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Sequoia Capital, founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California, is a prominent venture capital firm that invests in early to growth stage companies across various sectors, including technology, healthcare, financial services, and consumer services. The firm specializes in supporting startups and emerging growth companies, typically investing between $100,000 and $1 million in seed companies, $1 million to $10 million in early ventures, and $10 million to $100 million in growth investments. Sequoia Capital operates globally, with a presence in regions such as Israel, China, and Southeast Asia, and has built a diverse portfolio that includes notable companies like Airbnb, Alibaba, and JD.com. The firm emphasizes a partnership approach with entrepreneurs, leveraging decades of experience to guide them from initial concept through to public offering and beyond.

Past deals in Image Recognition

Hugging Face

Series C in 2022
Hugging Face is an open-source and platform provider of machine learning technologies. Their aim is to democratize good machine learning, one commit at a time. Hugging Face was launched in 2016 and is headquartered in New York City.

Xmov

Series B in 2022
Xmov is an AI company focusing on computer vision and computer graphics.

Xmov

Series C in 2022
Xmov is an AI company focusing on computer vision and computer graphics.

Base64

Seed Round in 2022
Base64.ai is a startup focused on automating document processing using Generative AI and Large Language Models. It aims to transform the $100 billion Intelligent Document Processing market by offering the ability to understand various document types without requiring training. The platform can process over 2,800 document types, extracting information such as OCR text, data, handwriting, photos, and signatures. It verifies the extracted information and integrates it into customers' systems, significantly reducing manual data entry tasks and enhancing productivity. The company has filed four patent applications and boasts over 400 no-code integrations. As of recent reports, it has achieved a GAAP annual recurring revenue of $1.2 million, with a notable growth rate. Founded by Ozan Bilgen, who has a background in software engineering at major tech firms, Base64.ai secured $2 million in funding in 2022 from investors including Long Journey Ventures, Prime Zero, and Sequoia Scout.

Picsart

Series C in 2021
Picsart is the world’s largest digital creation platform. Its AI-powered tools allow creators of all levels to design, edit, draw and share photo and video content. Picsart has amassed one of the largest open-source content collections in the world, including photos, stickers, backgrounds, templates, and more. Used by consumers, marketers, content creators and businesses, Picsart is used for both personal and professional design. Available on mobile and web, Picsart offers its world class image editing and processing tools to businesses through APIs and an SDK. Headquartered in Miami, with offices around the world, Picsart is backed by SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, DCM Ventures, Insight Partners, and others. Download the app or visit picsart.com for more information.

Surreal

Seed Round in 2021
Surreal uses Artificial Intelligence to generate subversive content creation.

Wobot Intelligence

Seed Round in 2020
Wobot enables vision-based process compliance by plugging its AI-first SaaS tool into existing CCTV cameras. It has helped organizations in Food, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Retail, and Pharma to reduce the cost of monitoring, risk of non-compliance, and improve customer NPS. Customers can choose from industry-specific process compliance modules like hygiene, workforce/workplace safety, customer SOPs, and more. This allows for existing cameras to automatically list and deliver deviations to relevant stakeholders as well as provide a dashboard with insights. Wobot currently provides solutions to several organizations like IRCTC, Rebel Foods, CureFit, Max, Kitopi, and Smartworks among others.

Qure AI

Venture Round in 2020
Qure AI is a healthtech startup that uses artificial intelligence assistance for medical imaging diagnostics. The company's mission is to make healthcare affordable and accessible using the power of artificial intelligence. They build deep learning solutions that aid physicians with routine diagnosis and treatment, allowing them to spend more time with patients. Qure AI was founded in 2016 and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Mad Street Den

Series B in 2019
Mad Street Den is a computer vision and artificial intelligence startup. Vue.ai is its first vertically integrated AI stack for Retail. The AI stack provides 360* solutions for the entire Retail value chain with products supporting on-site, on-app experience to marketing and social channels to operations and automation. Mad Street Den was established in 2013 by Anand Chandrasekaran in Redwood City, California.

Vue.ai

Series B in 2019
Vue.ai is an AI-powered experience management suite that combines the power of product, customer, and business intelligence using computer vision. By using image recognition and data science, they help retailers generate product, and customer intelligence, and combine these with market insights, to power growth. They help retailers move up the digital maturity curve with unified AI solutions that are flexible and scalable.

VoxelCloud

Series B in 2018
VoxelCloud provides automated medical image analysis services and diagnosis assistance based on AI and cloud computing technologies. The company provides to clinical practices and practitioners automated medical image analytics and diagnostics services based on artificial intelligence and cloud computing technologies. VoxelCloud's proprietary algorithms offer accurate, accessible, and personalized medical image analysis through deep learning and related AI techniques. The company's current products cover lung cancer, retinal diseases, and coronary heart disease. VoxelCloud also has offices in Shanghai and Suzhou in China, as well as a satellite R&D team in Phoenix. The company was founded in Los Angeles in 2016.

Xmov

Seed Round in 2018
Xmov is an AI company focusing on computer vision and computer graphics.

DeepVision

Seed Round in 2018
DeepVision is a bearing inspection service provider.

ImageDT

Series A in 2018
ImageDT is an enterprise services company that realizes the advantages of fast product modeling, accurate recognition, complete data collection, offline recognition, and instant reports, providing brands with a decisive victory in the market.

Kneron

Series A in 2018
Kneron specializes in designing and developing integrated software and hardware solutions that enable artificial intelligence to function on devices at the edge. Their products serve a variety of applications, including smart homes, smart surveillance, smartphones, robots, drones, and IoT devices. Kneron offers AI System-on-Chips, visual recognition software development kits, and intellectual property for neural processing units.

Mapillary

Series B in 2018
Mapillary is the street-level imagery platform that scales and automates mapping using collaboration, cameras, and computer vision. Images from any camera are combined into a visualization of the world that generates map data for improving maps, developing cities, and progressing the automotive industry. Mapillary’s tools enable anyone to collect, share, and use street-level images. Today, people and organizations all over the world have contributed more than 500 million images toward Mapillary's mission of helping people understand the world's places through images and making this data available, with clients and partners including the World Bank, HERE, and Toyota Research Institute.

Kneron

Series A in 2017
Kneron specializes in designing and developing integrated software and hardware solutions that enable artificial intelligence to function on devices at the edge. Their products serve a variety of applications, including smart homes, smart surveillance, smartphones, robots, drones, and IoT devices. Kneron offers AI System-on-Chips, visual recognition software development kits, and intellectual property for neural processing units.

Infervision

Series B in 2017
Infervision is an AI high-tech company that uses deep learning technology and computer vision to help diagnose cancers. Beijing Infervision is an artificial intelligence high-tech company committed to applying deep learning technology to assist medical image diagnosis as efficient and accurate solutions. Infravision effectively uses various types of medical data to create clinically valued products and promotes precision analysis in the medical field, especially in assisted image diagnosis. Based on years of research preparation, Infervision launched the world's first "Infervision - artificial intelligence precise healthcare platform", and is the first to release intelligent X-ray assisted diagnosis products and intelligent CT assisted diagnosis products. These products are already in trials at Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Tongji Medical College of HUST in Wuhan, and Dalian Zhongshan Hospital. The company is also engaged in academic research and has established a deep cooperative relationship with top institutions in Chinese Radiology, combining both medical science and medical technology while laying a solid foundation for artificial intelligence breakthroughs in the medical field. Infervision has established cooperative business partnerships with close to 20 Tertiary Grade A hospitals including Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Tongji Medical College of HUST in Wuhan, and Dalian Zhongshan Hospital, and has successfully broken the barriers between medical data, technology, and application scenarios, creating a unique system of an artificial intelligence computing platform and precise healthcare intelligence system.

Coherent AI

Series A in 2017
Coherent AI is a Machine vision and artificial intelligence technologies of the future.

Orbital Insight

Series C in 2017
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.

Mad Street Den

Series A in 2016
Mad Street Den is a computer vision and artificial intelligence startup. Vue.ai is its first vertically integrated AI stack for Retail. The AI stack provides 360* solutions for the entire Retail value chain with products supporting on-site, on-app experience to marketing and social channels to operations and automation. Mad Street Den was established in 2013 by Anand Chandrasekaran in Redwood City, California.

Orbital Insight

Series B in 2016
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.

Mapillary

Series A in 2016
Mapillary is the street-level imagery platform that scales and automates mapping using collaboration, cameras, and computer vision. Images from any camera are combined into a visualization of the world that generates map data for improving maps, developing cities, and progressing the automotive industry. Mapillary’s tools enable anyone to collect, share, and use street-level images. Today, people and organizations all over the world have contributed more than 500 million images toward Mapillary's mission of helping people understand the world's places through images and making this data available, with clients and partners including the World Bank, HERE, and Toyota Research Institute.

Orbital Insight

Series A in 2015
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.

Picsart

Series A in 2015
Picsart is the world’s largest digital creation platform. Its AI-powered tools allow creators of all levels to design, edit, draw and share photo and video content. Picsart has amassed one of the largest open-source content collections in the world, including photos, stickers, backgrounds, templates, and more. Used by consumers, marketers, content creators and businesses, Picsart is used for both personal and professional design. Available on mobile and web, Picsart offers its world class image editing and processing tools to businesses through APIs and an SDK. Headquartered in Miami, with offices around the world, Picsart is backed by SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, DCM Ventures, Insight Partners, and others. Download the app or visit picsart.com for more information.

Mapillary

Seed Round in 2015
Mapillary is the street-level imagery platform that scales and automates mapping using collaboration, cameras, and computer vision. Images from any camera are combined into a visualization of the world that generates map data for improving maps, developing cities, and progressing the automotive industry. Mapillary’s tools enable anyone to collect, share, and use street-level images. Today, people and organizations all over the world have contributed more than 500 million images toward Mapillary's mission of helping people understand the world's places through images and making this data available, with clients and partners including the World Bank, HERE, and Toyota Research Institute.

Whale Imaging

Series B in 2014
Whale Imaging is headquartered in Beijing’s hi-tech enterprise zone and has research and development facilities under establishment in Boston USA. Founded in 1998 as a medical imaging devices manufacturer and distributor, Whale revitalized its strategy when Sean Zhu returned in 2008 to head up the company.

Orbital Insight

Seed Round in 2014
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.

Laiyaoyao

Series A in 2011
Iron Chef Shakes is a restaurant recommendation application that provides individualized recommendations of restaurants for users in China who have the problem of what and where to eat. Iron Chef Stakes ranks among the top 20 in Apple’s App Store free class list.

ImageShack

Series A in 2007
ImageShack is a media hosting company that specializes in providing services for uploading, storing, and sharing images and videos. Founded in November 2003 by Alexander Levin and Jack Levin, the company is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. ImageShack operates several platforms, including its primary website, Imageshack.com, and Yfrog, a social network designed for sharing media content. In October 2012, ImageShack introduced SkyPath, an application that allows users to synchronize their ImageShack accounts with their photo libraries. The company aims to cater to the diverse needs of users seeking reliable media hosting and sharing solutions.

GalaxyCore

Seed Round in 2006
Founded in 2003, GalaxyCore Inc. is a leading China-based fabless image sensor company targeting the global mobile device and consumer electronics market. They design, develop and market high-quality and cost-efficient CMOS image sensor devices, which capture optical images and convert the images into digital output signals. Their image sensors are primarily used in mobile devices, including feature phones, smart phones, and tablets. They also design, develop and market LCD driver chips, which are devices that drive the LCD panel to display image data on a screen. Their core competencies are their innovative design capability, efficient and flexible manufacturing processes and their established relationships with industry players, such as suppliers (foundries and packaging houses), CMOS camera module manufacturers and LCD module manufacturers, end device manufacturers and design houses. They have strong confidence in their future growth and are poised to expand their leading position in the image sensor industry as well as the LCD driver industry.
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