Perena
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Perena is a startup focused on building fundamental infrastructure to tackle key challenges in the stablecoin sector. Its platform, designed for decentralized finance (DeFi) purposes, facilitates seamless stablecoin exchange, supports multi-token stable swaps, and offers automated position management. This enables users to optimize yield generation, enhance liquidity, and improve the overall usability of stablecoins within the DeFi ecosystem.
LAAM is an online marketplace specializing in fashion, offering a diverse range of clothing, footwear, and accessories. The platform focuses on providing designer wear and luxury products, featuring a curated selection of various Pakistani designer brands, prêt, and lifestyle items. By bringing these diverse offerings together, LAAM enables users to discover personalized and creative merchandise in a single, accessible location. The company's commitment to showcasing high-quality fashion reflects its aim to cater to a discerning customer base seeking unique styles and luxury experiences.
AXAR AI
Pre Seed Round in 2024
At AXAR AI, we believe building personalized AI should be simple, reliable and transparent. We help developers create AI tailored to every user and use case - AI that works from day one and keeps getting better over time.
Elmnts
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Elmnts is a technology company that operates a blockchain-based platform for oil and gas royalty investments. It streamlines the process of buying and selling these royalties, reducing intermediaries, fees, and enhancing liquidity. By leveraging blockchain technology, Elmnts enables investors to directly own and trade real-world assets, such as oil and gas royalties, within their digital wallets, making commodity investing more accessible.
Cube Group
Seed Round in 2023
Cube Group is a hybrid CEX-DEX digital asset marketplace that addresses the challenges of traditional centralized exchanges and decentralized finance platforms. The company provides a user-centric design, radical transparency, safety, and liquidity, with features like multi-party compute, on-chain settlement, proof-of-reserves, and multi-chain support. Its vaults represent users' balances on their respective layer-one blockchains, offering transparent liquidation standards and criteria for derivatives and margin trading. The platform also standardizes market data and order sessions, allowing seamless onboarding for market participants through web interfaces for trading.
Lex is a mobile application that facilitates meaningful connections through text-based social networking. It caters specifically to women, transgender, non-binary, and genderqueer individuals seeking romantic partners or friendships.
Koltin is a health insurance company in Mexico that focuses on the needs of people aged 60 and older. It combines traditional health insurance with proactive, tech-enabled care to improve access to coverage and care for seniors. By partnering with a leading insurer, Koltin provides major medical coverage alongside a dedicated, team-based care model and personalized health aging plans enabled by technology. The company also offers remote support services, including accident insurance, coverage for medical emergencies and major medical expenses, and unlimited preventive guidance from specialists. Through these integrated insurance and care services, Koltin helps elderly individuals maintain independence and preserve physical and mental well-being while navigating the complexities of aging.
Birdstop
Venture Round in 2023
Birdstop is a company that specializes in creating advanced infrastructure for the inspection and monitoring of remote assets using autonomous drone applications. Its platform leverages networked unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and ground stations to automate data collection, allowing users to access real-time insights about their assets through the Internet. This technology enables industries with offsite physical assets to efficiently detect anomalies and make critical decisions without the need for on-site presence, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and oversight.
Tavrn
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Tavrn is an invite-only application that facilitates connections and collaboration among creators, including singers, actors, and other professionals in the creative industry. The platform is designed to foster networking and creative partnerships, enhancing opportunities for its users within the entertainment sector. In addition to its focus on the creative community, Tavrn has developed AI-based medical chronologies aimed at improving the efficiency of medical record summarization for legal professionals. This technology includes features such as cloud security, secure communication, and continuous monitoring, enabling clients to manage medical records effectively while ensuring compliance and safeguarding sensitive information. Through its dual focus, Tavrn seeks to streamline processes in both creative and legal domains.
Scenario
Seed Round in 2023
Scenario is a developer of generative AI technology that produces game assets. Its platform uses custom‑trained models to generate style‑consistent assets from concept to runtime, allowing studios to create, collaborate, share, and socialize. The API‑first approach integrates into game engines and design software, streamlining workflows and reducing development time.
Cube
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Cube is a generative AI startup helping multi-location businesses streamline online reputation management and customer care. We're leveraging ChatGPT to revolutionise customer care. Cube helps teams save time on repetitive tasks, boost productivity and personalise customer interactions at scale.
Tract is an online education platform for children that combines a library of unlimited on-demand courses with weekly live events, taught by a community of creators and mentors. It supports student-directed learning by enabling kids to explore topics at their own pace and engage in real-world, project-based lessons. Courses cover a range of interests from technology and game development to writing and sports, helping young learners discover passions, build confidence, and develop 21st-century skills. The company emphasizes the TRICK philosophy - Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness - as a framework for learning and collaboration. Tract targets children aged eight and older and aims to foster curiosity, creativity, and global awareness through an engaging, supportive online community.
Comm Technologies
Seed Round in 2022
Comm Technologies is focused on enhancing end-to-end (E2E) encryption through the development of a crypto-native messaging platform. This platform allows users to acquire non-fungible tokens (NFTs) while maintaining their online anonymity. By utilizing personal private servers and key servers, Comm Technologies offers a web3 chat solution that ensures secure communication and adheres to specific notification restrictions. This approach enables clients to manage their communications effectively through a unified inbox, while also facilitating the scaling of E2E encryption for enhanced privacy.
Disclo
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Disclo is a HIPAA compliant platform enabling employers to collect, verify, and manage employee health disclosures and accommodation requests. Disclo helps employees secure the enhancements and protections they need to succeed in their careers without having to disclose their underlying medical condition to their employer.
Wilco is a platform designed to help software engineers of all experience levels enhance their skills through hands-on, immersive learning experiences. Founded in 2021 in Tel Aviv, Israel, by On Freund, Shem Magnezi, and Alon Carmel, Wilco simulates the environment of a tech startup, allowing users to engage in "quests" that cover everyday engineering tasks, such as deploying applications and troubleshooting production issues. By utilizing real-life tech stacks, the platform creates a safe and realistic space for developers to upskill at an accelerated pace, regardless of their background or skill level. This approach not only assists developers in their workflow but also enables them to improve site performance and implement observability tools, ultimately unlocking their full potential in the software development field.
OlaClick (YC W21)
Seed Round in 2022
OlaClick is a web-based digital menu solution that streamlines the process of receiving online orders for businesses, particularly mass-market restaurants. The platform allows restaurants to create and distribute digital menus at no cost, facilitating orders through WhatsApp. This approach not only simplifies the ordering process for customers but also helps restaurants enhance their online presence and expand their customer base. By utilizing OlaClick's services, businesses can efficiently manage their food orders and improve overall operational efficiency.
Virtex Apps
Seed Round in 2022
Virtex Apps, LLC specializes in creating augmented reality experiences that enhance fan engagement during live sports events. Its flagship product, Virtex Arena, allows sports teams to host multiplayer competitions that take place in a virtual environment visible to fans through their mobile devices. During breaks in the game, such as half-time, fans can participate in these interactive competitions, experiencing the virtual scene from their own unique perspectives as if it were unfolding in real-time on the field or court. This innovative approach not only provides a memorable and immersive experience for attendees but also presents teams with opportunities for increased advertising and sponsorship revenue. Additionally, Virtex Apps is developing a baseball application that offers active virtual reality experiences, enabling users to physically move within a virtual gaming world that merges seamlessly with their real surroundings.
Virtex Stadium
Seed Round in 2022
Virtex Stadium is an esports-focused virtual stadium developer. People using Virtex Stadium can enter a lobby and chat with dozens of others, or they can go directly into the stadium to find a seat to watch an event. The stadium itself will be able to accommodate hundreds of people at once. Virtex Stadium brings together the best of the physical and virtual worlds to create an immersive esports experience that brings fans closer to the game.
Formally
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Formally is a technology-driven company aiming to simplify legal processes and enhance access to justice. It specializes in developing intuitive platforms, such as its immigration and citizenship form-filler tool, which automates tasks and provides resources in multiple languages.
ETAP
Pre Seed Round in 2022
ETAP is a car insurance platform designed to simplify the process of purchasing and claiming car insurance. Utilizing advanced technology, the platform focuses on preventing fraud while delivering enhanced experiences and competitive pricing for customers. Key features include risk profile-based instant coverage, crash notifications, and emergency support. Additionally, ETAP offers flexible automated payment plans and provides insights into driving behavior through driver scores for each completed trip. Safe Driving Rewards are available for drivers who demonstrate safe driving practices, further incentivizing responsible behavior on the road.
RevenueBase
Seed Round in 2022
RevenueBase is a provider of a revenue database as a service, focused on delivering comprehensive and accurate data to help B2B companies effectively engage with prospects. Founded in May 2021 in Waltham, Massachusetts by Mark J. Feldman and Milenko Beslic, the company specializes in analyzing clients' go-to-market opportunities and supplying essential account and contact information through a user-friendly and continuously updated database. This enables business executives to access high-quality data that can be efficiently transformed into revenue growth.
Ramped is a job-skilling platform focused on early-career professionals, designed to connect them with employers seeking trained and vetted talent. The platform aims to cultivate a new generation of workforce-ready individuals by providing accessible education and skill development. It seeks to address the limitations of traditional resumes by breaking inherent biases and facilitating connections between jobseekers and reputable companies. Through its innovative approach, Ramped enhances the employability of early-career talent while meeting the hiring needs of top employers.
SailPlan is a company focused on enhancing data management within the marine industry, specifically for ships and yachts. It develops a data infrastructure platform that facilitates the collection, processing, and analysis of real-time, high-resolution data related to water traffic. By leveraging APIs and other integrations, SailPlan's solutions enable marine vessels to optimize their operations, leading to improved efficiency, reduced fuel consumption, lower emissions, and better predictions for engine maintenance. This tailored approach aims to enhance safety and profitability for marine applications.
Wet Dog Weather
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Wet Dog Weather develops a SaaS platform for weather data management and visualization. It processes raw data from public repositories and proprietary models, transforming it into interactive, performant visuals to provide comprehensive insights into current and future weather conditions.
NayaPay
Seed Round in 2022
NayaPay is a digital platform based in Pakistan that offers online transaction and banking services aimed at enhancing financial accessibility for residents. Founded in 2016, NayaPay enables users to send and receive money, split bills, and make payments conveniently through their smartphones. The platform features NayaPay Arc, which provides entrepreneurs with digital payment solutions and financial management tools. Designed to be user-centric, NayaPay also emphasizes extensive support for its users, particularly small businesses, in leveraging technology to improve their operations. By facilitating instant monetary transactions and allowing users to open digital accounts quickly, NayaPay is committed to transforming the financial landscape in Pakistan.
ApertureData
Seed Round in 2022
ApertureData develops a unified database platform that streamlines AI deployment by centralizing diverse datasets like images, videos, documents, and embeddings. It offers knowledge graph and vector search capabilities, enhancing productivity for data science teams building multimodal AI solutions.
Wirestock
Seed Round in 2022
Wirestock LLC is an AI-powered platform that facilitates the distribution, showcasing, and licensing of visual content, including generative AI art, photos, and videos. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Smart City, Malta, Wirestock allows stock photographers and content creators to upload and sell their work on various content marketplaces. The platform integrates blockchain and smart contract technology to streamline the management and licensing processes, enabling users to track submissions and earnings through a single account. Additionally, Wirestock provides tools for analyzing and comparing performance across different agencies, offering creators a centralized solution for monetizing their content effectively.
Neupeak
Seed Round in 2022
NeuPeak Robotics is a technology company specializing in AI-powered robotic solutions for agriculture. It develops autonomous robots designed to mimic human dexterity, enabling them to pick fruits and vegetables efficiently. NeuPeak offers an automated fruit-picking service, providing farmers with on-demand robot labor that operates around the clock. Additionally, these robots collect data analytics for precision plant health monitoring and live reporting, helping farmers make informed decisions and mitigate chronic labor shortages while improving profitability.
Tortue
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Tortue is a family entertainment brand with a limitless passion to create original IP games and products that stir creativity and imagination. We build the dots, so you can connect those dots and tell stories that inspire the next generations. Our boundless persistence ensures perfection is brought to life. Storytelling is at the heart of what we do. We inspire your imagination through our characters, games and products. We are here to entertain everybody. Great stories make great inspirations. Great inspirations make great aspirations. Great aspirations make great people. Never forget that your story is much bigger than "you". Every adventure begins as a thought, and every thought is an adventure.
Embry Tech
Seed Round in 2021
Embry Tech, Inc. is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in innovative health technology. It has developed a smart shoe insole equipped with a built-in scale designed for automated weight tracking. This sophisticated insole measures body weight and generates personalized alerts for weight changes based on comprehensive activity analysis. Furthermore, the product offers users tailored coaching on nutrition, physical activity, and healthy habits through a mobile application, enhancing their wellness journey. Embry Tech’s patent-pending platform aims to assist consumer brands in exploring new opportunities in the wellness market by integrating wearable sensors into their product offerings.
Camlist
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Camlist is a mobile application founded in 2020 that facilitates the buying and selling of pets, pet services, and pet accessories. The platform serves as a social marketplace where pet breeders and pet owners can engage in safe transactions while prioritizing animal welfare. Camlist offers features such as live video calls with ethical breeders, zero percent financing for purchases, and complimentary vaccinations and veterinary checks. Additionally, the app enables secure communication between users and breeders, thereby ensuring a trustworthy environment for acquiring pets. With its focus on affordability and health insurance options, Camlist aims to enhance the pet ownership experience while promoting responsible practices in the pet industry.
Markai is a venture-backed startup that specializes in acquiring and growing category-leading e-commerce brands primarily based in Asia but aimed at western consumers. The company identifies brands with strong products and significant growth potential that lack the necessary resources to scale effectively. After acquisition, Markai enhances these brands through improved branding and marketing strategies while expanding their reach across various channels and geographic locations. Additionally, Markai is developing a direct-to-manufacturer supply chain in China, allowing for rapid product iteration driven by real-time consumer insights. The founding team comprises experienced professionals from the United States and China, with backgrounds in notable companies such as Stanford, Bain, BCG, Amazon, and eBay, collectively bringing decades of expertise in e-commerce and mergers and acquisitions.
neuroClues
Seed Round in 2021
neuroClues is a medical technology company that aims to revolutionize the diagnosis of neurological disorders by providing an innovative eye-tracking platform. This technology allows practitioners to easily and quickly quantify clinical exams by extracting eye movement biomarkers. By enabling neurologists to identify Parkinsonian syndromes and other central nervous system disorders years before visible symptoms appear, neuroClues supports early detection and monitoring of these conditions. The company's non-invasive approach offers a simple and robust method for both healthcare professionals and patients to track neurological health, enhancing the ability to manage and understand these complex diseases over time.
Beaubble
Seed Round in 2021
Beaubble is an e-commerce platform that specializes in beauty products, combining the elements of beauty and community. The company provides a space for discussions about cosmetics, allowing consumers and influencers to connect and collaborate. Through its platform, Beaubble offers a variety of cosmetic products, enabling customers to shop for beauty items while also engaging in conversations that shape trends and preferences in the beauty industry. This approach fosters a vibrant community around beauty, enhancing the shopping experience beyond mere transactions.
Schmooze Dating
Seed Round in 2021
Schmooze Dating is an app that has introduced a new feature called schmooze flirts which selects memes from the app's algorithm that a match is likely to laugh at and encourages users to send the meme to their match in order to start a conversation. The user has 48 hours to message the other person before the chat disappears. The app also includes icebreakers to help to get started before a match is removed.
Neta is a social commerce platform that brings e-commerce to the offline world. It makes use of local stores and residents to better serve high demand and deliver. Customers order groceries online through the Neta app and pick them up at their local store.
The Neta app provides a catalog of items, ranging from fresh produce to pantry staples, that is linked to the personal catalogs of local retailers.
Game Jolt
Seed Round in 2021
Game Jolt operates as a social media platform and community for gamers, centered on user-generated content. The platform enables users to share games, participate in on-platform events and mini-games, and engage with friends and other players. It also develops a user-generated marketplace for digital collectibles aimed at brands and creators, connecting with millions of Gen Z gamers and providing a channel to showcase and trade digital assets tied to video games and related experiences.
Ender
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Ender is a venture-backed startup based in Austin, Texas, focused on enhancing employability for children before they reach adulthood. The company has developed a competition platform that incentivizes kids to build apps, games, websites, and other real-world projects by offering cash prizes. This innovative learn-to-earn model allows children to create a portfolio while earning money, fostering both skill development and financial literacy. With a team of dedicated professionals from the fields of game development, education, engineering, and design, Ender aims to empower the next generation through practical experience and competitive engagement.
Oraan is a banking company offering online and mobile banking with a focus on women. It enables members to build financial identities through participation in its savings and financial identity services. The company operates a social savings platform that digitizes group-saving behaviors in underbanked markets, using data and user needs to shape financial identities. The app supports saving with a trusted community, paying installments in preferred modes, and digital withdrawals, helping unbanked clients open bank accounts and enabling existing account holders to reactivate accounts. By combining community-based savings with accessible digital finance tools, Oraan aims to broaden access to formal banking and advance financial empowerment.
Schmooze Dating
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Schmooze Dating is an app that has introduced a new feature called schmooze flirts which selects memes from the app's algorithm that a match is likely to laugh at and encourages users to send the meme to their match in order to start a conversation. The user has 48 hours to message the other person before the chat disappears. The app also includes icebreakers to help to get started before a match is removed.
Āut Labs (former SkillWallet)
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Āut is an extendable Protocol designed to power the next generation of human Coordination.
The DAOs 2.0, if you like, or a DAO Renaissance.
It does so by "expanding" any Standard DAO Contract - with custom Membership modules on top.
Āut is a protocol that expands any DAO’s legacy contract (i.e.: a Moloch DAO), and bringing expandable, customizable membership & governance modules at contract level for Web3 Communities. At its core, it adds the native concept of Role & Interaction at contract level - so that each Member of a Community is represented in a much more multidimensional, richer way - other than a flat 0x… address.
Currently, the Āut suite includes:
- to Integrate āut, add Roles & expand/deploy a DAO from scratch.
- a Decentralized Authentication System for DAOs.
- a DAO OS, to manage members, tasks and community modules.
- (my) ĀutID: a public profile & portfolio for self-sovereign, non-transferable NFT IDs.
PicsArt, Inc. is the world's largest digital creation platform, specializing in photo and video editing tools designed for users at all skill levels. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Miami, with an additional office in Yerevan, Armenia, the company offers a comprehensive suite of features through its mobile and web applications. Its flagship app provides an array of options for photo manipulation, drawing, and collage making, including customizable filters, text overlays, and a GIF generator. Additionally, PicsArt hosts a vibrant community for creative collaboration, allowing users to share and collectively edit images. The platform also features a dedicated app for children, as well as a messaging system that enhances the shared creative experience. By combining its extensive open-source content collection with AI-powered tools, PicsArt serves consumers, marketers, content creators, and businesses alike, facilitating both personal and professional design projects.
LaunchHouse
Seed Round in 2021
LaunchHouse is a venture capital firm and business accelerator that invests in early-stage technology startups, with a focus on data, SaaS, healthcare software, and other innovative sectors. It provides not only capital, typically investing $0.03 million, but also incubator services and access to a curated community of founders, engineers, and investors. This community offers coliving residencies, executive coaching, fundraising support, and digital courses, fostering learning, professional development, and authentic relationships. LaunchHouse operates in major cities like Los Angeles and New York, as well as in the metaverse, with a mission to create a hub for entrepreneurial innovation and transform ideas into successful companies.
Morty is an entertainment application that enhances social experiences by bringing the immersive world of escape rooms to users' fingertips. The app allows individuals to track their escape room adventures, coordinate upcoming games with friends, and easily book new experiences. By providing a platform for discovering and planning engaging activities, Morty aims to unite people through real-life, interactive experiences, thereby enriching their social outings and fostering a sense of community among users. The application positions itself as a tool for users to explore and record their adventures in the realm of experiential entertainment.
Yela
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Yela is a technology company that facilitates interactions between fans and A-list celebrities through a digital platform. Initially targeting the MENA and South Asia regions, along with their global diasporas, Yela aims to provide fans with personalized experiences by enabling them to receive video and audio messages from their favorite celebrities. This innovative application allows for meaningful connections between fans and their idols, enhancing the way personal digital experiences are created and shared. Yela has plans for global expansion to reach a wider audience.
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Tonebase
Seed Round in 2021
Tonebase is an online training platform dedicated to democratizing music education by providing access to high-quality instructional content produced by renowned musicians and educators. The platform features a variety of educational materials, including instructional videos that offer insights and personal feedback from influential artists. By making these resources widely available, Tonebase aims to enhance the learning experience for music enthusiasts of all levels, fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of music.
Lastlink
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Lastlink is a platform designed to assist content creators manage subscriptions to exclusive groups on social media platforms like Instagram, Telegram, and WhatsApp. It automates sales and management processes, enabling creators to efficiently distribute content and engage with their audience.
ClearSpace
Seed Round in 2021
ClearSpace is a space debris mitigation company spun out of EPFL in 2018 to develop sustainable in-orbit services and remove non-functional satellites. It focuses on on-orbit technologies and debris-removal services, including tracking failed satellites with sensors, radar, and a telescope to enable cleanup and longer-term sustainability of space operations. The company has been contracted by the European Space Agency to lead the first autonomous debris-removal mission, known as ClearSpace-1, showcasing its capability to capture and remove space debris from orbit.
Yummy Inc. is a food delivery application company founded in 2020 by Vicente Zavarce, with its headquarters located in San Francisco, California, and an additional office in Caracas, Venezuela. The Yummy app operates across Latin America, allowing users to order and pay for meals through both mobile and web platforms. It offers various payment options, including foreign credit cards and cash, making it convenient for users to enjoy their food at their preferred locations.
Ziina is a financial services company that provides a peer-to-peer payment platform for mobile apps. The platform features bank-grade security, end-to-end encryption, and the ability to send and receive funds using just a phone number, enabling both individuals and businesses to manage money securely and efficiently.
Ramped
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Ramped is a job-skilling platform focused on early-career professionals, designed to connect them with employers seeking trained and vetted talent. The platform aims to cultivate a new generation of workforce-ready individuals by providing accessible education and skill development. It seeks to address the limitations of traditional resumes by breaking inherent biases and facilitating connections between jobseekers and reputable companies. Through its innovative approach, Ramped enhances the employability of early-career talent while meeting the hiring needs of top employers.
ivee
Venture Round in 2021
Ivee specializes in providing wellness and intravenous (IV) treatment services delivered directly to patients' homes. The company focuses on making health services more accessible by offering on-demand IV therapy for various needs, including detoxification, immune support, and productivity enhancement. Patients can conveniently book these IV therapy sessions online, eliminating the need to travel for wellness and ancillary care. Through its innovative delivery infrastructure, Ivee aims to redefine the way individuals receive health treatments, emphasizing comfort and accessibility.
Skyroot Aerospace
Series A in 2021
Skyroot Aerospace is an aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider based in Hyderabad, India. Founded in 2022, the company specializes in developing launch vehicles designed for cost-effective access to space. Skyroot focuses on creating technologies that enable responsive, reliable, and economical spaceflight, aiming to make space access as regular and affordable as air travel. By providing reliable launch services specifically for small satellites, Skyroot seeks to reduce costs and increase launch frequency, thereby facilitating greater opportunities for businesses to engage in space exploration and utilization.
Kidato is an online school offering affordable, high-quality education to K-12 students in Africa's growing middle class. It maintains a student-to-teacher ratio of 5:1 and integrates extracurricular activities for socialization.
MightyFly
Seed Round in 2021
MightyFly specializes in autonomous freight delivery systems, utilizing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to provide rapid, efficient, and carbon-neutral package transport for businesses and governments. Their patent-pending technology offers a cargo capacity of up to 500 pounds, a range of 600 miles, and speed of 150 mph.
Regent designs and manufactures electric flying machines, known as seagliders, for coastal transportation. These wing-in-ground-effect craft operate a few meters above water's surface, combining airplane speed with boat operating costs. Seagliders aim to revolutionize regional travel by connecting coastal cities and islands efficiently and sustainably.
Windmill
Seed Round in 2021
Windmill develops a smart ecosystem of modern, eco-friendly air care products. Its air conditioners offer antimicrobial filters and activated carbon filters to provide an environmentally savvy and device-compatible machine.
OlaClick (YC W21)
Seed Round in 2021
OlaClick is a web-based digital menu solution that streamlines the process of receiving online orders for businesses, particularly mass-market restaurants. The platform allows restaurants to create and distribute digital menus at no cost, facilitating orders through WhatsApp. This approach not only simplifies the ordering process for customers but also helps restaurants enhance their online presence and expand their customer base. By utilizing OlaClick's services, businesses can efficiently manage their food orders and improve overall operational efficiency.
StarNews Mobile
Seed Round in 2021
StarNews Mobile is a mobile content media company that designs, develops, and operates a digital platform enabling creators to produce, distribute, and monetize video content. Founded in 2017, it is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, with additional offices across Africa, including Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Africa. The platform offers subscription plans, pay‑as‑you‑go options, and exclusive content, allowing creators to connect directly with fans and earn revenue. It targets African creators and audiences, providing an affordable streaming service that supports local content production and offers a fair payout structure. The company also connects brands and celebrities with creators, expanding opportunities for collaboration and audience reach.
Sway
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Sway is a company focused on enhancing the online returns process for consumers and retailers. It aims to streamline the often cumbersome task of returning purchased items by providing a fully digitized solution. Sway enables users to arrange for the pick-up and drop-off of returns directly from their homes, eliminating the need for printing labels, packaging items, or visiting the post office. This service allows online shoppers to return products as easily as they can order them, significantly reducing the stress associated with online returns. By prioritizing convenience and efficiency, Sway supports online brands and retailers in improving their customer experience.
FINESSE
Seed Round in 2021
FINESSE is a vertically integrated fashion house founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Angeles. The company uses artificial intelligence on large data sets and community feedback to predict fashion trends, forecast demand, and optimize distribution. By eliminating guesswork and overproduction, it delivers direct‑to‑consumer apparel and accessories that sell out quickly. The integrated approach allows the brand to respond rapidly to market shifts and maintain up‑to‑date offerings.
Ziina is a financial services company that provides a peer-to-peer payment platform for mobile apps. The platform features bank-grade security, end-to-end encryption, and the ability to send and receive funds using just a phone number, enabling both individuals and businesses to manage money securely and efficiently.
SALT is an app that helps women bring intuition back to money.
Sunroom
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Sunroom is an application designed for women and non-binary individuals to monetize their creative content. The platform provides tools for content management, allowing users to create and distribute their work while building a subscriber base. By facilitating revenue generation from various sources, Sunroom empowers its users to transform their creative endeavors into sustainable businesses.
Tuned is an emerging company that operates at the intersection of social media and the automotive industry. It is dedicated to creating platforms that facilitate everyday activities for individuals and businesses involved in the automotive sector. Tuned is set to launch a social network designed to cater to a diverse audience, including car owners, enthusiasts, and businesses of all sizes. The company aims to support this network with various resources tailored to the automotive community, emphasizing strong industry engagement and a commitment to enhancing social interactions within the sector. Through its innovative approach, Tuned seeks to foster connections and provide valuable tools for all participants in the automotive landscape.
tldr facilitates the discovery, sharing, and memorization of insightful content via summaries written by its community.
Fakespot Inc. is a data analytics company based in New York, founded in 2016, that specializes in detecting fake online product reviews. Utilizing patented algorithms and artificial intelligence, Fakespot's platform analyzes consumer reviews on e-commerce sites to identify unreliable or fraudulent content. The technology not only spots suspicious activity but also provides users with a grade indicating the authenticity of reviews. By helping consumers navigate the online shopping landscape, Fakespot aims to protect them from scams and misleading information, ultimately saving time and money. The company's application is accessible on both the App Store and Google Play, making its services widely available to consumers.
Tract is an online education platform for children that combines a library of unlimited on-demand courses with weekly live events, taught by a community of creators and mentors. It supports student-directed learning by enabling kids to explore topics at their own pace and engage in real-world, project-based lessons. Courses cover a range of interests from technology and game development to writing and sports, helping young learners discover passions, build confidence, and develop 21st-century skills. The company emphasizes the TRICK philosophy - Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness - as a framework for learning and collaboration. Tract targets children aged eight and older and aims to foster curiosity, creativity, and global awareness through an engaging, supportive online community.
Walnut.
Seed Round in 2020
Walnut is a company that provides a unique platform aimed at enhancing sales experiences through codeless and customizable product demonstrations. Founded in 2020 by entrepreneurs Yoav Vilner and Danni Friedland, Walnut is based in New York City. The platform allows sales representatives to create and run live demos without needing back-end support, even when the actual product is unavailable or still in development. By integrating seamlessly with existing CRMs and data sources, Walnut's drag-and-drop solution empowers sales teams to take full control of their demo processes. This innovative approach not only saves time and resources but also aims to improve conversion rates by offering a fail-proof demo experience.
Metadata, Inc. develops a marketing data analytics platform designed to streamline demand generation for B2B enterprises. The platform supports scheduling campaign amplification to targeted audiences, provides full profile information for new signups, and auto-generates buyer and user personas while offering access to a database of prospects. It enables prospect segmentation by industry, job function, technology stack, and interests, and monitors signups to accelerate pipeline creation and marketing campaigns by applying automation data to targeted advertising. The company also integrates with marketing automation systems such as Salesforce to reduce manual tasks for marketers. Founded in 2015, Metadata, Inc. is headquartered in California. By compiling historical sales data, the platform creates profiles of ideal customers and orchestrates the acceleration of existing opportunities while targeting new accounts, helping B2B teams optimize demand generation and drive more predictable outcomes.
Airlift Technologies
Series A in 2020
Airlift Technologies, established in 2019 and headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan, operates a mobile application that facilitates passenger transportation by connecting them with bus-owners. The platform enables commuters to travel between residential and commercial hubs within the city. In 2020, Airlift expanded its services to include last-mile delivery, offering swift (within 30 minutes) delivery of essential items such as food, household supplies, and electronics across Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi. Backed by First Round Capital, Airlift aims to promote self-empowerment through technology-driven logistics solutions that ensure safe, reliable, and affordable access to necessities, thereby encouraging shared mobility and affordable mass transport.
Tajir is an e‑commerce marketplace that connects small retailers with suppliers, enabling them to purchase FMCG products such as soft drinks, biscuits, shampoo, rice, and wheat through a mobile application. The platform provides transparent pricing, logistics support, and information tools to simplify the retail supply chain for mom‑and‑pop stores. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan, Tajir leverages its founder’s background in FMCG distribution to offer a streamlined procurement and delivery service for independent retailers.
Knoetic
Seed Round in 2019
Knoetic is an innovative online platform tailored for Chief People Officers (CPOs) that combines a social network with a SaaS analytics tool. This unique integration enables CPOs to access both quantitative and qualitative insights through its "Insight Engine," facilitating informed and holistic workforce decisions. The platform features an exclusive community, CPOHQ, comprising over 1,000 world-class CPOs who collaborate to address pressing challenges such as employee retention, compensation, and hiring strategies. Knoetic's software consolidates various human resource data sources, allowing organizations to visualize and analyze workforce information effectively. The company serves a growing clientele of leading technology firms, including Lyft, Squarespace, and Zapier, positioning itself as a vital resource for CPOs navigating complex workplace dynamics and decision-making processes.
Mureni is a rapidly growing healthcare startup based in Mexico City that focuses on enhancing dental practices in Latin America, particularly in Mexico and Brazil. The company specializes in the development of dental aligners, utilizing advanced three-dimensional scanning and printing technologies. This innovative approach allows patients to receive effective orthodontic treatment without the discomfort of traditional metal braces or the need for frequent visits to an orthodontist. By leveraging technology, Mureni aims to increase revenue for dental practices while improving operational efficiency, ultimately providing a more accessible and pain-free dental care experience for patients.
CANOPY
Corporate Round in 2019
CANOPY is a network of premium shared workspaces designed for professionals and entrepreneurs who seek an inspiring and contemporary environment. The company focuses on creating a sophisticated community of thinkers, creators, and innovators, offering generously spaced, distraction-free areas that promote contemplation and concentration. Members are discerning about their workspaces, valuing aesthetics and functionality that align with their personal brand and professional identity. CANOPY provides a range of services, including private offices and a concierge-style amenities program, all aimed at enhancing productivity and fostering meaningful connections within a supportive ecosystem. By prioritizing quality and design, CANOPY sets itself apart from conventional workspace alternatives, appealing to those serious about their work.
Extend offers personalized extended warranties and protection plans for a wide range of consumer products. Its platform provides intelligent real-time optimization of warranty offers, improving conversions and generating revenue for merchants. Integrated with leading eCommerce solutions, Extend enhances the customer support experience by storing purchase details and assisting throughout the claim process.
Founded in 2018, Landis is a real estate technology company based in New York. It specializes in helping renters become homeowners by allowing customers to select their dream home, rent it initially, and purchase it anytime within the first twelve months. The company also assists customers in building credit and saving for a down payment, providing a transparent process for transitioning from renting to owning.
rideOS Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing marketplace and mapping services for the transportation sector, focusing on both self-driving and human-operated fleets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, rideOS offers a suite of services including self-driving vehicle routing, estimated time of arrival calculations, dispatching, supply positioning, and multi-rider trip planning. The company's advanced technologies are designed to facilitate on-demand transportation and support the deployment of autonomous vehicles by determining optimal routing and coordinating human drivers when necessary. With a team of experienced engineers from leading technology firms, rideOS collaborates with various partners to innovate and enhance next-generation transport systems, thereby contributing to the safe and efficient roll-out of modern transportation solutions.
Stel Life
Seed Round in 2018
Stel Life Inc., established in 2016 and based in Philadelphia, specializes in designing and developing a gateway that facilitates automatic connection with any wireless vital signs device approved by the FDA. This system enables secure and passive transmission of patient data from these devices to healthcare providers' Electronic Health Records (EHR) or preferred platforms, without requiring Wi-Fi, smartphones, or technical expertise from patients. Stel Life aims to bridge the digital divide in healthcare, simplifying workflows while ensuring the protection of sensitive health information.
Point stores things the user send over and over again and helps them re-use it instantly.
Point helps the user to easily save snippets of text, templates, and other content, and re-use them effortlessly on any website.
Backed by Y Combinator, Slow Ventures, Graph Ventures, The Fund, RDV, MIT Sandbox and more.
Year & Day
Angel Round in 2018
Year & Day Co. is a designer and manufacturer of modern dinnerware and table settings, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in a range of high-quality products, including ceramics, flatware, glassware, linens, and various tabletop accessories. Its offerings encompass dip dishes, plates of various sizes, bowls, mugs, serving platters, and complete dinner sets. Year & Day emphasizes environmentally friendly production methods and the use of durable materials, ensuring that its products not only enhance the aesthetic of modern home life but also withstand everyday use. The company operates an online platform to retail its elegantly crafted items, which are designed to elevate dining experiences.
Hashdex
Seed Round in 2018
Hashdex is a company dedicated to connecting traditional financial markets with the emerging world of digital assets. It focuses on unlocking the potential of blockchain technology for mainstream investors by providing an institutional-grade investment platform. This platform is designed to offer regulated and diversified access to investment products that facilitate exposure to blockchain assets while maintaining minimal management fees and allowing for daily subscriptions and redemptions. By combining extensive financial expertise with advanced technology, Hashdex aims to create secure, transparent, and cost-effective investment solutions that cater to the evolving needs of investors in the digital asset landscape.
Scotty Labs
Seed Round in 2018
Scotty Labs, Inc. is a technology company based in Menlo Park, California, that specializes in enabling remote control of self-driving vehicles. Founded in 2017 as a spin-out of SRI International, the company focuses on a tele-operations platform that allows humans to virtually manage autonomous vehicles in complex environments. By emphasizing the collaboration between human operators and autonomous systems, Scotty Labs aims to address the challenges faced by driverless technology. Rather than pursuing complete vehicle autonomy, the company believes in the effectiveness of safe tele-operation as a solution that complements autonomous driving capabilities. This approach aims to enhance the driving experience while improving safety and efficiency, particularly in industries such as trucking, where maximizing revenue and minimizing costs are critical. As of August 2019, Scotty Labs operates as a subsidiary of DoorDash, Inc.
Agora is a rapidly growing provider of Communications-Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) solutions, specializing in mobile-first, real-time communication technologies for developers and businesses worldwide. The company's widely adopted API enables real-time communication features such as voice calling, video calling, group conferencing, and interactive broadcasting, and is installed on over 500 million devices. Agora's services cater to diverse industries, including telemedicine, education, financial services, customer service, social media applications, and mobile gaming. With a focus on reliability, accessibility, and scalability, Agora operates primarily in China and the United States, generating the majority of its revenue from the Chinese market.
Strive Talent
Seed Round in 2018
Strive Talent Inc., established in 2017 and based in San Francisco, operates an online platform focused on competency-based hiring. The company assesses job candidates through cognitive tests, work sample evaluations, and structured interviews to facilitate fair and skill-focused recruitment for businesses. Additionally, Strive offers management training programs combining classroom learning, practical application, and executive coaching to help emerging leaders develop their skills and reach their full potential.
Dapper Labs
Series A in 2018
Founded in 2018, Dapper Labs develops blockchain-based platforms that bring non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and innovative digital experiences to fans worldwide. Its flagship product, NBA Top Shot, engages consumers with their favorite brands by creating communities centered around ownership and creativity.
Niche.com
Series B in 2018
Niche.com operates an online platform that helps users discover and evaluate schools, neighborhoods, and companies across the United States. It provides reviews, analysis, rankings, report cards, and profiles based on rigorous data analysis.
Simtek
Convertible Note in 2018
Simtek is an award-winning technology company building wireless security. Their first product, Duo is a portable sensor that helps people monitor spaces without access to connectivity or power. Simtek aims to reduce accidents and thefts, and help people better monitor the things they care about.
Loft is a Brazilian real estate technology company that operates a transactional marketplace and online property platform. Founded in 2018 and based in São Paulo, Loft provides an end-to-end digital workflow to manage home buying and selling, facilitating transactions for individuals, brokers, and publicly listed REITs. The platform combines proprietary transaction data with a searchable property database and integrated services to streamline search, valuation, and deal execution, bringing the Brazilian homebuying experience into the e-commerce era. It offers access to residential and commercial properties, with user feedback and ratings supporting transparent transactions. Loft aims to simplify real estate deals through digital tools and data-driven processes, reducing friction in buying and selling properties across the Brazilian market.
Physera
Seed Round in 2017
Physera, Inc. is a healthcare company focused on providing digital solutions for patients with musculoskeletal injuries. Founded in 2015 and based in Palo Alto, California, Physera offers a mobile application that connects patients to licensed physical therapists for remote diagnosis and treatment. The platform features video access to therapists, as well as in-app animations, voice prompts, and digital exercise therapy designed to alleviate musculoskeletal pain. By collecting data on patient progress and treatment effectiveness, the application allows therapists to tailor recovery and maintenance plans to individual needs. Physera serves a diverse clientele that includes patients suffering from muscular pain, self-insured employers, and large health plans. As of May 2020, Physera operates as a subsidiary of Omada Health, Inc.
Heartbeat
Venture Round in 2017
Using our unique software and devoted team at Heartbeat, we pair the best content creators with like-minded brands who share a love for the same products and services. The result is a genuine connection that develops into long-lasting relationships.
Birdies
Seed Round in 2017
Birdies is a footwear brand founded in 2015 by Bianca Gates and Marisa Sharkey that designs and manufactures comfortable, stylish shoes for women and girls. Based in Sacramento, California, the brand blends the comfort of a slipper with the support of a sneaker and the style of a designer flat, underpinned by its seven-layer comfort technology. It targets versatile, everyday wear, offering a range of designs that emphasize comfort and fashion. The brand is female-founded and focuses on footwear that bridges home and daily use, delivering options intended for various occasions.
Raised Real
Series A in 2017
Raised Real is a producer of organically sourced baby and toddler meals designed to support the growth and development of young children. The company offers a subscription service that delivers raw, single-serve meals directly to parents' doorsteps, allowing them to prepare nutritious homemade food for their children in minutes. With a focus on convenience, Raised Real provides various meal plans tailored to different ingredient preferences, ensuring that parents can easily access a diverse range of recipes. Additionally, the company features an SMS Hotline to assist parents in the meal preparation process, positioning itself as a disruptive force in the baby food industry.
Motion
Venture Round in 2017
Motion Clinical brings together engineers, designers, data scientists, and clinicians to reimagine how to care for injuries and chronic pain.
The company was founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California.
sourcerer.io
Funding Round in 2017
Sourcerer Incorporated, founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in aggregating and analyzing source code from repositories such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket. The company's platform creates visual profiles for software engineers by extracting data from their coding history, which includes details about the languages and libraries used, coding habits, and project contributions. This approach enables engineers to showcase their skills and work experience, providing valuable insights to the broader engineering community. By transforming commits and source code into meaningful narratives, Sourcerer aims to ensure that an engineer's contributions are recognized and remembered, fostering connections between developers and potential employers.
Lunchclub
Seed Round in 2017
Lunchclub is an AI-driven platform founded in 2018 by Vladimir Novakovski, Hayley Leibson, and Scott Wu, headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in facilitating introductions for one-on-one meetings, whether for lunch, coffee, or video calls. Its service aims to connect individuals seeking future business partners, team members, or investors, enabling users to make strategic connections that can help them achieve their professional goals. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Lunchclub enhances networking opportunities, allowing clients to support one another in their endeavors.
Lingokids
Seed Round in 2017
Lingokids is an educational app designed for children aged 2-8, focused on teaching English through a playful learning approach. With a user base exceeding 10 million families globally, the app offers over 600 interactive games and activities that foster essential skills such as creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication. The platform encourages parental involvement, allowing families to engage in the learning process together. Lingokids aims to positively impact 100 million families, emphasizing the importance of language acquisition and vocabulary development in early childhood education.
Spell Inc. is an artificial intelligence and deep learning infrastructure company founded in 2017 and based in New York City. The company provides a digital platform designed to streamline machine learning and deep learning projects, making these advanced technologies accessible to teams of all sizes. Spell's platform offers flexible end-to-end MLOps capabilities, enabling teams to efficiently prepare, train, deploy, and manage machine learning initiatives. It emphasizes collaboration, project monitoring, and reproducibility of experiments, while also simplifying the DevOps tasks necessary for scaling these projects. By utilizing straightforward command-line tools and an intuitive web console, Spell facilitates machine management and environment setup, allowing users to focus more on experimentation. The platform supports various applications, including natural language processing, computer vision, and speech recognition, ultimately empowering organizations to enhance productivity and transform their workforce through accessible AI solutions.