Sara Eshelman

General Partner

Shripriya Mahesh

Co-Founder & General Partner

Andrew Parker

General Partner

Marc Tarpenning

Venture Partner

Stephen Wemple

Principal

61 past transactions

Tortuga AgTech

Series A in 2021
Tortuga AgTech empowers growers by using robots that performs a variety of labor-intensive tasks on the farm, with an emphasis on harvest.Tortuga AgTech's mission is to build a healthier society, and a thriving ecosystem, through smarter farming. To do this, They want to enable growers to sell better produce - unique, tasty, nutritious food. They're doing this by building Digital Horticulture systems, made up of powerful technology like robotics, automation, and precision data analytics and machine learning. These systems will enable advanced growing methods to compete with scale agriculture, which means growers will be able to grow better produce that's also better for the planet. The automation of picking, packing, and trimming will reduce significantly the manual labor hours needed to grow to produce. It will also increase yields through denser layouts and optimized grow conditions. And, they'll help create full-time local technical jobs as well. And they do all of that while providing fresher, healthier, and more sustainable products to the humans living near their grower customers' operations.

Base Operations

Private Placement in 2019
Base Operations helps global companies keep their people and operations safe with street-level threat assessments, specializing in emerging markets. They aggregate data from various sources in markets where data is hard to find to help security personnel answer location-based strategy questions, expand their global footprint, provide travel security information, assess supply chain risk, and protect their employees.

DroneSeed, Inc.

Venture Round in 2017
DroneSeed is making reforestation scalable--to make a dent in carbon emissions. It is paid per acre to plant tree seed vessels with DroneSwarms. It is one of the most advanced drone companies in the US as it has obtained three precedent setting FAA approvals. It is the 1st and only company allowed to operate heavy-lift drone swarms each carrying a 57lb payload. It is also the first to be able to operate heavy lift swarms BVLOS (Beyond visual line of sight). Its customers include timber companies, non-profits such as The Nature Conservancy, and government agencies. It was founded by Grant Canary in 2015 and went through Techstars Seattle in 2016.

Core

Private Placement in 2019
Core Wellness, Inc., a meditation experience and personalized wellness company, develops guided meditation training devices for mental wellness space. It helps people to connect, meditate, and manage their stress levels. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

MetaMap

Series A in 2020
Mati enables builders in fast-growing, underserved regions with the digital identity tools they need to provide better trust-based services to more people. We're making starting this new type of 'Trust Economy' company as simple as setting up a store on Shopify.

Nana

Series A in 2021
Nana Services, Inc. offers technology enabled appliance repair services through its platform. It offers repair services for refrigerators, dishwasher, oven, stove, washer, and dryer through nana home platform. The company also engages in teaching hands-on repair skills services through nano academy. In addition, it offers nano.io, an AI platform that connects customers and professionals. Nana Services, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Alameda, California.

Skillshare

Series D in 2020
Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. The company's community offers classes on any type of skill, from baking cupcakes to raising startup capital to varying fields in design, business, and technology, enabling members to harness their creative power and learn skills in an enhanced way. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York.

Gencove

Series A in 2021
We make genomics affordable and accessible through a cost-effective low-coverage whole genome sequencing technology

RushTix

Private Placement in 2020
We’re building the biggest comedy club on the planet (no joke!) to bring together thousands of fans for the shared experience of hilarious live comedy up close and personal. Today’s premier comedians want to connect with their fans around the world. And fans love the best-seat-in-the-house intimacy of our shows

Fiveable

Private Placement in 2020
Fiveable, Inc., an educational technology company, provides education services through its platform. It offers Fiveable, an interactive social learning platform for AP students and teachers. The company’s platform provides services in the areas of history and social science, STEM, languages, and others. Fiveable, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Nana

Seed Round in 2020
Nana Services, Inc. offers technology enabled appliance repair services through its platform. It offers repair services for refrigerators, dishwasher, oven, stove, washer, and dryer through nana home platform. The company also engages in teaching hands-on repair skills services through nano academy. In addition, it offers nano.io, an AI platform that connects customers and professionals. Nana Services, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Alameda, California.

Brainsgate

Private Placement in 2020
BrainsGate, Ltd., a medical device company, develops therapies for patients suffering from central nervous system (CNS) diseases. It offers a technology platform that involves electrical stimulation of the spheno-palatine ganglion (SPG), a nervous center known to increase cerebral blood flow. The company develops an ischemic stroke system that is based on an implantable electrode and is designed to deliver electrical stimulation to the spheno-palatine ganglion (SPG). Its system augments cerebral blood flow by using an external system temporarily attached to the patient’s cheek. BrainsGate, Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is based in Caesarea, Israel.

Hyro

Series A in 2021
Hyro creates plug & play conversational AI assistants by seamlessly ingesting data on digital channels to allow users to interact with information via voice or chat, simply and intuitively, leading to increased engagement and conversions. Unlike existing solutions, Hyro provides organizations with frictionless deployment and maintenance processes by automatically building a knowledge graph out of their existing content without any integration, playbooks or training data.

Skillshare

Private Placement in 2020
Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. The company's community offers classes on any type of skill, from baking cupcakes to raising startup capital to varying fields in design, business, and technology, enabling members to harness their creative power and learn skills in an enhanced way. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York.

INDUS.AI

Seed Round in 2018
indus.ai, Inc., a technology company, provides a construction Intelligence-as-a-Service software to organize chaos involving people, equipment, and materials in construction sites. It offers Indus.ai, an AI-enabled computer vision software platform that allows users to gain insights about their job sites; install cameras to provide images/videos from their site and the platform turns those into analytics and insights. The company’s solutions are used for developers, general contractors, owners, safety and compliance, and construction intelligence. indus.ai, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Thornhill, Canada.

Empowerly

Venture Round in 2020
Empowerly, Inc. provides college counseling and tutoring services. It serves 7th-12th grade, transfer, and graduate students. Empowerly, Inc. was formerly known as Synocate, Inc. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Huckleberry Labs

Seed Round in 2020
Huckleberry makes behavioral expertise accessible and affordable to all families by combining AI with human experts, starting with children's sleep.

SafeTraces

Series A in 2018
SafeTraces provides on-food traceability solutions that trace the product, not the package. Edible, invisible, odorless, tasteless, FDA approved barcodes are applied to fresh or processed foods, pharmaceuticals, and many other commodities. The barcodes carry complete traceability information across the supply chain. SafeTraces also has wide applicability in environmental monitoring, healthcare, and other industries.

DroneSeed, Inc.

Series A in 2021
DroneSeed is making reforestation scalable--to make a dent in carbon emissions. It is paid per acre to plant tree seed vessels with DroneSwarms. It is one of the most advanced drone companies in the US as it has obtained three precedent setting FAA approvals. It is the 1st and only company allowed to operate heavy-lift drone swarms each carrying a 57lb payload. It is also the first to be able to operate heavy lift swarms BVLOS (Beyond visual line of sight). Its customers include timber companies, non-profits such as The Nature Conservancy, and government agencies. It was founded by Grant Canary in 2015 and went through Techstars Seattle in 2016.

Base Operations

Series A in 2023
Base Operations helps global companies keep their people and operations safe with street-level threat assessments, specializing in emerging markets. They aggregate data from various sources in markets where data is hard to find to help security personnel answer location-based strategy questions, expand their global footprint, provide travel security information, assess supply chain risk, and protect their employees.

Empowerly

Seed Round in 2022
Empowerly, Inc. provides college counseling and tutoring services. It serves 7th-12th grade, transfer, and graduate students. Empowerly, Inc. was formerly known as Synocate, Inc. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Hyro

Series B in 2023
Hyro creates plug & play conversational AI assistants by seamlessly ingesting data on digital channels to allow users to interact with information via voice or chat, simply and intuitively, leading to increased engagement and conversions. Unlike existing solutions, Hyro provides organizations with frictionless deployment and maintenance processes by automatically building a knowledge graph out of their existing content without any integration, playbooks or training data.

OOVA

Series A in 2023
OOVA is a fertility diagnostic company that spun out from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Using patent pending biochemistry and artificial intelligence, OOVA learns a woman’s fertility profile by accurately measuring key hormones over time through daily urine samples. By monitoring this critical balance of hormones, OOVA can help a woman get pregnant, identify reasons she is having trouble getting pregnant, and even expose reproductive health issues like PCOS.

Confirm

Series A in 2023
Confirm HR, Inc. develops an application that helps companies to hire employees and jobseekers to find jobs. It offers Confirm, an application that gathers feedback from secondary and backchannel references; identifies traits and verifies candidate compatibility; and reduce bias and avoid passing on qualified candidates. Confirm HR, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in San Jose, California.

Juno

Series A in 2024
Juno is an insurance company that provides child insurance solutions and services for parents from expecting to empty nesting. The product will cover conditions that cause serious disease or disabilities in children. The company will support families of nearly 2 million children in the US with rare diseases by selling the product through employers.

Mati Biometrics

Private Placement in 2020
Mati Biometrics engages in developing security software for mobile devices. It offers B2B technology, a camera utilizing a biometric recognition algorithm to identify users from a distance. It develops both camera module hardware as well as biometric software. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

INDUS.AI

Private Placement in 2019
indus.ai, Inc., a technology company, provides a construction Intelligence-as-a-Service software to organize chaos involving people, equipment, and materials in construction sites. It offers Indus.ai, an AI-enabled computer vision software platform that allows users to gain insights about their job sites; install cameras to provide images/videos from their site and the platform turns those into analytics and insights. The company’s solutions are used for developers, general contractors, owners, safety and compliance, and construction intelligence. indus.ai, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Thornhill, Canada.

Brainsgate

Series F in 2020
BrainsGate, Ltd., a medical device company, develops therapies for patients suffering from central nervous system (CNS) diseases. It offers a technology platform that involves electrical stimulation of the spheno-palatine ganglion (SPG), a nervous center known to increase cerebral blood flow. The company develops an ischemic stroke system that is based on an implantable electrode and is designed to deliver electrical stimulation to the spheno-palatine ganglion (SPG). Its system augments cerebral blood flow by using an external system temporarily attached to the patient’s cheek. BrainsGate, Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is based in Caesarea, Israel.

Base Operations

Seed Round in 2019
Base Operations helps global companies keep their people and operations safe with street-level threat assessments, specializing in emerging markets. They aggregate data from various sources in markets where data is hard to find to help security personnel answer location-based strategy questions, expand their global footprint, provide travel security information, assess supply chain risk, and protect their employees.

Clarity Movement

Series A in 2020
Clarity Movement is a team of passionate engineers and scientists focused on making a positive impact in the world by tackling the global air pollution crisis. They leverage their expertise in air sensing technology, IoT devices, and data analytics to create solutions that empower communities to make more informed decisions and improve the quality of life. Having successfully developed the world’s most accurate low-cost particulate matter sensor, Clarity is now deploying the next generation of dense air quality monitoring networks around the world to build smarter cities through smarter data.

Huckleberry Labs, Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Huckleberry Labs, Inc. develops a software, which allows parents to monitor the sleeping situations of babies to help them sleep better. The company offers SweetSpot, a real time predictor, which forecasts the baby’s sleep by providing easy sleep tracking, daily charts, and intelligent color labeling of day and night sleep. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Irvine, California.

Huckleberry Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Huckleberry makes behavioral expertise accessible and affordable to all families by combining AI with human experts, starting with children's sleep.

Gencove, Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Gencove, Inc. offers develops a mobile application that helps researchers in genome sequencing, exploring microbiomes, and generating ancestry reports. It saves raw data that can be downloaded at any time. In addition, the company offers low-coverage sequencing which enables the discovery of novel and rare variations. Gencove, Inc. was formerly known as Seeq Labs, Inc. and changed its name to Gencove, Inc. in June 2017. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

RushTix

Pre Seed Round in 2020
We’re building the biggest comedy club on the planet (no joke!) to bring together thousands of fans for the shared experience of hilarious live comedy up close and personal. Today’s premier comedians want to connect with their fans around the world. And fans love the best-seat-in-the-house intimacy of our shows

Skillshare

Private Placement in 2018
Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. The company's community offers classes on any type of skill, from baking cupcakes to raising startup capital to varying fields in design, business, and technology, enabling members to harness their creative power and learn skills in an enhanced way. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York.

MetaMap

Seed Round in 2020
Mati enables builders in fast-growing, underserved regions with the digital identity tools they need to provide better trust-based services to more people. We're making starting this new type of 'Trust Economy' company as simple as setting up a store on Shopify.

Singularity Energy

Seed Round in 2022
Singularity Energy, Inc. develops maps for energy & sustainability to help corporate customers visualize and co-optimize their energy usage and carbon emissions in real time. The company’s platform, through artificial intelligence, incorporates new real-time CO2 signals from the grid into the management of energy resources to enable co-optimization of cost and emissions. Singularity Energy, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

AllHere

Series A in 2021
AllHere, Inc develops an intervention management platform for K-12 schools and districts. It provides referral management, filter and view chronic absence data at the district, grade, and school levels to identify students that need attention; intervention tracking apps, to collect data about attendance interventions student home visits and mentors; and intervention analytics data, automates reports so you can get and share updates about intervention program’s progress and effectiveness. AllHere, Inc is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Gencove

Series A in 2019
We make genomics affordable and accessible through a cost-effective low-coverage whole genome sequencing technology

Huckleberry Labs

Series A in 2021
Huckleberry makes behavioral expertise accessible and affordable to all families by combining AI with human experts, starting with children's sleep.

Fiveable

Venture Round in 2020
Fiveable, Inc., an educational technology company, provides education services through its platform. It offers Fiveable, an interactive social learning platform for AP students and teachers. The company’s platform provides services in the areas of history and social science, STEM, languages, and others. Fiveable, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

talkshoplive

Seed Round in 2021
talkshoplive is the leading live stream commerce network and distribution vehicle with a patent-pending embeddable video player containing sales execution, allowing transactions to be processed within the video player anywhere it exists. The network and app offer a full range of services for both buyers and sellers - from live show creation to order processing, to ease of shipping and payouts.

Tortuga AgTech

Venture Round in 2019
Tortuga AgTech empowers growers by using robots that performs a variety of labor-intensive tasks on the farm, with an emphasis on harvest.Tortuga AgTech's mission is to build a healthier society, and a thriving ecosystem, through smarter farming. To do this, They want to enable growers to sell better produce - unique, tasty, nutritious food. They're doing this by building Digital Horticulture systems, made up of powerful technology like robotics, automation, and precision data analytics and machine learning. These systems will enable advanced growing methods to compete with scale agriculture, which means growers will be able to grow better produce that's also better for the planet. The automation of picking, packing, and trimming will reduce significantly the manual labor hours needed to grow to produce. It will also increase yields through denser layouts and optimized grow conditions. And, they'll help create full-time local technical jobs as well. And they do all of that while providing fresher, healthier, and more sustainable products to the humans living near their grower customers' operations.

BIOMILQ

Series A in 2021
We leverage our patent-pending technology to produce nutritionally equivalent breastmilk from cultured human mammary cells. With Biomilq, families can achieve the recommended six months of exclusive breastfeeding while alleviating the climate impacts of bovine-based infant formula.

Empowerly

Private Placement in 2020
Empowerly, Inc. provides college counseling and tutoring services. It serves 7th-12th grade, transfer, and graduate students. Empowerly, Inc. was formerly known as Synocate, Inc. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

SafeTraces

Private Placement in 2018
SafeTraces provides on-food traceability solutions that trace the product, not the package. Edible, invisible, odorless, tasteless, FDA approved barcodes are applied to fresh or processed foods, pharmaceuticals, and many other commodities. The barcodes carry complete traceability information across the supply chain. SafeTraces also has wide applicability in environmental monitoring, healthcare, and other industries.

RevUp Software

Series A in 2018
RevUp Software is bringing leading-edge, easy to use analytics to Non-Profits, Academic Institutions and Political Organizations. We help fundraisers, while working with existing software, create new ways to identify, target, and engage their networks.

INDUS.AI

Series A in 2019
indus.ai, Inc., a technology company, provides a construction Intelligence-as-a-Service software to organize chaos involving people, equipment, and materials in construction sites. It offers Indus.ai, an AI-enabled computer vision software platform that allows users to gain insights about their job sites; install cameras to provide images/videos from their site and the platform turns those into analytics and insights. The company’s solutions are used for developers, general contractors, owners, safety and compliance, and construction intelligence. indus.ai, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Thornhill, Canada.

Core

Seed Round in 2019
Core Wellness, Inc., a meditation experience and personalized wellness company, develops guided meditation training devices for mental wellness space. It helps people to connect, meditate, and manage their stress levels. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Fluent Forever

Private Placement in 2020
Fluent Forever Inc. develops an application that offers material to learn speaking a foreign language and remember it forever. Its application offers Spanish (Latin American and Castilian), French, Italian, Russian, German, Portuguese (Brazilian), Korean, and Japanese languages. Fluent Forever Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Skillshare

Series C in 2018
Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. The company's community offers classes on any type of skill, from baking cupcakes to raising startup capital to varying fields in design, business, and technology, enabling members to harness their creative power and learn skills in an enhanced way. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York.

talkshoplive

Seed Round in 2023
talkshoplive is the leading live stream commerce network and distribution vehicle with a patent-pending embeddable video player containing sales execution, allowing transactions to be processed within the video player anywhere it exists. The network and app offer a full range of services for both buyers and sellers - from live show creation to order processing, to ease of shipping and payouts.