Initialized II

Initialized II is an early-stage venture capital fund managed by Initialized Capital, based in San Francisco. Founded in 2012, the firm specializes in investments within the technology sector, focusing particularly on software and telecom, media, and technology (TMT) industries. Initialized II typically invests between $100,000 and $500,000 in startups that are in their nascent stages, often with minimal staffing. The firm has raised over $770 million across multiple funds, contributing to the creation of significant market value from its portfolio companies.

Alejandra Calvo

Associate

Kim-Mai Cutler

Partner

Marinda Luk

CFO

Abdul Ly

Principal

Anson MacKinney

Venture Capital Associate

William Scott Moss

Principal

Tara Perillo

Partner

Andrew Sather

Principal

Parul Singh

Partner

Kat Steinmetz

Principal

Daniel Tovbin

Associate

Julianna Vitolo

Associate

Eric Woersching

General Partner

Jennifer Wolf

Managing Partner

Jen Wolf

President and Partner

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PermitFlow

Seed Round in 2023
PermitFlow is the first construction permit application and management platform for builders and owners. The company aims to streamline and simplify construction permitting in the United States, unlocking more value in the $1.6 trillion construction market. The company's software reduces the time to allow while standardizing municipalities’ building permit submittal process in a single platform. PermitFlow supports permitting end-to-end including permit research, application preparation, submission, and monitoring. With our nationwide coverage and deep, local municipal expertise, PermitFlow helps builders permit whether in a single municipality or across multiple states. PermitFlow is a Y Combinator graduate from the YC W22 program.

Simple HealthKit

Series A in 2023
Simple HealthKit provides diagnostic healthcare services. They offer tests on covid, sexually transmitted diseases, and wellness tests. They provide services for education, retail, and providers.

Synquote

Seed Round in 2022
Synquote is a decentralized options trading platform with liquidity across 500+ instruments.

Invisible Universe

Series A in 2022
Invisible Universe is an internet-first animation studio that develops original character IP on social media and web3 platforms. Its mission is to create the next household name animated franchises faster and more economical than traditional models. We believe the next generation of animated franchises will be born on the internet.

Eclipse Foods

Series B in 2022
Eclipse Foods manufactures plant-based dairy products that closely mimic the taste, texture, and functionality of traditional animal dairy items, such as ice cream, cream cheese, and sour cream. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Walnut, California, the company utilizes innovative plant-processing technology to create dairy alternatives that avoid the health, environmental, and welfare issues associated with conventional dairy production. By focusing on delivering high-quality plant-based options, Eclipse Foods aims to provide consumers with healthier choices while preserving the familiar flavors of traditional dairy products.

Vibe Bio

Venture Round in 2022
Vibe Bio is a community of patients, scientists, and partners committed to identifying, funding, and developing promising treatments for rare diseases and empowering patient communities with unprecedented ownership over the process.

AstroForge

Seed Round in 2022
AstroForge is an asteroid mining company. Instead of bringing back the entire asteroid, break it up, refine it, and return only what’s valuable. It was founded in 2021 and headquartered in Huntington Beach, California.

Torch

Series C in 2022
Torch is a leadership development platform with integrated coaching, software, and feedback to raise high performers to the next level. It was founded by a team of executive coaches and experienced psychologists who are passionate about helping senior leaders perform at their highest level. Torch is on a mission to empower leaders to build high growth, high-performance cultures by building the awareness and skills required to manage and lead effectively. Our proven model blends human intelligence and digital technology to accelerate talent development and deliver measurable leadership outcomes.

Paper

Seed Round in 2022
Paper make NFTs accessible to your full audience with a fast & simple checkout solution that meets your customers where they are.

Talos

Series B in 2022
Talos Trading, Inc. is a technology provider focused on the institutional trading of digital assets, facilitating a comprehensive trading lifecycle that includes pre-trade price discovery, order routing, execution, and settlement. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company offers a platform that connects various participants in the crypto ecosystem, including institutional investors, prime brokers, exchanges, OTC desks, lenders, and custodians. This infrastructure enables clients to efficiently execute, analyze, and settle trades across spot, futures, and foreign exchange markets. Talos Trading's solutions support real-time price streaming, portfolio accounting, and liquidity access, catering to the needs of its diverse clientele in the rapidly evolving digital asset market.

Adyton PBC

Venture Round in 2022
Adyton PBC designs and develops a cloud-based reporting, data maintenance, and scheduling software. It offers AKADEMIA, a cloud based real-time reporting and analytics, and training data recording and management software; and smart schedule, a training, qualifications and daily operations management software. The company serves defense, heavy industries, law enforcement, emergency responders, and other industries. Adyton PBC was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

Clockwork

Seed Round in 2022
Stealth mode, seed stage company bringing automation, affordability and convenience to the beauty services industry.

KINLÒ

Seed Round in 2022
Kinlò is a functional suncare brand formulated specifically for people with melanated skin.

Ava

Series A in 2022
Ava is a mobile application designed to facilitate communication for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals by providing real-time captioning of group conversations. Utilizing advanced speech and mobile technologies, Ava captures spoken dialogue and translates it into text, color-coding contributions from different speakers for easy identification. This innovative solution allows users to engage fully in social interactions, enhancing their ability to participate in conversations and connect with others. By making group discussions more accessible, Ava aims to create a more inclusive environment for all.

PING, Inc.

Series B in 2022
PING, Inc. manufactures and sells golf equipment. It offers grips, apparel, bags, gloves, headwear, towels, headcovers, umbrellas, and other products. The company sells its products through retailers in the United States and internationally, as well as online PING, Inc. was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Depict

Series A in 2022
Depict.ai develops a product recommendation engine aimed at enhancing the quality of product suggestions for e-commerce stores. By providing advanced recommendation capabilities similar to those found on major platforms, the company enables smaller businesses to compete effectively against larger competitors. The software is designed to increase overall revenue for e-commerce sites without requiring extensive sales data, thereby democratizing access to high-quality recommendations. Through its innovative approach, Depict.ai seeks to empower smaller players in the e-commerce market, allowing them to improve customer engagement and drive sales.

Flock Safety

Series E in 2022
Flock Safety is a crime-fighting technology company that specializes in developing wireless security systems for neighborhoods, law enforcement, and municipalities. The company designs outdoor cameras that automatically record the license plates of vehicles passing through a monitored area, utilizing proprietary machine-learning algorithms to identify vehicle fingerprints. In addition to capturing images, Flock Safety provides valuable data to local police departments during criminal investigations and alerts them when stolen vehicles enter a neighborhood. This system not only aids law enforcement in solving crimes but also empowers residents to contribute to community safety by sharing relevant data. Founded in 2017, Flock Safety is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ro

Venture Round in 2022
Ro is a mission-driven healthcare technology company that handles everything from online diagnosis to the delivery of medication. It aims to be the patient’s first call for all of their healthcare needs. Using technology, it empowers physicians to provide high-quality, affordable care when and where patients need it most. It powers three digital health clinics which are Roman for men’s health, Rory for women’s health, and Zero for fighting addiction.

Mindstate Design Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Mindstate Design Labs is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company developing the next generation of psychedelic-inspired therapeutics for intractable mental health conditions.

Radial Analytics

Seed Round in 2022
Radial Analytics focuses on addressing significant data challenges in healthcare through its innovative cloud-based planning system. The company's primary product is a decision support solution designed for hospital case managers and discharge planners, enabling them to identify the most appropriate post-acute care facilities for patients. This system utilizes an evidence-driven approach, taking into account each patient's unique clinical, functional, and behavioral needs. By capturing and processing extensive real-time patient data, Radial Analytics helps hospitals optimize the quality of care while reducing post-acute costs for shared-risk patients. The company is partially supported by the National Science Foundation, which aids in the development of technology aimed at creating positive societal and economic impacts.

Clipboard Health

Series C in 2022
Clipboard Health is an online marketplace established in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, that connects nursing staff with healthcare facilities for job placements. The platform allows nurses to easily search for jobs that match their qualifications and preferences, enabling them to apply with just one click. By offering a comprehensive database of nursing and allied health positions across the country, Clipboard Health streamlines the staffing process for medical systems and healthcare professionals alike. This approach ensures that patients receive timely and appropriate medical care by matching them with the right nursing staff.

Athelas

Venture Round in 2022
Athelas, Inc. develops and manufactures an innovative in-home blood diagnostic device designed to monitor the immune system using just a drop of blood. Founded in 2016 and based in Mountain View, California, the company's portable optical unit analyzes blood cells and generates diagnostic reports. This technology assists healthcare providers in early identification of conditions such as leukemia, infections, and inflammatory diseases, allowing patients to monitor their immunity levels conveniently from home. Athelas operates as a subsidiary of MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte. Ltd.

CoinTracker

Series A in 2022
CoinTracker is a portfolio & tax manager for cryptocurrency. It automatically syncs transactions into one unified dashboard and helps users file their crypto taxes with the click of a button.

Dyspatch

Seed Round in 2022
Dyspatch is an email production platform that helps Enterprise organizations create and change transactional and triggered emails faster, by centralizing template creation, approval, and publishing processes. The powerful API, visual editor, and built-in device testing allow for cutting-edge email strategy and execution, while helping establish consistency in both branding and legal compliance across multiple teams, departments, and business units.

Formic Technologies

Series A in 2022
At Formic, we want to increase the collective output of humanity by making automation deployments trivial and easy. Every factory should have access to unlimited 'labor' through robotics and automation rentals. We are building technology, financing, operations and services to make this vision possible. Formic is a fast-growing venture-backed startup focused on unlocking robotic automation in labor-starved industries such as food and beverage, advanced manufacturing, consumer packaged goods and other industrial settings. We combine financial innovation with a firm understanding of what robotics are capable of, to enable manufacturing customers to scale up their manufacturing capacity quickly and with minimal risk.

Envoy

Series C in 2022
Envoy is transforming modern workplaces by providing software solutions that enhance the office experience. Operating in over 13,000 locations worldwide, the company offers tools that help organizations manage visitor interactions and deliveries efficiently. Prominent companies like Slack, Asana, Pinterest, and Warby Parker utilize Envoy's services to create a welcoming atmosphere for guests while ensuring security and compliance. The Envoy Visitors platform supports over 100,000 daily sign-ins, facilitating a seamless check-in process that prioritizes safety and organization. Additionally, Envoy Deliveries streamlines package management, preventing mailroom congestion and communication delays. With a focus on connecting people, spaces, and data, Envoy enables organizations to make informed decisions about workplace occupancy and utilization, ultimately fostering a productive work environment.

Kayhan Space

Seed Round in 2021
Providing Trust and Transparency to Satellite Operators with Intuitive and Timely Collision Avoidance Warnings and Decision Guidance

Resolve

Series A in 2021
Resolve is a B2B payments platform that facilitates risk-free net terms for merchants, allowing them to enhance sales and optimize cash flow. By leveraging non-traditional underwriting data to assess financing applications, Resolve enables manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors to offer automated extended payment options to their customers. The platform is applicable across various sales channels, including e-commerce checkouts, making it a versatile solution for businesses seeking to streamline their payment processes. Resolve is supported by prominent investors, including the co-founder of PayPal, Max Levchin.

Mezmo

Series D in 2021
Mezmo, formerly known as LogDNA, Inc., is a cloud-based log management company based in Mountain View, California, with an additional office in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 2013, Mezmo offers a centralized log management solution that allows engineering and DevOps teams to collect, aggregate, and analyze system and application logs in real-time. The platform supports various deployment options, enabling users to ingest and view log data from diverse environments, including AWS, Docker, and Heroku, with minimal onboarding time. Mezmo's solution is adaptable for self-hosted, cloud, and multi-cloud infrastructures, facilitating seamless log transmission via Syslog, code libraries, or agents.

Reibus

Series B in 2021
Reibus operates an independent online B2B marketplace focused on the buying and selling of prime and excess materials for industrial markets. The platform aims to enhance price performance, streamline time to market, and broaden market reach while lowering sales and marketing costs compared to traditional methods. For sellers, Reibus provides a means to efficiently list their materials, while buyers benefit from increased selection, market transparency, and a simplified procurement process. A key feature of the marketplace is its proprietary search tool, which facilitates a more efficient and user-friendly experience for both parties, expediting what is typically a cumbersome sourcing process.

Orderful

Series B in 2021
Orderful is a complete cloud EDI platform for manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and technology companies. Forward-thinking companies are using Orderful to replace their existing EDI infrastructure. Our product is an API that enables companies to connect once and trade EDI data with their supply chain. Our customers get to consolidate their EDI integration complexity, quickly enable trading partners as self-service and reduce costs.

Papa

Series D in 2021
Papa is a platform that connects college students to senior citizens for companionship and assistance. Its platform connects college and nursing students to older adults who need assistance with transportation, house chores, technology lessons, and other services that enable older adults to stay independent while living securely and happily at home. Papa was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Truepill

Series D in 2021
Truepill is a B2B pharmacy fulfillment service. They provide a pharmacy API and fulfillment of medications to 50 states from their own facilities. They work directly with D2C consumer brands (e.g. Hims, Nurx), digital health companies, and other healthcare organizations. They are a team of 150 employees and have raised funding from Initialized Capital, Y Combinator, Slow Ventures, Sound Ventures, Tuesday Capital, Foundation Capital, Index Ventures, Social Capital, Box Group, Joe Montana, and others. Founded in 2016 by Umar Afridi and Sid Viswanathan, Truepill is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Rippling

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

Zeus Living

Series C in 2021
Zeus Living, Inc. is a property management company that specializes in renting furnished housing to startups, students, and businesses across the Bay Area, Seattle, Los Angeles, and the District of Columbia. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company not only offers rental services but also manages furnished properties on behalf of property owners. Additionally, Zeus Living has developed a web-based application that provides detailed property information to enhance the rental experience for both tenants and landlords.

The Mom Project

Series C in 2021
The Mom Project, Inc. is a digital marketplace that connects women with companies seeking to fill various roles across fields such as marketing, finance, technology, and project management. Founded in 2015 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the platform serves a community of over 275,000 professionals and more than 2,000 companies, focusing on helping mothers stay active in the workforce. The Mom Project not only provides job opportunities tailored to the needs of working mothers but also offers companies insights into their workplace practices regarding women, along with recommendations to improve conditions for mothers and their employees. By facilitating connections and advocating for better workplace policies, The Mom Project aims to create a more supportive environment for women and redefine career trajectories that align with their personal goals.

Formic Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
At Formic, we want to increase the collective output of humanity by making automation deployments trivial and easy. Every factory should have access to unlimited 'labor' through robotics and automation rentals. We are building technology, financing, operations and services to make this vision possible. Formic is a fast-growing venture-backed startup focused on unlocking robotic automation in labor-starved industries such as food and beverage, advanced manufacturing, consumer packaged goods and other industrial settings. We combine financial innovation with a firm understanding of what robotics are capable of, to enable manufacturing customers to scale up their manufacturing capacity quickly and with minimal risk.

Tundra

Series B in 2021
Tundra is the modern wholesale marketplace that allows buyers and suppliers to transact online with no fees or markups. Our platform uses proprietary technology to automate end-to-end wholesale processes, eliminating onerous tasks and saving our buyers and suppliers time and money. We sell and deliver product directly from US and Canadian brands to businesses around the world and around the corner. Our community of over 10,000 businesses shop from a broad assortment in popular categories including kids, home, beauty, apparel, and general merchandise. Tundra is venture-backed and has offices in San Francisco and Zurich.

Landed

Series B in 2021
Landed, Inc. is a financial services company based in San Francisco that assists essential professionals, particularly in education and healthcare, in purchasing homes and achieving financial stability within their communities. Founded in 2015, Landed provides debt-free financing options, allowing homebuyers to receive funds in exchange for a share of their home's value upon refinancing or selling. The company collaborates with schools, employers, and affinity networks to establish and manage down payment support funds, facilitating access to homeownership for teachers, school staff, and other professionals. Additionally, Landed offers personalized support through a dedicated team, including partner agents and homebuying experts, to help clients navigate their home-buying options and provide education on the process.

Stacker

Series A in 2021
Stacker Software Ltd is a company based in London, United Kingdom, established in 2018, that provides a modular application platform designed for developers to create web applications. The platform utilizes user-friendly tools such as spreadsheets, animated slide decks, and email filters, allowing users to automate tasks and build customized applications without needing coding expertise. Stacker also offers Airportal, a feature that enables users to create personalized portals on top of Airtable, complete with user logins and private data management. The company's mission is to empower individuals to develop software solutions, regardless of their technical background.

Clockwork

Seed Round in 2021
Stealth mode, seed stage company bringing automation, affordability and convenience to the beauty services industry.

Fly.io

Series A in 2021
Fly.io offers an Application Delivery Network (ADN) intended to help website owners get connected with their customers easily. The company's application delivery network uses a global network of servers to accept visitor traffic, run middleware on requests, then route them to backend applications, enabling website owners to direct their visitors to their respective sites securely and in a few clicks.

Abodu

Series A in 2021
Abodu specializes in providing well-designed, prefabricated modular housing units that are installed in homeowners' backyards. These backyard homes serve multiple purposes, including vacation accommodations, guest lodging, or additional living space. The company's structures feature a simple design, characterized by weathered wood siding and a metal gabled roof, typically encompassing a one-bedroom layout with a bathroom, open-plan living area, dining space, and kitchen. By focusing on offsite construction, Abodu aims to streamline the housing process, allowing homeowners to bypass lengthy permitting and construction timelines. This approach not only offers a beautiful and functional addition to residential properties but also presents an affordable housing solution that can be utilized for rental opportunities.

Flock Safety

Series D in 2021
Flock Safety is a crime-fighting technology company that specializes in developing wireless security systems for neighborhoods, law enforcement, and municipalities. The company designs outdoor cameras that automatically record the license plates of vehicles passing through a monitored area, utilizing proprietary machine-learning algorithms to identify vehicle fingerprints. In addition to capturing images, Flock Safety provides valuable data to local police departments during criminal investigations and alerts them when stolen vehicles enter a neighborhood. This system not only aids law enforcement in solving crimes but also empowers residents to contribute to community safety by sharing relevant data. Founded in 2017, Flock Safety is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Shogun

Series C in 2021
Shogun Labs, Inc. builds drag-and-drop landing pages for e-commerce sites. It offers Page Builder, a drag and drop store builder for ecommerce brands and agencies; and Frontend, a commerce solution for high-growth brands looking for sub-second page load. The company also designs customized enterprise-grade pages for Shopify and BigCommerce with technology that integrates directly into both platforms. Shogun Labs, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Walnut, California.

TRM Labs

Series A in 2021
TRM Labs is a regulatory technology startup that aims to streamline compliance in the crypto industry.They believe that blockchain can enable a world where value flows freely by democratizing the creation of property rights, reducing transaction, bargaining, and coordination costs, and enabling new ways to organize human behavior.

CoinAlpha, Inc.

Series A in 2021
Hummingbot is an open source high-frequency (HFT) software client that allows anyone to run automated, algorithmic trading strategies that were previously available only to Wall Street hedge funds. Backed by Bain Capital Ventures and Stanford University's StartX Fund, Hummingbot is the leading open source algorithmic trading platform for crypto. The Hummingbot client also powers our liquidity mining platform, which is a data-driven, digital marketplace for crowd-sourced, decentralized market making that is changing the way financial markets are created and traded.

Talos

Series A in 2021
Talos Trading, Inc. is a technology provider focused on the institutional trading of digital assets, facilitating a comprehensive trading lifecycle that includes pre-trade price discovery, order routing, execution, and settlement. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company offers a platform that connects various participants in the crypto ecosystem, including institutional investors, prime brokers, exchanges, OTC desks, lenders, and custodians. This infrastructure enables clients to efficiently execute, analyze, and settle trades across spot, futures, and foreign exchange markets. Talos Trading's solutions support real-time price streaming, portfolio accounting, and liquidity access, catering to the needs of its diverse clientele in the rapidly evolving digital asset market.

Resolve

Venture Round in 2021
Resolve Innovations, Inc. operates as a financial management platform. Its platform allows users to compare debt relief options and connect with debt relief providers. The company also provides tools to improve credit score, trim expenses, boost income, pay down debt, consolidate debt, reduce interest rates, and negotiate with creditors. Resolve Innovations, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Oakland, California.

Resolve

Seed Round in 2021
Resolve is a B2B payments platform that facilitates risk-free net terms for merchants, allowing them to enhance sales and optimize cash flow. By leveraging non-traditional underwriting data to assess financing applications, Resolve enables manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors to offer automated extended payment options to their customers. The platform is applicable across various sales channels, including e-commerce checkouts, making it a versatile solution for businesses seeking to streamline their payment processes. Resolve is supported by prominent investors, including the co-founder of PayPal, Max Levchin.

Curri

Series A in 2021
Curri, Inc. is a delivery service company specializing in on-demand transportation of construction materials, parts, and tools. Founded in 2017 and based in Ventura, California, the company enables users to book delivery services through a mobile application. By integrating Curri into their workflow, contractors can significantly reduce time spent on supply runs, reclaiming hundreds of hours annually that would otherwise be lost to maintaining vehicles, waiting in line, and transporting materials. Curri offers a comprehensive range of delivery options, including site-to-site transfers, warehouse-to-site deliveries, and pickups from major retailers, thereby streamlining the supply process for construction professionals and enhancing overall efficiency on job sites.

Silo

Series B in 2021
Silo is a cloud-based online platform that enables customers to buy and sell wholesale produce, protein, dairy, and shelf-stable food in minutes. Its platform features automatic inventory, accounting, routing and logistics, and analytics on purchases, sales, customers, vendors, and products. Whether users buy food products, sell food products, or both, Silo provides tools to help them automate their operations and manage more relationships across the supply chain. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Gloria

Seed Round in 2021
Gloria develops a soccer scouting application that enables players to share their videos and get discovered. Gloria is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Shelf Engine

Series B in 2021
Shelf Engine is a provider of an automated prediction engine that recommends what to order everyday. The company uses machine learning in order to help grocery stores dial in their orders to minimize waste and maximize profits. Shelf Engine is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Cohere

Seed Round in 2021
Cohere is an online portal that offers solutions like real-time guidance, live streams, multiple interactions, and monitoring user issues.

Clipboard Health

Series B in 2021
Clipboard Health is an online marketplace established in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, that connects nursing staff with healthcare facilities for job placements. The platform allows nurses to easily search for jobs that match their qualifications and preferences, enabling them to apply with just one click. By offering a comprehensive database of nursing and allied health positions across the country, Clipboard Health streamlines the staffing process for medical systems and healthcare professionals alike. This approach ensures that patients receive timely and appropriate medical care by matching them with the right nursing staff.

Routefusion

Seed Round in 2021
Routefusion Inc is a company that specializes in international bank-to-bank payments through its advanced API, which serves various sectors including fintech, marketplaces, and ecommerce platforms. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Routefusion enables seamless cross-border payouts to over 130 countries. By connecting with multiple banking and local payout partners, Routefusion's software automates complex banking processes, significantly accelerating transaction times and reducing costs for end-users. This innovative approach allows financial institutions and other clients to efficiently offer cross-border payment solutions in a competitive global marketplace.

Rescale

Series C in 2021
Rescale, Inc. develops and operates software platforms and hardware infrastructure that facilitate scientific and engineering simulations for various industries. The company offers cloud simulation and high-performance computing (HPC) solutions, including ScaleX Pro for independent professionals and small to medium-sized businesses, and ScaleX Developer for application developers and software vendors to integrate their solutions with Rescale's platform. Additionally, ScaleX Enterprise provides a unified simulation platform with administrative capabilities for managing both cloud and on-premise HPC resources. Serving sectors such as aerospace, automotive, consumer products, electronics, oil and gas, and life sciences, Rescale has established itself as a prominent provider in the cloud simulation market. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Rescale also maintains offices in Tokyo, Munich, and Singapore.

Stacker

Seed Round in 2021
Stacker Software Ltd is a company based in London, United Kingdom, established in 2018, that provides a modular application platform designed for developers to create web applications. The platform utilizes user-friendly tools such as spreadsheets, animated slide decks, and email filters, allowing users to automate tasks and build customized applications without needing coding expertise. Stacker also offers Airportal, a feature that enables users to create personalized portals on top of Airtable, complete with user logins and private data management. The company's mission is to empower individuals to develop software solutions, regardless of their technical background.

Ava

Seed Round in 2020
Ava is a mobile application designed to facilitate communication for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals by providing real-time captioning of group conversations. Utilizing advanced speech and mobile technologies, Ava captures spoken dialogue and translates it into text, color-coding contributions from different speakers for easy identification. This innovative solution allows users to engage fully in social interactions, enhancing their ability to participate in conversations and connect with others. By making group discussions more accessible, Ava aims to create a more inclusive environment for all.

Ridecell

Series C in 2020
Ridecell, Inc. is a provider of fleet automation and management software solutions based in San Francisco, California, with additional offices worldwide. Founded in 2009, the company focuses on enabling mobility operators, including car rental companies, transit agencies, and private fleets, to launch and optimize ridesharing and car-sharing services. Its product offerings include Demand-Response, which automates dispatch, scheduling, and routing, and Fixed Route, allowing users to track buses and shuttles in real-time. The Ridecell platform further enhances operations by managing various aspects of mobility services such as user onboarding, dynamic pricing, and payment processing. With a commitment to innovation, Ridecell has processed over 20 million rides and rentals, serving notable clients like the BMW Group and Volkswagen, as well as various universities and transit agencies. The company employs more than 100 professionals across multiple regions, contributing to the growth and efficiency of new mobility services.

EasyPost

Series A in 2020
EasyPost is a technology company that specializes in developing a shipping API, which enables users to purchase postage labels, check shipping rates, verify addresses, and track shipments across various carriers, including USPS, UPS, and FedEx. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, EasyPost caters to a diverse clientele, ranging from large public companies to small and medium-sized businesses. The company provides a streamlined solution that simplifies the shipping process for its users, allowing for efficient management of logistics and enhancing overall shipping operations both domestically and internationally.

A-Frame Brands

Seed Round in 2020
A-Frame Brands LLC operates as a developer of plant-based personal care products. Its products include soaps, foaming soap refills, hand sanitizers, and cleansing hand sprays. It sells products online. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Shogun

Series B in 2020
Shogun Labs, Inc. builds drag-and-drop landing pages for e-commerce sites. It offers Page Builder, a drag and drop store builder for ecommerce brands and agencies; and Frontend, a commerce solution for high-growth brands looking for sub-second page load. The company also designs customized enterprise-grade pages for Shopify and BigCommerce with technology that integrates directly into both platforms. Shogun Labs, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Walnut, California.

Aldyn

Seed Round in 2020
Provider of consulting services intended to deliver immediate emotional and work-life support for the workforce. The company's platform offers to empower women in midlife and beyond to live healthier, longer lives, enabling users to have a positively transforming menopause experience.

Talos

Venture Round in 2020
Talos Trading, Inc. is a technology provider focused on the institutional trading of digital assets, facilitating a comprehensive trading lifecycle that includes pre-trade price discovery, order routing, execution, and settlement. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company offers a platform that connects various participants in the crypto ecosystem, including institutional investors, prime brokers, exchanges, OTC desks, lenders, and custodians. This infrastructure enables clients to efficiently execute, analyze, and settle trades across spot, futures, and foreign exchange markets. Talos Trading's solutions support real-time price streaming, portfolio accounting, and liquidity access, catering to the needs of its diverse clientele in the rapidly evolving digital asset market.

Datasaur

Seed Round in 2020
Datasaur, Inc. develops a data labeling solution for natural language processing related tasks. It offers Datasaur, a machine learning platform that provides ad hoc data labeling tools for clients’ data labeling needs. The company’s Datasaur is used in various applications, such as contract summarization and understanding, customer service call transcripts, receipt and invoice understanding, product review analysis, and fake news detection. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

Silo

Series A in 2020
Silo is a cloud-based online platform that enables customers to buy and sell wholesale produce, protein, dairy, and shelf-stable food in minutes. Its platform features automatic inventory, accounting, routing and logistics, and analytics on purchases, sales, customers, vendors, and products. Whether users buy food products, sell food products, or both, Silo provides tools to help them automate their operations and manage more relationships across the supply chain. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Papa

Series B in 2020
Papa is a platform that connects college students to senior citizens for companionship and assistance. Its platform connects college and nursing students to older adults who need assistance with transportation, house chores, technology lessons, and other services that enable older adults to stay independent while living securely and happily at home. Papa was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

narrator

Series A in 2020
AI Narrator, Inc. develops and operates an online platform that provides data science as a service for startups. The company engages taking care of various data needs ranging from delivering insights to setting up a scalable data infrastructure to answering any data question. Its platform enables companies to make data-driven decisions by leveraging AI and community of experience. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

Chartable

Seed Round in 2020
Chartable, Inc. operates a platform to track and analyze podcasts. The product can be used find, track, and share any podcasts or episode. The company provides charts, ranks over time, ratings, and reviews of different podcasts. The product can be used by podcasters to analyze data related to their podcasts and that of competitors and by the listeners to find out the ratings and recommendations. Chartable, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.

Berbix

Series A in 2020
Berbix Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a photo identity verification and fraud deterrence solution through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Founded in 2018, Berbix offers a comprehensive solution for collecting and validating photo IDs, including driver licenses and passports. Their platform enables instant ID checks, age verification, and enhancements for Know Your Customer (KYC) processes, while also addressing chargebacks and marketplace fraud. With features designed for seamless integration and customization, Berbix allows businesses to select their preferred verification methods and securely access user data, which helps in reducing low-intent or fraudulent sign-ups. The company, which is backed by prominent investors, was established by former leaders from Trust & Safety at Airbnb and operates from its headquarters in Sacramento, California.

Depict

Seed Round in 2020
Depict.ai develops a product recommendation engine aimed at enhancing the quality of product suggestions for e-commerce stores. By providing advanced recommendation capabilities similar to those found on major platforms, the company enables smaller businesses to compete effectively against larger competitors. The software is designed to increase overall revenue for e-commerce sites without requiring extensive sales data, thereby democratizing access to high-quality recommendations. Through its innovative approach, Depict.ai seeks to empower smaller players in the e-commerce market, allowing them to improve customer engagement and drive sales.

Bodyport

Series A in 2020
Bodyport Inc. manufactures sensor fitted weighing scales for cardiac patients. It offers Bodyport, a biomarker-driven virtual clinic for the prevention and management of heart disease. Its device measures blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate variability, arterial stiffness, and health assessment through a person’s feet. The company also provides online patient portal and educational materials. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Rippling

Series B in 2020
Rippling is a human resource management company that streamlines various employee-related processes, including payroll, benefits, device management, and application access. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rippling offers a platform that automates manual tasks, such as the onboarding of new hires. In a matter of 90 seconds, businesses can set up or disable employee payroll, health insurance, and access to essential third-party applications like Gmail, Microsoft Office, and Slack. By unifying all employee systems, Rippling effectively reduces administrative burdens, allowing organizations to focus on their core activities.

Ro

Series C in 2020
Ro is a mission-driven healthcare technology company that handles everything from online diagnosis to the delivery of medication. It aims to be the patient’s first call for all of their healthcare needs. Using technology, it empowers physicians to provide high-quality, affordable care when and where patients need it most. It powers three digital health clinics which are Roman for men’s health, Rory for women’s health, and Zero for fighting addiction.

Shelf Engine

Series A in 2020
Shelf Engine is a provider of an automated prediction engine that recommends what to order everyday. The company uses machine learning in order to help grocery stores dial in their orders to minimize waste and maximize profits. Shelf Engine is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Mezmo

Series C in 2020
Mezmo, formerly known as LogDNA, Inc., is a cloud-based log management company based in Mountain View, California, with an additional office in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 2013, Mezmo offers a centralized log management solution that allows engineering and DevOps teams to collect, aggregate, and analyze system and application logs in real-time. The platform supports various deployment options, enabling users to ingest and view log data from diverse environments, including AWS, Docker, and Heroku, with minimal onboarding time. Mezmo's solution is adaptable for self-hosted, cloud, and multi-cloud infrastructures, facilitating seamless log transmission via Syslog, code libraries, or agents.

Truepill

Series B in 2020
Truepill is a B2B pharmacy fulfillment service. They provide a pharmacy API and fulfillment of medications to 50 states from their own facilities. They work directly with D2C consumer brands (e.g. Hims, Nurx), digital health companies, and other healthcare organizations. They are a team of 150 employees and have raised funding from Initialized Capital, Y Combinator, Slow Ventures, Sound Ventures, Tuesday Capital, Foundation Capital, Index Ventures, Social Capital, Box Group, Joe Montana, and others. Founded in 2016 by Umar Afridi and Sid Viswanathan, Truepill is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

The Mom Project

Series B in 2020
The Mom Project, Inc. is a digital marketplace that connects women with companies seeking to fill various roles across fields such as marketing, finance, technology, and project management. Founded in 2015 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the platform serves a community of over 275,000 professionals and more than 2,000 companies, focusing on helping mothers stay active in the workforce. The Mom Project not only provides job opportunities tailored to the needs of working mothers but also offers companies insights into their workplace practices regarding women, along with recommendations to improve conditions for mothers and their employees. By facilitating connections and advocating for better workplace policies, The Mom Project aims to create a more supportive environment for women and redefine career trajectories that align with their personal goals.

Ava Labs

Initial Coin Offering in 2020
AVA Labs makes it simple to launch finance applications using blockchain technology–with highly scalable and efficient networks, customizable public and private blockchains, the capability to create any digital asset, and more. We are empowering people to build an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance.
HelloOffice is a technology-powered commercial real estate brokerage helping companies search for office space in a smarter and faster way. The company pairs experienced brokers with easy to use software to give its clients the best service in the market.

Landed

Series A in 2020
Landed, Inc. is a financial services company based in San Francisco that assists essential professionals, particularly in education and healthcare, in purchasing homes and achieving financial stability within their communities. Founded in 2015, Landed provides debt-free financing options, allowing homebuyers to receive funds in exchange for a share of their home's value upon refinancing or selling. The company collaborates with schools, employers, and affinity networks to establish and manage down payment support funds, facilitating access to homeownership for teachers, school staff, and other professionals. Additionally, Landed offers personalized support through a dedicated team, including partner agents and homebuying experts, to help clients navigate their home-buying options and provide education on the process.

Sentropy Technologies

Venture Round in 2020
Sentropy Technologies, Inc., founded in 2018 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing advanced technologies designed to safeguard digital communities and brands from abuse and harmful content. The company employs machine learning to create tools that effectively combat hate and harassment online. By focusing on enhancing the safety and integrity of digital environments, Sentropy aims to provide solutions that help organizations protect their users and maintain a positive online presence.

MakeSchool

Series B in 2020
MakeSchool is an educational organization that offers a degree program designed to foster a direct connection between education and employment for high school graduates. It operates both online and offline platforms, providing essential services such as instructional support, curriculum development, and admissions assistance. By partnering with established universities, MakeSchool aims to create innovative college programs that remain relevant in today's economy. The organization focuses on enhancing accessibility to higher education for students from diverse backgrounds, ultimately preparing them for careers as software developers or startup founders.

Ro

Convertible Note in 2020
Ro is a mission-driven healthcare technology company that handles everything from online diagnosis to the delivery of medication. It aims to be the patient’s first call for all of their healthcare needs. Using technology, it empowers physicians to provide high-quality, affordable care when and where patients need it most. It powers three digital health clinics which are Roman for men’s health, Rory for women’s health, and Zero for fighting addiction.

Curri

Seed Round in 2020
Curri, Inc. is a delivery service company specializing in on-demand transportation of construction materials, parts, and tools. Founded in 2017 and based in Ventura, California, the company enables users to book delivery services through a mobile application. By integrating Curri into their workflow, contractors can significantly reduce time spent on supply runs, reclaiming hundreds of hours annually that would otherwise be lost to maintaining vehicles, waiting in line, and transporting materials. Curri offers a comprehensive range of delivery options, including site-to-site transfers, warehouse-to-site deliveries, and pickups from major retailers, thereby streamlining the supply process for construction professionals and enhancing overall efficiency on job sites.

Zeus Living

Venture Round in 2020
Zeus Living, Inc. is a property management company that specializes in renting furnished housing to startups, students, and businesses across the Bay Area, Seattle, Los Angeles, and the District of Columbia. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company not only offers rental services but also manages furnished properties on behalf of property owners. Additionally, Zeus Living has developed a web-based application that provides detailed property information to enhance the rental experience for both tenants and landlords.

Guilded

Series A in 2020
Guilded, Inc. designs and develops a chat platform and application for competitive gaming and esports for keeping gamers organized and connected with their teams. It offers Guilded that enables gamers to upgrade group chat and equips servers with integrated event calendars, forums, and more. The company’s Guilded is also used to create events, docs, and more; and organize servers with groups. Guilded, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Atomic Loans

Seed Round in 2020
Atomic Loans is a protocol for bitcoin and crypto-backed loans on your terms, without middlemen. By extending atomic swap technology, Atomic Loans enables users to interact with trustless, cross-chain debt agreements. We use the functionality of the native Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains to enable lending without requiring customers to delegate trust to centralized custodians, ensuring their funds will never be stolen or seized.

Fly.io

Seed Round in 2020
Fly.io offers an Application Delivery Network (ADN) intended to help website owners get connected with their customers easily. The company's application delivery network uses a global network of servers to accept visitor traffic, run middleware on requests, then route them to backend applications, enabling website owners to direct their visitors to their respective sites securely and in a few clicks.

Cron

Seed Round in 2020
Cron Inc. is a technology company based in Fresno, California, founded in 2006. It develops an application that enhances Google Calendar by introducing advanced scheduling capabilities. The Cron app allows users to efficiently share specific time slots with others through emails and messages, facilitating easier coordination of meetings. Users can articulate their availability in plain language, set goals, and notify others of their unavailability. Upcoming features in the app's closed beta include collaborative meeting notes, automatic reminders for external guests, and integration of tasks, further streamlining the scheduling process for its users.

Flock Safety

Series B in 2020
Flock Safety is a crime-fighting technology company that specializes in developing wireless security systems for neighborhoods, law enforcement, and municipalities. The company designs outdoor cameras that automatically record the license plates of vehicles passing through a monitored area, utilizing proprietary machine-learning algorithms to identify vehicle fingerprints. In addition to capturing images, Flock Safety provides valuable data to local police departments during criminal investigations and alerts them when stolen vehicles enter a neighborhood. This system not only aids law enforcement in solving crimes but also empowers residents to contribute to community safety by sharing relevant data. Founded in 2017, Flock Safety is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Around

Seed Round in 2020
Around provides an AI-based camera framing designed for high-impact video calls. It helps users take video meetings less intrusive and less clunky. Around gives users a clear view of their teammates while making space for work.

Horizon Blockchain Games

Seed Round in 2020
Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a video game studio that specializes in leveraging blockchain technology to create decentralized gaming experiences. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company also has locations in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. Horizon develops various games, including Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. The company's platform is designed to empower players by providing a community-driven ecosystem where they can enjoy true digital ownership, open economies, and the ability to earn real-world value through gameplay. By focusing on innovations in web3 gaming, Horizon Blockchain Games aims to reshape the gaming landscape for a new generation of players.