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

Past deals in Seed Stage

Siren Biotechnology

Seed Round in 2023
Siren Biotechnology is a biotech company focused on developing innovative cancer treatments through a unique gene therapy platform. The company merges two advanced therapeutic technologies: adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy and cytokine immunotherapy. This integrated approach addresses significant challenges in cancer treatment, including drug delivery, efficacy, and toxicity. By combining these methods, Siren Biotechnology aims to enhance the elimination of tumor cells and stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, offering a novel strategy for combating cancer.

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.

Fleetzero

Venture Round in 2022
To deliver freight for our customers, Fleetzero is developing a fleet of electric ships without any green bonus. The company's vessels, unlike giant container ships, can be built inexpensively in domestic shipyards, which enables us to operate in regulated markets where ships must be built in the country they are traveling through. Fleetzero was established in 2021 in Auburn, Alabama.

Strive Asset Management

Seed Round in 2022
Strive is an asset management firm whose mission is to restore the voices of everyday citizens in the American economy by leading companies to focus on excellence over politics.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Traba

Seed Round in 2021
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.

Candor

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Companies negotiate every day, you don’t — Candor helps you have an honest chance at getting your worth.

Maximus

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of a consumer health company intended to provide men with content, community, and clinical support to optimize them in mind and body. The company provides at-home lab tests and treatment, online group health coaching for nutrition, exercise, sleep, and focus, and also offers telemedicine and mail-order pharmacy services, enabling men to optimize their hormones and health.

Orbiit

Seed Round in 2021
Orbiit operates an innovative online platform designed to enhance virtual networking and knowledge-sharing through the use of artificial intelligence. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, the platform is tailored for community managers, offering tools for algorithmic matching, logistics, and insights. This systematic engagement approach enables community managers to effectively foster growth and drive meaningful impact within their communities. Orbiit's focus on experiential learning and networking positions it as a valuable resource for individuals seeking temporary job shadowing experiences and other opportunities for professional development.

Clearing

Seed Round in 2021
Relief Labs is a digitally native D2C platform that addresses healthcare issues.

Cased

Seed Round in 2021
Cased is an early-stage startup focused on enhancing workplace safety through its innovative enterprise software platform. This platform offers essential visibility and control for businesses, enabling them to manage and safeguard sensitive information effectively. Cased's technology includes features such as search capabilities, GeoIP lookups, and measures for protecting personally identifiable information. By ensuring that organizations can monitor critical events and maintain compliance, Cased aims to empower companies to operate securely in a live application environment.

Regent

Seed Round in 2021
Regent is building all-electric sea gliders for fast, safe, and low-cost coastal transportation. The company was founded in 2020 by Billy Thalheimer and Michael Klinker and is headquartered in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States.

Hadrian

Seed Round in 2021
We help our customers halve the cost of building rockets, satellites, engines, and drones.

Wonder Dynamics

Seed Round 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.

SESO

Seed Round in 2021
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.

Kargo

Seed Round in 2021
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.

Hoxton Farms

Seed Round in 2021
Based in London, UK, Hoxton Farms is growing real animal fat – without animals. The company combines cell biology and mathematical modelling to produce cultivated fat as an ingredient for the meat alternatives industry.

Quince

Seed Round 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.

Magdrive

Seed Round in 2021
Magdrive Limited develops a next generation of spacecraft propulsion for small satellites. The company offers technology of new plasma thruster that combines both high thrust of chemical rockets and the high efficiency of other electric thrusters. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Didcot, United Kingdom.

Hoxton Farms

Seed Round in 2020
Based in London, UK, Hoxton Farms is growing real animal fat – without animals. The company combines cell biology and mathematical modelling to produce cultivated fat as an ingredient for the meat alternatives industry.

Magdrive

Seed Round in 2020
Magdrive Limited develops a next generation of spacecraft propulsion for small satellites. The company offers technology of new plasma thruster that combines both high thrust of chemical rockets and the high efficiency of other electric thrusters. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Didcot, United Kingdom.

Varda

Seed Round in 2020
Varda Space Industries, Inc. is a space manufacturing startup founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, California. The company focuses on creating products in space that can be utilized for terrestrial applications, leveraging the advantages of low gravity. Varda aims to establish an infrastructure that facilitates the harvesting of materials from space, particularly through asteroid mining, to produce new products. The founders of the company are Delian Asparouhov and Trae Stephens.

Push Party

Seed Round in 2020
Push Party is a new entrant to the exciting space of post-social digital campfires that rekindle a more intimate, authentic connection between users and the people they care about most.

Settle

Seed Round in 2020
Settle helps sellers get paid 15 days faster on average. Settle combines industry-leading bill payment solutions with creative approaches to increase your working capital. The response from our customers and investors has blown us away. It has fueled our desire to provide new tools to assist great organizations with huge ideas in scaling in the new economy.

Settle

Seed Round in 2020
Settle helps sellers get paid 15 days faster on average. Settle combines industry-leading bill payment solutions with creative approaches to increase your working capital. The response from our customers and investors has blown us away. It has fueled our desire to provide new tools to assist great organizations with huge ideas in scaling in the new economy.

River Search

Seed Round in 2020
River is a content discovery platform that pulls stories and content from across the entire internet. The company was founded in 2018 and it is based in New York.

Turing.com

Seed Round in 2020
Turing.com operates an online platform that connects companies with vetted remote software developers for both short and long-term projects. Founded in 2018 and based in Palo Alto, California, Turing screens candidates through extensive assessments covering various technical skills and remote work competencies. The platform serves technology startups and Fortune 1000 companies, allowing them to hire from the top 1% of remote engineers specializing in various technologies, including Full Stack, Backend, Frontend, and AI/ML. With a community of over 180,000 developers across 10,000 cities, Turing facilitates access to high-quality talent while minimizing hiring time and costs for its clients. The company has garnered support from notable investors and is led by experienced entrepreneurs in the AI field.

Charma

Seed Round in 2020
WorkPatterns, Inc. develops software for workplace communication and collaboration. It offers WorkPatterns, a platform for one-on-one docs, recurring group meetings, feedback, and recognition. The company’s WorkPatterns creates a private space where managers and their direct reports or small teams can collaborate on a running agenda and align on deliverables, owners, and due dates, enabling asynchronous work. WorkPatterns, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California.

Narrative

Seed Round in 2020
Narrative is a software company based in Auckland, New Zealand, that focuses on developing tools for storytellers, bloggers, and photographers. The company's mission is to empower photographers by streamlining their workflows, allowing them to dedicate more time to their creative pursuits. Narrative's solutions are designed to enhance the storytelling experience, making it easier for users to manage and share their visual content effectively.

Primer

Seed Round in 2020
Primer is an educational platform that caters specifically to homeschoolers, providing a range of resources to assist parents in delivering tailored education to their children. Based in San Francisco, California, Primer’s online community engages children aged 7 to 14 in activities such as coding video games, writing books, and exploring nature. The platform compiles various educational apps, games, and videos, allowing families to access high-quality educational materials regardless of their financial situation. By focusing on personalized learning experiences, Primer aims to support parents in navigating the homeschooling landscape effectively.

MADE

Seed Round in 2020
MADE is an architecture and planning company that specializes in home renovation. It provides managed services that combine design, materials, and construction into a single, stress-free home renovation experience. Made Renovation offers design estimation, 3D renderings, materials, and construction. They create photorealistic 3D renders of a future bathroom using the same technology as movie studios. The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Formatech

Seed Round in 2020
Forma is building photorealistic avatars that are a dynamic and deeply personal form for people’s online identity. We believe that as our online lives grow in importance, people look for more authenticity and relatability - and for everybody on the planet there is nothing more familiar than an image of themselves. Through Forma’s computer vision and graphics technology, users can create a flexible visual identity from a single photo of themselves, instantly and photorealistically. ​Today they can try on any outfit whether just for fun or before buying on e-commerce, and soon they will be able star in a movie, video game, TV show, YouTube clip, billboard ad, VR/AR, etc. The company was founded in late 2017, early in the commercialization of the recent breakthroughs in deep learning. We’ve raised seed funding from top VCs and angels and are SF-based by the Caltrain station.

Teller

Seed Round in 2020
Teller, Inc. provides solutions for users to connect their bank accounts to an app. The company offers a suite of technical infrastructure APIs to enable developers to build financial products for connecting consumers and financial institutions. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Hot Mic

Seed Round in 2020
Hot Mic Inc. operates a social application designed for live television, allowing users to engage with their favorite media personalities in real-time. Founded in 2019, the platform enables fans to connect with commentators while syncing their commentary to live TV broadcasts. Users can participate in discussions through built-in chat features, enhancing their viewing experience by choosing from various perspectives. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Hot Mic also has a location in Lake Bluff, Illinois, and focuses on creating an interactive environment for fans to engage with media content more personally.

Manna Drone Delivery

Seed Round in 2019
Manna provides drone delivery as a service stack to restaurant chains, dark kitchens, and online food delivery platforms. Using custom-developed aerospace-grade drones, they deliver directly from restaurants and centralized kitchens to consumer's homes. It flies at an altitude of 80 meters and a speed of over 80kph, delivering within a 2km radius in less than 3 minutes.​ The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Onaroll

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Onaroll, Inc. is a technology company based in New York City that specializes in an employee rewards application designed to incentivize productivity and employee retention. Founded by Pete Ginsberg in 2019, Onaroll aims to enhance workplace motivation by offering rewards that recognize and encourage employee contributions to organizational success. The app focuses on fostering a positive work environment by promoting longevity and productivity among employees.

Remrise

Seed Round in 2019
Remrise, Inc. offers personalized sleep aids and a dynamic suite of tools to help improve sleep over time. The company provides personalized formula using plants based; drug free ingredients to improve sleep cycles. The customers take a quiz through which Remrise, Inc. identifies each individual’s sleep issue, provides personalized formula and users can then track their sleep through the Remrise, Inc. application. The key ingredients of Remrise, Inc. formula are Reishi (Ling Zhi), Spine Date Seed (Suan Zao Ren), and L-Theanine. Remrise, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Placement

Seed Round in 2019
Earn a 30% raise by moving to a new job. No upfront costs, no gimmicks. Real help from real people.

Bunch

Seed Round in 2019
Bunch Live, Inc. develops Bunch, a party application that enables users to engage in multiplayer games while participating in group video chats. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, the platform facilitates game discovery, play, and sharing among friends. Additionally, it offers integration options for developers, allowing them to incorporate Bunch's functionalities into their own games, enhancing the social gaming experience. Through its innovative approach, Bunch has established itself as a leader in combining gaming and social interaction.

Quince

Seed Round in 2019
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.

Scanwell Health

Seed Round in 2019
Scanwell Health, Inc. is a healthcare company that specializes in designing and developing urine testing kits. The primary product, a urinary tract infection test kit, enables users to obtain clinical-grade results through their smartphones. In addition to test results, the kit connects users with an online doctor’s office for same-day treatment and prescription services. Established in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Scanwell Health has received FDA clearance for its urine testing application, underscoring its commitment to providing accessible and reliable healthcare solutions.

Tend

Seed Round in 2019
Tend Exchange LLC, founded in 2017 and based in El Segundo, California, specializes in providing software solutions for event staffing through a digital marketplace. This platform connects event hosts with a curated network of professionals known as Tenders, who offer various hospitality staffing services, including bartending. Users can select staff based on their profiles, experience, and ratings, enabling them to make informed choices for future events. Tend aims to streamline the staffing process for both businesses and individuals in the hospitality industry.

Modern Animal

Seed Round in 2019
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.

Raise Commercial Real Estate

Seed Round in 2019
HelloOffice is a technology-powered commercial real estate brokerage helping companies search for office space in a smarter and faster way. The company pairs experienced brokers with easy to use software to give its clients the best service in the market.

GreenPark Sports

Seed Round in 2019
GreenPark Sports, Inc. is a company that develops and operates an online gaming platform designed for sports and esports fans. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, the company specializes in creating digital experiences and games that engage fans with their favorite sports, teams, and athletes. Its flagship offering is a free-to-play mobile game that allows users to compete in real-time during sporting events, aiming to establish themselves as the "Best Fans" of their respective leagues and seasons. Through its innovative approach, GreenPark Sports provides fans with an interactive and immersive gaming experience that enhances their connection to the sports they love.

Vahan

Seed Round in 2019
Vahan Inc. develops a mobile education platform for low-income populations. The company offers Vahan, an application for feature phones and smartphones that enables students to practice what they’re learning in the classroom, outside it. Its application helps students maximize learning outcomes; and Web-based learning management system allows instructors to track their students' scores and progress, review students' responses, and send them feedback via SMS or voice messages. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

PayMongo

Seed Round in 2019
PayMongo is providing modern payments for forward-thinking businesses. It helps businesses in the Philippines accept online payments from multiple channels fast and easy, in just minutes. It aims to become the invisible engine of commerce that gives everyone the opportunity to participate and succeed in the rapidly transforming digital economy. The company was founded in 2019 by Francis Plaza, Luis Sia, Jaime Hing, and Edwin Lacierda.

Dover

Seed Round in 2019
Dover is a recruitment services provider based in the United States, focused on modernizing the hiring process for companies. The organization employs a unique automated hiring platform that leverages algorithmic technology to identify and engage suitable candidates for open positions. By understanding the specific skill sets required by companies, Dover streamlines the recruitment process, reducing the need for extensive human involvement. This approach not only enhances the efficiency of hiring but also helps organizations improve their margins by ensuring that the right talent is onboarded. Through its innovative methods, Dover aims to support some of the fastest-growing companies in finding and engaging high-quality candidates.

Vahan.ai

Seed Round in 2019
Vanan Online Services provides Translation,Transcription, Captioning and Subtitling,Voice Over, Typing on a single platform.

Sana Health

Convertible Note in 2019
Sana Health UK Limited develops a sleep mask for people with severe sleep problems caused by high anxiety or pain. The company offers Sana, a wearable device that allows the wearer to put themselves to sleep in 10 minutes. Its mask measures and tracks user’s overall state of health and vitality over time, and uses this measure to tailor the device to get user to deep relaxation and sleep fast. Sana Health UK Limited was founded in 2015 and is based in Dorchester, United Kingdom.

Earable Neuroscience

Seed Round in 2019
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.

The Org

Seed Round in 2019
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.

DoNotPay

Seed Round in 2019
DoNotPay, Inc. is a technology company that provides a platform for legal information and self-help through its chatbot application. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, DoNotPay assists users in a variety of legal tasks, including filing lawsuits, claiming awards, contesting charges against corporations, and managing bureaucratic processes. The platform is available to residents in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom, enabling users to navigate legal challenges more effectively. Notably, it offers capabilities such as helping individuals claim asylum in the U.S., U.K., and Canada at no cost. By leveraging artificial intelligence, DoNotPay aims to empower consumers in handling small claims and simplifying complex legal situations.

Orbiit

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Orbiit operates an innovative online platform designed to enhance virtual networking and knowledge-sharing through the use of artificial intelligence. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, the platform is tailored for community managers, offering tools for algorithmic matching, logistics, and insights. This systematic engagement approach enables community managers to effectively foster growth and drive meaningful impact within their communities. Orbiit's focus on experiential learning and networking positions it as a valuable resource for individuals seeking temporary job shadowing experiences and other opportunities for professional development.

AirGarage

Seed Round in 2019
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.

StyleRow

Seed Round in 2019
StyleRow Design Corporation is an online platform that facilitates collaboration among creative teams while enhancing their workflow and connectivity with clients. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, the company aims to streamline the design process for designers and provide an integrated experience for brands and showrooms. Its online portal enables design professionals to scale their businesses effectively, ensuring a cohesive environment for creativity and project management.

Daisie

Seed Round in 2019
Daisie is where people find their people, get inspired, and make real progress together. It's a new route into the creative world; through connections made organically and the natural development of skills. Our mission is to see Daisie creators grow in confidence, take up space in their chosen fields, and build lasting careers.

Vise

Seed Round in 2019
Vise, Inc. is a technology company focused on automating investment management for financial advisors through machine learning and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2016 by Samir Vasavada and Runik Mehrotra, the company is based in New York, New York. Vise offers a subadvisor platform that integrates with custodians, allowing users to import client data and streamline trading and portfolio management. The platform supports financial advisors, wealth managers, and portfolio managers by designing customized portfolios, managing ongoing investments, and providing valuable insights. By leveraging advanced technology, Vise aims to enhance the advisor-client relationship, enabling financial professionals to concentrate on delivering personalized service while efficiently managing their clients' investments.

Bev

Seed Round in 2019
Bev is a mission-driven brand, Bev is redefining the landscape within male dominated spaces.

BZR

Seed Round in 2019
BZR is a destination for consumers to discover their new favorite products online.

Well Principled

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Well Principled Corp. is an artificial intelligence management consulting firm based in St. Louis, Missouri, specializing in providing insights for chief marketing officers and chief supply chain officers. Founded in 2018, the company utilizes advanced AI technology to predict customer buying behavior, thereby optimizing marketing and supply chain processes for retail and consumer packaged goods brands. Its software offers actionable plans derived from established business theories and contemporary AI methodologies, enabling businesses to enhance customer retention, cross-selling strategies, and product pricing. Well Principled aims to streamline process optimization by providing a more efficient alternative to traditional methods, which often rely on extensive analyst teams or generic consultant recommendations.

Searchlight

Seed Round in 2019
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.

Quince

Seed Round in 2019
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.

Massless

Seed Round in 2019
Massless Limited specializes in the development of hardware and software that facilitate three-dimensional interactions within augmented and virtual reality environments. Founded in 2014 and based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, the company is best known for its flagship product, the Massless Pen, a digital stylus designed for both 2D and 3D applications. In 2D mode, it functions as a computer-vision based graphics tablet, optimizing desk space, while in a virtual reality setting, it offers precision and intuitive control for designers and engineers. Massless also develops tools for modeling and manipulating large 3D datasets in real time, providing features such as high pen precision, optical tracking, tactile feedback, and surface sensing.

Clarity AI

Seed Round in 2019
Clarity AI, Inc. offers a technology platform designed to measure and optimize the social impact of investment portfolios. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Albany, New York, with additional offices in Madrid and London, the company utilizes big data and machine learning to analyze the societal effects of investments and organizations. Its SaaS-based solution provides extensive coverage of social and environmental impact data, enabling asset managers to make informed decisions and allocate capital more efficiently. Clarity AI's platform aggregates multiple data sources to enhance the reliability of insights, supporting end-to-end sustainability analysis for various stakeholders, including investors and corporate entities. By equipping decision-makers with the necessary tools to understand and optimize their social and environmental impacts, Clarity AI aims to promote socially efficient capital allocation across the market.

Untitled Labs

Seed Round in 2019
Untitled Labs, Inc., a search lab, provides consumer tech business ideas testing services. It offers services to test multiple consumer tech ideas in social and professional networking, mobility, personal finance, premium services, health and wellness, travel, photography, and dating areas. Untitled Labs, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Synapse

Seed Round in 2019
Synapse Technology Corporation, also known as Synapse Research, specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based applications for security screening. The company's primary product, Syntech ONE, utilizes proprietary deep learning and computer vision technology to detect and identify weapons and other prohibited items at security checkpoints. This software operates on baggage X-ray and CT scanners, enabling automated threat detection and enhancing the efficiency of security processes. Syntech ONE seamlessly integrates with both new and existing checkpoint machines, catering to a variety of environments, including airports, schools, and office buildings. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Synapse aims to modernize security and defense visual analysis, helping authorities improve threat detection while reducing operational costs and increasing throughput.

Sundae

Seed Round in 2019
Sundae operates a home-selling platform designed to assist homeowners in selling houses that are outdated or in need of repairs. The company addresses the challenges faced by sellers in a traditional real estate market, where local investors often exploit homeowner distress to acquire properties at low prices. Sundae aims to provide a better outcome for these sellers by offering competitive off-market prices without the need for cleanup, repairs, or showings. Through a data-driven model, Sundae anticipates when homeowners may require assistance and employs a skilled sales and marketing team to effectively reach them. By prioritizing the needs of sellers and redistributing economic value, Sundae strives to become a leading buyer of homes that require significant attention across the United States.

Bitski

Seed Round in 2018
Bitski (currently in beta) allows anyone to build user-friendly and cross-platform Ethereum apps. Using Bitski, a user can build a decentralized app or game that feels just as easy to use as a standard app.

Bunch

Seed Round in 2018
Bunch Live, Inc. develops Bunch, a party application that enables users to engage in multiplayer games while participating in group video chats. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, the platform facilitates game discovery, play, and sharing among friends. Additionally, it offers integration options for developers, allowing them to incorporate Bunch's functionalities into their own games, enhancing the social gaming experience. Through its innovative approach, Bunch has established itself as a leader in combining gaming and social interaction.

Coder

Seed Round in 2018
Coder Technologies Inc. is an information technology company that specializes in developing cloud-based integrated development environments (IDEs) for coding on any device. The company's flagship product, Coder Enterprise, automates the configuration, security, and management of development environments, allowing developers to concentrate on product development. Coder Enterprise supports the use of existing development tools, CI/CD pipelines, source code management systems, and editors, thereby facilitating source control and simplifying updates. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Coder aims to provide open-source tools and an enterprise platform designed to enhance the efficiency and scalability of development processes.

Toonstar

Seed Round in 2018
Toonstar Inc. develops a software application that lets anyone livestream their own cartoon shows. The company's application enables users to become a cartoon character via facial recognition technology and then livestream and record videos to their fans from anywhere. The company produces snackable and interactive content and experiences for mobile audiences. Toonstar Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Beam

Seed Round in 2018
Beam Mobility Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that specializes in the rental of electronic scooters. Established in 2018, Beam operates through a mobile application that facilitates the rental process for users. The company promotes responsible parking by incentivizing customers to return e-scooters to designated parking spots, thereby reducing street congestion and enhancing urban mobility. Beam aims to provide a convenient and eco-friendly transportation alternative for urban dwellers.

Unioncrate

Seed Round in 2018
Unioncrate helps consumer goods companies build and manage supply chains that can keep up with the consumer of today. Based in New York City, we are a team of CPG veterans, rebels, and nerds who believe that the future of supply chain will be driven by AI. It powers everything we do. We are obsessed with helping our clients take back the invaluable time, money, and resources that are far too commonly lost by relying on archaic supply chain management systems. That’s why we’ve built an intelligent platform designed specifically for the complexities of a consumer goods industry that’s needlessly stuck in the past.

Contraline

Seed Round in 2018
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.

Sana Health

Seed Round in 2018
Sana Health UK Limited develops a sleep mask for people with severe sleep problems caused by high anxiety or pain. The company offers Sana, a wearable device that allows the wearer to put themselves to sleep in 10 minutes. Its mask measures and tracks user’s overall state of health and vitality over time, and uses this measure to tailor the device to get user to deep relaxation and sleep fast. Sana Health UK Limited was founded in 2015 and is based in Dorchester, United Kingdom.

Sava

Seed Round in 2018
Sava Solutions Inc. retails cannabis topicals, tinctures, edibles, concentrates, and flowers. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Hearth

Seed Round in 2018
Shogun Enterprises Inc., doing business as Hearth Brokerage, operates as a financial services company which distributes credit and insurance. It provides brokerage and financial services related to home renovation insurance and consumer lending. The company offers personal loans, home equity loans, credit cards, and home improvement advice and financing. Its online marketplace enables users to compare rates on personal loans for financing roofs, bathrooms, kitchen remodeling, pool, basement, and HVAC improvement. The company also provides consumer lending and mortgage brokerage services. Shogun Enterprises Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Wild Earth

Seed Round in 2018
Wild Earth is a technology startup based in Berkeley, California, founded in 2017. The company focuses on developing high-protein pet foods that prioritize health, environmental sustainability, and humane sourcing compared to traditional pet food products. By leveraging scientific advancements, Wild Earth aims to reinvent pet nutrition and create cleaner, more nutritious options for pet owners and their animals.

Portalone

Seed Round in 2018
PortalOne is a hybrid games company that specializes in creating live game experiences characterized by stunning visuals and advanced interactivity. Founded in 2018, it operates from locations in Palo Alto, California, and Oslo, Norway. The company focuses on developing game engine technology for mixed reality content, aiming to enhance the gaming entertainment experience through innovative design and engaging gameplay.

Willow

Seed Round in 2018
Willow is stylish affordable disposable underwear that offers comfort, confidence, and leak-free protection, delivered discreetly to your door at a fraction of the price. Current options on the market are either expensive or bulky and generally lacking in style — plus, you have to purchase them at the store. Willow’s product is the thinnest and most absorbent on the market, and has better odor control than other products. It’s extremely "breathable” and wicks liquid away from skin, just like sportswear. Best of all, Willow’s stylish products cost less than others because they are sold directly to the consumer, with no mark up by stores.