Sand Hill Angels

Sand Hill Angels is a Silicon Valley-based venture group founded in 2000, comprising over 60 successful technology professionals committed to supporting the formation and growth of startup companies. The group invests in private companies at various stages, with a focus on sectors such as clean technology, Internet startups, information sciences, and life sciences. Within information sciences, Sand Hill Angels is particularly active in semiconductors, enterprise software, storage, and communications. In the life sciences, the group's interests encompass medical devices, diagnostics, and bioinformatics. Typically, Sand Hill Angels invests between $300,000 and $500,000 at a pre-money valuation of less than $5 million, participating in seed or Series A rounds as well as later-stage bridge investments.

Amos Ben-Meir

Angel

Edward C. Driscoll

Founding Director and Member

Ralph Eschenbach

Vice President

Rick Lazansky

Angel

Past deals in Western US

Femtosense

Series A in 2022
Femtosense is a technology company.

Magnetic Insight

Series B in 2022
Magnetic Insight (MI) introduced magnetic particle imaging into the preclinical diagnostic research market enabling quantitative cell tracking, imaging of vascular function, detecting metastatic tumors, visualizing inflammation, CAR-T cell therapies and initial research into regenerative medicine.

Future Family

Series B in 2022
Future Family, Inc. offers subscription plans which cover all healthcare costs and include guided care through concierge service. The company's features include, personal fertility planning, clinic matching, dedicated nurse concierge, 24/7 access to care team, digital health platform, clinic visits and procedures, labs, and medications. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

PlusPlus

Seed Round in 2022
PlusPlus, Inc. is a live-learning platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2016. It facilitates peer learning within larger organizations by automating the management of onboarding processes, workshops, and technical discussions. The platform enables both individual contributors and managers to share their technical knowledge effectively, enhancing employee engagement and satisfaction. By streamlining these learning experiences at scale, PlusPlus helps companies attract and develop talent, ultimately leading to a more skilled and motivated workforce.

Swiftly

Series B in 2022
Swiftly, Inc. is a technology company that develops a platform designed to enhance the shopping experience for supermarkets and retailers. Founded in 2014 and based in Shelton, Washington, Swiftly's applications enable retailers to offer personalized deals, loyalty programs, and streamlined checkout processes, which help bridge the gap between traditional brick-and-mortar shopping and e-commerce. By leveraging advanced technology and machine learning, Swiftly empowers grocery stores to improve customer engagement, enhance convenience, and remain competitive against online retailers. The platform not only enhances customer satisfaction but also creates new revenue opportunities for retailers.

Finless Foods

Series B in 2022
Finless Foods Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Emeryville, California, focused on producing sustainable seafood alternatives through cellular agriculture technologies. Founded in 2017, the company specializes in growing marine-animal cells to create seafood products, including bluefin tuna. Finless Foods aims to provide a healthier and environmentally friendly alternative to traditionally caught and farmed seafood, offering consumers a cost-effective option that does not compromise on taste or dietary preferences. The company's mission is to develop and mass manufacture innovative marine animal food products that promote sustainability and accessibility in the seafood market.

Alto Pharmacy

Series E in 2022
Alto is a full-service pharmacy powered by a team of experts dedicated to making your doctor's orders their own. From delivering prescriptions to coordinating with insurance, digging for discounts, and answering, Alto works behind-the-scenes to remove any obstacles standing in the way of your care. The company started in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

LeaseLock

Convertible Note in 2022
LeaseLock Inc. is an insurance technology company that offers lease guarantor services, effectively replacing security deposits with insurance. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, LeaseLock enables renters to obtain instant lease approval without the need for a cosigner, streamlining the rental process for both tenants and property owners. By integrating its lease insurance product into online leasing platforms, LeaseLock enhances the rental transaction experience, leading to increased conversion rates and reduced vacancy rates for property owners. The company has secured over $1 billion in leases backed by insurance rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best. LeaseLock has formed a strategic partnership with QBE Holdings and attracts investment from notable global investors, including SoftBank Ventures Asia and Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures.

Captiv8

Series B in 2022
Captiv8 Inc. develops an analytics platform and marketplace that connects marketers with influencers on social platforms. The company provides brands with Marketplace, an artificial intelligence platform to discover and match with talent based on real-time audience data across social platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, Vine, YouTube, and Facebook. The analysis includes factors such as geography, household income, ethnicity, age, and gender to predict which Influencers will generate the maximum result for brands. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Mateo, California with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York.

Wingsure

Seed Round in 2022
Wingsure is a digital insurance enterprise focused on supporting farmers through technology-driven risk management solutions. The company has developed an insurance platform that offers personalized insurance products and advisory services specifically tailored for small farmers. By leveraging advanced technology, Wingsure provides instant access to digital insurance, aiming to enhance financial resilience and economic empowerment for rural communities. The enterprise is committed to promoting the sustainability of livelihoods for farmers, ensuring they have the resources and support needed to navigate the risks associated with agriculture.

Collagia

Seed Round in 2022
Enterprise SaaS enabling an entirely new domain of business intelligence by bringing image and industry data together and making ML accessible to anyone.

Aligned Carbon

Convertible Note in 2022
Aligned Carbon is a supplier of aligned carbon nanotubes, enabling 1000x improvement in computing. It has provided its product of wafer-scale aligned carbon nanotube arrays to more than a dozen university research groups and industrial research labs. Aligned Carbon was formed in early 2018 by three friends and labmates from Stanford University. Collectively Aligned Carbon’s team represents over 35 years of nanotechnology experience with 100+ peer-reviewed publications and inventorship for 15+ patents.

AvantStay

Series B in 2021
AvantStay is a technology-first hospitality brand for group travel. It delivers affordable, world-class, authentic, tech-enabled short-term rental (STR) group experiences targeted at the millennial generation. AvantStay was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Hooray Foods

Seed Round in 2021
Hooray makes delicious plant-based meats that are designed to look, cook, and taste just like the real thing. Plants that remind us of our favorite meats while being made of ingredients we can feel good about? Now that's something to celebrate and say Hooray!

Stellar Cyber

Series B in 2021
Stellar Cyber is an automated detection and response (Open-XDR) platform that correlates detections from existing solutions as well as its own security applications to deliver comprehensive protection across the cybersecurity kill chain and present them through one intuitive dashboard. Customers can leverage 20 native applications and a growing list of open ecosystem partners to detect and respond automatically to attacks within seconds wherever they occur on servers, in the network, at endpoints, or in cloud-based applications. Stellar Cyber deploys easily on premises, in public clouds or with service providers.

Bionaut Labs

Series B in 2021
Bionaut Labs, Inc. designs, manufactures and controls the first intra- tissue navigation platform, using Bionaut nano/micro robots operating inside the body. The company offers a delivery mechanism which is anatomically precise by design. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Kneron

Series B in 2021
Kneron focuses on the design and development of integrated software and hardware on-device Edge artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for smart home, smart surveillance, smartphones, robots, drones, and IoT devices. Its solutions include AI System-on-Chips (SoCs), visual recognition SDKs, and neural processing unit (NPU) IP. Kneron's vision is to empower AI on everyday devices and build the Edge AI Net.

Saildrone

Series C in 2021
Saildrone, Inc. specializes in the design and manufacture of autonomous sailing drones powered by wind and solar energy, enabling efficient and cost-effective ocean data collection. Founded in 2012 and based in Alameda, California, the company operates a fleet of these drones to gather live ocean data for various applications, including weather forecasting, oceanography, climate research, fish stock analysis, and environmental monitoring. By providing comprehensive data, Saildrone supports governments and private entities in addressing ecological challenges and enhancing understanding of planetary systems. The company aims to build the world's largest high-resolution ocean datasets, contributing to improved insights in areas such as climate change and carbon cycling.

Magnetic Insight

Series B in 2021
Magnetic Insight (MI) introduced magnetic particle imaging into the preclinical diagnostic research market enabling quantitative cell tracking, imaging of vascular function, detecting metastatic tumors, visualizing inflammation, CAR-T cell therapies and initial research into regenerative medicine.

SellHound

Debt Financing in 2021
SellHound is a price comparison engine for secondhand marketplaces that makes it easy to sell second-hand items. Its product includes a multi-marketplace virtual assistant listing app for used goods, as well as, the first-ever aggregator of secondhand marketplaces. Their smart recommerce platform is designed to make selling as easy as buying. Our goal is to make reuse more mainstream by making recommerce easier and more successful for everyone. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.

Measure Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Measure Labs is a developer of an AI-enabled platform used for mobile health sensing. This platform provides remote access of patient vitals to healthcare organizations and helps in increasing access, improving care, and reducing cost. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Eridan

Series B in 2021
Eridan Communications, Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in the development of innovative communication hardware and firmware for 5G and future networks. Founded in 2013, the company has created a digital sampling radio that integrates a unique transceiver architecture capable of producing all sub-6GHz cellular signals at full transmit power, thus eliminating the need for linear power amplifiers. This advancement allows for a significant reduction in power consumption, achieving efficiency levels five to ten times greater than traditional methods while transmitting the same amount of data. Eridan's flagship technology, known as MIRACLE, focuses on software-defined power transceiver applications, positioning the company at the forefront of next-generation wireless communication solutions.

KidzToPros

Series A in 2021
KidzToPros, LLC operates after-school sports coaching program at school facilities. It owns an end-to-end online platform that connects parents with private sports coaches for sports, such as soccer, basketball, tennis, chess, martial arts, coding, street hockey, lacrosse, cricket, baseball, softball, fun science, and gymnastics. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

Thread Robotics

Series A in 2021
Thread Robotics provides medical devices and services with a focus on fertility care. It was founded in 2020 and operates in Mountain View, California.

Varo

Series E in 2021
Varo Money, Inc. is a digital bank based in San Francisco, California, that offers a range of online banking products and services, including bank and savings accounts, checking accounts, and overdraft protection. Established in 2015 and known for being the only U.S. consumer fintech with a national bank charter, Varo aims to serve as a comprehensive banking partner for millions of Americans, especially those seeking better financial solutions. The company combines fintech innovation with the security of a chartered bank, providing tools and insights to enhance financial resilience for its customers. Varo's platform also includes features such as spending analysis, real-time budgeting, cash flow forecasts, direct deposits, and online bill payments, all designed to empower users to make informed financial decisions and improve their overall financial well-being.

MycoTechnology

Venture Round in 2021
MycoTechnology utilizes fungi-based food-processing platforms to transform the flavor and value of agricultural products. The platform can be used to solve a variety of challenges faced by the food, beverage, and flavor industries. MycoTechnology has released ClearTaste, an all-natural, GMO-free, organic bitter blocker that is Kosher and Halal certified. ClearTaste improves the flavor of various agricultural products. MycoTechnology also engages in fermenting agricultural products with strains of gourmet fungi. The company offers myceliated chocolate as well as robusta and arabica coffee beans. It develops and licenses technology to the industry to naturally improve the flavor of robusta and arabica coffee. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Aurora, Colorado.

People.ai

Convertible Note in 2021
People.ai operates a predictive platform that automates rep training, coaching, and Salesforce sync. The company is based in San Francisco, California.

Encellin

Seed Round in 2021
Encellin develops a novel thin-film cell encapsulation device for cell-based therapeutics. It has dedicated experts focused on the investigation and advancement of next-generation therapies. It aims to help patients with chronic diseases, starting with Type 1 diabetes. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Encellin

Seed Round in 2021
Encellin develops a novel thin-film cell encapsulation device for cell-based therapeutics. It has dedicated experts focused on the investigation and advancement of next-generation therapies. It aims to help patients with chronic diseases, starting with Type 1 diabetes. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Filtricine

Convertible Note in 2021
Filtricine, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Santa Clara, California, focused on developing therapeutic products for cancer treatment. Founded in 2017, the company specializes in a novel nutrient modulation platform that targets and depletes essential nutrients critical for cancer cell growth. By exploiting the metabolic vulnerabilities of cancer cells, Filtricine aims to halt the spread of cancer without relying on traditional drug substances. This approach allows healthcare professionals to utilize targeted nutrient deprivation therapy to address a broad spectrum of cancers effectively.

OnScale

Convertible Note in 2021
OnScale Inc. develops on-demand scalable engineering simulation software that accelerates research and development, reduces costs, and helps engineers build future. The company offers OnScale Multiphysics CAE software that empowers engineers to accelerate innovation across various industries, including next-generation technologies, such as MEMS IoT, 5G, biomedicine, and autonomous vehicles. Its software is used in MEMS and filters, sensors, NDE and NDT, medical, and sonar applications. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Yumi

Convertible Note in 2021
Yumi is the definitive source for parents seeking to understand what they are feeding their children and why, offering a science-based early childhood meal delivery program that is the most convenient and most nutritional option in the market.

LifeWave

Convertible Note in 2021
LifeWave is a medical device company based in Los Altos, California, that specializes in non-invasive sensing technologies for healthcare. The company develops solutions for both prenatal and neonatal monitoring, with its FetalConnect system aimed at intrapartum fetal monitoring in clinical settings. Additionally, LifeWave is focused on creating maternal monitoring solutions to address postpartum hemorrhage. Furthermore, LifeWave Biomedical, a related entity, has developed a connected health solution specifically for managing patients with congestive heart failure. This solution includes a small lung sensor that measures lung fluids and respiratory parameters, which is integrated with a smartphone and cloud application to enhance decision support and patient self-management in various healthcare environments.

Saccharo

Convertible Note in 2021
Saccharo is a biotech start-up in the immuno-oncology space that develops therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer and other novel diseases. Saccharo discovered a polysaccharide that surrounds human cancer cells. The Sacchario approach has a mechanism of action that allows drugs to have multiple killing effects, a predicted safety profile, a broad therapeutic window, and applications to many cancers.

Firework

Convertible Note in 2021
Firework is one of the fastest growing interactive video platforms on mobile.

Qnovia

Convertible Note in 2021
Qnovia is a biotechnology company that specializes in the design and development of pod-based inhalation systems. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Qnovia focuses on creating innovative aerosol devices and formulations that effectively deliver a variety of pharmaceuticals and nicotine. The company's mission centers on advancing public health through the development of efficient medical devices, responsible sourcing, and transparent product information. Qnovia aims to enhance consumer access to safe and effective inhalation solutions while promoting common-sense oversight in the industry.

Relativity Space

Series E in 2021
Relativity Space, based in Long Beach, California, is a manufacturer of orbital rockets and provides production, testing, and launch services for satellites in the United States. Founded in 2015, the company is pioneering a new approach to aerospace with the development of Terran 1, the world’s first entirely 3D printed rocket. By integrating 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and autonomous robotics, Relativity Space aims to revolutionize the manufacturing process, significantly reducing the number of components required and shortening production time. This vertically integrated platform seeks to simplify the aerospace supply chain and is focused on enabling a multiplanetary future for humanity. The company is supported by prominent investors, reflecting its innovative vision for expanding human presence beyond Earth.

Hooray Foods

Seed Round in 2021
Hooray makes delicious plant-based meats that are designed to look, cook, and taste just like the real thing. Plants that remind us of our favorite meats while being made of ingredients we can feel good about? Now that's something to celebrate and say Hooray!

Collective Health

Series F in 2021
Collective Health offers a cloud-based platform that transforms how self-insured employers manage health benefits. This integrated system allows companies to administer various health plans through a single portal, providing employees with clear guidance, live concierge support, and digital tools to navigate their healthcare options. By focusing on a smarter alternative to traditional health insurance, Collective Health aims to enhance the value of healthcare investments while improving employee care. The company has experienced significant growth in the employer-sponsored insurance market, currently covering 70,000 employee and dependent lives across 15 employers, including notable clients such as Activision Blizzard, Crossfit, eBay, Palantir, and Red Bull.

Orbital Insight

Series E in 2021
Orbital Insight, Inc. is a geospatial analytics company based in Palo Alto, California, established in 2013. The company operates a cloud-based platform that utilizes artificial intelligence, computer vision, and data science to analyze vast amounts of geospatial data. This data includes satellite imagery, synthetic aperture radar, and other sources such as unmanned aerial vehicles and geolocation signals. Orbital Insight's technology provides insights into societal and economic trends that are not easily visible, helping organizations understand complex interactions between natural and human activities. Its product offerings include solutions designed for various sectors, such as consumer traffic analysis and monitoring energy supply and infrastructure. The company serves a diverse clientele, including businesses, governments, and humanitarian organizations, enabling them to make informed decisions based on actionable intelligence derived from extensive geospatial data analysis.

Dasera

Seed Round in 2021
Dasera, Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, focused on enhancing data security in cloud environments. Founded in 2019, Dasera has developed a query analysis engine that automatically identifies, flags, and rewrites unsafe queries within data warehouses. This innovative solution aims to build trust between consumers and companies by facilitating the safe internal use of sensitive consumer data. Dasera's technology is particularly valuable for organizations that provide broad access to data for engineers, analysts, and contractors but lack the ability to monitor and control how that data is utilized. By monitoring query behavior, Dasera helps prevent data breaches and ensures compliance with security protocols.

Apex Trading

Convertible Note in 2021
Apex Trading is transforming the wholesale cannabis industry by offering a comprehensive business management and trading platform. Designed by a team with extensive experience in cannabis applications, the platform provides a range of tools that streamline operations for cultivators, product manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Apex facilitates efficient connections between state-licensed cannabis businesses and their customers through custom storefronts and a user-friendly exchange. Its robust back-office tools, including inventory, order, and sales management, empower users to optimize their internal processes while enhancing overall marketplace functionality. By prioritizing efficiency and connectivity, Apex Trading is setting a new standard in cannabis commerce.

SellHound

Seed Round in 2021
SellHound is a price comparison engine for secondhand marketplaces that makes it easy to sell second-hand items. Its product includes a multi-marketplace virtual assistant listing app for used goods, as well as, the first-ever aggregator of secondhand marketplaces. Their smart recommerce platform is designed to make selling as easy as buying. Our goal is to make reuse more mainstream by making recommerce easier and more successful for everyone. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.

PlusPlus

Seed Round in 2021
PlusPlus, Inc. is a live-learning platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2016. It facilitates peer learning within larger organizations by automating the management of onboarding processes, workshops, and technical discussions. The platform enables both individual contributors and managers to share their technical knowledge effectively, enhancing employee engagement and satisfaction. By streamlining these learning experiences at scale, PlusPlus helps companies attract and develop talent, ultimately leading to a more skilled and motivated workforce.

MasonHub

Series A in 2021
MasonHub, Inc. develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based platform for the logistics industry. The company offers a software as a service (SaaS) based platform, MasonHub, which provides real-time omni-channel inventory, order management, returns processing, outbound shipments and inbound receiving, inventory placement, and shipping rate optimization services. It also operates a fulfillment center for shipping. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Hooray Foods

Convertible Note in 2021
Hooray makes delicious plant-based meats that are designed to look, cook, and taste just like the real thing. Plants that remind us of our favorite meats while being made of ingredients we can feel good about? Now that's something to celebrate and say Hooray!

Nextbite

Series C in 2021
Nextbite is a pioneer in the virtual restaurant sector, focusing on generating additional revenue for under-utilized kitchens through its portfolio of virtual-only restaurant brands. Founded in 2017 and based in Los Angeles, California, Nextbite operates as a subsidiary of Ordermark, which provides an online ordering management system designed to streamline the process for restaurants. By aggregating mobile orders from various online ordering services into a single dashboard, Ordermark enhances the efficiency of restaurant operations and helps increase profitability. Nextbite's innovative approach allows restaurants to capitalize on their existing kitchen resources, facilitating growth in a competitive market.

Songclip (Audiobyte)

Series A in 2021
Songclip™ is a new licensed music format built specifically for texting, social posts, and quick communication. Songclip’s multi-patented networked product solution, the Songclip API, integrates seamlessly into social platforms, mobile apps, and virtual marketplaces to drive expression, monetization, and music streaming. Songclip operates the world’s foremost searchable library of 5-30 second meta-tagged music clips, in partnership with the music industry. For more information, visit songclip.com

Lottery Now

Convertible Note in 2021
Customers use Lottery Now’s “Mido Lotto” mobile app to purchase Lottery tickets for themselves, for gifting to friends, and to play in teams from their phone. Lottery Now fulfills the order, digitizes the tickets, manages tracking results, and claims the winnings on the customer’s behalf. There is a strong social / gamification component. The Lottery Now team has a deep background in social games, user acquisition, monetization, and retention. Early user metrics and demographics show that Lottery Now is growing the market and facilitating occasional and non-Lottery players to play more regularly.

ZenSports

Convertible Note in 2021
ZenSports, Inc. operates a decentralized sports betting mobile application platform that allows users to create and accept bets directly with one another, bypassing traditional bookmakers. Established in 2016 and based in San Francisco, ZenSports offers a peer-to-peer marketplace where customers can easily set their own betting terms and odds or accept bets from others, providing a cost-effective alternative to conventional betting methods. The platform is designed to enhance the betting experience by offering a quicker, more reliable, and less expensive process for sports wagering. Additionally, ZenSports has introduced its own cryptocurrency utility token, SPORTS, which users can utilize for placing bets, accessing discounted fees, and earning rewards. Since its launch in July 2019, a significant majority of betting activity within the app has been conducted using SPORTS tokens, demonstrating a practical application of cryptocurrency in everyday transactions.

Aligned Carbon

Seed Round in 2021
Aligned Carbon is a supplier of aligned carbon nanotubes, enabling 1000x improvement in computing. It has provided its product of wafer-scale aligned carbon nanotube arrays to more than a dozen university research groups and industrial research labs. Aligned Carbon was formed in early 2018 by three friends and labmates from Stanford University. Collectively Aligned Carbon’s team represents over 35 years of nanotechnology experience with 100+ peer-reviewed publications and inventorship for 15+ patents.

Ampaire

Series A in 2021
The Third Revolution in Aviation has begun and Ampaire is leading the charge by developing aircraft that make flying clean, quiet, safe, reliable, affordable, and more accessible to more people than ever before. With key innovations in energy storage, propulsion, and aircraft architecture, the Ampaire team is maximizing the potential of the aircraft industry. Ampaire is a portfolio company of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. It was founded in year 2016 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Astra

Convertible Note in 2021
Astra Space, Inc. is a rocket launch company based in Alameda, California, that designs and builds rockets for satellite delivery and launch services. Founded in 2004 and rebranded in 2016, Astra specializes in offering online reservations for payload deliveries to sun-synchronous and low inclination orbits. The company provides dedicated launch services for payloads ranging from 50 kg to 150 kg, targeting a reference orbit of 500 km. Astra operates test facilities to support its operations and aims to facilitate frequent access to space.

Tivic Health

Convertible Note in 2021
Tivic Health is a bioelectronic therapeutics company. We translate neuroscience into consumer-friendly medical devices, expanding the role of bioelectronic therapies in the healthcare ecosystem. Their first innovation, ClearUP™ Sinus Pain Relief, delivers temporary relief of sinus pain. It’s a small handheld device that’s easy to use, re-usable, and clinically proven. The company received FDA Clearance January 2, 2019 and will be shipping product in September 2019.

Future Family

Convertible Note in 2021
Future Family, Inc. offers subscription plans which cover all healthcare costs and include guided care through concierge service. The company's features include, personal fertility planning, clinic matching, dedicated nurse concierge, 24/7 access to care team, digital health platform, clinic visits and procedures, labs, and medications. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

MycoTechnology

Series E in 2021
MycoTechnology utilizes fungi-based food-processing platforms to transform the flavor and value of agricultural products. The platform can be used to solve a variety of challenges faced by the food, beverage, and flavor industries. MycoTechnology has released ClearTaste, an all-natural, GMO-free, organic bitter blocker that is Kosher and Halal certified. ClearTaste improves the flavor of various agricultural products. MycoTechnology also engages in fermenting agricultural products with strains of gourmet fungi. The company offers myceliated chocolate as well as robusta and arabica coffee beans. It develops and licenses technology to the industry to naturally improve the flavor of robusta and arabica coffee. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Aurora, Colorado.

Dasera

Series A in 2021
Dasera, Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, focused on enhancing data security in cloud environments. Founded in 2019, Dasera has developed a query analysis engine that automatically identifies, flags, and rewrites unsafe queries within data warehouses. This innovative solution aims to build trust between consumers and companies by facilitating the safe internal use of sensitive consumer data. Dasera's technology is particularly valuable for organizations that provide broad access to data for engineers, analysts, and contractors but lack the ability to monitor and control how that data is utilized. By monitoring query behavior, Dasera helps prevent data breaches and ensures compliance with security protocols.

Lambs

Convertible Note in 2021
Lambs is a company that specializes in the development and manufacture of radiation-blocking men's underwear, focusing on protecting male reproductive health from cellphone and Wi-Fi radiation. The company utilizes Wavestopper Technology, which incorporates a conductive wire-mesh designed to block various forms of radiation, including microwaves associated with mobile devices. Lambs offers a range of products, including boxers, boxer briefs, trunks, T-shirts, and protective masks, available in various kits. Founded in 2017 and based in Bagnolet, France, Lambs aims to combine style and functionality in its product offerings, ensuring that customers can protect themselves from potential radiation exposure while maintaining comfort and aesthetic appeal.

Equator Therapeutics

Convertible Note in 2021
Equator Therapeutics is a San Francisco-based company focused on developing a drug aimed at addressing obesity and type 2 diabetes by targeting metabolic disorders. The drug works by activating a specific protein in mitochondria, the cell's powerhouse, which enhances calorie burning and improves metabolism in a manner similar to exercise. This innovative approach has demonstrated success in reversing obesity and type 2 diabetes in animal studies. Additionally, Equator Therapeutics has established a high-throughput drug discovery platform to identify compounds that selectively activate the target protein, ensuring the development of effective solutions without unwanted side effects.

OnScale

Series A in 2021
OnScale Inc. develops on-demand scalable engineering simulation software that accelerates research and development, reduces costs, and helps engineers build future. The company offers OnScale Multiphysics CAE software that empowers engineers to accelerate innovation across various industries, including next-generation technologies, such as MEMS IoT, 5G, biomedicine, and autonomous vehicles. Its software is used in MEMS and filters, sensors, NDE and NDT, medical, and sonar applications. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Alertive Healthcare

Seed Round in 2021
Alertive Healthcare is a digital healthcare company focused on addressing hypertension and chronic diseases. Founded in 2017 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company provides a Bluetooth-enabled blood pressure monitoring device connected to a mobile application. This platform facilitates two-way communication between patients and their healthcare teams, allowing for remote monitoring and actionable treatment recommendations. Alertive Healthcare aims to significantly reduce the time required for patients to achieve blood pressure control, shortening the standard care duration of 18-24 months to as little as 10 weeks. By partnering with healthcare organizations, Alertive Healthcare enhances medication adherence and generates revenue for healthcare systems while tackling the hypertension epidemic.

Chimera Bioengineering

Convertible Note in 2021
They aspire to control the immune system. By the time a patient is sitting in front of an oncologist, cancer has evaded their immune system. Chimeric antigen receptor T-cells (CARs) are reprogrammed immune cells, hot-wired to circumvent immune-evasion. Clinical trials for CARs against liquid tumor cancers, like acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoma, have shown transformative results for patients unresponsive to standard therapy. However, limited efficacy against solid tumor cancers, life-threatening toxicities, and limited persistence are impediments to these therapies making a wider impact on cancer patients. Chimera Bioengineering solves the challenges of CARs with drug-responsive gene regulators, which allow us to re-program the "software" of the immune system. They design CAR behavior that promises to minimize toxicity, maximize efficacy and extend persistence so that CARs can lead to cures.w

Orbit Fab

Convertible Note in 2021
Orbit Fab offers a supply of satellite propellant in Earth Orbit that expands the operational potential of new and existing space assets. It develops the infrastructure needed to grow a thriving in-space market for products and services that support both existing space businesses (communications and Earth observation) and new industries like space tourism, manufacturing, and mining. The future for satellites is no longer restricted to the fuel they are launched with. Orbit Fab was founded in 2018 by its Co-Founders Daniel Faber and Jeremy Schiel.

Foresight Group, Inc.

Series B in 2021
Foresight Group, Inc. specializes in providing workers compensation insurance products tailored for safety-critical industries, including construction, light industrial, manufacturing, agriculture, and logistics. Incorporated in 2020 and based in San Francisco, California, the company utilizes a technology-driven approach to enhance its offerings. Foresight's proprietary risk management software, evaluated by leading insurance actuaries, is designed to improve safety engagement and effectively reduce the frequency of workplace incidents. The company also provides risk management technology aimed at both brokers and insureds, offering features such as fast pricing indications, online submissions, and in-app reporting. This innovative approach delivers significant value for businesses seeking to enhance safety while achieving cost savings.

Aether Bio

Convertible Note in 2021
Aether Bio is a developer of machine learning technology used to re-purpose enzymes in order to create a new compound. Its technology utilizes machine learning combined with high-throughput robotic laboratories to create an entirely new compound and reinvent the production of previously discovered compounds that enable healthcare institutes to get the chemicals and materials they need that are more cheap and sustainable. The company's proprietary hardware allows massively parallelized experimentation, generating datasets orders of magnitude larger than the competition.

Swiftly

Series B in 2021
Swiftly, Inc. is a technology company that develops a platform designed to enhance the shopping experience for supermarkets and retailers. Founded in 2014 and based in Shelton, Washington, Swiftly's applications enable retailers to offer personalized deals, loyalty programs, and streamlined checkout processes, which help bridge the gap between traditional brick-and-mortar shopping and e-commerce. By leveraging advanced technology and machine learning, Swiftly empowers grocery stores to improve customer engagement, enhance convenience, and remain competitive against online retailers. The platform not only enhances customer satisfaction but also creates new revenue opportunities for retailers.

InvVax

Convertible Note in 2021
InvVax, Inc. develops and commercializes influenza vaccine that prevents pandemics. It focuses on identifying influenza vaccines for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Mirada Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Mirada Technologies develops the enabling components for advanced LiDAR. It builds the critical components for advanced LiDAR: laser scanning and detector technology. Its flagship product is a breakthrough laser scanner that delivers ranging distance, field of view, reliability, and volume scalability. Mirada is based in San Francisco, California.

Dellfer

Convertible Note in 2021
DellFer, Inc. designs and develops a security software to detect and prevent zero day attacks. Its solution can be used for life and mission critical safety of Internet of things. DellFer, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Novato, California.

MOGL

Pre Seed Round in 2021
MOGL is a restaurant rewards application dedicated to combating hunger in the United States. Members can earn 10% cash-back at thousands of participating restaurants by using a linked credit or debit card for their payments. Shortly after making a purchase, members receive an alert that allows them to donate a portion or the entirety of their cash-back to a local food bank. The app features a Hunger Tracker, enabling users to monitor the impact of their donations in their communities and engage in friendly competition with friends to see who can contribute the most meals. Founded in 2010, MOGL is headquartered in Solana Beach, California.

Cover

Series B in 2021
Cover Financial, Inc. is a mobile-first insurance brokerage founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. The company provides a mobile application that allows users to insure a wide variety of items, including vehicles, mobile phones, pets, jewelry, and properties, by simply taking a picture of the item to be insured. Cover partners with various insurance companies and brokers to offer competitive rates and comprehensive coverage options, including commercial property, workers compensation, general liability, and cyber insurance. Initially launched in Toronto, the application supports users in accessing tailored insurance solutions conveniently through their smartphones.

EV Safe Charge

Convertible Note in 2021
EV Safe Charge specializes in the development and installation of electric vehicle charging systems to facilitate easy and rapid access to EV charging solutions for homes and businesses. The company offers innovative mobile charging systems, including an electric car charging robot equipped with interactive digital advertising screens. This technology enables various facilities, such as shopping centers, hotels, and airports, to address the limitations of traditional stationary chargers. By providing flexible charging options, EV Safe Charge helps businesses promote the use of electric vehicles while also contributing to a reduction in their carbon footprint.

Dimension

Seed Round in 2020
Dimension is a company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in developing an enterprise application platform tailored for insurance and financial services. Founded in 2019, Dimension's platform enables users to create, deploy, and manage complex applications without the need for coding. This innovative approach aims to streamline the product sales process, enhancing customer experience and allowing large organizations to develop custom software more efficiently and cost-effectively than traditional methods. In addition to its core platform offerings, Dimension also provides various services, including on-demand junk removal, cardboard removal, graffiti and etchings removal, exterior cleaning, gardening, landscaping, and power washing.

Destiny (D/XYZ)

Convertible Note in 2020
Over the last decade, we have spent our lives living and breathing the silicon valley start-up life. From coding in our living room to enacting hundred-million-dollar acquisitions, we came to Silicon Valley with a vision. We envisioned a future that many wrote off as unnecessary, but today is the inevitable future of the private market economy. But while we have thrived from the unparalleled growth and opportunity in the private market, the rest of the world has not. Instead, our friends and family stand outside, looking in as class divisions have widened, and a sense of inequality has become pervasive. In this time of growth — this era of technological wonder, innovation, and entrepreneurship — how can we do better? How can we scale the most significant opportunity of our generation? By providing public access to the private market. As a society, we must make innovation accessible, because making sure that the next generation of innovators can have ownership of the future is the first step in inspiring them to take ownership of the future. Invest in access for everyone, invest in shared future, invest in progress. D/XYZ is a future for everyone. Own a piece of the future, today.

Connected Signals

Convertible Note in 2020
Connected Signals, Inc. is a technology company based in Eugene, Oregon, specializing in cloud-based solutions that connect vehicles to traffic signals. Established in 2013, the company develops Transit Signal Priority (TSP) systems that enhance the efficiency of public transit, particularly buses, by optimizing traffic signals along fixed routes. Its flagship application, EnLighten, provides real-time predictions of traffic light changes, informing drivers when a red light will turn green, thus improving safety and reducing driver distraction. The platform utilizes historical data and real-time inputs to forecast traffic signal states, enabling municipalities and traffic agencies to enhance road safety and reduce emissions, while also improving driving efficiency. Connected Signals aims to deliver these capabilities without necessitating substantial infrastructure investments or additional hardware in vehicles, instead leveraging existing traffic signal systems to provide valuable data for drivers and local authorities.

HepaTx

Convertible Note in 2020
HepaTx Corporation, founded in 2015 and located in Palo Alto, California, focuses on developing regenerative medicine solutions for liver diseases. The company aims to address the critical need for improved therapies for life-threatening liver conditions through its innovative technology, which was developed at Stanford University. HepaTx specializes in producing hepatocytes, the primary functional cells of the liver, for therapeutic use. This approach has the potential to restore lost liver function in patients with end-stage liver disease, offering an alternative to costly and complex organ transplants. By harnessing the principles of regenerative medicine, HepaTx's therapies enable the body to repair damaged liver tissues, providing a cost-effective solution for previously untreatable cases.

Flume

Series A in 2020
Flume is bringing connectivity and intelligence to an industry that is ripe for disruption; water, or the lack thereof. The connected-home market is their initial target with their first product: a patent-pending IoT system that intelligently detects leaks, protects homes from devastating damage and enables customers to reduce consumption. The team has already established partnerships with two of the largest insurers in the world and is excited to continue expanding into the consumer market, as well as establish new partnerships with service providers and water utilities.

Molekule

Series C in 2020
Molekule is a San Francisco-based science and clean air company that has developed a fundamentally new approach to cleaning air. While current air purifiers are essentially trying to catch pollutants in filters, Molekule uses nanotechnology to break down and completely eliminate pollutants on a molecular level.

Imprint Energy

Series B in 2020
Imprint Energy, Inc. specializes in developing and commercializing innovative zinc-based rechargeable battery technology. The company's flagship product, ZincPoly, overcomes traditional limitations associated with zinc batteries, enabling the creation of rechargeable solutions suitable for a variety of applications. Targeting the small portable electronics market, Imprint Energy focuses on sectors such as mobile accessories, wearable technology, and medical devices. The company's technology promises to deliver performance comparable to lithium batteries while significantly reducing costs and eliminating safety concerns associated with traditional battery designs. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Alameda, California, Imprint Energy aims to meet the evolving energy demands of contemporary and future electronic devices.

Matrix Industries

Convertible Note in 2020
MATRIX Industries, Inc. manufactures thermoelectric products and components for energy harvesting needs to enable battery life. It offers MATRIX PowerWatch, a body heat-powered smartwatch that needs no charging; and Juno, a beverage chiller. The company also provides kits and components, such as energy harvesting boost converter and thermoelectric energy harvester. The company sells its products through distributors. MATRIX Industries, Inc. was formerly known as Silicium Energy, Inc. MATRIX Industries, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Cardea Bio

Convertible Note in 2020
Cardea Bio Inc. is a biotechnology company based in San Diego, California, that specializes in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of graphene-based digital biosensor hardware, software, and molecular infrastructure. Founded in 2013, the company focuses on enhancing precision healthcare through innovative products that improve the ease, speed, and cost of diagnostics. Its insight biosensors utilize graphene to convert biomolecular interactions into digital signals, facilitating direct access to biological data. Cardea offers various products, including the AGILE R100 for small molecule drug discovery and the AGILE R200, an automated high-throughput screening solution. The company's technology enables real-time analysis of biological signals, which is valuable for life sciences and healthcare applications. Cardea Bio also provides diagnostic tests for conditions such as Lyme disease, contributing to advancements in biomolecular analysis and antibody development.

Nanomed

Series A in 2020
Nanomed is a provider of graphene biosensor products used in life science research, drug discovery, and diagnostics, and health-monitoring. They provide fast and affordable tools for small molecule drug discovery. They have developed a breakthrough electrical assay based on proprietary Field Effect Biosensing (FEB) technology that detects molecular interactions. This technology employs a unique graphene biosensor to enable label-free, highly sensitive binding studies of small molecules to proteins. With a wide dynamic range, small sample requirements, and minimal signal contributions from common solvents and detergents, their technology complements existing technology and accelerates small molecule drug discovery. As the world’s leading mass-manufacturer of next-generation graphene biosensors, their mission is to transform the healthcare industry with innovative new products that accelerate cutting-edge life science and drug discovery research. It was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California.

One Potato

Convertible Note in 2020
One Potato is an organic, family friendly, semi prepared food company. One Potato delivers all the fresh, organic ingredients you need to make delicious meals in exactly the right proportions. First, tell us the size of your family and your meal preferences. We send you an email with pictures and recipes of the incredibly delicious dinners you’ll be having the following week. Going out of town? Just click and tell us you don’t need the help. We have no membership fee, and no minimum commitment. You can skip any week’s delivery in advance or cancel at any time.

Qvin

Series A in 2020
Qurasense Inc. is a company based in Palo Alto, California, that focuses on menstrual blood diagnostics services. Founded in 2014, it has developed Q-pads, innovative menstrual pads designed to capture and preserve menstrual blood for medical analysis. In addition to its diagnostic capabilities, Qurasense also offers a menstrual tracking application that enables women to monitor their menstrual cycles and analyze health data. The company's mission is to empower women to take a proactive approach to their health through advanced tracking and diagnostic tools.

SVXR

Series B in 2020
SVXR, Inc. develops semiconductor inspection tools for inline product monitoring, defect detection, and metrology applications. It offers packaging inspection and metrology products; and data analysis toolkit that revolutionizes the use of transmissive inspection technology in semiconductor packaging. The company solutions include advanced packaging, system in a package, 2.5/3D IC, and power electronics. SVXR, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in San Jose, California.

Mojo Mobility

Convertible Note in 2020
Mojo Mobility, Inc. designs and manufactures wireless charging systems. Its charging solutions allow various devices with various power requirements to charge simultaneously on the same charging surface. The company provides position-free wireless charging surface for mobile products, such as mobile phones, laptops, tablets, and wireless accessories. Its wireless charging technologies are also used in various industries and applications, such as mobile devices, industrial and medical devices, and electric vehicles. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

ZenOptics

Convertible Note in 2020
ZENOPTICS, Inc. develops software platform that aggregates business intelligence, data, and analytics tools in a unifying portal, allowing users to access, share, and report data. The product can be used for accessing all analytics assets, holistic enterprise search, certification of reports, to customize workflows, AI driven recommendations, cross platform report details, dashboard for impact analyses, and report statistics. ZENOPTICS, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in San Jose, California.

New Age Meats

Seed Round in 2020
New Age Meats is a biotechnology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017. The company specializes in producing cultivated meat using an automated, data-driven platform and advanced stem cell technology. By growing meat from animal cells rather than relying on traditional animal slaughter, New Age Meats aims to create healthier and more sustainable meat alternatives.

Varo

Series D in 2020
Varo Money, Inc. is a digital bank based in San Francisco, California, that offers a range of online banking products and services, including bank and savings accounts, checking accounts, and overdraft protection. Established in 2015 and known for being the only U.S. consumer fintech with a national bank charter, Varo aims to serve as a comprehensive banking partner for millions of Americans, especially those seeking better financial solutions. The company combines fintech innovation with the security of a chartered bank, providing tools and insights to enhance financial resilience for its customers. Varo's platform also includes features such as spending analysis, real-time budgeting, cash flow forecasts, direct deposits, and online bill payments, all designed to empower users to make informed financial decisions and improve their overall financial well-being.

Imperative

Venture Round in 2020
Imperative Group, Inc. specializes in developing assessment and learning systems that help individuals discover and apply their intrinsic motivations and purpose in their work. The company offers a platform that connects employees as peer coaches, fostering new mindsets and behaviors within organizations. Key offerings include the Certified Purpose Leaders program, which equips employees with training, tools, and resources to integrate purpose into talent strategies, and the Individual Purpose Profile, designed to help employees identify their personal purpose. Additionally, the Team Purpose Profile assesses dominant drivers within teams, while the Purpose Hiring Coach provides insights into candidate motivations. The platform facilitates career development, team building, talent acquisition, and diversity initiatives, while making coaching more accessible and cost-effective for a larger number of employees. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, Imperative serves a varied clientele, including companies like Sony Music, MetLife, Zillow, and Airbnb.

Bryte

Convertible Note in 2020
Bryte Inc. is a company based in Los Altos, California, established in 2016, that specializes in manufacturing beds and related accessories, including pillows, sheet sets, fitted sheets, and pillowcases. The company distinguishes itself with an artificial intelligence-powered mattress designed to enhance restorative sleep. Its hardware-enabled software-as-a-service platform employs artificial intelligence and machine learning to continuously optimize the sleep experience. In addition to its core products, Bryte offers insurance and white glove services, and retails its offerings through both physical stores and online platforms. The company also sells books online, further diversifying its product range.

ParkStash

Seed Round in 2020
ParkStash is an early stage startup focusing on providing innovative solutions to parking issues. It was founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Jose, California.

HitRecord

Series A in 2020
HitRecord is an online community working together as a production company. Since 2010 it has developed into an innovative community of over 100,000 artists of all disciplines (writers, filmmakers, musicians, etc.) adding 250 new members and 2,500+ new pieces of art every day. It was founded by actor and director Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is headquartered in Glendale, California.

Alertive Healthcare

Seed Round in 2020
Alertive Healthcare is a digital healthcare company focused on addressing hypertension and chronic diseases. Founded in 2017 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company provides a Bluetooth-enabled blood pressure monitoring device connected to a mobile application. This platform facilitates two-way communication between patients and their healthcare teams, allowing for remote monitoring and actionable treatment recommendations. Alertive Healthcare aims to significantly reduce the time required for patients to achieve blood pressure control, shortening the standard care duration of 18-24 months to as little as 10 weeks. By partnering with healthcare organizations, Alertive Healthcare enhances medication adherence and generates revenue for healthcare systems while tackling the hypertension epidemic.

LeaseLock

Convertible Note in 2020
LeaseLock Inc. is an insurance technology company that offers lease guarantor services, effectively replacing security deposits with insurance. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, LeaseLock enables renters to obtain instant lease approval without the need for a cosigner, streamlining the rental process for both tenants and property owners. By integrating its lease insurance product into online leasing platforms, LeaseLock enhances the rental transaction experience, leading to increased conversion rates and reduced vacancy rates for property owners. The company has secured over $1 billion in leases backed by insurance rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best. LeaseLock has formed a strategic partnership with QBE Holdings and attracts investment from notable global investors, including SoftBank Ventures Asia and Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures.

Carbon38

Convertible Note in 2020
Carbon38, Inc. owns and operates an e-commerce destination for active and performance wear for women. The company offers its own proprietary label along with curated selection of contemporary brands. It offers bodysuits, sweaters, sweatshirts, crop tops, leggings, pants, capris, and shoes. The company was formerly known as KCR Ventures, Inc. Carbon38, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Stellar Cyber

Series A in 2020
Stellar Cyber is an automated detection and response (Open-XDR) platform that correlates detections from existing solutions as well as its own security applications to deliver comprehensive protection across the cybersecurity kill chain and present them through one intuitive dashboard. Customers can leverage 20 native applications and a growing list of open ecosystem partners to detect and respond automatically to attacks within seconds wherever they occur on servers, in the network, at endpoints, or in cloud-based applications. Stellar Cyber deploys easily on premises, in public clouds or with service providers.

Tivic Health

Convertible Note in 2020
Tivic Health is a bioelectronic therapeutics company. We translate neuroscience into consumer-friendly medical devices, expanding the role of bioelectronic therapies in the healthcare ecosystem. Their first innovation, ClearUP™ Sinus Pain Relief, delivers temporary relief of sinus pain. It’s a small handheld device that’s easy to use, re-usable, and clinically proven. The company received FDA Clearance January 2, 2019 and will be shipping product in September 2019.

Diatomix

Seed Round in 2020
Diatomix, Inc. is a technology company focused on manufacturing a bio-engineered air-purifying additive designed to enhance indoor air quality. Established in 2013 and based in Beaverton, Oregon, Diatomix's patented additive can be incorporated into various products, including paints, coatings, and portable purification devices. This innovative additive works by adsorbing and degrading airborne toxins and volatile organic compounds, effectively reducing harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde, benzene, toluene, and butanol. The company aims to provide a solution for the pollutants often emitted from common household items like laminate flooring, carpets, and cleaning supplies, thereby contributing to a healthier indoor environment.