Maven Ventures

Maven Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2008, focusing on early-stage investments in consumer software startups across the United States. The firm targets investments ranging from $750,000 to $1 million, seeking founders with compelling visions capable of building billion-dollar businesses. Maven's investment strategy is informed by insights into emerging consumer trends, with notable past investments in companies like Zoom and Cruise. The firm prioritizes a hands-on approach, mentoring founding teams to achieve product/market fit, refine consumer messaging, and develop effective marketing strategies. With a commitment to making only six new investments each year, Maven Ventures aims to provide tailored support to each startup, enhancing their potential for success in a competitive market.

Sara Deshpande

General Partner

Robert Ravanshenas

Investment Partner

Jim Scheinman

Founding Managing Partner

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Gametime

Venture Round in 2022
Gametime sells last-minute tickets to the most popular events in sports, music, and theater. It makes finding the perfect live experience remarkably fast and easy. They curate an epic list of the most amazing possibilities in the city has to offer. Once the client selects their event it will examine over 10,000 potential seats and present them with the 50 best values to select. Each curated seat option includes a panoramic high-resolution photo so their client can experience the actual view from their section. Navigate to the seat map to see price versus the location comparisons with true-to-life, full-color venue maps. Gametime delivers the tickets directly to the client's phone. Now they are offering sports, concerts, and theater events across the United States and Canada.

Hello Heart

Series D in 2022
Hello Heart is a best in class solution that empowers people to understand and improve their heart health - the #1 cost factor for employers. The program is clinically based and targets people with high blood pressure. Each of our users receives a wireless blood pressure monitor and real-time personalized tips on their smartphone. It is easy to use and helps participants improve their heart health in a fun and engaging way.

Wildtype

Series B in 2022
Wildtype is an agtech platform based in San Francisco, California. Wildtype aims to create clean and sustainable fish and meat. They use cellular agriculture technologies to address the most pressing challenges of the generation: climate change, food security, and health. They are looking for committed scientists to fundamentally redefine how the world sources healthy and delicious meat.

Trainwell

Series A in 2022
Trainwell is a one-on-one coaching experience that pairs each individual with a dedicated coach to form lasting lifestyle changes.

Docket

Venture Round in 2021
Docket is a meeting-focused workspace designed for collaborative agenda creation, decision documentation, and action item tracking. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Copper Banking

Seed Round in 2021
Copper Banking was founded with the mission to help teens gain real world experience by giving them access to their money in a way that traditional banks aren’t able to do. The Copper app and debit card teaches teens how to make smart financial decisions by creating a platform for parents and teens to connect. With the Copper app, you get easy snapshots of your accounts and, with the Copper Debit Card, it's easy to shop in-store, online or with Apple or Google Pay. PLUS, users get exclusive access to engaging content curated by a team of financial literacy experts who provide advice and tips on how to take control of their financial future.

Zippin

Series B in 2021
Zippin has developed the next generation of checkout-free technology enabling retailers to quickly deploy frictionless shopping in their stores. Our patent-pending approach uses AI, machine learning and sensor fusion technology to create the best consumer experience: banishing checkout lines and self-scanners for good, and letting shoppers zip in and out with their purchases. Zippin’s platform leverages product and shopper tracking through overhead cameras, as well as smart shelf sensors, for the highest level of accuracy even in crowded stores. Founded by industry veterans from Amazon and SRI with deep backgrounds in retail technology, AI and computer vision, Zippin is headquartered in San Francisco and has raised venture funding from Maven Ventures, Core Ventures Group, Pear Ventures, Expansion VC, and Montage Ventures. For more information, visit www.getzippin.com.

Warmly

Seed Round in 2021
Warmly is the first autonomous revenue orchestration platform purpose built for SMB sized revenue teams. The platform orchestrates metadata from sales enablement tools, B2B intent, and enrichment tools to identify, track, and connect with website visitors who are ready to convert. By automatically aggregating data and integrating insights from various platforms, Warmly orchestrates the most effective next step to drive qualified conversations for the sales team.

Frame

Seed Round in 2021
Frame is a mental wellness network that provides a multifaceted approach to therapy.

SIMULATE

Series B in 2021
SIMULATE is an early-stage biotechnology company whose mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable nutrition.

Hello Heart

Series C in 2021
Hello Heart is a best in class solution that empowers people to understand and improve their heart health - the #1 cost factor for employers. The program is clinically based and targets people with high blood pressure. Each of our users receives a wireless blood pressure monitor and real-time personalized tips on their smartphone. It is easy to use and helps participants improve their heart health in a fun and engaging way.

Trainwell

Seed Round in 2021
Trainwell is a one-on-one coaching experience that pairs each individual with a dedicated coach to form lasting lifestyle changes.

Ottopia

Series A in 2021
Ottopia offers the best teleoperations software platform on the market, as twice awarded by Frost & Sullivan. Ottopia enables driverless experiences by combining the strengths of AI and human drivers. Select customers & partners: Hyundai, Magna International, Deutsche Telekom, Motional, EasyMile, MooVita, Serve Robotics, and NVIDIA. Ottopia's software currently powers cars, buses, yard and long-haul trucks, construction machines, and delivery vehicles. With Ottopia, OEMs generate new recurring revenue streams while reducing R&D costs. Learn more at https://ottopia.tech or contact us at info@ottopia.tech.

Pledge

Seed Round in 2021
ABOUT PLEDGE: Pledge is an award-winning fundraising platform that makes it easy for businesses, nonprofits and individuals to make a positive impact in their communities and around the globe. With Pledge, every Zoom call, Clubhouse chat, Shopify store, and virtual event can become a fundraising opportunity and demonstrate real-time impact. Pledge powers donations through leading online platforms, such as Zoom, Evite, Shopify, and Legacy.com, as well as other major brands like Discovery, Cost Plus World Market, Snap and Bird. It processes donations to over two million verified nonprofits and charitable organizations of all sizes, from local to global reach and is a proud member of the UN Global Compact, Pledge 1%, Conscious Capitalism, and PledgeLA. Interested in making a difference? Visit https://www.pledge.to and make your #PledgeToDoGood.

Daybreak Health

Seed Round in 2021
The Daybreak Health startup uses a mobile app to connect teens to teen-specialized therapists. Daybreak Health specializes in providing online counseling services, especially for teens, helping to stabilize their mental fitness. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Class Technologies

Series A in 2021
Class provides Class for Zoom, which integrates the Class software on the Zoom Meetings platform to help teachers take attendance, hand out assignments, give a quiz or test, grade work, proctor exams, or talk one-on-one with a student.

Luma

Seed Round in 2020
Luma provides a platform for people to host virtual classes, record live shows, educate, and find their communities via Zoom. They host delightful Zoom events and promote the event, manage attendees, and sell tickets. It was incorporated in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Carrot Fertility

Series B in 2020
Carrot Fertility is a fertility treatment center that provides financial and medical services for employees. Their program includes egg freezing, in vitro fertilization, donor, gestational carrier services, adoption, and pregnancy. They help people through fertility preservation, male-factor infertility, postpartum, gestational surrogacy, and menopause.

Docket

Seed Round in 2020
Docket is a meeting-focused workspace designed for collaborative agenda creation, decision documentation, and action item tracking. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Epic

Series D in 2020
Epic is an internet company that specializes in books, eBooks learning, and educational technology. Epic is a well-known children's digital media company that promotes learning in an enjoyable, secure, and kid-friendly environment while allowing youngsters to explore their hobbies. Their digital reading platform is designed to help users to read a wide range of books online.

Glimpse

Seed Round in 2020
Glimpse is THE destination to have fun with your friends. On Glimpse, build rooms with your friends and match for spontaneous, quick video calls. Whether it’s with your old best friends or new sports team, Glimpse lets you stay connected to and discover awesome people.

Eden

Series B in 2020
Eden provides flexible workplace software for modern companies. Investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel, Bessemer Venture Partners, S28 Capital, Fifth Wall, Quiet Capital, Reshape, JLL, ENIAC, Maven Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and more.

Kinside

Seed Round in 2019
Kinside gives parents everything they need to make work work: from securing a spot for your child, to paying for care online, and accessing tax savings and contributions from your employer.

Zippin

Series A in 2019
Zippin has developed the next generation of checkout-free technology enabling retailers to quickly deploy frictionless shopping in their stores. Our patent-pending approach uses AI, machine learning and sensor fusion technology to create the best consumer experience: banishing checkout lines and self-scanners for good, and letting shoppers zip in and out with their purchases. Zippin’s platform leverages product and shopper tracking through overhead cameras, as well as smart shelf sensors, for the highest level of accuracy even in crowded stores. Founded by industry veterans from Amazon and SRI with deep backgrounds in retail technology, AI and computer vision, Zippin is headquartered in San Francisco and has raised venture funding from Maven Ventures, Core Ventures Group, Pear Ventures, Expansion VC, and Montage Ventures. For more information, visit www.getzippin.com.

May Mobility

Series B in 2019
May Mobility specializes in autonomous vehicle technology development and deployment. The company's technology studies the city's traffic and commuter flow, identifying bottlenecks and gaps in the current public transit schema to design the optimal routes for communities. The company also offers a fleet operation service and provides daily transit by deploying autonomous shuttles to reduce human error in driving, reduce pollution, and create greater economic benefit for communities and riders, enabling public transportation systems to create a safer, greener, more efficient environment.

Wildtype

Series A in 2019
Wildtype is an agtech platform based in San Francisco, California. Wildtype aims to create clean and sustainable fish and meat. They use cellular agriculture technologies to address the most pressing challenges of the generation: climate change, food security, and health. They are looking for committed scientists to fundamentally redefine how the world sources healthy and delicious meat.

Embark Trucks

Series C in 2019
Embark develops self-driving truck technology designed for freight and logistic services. Embark has compiled many firsts for automated trucks, including driving across the country, operating in rain and fog, and navigating between transfer hubs. Embark is assembling a group of engineers from companies like Tesla, Google, Audi, and NASA with a professional operations team that averages over a million miles per driver.

Gennev

Seed Round in 2019
Gennev is a digital health company for women such as midlife and menopause. Gennev increases accessibility to information, health providers, and the community for women seeking relief for hormone-driven symptoms like hot flashes, insomnia, anxiety, and loss of libido. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Hello Heart

Series B in 2019
Hello Heart is a best in class solution that empowers people to understand and improve their heart health - the #1 cost factor for employers. The program is clinically based and targets people with high blood pressure. Each of our users receives a wireless blood pressure monitor and real-time personalized tips on their smartphone. It is easy to use and helps participants improve their heart health in a fun and engaging way.

SIMULATE

Series A in 2019
SIMULATE is an early-stage biotechnology company whose mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable nutrition.

Carrot Fertility

Series A in 2019
Carrot Fertility is a fertility treatment center that provides financial and medical services for employees. Their program includes egg freezing, in vitro fertilization, donor, gestational carrier services, adoption, and pregnancy. They help people through fertility preservation, male-factor infertility, postpartum, gestational surrogacy, and menopause.

May Mobility

Series A in 2019
May Mobility specializes in autonomous vehicle technology development and deployment. The company's technology studies the city's traffic and commuter flow, identifying bottlenecks and gaps in the current public transit schema to design the optimal routes for communities. The company also offers a fleet operation service and provides daily transit by deploying autonomous shuttles to reduce human error in driving, reduce pollution, and create greater economic benefit for communities and riders, enabling public transportation systems to create a safer, greener, more efficient environment.

Epic

Series D in 2019
Epic is an internet company that specializes in books, eBooks learning, and educational technology. Epic is a well-known children's digital media company that promotes learning in an enjoyable, secure, and kid-friendly environment while allowing youngsters to explore their hobbies. Their digital reading platform is designed to help users to read a wide range of books online.

Embark Trucks

Series B in 2018
Embark develops self-driving truck technology designed for freight and logistic services. Embark has compiled many firsts for automated trucks, including driving across the country, operating in rain and fog, and navigating between transfer hubs. Embark is assembling a group of engineers from companies like Tesla, Google, Audi, and NASA with a professional operations team that averages over a million miles per driver.

Skip Scooters

Series A in 2018
Skip Scooters operates shared electric scooters for reliable last-mile transportation. The company works with cities to ensure our fleets are operated with the support of the surrounding communities, and they stand behind their riders by providing vehicles, safety education, and training, and world-class support. The scooter rental company is based in San Francisco, California. It is formerly known by its Y Combinator codename, Waybots.

Skip Scooters

Seed Round in 2018
Skip Scooters operates shared electric scooters for reliable last-mile transportation. The company works with cities to ensure our fleets are operated with the support of the surrounding communities, and they stand behind their riders by providing vehicles, safety education, and training, and world-class support. The scooter rental company is based in San Francisco, California. It is formerly known by its Y Combinator codename, Waybots.

Marble

Series A in 2018
Marble creates a fleet of intelligent courier robots to reliably and securely transport the goods that people need and want. Marble’s robot is perfectly suited to transport the essentials including groceries, meals, and medicine.

Zippin

Seed Round in 2018
Zippin has developed the next generation of checkout-free technology enabling retailers to quickly deploy frictionless shopping in their stores. Our patent-pending approach uses AI, machine learning and sensor fusion technology to create the best consumer experience: banishing checkout lines and self-scanners for good, and letting shoppers zip in and out with their purchases. Zippin’s platform leverages product and shopper tracking through overhead cameras, as well as smart shelf sensors, for the highest level of accuracy even in crowded stores. Founded by industry veterans from Amazon and SRI with deep backgrounds in retail technology, AI and computer vision, Zippin is headquartered in San Francisco and has raised venture funding from Maven Ventures, Core Ventures Group, Pear Ventures, Expansion VC, and Montage Ventures. For more information, visit www.getzippin.com.

Hello Heart

Venture Round in 2018
Hello Heart is a best in class solution that empowers people to understand and improve their heart health - the #1 cost factor for employers. The program is clinically based and targets people with high blood pressure. Each of our users receives a wireless blood pressure monitor and real-time personalized tips on their smartphone. It is easy to use and helps participants improve their heart health in a fun and engaging way.

May Mobility

Seed Round in 2018
May Mobility specializes in autonomous vehicle technology development and deployment. The company's technology studies the city's traffic and commuter flow, identifying bottlenecks and gaps in the current public transit schema to design the optimal routes for communities. The company also offers a fleet operation service and provides daily transit by deploying autonomous shuttles to reduce human error in driving, reduce pollution, and create greater economic benefit for communities and riders, enabling public transportation systems to create a safer, greener, more efficient environment.

Eden

Series A in 2017
Eden provides flexible workplace software for modern companies. Investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel, Bessemer Venture Partners, S28 Capital, Fifth Wall, Quiet Capital, Reshape, JLL, ENIAC, Maven Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and more.

Carrot Fertility

Seed Round in 2017
Carrot Fertility is a fertility treatment center that provides financial and medical services for employees. Their program includes egg freezing, in vitro fertilization, donor, gestational carrier services, adoption, and pregnancy. They help people through fertility preservation, male-factor infertility, postpartum, gestational surrogacy, and menopause.

Embark Trucks

Series A in 2017
Embark develops self-driving truck technology designed for freight and logistic services. Embark has compiled many firsts for automated trucks, including driving across the country, operating in rain and fog, and navigating between transfer hubs. Embark is assembling a group of engineers from companies like Tesla, Google, Audi, and NASA with a professional operations team that averages over a million miles per driver.

Epic

Series C in 2017
Epic is an internet company that specializes in books, eBooks learning, and educational technology. Epic is a well-known children's digital media company that promotes learning in an enjoyable, secure, and kid-friendly environment while allowing youngsters to explore their hobbies. Their digital reading platform is designed to help users to read a wide range of books online.

Neighborly

Series A in 2017
Neighborly Corporation is a holding company based in Waco, Texas, that operates a diverse network of service-based franchises across multiple countries. Founded in 1970, it began as a single brand and has since expanded to encompass 21 distinct franchise organizations, providing a wide range of residential and commercial services. These services include plumbing, cleaning, electrical repairs, HVAC maintenance, and landscaping, among others. Neighborly aims to support franchise owners with comprehensive resources and a strong commitment to its core values. The company has approximately 4,300 franchises and is actively involved in the franchise community, participating in associations such as the International Franchise Association. Neighborly also emphasizes its role in enhancing the quality of life for homeowners and businesses by delivering reliable maintenance and repair solutions.

Hello Heart

Venture Round in 2016
Hello Heart is a best in class solution that empowers people to understand and improve their heart health - the #1 cost factor for employers. The program is clinically based and targets people with high blood pressure. Each of our users receives a wireless blood pressure monitor and real-time personalized tips on their smartphone. It is easy to use and helps participants improve their heart health in a fun and engaging way.

Wonder Workshop

Series B in 2016
Wonder Workshop is teaching children to code by integrating cutting-edge hardware and software experiences. Their first products are beautifully-designed robots, Dash & Dot, that children can program using mobile devices. They are a multidisciplinary team of software and hardware designers, engineers, educators, and business leaders focused on developing mobile applications for Dash & Dot Our founders come from Google, Apple, Amazon, and Frog Design and blend their backgrounds to create cohesive multi-platform experiences. Educating children takes a village, so they have opened their API to the world so anyone can create an app to use with their robots.

Embark Trucks

Seed Round in 2016
Embark develops self-driving truck technology designed for freight and logistic services. Embark has compiled many firsts for automated trucks, including driving across the country, operating in rain and fog, and navigating between transfer hubs. Embark is assembling a group of engineers from companies like Tesla, Google, Audi, and NASA with a professional operations team that averages over a million miles per driver.

Marble

Seed Round in 2016
Marble creates a fleet of intelligent courier robots to reliably and securely transport the goods that people need and want. Marble’s robot is perfectly suited to transport the essentials including groceries, meals, and medicine.

Varden Labs

Seed Round in 2016
Varden Labs is a small, tight-knit company that's been building self-driving vehicles together for the past year.

Epic

Series B in 2015
Epic is an internet company that specializes in books, eBooks learning, and educational technology. Epic is a well-known children's digital media company that promotes learning in an enjoyable, secure, and kid-friendly environment while allowing youngsters to explore their hobbies. Their digital reading platform is designed to help users to read a wide range of books online.

Cruise

Series A in 2015
Cruise is building advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people with places, things, and experiences they care about. Cruise autonomous vehicles are actively navigating challenging and unpredictable driving environments, tackling the complex traffic scenarios human drivers face daily to bring self-driving technology to the world.

Neighborly

Seed Round in 2015
Neighborly Corporation is a holding company based in Waco, Texas, that operates a diverse network of service-based franchises across multiple countries. Founded in 1970, it began as a single brand and has since expanded to encompass 21 distinct franchise organizations, providing a wide range of residential and commercial services. These services include plumbing, cleaning, electrical repairs, HVAC maintenance, and landscaping, among others. Neighborly aims to support franchise owners with comprehensive resources and a strong commitment to its core values. The company has approximately 4,300 franchises and is actively involved in the franchise community, participating in associations such as the International Franchise Association. Neighborly also emphasizes its role in enhancing the quality of life for homeowners and businesses by delivering reliable maintenance and repair solutions.

AltspaceVR

Series A in 2015
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.

Eden

Seed Round in 2015
Eden provides flexible workplace software for modern companies. Investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel, Bessemer Venture Partners, S28 Capital, Fifth Wall, Quiet Capital, Reshape, JLL, ENIAC, Maven Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and more.

Gametime

Series A in 2015
Gametime sells last-minute tickets to the most popular events in sports, music, and theater. It makes finding the perfect live experience remarkably fast and easy. They curate an epic list of the most amazing possibilities in the city has to offer. Once the client selects their event it will examine over 10,000 potential seats and present them with the 50 best values to select. Each curated seat option includes a panoramic high-resolution photo so their client can experience the actual view from their section. Navigate to the seat map to see price versus the location comparisons with true-to-life, full-color venue maps. Gametime delivers the tickets directly to the client's phone. Now they are offering sports, concerts, and theater events across the United States and Canada.

Wonder Workshop

Series A in 2015
Wonder Workshop is teaching children to code by integrating cutting-edge hardware and software experiences. Their first products are beautifully-designed robots, Dash & Dot, that children can program using mobile devices. They are a multidisciplinary team of software and hardware designers, engineers, educators, and business leaders focused on developing mobile applications for Dash & Dot Our founders come from Google, Apple, Amazon, and Frog Design and blend their backgrounds to create cohesive multi-platform experiences. Educating children takes a village, so they have opened their API to the world so anyone can create an app to use with their robots.

Chariot

Seed Round in 2015
Chariot Transit Inc. provides crowd-sourced commuting services in San Francisco, California. It also provides charter services to consumers and companies to reserve chariots for personal trips and corporate events. The company offers services through a fleet of chariots. It crowdsources future routes and pickup/drop-off stops by learning home and work address from existing riders. The company offers monthly pass and ticket options for riders. It serves commuters through iPhone or Android applications, as well its mobile Website. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of September 9, 2016, Chariot Transit Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Ford Smart Mobility LLC.

Shots Podcast Network

Series A in 2015
Created by [John Shahidi](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/john-shahidi) and [Sam Shahidi](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/sam-shahidi), Shots Podcast Network is backed by Justin Bieber, Floyd Mayweather, WI Harper, and DCM Ventures.

Worklife

Seed Round in 2015
WorkLife is a web app that helps teams have more productive meetings. It is a collaboration platform that automates best practices for managing meetings, projects and people and helps team to improve their performance by using it. It helps to create agendas, stay on track during the meeting, and ensure next steps will be done afterwards. WorkLife is founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

AngelList

Series B in 2015
AngelList is a platform that connects startups, angel investors, and job-seekers, aiming to democratize the investment process. Founded in 2010 by Babak Nivi and Naval Ravikant and headquartered in San Francisco, AngelList facilitates fundraising, recruitment, and product launches for startups. The platform has a significant impact on the startup ecosystem, having funded numerous companies and made hundreds of thousands of introductions between job-seekers and startups. It operates several subsidiaries, including AngelList Venture and AngelList Talent, and has a portfolio that includes over 20 unicorns. Additionally, AngelList has supported the launch of more than 100,000 products, playing a crucial role in shaping the future of technology.

Chobolabs

Series A in 2015
Chobolabs develops multiplayer games for tablets and smartphones. The company was founded by Petar Dobrev and Deyan Vitanov in 2012 and is based in California, United States.

Sunshine

Seed Round in 2015
Sunshine is a digital lifestyle service that learns and predicts your feelings based on your environment, location, and time of day and provides personalized advice for your wellbeing.

Zoom

Series C in 2015
Zoom is a software company that offers a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing. It has an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems.

Pley

Series B in 2015
Pley is building the next generation of play. It puts the power of educational toys in people’s hands in a more affordable, convenient and eco-friendly way. Pley’s goal is to change the very paradigm of playtime for kids by providing an affordable subscription service for educational toys. Leveraging collaborative consumption, it aims to raise a more creative and skillful generation.

Chronos Mobile Technologies

Seed Round in 2015
At Chronos we are building tools to help users make better real-world decisions through passively collected data. Our first offering is a mobile app that automatically captures how you spend your time. The app runs in the background on your phone and shows you where you've been, how much time you’ve spent amongst different activities (e.g., exercising, working), as well as how long you’ve hung out with specific friends. The app also allows you to set time-related goals (e.g., go to sleep before midnight) and helps motivate you to achieve those goals. Going forward, we are working to integrate a wide range of data sources to become the one-stop shop for all of your passively-collected personal data. This allows us to surface insights across isolated verticals (e.g., how the time you spend commuting affects your sleep patterns).

Epic

Series A in 2014
Epic is an internet company that specializes in books, eBooks learning, and educational technology. Epic is a well-known children's digital media company that promotes learning in an enjoyable, secure, and kid-friendly environment while allowing youngsters to explore their hobbies. Their digital reading platform is designed to help users to read a wide range of books online.

Wealthfront

Series D in 2014
Wealthfront integrates investing and saving products to help young professionals build long-term wealth in any market condition. Through the power of software, the company delivers high-yield saving, diversified investing, and low-cost loans to help both sophisticated and new investors learn, lower costs, and grow wealth. Wealthfront is one of the highest rated financial apps in the Apple App Store and has been named Best Automated Investment App, Best Overall Robo-Advisor, and Best Robo-Advisor for Goal Planning by Investopedia (2022), Best Cash Management Account and Best Investing App by Bankrate (2023), Best Robo-Advisor for Portfolio Options by NerdWallet (2023), and Best Robo-Advisor for DIY Financial Planning by Forbes (2023). The company currently oversees more than $30 billion for over 500,000 clients in the US.

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.

Worklife

Seed Round in 2014
WorkLife is a web app that helps teams have more productive meetings. It is a collaboration platform that automates best practices for managing meetings, projects and people and helps team to improve their performance by using it. It helps to create agendas, stay on track during the meeting, and ensure next steps will be done afterwards. WorkLife is founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Storehouse

Series A in 2014
Storehouse lets you tell stories with your photos and videos. Winner of TechCrunch 2015 Crunchie for Best Mobile App. Winner of the 2014 Apple Design Award. www.storehouse.co

Pley

Series A in 2014
Pley is building the next generation of play. It puts the power of educational toys in people’s hands in a more affordable, convenient and eco-friendly way. Pley’s goal is to change the very paradigm of playtime for kids by providing an affordable subscription service for educational toys. Leveraging collaborative consumption, it aims to raise a more creative and skillful generation.

Banjo

Series B in 2014
Banjo saves lives and reduces human suffering by delivering critical and life-saving information in seconds.

Epic

Seed Round in 2014
Epic is an internet company that specializes in books, eBooks learning, and educational technology. Epic is a well-known children's digital media company that promotes learning in an enjoyable, secure, and kid-friendly environment while allowing youngsters to explore their hobbies. Their digital reading platform is designed to help users to read a wide range of books online.

Shots Podcast Network

Seed Round in 2013
Created by [John Shahidi](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/john-shahidi) and [Sam Shahidi](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/sam-shahidi), Shots Podcast Network is backed by Justin Bieber, Floyd Mayweather, WI Harper, and DCM Ventures.

Tapstack

Seed Round in 2013
Tapstack was founded in 2014 as Taptalk, and since then, we’ve built a product that’s all about helping people connect more deeply to the those they care about. Their app represents a new form of communication - something in between messaging and social media - that quickly becomes indispensible for their users. It’s the easiest way to maintain a regular, day-to-day presence in the lives of those they tap with, and more importantly, it gives them a way to share all the little moments that they might not have ever otherwise shared via phone or text.

Zoom

Series A in 2013
Zoom is a software company that offers a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing. It has an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems.
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