Harrison Metal Capital

Harrison Metal Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2006 that provides seed and early-stage funding to technology-driven startups. It focuses on software and services for consumers, developers and businesses, and seeks opportunities in information technology, e-commerce, mobile, consumer products and services, manufacturing and healthcare, as well as developer tools and related sectors including financial services. The firm backs early-stage companies with potential for scalable growth and collaborates with founders through the initial funding and early growth phases.

Michael Dearing

Investor

224 past transactions

Quilter

Series A in 2024
Quilter is a technology company that specializes in developing next-generation tooling for electrical engineers. They focus on using physics-driven generative design and artificial intelligence to convert circuit schematics into reliable printed circuit board designs, enabling hardware engineers to address real-world challenges more effectively.

Vital Interaction

Series A in 2023
Vital Interaction is a software provider that specializes in automating complex communication workflows for the healthcare sector. Its flagship product, the Automated Patient Interaction System, enhances communication between healthcare organizations and patients through the use of text messaging, automated voice calls, and email. This system facilitates efficient connections by reminding patients of appointments, filling open time slots, and soliciting patient feedback. Additionally, Vital Interaction’s platform combines data and business intelligence with workflow automation, allowing healthcare providers to optimize scheduling and improve patient interactions. By focusing on value-based care and automated intelligence, the company empowers clients to gain valuable insights into their practices and enhance overall patient engagement.

Crowdbotics

Series B in 2023
Crowdbotics is an application development platform that provides an enterprise-grade solution for building, modernizing and deploying web and mobile applications. It offers a library of production-grade components and a network of on-call experts to help product managers translate ideas into working code, selecting effective components and workflows. The platform handles infrastructure, implementation, maintenance, operations, monitoring and security for the life of a project, and uses artificial intelligence to map application requirements to existing code modules while capturing business logic and developer intent. It supports modernization, onboarding and governance by integrating with current tools and infrastructure, enabling enterprises to modernize legacy systems, reduce development risk and improve engineering efficiency.

Roboto Games

Series A in 2022
Roboto Games, Inc. is a game development studio based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2013 by Curt Bererton and Mathilde Pignol. The company specializes in creating mobile and computer games, focusing on synchronous multiplayer action games that are designed to be engaging and fun. Roboto Games aims to connect friends and family through its casual multiplayer offerings, while also catering to a broader audience with mid-core games that provide solo gameplay experiences. The studio is composed of experienced professionals from the gaming industry and has a history of innovation, having previously founded ZipZapPlay, a web and Facebook games company sold to PopCap in 2007.

Jeli.io

Series A in 2022
Jeli, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in incident analysis through its innovative platform. This platform automatically aggregates data from various sources, including emails, Slack channels, PagerDuty, Zoom recordings, and logs, providing engineers with valuable insights to better understand and address incidents. Jeli's approach transcends the traditional focus on technical errors by also considering critical aspects such as team coordination and human factors, which are often neglected in incident analysis. By integrating seamlessly with existing tools, Jeli aims to enhance collaboration and communication between engineering and business units, ultimately delivering more proactive solutions to identify and resolve problems.

X1

Series B in 2022
X1 is a financial services company that offers an innovative credit card designed to enhance the shopping experience. The X1 Card is crafted from stainless steel and features advanced technology that allows for smart credit limits and an attractive rewards program. Cardholders can earn points for every purchase, which can be redeemed for various benefits. The card is backed by Visa Signature, giving users access to over 46 million merchants globally. Co-founded by former Twitter employees Deepak Rao and Siddharth Batra, X1 has attracted notable investors, including PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and others with significant experience in technology and finance. Through its unique offerings, X1 aims to transform traditional credit card usage and improve the way consumers shop and spend.

Heymarket

Series A in 2021
Heymarket facilitates business-to-customer communication via SMS and Facebook Messenger. It offers features such as shared inboxes, message assignments, templates, and reminders to enhance customer engagement.

Fable

Series A in 2021
Fable, Inc. is a computer software company based in New York that develops a web-based motion design platform. Founded in 2018, Fable aims to empower creators by providing an accessible tool for storytelling through motion. The platform facilitates collaboration among teams and enhances the creative process for both beginners and experienced professionals. Users can easily create animations and save their projects as GIFs or HD videos, making it a versatile solution for various creative needs.

Correlated

Seed Round in 2021
Correlated develops a product-led revenue platform that empowers sales teams to act on user behavior insights. Its solution alerts sales teams about customer usage patterns, enabling them to expand revenue by identifying upselling opportunities and reducing churn risks.

Facet Data

Seed Round in 2021
Facet Data develops an exploratory analytics platform that enables collaborative exploration of key business metrics and root-cause analysis without requiring coding or SQL knowledge. The platform integrates with cloud data warehouses, big queries, and column-oriented data stores, allowing data engineering teams to automate reporting tasks.

Guild Education

Series E in 2021
Guild Education provides a technology platform that connects working adults with online classes, programs, and degree options, offering personalized advising and retention coaching. The service enables employers to give employees education benefits and tuition reimbursement, helping them advance their careers while the platform supports discovery, learning, and organization of the experience. It bridges the gap between education and employment, delivering a comprehensive learning journey from start to finish.

Orbit

Series A in 2021
Orbit is a platform that facilitates community-driven growth for businesses by tracking and measuring community activity across various tools and channels.

Outlier

Series B in 2021
Outlier is an online education platform that offers intro-level college courses online at a relatively affordable price. Their courses employ engaging content and cutting-edge educational technology to create an immersive, student-friendly learning experience. Outlier is reimagining higher education as a resource that is accessible, equitable, and affordable for everyone.

Most Days

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2020, Most Days is a subscription-based life improvement platform headquartered in San Francisco. It uses behavioral psychology and AI to create personalized daily plans based on scientific research, helping users focus on their mental, physical, and emotional wellness. The platform aims to measurably increase the quality and length of life globally.

Jeli.io

Seed Round in 2020
Jeli, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in incident analysis through its innovative platform. This platform automatically aggregates data from various sources, including emails, Slack channels, PagerDuty, Zoom recordings, and logs, providing engineers with valuable insights to better understand and address incidents. Jeli's approach transcends the traditional focus on technical errors by also considering critical aspects such as team coordination and human factors, which are often neglected in incident analysis. By integrating seamlessly with existing tools, Jeli aims to enhance collaboration and communication between engineering and business units, ultimately delivering more proactive solutions to identify and resolve problems.

Orbit

Seed Round in 2020
Orbit is a platform that facilitates community-driven growth for businesses by tracking and measuring community activity across various tools and channels.

TruckMap

Seed Round in 2020
TruckMap Inc. is a technology company based in Chicago, Illinois, established in 2016. It specializes in developing a mobile application designed specifically for truck drivers, providing them with truck-specific routing and navigation. The TruckMap app includes features such as GPS navigation, information on diesel fuel prices, parking availability, and access to local truck services. Additionally, it offers insights into shipping facilities and freight exchange, along with community-based services that enhance the overall driving experience. By focusing on the unique needs of the trucking industry, TruckMap aims to simplify logistics and improve efficiency for drivers on the road.

Pareto Labs

Seed Round in 2020
Pareto Labs is a website that offers video-based management courses on business communication and career-oriented skills.

X1

Series A in 2020
X1 is a financial services company that offers an innovative credit card designed to enhance the shopping experience. The X1 Card is crafted from stainless steel and features advanced technology that allows for smart credit limits and an attractive rewards program. Cardholders can earn points for every purchase, which can be redeemed for various benefits. The card is backed by Visa Signature, giving users access to over 46 million merchants globally. Co-founded by former Twitter employees Deepak Rao and Siddharth Batra, X1 has attracted notable investors, including PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and others with significant experience in technology and finance. Through its unique offerings, X1 aims to transform traditional credit card usage and improve the way consumers shop and spend.

Heymarket

Series A in 2020
Heymarket facilitates business-to-customer communication via SMS and Facebook Messenger. It offers features such as shared inboxes, message assignments, templates, and reminders to enhance customer engagement.

Hone

Seed Round in 2020
Hone Group Inc., established in 2018, is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in live online leadership and management training. It offers a development platform that empowers organizations to enhance their employees' soft skills, including communication, team building, and conflict management. Hone's platform facilitates expert-led small group training, peer learning, and continuous reinforcement, while also providing data-driven insights to measure and improve training impact.

Intello

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2017, Intello operates a comprehensive SaaS optimization management platform. It integrates with existing cloud software and provides real-time visibility into SaaS spend, usage, and compliance. The platform helps businesses save money by identifying unused subscriptions and automates vendor compliance.

Toolchain

Seed Round in 2020
Toolchain is a company that specializes in a distributed software build system tailored for application developer teams of varying sizes. Its system is founded on an open-source core and leverages dependency analysis along with fine-grained workflow modeling. This combination facilitates efficient caching, concurrency, and remote execution, resulting in fast, stable, and scalable builds for both local laptops and continuous integration environments. By providing distributed execution capabilities, Toolchain enables clients to run build steps concurrently, enhancing productivity and streamlining the development process.

Outlier

Series A in 2020
Outlier is an online education platform that offers intro-level college courses online at a relatively affordable price. Their courses employ engaging content and cutting-edge educational technology to create an immersive, student-friendly learning experience. Outlier is reimagining higher education as a resource that is accessible, equitable, and affordable for everyone.

Guild Education

Series D in 2019
Guild Education provides a technology platform that connects working adults with online classes, programs, and degree options, offering personalized advising and retention coaching. The service enables employers to give employees education benefits and tuition reimbursement, helping them advance their careers while the platform supports discovery, learning, and organization of the experience. It bridges the gap between education and employment, delivering a comprehensive learning journey from start to finish.

OpenLattice

Series A in 2019
OpenLattice, Inc. is a data infrastructure company founded in 2017 and based in Redwood City, California. It specializes in providing a cloud-based data management platform that enables government organizations to securely share and integrate sensitive data across various sectors, including public safety, healthcare, and social services. By linking individual-level data from previously siloed information systems, OpenLattice supports public servants in making informed, data-driven decisions. The platform is particularly focused on addressing societal challenges such as mass incarceration and the opioid epidemic, allowing state and local governments to implement targeted interventions based on comprehensive data analysis. Through its innovative approach, OpenLattice aims to improve operational efficiency and human outcomes within government organizations of all sizes.

Skylight Healthcare Systems

Series A in 2019
Skylight Healthcare Systems, Inc. specializes in providing interactive patient care system technology for hospitals and healthcare administrators. The company operates the ACCESS interactive patient system, a two-way digital communications platform that transforms hospital television sets into comprehensive information, communication, education, and entertainment networks. This system enables patients to access essential information about their hospital stay, request assistance from support departments, view on-demand health education, provide real-time feedback through surveys, and enjoy various entertainment options. Additionally, Skylight offers iCarePassport, a web-based patient care and outcomes system designed to enhance ongoing patient engagement by facilitating personalized communication throughout the continuum of care. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Skylight Healthcare Systems addresses the critical needs of patients in education, health literacy, and access to services, thereby improving the overall healthcare experience.

CircleCI

Series D in 2019
CircleCI provides a continuous integration and delivery platform that automates build, test, and deploy processes to help software teams release code rapidly and with confidence. The platform supports version control integration, automated testing frameworks, and containerization, enabling developers to scale workflows, detect and fix defects early, and reduce deployment risk. Notable customers include Facebook, Spotify, Kickstarter, and Shyp, reflecting wide adoption across tech companies. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco with a global remote workforce, CircleCI is backed by venture firms Scale Venture Partners, DFJ, Baseline Ventures, and Harrison Metal Capital.

Dote Shopping

Series B in 2019
Dote is a social shopping app. A place GenZ can connect, get inspired by and shop with their favorite social stars.Dote is a GenZ-focused social shopping app that allows anyone to become a fashion influencer. Post looks to earn coins, collaborate with top fashion and beauty influencers to produce content, and shop fromretail brands including Forever, Urban Outfitters, MAC cosmetics, and more. Lightspeed Venture Partners and Goodwater Ventures have invested in Dote in a Series B round.

Fleetsmith

Series B in 2019
Fleetsmith, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in cloud-based management software for Apple devices, including Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. Founded in 2014, Fleetsmith offers an automated platform that simplifies various IT processes for organizations, enabling them to manage applications, settings, and security across their device fleets. The software supports tasks such as automatic device setup, inventory management, patching, and security enforcement. It also includes features for updating applications, managing user accounts, upgrading operating systems, and tracking device compliance from a centralized location. Fleetsmith has gained traction among small and midsize businesses and is trusted by notable companies like Robinhood and Segment. As of June 2020, Fleetsmith operates as a subsidiary of Apple Inc.

Signal Sciences

Series C in 2019
Signal Sciences Corporation, founded in 2014 and based in Venice, California, specializes in web application security through its software as a service (SaaS) platform. The company provides next-generation web application firewalls (WAF) and runtime application self-protection (RASP) solutions, safeguarding over 40,000 applications and managing more than a trillion production requests monthly. Its patented architecture offers comprehensive and scalable threat protection, making it particularly effective in modern development environments. Signal Sciences serves a diverse range of industries, including financial services, retail, healthcare, media, entertainment, and government, and counts notable companies like Under Armour and Aflac among its clients. The company has received multiple accolades, including the Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice Award for WAF and recognition as a Visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls. Additionally, it has been honored with awards such as Technology of the Year from InfoWorld and the Best DevOps Security Tool from Computing's DevOps Excellence Awards. In October 2020, Signal Sciences became a subsidiary of Fastly, Inc.

Hone

Seed Round in 2019
Hone Group Inc., established in 2018, is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in live online leadership and management training. It offers a development platform that empowers organizations to enhance their employees' soft skills, including communication, team building, and conflict management. Hone's platform facilitates expert-led small group training, peer learning, and continuous reinforcement, while also providing data-driven insights to measure and improve training impact.

Intello

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2017, Intello operates a comprehensive SaaS optimization management platform. It integrates with existing cloud software and provides real-time visibility into SaaS spend, usage, and compliance. The platform helps businesses save money by identifying unused subscriptions and automates vendor compliance.

Skylight Healthcare Systems

Seed Round in 2019
Skylight Healthcare Systems, Inc. specializes in providing interactive patient care system technology for hospitals and healthcare administrators. The company operates the ACCESS interactive patient system, a two-way digital communications platform that transforms hospital television sets into comprehensive information, communication, education, and entertainment networks. This system enables patients to access essential information about their hospital stay, request assistance from support departments, view on-demand health education, provide real-time feedback through surveys, and enjoy various entertainment options. Additionally, Skylight offers iCarePassport, a web-based patient care and outcomes system designed to enhance ongoing patient engagement by facilitating personalized communication throughout the continuum of care. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Skylight Healthcare Systems addresses the critical needs of patients in education, health literacy, and access to services, thereby improving the overall healthcare experience.

Crew

Series C in 2018
The crew is a communications app that keeps everyone on the same page about everything work-related. The crew gives companies and frontline employees a new way to communicate, stay engaged, and be more successful. Unlike collaboration software that has evolved around the needs of office workers, Crew is the first communications app designed specifically for the millions of workers who don’t have ready access to effective communication technology on the job. From store clerks, restaurant managers, coaches, to pharmacists, nurses, and first responders, thousands of teams across every industry use Crew to help their businesses and organizations run more smoothly.

LightStep

Series C in 2018
LightStep Inc., established in 2013 and based in San Francisco, specializes in application performance management (APM) software solutions. The company's flagship product, LightStepPM, monitors and manages the performance of production systems at scale, providing real-time insights into end-to-end system behavior and interactions across organizational boundaries. It offers features such as SAML support, flexible data scrubbing, and is built on open standards. LightStep aims to deliver confidence in software application management by analyzing 100% of unsampled transaction data, accelerating root cause analysis for complex systems.

Outlier

Seed Round in 2018
Outlier is an online education platform that offers intro-level college courses online at a relatively affordable price. Their courses employ engaging content and cutting-edge educational technology to create an immersive, student-friendly learning experience. Outlier is reimagining higher education as a resource that is accessible, equitable, and affordable for everyone.

Squad

Seed Round in 2018
Squad is the intimate voice-only social experience. Squad combines audio technology with powerful habit creation, giving you and your people a comfortable and casual way to come together to share, laugh, and connect. You can share updates on what you're up to and exchange messages, facilitating real-life social conversations with only your closest people.

Guild Education

Series C in 2018
Guild Education provides a technology platform that connects working adults with online classes, programs, and degree options, offering personalized advising and retention coaching. The service enables employers to give employees education benefits and tuition reimbursement, helping them advance their careers while the platform supports discovery, learning, and organization of the experience. It bridges the gap between education and employment, delivering a comprehensive learning journey from start to finish.

Even.com

Series B in 2018
Even.com is focused on enhancing financial resilience for employees, addressing the challenges faced by over half of Americans living paycheck to paycheck. The company develops a mobile budgeting application that automatically budgets upcoming bills, allowing users to manage their spending habits effectively. By partnering with employers, Even provides its services as a benefit, which not only supports employees in making ends meet, paying down debt, and saving money but also helps employers improve employee retention. The business operates transparently, ensuring that it profits only when its customers do. Even.com is based in Oakland, California, and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Fullcast.io

Venture Round in 2018
Fullcast.io is a software company based in Redmond, Washington, that specializes in enhancing sales operations through its innovative platform. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on transforming traditional sales processes into growth-driven operations by offering sales-ops-as-a-service. This service integrates people, processes, and cloud technology to optimize resource allocation and improve sales performance. Fullcast.io provides tools for designing sales plans, conducting scenario analysis, and visualizing key growth metrics, enabling sales leaders to align actual performance with targets effectively. With a team experienced in sales operations from notable companies, Fullcast.io partners with organizations to help them achieve their sales objectives and drive growth.

ClearBrain

Seed Round in 2018
ClearBrain, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing self-serve predictive analytics software for marketers. Founded in 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, ClearBrain enables users to identify potential customer behaviors, such as conversion or churn, before they occur. The platform connects seamlessly with various analytics tools, transforming data for predictive modeling through an intuitive point-and-click interface. Marketers can create predictive audiences to enhance retargeting efforts and discover benchmarks for conversion events, ultimately driving increased user retention and engagement. With a team possessing extensive experience in machine learning and marketing automation, ClearBrain aims to simplify the predictive analytics process for marketers, making it accessible without requiring coding expertise. As of 2020, ClearBrain operates as a subsidiary of Amplitude Analytics, reflecting its integration within a broader analytics ecosystem.

OpenLattice

Seed Round in 2018
OpenLattice, Inc. is a data infrastructure company founded in 2017 and based in Redwood City, California. It specializes in providing a cloud-based data management platform that enables government organizations to securely share and integrate sensitive data across various sectors, including public safety, healthcare, and social services. By linking individual-level data from previously siloed information systems, OpenLattice supports public servants in making informed, data-driven decisions. The platform is particularly focused on addressing societal challenges such as mass incarceration and the opioid epidemic, allowing state and local governments to implement targeted interventions based on comprehensive data analysis. Through its innovative approach, OpenLattice aims to improve operational efficiency and human outcomes within government organizations of all sizes.

Fleetsmith

Series A in 2018
Fleetsmith, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in cloud-based management software for Apple devices, including Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. Founded in 2014, Fleetsmith offers an automated platform that simplifies various IT processes for organizations, enabling them to manage applications, settings, and security across their device fleets. The software supports tasks such as automatic device setup, inventory management, patching, and security enforcement. It also includes features for updating applications, managing user accounts, upgrading operating systems, and tracking device compliance from a centralized location. Fleetsmith has gained traction among small and midsize businesses and is trusted by notable companies like Robinhood and Segment. As of June 2020, Fleetsmith operates as a subsidiary of Apple Inc.

Weller

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in Boulder, Colorado in 2017, Weller operates as a wellness company specializing in cannabidiol-infused food and beverages. Its product range includes sparkling water, sold through retail stores and online platforms.

Mixmax

Series A in 2018
Founded in San Francisco in 2014, Mixmax operates a communications platform that enhances email productivity for sales teams. Its key features include email tracking, scheduling meetings within emails, creating templates, and automating busywork.

CircleCI

Series C in 2018
CircleCI provides a continuous integration and delivery platform that automates build, test, and deploy processes to help software teams release code rapidly and with confidence. The platform supports version control integration, automated testing frameworks, and containerization, enabling developers to scale workflows, detect and fix defects early, and reduce deployment risk. Notable customers include Facebook, Spotify, Kickstarter, and Shyp, reflecting wide adoption across tech companies. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco with a global remote workforce, CircleCI is backed by venture firms Scale Venture Partners, DFJ, Baseline Ventures, and Harrison Metal Capital.

Outpatient App

Seed Round in 2018
Outpatient App is a digital health platform that focuses on medical task management and care coordination for families, healthcare professionals, health systems, and military medical services. It offers features such as scheduling, messaging, task assignments, and automatic notifications, all within a user-friendly interface. The platform is designed to be private, secure, and HIPAA compliant, ensuring accessibility from any mobile device or desktop globally. Initially aimed at families, Outpatient App has expanded its customer base to include large health systems and military medical services, such as the US Air Force. The app streamlines medical operations and enhances communication, ultimately improving efficiency and personalized care in diverse healthcare environments.

ThriveCash

Seed Round in 2017
Thrive is a technology company focused on creating innovative financial products tailored for students and young professionals, emphasizing their future potential rather than their past financial histories. Founded by individuals who faced financial challenges while pursuing their education in the United States, Thrive aims to address the needs of students who lack credit or substantial financial support. The company's flagship application allows students to access funds based on their job offers, enabling them to cover essential expenses such as security deposits, moving costs, and credit card payments while still in school. By investing in human potential, Thrive seeks to empower the next generation to thrive financially as they transition into their professional lives.

LightStep

Series B in 2017
LightStep Inc., established in 2013 and based in San Francisco, specializes in application performance management (APM) software solutions. The company's flagship product, LightStepPM, monitors and manages the performance of production systems at scale, providing real-time insights into end-to-end system behavior and interactions across organizational boundaries. It offers features such as SAML support, flexible data scrubbing, and is built on open standards. LightStep aims to deliver confidence in software application management by analyzing 100% of unsampled transaction data, accelerating root cause analysis for complex systems.

Polymer

Seed Round in 2017
Polymer is the OS for a factory. With Polymer, manufacturers can have visibility into their complex operations, and intelligently manage and grow their production lines. We make industrial intelligence and IoT easy enough for any manufacturer, even your favorite local brewery or bakery.

backplane.io

Seed Round in 2017
Backplane, founded in 2016, specializes in network optimization software that aims to enhance business agility by simplifying and streamlining network management. The company's SaaS solution allows organizations to control access to their networks, services, and traffic efficiently. Its APIs facilitate label-based service discovery and support cloud-agnostic routing and shaping, empowering teams to manage their processes and applications with precision. This approach eliminates the need for cumbersome manual configurations, enabling companies to scale their operations more effectively while maintaining control over their network environments.

Guild Education

Series B in 2017
Guild Education provides a technology platform that connects working adults with online classes, programs, and degree options, offering personalized advising and retention coaching. The service enables employers to give employees education benefits and tuition reimbursement, helping them advance their careers while the platform supports discovery, learning, and organization of the experience. It bridges the gap between education and employment, delivering a comprehensive learning journey from start to finish.

Blinkfire Analytics

Series A in 2017
Founded in 2011, Blinkfire Analytics specializes in social media analytics for professional sports teams, players, agents, and brands. Its platform uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to measure media value and impact, enabling better fan engagement and sponsorship sales.

Dote Shopping

Series A in 2017
Dote is a social shopping app. A place GenZ can connect, get inspired by and shop with their favorite social stars.Dote is a GenZ-focused social shopping app that allows anyone to become a fashion influencer. Post looks to earn coins, collaborate with top fashion and beauty influencers to produce content, and shop fromretail brands including Forever, Urban Outfitters, MAC cosmetics, and more. Lightspeed Venture Partners and Goodwater Ventures have invested in Dote in a Series B round.

Skylight Healthcare Systems

Seed Round in 2017
Skylight Healthcare Systems, Inc. specializes in providing interactive patient care system technology for hospitals and healthcare administrators. The company operates the ACCESS interactive patient system, a two-way digital communications platform that transforms hospital television sets into comprehensive information, communication, education, and entertainment networks. This system enables patients to access essential information about their hospital stay, request assistance from support departments, view on-demand health education, provide real-time feedback through surveys, and enjoy various entertainment options. Additionally, Skylight offers iCarePassport, a web-based patient care and outcomes system designed to enhance ongoing patient engagement by facilitating personalized communication throughout the continuum of care. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Skylight Healthcare Systems addresses the critical needs of patients in education, health literacy, and access to services, thereby improving the overall healthcare experience.

Dark

Seed Round in 2017
Dark Inc. is a technology company founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in developing a new programming language that is closely integrated with its own editor and compiler, as well as providing platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solutions. Dark's offerings enable engineers to build distributed applications using high-level programming primitives, streamlining the development process. By combining a holistic programming language with hosted infrastructure, Dark aims to simplify the complexities associated with application development and enhance the efficiency of software engineering.

Signal Sciences

Series B in 2017
Signal Sciences Corporation, founded in 2014 and based in Venice, California, specializes in web application security through its software as a service (SaaS) platform. The company provides next-generation web application firewalls (WAF) and runtime application self-protection (RASP) solutions, safeguarding over 40,000 applications and managing more than a trillion production requests monthly. Its patented architecture offers comprehensive and scalable threat protection, making it particularly effective in modern development environments. Signal Sciences serves a diverse range of industries, including financial services, retail, healthcare, media, entertainment, and government, and counts notable companies like Under Armour and Aflac among its clients. The company has received multiple accolades, including the Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice Award for WAF and recognition as a Visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls. Additionally, it has been honored with awards such as Technology of the Year from InfoWorld and the Best DevOps Security Tool from Computing's DevOps Excellence Awards. In October 2020, Signal Sciences became a subsidiary of Fastly, Inc.

Crew

Series B in 2017
The crew is a communications app that keeps everyone on the same page about everything work-related. The crew gives companies and frontline employees a new way to communicate, stay engaged, and be more successful. Unlike collaboration software that has evolved around the needs of office workers, Crew is the first communications app designed specifically for the millions of workers who don’t have ready access to effective communication technology on the job. From store clerks, restaurant managers, coaches, to pharmacists, nurses, and first responders, thousands of teams across every industry use Crew to help their businesses and organizations run more smoothly.

Crew

Series A in 2017
The crew is a communications app that keeps everyone on the same page about everything work-related. The crew gives companies and frontline employees a new way to communicate, stay engaged, and be more successful. Unlike collaboration software that has evolved around the needs of office workers, Crew is the first communications app designed specifically for the millions of workers who don’t have ready access to effective communication technology on the job. From store clerks, restaurant managers, coaches, to pharmacists, nurses, and first responders, thousands of teams across every industry use Crew to help their businesses and organizations run more smoothly.

PagerDuty

Series C in 2017
PagerDuty operates a real-time operations platform that harnesses digital signals from various systems and devices, combining them with human response data to orchestrate teams for timely actions. Its solutions include event intelligence, incident response, on-call management, business visibility, and advanced analytics, serving diverse industries worldwide.

Smyte

Series A in 2017
Smyte Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in trust and safety solutions for websites and mobile applications. Founded in 2014, Smyte employs a combination of manual heuristics, machine learning, and proprietary reputation data to assist organizations in proactively combating spam, fraud, bots, phishing, harassment, and account takeovers. The company caters to a diverse clientele that includes enterprises, marketplaces, and social networks, processing nearly five billion online actions each month. Smyte's automated labeling system identifies potentially malicious activities by analyzing various signals, allowing risk teams to effectively manage threats. As of June 30, 2018, Smyte operates as a subsidiary of Twitter, Inc.

Astro Technology

Series A in 2017
Astro Technology is a software startup based in Palo Alto that specializes in enhancing workplace messaging and collaboration through the use of artificial intelligence. The company has developed an intelligent email application that leverages AI and natural language processing to integrate various forms of communication, including emails, calendar invitations, and group messages. This application aims to improve efficiency by prioritizing important information and streamlining communication for teams. Notably, Astro's AI-powered assistant, Astrobot, helps users access key emails and insights through platforms like Slack and Amazon Alexa. The founding team comprises experienced professionals who have previously held significant roles at major tech companies, contributing to the startup's innovative approach and successful development trajectory. Astro Technology was acquired by Slack in September 2018.

Reelgood

Seed Round in 2016
Reelgood is a streaming aggregator platform that assists users in discovering and enjoying TV shows and movies across more than 150 streaming services. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform offers a comprehensive guide that allows consumers to browse, search, and track their viewing habits through a universal dashboard. With robust search and filtering features, Reelgood enables users to easily find new titles and manage their watching experience, offering the convenience of accessing online movies and series anytime and anywhere.

Fleetsmith

Seed Round in 2016
Fleetsmith, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in cloud-based management software for Apple devices, including Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. Founded in 2014, Fleetsmith offers an automated platform that simplifies various IT processes for organizations, enabling them to manage applications, settings, and security across their device fleets. The software supports tasks such as automatic device setup, inventory management, patching, and security enforcement. It also includes features for updating applications, managing user accounts, upgrading operating systems, and tracking device compliance from a centralized location. Fleetsmith has gained traction among small and midsize businesses and is trusted by notable companies like Robinhood and Segment. As of June 2020, Fleetsmith operates as a subsidiary of Apple Inc.

Guild Education

Series A in 2016
Guild Education provides a technology platform that connects working adults with online classes, programs, and degree options, offering personalized advising and retention coaching. The service enables employers to give employees education benefits and tuition reimbursement, helping them advance their careers while the platform supports discovery, learning, and organization of the experience. It bridges the gap between education and employment, delivering a comprehensive learning journey from start to finish.

Attic Labs

Series A in 2016
Attic Labs, Inc. is a software company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2015. The company is known for developing Noms, an open-source decentralized database designed to facilitate the storage, movement, and collaboration of large-scale structured data. Noms allows users to subscribe to data streams, similar to how consumers subscribe to RSS feeds, enabling businesses to receive timely updates on critical information without the need for manual downloads. The database incorporates features that allow for data replication, offline editing across multiple machines, and version control, ensuring that previous versions of data remain intact and retrievable. In January 2018, Attic Labs was acquired by Quip, Inc.

Birchbox

Series C in 2016
Birchbox is a New York-based retailer of personalized beauty and grooming products that operates online and through select stores. It offers makeup, skincare, haircare, fragrance, bath and body, nail products, and related lifestyle items for women, along with men's grooming products. The company partners with major and niche brands and uses a proprietary algorithm to deliver customized product selections, often through a monthly personalized sample experience combined with e-commerce shopping. It also provides educational content, product tips, tutorials, and a loyalty program. Birchbox has operations in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Belgium, reflecting its international reach.

Heymarket

Seed Round in 2016
Heymarket facilitates business-to-customer communication via SMS and Facebook Messenger. It offers features such as shared inboxes, message assignments, templates, and reminders to enhance customer engagement.

Primary

Series A in 2016
Primary makes clothes for kids and builds a better experience for busy parents to shop for them. It aims to be the most inclusive kid's clothing brand, offering high-quality essentials at affordable prices. Rather than chasing the trend, Primary offers thoughtfully designed clothing without logos, slogans, or sequins. They take a gender-neutral approach, with a broad range of colors available for babies and kids 0-12, without prescribing what is for girls or boys. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

CircleCI

Series B in 2016
CircleCI provides a continuous integration and delivery platform that automates build, test, and deploy processes to help software teams release code rapidly and with confidence. The platform supports version control integration, automated testing frameworks, and containerization, enabling developers to scale workflows, detect and fix defects early, and reduce deployment risk. Notable customers include Facebook, Spotify, Kickstarter, and Shyp, reflecting wide adoption across tech companies. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco with a global remote workforce, CircleCI is backed by venture firms Scale Venture Partners, DFJ, Baseline Ventures, and Harrison Metal Capital.

Signal Sciences

Series A in 2016
Signal Sciences Corporation, founded in 2014 and based in Venice, California, specializes in web application security through its software as a service (SaaS) platform. The company provides next-generation web application firewalls (WAF) and runtime application self-protection (RASP) solutions, safeguarding over 40,000 applications and managing more than a trillion production requests monthly. Its patented architecture offers comprehensive and scalable threat protection, making it particularly effective in modern development environments. Signal Sciences serves a diverse range of industries, including financial services, retail, healthcare, media, entertainment, and government, and counts notable companies like Under Armour and Aflac among its clients. The company has received multiple accolades, including the Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice Award for WAF and recognition as a Visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls. Additionally, it has been honored with awards such as Technology of the Year from InfoWorld and the Best DevOps Security Tool from Computing's DevOps Excellence Awards. In October 2020, Signal Sciences became a subsidiary of Fastly, Inc.

MasterClass

Series B in 2016
MasterClass is an online education platform that provides video-based courses across a diverse array of subjects, including arts, business, design, sports, and writing. The platform features lessons taught by renowned celebrities, athletes, and industry leaders, making high-quality education accessible to a broad audience. In addition to video instruction, MasterClass offers interactive exercises and supplementary course materials to enhance the learning experience. This approach allows users to develop their skills and knowledge, ultimately supporting their academic and professional growth.

Silk Labs

Seed Round in 2016
Silk Labs Inc. is an artificial intelligence company based in San Carlos, California, established in 2015. It specializes in developing an on-device AI platform that facilitates real-time image and audio recognition, including capabilities such as people detection, facial recognition, and object detection. By leveraging advances in deep neural networks, Silk Labs enables businesses to create the next generation of intelligent connected devices. The company operates as a subsidiary of Apple Inc. as of late 2018, focusing on providing software solutions that integrate advanced recognition technology into various connected products.

Dote Shopping

Seed Round in 2016
Dote is a social shopping app. A place GenZ can connect, get inspired by and shop with their favorite social stars.Dote is a GenZ-focused social shopping app that allows anyone to become a fashion influencer. Post looks to earn coins, collaborate with top fashion and beauty influencers to produce content, and shop fromretail brands including Forever, Urban Outfitters, MAC cosmetics, and more. Lightspeed Venture Partners and Goodwater Ventures have invested in Dote in a Series B round.

Euclid

Series C in 2016
Euclid is a developer of a shopping analytics platform that specializes in tracking customer behavior in physical retail environments. The platform measures customer flow, duration of stay, and return frequency within stores. By providing these insights, Euclid enables businesses across various sectors, including retail, banking, quick service restaurants, airports, and shopping malls, to enhance their marketing strategies, operational efficiency, and staffing decisions.

TINYpulse

Series B in 2015
TINYpulse is a software company that specializes in employee engagement solutions. Its flagship product, TINYpulse Perform, is an intuitive tool designed to measure employee engagement levels and provide leaders with actionable insights. This platform facilitates real-time feedback collection from employees, empowering enterprises to enhance workforce communication, foster transparency, improve performance, and drive positive cultural changes within their organizations.

LightStep

Series A in 2015
LightStep Inc., established in 2013 and based in San Francisco, specializes in application performance management (APM) software solutions. The company's flagship product, LightStepPM, monitors and manages the performance of production systems at scale, providing real-time insights into end-to-end system behavior and interactions across organizational boundaries. It offers features such as SAML support, flexible data scrubbing, and is built on open standards. LightStep aims to deliver confidence in software application management by analyzing 100% of unsampled transaction data, accelerating root cause analysis for complex systems.

Pinrose

Seed Round in 2015
Pinrose is a fragrance company that develops scented products and personalizes recommendations through a synesthesia-based quiz. The approach uses images, colors, shapes, and sounds to determine an individual’s scent profile, guiding consumers toward a curated selection of hypoallergenic, vegan, and cruelty-free perfumes, travel sprays, and sachets. The objective is to align products with each person’s sensory identity, delivering a personalized and accessible fragrance experience.

Joyable

Series A in 2015
Joyable, Inc. offers digital therapy services aimed at helping individuals overcome depression and social anxiety through an online platform. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, the company utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to provide effective and affordable solutions for mental health challenges. Joyable's program is designed to be convenient and private, allowing users to engage with the content at their own pace. The platform integrates technology with personalized coaching to ensure that clients not only begin the program but also successfully complete it. As of March 2019, Joyable operates as a subsidiary of AbleTo, Inc.

Hivemapper

Seed Round in 2015
Hivemapper develops real-time community-edited maps, focusing on drone flight paths. It enables users to capture and share waypoints, building safe routes for drones by connecting these points. The company aims to create comprehensive, up-to-date mapping networks.

Primary

Seed Round in 2015
Primary makes clothes for kids and builds a better experience for busy parents to shop for them. It aims to be the most inclusive kid's clothing brand, offering high-quality essentials at affordable prices. Rather than chasing the trend, Primary offers thoughtfully designed clothing without logos, slogans, or sequins. They take a gender-neutral approach, with a broad range of colors available for babies and kids 0-12, without prescribing what is for girls or boys. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Din

Seed Round in 2015
Din, Inc., based in San Mateo, California, specializes in delivering meal ingredients designed for preparing dishes typically served in restaurants. The company offers a weekly subscription service called Din, which allows customers to cook restaurant-quality meals at home in approximately 20 minutes. Din partners with renowned restaurants and chefs, such as Bar Tartine, Tacolicious, and James Beard Award-winning chef Jessica Largey, to provide the necessary ingredients for recreating their signature dishes. The company's team, led by Michelin Star veteran Stephen Beaumier, handles much of the preparatory work, including braising meats and creating complex sauces, ensuring that customers can complete the cooking process quickly. Din delivers these prepped ingredients in insulated, reusable totes directly to customers' homes.

Guild Education

Seed Round in 2015
Guild Education provides a technology platform that connects working adults with online classes, programs, and degree options, offering personalized advising and retention coaching. The service enables employers to give employees education benefits and tuition reimbursement, helping them advance their careers while the platform supports discovery, learning, and organization of the experience. It bridges the gap between education and employment, delivering a comprehensive learning journey from start to finish.

CreativeX

Seed Round in 2015
CreativeX develops an AI-powered platform for visual communication and creative measurement. The platform analyzes images and videos, applying contextual tags and cross-referencing with brand guidelines and advertising performance data to reveal how the creative content performs. By providing insights into data clarity and creative effectiveness, it helps brands optimize future campaigns and ensure visual assets align with brand standards and drive better marketing outcomes.

Included Health

Series C in 2015
Included Health is a healthcare company that provides a blend of virtual care, navigation, and community-based healthcare services to enhance the member experience. It combines advanced technology and a compassionate approach to deliver personalized care guidance and advocacy, ensuring that individuals receive the right care at the right time. The company's offerings include access to both virtual and in-person services for a range of healthcare needs, including urgent and primary care, behavioral health, and specialty care. By focusing on a member-centric model, Included Health aims to raise the standard of healthcare for everyone, making it simpler and more effective for individuals to navigate their health journey.

500px

Series B in 2015
500px Inc. is a global online photography community that serves both professional and amateur photographers, allowing them to upload, share, and sell their work. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, 500px connects over 15 million creatives from 195 countries, providing a platform for users to discover and share high-quality photography while gaining global exposure. The community facilitates recognition and financial rewards for photographers, enabling them to showcase their portfolios and participate in themed photo quests. In early 2018, 500px became a subsidiary of Visual China Group, further expanding its reach and resources in the photography marketplace.

Main Street Hub

Series C in 2015
Founded in 2010, Main Street Hub is a leading provider of do-it-for-you marketing solutions for local businesses. Its proprietary platform integrates social media, customer reviews, web, and email marketing to help businesses acquire more customers while saving time. With over 7,000 local business customers and a team of over 500 colleagues across offices in Austin, Texas, Main Street Hub has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.

Dote Shopping

Seed Round in 2015
Dote is a social shopping app. A place GenZ can connect, get inspired by and shop with their favorite social stars.Dote is a GenZ-focused social shopping app that allows anyone to become a fashion influencer. Post looks to earn coins, collaborate with top fashion and beauty influencers to produce content, and shop fromretail brands including Forever, Urban Outfitters, MAC cosmetics, and more. Lightspeed Venture Partners and Goodwater Ventures have invested in Dote in a Series B round.

Smyte

Seed Round in 2015
Smyte Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in trust and safety solutions for websites and mobile applications. Founded in 2014, Smyte employs a combination of manual heuristics, machine learning, and proprietary reputation data to assist organizations in proactively combating spam, fraud, bots, phishing, harassment, and account takeovers. The company caters to a diverse clientele that includes enterprises, marketplaces, and social networks, processing nearly five billion online actions each month. Smyte's automated labeling system identifies potentially malicious activities by analyzing various signals, allowing risk teams to effectively manage threats. As of June 30, 2018, Smyte operates as a subsidiary of Twitter, Inc.

Freckle Education

Series A in 2015
Freckle Education Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, providing a differentiation platform for K-12 education since its founding in 2013. Formerly known as Front Row Education, Inc., the company facilitates personalized learning by offering lessons and teaching materials across subjects such as math, English language arts, social studies, and science. Freckle empowers over 550,000 teachers with resources and data designed to help them meet the diverse needs of their students effectively. The platform includes a dashboard that supplies real-time feedback on student performance, enabling educators to adapt their teaching strategies and better engage each learner. As a subsidiary of Renaissance Learning Inc. since 2018, Freckle Education focuses on equipping teachers with the tools necessary to provide a world-class educational experience for every student.

Yard Club (acquired by Caterpillar)

Venture Round in 2015
Founded in San Francisco in 2013, Yard Club is dedicated to building technology to help the men and women who build our world. They produce construction tech platforms that help contractors and equipment rental companies better manage their owned and rented equipment fleets with the goal of maximizing utilization of their capital assets. In 2016, the company processed $120 million in transactions across over 2,500 contractors and rental companies.

Learner-Centered Collaborative

Series B in 2015
AltSchool is an interdisciplinary team of educators, technologists and entrepreneurs building a network of schools that prepare students for our changing world. Each individual school is able to adapt to the needs of students, families and the surrounding community; the larger network connects everyone together and enables a far greater impact in our efforts to improve education. Underlying it all is a platform and curriculum that is personalized to each individual child.

Mixmax

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in San Francisco in 2014, Mixmax operates a communications platform that enhances email productivity for sales teams. Its key features include email tracking, scheduling meetings within emails, creating templates, and automating busywork.

99designs

Series B in 2015
99designs is a global online platform that connects businesses and individuals with a network of freelance graphic designers. Founded in 2006, the company facilitates design projects and contests, offering a range of services including logo design, web and app design, and print materials. With offices in Australia, the U.S., and Germany, 99designs provides a streamlined process for clients to collaborate with designers and manage ongoing work. Since 2008, it has grown into a global community of talented designers, serving businesses, agencies, and individuals worldwide. As of 2020, 99designs operates as a subsidiary of VistaPrint.com, Inc.

Reelgood

Angel Round in 2015
Reelgood is a streaming aggregator platform that assists users in discovering and enjoying TV shows and movies across more than 150 streaming services. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform offers a comprehensive guide that allows consumers to browse, search, and track their viewing habits through a universal dashboard. With robust search and filtering features, Reelgood enables users to easily find new titles and manage their watching experience, offering the convenience of accessing online movies and series anytime and anywhere.

Kryptnostic

Seed Round in 2015
Kryptnostic, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing encrypted search software. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company offers a platform that allows users to conduct secure searches on data stored in the cloud without compromising its confidentiality. Kryptnostic's solution enables server-side text searches without exposing the contents of queries or documents, ensuring that sensitive information remains protected during storage and transmission. By utilizing fully homomorphic encryption, the platform allows clients to maintain control over their data while still being able to search within it. This innovative approach addresses the dual challenges of data accessibility and security, catering to organizations that prioritize data privacy.

Joyable

Seed Round in 2015
Joyable, Inc. offers digital therapy services aimed at helping individuals overcome depression and social anxiety through an online platform. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, the company utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to provide effective and affordable solutions for mental health challenges. Joyable's program is designed to be convenient and private, allowing users to engage with the content at their own pace. The platform integrates technology with personalized coaching to ensure that clients not only begin the program but also successfully complete it. As of March 2019, Joyable operates as a subsidiary of AbleTo, Inc.

Liftoff

Series A in 2015
Liftoff Mobile, Inc. is a company that specializes in mobile application marketing and retargeting for non-gaming applications. Founded in 2012 and based in Menlo Park, California, Liftoff offers a comprehensive platform that utilizes post-install data to optimize user acquisition and retention campaigns. By leveraging predictive intelligence and machine learning, Liftoff assists clients in identifying and engaging high-quality users at scale. The platform is designed to drive significant user actions beyond initial app installs, such as making purchases or subscribing to services. Its notable clients include Harmony, Orbitz, OpenTable, and HBO.

MasterClass

Series A in 2015
MasterClass is an online education platform that provides video-based courses across a diverse array of subjects, including arts, business, design, sports, and writing. The platform features lessons taught by renowned celebrities, athletes, and industry leaders, making high-quality education accessible to a broad audience. In addition to video instruction, MasterClass offers interactive exercises and supplementary course materials to enhance the learning experience. This approach allows users to develop their skills and knowledge, ultimately supporting their academic and professional growth.
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