Manifest Investment Partners

Manifest Investment Partners is a venture capital firm established in 2016 and located in Belvedere Tiburon, California. The firm specializes in investing in growth-stage companies, particularly in technology-enabled services and software sectors. Manifest focuses on businesses with a proven management team that require both capital and strategic support for expansion. Its investment portfolio encompasses a diverse range of industries, including business products and services, consumer products and services, information technology, big data, advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and virtual reality.

Sinan Aral

Founding Partner

14 past transactions

Picklebet

Series A in 2023
Picklebet is a social daily fantasy sports app that focuses on e-sports wagering. It provides an engaging platform where users can participate in peer-to-peer social betting, allowing them to create custom wagers and compete in skill-based challenges with friends. The app facilitates pool betting and head-to-head competitions, enabling users to share their bets and transfer winnings easily through their mobile devices. By catering to the growing interest in e-sports, Picklebet aims to enhance the experience for fans and participants alike.

Arbela Laboratories

Seed Round in 2022
Arbela Laboratories is focused on increasing the scale and reducing the costs of biomanufacturing using its methanol-fed Pichia platform.

Alyce

Series B in 2021
Alyce, Inc. is an AI-powered platform based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in personalized gifting for sales and marketing. Founded in 2015, Alyce offers a unique service that allows businesses to send curated gifts through its online platform, SWAG SELECT. This platform provides users with a diverse catalogue of gift options and employs artificial intelligence to analyze personal social data, ensuring that the selected gifts resonate with recipients. Alyce simplifies the process of direct mail and account-based marketing by managing orders, shipping, and tracking for a wide range of gift quantities. The company's approach not only fosters genuine relationships but also significantly enhances engagement metrics, delivering improved account penetration and pipeline growth compared to traditional methods.

Alyce

Series A in 2019
Alyce, Inc. is an AI-powered platform based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in personalized gifting for sales and marketing. Founded in 2015, Alyce offers a unique service that allows businesses to send curated gifts through its online platform, SWAG SELECT. This platform provides users with a diverse catalogue of gift options and employs artificial intelligence to analyze personal social data, ensuring that the selected gifts resonate with recipients. Alyce simplifies the process of direct mail and account-based marketing by managing orders, shipping, and tracking for a wide range of gift quantities. The company's approach not only fosters genuine relationships but also significantly enhances engagement metrics, delivering improved account penetration and pipeline growth compared to traditional methods.

Jebbit

Series B in 2019
Jebbit, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in providing interactive mobile solutions aimed at helping brands capture valuable consumer data. Founded in 2011, Jebbit operates a declared data platform that enables marketing and sales teams to create engaging mobile experiences, such as quizzes and virtual tours. This platform allows brands to collect first-party data directly from consumers, offering insights into their preferences, motivations, and intentions, rather than relying on often inaccurate third-party data. Jebbit's offerings cater primarily to the travel, e-commerce, and sports industries, with notable clients including Cathay Pacific Airways, LifeLock, and the New England Revolution. The company has received recognition for its innovative approach, having been named one of the Top 25 Most Promising Companies in the World by CNBC and awarded for its tech culture in Boston.

Crexi

Series A in 2018
Crexi is a leading online marketplace for commercial real estate, established in 2015 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The platform serves as a comprehensive technology and data solution for commercial real estate professionals, facilitating streamlined management and accelerated deal closure. With millions of users, Crexi has become the most active marketplace in the sector, handling over 500,000 listings with a combined property value exceeding $1 trillion. The platform offers extensive features, including detailed property listings, deal management software, analytics, and reporting tools, all designed to enhance the buying and selling experience for brokers, buyers, and property owners. Employing more than 150 individuals, Crexi continues to support the commercial real estate industry and its stakeholders effectively.

VidMob

Series A in 2018
VidMob, Inc. operates a platform that connects video content creators with professional video editors through a real-time bid-based marketplace. Established in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company offers users the ability to upload media for editing and share the finished content seamlessly. VidMob's platform integrates AI-powered creative analytics with a streamlined production workflow, aimed at enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of digital video advertising. By leveraging a global network of expert creators, VidMob helps brands improve their ad campaign performance through actionable insights and faster turnaround times. Additionally, the company is recognized as a certified creative marketing partner by major social and digital platforms. A portion of VidMob's revenue is directed towards providing pro bono creative services for non-profits through its initiative, VidMob Gives.

Fortem Technologies

Series A in 2018
Fortem Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing and manufacturing AI-enabled solutions for airspace security and safety, focusing on intrusion detection and detect-and-avoid systems for drones and unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs). The company offers a range of products, including advanced radars designed for aircraft integration, the ThreatAware AI analysis engine for real-time data assessment, and the DroneHunter, which provides perimeter intrusion detection and protection. Fortem’s technologies support organizations in safely transitioning their unmanned operations beyond visual line of sight, enhancing situational awareness and enabling comprehensive airspace management. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Provo, Utah, Fortem Technologies is backed by various investors and aims to provide innovative solutions that meet industry and regulatory standards.

VidMob

Series A in 2017
VidMob, Inc. operates a platform that connects video content creators with professional video editors through a real-time bid-based marketplace. Established in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company offers users the ability to upload media for editing and share the finished content seamlessly. VidMob's platform integrates AI-powered creative analytics with a streamlined production workflow, aimed at enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of digital video advertising. By leveraging a global network of expert creators, VidMob helps brands improve their ad campaign performance through actionable insights and faster turnaround times. Additionally, the company is recognized as a certified creative marketing partner by major social and digital platforms. A portion of VidMob's revenue is directed towards providing pro bono creative services for non-profits through its initiative, VidMob Gives.

Alyce

Seed Round in 2017
Alyce, Inc. is an AI-powered platform based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in personalized gifting for sales and marketing. Founded in 2015, Alyce offers a unique service that allows businesses to send curated gifts through its online platform, SWAG SELECT. This platform provides users with a diverse catalogue of gift options and employs artificial intelligence to analyze personal social data, ensuring that the selected gifts resonate with recipients. Alyce simplifies the process of direct mail and account-based marketing by managing orders, shipping, and tracking for a wide range of gift quantities. The company's approach not only fosters genuine relationships but also significantly enhances engagement metrics, delivering improved account penetration and pipeline growth compared to traditional methods.

Interviewing.io

Seed Round in 2017
Interviewing.io Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that provides a platform for software engineers to practice technical interviews. Founded in 2015, the platform connects users with hiring managers from top tech companies, allowing them to book mock interviews featuring realistic algorithmic and systems design questions. The unique aspect of interviewing.io is its anonymous interview process; candidates' identities are only revealed to companies after they successfully pass the technical interview. This approach not only helps candidates demonstrate their skills irrespective of their backgrounds but also streamlines the hiring process, saving companies significant time by ensuring a steady pipeline of qualified senior engineers. Additionally, participants receive actionable feedback, enhancing their preparation for future job opportunities.

Jebbit

Series A in 2017
Jebbit, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in providing interactive mobile solutions aimed at helping brands capture valuable consumer data. Founded in 2011, Jebbit operates a declared data platform that enables marketing and sales teams to create engaging mobile experiences, such as quizzes and virtual tours. This platform allows brands to collect first-party data directly from consumers, offering insights into their preferences, motivations, and intentions, rather than relying on often inaccurate third-party data. Jebbit's offerings cater primarily to the travel, e-commerce, and sports industries, with notable clients including Cathay Pacific Airways, LifeLock, and the New England Revolution. The company has received recognition for its innovative approach, having been named one of the Top 25 Most Promising Companies in the World by CNBC and awarded for its tech culture in Boston.

Alphonso

Series A in 2017
Alphonso Inc. is a television data and measurement company that offers a comprehensive platform for real-time consumer insights related to television advertising. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Carlos, California, the company has additional offices in New York, New Jersey, and Bengaluru, India. Alphonso's platform enables brands, agencies, and networks to analyze television advertising effectiveness, providing insights into brand performance, audience engagement, and advertising spend. Its services include Alphonso TV Data Cloud, which leverages video AI technology embedded in connected devices to track viewing habits, and Alphonso Insights, a software-as-a-service offering that delivers actionable measurement and closed-loop attribution for TV campaigns. By facilitating the analysis of television content consumption and advertising impact, Alphonso supports brands and agencies in optimizing their advertising strategies across both traditional and digital media channels.

AlgoLift

Seed Round in 2016
AlgoLift, Inc. is a data analysis platform designed to optimize marketing investments through advanced algorithms and machine learning. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, AlgoLift enables users to estimate the lifetime value of their clients, evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, and assess customer churn risks. The platform also helps businesses optimize their marketing budgets by predicting the future value of customers and the associated costs of acquiring them. This approach allows companies to strategically allocate their marketing spend across various channels, ultimately enhancing return on advertising spend (ROAS). As of October 2020, AlgoLift operates as a subsidiary of Vungle, Inc.
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