Marc Bell Capital

Marc Bell Capital Partners LLC is a private equity and venture capital investment firm specializing distressed debt, debtor-in-possession, expansion capital, special situations, mezzanine, bridge, management buyouts, and recapitalizations investments. The firm prefers to invest in the commercial, entertainment ventures, publishing, internet, retail, and residential real estate sector. It seeks to invest between $1 million and $50 million in its portfolio companies. The firm prefers to have a controlling stake or substantial influence in its portfolio companies. Marc Bell Capital Partners LLC was founded in 2003 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.

Max Kiejdan

VP

155 past transactions

ClearTax

Pre Seed Round in 2014
ClearTax is Built on top of India’s Massive Digitization of its Tax Systems. We are a Bangalore based Financial-Technology platform providing solutions for Income Tax filing, GST and Mutual Fund Investments. Founded by 3 friends, Archit Gupta, Srivatsan Chari, and Ankit Solanki, ClearTax became the first Y-Combinator funded company of India in 2014. As ClearTax took this journey, we have added mentors and Investors like Max Levchin, founder of Paypal, Vijay Shekhar Sharma of Paytm, Neeraj Arora of Whatsapp, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Sequoia, Ryan Peterson of Flexport. SAIF Partners had invested $12Mn in ClearTax. Composite Capital has invested $50Mn in ClearTax.

Yumbin

Venture Round in 2014
Yumbin is compact corner store to that offer snacks and beverages in an office. It offers a wide range of curated food and beverage choices.

Grove

Venture Round in 2015
Grove Labs Inc. develops natural indoor gardening products. The company offers products for seed, plant care, aquarium, maintenance, water testing, and apparel markets. It also provides tools for teaching life sciences, sustainability, and nutrition in schools. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Somerville, Massachusetts.

ClicVU

Venture Round in 1999
A unique technology that dramatically improved the effectiveness of advertising on the internet.

MaMaMedia.com

Venture Round in 1999
MaMaMedia Offered a rich and entertaining experience for kids while increasing their technological fluency.

Exo

Seed Round in 2014
Exo is a producer and provider of protein bars made from cricket flour. Its protein bars are a combination of cricket flour with organic ingredients such as raw cacao, dates, almond butter, and coconut to create a bar that is high in protein, low in sugar, nutritionally dense, and packed with omega 3 fatty acids, iron, and calcium that enable users to get sports bar that is free of sugar, gluten, grains, dairy, soy, and artificial preservatives. It was founded in 2014 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Heliogen

Venture Round in 2014
Heliogen, Inc., a clean energy company, develops a technology that uses sunlight to produce hydrogen and syngas fuels. It offers HelioMax, a closed-loop control system used for electricity generation and process heat applications; HelioHeat, a carbon-free and ultra-high temperature heat that is used in industries, such as cement, refining, and mining; and HelioFuel renewable fuels used in applications, including transportation, heavy equipment, and household heating. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Pasadena, California.

Soma

Series A in 2014
Soma Water, Inc. manufactures water filtration products for customers around the world. The company offers glass carafe products, pitchers, and filters. It offers its products through retailers. Soma Water, Inc. was formerly known as Miko, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of November 28, 2017, Soma Water, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Full Circle Home LLC.

BoomBoom Prints

Debt Financing in 2014
BoomBoom Prints, Inc. provides an online platform that connects families and artists. The company allows users to customize artwork from artists around the country. It provides paper prints, framed prints, canvas prints, wall clings, onesies, toddler and maternity tees, stationery, and phone and tablet cases. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Modal

Seed Round in 2015
At Modal, we build the future of auto commerce for the world’s largest auto brands and retailers. We take the moving parts of an auto purchase transaction and assemble them into a simple, digital transaction flow that seamlessly fits any webpage and transforms any showroom. We are a team of leaders from the world’s top technology companies like Google, Facebook, Tesla, Paypal, Accenture and backed by notable investors like Y Combinator, Peter Thiel, Khosla Ventures, and Ally Financial. With our commerce, design, and technology expertise, we’re not just modernizing auto retail, we’re redefining auto ownership. To quote Peter Thiel, Modal is a “complex coordination” of many different technologies, driving billions of dollars in transaction volume every year. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Classkick

Seed Round in 2015
Classkick is the place where students do work, and get helps from teachers and classmates. Teachers make a assignments on Classkick, check detailed individual understanding, give instant help. Students can raise their hand privately and give peer-to-peer feedback. The technology is hyper-focused on increasing student learning and helping teachers be even more effective.

Faraday Bicycles

Convertible Note in 2014
Faraday Bicycles specializes in the fields of bicycles, electric bicycles, consumer products, electric vehicles, health and wellness, and transportation. The company designs and manufactures the finest electric bicycles. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

FORTIFIED Bicycle

Venture Round in 2014
Fortified Bicycle, Inc. manufactures LED bicycle headlights. The company offers anti-theft bike headlights for urban cyclists. It serves customers through retailers and bike dealers. The company was formerly known as Gotham Bicycle Defense Industries, LLC. Fortified Bicycle, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mapkin

Angel Round in 2014
Mapkin offers a range of voice-activated GPS services powered by tips from local drivers. Users can submit tips about landmarks, tricky turns, and more. Mapkin was Jake Wasserman, Marc Regan, and Alex Kinney in March 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Connect

Convertible Note in 2014
Connect Software Corporation provides a tool that enables users to share and be in touch with friends. The company offers Connect, a social map/search engine/check-in tool/communication tool, which pulls together all the check-ins and geo-located posts from friends on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Foursquare. It also enables users to tell friends what they are up to and share the update on Facebook, Foursquare, and Twitter; and get in touch with friends through chat, call, email, text, or message to Facebook and LinkedIn. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Blinkfire Analytics

Seed Round in 2014
Blinkfire Analytics uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to analyze multimedia resources and generate reports for teams, players, agents, and brands so they can better engage their fans and sponsors. Its key technology allows publishers and brands to analyze social media consumption and brand engagement, not only in text but also images and video. The platform sits in the middle of the teams, players, brands, and fans to provide intelligence on social media publishing and sponsorship sales. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Gametime

Seed Round in 2014
Gametime United, Inc. develops a mobile application to book tickets. The company’s application enables users to buy and sell tickets for NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, NCAA, and NFL teams. It offers its application for iOS and Android platforms through App Store and the Google Play Store. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Clutter

Seed Round in 2015
Clutter Inc. operates as a full-service storage company in Los Angeles. It manages the pick-up, storage, and retrieval of customers’ extra belongings. The company stores boxes, furniture, bicycles, golf bags, holiday decor, baby clothes, books, appliances, and other products except liquids, illegal substances, perishables, and hazardous materials. It also insures against theft, loss, natural disasters, and water damage. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Culver City, California.

Asseta

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in May of 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, Asseta is a marketplace for companies to quickly and safely buy semiconductor parts from suppliers around the world. Whether it's a used chamber assembly, a refurbished power supply, or a new o-ring in factory sealed packaging, Asseta helps you find the part you need, in the condition you need it, at 50-60% less than OEM pricing.

Hive.co

Venture Round in 2015
Hive is a marketing analytics platform built for the entertainment industry. Hive aggregates billions of data points on all of the music fans in the world and generates insights into who the most valuable fans are and how the artists they work with can monetize those people. Artists and their team use Hive to analyze their online audience and draw insights that help them execute more effective marketing and advertising campaigns.

Tablelist

Seed Round in 2014
Tablelist Inc. develops a mobile application that enables users to plan a night out. Its application allows users to discover events, browse venues, book VIP tables, buy event tickets, attend member’s parties, and plan with a complimentary concierge. The company’s application provides access to nightclubs, lounges, bars, and parties in Boston, New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Foxwoods Casino, the Hamptons, and Washington DC. Its application can be accessed on Web, and iOS or Android devices. Tablelist Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ticketbis

Series E in 2015
Ticketbis enables users to purchase and sell tickets for concerts, festivals, theater plays, sporting events, and more. It has more than one million customers worldwide. Ticketbis was launched by Jon Uriarte and Ander Michelena in December 2009 and its main operations are based in Madrid, Spain with presence in other countries such as Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, India, Japan, New Zealand, and more.

Naytev

Seed Round in 2014
Naytev optimizes how content is shared from websites to social media, creating a 30% bump in referral traffic. They use machine learning to surface and discover effective messages in real time, and prioritize those as users share.

Lassy Project

Seed Round in 2014
Lassy Project is a free service that gives parents and guardians the ability to notify an entire local community about their missing child or at-risk adult in seconds. With the single push of a button that sends a text alert, parents and guardians can mobilize a trusted group of family, friends, and neighbors immediately to help with their search. This group of community members is called their “network” and they are the most important asset users have if a loved one goes missing. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Longmont, Colorado.

Zuli

Seed Round in 2014
Zuli, Inc. designs and manufactures Bluetooth Smartplugs. The company’s Smartplug technology allows users to adjust lights and appliances in their homes to adjust to their presence, identity, and preferences, such as dim the lights, warm up the space heater, or other customized action they choose. It also offers an energy dashboard that provides accurate real-time energy measurement of any device that is plugged in; and Zuli app that senses when a user enters or exits a room and notifies the Smartplugs to perform desired actions. The company offers its products online, as well as through in-store retailers. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

AltspaceVR

Seed Round in 2014
AltspaceVR is a virtual reality software company. AltspaceVR is bringing two-dimensional web content into shared virtual spaces, and extending the web to create fully holographic experiences. Through the software users will be able to watch streaming video, play games, and get work done, together and entirely inside of virtual reality. The software is powered by, and fully embraces, the modern open web.

Moment

Seed Round in 2014
Moment operates as a global marketplace for creatives. The company exists to inspire the creative in everyone. To get the right gear, learn new skills, take epic trips, and make new friends along the way.

Crayon

Seed Round in 2015
Crayon, Inc. operates a market intelligence platform that assists’ businesses to track, analyze, and act on digital footprints. It offers an intelligence and analysis platform; a marketing intelligence tool; and a website inspiration platform. Crayon, Inc. was formerly known as M80 Labs, Inc. and changed its name to Crayon, Inc. in June 2017. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Rinse

Seed Round in 2015
Rinse is building the first and largest national (and global) brand in clothing care. It is addressing a massive consumer problem and creating a significantly better (and more standardized) dry cleaning and laundry experience through the combination of "smart scheduling" and best-in-class quality, all supported by a strong technology backbone that allows it to effectively manage the operational complexity that comes with scale. Its services include Dry Cleaning, Launder & Press, Wash & Fold, Hang Dry, Repairs, Leather Cleaning, and it even takes Clothing Donations.

Onfleet

Venture Round in 2014
Onfleet, Inc. owns and operates an online platform that simplifies the communication of locations between people and businesses. It enables businesses to manage and analyze their delivery operations. The company includes a web dashboard; APIs; driver applications for iOS and Android; customer notifications; and ETAs and map that let recipients track their orders in real time. Its clients include food, beverage, and grocery delivery businesses as well as local couriers. Onfleet, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Every Labs

Venture Round in 2014
Every Labs is an information technology company that focuses on the development of a food-ordering application with the use of artificial intelligence technology solutions. Every Labs offers Chef Nightly, an application that enables its users to search and find restaurants according to their preferences of food. The company was founded by Michael Sheeley and Adam Stroud in June 2014.

Bookity

Venture Round in 2015
Bookity is the only group reservation software designed specifically for museums, historic sites, and other attractions. We created it to help you build friendly connections between your reservation desk and your visitors. Stop managing and start collaborating. It’s time to book it with Bookity.

Wanderable

Venture Round in 2015
Wanderable modernizes the honeymoon-planning process by allowing couples to easily discover and fund their dream honeymoon trip online and through our mobile app. Our anchor product is honeymoon registries - engaged couples register for activities on their honeymoon and romantic travels, representing a $12B market. We curate merchant relationships across the industry and combine editorial content to connect our community of engaged couples and their wedding guests. Starting with engaged couples we’ll move into lifecycle management, building lasting relationships and capitalizing on the growing consumer trend of valuing experience activities over material goods.

Barricade IO

Seed Round in 2015
Barricade Security Systems Limited provides Web security solutions for small businesses, medium businesses, and enterprises. It offers Barricade Mac Breach Icon, a security product for user experience; and Barricade Mac Overview Icon, a security solution for iPhone. The company is headquartered in Cork, Ireland. As of October 20, 2016, Barricade Security Systems Limited operates as a subsidiary of Sophos Ltd..

Framer

Seed Round in 2015
Framer is a tool to design interactive high-fidelity prototypes for iOS, Android, desktop, or the web. It enables users to turn static mockups into interactive prototypes and to experiment quickly with dynamic, native-feeling animations and interactions. Framer integrates with design tools, exports smoothly to mobile devices, and is powered by the language of the modern web, Javascript. The company was founded by Jorn Dijk and Koen Bok.

KYBOE!

Convertible Note in 2016
KYBOE! just launched in major department stores (Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor, Hudson’s Bay, etc.) arriving stateside after selling in niche markets like St. Tropez, Ibiza, and the Netherlands. KYBOE! is the hottest must have fashion accessory and was just selected as one of Oprah’s Favorite Things for the holidays.

SendHub

Series B in 2014
SendHub is the Phone System for the Mobile World. There's no hardware, setup is instant and it scales elastically with a single click. Users are given a phone number in any area code, they can use from any device: Web, iPhone, Android, Feature Phones and via our API. Businesses can add lines for everyone on their team for free, with complete transparency and powerful analytics on every aspect of your telecommunication. Additional Features: Auto Attendant, Call Transfer, Company Directory, Contact Sharing, Voicemail Transcription, Text Marketing & Group Texting, Free Internal Communication.

Caribou Biosciences

Series A in 2015
Caribou Biosciences is a operator of a medical technology company intended to analyze cell and genome engineering. The company specializes in cellular engineering and analysis based on the CRISPR-Cas9 technology platform which paired with a guide RNA, cuts double-stranded DNA and allows for specific changes to DNA, enabling development of therapeutics for agricultural biotechnology, industrial biotechnology and basic and applied biological research.

Globecomm Systems

Venture Round in 1999
Globecomm Systems, together with its subsidiaries, provides satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services. The company provides pre-engineered systems; systems design and integration services; and access, hosted, and lifecycle support services. It supplies infrastructure solutions for satellite-based communications, including hardware and software to support a range of satellite systems. The company's infrastructure solutions comprise the design, engineering, integration, and installation of ground segment systems and networks, which are deployed in communications networks to support a range of network applications and facilitate ‘quadruple play' services consisting of video, data, voice, and wireless communications. It offers end-to-end managed network services and life cycle support services, such as installation, network monitoring, help desk, maintenance, and professional engineering services. The company offers its products and services to communications service providers, government and government related entities, commercial enterprises, broadcasters, and other media and content providers. Globecomm Systems Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York.

Greats

Venture Round in 2015
Greats Brand, LLC, doing business as GREATS, operates an online men’s footwear store. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Brooklyn, New York. As of August 9, 2019, Greats Brand, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Steven Madden, Ltd..

Lend Street Financial

Seed Round in 2014
Lend Street Financial, Inc. provides consumer lending solutions for people in financial distress to refinance their old debt and rebuild their credit. The company also negotiates with customers’ creditor to get a discount on their debt. It serves customers in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.

Peer5

Venture Round in 2014
Peer5, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer content delivery network worldwide. It uses WebRTC to create a peer-to-peer mesh network that helps users load video content from each other. The company enables limitless video delivery by unifying the existing server infrastructure with an elastic computing layer. It also offers optimal content delivery solution for broadcasters. Peer5, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Palo Alto, California with a location in Tel Aviv, Israel.

codeSpark

Seed Round in 2015
codeSpark develops learning games for computer science concepts for kids aged between five to eight years. It offers The Foos, a self–directed game platform that addresses a range of learning styles, programming, and other thinking skills. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Pasadena, California.

MatterFab

Seed Round in 2014
MatterFab offers a production 3D metal printer solution that removes the limitations of industrial fabrication. Final part production is the fastest growing segment of 3D printing built on equipment designed for prototyping that is not designed to scale. MatterFab provides a scalable production additive manufacturing solution with printers, material supply, traceable powder cartridges, training, education, maintenance services, and application engineering support to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing in our client's organizations. Manufacturing has the power to shape the world and MatterFab has the power to reshape manufacturing.

Numerous

Seed Round in 2014
Numerous, Inc. develops a mobile dashboard/application that allows users to follow and share numbers (via Twitter, Facebook, and more). Its application also enables users to configure notifications to alert with changes or conversations. The company’s dashboard provides updates on stock prices, weather, steps taken, miles driven, calories consumed, event time, or distance from home. It offers its application on iPhone and iOS devices. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

VerbalizeIt

Seed Round in 2014
VerbalizeIt is a platform that couples best-in-class technology and a community of 25,000 vetted translators to empower businesses to go global. VerbalizeIt delivers translation in 150 languages across web, mobile, document and video to enable brands to preserve and amplify their voice over multiple mediums of communication.

ParkiFi

Seed Round in 2015
ParkiFi, Inc. designs and offers IoT-enabled parking sensors. The company also provides platform solutions to manage and show open spots in parking spaces. It offers solutions for parking garages, surface lots, and municipal parking. It serves private parking operators and owners, property managers and REITs, and city parking services departments and urban planners. ParkiFi, Inc. was formerly known as Krumly LLC. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Denver, Colorado. As of February 1, 2018, ParkiFi, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation.

Bento

Seed Round in 2015
Bento Technology Inc. operates online platform to retail Asian cuisine food in San Francisco. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Blispay

Venture Round in 2014
Blispay provides a streamlined in-store financing experience in the market. The Blispay Visa Card is a mobile-centric credit card in the industry, allowing merchants of all sizes to provide financing without any technical integration or financial obligation while customers get to enjoy instant issuance, 6-month special financing & 2% Cash Back. The company's first product is an everyday credit and financing solution that customers deserve and merchants need. Its founding team consists of experienced industry veterans from companies including BIll Me Later, PayPal, Bank of America, MBNA, Microsoft & Zynga.

MadeSolid

Venture Round in 2014
MadeSolid, Inc. develops advanced materials for three dimensional printers. The company engages in the research, creation, and sale of new materials for filament and UV curable printing technology. It offers engineering grade filament materials; and UV curable materials comprising MS resins/UV curable photopolymers suitable for SLA style printing, as well as investment casting resins/specially brewed UV curable resins suitable for investment casting. MadeSolid, Inc. serves customers online, as well as through resellers and distributors. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California.

MakeLeaps

Angel Round in 2014
MakeLeaps Corporation develops and delivers bilingual Japanese invoicing software. The company offers MakeLeaps, a cloud invoicing management solution that provides delivery slip creation and management, and quote and invoice management solutions. It serves freelancers/consultants, small/medium businesses, enterprises, and Accountants in Japan. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Windshield

Venture Round in 2015
Windshield is a web-based collaboration tool for teams to create, update, and discuss strategic maps. Windshield is a collaboration tool for strategic alignment. Teams can create, track, and adapt strategies in a transparent manner. Windshield’s service is limited to companies that have been approved. Windshield was founded by Ben Greene in 2014. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Life360

Venture Round in 2014
Life360, Inc. develops and delivers a mobile application in the United States and internationally. It offers Life360 application for families that provides communications, driving safety, and location sharing information. The company was formerly known as LReady, Inc. and changed its name to Life360, Inc. in October 2011. Life360, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

CoinTent

Seed Round in 2015
Launched in 2013, CoinTent is a digital wallet and subscription service that enables users to purchase quality content, including articles, videos, blog posts, and more, for micropayments across websites. Its services provide a revenue channel for publishers, supplementing revenue sources such as advertising and subscriptions. CoinTent is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

Wedding Spot

Series A in 2014
Wedding Spot is the first online marketplace that allows users to search, price, and book thousands of wedding venues. Working directly with venues, Wedding Spot gathers all the information required to allow newly engaged couples to easily search for venues based on budget, location, style, and guest count. Users can "build out" their ideal wedding day by selecting specific services and options to see a price estimate and then book a venue viewing appointment with one click of a button. Wedding Spot’s proprietary technology enables wedding venues to manage their entire wedding booking process on its platform, including acquiring customers, organizing content, and marketing inventory. Launched in August 2013, Wedding Spot is based in San Francisco, CA and is backed by leading VC investors.

Her

Seed Round in 2015
HER designs and develops a mobile application to help lesbian, gay, bisexual, bicurious, and queer women meet each other. It also provides news, matches, profiles, and events information. The company was formerly known as Dattch Ltd. and changed its name to HER in March 2015. HER was incorporated in 2011 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Ursa Major

Series B in 2020
Ursa Major Technologies develops innovative propulsion solutions for the emerging microsatellite and nanosatellite launch market. Its advanced manufacturing optimizes unique part creation. These engines are greater than 80% additively manufactured by mass using cutting-edge, internally-developed materials and processes. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Berthoud, Colorado.

FormaFina

Seed Round in 2014
FormaFina is an online marketplace for US-based premium design and home decor brands to expand internationally. Access to new markets with strong demand with partner who will take care of exportation and local sales and fulfillment. Willing to give exclusivity and discounts on wholesale prices. Discovery of aspirational, premium, and innovative design products that cannot be found in the local market. Willing to pay a premium. FormaFina was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Opticlose

Venture Round in 2014
Opticlose is the refreshingly innovative software platform for high volume sales teams. They're dedicated to continuously optimizing the performance of your sales team. More calls answered, more receptive prospects, a better match between rep and prospect, and always... more closes.

Schoolzilla

Series A in 2014
Schoolzilla provides a best-in-class dashboard system---Mosaic District Progress Monitoring---that makes it easy for K12 district and school leaders to be data-driven leaders. Mosaic is used to support districts working to reduce chronic absence, improve assessment results, reduce equity gaps, monitor behavior interventions, make sure students are on track to graduate college- and career-ready, and more. Mosaic is a configurable SaaS solution built on the Schoolzilla Data Warehouse that ingests and transforms data from more than 100 commonly used SIS, assessment, and operational software systems.

Edgar Online

Post in 1998
EDGAR Online, Inc. creates and distributes financial data and public filings for equities, mutual funds, and other publicly traded assets primarily in the United States. The company offers data that assists in the analysis of the financial, business, and ownership conditions of a company or investment vehicle. The company was formerly known as Cybernet Data Systems, Inc. and changed its name to EDGAR Online, Inc. in January 1999. EDGAR Online was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Maryland, USA.

Roomstorm

Seed Round in 2015
Roomstorm (Formerly WalkSource) is a next generation Business-to-Business network for hoteliers looking to run operations more efficiently and generate more revenue. Roomstorm empowers revenue teams to have more sellout nights by taking in last minute guest relocations from other nearby hotels as well as airlines in need of housing guests overnight. Roomstorm proudly services over 400 Bay Area hotels and continues to grow with the recent edition of our first airline partner, San Francisco based Virgin America. Our hotel partners confidently overbook their properties, exchange lower priced guests for higher priced ones, find good deals for a relocated guest end-to-end within 5 minutes. By eliminating the pain of dealing with a relocations, we make the market much more efficient.

Poshmark

Series C in 2015
Poshmark, Inc. owns and operates a social marketplace to buy and sell lifestyle products in the United States. The company offers apparel, footwear, home, and beauty products, as well as accessories. As of September 30, 2020, it had 31.7 million active users, 6.2 million active buyers, and 4.5 million active sellers. The company was formerly known as GoshPosh, Inc. and changed its name to Poshmark, Inc. in 2011. Poshmark, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Chai

Seed Round in 2015
Chai allows anyone to detect anything, anywhere with DNA, transforming biotech into an everyday productivity tool. Chai's Real-Time PCR and qPCR instruments are as accurate as a lab test, but cost 10x less, and are easy enough for anyone to use. Chai also develops PCR Master Mixes for the detection any pathogen, bacteria, virus, allergen, gene, species, or DNA tracer on-site at the point of need. Chai is impacting large industries such as food, agriculture, research, education, and security, while providing new solutions to combat consumer fraud, protect the environment, improve global health, and make small businesses like microbrewers more profitable.

Mainframe

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Mainframe Group, Inc. is a marketplace and decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that allows users to borrow against their crypto. Its products include Onyx, a decentralized workplace messaging tool; Mainframe OS, a developer tool for launching dApps; and Mainframe Credit Protocol, a decentralized protocol that allows fixed-rate lending and borrowing. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Lehi, Utah.

Experiment

Venture Round in 2014
Experiment Inc. operates as an online crowdfunding site that focuses on science. Its platform enables users to discover and experience new scientific discoveries in the areas of biology, ecology, paleontology, art and design, chemistry, physics, medicine, political science, social science, materials science, neuroscience, data science, economics, earth science, psychology, engineering, computer science, education, anthropology, and mathematics. Experiment Inc. was formerly known as Microryza Inc. and changed its name to Experiment Inc. in February 2014. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California.

KYBOE!

Debt Financing in 2015
KYBOE! just launched in major department stores (Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor, Hudson’s Bay, etc.) arriving stateside after selling in niche markets like St. Tropez, Ibiza, and the Netherlands. KYBOE! is the hottest must have fashion accessory and was just selected as one of Oprah’s Favorite Things for the holidays.

True Link Financial

Seed Round in 2015
True Link is a diversified financial services firm dedicated to protecting and increasing our customers' independence and quality of life. True Link provides greater independence and autonomy to people who are at financial risk when engaging with the world.

Sliced Investing

Seed Round in 2014
Launched in 2014, Sliced Investing is an online platform that provides financial advisors and accredited investors with access to private investments. It automates manual processes associated with making an alternative investment, facilitating electronic signing of subscription documents, and streamlined reporting. It provides financial advisors with a one-stop shop for their alternative investments and integrates with custodians, reporting platforms, and file storage systems. It also supports a wide range of functionality such as analytics, research, social interaction, and more. Sliced Investing is operated from San Francisco, California.

Partender

Seed Round in 2014
Partender is a SaaS platform that reduces bar inventory time from a frustrating 6-24 hours to just 15 minutes. We do this by digitizing the archaic paper-pen-clipboard process into a few taps and swipes on any Android, iOS, or web-enabled device, providing detailed cloud-based analytics on the bar's consumption. As a result, bar owners and managers can inventory as often as they count the cash in their registers; reducing shrinkage, optimizing orders, and driving more successful beverage programs. We have a rapidly growing revenue base fueled by tons of sales hustle and featured appearances on the television show Bar Rescue. Bar inventory is just the starting point to a much deeper strategy.

LeadGenius

Series A in 2014
LeadGenius, Inc. provides lead generation and outreach processes for businesses, development organizations, nonprofits, and researchers in the United States and internationally. It provides customer research to produce lists of leads, customers, and industries; data enrichment by auditing lead list, updating contacts, correcting misspellings, and deleting outdated information; lead qualifications by separating qualified leads from dead ends, evaluating lead information, and following-up with leads over email or phone; and outbound Email prospecting/sales prospecting. LeadGenius, Inc. was formerly known as MobileWorks, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Berkeley, California.

Sendwithus

Seed Round in 2014
Dyspatch, the product by Sendwithus, is a cloud-based, communications management platform that allows Enterprise organizations to centralize email security, compliance, and reputation management while streamlining collaborative creation, revision, and approval workflows. The GDPR-compliant solution empowers teams to deliver powerful, global communications that engage customers, drive growth, and increase revenue. Sendwithus has been helping leading brands craft exceptional communications experiences since 2013.

Maker's Row

Venture Round in 2015
Maker’s Row is an online marketplace launched in November 2012 that connects American manufacturers with small, medium-sized, and product-based businesses. In early summer 2013, Maker’s Row claims to have the most accessible list of American manufacturers available online for apparel production. It was established in 2012 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Next Thing Co

Seed Round in 2014
Our first product is a digital camera named OTTO. OTTO's functions and behavior can be customized from a companion iPhone app. OTTO is also the FIRST product powered by the Raspberry Pi compute module and designed specifically to be modified by hackers, artists, and everyday people.

Vector Launch

Series B in 2018
Vector was founded by several members of the original SpaceX team and is a disruptive innovator that connects space startups with affordable and frequent launch and platforms to enable space capabilities at a speed and price point never before possible. Vector has a big vision to reshape the 400 billion dollar space market by combining dedicated low-cost micro satellite launch and software defined satellites (Galactic Sky) to dramatically increase access and speed to orbit.

Spike

Venture Round in 1998
Spike is a digital television network owned by Viacom. Launched on 2015, Spike primarily airs entertainment programs, mix martial arts, and programs from its US counterpart.

Wranggle

Venture Round in 2015
Thanks to the rise of the internet, the pace of doing business has sped up a lot in recent years. But the tools for managing how businesses spend money haven't really kept up. As companies move faster, things start to fall through the cracks. Money gets wasted, accountability suffers, and tempers flare. That's why they built Wranggle. Wranggle lets employees buy what they need more efficiently than ever and automatically captures the accounting data along the way. You aren't forced to make a trade-off between moving fast and spending money wisely anymore. With Wranggle, you can have it both ways. But they don't expect you to take their word for it. They've designed a special free Starter plan that lets you start seeing the benefits of Wranggle, risk-free and for as long as you like. Sign up today— they're pretty sure you and your coworkers will be delighted!

Wonolo

Seed Round in 2015
Wonolo Inc. designs and develops human resource application for staffing. It offers Wonolo, an application that connects the job seekers with immediate hourly or daily jobs, and allows them to work at the desired place, time, and company/business. The company offers general labor, warehouse operations, delivery drivers, merchandising, event staff, and administrative tasks. The company’s application is also used for businesses to post jobs to find talent for their immediate work needs. Wonolo Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Bikanta

Seed Round in 2014
Bikanta Corporation develops nanodiamond-based technology for medical imaging applications. Its products include optical probes that are used for brightness and signal stability, biocompatibility, and customizability. The company’s technology enables researchers to answer questions and medics to detect diseases that they currently cannot. It also engages in designing imaging scanners and microscopes to improve detection capabilities. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Newark, California.

Valet Anywhere (VA)

Convertible Note in 2014
Valet Anywhere is an on-demand parking service that aims to eliminate the hassle of parking for anyone driving into major cities. An AngelPad Accelerator graduate, Valet Anywhere has figured out the algorithm for disrupting the transportation space: a cost-effective parking service that returns freedom and opportunity to the driver.

Kindara

Seed Round in 2015
Kindara, Inc. develops a fertility awareness application for iPhone and Android. It develops Kindara Fertility Trackr, a fertility tracking application that helps women to get pregnant faster, avoid pregnancy naturally, or better understand their cycles. The company also offers Wink, an oral fertility thermometer that records BBT and syncs automatically with the Kindara application. It sells its products through distributors. Kindara, Inc. was formerly known as Conscious Cycles LLC. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Boulder, Colorado. As per the transaction announced on October 2, 2018, Kindara, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Prima-Temp, Inc.

Paintzen

Seed Round in 2014
Paintzen was founded to simplify painting: a process that can be time-consuming and a hassle. We want to handle the work for you, offering you time and peace of mind. Our quick and simple quoting method combined with our large network of experienced painters help us complete various paint projects across the country. Our dedicated project management team is here to guide you from color selection through coordinating touch-ups after your project is complete. We believe that something as simple as a coat of paint can uncover the beauty that already exists within your space.

37coins

Seed Round in 2014
37coins is a bitcoin startup based in Sunnyvale, California and currently a participant of Plug and Play Tech Center's bitcoin accelerator program. It provides SMS bitcoin wallet service for the unbanked and unteched in developing economies without Internet access. Individuals with the Internet can sign up to be gateway operator to meditate the transaction and to earn fee. Launched in March, 37coins has growing partnerships worldwide in Singapore and Philippines and hopes to make bitcoin more accessible to the global population with its seamless SMS technology.

Stacks

Seed Round in 2014
Blockstack is a decentralized computing network that puts users in control of their data and login. It’s the easiest way to build decentralized apps that can scale. Blockstack enables engineers to build secure, privacy-focused applications: users are in control of their data instead of storing it with large tech companies. Over 120 independent developer teams have built apps on Blockstack.

Zuli

Venture Round in 2015
Zuli, Inc. designs and manufactures Bluetooth Smartplugs. The company’s Smartplug technology allows users to adjust lights and appliances in their homes to adjust to their presence, identity, and preferences, such as dim the lights, warm up the space heater, or other customized action they choose. It also offers an energy dashboard that provides accurate real-time energy measurement of any device that is plugged in; and Zuli app that senses when a user enters or exits a room and notifies the Smartplugs to perform desired actions. The company offers its products online, as well as through in-store retailers. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Beep Networks

Seed Round in 2014
Beep Networks develops and offers cloud-connected wireless sensors which can be used to track locations (GPS), temperature, moisture, pressure, altitude, and motion. It was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

ExpenseBot

Seed Round in 2014
ExpenseBot is a developer of an expense management platform used to make business expense reporting easier. The company's software automates the process of filling out expense reports by pulling in information from calendar apps, e-mail, credit card purchase reports, and even a phone’s GPS software. It’s powered by artificial intelligence software that can remind users to file expense actions like meals or a commute. ExpenseBot was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Pley

Series B in 2015
Pley Inc. operates as a toy rental company in the United States. It rents a collection of toys, including LEGO sets, K’NEX toys, and robotic/educational toys to entertain everyone from pre-schoolers through to adulthood. The company offers rental toys through various subscription plans to families. It also sells toys online. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Jose, California.

Holidog

Venture Round in 2015
Holidog specializes in the fields of pet sitting, pet boarding, pet walking, giftbox, pet media, and startups. It features a software platform that allows pet owners to interact and find the perfect pet sitters, dog walkers, nannies, or trainers at their convenience and close to their home. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Mattermark

Series A in 2014
Mattermark is a data platform for venture capital companies to quantify signals of growing and potentially lucrative start-ups. Mattermark offers deal intelligence to the world's leading dealmakers - venture capital, private equity, corporate development, sales, and marketing professionals looking to take a data-driven approach to deal sourcing and due diligence. The company was launched in 2012 as a data platform for VCs with hopes of becoming the go-to software for firms to use when quantifying signals of growing and potentially lucrative startups.

Codementor

Venture Round in 2014
Codementor provides live 1:1 help for software development. We’re making it easy for developers to connect with experts via screen sharing, video and chat. There are two ways to get help: on-demand live 1:1 expert help, and long-term dedicated mentorship. Build projects faster with on-demand help for topics including Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript, CSS/HTML, iOS, Swift and more. Codementor helps you overcome key challenges with timely advice and speeds up your development process.

Breeze

Seed Round in 2014
As of July 21, 2016, Breeze suspended operations. Breeze offers fleet management technology that modernizes car ownership by making it flexible and accessible to all. Breeze was launched in 2014 by [Jeff Pang](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jeff-pang#/entity), [Ned Ryan](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ned-ryan#/entity), and [Charlie Fang](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/charlie-fang#/entity). It is active in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Washington, and Boston, although the company is no longer accepting new customers (for its old leasing platform).

Andy OS

Seed Round in 2015
Andy is a free downloadable Android OS that seamlessly connects all of your Android mobile devices with your PC. It ensures that you are always running the latest Android OS, gives you the ability to make single device app updates for all your devices, and provides unlimited storage via the cloud. And more than just an OS, Andy comes with a remote control app that allows you to use touch and gyro to play all your favorite mobile games on a large screen PC.

CoolChip Technologies

Venture Round in 2015
CoolChip Technologies Inc. provides thermal management products. The company provides kinetic cooling solutions; and high performance and low profile coolers. It offers its products for high performance computing servers, medical devices, data centers, or consumer electronics. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Contactually

Seed Round in 2014
Contactually converts your contacts to relationships, all through email. The system identifies when you email a new lead, shows what you already know about him, and asks a few specific questions to learn more: how did you meet, how important is he, what are the next steps. The system then parses your response and automatically pushes all rich data to your CRM.

Jukely

Seed Round in 2014
Jukely is a club that grants its members daily guestlist access to hundreds of concerts, parties, and DJ sets every month. It analyzes music taste data across the social graph, and for every show, it magically matches with different friends and even friends of friends who'd be good to go with. It then makes it very easy to ping that group, to start a conversation around the show. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

CodeHS

Seed Round in 2015
CodeHS, Inc. operates a Website that provides training in programming and computer sciences. Its Website enables high schools to teach computer science in the areas of programming, Javascript and graphics, animation and games, data structures, functions and parameters, HTML/CSS, grading, and game design components. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Immediately

Seed Round in 2015
Immediately is mobile sales enablement, designed for the always-on workforce. Sales can no longer be a 9-5 job; over 70% of lost deals are due to slow reaction time. Immediately brings the full sales workflow into one mobile app designed to enable capturing opportunities and closing deals in real time. From getting intelligence on leads, to sending instrumented emails, to making and logging phone calls and updating opportunity status. Immediately is the sales rep’s best weapon. We plug into Google Apps and Salesforce to integrate seamlessly with existing workflows. We believe the future of sales is not CRM, but a beautiful data-driven, highly automated, and platform-agnostic integrated sales experience. Creating it is our passion. Our customer is the closer - and we believe that in sales, everyone should be a closer.

Respondly

Seed Round in 2014
Respondly Inc. develops and markets a customer relation tool for people using Twitter. The company is based in Oneroa, New Zealand. As of December 17, 2015, Respondly Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Buffer.