NVP Associates, LLC

NVP Associates, LLC is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in a diverse range of investment stages and sectors. Established in 1961, the firm focuses on seed, startup, early, mid, and late-stage investments in both listed and unlisted companies, with particular emphasis on technology, healthcare, consumer products, and financial services. NVP Associates seeks to invest between $10 million and $150 million, depending on the stage and nature of the investment, often leading or co-investing with other firms. The firm has a global investment strategy, concentrating on markets in the Asia-Pacific region, the United States, India, Israel, and China. Its portfolio spans various industries, including medical devices, information technology, enterprise software, and digital health. NVP Associates aims to support companies with strong growth potential, leveraging its extensive network and operational expertise to foster development and achieve significant returns.

Mohammad Abbas

Investor

Ehi Akhirome

Investor

Bayan Alizadeh

Investor

Lisa Ames

Vice President & Executive, Marketing

Gal Amran

Investor

Parker Barrile

Partner

Scott Beechuk

Partner

Jordan Booker

Investor

Laura E. Boyd

Principal, Head of Mergers Acquisitions & Capital Markets

Shiv Chaudhary

Managing Director, Norwest India

Priti Choksi

Partner

Casper de Clercq

General Partner

Ran Ding

Partner

Michael D’Arrigo

Investor

Philip Fleischman

Vice President

Anubha Goyal

Investor, Norwest India

Ken Graham

Investor

Aidan Greenstein

Investor

Guillermo Grimaldo

Investor

John Gu

Principal

Garrett Hardesty

Investor

Ryan Harris

General Partner

Trey Jennings

Associate

Paul Kigawa

Investor

Parul Laddha

Investor, Norwest India

Sam Lesser

Investor

Brian Matesic

Principal

Cassie McHenry

Investor

JP McKeever

Investor

John McNeil

Investor

Scott Mitchell

Principal

William Myers

General Counsel & Partner

Ginny Pan

Investor

Ankit Prasad

Principal, Norwest India

Irem Rami

Principal, Growth Equity and Venture

Gabrielle Rush

Investor

Samuel Saldarriaga

Investor

Umang Sanghvi

Investor, Norwest India

Christopher Scullin

Principal, Growth and Equity

Niren Shah

Managing Director and Head of Norwest India

Jordan Siegal

Investor

Chris Sondej

Vice President

Gabe Stauber

Vice President

Matthew Uthupan

Investor

Vidushi Verma

Investor, Norwest India

Lisa Wu

Partner

Edward Yip

Partner

Michael Zarian

Investor

Justin Zhang

Investor

David Zilberman

General Partner

Past deals in California

Ray Therapeutics

Series A in 2023
Ray Therapeutics is a company focused on developing innovative optogenetic gene therapies aimed at treating patients with blinding diseases. By creating technology that enhances the understanding of rare retinal conditions, the company strives to empower healthcare professionals to effectively diagnose, cure, and manage inherited retinal diseases. Through its commitment to advancing optogenetics, Ray Therapeutics seeks to improve the quality of life for those affected by these debilitating conditions.

Simpplr

Series D in 2023
Simpplr Inc. is an online employee community platform that facilitates employee collaboration and knowledge sharing within organizations. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and India, Simpplr allows employees to search for knowledge articles, post questions, and create support cases. The platform serves as a modern intranet, aimed at connecting and engaging the workforce while enhancing productivity and retention. Simpplr also offers services such as implementation and onboarding, customer success check-ins, and technical support. The company is trusted by prominent brands, demonstrating its impact on improving employee engagement and organizational alignment.

InfluxData

Series E in 2023
InfluxData Inc. specializes in managing and analyzing time-series data through its open-source platform, InfluxDB. The company provides a suite of products including InfluxEnterprise, a management solution for InfluxDB clusters; InfluxCloud, a fully-managed InfluxDB service; Telegraf, a data collection tool; Chronograf for data visualization; and Kapacitor for processing and monitoring time-series data. InfluxData's technology is tailored to handle the extensive volumes of time-stamped data generated by IoT devices, applications, and networks, enabling organizations to analyze this information in real time. With a focus on empowering developers and businesses, InfluxData supports notable clients such as Cisco, IBM, PayPal, and Tesla in building efficient monitoring and analytics applications. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, InfluxData also has an office in London, United Kingdom.

Scratch

Series C in 2022
Scratch Financial, operating under the brand Scratchpay, is the leading provider of accessible payment plans for veterinary care in the United States. Established in 2016 by Caleb Morse and John Keatley, the company is based in Los Angeles, California. Scratchpay collaborates with veterinary clinics to offer pet owners straightforward and pet-friendly financing options. The platform allows users to apply for and receive approval for payment plans in approximately 90 seconds, facilitating timely access to essential veterinary services. Scratchpay aims to enhance the affordability and transparency of veterinary care, ultimately ensuring that more pet owners can obtain the medical attention their animals require.

Session AI

Series C in 2022
ZineOne, Inc. provides customer engagement platform based on artificial Intelligence to obtain insights into visitor behavior and provides predictive recommendations while they are engaged with the brand. Its solutions include predictive personalization, in-the-moment predictive engagement, channel agnostic marketing, customer data management, testing and experience optimization, single customer view services. It serves financial services, retail, and quick service restaurant sectors. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.

Provus

Series A in 2022
Provus is a platform that provides revolutionary CPQ services solutions. Its unique AI-powered technology helps enterprise customers to accelerate turnaround time, grow deal sizes, and increase win probability faster – all while improving gross margins and mitigating compliance risk. Provus is an approved Salesforce AppExchange Partner.

Torch

Series C in 2022
Torch is a leadership development platform with integrated coaching, software, and feedback to raise high performers to the next level. It was founded by a team of executive coaches and experienced psychologists who are passionate about helping senior leaders perform at their highest level. Torch is on a mission to empower leaders to build high growth, high-performance cultures by building the awareness and skills required to manage and lead effectively. Our proven model blends human intelligence and digital technology to accelerate talent development and deliver measurable leadership outcomes.

Noyo

Series B in 2022
Noyo Technologies, Inc. is a company that has developed an online platform designed for health insurance companies, brokers, and employers. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Durham, North Carolina, Noyo's platform facilitates the enrollment process for insurance products, enables document submission, and allows for premium payments. The company uses API-based data exchange to modernize the insurance experience, streamlining operations for its customers.

Revvo

Seed Round in 2022
Revvo Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures advanced sensors integrated with artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor vehicle tires in real-time. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company’s proprietary sensors are embedded within the tires, capturing critical data on tire condition, inflation pressure, temperature, and performance. This data is transmitted to a cloud-based platform accessible via a mobile application, allowing drivers and fleet managers to assess tire health and optimize vehicle efficiency. Revvo's technology supports various sectors, including passenger transit, logistics, and government operations, enhancing safety and performance while contributing to the ongoing transformation of the mobility industry through smarter tire management solutions.

Veza

Venture Round in 2022
Cookie.AI is a stealth-mode startup based in the Silicon Valley / Bay Area. We are building SaaS based security products in a dynamic and fast moving world of cybersecurity with ideas rooted in the era of privacy for the cloud. We are well-funded and backed by top-tier VCs and CEOs as angel investors. The founders are serial entrepreneurs who have experience in the full 0-to-1 journey with a successful exit with an acquisition. We are looking for founding engineers (summer interns also welcome!) with strong interests in security / cloud-native systems / identity / SaaS.

Qualified.com

Series C in 2022
Qualified.com, Inc. operates a conversational marketing platform designed to engage with qualified prospects, primarily for companies utilizing Salesforce. The platform enhances interactions by notifying customer representatives when qualified leads visit their websites, enabling instant communication through chat, voice calls, and screen sharing. This approach allows enterprise sales and marketing teams at prominent B2B brands to optimize their sales pipeline by transforming their corporate websites into effective real-time selling tools. By integrating directly with Salesforce, Qualified provides a comprehensive view of website visitors, equipping businesses with the necessary tools to identify target buyers and initiate conversations promptly. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, the company was previously known as FATBEAR LABS Inc. before rebranding in January 2019.

Replicant

Series B in 2022
Replicant is an AI voice technology that solves problems over the phone, improves customer experience, and reduces cost. Replicant was founded on the belief that machines are ready to have useful, complex conversations that will transform the way they interact with the world. The company's initial focus was making Replicant listen closely, think quickly, take actions, and reply fast enough to be conversational. The brain needed to understand complex and colloquial speech patterns and interpret slang and humor. Piece by piece we built elegant tools that allowed Replicant to listen, think, speak, act and interact with the world.

Wisq

Series A in 2022
Wisq is computer software that aims to make people happier at work. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Redwood City, California.

UPSIDE Foods

Series C in 2022
UPSIDE Foods, formerly known as Memphis Meats, is a company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that specializes in producing cultured meat directly from animal cells. Founded in 2015 by Uma Valeti and Nicholas Genovese, the company focuses on developing products such as hot dogs, sausages, burgers, and meatballs without the need to raise and slaughter animals. This innovative approach to meat production requires significantly less caloric input, water, land, and energy compared to traditional methods, while also aiming to provide consumers with cleaner meat products that are free from harmful chemicals.

Obsidian Security

Series C in 2022
Obsidian Security, Inc. is a technology company based in Newport Beach, California, specializing in cybersecurity solutions tailored for hybrid-cloud environments. Founded in 2017 by former members of renowned companies in the security sector, Obsidian Security focuses on leveraging artificial intelligence to address cyber threats. Its platform provides comprehensive services, including threat detection, breach remediation, and security hardening specifically for software as a service (SaaS) applications. The company's offerings aim to deliver intelligent identity protection and seamless security, enabling enterprises to safeguard their interconnected systems without hindering productivity. Backed by notable investors, Obsidian Security positions itself at the forefront of the evolving cybersecurity landscape.

BillionToOne

Series C in 2022
BillionToOne Inc. develops a genetic testing platform that detects and measures disease at the molecular level. It offers UNITY, a noninvasive prenatal screening that tests fetal cell-free DNA for cystic fibrosis and spinal muscular atrophy through a single sample of the mother's blood. The company serves doctors and expecting mothers. BillionToOne Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Celona

Series C in 2022
Celona, Inc. is a company based in Cupertino, California, founded in 2019. It specializes in developing a cloud-based networking platform that integrates 5G technology with enterprise infrastructure. The company leverages the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum to facilitate the adoption of LTE and 5G wireless networks within enterprises. Celona's AI-powered applications simplify the deployment and integration of cellular wireless services, allowing enterprise IT organizations and managed service providers to streamline their operations. The founding team, with backgrounds in leading tech companies like Qualcomm, Aruba, and Cisco, aims to transform business operations through a combination of 5G radio technology, edge computing, and machine learning software.

Amagi

Venture Round in 2022
Amagi Media Labs Pvt. Ltd. is a Bengaluru-based media technology company that specializes in cloud-managed broadcast and targeted advertising solutions for television networks and over-the-top (OTT) service providers worldwide. Established in 2008, the company offers a range of services, including media management, playout, delivery, and ad revenue generation. Its technological offerings encompass CLOUDPORT for channel playout, THUNDERSTORM for OTT ad insertion, and STORM for regionalizing content for TV networks. Additionally, Amagi provides services for live event orchestration, dynamic ad insertion, and content regionalization. The company aims to deliver cost-effective and powerful solutions that enhance advertising effectiveness in the TV and OTT space. With a presence in major global cities such as Los Angeles, New York, London, and Singapore, Amagi continues to innovate in the media landscape.

Qventus

Private Equity Round in 2022
Qventus, Inc. is an artificial intelligence software company that focuses on optimizing hospital operations through real-time data analytics. Established in 2011 and based in Los Altos, California, the company offers a platform that predicts operational issues, provides immediate recommendations, and encourages team members to take action. By utilizing machine learning and optimization algorithms, Qventus aims to enhance the efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery, addressing challenges across various hospital departments, including emergency services, operating rooms, and patient safety. The company collaborates with leading healthcare institutions to transform hospital management and improve overall operational decision-making.

Socrates AI

Series A in 2022
Socrates AI brings deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing and Human Resources Applications to solve the enterprise's biggest challenges in employee experience, IT security and software engagement.

Dremio

Series E in 2022
Dremio Corporation, founded in 2015 and based in Santa Clara, California, develops a structured query language engine designed to enhance data accessibility and processing speed. Its flagship product, Dremio, serves as a data lake engine that enables users to perform queries directly on data lake storage while providing a self-service semantic layer. The platform empowers business users to curate and analyze data from various sources, thereby facilitating processes for business intelligence, data science, machine learning, and SQL clients. By streamlining analytical processing and improving productivity for data engineers, analysts, and scientists, Dremio enhances the self-sufficiency of data consumers in their decision-making processes.

The Breakaway

Seed Round in 2022
The Breakaway is a motivational coaching app tailored for fitness enthusiasts, specifically cyclists. The platform offers features such as smart goals and personalized insights to facilitate user progress. It provides motivational feedback and tips from professional cyclists, which helps users stay focused and enhance their learning experience. By combining expert guidance with personalized coaching, The Breakaway aims to support cyclists in achieving their fitness objectives effectively.

Prevedere

Venture Round in 2022
Prevedere is an industry insights and predictive analytics company, helping business leaders make better decisions by providing a real-time view of their company’s future. While most companies can easily report on internal performance, Prevedere’s external real-time insights engine constantly monitors the world’s activity, identifying future threats or opportunities to business performance. Along with a team of industry experts, data scientists, and economists, Prevedere helps business leaders make the right decisions in an ever-changing world. Named a 2017 Red Herring Top 100 Global Company, the Best Business Intelligence Reporting & Analytics Solution of 2017 by the SIIA CODiE Awards and the Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year by the 2016 American Business Awards, Prevedere works with top global companies.

Ermetic

Series B in 2021
Ermetic Ltd. is a company focused on cloud infrastructure security, offering a comprehensive platform designed to protect enterprises from access-related risks and misconfigurations. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Ermetic provides solutions that enhance visibility into identities, their entitlements, and data usage. The platform combines advanced analytics with detailed insights, enabling organizations to enforce least privilege access across complex cloud environments. This functionality supports the detection of identity and access-based threats, policy enforcement, anomaly detection, and compliance monitoring. Led by experienced technology entrepreneurs, Ermetic has garnered funding from notable investors, including Glilot Capital Partners and Norwest Venture Partners.

Route 92

Series E in 2021
Route 92 Medical, Inc. specializes in developing innovative medical devices aimed at treating acute ischemic stroke and related conditions. The company has created a stealthy catheter, a rapid aspiration thrombectomy system, and an intra-cerebral implant delivery system. These products are designed to assist healthcare professionals in effectively treating strokes and enhancing patient recovery. Founded in 2015 and based in San Mateo, California, Route 92 Medical continues to focus on advancing technologies that improve outcomes for stroke patients.

Revvo

Seed Round in 2021
Revvo Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures advanced sensors integrated with artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor vehicle tires in real-time. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company’s proprietary sensors are embedded within the tires, capturing critical data on tire condition, inflation pressure, temperature, and performance. This data is transmitted to a cloud-based platform accessible via a mobile application, allowing drivers and fleet managers to assess tire health and optimize vehicle efficiency. Revvo's technology supports various sectors, including passenger transit, logistics, and government operations, enhancing safety and performance while contributing to the ongoing transformation of the mobility industry through smarter tire management solutions.

Robin Healthcare

Series B in 2021
Robin Healthcare, Inc. is a technology company specializing in healthcare software aimed at alleviating administrative burdens for medical professionals. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, with an additional office in Austin, Texas, the company offers a range of solutions including a smart assistant device, clinical documentation tools, order and medication entry, chart reviews, billing and coding, and referral management services. Its innovative electronic medical recording technology utilizes machine learning, artificial intelligence, and voice recognition to seamlessly capture patient notes and facilitate care coordination through natural dialogue between doctors and patients. This approach not only enhances compliance and billing accuracy but also allows healthcare providers to concentrate more on patient care rather than administrative tasks.

Myome

Series B in 2021
Myome helps identify genes that cause disease and act based on leading science. The data is secure, portable, and reusable throughout life.

Faire

Series G in 2021
Faire Wholesale, Inc. develops and operates an online marketplace which connects independent retailers with manufacturers of the products. It offers Indigo Fair, a wholesale marketplace that enables retailers to browse items from various makers, place wholesale orders, and track shipments online. Faire Wholesale, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Kitchener, Canada.

Babylist

Series C in 2021
BabyList is the online universal baby registry which lets couples request unconventional items – like diaper service subscriptions, for example – in addition to gifts from around the web. The service was founded by former Amazon software developer Natalie Gordon, whose son is now just over 2 years old. She says she was inspired to create BabyList out of a frustration with the current products in this space, noting also that “if more women were coding, there would be a much better baby registry experience.”

HoneyBook

Series E in 2021
HoneyBook, Inc. provides a business software for wedding planners and related vendors. It offers HoneyBook, a platform that connects clients, vendors, and event planners. The company’s HoneyBook enables vendors to create proposals, get feedback from their clients online, complete business agreements, and receive payments. HoneyBook, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

RightRev

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a revenue recognition management platform designed to facilitate accurate and compliant financial reporting. The company's platform integrates customer relationship management, configure, price, quote (CPQ) tools, revenue accounting processes, a general ledger, a reporting system, and dashboards that help in tracking the entire revenue contracts, enabling finance professionals to reduce the risk of misstatements and ensure transparency.

Prevedere

Series B in 2021
Prevedere is an industry insights and predictive analytics company, helping business leaders make better decisions by providing a real-time view of their company’s future. While most companies can easily report on internal performance, Prevedere’s external real-time insights engine constantly monitors the world’s activity, identifying future threats or opportunities to business performance. Along with a team of industry experts, data scientists, and economists, Prevedere helps business leaders make the right decisions in an ever-changing world. Named a 2017 Red Herring Top 100 Global Company, the Best Business Intelligence Reporting & Analytics Solution of 2017 by the SIIA CODiE Awards and the Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year by the 2016 American Business Awards, Prevedere works with top global companies.

SlashNext

Series B in 2021
SlashNext, Inc. develops cyber-security solutions. It offers SlashNext Active Cyber Defense System that provides zero-day protection against major Internet based threats, including social engineering attacks (seas), data-exfiltration, malware, and web exploits. The company provides mobile phishing protection, browser phishing protection, and agentless phishing defense solutions. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Pleasanton, California.

Citcon

Series C in 2021
Founded in 2015, CITCON is a leading payment technology company, building a payment infrastructure that enables global merchants to accept payments from billions of fast-growing mobile wallet consumers through web, mobile and in-store channels around the world. Mobile payment provides a more user-friendly, secure, and safer contactless shopping and payment experience for both consumers and merchants compared to other payment options. CITCON’s secure, scalable and open system allows businesses to quickly and easily accept domestic and international mobile wallets by using a single API suite and an integrated processing and fund settlement platform. Millions of mobile wallet consumers are now able to shop and pay at tens of thousands of merchants, online, mobile and in-store. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, CITCON has five regional offices in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.citcon.com

Prodly

Series A in 2021
Prodly, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in developing tools for transferring relational data within Salesforce environments. Founded in 2014, Prodly offers a platform known as AppOps, which automates the full lifecycle of low-code development. This platform enables Salesforce administrators and developers to migrate data efficiently and effectively, addressing challenges in the application development process while also ensuring IT governance to reduce risks associated with agile development. Their flagship product, Moover, allows for one-click migration of relational data across various Salesforce organizations and supports key functionalities such as Salesforce CPQ, billing, and field service solutions. Notable clients include Nutanix, Johnson & Johnson, Splunk, Tableau, and Verizon, who utilize Prodly's services to enhance and update critical business applications.

Praxis Labs

Series A in 2021
Praxis Labs advances diversity and inclusion outcomes through perspective-taking VR-based unconscious bias trainings.

Phiar

Series A in 2021
Phiar is an ultra-lightweight AI company, building the world's most advanced Ultra-Lightweight Spatial AI Engine to enable every vehicle to see its surroundings, running real-time at the edge, using just commodity mobile-grade processors and existing automotive computing platforms with a single camera. Focused first on powering our Intelligent AR Navigation Platform, as the anchoring/foundational use-case to transform driving experience and safety, and to ultimately enable the next-gen connected cars and ADAS services.

Clever Care Health Plan

Series B in 2021
Clever Care Health Plan, Inc. provides healthcare insurance plans to members that connect the benefits of Eastern and Western medicine. It offers plans for acupuncture, herbal remedies, and exercises, such as tai chi and qi gong; and treatments, including cupping and moxibustion. The company sells its products through brokers and sales agents. Clever Care Health Plan, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Westminster, California with an additional office in Arcadia, California.

PropelPLM

Series C in 2021
PropelPLM is a provider of cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software designed to assist companies in their digital transformation efforts. The platform connects various stakeholders, systems, and processes involved in bringing products from concept to market. It serves as a centralized source of product information for the entire value chain, including sales and service teams, facilitating secure and transparent collaboration. This approach enables faster market delivery while enhancing customer satisfaction and meeting global compliance requirements. PropelPLM operates on the Salesforce platform, leveraging its modern cloud infrastructure to ensure a scalable and future-ready solution for businesses seeking to streamline their product development processes.

Amagi

Private Equity Round in 2021
Amagi Media Labs Pvt. Ltd. is a Bengaluru-based media technology company that specializes in cloud-managed broadcast and targeted advertising solutions for television networks and over-the-top (OTT) service providers worldwide. Established in 2008, the company offers a range of services, including media management, playout, delivery, and ad revenue generation. Its technological offerings encompass CLOUDPORT for channel playout, THUNDERSTORM for OTT ad insertion, and STORM for regionalizing content for TV networks. Additionally, Amagi provides services for live event orchestration, dynamic ad insertion, and content regionalization. The company aims to deliver cost-effective and powerful solutions that enhance advertising effectiveness in the TV and OTT space. With a presence in major global cities such as Los Angeles, New York, London, and Singapore, Amagi continues to innovate in the media landscape.

Petabyte Technology

Series B in 2021
Petabyte Technology Inc. is a company that offers a cloud-based software platform specifically designed for veterinary clinics. Its main product, Rhapsody, is a SaaS-based practice management software that enhances productivity and patient care within veterinary hospitals. The software is accessible on desktops, tablets, and mobile devices, allowing for flexibility in managing various tasks. By replacing the need for multiple tabs and disparate tools, Petabyte Technology's solution streamlines operations, enabling veterinarians to efficiently manage client information, conduct online assessments, create invoices, and maintain medical histories. Founded in 2019, the company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with additional offices in San Francisco, Cleveland, Naples, and New York.

Bright

Venture Round in 2021
Bright is a live video platform that lets fans engage in live conversations with their favorite creators and celebrities.

Enable

Series B in 2021
Enable International Limited specializes in rebate management software and serves as a collaboration platform aimed at enhancing the performance of B2B deals. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, the company provides tools that facilitate the negotiation of deals, central management of trade agreements, and oversight of receivables. By promoting financial transparency and operational efficiency, Enable seeks to transform how B2B deals are structured, managed, and evaluated, ultimately fostering mutually beneficial growth for all parties involved in trading relationships.

MindTickle

Series E in 2021
MindTickle Interactive Media Pvt Ltd. provides a sales readiness and social learning platform aimed at bridging knowledge and skill gaps in customer-facing teams. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Pune, India, with additional operations in San Francisco, California, MindTickle enables organizations to transform their online content into interactive learning experiences. Its platform incorporates gamification elements like points and leaderboards to enhance learner engagement and motivation. Businesses utilize MindTickle for various applications, including onboarding, product training, and ongoing employee engagement. The platform combines on-demand training, mobile updates, coaching, and role-play with a data-driven approach to accelerate time-to-productivity and improve sales performance. By assessing and certifying the readiness of sales representatives, companies that use MindTickle experience larger deal sizes, higher win rates, and shorter sales cycles.

Third Wave Automation

Series B in 2021
Third Wave Automation, Inc. develops an autonomous forklift using machine learning, computer vision, and robotic material handling. Its technology enables forklifts to perform complex tasks using shared autonomy. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Union City, California.

FloQast

Series D in 2021
FloQast builds cloud-based software that helps manage accounting departments by centralizing the workflow, assigning tasks, maintaining supporting documentation and automating reconciliations.

Abodu

Series A in 2021
Abodu specializes in providing well-designed, prefabricated modular housing units that are installed in homeowners' backyards. These backyard homes serve multiple purposes, including vacation accommodations, guest lodging, or additional living space. The company's structures feature a simple design, characterized by weathered wood siding and a metal gabled roof, typically encompassing a one-bedroom layout with a bathroom, open-plan living area, dining space, and kitchen. By focusing on offsite construction, Abodu aims to streamline the housing process, allowing homeowners to bypass lengthy permitting and construction timelines. This approach not only offers a beautiful and functional addition to residential properties but also presents an affordable housing solution that can be utilized for rental opportunities.

Simpplr

Series C in 2021
Simpplr Inc. is an online employee community platform that facilitates employee collaboration and knowledge sharing within organizations. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and India, Simpplr allows employees to search for knowledge articles, post questions, and create support cases. The platform serves as a modern intranet, aimed at connecting and engaging the workforce while enhancing productivity and retention. Simpplr also offers services such as implementation and onboarding, customer success check-ins, and technical support. The company is trusted by prominent brands, demonstrating its impact on improving employee engagement and organizational alignment.

Pequity

Series A in 2021
Pequity helps teams make informed pay decisions, combat pay inequality, and work smarter. Let's de-complicate compensation, together.

BillionToOne

Series B in 2021
BillionToOne Inc. develops a genetic testing platform that detects and measures disease at the molecular level. It offers UNITY, a noninvasive prenatal screening that tests fetal cell-free DNA for cystic fibrosis and spinal muscular atrophy through a single sample of the mother's blood. The company serves doctors and expecting mothers. BillionToOne Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Spiff

Series B in 2021
Spiff Inc. is a developer of a SaaS-based sales commission automation platform designed to streamline commission planning and motivate sales teams. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Sandy, Utah, with an additional office in Mountain View, California, Spiff's software enables users to build and modify commission plans, create complex team structures, and manage quotas. The platform features a personalized incentive dashboard for representatives, allowing them to track performance against goals and access detailed commission traces and payroll reports. Additionally, Spiff’s solution integrates with various systems, including ERP and payroll, to minimize errors and provide accurate commission data. It also offers functionalities for testing new rules, modeling commission structures, and exporting data for analysis. The company serves finance and sales operations, sales and marketing teams, as well as managers and executives, facilitating improved sales performance through effective commission management.

Qualified.com

Series B in 2021
Qualified.com, Inc. operates a conversational marketing platform designed to engage with qualified prospects, primarily for companies utilizing Salesforce. The platform enhances interactions by notifying customer representatives when qualified leads visit their websites, enabling instant communication through chat, voice calls, and screen sharing. This approach allows enterprise sales and marketing teams at prominent B2B brands to optimize their sales pipeline by transforming their corporate websites into effective real-time selling tools. By integrating directly with Salesforce, Qualified provides a comprehensive view of website visitors, equipping businesses with the necessary tools to identify target buyers and initiate conversations promptly. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, the company was previously known as FATBEAR LABS Inc. before rebranding in January 2019.

oneNav

Series B in 2021
OneNav provides a mobile positioning system intended for smartphones, wearables, and IoT tracking devices. The system utilizes the modernized L5 signaling band from navigation satellite constellations which enable clients to get upgraded data-rich signals with accurate and reliable tracking applications. Stephen Poizner and Paul McBurney co-founded oneNav in Palo Alto, California in 2019.

Mindful Health Solutions

Venture Round in 2021
Operator of a chain of behavioral health care management company dedicated to freeing patients from the burden of mental illness. The company offers outpatient mental healthcare services through interventional psychiatry, virtual and in-person medication management, talk therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), thereby enabling clinical outcomes for patients with a wide range of conditions such as anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and memory disorders.

Legion Technologies

Series C in 2021
Legion Technologies, Inc. develops an advanced workforce engagement platform designed to empower hourly workers and optimize labor management. The company's AI-powered solution, Legion WFM, provides tools for demand forecasting, labor optimization, automated scheduling, and employee engagement, helping organizations improve efficiency and reduce costs in sectors such as retail, hospitality, healthcare, and manufacturing. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in Hudson, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, and Milton, Georgia, Legion Technologies aims to enhance compliance, budget control, and overall workforce productivity. The platform is recognized for its innovative approach and has been implemented by notable clients such as Racetrac Petroleum, Panda Express, and Cinemark. Legion Technologies has received accolades as a Gartner Cool Vendor and was featured on JMP Securities’ Hot 100 List of Best Privately Held Software Companies, attracting investments from prominent firms including Norwest and Workday Ventures.

VAST Data

Series D in 2021
VAST Data, Inc. develops innovative data storage solutions, focusing on simplifying storage management for enterprises. The company offers a universal storage platform that utilizes Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad level cell (QLC) SSDs, enabling high performance and scalability. VAST Data's technology is designed to eliminate complex storage tiering and the reliance on traditional hard disk drives, making it possible to consolidate applications onto an all-flash storage system. This approach not only meets the performance demands of various sectors, including animation, deep learning, media and broadcast, and life sciences, but also redefines the economics of flash infrastructure, making it more affordable for organizations to store all their data on flash. Founded in 2016, VAST Data is headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Jose, California.

HoneyBook

Series D in 2021
HoneyBook, Inc. provides a business software for wedding planners and related vendors. It offers HoneyBook, a platform that connects clients, vendors, and event planners. The company’s HoneyBook enables vendors to create proposals, get feedback from their clients online, complete business agreements, and receive payments. HoneyBook, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Classy

Series D in 2021
Classy, Inc. operates an online and mobile fundraising platform designed for nonprofit organizations and social enterprises globally. Founded in 2006 and based in San Diego, California, the company provides a comprehensive fundraising solution that includes crowdfunding, peer-to-peer campaigns, website donations, event ticketing, and registration. Classy also offers branding and customization options, as well as integrated solutions with Salesforce. In addition to its fundraising tools, Classy provides strategic support services, including fundraising website design and priority assistance. The company also recognizes achievements in social innovation through initiatives like the Collaborative and Classy Awards.

Classy

Series D in 2021
Classy, Inc. operates an online and mobile fundraising platform designed for nonprofit organizations and social enterprises globally. Founded in 2006 and based in San Diego, California, the company provides a comprehensive fundraising solution that includes crowdfunding, peer-to-peer campaigns, website donations, event ticketing, and registration. Classy also offers branding and customization options, as well as integrated solutions with Salesforce. In addition to its fundraising tools, Classy provides strategic support services, including fundraising website design and priority assistance. The company also recognizes achievements in social innovation through initiatives like the Collaborative and Classy Awards.

Tempo

Series C in 2021
Tempo designs and develops a home fitness platform with personal guidance to help users in their training sessions. It features live elite trainers who can help users when they make mistakes. It has built-in three-dimensional sensors that track form, counts reps, and recommend weights. It helps users to improve in real-time. Powered by 3D motion sensors and AI, it analyzes 25 of the body’s essential joints as users work out and gives understood form feedback. Moawia Eldeeb and Joshua Augustin founded it as Pivot in 2015, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California.

Productiv

Series C in 2021
Productiv, Inc. develops a cloud-based platform for SaaS management and application engagement insights for IT companies. The company through its platform integrates with single sign-on tools to track login activity and extract purchase and license data from contracts, finance, and expense reporting systems, offering an organization-wide view of agreements and expired software. Its platform offers discovery, rightsizing, engagement, and productivity solutions. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in Bellevue, Washington and San Francisco, California.

Phiar

Series A in 2021
Phiar is an ultra-lightweight AI company, building the world's most advanced Ultra-Lightweight Spatial AI Engine to enable every vehicle to see its surroundings, running real-time at the edge, using just commodity mobile-grade processors and existing automotive computing platforms with a single camera. Focused first on powering our Intelligent AR Navigation Platform, as the anchoring/foundational use-case to transform driving experience and safety, and to ultimately enable the next-gen connected cars and ADAS services.

Madison Reed

Venture Round in 2021
Madison Reed, Inc. is a beauty company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in manufacturing hair care products, particularly hair color formulations. Founded in 2013, the company offers a range of products, including permanent hair colors, root touch-up solutions, color reviving glosses, and various treatment products. Madison Reed emphasizes the use of a proprietary ammonia-free formula enriched with ingredients like argan oil and keratin, aiming to provide salon-quality hair color at an accessible price point. In addition to its online sales, the company operates hair color salons in California and offers franchising opportunities. It also markets a selection of hair care accessories and tools. Madison Reed's focus on using safe, high-quality ingredients has positioned it as a leader in the hair color industry, catering to consumers seeking effective and gentle hair care solutions.

Praxis Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Praxis Labs advances diversity and inclusion outcomes through perspective-taking VR-based unconscious bias trainings.

Torch

Series B in 2021
Torch is a leadership development platform with integrated coaching, software, and feedback to raise high performers to the next level. It was founded by a team of executive coaches and experienced psychologists who are passionate about helping senior leaders perform at their highest level. Torch is on a mission to empower leaders to build high growth, high-performance cultures by building the awareness and skills required to manage and lead effectively. Our proven model blends human intelligence and digital technology to accelerate talent development and deliver measurable leadership outcomes.

Learn to Win

Seed Round in 2021
Learn to Win, Inc. is a training platform based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in micro-learning programs for aviators and athletes. The company focuses on enhancing performance in high-stakes environments, utilizing cognitive learning science to minimize mental lapses. Its platform facilitates playbook learning and game planning, offering real-time analytics that enable flight instructors and coaches to identify mental weaknesses in their teams. Trusted by the United States Air Force and esteemed collegiate athletic programs, Learn to Win aims to improve training outcomes through innovative and effective learning solutions tailored for intense roles.

Harness

Series C in 2021
Harness, Inc. is a technology company that offers a Continuous Delivery-as-a-Service platform designed to simplify the process of deploying code from artifact to production. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, Harness utilizes machine learning to automate the continuous delivery process, thereby enhancing efficiency and security for engineering and DevOps teams. Its platform features a variety of tools including a pipeline builder, workflow wizard, continuous verification, automated rollback, secrets management, audit trails, and real-time delivery analytics. This comprehensive approach aims to streamline application releases while providing robust protection against deployment failures.

Dremio

Series D in 2021
Dremio Corporation, founded in 2015 and based in Santa Clara, California, develops a structured query language engine designed to enhance data accessibility and processing speed. Its flagship product, Dremio, serves as a data lake engine that enables users to perform queries directly on data lake storage while providing a self-service semantic layer. The platform empowers business users to curate and analyze data from various sources, thereby facilitating processes for business intelligence, data science, machine learning, and SQL clients. By streamlining analytical processing and improving productivity for data engineers, analysts, and scientists, Dremio enhances the self-sufficiency of data consumers in their decision-making processes.

Aisera

Series C in 2020
Aisera, Inc. is an information technology company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2017. It develops an artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to automate tasks, actions, and workflows for employees and customers across various sectors, including IT, human resources, sales, and operations. Aisera's offerings include the AI Service Desk, which serves multiple organizational functions, and the AI Customer Service tool, aimed at enhancing customer support and global service operations. The company's solutions leverage conversational AI, natural language processing (NLP), and robotic process automation (RPA) to provide personalized and predictive service management. By automating workflows, Aisera's technology aims to improve efficiency and resolve tasks for enterprise and consumer organizations alike.

MindTickle

Series D in 2020
MindTickle Interactive Media Pvt Ltd. provides a sales readiness and social learning platform aimed at bridging knowledge and skill gaps in customer-facing teams. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Pune, India, with additional operations in San Francisco, California, MindTickle enables organizations to transform their online content into interactive learning experiences. Its platform incorporates gamification elements like points and leaderboards to enhance learner engagement and motivation. Businesses utilize MindTickle for various applications, including onboarding, product training, and ongoing employee engagement. The platform combines on-demand training, mobile updates, coaching, and role-play with a data-driven approach to accelerate time-to-productivity and improve sales performance. By assessing and certifying the readiness of sales representatives, companies that use MindTickle experience larger deal sizes, higher win rates, and shorter sales cycles.

Faire

Series E in 2020
Faire Wholesale, Inc. develops and operates an online marketplace which connects independent retailers with manufacturers of the products. It offers Indigo Fair, a wholesale marketplace that enables retailers to browse items from various makers, place wholesale orders, and track shipments online. Faire Wholesale, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Kitchener, Canada.

Session AI

Series B in 2020
ZineOne, Inc. provides customer engagement platform based on artificial Intelligence to obtain insights into visitor behavior and provides predictive recommendations while they are engaged with the brand. Its solutions include predictive personalization, in-the-moment predictive engagement, channel agnostic marketing, customer data management, testing and experience optimization, single customer view services. It serves financial services, retail, and quick service restaurant sectors. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.

TigerConnect

Series D in 2020
TigerConnect is a healthcare communication platform designed to enhance collaboration among healthcare professionals, patients, and care providers. Founded in 2010 and based in Santa Monica, California, the company offers real-time mobile messaging that combines a user-friendly experience with robust security and privacy features. Trusted by over 4,000 healthcare organizations, TigerConnect processes more than 10 million messages daily and boasts a 99.99% uptime. The platform facilitates effective communication and workflow integration with critical hospital systems, ultimately aiming to improve productivity, reduce costs, and enhance patient outcomes. TigerConnect's commitment to client success is evident in its comprehensive support services, which assist organizations in optimizing communication workflows.

Sightfull

Seed Round in 2020
VC-backed, SaaS analytics startup in stealth mode

Replicant

Series A in 2020
Replicant is an AI voice technology that solves problems over the phone, improves customer experience, and reduces cost. Replicant was founded on the belief that machines are ready to have useful, complex conversations that will transform the way they interact with the world. The company's initial focus was making Replicant listen closely, think quickly, take actions, and reply fast enough to be conversational. The brain needed to understand complex and colloquial speech patterns and interpret slang and humor. Piece by piece we built elegant tools that allowed Replicant to listen, think, speak, act and interact with the world.

Aktana

Series D in 2020
Aktana helps life science companies get the most out of artificial intelligence for commercializing their products. Its platform harnesses machine learning algorithms to enable marketing and sales teams to optimize their engagement with prescribing physicians. Aktana supports more than 100 brands and more than half the top 20 pharmaceutical companies worldwide to increase revenue, capitalize on data investments, and drive channel productivity and results. The company’s focus on the life sciences market allows Aktana to understand and incorporate unique market dynamics more deeply than the major AI players. Headquartered in San Francisco, Aktana also has offices in New York, Philadelphia, London, Barcelona, Tokyo, Osaka, and Shanghai.

Legion Technologies

Series B in 2020
Legion Technologies, Inc. develops an advanced workforce engagement platform designed to empower hourly workers and optimize labor management. The company's AI-powered solution, Legion WFM, provides tools for demand forecasting, labor optimization, automated scheduling, and employee engagement, helping organizations improve efficiency and reduce costs in sectors such as retail, hospitality, healthcare, and manufacturing. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in Hudson, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, and Milton, Georgia, Legion Technologies aims to enhance compliance, budget control, and overall workforce productivity. The platform is recognized for its innovative approach and has been implemented by notable clients such as Racetrac Petroleum, Panda Express, and Cinemark. Legion Technologies has received accolades as a Gartner Cool Vendor and was featured on JMP Securities’ Hot 100 List of Best Privately Held Software Companies, attracting investments from prominent firms including Norwest and Workday Ventures.

Omni

Seed Round in 2020
Omni is the fastest way for customer success, support, and sales teams to find the up-to-date answer to a customer’s question. When a sales or support rep is talking to a customer in a tool like Salesforce and can't figure out an answer, Omni will search across any tool they own instantly and will automatically confirm that the answer they find is up-to-date.

Gong

Series D in 2020
Provides a sales conversation intelligence platform created to improve calls and demos for sales teams. Its sales platform is cloud-based and utilizes artificial intelligence automatically to record, transcribe, and analyzes every sales conversation and calls and also analyze conversations from audio sources and web-conferencing platforms such as Cisco WebEx, GoToMeeting, and Zoom, and then links the results to CRM systems, enabling organizations to save time, increase win rates, improve strategic decision-making, and increase revenue.

Simpplr

Series B in 2020
Simpplr Inc. is an online employee community platform that facilitates employee collaboration and knowledge sharing within organizations. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and India, Simpplr allows employees to search for knowledge articles, post questions, and create support cases. The platform serves as a modern intranet, aimed at connecting and engaging the workforce while enhancing productivity and retention. Simpplr also offers services such as implementation and onboarding, customer success check-ins, and technical support. The company is trusted by prominent brands, demonstrating its impact on improving employee engagement and organizational alignment.

Qualified.com

Series A in 2020
Qualified.com, Inc. operates a conversational marketing platform designed to engage with qualified prospects, primarily for companies utilizing Salesforce. The platform enhances interactions by notifying customer representatives when qualified leads visit their websites, enabling instant communication through chat, voice calls, and screen sharing. This approach allows enterprise sales and marketing teams at prominent B2B brands to optimize their sales pipeline by transforming their corporate websites into effective real-time selling tools. By integrating directly with Salesforce, Qualified provides a comprehensive view of website visitors, equipping businesses with the necessary tools to identify target buyers and initiate conversations promptly. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, the company was previously known as FATBEAR LABS Inc. before rebranding in January 2019.

Ermetic

Series A in 2020
Ermetic Ltd. is a company focused on cloud infrastructure security, offering a comprehensive platform designed to protect enterprises from access-related risks and misconfigurations. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Ermetic provides solutions that enhance visibility into identities, their entitlements, and data usage. The platform combines advanced analytics with detailed insights, enabling organizations to enforce least privilege access across complex cloud environments. This functionality supports the detection of identity and access-based threats, policy enforcement, anomaly detection, and compliance monitoring. Led by experienced technology entrepreneurs, Ermetic has garnered funding from notable investors, including Glilot Capital Partners and Norwest Venture Partners.

Tempo

Series B in 2020
Tempo designs and develops a home fitness platform with personal guidance to help users in their training sessions. It features live elite trainers who can help users when they make mistakes. It has built-in three-dimensional sensors that track form, counts reps, and recommend weights. It helps users to improve in real-time. Powered by 3D motion sensors and AI, it analyzes 25 of the body’s essential joints as users work out and gives understood form feedback. Moawia Eldeeb and Joshua Augustin founded it as Pivot in 2015, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California.

DeVoro Medical

Series B in 2020
DeVoro Medical is a developer of a medical device intended to restore blood flow. The company was founded in 2018 by and is based in Fremont, California.

Imperfect Foods

Series C in 2020
Imperfect Foods, Inc. is an online grocery delivery service that focuses on rescuing and redistributing food to combat food waste. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers a variety of products including fruits, vegetables, shelf-stable goods, dairy, meat, and seafood. It delivers mixed boxes of organic and conventional produce to homes and offices in several areas, including Oakland, Berkeley, and Alameda. By prioritizing the use of excess and imperfect products, Imperfect Foods supports farmers and producers while addressing the issue of food waste. The company's resilient business model has demonstrated its effectiveness, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, positioning it for long-term success.

Prodly

Seed Round in 2020
Prodly, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in developing tools for transferring relational data within Salesforce environments. Founded in 2014, Prodly offers a platform known as AppOps, which automates the full lifecycle of low-code development. This platform enables Salesforce administrators and developers to migrate data efficiently and effectively, addressing challenges in the application development process while also ensuring IT governance to reduce risks associated with agile development. Their flagship product, Moover, allows for one-click migration of relational data across various Salesforce organizations and supports key functionalities such as Salesforce CPQ, billing, and field service solutions. Notable clients include Nutanix, Johnson & Johnson, Splunk, Tableau, and Verizon, who utilize Prodly's services to enhance and update critical business applications.

Dtex Systems

Series D in 2020
Dtex Systems develops advanced security software solutions aimed at detecting and preventing insider threats, data breaches, and external intrusions. The company's key offerings include Dtex Intercept, an insider threat platform that identifies risky behaviors and provides a comprehensive audit trail in real-time, and Dtex Pulse, which enhances operational visibility by analyzing user activity across various applications and devices. Dtex caters to a range of sectors, including financial services, government, critical infrastructure, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Dtex also maintains offices in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Australia. Its technology enables organizations to monitor user activity effectively while safeguarding privacy, ensuring that enterprises can respond swiftly to potential threats.
Spot something off? Help us improve by flagging any incorrect or outdated information. Just email us at support@teaserclub.com. Your feedback is most welcome.