Not Boring

Not Boring is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that focuses on investing in companies across various sectors, including cryptocurrency, biotechnology, energy, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, and information technology. The firm aims to support both small and large enterprises by providing strategic guidance and investment. Not Boring emphasizes the importance of storytelling in business and assists its portfolio companies in effectively communicating their narratives to enhance their market presence. Through its approach, Not Boring seeks to foster innovation and growth within the industries it targets.

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VoiceOps

Seed Round in 2025
Founded in 2016, VoiceOps is a pioneering coaching enablement solution for call centers. It helps businesses enhance return on investment by improving coach effectiveness at scale. The platform drives lasting behavioral changes among representatives, leading to higher conversion rates, reduced attrition and ramp time, and improved customer experience across various industries such as financial services, consumer lending, insurance, education, travel, and hospitality.

Unnatural Products

Series A in 2023
Unnatural Products Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Santa Cruz, California, focused on drug discovery through innovative technology. Founded in 2016, the company specializes in designing and developing a platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and computational biology techniques to create macrocyclic peptides. These peptides target intracellular protein interactions, addressing drug targets that are typically considered undruggable. By harnessing machine learning to optimize chemical synthesis, Unnatural Products aims to accelerate the drug discovery process, offering potential therapeutic strategies for a wide range of medical conditions. Through its unique approach, the company seeks to pioneer new treatments where traditional methods have fallen short.

Cromatic

Seed Round in 2023
Cromatic develops a software platform that facilitates outsourced R&D for life sciences companies. It streamlines the process of finding and managing scientific outsourcing partners, allowing clients to focus on core scientific work without needing their own lab infrastructure.

Summer

Series A in 2023
Summer is a property management company that specializes in facilitating access to vacation homes through a unique rent-to-own program combined with short-term rentals. The company operates a homeownership platform designed to assist clients in purchasing second homes while also offering the opportunity to rent them out. By lowering entry and ongoing costs and minimizing the complexities associated with traditional real estate transactions, Summer enables users to easily find move-in-ready homes or select their ideal second home. Through its services, Summer aims to simplify the process of homeownership and enhance the vacation rental experience for clients.

Bastion

Seed Round in 2023
Bastion develops a regulated wallet infrastructure platform for enterprises. Its white-label API enables businesses to create secure and trustworthy cryptocurrency products, combining the benefits of a licensed financial institution, a wallet platform, and enterprise-grade custody technology.

Jia

Seed Round in 2023
Jia is a financial platform focused on empowering small businesses in emerging markets by providing blockchain-based financing solutions. The company facilitates access to capital by converting cryptocurrency liquidity into financial resources for entrepreneurs. Through its services, Jia offers loans and investment opportunities that not only support business growth but also grant ownership stakes, allowing entrepreneurs to build wealth and enhance the prosperity of their communities. By leveraging blockchain technology, Jia aims to give small businesses greater control over their financial futures and contribute to economic development.

Karate Combat

Venture Round in 2023
Karate Combat is a professional organization dedicated to revitalizing the martial art of karate through a series of full-contact events and tournaments. The company organizes leagues that feature fighters competing under specific rules designed to promote continuous action, enhancing the viewing experience. These events take place in diverse and exotic locations worldwide, showcasing high-quality production comparable to Hollywood standards. In addition to hosting competitions, Karate Combat also provides training opportunities and sells tickets for its events, aiming to engage both fighters and fans in the dynamic world of karate.

Fount

Series A in 2023
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Thatch

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Thatch is a digital platform designed to streamline employee healthcare management for businesses. It offers an AI-driven assistant, ThatchBot, which provides round-the-clock support for employees' healthcare queries and expense tracking. The platform enables companies to set personalized healthcare budgets for each employee, fostering tailored healthcare experiences and efficient benefits navigation.

Thatch

Seed Round in 2023
Thatch is a digital platform designed to streamline employee healthcare management for businesses. It offers an AI-driven assistant, ThatchBot, which provides round-the-clock support for employees' healthcare queries and expense tracking. The platform enables companies to set personalized healthcare budgets for each employee, fostering tailored healthcare experiences and efficient benefits navigation.

Atomic AI

Series A in 2023
Atomic AI is a company focused on advancing drug discovery through the innovative integration of machine learning and structural biology, specifically targeting RNA. The firm operates a content intelligence platform that facilitates the rational design of new molecules and medicines using artificial intelligence. By leveraging engagement data from clients' analytics, Atomic AI gathers valuable insights and generates predictive reports regarding relevant topics, optimal publishing times, and effective distribution channels. This approach equips users with strategies to develop therapies aimed at treating or curing diseases through the manipulation of RNA structures.

Visible

Seed Round in 2023
Visible is a Miami-based company founded in 2022 that aims to transform real estate transactions through modern technology. By developing a financial network, Visible seeks to empower smaller-scale real estate investors by providing them with access to essential data, legal frameworks, and capital. The company's goal is to create a more equitable environment for buying, selling, and monetizing property, enhancing the traditional title system to facilitate these processes for homeowners and investors alike.

AgGen

Seed Round in 2023
AgGen recycle agricultural food waste with the help of insect bioreactors for producing sustainable feed.

Anima

Seed Round in 2022
Anima operates as an engine and marketplace focused on creator-driven augmented reality (AR) experiences, specifically through the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company's platform enhances the viewing and sharing of NFT art and collectibles, offering users a unique perspective on digital assets. By leveraging advanced technology, Anima aims to improve the traceability and presentation of these digital collectibles, fostering a more engaging experience for both customers and owners.

WattCarbon

Venture Round in 2022
WattCarbon develops a marketplace and measurement platform that connects climate buyers with high‑impact decarbonization projects in the built environment. Its system tracks building carbon footprints and automates reporting and verification, enabling users to purchase and fund projects that reduce emissions with reliable, revenue‑grade measurement. The platform unlocks buildings and distributed energy resources as a decarbonization resource, facilitating a carbon‑free future.

Return

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Return Protocol is a company focused on enabling consumers, businesses, and communities to engage in transparent and value-aligned climate action. It has developed a blockchain-based infrastructure tailored for the mass adoption of regenerative finance within the Web3 space. The company’s innovative environmental offsetting protocol integrates with on-chain wallets, allowing users to fund current or future climate projects through on-chain environmental assets. This system provides a comprehensive and automated offsetting solution for transactions conducted via these wallets, facilitating effective contributions to combat climate change.

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Seed Round in 2022
Untitled is a music community that focuses on supporting and enhancing the creative processes of musicians. The company aims to empower a new generation of artists, encouraging them to create independently for themselves and their fans. By fostering an environment free from the limitations of conventional genres and playlists, Untitled promotes artistic exploration and innovation. This platform is designed to help musicians nurture their creativity and maximize their potential, allowing them to thrive in a dynamic and evolving music landscape.

Composer

Seed Round in 2022
Composer is a Toronto-based fintech company founded in 2020. It develops an AI-powered trading platform that enables retail investors to create, test, and manage automated investment strategies without needing coding skills, aiming to enhance their potential returns.

Footprint

Seed Round in 2022
Footprint is a developer of an identity verification platform designed to enhance how companies gather and manage user information. The platform offers tools for verifying, authenticating, and securing identities efficiently and cost-effectively. With features such as one-click Know Your Customer (KYC) processes and a secure data vault, Footprint simplifies user onboarding and allows businesses to manage sensitive data without friction. By enabling the creation of a shared knowledge database of bad actors, Footprint supports clients in expanding their user base while empowering consumers to maintain control over their personal information.

Alongside

Venture Round in 2022
Alongside builds indexes for cryptocurrencies.

Sharebite

Series B in 2022
ShareBite Inc., founded in 2014 and based in New York, operates a mobile application for corporate meal benefits. It facilitates team orders, flexible solutions, centralized allowances, and curated restaurant choices for employees of leading companies across various sectors. Notably, ShareBite integrates social impact by donating a meal to local hunger relief initiatives like Feeding America and City Harvest for every transaction made on its platform.

Parcl

Venture Round in 2022
Parcl is a blockchain-based platform facilitating fractional ownership in physical real estate. It enables users to invest in digital representations of square feet, providing access to the real estate market previously unavailable.

Column Tax

Series A in 2022
Column Tax is a technology company that specializes in providing an application programming interface (API) for mobile banks and fintech firms. Its platform allows these companies to integrate advanced tax features into their services, enhancing the user experience for end-users. Through this API, clients can facilitate processes such as receiving tax refunds and making tax payments directly from their accounts. By offering personalized and secure income tax solutions, Column Tax empowers its clients to deliver comprehensive financial services that cater to the needs of their customers.

Co:Create

Seed Round in 2022
Co:Create operates a curated platform that connects tattoo collectors with artists, offering access, white-glove service, and priority booking for purchases made directly from partnered artists. The platform supports detailed scheduling, discussions on customization and placement, and aftercare, enabling customers to request custom work or choose from pre-drawn designs created by top tattoo artists.

Diagram

Seed Round in 2022
Diagram is an innovative company that focuses on transforming user interface design through the use of artificial intelligence. They develop advanced AI-powered tools that assist UI designers in creating fully editable designs along with product descriptions. By automating various tasks, Diagram aims to enhance workflow efficiency and empower designers at every stage of the creative process. The company is dedicated to providing powerful tools that cater to the needs of builders, creatives, and prototypers, fostering both individual growth and collaborative development in the design community.

Union54

Seed Round in 2022
Union54 is a debit card issuing API that facilitates the issuance of debit cards for fintech companies and corporates without the need for a bank or credit card processor. Founded in 2020 and based in Lusaka, Zambia, the company provides essential services such as BIN sponsorship, transaction processing, and settlement. This allows software companies to seamlessly integrate debit card services into their offerings. In addition to its core services, Union54 is involved in the development of secure messaging and instant payment systems, providing tools for both civilian and government use. Its software solutions include a messaging application with an integrated wallet and an API for creating chat applications, enabling clients to securely communicate and manage payments.

GOALS

Seed Round in 2022
Goals is a provider of an online football game that focuses on creating a multiplayer experience primarily for PC and console users. The platform allows gamers to connect digitally, fostering a sense of community within the gaming environment. By incorporating elements of esports, Goals enables players to engage with football in a unique way, bridging the gap between real-world experiences and digital interactions. Additionally, the game offers players the opportunity to own in-game digital assets as they participate, enhancing the overall gaming experience.

SwayID

Seed Round in 2022
SwayID is a digital verification and compliance platform that helps brands and creators navigate influencer advertising rules by providing automated disclosures, immutable legal proof, and post protections, effectively serving as an infrastructure layer for court-defensible influencer marketing. It authenticates creator-consumer identities in real time by leveraging authoritative data sources to verify a shopper’s creator status within a retailer’s shopping journey. This enables gated promotions and targeted offers for creator audiences, helping retailers reduce churn and strengthen loyalty while maintaining compliance across beauty, wellness, and user-generated content-heavy categories.

Open Forest Protocol

Seed Round in 2022
Open Forest Protocol is a scalable digital platform that validates and issues forest carbon credits, bringing transparency, inclusivity, and affordability to a market that has been costly and opaque. The platform supports monitoring, verification, and funding of reforestation, afforestation, and conservation projects using open-source tools and blockchain technology. It provides data-backed financing mechanisms for nature-based climate solutions and aims to accelerate global action by making forest-based projects more accessible to researchers, developers, investors, and communities. By standardizing verification and reducing barriers to entry, the company seeks to expand the reach and impact of forest carbon markets while promoting accountable, verifiable outcomes for climate projects.

Disco

Series A in 2022
Disco is a company that specializes in AI-driven partnership software, aimed at enhancing customer acquisition for brands. Its platform operates as a collaborative network, allowing brands to share insights about their customers and optimize merchandising distribution. Disco's innovative widget tool enables merchants to recommend additional products to customers immediately after their initial purchase, thereby driving traffic to their sites and facilitating lead nurturing through retargeting efforts. This approach helps merchants capitalize on moments when customers are most receptive to making additional purchases, ultimately lowering customer acquisition costs and fostering a mutually beneficial ecosystem among participating brands.

Metaphor

Seed Round in 2022
Metaphor focuses on simplifying the engagement with decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) by providing a user-friendly platform that facilitates the onboarding process. The company develops tools that allow users to easily connect their wallets, select membership types, and purchase tokens, thereby streamlining participation in web3 communities. By integrating on-chain membership status and approval, Metaphor aims to create a clear and unified experience for users, enabling them to understand who belongs to which DAO and facilitating efficient treasury management and contract control within these organizations.

Captain Experiences

Seed Round in 2022
Austin-based Captain Experiences facilitates convenient online booking of guided outdoor sports experiences, initially focused on fishing. Their platform enables users to search for trips by location, group size, target species, price, and more, ensuring a hassle-free connection with Damn Good Guides in the field.

Withco

Series A in 2022
Withco is a Brooklyn-based company, founded in 2019, that offers real estate and technology services tailored for small businesses. The company aims to empower local enterprises by facilitating property ownership and fostering business collaboration. Withco's expertise encompasses various areas, including design, operations, marketing, and finance, which helps small businesses enhance their growth and profitability. By focusing on these services, Withco seeks to support the long-term sustainability and community impact of local businesses.

Wayfinder

Series A in 2022
Wayfinder, founded at Stanford University's d.school, provides a comprehensive K-12 curriculum focused on developing essential future-ready skills beyond traditional social-emotional learning. The program emphasizes Self-Awareness, Adaptability, Empathy, Collaboration, Agency, and Purpose, aiming to connect classroom learning with real-world applications. Wayfinder includes the Waypoints assessment suite for real-time insights into student growth, supporting targeted instruction and timely interventions. Since 2015, it has been positively received by students and teachers alike, showing improvements in engagement, social awareness, and sense of purpose. The program serves students globally, including major US school districts, and has earned high ratings from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and Common Sense Education.

WattCarbon

Pre Seed Round in 2021
WattCarbon develops a marketplace and measurement platform that connects climate buyers with high‑impact decarbonization projects in the built environment. Its system tracks building carbon footprints and automates reporting and verification, enabling users to purchase and fund projects that reduce emissions with reliable, revenue‑grade measurement. The platform unlocks buildings and distributed energy resources as a decarbonization resource, facilitating a carbon‑free future.

Replit

Series B in 2021
Replit is a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) founded in 2016. It enables collaborative coding across platforms using over 50 programming languages. Users can build apps and websites, share projects, create communal workspaces, and execute code via containers, all within a browser on any operating system.

Parcl

Seed Round in 2021
Parcl is a blockchain-based platform facilitating fractional ownership in physical real estate. It enables users to invest in digital representations of square feet, providing access to the real estate market previously unavailable.

Composer

Seed Round in 2021
Composer is a Toronto-based fintech company founded in 2020. It develops an AI-powered trading platform that enables retail investors to create, test, and manage automated investment strategies without needing coding skills, aiming to enhance their potential returns.

Merge

Series A in 2021
Merge simplifies secure data access by offering Unified APIs across key software categories like HRIS, accounting, CRM, and file storage. It handles the entire integration lifecycle, from initial build to maintenance, enabling thousands of companies to unblock sales, reduce churn, accelerate product launch, and save engineering resources.

ScienceIO

Seed Round in 2021
ScienceIO is a Massachusetts-based company established in 2019 by Gaurav Kaushik and Will Manidis. It specializes in developing a biomedical language platform that transforms unstructured biomedical data into contextualized information. The platform is designed to detect and extract biomedical terms, clinical variables, and medical codes from complex medical texts, thereby linking this information to create actionable insights. By connecting medical concepts, ScienceIO enables users to perform powerful queries and gain easy access to relevant medical data and alternatives, facilitating better decision-making in the biomedical field.

Sky Mavis

Series B in 2021
Sky Mavis is a technology company that develops decentralized applications and services. It specializes in information technology, blockchain, video games, and related fields.

Clever Harvest

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Clever Harvest is a data-driven company that specializes in generating real-time inventory of essential crops worldwide. Unlike competitors that primarily focus on farm production services and yield-enhancing technologies, Clever Harvest leverages its local relationships to provide training in precision agriculture and production data for the initial stages of food production. The company has developed a real-time analytics platform that brings the food supply chain online, offering booking and coordination services specifically for sustainable olive oil production. By utilizing this platform, Clever Harvest enables clients to access real-time harvesting data and address gaps in agricultural supply chains, while also creating a digital marketplace that facilitates global crop trade.

Plus

Seed Round in 2021
Plus is a software company that captures, views, and shares current data from any source. Customers are using Plus to visualize their customer funnel and operations across disconnected tools, communicate with partners and suppliers, and automate recurring updates. Take a "Live Snapshot" of any website or application — don't worry about APIs, integrations, etc. — to turn data into live insights that stay updated, and share it with the team, partners, customers, and other collaborators.

On Deck

Series A in 2021
On Deck is a global platform fostering connections among ambitious individuals. It offers action-oriented programming and community support to accelerate careers, launch ideas, or build lifelong networks.

Gilded

Seed Round in 2021
Gilded is a technology company founded in 2018 that provides crypto accounting tools and an end-to-end decentralized operations platform designed to help organizations manage digital assets within their existing financial systems. Its platform enables bookkeeping, invoicing, payments, financial reporting, tax compliance, and security for crypto-related businesses, streamlining accounting and reporting processes. The company serves crypto startups, NFT marketplaces, play-to-earn guilds, DAOs, miners, and accounting firms, supporting the integration of digital assets into standard accounting workflows and reducing the complexity of crypto payments and reporting.

TAGS

Seed Round in 2020
TAGS is an innovative e-commerce platform that facilitates shopping through text at sports events and concerts. The platform allows users to shop by utilizing shoppable hashtags, enabling them to quickly purchase products by sending a text message. TAGS streamlines the shopping experience by providing essential product information, including name, price, image, and inventory, all within a branded interface that enhances customer engagement. This approach empowers businesses to manage their e-commerce capabilities and customer relationships effectively without the complexities of maintaining a traditional website or incurring associated costs for updates and advertising.

SkillMagic

Seed Round in 2020
SkillMagic's AI finds the best learning from the entire Internet and re-organizes it so anyone can learn anything efficiently.
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