Right Side Capital Management

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups with a focus on pre-seed rounds. It makes about 75-100 investments per year in capital-efficient companies seeking to reach product-market fit, typically in rounds of 50k to 500k and pre-money valuations of 1M to 3M. The firm pursues opportunities outside the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, and it invests across the United States, Canada, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and Western Europe, with a portfolio spanning many states and roughly two hundred prior investments since its early operations.

Kevin Dick

Managing Partner

John Eng

Principal

Dave Lambert

Managing Director

David Lambert

Founder and Managing Director

Jeff Pomeranz

Managing Director

Paul Swiencicki

Partner

Past deals in Image Recognition

Eachlabs

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Eachlabs is a technology company that specializes in AI workflow management. It has developed a platform that simplifies product development for builders by providing a marketplace of AI models for visual, audio, and text data, along with a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface for seamless integration into applications.

Logiety

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Logiety is a company focused on enhancing the logistics industry through innovative technological solutions. It develops cloud-based applications that streamline customs clearance and tariff classification processes. By utilizing an object identification algorithm, Logiety's software allows users to convert images captured by smartphone cameras into detailed descriptions of goods, thereby expediting the identification of relevant tariffs and taxes for international logistics operations. The company also offers services such as rapid configuration and installation of its tools, personalized technical support, and premium online training, all aimed at facilitating seamless integration and use of its applications in customs brokerage.

Finiite

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Finiite provides a software platform for online beauty retailers, offering SaaS, API, and retail software that leverages artificial intelligence and computer vision to deliver virtual skin analysis, personalized skincare product recommendations, and consumer insight analytics. The platform supports selling through personalized shopping experiences, aims to increase sales, and helps brands scale by measuring customer behavior and tailoring recommendations across digital channels.

Fast Forward

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Fast Forward develops software and hardware solutions for electric utilities to automate line inspections. The company offers a geographic information system for image processing, hosting, and security, and uses vehicle-mounted camera systems with computer vision to capture, process, and document line patrols. Its software cleans GIS data, automates inspection documentation, and supports automated thermal inspections of power lines, helping utilities reduce inspection costs and improve asset visibility.

Skymatics

Seed Round in 2021
Skymatics Ltd., based in Calgary, Canada, specializes in aerial mapping services tailored for various sectors, including agriculture, construction, environmental management, engineering, and surveying. Founded in 2014, the company employs advanced technologies, such as machine learning and geospatial information, to transform data into actionable insights. Its SkyClaim platform is designed to classify and quantify crop damages through aerial imagery, offering clients critical information for informed decision-making. Skymatics' services encompass predictive analytics, remote sensing, object detection, and the visualization of potential hazards, ensuring that clients receive timely and relevant data to support their operational needs.

EyeGage

Seed Round in 2021
EyeGage is a technology company that focuses on revolutionizing drug screening through its innovative mobile eye scan technology. By leveraging artificial intelligence and data-driven methods, EyeGage's software analyzes eye characteristics to determine drug and alcohol levels, providing a reliable solution for workplaces to enhance safety. With substance abuse posing significant risks, particularly in high-risk environments where individuals operate heavy machinery or medical equipment, EyeGage's technology offers a quick and accurate means of screening for substances. The company's commitment extends beyond business, as it aims to mitigate the broader societal impacts of substance abuse, ultimately contributing to safer work environments and healthier communities. EyeGage is setting new standards in workplace drug screening with its advanced solutions.

Machine Perception

Convertible Note in 2021
Machine Perception is a company focused on enhancing autonomous machines through its perception-as-a-service product, which offers obstacle detection and safe navigation capabilities. Founded by Ameer Ellaboudy, the company integrates its technology with existing camera systems to enable effective anomaly and obstacle detection, even in challenging environments. Additionally, Machine Perception specializes in dataset services that transform the construction of computer vision datasets. Their expertise includes developing search and index tools that assist in managing large datasets specifically for off-road and low-speed robotic applications. This dual approach allows businesses to efficiently filter data, ultimately reducing costs and improving operational effectiveness.

Lincode

Seed Round in 2020
Lincode is an AI-driven technology company specializing in advanced machine vision and defect detection for manufacturing. Its platform uses pre-trained models and a no-code interface to deliver real-time quality inspections and defect identification across materials such as plastics, fabric, semiconductors, and metals, supporting applications from visual inspection to reporting and analytics. The system can be deployed on premises with edge AI for low latency processing and integrates with existing machine vision setups to serve automotive, aerospace, electronics, packaging, and related industries. By enabling configurable defect tolerances per defect or camera, it supports both automated and manual inspection workflows, helping manufacturers reduce waste, improve productivity, and lower costs. Lincode was established in 2018 and is based in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India.

DisplayRide

Seed Round in 2020
DisplayRide is a company dedicated to improving the rideshare experience by developing a comprehensive Rideshare Monitoring Platform (RMP). Founded in 2018 and based in San Jose, California, DisplayRide's platform utilizes artificial intelligence to enhance safety by deterring undesirable incidents during rides. The RMP is integrated with the backend systems of rideshare platforms and is designed to document both the interior and exterior of the vehicle throughout the ride. This real-time monitoring capability allows for immediate intervention in case of incidents and provides valuable documentation for future investigations. By addressing safety concerns, DisplayRide aims to help rideshare companies reduce costs and enhance the overall experience for their customers.

DisplayRide

Convertible Note in 2020
DisplayRide is a company dedicated to improving the rideshare experience by developing a comprehensive Rideshare Monitoring Platform (RMP). Founded in 2018 and based in San Jose, California, DisplayRide's platform utilizes artificial intelligence to enhance safety by deterring undesirable incidents during rides. The RMP is integrated with the backend systems of rideshare platforms and is designed to document both the interior and exterior of the vehicle throughout the ride. This real-time monitoring capability allows for immediate intervention in case of incidents and provides valuable documentation for future investigations. By addressing safety concerns, DisplayRide aims to help rideshare companies reduce costs and enhance the overall experience for their customers.

TRYON Technology

Convertible Note in 2020
TRYON Technology specializes in developing augmented reality software for jewelry e-commerce and retail stores. Utilizing AI and deep neural networks, their mobile applications enable customers to virtually try on a variety of jewelry pieces, enhancing shopping experiences and reducing product returns.

Lincode

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Lincode is an AI-driven technology company specializing in advanced machine vision and defect detection for manufacturing. Its platform uses pre-trained models and a no-code interface to deliver real-time quality inspections and defect identification across materials such as plastics, fabric, semiconductors, and metals, supporting applications from visual inspection to reporting and analytics. The system can be deployed on premises with edge AI for low latency processing and integrates with existing machine vision setups to serve automotive, aerospace, electronics, packaging, and related industries. By enabling configurable defect tolerances per defect or camera, it supports both automated and manual inspection workflows, helping manufacturers reduce waste, improve productivity, and lower costs. Lincode was established in 2018 and is based in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India.

Drishyam.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Drishyam.ai specializes in enhancing customer support through its advanced image recognition technology. The company's platform leverages deep learning and artificial intelligence to automate the product identification process, enabling enterprises to streamline operations and improve efficiency. By facilitating accurate troubleshooting and quick identification of products, Drishyam.ai aims to reduce support costs for businesses, ultimately simplifying the customer support experience.

PathSpot

Convertible Note in 2018
PathSpot Technologies, Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, specializes in food safety solutions. The company develops and manufactures a unique system that uses a proprietary algorithm to analyze fluorescent light, enabling it to scan employees' hands and detect pathogens that cause food-borne illnesses. This technology helps restaurants and their customers mitigate the risk of food-borne illnesses by providing instant, invisible signs of harmful bacteria and viruses.

RealSynth

Convertible Note in 2017
RealSynth GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in creating virtual systems designed to train and test autonomous systems. The company provides fully custom synthetic annotated image data using advanced rendering technologies, aiming to reduce the need for field tests by offering a simulated environment where developers can both train and evaluate AI-based systems. Their technology delivers high visual fidelity, enabling automated capture of ground truth data under various conditions, such as different times of day and weather scenarios. This approach allows users to obtain large quantities of annotated image data quickly, at low costs, and with full customization, primarily serving railways and machine learning applications.

SpotCrowd

Convertible Note in 2017
SpotCrowd Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in New York, specializes in developing machine learning technology for the retail industry. The company's core business involves creating software that identifies shoplifters from real-time video streams using advanced techniques such as face detection, data encryption, latency reduction, and real-time object detection. By addressing one of the retail industry's most significant challenges - shoplifting, which costs U.S. stores approximately $35 billion annually - SpotCrowd aims to enhance store security, deter theft, and promote a safer shopping environment.

SVRF

Convertible Note in 2017
SVRF is a company that builds a search and discovery platform for immersive content, including virtual reality and augmented reality, enabling users to find VR and AR content. The platform makes 3D filters and scenes searchable, shareable, and accessible across platforms, and supports a mobile app that lets users create and share 3D filters. The company also provides an API that powers camera or messaging applications with a cross-platform database of 3D face filters and objects for developers. Based in New York and founded in 2016, SVRF focuses on enabling discovery and integration of 3D and immersive content for creators and developers.

Talk Accounting

Convertible Note in 2017
Talk Accounting is a developer of innovative accounting software that automates bookkeeping through advanced voice recognition technology. The company’s platform utilizes artificial intelligence and image processing to streamline financial transaction management, allowing users to code and verify transactions via a voice-to-data system. This unique approach enables small and medium businesses to efficiently collect, track, and update financial information while generating real-time financial reports. By automating the data-entry process, Talk Accounting significantly reduces bookkeeping costs and enhances overall financial management for its clients.

Vidrovr

Convertible Note in 2017
Vidrovr develops multimodal computer vision and machine learning systems to index, tag, and understand video content. Its platform enables users to search videos with precision, retrieve specific clips, and integrate them directly into content management systems.

Talk Accounting

Seed Round in 2017
Talk Accounting is a developer of innovative accounting software that automates bookkeeping through advanced voice recognition technology. The company’s platform utilizes artificial intelligence and image processing to streamline financial transaction management, allowing users to code and verify transactions via a voice-to-data system. This unique approach enables small and medium businesses to efficiently collect, track, and update financial information while generating real-time financial reports. By automating the data-entry process, Talk Accounting significantly reduces bookkeeping costs and enhances overall financial management for its clients.

Drive Spotter

Convertible Note in 2016
Founded in 2015, Drive Spotter is a technology company based in Omaha, Nebraska. It develops a video analytics platform designed to enhance safety and efficiency for high-risk heavy industries, particularly commercial fleets. The platform provides real-time insights to drivers and fleet managers, helping prevent accidents and improving bottom-line results.

Pomika

Convertible Note in 2015
Pomika turns images into inspirational online shopping experiences. They use proprietary image recognition DeepDNA to find the exact products inside images that you love and they even recommend you other products with a similar look. Starting by integrating with Instagram they allow anyone to transform pictures into micro e-commerce sites with details of the products displayed in them. They make Instagram Shoppable.

Netra

Convertible Note in 2015
Netra, Inc. specializes in visual intelligence and visual search applications that utilize computer vision, artificial intelligence, and deep learning to automate the analysis of images and videos. Founded in 2013 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company offers solutions that help brands, agencies, market research firms, and enterprise software clients track consumer interactions and discussions related to their products. Netra's technology automatically analyzes and interprets visual content to ensure brand safety and contextual awareness, providing insights that enable businesses to gauge consumer engagement and optimize campaign suitability. Its platform allows users to upload photos and videos through an online dashboard and API, streamlining integration into existing processes.

Indico Data

Convertible Note in 2014
Indico Data Solutions, Inc. specializes in developing enterprise artificial intelligence solutions aimed at automating processes involving unstructured content. Founded in 2013 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company offers a platform that enables businesses to create customized machine learning models using smaller datasets. Its tools facilitate the extraction and analysis of information from a variety of non-standard formats, including documents and images. By leveraging deep learning, Indico's platform enhances document-based workflows, addressing applications such as contract analysis, regulatory compliance, customer support automation, and more. This focus on automating labor-intensive tasks allows organizations to efficiently process large volumes of unstructured data and gain meaningful insights.

Sparktrend

Seed Round in 2013
Sparktrend is a company that specializes in image search and analytics software, aimed at enhancing social media marketing strategies. By utilizing advanced image and text analysis technology, Sparktrend helps marketers understand the underlying reasons why certain types of content achieve higher levels of consumer engagement on social media platforms. Unlike traditional analytics that focus solely on what content performed well, Sparktrend delves into the "why," offering insights that enable marketers to create more effective content. Founded by a team with experience in managing the Bing.com Image Search team, the company combines expertise in product management and software development. Sparktrend is recognized for tackling complex challenges in content analysis, providing valuable tools that assist marketers in optimizing their digital marketing efforts.

CaptureProof

Seed Round in 2013
CaptureProof is a health technology company that provides a HIPAA-compliant platform for sharing medically relevant photos and videos between patients and their care teams. The solution supports asynchronous visual communication among patients, practitioners, and hospitals, enabling the capture, comparison, sharing, search, and analysis of medical media to inform care decisions. The platform aims to standardize medical imaging workflows, improve diagnostic context, and enhance patient engagement by allowing clinicians to remotely monitor and review visual data. In addition, CaptureProof has developed a smart medical camera and AI-powered capabilities to capture and analyze images and videos, delivering real-time insights, secure storage, and streamlined clinical workflows. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, the company aims to improve care quality by providing modern tools for medical media.

Neurala

Seed Round in 2013
Neurala, Inc. is a developer of deep learning neural network software that enhances the autonomy and functionality of smart products, including robots, drones, toys, self-driving cars, and intelligent devices. Central to its offerings is The Neurala Brain, which allows these products to learn from and interact with their environments in real-time. The company's solutions include a software development kit for bots, enabling them to recognize and track people and objects in video streams, as well as Brain Builder, a platform for creating custom vision AI solutions. Neurala Brain Net is another tool that analyzes videos and images to identify important objects and concepts for businesses. Incorporated in 2006, Neurala is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in San Mateo, California. The company initially developed its technology for NASA, focusing on lightweight, efficient neural networks capable of functioning independently in environments with limited resources.

Seeteria

Seeteria develops AI and computer vision safety systems for industrial environments, using existing CCTV cameras to detect hazards and prevent accidents involving forklifts and other human-vehicle interactions. The system reduces workplace accidents and improves productivity.

DigsFact

DigsFact is a technology company that specializes in virtual assessment solutions for the property inspection process. It offers two primary products: DigsFact AI (DFAI) and GotSnap. DFAI utilizes artificial intelligence and computer vision to enable early detection of damage and identification of materials from photographs, allowing for timely preventive actions. GotSnap provides automated remote estimation for property claims and restoration projects by measuring dimensions from images taken with any smart device, eliminating the need for specialized equipment. By streamlining the estimation process, DigsFact significantly reduces the time and costs associated with property inspections, enabling real estate agents and homeowners to perform assessments without the necessity of in-person visits.

Standard Measure Technologies

Standard Measure Technologies develops an AI‑driven precision sizing platform for the beauty industry. The system captures hand poses and measures fingernail size to create bespoke product offerings, enhancing personalized shopping experiences. By providing accurate sizing data, the platform helps beauty brands improve customer satisfaction, loyalty, and retention.

GynEcho

GynEcho develops an AI-powered diagnostic platform that assists fetal ultrasound examinations. The platform automates fetal biometry measurements, provides intelligent anatomical plane selection, and delivers real-time expert-level analysis through AI agents and automated reporting. It enables healthcare providers to perform accurate, efficient ultrasound exams with minimal training, increasing accessibility to fetal imaging in remote areas and reducing the need for expensive equipment.

Labops Meditechnology

Your AI-powered health companion built by Labops, designed to help patients better understand their medical data, manage everyday health needs, and connect with the right doctors when needed. From interpreting lab reports and creating personalized diet plans to detecting skin conditions through image analysis, Labops uses advanced AI—including LLMs, vision models, and medical knowledge graphs—to deliver real, actionable healthcare, not just information. Over time, Labops will also support doctors by offering high-level diagnostics (like histopathology and MRI analysis), streamlining care in both urban and rural India.
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