Charm develops an open-source coding platform, with tools to improve the visual appearance and store data, to read command markdowns while coding. It currently sells three products, including Glow, an open-source terminal-based markdown reader that allows developers to view documentation such as readme files directly from the command line. It also renders markdown to make the text easier to read and allows users to create a private, encrypted documentation library.
Toby Padilla and Christian Rocha founded Charm in 2019.
Highlight
Seed Round in 2023
Highlight develops a platform for debugging apps and gives full transparency into the errors, interactions, and performance metrics. They believe that by giving people the best tools to solve customer and engineering issues, they can spend more time building their business, and less time searching through logs, manually trying to reproduce errors, and investing too early in their support processes.
Collaborative Robotics
Series A in 2023
Collaborative Robotics is a team of innovators and builders redefining the future of human-robot interaction. A future in which robots are trustworthy extensions of the environment. They operate, adapt, and react in response.
Standard Fleet
Seed Round in 2023
Standard Fleet develops electric fleet management software, specializing in Tesla and internet-connected EVs, designed for delivery, rental, carsharing, lease, and taxi fleets. The platform provides online and mobile tools to monitor battery charge and health, manage charging, track trips and expenses, and generate activity, mileage, and maintenance alerts. It enables operators including rental, dealership, government, and service fleets to manage, monitor, and scale electric vehicle operations efficiently without hardware installation. The company's solutions integrate dashboard applications and APIs to automate workflows, secure vehicles, and provide insights and controls that save time and money. The team comprises engineers and professionals with experience from major tech and mobility firms, focused on delivering scalable software that supports EV fleet operations.
Woven is an AI-driven travel partner that streamlines travel planning by providing personalized recommendations in a single app. It aims to replace multiple travel websites with quick, tailored suggestions based on user preferences.
HUSSLUP
Seed Round in 2023
HUSSLUP is a platform designed to support creators in the media and entertainment industries by facilitating connections and collaboration. It provides users with personal profiles that feature verified credits and encrypted creative samples, helping to establish credibility within a diverse global community. The platform includes a Pro Search tool that allows executives, producers, and representatives to search for and connect with talent suited for their projects. Additionally, HUSSLUP enables creators to organize and share annotated contact lists by project, fostering networking opportunities. Through its marketplace, clients and brands can easily discover and engage with professionals, streamlining the hiring process and promoting collaboration on creative projects.
Checkmate
Seed Round in 2022
Checkmate is a digital wallet and payments company that provides a range of financial solutions designed to enhance the shopping experience for users. The company operates a data platform that focuses on compounding discounts for e-commerce purchases. By utilizing first-party data, Checkmate creates personalized shopping journeys that not only improve the overall experience for consumers but also increase revenue for brands. This allows online shoppers to save money both in digital transactions and in physical retail settings.
Block Party
Seed Round in 2022
Block Party is focused on creating a safer online environment through technology that combats online abuse and harassment. The company has developed a user-centric platform designed to help individuals manage their social media experiences by addressing spam and trolls. Its primary product, Privacy Party, is a widely acclaimed browser extension that offers expert recommendations for securing social media accounts and automatically adjusts user privacy settings. By integrating both manual controls and machine learning-based models, Block Party empowers users to filter and manage negative content effectively, aiming to provide an internet experience that is free from toxicity and protects personal information from unwanted scrutiny.
ConductorOne
Series A in 2022
ConductorOne, Inc. is a Portland, Oregon-based company that develops permission management software for web applications and modern infrastructure. Founded in 2020 by Alexander Bovee and Paul Querna, the company focuses on integrating permission management solutions that streamline access control and governance across various systems, including identity providers, HR systems, ticketing platforms, and continuous integration pipelines. ConductorOne’s platform aims to decentralize and democratize access to cloud applications while maintaining least-privilege permissions. This approach enhances security, compliance, and productivity for IT professionals by reducing inefficient workflows and fostering collaboration.
Firstparty
Seed Round in 2022
Firstparty is a B2B software company that develops marketing automation tools for data-driven growth teams. Founded in 2021, it offers marketing automation software designed to connect online conversions with offline data, supports writing custom code and queries, and enables campaign optimization toward defined business objectives. The platform allows creating audiences from any data source, including offline data, providing a complete view of the customer journey from initial awareness through conversion and facilitating cross-team collaboration.
Marvin
Pre Seed Round in 2022
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Built to work with all your favorite videoconferencing platforms, Marvin automates the tedious aspects of user research — like setting up the interviews, recording the calls, taking notes, and transcribing conversation — so you’re free to uncover rich insights about what your customers really need. Every product enhancement and capability comes directly from listening to the people who use Marvin every day.
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Ryze
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Ryze is a fintech and crypto-focused company that develops a cryptocurrency investment platform to help members grow and protect their wealth. Its technology analyzes real-time market data and makes investment decisions aligned with users' custom risk profiles, enabling automated investing, portfolio diversification, and live portfolio tracking, with the aim of optimizing returns.
Lattice is a People Success Platform that integrates various tools, workflows, and data to assist business leaders in fostering engaged, high-performing employees and cultivating positive company cultures. The platform encompasses continuous performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics, providing HR, People, and Operations teams with essential insights to enhance workplace environments and achieve significant business results. Lattice has received recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies and is celebrated as a top workplace, with a high employee satisfaction rate. Serving nearly 5,000 customers globally, including notable organizations like Slack, Asana, Solera Health, and Guild Education, Lattice aims to streamline performance management processes through real-time employee feedback and efficient performance review cycles, targeting medium-sized companies for goal management and achievement.
RoadFlex
Seed Round in 2021
RoadFlex is a modern expense management platform designed for growing commercial vehicle fleets. It provides full visibility and control over fuel and work-related expenses through its Visa fuel card. The platform serves various industries, including passenger transportation, HVAC, delivery, and landscaping.
Day-J
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Day-J is a health and wellness platform that connects users with licensed nutritionists, trainers, and mindset coaches for personalized, one-on-one coaching. The company combines professional expertise with technology to deliver real-time, customized food and fitness recommendations based on individual goals. Through an on-demand model, Day-J provides guidance from a network of certified professionals and trusted peers, helping users make informed decisions and progress toward their fitness potential.
Dogdrop
Venture Round in 2021
Dogdrop operates dog daycare centers in Los Angeles, providing drop-off and pick-up for dogs at flexible times and locations. Founded in 2018 and based in Los Angeles, it combines physical locations for dog recreation and socialization with a direct-to-consumer line of dog care essentials for owners. The facilities are described as intimate, well-designed, and tech-enabled to support training, play, and social interaction. Dogdrop serves dog parents by offering reliable care when owners are busy or traveling, supported by products and services that cater to at-home needs.
Fly.io is a company that provides an Application Delivery Network (ADN) designed to connect website owners with their customers effectively. Its platform allows users to build application servers using JavaScript, enabling them to write, test, and run code locally before deploying it. By utilizing a network of servers, Fly.io accepts visitor traffic, processes requests through middleware, and routes them to backend applications. This infrastructure allows website owners to direct their visitors securely and efficiently, ensuring that applications can scale and operate close to end users.
Prelude
Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2017, Prelude specializes in streamlining recruitment processes. Its platform automates interview scheduling, integrating with existing systems to save time and improve efficiency.
Infinite Objects
Seed Round in 2021
Infinite Objects, Inc. is a company that specializes in creating physical collectibles known as "Video Prints," which transform digital content into tangible art pieces. By integrating web3 technologies and blockchain assets, Infinite Objects allows users to enjoy personal moments, art, entertainment, and sports in a physical format. The company develops digital frames that house these artworks, bridging the gap between digital media and the physical realm. This innovation elevates the concept of moving art, enabling collectors to experience a similar sense of ownership and appreciation as they would with traditional art prints or photographs. Headquartered in the United States, Infinite Objects offers a unique blend of technology and artistry, appealing to a diverse range of consumers.
Charm develops an open-source coding platform, with tools to improve the visual appearance and store data, to read command markdowns while coding. It currently sells three products, including Glow, an open-source terminal-based markdown reader that allows developers to view documentation such as readme files directly from the command line. It also renders markdown to make the text easier to read and allows users to create a private, encrypted documentation library.
Toby Padilla and Christian Rocha founded Charm in 2019.
Distrobird
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Distrobird provides a unified go-to-market platform for businesses to manage inbound and outbound sales processes across email, SMS, calls, a shared inbox, form tracking, and lead routing. By integrating multiple workflows across channels, it automates manual tasks in lead management and sales closing, improves sales team productivity, and provides visibility into each prospect's journey through the funnel.
Lattice is a People Success Platform that integrates various tools, workflows, and data to assist business leaders in fostering engaged, high-performing employees and cultivating positive company cultures. The platform encompasses continuous performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics, providing HR, People, and Operations teams with essential insights to enhance workplace environments and achieve significant business results. Lattice has received recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies and is celebrated as a top workplace, with a high employee satisfaction rate. Serving nearly 5,000 customers globally, including notable organizations like Slack, Asana, Solera Health, and Guild Education, Lattice aims to streamline performance management processes through real-time employee feedback and efficient performance review cycles, targeting medium-sized companies for goal management and achievement.
Lovd.com
Seed Round in 2021
Lovd is a marketplace to buy and sell previously Lovd goods. We'll pick up and deliver in 24 hours.
Infinite Objects
Seed Round in 2021
Infinite Objects, Inc. is a company that specializes in creating physical collectibles known as "Video Prints," which transform digital content into tangible art pieces. By integrating web3 technologies and blockchain assets, Infinite Objects allows users to enjoy personal moments, art, entertainment, and sports in a physical format. The company develops digital frames that house these artworks, bridging the gap between digital media and the physical realm. This innovation elevates the concept of moving art, enabling collectors to experience a similar sense of ownership and appreciation as they would with traditional art prints or photographs. Headquartered in the United States, Infinite Objects offers a unique blend of technology and artistry, appealing to a diverse range of consumers.
Specto is a mobile application performance monitoring platform established in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. Designed by developers for developers, the platform simplifies the integration process, allowing users to collect vital performance metrics with minimal coding. Specto’s proprietary dashboard enables businesses to monitor their mobile applications effectively, providing insights into performance issues and their underlying causes. By combining data analysis with industry expertise, Specto equips clients with actionable insights to enhance their applications' performance and usability. The company is committed to offering hands-on support to ensure seamless implementation and optimal use of its technology.
ConductorOne
Venture Round in 2020
ConductorOne, Inc. is a Portland, Oregon-based company that develops permission management software for web applications and modern infrastructure. Founded in 2020 by Alexander Bovee and Paul Querna, the company focuses on integrating permission management solutions that streamline access control and governance across various systems, including identity providers, HR systems, ticketing platforms, and continuous integration pipelines. ConductorOne’s platform aims to decentralize and democratize access to cloud applications while maintaining least-privilege permissions. This approach enhances security, compliance, and productivity for IT professionals by reducing inefficient workflows and fostering collaboration.
Grouparoo
Seed Round in 2020
Grouparoo is a technology company specializing in open-source customer data management solutions. It develops a framework designed to efficiently synchronize data from data warehouses to various third-party tools, ensuring reliability, accessibility, and actionability of data. The platform enables users to create custom applications for simplified data syncing processes and offers pre-built connectors for enhanced control over data infrastructure.
Goodcover
Series A in 2020
Goodcover operates an online insurance platform offering home, condo, and renters insurance with a focus on clear and fair coverage. The company uses a cooperative model in which a fixed percentage is retained and the remainder of unclaimed premiums is returned to customers at the end of the year, creating transparency and potential cost savings. It aims to make financial security accessible for a broad audience by providing a straightforward digital experience and simple coverage terms.
Autumn Adeigbo
Seed Round in 2020
Autumn Adeigbo is a fashion company that designs, manufactures, and markets women's apparel and accessories for global consumers, with a focus on bold, colorful, and conversational designs. The brand operates online and through various channels, offering dresses, jackets, pants, shirts, skirts, and hair accessories, including made-to-order and limited-edition pieces produced in women-owned facilities. It emphasizes ethical production, including a program in Ghana that trains and employs female artisans, raises incomes through fair-trade wages, and supports local manufacturing. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, the company serves markets in Africa and the United States and pursues product development and custom sales for women seeking distinctive, responsibly made apparel.
Lattice is a People Success Platform that integrates various tools, workflows, and data to assist business leaders in fostering engaged, high-performing employees and cultivating positive company cultures. The platform encompasses continuous performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics, providing HR, People, and Operations teams with essential insights to enhance workplace environments and achieve significant business results. Lattice has received recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies and is celebrated as a top workplace, with a high employee satisfaction rate. Serving nearly 5,000 customers globally, including notable organizations like Slack, Asana, Solera Health, and Guild Education, Lattice aims to streamline performance management processes through real-time employee feedback and efficient performance review cycles, targeting medium-sized companies for goal management and achievement.
Dumpling provides tools, technology, and ongoing support for individuals who want to launch and operate independent grocery shopping, delivery, and local service businesses in the United States. The platform offers storefront applications, programmable debit cards, working capital, customer relationship management, and marketing automation to help entrepreneurs start, grow, and manage their own local franchises. Serving thousands of owners across all 50 states, the company aims to offer a personal, ethical solution to essential household errands while streamlining orders, payments, and operations. Founded in 2017 and based in Seattle with an additional office in Berkeley, the company focuses on empowering local entrepreneurs to build sustainable service businesses.
Dishcraft Robotics
Series A in 2020
Dishcraft Robotics, Inc. specializes in developing and manufacturing robotic systems for commercial kitchens, aiming to enhance productivity and reduce waste in the food service industry. The company's innovative technology includes a dishwashing solution that utilizes a rotating scrubber head and advanced computer vision to clean and inspect each dish individually, ensuring thorough sanitation in a fraction of a second. Dishcraft's service, known as Dishcraft Daily, offers comprehensive dishwashing solutions tailored for corporate kitchens and restaurants. Founded in 2015 and based in San Carlos, California, Dishcraft Robotics was previously known as Bistro Technologies, Inc. and rebranded in March 2016.
Fly.io is a company that provides an Application Delivery Network (ADN) designed to connect website owners with their customers effectively. Its platform allows users to build application servers using JavaScript, enabling them to write, test, and run code locally before deploying it. By utilizing a network of servers, Fly.io accepts visitor traffic, processes requests through middleware, and routes them to backend applications. This infrastructure allows website owners to direct their visitors securely and efficiently, ensuring that applications can scale and operate close to end users.
Nira is a real-time access control system that enhances visibility and management of access to company documents within Google Workspace. The platform consolidates documents from various cloud applications, allowing users to organize, search, and manage their files in a single interface. By providing insights into who has access to specific documents, Nira enables organizations to effectively oversee document creation, sharing, and storage. This comprehensive system ensures that users maintain complete control over their company information while streamlining document organization.
WellNested
Seed Round in 2020
WellNested is a company focused on supporting new parents during the transition into parenthood by offering personalized postnatal care services. It provides at-home visits from registered nurses and daily remote check-ins, ensuring that new mothers receive professional guidance tailored to their needs. WellNested also facilitates access to lactation consultants, allowing families to receive expert advice conveniently and affordably, often utilizing insurance for payment. Through its comprehensive approach, WellNested aims to enhance the parenting experience and instill confidence in new families.
Feather offers a furniture rental service for urban residents. Members can access high-quality furniture at affordable monthly prices, with options to add, swap, buy, or return items as needed. The company delivers and assembles furniture within a week, promoting sustainability by reducing waste and keeping furniture in use.
Goodcover
Seed Round in 2020
Goodcover operates an online insurance platform offering home, condo, and renters insurance with a focus on clear and fair coverage. The company uses a cooperative model in which a fixed percentage is retained and the remainder of unclaimed premiums is returned to customers at the end of the year, creating transparency and potential cost savings. It aims to make financial security accessible for a broad audience by providing a straightforward digital experience and simple coverage terms.
Natalist
Seed Round in 2019
Natalist is a U.S.-based company specializing in feminine care products designed specifically for women, particularly those on the journey of conception and pregnancy. Founded in August 2019 by Halle Tecco and a team of moms, doctors, and scientists, Natalist aims to address the misinformation and outdated offerings often encountered during this journey. The company provides a range of evidence-based educational resources alongside redesigned fertility and pregnancy essentials, including a subscription box that caters to the evolving needs of women from conception through birth. Additionally, Natalist is committed to sustainability, having launched its Mother Earth initiative in 2020, which focuses on maintaining a 100% plastic-neutral certification. Through its products and resources, Natalist strives to empower women and enhance their experience during a critical phase of life.
Planetary
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Planetary is a humane decentralized social network. We've built an open protocol and platform for social media and software. A place where you control your data and relationships. This new platform does for social media what open source did for software, creating a common platform for all to build upon secure scuttlebutt.
Social media is the public sphere and it needs to be owned and controlled by the people who create it.
Draftbit
Seed Round in 2019
Draftbit develops a drag-and-drop software platform that enables companies to create mobile apps efficiently. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Drivetime
Series A in 2019
Drivetime, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in designing and developing interactive audio games for the entertainment industry. Founded in 2018, Drivetime offers an online platform that allows users to engage in trivia games and challenge friends, family, and co-workers while driving. The company focuses on creating non-distracting, voice-driven gameplay, enabling users to participate in hands-free gaming experiences that can be enjoyed during their commutes.
Tesorio, Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, that specializes in cash flow management solutions. Established in 2013, Tesorio has developed a cloud platform that utilizes machine learning to enhance financial operations for businesses. The platform provides comprehensive tools for analyzing accounts receivable and payable, forecasting cash flows, and improving payment processing for suppliers, vendors, and freelancers. By aggregating and structuring real-time data, Tesorio enables finance leaders to gain actionable insights, automate workflows, and optimize cash flow management. Its end-to-end capabilities facilitate better decision-making and cross-functional collaboration, allowing organizations to maintain capital efficiency while driving growth.
Leigh & Siena
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Leigh & Siena is a retail formal wear brand specializing in customizable wedding dresses. The company aims to simplify the wedding shopping experience for brides by offering an at-home experiential styling kit. This innovative approach allows customers to receive personalized dress options tailored to their measurements and individual preferences, accommodating a diverse range of body shapes. By delivering these options directly to customers' homes, Leigh & Siena seeks to enhance convenience and accessibility in the formal wear market.
Infinite Objects
Seed Round in 2019
Infinite Objects, Inc. is a company that specializes in creating physical collectibles known as "Video Prints," which transform digital content into tangible art pieces. By integrating web3 technologies and blockchain assets, Infinite Objects allows users to enjoy personal moments, art, entertainment, and sports in a physical format. The company develops digital frames that house these artworks, bridging the gap between digital media and the physical realm. This innovation elevates the concept of moving art, enabling collectors to experience a similar sense of ownership and appreciation as they would with traditional art prints or photographs. Headquartered in the United States, Infinite Objects offers a unique blend of technology and artistry, appealing to a diverse range of consumers.
StyleRow
Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, StyleRow is a design company that simplifies the design process for professionals. Its online platform connects high-end brands, showrooms, designers, and architects, facilitating project management, collaboration, and purchasing.
Reby Inc is a European multinational company based in Barcelona, Spain, that specializes in the development of software and infrastructure for public sharing transport systems, particularly electric scooters. Founded in 2018, Reby's software enables users to locate and unlock nearby electric scooters via a QR code on both Android and iOS devices. The company distinguishes itself by manufacturing its own scooters rather than relying on Chinese-made alternatives, ensuring a higher standard of quality and service. Through its innovative approach, Reby aims to enhance urban mobility and promote sustainable transportation solutions across European cities.
Feather offers a furniture rental service for urban residents. Members can access high-quality furniture at affordable monthly prices, with options to add, swap, buy, or return items as needed. The company delivers and assembles furniture within a week, promoting sustainability by reducing waste and keeping furniture in use.
Fuzzbuzz
Seed Round in 2019
Fuzzbuzz, Inc. is a company that specializes in automated software security through its innovative fuzzing platform, which tests code for vulnerabilities and bugs. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Fuzzbuzz integrates its security solutions into the DevOps workflow, simplifying the management and setup of complex infrastructures. The platform not only alerts users to identified bugs but also deduplicates and categorizes them to minimize noise and false positives, allowing for efficient analysis through its web interface. Additionally, it offers a flexible testing framework, generates code coverage reports, and provides statistical insights into software performance and developer productivity, thereby helping clients safeguard their software against malware and digital threats.
Good Dog
Seed Round in 2019
Good Dog, Inc. is a company that operates a web-based platform designed to facilitate the adoption and purchase of dogs from reputable sources. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, the platform connects prospective dog owners with responsible breeders, shelters, and rescues, ensuring that dogs find suitable homes. Good Dog emphasizes transparency and quality by screening breeders, helping to protect buyers from unethical practices. In addition to these connections, the platform features a learning center that provides valuable information on dog ownership, including care and training. Overall, Good Dog strives to elevate the standards of dog breeding and ownership, fostering trust and informed decisions among both prospective owners and breeders.
Dumpling
Seed Round in 2019
Dumpling provides tools, technology, and ongoing support for individuals who want to launch and operate independent grocery shopping, delivery, and local service businesses in the United States. The platform offers storefront applications, programmable debit cards, working capital, customer relationship management, and marketing automation to help entrepreneurs start, grow, and manage their own local franchises. Serving thousands of owners across all 50 states, the company aims to offer a personal, ethical solution to essential household errands while streamlining orders, payments, and operations. Founded in 2017 and based in Seattle with an additional office in Berkeley, the company focuses on empowering local entrepreneurs to build sustainable service businesses.
CTRL-Labs
Venture Round in 2019
CTRL-Labs develops neural interface technologies that enable humans to interact with machines using natural movements and thoughts. Their flagship product, CTRL-kit, is a wireless, non-invasive electromyography device that translates neural signals into control for applications in XR, robotics, productivity, and clinical research.
Argent
Venture Round in 2019
Argent Mill, Inc. is an online retailer based in San Francisco, California, specializing in women's workwear apparel. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on providing stylish and functional clothing designed for professional settings. Its product range includes blazers, tops, trousers, jumpsuits, outerwear, skirts, dresses, and sweaters, as well as various accessories. Argent aims to empower women by offering a collection that blends technical styling with contemporary fashion, ensuring that customers feel both confident and sophisticated in their work attire.
Dandy is a live dating app that builts to solve the problem of immense time and effort required by existing online dating experiences. It allows USC students to virtually connect through instant messages, without needing to meet in person. The live dating app emulates raw human behavior, as it gives students a convenient way to connect, by addressing issues of unreliability and privacy on current dating apps
NextGrid
Seed Round in 2018
NextGrid develops and operates distributed solar energy and storage projects across the United States. It focuses on building project portfolios in Massachusetts, New Jersey, District of Columbia, Maine, California, and other regions. The company pays property owners to host solar farms, provides capital and support for developers, and facilitates direct investments in distributed energy.
SCUBA Analytics
Venture Round in 2018
SCUBA Analytics develops a continuous intelligence platform that focuses on unifying customer experience management. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional locations in Dallas and Bellevue, the company provides a solution that allows business intelligence and data science teams to make real-time decisions across various business silos. SCUBA's platform is designed for fast and scalable analysis of large datasets, enabling users to interpret billions of events in seconds. By employing a visual interface, the platform allows clients to conduct direct queries and explore essential business metrics such as growth, retention, conversion, and engagement, ultimately helping organizations understand customer behavior and improve product utilization.
Bark Technologies
Series A in 2018
Founded in 2015, Bark Technologies is a software company based in Atlanta, Georgia. It uses AI and machine learning to detect and alert parents to potential issues their children may face online, such as cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, or school shooting threats. Bark's platform monitors social media, text messages, and emails, providing parents with actionable insights to help protect their children.
Upwards
Seed Round in 2018
Upwards is a technology-driven care solutions company focused on making care accessible to all families and supporting caregivers. The platform connects families, care providers, employers, and governments to create new care avenues in real time and uses data-driven insights to increase the supply and capacity of the care system. It matches families with caregivers who meet their needs and helps them access resources to afford care, including government subsidies and workplace benefits.
Swivel, Inc. is a company that operates a platform offering on-demand workspace solutions tailored for businesses of various sizes. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Swivel collaborates with commercial real estate firms to create a network of private workspaces that facilitate effective teamwork. The company specializes in enhancing the marketing and planning of commercial spaces, providing property owners with advanced tools for space showcasing and test fitting. This innovative approach helps streamline the leasing process, enabling faster contract signings at reduced costs. Swivel has established partnerships with notable landlords and leasing teams across more than 20 markets nationwide, demonstrating its effectiveness and trustworthiness in the commercial real estate sector.
Universe is an information and technology company that offers a mobile app designed to facilitate the creation of websites, online shops, and portfolios. The platform provides users with electric internet capabilities, enabling them to easily build and manage their digital presence. Additionally, Universe includes a payment block feature that allows users to sell products and process payments online efficiently. To further support commerce, the company offers an order management system, which aids in streamlining financial transactions and enhances the overall customer experience.
CTRL-Labs
Series B in 2018
CTRL-Labs develops neural interface technologies that enable humans to interact with machines using natural movements and thoughts. Their flagship product, CTRL-kit, is a wireless, non-invasive electromyography device that translates neural signals into control for applications in XR, robotics, productivity, and clinical research.
Awecom is a developer of an AI-powered sports video augmentation platform designed to enhance the advertising experience in sports media. The company's technology utilizes artificial intelligence to optimize video content in real-time, adjusting to the specific characteristics of each video. This innovative platform facilitates an open sponsorship marketplace, allowing advertisers to seamlessly place targeted advertisements and deliver localized experiences to viewers. By improving the quality of media comprehension and augmentation, Awecom aims to democratize sports advertising, enabling more advertisers to benefit from sponsorship opportunities.
Tesorio
Seed Round in 2018
Tesorio, Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, that specializes in cash flow management solutions. Established in 2013, Tesorio has developed a cloud platform that utilizes machine learning to enhance financial operations for businesses. The platform provides comprehensive tools for analyzing accounts receivable and payable, forecasting cash flows, and improving payment processing for suppliers, vendors, and freelancers. By aggregating and structuring real-time data, Tesorio enables finance leaders to gain actionable insights, automate workflows, and optimize cash flow management. Its end-to-end capabilities facilitate better decision-making and cross-functional collaboration, allowing organizations to maintain capital efficiency while driving growth.
Feather
Seed Round in 2017
Feather offers a furniture rental service for urban residents. Members can access high-quality furniture at affordable monthly prices, with options to add, swap, buy, or return items as needed. The company delivers and assembles furniture within a week, promoting sustainability by reducing waste and keeping furniture in use.
Radar is a location data infrastructure platform that enables app developers to create location-aware experiences. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company provides a suite of tools, including geofencing, place detection, and location tracking, to enhance mobile applications across various industries such as retail, travel, and logistics. Radar's platform features APIs and SDKs that facilitate easy integration, allowing developers to implement contextually relevant functionalities in their applications. With a strong focus on privacy and security, Radar ensures that location data is managed responsibly. The company also offers additional APIs in private beta, including geocoding, which converts addresses to coordinates, and tools for searching geofences and calculating distances between locations.
Future Family
Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2016, Future Family offers subscription-based fertility care plans. These plans cover all healthcare costs, including personal fertility planning, clinic matching, dedicated nurse concierge services, digital health platforms, and procedures like IVF and egg freezing.
CTRL-Labs
Series A in 2017
CTRL-Labs develops neural interface technologies that enable humans to interact with machines using natural movements and thoughts. Their flagship product, CTRL-kit, is a wireless, non-invasive electromyography device that translates neural signals into control for applications in XR, robotics, productivity, and clinical research.
Guilded
Seed Round in 2017
Guilded, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a chat platform tailored for competitive gaming and esports, aimed at helping gamers stay organized and connected with their teams. Founded in 2016 and based in Dallas, Texas, Guilded offers a suite of tools that enhances group communication through features such as integrated event calendars, forums, and document sharing. The platform is designed to streamline the recruitment process for players and teams, enabling them to build better connections and improve their gaming experiences. By providing a centralized space for discussing strategies and managing gaming communities, Guilded facilitates enhanced collaboration among online gamers.
Orion Labs
Series A in 2017
Orion Labs, Inc. is a voice communication and workflow platform designed for mobile and deskless teams, facilitating instant and secure voice, location, and data messaging across various connected devices and applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers solutions such as a push-to-talk app, dispatch console, command center, advanced location services, and AI workflows, which enhance collaboration for industries including hospitality, healthcare, transportation, and construction. Orion's platform is designed to work seamlessly with traditional VoIP and Land Mobile Radio systems, and it provides APIs and SDKs for developers to extend its capabilities. The company, originally known as OnBeep, Inc., rebranded to Orion Labs in 2015. Orion has formed strategic alliances with organizations such as ResponderXLabs and the FirstNet Association and has gained recognition in the industry, including being named an IDC Innovator and receiving multiple awards for its technology solutions.
Quilt Data
Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2015, Quilt Data operates a platform that facilitates collaborative data management. It enables organizations to work with data more efficiently, making informed decisions faster and enhancing overall success.
IUNU
Pre Seed Round in 2017
IUNU develops an agricultural AI and computer vision platform that supports greenhouse management through a SaaS solution. Its platform provides growers with actionable insights and granular production management capabilities, enabling precise monitoring of crop growth. The LUNA greenhouse AI platform uses computer vision to track plants in real time, identify growing maladies before they affect yields, and promote accountability of growing practices. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, the company connects plants, facilities, and people through a single interface, helping commercial greenhouses become precise, predictable, demand-based manufacturers and enabling global access to its technology.
Werk is the first and only people analytics software that helps companies improve their flexibility performance through data. Through a proprietary assessment methodology and analytics dashboard, Werk delivers the insights companies need to understand current flexibility baseline and gaps, the highest ROI flex investments to close those gaps, and the impact of flexibility on their most important business metrics. Learn more at Werk.co
Werk is the first and only people analytics software that helps companies improve their flexibility performance through data. Through a proprietary assessment methodology and analytics dashboard, Werk delivers the insights companies need to understand current flexibility baseline and gaps, the highest ROI flex investments to close those gaps, and the impact of flexibility on their most important business metrics. Learn more at Werk.co
ScaleFT
Seed Round in 2017
ScaleFT is a software company specializing in cloud-native access management solutions, founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. The company has developed a comprehensive Zero Trust platform that simplifies access control across various user and resource types, eliminating the need for multiple privileged access management (PAM) and identity access management (IAM) products. ScaleFT's platform connects securely to Linux and Windows servers using a client certificate-backed architecture, thereby removing static credentials. It manages access to web applications through a policy-based framework that authenticates and authorizes each request in real-time. This approach allows IT teams to enforce security policies effectively while providing a streamlined, centralized workflow for accessing company resources.
Buoyant Inc., established in 2015 and based in San Francisco, specializes in developing open-source software to enhance the performance, reliability, and security of cloud-native applications. The company's flagship product is Linkerd, an open-source network proxy designed for service mesh deployment, facilitating efficient management, control, and monitoring of service-to-service communication within applications. Buoyant's team comprises senior ex-Twitter infrastructure engineers aiming to provide advanced capabilities to various companies, as they previously helped conquer Twitter's "Fail Whale" issue. The company is well-funded and backed by prominent investors.
Prelim operates an online platform for financial institutions to digitize customer interactions and account origination. Based in San Francisco, the company provides a digital origination platform that automates processes traditionally completed on paper and with manual labor, enabling new and existing customers to open accounts within minutes from any device. It digitizes the consumer experience from point of sale to day-to-day account management and offers a no-code tool for building customer-facing bank and financial applications.
Grove is a personal trainer for the client's moneyThe company assesses where you are today and create a plan to make the client confident about their money. Through proprietary software combined with a team of Certified Financial Planners, Grove is able to offer personalized advice at a fraction of the price of traditional financial advisors.
Crowd Cow
Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2015, Crowd Cow operates an online platform that connects customers directly with small family farms. It specializes in selling whole cows and custom cuts of chicken, pork, lamb, beef, and seafood sourced from independent farmers and aquaculture operators across the United States.
Joy Life, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers a comprehensive wedding planning portal and application designed to assist users from engagement through to their honeymoon. Founded in 2014, Joy's platform provides tools for organizing wedding details, including customizable checklists, wedding websites, and mobile applications. Users can manage guest lists, send digital or printed invitations, track RSVPs, and link gift registries. The application also fosters interaction among wedding guests by allowing photo sharing and comments on a private timeline. Additionally, Joy offers features for sending custom notifications and messages, enabling a seamless planning experience for couples and their wedding parties.
Code Climate
Series A in 2016
Founded in 2011, Code Climate Inc. specializes in engineering intelligence applications. Its flagship product, Velocity, analyzes GitHub repositories to provide real-time analytics, custom reports, and insights into software engineering teams' performance for managers, engineers, executives, and product leaders.
Validere
Seed Round in 2016
Validere Technologies Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in providing critical information about liquids through innovative measurement, reporting, and verification solutions. Founded in 2015, Validere develops portable devices, including the Validere Identifier, which assesses the hazardous nature of liquids by referencing a comprehensive library. Additionally, the company offers EDGE Connect, a platform that facilitates secure connections between buyers and sellers, enabling the discovery of arbitrage opportunities. Validere's main focus is on liquid fingerprinting, industrial process monitoring, and optimizing logistics within the energy sector. By delivering accessible and verifiable testing data, Validere aids organizations in making informed business decisions and enhances the accuracy of crude oil testing, ensuring accountability and quality across operations. The company's expertise in emissions management and tracking further positions it as a valuable partner for energy companies seeking to improve their financial and environmental performance.
Clara is a Latin American fintech company specializing in corporate spending management. It offers locally-issued corporate cards, bill pay services, financing solutions, and a software platform designed to streamline expense reporting and provide real-time insights into spending.
LeadGenius
Series B in 2016
LeadGenius, Inc. is a lead generation and outreach company that serves businesses, development organizations, nonprofits, and researchers in the United States and globally. Founded in 2011 and based in Berkeley, California, LeadGenius offers a comprehensive suite of services that includes customer research to create lead lists, data enrichment to ensure accuracy, and lead qualification to identify viable prospects. The company employs advanced software to streamline the sales process, automating the delivery of accurate contact information and essential data points. This enables organizations to effectively generate, qualify, and convert leads, thus enhancing their overall sales efforts. LeadGenius was previously known as MobileWorks, Inc.
Bark Technologies
Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2015, Bark Technologies is a software company based in Atlanta, Georgia. It uses AI and machine learning to detect and alert parents to potential issues their children may face online, such as cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, or school shooting threats. Bark's platform monitors social media, text messages, and emails, providing parents with actionable insights to help protect their children.
Dishcraft Robotics
Seed Round in 2016
Dishcraft Robotics, Inc. specializes in developing and manufacturing robotic systems for commercial kitchens, aiming to enhance productivity and reduce waste in the food service industry. The company's innovative technology includes a dishwashing solution that utilizes a rotating scrubber head and advanced computer vision to clean and inspect each dish individually, ensuring thorough sanitation in a fraction of a second. Dishcraft's service, known as Dishcraft Daily, offers comprehensive dishwashing solutions tailored for corporate kitchens and restaurants. Founded in 2015 and based in San Carlos, California, Dishcraft Robotics was previously known as Bistro Technologies, Inc. and rebranded in March 2016.
LeadGenius
Series B in 2016
LeadGenius, Inc. is a lead generation and outreach company that serves businesses, development organizations, nonprofits, and researchers in the United States and globally. Founded in 2011 and based in Berkeley, California, LeadGenius offers a comprehensive suite of services that includes customer research to create lead lists, data enrichment to ensure accuracy, and lead qualification to identify viable prospects. The company employs advanced software to streamline the sales process, automating the delivery of accurate contact information and essential data points. This enables organizations to effectively generate, qualify, and convert leads, thus enhancing their overall sales efforts. LeadGenius was previously known as MobileWorks, Inc.
Lattice
Seed Round in 2016
Lattice is a People Success Platform that integrates various tools, workflows, and data to assist business leaders in fostering engaged, high-performing employees and cultivating positive company cultures. The platform encompasses continuous performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics, providing HR, People, and Operations teams with essential insights to enhance workplace environments and achieve significant business results. Lattice has received recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies and is celebrated as a top workplace, with a high employee satisfaction rate. Serving nearly 5,000 customers globally, including notable organizations like Slack, Asana, Solera Health, and Guild Education, Lattice aims to streamline performance management processes through real-time employee feedback and efficient performance review cycles, targeting medium-sized companies for goal management and achievement.
CoreOS, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in open source projects for Linux containers and Internet security software solutions. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York City and a development hub in Berlin, CoreOS is recognized for its contributions to the Kubernetes community. The company offers Tectonic, an enterprise-ready platform that enhances Kubernetes with features for secure container orchestration, and Quay, a private image registry for building, storing, and distributing containers. CoreOS also provides CoreUpdate, a tool for managing application updates, and maintains various open source projects, including CoreOS Linux, etcd, and rkt. These solutions address key challenges related to downtime, security, and resilience, enabling organizations to run their applications reliably in diverse environments. In 2018, CoreOS became a subsidiary of Red Hat, further bolstering its position in the cloud infrastructure landscape.
D2iQ develops a datacenter operating system (DCOS) that spans various machines in a datacenter or cloud. It organizes infrastructure, provides scalable application deployment, and supports big data infrastructure on shared resources. D2iQ offers products like Mesosphere DCOS, Infinity, and Conductor, along with architectural consulting services.
Figma develops and provides a collaborative interface design tool accessible via the browser. It caters to product teams, enabling them to create, test, and ship designs efficiently. Founded in 2012, Figma aims to make design accessible to all, serving clients such as Airbnb, Slack, and Microsoft.
Convoy operates an online marketplace for digital freight network services. It connects shippers with local and regional trucks for moving goods efficiently, offering real-time tracking via its mobile app. Founded in 2015, Convoy aims to optimize the trucking industry by reducing waste and emissions.
Copper develops innovative tools aimed at simplifying online service interactions by enabling password-free signups. The company's approach allows users to enter their personal information once, which is then utilized to create accounts across various applications and websites. This not only streamlines the signup process but also empowers users to manage their personal information more effectively. By prioritizing user control over data sharing, Copper enhances the overall experience of online services, making it easier and more secure for individuals to engage with digital platforms.
KryptonCloud
Seed Round in 2015
KryptonCloud, Inc. is a technology company that develops a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform designed for operations and maintenance (O&M) teams. The platform enables users to search, analyze, and monitor asset-related data in real-time, facilitating enhanced decision-making regarding asset performance. Key products include Krypton Collect, which aggregates and unifies data from various sources; Krypton Decision Engine, a scalable tool for real-time evaluation of O&M data; and Krypton Analytics, which provides insights into operational data such as time-series data and work history. Established in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, KryptonCloud focuses on delivering automated analytics, real-time operational monitoring, and centralized data management, aiding businesses in optimizing asset performance and reducing maintenance costs. The company operates as a subsidiary of Splunk Inc.
Nervana is a technology company founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Diego, California. It specializes in machine learning and artificial intelligence, offering a software-as-a-service platform that enables businesses to develop custom deep learning applications. The company's flagship product, Nervana Cloud, provides a comprehensive software solution that utilizes deep learning techniques to facilitate the creation of intelligent applications. Founded by experts in various fields, including machine learning, neuroscience, and chip design, Nervana aims to simplify and scale the use of brain-inspired algorithms in technology development.
Swapbox
Seed Round in 2015
Swapbox is a delivery service that offers a streamlined solution for sending and receiving packages through its automated kiosks. Located in accessible venues such as grocery stores, petrol stations, and coffee shops, these kiosks allow customers to send items without the hassle of traditional post office hours. Users can simply place their packages in the kiosk and enter their details on a touchscreen. The recipient can then collect the package from a nearby Swapbox location using a code sent to them via text or email. Concentrating on consumer satisfaction and convenience, Swapbox aims to improve the parcel delivery experience. Currently, the service operates in San Francisco and Santa Clara.
CoreOS, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in open source projects for Linux containers and Internet security software solutions. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York City and a development hub in Berlin, CoreOS is recognized for its contributions to the Kubernetes community. The company offers Tectonic, an enterprise-ready platform that enhances Kubernetes with features for secure container orchestration, and Quay, a private image registry for building, storing, and distributing containers. CoreOS also provides CoreUpdate, a tool for managing application updates, and maintains various open source projects, including CoreOS Linux, etcd, and rkt. These solutions address key challenges related to downtime, security, and resilience, enabling organizations to run their applications reliably in diverse environments. In 2018, CoreOS became a subsidiary of Red Hat, further bolstering its position in the cloud infrastructure landscape.
Clearbit
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Clearbit, Inc. is a business intelligence company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing application program interface tools to help organizations gather detailed information about their customers. Its suite of tools is designed for customer analysis, geolocation, fraud prevention, background checks, and address verification. By delivering accurate and actionable data, Clearbit enables businesses to enhance their sales processes and mitigate the risks of fraud, ultimately supporting informed decision-making and improving operational efficiency.
Notable Labs
Seed Round in 2015
Notable Labs, Inc. is a clinical-stage company that specializes in personalized lab testing services for cancer patients, particularly those with brain cancer. Founded in 2014 and based in Foster City, California, the company utilizes its proprietary Predictive Precision Medicines Platform to conduct drug combination experiments on patients' tumors. This platform allows Notable Labs to simulate cancer treatments and predict patient responses to specific therapies, enabling healthcare providers to prioritize combinations of FDA-approved treatments that can be prescribed without the need for clinical trials. By providing detailed reports to physicians, Notable Labs aims to enhance treatment efficacy and expedite therapeutic development for patients.
Clara Labs
Seed Round in 2015
Clara Labs is a technology company that specializes in developing Clara, an online platform designed to facilitate meeting scheduling via email for enterprises and their employees. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Clara Labs has been recognized for its innovative contributions to human-in-the-loop natural language processing systems and for creating one of the earliest successful conversational user experience products. In 2019, the company was acquired by Third Street Data, Inc., which subsequently became a subsidiary of TopFunnel. This acquisition allowed TopFunnel to continue operating Clara's services, while Twitter secured the research and development talent along with certain intellectual property for its content moderation efforts.
Katerra
Seed Round in 2015
Katerra is a technology company that optimizes building development, design, and construction. It manufactures prefabricated structural components, offers comprehensive services including design and assembly, specializing in commercial buildings, retail, healthcare, hospitality, and housing solutions. The company operates globally with offices, factories, and building projects across the United States and internationally.
Nylas Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, develops a communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) that facilitates seamless connectivity between applications and email, calendar, and contact services. The company's flagship product, Nylas, enables businesses worldwide to automate manual tasks, create personalized experiences, and gain insights from communication data. It offers bi-directional sync with major providers like Gmail, Outlook.com, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, and IMAP, supporting embedded calendar features and recurring events. Nylas operates additional locations in New York and Denver.