LAUNCH

LAUNCH is a California-based organization that supports entrepreneurs and fosters innovation within the technology sector. Established in 2010, it encompasses multiple initiatives, including the LAUNCH Fund, which focuses on early-stage investments in technology-related companies. Additionally, LAUNCH operates an incubator designed to nurture startup development. Its flagship event, the LAUNCH Festival, attracts over 12,000 participants, including venture capitalists, angel investors, founders, and industry professionals, serving as a premier platform for startups to showcase their innovations. The organization also produces the podcast "This Week in Startups," which discusses trends and insights in the startup ecosystem. Through its various endeavors, LAUNCH aims to empower founders and promote the growth of emerging companies.

Jason Calacanis

Investor

116 past transactions

SkillBank

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Pay $0 upfront and land your dream marketing job. At OnDelta, we invest in our students and we help them make their dreams attainable. Participants will only pay us back once they're making over $40k/year. We believe that everyone should have access to opportunity, regardless of their background.

Moment

Venture Round in 2022
Moment offers natural botanical beverages for meditation. Its product has no caffeine, no added sugar, no fake stuff, and is not carbonated.

Kwant

Seed Round in 2022
Kwant.ai brings profitability and predictability to construction projects like automotive manufacturing.

Airpals

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Provider of same-day b2b courier services intended to offer strategic pickup and drop-off services to businesses and prosumers. The company offers same-day pickup and delivery or sends a package across town or pick up, enabling companies to remove the friction and loss of productivity created by parcel coordination.

Dianthus

Seed Round in 2022
Dianthus is the only AI-first E-commerce company – built from the ground up to help small to medium E-commerce brands.

Rolebot

Venture Round in 2022
an intelligent Recruitment Engine

Anyplace

Series A in 2022
Anyplace is a marketplace that provides flexible housing to digital nomads and millennials. Its mission to free people to live wherever they feel inspired to go by providing modern, dependable, turn-key living and accommodations anyplace in the world.

Scener

Seed Round in 2021
Scener, Inc. operates an online virtual movie theater. It offers streaming services through movies and shows. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

ChroniFI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ChroniFI is a developer of a personal finance management platform designed to simplify financial management for users. The software offers tools to help individuals track their financial health and monitor their progress toward financial independence. By providing accessible explanations of financial concepts, ChroniFI enables users to understand their finances more clearly. Key features of the platform include financial health assessments, status monitoring, progress tracking, and insights into money flow. These capabilities empower customers to make informed decisions about their finances and navigate their financial journey with greater confidence.

The Archivist

Venture Round in 2021
The Archivist provides an e-commerce platform intended to sell, rent or buy pre-owned, archive, and vintage fashion and jewelry. Founded in 2019, The Archivist is headquartered in New York, United States.

Density

Series D in 2021
Density measures how people use space in real-time without invading privacy. Using proprietary depth sensors and deep learning algorithms, the platform accurately and anonymously counts people in real time. Organizations use Density to improve efficiency and enhance occupant experience in buildings, workplaces, and real estate. Unlike a camera, Density's platform doesn't capture personally identifiable information and is purpose-built for accurately measuring how people use physical space.

CloudNuro

Angel Round in 2021
CloudNuro is an AI-enabled cloud platform that helps businesses manage their Software as a Service (SaaS) operations effectively. The platform provides tools for optimizing SaaS spending, enhancing security and compliance, and gaining insights to maximize return on investment. It allows organizations to discover and oversee their SaaS applications, manage user access and licensing, automate workflows, and ensure policy compliance. By tracking application utilization and identifying unused licenses, CloudNuro helps eliminate waste and improve cost management. Additionally, the platform enables centralized management of SaaS licenses and renewals while uncovering unauthorized applications, commonly known as "Shadow IT." With partnerships for enterprise-grade infrastructure and security, CloudNuro aims to deliver a secure environment for its clients, ensuring transparency and accountability in SaaS application usage across the organization.

ProductionPro

Seed Round in 2021
ProductionPro, Inc. is an entertainment technology company that provides an online platform aimed at enhancing creative collaboration in film, television, and theater production. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, the company focuses on helping creators visualize and streamline their ideas and collaborative processes before actual production begins. By consolidating scripts, research, designs, and continuity into a single platform, ProductionPro empowers users to make informed creative decisions, setting a new industry standard in the production process.

STEEZY

Seed Round in 2021
Our mission is to make dance the next big sporting and fitness category. We've built our own proprietary video player that makes learning dance easy and fun. Our instructors have danced with major artists or shows including Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber, BTS, NBC’s "World of Dance”, and “America’s Best Dance Crew”.

LÜK

Seed Round in 2021
LÜK operates an online talent marketplace specifically designed for the fashion and entertainment industries, connecting clients with a diverse array of professionals, including models, photographers, stylists, and hair and makeup artists. By aggregating top talent agencies into a single platform, LÜK simplifies the process of locating and booking creative talent for photo and video shoots, allowing brands to efficiently cast from multiple premium agencies. In addition to facilitating talent bookings, LÜK is evolving into a payments platform for the industry, addressing a significant pain point where talent agencies often wait 60 to 150 days for payment. By factoring the receivables of over 150 talent agencies within its network, LÜK ensures that these agencies receive same-day payouts, thereby enhancing cash flow and operational efficiency.

Kippo

Series A in 2021
Kippo is a dating and social app created by gamers that provides an immersive and engaging experience for a digital generation. Designed for anyone and everyone who likes to play games, the Kippo platform provides an organic approach to building connections, making friends and finding dates. The platform is built around the mission of creating a safe and welcoming community that facilitates meaningful connections and interactions through the love of games. Launched in early 2019, Kippo’s founding members include former dating app executives, prominent twitch influencers, professional gamers, esports shoutcaster/commentator and a kpop artist.

GMTM

Pre Seed Round in 2021
GMTM, Inc. is an athlete discovery platform that connects athletes with fans and college programs. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Winter Park, Florida, the platform provides a range of services, including opportunities for athletes to compete online, learn from coaches, and connect with schools, brands, camps, and potential employers. By facilitating these connections, GMTM aims to enhance the visibility and opportunities available to athletes at various levels.

LeadIQ

Series B in 2021
LeadIQ, Inc. develops an innovative sales prospecting automation platform designed to enhance lead management and improve sales productivity. The company's key products include Prospector, which allows users to search for prospects on LinkedIn and other websites while saving them directly into their CRM tools, and Scout, which retrieves contact information from company websites. Additionally, LeadIQ offers personal intelligence APIs that provide comprehensive profiles, including email, phone numbers, and job details for potential leads. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, LeadIQ also maintains offices in Singapore and New Hampshire. The platform aims to streamline the sales process by enabling sales teams to capture leads efficiently, enrich data with relevant information, and focus on high-quality leads, ultimately facilitating increased deal closures and revenue growth.

uDroppy

Seed Round in 2021
We believe that everyone should have the same chances to start an E-Commerce business. uDroppy's empowers creators to easily start, confidently optimise and successfully scale their own e-commerce ventures. The platform connects creators with best in class services providers such as Suppliers, Shipping couriers and Logistic centres. The SaaS workflow tool automates orders from the sales channel of the creator (Shopify, etc..) to the chosen service providers.

Superhuman

Series C in 2021
Superhuman Labs Inc., founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, develops an advanced email application designed to enhance productivity and user experience. Unlike traditional email clients, Superhuman aims to revolutionize the inbox with features that promote efficiency and organization. Its offerings include A.I. triage, undo send, social network insights, follow-up reminders, scheduled messages, and read statuses, all contributing to a fast and intuitive user interface. The application is tailored for users seeking a premium experience, allowing them to manage their email with greater ease and effectiveness. Superhuman's team has a strong background in technology, having previously founded successful ventures such as Rapportive and Rapleaf, and the company is backed by prominent investors from Silicon Valley and New York City.

Vincent

Funding Round in 2021
Vincent Labs, Inc. operates a search engine platform for alternative investments online. The company's platform helps users to review, research, and compare investment offers; and connects users directly with investment platforms who can help close and manage their investment. Its platform allows users to look at the range of investment offers across various asset classes, including real estate, venture capital, private equity, fixed income, debt, peer-to-peer lending, art, collectibles, and more. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, New York.

Sugar

Seed Round in 2021
Jetpack, Inc. is a company that specializes in the online retail and delivery of both food and non-food products, focusing on nighttime service. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Stanford, California, the company primarily serves college students by providing essential consumer products on-demand. Jetpack aims to streamline convenience for its customers by ensuring that necessary items are readily available in real-time, thereby enhancing the overall shopping experience.

DaoCloud

Pre Seed Round in 2021
DaoCloud is a place to find wellness information, a supportive community, and wellness practitioners.

Nude Barre

Seed Round in 2021
Nude Barre is a line of eco friendly intimates and hosiery made in 12 shades of nude to match all skin tones.

Cabana

Series A in 2021
Cabana opens up the flexibility of travel plans so that travelers can book once and go anywhere. The company has built out a fleet of upscale custom-made mobile hotel rooms, using 2019 Ford Transit vans, to give travelers the freedom to travel and sleep where they want and when they want. Every element, from the bed to the storage, to the bathroom to the internet, is designed from the ground up for a tailored and premium experience. Simplified lodging often translates to lower quality, but Cabana has taken the luxurious amenities of a thoughtfully designed suite and outfitted it for a small space. Enabled through tech, Cabana brings travelers digital convenience and peace of mind through contact-free check-in. The app lets travelers reserve, check-in, pick-up, and check-out of their mobile hotel room without having to make a pit stop to the front desk.

SoleSavy

Series A in 2021
SoleSavy is building the next generation of paid communities and marketplace. Our mission is to make collecting sneakers accessible and bring like-minded communities together.

Hop

Seed Round in 2021
Hop is a developer of a multiplayer browser designed to facilitate online collaboration for team meetings and video streaming. Its platform features a real-time shared browser that allows users to create or join portals remotely. This enables fast and secure connections through screen sharing, voice, and video chat, enhancing the experience of sharing content and collaborating with peers. By offering a dedicated space for users to interact, Hop aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of virtual teamwork.

SoleSavy

Series A in 2021
SoleSavy is building the next generation of paid communities and marketplace. Our mission is to make collecting sneakers accessible and bring like-minded communities together.

Codiga

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Code Inspector is a platform that helps software developers and managers produce better code. The platform analyzes code, highlights issues and helps software developers to reduce technical debt. It also automates code reviews and automatically fixes bugs.

Tribu

Seed Round in 2021
Tribu is an artificial intelligence startup that aids IT helpdesks and managed service providers (MSP) automate assistance requests.

Gently

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Wearloom helps shoppers find resale fashion effortlessly. Enter the items you’re looking for and get notified with the best listings from your favorite resale sites. Save up to 3+ hours per week, 95% off retail, and 5kg of CO2, all for free. Wearloom’s Nonprofit: https://www.wearloom.org

SkillBank

Seed Round in 2021
Pay $0 upfront and land your dream marketing job. At OnDelta, we invest in our students and we help them make their dreams attainable. Participants will only pay us back once they're making over $40k/year. We believe that everyone should have access to opportunity, regardless of their background.

Dandelion Chocolate

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Dandelion Chocolate is a San Francisco-based producer of high-quality bean-to-bar chocolates. The company focuses on crafting chocolate from roasted cocoa beans, ensuring a premium product that appeals to chocolate enthusiasts. Dandelion Chocolate offers its creations in elegantly packaged gift sets and also supplies chocolate for various food products. Customers can conveniently order these exceptional chocolates through the company's online platform, allowing them to enjoy top-grade chocolate sourced directly from the bean.

Fathom

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Fathom is the podcast player that listens to you. Fathom allows you to effortlessly find the podcasts you want to listen to by combining a feed of episode previews with the far-reaching search capabilities of artificial intelligence. If you’ve never listened to podcasts before, now is the perfect time to start. We're not just building an audio player, we're building a platform that will revolutionize the way we listen to podcasts. Ask a question and hear your answers: This is the future of podcast search. You can type any question and hear answers from your favorite podcasters and their guests. This is hands down the best search engine for podcasts ever created. Preview podcast episodes: Scroll through your feed of recommended episodes and hear previews of the most interesting parts of a podcast tuned to your interests. Discover conversations around your favorite topics: Fathom finds new podcasts for you based on what you listen to, like, and follow. Instantly find compelling podcast episodes about what matters most to you.

Begin

Seed Round in 2021
Begin is a company that specializes in developing and marketing an interactive bot application programming interface aimed at enhancing user communication and collaboration. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, Begin's platform allows users to create groups and teams, facilitating the assignment and management of tasks. The company leverages command messaging technology to automate tasks over the Internet, significantly improving organizational teamwork and efficiency. With a focus on creating fully-featured, globally scalable applications, Begin aims to transform static processes into dynamic, collaborative environments for businesses.

Torii

Seed Round in 2021
Torii, Inc. is a real estate services company that operates an application designed to streamline the home buying process. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with a location in San Francisco, the company provides a range of services including access to real estate agents, attorneys, appraisal, title insurance, and home inspections. The application allows users to search for properties, schedule showings, make offers, and track their progress, all aimed at saving clients time and money. By combining innovative technology with dedicated service, Torii seeks to facilitate informed decision-making for homebuyers.

Moment

Seed Round in 2021
Moment offers natural botanical beverages for meditation. Its product has no caffeine, no added sugar, no fake stuff, and is not carbonated.

Deft

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Search with natural language and images (or both), across all product sites. (https://shopdeft.com)

SparkPlug

Seed Round in 2021
Best in Grow (BiG) solves the multi-billion-dollar problem of influence at the point of sale, enabling retailers and the brands they carry to seamlessly incentivize frontline retail workforces, directly reward performance, and help every employee feel engaged and excellent at their jobs.

Hop

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Hop is a developer of a multiplayer browser designed to facilitate online collaboration for team meetings and video streaming. Its platform features a real-time shared browser that allows users to create or join portals remotely. This enables fast and secure connections through screen sharing, voice, and video chat, enhancing the experience of sharing content and collaborating with peers. By offering a dedicated space for users to interact, Hop aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of virtual teamwork.

Boostopia

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Boostopia is a cloud-based software company that provides a modern Workforce Optimization (WFO) solution specifically designed for small and medium-sized business (SMB) customer support managers. Unlike traditional support tools that focus primarily on customer interactions, Boostopia enables managers to understand and enhance the entire support operation. By integrating with popular ticketing and call center solutions such as Zendesk, Freshdesk, Helpscout, and Salesforce Service, Boostopia helps organizations streamline their support processes. The platform offers insights and analytics that allow support teams to improve performance and customer experiences, resulting in significant benefits such as over 30% reductions in overall support volume and increases in agent productivity exceeding 20%. This innovative approach addresses the unique challenges faced by support managers, making it easier for them to lead their teams effectively.

SoleSavy

Seed Round in 2021
SoleSavy is building the next generation of paid communities and marketplace. Our mission is to make collecting sneakers accessible and bring like-minded communities together.

Formulate

Seed Round in 2021
Formulate Labs, Inc. engages in the production of personalized and customization shampoo and conditioner. It offers personal formulation chemistry services and products for men and women online. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Wearwell

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Wearwell LLC offers online apparel retail on subscription. It provides women cloth. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Grin

Series A in 2020
Grin Technologies Inc. operates an influencer marketing platform designed to facilitate the creation and management of authentic relationships between brands and influencers. Founded in 2014 and based in Sacramento, California, the company offers a comprehensive software solution that assists direct-to-consumer brands in discovering and recruiting influencers, managing campaigns, and handling logistics such as payments and record-keeping. The platform provides tools for relationship management, content rights management, and in-depth analytics, enabling brands to effectively track sales and optimize their marketing efforts. Grin's services also include product seeding, the use of discount codes, and affiliate links, enhancing collaboration and communication between brands and their influencer partners.

Grin

Series A in 2020
Grin Technologies Inc. operates an influencer marketing platform designed to facilitate the creation and management of authentic relationships between brands and influencers. Founded in 2014 and based in Sacramento, California, the company offers a comprehensive software solution that assists direct-to-consumer brands in discovering and recruiting influencers, managing campaigns, and handling logistics such as payments and record-keeping. The platform provides tools for relationship management, content rights management, and in-depth analytics, enabling brands to effectively track sales and optimize their marketing efforts. Grin's services also include product seeding, the use of discount codes, and affiliate links, enhancing collaboration and communication between brands and their influencer partners.

Flume

Series A in 2020
Flume is bringing connectivity and intelligence to an industry that is ripe for disruption; water, or the lack thereof. The connected-home market is their initial target with their first product: a patent-pending IoT system that intelligently detects leaks, protects homes from devastating damage and enables customers to reduce consumption. The team has already established partnerships with two of the largest insurers in the world and is excited to continue expanding into the consumer market, as well as establish new partnerships with service providers and water utilities.

SoleSavy

Seed Round in 2020
SoleSavy is building the next generation of paid communities and marketplace. Our mission is to make collecting sneakers accessible and bring like-minded communities together.

DaoCloud

Pre Seed Round in 2020
DaoCloud is a place to find wellness information, a supportive community, and wellness practitioners.

STEEZY

Secondary Market in 2020
Our mission is to make dance the next big sporting and fitness category. We've built our own proprietary video player that makes learning dance easy and fun. Our instructors have danced with major artists or shows including Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber, BTS, NBC’s "World of Dance”, and “America’s Best Dance Crew”.

Kush Marketplace

Seed Round in 2020
Wholesale Marketplace for the Legal Cannabis Industry

Scener

Seed Round in 2020
Scener, Inc. operates an online virtual movie theater. It offers streaming services through movies and shows. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

SparkPlug

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Best in Grow (BiG) solves the multi-billion-dollar problem of influence at the point of sale, enabling retailers and the brands they carry to seamlessly incentivize frontline retail workforces, directly reward performance, and help every employee feel engaged and excellent at their jobs.

Bloom

Venture Round in 2020
Bloom is an Ai-powered wellness app that provides therapy exercises to help cope with stress, anxiety, and depression. It combines interactive video classes with cognitive behavioral therapy exercises to provide an affordable and accessible way to deal with mental health issues. Leon Mueller and Daniel Lohse established the software company in 2019 in New York, New York.

Space Soft

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Space Soft is a platform for creators, owners, and community builders to engage over audio-first experiences. With Space Soft, users can join audio-only conversations, and interact with interesting people on topics that matter to them.

Span

Angel Round in 2020
Span Health Limited, a digital care provider, which to help reduce body fat, blood sugar, alleviate brain fog, cravings and others symptoms. It provides care services for polycystic ovary syndrome, fatty liver disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and diabetes. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

SkillBank

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Pay $0 upfront and land your dream marketing job. At OnDelta, we invest in our students and we help them make their dreams attainable. Participants will only pay us back once they're making over $40k/year. We believe that everyone should have access to opportunity, regardless of their background.

Techmate Technologies

Funding Round in 2020
Techmate Technologies, Inc. is a New York-based company that offers on-demand technical support primarily for small businesses and startups. Founded in 2016, it provides a range of services, including computer repair, malware removal, hardware upgrades, and software enhancements for both business and residential clients. The company's platform connects users with IT specialists based on location, availability, and required skills, enabling companies to efficiently manage onsite tech support across their organizations. Techmate Technologies focuses on supporting the distributed workforce and serves as an extension of companies with limited IT resources, adapting to modern work environments.

Density

Series C in 2020
Density measures how people use space in real-time without invading privacy. Using proprietary depth sensors and deep learning algorithms, the platform accurately and anonymously counts people in real time. Organizations use Density to improve efficiency and enhance occupant experience in buildings, workplaces, and real estate. Unlike a camera, Density's platform doesn't capture personally identifiable information and is purpose-built for accurately measuring how people use physical space.

STEEZY

Venture Round in 2020
Our mission is to make dance the next big sporting and fitness category. We've built our own proprietary video player that makes learning dance easy and fun. Our instructors have danced with major artists or shows including Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber, BTS, NBC’s "World of Dance”, and “America’s Best Dance Crew”.

Fluent Forever

Seed Round in 2020
Fluent Forever Inc. is a language learning application designed to help users master foreign languages and retain their knowledge long-term. The app offers courses in several languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, German, Portuguese, Korean, and Japanese. The company's methodology is based on principles outlined in the best-selling book "Fluent Forever" by founder Gabriel Wyner. Established in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Fluent Forever aims to transform language acquisition by employing techniques that enhance memory and recall.

BasicBlock

Seed Round in 2020
BasicBlock, Inc. develops a software application that facilitates transactions for the trucking industry. It offers BasicBlock that helps truck drivers receive payment for services and costs by streamlining the collection of paperwork for invoices. The company’s BasicBlock mobile application to scan documents; enter the order number or trip number to associate documents with specific loads; label documents; and view documents and edit labels from the home office. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

LeadIQ

Series A in 2020
LeadIQ, Inc. develops an innovative sales prospecting automation platform designed to enhance lead management and improve sales productivity. The company's key products include Prospector, which allows users to search for prospects on LinkedIn and other websites while saving them directly into their CRM tools, and Scout, which retrieves contact information from company websites. Additionally, LeadIQ offers personal intelligence APIs that provide comprehensive profiles, including email, phone numbers, and job details for potential leads. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, LeadIQ also maintains offices in Singapore and New Hampshire. The platform aims to streamline the sales process by enabling sales teams to capture leads efficiently, enrich data with relevant information, and focus on high-quality leads, ultimately facilitating increased deal closures and revenue growth.

Ittavi

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Ittavi, Inc was the original creator of SupportPay, a platform designed to help parents manage child support, alimony, and shared expenses directly with one another. However, Ittavi, Inc was liquidated in early 2018 and is no longer operating. The assets of Ittavi, including SupportPay, are now owned by Smart Family Tech, Inc. SupportPay uniquely serves as a payment platform for parents, facilitating the management of child-related financial obligations.

ScentBox

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ScentBox is an affordable and fun way for members to seek out and sample wonderful new designer fragrances every month. Members choose from over 900 designer fragrances and get them delivered right to their door. It was founded in 2016 and is located in Beverly Hills, California.

Blush

Seed Round in 2020
Blush makes it easy for anyone to add stunning illustrations to their work. With collections made by artists across the globe, there's something for everyone, and every project. All art is customizable—play with the variations to create something unique!

Outlaw

Seed Round in 2020
Outlaw is a company for adventurous people, by adventurous people. We live like the products we make: we love campfire, whiskey, and ill-advised explosions... standing a little too close, but being sure to wear fire-proof clothes. Russ and I have built a business around what we find fun and interesting. It’s not for everyone… We get a lot of bruises in the regular course of life. Our hair is usually a mess. I probably have dirty fingernails. But it’s our life, and it’s pretty darn fun. If that sounds fun to you (or someone you know), you’ll probably like our products.

EyeRate

Pre Seed Round in 2020
EyeRate is a category defining messaging platform that merges reputation, customer experience, and employee incentives. By attaching employee incentives to customer engagement rates we provide our partners with industry leading engagement rates. EyeRate allows businesses to see a comprehensive view of what their customers are saying across all channels — review sites, social media, and feedback surveys. The end result is more new customers, better retention, and increased employee productivity.

Rolebot

Pre Seed Round in 2020
an intelligent Recruitment Engine

Xendoo

Seed Round in 2019
Xendoo, Inc. is a cloud-based bookkeeping and accounting service provider that caters to small business owners. Founded in 2016 and based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Xendoo offers an online platform designed for various financial needs, including bookkeeping, tax preparation, sales tax filing, and monthly financial reporting. The platform aims to enhance accessibility to certified public accountants (CPAs) while providing predictable pricing and timely financial insights. By utilizing technology, Xendoo seeks to streamline accounting processes, allowing small business owners to focus on managing and growing their enterprises. The company was previously known as Xendoo, LLC.

Fitbod

Series B in 2019
Fitbod, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a mobile application designed to provide personalized strength training workouts. Launched in 2015, the Fitbod app uses machine learning to analyze users' workout data, taking into account their experience, goals, and available equipment. It generates customized workout routines that adapt to the user's physical capabilities and track muscle fatigue, ensuring that sessions remain effective and on track. Unlike traditional fitness apps that offer fixed exercise plans, Fitbod delivers real-time, tailored fitness guidance, helping users maximize their gym experience and build confidence in their training. The app also considers the user's environment and soreness levels to recommend appropriate exercises, rep counts, and weight ranges.

Balloon

Seed Round in 2019
Balloon removes bias from group work and decision-making - across teams, both internal and external. Its platform levels the playing field and makes it possible to anonymously surface and prioritize information, feedback, and insights that companies can't get any other way.

Lately

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Lately, Inc. develops marketing resource management software. The company’s software activities include organization, content creation, collaboration, and analytics. It serves professional marketers, communications and public relations firms, global brands, small businesses, medium businesses, large businesses, bloggers, startups, nonprofit organizations, chambers of commerce, colleges and universities, government agencies, kick starter campaign creators, Shopify store owners, and micro-entrepreneurs, as well as federal, state, and local governments. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

Assure

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Assure specializes in special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and fund administration for the private investment marketplace. It provides the most complete back-office services in the market for fund managers, equity crowdfunding platforms, angel groups, and other private-transaction investors. The firm was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Grin

Seed Round in 2019
Grin Technologies Inc. operates an influencer marketing platform designed to facilitate the creation and management of authentic relationships between brands and influencers. Founded in 2014 and based in Sacramento, California, the company offers a comprehensive software solution that assists direct-to-consumer brands in discovering and recruiting influencers, managing campaigns, and handling logistics such as payments and record-keeping. The platform provides tools for relationship management, content rights management, and in-depth analytics, enabling brands to effectively track sales and optimize their marketing efforts. Grin's services also include product seeding, the use of discount codes, and affiliate links, enhancing collaboration and communication between brands and their influencer partners.

Capiche

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Software's confusing—but it shouldn't be. The industry that democratized information should be the most transparent, the easiest to decode. So we're building a community of people who care about software to do that together. Somewhere where we can hold our industry to a higher standard. We’re on a mission to end information asymmetry in business software. This starts with price transparency. And then, we're building a living repository of software knowledge—guides, reviews, documentation, and more built from what we've all learned using software on the job.

Torii

Seed Round in 2019
Torii, Inc. is a real estate services company that operates an application designed to streamline the home buying process. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with a location in San Francisco, the company provides a range of services including access to real estate agents, attorneys, appraisal, title insurance, and home inspections. The application allows users to search for properties, schedule showings, make offers, and track their progress, all aimed at saving clients time and money. By combining innovative technology with dedicated service, Torii seeks to facilitate informed decision-making for homebuyers.

Assure

Seed Round in 2019
Assure specializes in special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and fund administration for the private investment marketplace. It provides the most complete back-office services in the market for fund managers, equity crowdfunding platforms, angel groups, and other private-transaction investors. The firm was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Captiv8

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Captiv8 Inc. develops an analytics platform and marketplace that connects marketers with influencers on social platforms. The company provides brands with Marketplace, an artificial intelligence platform to discover and match with talent based on real-time audience data across social platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, Vine, YouTube, and Facebook. The analysis includes factors such as geography, household income, ethnicity, age, and gender to predict which Influencers will generate the maximum result for brands. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Mateo, California with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York.

Angle

Funding Round in 2019
Shoot My Travel Inc. operates a vacation photography platform that pairs travelers with local professional photographers to capture trip memories. The company allows travelers to have candid, real, and natural shots. Shoot My Travel Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Miami, Florida.

Contiq Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Contiq Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, that specializes in developing a buyer intelligence platform tailored for business-to-business sellers. Founded in 2016 by experienced professionals from Microsoft and VMware, Contiq's platform enhances the sales process by offering personalized recommendations, customizing sales presentations, suggesting high-performing content for sales teams, and evaluating content effectiveness. The company's solutions cater to sales leaders, enterprise sellers, and marketing teams, aiming to streamline content discovery and creation through the application of artificial intelligence and deep learning technologies.

Neyborly

Angel Round in 2019
We're changing the way people utilize real-estate in their cities and neighborhoods. We believe that everyone should be able to access beautiful space at an affordable price. Whether you need space for your birthday party, leadership meeting, wedding reception, or art show...we want to provide you with a unique and convenient environment to host life's great moments. Commercial real-estate is a traditional and outdated industry that has not yet been transformed by technology. We apply design, data, and incredible customer service to create a new way to use real-estate in your neighborhood. We're on a mission to democratize access to Main Street real-estate and create a network of Neyborly spaces that will bring people together to celebrate, create, and inspire. Come join us and build something that has the chance to change the way we use our cities and neighborhoods!

Inside.com

Venture Round in 2019
Inside.com is the only source you'll need for daily roundups and analysis of the latest news and trends in the world of business, tech, and venture capital. Inside Network of Newsletters are designed for the up-and-coming entrepreneur and creator, as well as for the C-Suite executive looking to keep finger on the pulse of what's happening in the industry. With curated news stories, topic deep dives, and founder interviews, you'll find that Inside is the one news source you'll need to stay in-touch, ahead of game, and inspired to be at least 1% better everyday. Subscribing to Inside is free, try it today at Inside.com

OpenFan

Pre Seed Round in 2019
OpenFan is arming every business -- small, medium and large -- with Amazon-level customer intelligence. Our analytics platform and data feed surface powerful and actionable consumer insights based on SKU-level purchasing history at more than 1,000 retailers.

CultureForce

Pre Seed Round in 2019
CultureForce specializes in connecting companies with local businesses that provide corporate activities, retreats, off-sites, and workshops. Our vendors create purpose-driven experiences to improve morale, drive teamwork, inspire creativity, and facilitate development. Our customers can discover dozens of options from local businesses that have been vetted for quality and insurance. Instead of requesting quotes, pricing is available, and booking is instant through our automated system. Our vendors are able to have a single platform for booking all of their events, taking payment, and managing their customers.

Grin

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Grin Technologies Inc. operates an influencer marketing platform designed to facilitate the creation and management of authentic relationships between brands and influencers. Founded in 2014 and based in Sacramento, California, the company offers a comprehensive software solution that assists direct-to-consumer brands in discovering and recruiting influencers, managing campaigns, and handling logistics such as payments and record-keeping. The platform provides tools for relationship management, content rights management, and in-depth analytics, enabling brands to effectively track sales and optimize their marketing efforts. Grin's services also include product seeding, the use of discount codes, and affiliate links, enhancing collaboration and communication between brands and their influencer partners.

Angle

Funding Round in 2018
Shoot My Travel Inc. operates a vacation photography platform that pairs travelers with local professional photographers to capture trip memories. The company allows travelers to have candid, real, and natural shots. Shoot My Travel Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Miami, Florida.