to allow couples to find top vendors and venues in their location of interest. Carats & Cake believes in empowering wedding businesses by bringing their brands to life through real content and helping them run more efficiently through smart, elegant tools.

Nucleus

Seed Round in 2022
Nucleus provides genetic analysis of greater breadth, depth, and beauty. Users can upload their genetic information obtained through an established company. The proprietary algorithms will calculate polygenic risk scores and measure disease risk based on analysis of genetic variants and display them in a user-friendly platform.

Pulley

Series B in 2022
Pulley is a San Francisco-based company that provides a platform to help startup founders and employees figure out their equity. It also offers a cap table management product for startups to provide employee and investor equity information and maintain accurate ownership records. The platform is used to issue employee and investor equity and maintain accurate ownership records as the company scales. Pulley manages the cap table and runs the client's business with a clear understanding of the ownership of the business. Founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Traba

Series A in 2022
Traba is a marketplace that connects light industrial workers with businesses to fill open shifts. Their focus is on opportunities in warehousing, distribution, and event staffing.

Myome

Series B in 2022
Myome helps identify genes that cause disease and act based on leading science. The data is secure, portable, and reusable throughout life.

Huspy

Series A in 2022
Huspy is a technology company based in Dubai, UAE, that specializes in simplifying the mortgage process for home buyers. Founded in 2020, Huspy offers an online platform designed to streamline the home buying and selling experience, making it more accessible and cost-effective. By removing the need for paperwork, the platform allows families to secure home loans easily through its web and mobile applications. Huspy aims to reimagine the home buying journey, prioritizing the needs of buyers and celebrating the achievement of obtaining a mortgage.

Trade Republic

Series C in 2022
Trade Republic Bank GmbH is a Berlin-based mobile-only broker that offers commission-free investing. Founded in 2015, the company aims to simplify the investment process for users by providing an intuitive and fast platform designed for a new generation of investors. Trade Republic focuses on making investing accessible and straightforward, eliminating traditional commission fees to enhance user experience.

BuildOps

Series A in 2022
BuildOps enables subcontractors to run their entire business on one software solution that manages their invoicing & billing, scheduling, estimates, proposals, payments, workflows, custom forms, financial reporting, and more. Our industry leading cloud-based solution allows you to improve your operations and efficiency, driving profitability through best-in-class technology. BuildOps has been uniquely designed and built by a team of subcontractors & world-class engineers. www.buildops.com

Material Security

Series C in 2022
Material Security is a developer of data-driven security software designed to safeguard organizations' users and information. Founded in response to significant data breaches, the company emphasizes the importance of protecting private data through creativity and practicality. Its software leverages common tools in innovative ways to assess and mitigate risks associated with cloud office applications. By connecting quickly to analyze risks, detect threats, and investigate incidents, Material Security enables clients to effectively protect sensitive information. The company collaborates closely with leading organizations to enhance the security and productivity of their employees, aiming for resilience rather than relying on superficial solutions. Through its technology, Material Security supports clients across various sectors, including media, finance, technology, and public services, ensuring the confidentiality and safety of their operations.

Stord

Series D in 2022
Stord, founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a warehousing startup that offers a cloud-based software platform for managing warehousing and distribution services. The platform enables clients to oversee product flow across a network of over 500 warehouses and 15,000 carriers from a single dashboard, providing true visibility and control over their inventory. By leveraging advanced technology and data science, Stord delivers significant cost savings and improved customer satisfaction for major retailers, consumer packaged goods companies, and manufacturers. The company's mission is to facilitate the creation of fast, scalable, and technology-driven supply chains for shippers, allowing them to optimize inventory and orders efficiently without the need to develop such capabilities independently.

Tactic

Seed Round in 2022
Tactic manages their finances in a clean, compliant way. The platform provides a clear view of an organization's treasury and a robust transaction audit trail in an accounting-friendly format. it works seamlessly with existing custody solutions including Gnosis Safe and traditional financial software like QuickBooks.

Ondo Finance

Series A in 2022
Ondo Finance is a developer of a cryptocurrency trading platform that aims to make decentralized finance (DeFi) accessible to a broad audience. The platform offers users the option to choose between downside protection and enhanced returns, catering to individuals with varying risk tolerances. By providing these choices, Ondo Finance enables users to effectively access DeFi yields while managing their investment risks.

The Boring Company

Series C in 2022
The Boring Company, founded by Elon Musk in late 2016, specializes in infrastructure and tunnel construction with a focus on developing efficient tunneling methods. The company aims to create an underground transportation network to alleviate surface traffic congestion and improve urban mobility. By leveraging innovative technologies and engineering techniques, The Boring Company seeks to transform the way people travel in densely populated areas.

Playbook

Series A in 2022
Playbook, as a beautiful, organized home base for all creative work. For teams, Playbook makes it easy to share, and collaborate on visual projects; and for freelancers, Playbook makes collaborating with clients and sharing their work with the world totally seamlessly. Playbook runs on advanced and intelligent technology. It automatically imports, tags, categorizes your entire media library, in minutes.

SESO

Series A in 2022
SESO Inc. operates an online agricultural labor recruitment platform that connects U.S. farms with qualified seasonal workers through the H-2A visa program. This program allows agricultural employers to hire foreign workers for temporary or seasonal labor. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, the company addresses the significant labor shortage in U.S. agriculture, which results in annual losses of $15 billion. SESO offers a comprehensive service package that includes recruiting, qualifying, and training workers, as well as automating the H-2A visa process. Additionally, SESO provides workforce management software to assist employers in maintaining compliance with local and federal regulations. By facilitating access to a better quality workforce at a lower cost, SESO aims to create meaningful and safe employment opportunities for agricultural workers.

9amHealth

Series A in 2022
9am.health redesigns all care elements into one digital service individualized around today’s reality of people’s life - always available and convenient, at prices anyone can afford even without insurance. 9am.health focuses on chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia for customers in the United States.

Built Robotics

Series C in 2022
Built Robotics Inc. develops automation technology solutions for the construction industry. It develops AI guidance systems to transform heavy equipment into autonomous robots, which combines various sensors, such as GPS, cameras, and Lidar with advanced software. The company’s guidance systems are deployed on earthmoving equipment, and used to build critical infrastructure, such as wind farms, oil and gas pipelines, mining, and new housing developments. Built Robotics Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Vontive

Series B in 2022
Vontive operates a digital platform that connects real estate investors with lenders, facilitating access to a range of financing options for single-family, multifamily, and commercial projects. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the company aims to streamline the loan application process, making it easier for real estate entrepreneurs to evaluate their options and secure funding. By offering a comprehensive suite of mortgage products tailored for construction and real estate investments, Vontive enables users to make informed decisions and enhances the overall efficiency of closing transactions.

Hydra Host

Seed Round in 2022
Hydra Host is a tool that provides cross-cloud capabilities to deploy and host apps across public cloud and private cloud providers. In addition to cross-cloud capabilities, Hydra offers high-level advisory, as well as expert implementation work with bespoke service engagements catered to client priorities. Whether security, resilience, or scale-focused.

Hadrian

Series A in 2022
We help our customers halve the cost of building rockets, satellites, engines, and drones.

Mosaic.tech

Series B in 2022
Mosaic.tech combines big data and machine learning that provides predictive reporting capabilities, leveling the playing field, and giving startups tools and insights for large enterprises. Its one-click integrations and real-time analytics offer clear insights and straightforward recommendations. Mosaic provides greater visibility into the most important dynamics of the business. Founded in 2019, Mosaic.tech is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Impulse Space

Seed Round in 2022
Impulse Space Propulsion is the developer of in-space transportation services for the inner solar system. Founded in 2021 by Tom Mueller, the company is based in El Segundo, California, United States.

Kargo

Series A in 2022
Kargo offers a smart loading dock to make operations intuitive and responsive using computer vision. It helps businesses to have full incoming and outgoing shipment visibility with real-time ASN verification. The company's autonomous material inspection tower scans moving labels and detects all internal RFID tags. Using AI and analytics businesses make better business and operational decisions. Kargo was formerly known as Cognisense. It was founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California.

Ramp

Series C in 2022
Ramp is a technology company based in New York that specializes in corporate credit cards and spending management solutions for businesses and startups. Founded in 2019, Ramp's corporate card offers tools for tracking expenses and gaining insights, alongside cashback rewards for purchases made at various retailers. The company aims to streamline corporate spending by providing higher card limits, automated expense management, and seamless integration with accounting systems. Ramp was founded by the team behind Paribus, known for facilitating automated savings on online purchases. Additionally, Ramp Holdings, an entity with a longer history, focuses on video management and delivery solutions, enabling organizations to optimize video content through advanced search, delivery, and monetization capabilities. Originally established in 1948 and based in Boston, this subsidiary of Raytheon BBN Technologies utilizes innovative technologies such as speech-to-text and natural language processing to enhance video experiences across numerous industries.

Cor

Series A in 2022
Cor is a consumer product, with the intention of making it easy to access vital and valuable nutrition and fitness information through your blood. Cor transforms data through machine learning algorithms into “insights.” These insights are information for you based on your lifestyle changes. They include diet, supplements, exercise, and relaxation insights and recommendations. When something you try works for you, you will see an improvement in your indicators. That’s self-efficacy, and that’s just the beginning. You can take these insights and make them into habits. That’s adherence. Over time this becomes permanent improvement. Furthermore, you can share your successes with your family, or anyone you choose. You can help your community by sharing your secrets to success. Cor enables you to see inside your body, quickly and from the comfort of your own home. By providing personalized health insights and key indicator tracking, Cor empowers you to live a longer and healthier life.

Hermeus

Series B in 2022
Hermeus is developing Mach 5 aircraft to speed up the global transportation network. Mach 5 flight is not just supersonic, it's hypersonic. At these speeds, a flight from New York to London is 90 minutes, rather than 7 hours. Its aircraft massively reduces flight times and increases safety for the long haul and business class air travel, enabling businesses to operate with minimal changes to current aviation infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

SmithRx

Series B in 2022
SmithRx is a pharmacy benefit manager based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in creating custom pharmacy benefit plans for companies to support their employees. Founded in 2016, the company employs a modern technology platform to enhance flexibility, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. SmithRx offers a cost-competitive pass-through model, a unified technology platform, and high-quality service guarantees related to drug costs and rebates. The firm’s in-house team comprises professionals with extensive experience from various healthcare companies and technology firms. Front-line clinicians play a key role in executing plans and providing member support. By leveraging technology and data analytics, SmithRx aims to redefine the pharmacy benefit landscape with a focus on precision and effectiveness.

Hermeus

Series B in 2022
Hermeus is developing Mach 5 aircraft to speed up the global transportation network. Mach 5 flight is not just supersonic, it's hypersonic. At these speeds, a flight from New York to London is 90 minutes, rather than 7 hours. Its aircraft massively reduces flight times and increases safety for the long haul and business class air travel, enabling businesses to operate with minimal changes to current aviation infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Gecko Robotics

Series C in 2022
Gecko Robotics, Inc. specializes in providing automated industrial inspection services aimed at protecting and maintaining critical infrastructure. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company has expanded its operations to locations in Austin and Houston, Texas; Seville, Spain; and Santiago, Chile. Gecko Robotics designs and operates advanced wall-climbing robots that utilize non-destructive testing technology to conduct inspections in the power, oil and gas, and pulp and paper industries. By automating these inspections, Gecko significantly reduces downtime and minimizes the risks associated with human involvement in hazardous environments. The company’s innovative approach allows industrial clients to perform regular inspections and gather crucial data much more efficiently than traditional methods, ultimately saving millions in maintenance costs.

Found

Series B in 2022
Found is a business bank for self-employed people that makes self-employed taxes easy. With built-in expense tracking and a tax savings account, we’re on a mission to help millions of self-employed people make their business dreams a reality.

Flexport

Series E in 2022
Flexport, Inc. is a global freight forwarder and logistics platform that provides online customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a comprehensive online dashboard that enables businesses to understand, purchase, manage, and track the necessary services for global trade. Its offerings include customs brokerage services such as clearances, bonds, product classification, and government agency filings, alongside freight forwarding options encompassing ocean freight, air freight, and trucking. Additionally, Flexport provides supply chain services that cover cargo insurance, quality inspections, warehousing, product sourcing, and trade finance. By leveraging modern software, Flexport aims to enhance the user experience in global trade, helping logistics companies optimize transportation routes and manage inventory effectively.

Balanced

Seed Round in 2022
Balanced is committed to helping older adults maintain vibrancy in their lives, with an exercise platform that promises community, joy, and a personalized experience.

Cerby

Seed Round in 2022
Cerby is a cybersecurity company focused on helping enterprises harness Shadow IT. Cerby delivers a seamless end-user experience and addresses the shadow IT problem by enabling end-users to onboard and securely use applications of their own choosing.

Supermove

Series A in 2022
Operator of enterprise software intended to empower moving businesses to go paperless. The company's software specializes in scheduling and dispatching jobs with a single click and unifies the entire team by automating timesheets, job forms, contracts, and operations, enabling businesses to access cloud-based moving software to organize, manage, and scale their business.

Vest

Seed Round in 2022
Vest is an app-based brokerage that wants to provide Latin American savers with access to American assets that are differentiated by product, pricing, and content. Latin Americans are known for saving, but many prefer to do so in cash or in zero-interest savings accounts.

Earable Neuroscience

Seed Round in 2022
Earable™ is an earbud packed with biosensors for convenient health quantification. It is much more convenient than current devices used in hospitals because it has the smallest form factor given its accuracy and sensing capability. Unlike other wearables, Earable™ has more sensors, is located on the head, and uses proprietary machine learning algorithms for higher accuracy of bioelectric analysis.

Lattice

Series F in 2022
Lattice is a people management platform that enables People Leaders to develop engaged, high-performing teams. By combining continuous performance management and employee engagement in one solution, HR and People teams get powerful, real-time analytics that leads to actionable insights turning managers into leaders, employees into high-performers, and companies into the best places to work.

ROH

Seed Round in 2021
Launched in 2013, the platform is an edit of the best of weddings across the country to allow couples to find top vendors and venues in their location of interest. Carats & Cake believes in empowering wedding businesses by bringing their brands to life through real content and helping them run more efficiently through smart, elegant tools.

Stenon

Series A in 2021
Stenon GmbH, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Potsdam, Germany, specializes in designing and manufacturing sensor technology equipment and supporting software for real-time soil analysis in the agriculture sector. The company's innovative product features an ergonomic handle, touch screen, and various sensors that assess critical soil parameters, including temperature, moisture, type, texture, and pH levels. Additionally, it evaluates essential nutrients such as nitrate ammonium, phosphorus, potassium, humus, and magnesium. Stenon's supporting software enhances its hardware capabilities by providing a web interface, connectivity to Schlagkartei, beat mapping, weather data integration, fertilizer quantity recommendations, and insights into soil dynamics over time. This comprehensive approach enables farmers to make informed decisions for optimizing soil health and agricultural productivity.

Searchlight

Series A in 2021
Searchlight is a San Francisco-based company that has developed a modern platform for automated reference checks aimed at enhancing talent assessment. Founded by Kerry Wang and Anna Wang, the platform addresses the challenges candidates face in distinguishing themselves through their resumes by leveraging insights from individuals who have previously worked with them. Searchlight's technology combines reference data with predictive analysis to identify top performers, utilizing an algorithm that analyzes and summarizes feedback from references. By inviting references to share contextualized work experiences through a custom online link, the platform enables recruiters to better assess candidate-position compatibility, ultimately improving the recruitment process.

Mixhalo

Series B in 2021
Mixhalo Corp. is a San Francisco-based company that has developed an audio technology platform allowing users to access high-quality sound at live events through their smartphones. Founded in 2016 by musician Mike Einziger and violinist Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger, Mixhalo offers a solution that delivers real-time audio directly to attendees' phones and headphones. This platform enhances the experience at various events, including concerts, sporting events, conferences, and political speeches, ensuring that audiences receive the audio quality they expect. By leveraging this technology, live event organizers can create immersive experiences for attendees, making it easier for them to connect with the content being presented.

Garner

Series B in 2021
Garner Health is a technology company established in 2019 and based in New York, NY, that focuses on enhancing the healthcare experience for employees through employer partnerships. By leveraging a doctor quality analytics platform, Garner Health provides insights into clinical quality and total care costs, helping employers direct their employees to high-quality healthcare providers. The platform also offers an overlay account that covers employee deductibles and coinsurance, allowing employees to reduce out-of-pocket expenses while ensuring employers achieve guaranteed savings. Through this approach, Garner Health aims to improve healthcare quality and affordability for both employees and their employers.

Wonder Dynamics

Series A in 2021
Wonder Dynamics develops and combines AI technology with storytelling. The media-tech startup developing an AI production tool that would allow indie filmmakers to deliver blockbuster-level VFX on a fraction of the budget. Tye Sheridan and Nikola Todorovic co-founded the company in Los Angeles, California.

Perchwell

Series A in 2021
Perchwell is a fully integrated online residential real estate search and collaboration product.

Quince

Series A in 2021
Quince is a new e-commerce company that focuses on leveraging an M2C supply chain to deliver premium essentials at the lowest market price. It acts as a thin storefront to bring manufacturers and artisans closer to their customers through shared partnership in brand or marketing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Arceo Labs, Inc.

Series C in 2021
Arceo Labs, Inc. operates under the brand Arceo, specializing in cybersecurity and cyber analytics services tailored for the insurance industry. The company offers solutions to cyber insurance brokers and carriers, enabling them to assess, underwrite, and manage cyber risks through the use of artificial intelligence and workflow automation. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, Arceo Labs also maintains offices in Chicago, Baltimore, and New York. The firm is dedicated to providing organizations with the necessary tools and guidance to protect and insure their data effectively.

Royal

Series A in 2021
Royal is a platform where you can buy ownership in songs directly from your favorite artists and earn royalties with them.

Sword Health

Series D in 2021
SWORD Health Lda. is a digital healthcare provider specializing in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders through technology-driven solutions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Porto, Portugal, the company enables patients to undertake therapy in the comfort of their homes, effectively addressing chronic and post-surgical pain without the need for imaging, surgeries, or opioids. Since its launch in 2015, SWORD Health has partnered with insurers, health systems, and employers across Europe, Australia, and the United States, making its services accessible to a broad audience. The company combines the expertise of licensed physical therapists with innovative technology to deliver effective rehabilitation, aiming to alleviate pain for millions of people globally. SWORD Health maintains offices in New York City, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Sydney, and Porto.

AiMi

Series B in 2021
AiMi is a revolutionary breakthrough in generative music that will fundamentally change the way the artform is created, consumed and ultimately monetized. The platform delivers endless, immersive compositions that are crafted by artists, powered by artificial intelligence and molded by the mood of each individual user. For fans of electronic music, AiMi offers a new form of listening - one that is adaptable and ever-evolving. AiMi is free to use and free of ads. Six unique experiences are currently included with the app, ranging from meditation to high energy music and a broad spectrum of sounds, styles and genres in between.

Up&Up

Series B in 2021
Up&Up is a New York-based platform that facilitates fractional homeownership, providing individuals with a more accessible and flexible approach to renting and owning property. Established in 2017, it allows users to invest in real estate and become part-owners of their chosen homes, thereby helping them build equity over time. This innovative model not only offers a rewarding alternative to traditional rentals but also enables residents to prepare for future homeownership or cash out when desired. Through its services, Up&Up aims to enrich the housing experience and provide users with greater financial opportunities in the real estate market.

TruePlan

Series A in 2021
TruePlan Inc. is a company that develops a collaborative headcount management platform aimed at enhancing financial visibility and control for organizations. Established in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, TruePlan's platform streamlines headcount management by reducing the time spent on manual tasks and fostering alignment in hiring across teams. It centralizes all aspects of headcount management, enabling businesses to automate financial planning related to operating expenses through collaborative workflows and operational actions. This comprehensive approach allows organizations to optimize their workforce planning and improve overall efficiency.

OpenStore

Series B in 2021
OpenStore connects merchants and customers into a single unified shopping experience through access to data, information, and capital. The company aims to offer instant liquidity for eCommerce entrepreneurs.

Density

Series D in 2021
Density measures how people use space in real-time without invading privacy. Using proprietary depth sensors and deep learning algorithms, the platform accurately and anonymously counts people in real time. Organizations use Density to improve efficiency and enhance occupant experience in buildings, workplaces, and real estate. Unlike a camera, Density's platform doesn't capture personally identifiable information and is purpose-built for accurately measuring how people use physical space.

Mosaic

Series B in 2021
Mosaic Building Group, Inc. is a technology-focused construction company based in Phoenix, Arizona, with additional offices in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2015, the company provides a range of construction services to homebuilders, including general contracting, framing, plumbing, electrical, drywall, and site work. Mosaic specializes in single-family, multi-family, custom homebuilding, and build-to-rent projects. With a commitment to enhancing efficiency in the construction process, Mosaic employs advanced technologies and programming to automate various tasks, resulting in faster and more streamlined homebuilding. The company's mission centers on creating communities that foster a sense of connection and belonging, aiming to make beautiful living environments accessible to a broader audience.

Daring Foods

Series C in 2021
Daring Foods Inc. is a startup based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in producing plant-based chicken products. Founded in 2018 by Ross Mackay and Eliott Kessas, the company aims to offer a healthy alternative to traditional meat, catering to consumers who frequently include chicken in their diets. Daring Foods' offerings are vegan, free from dairy, eggs, palm oil, genetically modified organisms, hormones, and antibiotics, positioning them as a sustainable and nutritious choice. The company began retail operations by the end of 2019 and is headquartered in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Cyabra

Series A in 2021
Cyabra Strategy Ltd. designs and develops an online platform to protect brands and politicians against misleading discourse on social networks distributed through the use of false identities. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

AirGarage

Series A in 2021
AirGarage, Inc. is a parking management company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017. The firm connects homeowners, businesses, and organizations with underutilized parking spaces to drivers seeking parking. As a full-stack operator, AirGarage offers a comprehensive platform that facilitates the management of parking lots and garages. This includes tools for user acquisition, payment processing, enforcement, and customer support. By streamlining the rental process, AirGarage enables property owners, such as churches and businesses, to monetize their extra parking spaces efficiently, allowing them to boost their revenue while providing drivers with convenient parking options on demand.

Rippling

Series C in 2021
Rippling is a human resource management company that streamlines various employee-related processes, including payroll, benefits, device management, and application access. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rippling offers a platform that automates manual tasks, such as the onboarding of new hires. In a matter of 90 seconds, businesses can set up or disable employee payroll, health insurance, and access to essential third-party applications like Gmail, Microsoft Office, and Slack. By unifying all employee systems, Rippling effectively reduces administrative burdens, allowing organizations to focus on their core activities.

Contraline

Series A in 2021
Contraline, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Charlottesville, Virginia, focused on developing innovative male birth control solutions. The company has created Echo-V, an ultrasound-visible polymer solution that is injected into the vas deferens, forming a semi-permeable hydrogel device that blocks sperm while allowing bodily fluids to pass through. This product is part of a non-surgical procedure known as Vasintomy. Contraline's first product, Adam, utilizes a proprietary injectable hydrogel platform and is designed for a minimally invasive outpatient procedure. Adam is non-hormonal, intended to provide effective contraception for several years, and can be easily reversed. Established in 2015, Contraline aims to advance reproductive health through its unique approaches to male contraception.

Open

Series A in 2021
Open operates a mediation studio that focuses on creating spaces for meditation and movement, promoting the mind-body connection. The company offers a platform that provides various wellness and fitness sessions, including meditation and training classes. By facilitating shared mindful experiences, Open aims to help individuals engage meaningfully with friends and community, both online and offline. Through its offerings, the company seeks to enhance overall well-being by providing a tranquil environment conducive to personal growth and mindfulness.

Chronosphere

Series C in 2021
Chronosphere, Inc. develops an open-source metric data platform known as M3, designed for monitoring cloud-native infrastructure. M3 facilitates the monitoring of various components, including containers, virtual machines, physical servers, and network switches, while also providing insights into application performance, particularly in microservices and their interdependencies. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, the company has additional offices in Seattle, Vilnius, and Warsaw. Chronosphere aims to redefine monitoring in the cloud-native environment by offering a scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient platform. The company's product is rooted in a metrics engine developed and open-sourced by its founding team during their tenure at Uber. With over $55 million in funding, Chronosphere is backed by prominent venture capital firms, including Greylock, Lux Capital, and General Atlantic.

Elemy

Series B in 2021
Sprout Therapy is a health and wellness company that specializes in the fields of information technology, medical, and treatments. Sprout is a tech-enabled platform for autism care that matches children with therapists who create customized treatment plans that can be administered both in-home and online. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Teiko.bio

Venture Round in 2021
Teiko.bio is an immune profiling platform that enables clinicians to make informed decisions around patient response. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

All Day Kitchens

Series C in 2021
All Day Kitchens, founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, provides a platform designed to enhance delivery services for restaurants. The company specializes in delivery-optimized kitchens and related technology that allows restaurants to expand their delivery reach with minimal initial investment. By leveraging this model, All Day Kitchens enables restaurants to capitalize on the growing demand for food delivery, ultimately improving their operational efficiency and service offerings.

Kavak

Series E in 2021
KAVAK is the online platform that offers an exceptional experience of buying and selling used cars in Mexico, with the best prices on the market and without leaving home.

9amHealth

Seed Round in 2021
9am.health redesigns all care elements into one digital service individualized around today’s reality of people’s life - always available and convenient, at prices anyone can afford even without insurance. 9am.health focuses on chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia for customers in the United States.

The Org

Series B in 2021
The Org is a professional community to explore organization charts for public and private companies. The company's mission is to make organizations more transparent and understand more about their own companies and the people in them. It follows companies to stay updated on personnel changes, new hires, and promotions. The Org was founded in 2017 by Christian Wylonis and Andreas Jarbøl and is headquartered in New York.

Persona

Series C in 2021
Persona is a company that specializes in identity verification, helping businesses establish trust in online interactions. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, Persona provides a comprehensive suite of automated identity verification tools designed to address various needs, including age verification, fraud prevention, and account recovery. The system allows for the configuration and branding of custom-tailored workflows, making it adaptable to diverse use cases. By managing the complex processes of collecting, verifying, and handling sensitive personal information, Persona enables organizations to focus on their core product development while ensuring secure and efficient identity verification.

Stord

Series D in 2021
Stord, founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a warehousing startup that offers a cloud-based software platform for managing warehousing and distribution services. The platform enables clients to oversee product flow across a network of over 500 warehouses and 15,000 carriers from a single dashboard, providing true visibility and control over their inventory. By leveraging advanced technology and data science, Stord delivers significant cost savings and improved customer satisfaction for major retailers, consumer packaged goods companies, and manufacturers. The company's mission is to facilitate the creation of fast, scalable, and technology-driven supply chains for shippers, allowing them to optimize inventory and orders efficiently without the need to develop such capabilities independently.

Wave Mobile Money

Series A in 2021
Wave Mobile Money provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money. Wave Mobile Money is on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where less than 10% of the population has a bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere! It is building life-changing financial infrastructure. When mobile money succeeded in Kenya, it lifted about a million people out of poverty. And yet, over 10 years later, most Africans still lack access to affordable ways to save, transfer or borrow the money they need to build businesses or provide for their families. Wave is solving this problem by using technology to build a radically inclusive and extremely affordable financial network.

Mindbloom

Series A in 2021
Mindbloom is a Seattle-based interactive media company that focuses on personal development through innovative and engaging methods. Founded in 2008 by Chris Hewett and Brent Poole, Mindbloom combines behavioral science with personalized media and social gaming techniques to make personal growth accessible and enjoyable. The company has expanded its offerings to include a healthcare platform that provides guided at-home ketamine therapy for anxiety and depression. This platform connects clients with licensed clinicians who assess their health history to determine the suitability of ketamine therapy, facilitating lasting improvements in mental well-being. Mindbloom has garnered a user base of over 30,000 individuals and has partnered with various enterprises, including Aetna and Sacramento State University, as well as academic research institutions like UC Santa Barbara and Stanford.

Workstream

Series B in 2021
Workstream Technologies, Inc. operates an automated online hiring platform designed specifically for companies that employ hourly workers. The platform allows employers to post job openings, track applicants, schedule interviews, and manage the onboarding process for new hires. Workstream serves a variety of industries, including healthcare, hospitality, retail, and transportation, facilitating the hiring process for businesses in sectors that require efficient workforce management. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and aims to streamline the recruitment process for both job seekers and employers.

Playbook

Seed Round in 2021
Playbook, as a beautiful, organized home base for all creative work. For teams, Playbook makes it easy to share, and collaborate on visual projects; and for freelancers, Playbook makes collaborating with clients and sharing their work with the world totally seamlessly. Playbook runs on advanced and intelligent technology. It automatically imports, tags, categorizes your entire media library, in minutes.

Royal

Seed Round in 2021
Royal is a platform where you can buy ownership in songs directly from your favorite artists and earn royalties with them.

Calibrate

Series B in 2021
Calibrate Health, Inc. is a telemedicine startup that specializes in weight loss services through a comprehensive metabolic health approach. Founded in 2019 and based in New York, the company offers a one-year metabolic reset program grounded in contemporary weight health science. This program, which is endorsed by a clinical advisory board, combines personalized medication with individualized coaching, addressing the underlying causes of weight issues. By focusing on the unique biology, goals, and lifestyles of its clients, Calibrate aims to achieve sustainable weight loss of at least 10%.

Bungalow

Series C in 2021
Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that offers flexible communal living solutions for early career professionals. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, the company transforms unused spaces into rentable rooms by signing long-term leases with homeowners. Bungalow provides fully furnished multi-bedroom homes in desirable neighborhoods across major U.S. cities, including Baltimore, New York City, and Los Angeles. Each home features private bedrooms, shared living spaces, and amenities such as Wi-Fi, utilities, and housekeeping services. In addition, Bungalow facilitates roommate matching to create harmonious living arrangements and organizes monthly community events to foster social connections among residents. The company aims to enhance the rental experience by providing high-quality homes and a supportive community for its members.

Arevo

Venture Round in 2021
AREVO, based in Silicon Valley, California, develops technology to enable direct digital additive manufacturing of ultra-strong, lightweight composite parts for end use applications in high volume. With the company's unique combination of breakthrough materials, powerful design/build software, and free motion robotics for the first “true 3D” construction, AREVO is moving beyond prototypes by enabling the design and fabrication of large, mass-produced parts and structures, quickly leading 3D printing into mainstream manufacturing. AREVO provides designers and manufacturers with unprecedented freedom to unlock the unparalleled strength and weight of composite materials for a wide range of consumer and industrial products, and has seen early success manufacturing CFRTP composite parts for OEM customers. With an initial focus on Aerospace, Defense, Consumer Electronics, Transportation, and Consumer Goods, Arevo is poised to optimize additive manufacturing services to OEM’s worldwide.

Osaro

Series C in 2021
Osaro, Inc. develops industrial-grade artificial intelligence (AI) software to automate the manual picking and assembly tasks in distribution centers and manufacturing facilities. It offers automation solutions for computer and robotic systems driven by advanced machine learning software. The company also provides machine learning products that automatically processes large amounts of unstructured data and learns complex control tasks. Osaro, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Mountaintop Studios

Series A in 2021
Mountaintop Studios is a game studio creating multiplayer games for players who crave a challenge.

Modern Animal

Series A in 2021
Modern Animal, Inc. operates a veterinary clinic and provides home clinic services. The company provides an online mobile applications for its customers. It offers wellness, surgery, dentistry, ultrasound, radiology, diagnostics, nutrition, walk-in (no appointment) ,drop off service ,lab testing emergency, laser, and acupuncture services. Additionally, It provides memberships, unlimited exams, 24/7 virtual care, in-app prescription requests, and delivery, and more. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Modern Animal

Series B in 2021
Modern Animal, Inc. operates a veterinary clinic and provides home clinic services. The company provides an online mobile applications for its customers. It offers wellness, surgery, dentistry, ultrasound, radiology, diagnostics, nutrition, walk-in (no appointment) ,drop off service ,lab testing emergency, laser, and acupuncture services. Additionally, It provides memberships, unlimited exams, 24/7 virtual care, in-app prescription requests, and delivery, and more. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Neuralink

Series C in 2021
Neuralink Corp. is a neural technology company focused on developing brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that facilitate direct communication between the human brain and computers. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Burlingame, the company aims to create implants that can treat brain injuries and trauma. Neuralink's innovative approach includes a concept referred to as a "neural lace," which would be surgically integrated into the brain, enabling users to interact with computers without the limitations of traditional input methods like keyboards and mice. The company is also exploring the potential of brain interfaces to alleviate symptoms of serious and chronic medical conditions, striving to enhance cognitive capabilities and keep pace with advances in artificial intelligence.

Even

Seed Round in 2021
Even is a health tech company that collaborates with leading hospitals to provide comprehensive healthcare services through a subscription model. Its offerings include unlimited diagnostics, consultations, and hospitalization coverage valued at up to 50 lakh. The company simplifies the reimbursement process by directly transferring funds to partner hospitals, ensuring a seamless experience for members. By charging a recurring monthly fee, Even aims to address critical long-term health needs for individuals, making healthcare more accessible and manageable.