Auto Hauler Exchange
Series A in 2025
Auto Hauler Exchange is a B2B marketplace that connects vehicle shippers with haulers. It facilitates revenue growth for both parties, enhances end-customer experience, maximizes carrier capacity, and optimizes routes.
Farmblox
Seed Round in 2024
Farmblox is a comprehensive automation platform for farming. It combines IoT sensors, carbon sequestration monitoring, and AI workflows to enhance efficiency by up to 50%, reduce water usage, and create new revenue streams. The platform enables farmers to remotely monitor their land in all weather conditions, quickly identify operational issues, and manage operations from a single dashboard.
Schematic
Seed Round in 2024
Schematic is a software company that offers a platform designed to streamline pricing and packaging processes for businesses, particularly in the SaaS sector. By allowing companies to integrate a few lines of code, Schematic simplifies the launch of new packaging models while alleviating the engineering workload. The platform enhances existing billing systems by providing tools for efficient management of pricing, entitlements, and usage-based metering. This capability enables businesses to handle subscriptions, plan updates, and customer access to features without the need for extensive custom solutions. Additionally, Schematic centralizes data from third-party tools such as CRMs and billing products, enhancing targeting and state management for improved feature control and deployment.
Keyplay
Seed Round in 2022
Keyplay is a Seattle-based software company established in 2022, specializing in account research solutions for B2B teams. The company has developed a subscription-based platform that aggregates and identifies sales leads, significantly enhancing sales efficiency. By utilizing data sourced from company websites, web crawlers, public application programming interfaces, and customer inputs, Keyplay's platform enables sales and marketing teams to streamline their processes and reduce manual efforts. This innovative approach empowers businesses to optimize their sales strategies and improve overall performance.
Inflection.io
Seed Round in 2022
Inflection.io develops a marketing automation platform designed to facilitate product-led growth for businesses. Its solution integrates product activity data with CRM systems, supports self-service campaign creation, enables personalized messaging, ensures security compliance, and offers unified customer insights.
Zenput is a developer of operations execution software tailored for multi-unit businesses, including restaurants and retail establishments. The platform is utilized by prominent operators such as Chipotle, P.F. Chang’s, Domino's, and 7-Eleven, facilitating the automation and enforcement of operating procedures and key initiatives across their locations. Serving over 40,000 sites in more than 35 countries, Zenput enhances productivity by equipping field and store employees with the tools needed to execute their tasks efficiently. The software collects, tracks, and aggregates operational data, transforming it into actionable insights that streamline operational execution and save valuable time for users in the restaurant, convenience, and retail sectors.
Qualio designs and develops cloud-based quality management software for life sciences companies. Its platform streamlines premarket activities, registration, regulatory compliance, document control, training, design controls, supplier QA, risk management, complaint handling, corrective actions, change control, internal audits, management reviews, and equipment management. Used by medical device manufacturers, pharma, biotech firms, and contract service providers worldwide.
Pienza identifies, validates, and launches SaaS startup ideas, providing high-concentration time and capital support. It internally develops concepts, builds products, validates markets, recruits talent, and enables founders to launch spin-out companies with comprehensive resources.
Qualio designs and develops cloud-based quality management software for life sciences companies. Its platform streamlines premarket activities, registration, regulatory compliance, document control, training, design controls, supplier QA, risk management, complaint handling, corrective actions, change control, internal audits, management reviews, and equipment management. Used by medical device manufacturers, pharma, biotech firms, and contract service providers worldwide.
Zenput is a developer of operations execution software tailored for multi-unit businesses, including restaurants and retail establishments. The platform is utilized by prominent operators such as Chipotle, P.F. Chang’s, Domino's, and 7-Eleven, facilitating the automation and enforcement of operating procedures and key initiatives across their locations. Serving over 40,000 sites in more than 35 countries, Zenput enhances productivity by equipping field and store employees with the tools needed to execute their tasks efficiently. The software collects, tracks, and aggregates operational data, transforming it into actionable insights that streamline operational execution and save valuable time for users in the restaurant, convenience, and retail sectors.
Grove Collaborative
Series D in 2019
Founded in 2016 as a Certified B Corporation, Grove Collaborative is an online retailer dedicated to transforming consumer products into a positive force for human and environmental good. It offers a curated selection of high-performing, planet-first products across household cleaning, personal care, laundry, clean beauty, and pet categories, serving millions of households in the U.S. Every product offered by Grove has been vetted against strict standards for clean ingredients, efficacy, sustainability, cruelty-free formulas, and ethical supply chain practices. As a public benefit corporation, Grove is committed to its mission of moving Beyond Plastic, aiming to be 100% plastic-free by 2025.
Qualio
Venture Round in 2019
Qualio designs and develops cloud-based quality management software for life sciences companies. Its platform streamlines premarket activities, registration, regulatory compliance, document control, training, design controls, supplier QA, risk management, complaint handling, corrective actions, change control, internal audits, management reviews, and equipment management. Used by medical device manufacturers, pharma, biotech firms, and contract service providers worldwide.
Qualio designs and develops cloud-based quality management software for life sciences companies. Its platform streamlines premarket activities, registration, regulatory compliance, document control, training, design controls, supplier QA, risk management, complaint handling, corrective actions, change control, internal audits, management reviews, and equipment management. Used by medical device manufacturers, pharma, biotech firms, and contract service providers worldwide.
Zippia, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates an online platform offering career information and tools for professionals across various industries. Founded in 2015, Zippia provides a comprehensive Career Map, which visually outlines career paths, salary expectations, necessary skills for hiring and promotions, job tenure, and the companies that are actively hiring. The platform is designed to empower users by providing access to a wide range of career options and insights derived from real-world experiences. It utilizes machine learning and data analytics to match individuals with suitable job openings, ensuring that both job seekers and recruiters have access to personalized and intelligent resources. Zippia’s mission is to enable individuals to make informed career decisions, facilitating better employment outcomes for users.
Plotly specializes in data science tools for businesses. It enables users to create, deploy, and share interactive web apps, graphs, and visualizations using various programming languages.
Kindly Care
Series A in 2018
Kindly Care, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates a marketplace for senior homecare, having been founded in 2014. The company provides a mobile application designed to help families find and manage caregivers for their loved ones. This platform allows users to hire private live-in caregivers while offering tools to manage various aspects of care, including scheduling shifts, tracking timesheets, and recording shift notes. By streamlining these processes, Kindly Care aims to enhance the quality of care for senior citizens and enable families to save on costs associated with homecare.
Outreach is a sales engagement platform that helps organizations manage and optimize interactions across email, voice, and social channels throughout the customer lifecycle. The platform uses machine learning to guide sales representatives to take the right actions, automate repetitive tasks, and personalize communications while tracking sales activity and performance. It supports account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as sequence and task management, email and activity tracking, and insights that analyze buyer sentiment to optimize content and sequences in real time. By integrating automated alerts, collaboration features, and performance analytics, Outreach aims to increase the volume of qualified meetings and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer-facing teams.
Pioneer Square Labs
Series B in 2018
Pioneer Square Labs, established in 2015 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, is a venture firm that creates and launches technology startups. It offers a wide range of services, including market research, product development, design, and recruitment, to validate and launch new ideas. Additionally, it provides operational support, such as fundraising, marketing, legal, and HR services, to help these startups grow and succeed.
Grove Collaborative
Series C in 2018
Founded in 2016 as a Certified B Corporation, Grove Collaborative is an online retailer dedicated to transforming consumer products into a positive force for human and environmental good. It offers a curated selection of high-performing, planet-first products across household cleaning, personal care, laundry, clean beauty, and pet categories, serving millions of households in the U.S. Every product offered by Grove has been vetted against strict standards for clean ingredients, efficacy, sustainability, cruelty-free formulas, and ethical supply chain practices. As a public benefit corporation, Grove is committed to its mission of moving Beyond Plastic, aiming to be 100% plastic-free by 2025.
Outreach is a sales engagement platform that helps organizations manage and optimize interactions across email, voice, and social channels throughout the customer lifecycle. The platform uses machine learning to guide sales representatives to take the right actions, automate repetitive tasks, and personalize communications while tracking sales activity and performance. It supports account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as sequence and task management, email and activity tracking, and insights that analyze buyer sentiment to optimize content and sequences in real time. By integrating automated alerts, collaboration features, and performance analytics, Outreach aims to increase the volume of qualified meetings and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer-facing teams.
Zippia, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates an online platform offering career information and tools for professionals across various industries. Founded in 2015, Zippia provides a comprehensive Career Map, which visually outlines career paths, salary expectations, necessary skills for hiring and promotions, job tenure, and the companies that are actively hiring. The platform is designed to empower users by providing access to a wide range of career options and insights derived from real-world experiences. It utilizes machine learning and data analytics to match individuals with suitable job openings, ensuring that both job seekers and recruiters have access to personalized and intelligent resources. Zippia’s mission is to enable individuals to make informed career decisions, facilitating better employment outcomes for users.
Garmentory
Venture Round in 2016
Garmentory Inc. is an online retail platform that specializes in designer fashion for both men and women. Incorporated in 2014 and based in Bellevue, Washington, the company offers a diverse range of apparel, including tops, bottoms, dresses, outerwear, swimwear, and lingerie, as well as accessories such as bags, shoes, and jewelry. Garmentory serves as a managed marketplace that connects independent boutiques and emerging designers with a global customer base, allowing these smaller retailers to reach a wider audience without the complexities of digital marketing or e-commerce infrastructure. The platform provides customers access to unique, limited-run items typically found only in physical boutiques, addressing the growing demand for online shopping in the fashion sector. Garmentory ships products across the United States, Canada, and internationally, supporting both shoppers and small businesses in the contemporary fashion market.
Zenput is a developer of operations execution software tailored for multi-unit businesses, including restaurants and retail establishments. The platform is utilized by prominent operators such as Chipotle, P.F. Chang’s, Domino's, and 7-Eleven, facilitating the automation and enforcement of operating procedures and key initiatives across their locations. Serving over 40,000 sites in more than 35 countries, Zenput enhances productivity by equipping field and store employees with the tools needed to execute their tasks efficiently. The software collects, tracks, and aggregates operational data, transforming it into actionable insights that streamline operational execution and save valuable time for users in the restaurant, convenience, and retail sectors.
Kindly Care
Venture Round in 2016
Kindly Care, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates a marketplace for senior homecare, having been founded in 2014. The company provides a mobile application designed to help families find and manage caregivers for their loved ones. This platform allows users to hire private live-in caregivers while offering tools to manage various aspects of care, including scheduling shifts, tracking timesheets, and recording shift notes. By streamlining these processes, Kindly Care aims to enhance the quality of care for senior citizens and enable families to save on costs associated with homecare.
Finova Financial
Venture Round in 2016
Finova Financial LLC, founded in 2015 and based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, operates a digital financial services platform focused on providing accessible loans to financially underserved Americans. By leveraging the equity in vehicles, Finova offers a Car Equity Line of Credit (C-LOC) that significantly reduces costs compared to traditional lending options. The C-LOC facilitates fast, affordable loans with instant approval and same-day cash funding. Clients benefit from a user-friendly online portal that allows for real-time management of financial health, with the ability to make payments conveniently through computers or mobile devices. Finova's approach aims to build positive relationships with clients, offering not only credit solutions but also ongoing financial education to support economic improvement. Through this innovative platform, Finova seeks to address the financial needs of millions while fostering financial responsibility and growth.
ShareGrid
Seed Round in 2016
ShareGrid is a leading online marketplace that enables filmmakers, photographers, and other creatives to rent, buy, or sell camera gear. The platform connects users with local vendors, facilitating peer-to-peer rentals that provide a cost-effective alternative to traditional rental services. By allowing individuals to rent out their unused film and photo equipment, ShareGrid offers an opportunity for users to generate income while making gear more accessible for those in need. This model not only enhances the availability of equipment for creative projects but also promotes a sustainable approach to gear usage in the industry.
Grove Collaborative
Series A in 2016
Founded in 2016 as a Certified B Corporation, Grove Collaborative is an online retailer dedicated to transforming consumer products into a positive force for human and environmental good. It offers a curated selection of high-performing, planet-first products across household cleaning, personal care, laundry, clean beauty, and pet categories, serving millions of households in the U.S. Every product offered by Grove has been vetted against strict standards for clean ingredients, efficacy, sustainability, cruelty-free formulas, and ethical supply chain practices. As a public benefit corporation, Grove is committed to its mission of moving Beyond Plastic, aiming to be 100% plastic-free by 2025.
Outreach is a sales engagement platform that helps organizations manage and optimize interactions across email, voice, and social channels throughout the customer lifecycle. The platform uses machine learning to guide sales representatives to take the right actions, automate repetitive tasks, and personalize communications while tracking sales activity and performance. It supports account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as sequence and task management, email and activity tracking, and insights that analyze buyer sentiment to optimize content and sequences in real time. By integrating automated alerts, collaboration features, and performance analytics, Outreach aims to increase the volume of qualified meetings and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer-facing teams.
Handshake
Series B in 2016
Handshake Corp. is a B2B eCommerce platform founded in 2010 and based in New York, New York. The company provides an online sales order application designed to facilitate mobile order writing, web order management, and back office integration. Its platform empowers manufacturers and distributors across various industries, including music, gifts, toys, fashion, eyewear, healthcare, and outdoor products, by streamlining the buying and selling process. Handshake enables sales representatives and customers to quickly and intuitively place orders from any device, enhancing efficiency in both in-person and online trade. As of May 2019, Handshake operates as a subsidiary of Shopify Inc.
Finova Financial
Seed Round in 2016
Finova Financial LLC, founded in 2015 and based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, operates a digital financial services platform focused on providing accessible loans to financially underserved Americans. By leveraging the equity in vehicles, Finova offers a Car Equity Line of Credit (C-LOC) that significantly reduces costs compared to traditional lending options. The C-LOC facilitates fast, affordable loans with instant approval and same-day cash funding. Clients benefit from a user-friendly online portal that allows for real-time management of financial health, with the ability to make payments conveniently through computers or mobile devices. Finova's approach aims to build positive relationships with clients, offering not only credit solutions but also ongoing financial education to support economic improvement. Through this innovative platform, Finova seeks to address the financial needs of millions while fostering financial responsibility and growth.
Outreach is a sales engagement platform that helps organizations manage and optimize interactions across email, voice, and social channels throughout the customer lifecycle. The platform uses machine learning to guide sales representatives to take the right actions, automate repetitive tasks, and personalize communications while tracking sales activity and performance. It supports account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as sequence and task management, email and activity tracking, and insights that analyze buyer sentiment to optimize content and sequences in real time. By integrating automated alerts, collaboration features, and performance analytics, Outreach aims to increase the volume of qualified meetings and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer-facing teams.
Pioneer Square Labs
Series A in 2015
Pioneer Square Labs, established in 2015 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, is a venture firm that creates and launches technology startups. It offers a wide range of services, including market research, product development, design, and recruitment, to validate and launch new ideas. Additionally, it provides operational support, such as fundraising, marketing, legal, and HR services, to help these startups grow and succeed.
Guidebook
Series A in 2015
Guidebook Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a mobile application platform designed for event organizers. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Guidebook allows users to create mobile applications for a variety of events, such as conferences, school orientations, conventions, and trade shows, without requiring any technical skills. The platform features a user-friendly app builder that guides users through the process of selecting templates, customizing features, and publishing apps to major app stores. Attendees of events can access schedules, receive personalized reminders, navigate venues using interactive maps, and engage with other event elements such as speakers and exhibitors. Additionally, users can contribute to event engagement through personalized to-do lists, session ratings, and feedback sharing, enhancing the overall event experience.
Plotly specializes in data science tools for businesses. It enables users to create, deploy, and share interactive web apps, graphs, and visualizations using various programming languages.
Humanity.com, Inc. is a computer software company that specializes in cloud-based employee scheduling solutions. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, it offers a SaaS platform that simplifies employee management and creates dynamic schedules tailored to various factors, including location, department, and skill set. Humanity's platform provides organizations with valuable insights and actionable data to optimize staffing, manage time-off requests, and track employee availability. The software caters to a diverse range of industries, including retail, hospitality, healthcare, and education, serving professionals in scheduling, operations, human resources, and executive roles. The company's solutions enhance employee retention and workforce management while supporting compliance and attendance tracking. Humanity operates as a subsidiary of TimeClock Plus, LLC.
Converus
Venture Round in 2014
Converus develops credibility assessment technologies, led by EyeDetect, a non-invasive system that detects deception by analyzing bio-cognitive responses in the eye, including pupil changes, eye movements, blinks, and fixations measured with a precision optical scanner. The company also offers IdentityDetect for rapid identity verification and IntegrityDetect for assessing integrity. Its solutions are used by governments, law enforcement, corrections, counterterrorism, and enterprises for screening job applicants and employees, monitoring ongoing risk, and protecting organizations from corruption and crime. Positioned as a complementary, faster alternative to traditional polygraph testing, Converus emphasizes quick, cost-effective truth verification across pre-employment, ongoing screening, and security-sensitive contexts, including backgrounds, identity, and claims assessment.
Humanity.com, Inc. is a computer software company that specializes in cloud-based employee scheduling solutions. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, it offers a SaaS platform that simplifies employee management and creates dynamic schedules tailored to various factors, including location, department, and skill set. Humanity's platform provides organizations with valuable insights and actionable data to optimize staffing, manage time-off requests, and track employee availability. The software caters to a diverse range of industries, including retail, hospitality, healthcare, and education, serving professionals in scheduling, operations, human resources, and executive roles. The company's solutions enhance employee retention and workforce management while supporting compliance and attendance tracking. Humanity operates as a subsidiary of TimeClock Plus, LLC.
Bizible, Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2011 that specializes in marketing attribution and planning software for business-to-business (B2B) organizations. The company provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that enables businesses to connect their marketing efforts directly to revenue outcomes. Bizible's technology tracks marketing interactions across various channels and unifies data from customer relationship management (CRM) systems, web analytics, and advertising networks. This comprehensive approach allows companies to gain insights into their marketing return on investment (ROI) and customer lifetime value (LTV). Bizible's offerings include revenue attribution tools that leverage machine learning to enhance marketing decisions and revenue planning capabilities for scenario analysis. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including higher education, healthcare, technology, and manufacturing, and has established partnerships to integrate its analytics platform with other tools, notably Salesforce.com, to enhance the alignment of marketing and sales efforts.
Numerator
Series B in 2014
Numerator is a market intelligence firm that combines omnichannel marketing, merchandising, and sales data to simplify strategic decision-making for brand, retail, and agency clients. It uniquely links consumer purchase behavior to influencing factors using the InfoScout OmniPanel, which has captured over 500 million receipts. Numerator serves industry leaders like Nike, Unilever, and Procter & Gamble with real-time path-to-purchase data.
Udemy is a global online learning platform offering thousands of courses across various categories such as programming, data science, leadership, and more. It caters to individual learners and enterprises through Udemy Business, providing subscription access to its extensive course library along with learning analytics and custom content hosting.
Simply Measured
Series C in 2014
Simply Measured is a social analytics platform that enables marketers to effectively monitor and analyze their social media efforts. Serving over 100,000 marketers, including half of the Interbrand 100 companies, the platform provides insights from major social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Tumblr. It offers robust analytics tools that help users identify opportunities, plan social campaigns, optimize performance, and report on the value of their social initiatives. Simply Measured is uniquely certified by Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr to deliver reliable insights, and it integrates with numerous other social platforms for enhanced data analysis. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company has been recognized for its rapid growth, employing more than 130 individuals dedicated to advancing social media analytics for marketers.
Zenput is a developer of operations execution software tailored for multi-unit businesses, including restaurants and retail establishments. The platform is utilized by prominent operators such as Chipotle, P.F. Chang’s, Domino's, and 7-Eleven, facilitating the automation and enforcement of operating procedures and key initiatives across their locations. Serving over 40,000 sites in more than 35 countries, Zenput enhances productivity by equipping field and store employees with the tools needed to execute their tasks efficiently. The software collects, tracks, and aggregates operational data, transforming it into actionable insights that streamline operational execution and save valuable time for users in the restaurant, convenience, and retail sectors.
Indiegogo
Series B in 2014
Founded in 2007, Indiegogo is an online platform that facilitates crowdfunding for various projects. It enables users to create campaigns to raise funds and offers benefits to contributors in return. The platform also provides advice to individuals and startups seeking guidance on campaign creation and management.
Sprig is a product development lifecycle research platform that aims to enhance user experiences through actionable insights. Founded in April 2013 by Morgan Springer, Neeraj Berry, Matt Kent, and Gagan Biyani, the company is based in San Francisco, United States. Sprig offers tools for concept and usability testing, as well as in-product surveys, allowing businesses to gather valuable feedback on new ideas, designs, and prototypes, as well as existing product experiences. Notable companies, including Dropbox, Square, Opendoor, and Loom, utilize Sprig's services to improve their products and better meet user needs.
Combatant Gentlemen
Seed Round in 2013
Combatant Gentlemen, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California, is an innovative e-commerce brand specializing in menswear. The company offers a range of premium yet affordable essentials, including suits, shirts, outerwear, denim, accessories, and footwear. Combatant Gentlemen distinguishes itself by designing its clothing in-house and owning its manufacturing processes, which includes growing its own cotton and raising its own sheep. This vertical integration allows the company to eliminate traditional markups associated with middlemen, enabling it to provide high-quality products at competitive prices. Recognized for its unique business model, Combatant Gentlemen has garnered attention from prominent industry figures and has been acknowledged as one of America’s Most Promising Companies.
Simply Measured
Series B in 2013
Simply Measured is a social analytics platform that enables marketers to effectively monitor and analyze their social media efforts. Serving over 100,000 marketers, including half of the Interbrand 100 companies, the platform provides insights from major social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Tumblr. It offers robust analytics tools that help users identify opportunities, plan social campaigns, optimize performance, and report on the value of their social initiatives. Simply Measured is uniquely certified by Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr to deliver reliable insights, and it integrates with numerous other social platforms for enhanced data analysis. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company has been recognized for its rapid growth, employing more than 130 individuals dedicated to advancing social media analytics for marketers.
Applifier
Series B in 2012
Applifier is a company that facilitates cross-promotion for social games and applications. It connects over 100 social applications on Facebook, reaching over 55 million monthly active users. Applifier's network allows users of one social application to discover and engage with other high-quality applications, driving viral user growth for the originating applications without additional cost.
Udemy is a global online learning platform offering thousands of courses across various categories such as programming, data science, leadership, and more. It caters to individual learners and enterprises through Udemy Business, providing subscription access to its extensive course library along with learning analytics and custom content hosting.
Bizible, Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2011 that specializes in marketing attribution and planning software for business-to-business (B2B) organizations. The company provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that enables businesses to connect their marketing efforts directly to revenue outcomes. Bizible's technology tracks marketing interactions across various channels and unifies data from customer relationship management (CRM) systems, web analytics, and advertising networks. This comprehensive approach allows companies to gain insights into their marketing return on investment (ROI) and customer lifetime value (LTV). Bizible's offerings include revenue attribution tools that leverage machine learning to enhance marketing decisions and revenue planning capabilities for scenario analysis. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including higher education, healthcare, technology, and manufacturing, and has established partnerships to integrate its analytics platform with other tools, notably Salesforce.com, to enhance the alignment of marketing and sales efforts.
Handshake
Seed Round in 2012
Handshake Corp. is a B2B eCommerce platform founded in 2010 and based in New York, New York. The company provides an online sales order application designed to facilitate mobile order writing, web order management, and back office integration. Its platform empowers manufacturers and distributors across various industries, including music, gifts, toys, fashion, eyewear, healthcare, and outdoor products, by streamlining the buying and selling process. Handshake enables sales representatives and customers to quickly and intuitively place orders from any device, enhancing efficiency in both in-person and online trade. As of May 2019, Handshake operates as a subsidiary of Shopify Inc.
Mind Lab creates strategy games to develop the thinking abilities and life skills of K-12 students. It aims to teach children through its three pillars: thinking games, metacognitive methods, and teacher mediators.
The company’s Methodology is an educational tool that supports the development of skills and helps young people deal with cognitive, emotional, social, and ethical challenges that transcend the classroom environment.
Mind Lab was co-founded by Tzvika Feldfogel, Valmir J Pereira, and Ehud Shachar in 1994 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Thumbtack
Series A in 2012
Thumbtack is an online services marketplace that connects homeowners with local professionals across categories including movers and packers, contractors, plumbers, roofers, cleaners, handymen, attorneys, web designers, application developers, personal trainers, electricians, landscapers, and photographers. It provides personalized guidance on what to do and when to do it, and recommendations on who to hire from a large community of service providers, enabling homeowners to manage and complete home projects by hiring the right professionals. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, Thumbtack helps users plan, manage, and execute home improvement, repair, and everyday service needs.
Bridge International Academies
Venture Round in 2012
Bridge International Academies, founded in 2007 and based in Nairobi, Kenya, operates primary schools focused on providing education to underprivileged children. The organization offers scholastic services that adhere to national curricula and emphasizes comprehensive teacher training and development programs. Utilizing advanced wireless technology, Bridge International Academies aims to deliver quality education free of charge, enabling children from disadvantaged backgrounds to access the learning they need for a better future.
HowAboutWe
Series B in 2011
HowAboutWe, launched in April 2010 and based in DUMBO, New York, is an online platform designed to facilitate genuine romantic connections. The company offers four main products: HowAboutWe Dating, HowAboutWe for Couples, HowAboutWe Media, and You&Me. Its services focus on helping individuals find partners who share similar interests and passions, thereby enhancing their dating experiences. By providing tailored solutions for both singles and couples, HowAboutWe aims to foster lasting relationships and promote a deeper understanding of love and companionship.
Udemy is a global online learning platform offering thousands of courses across various categories such as programming, data science, leadership, and more. It caters to individual learners and enterprises through Udemy Business, providing subscription access to its extensive course library along with learning analytics and custom content hosting.
Moat, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing software-as-a-service analytics solutions for brand advertisers and publishers. Founded in 2007 and now a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, Moat offers a range of tools designed to enhance advertising effectiveness. Its Moat Analytics platform provides insights into ad campaigns and website inventory, while Moat Pro delivers real-time ad intelligence, enabling users to visualize relationships between brands, publishers, and programmatic platforms. Additionally, Moat offers a search engine dedicated to display ads, allowing users to discover and explore advertisements from various brands. This comprehensive approach positions Moat as a key player in measuring and driving customer attention across digital marketing channels.
LifeShield
Venture Round in 2011
LifeShield is a provider of professional-grade wireless home security systems designed to offer superior protection and value compared to traditional alarm systems. Unlike many existing options that are either cheap and ineffective or costly and limited in functionality, LifeShield delivers advanced security solutions to its customers, enabling them to safeguard their homes effectively. The company’s offerings include fire and carbon monoxide sensors, video cameras, and live video monitoring applications suitable for various living situations, including vacation and mobile homes. LifeShield has pioneered features such as remote access, allowing customers to manage their security systems from anywhere in the world without incurring additional fees. The company also provides user-friendly applications for smartphones, enhancing accessibility and control for its clients. Overall, LifeShield aims to simplify home protection while ensuring comprehensive security coverage.
Applifier
Seed Round in 2011
Applifier is a company that facilitates cross-promotion for social games and applications. It connects over 100 social applications on Facebook, reaching over 55 million monthly active users. Applifier's network allows users of one social application to discover and engage with other high-quality applications, driving viral user growth for the originating applications without additional cost.
HowAboutWe
Series A in 2010
HowAboutWe, launched in April 2010 and based in DUMBO, New York, is an online platform designed to facilitate genuine romantic connections. The company offers four main products: HowAboutWe Dating, HowAboutWe for Couples, HowAboutWe Media, and You&Me. Its services focus on helping individuals find partners who share similar interests and passions, thereby enhancing their dating experiences. By providing tailored solutions for both singles and couples, HowAboutWe aims to foster lasting relationships and promote a deeper understanding of love and companionship.
Udemy is a global online learning platform offering thousands of courses across various categories such as programming, data science, leadership, and more. It caters to individual learners and enterprises through Udemy Business, providing subscription access to its extensive course library along with learning analytics and custom content hosting.
Simply Measured
Seed Round in 2010
Simply Measured is a social analytics platform that enables marketers to effectively monitor and analyze their social media efforts. Serving over 100,000 marketers, including half of the Interbrand 100 companies, the platform provides insights from major social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Tumblr. It offers robust analytics tools that help users identify opportunities, plan social campaigns, optimize performance, and report on the value of their social initiatives. Simply Measured is uniquely certified by Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr to deliver reliable insights, and it integrates with numerous other social platforms for enhanced data analysis. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company has been recognized for its rapid growth, employing more than 130 individuals dedicated to advancing social media analytics for marketers.
Pulpo Media
Seed Round in 2009
Pulpo Media is a prominent Hispanic media and technology company that specializes in providing advertisers with online media solutions and a proprietary technology platform designed to engage Hispanic audiences effectively across the web. It is recognized as the top Spanish Primary and the second Bilingual Hispanic online media provider in the United States, as well as the leading online media provider in Mexico. The company collaborates with major online advertisers to localize and customize their marketing efforts for diverse target markets. Headquartered in Berkeley, California, with additional offices in Latin America, Pulpo Media is privately held and boasts an executive team with extensive experience in building successful online media enterprises.
CourtTrax
Seed Round in 2009
CourtTrax Corporation is a provider of electronic court documents and official records across various levels of the judicial system in the United States. Founded in 2002 and based in Bellevue, Washington, the company offers services that include comprehensive access to civil and criminal records from federal, state, county, and municipal courts. Its platform features tools such as CourtTrax Search, which allows immediate access to court information, and CourtTrax Express, which facilitates statewide criminal record checks. Additionally, CourtTrax provides name searching, alerts, case number searching, and court document retrieval services. The company also supports its clients with data integration solutions, bulk data feeds, and technical assistance tailored for the legal, insurance, and property title sectors. Through its digital platform, CourtTrax enables legal professionals to efficiently access vital court information, thereby enhancing their operational capabilities.
Convertro
Series A in 2009
Convertro is a company that specializes in measuring and optimizing advertising campaign effectiveness through cross-channel attribution. It offers actionable spend recommendations, enabling clients to reallocate their marketing budgets from unprofitable sources to more profitable ones. Utilizing algorithmic attribution models, Convertro integrates marketing cost and conversion data, including in-store metrics, with detailed customer marketing exposures. This regression-based approach, supported by proprietary technologies, allows for high flexibility in generating spend optimizations across various marketing channels, both online—such as pay-per-click, search engine optimization, display, affiliate, and social media—and offline, including television, radio, and direct mail. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Convertro also has offices in New York and Israel.
magnify360
Series A in 2008
Magnify360, Inc. is a software-as-a-service company that specializes in content personalization and marketing optimization. Established in 2004 and headquartered in Los Angeles, with an additional office in Shanghai, the company focuses on enhancing advertising conversion rates through user behavior analysis and strategic web optimization. Magnify360 provides a comprehensive technology-driven solution aimed at improving online customer acquisition, particularly in e-commerce, lead generation, and subscription models. Their offerings include the optimization of various website components, such as landing pages, lead capture forms, and shopping cart checkouts. With a commitment to leveraging innovative strategies and crowd-sourced design, Magnify360 emphasizes a holistic approach to client management, combining professional services, creative marketplace solutions, and optimization technology to drive higher revenue and improve user experiences.
VentureBeat
Series A in 2008
Founded in 2006, VentureBeat is a leading online technology news platform that delivers news, analysis, and events. It covers a wide range of technology trends, providing context to help executives, entrepreneurs, and tech enthusiasts make informed decisions.
Opower, Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions for the utility industry, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Founded in 2007, the company offers a range of services designed to enhance customer engagement and promote energy efficiency. Its software analyzes extensive energy data, delivering personalized insights to consumers and motivating them to reduce energy consumption. Opower’s offerings include home energy reports, smart meter-enabled communication, and a marketplace suite that facilitates product recommendations and digital rebate processing. Additionally, the company provides demand response solutions, such as peak day alerts, to inform customers about high-demand periods and encourage reduced usage. With a focus on customer satisfaction, Opower’s tools also include web applications and interfaces designed to streamline communication between utilities and consumers. Serving over 85 utility partners and more than 18 million consumers across multiple countries, Opower has significantly contributed to energy efficiency goals and enhanced customer participation in utility programs. As of June 2016, Opower operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation.