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
VoiceOps is a pioneering coaching enablement solution specifically designed for call centers, aiming to enhance the effectiveness of coaching and drive significant return on investment. Founded in 2016, the company utilizes advanced artificial intelligence tools to analyze high-volume calls and identify successful behaviors, which are then scaled across teams to foster lasting behavioral changes among representatives. This approach not only improves conversion rates but also reduces attrition and ramp-up time, creating a more consultative experience for customers. VoiceOps has demonstrated impressive results for its clients, including substantial increases in close rates and significant reductions in compliance violations and post-call work. The company serves leading organizations in various sectors, including financial services, education, and insurance, positioning itself as a critical partner for businesses looking to optimize their call center operations and drive growth.

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 is a software company focused on enhancing the research and development (R&D) processes for life sciences companies by facilitating the outsourcing of scientific tasks. Its innovative platform simplifies the identification and management of outsourcing partners, connecting clients with contract research organizations that provide essential services. By streamlining these processes, Cromatic allows scientists and entrepreneurially-minded professionals in the life sciences sector to concentrate on their core scientific work without the burden of maintaining a physical laboratory. Ultimately, Cromatic aims to improve the efficiency of R&D, enabling its clients to effectively launch and scale their ventures in the biotechnology field.

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 is a developer of an enterprise-focused web3 orchestrator platform designed to enhance digital interactions for businesses and their customers. By integrating web2 and web3 technologies, the company provides a secure and compliant infrastructure that enables organizations to create innovative solutions for payments, engagement, and commerce. Bastion's platform offers insights through proprietary data analytics, facilitating the monetization of digital goods, smart transaction routing, and customer analytics. This approach allows businesses to unlock new opportunities and improve customer experiences in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

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 health benefits platform designed to help businesses manage employee healthcare effectively. It offers a suite of tools, including ThatchBot, an AI-powered service that assists employees with healthcare inquiries and expense management. Thatch enables companies to create customized healthcare budgets that cater to the specific needs of individual employees. By providing a unified interface for healthcare spending and saving, Thatch facilitates personalized healthcare experiences, allowing employees to navigate their benefits with ease and efficiency.

Thatch

Seed Round in 2023
Thatch is a health benefits platform designed to help businesses manage employee healthcare effectively. It offers a suite of tools, including ThatchBot, an AI-powered service that assists employees with healthcare inquiries and expense management. Thatch enables companies to create customized healthcare budgets that cater to the specific needs of individual employees. By providing a unified interface for healthcare spending and saving, Thatch facilitates personalized healthcare experiences, allowing employees to navigate their benefits with ease and efficiency.

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 that enables users to invest in real estate by trading digital representations of physical properties. This innovative approach allows individuals to purchase fractions of real estate assets, thereby broadening access to the real estate market. In addition to its investment capabilities, Parcl provides a residential real estate data and analytics software that tracks price movements across the market. Utilizing millions of data points, the software generates accurate, city-level real estate indexes that are refreshed every twenty-four hours. This functionality empowers users to gain exposure to numerous properties efficiently and effectively.

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 is a company that facilitates dynamic growth for NFT projects and Web3 brands. It operates a curated platform designed to connect tattoo collectors with artists, offering exclusive access and premium services. The platform enables customers to engage in detailed scheduling, customization, and placement discussions for their tattoos. Users can request custom work or purchase pre-drawn designs directly from top tattoo artists, benefiting from priority booking times and personalized aftercare. Through its comprehensive approach, Co:Create enhances the experience for both tattoo enthusiasts and artists in the evolving digital landscape.

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 company that specializes in authenticating the identities of creator-consumers—an emerging demographic of over 200 million content creators across platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitch. By utilizing a vast array of authoritative data sources, SwayID provides real-time verification, allowing brands to offer exclusive promotions and experiences tailored specifically for this valuable segment. The platform integrates smoothly into existing retail environments, enhancing customer experiences while reducing churn and fostering loyalty. SwayID's ecosystem empowers verified creators with unique access to discounts and monetization opportunities from a growing network of brands, creating a mutually beneficial community that promotes economic equity. This network effect enriches the platform, driving engagement and loyalty as it expands. Ultimately, SwayID sets a new standard in marketing and loyalty programs, enabling brands and creators to thrive together.

Open Forest Protocol

Seed Round in 2022
Open Forest Protocol (OFP) is an open-source platform dedicated to enhancing global efforts against climate change through nature-based solutions. The platform enables forest projects of any size to Measure, Report, and Verify (MRV) their forestation data, facilitating transparency and accountability. By utilizing blockchain technology, OFP empowers individuals, communities, NGOs, entrepreneurs, and governments to create verifiable proof-of-impact data, which is rigorously validated by a network of independent experts. This innovative approach not only supports the monitoring and funding of reforestation, afforestation, and conservation initiatives but also lays the groundwork for more inclusive and scalable financing mechanisms aimed at addressing climate change through forestation efforts.

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
Captain Experiences is an Austin-based company that simplifies the booking of outdoor sports trips, initially focusing on fishing and adventure experiences. The platform enables users to search for thousands of guided trips based on various criteria such as location, group size, target species, and price. With a mission to make the outdoors accessible to everyone, Captain Experiences offers a seamless online booking experience and connects customers with knowledgeable guides, referred to as "Damn Good Guides." The company aims to expand its offerings beyond fishing and hunting to encompass a wider range of outdoor sports and destinations, ensuring that users can easily and safely book their desired adventures.

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 San Francisco-based company founded in 2016 that operates a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) designed to simplify coding for users of all skill levels. The platform supports over 50 programming languages, allowing developers to create applications and websites directly from their browsers on any operating system, including mobile devices. Replit emphasizes accessibility and collaboration, providing features such as real-time coding collaboration and communal workspaces. Users can easily build, deploy, save, and share their code projects, making the platform a versatile tool for both individual developers and teams working together.

Parcl

Seed Round in 2021
Parcl is a blockchain-based platform that enables users to invest in real estate by trading digital representations of physical properties. This innovative approach allows individuals to purchase fractions of real estate assets, thereby broadening access to the real estate market. In addition to its investment capabilities, Parcl provides a residential real estate data and analytics software that tracks price movements across the market. Utilizing millions of data points, the software generates accurate, city-level real estate indexes that are refreshed every twenty-four hours. This functionality empowers users to gain exposure to numerous properties efficiently and effectively.

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 is a technology company that provides a unified application programming interface (API) for seamless integration with various software platforms, including human resources, accounting, customer relationship management, and file storage. Founded in 2020 by Shensi Ding and Gil Feig, Merge simplifies the integrations lifecycle by facilitating the initial setup and offering tools for ongoing maintenance and observability. This platform allows businesses to efficiently manage their integrations, thereby enhancing sales processes, reducing customer churn, and accelerating the development of new products while minimizing engineering costs. With a presence in San Francisco, New York City, and Berlin, Merge has attracted significant investment to support its mission of transforming B2B customer-facing integrations.

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 focused on developing decentralized applications and services, particularly within the realms of blockchain and video gaming. As a blockchain studio, it creates immersive virtual worlds featuring player-owned economies and marketplaces for trading digital assets. This innovative approach empowers gamers with economic freedom, allowing them to buy and sell collectibles, thereby enhancing their gaming experience and engagement. Sky Mavis aims to redefine the landscape of digital gaming through its commitment to creating practical applications that leverage blockchain technology.

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 platform designed to support ambitious individuals globally by providing fellowship programs that accelerate career development and entrepreneurial ideas. The company fosters a collaborative community and offers action-oriented programming to help founders and aspiring entrepreneurs navigate the early stages of starting a business. By creating an environment conducive to growth, On Deck equips participants with essential guidance and resources, enabling them to refine their ideas and establish meaningful connections. Through its focus on personal and professional development, On Deck aims to empower individuals to achieve their goals more efficiently.

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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