SoftBank Robotics Europe

SoftBank Robotics Europe designs and manufactures humanoid robots for education, research, health, distribution, tourism, and business applications, as well as for family and personal use. The company serves customers worldwide and is based in Paris, France, with additional offices in Japan, the United States, and China.

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Ampere Computing

Acquisition in 2025
Ampere Computing designs cloud-native, energy-efficient microprocessors for cloud, edge, and AI workloads. Its Ampere Altra family delivers high core counts, up to 128 cores, optimized for cloud-native, AI inference, and memory-intensive applications such as big data, machine learning, and databases across data centers and edge environments. The company focuses on performance, efficiency, and scalability to support cloud service providers and large-scale deployments. Engineering work spans multiple locations globally, including design sites in Bengaluru, Raleigh, and Ho Chi Minh City, with corporate presence in Santa Clara, Portland, and Taipei.

Terabase Energy

Series C in 2025
Terabase Energy is a provider of automation and digital deployment solutions for utility-scale solar projects. The company develops software and services, including a cloud-based artificial intelligence project development platform that supports collaborative digital models, and offers technical advisory and engineering services. It markets an automation platform that integrates software, automation, and advanced construction techniques to help solar developers and EPC firms optimize project planning, streamline deployment, improve site efficiency, and manage costs, enabling scalable solar installations. The solutions are used by more than 400 engineering, procurement, and construction firms, developers, and independent power producers in 28 countries. Terabase Energy is based in Berkeley, California, with an additional office in Melbourne, Australia.

Wiz

Venture Round in 2024
Wiz, Inc. is a cybersecurity company founded in 2020, with headquarters in Palo Alto, California, and an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel. The company specializes in cloud security, providing enterprises with a platform that enables them to identify security issues within their public cloud infrastructure. Wiz's innovative solution offers a comprehensive, cloud-native visibility tool that analyzes the entire cloud environment, delivering a 360-degree view of security risks across various platforms, including clouds, containers, and workloads. The platform utilizes actionable, graph-based analysis to facilitate in-depth risk assessment and root cause analysis without the need for agents, allowing organizations to enhance their security posture effectively.

Karius

Series C in 2024
Karius is a life sciences company that develops genomic insights for infectious diseases. Its core offering, the Karius Test, is a non-invasive blood test that sequences microbial cell-free DNA to identify and quantify pathogens—including bacteria, DNA viruses, fungi, and parasites—for use in complicated pneumonia, infections in immunocompromised patients, and endocarditis. The company also provides laboratory services for pathogen biomarker detection for biopharmaceutical research and development. Founded in 2014, Karius is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with an additional office in Menlo Park, California. The laboratory operations are CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited, enabling high-complexity clinical testing. By mapping a patient’s microbial landscape from a single blood draw, Karius aims to support rapid, informed treatment decisions.

Zum

Series E in 2024
Zum Services, Inc., established in 2014, specializes in safe and reliable transportation services for children and youth in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. The company offers scheduled or on-demand rides, as well as care services like nannies, for school drops and pickups, sports activities, and other needs. Zum's services include single family or carpool rides, one-off rides, babysitting, and stay and watch services, all facilitated through a network of vetted drivers and advanced scheduling technology.

Cubic Telecom

Acquisition in 2023
Cubic Telecom is an Irish technology company established in 2006, specializing in global connectivity solutions for Internet of Things (IoT), machine-to-machine (M2M), automotive, and other industries. The company's cloud-based platform, PACE, offers a range of services including software updates, telematics, infotainment, location-based services, and real-time data management. Cubic Telecom serves Fortune 100 companies worldwide, with offices in Dublin, San Francisco, and Tokyo. Its solutions are used by prominent brands such as Audi, Volkswagen, and Microsoft. The company is privately held, having raised over €110 million in funding from investors including Audi Electronics Venture GmbH and Qualcomm.

Cato Networks

Venture Round in 2023
Cato Networks provides a cloud-based secure global SD-WAN and security platform that connects enterprise locations, remote users, and cloud data. The Cato Cloud integrates networking and security services, including WAN optimization, firewall, secure web gateway, threat protection, and UC optimization, delivered through a single management application. It eliminates branch appliances, reduces MPLS costs, and provides secure Internet access everywhere, enabling seamless integration of mobile users and cloud data centers into the WAN and simplifying site deployment and overall network security for distributed, mobile, and cloud-enabled enterprises.

Fanatics

Private Equity Round in 2022
Fanatics is a global sports merchandise company that designs, produces, distributes and retails licensed sports apparel, jerseys and fan gear through online, mobile and physical stores. Founded in 1995 and based in Jacksonville, Florida, the company operates a multi-channel platform that serves professional leagues, teams, media brands, collegiate and professional properties, and retailers, delivering high-quality merchandise to fans with real-time availability across channels.

Swell Energy

Series B in 2022
Swell Energy, established in 2014 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California, specializes in energy storage solutions for residential and commercial customers in Southern California. The company offers smart and lithium-ion home batteries, as well as solar home batteries, and provides comprehensive services including design, permitting, installation, and maintenance. Swell Energy's signature product, EnergyShield, combines solar panels and compact lithium-ion home batteries to supply backup power and act as a buffer between homes and the power grid. The company also facilitates the adoption of clean energy technologies through financing and educational resources, and partners with local solar and storage companies for seamless installations. Additionally, Swell Energy delivers virtual power plant networks and grid-balancing services to utilities, contributing to a more resilient and sustainable distributed energy system.

Fountain

Series C in 2022
Fountain, established in 2014, is a San Francisco-based company that operates a hiring platform designed for businesses with hourly workforces. Its mobile-first platform streamlines and scales global recruitment, empowering employers to make data-driven hiring decisions and engage candidates through automated scheduling and reminders. Fountain serves various industries, including franchise, gig economy, retail, hospitality, and manufacturing.

UPSIDE Foods

Series C in 2022
UPSIDE Foods, formerly known as Memphis Meats, is a cultivated meat company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berkeley, California. The company specializes in producing real meat, poultry, and seafood directly from animal cells, eliminating the need to raise and slaughter animals. This innovative approach significantly reduces the resource consumption associated with traditional meat production, requiring less water, land, and energy. UPSIDE Foods aims to offer consumers clean, humane, and sustainable meat products, such as beef meatballs, chicken, and duck, all grown in controlled environments. The company is led by Dr. Uma Valeti, who is committed to transforming the food industry with healthier and environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional meat.

Welcome Tech

Venture Round in 2022
Welcome Tech is a digital platform connecting global immigrant communities with tailored information, products, and services across sectors like finance, education, healthcare, telecommunication, and government. With over 9 million annual users and nearly 2 million active members, it leverages technology to provide secure, personalized solutions.

Clarify Health Solutions

Series D in 2022
Clarify Health Solutions, Inc. is a healthcare technology company based in San Francisco, California, that provides a software and analytics platform designed to enhance patient care delivery. The platform, known as Clarify Episode, facilitates real-time engagement among patients, clinicians, and care teams by delivering critical information and insights. It stratifies patients based on various characteristics, monitors their progress, and identifies potential complications early, prompting timely interventions. Key offerings include Care Pilot, a mobile and browser-based tool that empowers patients in their care journey; Care Connect, which enables clinicians to monitor and analyze patient data; and Care Prism, which delivers real-time business and productivity analytics for management. The company's solutions aim to improve efficiency, satisfaction, and engagement for patients, care teams, hospitals, and payers. Clarify Health Solutions was incorporated in 2015 and maintains a strategic alliance with Leidos.

Neuron23

Series C in 2022
Founded in 2018, Neuron23 is a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Munich, Germany. It specializes in developing and manufacturing medicines for genetic disorders using artificial intelligence technology and genetics.

Digits

Series C in 2022
Digits is a fintech company that develops AI-powered accounting platforms. Founded in 2018 by Wayne Chang and Jeff Seibert, the company automates bookkeeping, provides real-time financial insights, and streamlines tax management for startups and small businesses.

Bambee

Series C in 2022
Founded in 2016, Bambee provides affordable HR management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Its platform offers access to an HR manager starting at $99 a month, along with tools like HR Autopilot and Guided Payroll to ensure compliance. Serving various industries, Bambee aims to help businesses run efficiently like Fortune 500 companies.

Roofstock

Series E in 2022
Roofstock operates an online marketplace enabling investors to buy and sell single-family rental homes with existing tenants. Founded in 2015, the company provides research tools, analytics, and insights to facilitate informed investment decisions.

Cornami

Series C in 2022
Cornami develops patented multi-core technology that significantly enhances compute performance in high-performance computing (HPC) environments. This technology reduces power consumption, lowers latency, and improves return on investment for products across various markets, with an initial focus on Big Data.

Weee!

Series E in 2022
Founded in 2015, Weee! is a California-based online grocery retailer specializing in Asian and Hispanic food products. It offers a curated selection of fruits, seafood, snacks, and daily essentials sourced from local farms and trusted brands, serving customers in major U.S. cities.

Plexium

Series B in 2022
Plexium, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in San Diego, California, specializing in the development of targeted protein degradation therapeutics aimed at treating cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. Founded in 2017, Plexium focuses on identifying E3 ligase modulating small molecules to create innovative therapies. The company has developed a screening platform known as DELPhe, which utilizes advanced techniques to miniaturize cell-based assays for high-content readouts. This platform enables the modulation of E3 ligases to selectively target various cancers, including small cell lung and breast tumors, while also inducing immune responses. By exploring next-generation drug candidates that extend beyond traditional approaches, Plexium is poised to uncover new therapeutic possibilities across a wide range of medical applications.

Synthego Corporation

Series E in 2022
Synthego is a biotechnology company specializing in genome engineering. It offers integrated hardware, software, bioinformatics, chemistries, and molecular biology platforms to advance basic research and therapeutic development. Its products include engineered cells, CRISPR kits, and bioinformatics tools for gene knockout, target validation, and disease modeling. Synthego serves scientists globally, with sales through distributors in multiple countries and online.

Spotter

Series D in 2022
Founded in 2019, Spotter is a platform dedicated to empowering independent content creators across digital platforms. It provides financial liquidity solutions, enabling prosumer creators to expand their content, remain independent, and access personalized AI software products for growth.

Paper

Series D in 2022
Paper is an educational technology company that provides personalized tutoring support for students. Its platform offers live help, essay feedback, real-time reports, and intervention tools to facilitate learning and assist teachers. Founded in 2014, Paper is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Soul Machines

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2016, Soul Machines specializes in developing emotionally responsive digital humans for AI platforms. Its products include Digital DNA Studio, enabling users to create custom avatars for various purposes such as customer care and marketing. Headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, the company operates globally with offices across North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia.

Flexport

Series E in 2022
Flexport, established in 2013, is a San Francisco-based company specializing in global freight forwarding and customs brokerage services. It offers an online platform that simplifies and streamlines international trade for businesses. Flexport's services include customs clearance, freight transportation by ocean, air, and road, along with value-added services such as cargo insurance, warehousing, and trade finance. The company's user-friendly dashboard enables clients to understand, purchase, manage, and track these services in real-time, optimizing their supply chain and logistics operations.

Platform Science

Series C in 2022
Founded in 2015, Platform Science develops an enterprise-grade IoT fleet management platform for connected trucks and digital supply chains. Its platform offers core telematics functionality, including compliance, safety, and productivity applications, along with dynamic hardware configurations and partner integrations.

Satellogic

Post in 2022
Satellogic is a company that designs and operates a constellation of nano satellites for high-resolution Earth observation. Founded in 2010 and based in Palo Alto, California, Satellogic provides real-time data streams that support decision-making across various sectors, including government, agriculture, and environmental monitoring. The company's innovative platform allows for the frequent remapping of the planet, delivering detailed imagery for applications such as disaster response, infrastructure monitoring, border security, and illegal logging detection. With a global operational presence across North America, Europe, Asia, and South America, Satellogic primarily generates its revenue from the Asia Pacific region, catering to both governmental and commercial clients.

Blockdaemon

Series C in 2022
Blockdaemon facilitates blockchain deployment by offering a node management platform that supports over 30 protocols. It empowers businesses and developers to quickly launch and manage blockchain applications, with tools for exchanges, custodians, and financial institutions.

MinIO

Series B in 2022
MinIO, Inc. is a developer of a high-performance, open-source distributed object storage server that is fully compatible with Amazon S3 APIs. Founded in 2014 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company focuses on providing a minimal object storage solution optimized for cloud-native workloads, making it suitable for deployment in both public and private clouds, including Kubernetes environments. MinIO's platform enables enterprises to manage unstructured data effectively, supporting various applications such as machine learning, analytics, and data backup and archival processes. The company also hosts a MinIO play server, allowing developers and system administrators to familiarize themselves with its S3-compatible object storage capabilities.

FTX US Derivatives

Series A in 2022
FTX US is a bitcoin options exchange designed to assist both individual traders and institutions in trading. FTX US allows users to trade a variety of digital assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Dogecoin. The company was founded by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Plenty

Series E in 2022
Plenty Inc., established in 2014 and based in South San Francisco, specializes in vertical farming. The company cultivates a variety of fresh produce using proprietary systems that combine engineering, software, and crop science. Plenty's innovative approach reduces water usage and eliminates the need for pesticides or GMOs, resulting in sustainable, year-round harvests. Its mission is to provide clean, nutritious food while minimizing environmental impact.

Labelbox

Series D in 2022
Labelbox, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing an AI-driven platform for data labeling and management. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company enables businesses to outsource their data annotation needs, facilitating the creation and management of datasets essential for machine learning applications. The platform features a visual workflow interface, annotation tools, quality control capabilities, and performance analytics, which collectively streamline the data labeling process. Labelbox supports teams in utilizing the latest advancements in generative AI and large language models, ensuring that AI systems receive appropriate human oversight and automation. Its services are utilized by prominent enterprises, including Walmart, Procter & Gamble, Genentech, and Adobe, as well as numerous leading AI teams across various industries.

Koniku

Series A in 2021
Koniku Inc. is a neurotechnology company based in Berkeley, California, that specializes in the development of co-processors made from biological neurons. Founded in 2015, the company has created innovative technology that enables computers to detect odors, effectively allowing them to "smell." This capability is embodied in the Konikore, a smell processor that can analyze human breath and other bodily fluids to identify diseases before they manifest. Koniku's platform integrates odor positioning and surveillance systems which mimic the sensitivity of biological systems, facilitating applications in healthcare, security, industrial monitoring, and food safety. By leveraging machine learning alongside chemical data collection, Koniku aims to transform everyday environments, such as bathrooms, into data centers that predict health outcomes based on volatile organic compounds.

Cerebral

Series C in 2021
Cerebral Inc. is a mental health telemedicine company that offers an online membership platform designed to provide accessible and affordable mental health care. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Walnut, California, Cerebral specializes in addressing conditions such as anxiety, depression, and insomnia. The platform enables users to engage in medication management, counseling, and therapy, while also facilitating regular assessments and video appointments with care counselors. Additionally, it provides ongoing check-ins and messaging support from assigned care managers, along with prescription services and medication delivery. By employing evidence-based guidelines, Cerebral aims to improve the overall mental-emotional health of its patients, making high-quality care more accessible to a broader audience.

Incode Technologies

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2015, Incode Technologies develops an omnichannel biometric identity platform that enables secure, seamless user experiences across banking, payments, hospitality, and retail sectors. Its products include face-powered transaction verification, chat/video conferencing solutions, and government-grade facial recognition technology used by major global institutions.

Sense

Series D in 2021
Sense is an automated communication and engagement platform tailored for enterprise recruiting teams and the staffing industry. It leverages artificial intelligence to enhance productivity for recruiters by streamlining workflows, managing employee databases, and conducting surveys for hiring managers and consultants. The platform aims to reduce turnover and improve re-deployment rates while providing a comprehensive view of consultant engagement. Based in San Francisco, Sense has garnered investment from notable firms, including Accel, GV, Khosla Ventures, Signia Ventures, and IDG SF.

Pear Therapeutics

Post in 2021
Pear Therapeutics, Inc. is a Boston-based commercial-stage healthcare company specializing in software-based digital therapeutics, also known as Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDTs). Founded in 2013, the company develops clinically validated software solutions designed to treat a range of behavioral health disorders, including addiction, anxiety, depression, and chronic insomnia. Its suite of products includes mobile digital therapies that reward patients for engagement, and specific tools like reSET and reSET-O, aimed at treating substance use disorders. The company also offers Somryst, which provides neurobehavioral interventions for insomnia, and operates PearConnect, a patient services center that connects patients with advocates and resources, ensuring support throughout their treatment journey. Pear Therapeutics aims to enhance treatment outcomes by integrating digital therapies with pharmaceuticals and providing comprehensive support for patients, clinicians, and payors.

Atomic

Series A in 2021
Atomic is a provider of personalized investment management services that lets companies embed investment accounts into their services. It allows companies to offer their end-users a disciplined way to invest with them. Atomic was founded in 2020 by David Dindi in San Francisco, CA.

Fountain

Series C in 2021
Fountain, established in 2014, is a San Francisco-based company that operates a hiring platform designed for businesses with hourly workforces. Its mobile-first platform streamlines and scales global recruitment, empowering employers to make data-driven hiring decisions and engage candidates through automated scheduling and reminders. Fountain serves various industries, including franchise, gig economy, retail, hospitality, and manufacturing.

Treasure Data

Venture Round in 2021
Treasure Data, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing managed cloud services designed for big data collection, storage, and analysis. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional locations in Tokyo, Japan, Treasure Data's platform enables businesses to gather and analyze data from diverse sources, including web, application, mobile, and sensor data. The company's offerings include tools for data pipeline monitoring, anomaly detection, and end-to-end encryption, aimed at enhancing data management and driving insights. Serving clients across various industries such as digital gaming, advertising technology, media, mobile, retail, and telecommunications in Asia, North America, and Europe, Treasure Data empowers organizations to utilize data as a strategic asset, facilitating a deeper understanding of customer behavior and enabling data-driven decision-making. As of 2018, it operates as a subsidiary of ARM Holdings plc.

Cloudbeds

Series D in 2021
Cloudbeds is a hospitality management software developer headquartered in San Diego, California, founded in 2012. The company offers an integrated, cloud-based platform designed to simplify operations for independent hoteliers and hosts. Its all-in-one hotel management system provides real-time, two-way integration with various distribution channels, alongside property, payment, and revenue management services. By empowering clients in the hospitality industry with advanced technology, Cloudbeds enables them to enhance revenue, streamline operations, and improve guest experiences.

Nuro

Series D in 2021
Nuro, Inc. is a technology company based in Mountain View, California, that specializes in the development of self-driving vehicles specifically designed for local goods transportation. Incorporated in 2016, Nuro aims to transform local commerce through its fleet of fully autonomous, electric vehicles that facilitate the delivery of a wide range of products, including food and pharmaceuticals. By enabling retailers to efficiently and safely deliver goods to customers, Nuro enhances the convenience of local commerce and meets the growing demand for autonomous delivery solutions.

Flock Freight

Series D in 2021
Flock Freight Inc. is a logistics company that specializes in less than truckload (LTL) freight shipping and management across North America. Founded in 2015 and based in Solana Beach, California, with an additional office in Vista, the company focuses on optimizing freight transport by pooling multiple LTL shipments into full truckloads using proprietary algorithms. This approach minimizes inefficiencies and waste within the freight industry, offering solutions like FlockDirect, which ensures direct routes for shipments without terminal handling, thereby enhancing safety and on-time delivery. Additionally, Flock Freight provides a software platform that facilitates multi-stop shipment pooling, catering to the logistics needs of mid-market and enterprise-level businesses. The company aims to revolutionize the $60 billion LTL freight sector by delivering a superior customer experience and significant economic savings for shippers and carriers alike.

Praxis Labs

Series A in 2021
Praxis Labs designs and develops virtual reality-based software for diversity and inclusion training in workplaces. Founded in 2019 and based in Stanford, California, the company integrates research-backed curriculum with advanced VR technology to create immersive unconscious bias training experiences. Praxis Labs offers services that include designing curriculum for diversity and bias trainings, producing high-quality training materials, and providing quantifiable metrics to measure improvements in understanding and empathy regarding implicit bias within organizations.

Vuori

Venture Round in 2021
Vuori is an American apparel brand that designs and sells performance-focused clothing for men and women, drawing on an active coastal lifestyle. Its product range includes shorts, pants, tops, graphic T-shirts, hats, and gift cards, including apparel tailored for yoga instructors, surfers, cross‑fit instructors, personal trainers, and other individuals. The company markets its products through California dealers in San Diego, Del Mar, and Solana Beach, and operates a store in San Francisco. Its headquarters are in Encinitas, California, and it was founded in 2014 by Joseph Kudla.

Plume Design

Series F in 2021
Plume Design, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in adaptive home Wi-Fi solutions and the manufacture of Wi-Fi devices. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Plume provides a software-as-a-service platform designed for communications service providers. This platform facilitates the delivery of enhanced services for connected homes, including features such as optimal Wi-Fi performance, parental controls, and motion sensing capabilities. Plume's mobile application allows users to customize and manage their Wi-Fi networks, including controlling device access and managing passwords. The company's focus is on enhancing the smart home experience while supporting service providers with backend applications.

Cornami

Series C in 2021
Cornami develops patented multi-core technology that significantly enhances compute performance in high-performance computing (HPC) environments. This technology reduces power consumption, lowers latency, and improves return on investment for products across various markets, with an initial focus on Big Data.

Zum

Series D in 2021
Zum Services, Inc., established in 2014, specializes in safe and reliable transportation services for children and youth in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. The company offers scheduled or on-demand rides, as well as care services like nannies, for school drops and pickups, sports activities, and other needs. Zum's services include single family or carpool rides, one-off rides, babysitting, and stay and watch services, all facilitated through a network of vetted drivers and advanced scheduling technology.

ContractPodAi

Series C in 2021
ContractPodAi is a prominent provider of AI-driven legal technology that focuses on enhancing contract management for enterprises. Its flagship product, an advanced Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform, leverages the capabilities of Leah, an innovative Agentic AI solution designed to streamline legal workflows and uncover opportunities for business growth. By transforming legal departments from cost centers into strategic enablers of growth, ContractPodAi enhances compliance and risk visibility while reducing workload and minimizing errors. The platform automates contract assembly, management, and analysis, facilitating full contract workflows and approvals, and providing alerts for critical deadlines. With a commitment to integrating seamlessly into existing business systems, ContractPodAi supports organizations in making faster, data-driven decisions and adapting to evolving needs. The company, headquartered in London with additional offices in New York, San Francisco, Glasgow, and Mumbai, partners with leading technology firms to deliver effective legal transformation solutions for global enterprises.

Blockdaemon

Series B in 2021
Blockdaemon facilitates blockchain deployment by offering a node management platform that supports over 30 protocols. It empowers businesses and developers to quickly launch and manage blockchain applications, with tools for exchanges, custodians, and financial institutions.

Unifonic

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2006, Unifonic is a leading cloud-based provider of customer communication and engagement solutions. It offers affordable enterprise-grade multilingual platforms for seamless omnichannel communications across the Middle East.

HomeLight

Series D in 2021
HomeLight, Inc. is a real estate platform based in San Francisco, California, that connects homebuyers and sellers with real estate agents using data and agent reviews. Founded in 2011, the company offers a suite of innovative products designed to simplify the real estate transaction process. These products enable clients to make all-cash offers, purchase new homes before selling their current properties, and navigate a modern closing process. HomeLight's platform aims to enhance the overall experience for homebuyers and sellers by providing certainty and efficiency throughout their real estate journey.

Fanatics

Private Equity Round in 2021
Fanatics is a global sports merchandise company that designs, produces, distributes and retails licensed sports apparel, jerseys and fan gear through online, mobile and physical stores. Founded in 1995 and based in Jacksonville, Florida, the company operates a multi-channel platform that serves professional leagues, teams, media brands, collegiate and professional properties, and retailers, delivering high-quality merchandise to fans with real-time availability across channels.

MindTickle

Series E in 2021
MindTickle offers a sales readiness platform that enables companies to train, coach, and align their customer-facing teams. Its data-driven approach combines on-demand training, mobile updates, gamification, coaching, role-play, and assessment tools to enhance sales performance. Headquartered in San Francisco and Pune, MindTickle is privately held.

Human Interest

Series D in 2021
Human Interest is a retirement savings provider focused on small and medium-sized businesses, offering a 401(k) platform that simplifies administration and compliance through end-to-end technology. The platform automatically creates employee accounts, syncs payroll deductions, and provides personalized investment guidance, enabling SMBs to offer affordable, easy-to-manage retirement plans; the company has served thousands of businesses across the United States and was founded in 2015 in San Francisco by Paul Sawaya and Roger Lee.

TBCASoft

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2016, TBCASoft specializes in developing high-performance blockchain platforms tailored for the telecommunications industry. The company offers Cross-Carrier Payment System (CCPS) for P2P remittance and top-up services, along with Cross-Carrier Identification System (CCIS) using zero-knowledge proof cryptography. It also operates Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG), a consortium providing blockchain-based services to its members.

Wiliot

Series C in 2021
Wiliot is a technology company that designs wireless chipsets and battery-free smart tags that connect physical products to digital systems. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Diego, California, it combines semiconductor hardware with cloud services to bring connectivity to everyday items and packaging. Its platform uses radiofrequency energy harvesting to power IoT stickers, eliminating batteries and enabling lightweight tags that can be deployed across supply chains. The approach allows brands to monitor product location, usage, and replenishment, while gathering data on distribution, sales, usage, and recycling. Through battery-free Bluetooth-enabled tags that integrate with cloud services, Wiliot aims to bridge the digital and physical worlds for consumer goods, logistics, and retail applications.

Ethos Life

Series D in 2021
Ethos Life is an insurance company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing modern and ethical life insurance products, primarily term life insurance. Founded in 2016, Ethos aims to make life insurance affordable, accessible, and instant, addressing a significant market valued at $650 billion. The company employs innovative software to enhance the customer experience and utilizes technology to tailor coverage to individual needs. Ethos policies are issued and guaranteed by Legal & General America, a well-established life insurance provider. The company emphasizes a human approach in its services, striving to protect families through personalized insurance solutions.

NetraDyne

Series C in 2021
NetraDyne Inc. is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-based fleet management solutions aimed at enhancing safety and performance in the transportation industry. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Diego, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, the company develops an Internet of Things platform that processes visual and sensory inputs. Its flagship products include VisionPRO, an integrated safety system that captures and analyzes driving events through multiple camera angles, and Driveri, which focuses on recognizing and rewarding positive driver behavior. By leveraging advancements in camera technology, deep learning, and data analysis, NetraDyne aims to reduce accidents and improve fleet management, ultimately establishing a new standard for safe driving practices in commercial vehicles.

Hexagon Bio

Series B in 2021
Hexagon Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company that specializes in discovering novel small molecule therapeutics by mining genomic data from fungal genomes. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Hexagon Bio leverages a proprietary platform that integrates data science, synthetic biology, and automation to identify and engineer drugs. The company's innovative approach focuses on developing targeted therapies for diseases with unmet medical needs by searching for evolutionarily refined molecules and their associated protein targets. Through its unique methodology, Hexagon Bio aims to uncover new medicines encoded within the global metagenome, ultimately striving to improve patient outcomes.

Pantheon Systems

Series E in 2021
Founded in 2010, Pantheon Systems provides a cloud-based platform for agile marketing teams and developers to build, launch, and manage WordPress and Drupal websites. Serving diverse industries such as media, technology, education, and government, the company enables efficient website development and management.

Skedulo

Series C in 2021
Skedulo provides enterprise-level workforce management solutions. Its platform enables intelligent scheduling, dispatching, and tracking of mobile resources, integrating seamlessly with systems like Salesforce and ServiceNow. Founded in 2013, Skedulo operates globally with offices across North America, Australia, Asia, and the UK.

IRL

Series C in 2021
IRL is a social messaging application founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California. The app facilitates event discovery and planning, enabling users to manage their social calendars effectively. It allows individuals to follow friends, join interest-based groups, and engage in chats. Users can create groups centered around their interests, fostering connections with like-minded individuals and enhancing existing relationships. The platform supports event creation, allowing users to invite group members and plan activities easily. Additionally, IRL integrates local public events and enables users to follow sports teams, musicians, celebrities, and local venues, streamlining the process of sending and receiving invitations to social gatherings.

Eightfold

Series E in 2021
Eightfold develops an AI-driven talent intelligence platform that helps businesses find, recruit, and retain employees effectively. Founded in 2016, it's headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Zeta

Series C in 2021
Zeta is a fintech company based in Bengaluru, India, established in 2015, that specializes in streamlining corporate payments and employee gifting. The company offers a range of digital solutions, including tax benefits for employees, rewards and recognition programs, and automated cafeteria services. Its flagship product, Zeta Tax Benefits, is a cloud-based suite designed to digitize various tax-saving reimbursements such as mobile, fuel, and gadget reimbursements, as well as gift cards and leave travel allowances. By providing these digitized solutions, Zeta aims to enhance employee engagement and facilitate HR managers in recognizing and appreciating employees effectively. Additionally, Zeta's rewards and recognition platform offers diverse gifting and incentive options tailored to meet the needs of employees, channel partners, and vendors.

Arrcus

Venture Round in 2021
Arrcus, Inc. is a company that specializes in designing and developing closed-source operating systems for networking hardware, such as switches and routers. Founded in 2016 and based in San Jose, California, Arrcus offers a range of products including ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform that provides real-time insights for network management. Additionally, the company provides the Arrcus VDR routing platform, the IP/EVPN Clos solution, and a multi-cloud networking platform. Arrcus focuses on enabling organizations to build scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments, simplifying network operations and enhancing connectivity among people, machines, and data.

Extend

Series C in 2021
Extend offers personalized extended warranties and protection plans for a wide range of consumer products. Its platform provides intelligent real-time optimization of warranty offers, improving conversions and generating revenue for merchants. Integrated with leading eCommerce solutions, Extend enhances the customer support experience by storing purchase details and assisting throughout the claim process.

Arkose Labs

Series C in 2021
Arkose Labs develops an online fraud and abuse prevention platform that protects businesses in sectors such as online marketplaces, travel, banking, social media, ticketing, and online gaming. The platform defends consumer actions against account takeover, fake account abuse, scraping, spam, and gift‑card fraud. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices in London, Costa Rica, and Brisbane. It is recognized as a leader in bot detection and mitigation, offering a $1 million warranty for credential‑stuffing and SMS toll fraud. Arkose Labs’ AI‑powered system combines global telemetry, dynamic threat response, and a bilateral feedback loop to validate suspicious traffic and train enforcement, reducing friction for legitimate users while authenticating identities across all customer touchpoints.

Collective Health

Series F in 2021
Collective Health is a health benefits platform that integrates various medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy services into a cohesive solution aimed at simplifying healthcare for employees and their families. The company’s cloud-based platform streamlines the administration of health plans through a single portal, offering clear guidance, live concierge support, and digital tools for managing care. By reducing the administrative burden associated with health benefits, Collective Health enhances the member experience and aids organizations in controlling costs while improving health outcomes. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company also has offices in Chicago, Illinois, and Lehi, Utah.

Workboard

Series D in 2021
WorkBoard Inc. is an enterprise software company that specializes in providing an objectives and key results (OKR) platform designed to enhance organizational alignment and accountability. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, WorkBoard offers a comprehensive Enterprise Results Platform that facilitates the localization of company objectives to individual teams, allowing for effective alignment on outcomes and measurement of results. The platform enables organizations to coordinate actions, manage meetings, and ensure execution aligns with strategic priorities. By transforming traditional approaches to strategy alignment into a dynamic, data-driven practice, WorkBoard enhances transparency and fosters a results-oriented culture. Its solution supports teams in making goal achievement a habitual process, empowering them to execute rapidly and efficiently as organizations scale.

Tempo

Series C in 2021
Tempo designs and develops a home fitness platform with personal guidance to help users in their training sessions. It features live elite trainers who can help users when they make mistakes. It has built-in three-dimensional sensors that track form, counts reps, and recommend weights. It helps users to improve in real-time. Powered by 3D motion sensors and AI, it analyzes 25 of the body’s essential joints as users work out and gives understood form feedback. Moawia Eldeeb and Joshua Augustin founded it as Pivot in 2015, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California.

SambaNova Systems

Series D in 2021
SambaNova Systems develops an integrated systems platform and hardware for artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads. The company offers analytics and AI infrastructure designed to accelerate data processing, training, and inference across diverse models. Its platform emphasizes a flexible, scalable architecture optimized for data flow, enabling faster, more efficient algorithms on AI-powered hardware. SambaNova serves applications in sectors such as healthcare, finance, and autonomous vehicles, supporting teams in building and deploying AI solutions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, SambaNova focuses on delivering end-to-end AI capabilities that combine software and purpose-built hardware to streamline model development, deployment, and operation.

Redis

Series G in 2021
Redis is a leading provider of an open-source, in-memory data structure platform that serves as a database, cache, and message broker. Founded in 2011, the company has gained recognition for its ability to enhance application performance through its fast data platform, which offers a variety of data structures, including strings, hashes, lists, and geospatial indexes. Redis's technology enables high availability and efficient data management through built-in replication, Lua scripting, and various persistence options. With a strong international presence across cities such as San Francisco, Austin, London, and Tel Aviv, Redis has supported over 10,000 customers in building and scaling applications. The company is committed to maintaining its open-source roots while providing both cloud and on-premises solutions, thereby setting a new standard for application speed in the digital business landscape.

Sendbird

Series C in 2021
Sendbird is an omnichannel AI agent platform that enhances customer experience by initiating autonomous conversations for support and sales. It combines AI capabilities with robust communication APIs, serving over 4000 businesses worldwide, including DoorDash and Match Group. Sendbird facilitates over 7 billion monthly conversations, ensuring reliability, security, and compliance.

Manticore Games

Series C in 2021
Manticore Games, Inc. is a game development company founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in creating Core, a comprehensive platform that allows users to build, share, and play online games. It serves as an accessible game construction kit and social gaming environment, designed to empower individuals with little to no coding experience to create and publish their own games quickly. Manticore Games aims to foster a vibrant community of game makers and players, providing an endless universe of interactive experiences for users to explore. The team comprises industry veterans with extensive backgrounds in PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality gaming.

insitro

Series C in 2021
Insitro, Inc. is a data-driven company focused on drug discovery and development, particularly targeting nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Founded in 2018 by Daphne Koller and based in South San Francisco, California, Insitro harnesses machine learning and high-throughput biology to revolutionize the process of drug discovery. The company creates extensive functional genomic data sets and integrates them with patient data through innovative machine learning techniques. This approach allows Insitro to build predictive models that enhance target selection, streamline the design of therapeutics, and optimize drug development strategies. By addressing critical challenges in pharmaceutical research and development, Insitro aims to accelerate the delivery of new and effective treatments to patients.

Vividion Therapeutics

Series C in 2021
Vividion Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in San Diego, California, that focuses on developing innovative therapeutics to address significant unmet medical needs. Established in 2013, Vividion utilizes a pioneering platform for proteome-wide small molecule drug discovery, which combines advanced synthetic chemistry techniques with chemical proteomics. This approach allows the company to expand the druggable proteome and target challenging proteins, ultimately enabling the discovery of transformative treatments for serious illnesses. Vividion's scientific foundation stems from experts in chemical biology and synthetic chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute, reflecting its commitment to advancing therapeutics that can significantly improve patient outcomes.

Standard Cognition

Series C in 2021
Standard Cognition offers an AI-powered shopping platform enabling customers to purchase items without waiting in line or scanning products at checkout. This enhances customer experience while helping retailers reduce labor costs and improve profit margins.

PacBio

Post in 2021
Pacific Biosciences specializes in human, microbial, plant, and animal genomics, focusing on areas such as infectious disease research. The company designs and manufactures sequencing systems that address complex genetic challenges, utilizing its innovative single molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing technology to detect biological processes in real time. Its product offerings include the PacBio RS II and Sequel Systems, which facilitate the monitoring and analysis of biochemical reactions at the single-molecule level, along with consumables like SMRT cells and various reagent kits. Customers range from research institutions and commercial laboratories to pharmaceutical and agricultural companies, with sales conducted through direct channels in North America and Europe, and distribution partners in Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Pacific Biosciences continues to advance genomics research and applications.

Globality

Series E in 2021
Globality, Inc. is a technology company based in Menlo Park, California, that specializes in connecting global enterprises with small and midsize service providers across various sectors, including marketing, legal, energy, environment, and social impact. Founded in 2015, the company leverages its AI-powered platform and Smart Sourcing technologies to transform the sourcing process. By replacing traditional methods like the Request for Proposal, Globality streamlines the procurement process, enabling businesses to efficiently identify and engage suitable suppliers tailored to their specific needs. This innovative approach not only reduces sourcing timelines from months to hours but also delivers significant cost savings, typically exceeding 20%.

Katerra

Venture Round in 2021
Katerra is a technology company that optimizes building development, design, and construction. It manufactures prefabricated structural components, offers comprehensive services including design and assembly, specializing in commercial buildings, retail, healthcare, hospitality, and housing solutions. The company operates globally with offices, factories, and building projects across the United States and internationally.

Dialpad

Series E in 2020
Dialpad, Inc. is a cloud-based communications platform that specializes in enterprise solutions, offering a comprehensive suite of services including voice, video, group messaging, SMS, MMS, conferencing, and sharing of screens and documents. Founded in 2002 and based in San Francisco, the company has transformed its offerings through AI-powered features such as real-time transcription, automated note-taking, live sentiment analysis, and voice analytics. Dialpad's products, which include Dialpad, Dialpad Sell, UberConference, and Dialpad Contact Center, are designed to enhance collaboration and communication for businesses, enabling employees to work securely from any location and device. The company serves notable clients such as Motorola Solutions, ClassPass, Warby Parker, and Vivint, and has strategic partnerships with industry leaders like SoftBank Corp. Dialpad was previously known as Switch Communications, Inc. before rebranding in 2016.

Altro (fka Perch)

Seed Round in 2020
Altro, formerly known as Perch, is a financial technology company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The company has developed a platform that enables users to enhance their credit scores by utilizing their recurring expenses, such as bills and subscriptions, as part of their credit history. Through its free app, Altro allows users to link these payments, helping them to recognize and leverage previously uncounted financial activities to improve their credit standing. Altro aims to empower individuals by making every payment contribute to their financial growth and creditworthiness.

Pear Therapeutics

Series D in 2020
Pear Therapeutics, Inc. is a Boston-based commercial-stage healthcare company specializing in software-based digital therapeutics, also known as Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDTs). Founded in 2013, the company develops clinically validated software solutions designed to treat a range of behavioral health disorders, including addiction, anxiety, depression, and chronic insomnia. Its suite of products includes mobile digital therapies that reward patients for engagement, and specific tools like reSET and reSET-O, aimed at treating substance use disorders. The company also offers Somryst, which provides neurobehavioral interventions for insomnia, and operates PearConnect, a patient services center that connects patients with advocates and resources, ensuring support throughout their treatment journey. Pear Therapeutics aims to enhance treatment outcomes by integrating digital therapies with pharmaceuticals and providing comprehensive support for patients, clinicians, and payors.

Flock Freight

Series C in 2020
Flock Freight Inc. is a logistics company that specializes in less than truckload (LTL) freight shipping and management across North America. Founded in 2015 and based in Solana Beach, California, with an additional office in Vista, the company focuses on optimizing freight transport by pooling multiple LTL shipments into full truckloads using proprietary algorithms. This approach minimizes inefficiencies and waste within the freight industry, offering solutions like FlockDirect, which ensures direct routes for shipments without terminal handling, thereby enhancing safety and on-time delivery. Additionally, Flock Freight provides a software platform that facilitates multi-stop shipment pooling, catering to the logistics needs of mid-market and enterprise-level businesses. The company aims to revolutionize the $60 billion LTL freight sector by delivering a superior customer experience and significant economic savings for shippers and carriers alike.

MindTickle

Series D in 2020
MindTickle offers a sales readiness platform that enables companies to train, coach, and align their customer-facing teams. Its data-driven approach combines on-demand training, mobile updates, gamification, coaching, role-play, and assessment tools to enhance sales performance. Headquartered in San Francisco and Pune, MindTickle is privately held.

Nuro

Series C in 2020
Nuro, Inc. is a technology company based in Mountain View, California, that specializes in the development of self-driving vehicles specifically designed for local goods transportation. Incorporated in 2016, Nuro aims to transform local commerce through its fleet of fully autonomous, electric vehicles that facilitate the delivery of a wide range of products, including food and pharmaceuticals. By enabling retailers to efficiently and safely deliver goods to customers, Nuro enhances the convenience of local commerce and meets the growing demand for autonomous delivery solutions.

Ordermark

Series C in 2020
Ordermark is a technology platform that aggregates orders from various online food delivery services into a single dashboard for restaurants. Founded in 2017, it enables restaurants to streamline operations, increase ordering volume, and maximize sales.

Plenty

Series D in 2020
Plenty Inc., established in 2014 and based in South San Francisco, specializes in vertical farming. The company cultivates a variety of fresh produce using proprietary systems that combine engineering, software, and crop science. Plenty's innovative approach reduces water usage and eliminates the need for pesticides or GMOs, resulting in sustainable, year-round harvests. Its mission is to provide clean, nutritious food while minimizing environmental impact.

Getaround

Series E in 2020
Getaround, Inc. is an online marketplace specializing in peer-to-peer car sharing and local car rentals. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California, Getaround allows users to rent vehicles on-demand, ranging from economy cars to luxury models, by the hour or day. The platform facilitates a seamless experience through its patented Getaround Connect technology, which enables users to access cars without needing to meet the vehicle owner or handle physical keys. This innovative approach eliminates the traditional hassles of car rental, such as long lines and paperwork. Getaround operates in several major U.S. cities, including San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., providing a convenient and eco-friendly alternative to car ownership while allowing vehicle owners to earn extra income. The service also includes comprehensive insurance and 24/7 roadside assistance, ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience for users.

Lendtable

Seed Round in 2020
Lendtable is a San Francisco-based financial services company that provides cash advances and wealth-building loans aimed at helping income-constrained individuals participate in employer-sponsored retirement benefits. The offerings are designed to enable customers to access funds necessary to receive an employer match in their 401(k) plan, with repayment through a service fee. Founded in 2020, Lendtable focuses on fintech solutions that supplement monthly income and support retirement savings.

Zymergen

Series D in 2020
Zymergen, Inc. is a biotechnology company that focuses on researching, developing, and manufacturing microbes for various industries, including agriculture, chemicals, materials, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and personal care. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, Zymergen employs a platform that integrates automation, machine learning, and genomics to enhance the efficiency of microbial strain optimization and production processes. This technology enables the company to improve existing manufacturing strains and facilitates the development of new products by engineering novel molecules from microbes. With additional offices in Boise, Idaho; Medford, Massachusetts; Seattle, Washington; and Tokyo, Japan, Zymergen aims to partner with nature to create innovative materials and products that deliver significant value across multiple sectors.

Valence Community

Series A in 2020
Valence Community operates an online platform dedicated to connecting, showcasing, and empowering the global black professional community. Founded in 2019 and based in Los Angeles, the platform facilitates career opportunities and venture creation by linking users with companies and resources. Valence also offers mentorship options, enabling members to serve as coaches for one another, thereby fostering a supportive environment for professional development. Through inspirational storytelling and structured community engagement, Valence aims to demystify advancement pathways and promote economic and social progress among black professionals worldwide.

Encoded Therapeutics

Series D in 2020
Encoded Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on precision gene therapies to treat a broad range of severe genetic disorders. It develops therapies and a platform that identifies human genome sequences that regulate gene expression using screening and computational approaches. The company's pipeline targets conditions across multiple pathways, including neurocircuitry, liver and metabolic disorders, neurodegeneration, and cardiovascular disease, aiming to help medical practitioners treat patients and improve outcomes. Based in South San Francisco, California, Encoded Therapeutics was founded in 2014 and was previously known as Encoded Genomics.

Katerra

Venture Round in 2020
Katerra is a technology company that optimizes building development, design, and construction. It manufactures prefabricated structural components, offers comprehensive services including design and assembly, specializing in commercial buildings, retail, healthcare, hospitality, and housing solutions. The company operates globally with offices, factories, and building projects across the United States and internationally.

Brain Corp

Series D in 2020
Brain Corporation, founded in 2009 and based in San Diego, California, specializes in developing a cloud-based artificial intelligence platform for self-driving robots. Its primary product, BrainOS, is an operating system that integrates with off-the-shelf hardware and sensors, providing robots with advanced computer vision and AI capabilities to navigate complex environments. The company's technology supports various industries, including delivery, healthcare, security, and personal services, by enabling robots to operate autonomously. Additionally, Brain Corporation's solutions aid manufacturers in producing and deploying autonomous machines effectively, positioning the company as a leader in the robotics industry. With offices in Amsterdam and Tokyo, Brain Corporation continues to expand its influence in robotics and automation globally.

Cohesity

Series E in 2020
Cohesity develops hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that consolidate, protect, and share non-mission-critical data assets of large organizations. Its platform, Cohesity DataPlatform, converges data protection infrastructure including backup, replication, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, it offers Cohesity Helios, a SaaS-based management solution for monitoring and managing secondary data and applications.

Plum Lending

Venture Round in 2020
PLUM, Inc. is a commercial mortgage services provider based in San Francisco, California, specializing in non-bank financing for businesses across the United States. Founded in 2014, the company focuses on offering non-recourse fixed-rate permanent loans and non-recourse floating bridge/value-add loans. These services cater to the acquisition, refinancing, and rehabilitation of various property types, including multifamily, office, retail, industrial, manufactured housing, and self-storage facilities. PLUM, Inc. aims to enhance the lending process through the use of data and technology, working directly with commercial real estate owners or in partnership with their financial advisors to deliver tailored financial solutions.

Karius

Series B in 2020
Karius is a life sciences company that develops genomic insights for infectious diseases. Its core offering, the Karius Test, is a non-invasive blood test that sequences microbial cell-free DNA to identify and quantify pathogens—including bacteria, DNA viruses, fungi, and parasites—for use in complicated pneumonia, infections in immunocompromised patients, and endocarditis. The company also provides laboratory services for pathogen biomarker detection for biopharmaceutical research and development. Founded in 2014, Karius is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with an additional office in Menlo Park, California. The laboratory operations are CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited, enabling high-complexity clinical testing. By mapping a patient’s microbial landscape from a single blood draw, Karius aims to support rapid, informed treatment decisions.

Bear Robotics

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2017, Bear Robotics designs and manufactures autonomous robots for the food service industry. Its flagship product, Penny, is an AI-driven robot that assists restaurants by delivering food, clearing tables, and providing customer services.
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