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.

Robert Abbott

Partner

Tiba Aynechi Ph.D

General Partner

Parker Barrile

Partner

Lauren Beauchamp

Associate

Scott Beechuk

Partner

Katie Belding

Partner, Portfolio Services

Kurt L. Betcher

Administrative Partner, Portfolio Services

Yoni Braun

Vice President

Sonya Brown

General Partner

Stew Campbell

Partner

Jason Chao

Associate

Priti Youssef Choksi

Partner

Casper de Clercq

General Partner

Nathan Cohen

Vice President

Jeffrey Crowe

Senior Managing Partner

Elaine Dai

Associate

Ran Ding

Partner

Matthew De Dominicis

Administrative Partner and Chief Financial Officer

David Glaser

Associate

Joshua Goldman

Venture Partner

John Gu

Principal

Daniel P. Haggerty

General Partner

Promod Haque

Managing Partner

Ryan Harris

General Partner

Matthew Howard

General Partner

Sean Jacobsohn

Partner

Ellie Javadi

Vice President of Marketing

Sumer Juneja

Director

Krish Kapadia

Associate, NVP India

Sameer Kapur

Associate

Paul Kigawa

Associate

Hannah Kim

Senior Associate

Nikhil Kookada

Vice President

Jon Kossow

Managing Partner & Co-Head of Growth Equity team

Nicole Laszlo

Associate

Sonia Li

Associate

Brian Matesic

Investor

Ryan Mcdonald

Principal

Scott Mitchell

Principal

Venkat Mohan

Operating Partner and Board Member

William Myers

Partner & General Counsel

Dror Nahumi

General Partner

Connor Pike

Vice President

Ankit Prasad

Vice President, Norwest India

Irem Rami

Principal, Growth Equity and Venture

Christopher Scullin

Principal, Growth & Equity

Rama Sekhar

Partner

Niren Shah

Managing Director and Head of Norwest India

Rohit Singh

Senior Associate

Chris Sondej

Vice President

Gabe Stauber

Vice President

George J. Still

Partner Emeritus

Sanchana Vasikaran

Associate

Kathryn Weinmann

Vice President

Lisa Wu

Partner

Stephen Xi

Associate

Jessica Yi

Vice President

Edward Yip

Partner

Dave Zilberman

General Partner

Past deals in Western US

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.

Xembly

Series A in 2022
Xembly applies Intelligent Automation to improve meeting productivity.

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.

Uplevel

Series A in 2022
Uplevel Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in software solutions designed to enhance the productivity of engineering teams through machine learning and organizational science. Founded in 2018, Uplevel provides data-driven insights that empower engineers and their managers to optimize performance and foster behavior change. The platform integrates seamlessly into daily workflows, utilizing data from commonly used tools such as calendar applications, GitHub, Jira, Slack, and engagement surveys. By championing best practices and actionable coaching, Uplevel aims to elevate the effectiveness of teams, enabling them to perform at their best.

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.

Moises

Venture Round in 2022
Moises is an audio-tech company that leverages machine learning and data science in relation to music & audio processing.

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.

Velocity Global

Series B in 2022
Velocity Global is a prominent provider of global employment solutions, specializing in facilitating companies' international expansion. With expertise in over 185 countries, the company offers a range of services including International PEO, global immigration, payroll, recruiting, and consulting. Velocity Global's International PEO solution allows businesses to enter new markets significantly faster and at reduced costs, enhancing their ability to grow globally. The company's human resource platform streamlines processes related to hiring talent, onboarding, benefits, and payroll for permanent employees, while also addressing contractor classification, compliance, and payments. By delivering innovative solutions, Velocity Global helps enterprises minimize hiring and relocation expenses, ultimately increasing profitability and ensuring compliance during their global expansion efforts.

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.

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.

Harness

Series D in 2022
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.

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
Memphis Meats develops meat produced directly from animal cells without the need to raise and slaughter actual animals that require significantly less caloric input, water, land, and energy than conventional meat production, enabling consumers to enjoy meat products that are clean and free from harmful chemicals. Founded by Uma Valeti and Nicholas Genovese in 2015, Memphis Meats is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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.

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.

fabric

Series C in 2022
Fabric is a cloud-based e-commerce development platform that enables businesses to create tailored online shopping experiences for both direct-to-consumer and B2B markets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with additional offices in Vancouver and Bengaluru, the company offers a range of services, including an infrastructure platform for software as a service, personalized digital content, product information management, and multi-channel order management. With its open and modular design, Fabric allows brands to implement solutions quickly, enhancing performance and supporting growth while replacing outdated legacy systems. Notable clients such as BuildDirect, ABC Home & Carpet, GNC, and Universal Lacrosse rely on Fabric for its intuitive applications that cater to retail buyers, planners, and marketers.

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.

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.

Habu

Series B in 2021
Habu is a marketing data operating system that enables brands to enrich first-party data in a privacy-first world. Habu’s modular OS interoperates with existing marketing technology, even extending the capabilities of legacy systems, so marketers don’t have to invest in yet another platform. With Habu, brands can build a durable data foundation and drive multi-channel personalization with automated privacy compliance. The company is based in San Francisco and has offices in Boston and New York. To learn more, go to habu.com.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Karat

Series C in 2021
Karat Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Seattle, Washington, specializes in technical interviewing methodologies and software. The company has pioneered the concept of Interview Engineering, conducting technical interviews for organizations seeking software engineers. Utilizing a community of Interview Engineers, Karat employs a proprietary interviewing infrastructure, standardized questions, and data-informed best practices to ensure fair and predictive interviews at scale. Their flagship product allows companies to record interviews, capture candidates' coding performances, structure feedback, and generate recommendations for hiring teams. By building a robust dataset of structured interview intelligence, Karat provides valuable hiring analytics to enhance the recruitment process for its clients.

Elevate

Series A in 2021
Elevate is a company focused on transforming employee benefits by providing consumer-directed options that enhance the experience for both employers and employees. Their mission is to simplify the management of employee benefits while introducing innovative solutions that prioritize security and ease of use. By streamlining the benefits process, Elevate aims to improve overall satisfaction and engagement in the workplace, ultimately creating a more efficient system for managing these essential services.

Phiar Technologies

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.

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.

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.

MindTickle

Series E in 2021
MindTickle Interactive Media Pvt Ltd. provides a social learning platform for organizations and corporations in various industries. Its platform enables businesses, trainers, and individuals to transform their existing online content into an interactive learning experience; use game mechanics, such as points, medals, badges, and leader boards to increase learner motivation and engagement; create learner engagement and peer-to-peer learning by leveraging the power of social mechanics; and measure and track the effectiveness Web-based training programs through real-time charts and dashboards. The company’s platform is used for new hire orientation, policy refreshment, and employee engagement applications. MindTickle Interactive Media Pvt Ltd. was founded in 2011 and is based in Pune, India.

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.

fabric

Series B in 2021
Fabric is a cloud-based e-commerce development platform that enables businesses to create tailored online shopping experiences for both direct-to-consumer and B2B markets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with additional offices in Vancouver and Bengaluru, the company offers a range of services, including an infrastructure platform for software as a service, personalized digital content, product information management, and multi-channel order management. With its open and modular design, Fabric allows brands to implement solutions quickly, enhancing performance and supporting growth while replacing outdated legacy systems. Notable clients such as BuildDirect, ABC Home & Carpet, GNC, and Universal Lacrosse rely on Fabric for its intuitive applications that cater to retail buyers, planners, and marketers.

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.

AbsenceSoft

Private Equity Round in 2021
AbsenceSoft provides technology solutions aimed at helping employers manage Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), leaves of absence (LOA), disability, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance. As compliance with federal and state leave laws becomes increasingly complex, AbsenceSoft addresses this challenge through its cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform. This platform streamlines leave management by consolidating leave information, facilitating communication for leave requests, calculating leave eligibility, and offering detailed historical tracking. As a result, human resources teams can save time, reduce risks, and maintain compliance efficiently and cost-effectively. AbsenceSoft is trusted by a diverse range of organizations across the United States, including some of the largest and fastest-growing companies, with employee counts ranging from 500 to 500,000.

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.

Flyhomes

Series C in 2021
Flyhomes is an end-to-end real estate brokerage and technology company that empowers home buyers, sellers, and agents to win. We are transforming the home buying experience through comprehensive consumer education, segmented expertise, financial innovation, and on-demand technology.

Exabeam

Series F in 2021
Exabeam is a big data security analytics company that provides enterprises with advanced user behavior intelligence to unlock the potential of existing security information and event management and log management data repositories, enabling IT security teams to more quickly detect and respond to cyberattacks and insider threats in real time. The company’s user behavior intelligence technology fundamentally changes the way cyberattacks are detected and simplifies security operations by focusing on attacker behavior rather than ever-changing malware and tools, shining a spotlight on suspicious network activity, and reducing the noise of false positive security alerts. Through extraction and enrichment of log feeds, user session tracking, behavior analysis, and event risk scoring, Exabeam gives IT security teams the ability to detect and track credential use in all parts of the attack chain and prioritize responses. The company was built by seasoned security and enterprise IT veterans from Splunk, Imperva, and Sumo Logic, and believes in working together as a team to achieve customer success. Exabeam was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

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.

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.

Phiar Technologies

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.

Praxis Labs

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

fabric

Series A in 2021
Fabric is a cloud-based e-commerce development platform that enables businesses to create tailored online shopping experiences for both direct-to-consumer and B2B markets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with additional offices in Vancouver and Bengaluru, the company offers a range of services, including an infrastructure platform for software as a service, personalized digital content, product information management, and multi-channel order management. With its open and modular design, Fabric allows brands to implement solutions quickly, enhancing performance and supporting growth while replacing outdated legacy systems. Notable clients such as BuildDirect, ABC Home & Carpet, GNC, and Universal Lacrosse rely on Fabric for its intuitive applications that cater to retail buyers, planners, and marketers.

Imperfect Foods

Series D in 2021
Imperfect Foods provides grocery delivery service rescuing and redistributing food across multiple grocery categories – including produce, shelf-stable goods, dairy, meat and seafood. Imperfect Foods has remained hyper focused on eliminating food waste and supporting farmers and producers when it comes to excess and imperfect products. The company now rescues and redistributes food across multiple grocery categories - including produce, shelf-stable goods, dairy, meat and seafood. Its performance and agility during the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates that this mission-driven model is poised for success in the long term. -

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 is an information technology company that offers solutions for IT, HR, customer service, facilities, and cloud operations of companies, businesses, and organizations. It specializes in artificial intelligence, NLP, and NLU. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

MindTickle

Series D in 2020
MindTickle Interactive Media Pvt Ltd. provides a social learning platform for organizations and corporations in various industries. Its platform enables businesses, trainers, and individuals to transform their existing online content into an interactive learning experience; use game mechanics, such as points, medals, badges, and leader boards to increase learner motivation and engagement; create learner engagement and peer-to-peer learning by leveraging the power of social mechanics; and measure and track the effectiveness Web-based training programs through real-time charts and dashboards. The company’s platform is used for new hire orientation, policy refreshment, and employee engagement applications. MindTickle Interactive Media Pvt Ltd. was founded in 2011 and is based in Pune, India.

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.

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.

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.

Wyze

Series A in 2020
Wyze Labs, Inc. is a company that designs and develops smart home technology, with a focus on making it accessible and affordable for everyone. Founded in 2017 and based in Kirkland, Washington, Wyze offers a range of products, including the WyzeCam, which features live streaming, motion and sound detection, night vision, and two-way audio capabilities. These products are compatible with popular voice assistants like Alexa and Google Assistant, enhancing user convenience. Wyze Labs collaborates with innovative manufacturers to deliver high-quality, user-friendly products at competitive prices, selling its offerings primarily through online channels.

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.

Wyze

Series A in 2020
Wyze Labs, Inc. is a company that designs and develops smart home technology, with a focus on making it accessible and affordable for everyone. Founded in 2017 and based in Kirkland, Washington, Wyze offers a range of products, including the WyzeCam, which features live streaming, motion and sound detection, night vision, and two-way audio capabilities. These products are compatible with popular voice assistants like Alexa and Google Assistant, enhancing user convenience. Wyze Labs collaborates with innovative manufacturers to deliver high-quality, user-friendly products at competitive prices, selling its offerings primarily through online channels.

Imperfect Foods

Series C in 2020
Imperfect Foods provides grocery delivery service rescuing and redistributing food across multiple grocery categories – including produce, shelf-stable goods, dairy, meat and seafood. Imperfect Foods has remained hyper focused on eliminating food waste and supporting farmers and producers when it comes to excess and imperfect products. The company now rescues and redistributes food across multiple grocery categories - including produce, shelf-stable goods, dairy, meat and seafood. Its performance and agility during the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates that this mission-driven model is poised for success in the long term. -

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.

Ermetic

Seed Round 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.

Avalyn Pharma

Series B in 2020
Avalyn Pharma is a biopharma company that advances therapies for the treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and other severe respiratory diseases. Its therapies rapidly advance AP01 for the treatment of IPF, provides additional pipeline candidates for IPF, improve the care and outcomes of severe respiratory diseases, and develop novel inhaled therapeutics. Avalyn Pharma was established in 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Clever Care Health Plan

Series A in 2020
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.

Dremio

Series C in 2020
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.

Dremio

Series C in 2020
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.

Celona

Series B in 2020
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.

Leanplum

Series D in 2020
Leanplum Inc. is a mobile marketing platform that focuses on enhancing customer engagement through a unified approach to multi-channel campaigns. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a range of services including messaging, automation, app editing, personalization, A/B testing, and analytics. Leanplum's platform allows brands to optimize their mobile applications by transforming user data into actionable insights, thereby delivering timely and relevant experiences that foster customer loyalty. Notable clients, such as Tinder, Grab, Tesco, and Zynga, utilize Leanplum to accelerate growth and strengthen long-term relationships with their customers. With additional offices in New York, London, Bulgaria, and Amsterdam, Leanplum has established itself as a key player in the mobile marketing landscape.

Aisera

Series B in 2020
AISERA is an information technology company that offers solutions for IT, HR, customer service, facilities, and cloud operations of companies, businesses, and organizations. It specializes in artificial intelligence, NLP, and NLU. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Bailey44

Acquisition in 2020
Bailey44 is a women’s contemporary clothing brand designed and manufactured in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2006 by two female fashion industry veterans with expertise in design and sales, the founders’ vision of street smarts and intelligent femininity combined with impeccable fit quickly spread. In a few short years they established Bailey44 as the brand for the effortlessly sexy, agelessly cool woman. The look of Bailey44 is sleek, modern silhouettes in statement colors and fabrics, made extraordinary by well-versed imaginations and a keen eye for the zeitgeist. Today Bailey44 is carried in exclusive department stores and specialty boutiques in North America and Europe, and its following continues to grow as women look to Bailey44 for clothing they can be their best selves in.

Sunshine

Seed Round in 2020
Sunshine, founded by Marissa Mayer and Enrique Muñoz Torres in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing advanced technology to streamline everyday tasks and enhance productivity. The company, which began as Lumi Labs, launched its inaugural app, Sunshine Contacts, in November 2020. This mobile application utilizes artificial intelligence to keep contact lists organized and up to date, eliminating duplicates and simplifying the management of contact information. Additionally, Sunshine's technology assists users with scheduling, event organization, and small group communication, allowing individuals to complete their tasks more efficiently and effortlessly.

UPSIDE Foods

Series B in 2020
Memphis Meats develops meat produced directly from animal cells without the need to raise and slaughter actual animals that require significantly less caloric input, water, land, and energy than conventional meat production, enabling consumers to enjoy meat products that are clean and free from harmful chemicals. Founded by Uma Valeti and Nicholas Genovese in 2015, Memphis Meats is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

FloQast

Series C in 2020
FloQast builds cloud-based software that helps manage accounting departments by centralizing the workflow, assigning tasks, maintaining supporting documentation and automating reconciliations.