Centaur Labs
Series B in 2024
Centaur Labs provides a platform for expert data annotation services, specializing in medical, scientific, and other complex datasets. It leverages a global network of tens of thousands of students and professionals to deliver accurate and scalable solutions.
Language I/O
Venture Round in 2024
Language I/O develops software that enables customer support teams to communicate with customers in any language. The platform combines human and machine translation to automatically translate support content—including questions, emails, chats, articles, and social media interactions—across 150 languages. It offers a machine translation optimizer that handles complex user‑generated text such as jargon, slang, abbreviations, and misspellings. The solution integrates seamlessly with major customer relationship management systems and provides an API for custom deployments. Support agents can choose to use professional linguists, the optimizer, or a hybrid approach, allowing monolingual agents to engage customers in real‑time conversations in multiple languages.
Founded in 2024, Reken is an AI & cybersecurity company based in San Francisco. It specializes in developing innovative AI platforms and products designed to safeguard against emerging threats such as deepfake social engineering and automated fraud.
LightForce Orthodontics
Series D in 2023
LightForce Orthodontics designs and manufactures customized, 3D-printed orthodontic solutions. Its product family includes Cloud Brackets, a white ceramic polycrystalline alumina bracket system; LightTray, a 3D-printed indirect bonding jig; and TurboTrays, 3D-printed guides for bite correction. The company’s technology enables precise slot dimensions and contoured edges with mass customization based on patient anatomy, and it operates a digital platform that connects orthodontists and technicians to co-create treatment plans. On-demand manufacturing supports patient-specific treatment, aiming to improve clinical outcomes and treatment efficiency.
Language I/O
Series A in 2023
Language I/O develops software that enables customer support teams to communicate with customers in any language. The platform combines human and machine translation to automatically translate support content—including questions, emails, chats, articles, and social media interactions—across 150 languages. It offers a machine translation optimizer that handles complex user‑generated text such as jargon, slang, abbreviations, and misspellings. The solution integrates seamlessly with major customer relationship management systems and provides an API for custom deployments. Support agents can choose to use professional linguists, the optimizer, or a hybrid approach, allowing monolingual agents to engage customers in real‑time conversations in multiple languages.
Forward Networks
Series D in 2023
Forward Networks, founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing software for network verification and automation. The company offers open-source tools like Beacon and Mininet to manage data centers and wide-area networks, along with Forward Essentials, a web application that provides real-time network state access, helping engineers and operators swiftly identify and resolve network issues. Their core product is an innovative platform delivering network visibility, policy verification, and change modeling, designed to minimize costly outages by enabling users to visualize complex networks, debug problems quickly, verify policy correctness, and predict network behavior before implementing changes in legacy, SDN, or hybrid environments.
Elemental Machines
Series B in 2022
Founded in 2014, Elemental Machines is a technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It specializes in revolutionizing science-based industries by offering a smart lab platform that provides data-driven insights to enhance laboratory operations, research and development, and manufacturing outcomes.
Replicant
Series B in 2022
Replicant Solutions, Inc., established in 2017, specializes in developing an AI-driven voice platform that enables machines to engage in conversations with customers. Its platform offers services such as virtual agent, AI-powered IVR, omnichannel support, and analytics, serving sectors like retail, insurance, and customer services. With a focus on understanding complex speech patterns, Replicant aims to improve customer experience and reduce costs by automating common support calls. The company operates from multiple locations in the US and Canada, as well as Sweden.
Language I/O
Series A in 2022
Language I/O develops software that enables customer support teams to communicate with customers in any language. The platform combines human and machine translation to automatically translate support content—including questions, emails, chats, articles, and social media interactions—across 150 languages. It offers a machine translation optimizer that handles complex user‑generated text such as jargon, slang, abbreviations, and misspellings. The solution integrates seamlessly with major customer relationship management systems and provides an API for custom deployments. Support agents can choose to use professional linguists, the optimizer, or a hybrid approach, allowing monolingual agents to engage customers in real‑time conversations in multiple languages.
aPriori Technologies Inc. develops and markets product cost management software solutions aimed at enhancing profitability and accelerating time to market for manufacturers. Founded in 2003 and based in Concord, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Belfast, Northern Ireland, aPriori's enterprise platform assists manufacturers and their suppliers in managing and controlling product costs throughout their organizations. By utilizing digital manufacturing simulation and digital twin technologies, aPriori provides insights into design for manufacturability and design to cost, facilitating collaboration across the product development process. The company's offerings include strategy development, deployment planning, process implementation, education and training, and technical support. aPriori serves a diverse range of sectors, including industrial machinery, aerospace and defense, automotive, and high technology. Its solutions enable clients to make informed design, sourcing, and manufacturing decisions, leading to significant cost reductions both before and after production.
Centaur Labs
Series A in 2021
Centaur Labs provides a platform for expert data annotation services, specializing in medical, scientific, and other complex datasets. It leverages a global network of tens of thousands of students and professionals to deliver accurate and scalable solutions.
Language I/O
Series A in 2021
Language I/O develops software that enables customer support teams to communicate with customers in any language. The platform combines human and machine translation to automatically translate support content—including questions, emails, chats, articles, and social media interactions—across 150 languages. It offers a machine translation optimizer that handles complex user‑generated text such as jargon, slang, abbreviations, and misspellings. The solution integrates seamlessly with major customer relationship management systems and provides an API for custom deployments. Support agents can choose to use professional linguists, the optimizer, or a hybrid approach, allowing monolingual agents to engage customers in real‑time conversations in multiple languages.
WaveOne, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in developing advanced video and image compression software. Founded in 2016, the company leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to create custom-tailored, context-dependent solutions for digital media compression. WaveOne's technology utilizes a codec that operates significantly faster than traditional methods, enabling the processing of images at high speeds while maintaining clarity. This innovation allows digital media industries to efficiently process, print, upload, and share high-quality images, positioning WaveOne at the forefront of digital media technology.
ZenBusiness
Series B in 2020
ZenBusiness is a comprehensive platform dedicated to empowering small business owners. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company offers an all-in-one solution for starting, running, and growing businesses. ZenBusiness provides tools for entity creation and management, compliance services, banking, bookkeeping, marketing, and more. It stands out by combining innovative technology with live human support, ensuring customers have access to expert guidance via phone, chat, email, webinars, and even a concierge service. Committed to social impact and inclusivity, ZenBusiness is a Public Benefit Corporation that encourages employee volunteer work and offers initiatives like the Mavs Business Assist program and $5K grant program.
Fresco
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2012, Fresco operates globally, connecting appliances, home cooks, and recipes through its neutral KitchenOS platform. Partnering with major appliance brands like Bosch, Electrolux, and LG Electronics, Fresco delivers an effortless cooking experience by providing intuitive, step-by-step recipe guidance.
Feedzai is a data science company that provides an artificial intelligence platform for fraud prevention and financial crime risk management. The platform combines fraud prevention and anti-money laundering capabilities to help banks, payment providers, merchants and retailers prevent, detect, and remediate fraudulent activity across channels. It ingests and transforms data from multiple sources, creates hypergranular risk profiles, and analyzes structured and unstructured data to identify anomalies and related transactions in real time. Key offerings include Any Data. Any Payment, a risk engine for fraud prevention; Feedzai Pulse for real-time business intelligence and analytics; Data Science Studio for building and deploying predictive models; and Feedzai Genome to visualize financial-crime networks and support investigators. Feedzai serves global financial institutions, processors and retailers, aiming to reduce losses and improve customer experience.
Braze is a customer engagement platform that helps brands deliver relevant, human experiences across channels. It offers a mobile marketing automation and customer relationship management solution with AI-powered tools for engagement orchestration, including messaging, chatbots, and content management, plus campaign optimization insights, data analysis, and segment analytics. The platform enables cross-channel personalization across mobile, email, web, television, and connected devices, and provides data security, data warehousing and streaming capabilities. Braze uses AI to power functionality across its stack. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, it has offices in London, San Francisco, Chicago, and Singapore. Braze serves industries such as retail and e-commerce, media and entertainment, financial services, and travel and hospitality, focusing on timely, contextually relevant interactions between consumers and brands.
DataRobot
Series C in 2017
DataRobot develops an automated machine learning platform that enables users across various industries to build predictive models. Its cloud-based solution, DataRobot Cloud, offers a project-based curriculum for gaining insights from data scientists. The company also provides DataRobot MLOps for deploying and managing machine learning models, along with enterprise features like flexible deployment and governance in its DataRobot Enterprise solution.
Founded in 2008, Tealium provides enterprise-level solutions for managing and integrating customer data across various digital touchpoints. Its platform offers tag management, a customer data hub, machine learning-driven insights, and real-time audience discovery tools. Serving over 1,000 businesses worldwide, Tealium helps brands create unified, actionable customer data infrastructure.
Braze is a customer engagement platform that helps brands deliver relevant, human experiences across channels. It offers a mobile marketing automation and customer relationship management solution with AI-powered tools for engagement orchestration, including messaging, chatbots, and content management, plus campaign optimization insights, data analysis, and segment analytics. The platform enables cross-channel personalization across mobile, email, web, television, and connected devices, and provides data security, data warehousing and streaming capabilities. Braze uses AI to power functionality across its stack. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, it has offices in London, San Francisco, Chicago, and Singapore. Braze serves industries such as retail and e-commerce, media and entertainment, financial services, and travel and hospitality, focusing on timely, contextually relevant interactions between consumers and brands.
Persado Inc., established in 2011, specializes in AI-generated marketing language solutions. Headquartered in New York, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Europe, and the UK, Persado serves major brands across retail, finance, travel, telecom, and healthcare. Its AI platforms, including Pro Email, Pro Social, and Persado Enterprise, create emotionally resonant language for emails, social ads, and personalized consumer interactions, driving short-term sales and long-term relationships. Persado's solutions have generated over $1.5 billion in incremental revenue for clients like Ally Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Verizon, demonstrating an average 41% lift in conversion rates.
Bloomberg Second Measure
Seed Round in 2016
Bloomberg Second Measure is a technology company that specializes in analyzing vast amounts of anonymized purchase data to provide insights into consumer behavior and business performance. Serving some of the world's leading brands and investment firms, the company offers real-time analysis that helps organizations identify growth trends, benchmark competitors, and better understand their customer base. With offices in the Bay Area and New York, Bloomberg Second Measure combines advanced analytics with comprehensive purchase data to empower businesses to make informed decisions based on actionable insights.
Optimizely
Series C in 2015
Optimizely operates a website optimization platform that enables organizations worldwide to conduct A/B testing, multivariate testing, and personalization. Its platform facilitates data-driven decisions through experiments, available in multiple languages. Serving diverse industries like agencies, e-commerce, enterprises, and small businesses, Optimizely was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco with offices globally.
Ipsy is a prominent beauty community that offers a personalized monthly subscription service known as the Glam Bag, which delivers curated beauty samples directly to its subscribers. Founded in 2011 by Michelle Phan, a well-known YouTube creator, Ipsy has rapidly expanded and now serves over 1.5 million subscribers each month. In addition to its sampling service, Ipsy produces engaging content, including stylist videos and social media posts, reaching more than 20 million people monthly. The company aims to inspire individuals by providing beauty ideas and tools, allowing users to explore their unique definitions of beauty. With a dedicated team of professionals in beauty, e-commerce, and technology, Ipsy operates from multiple locations, including the Bay Area, New York City, and Los Angeles. The company has also attracted significant investment, securing over $100 million in growth capital from various notable investors.
Persado Inc., established in 2011, specializes in AI-generated marketing language solutions. Headquartered in New York, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Europe, and the UK, Persado serves major brands across retail, finance, travel, telecom, and healthcare. Its AI platforms, including Pro Email, Pro Social, and Persado Enterprise, create emotionally resonant language for emails, social ads, and personalized consumer interactions, driving short-term sales and long-term relationships. Persado's solutions have generated over $1.5 billion in incremental revenue for clients like Ally Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Verizon, demonstrating an average 41% lift in conversion rates.
Founded in 2009, Block is a technology company specializing in financial services. It offers payment services to merchants and operates Cash App, a person-to-person payment network.
Krux Digital Inc. develops a cloud-based data management platform designed for marketers, media companies, publishers, and agencies on a global scale. The platform consolidates consumer data from various sources and devices, analyzes individual preferences, and activates this data in real time across multiple channels, including desktop, mobile, social, and video. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, Krux operates additional offices in major cities worldwide. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including audience data management, identity management, and cross-channel frequency management. With its platform, Krux enables businesses to deliver tailored content, advertising, and shopping experiences, making it easier to engage audiences effectively. As of November 2016, Krux operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce.com.
Sojern offers a digital marketing platform driven by artificial intelligence and traveler intent data. It provides multi-channel solutions to help travel businesses drive direct bookings, enabling clients to engage and convert travelers worldwide.
Recommind
Series C in 2013
Recommind is a company that specializes in developing an enterprise search and categorization platform designed to manage and distribute large volumes of information from diverse sources. Its SaaS-based technology incorporates a context-optimized relevance engine, enabling organizations to efficiently organize and access critical information. Recommind's offerings include predictive analytics, eDiscovery solutions, contract analysis, and enterprise knowledge management. By streamlining information access and enhancing data organization, the company helps organizations improve the quality of their work, maximize the value of their information assets, and boost overall competitiveness and profitability.
Founded in Paris, Criteo is a global leader in commerce marketing, specializing in performance display and retargeting. It employs machine-learning technology and data-driven insights to deliver measurable ROI for clients worldwide.
RetailMeNot
Series B in 2010
RetailMeNot operates a digital marketplace that connects consumers with a wide array of online coupons and deals. The company manages a portfolio of coupon websites, including RetailMeNot.com in the United States and VoucherCodes.co.uk in the United Kingdom, among others in various countries. RetailMeNot provides consumers with an extensive selection of offers from numerous retailers, facilitating savings both online and in-store. The platform allows users to search for, discover, and redeem relevant digital coupons through its website, mobile applications, and email newsletters, making it a comprehensive resource for budget-conscious shoppers. With millions of visits to its sites, RetailMeNot has established itself as a leading destination for consumers seeking discounts and deals.
Coremetrics
Series E in 2008
Coremetrics is a provider of digital marketing optimization solutions and web analytics, focusing on enhancing the effectiveness of online marketing investments for businesses. The company offers a comprehensive platform that delivers insights into customer and prospect behavior, enabling organizations to collaborate intuitively on performance metrics. Additionally, Coremetrics provides a mobile tool that allows users to access marketing metrics on handheld devices, facilitating real-time measurement and improvement of online marketing programs. Through these solutions, Coremetrics aims to support businesses in maximizing their digital marketing efforts and achieving higher returns on investment.