Spark Capital

Founded in 2005, Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests across various sectors and stages. Known for embracing risk, the firm supports founders of exceptional products to achieve success on their own terms. Notable investments include Twitter, Discord, Cruise, Niantic, Oculus, Warby Parker, and Tumblr.

Coen Armstrong

Investor

Paul Conway

General Partner

Todd Dagres

Partner

Alex Finkelstein

General Partner

Clay Fisher

Investor

Nabeel Hyatt

General Partner

Aaditya Jain

Investor

Fraser Kelton

Venture Partner

James Kuklinski

General Partner

Alexa Lyons

Co-CFO and General Partner

Connor Mullaney

Investor

Hanseul Nam

Investor

Andrew Parker

General Partner

Pravin Patel

Managing Director

Jeremy Philips

General Partner

Santo Politi

General Partner

Yasmin Razavi

General Partner

William Reed

General Partner

Bijan Sabet

Investor

Natalie Sandman

General Partner

Benjamin Simon

Venture Partner

Kevin Thau

General Partner

Brian Watson

Investor

Past deals in Late Venture Stage

Chainguard

Series D in 2025
Chainguard specializes in enhancing software supply chain security. It offers hardened container images rebuilt continuously from source with built-in cryptographic signatures, SBOMs, and SLSA provenance. Additionally, Chainguard provides secure Java dependencies through its Chainguard Libraries. The company actively contributes to open-source projects, demonstrating its commitment to the community.

Retym

Series D in 2025
Retym is a startup focused on semiconductor technology. It aims to revolutionize the data center and telecommunications industries through its innovative solutions. The company's team comprises experienced ASIC designers, optical communications experts, and seasoned investors.

Abridge

Series D in 2025
Abridge is a healthcare technology company that uses generative AI to automate transcription and summarization of medical conversations, turning patient-clinician discussions into structured clinical notes in real time and integrating with electronic health record systems. The platform reduces manual note-taking, improves documentation accuracy, and enhances patient understanding by providing clear, understandable summaries. It supports clinicians across clinical, nursing, and revenue cycle workflows while prioritizing data security and patient privacy and complying with healthcare regulations. The system offers an audio-based recording and summarization approach with a customizable interface to tailor notes to patient needs.

Headway

Series D in 2024
Headway is a leading data-driven media buying company for marketers. It integrates innovative technology with partner platforms to deliver smart cross-channel services, making ads more relevant and driving consumer engagement.

Scale AI

Series F in 2024
Scale AI develops a platform that provides training and validation data for artificial intelligence applications. Its products include advanced annotation tools for images, videos, text, documents, and 3D sensor data, serving sectors such as autonomous vehicles, retail, conversational AI, robotics, AR/VR, and document processing.

Sigma Computing

Series D in 2024
Sigma Computing, Inc. is a business intelligence and analytics solutions provider based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2014, the company specializes in offering cloud analytics tools that enable users to access and analyze data from cloud data warehouses through an intuitive spreadsheet interface. This design is aimed at empowering a wide range of users, from data specialists to analysts and domain experts, to conduct data analysis without the need for coding or data extraction. By fostering an iterative and community-driven approach to analytics and business intelligence, Sigma Computing aligns analytical processes with business objectives, allowing data professionals to concentrate on more innovative and fulfilling tasks while facilitating quick, insight-driven decision-making across organizations.

Cover Genius

Series E in 2024
Cover Genius is a global insurance distribution platform provider that enables e-commerce and digital platforms to offer integrated end-to-end insurance and warranty products to customers. The platform delivers personalized insurance in multiple countries, languages, and currencies, with dynamic product recommendations and pricing optimization, and real-time claim payment. Its solutions include XCover, a global distribution platform for personalized insurance, and RentalCover, which enables car-sharing platforms, rental car companies, online car agencies, and OTAs to sell rental car insurance to customers worldwide. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Cover Genius operates internationally to extend protection for online shoppers and platform partners.

Ramp

Series D in 2023
Ramp offers a comprehensive financial operations platform designed for businesses seeking to streamline their financial tasks. The platform includes corporate cards, expense management, bill payments, and accounting integrations, assisting organizations in managing their finances efficiently.

Teamshares

Series D in 2023
Founded in 2019, Teamshares operates an online platform facilitating employee ownership in small businesses. It acquires traditional companies from retiring owners, transitioning them to be majority employee-owned within two decades. The company provides new leadership, financial education, equity management software, and financial products to support this process.

Instawork

Series D in 2023
Founded in 2015, Instawork operates a career marketplace for hospitality professionals. It automates traditional recruitment processes for small businesses, connecting them with qualified hourly workers based on their schedules and availability.

Deel

Venture Round in 2022
Deel is a payroll and compliance platform designed to simplify hiring, paying, and managing a global remote workforce. The platform combines contract creation and templates, payroll processing, tax compliance, and localized benefits administration in a single interface, enabling employers to onboard international employees and contractors efficiently. It provides tools for payments, invoicing, receipts, and customer support, along with guidance on local labor regulations and tax requirements. Deel supports global contractors by facilitating contract generation, onboarding, and compliant payment workflows, and helps organizations manage cross-border teams across multiple countries. By integrating hiring, payroll, taxes, and benefits, the platform aims to streamline international talent management and payroll operations, reducing administrative burdens and risk for businesses expanding worldwide.

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.

Capitolis

Series D in 2022
Capitolis develops an online SaaS platform that connects global banks with institutional investors. Its technology enhances the efficiency of capital markets by facilitating seamless transactions, improving access to diversified capital, and optimizing risk management.

Academia.edu

Series D in 2022
Academia.edu is the largest and fastest-growing platform in the world for sharing academic research. Its mission is to accelerate and democratize academic research. Over 150 million academics have signed up to Academia.edu, adding 25 million papers. Over 100,000 people join Academia.edu each day. Academia.edu attracts over 52 million unique visitors a month. 40% of the world's faculty log in to Academia.edu every month. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Flock Safety

Series E in 2022
Flock Safety is a company that specializes in security solutions through the use of automated license plate recognition (ALPR) cameras. Its primary product, the ALPR camera system, is designed for use by neighborhoods, law enforcement agencies, and businesses to capture and analyze vehicle license plates. This technology aids in both preventing and solving crimes by providing actionable data to local authorities. Flock Safety's platform emphasizes community collaboration, integrating efforts from cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement to enhance public safety. The company's full-service, maintenance-free technology is trusted by various communities as a means to deter crime and promote a safer environment for residents. Additionally, the system proactively alerts police when stolen vehicles enter monitored areas, enabling faster response and community involvement in crime prevention.

Handshake

Series F in 2022
Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

Fireblocks

Series E in 2021
Fireblocks develops a blockchain-based platform focused on securely managing and transferring digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties. It caters to various financial institutions, including banks, fintech companies, hedge funds, and liquidity providers.

Deel

Series D in 2021
Deel is a payroll and compliance platform designed to simplify hiring, paying, and managing a global remote workforce. The platform combines contract creation and templates, payroll processing, tax compliance, and localized benefits administration in a single interface, enabling employers to onboard international employees and contractors efficiently. It provides tools for payments, invoicing, receipts, and customer support, along with guidance on local labor regulations and tax requirements. Deel supports global contractors by facilitating contract generation, onboarding, and compliant payment workflows, and helps organizations manage cross-border teams across multiple countries. By integrating hiring, payroll, taxes, and benefits, the platform aims to streamline international talent management and payroll operations, reducing administrative burdens and risk for businesses expanding worldwide.

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.

Andela

Series E in 2021
Andela is a technology company that recruits, screens, trains, and manages software developers for organizations worldwide. Through its AI-powered talent platform, Andela Talent Cloud, it enables clients to hire individual engineers or fully managed teams with rapid onboarding and flexible engagement models, often at lower cost and faster delivery than traditional hiring. The company handles the groundwork for global staffing, including recruitment, onboarding, payroll, compliance, and ongoing talent management, allowing clients to scale engineering capacity as needed. Andela maintains a diverse, geographically distributed network of developers across numerous countries, with emphasis on Africa and other emerging markets. Its expertise spans application development, artificial intelligence, cloud and DevOps, data engineering, and related fields. Andela serves a range of customers from startups to established brands, helping them accelerate project delivery and access top technology talent.

Fireblocks

Series D in 2021
Fireblocks develops a blockchain-based platform focused on securely managing and transferring digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties. It caters to various financial institutions, including banks, fintech companies, hedge funds, and liquidity providers.

Mark43

Series E in 2021
Mark43, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing advanced software solutions for law enforcement agencies. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, Mark43 offers an integrated application known as Mark43 RMS for managing law enforcement data and a cloud-based system called Mark43 CAD for emergency response coordination. These platforms facilitate data collection, management, and analysis, enabling law enforcement officials to gain insights that improve decision-making and resource allocation. The software includes features such as bi-directional syncing, mission-critical AVL mapping, and advanced analytics tools that help agencies identify crime hotspots and optimize their operations. Mark43 is dedicated to enhancing public safety and empowering communities through innovative technology that improves the overall quality of life.

Handshake

Series E in 2021
Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

TravelPerk

Series D in 2021
TravelPerk is a SaaS platform that simplifies business travel management. It offers integrated booking, reporting, and support for flights, hotels, and car rentals, ensuring compliance with company policies.

Benchling

Series E in 2021
Benchling, Inc. delivers a cloud-based informatics platform for life sciences research and development. The platform unifies experiment design, data capture, and collaboration in a single interface, enabling scientists to design, record, and share experiments. It consists of an integrated lab notebook, a biological registration system to track inventory such as plasmids, antibodies, and cell lines, and a molecular biology design and analysis suite that supports end-to-end R&D workflows. Additional modules include Benchling Insights for querying and visualizing structured data and collaboration around it, and Bioregistry for biological entity registration and strain management. Benchling serves researchers in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies as well as academic and government labs, including research and development managers and principal investigators who need centralized data management and streamlined collaboration. The platform is applied across antibodies, cell therapy, gene therapy, proteins and peptides, vaccines, and industrial biotechnology. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Benchling enables scientists to design DNA, manage workflows, and accelerate decision-making throughout the R&D lifecycle.

Plaid

Series D in 2021
Plaid is a technology platform that provides APIs and developer tools to connect consumer bank accounts and financial data with applications. It enables developers to build modern financial services by offering infrastructure and intelligence tools that allow access to transactions, authentication for bank accounts, identity verification, real-time balances, asset verification, and income data. Its products include Transactions, Auth, Identity, Balance, Assets, and Income, supporting personal finance, consumer payments, lending, banking and brokerage, and business finance solutions. Plaid serves developers from startups to large financial institutions, helping democratize financial services with a developer-friendly experience. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Rapyd

Series E in 2021
Rapyd is a payments platform that integrates fintech services into applications, streamlining access to a variety of local payment methods. It empowers e-commerce merchants, gig platforms, challenger wallets, remittance services, online lenders, and traditional banks to overcome the constraints of outdated infrastructure. By facilitating the creation of innovative, mobile-friendly payment solutions, Rapyd enhances the financial capabilities of its users, allowing them to adapt to the evolving demands of the digital economy.

Flywire

Series F in 2021
Flywire facilitates global payments for educational institutions and their students worldwide. It offers a secure platform supporting diverse payment methods in over 140 currencies across 240 countries.

Rapyd

Series D in 2021
Rapyd is a payments platform that integrates fintech services into applications, streamlining access to a variety of local payment methods. It empowers e-commerce merchants, gig platforms, challenger wallets, remittance services, online lenders, and traditional banks to overcome the constraints of outdated infrastructure. By facilitating the creation of innovative, mobile-friendly payment solutions, Rapyd enhances the financial capabilities of its users, allowing them to adapt to the evolving demands of the digital economy.

Handshake

Series D in 2020
Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

Affirm

Series G in 2020
Affirm is a financial technology company that offers consumer installment loans at the point of sale through its Buy with Affirm platform. Shoppers can select Affirm at checkout and pay for purchases in fixed monthly installments with real-time decisioning and upfront, transparent terms, avoiding hidden fees. The company provides a digital and mobile‑first platform that includes a point‑of‑sale payment solution for merchants and a consumer app, and it partners with thousands of merchants across categories such as home, travel, electronics, apparel, and beauty. Revenue comes from merchant networks and related services, including virtual card networks, with the majority of business generated in the United States, and ongoing activity in Canada and other regions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco with an additional office in Chicago, Affirm aims to offer an accessible alternative to traditional credit that improves budgeting and financial clarity for consumers.

SiFive

Series E in 2020
SiFive, Inc. is a semiconductor company that specializes in designing and manufacturing chips, particularly focusing on RISC-V architecture. Established in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in locations such as Oregon, Texas, India, Taiwan, and France, SiFive provides a range of products including multi-core application processors, embedded microcontrollers, and system-on-chip solutions tailored for various applications such as IoT and wearables. The company emphasizes the use of open-source technology to enable faster and more cost-effective hardware development. By offering software development kits, toolchains, and customized silicon products, SiFive aims to democratize access to advanced semiconductor solutions, accelerating innovation for businesses of all sizes.

Stack Overflow

Series E in 2020
Stack Overflow is a company that operates an online platform and community for developers to learn, ask, and share programming knowledge. It offers complementary products including Stack Overflow for Teams, a knowledge-management platform for mission-critical information; Stack Overflow for Talent and Jobs, a hiring and employer-branding solution for technology teams; Stack Overflow Advertising for product promotion; and Stack Overflow Enterprise, a private, centralized space for large teams to collaborate and access critical company information. The platform also supports private knowledge sharing and helps developers solve coding problems as well as discover job opportunities, contributing to both individual learning and organizational efficiency.

Sonder

Series E in 2020
Sonder is a hospitality company that designs, selects, and directly manages a portfolio of apartment-style accommodations, including rooms, suites, apartments, and boutique hotel properties, for short- and long-term stays. It operates in more than 30 cities across eight countries and three continents, with each property chosen, designed, and managed by the company. The business blends well-designed spaces with a technology-driven service model, supported by a mobile app that enables self-service features and 24/7 on-the-ground support. By offering flexible stays such as month-to-month arrangements, Sonder delivers modern, consistent experiences across diverse locations.

Outreach

Series F in 2020
Outreach is a sales engagement platform that helps organizations manage and optimize interactions across email, voice, and social channels throughout the customer lifecycle. The platform uses machine learning to guide sales representatives to take the right actions, automate repetitive tasks, and personalize communications while tracking sales activity and performance. It supports account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as sequence and task management, email and activity tracking, and insights that analyze buyer sentiment to optimize content and sequences in real time. By integrating automated alerts, collaboration features, and performance analytics, Outreach aims to increase the volume of qualified meetings and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer-facing teams.

Benchling

Series D in 2020
Benchling, Inc. delivers a cloud-based informatics platform for life sciences research and development. The platform unifies experiment design, data capture, and collaboration in a single interface, enabling scientists to design, record, and share experiments. It consists of an integrated lab notebook, a biological registration system to track inventory such as plasmids, antibodies, and cell lines, and a molecular biology design and analysis suite that supports end-to-end R&D workflows. Additional modules include Benchling Insights for querying and visualizing structured data and collaboration around it, and Bioregistry for biological entity registration and strain management. Benchling serves researchers in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies as well as academic and government labs, including research and development managers and principal investigators who need centralized data management and streamlined collaboration. The platform is applied across antibodies, cell therapy, gene therapy, proteins and peptides, vaccines, and industrial biotechnology. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Benchling enables scientists to design DNA, manage workflows, and accelerate decision-making throughout the R&D lifecycle.

Justworks

Series E in 2020
Justworks, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2012 that offers a comprehensive software platform designed to simplify payroll, benefits, human resources, and compliance for small and medium-sized businesses. By serving as a professional employer organization, Justworks enables businesses to bundle essential employment-related functions, allowing them to efficiently manage payroll, employee information, and compliance requirements. The platform also provides access to affordable health insurance and benefits, along with self-service capabilities for businesses to navigate workforce management confidently. Justworks enhances operational efficiency and cost savings through its cloud-based solutions, offering 24/7 support and expertise tailored for modern business needs.

Cybereason

Series E in 2019
Cybereason is a cybersecurity company that provides an endpoint protection and response platform designed to detect, block, investigate, and respond to advanced cyber threats. Its platform combines modules such as Deep Detect & Respond, Deep Prevent, Deep Investigate, Deep Respond, and an anti-ransomware tool called RansomFree. The system uses an automated in-memory graph to identify behavioral patterns across endpoints and reveal the full attack campaign, enabling rapid root-cause analysis and shutdown of threats. The company also offers monitoring, investigation, hunting, analysis, deployment, and training services. Cybereason was founded in 2012 and is based in Boston, with offices in London, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, and Sydney.

Sonder

Series D in 2019
Sonder is a hospitality company that designs, selects, and directly manages a portfolio of apartment-style accommodations, including rooms, suites, apartments, and boutique hotel properties, for short- and long-term stays. It operates in more than 30 cities across eight countries and three continents, with each property chosen, designed, and managed by the company. The business blends well-designed spaces with a technology-driven service model, supported by a mobile app that enables self-service features and 24/7 on-the-ground support. By offering flexible stays such as month-to-month arrangements, Sonder delivers modern, consistent experiences across diverse locations.

Signpost

Series D in 2019
Signpost, Inc. is a New York-based company that develops Mia, a customer relationship management and remarketing software designed to assist local businesses in enhancing their customer engagement. The platform automatically collects and analyzes consumer data from various touchpoints, including email, calls, and transactions, enabling businesses to create comprehensive customer records. Signpost's software facilitates a customer-centric approach by allowing brands to send personalized communications and promotions, thereby helping them to capture and convert leads effectively. Founded in 2009 and originally named Postabon, Inc., Signpost serves a diverse clientele of small and large local businesses, aiming to strengthen their customer base and increase revenue from existing clients.

SiFive

Series D in 2019
SiFive, Inc. is a semiconductor company that specializes in designing and manufacturing chips, particularly focusing on RISC-V architecture. Established in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in locations such as Oregon, Texas, India, Taiwan, and France, SiFive provides a range of products including multi-core application processors, embedded microcontrollers, and system-on-chip solutions tailored for various applications such as IoT and wearables. The company emphasizes the use of open-source technology to enable faster and more cost-effective hardware development. By offering software development kits, toolchains, and customized silicon products, SiFive aims to democratize access to advanced semiconductor solutions, accelerating innovation for businesses of all sizes.

Talkspace

Series D in 2019
Talkspace is an online therapy platform connecting users with licensed therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists for mental health support. It offers unlimited messaging therapy, making professional help accessible and affordable.

Marqeta

Series E in 2019
Marqeta operates a modern card issuing and payment processing platform that enables businesses to create customized payment solutions using open APIs. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Oakland, California, with an additional office in London, Marqeta's platform allows users to build, issue, and manage digital, physical, and tokenized payment cards. The company provides a range of services including virtual cards, real-time fund transfers, spend controls, and data analytics solutions. Marqeta serves various industries such as e-commerce, lending, on-demand services, and digital banking by offering flexible and scalable payment infrastructure. It is certified to operate in 40 countries globally.

Outreach

Series E in 2019
Outreach is a sales engagement platform that helps organizations manage and optimize interactions across email, voice, and social channels throughout the customer lifecycle. The platform uses machine learning to guide sales representatives to take the right actions, automate repetitive tasks, and personalize communications while tracking sales activity and performance. It supports account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as sequence and task management, email and activity tracking, and insights that analyze buyer sentiment to optimize content and sequences in real time. By integrating automated alerts, collaboration features, and performance analytics, Outreach aims to increase the volume of qualified meetings and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer-facing teams.

Affirm

Series F in 2019
Affirm is a financial technology company that offers consumer installment loans at the point of sale through its Buy with Affirm platform. Shoppers can select Affirm at checkout and pay for purchases in fixed monthly installments with real-time decisioning and upfront, transparent terms, avoiding hidden fees. The company provides a digital and mobile‑first platform that includes a point‑of‑sale payment solution for merchants and a consumer app, and it partners with thousands of merchants across categories such as home, travel, electronics, apparel, and beauty. Revenue comes from merchant networks and related services, including virtual card networks, with the majority of business generated in the United States, and ongoing activity in Canada and other regions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco with an additional office in Chicago, Affirm aims to offer an accessible alternative to traditional credit that improves budgeting and financial clarity for consumers.

1stdibs

Series D in 2019
1stdibs is an online platform connecting respected dealers and makers with collectors of rare furniture, fashion, fine art, jewelry, and home decor. It facilitates transactions through fees from seller marketplace services.

Glossier

Series D in 2019
Founded in 2010, Glossier is a direct-to-consumer beauty company that manufactures and sells skincare, makeup, body care, and fragrance products. It operates primarily online, with a physical showroom in New York City, serving customers in the United States, Canada, Sweden, and the UK.

Andela

Series D in 2019
Andela is a technology company that recruits, screens, trains, and manages software developers for organizations worldwide. Through its AI-powered talent platform, Andela Talent Cloud, it enables clients to hire individual engineers or fully managed teams with rapid onboarding and flexible engagement models, often at lower cost and faster delivery than traditional hiring. The company handles the groundwork for global staffing, including recruitment, onboarding, payroll, compliance, and ongoing talent management, allowing clients to scale engineering capacity as needed. Andela maintains a diverse, geographically distributed network of developers across numerous countries, with emphasis on Africa and other emerging markets. Its expertise spans application development, artificial intelligence, cloud and DevOps, data engineering, and related fields. Andela serves a range of customers from startups to established brands, helping them accelerate project delivery and access top technology talent.

Discord

Series F in 2018
Discord operates as a communication platform offering voice, video, and text services for users to interact with friends and communities. Originally created for gamers, it has since expanded its user base to include various groups such as art communities, study groups, and local clubs.

InVision

Series F in 2018
InVision is a leading digital product design platform that empowers over 9 million users worldwide. Its core offering, Freehand, is an online digital whiteboard designed for collaborative creativity and problem-solving. InVision enables teams to brainstorm, create, test ideas, improve workflows, and make data-driven decisions. It serves 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and notable brands such as American Express, Adidas, Boeing, Ford Motor, Netflix, HBO, Ikea, Slack, and Virgin Atlantic.

JFrog

Series D in 2018
JFrog Ltd. is a provider of a comprehensive DevOps platform designed to facilitate continuous software release management. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, JFrog offers a range of products that enhance the efficiency of software development and deployment. Its flagship product, JFrog Artifactory, serves as a universal package repository, enabling organizations to store, manage, and update software packages at any scale. Other key offerings include JFrog Pipelines for securing packages, JFrog Distribution for enterprise-grade software distribution, and JFrog Mission Control for overseeing the software release management workflow. The platform supports a hybrid approach to software supply chain management, allowing for seamless integration between development and operations teams. JFrog caters to various industries, including technology, financial services, retail, healthcare, and telecommunications, positioning itself as a crucial player in the DevOps domain by addressing the challenges associated with software artifacts and distribution.

Braze

Series E in 2018
Braze is a customer engagement platform that helps brands deliver relevant, human experiences across channels. It offers a mobile marketing automation and customer relationship management solution with AI-powered tools for engagement orchestration, including messaging, chatbots, and content management, plus campaign optimization insights, data analysis, and segment analytics. The platform enables cross-channel personalization across mobile, email, web, television, and connected devices, and provides data security, data warehousing and streaming capabilities. Braze uses AI to power functionality across its stack. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, it has offices in London, San Francisco, Chicago, and Singapore. Braze serves industries such as retail and e-commerce, media and entertainment, financial services, and travel and hospitality, focusing on timely, contextually relevant interactions between consumers and brands.

Pendo

Series D in 2018
Pendo is a technology company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, that provides a product experience platform designed to enhance user engagement with software products. The platform integrates analytics, user guidance, communication tools, and feedback mechanisms, allowing product teams to better understand user interactions and optimize trial conversions and onboarding processes. By leveraging actionable insights, Pendo enables businesses to make informed decisions about feature development and product adoption. Its client base includes notable organizations such as Verizon, Morgan Stanley, and Salesforce. Additionally, Pendo supports the global community of product and digital leaders through initiatives like Mind the Product and various sponsored events and podcasts.

A Place for Rover

Series G in 2018
Rover Group Inc is a leading online marketplace that connects pet parents with a vast network of pet care providers, including dog walkers and pet sitters. The platform facilitates a range of services, such as overnight boarding, in-home pet sitting, doggy daycare, and drop-in visits, operating across the U.S., Canada, and several European countries. Rover empowers its community of pet care providers by offering them tools to manage their businesses effectively, including scheduling, communication with pet parents, and payment processing. In addition to its marketplace services, Rover also produces and retails high-quality pet accessories, such as durable PVC pet products, including beds, crates, and gates. These products are designed for longevity and safety, employing environmentally-friendly manufacturing methods. Rover's commitment to enhancing the lives of pets and their owners drives its business model, ensuring that both pet parents and caregivers can experience reliable and trustworthy care solutions.

Outreach

Series D in 2018
Outreach is a sales engagement platform that helps organizations manage and optimize interactions across email, voice, and social channels throughout the customer lifecycle. The platform uses machine learning to guide sales representatives to take the right actions, automate repetitive tasks, and personalize communications while tracking sales activity and performance. It supports account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as sequence and task management, email and activity tracking, and insights that analyze buyer sentiment to optimize content and sequences in real time. By integrating automated alerts, collaboration features, and performance analytics, Outreach aims to increase the volume of qualified meetings and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer-facing teams.

Discord

Series E in 2018
Discord operates as a communication platform offering voice, video, and text services for users to interact with friends and communities. Originally created for gamers, it has since expanded its user base to include various groups such as art communities, study groups, and local clubs.

Sift

Series D in 2018
Sift Limited, established in 1996, is a digital media solutions provider headquartered in Bristol, UK, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and the United States. The company offers online business consultancy and services to various organizations, including member bodies, not-for-profits, publishers, and corporates. Sift's portfolio comprises nine online business communities, such as AccountingWEB and BusinessCloud9, and it organizes related face-to-face business events. Additionally, Sift provides PracticeWEB, a SaaS platform for UK accounting firms, and SiftGroups, which offers hosted online community solutions to publishers, corporates, and public sector bodies. Since 2011, Sift has expanded its services to include digital trust and safety solutions, helping over 34,000 sites and apps prevent fraud and build customer trust.

Wealthfront

Series E in 2018
Wealthfront Inc. is a privately owned investment manager based in Redwood City, California, specializing in automated wealth management services. The company focuses on helping individuals, particularly young professionals and families, build long-term wealth through a combination of diversified investing, high-yield savings, and low-cost loans. Wealthfront's mobile application functions as a robo-advisor, providing users with access to investment strategies and comprehensive financial planning services. The firm leverages in-house research to guide its investments in public equity, fixed income funds, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. With over 500,000 clients in the United States, Wealthfront manages more than $30 billion in assets and has received numerous accolades for its innovative financial products and services.

Affirm

Series E in 2017
Affirm is a financial technology company that offers consumer installment loans at the point of sale through its Buy with Affirm platform. Shoppers can select Affirm at checkout and pay for purchases in fixed monthly installments with real-time decisioning and upfront, transparent terms, avoiding hidden fees. The company provides a digital and mobile‑first platform that includes a point‑of‑sale payment solution for merchants and a consumer app, and it partners with thousands of merchants across categories such as home, travel, electronics, apparel, and beauty. Revenue comes from merchant networks and related services, including virtual card networks, with the majority of business generated in the United States, and ongoing activity in Canada and other regions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco with an additional office in Chicago, Affirm aims to offer an accessible alternative to traditional credit that improves budgeting and financial clarity for consumers.

GetYourGuide

Series D in 2017
GetYourGuide operates an online platform facilitating bookings of global tours, attractions, and activities. It connects customers with providers, charging a revenue share for each transaction. The platform features customer reviews to assess tour quality and removes poorly rated providers.

InVision

Series E in 2017
InVision is a leading digital product design platform that empowers over 9 million users worldwide. Its core offering, Freehand, is an online digital whiteboard designed for collaborative creativity and problem-solving. InVision enables teams to brainstorm, create, test ideas, improve workflows, and make data-driven decisions. It serves 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and notable brands such as American Express, Adidas, Boeing, Ford Motor, Netflix, HBO, Ikea, Slack, and Virgin Atlantic.

Coinbase

Series D in 2017
Founded in 2012, Coinbase operates a platform enabling merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. It offers products such as Coinbase Wallet, USD Coin, Coinbase Pro, and custody services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco.

A Place for Rover

Series F in 2017
Rover Group Inc is a leading online marketplace that connects pet parents with a vast network of pet care providers, including dog walkers and pet sitters. The platform facilitates a range of services, such as overnight boarding, in-home pet sitting, doggy daycare, and drop-in visits, operating across the U.S., Canada, and several European countries. Rover empowers its community of pet care providers by offering them tools to manage their businesses effectively, including scheduling, communication with pet parents, and payment processing. In addition to its marketplace services, Rover also produces and retails high-quality pet accessories, such as durable PVC pet products, including beds, crates, and gates. These products are designed for longevity and safety, employing environmentally-friendly manufacturing methods. Rover's commitment to enhancing the lives of pets and their owners drives its business model, ensuring that both pet parents and caregivers can experience reliable and trustworthy care solutions.

Discord

Series D in 2017
Discord operates as a communication platform offering voice, video, and text services for users to interact with friends and communities. Originally created for gamers, it has since expanded its user base to include various groups such as art communities, study groups, and local clubs.

Snap

Series F in 2016
Snap Inc. is a United States technology and social media company best known for Snapchat, a multimedia messaging app that enables users to send ephemeral photos and videos, share Stories, and access augmented reality features. The company also offers Camera, Chat, Memories, Discover, and Snap Map to enhance communication and content discovery, and has produced Spectacles, a line of wearable camera hardware. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Snap Inc. was founded in 2010 and focuses on camera-based experiences that blend messaging, AR effects, and interactive media for a global audience.

Kateeva

Series E in 2016
Kateeva specializes in manufacturing inkjet printing equipment for producing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays. Its technology enables high-volume, large-area production of OLEDs with improved lifetimes and lower costs.

Affirm

Series D in 2016
Affirm is a financial technology company that offers consumer installment loans at the point of sale through its Buy with Affirm platform. Shoppers can select Affirm at checkout and pay for purchases in fixed monthly installments with real-time decisioning and upfront, transparent terms, avoiding hidden fees. The company provides a digital and mobile‑first platform that includes a point‑of‑sale payment solution for merchants and a consumer app, and it partners with thousands of merchants across categories such as home, travel, electronics, apparel, and beauty. Revenue comes from merchant networks and related services, including virtual card networks, with the majority of business generated in the United States, and ongoing activity in Canada and other regions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco with an additional office in Chicago, Affirm aims to offer an accessible alternative to traditional credit that improves budgeting and financial clarity for consumers.

Foursquare

Series E in 2016
Foursquare Labs, Inc. is a location technology platform that provides a range of business solutions and consumer products focused on leveraging location intelligence. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in San Francisco and London, Foursquare offers tools such as Pinpoint for data-driven media planning, Placed for offline attribution, and the Pilgrim SDK for integrating location awareness into mobile applications. Its services also include Places, which provides access to detailed firmographic data and community-generated content on businesses worldwide, as well as analytics solutions that offer insights into consumer behavior and competitive dynamics. Foursquare's consumer apps, Foursquare and Swarm, enable users to track and share their favorite locations, while City Guide helps users discover the best places to visit in various cities. Overall, Foursquare's platform empowers brands to analyze customer trends, optimize advertising strategies, and enhance user engagement through advanced location-based insights.

Postmates

Series D in 2015
Postmates Inc. is an on-demand food and grocery delivery platform based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2011, the company connects customers with local couriers to facilitate the delivery of products from a wide range of stores and restaurants across the United States. With access to over 600,000 merchants, including exclusive offerings, Postmates enables users to discover, order, and track groceries, alcohol, and meals with ease. The platform is particularly prominent in Los Angeles and covers 80% of U.S. households, serving customers in all 50 states. Additionally, Postmates offers a subscription service, Postmates Unlimited, which provides free delivery from all participating merchants, enhancing the convenience of its service.

Slack

Series E in 2015
Slack operates a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams, enabling users to exchange messages, share files, integrate with business tools, and increase efficiency.

Stack Overflow

Series D in 2015
Stack Overflow is a company that operates an online platform and community for developers to learn, ask, and share programming knowledge. It offers complementary products including Stack Overflow for Teams, a knowledge-management platform for mission-critical information; Stack Overflow for Talent and Jobs, a hiring and employer-branding solution for technology teams; Stack Overflow Advertising for product promotion; and Stack Overflow Enterprise, a private, centralized space for large teams to collaborate and access critical company information. The platform also supports private knowledge sharing and helps developers solve coding problems as well as discover job opportunities, contributing to both individual learning and organizational efficiency.

Stack Exchange

Venture Round in 2015
Stack Exchange Inc. operates a network of question-and-answer sites that cater to a diverse range of topics, including software programming, cooking, photography, and gaming. The platform enables users to ask and answer questions without the need for registration, facilitating open knowledge sharing among its community. A key feature of the company is Stack Overflow for Teams, which assists development teams in addressing their queries effectively. The company serves a wide audience, including programmers, researchers, photographers, and experts across various fields. Originally founded as Stack Overflow in 2008, it rebranded to Stack Exchange Inc. in March 2011 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Wealthfront

Series D in 2014
Wealthfront Inc. is a privately owned investment manager based in Redwood City, California, specializing in automated wealth management services. The company focuses on helping individuals, particularly young professionals and families, build long-term wealth through a combination of diversified investing, high-yield savings, and low-cost loans. Wealthfront's mobile application functions as a robo-advisor, providing users with access to investment strategies and comprehensive financial planning services. The firm leverages in-house research to guide its investments in public equity, fixed income funds, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. With over 500,000 clients in the United States, Wealthfront manages more than $30 billion in assets and has received numerous accolades for its innovative financial products and services.

Kateeva

Series D in 2014
Kateeva specializes in manufacturing inkjet printing equipment for producing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays. Its technology enables high-volume, large-area production of OLEDs with improved lifetimes and lower costs.

Goji

Series D in 2014
Goji is an American online insurance agency headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in home and auto insurance. Established in 2007, the company utilizes a data-driven platform that merges human expertise with advanced technology to assist customers in finding the most suitable insurance policies at competitive prices. Goji enables users to compare rates from leading insurance providers, offering a personalized online insurance concierge service that delivers real-time, value-based quotes tailored to individual coverage needs. This innovative approach has allowed Goji to serve hundreds of thousands of Americans in their quest for appropriate insurance solutions.

Tumblr

Series E in 2011
Tumblr is an online publishing platform designed to enable users to connect, express themselves, and discover content. It allows individuals to share a variety of media, including text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from various devices such as browsers, phones, desktops, or via email. This functionality facilitates the creation of short-form blogs, making it easy for users to post and engage with multimedia content.

X (formerly Twitter)

Series F in 2010
Twitter is a social networking platform that facilitates the exchange of micro-blogs, known as "tweets," which can be up to 280 characters in length. Launched in 2006, it allows users to send and read tweets through various means, including web browsers, SMS, and mobile applications. With over 400 million monthly visitors and 255 million active users, Twitter serves as a global real-time communications platform. Its diverse user base includes world leaders, athletes, entertainers, and news organizations, contributing to its role as a significant source of information and engagement. The platform is available in more than 35 languages and has a strong presence in major cities worldwide, with headquarters in San Francisco and offices across the United States and internationally.

Tumblr

Series D in 2010
Tumblr is an online publishing platform designed to enable users to connect, express themselves, and discover content. It allows individuals to share a variety of media, including text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from various devices such as browsers, phones, desktops, or via email. This functionality facilitates the creation of short-form blogs, making it easy for users to post and engage with multimedia content.

X (formerly Twitter)

Series D in 2009
Twitter is a social networking platform that facilitates the exchange of micro-blogs, known as "tweets," which can be up to 280 characters in length. Launched in 2006, it allows users to send and read tweets through various means, including web browsers, SMS, and mobile applications. With over 400 million monthly visitors and 255 million active users, Twitter serves as a global real-time communications platform. Its diverse user base includes world leaders, athletes, entertainers, and news organizations, contributing to its role as a significant source of information and engagement. The platform is available in more than 35 languages and has a strong presence in major cities worldwide, with headquarters in San Francisco and offices across the United States and internationally.

SendMe

Series D in 2009
SendMe Mobile specializes in direct-to-consumer mobile content subscriptions, offering a diverse array of products including ringtones, games, and wallpapers. The company gained significant traction in February 2008 when it secured a distribution deal with the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, which expanded its catalog to include ringtones from independent artists such as Snoop Dogg and Kottonmouth Kings. Founded by a team with extensive experience in senior management roles at CNET, SendMe Mobile focuses on delivering engaging and varied mobile content to its users.

Veoh Networks

Series D in 2008
Veoh Networks is an Internet TV service that empowers viewers to discover, watch, and personalize their online video experiences. By utilizing broadband connections, Veoh offers free access to a wide range of content, including popular shows from major networks and independent productions, as well as user-generated videos. The platform serves as an open space for over 100,000 content publishers, from established entertainment brands to independent creators, enabling them to connect with an audience of more than 28 million engaged viewers. Veoh's software, which can be installed on personal computers and Macs, allows users to enjoy television-quality, full-screen video. The company operates out of offices in San Diego and Los Angeles, staffed by a diverse team of professionals from various backgrounds in entertainment and technology. Veoh is privately held and backed by prominent investors in the technology and media sectors.
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