Slow Ventures

Slow Ventures, founded in 2009, is a San Francisco-based private equity firm specializing in early-stage investments in technology-related companies across the United States. With a community focused on collective experience and fueled by curiosity, Slow Ventures supports founders on their entrepreneurial journey by providing resources, connections, experiences, and empathy necessary to build strong, sustainable companies. By investing at the intersection of technology, science, society, and culture, Slow Ventures aims to empower entrepreneurs and foster innovation in the business landscape.

Sam Lessin

Partner

Yoni Rechtman

Principal

Sam Le ssin

Partner

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Taptap Send

Venture Round in 2020
Taptap Send is an app that lets immigrants send money back home to Africa instantly and at very low prices. Since launching in summer 2018, it has already moved tens of millions of dollars and reached tens of thousands of customers. It is live in seven European countries, and support payments into Senegal, Mali, Zambia, Ghana and the Ivory Coast, with more countries launching soon.

Pearpop

Seed Round in 2021
Pearpop is the marketplace for social collaborations between the teeming hordes of musicians, craftspeople, chefs, clowns, diarists, dancers, artists, actors, acrobats, aspiring celebrities, and actual celebrities.

Mosaic

Private Placement in 2020
Mosaic Building Group, Inc. provides construction services to homebuilders to build homes, communities, neighborhoods, and cities. It offers general contracting, framing mechanical, plumbing, electrical, drywall, and site work services. The company provides single family homebuilding, multi family homebuilding, custom homebuilding, and build to rent casitas. Mosaic Building Group, Inc. was formerly known as Fuelmouse Inc. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona with additional offices in San Francisco, California.

Rachio

Seed Round in 2014
Rachio, Inc. provides intelligent sprinkler controllers that enable users to water landscapes smartly. It also offers Iro, a WiFi-enabled device that turns sprinklers on and off remotely, and enables users to schedule irrigation automatically based on factors, such as water budgets, local weather, soil characteristics, and more. The company also offers control and dashboard options through a smartphone application. Rachio, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Thimble

Private Placement in 2019
Verifly Insurance Services, Inc., doing business as Thimble Insurance Services, develops and offers on-demand insurance software solutions. The company allows small businesses to obtain A-rated insurance for customers. It serves events and entertainment, freelancers and consultants, contractors and handymen, janitors and cleaners, landscaping, beauty, fitness, pet sitters, and drone operators. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in New York, New York. Verifly Insurance Services, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Verifly Holdings Ltd.

Chia Network

Series D in 2021
Chia Network Inc. develops a blockchain-based transaction and cryptocurrency platform. It provides Chialisp, a smart transaction programming language that unlocks the security, transparency, and ease of use of cryptocurrencies. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Parcl

Seed Round in 2021
Parcl is a digital real estate protocol built on the blockchain. The company's headquarters are in New York City.

Hydra Studios

Private Placement in 2020
Hydra Studios provides membership based wellness spaces. The company offers fitness suites, rainfall showers, towel service, locker storage, steam, infrared sauna, vanities, and bookable nap and meditation rooms. Hydra Studios was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

Kit

Seed Round in 2021
Kit offers comprehensive at-home health & lab testing solutions, allowing businesses and organizations to deliver a safe, convenient, and reliable alternative to doctor & laboratory visits to their customers.

Moxxly

Seed Round in 2015
Moxxly takes the guesswork out of modern motherhood through beautiful, connected devices. Moxxly’s first product is a smart, stylish, and high performing breast pump system that enables today’s mobile mom to pump wherever she is, with her shirt on, while receiving real-time data about her breastmilk supply. Moxxly is female-founded, San Francisco-based, and a proud alum of PCH International's Highway 1 hardware incubator as well as a current participant in Stanford's StartX accelerator.

Symbiose Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Symbiose Technologies is a communications company that creates AI-powered products that bring unprecedented depth, memory, and serendipity to your conversations. Symbiose is creating the highest-fidelity way to communicate -- a new paradigm for messaging and audio where conversations transform.

Freebird

Series A in 2018
Freebird is a first-of-its-kind mobile rebooking tool that empowers travelers to skip the line and instantly book a new ticket – on any airline at no additional cost – in the event of a flight cancellation, four-hour delay, or missed connection. Freebird provides travelers with instant notifications in the event of a flight disruption, and offers the ability to rebook in less than 30 seconds with only three taps on their mobile device.

EcoSapiens

Seed Round in 2023
Ecosapiens is a Web3/NFT project enabling consumers to make a positive impact on the climate.

Pistol Lake

Venture Round in 2017
Pistol Lake, Inc. designs and manufactures shirts. The company offers short sleeve shirts, pullover hoodies, sweat shorts, sweatshirts, V-neck shirts, joggers, and sweatpants. It serves customers through its store in Los Angeles, California, as well as online in the United States, Canada, and internationally. Pistol Lake, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Walnut, California.

Tempest

Private Placement in 2019
Tempest, Inc. operates an online recovery school that offers a virtual course for people wanting to quit alcohol. It also offers email courses. It offers tools to help participants learn the importance of purpose, meaning, and creativity in living a life without alcohol. Tempest, Inc. was formerly known as Hip Sobriety, Inc. and changed its name to Tempest, Inc. in May 2019. The company founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

Stem Disintermedia

Venture Round in 2022
Stem Disintermedia helps creators, artists, and musicians to collect digital revenue and enables them to track and share their earnings. It develops a platform intended to provide distribution and payments solution for artists and their teams. The platform aggregates cross-platform earnings, create contracts, and honor splits with collaborators, disburse payments and statements to all stakeholders in a project and visualizes performance data for each platform, enabling businesses to bring clarity to the complicated process of revenue management and ensure everyone involved in the creative process gets paid. Milana Rabkin, Tim Luckow, and Jovin Cronin-Wilesmith formed Stem Disintermedia in Los Angeles, California in 2015.

Easol

Seed Round in 2021
Fixers is a travel and experiences marketplace for creative entrepreneurs and independent brands. Our sellers range from yoga retreats in Mongolia, brown bear watching in Romania to music festivals in Croatia. Fixers helps you discover unique trips you can't find anywhere else. We're changing the game by getting to know you, we help you to discover more. Balancing human curation with clever algorithms we bring your world together in one place to create the most exciting travel store on the planet, made for you.

MakeSpace

Series A in 2014
MakeSpace aims to make storage convenient and consumer-friendly, creating a tech-enabled storage experience. Customers pay only for the space they need, and schedule pickups, drop-offs, and other services through an app and digital photo inventory. The company is now available in 31 markets across North America.

Stride Funding

Seed Round in 2019
Stride Funding (AlmaPact Inc.) is a mission-driven company focused on enabling debt-free lives for students, by supplementing student loans with flexible income sharing agreements. Unlike student loans that lock students into a single rigid payment, Stride’s payments rise and fall with a student’s income so that payments are always affordable. The company has been recognized as a visionary leader by FinTech analysts for its efforts on income protection and career support. Stride was created by students, for students, aiming to change student lives for the better. The company has been recognized by Harvard and MIT as a top new venture. Stride has received venture investments from GSV Accelerate, Slow Ventures, Sinai Ventures and Pear VC; and its strategic investors include Strada Education. Its advisors include serial entrepreneurs, Doug Levin and Tina Sharkey. Fund your Future, Find your Stride!

BarkBox

Series B in 2014
Bark & Co is the handiwork of Matt Meeker, Henrik Werdelin and Carly Strife. Brought together by their love of all things canine, these three launched Bark & Co’s first product, BarkBox, with little thought as to how popular it was going to be. BarkBox is a subscription e-commerce and content company for dog-lovers. As BarkBox grew, so did their understanding of the loyal dog parents that loved their monthly box of goodies. The success of the box led to the creation of Bark & Co, a company that is dedicated to building products that foster the health and happiness of dogs everywhere.

Allora Labs

Series A in 2022
Upshot is a blockchain-based protocol that incentivizes experts to answer subjective questions honestly and captures the value of truth. Its first product aims to provide an efficient price-discovery mechanism for NFTs by paying experts for honest appraisals unlocking new opportunities for experts and enabling a number of powerful new DeFi primitives.

Do

Seed Round in 2015
Do offers a platform that works as one place for all the notes, presentations, docs, and all other collateral to live together. The company gives the user the tools to frame the discussion, ensure things get done, and make decisions clear.

Birchbox

Series A in 2011
Launched in 2010, Birchbox is the discovery commerce platform redefining the retail process by offering consumers a personalized way to discover, sample, shop, and learn about the best products and brands available. Birchbox members have first-touch experiences with products each month and access to educational content to help them get the most out of their products. Top brands like Kiehl’s, Benefit, Deborah Lippmann, and Stila have partnered with Birchbox.

Taptap Send

Series B in 2021
Taptap Send is an app that lets immigrants send money back home to Africa instantly and at very low prices. Since launching in summer 2018, it has already moved tens of millions of dollars and reached tens of thousands of customers. It is live in seven European countries, and support payments into Senegal, Mali, Zambia, Ghana and the Ivory Coast, with more countries launching soon.

Mattermark

Seed Round in 2014
Mattermark is a data platform for venture capital companies to quantify signals of growing and potentially lucrative start-ups. Mattermark offers deal intelligence to the world's leading dealmakers - venture capital, private equity, corporate development, sales, and marketing professionals looking to take a data-driven approach to deal sourcing and due diligence. The company was launched in 2012 as a data platform for VCs with hopes of becoming the go-to software for firms to use when quantifying signals of growing and potentially lucrative startups.

Uniform Teeth

Series A in 2019
Uniform Teeth is an orthodontics practice committed to making orthodontic care as intuitive, accessible, and high quality as possible. Uniform Teeth specializes in providing clear straighteners.

Ridge

Series A in 2022
Ridge is building a global network of computing power through partnerships with data centers and aggregators of highly distributed compute nodes. It develops an Edge Cloud that provides exceptional scalability and performance. The company is backed by some of the most successful venture funds in Israel and Silicon Valley.

Hello Scout Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
Hello Scout on a mission to make your travels relaxing, spontaneous and unique. They provide a text message and app-based concierge to hotels looking to enhance their guest experience. Hello Scout uses a combination of city experts and bots to reply to guest requests.

Tiplinks Inc.

Private Placement in 2018
Tiplinks Inc., doing business as Fetcher, provides an automated candidate sourcing and recruiting platform for recruiters. It offers Fetcher, an automated sourcing engine, which combines artificial intelligence and human expertise to fill positions at the time and cost of traditional recruiting tools. The company’s technology also helps organizations to find the candidates from a database whose talents, interests, and experience match the needs of the job and the culture of the team. Tiplinks Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in New York, New York.

Physera

Seed Round in 2017
Physera is a musculoskeletal care company that delivers interventions digitally and via telehealth. The offering includes video access to a nationwide network of licensed physical therapists for diagnosis and treatment, as well as in-application animations, voice prompts, digital exercise therapy, and other guidance designed to reduce musculoskeletal pain.

Amper Technologies

Series A in 2022
Amper Technologies, Inc. develops and operates a clip-on device that helps factory owners and managers to analyze power consumption of their machines, predict downtime, and deploy predictive maintenance. It offers hardware and software to improve productivity and OEE. The company offers a solution from the hardware to the software, including non-invasive sensors, Internet-connected gateway, and web dashboards, as well as online dashboard to configure and see alerts, real-time status, key metrics, and rich reports. Its technologies also provides plant managers in factories to increase machine and labor productivity by having retrofit sensor that monitors across machine types. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

WillCall

Seed Round in 2013
WillCall curates a list of the best shows happening in your city and makes it easy to buy tickets with just a few taps — no waiting in line or dealing with the box office required. It’s the music discovery and ticketing app for people who want to have fun. A lot of love is put into the shows featured on the WillCall list, so you'll have no excuse to stay home.

Invisible AI

Venture Round in 2021
Invisible AI Inc. develops artificial intelligence-based cameras backed by visual intelligence platform for logistics and manufacturing facilities. Its camera is used to monitor facilities and warehouses. The company also provides a web dashboard that gives clients the visibility and built-in intelligence to keep the data safe. In addition, its platform integrates, tracks, and analyzes the data, which helps clients in optimizing their workflow. Invisible AI Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Birchbox

Series B in 2014
Launched in 2010, Birchbox is the discovery commerce platform redefining the retail process by offering consumers a personalized way to discover, sample, shop, and learn about the best products and brands available. Birchbox members have first-touch experiences with products each month and access to educational content to help them get the most out of their products. Top brands like Kiehl’s, Benefit, Deborah Lippmann, and Stila have partnered with Birchbox.

Ticketfly

Venture Round in 2014
Ticketfly, a subsidiary of Eventbrite, is a technology company reimagining the live event experience for promoters and fans. Its powerful ticketing, digital marketing, and analytics software helps promoters sell more tickets, streamline operations, and increase revenue per attendee, while its consumer tools make it easy for fans to find and purchase tickets to great events across North America. Since 2008, more than 1,200 leading venues and promoters have partnered with Ticketfly, including Merriweather Post Pavilion, the Brooklyn Bowl, Central Park SummerStage, Pitchfork Music Festival, and Burning Man. Ticketfly is led by Andrew Dreskin, co-founder of TicketWeb, the first company to ever sell tickets online. In 2014, Ticketfly crossed the $1B mark in transaction volume and in 2015 it was named one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Companies in Music." On October 7, 2015, Ticketfly announced its acquisition by music streaming service Pandora in a $335 million cash and stock deal. On June 9th, 2017, Pandora sold Ticketfly to its largest competitor, Eventbrite for $200 million.

Fetcher

Seed Round in 2019
Fetcher's mission is to make it fast, easy, and fun for organizations to find the right person, for the right job, at the right time. Fetcher helps companies find candidates whose talents, interests, and experience best match the needs of the job and the culture of the team. Fetcher believes when the right person is in the right role, the real magic happens. Fetcher was built to reduce the pain and expense of hiring so that organizations can focus their time on attracting talent and nurturing the growth and development of their people. Fetcher is committed to investing in long-term partnerships with organizations who see talent as their greatest asset, and Fetcher creates the tools that empower their growth.

Ephemeral Tattoos

Seed Round in 2017
Ephemeral Solutions, Inc. operates tattoo shops. It applies ephemeral inks that have a shorter lifespan. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Identiq

Seed Round in 2019
Identiq Protocol LTD, doing business as Identiq, operates an anonymous verification network that enables its members to validate new users. It verifies the identity of new users, and vouches for ones they already know, all without sharing any user data. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Yik Yak

Series B in 2014
Yik Yak is a location-based social network that helps people discover their local community, letting them share news, crack jokes, offer support, ask questions, and interact freely. It's home to the casual, relatable, heartfelt, and silly things that connect people with their community.

Neuromotion Inc.

Private Placement in 2018
Neuromotion Inc. develops a bioresponsive game platform that teaches kids emotion calming skills through play. It gaming platform under to treat behaviors associated with emotional dysregulation for kids in the age group of for kids 6-14 years. The company develops software which works with preexisting games by making them bio responsive. It enables kids to practice and learn emotional control. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

HMBradley

Series A in 2020
HMBradley is a developer of a digital banking platform for savers. It rewards everyone, regardless of income, for developing sound financial habits. HMBradley 's platform offers digitized banking services featuring virtual banking technologies that let users get credit cards instantly and enjoy banking facilities anytime via a smartphone application. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Pilotworks

Series A in 2017
Pilotworks fuels the growth of independent food companies with flexible kitchen spaces, powerful services, learning programs and a thriving community so that companies of every size—from new startups to national companies—can access new opportunities without limits.

More Labs

Private Placement in 2018
Sisun Lee first discovered magic elixirs designed to help with rough mornings after drinking while on a trip home to South Korea in 2016. Amazed by how effective they were, he dove into research and connected with Dr. Jing Liang, a DHM researcher and USC professor. From there, he created the first version of Morning Recovery, launched on Indiegogo, and raised over $250,000 from customers all over the world to get things going. They’ve been growing ever since.

VIDA

Seed Round in 2014
VIDA is an e-commerce platform that takes advantage of direct-to-fabric technology resulting in the large scale production of unique apparel from designers around the world. With this process, any submitted design can go from sketch to completion in a week with any of VIDA's ten manufacturers. With this process, any submitted design can go from sketch to completion in a week with any of VIDA's ten manufacturers. By carefully selecting its partnerships, VIDA is bridging the gap between artists and consumers while promoting socially responsible fashion. By carefully selecting its partnerships, VIDA is bridging the gap between artists and consumers while promoting socially responsible fashion.

Loom

Seed Round in 2013
Loom, Inc. develops a video messaging application. It offers Loom, an app that enables users to record and capture screen, voice, and face and instantly share the video link via email or message. The company’s solution is used in various use cases, such as engineering, sales, recruiting, design, marketing, customer support, customer success, and leadership teams. Loom, Inc. was formerly known as Opentest, Inc. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Wonderbelly

Seed Round in 2022
Ginger Health Company provides solutions for digestive health and offers product options, education, and guidance for consumers. Ginger Health Company was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Accion Systems

Seed Round in 2015
Accion Systems Inc. manufactures satellite propulsion systems for the space industry based on a proprietary ion beam technology. Its products include MIN-0 CubeSat/small satellite electric propulsion systems; MAX-1 small satellite electric propulsion systems; and TILE satellite electric propulsion systems. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Hodinkee

Seed Round in 2015
Established in 2008, HODINKEE is the destination for all things in the world of horology. Over the past decade, ​founder Ben Clymer and team have​ grown HODINKEE into a robust media and retail platform by providing its respected point of view on industry news and releases, investing in engaging and creative storytelling, producing a designated podcast, printing a bi-annual publication, and launching and growing its own retail outlet, HODINKEE Shop. At its core, HODINKEE’s goal is to bring its readers and consumers the best in luxury products in a way that is approachable, authentic, and honest.

Fly Labs

Convertible Note in 2014
Fly Labs Inc. develops a video editing application for customers in the United States and internationally. Its application enables users to string clips together into one video; trim and arrange clips; add music from their own library to set the tone for how their video feels; add voiceover to narrate their story and tie it all together; find and isolate small perfect moments within their larger clips; and crop their vertical videos. The company’s apps are available on the App Store. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Brooklyn, New York. As of November 6, 2015, Fly Labs Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.

Weotta

Series A in 2015
Weotta cleans, classifies, and connects the real world around us, turning unstructured place and event data into contextually relevant results. Their deep ontology enables you to make requests like, "Give me a romantic Japanese restaurant", "Tell me where to go on a classy date", or "Where should I go after the game". They were a TechCrunch Disrupt New York 2011 finalist. To showcase their capabilities at Disrupt they created the WeottaMakePlans itinerary generator. Recently, they launched the mobile app WeottaGo - a quick, fun, and beautiful way to discover the best of what to do right here, right now, wherever you may be. Their investors and advisors include some of the top people in data, local, and search.

Formagrid, Inc.

Private Placement in 2018
Formagrid, Inc., doing business as Airtable, develops Airtable, a mobile and desktop application that enables users to edit, comment, and collaborate in real time. The company's solution helps to build database. It offers applications in various categories, including personal, sales and customers, human resources, event planning, project management, and software development. The company serves startup, venture capital, nonprofit, local business, real estate, and PR and communications companies. Formagrid, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Porter Road Butcher Meat Co., LLC

Private Placement in 2018
Porter Road Butcher Meat Co., LLC operates a butcher shop that offers meat products in Nashville. It offers local and grass fed meats, beef, poultry, pork, lamb, eggs, dairy products, and cheese. The company is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Athena

Pre Seed Round in 2019
As a mom with a young child over 20 years ago, Simone had a child support collection problem. She learned how to navigate the system and collect her money, making herself her own first customer. After her success, she started helping other moms at her home at her kitchen table, and eventually, she opened a bricks and mortar on a busy street in a store-front and operated it for many years. She has taken her years of experience and packaged it into a tech platform to help women collect the back child support they are entitled to.

Citizen

Seed Round in 2016
Citizen is a free mobile application that notifies its users with safety alerts and real-time incident updates. It is a powerful force for good that has already evacuated people from burning buildings, diverted school buses from nearby terrorist attacks, and, in one instance, led to the rescue of a one-year-old boy from a stolen car. It is a truly unique proposition that provides you with alerts from 911 data that until now has never been made available to the public. The alerts are accompanied by live stories, real-time updates, and user-generated content to provide you with the information you need so you know what’s happening around you rather than having to wonder why police are on your corner or there are helicopters above you. Today, over a million people across the United States have downloaded the app and use it to keep themselves, their families, and their friends safe. Emergency services and community activists alike hail the app as a ground-breaking development in personal and community safety. Over 1 million New Yorkers have citizens, and the app has seen similar growth, usage, and engagement in LA, SF, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. The company was founded in 2017 and based in New York City, New York.

Tonkean

Seed Round in 2015
Tonkean uses AI to autonomously coordinate, execute and manage your business workflows, across data and people, so nothing falls through the cracks. The company's platform automatically connects to the interfaces users already use such as forms, email, chat, or other tools, based on the needs and preferences of each individual, enabling operations teams to quickly create adaptive modules to solve their unique challenges in a way that doesn't require new systems or engineering work.

MikMak

Pre Seed Round in 2015
MikMak helps brands better understand consumers by connecting digital investments to online retailer insights. It offers a dashboard that aggregates the eCommerce customer journey across any number of digital channels and retailers. Brands get standardized reporting and benchmarks, so users can act on unbiased insights in real-time. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

Paribus

Seed Round in 2015
Paribus scans your inbox for receipts and automatically saves you money when the items you bought drop in price. Stores often guarantee that you will get the lowest prices. They even promise to price match. But they don’t follow through unless you work for it. Paribus does the work for you. When you are owed money, Paribus automatically gets it for you.

ianacare

Series A in 2022
Ianacare, Inc. develops ianacare platform that offers products and services online through mobile applications. The company provides supportive care management for people suffering from chronic illnesses and other situations. Additionally, its platform connects caregiver, care recipient, and care supporters. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Newton Center, Massachusetts.

Pinterest

Series C in 2012
Pinterest, Inc. provides visual discovery engine in the United States and internationally. The company’s engine allows people to find inspiration for their lives, including recipes, home and style ideas, travel destinations, and others. It shows them visual recommendations based on people personal taste and interests. The company was formerly known as Cold Brew Labs Inc. and changed its name to Pinterest, Inc. in April 2012. Pinterest, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Parallel Finance

Series A in 2021
Parallel Finance is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that offers lending and staking services.

Tonkean

Private Placement in 2019
Tonkean uses AI to autonomously coordinate, execute and manage your business workflows, across data and people, so nothing falls through the cracks. The company's platform automatically connects to the interfaces users already use such as forms, email, chat, or other tools, based on the needs and preferences of each individual, enabling operations teams to quickly create adaptive modules to solve their unique challenges in a way that doesn't require new systems or engineering work.

Allbirds

Seed Round in 2015
Allbirds, Inc. manufactures and sells footwear. It offers wool runners, tree runners, tree loungers, tree skippers, and wool loungers, and insoles for men and women; and kid’s footwear. The company sells its products through its stores and retail stores in the United States and internationally, as well as online. Allbirds, Inc. was formerly known as Bozz, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Good Dog

Seed Round in 2019
Good Dog, Inc. develops a web based platform for buying and adopting dogs. The company offers Good Dog platform, which provides prospective dogs list and streamlines the process of dog ownership. It also provides a learning center, through its platform, which provides information about raising a dog. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Freebird

Seed Round in 2015
Freebird is a first-of-its-kind mobile rebooking tool that empowers travelers to skip the line and instantly book a new ticket – on any airline at no additional cost – in the event of a flight cancellation, four-hour delay, or missed connection. Freebird provides travelers with instant notifications in the event of a flight disruption, and offers the ability to rebook in less than 30 seconds with only three taps on their mobile device.

Giphy

Series B in 2015
Giphy is an American online database and search engine that allows users to search, share, and discover the best GIFs. It operates a search engine that enables users to search, share, and discover animated graphics interchange formats (GIFs) on the Internet. Animated GIFs have existed for decades, but there was still no good way to browse and discover the best the web had to offer. And the vision for GIPHY isn’t really just about finding GIFs. It’s a search engine today but soon you’ll see it grow into a community, a platform with a host of features targeted at gif artists, enthusiasts, bloggers, and anyone generally looking to discover or create that next big meme. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Airtime

Series B in 2012
At Airtime, we’re changing the way people interact online, making the internet a more welcoming and truly social place. Social networks have the power to bring people together, but they have often proven to do the opposite. In a world of social platforms that filter and curate our lives, social media has made us antisocial. That’s why we created Airtime. It’s a new kind of social space. No matter what you’re into—lofi hip hop, airbrush makeup, or improv comedy—drop in any time. There’s a room for you on Airtime that’s always open, live, and ready to welcome you in. Our company was founded by Sean Parker and is backed by Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and a host of other incredible partners. We have a world-class leadership team and over 100 wonderful employees in three offices across the country. We're working hard to create the most welcoming online live social space out there, not only in our product but also in our organization.

Chime

Seed Round in 2015
With Chime, you create video conversations, "Chimes", with friends, family, teams, and any small group that you care about. Everyone in a conversation ("Chime") can record to it throughout the day, creating one rich, intertwined group story that serves as both a way to communicate about what you're doing now and, afterward, as a memory.

Able Lending

Series A in 2013
Able Lending LLC, doing business as ablelending.com, provides term loans for small businesses in the United States. It offers Able Start loan product that enables funding with the help of friends, family, and fans; Able Growth loan product for the next stage of the growing business; and Able Refi, a loan product for refinancing high-interest loans and credit cards to free up the cash flow. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Aleo

Series B in 2022
Aleo is building the world's leading developer platform for enabling absolute privacy on blockchains. With their vocal advocacy for privacy tech in the blockchain ecosystem, they are playing a major part in mainstream awareness and industry adoption of privacy-preserving technologies. they are proud to offer a platform of services that exemplify privacy.

PullString

Series A in 2011
PullString, Inc., an entertainment and technology company, develops an interactive application that enables computer conversation with characters. The company focuses on content authoring software and artificial intelligence platform that enables to create conversations with digital and physical characters. It produces conversation-based narrative game for play on Facebook Messenger; entertainment applications that enable kids to have real conversations with various fun and quirky characters; and PullString platform to create computer conversation. The company also produces conversational experiences for various characters. PullString, Inc. was formerly known as ToyTalk, Inc. and changed its name to PullString, Inc. in April 2016. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Chatdesk

Venture Round in 2017
Chatdesk Inc. develops software solutions for companies to interact better with their customers. It helps companies to increase customer satisfaction by shifting from calls to messaging channels such as facebook, SMS, and whatsapp. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Managed by Q

Series B in 2016
Managed by Q Inc. operates a workplace management platform, which offers on demand cleaning and maintenance services. The company offers facility services, which includes cleaning, maintenance, IT support, and security services; workplace staffing services; project management services, which includes pre lease planning, vendor management, office build, interior design, office move, and renovation services; and task management services. Managed by Q Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in New York, New York. As of March 3, 2020, Managed by Q Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Eden Technologies, Inc.

Roadster

Seed Round in 2014
Roadster Online Inc. operates an online marketplace for buying new cars. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Grin

Seed Round in 2020
Grin is a comprehensive digital orthodontic platform providing teeth straightening for all types of patients with a real local orthodontist. The platform also connects patients with a real orthodontist from the convenience of their smart device. They deliver responsible care from orthodontic specialists in an easily accessible and cost-effective way, Grin provides patients quality care that results in an exceptional smile together with all of the modernized convenience that they expect. Grin technology, aligned with a network of local trusted orthodontists, ensures that every patient gets the right care. The platform Grin App and Grin Scope is a patent-pending technology that offers remote monitoring for a variety of orthodontic needs. The Grin experience includes high-quality self-scans with the latest teeth straightening solutions. Practitioners and patients can now use these telemedicine tools to achieve a new, more convenient treatment journey. It was founded by Dr. Adam Schulhof, Pamela Oren-Artzi, and Alon Lipnik in 2019 and is based in Oradell, New Jersey.

Contactually

Seed Round in 2013
Contactually converts your contacts to relationships, all through email. The system identifies when you email a new lead, shows what you already know about him, and asks a few specific questions to learn more: how did you meet, how important is he, what are the next steps. The system then parses your response and automatically pushes all rich data to your CRM.

Sunrise

Seed Round in 2013
Sunrise is a free calendar app. Designed with love, Sunrise is a new experience that will make your life easier. Available on Android, iPhone, iPad & Web.

Freshly

Series A in 2015
Freshly, Inc. provides freshly prepared meals online. The company’s meals menu includes entrees and breakfasts with dairy products, eggs, pork, tree nuts, chicken, beef, turkey, fish, soy, and shellfish. It offers monthly and weekly subscriptions. Freshly, Inc. was formerly known as F3 Foods of Arizona, Inc. and changed its name to Freshly, Inc. in December 2014. Freshly, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in New York, New York. As of October 30, 2020, Freshly, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Nestlé USA, Inc.

Facet

Series A in 2018
Facet Wealth, Inc. provides wealth management and financial planning services to small accounts. Its services include retirement planning, retirement income, education planning, income tax planning, estate planning, insurance planning, life planning, asset management, and legacy planning. The company serves professionals, pre-retirement, and retiree clients. Facet Wealth, Inc. was formerly known as Onek Financial, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Hydra Studios

Seed Round in 2020
Hydra Studios provides membership based wellness spaces. The company offers fitness suites, rainfall showers, towel service, locker storage, steam, infrared sauna, vanities, and bookable nap and meditation rooms. Hydra Studios was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

Trustify

Seed Round in 2016
Trustify, Inc. operates an on-demand technology platform that helps to connect and hire private investigators in the United States. The company offers real-time observation and digital monitoring services. It also provides services in the areas of background checks, social and digital media analysis, and real-time observations for staffing; finding witnesses, serving papers, locating assets, and collecting evidence for law; and workman's compensation, scene investigation, liability, witness identification, property and casualty, recorded statements, surveillance, subrogation potential, fact of loss, and SIU support services for insurance businesses. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.

Hipcamp

Seed Round in 2016
Hipcamp unlocks access to private land for camping and outdoor recreation. It is a mission-driven marketplace where people can list, discover, and book campsites and accommodations on private and public land. Whether it’s finding a scenic spot to pitch a tent or planning a nature-filled getaway, Hipcamp is the go-to guide to getting outside. Hipcamp creates new revenue streams for landowners such as farmers, ranchers, and vintners, which supports them to conserve their land and keep it wild. By unlocking access and simplifying the camping experience, Hipcamp is democratizing, and enhancing the experience of getting outside, inspiring more people to enjoy and protect our world. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Radius Intelligence

Series C in 2014
Radius (www.radius.com) is the only Enterprise Customer Data Platform (CDP) on a mission to power data intelligence across all B2B applications, channels, and users. Built on The Network of Record™ - the most accurate and comprehensive B2B data ecosystem - and pioneering AI, Radius helps companies discover, manage and reach their audiences. With Radius, our customers have a single source of truth, a unified view of every possible customer, and the largest reach across more than 500 channels. Radius customers include Comcast, Sam’s Club, DexYP, Square, and many more. The company is backed by 8VC, BlueRun Ventures, and Founders Fund. Radius is headquartered in San Francisco.

Shippabo

Seed Round in 2016
Shippabo is an online platform that provides its users with shipping rates and shipment scheduling solutions. The platform offers freight forwarding, government filings, and trucking and drayage services to its users. It features online bookings, online custom bond purchases, real-time notifications, and shipment management. Shippabo was launched by Calvin Lo, Nina Luu, Wes Chien, and Sam Luu and is based in California.

Postmoda

Seed Round in 2021
Wardrobe Technologies, Inc. develops and offers Wardrobe, a peer-to-peer marketplace for the rental of luxury, designer, and vintage clothes. It includes renting, by browsing in application then book the selection, and when the rental period is over, the item is dropped at the company; and lending, which includes making selection, requesting pick up, creating closet, and adding items in the application. Wardrobe Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.

DIMO

Seed Round in 2022
[DIMO] connects the physical and digital world to produce useful work.

Mindie

Seed Round in 2014
Mindie is a new way to share life through music video, in seconds. Choose the track of your choice and record video while the music is playing! Any video gets insanely better with music.

Nexar

Series B in 2018
Nexar Ltd. develops Dashcam, a mobile application which helps in predicting road accidents. The company's mobile application offers insights and alerts about surrounding cars and enables users to provide feedback and alerts to other drivers on the road. Its application records the road while driving; detects a hard break or an accident; records past, present, and future of an incident; and automatically creates an incident and uploads it to the cloud. Nexar Ltd. was founded in 2015 and is based in Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel

Shippabo

Seed Round in 2017
Shippabo is an online platform that provides its users with shipping rates and shipment scheduling solutions. The platform offers freight forwarding, government filings, and trucking and drayage services to its users. It features online bookings, online custom bond purchases, real-time notifications, and shipment management. Shippabo was launched by Calvin Lo, Nina Luu, Wes Chien, and Sam Luu and is based in California.

I V Y Labs

Series A in 2017
I V Y Labs, Inc. develops an application to help therapists and clients. It provides services, including book appointments, talk to therapist, and pay through the application. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Metropolis

Series A in 2021
Metropolis is an AI and computer vision start-up built to modernize parking and empower the future of mobility. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Splash

Series A in 2015
Billions of dollars are spent on worldwide events each year, making them one of the most expensive aspects of the marketing budget. Splash is the world's first tool that optimizes and validates that spend - featuring a fully integrated platform that empowers event producers to design beautiful event pages, own every lead, sell tickets and seamlessly manage communications to deliver maximum ROI.

Nextdoor

Series A in 2012
Nextdoor, Inc. operates a social networking platform for neighborhoods in San Francisco. Its platform enables local conversations among neighbors. It owns and operates Help Map, an interactive map allows residents to mark themselves as available to help vulnerable neighbors during the Covid-19 pandemic. The company was formerly known as Nextdoor.com, Inc. and changed its name to Nextdoor, Inc. in January 2014. Nextdoor, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California. It has an additional location in London, United Kingdom.