Red Sea Ventures invests in early-stage technology-enabled companies that are building product offerings that have the potential to transform industries and consumer experiences for the better. They help and build companies with passionate founders creating solutions to big problems.
VoyceMe is a social creator platform focused on fostering creativity by providing a space for original manga, webcomics, and web novels. It offers a user-friendly environment where creators can easily sign up and begin sharing their work, allowing them to connect with fans and engage in social interactions. The platform not only promotes diverse voices by supporting historically underserved creators but also provides opportunities for authors to monetize their stories. Readers can discover new narratives and enjoy immersive storytelling experiences, while creators can build and nurture their fan base, enhancing their overall engagement and revenue potential.
ByHeart
Venture Round in 2024
ByHeart operates as a fully integrated infant nutrition company. It is dedicated to translating leading nutrition science and breastmilk research into evolved foods and formulas to support babies’ health and parents’ peace of mind. Its products strive to be next to nature made from hand-picked ingredients using small-batch blending and sit at the forefront of immune, microbiome, cognitive, and digestive health. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
10Beauty
Series A in 2024
10Beauty, based in Burlington, MA, is an innovative company focused on transforming the beauty services industry by utilizing robotics and automation. It aims to redefine how individuals interact with beauty technology, specifically through the development of home manicure machines. The company has successfully created the world's first full manicure machine and has pre-sold over $13 million in annual subscriptions for its manicure pods to initial launch partners. With a strong and diverse team of 30 professionals, 10Beauty boasts extensive experience in product development, having collectively launched over 75 new products. This approach positions 10Beauty as a leader in making beauty services more accessible from the comfort of home.
Medbill AI
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Medbill AI offers an AI assistant that helps consumers save time and money on healthcare and medical bills. The service aims to save consumers time and money on their healthcare and medical bills by effectively negotiating with insurance providers on their behalf.
Range
Series A in 2023
Range operates a financial planning platform designed for high earners, offering a comprehensive wealth management dashboard and expert advisory services. The platform simplifies financial management by consolidating various financial tools into a single space, allowing users to track and plan their finances effectively. It provides professional-level monitoring and facilitates the management of investments, insurance, and taxes, enabling users to receive personalized financial analyses. By reducing the need to switch between multiple applications, Range aims to enhance users' financial potential and streamline their financial planning process.
Optiversal
Venture Round in 2023
Optiversal specializes in AI-powered content and merchandising solutions that enhance the retail sector. The company offers a platform that leverages artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and advanced technologies to streamline the content creation process from ideation to publication. By generating tailored content suggestions based on retailers' product catalogs, Optiversal enables content teams to produce creative and accurate product descriptions, marketing copy, and social media content rapidly. This capability not only helps retailers differentiate their messaging from competitors but also aims to increase traffic and revenue by optimizing their content strategies.
Sequencing.com
Seed Round in 2022
Sequencing.com is an innovative platform that serves as the first open operating system for DNA sequencing, storage, and analysis. It provides consumers, bioinformatics developers, pharmaceutical companies, and health and wellness providers with tools to analyze genetic data from various third-party genetic tests, including those from 23andMe and Ancestry.com. The platform supports the development and marketing of over 100 DNA analysis applications, which deliver insights on personalized medicine, preventive health, and genealogy, among other areas. By allowing users to upload their DNA data, Sequencing.com offers comprehensive reports that assist in health optimization, screening for rare diseases, and assessing medication reactions. Additionally, its DNA-as-a-service model enables healthcare and wellness organizations to customize their genetic testing and analysis pipelines for a variety of purposes, facilitating better health outcomes and personalized wellness solutions.
Climate Club
Seed Round in 2022
Climate Club is a carbon reduction platform that focuses on employee education, engagement, and activation. Its platform also offers actionable sustainability plans at scale and allocates and tracks sustainability goals by team and individual to help companies deliver measurable outcomes to save on carbon and operational costs.
Voyceme
Seed Round in 2022
VoyceMe is a social creator platform focused on fostering creativity by providing a space for original manga, webcomics, and web novels. It offers a user-friendly environment where creators can easily sign up and begin sharing their work, allowing them to connect with fans and engage in social interactions. The platform not only promotes diverse voices by supporting historically underserved creators but also provides opportunities for authors to monetize their stories. Readers can discover new narratives and enjoy immersive storytelling experiences, while creators can build and nurture their fan base, enhancing their overall engagement and revenue potential.
Shares
Series B in 2022
Shares is a social investment platform founded in 2021 and based in Paris, France. It aims to enhance the investment experience by providing a user-friendly mobile application that allows retail investors to engage with the stock market. The platform emphasizes community interaction, enabling users to network with friends and experts, share insights, and discuss investment strategies. With a focus on accessibility, Shares offers no-minimum and no-fee access to a variety of stocks, making it easier for new investors to participate in the market. By fostering a collaborative environment, Shares strives to simplify the investment process and create a more inclusive financial landscape.
Agora
Series A in 2022
Agora is a high-growth provider of real-time communication solutions, specializing in Communications-Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS). Its technology enables mobile-first, real-time interactions through a widely adopted API that is installed on over 500 million devices. Agora's offerings include voice and video calling, group conferencing, interactive broadcasting, and live audio and video streaming. The platform serves various industries, such as telemedicine, education, financial services, customer service, social media, and mobile gaming, making it a versatile choice for organizations seeking reliable and scalable communication services. While Agora operates in both the United States and China, a significant portion of its revenue comes from the Chinese market.
Tango
Series A in 2022
Tango is a digital software company that simplifies the documentation of work processes. Its platform enables users to automatically create step-by-step guides with screenshots by capturing their actions on computer screens. This functionality allows for the generation of interactive guides that facilitate knowledge sharing and task completion, eliminating the need for written instructions or training videos. Tango's solution aims to enhance efficiency within teams by streamlining the documentation process.
Sundays for Dogs
Series A in 2022
Sundays for Dogs, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in the manufacture and online retail of dog foods. Founded in 2017 by Tory Waxman and Michael Waxman, the company utilizes a unique air-drying method to produce its products. This technique gently dehydrates the food at low temperatures, ensuring that nutrients and flavors are preserved while effectively eliminating harmful germs. By focusing on high-quality ingredients and innovative production methods, Sundays for Dogs aims to provide pet owners with nutritious and flavorful options for their dogs.
Voyceme
Pre Seed Round in 2022
VoyceMe is a social creator platform focused on fostering creativity by providing a space for original manga, webcomics, and web novels. It offers a user-friendly environment where creators can easily sign up and begin sharing their work, allowing them to connect with fans and engage in social interactions. The platform not only promotes diverse voices by supporting historically underserved creators but also provides opportunities for authors to monetize their stories. Readers can discover new narratives and enjoy immersive storytelling experiences, while creators can build and nurture their fan base, enhancing their overall engagement and revenue potential.
Shares
Series A in 2022
Shares is a social investment platform founded in 2021 and based in Paris, France. It aims to enhance the investment experience by providing a user-friendly mobile application that allows retail investors to engage with the stock market. The platform emphasizes community interaction, enabling users to network with friends and experts, share insights, and discuss investment strategies. With a focus on accessibility, Shares offers no-minimum and no-fee access to a variety of stocks, making it easier for new investors to participate in the market. By fostering a collaborative environment, Shares strives to simplify the investment process and create a more inclusive financial landscape.
Climate Club
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Climate Club is a carbon reduction platform that focuses on employee education, engagement, and activation. Its platform also offers actionable sustainability plans at scale and allocates and tracks sustainability goals by team and individual to help companies deliver measurable outcomes to save on carbon and operational costs.
Accrue Savings
Series A in 2022
At Accrue Savings, we believe that rewards, points and incentives shouldn’t only come from shopping with credit. We help smart brands incentivize shoppers with cash rewards when they save up for their favorite purchases.
Dorsia
Seed Round in 2022
Dorsia is the # 1 clinic in cosmetic surgery and medicine in Spain. We have 84 clinics throughout Spain and Andorra and we continue to grow because you ask us to. We like to fulfill your wishes for improvement and we advocate for a Responsible Beauty.
Accrue Savings
Seed Round in 2021
At Accrue Savings, we believe that rewards, points and incentives shouldn’t only come from shopping with credit. We help smart brands incentivize shoppers with cash rewards when they save up for their favorite purchases.
Sauce
Seed Round in 2021
Sauce is a designer for restaurants to boost their sales on online platforms. They provide a platform that monitors orders and market data from delivery and offers prices that can result in sales, enabling restaurants to boost their restaurant delivery revenue and profits.
Violet
Series A in 2021
Violet.io, Inc. is a technology company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in developing application programming interface (API) solutions for the e-commerce sector. Founded in 2017, the company offers a platform called Commerce Graph, which includes products, carts, and orders APIs. This platform facilitates a bi-directional connection between various applications and merchants' stores, allowing for real-time creation of product pages, shopping carts, and orders. By integrating with popular e-commerce platforms, Violet aims to improve customer engagement and loyalty, enabling merchants to connect with new distribution channels and enhance the shopping experience for consumers.
Beacon
Series B in 2021
Beacon is a digital supply chain and freight platform developed to optimize supply chains with insights and visibility. It offers a freight forwarding service across all modes integrated with its end-to-end visibility platform, connecting each stage of the supply chain to deliver a record of all the information teams need. From bookings to order management, live tracking, and document management, Beacon will move goods with transparency and efficiency, whilst the secure cloud-based software improves accuracy and saves time. The company was founded in 2018 by Fraser Robinson and Dmitri Izmailov and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom.
Silvertree
Seed Round in 2021
Silvertree is focused on creating innovative wearable technology that caters to the needs of the aging population. The company designs stylish, wrist-worn devices aimed at enhancing safety and fostering connections among active older adults and their families. With a commitment to promoting dignity and independence, Silvertree targets the growing demographic of Americans aged sixty-five and older, which currently numbers around fifty-five million. By prioritizing both functionality and aesthetics, Silvertree positions itself as a leading consumer brand dedicated to the vitality and independence of older individuals.
Solo Technologies
Seed Round in 2021
Solo Technologies operates an analytical software platform aimed at addressing pay instability within the gig economy. By collecting and analyzing data across various gig platforms, the company offers city-level pay and performance benchmarks, including hourly earnings predictions. This enables app-based workers to better understand their earning potential and make informed decisions regarding their work. Additionally, Solo Technologies provides a solution that compensates for lower pay and offers transparent market pay rates, allowing workers to optimize multiple income sources and work towards achieving their financial goals.
Shares
Seed Round in 2021
Shares is a social investment platform founded in 2021 and based in Paris, France. It aims to enhance the investment experience by providing a user-friendly mobile application that allows retail investors to engage with the stock market. The platform emphasizes community interaction, enabling users to network with friends and experts, share insights, and discuss investment strategies. With a focus on accessibility, Shares offers no-minimum and no-fee access to a variety of stocks, making it easier for new investors to participate in the market. By fostering a collaborative environment, Shares strives to simplify the investment process and create a more inclusive financial landscape.
Tango
Seed Round in 2021
Tango is a digital software company that simplifies the documentation of work processes. Its platform enables users to automatically create step-by-step guides with screenshots by capturing their actions on computer screens. This functionality allows for the generation of interactive guides that facilitate knowledge sharing and task completion, eliminating the need for written instructions or training videos. Tango's solution aims to enhance efficiency within teams by streamlining the documentation process.
ByHeart
Series B in 2021
ByHeart operates as a fully integrated infant nutrition company. It is dedicated to translating leading nutrition science and breastmilk research into evolved foods and formulas to support babies’ health and parents’ peace of mind. Its products strive to be next to nature made from hand-picked ingredients using small-batch blending and sit at the forefront of immune, microbiome, cognitive, and digestive health. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
Flymachine
Venture Round in 2021
Flymachine is a digital entertainment platform that organizes live events, providing an immersive social experience for users. The company specializes in creating virtual venues that serve as mediums for artistic performances, allowing for a customizable experience. By offering creative control over the presentation, Flymachine enables viewers to engage with live events in a way that enhances their enjoyment and interaction. The platform aims to combine entertainment and social connection, transforming how audiences experience live performances.
Novo
Series A in 2021
Novo is a digital banking platform designed for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and freelancers, offering enhanced business deposit accounts. It utilizes a network of FDIC-insured community banks to provide financial services tailored to the needs of today's companies. Founded in 2018 by Tyler McIntyre and Michael Rangel, Novo aims to simplify banking activities by integrating analytical and fraud notifications into its applications. Initially known as Novo Financial Corp., the company is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Violet
Seed Round in 2021
Violet.io, Inc. is a technology company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in developing application programming interface (API) solutions for the e-commerce sector. Founded in 2017, the company offers a platform called Commerce Graph, which includes products, carts, and orders APIs. This platform facilitates a bi-directional connection between various applications and merchants' stores, allowing for real-time creation of product pages, shopping carts, and orders. By integrating with popular e-commerce platforms, Violet aims to improve customer engagement and loyalty, enabling merchants to connect with new distribution channels and enhance the shopping experience for consumers.
Genies
Series B in 2021
Genies, Inc. is a company that specializes in avatar technology to enhance social media and messaging applications. Founded in 2011 and based in Venice, California, Genies enables users to create personalized digital avatars, which can be utilized for self-expression and interaction in various digital environments. The company has gained traction with cultural influencers and has established partnerships with major music labels, serving as the official avatar provider for artists. Genies recently expanded its offerings with an Augmented Reality (AR) Developer Kit, allowing developers to create interoperable avatar experiences. Their platform includes features for designing digital fashion and engaging in avatar-based interactive experiences. By leveraging its unique technology, Genies facilitates brand engagement and the sale of digital goods, appealing particularly to the college demographic and millennial audience. The company has raised significant investment, achieving a valuation of $1 billion.
Table22
Seed Round in 2021
Table22 is a digital hospitality platform designed to assist local restaurants in enhancing their customer engagement and generating additional revenue beyond their physical locations. By enabling restaurants, chefs, and brands to connect with food enthusiasts, Table22 facilitates unique subscription experiences that foster strong relationships between diners and their favorite establishments. The platform offers patrons access to exclusive opportunities such as collaboration dinners, new menu items, and special cellar wines. This approach not only enriches the dining experience for customers but also helps restaurant owners establish stable, recurring revenue streams for their businesses.
Geneva
Venture Round in 2021
Geneva is an online platform designed to facilitate communication and interaction among groups, clubs, and communities. It provides a comprehensive application that includes features such as private chat rooms, audio and video rooms, event invitations, and flexible polls. Users can also engage through configurable notifications, replies, reactions, photos, and GIFs. By offering these tools, Geneva aims to enhance social interaction and foster a sense of community among its users.
Silvertree
Seed Round in 2020
Silvertree is focused on creating innovative wearable technology that caters to the needs of the aging population. The company designs stylish, wrist-worn devices aimed at enhancing safety and fostering connections among active older adults and their families. With a commitment to promoting dignity and independence, Silvertree targets the growing demographic of Americans aged sixty-five and older, which currently numbers around fifty-five million. By prioritizing both functionality and aesthetics, Silvertree positions itself as a leading consumer brand dedicated to the vitality and independence of older individuals.
Coa
Seed Round in 2020
Coa is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in mental health and emotional fitness services. It offers a range of programs designed to enhance employee well-being, including leadership training focused on mental health and emotional fitness. Coa provides online therapy and workshops through its mobile application, helping users manage challenges such as stress, anxiety, and imposter syndrome. The company's services aim to foster increased self-awareness, resilience, and mindfulness among individuals. In addition to its digital offerings, Coa is developing a facility to support counseling and community engagement, furthering its commitment to improving mental health in the workplace.
Air
Series A in 2020
Air is the Creative Operations System for marketing and creative teams. Find, organize, share, and collaborate on your images and videos. It's a visual workspace where your images and videos can be easily stored, shared, managed, and finalized. Say goodbye to legacy tools like Dropbox, Google Drive, and traditional DAMs. Air’s intuitive UI is purpose-built for visual assets. Find files faster with visual search and AI autotagging. Share files securely. Fast-track projects and feedback. Customize workflows. Your team can save countless hours managing digital assets with Air.
Beacon
Series A in 2020
Beacon is a digital supply chain and freight platform developed to optimize supply chains with insights and visibility. It offers a freight forwarding service across all modes integrated with its end-to-end visibility platform, connecting each stage of the supply chain to deliver a record of all the information teams need. From bookings to order management, live tracking, and document management, Beacon will move goods with transparency and efficiency, whilst the secure cloud-based software improves accuracy and saves time. The company was founded in 2018 by Fraser Robinson and Dmitri Izmailov and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom.
Clyde
Series A in 2020
Clyde is a product lifecycle platform that supports businesses in enhancing profitability while delivering high-quality services to their clients. By connecting companies, insurers, and consumers, Clyde facilitates a streamlined approach to managing product offerings. This integration allows insurers to tap into emerging online and in-store sales opportunities, ultimately helping customers maximize the value of their purchases. Through its innovative platform, Clyde aims to improve operational efficiency and customer satisfaction across various industries.
Monument
Seed Round in 2020
Monument is an alcohol addiction treatment platform for those looking to change their relationship with alcohol. The company includes leading experts in the addiction field who have built research-based treatment plans, which include access to an anonymous community of peers, virtual therapist-moderated support groups, and options for one-on-one video therapy and physician-prescribed medication. They provide a medical solution to a medical problem, entirely online. Monument was founded by Michael Russell and Amit Klein and is based in New York, USA.
ByHeart
Series A in 2020
ByHeart operates as a fully integrated infant nutrition company. It is dedicated to translating leading nutrition science and breastmilk research into evolved foods and formulas to support babies’ health and parents’ peace of mind. Its products strive to be next to nature made from hand-picked ingredients using small-batch blending and sit at the forefront of immune, microbiome, cognitive, and digestive health. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
Special X
Venture Round in 2019
Special X is a network that supports families raising children with disabilities. Special X combines an easy-to-use, technology-driven platform with the power of people—dedicated professionals, experienced guides, and a caring community of parents—to get things done. By sharing their experience, knowledge, and optimism, Special X can support others and drive better results for the children, and ultimately, for every child.
Air
Seed Round in 2019
Air is the Creative Operations System for marketing and creative teams. Find, organize, share, and collaborate on your images and videos. It's a visual workspace where your images and videos can be easily stored, shared, managed, and finalized. Say goodbye to legacy tools like Dropbox, Google Drive, and traditional DAMs. Air’s intuitive UI is purpose-built for visual assets. Find files faster with visual search and AI autotagging. Share files securely. Fast-track projects and feedback. Customize workflows. Your team can save countless hours managing digital assets with Air.
Spaw
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Spaw is a developer of a pet grooming platform designed to connect pet owners with professional groomers. The platform serves as a marketplace, offering essential tools and guidance to enhance the grooming experience for both pet parents and certified groomers. By focusing on creating a more streamlined and less stressful in-home grooming process, Spaw aims to elevate the standards of the pet grooming industry, ensuring that users can access quality services tailored to their needs.
The Wonder
Venture Round in 2019
The Wonder operates a members-only family space designed to cater to both children and their parents. The facility features an imaginative play area for kids, along with a range of unlimited classes available both online and in-person. Parents benefit from a unique lounge connected to a café, which serves a selection of beverages, including wine and milk flights, while avoiding disruptions from their children. The space includes a fully stocked nursery equipped with essential baby products and diapers, ensuring convenience for families. Additionally, the thoughtfully designed bathrooms accommodate parents with deeper sinks for easy cleanup and child-friendly hand-dryers. The Wonder aims to create an environment where families can relax, connect, and engage in enriching activities together.
MyVillage
Seed Round in 2019
MyVillage LLC is a child care services provider focused on children under the age of five, offering high-quality early childhood education programs. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, the company has developed a comprehensive curriculum and care platform that emphasizes cognitive and social development. MyVillage aims to create a nationally standardized network of family home childcare, reinventing home-based care by connecting families and educators to foster outstanding educational environments. In addition to direct childcare services, MyVillage provides a suite of support tools, including accounting, marketing, and scheduling, to assist early education providers in establishing and managing their programs effectively.
Beacon
Seed Round in 2019
Beacon is a digital supply chain and freight platform developed to optimize supply chains with insights and visibility. It offers a freight forwarding service across all modes integrated with its end-to-end visibility platform, connecting each stage of the supply chain to deliver a record of all the information teams need. From bookings to order management, live tracking, and document management, Beacon will move goods with transparency and efficiency, whilst the secure cloud-based software improves accuracy and saves time. The company was founded in 2018 by Fraser Robinson and Dmitri Izmailov and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom.
Novo
Seed Round in 2019
Novo is a digital banking platform designed for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and freelancers, offering enhanced business deposit accounts. It utilizes a network of FDIC-insured community banks to provide financial services tailored to the needs of today's companies. Founded in 2018 by Tyler McIntyre and Michael Rangel, Novo aims to simplify banking activities by integrating analytical and fraud notifications into its applications. Initially known as Novo Financial Corp., the company is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
By HumanKind
Seed Round in 2019
by Humankind is a direct-to-consumer personal care brand dedicated to reducing our global dependence on single-use plastic in the products we use every day. Offering revolutionary products that take a more responsible approach to your body and our planet, the brand’s refillable deodorant, mouthwash tablets, and shampoo bar offer clean-ingredient, scientifically advanced solutions to reduce single-use plastic waste by 90 percent or more when compared to current market offerings. The brand’s refill model is designed to measure the collective impact of the by Humankind community over time, making one small step for you, one giant step by Humankind.
Clyde
Seed Round in 2018
Clyde is a product lifecycle platform that supports businesses in enhancing profitability while delivering high-quality services to their clients. By connecting companies, insurers, and consumers, Clyde facilitates a streamlined approach to managing product offerings. This integration allows insurers to tap into emerging online and in-store sales opportunities, ultimately helping customers maximize the value of their purchases. Through its innovative platform, Clyde aims to improve operational efficiency and customer satisfaction across various industries.
LoftSmart
Series A in 2018
LoftSmart, Inc. is a New York-based company that operates an online platform designed to help users search for and lease apartments. The platform focuses on assisting young individuals in discovering local rental options, emphasizing transparency and ease of use throughout the leasing process. By streamlining the search for apartments, LoftSmart aims to simplify the rental experience for its users.
wthn
Seed Round in 2018
Wthn is a natural wellness brand offering herbal medicine & acupuncture treatments. The brand makes acupuncture and herbs accessible to everyone and aims to demystify and educate its clients around the benefits of natural healing. Its mission is to help others heal their bodies and relax their minds in order to lead happier, healthier, and more fulfilled lives every day by stimulating and unlocking the body’s natural healing defenses. Michelle Larivee and Shari Auth founded the brand in New York, New York in 2017.
Universal Standard
Series A in 2018
Universal Standard Inc. is a New York-based womenswear brand that specializes in manufacturing and selling clothing and accessories for women in sizes 00 to 40. Founded in 2015, the company aims to break fashion stereotypes by offering every style in every size, ensuring inclusivity in its product range. Its offerings include a variety of categories such as athleisure, blazers, denim, dresses, loungewear, outerwear, pants, skirts, and tops. Universal Standard is recognized for its engineered fit and the use of premium fabrics. The brand sells its products through physical stores and an online platform, allowing customers to access a diverse selection of elevated essentials tailored for all body types.
Fabric Technologies
Venture Round in 2017
Fabric Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing accessible life insurance solutions aimed at helping families secure their financial future. The company offers affordable term life insurance, along with essential tools such as a last will and testament and financial organization resources. Its life insurance application facilitates the approval process for qualified applicants, while online tools assist spouses and partners in managing important financial accounts and life insurance policy information. Additionally, through its subsidiary, Fabric Insurance Agency, LLC, the company provides insurance agency services. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Fabric Technologies is focused on simplifying life insurance for new parents.
Convoy
Series B in 2017
Convoy, Inc. operates an online marketplace that provides digital freight network services, enabling users to book local and regional trucks on demand for transporting goods, ranging from single pallets to full truckloads. The company offers a mobile application that features real-time shipment tracking, status updates, and ensures on-time deliveries. Founded in 2015 and based in Seattle, Washington, Convoy aims to enhance efficiency in the trucking industry, which is valued at $800 billion and is responsible for significant carbon emissions from empty trucks. By utilizing technology and data, Convoy addresses issues of waste and inefficiency, ultimately saving money for shippers, increasing earnings for drivers, and reducing carbon waste. The platform facilitates instant quotations, online bookings, automated loading suggestions, and online payments, all of which contribute to improved operational efficiency and cost reduction for clients.
SkySafe
Series A in 2017
SkySafe, Inc. is a San Diego-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in manufacturing anti-drone devices. The company's technology employs radio waves to neutralize drones and provides a comprehensive airspace security system designed to protect various entities, including governments, law enforcement, airports, and corporations, from drone threats. By utilizing advanced radio technology, reverse engineering, and in-depth threat analysis, SkySafe enables clients to monitor and control their airspace effectively. The company aims to create safe and secure environments as drone technology continues to evolve, leveraging a team of experts from prestigious institutions such as MIT and UC San Diego, as well as former personnel from the Air Force Research Lab.
Prose
Seed Round in 2017
Prose is a custom hair care brand that specializes in creating personalized hair and scalp products tailored to individual needs. Consumers begin with a holistic online consultation that assesses various factors, including hair type, texture, lifestyle, environmental influences, and dietary habits. This information is processed through a proprietary algorithm, resulting in unique formulations crafted in Prose's New York City lab. Each product is made-to-order, allowing for customization based on personal preferences such as vegan, gluten-free, or fragrance-free options. Prose's offerings are available nationwide through their website and select stylists, ensuring that customers receive effective nourishment tailored to their specific hair care requirements.
Universal Standard
Seed Round in 2017
Universal Standard Inc. is a New York-based womenswear brand that specializes in manufacturing and selling clothing and accessories for women in sizes 00 to 40. Founded in 2015, the company aims to break fashion stereotypes by offering every style in every size, ensuring inclusivity in its product range. Its offerings include a variety of categories such as athleisure, blazers, denim, dresses, loungewear, outerwear, pants, skirts, and tops. Universal Standard is recognized for its engineered fit and the use of premium fabrics. The brand sells its products through physical stores and an online platform, allowing customers to access a diverse selection of elevated essentials tailored for all body types.
Casetext
Series B in 2017
Casetext, Inc. is an automated legal research company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2013. The company specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based tools designed to assist lawyers and legal firms in conducting thorough legal research. Its flagship product, CARA, serves as an AI-powered research assistant that analyzes uploaded documents and algorithmically queries a vast legal database to identify relevant case law. This technology enhances both conventional search capabilities and contextual search functions, allowing legal professionals to locate pertinent authorities more efficiently. Founded by a team of former litigators, data scientists, and AI engineers, Casetext aims to improve access to legal research and streamline the litigation process for its clients.
Fabric Technologies
Seed Round in 2017
Fabric Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing accessible life insurance solutions aimed at helping families secure their financial future. The company offers affordable term life insurance, along with essential tools such as a last will and testament and financial organization resources. Its life insurance application facilitates the approval process for qualified applicants, while online tools assist spouses and partners in managing important financial accounts and life insurance policy information. Additionally, through its subsidiary, Fabric Insurance Agency, LLC, the company provides insurance agency services. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Fabric Technologies is focused on simplifying life insurance for new parents.
Buster
Venture Round in 2016
Buster is a booking platform where customers can instantly discover, transparently compare, and seamlessly book private group transportation. For bus and limousine operators, Buster provides an unrivaled suite of online tools to more efficiently manage their existing business and tap into a new, digital segment of the market. As both an online marketplace- connecting customers and bus and limo operators- and a CRM tool, Buster provides a one-stop-shop for operators to efficiently accept and manage bookings. Buster was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States.
Allbirds
Series A in 2016
Allbirds, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in manufacturing eco-friendly footwear and apparel. The company offers a variety of products, including wool runners, tree runners, and loungers for men, women, and children, as well as insoles. Allbirds focuses on using premium natural materials to create sustainable footwear designed for everyday life. The brand is committed to blending comfort, good design, and sustainability, aiming to shift the shoe industry towards a more thoughtful approach. Its products are sold through both physical retail locations and online platforms, with the majority of sales generated in the United States.
Goby
Seed Round in 2016
BGLG, Inc., doing business as Goby, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of electronic toothbrushes. It sells its products online.
The Outline
Venture Round in 2016
The Outline is focused on the development of a digital publication that publishes contents about power, culture, and more. The Outline was founded by Joshua Topolsky in 2016.
SkySafe
Seed Round in 2016
SkySafe, Inc. is a San Diego-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in manufacturing anti-drone devices. The company's technology employs radio waves to neutralize drones and provides a comprehensive airspace security system designed to protect various entities, including governments, law enforcement, airports, and corporations, from drone threats. By utilizing advanced radio technology, reverse engineering, and in-depth threat analysis, SkySafe enables clients to monitor and control their airspace effectively. The company aims to create safe and secure environments as drone technology continues to evolve, leveraging a team of experts from prestigious institutions such as MIT and UC San Diego, as well as former personnel from the Air Force Research Lab.
Back to the Roots
Series A in 2016
Back to the Roots, Inc. is a company based in Oakland, California, that specializes in developing and retailing indoor gardening kits, allowing consumers to grow organic and gourmet mushrooms at home. Founded in 2009, the company started as a sustainable urban mushroom farm and has since expanded its product offerings to include a variety of gardening kits, such as mushroom grow kits, water gardens, microgreens, herbs, and vegetable planters. Their Grow-at-Home Mushroom Garden enables users to cultivate up to 1 pound of oyster mushrooms indoors in as little as ten days, providing a quick and eco-friendly way to access fresh produce. Back to the Roots sells its products primarily through its website, promoting sustainability and self-sufficiency in urban gardening.
Convoy
Series A in 2016
Convoy, Inc. operates an online marketplace that provides digital freight network services, enabling users to book local and regional trucks on demand for transporting goods, ranging from single pallets to full truckloads. The company offers a mobile application that features real-time shipment tracking, status updates, and ensures on-time deliveries. Founded in 2015 and based in Seattle, Washington, Convoy aims to enhance efficiency in the trucking industry, which is valued at $800 billion and is responsible for significant carbon emissions from empty trucks. By utilizing technology and data, Convoy addresses issues of waste and inefficiency, ultimately saving money for shippers, increasing earnings for drivers, and reducing carbon waste. The platform facilitates instant quotations, online bookings, automated loading suggestions, and online payments, all of which contribute to improved operational efficiency and cost reduction for clients.
Allbirds
Seed Round in 2016
Allbirds, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in manufacturing eco-friendly footwear and apparel. The company offers a variety of products, including wool runners, tree runners, and loungers for men, women, and children, as well as insoles. Allbirds focuses on using premium natural materials to create sustainable footwear designed for everyday life. The brand is committed to blending comfort, good design, and sustainability, aiming to shift the shoe industry towards a more thoughtful approach. Its products are sold through both physical retail locations and online platforms, with the majority of sales generated in the United States.
Janus VR
Venture Round in 2016
JanusVR combines the power of the internet with the potential of virtual reality. Websites become immersive spaces linked by portals, where users can explore, collaborate and create content on a platform that builds upon the open internet.
Zipdrug
Seed Round in 2015
Zipdrug, Inc. is a New York-based company that develops a mobile application designed to streamline the process of obtaining prescribed medications. Founded in 2015, the application connects users with a network of low-cost pharmacies that deliver prescriptions directly to patients' homes, eliminating the need to wait at traditional pharmacies. By focusing on Medicare and Medicaid patients, Zipdrug aims to enhance medication adherence while providing a personalized pharmacy experience at competitive prices. As of July 2020, Zipdrug operates as a subsidiary of IngenioRx, Inc.
Ample Hills Creamery
Seed Round in 2015
Ample Hills Creamery is a chain of ice cream shops filled with quirky and decadent creations. They handcraft their ice cream in small batches, using fresh, local, all-natural milk, cream, and eggs. In fact, their dairy and eggs are so fresh, they were inside hormone-free, grass-fed, happy cows and chickens just a few days before we churned them into ice cream.
Fevo
Series A in 2015
Fevo, Inc. is a New York-based company that operates a platform designed for group ticket sales to various live events, including sports, music, and theater. Founded in 2011, the platform enables users to select events, invite friends, and organize group purchases while facilitating payment splitting. Additionally, it offers features for managing inventory, building marketing campaigns, and launching promotional offers, which aid brands in enhancing customer engagement and improving the overall purchase experience. By fostering collaboration among users, Fevo aims to simplify the process of attending events together.
Nucleus
Seed Round in 2015
Inspired by old home intercom systems, Nucleus combines the family phone, video calling and smart home management to give families an all-in-one tool for modern communication. It connects to your home’s WiFi to enable instant, hands-free communication with your loved ones whether they are upstairs or thousands of miles away. Check out http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/13/nucleus-raises-3-4m-to-build-a-wireless-home-intercom/ for more info.
LeagueApps
Series A in 2015
LeagueApps operates as a comprehensive platform for youth and local sports organizations, offering tools and resources to streamline operations and improve community engagement. Its technology facilitates essential functions such as registration, payments, scheduling, and communication, allowing sports leaders to focus on cultivating a vibrant sports culture and inspiring young athletes. By providing a professional network and advanced management capabilities, LeagueApps enhances the efficiency and productivity of sports leagues and events, empowering organizations to scale and monetize their offerings effectively.
Zipdrug
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Zipdrug, Inc. is a New York-based company that develops a mobile application designed to streamline the process of obtaining prescribed medications. Founded in 2015, the application connects users with a network of low-cost pharmacies that deliver prescriptions directly to patients' homes, eliminating the need to wait at traditional pharmacies. By focusing on Medicare and Medicaid patients, Zipdrug aims to enhance medication adherence while providing a personalized pharmacy experience at competitive prices. As of July 2020, Zipdrug operates as a subsidiary of IngenioRx, Inc.
Eargo
Series A in 2015
Eargo, Inc. is a consumer-focused medical device company based in San Jose, California, specializing in the design and development of hearing aids for individuals with hearing loss. Founded in 2010, Eargo offers a range of rechargeable hearing aids that can be controlled via smartphone, along with online hearing screenings and virtual support services to eliminate the need for in-person visits. The company's innovative approach aims to address common barriers to hearing aid adoption, such as social stigma, accessibility, and cost, thereby enhancing the quality of life for its users. Eargo sells its products directly to consumers through online platforms, positioning itself as a modern alternative to traditional hearing aid solutions.
Smart Vision Labs
Series A in 2015
Smart Vision Labs, Inc., founded in 2013 and based in New York, develops the SVOne, a smartphone-based autorefractor that facilitates fast and accurate mobile vision exams. The company provides a telemedicine solution that allows optical stores to offer remote vision exams and eyewear prescriptions to their customers. With this technology, patients can receive eyewear prescriptions in a matter of minutes without requiring a doctor to be present. Smart Vision Labs aims to enhance the efficiency and affordability of optical treatment while enabling individuals to monitor vision changes over time, ultimately improving eye health.
Genies
Series A in 2015
Genies, Inc. is a company that specializes in avatar technology to enhance social media and messaging applications. Founded in 2011 and based in Venice, California, Genies enables users to create personalized digital avatars, which can be utilized for self-expression and interaction in various digital environments. The company has gained traction with cultural influencers and has established partnerships with major music labels, serving as the official avatar provider for artists. Genies recently expanded its offerings with an Augmented Reality (AR) Developer Kit, allowing developers to create interoperable avatar experiences. Their platform includes features for designing digital fashion and engaging in avatar-based interactive experiences. By leveraging its unique technology, Genies facilitates brand engagement and the sale of digital goods, appealing particularly to the college demographic and millennial audience. The company has raised significant investment, achieving a valuation of $1 billion.
Outdoor Voices
Seed Round in 2015
Outdoor Voices, Inc. is a company that designs, manufactures, and sells athletic apparel aimed at promoting an active lifestyle. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the brand offers a variety of clothing items for both men and women, including sports bras, tops, sweatshirts, jackets, leggings, pants, and shorts. The company emphasizes the importance of recreation and social engagement, encouraging individuals to be active and enjoy outdoor activities with others. Outdoor Voices distributes its products through retail locations and online platforms, serving customers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The brand is committed to redefining recreation as an integral part of daily life, making it accessible and enjoyable for all.
Vrideo
Seed Round in 2015
Virtual reality is finally on the verge of its breakthrough. This represents a huge opportunity not only for gaming, but also for immersive video. Over the history of entertainment, each new media format to emerge has represented a step forward in immersion and presence. Immersive video is arguably the culmination of this evolution, a media format in which consuming content is becoming indistinguishable from having real life experiences. Vrideo was founded in 2014 by entrepreneurs Alex Rosenfeld and Kuangwei Hwang to address the needs of the growing community of producers looking to distribute immersive video and the growing audience of consumers looking to discover immersive video. We're building a centralized, streaming, hardware-agnostic, and independent platform for immersive video.
Splash
Series A in 2015
Splash offers an online marketing automation platform designed to assist event marketers and field marketing teams in creating and executing virtual, in-person, and hybrid events. The platform enables users to build custom event websites, craft online invitations, manage ticket sales, and integrate attendee engagement with broader marketing efforts. By providing these tools, Splash empowers organizations to enhance their event marketing programs, ensuring they are on-brand, measurable, and compliant, while delivering memorable experiences that engage attendees and drive business value.
Casetext
Series A in 2015
Casetext, Inc. is an automated legal research company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2013. The company specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based tools designed to assist lawyers and legal firms in conducting thorough legal research. Its flagship product, CARA, serves as an AI-powered research assistant that analyzes uploaded documents and algorithmically queries a vast legal database to identify relevant case law. This technology enhances both conventional search capabilities and contextual search functions, allowing legal professionals to locate pertinent authorities more efficiently. Founded by a team of former litigators, data scientists, and AI engineers, Casetext aims to improve access to legal research and streamline the litigation process for its clients.
Fly Labs
Convertible Note in 2014
Fly Labs creates apps getting creative with video.
Sweetgreen
Series E in 2014
Sweetgreen is an American fast-casual restaurant chain that serves simple, seasonal, healthy salads, and grain bowls made in-house from scratch, using whole produce delivered that morning. Founded in 2007, the company is based in Washington, District of Columbia.
PaintZen
Seed Round in 2014
Paintzen Inc. offers residential painting services for various projects, specializing in both interior and exterior painting. The company provides a range of services, including decorative murals, wallpaper installation, chalkboard painting, and cabinet refinishing. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, Paintzen serves a diverse clientele, including homeowners, renters, interior designers, and property managers. The firm aims to simplify the painting process through an online platform that connects clients with licensed and insured painting crews, ensuring quality and professionalism. Their project management team assists customers from the initial color selection to final touch-ups, emphasizing a convenient and efficient experience. With locations across major cities in the United States, Paintzen strives to enhance spaces by uncovering their inherent beauty through expert painting services.
Atakama
Seed Round in 2014
Atakama is a developer of multifactor encryption software focused on cryptographic key management for enterprises. The company offers a distributed key management system that secures data at rest, enhancing the resilience of managed service providers against emerging cyber threats. Its platform also provides valuable insights into interactions with browsers and software as a service applications, helping users mitigate the risk of data exfiltration and preventing unauthorized use of cryptographic keys.
WayUp
Seed Round in 2014
WayUp is an online job marketplace that connects students and recent graduates with various job and internship opportunities. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the platform allows businesses to post job listings targeted specifically at students from colleges across the United States. Users can create personalized profiles to receive tailored job recommendations and access career advice from industry experts. This service not only helps students find part-time, summer, and full-time job opportunities but also enables employers to effectively reach and recruit the millennial workforce. Through its curated approach, WayUp simplifies the job search process for students while enhancing recruitment efforts for businesses.
Tackk
Convertible Note in 2014
Tackk helps you easily create content and share with friends all in one place. It’s a fun, social tool that allows you to share creativity and have conversations using photos, video and other media.
Tracksmith
Seed Round in 2014
Tracksmith is an American sports apparel brand, established in 2013 by Luke Scheybeler and Matt Taylor, that specializes in designing and manufacturing performance apparel for runners. Based in Wellesley, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of products, including tops, bottoms, and accessories for both men and women, emphasizing classic designs over modern neon styles. In addition to its apparel line, Tracksmith publishes a sports magazine and distributes its products through specialty running stores across the United States, as well as through its online platform, reaching customers in various countries, including Australia, Canada, and several European nations.
Elite Daily
Convertible Note in 2014
Elite Daily was founded with a commitment to not only deliver content specifically targeted for Generation-Y, but also content shaped by talented media professionals of the same demographic. Elite Daily’s founding team grew tired of traditional media publications mandating that news coverage be presented in a dull, one-dimensional manner and set out to create a highly engaging, socially driven content platform that would radically change and redefine the meaning of a media publication. The site consistently delivers diverse content with a fresh, relevant voice that appeals to the divergent perspectives represented within our generation. With an audience of over 70 million monthly readers, Elite Daily has established the largest, fastest growing community of millennial voices on the web.
Electric Objects
Seed Round in 2014
Electric Objects is a startup that makes picture frame-like computers that can display high-resolution artwork from the internet. It is the maker of the EO1, a computer designed to bring the beauty of the Internet into your home. The EO1 is a digital canvas that is created by using an inexpensive monitor and a computer called a Raspberry Pi. The display is controlled by a simple web app that allows users to select images online and to change them instantly, with a click. Jake Levine, Electric Objects' CEO and founder, started the company as a side project: Levine couldn't find a way to display art on his walls the way he wanted to, so he hacked one together himself. When a user orders an EO1, the user receives a 23-inch, high-definition screen with an integrated computer, an Android operating system, and a single cord. It comes with a custom white or black frame. Users can use the Electric Objects mobile app locations to control what art appears on the screen. However a user will never be interact directly with the screen itself, because it's not meant to be like a tablet, a phone, or a television.
Splash
Seed Round in 2014
Splash offers an online marketing automation platform designed to assist event marketers and field marketing teams in creating and executing virtual, in-person, and hybrid events. The platform enables users to build custom event websites, craft online invitations, manage ticket sales, and integrate attendee engagement with broader marketing efforts. By providing these tools, Splash empowers organizations to enhance their event marketing programs, ensuring they are on-brand, measurable, and compliant, while delivering memorable experiences that engage attendees and drive business value.
Violet Grey
Series A in 2014
Violet Grey Inc. is a beauty retail company that offers a wide range of beauty care products through both physical stores and an online platform. Founded in 2010 and based in West Hollywood, California, the company provides an extensive selection of makeup products, including foundations, concealers, lipsticks, and eye care items, as well as skincare essentials like cleansers, toners, and moisturizers. Additionally, Violet Grey features hair care products, tools and accessories, and gift items. The company also operates THE VIOLET FILES, a digital magazine focused on beauty content, alongside offering private makeup applications and tutorials. Initially established as a private dressing studio for Hollywood figures, Violet Grey has evolved into a marketplace known for its curated beauty recommendations and reviews.
Tackk
Series B in 2014
Tackk helps you easily create content and share with friends all in one place. It’s a fun, social tool that allows you to share creativity and have conversations using photos, video and other media.
Sweetgreen
Series D in 2013
Sweetgreen is an American fast-casual restaurant chain that serves simple, seasonal, healthy salads, and grain bowls made in-house from scratch, using whole produce delivered that morning. Founded in 2007, the company is based in Washington, District of Columbia.
Casetext
Seed Round in 2013
Casetext, Inc. is an automated legal research company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2013. The company specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based tools designed to assist lawyers and legal firms in conducting thorough legal research. Its flagship product, CARA, serves as an AI-powered research assistant that analyzes uploaded documents and algorithmically queries a vast legal database to identify relevant case law. This technology enhances both conventional search capabilities and contextual search functions, allowing legal professionals to locate pertinent authorities more efficiently. Founded by a team of former litigators, data scientists, and AI engineers, Casetext aims to improve access to legal research and streamline the litigation process for its clients.
Tackk
Seed Round in 2013
Tackk helps you easily create content and share with friends all in one place. It’s a fun, social tool that allows you to share creativity and have conversations using photos, video and other media.
Buster
Debt Financing in 2013
Buster is a booking platform where customers can instantly discover, transparently compare, and seamlessly book private group transportation. For bus and limousine operators, Buster provides an unrivaled suite of online tools to more efficiently manage their existing business and tap into a new, digital segment of the market. As both an online marketplace- connecting customers and bus and limo operators- and a CRM tool, Buster provides a one-stop-shop for operators to efficiently accept and manage bookings. Buster was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States.
Nest Labs
Series C in 2013
Nest Labs is a home automation company that specializes in the development of programmable, self-learning, Wi-Fi-enabled devices aimed at enhancing home comfort and security. Founded in 2010, it gained recognition with the launch of the Nest Learning Thermostat in 2011, which adapts to user behavior to optimize energy consumption. This innovative approach helps users maintain comfort while reducing energy costs. In October 2013, the company expanded its product line with the Nest Protect, a smoke and carbon monoxide detector. Following its acquisition of Dropcam, Nest Labs rebranded the product as Nest Cam in June 2015, further solidifying its presence in the smart home security market. Through these offerings, Nest Labs continues to focus on creating interconnected devices that improve the efficiency and safety of residential environments.
Splash
Convertible Note in 2013
Splash offers an online marketing automation platform designed to assist event marketers and field marketing teams in creating and executing virtual, in-person, and hybrid events. The platform enables users to build custom event websites, craft online invitations, manage ticket sales, and integrate attendee engagement with broader marketing efforts. By providing these tools, Splash empowers organizations to enhance their event marketing programs, ensuring they are on-brand, measurable, and compliant, while delivering memorable experiences that engage attendees and drive business value.
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